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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,1914. Established 1891.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
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SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS;
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, Sept. 14.?The weather
is very cool for the time of year.
Fire in the fire place is not out of
order at all. Makes the air more
pleasant.
Sunday morning a bale of cotton
was found on the platform on fire.
It happened to be away from the
other cotton, and only the one bale
caugh on fire. Several citizens went
to work and put the fire out, saving
about one-half of the bale.
Farmers are gathering their cotton
with all the care they can, those
that hire cotton picked give as much
as 50 cents per 100 pounds for picking,
60 the 'laborer gets paid, if no
one else gets any money from the
ootton. ,
Well, we know now who will be
governor and the like, and the good
people can remember what each candidate
told them he would do if
* elected, so now it remains for themto
show us that they are men who
^ stand by their word or not.
v The Carolina Gin Co. is busy until
late at night ginning cotton in order
to take a new start next day.
JEE.
Country Correspondence.
Ideal Indian summer, school children
hunting up bid books, and
everyone hunting up last year's thick
clothes for these cool mornings.
The health in our community is
good and we hope the change of season
will not affect malaria for the
worse.
Hampton school opened its doors
Monday morning with two pupils.
The other three in the community
are busy aiding their parents in
gathering the fleecy staple.
Saturday, the 26th, is set aside for
"work day" for Connie Maxwell orphanage.
Let everybody give their
t labors of that day to the fatherless
and motherless boys and girls. At
the Bamberg-Barnwell Baptist Sunday-school
convention it was noticeable
that the schools reported more
finances to the orphanage than any
other benevolent cause.
Just a word or two in addition to
W. G. B.'s report of the convention
in last week's issue. Rev. W. R.
McMillan's sermon was taken from
these words: "Gather the men, women
and children and the stranger
within thy gates into the house of
the Lord." His sermon, as always,
was much commented on, and a timely
and much appreciated discourse.
On Thursday evening, Rev. J. R.
Collum delivered another timely sermon
from the words: "How often
V would I have gathered thy children
togetner, even as a nen gaiueicm
her own brood under her wings, and
ye would not."
On Friday morning Dr. C. E.
Burts, of Columbia, made an able address,
his subjexil being "The dignity
of the Sunday-school." He mentioned
statistics showing the force to
citizenship and among some of the
things he said were these words, "It
is great to be loved by and a leader
of men, but far greater is it to be
loved by and a leader of children."
He laid stress on the responsibility
on such leadership.
From start to finish the program
was filled with good spiritual teachings,
and with such generous hospitality
as Healing Springs tendered
we were sorry when the session was
finished.
Mr. Ben. F. Hill, of Clear Pond, is '
spending a short while in Augusta.
Now that the elections are all
over we offer (though we we are not
a voter) many thanks for the services
of the retiring officers, with
good wishes for whatever you may
undertake, and to the new ones we
hope you will fill the places with
the same diligence as our faithful retired
ones and that the voters will
!* be ready to respond to the calls and
fc hold up the hands for all that is
tried to be done for our good. The
soreness and strife that may have
been occassioned, we hope will soon
be healed and not long before everyone
will feel "at home."
Now at the season for new dresses,
hats, cloaks, etc.. it is real interesting
in one sense to hear many who
have hitherto cast away last season's
apparel speaking of remodeling as
"the war is on!" Some say the
styles are no good, as Paris is in too
much trouble to design fashions.
Fidelity's a virtue that ennobles
? E'en servitude itself.
EXCHANGE KKOPKXIXG IX SIGHT j |
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Optimism is Cornerstone of Simulation.
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New York, Sept. 10.?Optimism is
the cornerstone of speculation and <
stock brokers in the financial district
are discussing with confidence the reopening
of the stock exchange and
a near revival of speculative activity.
Predictions were made on the floor
that the trading would be resumed ,
within six weeks. This, of course, .
would not be attempted without the
sanction of the federal reserve board,
which is expected to provide a fund
of at least $250,000,000 that would (
be available for call loans.
