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RETHEAT FIFTY MILES
Bombardment of Allied Line* Con
tinue* In FUndere Germane Gain
Pint line of Treache*.
London report the latest official
TURKS HALT LAUNCH GOING IN
TO HARBOR OF SMYRNA.
SEEKING EXPLANATION
Advancing RoMlaiM Are Halted by
Superior German Forces and Fall
Bade Half Way to Warsaw—In
terest Centers in Huge Battle Mo
mentarily Expected.
Germany's new attack on the Rus
sian army In the center of the east
ern battle line stands out conspcu-
ously aa of chief immediate impor
tance in the European war. The sud
den assault of the Germans in Rus
aian Poland, from which territory
they were described recently as be
ing driven In disorder, has lent a new
aspect to thla campaign, which for
Germany is no less Important than
the conflict In France and Belgium.
London reported Thursday that the
unexpected blow delivered on the
Russian center by Gen. von Hinden-
befl? with the German army which
bad retreated from before Warsaw.
Having for the time being thrown
back the Russian advance tov/ird the
German frontier of Posen. Gen. von
Hlndenberg is the hero of the hour in
Berlin of the German retreat from
Berlin.
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There is much criticism in Warsaw,
but if the present marked reversal of
form proves permanent, the German
center doC^less will retrieve its repu
tation Just as the Allies retrieved
themselves almost at the gates of
Paris. The German wedge from Posen
would api>ear to have driven the Rus
sian center more than GO miles back
from tire frontier, so th$t the lino
now is about midway between Ger
man territory and Warsaw.
London reports that public Interest
In the European war now is centered
/In the battle of the Russians and Ger
mans between the Vistula and Wara
rivers in Poland. It is believed the
outcome there will have a marked ef
fect on the operations pise where and
on the 0uraiton of the war.
^oth German and Russian head
quarters are very sparing with tnfor-
matlon. All that is definitely known
la that the Russian advance guard,
consisting largely of cavalry, which
advanced right on to the German
frontier after the battle at Warsaw,
mat superior forces and has fallen
back more than haltjhe distance cov
ered In the advance.
Paris reports a Petrograd dispatch
mgyfflS'. "A terrific battle of unexam-
itfAsd violence has been proceeding for
four days around Boldau. Tha can
nonading has been maintained night
- and 4pp» The Russians are endeavor
ing at any cost to avenge their check
. at Boldau, and are throwing them-
• selves at the Germans with indes-
> crlkuble fury. They have carried
itlon after position by assault, in
pile of the infernal fire of the Ger
mans. Tha Germans are offering a
most energetic resistance and their
fighting ia alternately offensive and
defensive.'*
Berlin reports an official bulletin
setting forth that the operations on
the eastern front are progressing fav
orably. The Germans apparently are
using another victory at Wloclawek
to the greatest advantage.
For the continuation of operations,
the bulletin goes on to say, It will be
of the greatest importance for the
German troops from the region of
Soludau lo make further progress
against the right wing of the main
Russian army. If the Russians In
tend to retire behind the Vistula such
a retreat, considering the extremely
bad conditions of the roads, woull
be most difficult; consequently the
Russians probably will prefer to make
a definite stand when the German and
Austrian forces attack.
The papers of Berlin declare again
that the fall of Belgrade, Servia, is
Imminent
The Hague reports that a Russian
staff officer, passing through The
Hague, has this to say as to the cause
of the present German success in Po
land:
"The Russian army In Poland
maintains three times as many cav
alrymen as the Germans. This cav
alry swarmed after the retreating
Germans, and when the Germans sud
denly stopped, the Russian cavalry
was dashed to pieces like migrating
birds flying against a rock.
"Meanwhile the main body of the
Russians, 1,600,000 men, whose abso
lute purpose Is to beat the Austrians,
decisively, is proceeding unmolested
to attack Cracow, leaving a smaller
detachment to besiege Prsemysl.