The announcement from Washing- (
ton that the special committee ap- *
pointed at the recent conference suggested
that the banks of America un- ?
derwrite a fund of $150,000,000 in ]
gold to be u6ed for the settlement of i
British-American debts met with gen- j
eral approval. Probably not more <
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mail ^uv,wv,vvv nuuiu uc iuaujcuiately
needed and the effect on the
sentiment would be very great. With *
the cooperation of the Bank of England,
credits should be opened for a '
shipment of grain and provisions to
offset such deliveries of securities '
that are still pending.
Too Much Attention Abroad.
One of the old-time active floor <
traders said yesterday: "I look for i
some form of trading within thirty 1
days, and I expect a quick apprecia- 1
tion of the opportunities that lie at 1
the feet of our industrial corpora- (
tions. The inforced idleness of the
past six weeks has made us unusual- .
lv keen and the large amount of
reserve money already issued will
surely find its way back to Wall
street and be used for speculative
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too much attention has been given to ,
the threatened heavy selling from
abroad. Supposing stocks do decline
some five points. We are already '
margined for such a development, 1
and the public would quickly buy 1
and turn the tide upward. For (
twenty years I watched the trading (
on the floor and the man that would ^
attempt to make a profit by short *
selling under present conditions
would be a fool. There are a lot of
traders who hold these opinions."
Call loans are being generally
marked up to 8 per cent., and such
time loans as mature are renewed
on call at that rate. A more active
market was noted in commercial paper,
with Western banks buying at a (
7 per cent. rate. As predicted iast
week, the Copper Producers' association
did not make a report for the 1
month. The market for copper metal
is quiet, with inquiries for South
and Central America awaiting banking
facilities. Reports from the steel
trade indica'te that prices are holding 1
well, with a fair export business, but
a falling off in domestic orders.
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Aviators Shake Hands.
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London, Sept. 9.?Writing to ms '
parents from a hospital, John Baker,
belonging to the British Royal Flying
Corps, says: , <
"While flying' over Boulogne at a
height of 3,000 feet something went
wrong with the machine and the engine
stopped. The officer said to me, \
'Baker, our time has come. Be brave (
and die like a man. Good-bye,' and j
he shook hands with rue. 1
"I shall always remember the min- <
utes that followed. The next I re- ]
membered I was in a barn."
Baker's injuries include broken 1
legs. <
25 Notaries Dismissed. (
Columbia, Sept. 12.?The gov- ,
ernor today revoked the commis- .
sions of twenty-five notaries public, .
J as follows: .
C. L. Jones, Ward; J. A. Satcher,
Ward; W. B. Wallace, Newberry; C. ,
F. Lathan, Little Mountain; R. L.
jTarrant, Newberry: H. T. Cannon. <
Newberry; W. F. Sanford. Newberry;
Guy Vaughn, Fairforest; J. N. Barn- J
well, Bayburo: Arnold Bell, Bayboro;
M. C. Holmes, Bayboro: R. M. Prince,
Gurley; J. W. B. Chaplin, Neeses; W.
L. Ehney. Neeses; J. B. Sheppard, i
Neeses: J. T. Williams, Nees?s: W. S. 1
j Mobl^y, Johnston; W. C. Derrick,
Johnston: J. C. Lewis, Johnston; <
Yancey M. May, Johnston: Eugene '
A. Griffin, Newberry; J. y. McFall,
Von-horrv .Tnpl F McFaddin. Sardi- 1
iiia and J. L. Gamble, Mayesville. j
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Where Was the Monkey. i
Edith had been to a concert for <
i the first time. "And what did you
think of it?" asked her mother. 1
"I didn't like the organ very well." I
"Why not?" . 1
"'Cause these wasn't any monkey 1
with it." ]
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
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>OME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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State News Boiled Down for Quick ti
Reading?Paragraphs About e
Men and Happenings. C(
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John J. McMahan was nominated t<
'or the house from Richland county
it the third primary held on Tues- y
lay. t]
A great many of the towns and
itiec nf the state have organized g
'Buy-a-bale" clubs, and quite a good q
leal of cotton is being bought for 0
en cents per pound, cash. e:
Henry Sharpe was shot and in- C1
stantly killed Monday afternoon in y
Lexington county, by George Berfoot,
)oth white. Berfoot claims to have e
Ired in self-defense, saying that 0
Sharpe had a knife in his hand.
The expense accounts of the can- jj
lidates in the second primary were: y
Wyatt Aiken, $96.35; John G. Rich- p
lrds, $173.55; F. H. Dominick, $500; f
F. W, Shealy, $68.80; C. D. Fortner, S(
$29.31; R. I. Manning, $1,125.42; A. b
I. Bethea, $24.00. t,
Conductor P. S. Jeffers, of the
roast Line railway, was considerably S1
njured Monday by stepping into a P
lole near the track and being thrown &
:o the ground by the moving train. S
d
lie IS now in nil luiiuuai ? an. x i?i- mce.
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The State Democratic executive j
committee Tuesday reversed the Dor
Chester executive committee in defaring
J. A. Parlor and T. H. Abbott
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lomirees for superintendent of edu?ation
and auditor, and ordered the ?
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:ommittee to declare John J. Howell
tnd P. L. Moorer the nominees. t]
Representative Henry, of Texas, tl
tas appointed E. W. Dabbs as a rep- b
eser.tative of this State on the com- t]
nittee to work for an advance of sev- e
jral million dollars to the farmers o
)f the South on the cotlon crop, o
Representative Lever, of this State, o
s also a member of the committee, a
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WORKING TO SAVE EDISIO ITEM. a
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?35,000 Appropriation Cut Out by a
Senate Committee. f(
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Washington, Sept. 12.?Two South
Carolina waterway projects are cut a
jut of the river and harbor bill by a
;he amendments made in that meas- a
are by the senate committee on com- S1
nerce today.
The provision of $35,000 for the t]
i-atprwav from Charleston to Orange
aurg is cut out entirely, and so is
the Pee Dee and Lumber River ap- g
[>ropriation of $20,000. An effort 0
will be made by Mr. Lever to hold ^
:he Charleston and Orangeburg ap- a
?ropriation in conference. 0
The Charleston and McClellanville p
waterway appropriation is not affect- p
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VOTE IN HAMPTON COUNTY.
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[Jinn Goes Back to Senate and War- h
ren to House. n
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Hampton, Sept. 10.?Complete of- ?
Scial returns show E. R. Ginn is re- 0
sleeted senator and George Warren P
reelected to the house of representa- a
tives. J. Herman Lightsey is elected ^
sheriff, B. R. Hiers judge of probate, P
B. H. Tuten supervisor, and R. D. s
Mixson and P. E. Terry elected coun- 0
ty copimissioners. At the meeting
Df the executive committee a protest a
was filed against counting the Black 5
Creek box because one man alleged s
to be ins ane was refused the right to
vote. The only race that would be .4
iffected by not counting this box
would be that for representative,
rhe protest was filed by the voter
himself. The executive committee p
threw out the protest. o
'IX THE LAKE ALL FOR LOVE." t]
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Extract From Note Finned to Cloth- ^
inc Found on Bank of Lake.
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Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 9.?The bod- t]
ies of C. B. Howell and Lizzie Griffin
are at the bottom of Lakewood
Park lake in the suburbs of this city,: according
to a note found on the j j
bank of the lake at 12:30 todav. |
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With the note was clothing of both i tj
people and according to the clothing
and contents the parties are railroad
people. The man's coat contained
railroad passes and the coat of the
woman bore an emblem pin of the
Drder of Railway Conductors.
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"We are in the lake, all for love," j
was the contents of the note. Aside
from this no other information is ob- j
:ainable and the bodies will have to |
be recovered from the lake before b
real identity is known. J
crop must be curtailed, j 11
his Season's Crop Can Be Taken |
Care of, Declare Representatives. jjj
Washington, Sept. 9.?The salva- %
on of the South in the present conngency,
arising from the aggravati
situation with reference to the
atton crop, growing out of the forign
wars, is dependent in large part,
' not entirely, upon next year's cot)n
crop, in the opinion of senators,
ongressmen and economists in of
Washington who are familiar with Fr
ie difficulties presented. ha
It is thecr belief that the federal ^
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overnment can and will supply adeuate
currency to meet the imme- m<
iate demands, provided the South- Fr
rn States themselves take steps to ^
artail the production of cotton next
ear.