"Hereafter,’ the officer concluded,
“the Russians do not intend to-at
tempt to cross the Carpathians, but
following the Odgr^Rlver will make
their attack on Germany by way of
Ophein, Breslau and Glogan.”
Petrograd reports: “Between the
Vistula and the Warta our advance
guards in an engagement with the
Germans, who took the offensive, fell
back io the direction of Bzoureoure.
The enemy succeeded in gaining a
footing In the region of LentchlUa
(Lenczyca) and Orloff, throwing out
advance guards in the direction of
Polntek.
“In East Prussia our troops con
tinue to make progress and fighting
Is going on' near the Gumbinnen-
Angerburg front which the enemy is
defending.
"In the trenches which we captur
ed near Verschlaghen the en^my
abandpnded more than 30Q dead
Among the officers whom we took
prisoners here was an artillery offi
•er- sent to the Infantry because of
«•««. »w,, •.
on western battlefields arb much the
same as those pf the preceding days.
There has been fighting virtually all
along the front, but without appre
ciable plunge In the situation.
Fronj the coast of Flanders to the
river iJys on the Franco-Belgian bor
der, much of which has been flooded
by. the Allies to hinder German at
tacks, there has been a repetition on
a smaller scale pf the bombardment
which the invaders invariably resort
to in the hope of breaking down the
Allies’ resistance before Infantry at
tacks and is Isolated spots there have
been attacks in force, but, according
to the French and British reports, all
these have been repulsed.
The Anglo-French forces, which
have been holding territory around
Ypres, again have been subjected to
determined attacks, fresh. German,
troops having attempted lo force the
Allies out of their trenches.
As was the case with the Prussian
Guard, the Germans who made the
latest effort have taken the first line
of trenches, but, like the guards,
were compelled to give back the
ground after bolding it for a short
time. . - • .
Both sides, as shown by casualty
lists, are losing heavily, but Ger
mans, on the offensive and so often
enfiladed after success, was nearly
in their hands? are said to have suf
fered enomously.
The Frene*’ zouaves, who frequent
ly have distinguished themselves by
dashing charges, have been utilized
again to dislodge the Germans near
DIschoiet, over which there has been
much fighting, and, according to the
French statement, the attempt has
been successful.
Near the Meuse first one side and
but when ail io told the general Sit
uation remains about as It was.
In the latest official statements of
the French war office It is announced
that in the region of St. Mihlel ^he
Germans have been blown up in the
western part of Chauvincourt, which
they had mined. As earlier official
announcement mentioned in their
possession the western part of Chau
vincourt. It thus would seem prob
able that the French had met a re
verse at this point, possibly with con
siderable losses.
Berlin reports; “Fighting in West
Flanders continues and the situation
on the whole remains unchanged.
In front of Argonne our attacks
r From Ottoman Government—Some
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of Them Do Not Relieve Missiles
' Were Thrown About Launch of
Tennessee by Unfriendly Hands.
The United States government has
directed Ambassador Henry Morgan-
thau at Constantinople to ask an ex
planation of the firing by Turkish
land forces at a lunch from the Amer
ican cruiser Tennessee proceedihg
from Vourlah to the American Con
sulate at Smyrna, Asia Minor. Sec
retary Daniels simultaneously cabled
the commander of the cruiser North
Carolina, also in the Mediterranean,
to take no action which might em
barrass the American government
and to await specific instructions from
Wash in gton. —; 1 ——
These steps followed the receipt of
a message from Capt. Benton C.
Decker, commander of the Tennessee,
paraphrased in this statement from
the navy department :
“Capt. B. G. Decker, in command
of the Tennessee, wired Secretary
Daniels Wednesday morning that
while proceeding from Vourlah to
Smyrna to make official calls, a ship’s
boat was fired at. Decker was anx
ious for the safety of the consulate.
The Tennessee proceeded to and left
Vourlah at the request of the ambas
sador and is now at anchor in the
harbor of Scio (Chois), Greece, from
which place Captain Decker’s tele
gram was sent. Secretary Daniels
wired for fuller information.”
Although without definite details
as to Just what occurred high officials
of the Washington government had
then the other gains an advantage, no doubt that the incident, no matter
continue successfully. French aortier were vouchsafed by high officials, al
to the south sf Verdun were repuls
ed.”
An attaik was made against our
force which had moved forward on
the western back of the river Meuse,
near 8t. Mihlel, and although It was
originally successful for the enemy it
broke down completely later on.
Our attack to fhe southeast of
Clrey compelled the French to sur
render some of their positions. The
Chateau Chatillon was stormed and
taken by our troop#.” ♦
BURNED TO DEATH.
Hidden ts of Florida Reform School
Find Fire Escapes Locked.
Eight students and two officers of
the Florida Reform school lost their
lives at Marianna, Fla., at an early
hour Wednesday morning when the
main building was destroyed by fire.
Nearly 100 students escaped by climb
ing through a skylight to the roof
and thence making their way down
the three stories on the fire escape.
The fire was discovered only after
it had gained great headw ,y and
nothing could be done to stop its pro
gress. The buildipg was of brick, 50
by 150 feet, with two wings 50 feet
in length. It was finished inside in
pine, all partitions and floors being
of wood. This had recently been
painted and the oils in the paint made
the wood burn rapidly, so that, it is
said, that within 30 minutes after the
fire was discovered the building was
in ruins. ■ *> > •
When Superintendent Bell was
awakened the stairways were in
flames. The two fire escapes being
locked, he could only make his es
cape through the roof, and this he
did, climbing to the tower Jump
ed to the roof and from this to the
fire escape, from which he reached
the ground and tried to enter the of
fice to obtain the keys to the tire es
capes. The office being in flames, he
procured an axe and with the assist
ance of Allen, one of the guards, ho
climbed to the landing of the fire .es
cape at the second floor, wfyere three
men were trying to make their es
cape. He succeeded In breaking the
locks of the barred gating to the win
dow. but was unable to get the metal
frame out. In the meantime the floors
gave^?ay and the inmates were hurl
ed to their doom. - _
where the responsibility lay, would
be adjusted promptly through diplo
matic channels. President Wilson is
determined that under no circum
stances shall the United States be In
volved in war with Turkey. *
On account of the slow cable com
munication from Constantinople, no
message concerning the incident came
from Ambassador Morganthnu With
the navy’s message as the only basis
for judgment President Wilson and
administration officials were puzzled
over what had occurred. The preei-
dent telephoned Secretary Daniels
several times during the day and also
discussed the situation with Acting
Secretary Lansing.. Two suggestions
have attacked important forces of the
favorably. According ^o the Jay’s
information our troops have captured
seven thousand prisoners, eighteen
machine guns and several field guns.”
enemy, detachment of which, oper
ating at Lodovitz, were routed.
“In Galicia we have occupied suc
cessively the passes over the Car
pathians. . . , .
Berlin reports in a wireless through
London: “Ip the latest fighting
against the Servian the Austrians
ctvi
though they admitted their views
were purely speculative. The firing,
they thought, probably was a friendly
act giving the customary warning by
a single shot signifying to the Ten
nessee’s launch that the port of Smyr
na was mined and closed, or else the
boat was turned back because It at
tempted to enter without previous ar
rangement with the Turkish authori
ties.
Officials declined to believe the fir
ing was an unfriendly or hastlle act.
Assurances given by the Porte_ have
repeatedly alleged protection and the
closest friendship for American citi
zens. However, when the American
warships first went to the Mediter
ranean Turkey was at peace. Since
then the United States has taken
over the diplomatic interests of Great
Britain and France with whom the
Porte is at war, a circumstance
fraught with delicate responsibilities.
Efforts on the part of some Mo
hammedan leaders In Turkey to start
a "holy war” have made Americans
as well as British and French sub
jects apprehensive. The American
consul at Smyrna reported Lis fears
to Ambassador Morganthatr, under
whose instructions the two warships
have been moving about in Tupkith
waters.
Twice the Ottoman government has
warned the United States that the
port of Smyrina .was mined, and the
Tennessee, It ,1s understood, has stood
off at Vourlaif, 10 miles away, while
her launch started for the shore to
investigate conditions at the consu
late. - -
Regardless of - whether or not
Smyrna is a closed port, under the
regulations of the United States navy.
Captain Decker would be Justified in
seeking to enter the harbor to ascer
tain the facts with reference to the
American consulate and its citizens.
I The regulations virtually would
oblige Captain Decker to commjUnl-
cate with the American consul at
Smyrna If he had learned that the
consulate was threatened, using his
launch If necessary, regardless of
whether or not the port was closed.
That Captain Decker did not per
sist in his attempt to enter was in
dicated by the fact that his message
said he left at the request of the am
bassador, who, it is presumed here,
thought it advisable to withdraw the
shlo until a better understanding
could be reached. It is believed alsio
that if the consulate were in -grave
danger the Tennessee would not have
left for Gecian waters.^/''
Orders to the commanders of the
Tennessee and tbe North Carolina to
refrain from taking - steps,, which
might embarrass the Washington gov
ernment ontil specific Instructions
could be given followed careful con
sideration here of tho wide latitude
which the navy regulations give to
navgl officers. Both the. president
and Secretary Daniels have absolute
confidence ■ in Cantain Decker The
SOUTHERN WOMEN MUST RE-
, MOVE ALL EFFECTS OF WAR.
/
Mrs. Josephus Daniels Tells U. D. C.
to Teach Their Hons the Love of
United States Flag.
Southern women should recognize
and morn fully accept the part they
may play in eradicating, guy linger
ing animosities betweeh ;the North
and the ^puth^ declared ; Mrs. Jos
ephus Daniels, wife of the secretary
of the navy, in an address at the
opening session at Savannah recently
of the^annual convention of the Unit
ed Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. Daniels, as a delegate from
North Carolina, spoke In response to
an address.of welcome.
“I/et those of us who know of the
travail of the ’60s keep alive the
glory of sacrifice and the valor of the
vanquished to the latest day of our
lives,” said Mrs. Daniels. "But let us
‘not look mournfully upon the past,’
but ask ourselves the question; ‘How
can Southern women of the 20th cen
tury prove worthy of their lineage
and transmit to their children the
graces and virtues which were incar
nated in the Southern women of the
war and Reconstruction periods,’
“First of ail, we must know that
love is greater than ail besides. Our
chiLdren must be taught to love the
(lag of their country, and sons and
daughters alike given to see the pa
triotism of those who wore the blue
as well as those who w’ore the gray.
It was said that Henry Grady ‘died
loving the country into peace.’
‘‘The first duty of the Daughters is
to love all men, and illustrate the
best traditions of the Soqth by per
mitting no seed of bitterness to mar
or narrow our own lives or the lives
of our children.
“Second, to preserve the history—
the home life history of the South
during the War Between the Sections
Southern histories in plenty tell of
the glorious conflicts on land and sea
But there is a history of those days
not yet fully, written. JThere is un
touched a history of heroines. There
was stimulus to men who went to
death marching to martial music,
under inspiring banners, cheered by
their comrades. Women poured out
their lives in apprehension and labor
and sacrifice and unutterable loneli
ness. Many stories of their deeds
have been written hot more have been
buried in the hearts of heroines who
never tasted honor er fame. But
their daughters owe It to coming gen
erations to illumine the pages of
literature by collecting and printing
In permanent form these deeds.
"Third, the duty of the Daughters
of the Confederacy is to keep fresh
the memory of the brave men who
wore the gray.. Let them be cheered,
now that thc~snow that never melts
haa fallen on their heads, by the
knowledge that sons and grandsons
hold them in honor and point to their
service as Illustrative of the noblest
knights of the race.”
Mrs. Daniels paid tribute to Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson as “the best type of
Southern womanhood.”
"When the whole nation mourned
her untimely death,” qhe said, "there
was a solemn pride in the South that
the home of her youth was selected
for her last repose. Her memory win
live In the hearts of all her country
women, but here in the South it will
be our privilege, as ,we decorate the
graves of Southern heroes, ever to
keep green her last resting place, and
emulate her virtues, her graciousness
and her practical helpfulness.”
RUSSIANS DEFEATED.
»
Germans Score Victory and Capture
Twenty-thr*e Thousand.
Berlin reports that a decision has
been arrived at in the battle which
has been going on for the last few
days in continuation of our successes
at Wlozlawsk, in Russian Poland, on
the Vistula, thirty miles northwest ot
Plc^k, where several Russian army
corps in opposition to us were driven
back beyond Kutno. According to
the present reports we made 23,090
prisoners and captured over twenty
machine guns, as well as some can
non, the number of which has not yet
been ascertained.
captured 42 guns and 31 machine | following statement about him was
guns. After three days’ fighting the:issued by the navy deoartment;
Austrians defeated the Montenegrins I “Capt. Benton C. Decker, now colh-
AfftlmndlM Fn ti. "" la.
lines our troops reached the wire to-1 fled positions south of Belgrade.”
^anglements of the enemy’s position I Vienna reports Friday morning tha
>fcd forced them. Ob, tha front be-«following official statement: “The
fiMB O—Ipchnwa and Cracow wa battle la Rnaalan Poland progress as
Is W dlffcef’vriHr an
excellent record, during bis service of
il years since graduation from the
naval academy to which ha was ap-
has had considerable experience in
duty similar to that which he is now
performing in Turkish waters. He
was in command of the United States
cruiser Chester during the war be
tween Italy and Turkey.
"During this war, the Chester
spent considerable time in Tripolitan
waters looking out for the Interests
of Americans. These duties were
well performed by Captain Decker,
who had similar duties while in com
mand of the Chester in San Domini-
gan waters during a revolution sev
eral years ago. Captain Decker was
promoted to Captain July .1, lOTs,
and Wns ordered to v duty on the staff
of the Naval War College from which
duty he was detached to command
the Tennessee in August, last, when
that vessel was sent to Europe to re
lieve distressed Americans in the war
zone.”
,One effect'of the incident. It is be
lieved in diplomatic circles here, will
be to emphasize to the Porte the anx
iety of the United States for the safe
ty of Its subjects In Turkey, where
conditio** have been uncertain for
many months. Ambassador Morgan-
thau early last summer masked for a
warship.
Since the outbreak of war. some
Turkish officials have threatened to
execute three English or French suF-
iects for every Mussulman killed In
bombardments bv the fleet of the Al-
Hfiiniui
cans have feared that If My suei
threat were carried out. on account of
their similarity of speech and appear
ance, they might be thrown Into dan-
ENGLISH MILITARY REPORTER
TELLS OF HARD SERVICE.
LOAN FUND IS NOT ALL
FARMERS MUST CUT OUT COTTON
AND DIVERSIFY CROPS.
BITTER WINTRY WEATHER
Hand to Hand Struggles Wherein
Many Soldiers Are Bayonetted—
German Artillery Bombardments
* Continue—Fierce Attacks.of Invad
ers Make Little Change.
The following descriptive account,
communicated by an eye-witness with
general headquarters, continues and
supplements the narrative published
November 17 of movement of the
British force and the French in imme
diate touch with it.
‘‘November LG. The situation on
our front has not altered. The Ger
mans have continued to press gen
erally along our line and have focused
their attention mostly around Ypres,
although up to now there has not
been a resumption of violent attacks.
"Friday, the 13th, was windy, with
rWn. Trying as life in the trenches
is, under such conditions our men
knew the enemy yere In a worse
plight, for the wind blew steadily it
their faces.
"On our left the morning passed in
desultory shelling, which gradually
swelled into a fierce bombardment as
a prelude to an attack along our
whole line. Around Ypres the enemy
rushed our trenches at one point, but
were driven out again. Here again
our losses, though heavy, were much
less than the Germans.
"As each successive attept to take
Ypres by assault falls the bombard
ment of the town is renewed with
ever increasing fury.
"Farther south, on onr left centre,
the situation remained practically un
changed. On our centre and right,
and indeed along the whole of our
line, the hostile artillery appears to
have received orders .on this day to
search the area in the rear of our
trenches. This, no doubt, is part of
the policy of wearing down.
“On the right, on the night of the
13th-14th, a German trench was
takep, the occupants being bayoneted
or taken prisoners. Part of a bat
talion, which advaared during the
night, encountered the enemy at
tempting a similar operation. A
hand-to-hand fight ensued, in which
we came off the victors; we killed
twenty-five Germane and lost only
two men ourselves.
"Saturday was cold and there also
was rain. On opr left proceedings
were started with the usual heavy
shelling and the Germans again re
sumed the offensive south of the
Menin-Ypres road, with a similar re
sult to that obtained on the previons
day. They penetrated our line at one
or two> points, but were driven out
and the line was almost completely
restored.
"Farther south the French attack
ed near Wytschaete and gained
ground under cover of a heavy Are.
Our left centre was subjected to shell
ing alone, and in our centre Armen-
tieres was subjected to similar treat
ment. The town is now deserted.
"During the da£ Bethune was bom
barded by the enemy, who continued
to devote his attention to the towns,
villages and roads in the rear of our
line, rather than to the trenches
themselves.
"On Sunday on our left, east of
Ypres, a well conducted counter at
tack was carried out against that por
tion of the line occupied by the ene
my on the previons day, where he had
established himself in stables and
trenches. Two attempts already had
failed when, at 5:30 a. m., a gun was
brought up to within 300 yards
range. After four ro.unds had been
fired a party carried the position, the
subaltern in Command being killed.
“The attack was led by the com
pany sergeant major. This non-com
missioned officer was awarded the
distinguished conduct medal, hot
since has died of his wounds.
"The bombardment slackened con
siderably in this quarter during the
day. On the southeast of Ypres, be 1
tween Hollebeke and Wytschaete,
theer was some hard fighting, in
which the French held their ground.
On our left centre nothing occurred
beyond the usual shelling. In the
center we. scored a local success.
Some trenches and houses lately cap
tured by the Germans were heavily
bombarded by our howitzers. The
defenders bolted and were caught by
the fire of our machine guns, losing
about half of their number.'
“On our right all was quiet.. The
weather this day was bitterly cold
and rain fell in torrents. In spite of
this our aviators carried out a suc
cessful reconnoissance. They hover
ed over the German lines in a storm
of driving snow.
“Further information has come to
hand regarding the enemy's method
of sniping and spying. Non-com
missioned officers are offered Iron
crosses to penetrate our lines at
night.”
The “eye-witness” closes with a
eulogy of a French doctor, who, with
several nuns, remained In France
during the bombardmeht, nursing
fifty-two German wounded,/.nd final
ly was killed by a shell.* The day af
ter his death the nuns and wounded
were removed to a safe place.
MeAdoo Says Bankers Can Exert In- ,
fluence In Shaping Character of
I f j . ^ * f
Crops by Conditioning Loans.
Although the $135,000,000 cotton
loan fund has been completed, offi- .
cials of the federal reserve board and
the treasury department declared
Wednesday that the South must in
troduce a diversification of crops and
a reduction of cotton acreage next
year to get the full benefits from the
fund and insure a material increase
in price of raw cotton for next year s
crop.
Secretary MeAdoo, in a stateinent
called attention to “the other press
ing and important problem” with
which, the South must deal. He urg
ed the raising of food products which
he predicted will find a ready market
particularly If the European war per
sists. *—v.
“The Southern farmer,” said Mr.
MeAdoo, “therefore -has an unusual
opportunity now for changing exist
ing methods and habits with certain
profit and permanent benefit to him-*
self.” He i|;ggested that the depart
ment of agriculture would gladly out
line methods ot crop diversification
suitable to different localities and
added that bankers had an excellent
opportunity to aid in this work by us
ing their influence to direct the char
acter of crop# by imposing "proper
conditions” upon advances to farm
ers.
, “The farmers of the South,” con
cluded the statement, “ought to wake
up, to the importance of crop diversi
fication. There never before was a
time when they could wake up with
such certain profit to themselves.”
Members of the reserve board were
inclined to believe that present con
ditions pointed to a decided reduction
in cotton acreage through influences
outside the cotton-producing states
and predicted that with acreage re
duced cotton would go to a normal
level next year. *
General supervision of the cotton
loan will be under the federal reserve
board with the recently appointed cot
ton loan committee In ac/lve charge
of the work. Mr. McAdoo'a state
ment said in part;
“The plan gives the cotton loan
committee power to appoint commit
tees in each of the cotton-producing
states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida.
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Oklahoma. South Carolina.
Texas and Tennessee to assist it In
carrying on the practical work. ,
“While the creation of the cotton
loan fund and its use under the plan
will have a far-reaching nnd benefi
cial influence upon the cotton and
business situation, nevertheless the
attention of the South should not be
drawn away from the other pressing
and important problem with which it
must intelligently and effectively
deal, namely, a maffrlal reduction of
cotton acreage fn 1915, and the rais
ing of food products on a large part
of the acreage heretofore devoted to
cotton.
“Not only will crop diversification
help the prosperity of the South but
the mere assurance of a large de
crease in the cotton crop next year
will immediately enhance the value
of the present crop. The food pro
ducts which the South can advantage
ously raise on a part of the acreage
will find a ready market at profitable
prices, even if the South Itself can'
not absorb them with greater advan
tage than by buying supplies from
neighboring stx.‘es. If the war In Eu
rope is protracted, the demand for
foodstuffs will grow in volume and
intensity and must be supplied in
large part by this country.
“The bankers also have an excep
tional - opportunity to aid in this com
mendable work. They can, in large
measure. Influence the charac’er of
crops by imposing proper conditions
upon the advances they may make to-
the farmers. Where the bankers are
not dealing direct with the farmers,
the merchant who supplies the neces
sary credits can exert the necessary-
hr ft uen ee.
“I earnestly hope that the farm
ers, the bankers and the merchants in
the South all co-operate with each
other for the purpose of materially-
reducing the cotton crop in 1915 and
securing a satisfactory crop diversifi
cation. Not oi ly should the South*
cm farmer plant food crops, but he
can raise cattle and poultry with
great benefit to himself and the coun
try at large. He can not do this,,
however, unless he reduces cotton
acreage and raises food supplies."
Election Figures.
Manning, Democratic candidate for
governor, received 34,606 votes to 83
for Britton, Socialist..
Russian Ships In Action.
The Russian cruisers Kagal and
Pamiat bombarded the Eregil Sun
day and escaped.
Artillery Sent North.
Gen. Obregon has sent train loads
of artillery northward from Mexico
Cify In order to stop the advance of
Gen. Villa “ “
pointed from Illinois la , 1185. He ffer.
Savannah Doesn’t Join.
The Savannah banks have decided
nptto participate In the $135,000,000
yttoqqpM^ ggjig
To Evacuate Vera Crwm.
*
The! American government will
evacuate Vera Cruz on the 23rd of
November.
Tbe celebration in Japan ^ver the
fall ef Tsing Tan is described as na
tion-wide. In every city there are
lantern processions and merriment
nightly.
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Many Servians Captured.
The Austrians claim to have epp*
tuyed 8,000 Servians during the oc
cupation of Valjero.
Ballets Cross Bonier.
One Mexican woman was k'Ued and
six .others hit by bullets which' cross
ed the Mexican boundary near Naco^
Arix., Tuead'av - -,
erlln reports that the Brit
ships. Fa Iron. * torpedo boat
stroyer. Brilliant, a cruiser and
Rlnatdo. a sloop of war, have t»
1 disabled off the Belgian coast -