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If such steps are not taken, howver,
it i3 believed that the efforts 8t<
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f the federal government will prove
f small value. ar
So pronounced is the view in Waslilgton
that the curtailment of next ar'
AV
ear s crop is an all important as
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ect of the situation, tnat tne musty
les of the law libraries have been
garched for copies of laws passed w<
y thg Southern States in war times
5 curtail the production of cotton. m]
Far from being illegal and uncon- e*
titutional for a State to limit the n<
roduction of cotton, this search has *n|
isc!osed that practically all of the *
outhern States enacted legislation
uring the civil war to limit the pro- ^
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uction of cotton.
The State of Georgia, on December
1, 1S62, passed the following law:
"Section 1. The general assembly
f Georgia do enact: That it shall
ah
ot be lawful for any person or per
fill
cms, whether residing in this State
r not. to plant and cultivate in any
ounty in this State, by themselves, of
heir agents or employees, or allow g0
tie same to be done, a greater num- B(
er of acres of land in cotton than of
tree acres for each hand owned or ltz
mployed by them between the ages
f 15 and 55; and when said person w<
r persons may own or employ hands V<
ver 55 years of age and under G5, so
nd over 12 and under 15, two of
aid hands shall be counted as one;
nd. therefore, said person or per- nc
ons may plant and cultivate three t0
cres of land in cotton, and no more,
or every two of said hands so owned v"
r employed by them."
Section 2 of the law fixed the pen- ve
Ity for violation at $;500 for each *ei
nd every acre planted in cotton
bove the number allowed by the
tatute. de
Section 3, 4 and 5 are the adminis- to
rative features of the act. wl
The Arkansas law follows: to
"Whereas, in the opinion of the b?
eneral assembly the vital interests tb
f our country demand that the cul- fo
are of cotton should be restricted;
nd, in lieu of that, the production
f corn, wheat and other grain should sti
e increased, and in view of such Pc
ublic policy and necessity, there- m:
ore: fe
"Section 1. Be it inacted by the P?
eneral assembly of Arkansas, that ev
j? o o _k.ii P;
l or aunng me year 10it auan -ot
be lawful for any person or per- ha
ons, in this State, owning, claiming,
r leasing or possessing any cleared P?
r tillable land, farm, plantation, to in
lant or to cultivate more than two
cres of such farm, plantation or
ind in cotton, to the hand; and any th
erson offending against this act, he, se
he or they shall be deemed guilty r0
f a misdemeanor." th
The penalty for violation is fixed
t not less than $500 nor more than
1,000. *0
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AYS CORPSES CHOKEI) RIVER.
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i French Writer Describes tlie Fear-; .
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ful Slaughter of Germans. so
Edouard Helsey. of Le Journal, re-1 ar
orted to be now serving with the col- j ow
rs, writes under date of August 2'j: j
"It would be difficult to estimate
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be number of Germans killed last
eek. Whole regiments were anniTl
ilated at some points. They came
ut of the wood iection by section. e
me section, one shell?and every- er
hing was wiped out.
"At two or three places, which I
til
m forbidden to name, corpses filled
be Meuse until the river overflowed,
'his is no figure of speech. The *
iver bed literally was chocked by I oh
be mass of dead Germans. The ef-, op
set of our artillery surpasses even ! po
ur dreams. The Germans use out- j
f-date shrapnel which the Turks j
sed in the Balkans. Its damages of
re so slight that one of our artillery j
egiments fought for a week, losing' lei
nly eight killed and fourteen pa
winded." a
cri
An injury engraves itse'f in metal, j a 1
ut a benefit writes itself in water.? du
ean Hartant. I on
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LTTLE OF MAKXE WON BY THE
FRENCH AND BRITISH.
is Been Considered the Decisive
Battle of the European
War.
London, Sept. 13.?The sixth week
the war between Germany and
ance, Great Britain and Belgium,
e brought a vast transformation.
ie pursued are now the pursuers.
ie irresistible sweep of seven Germ
armies through Belgium into
ance met an immovable force at
e River Marne.
The army of Gen. Von Kluck,
lich so long battled to turn the als'
western flank, was slowly and
;adily outflanked. Its retirement
fore the email but hardy British
my turned the tide of battle.
Today, if French official reports
e correct, all the German armies,
cept that facing Verdun and a few
lies southwest, are retreating.
Gon. Von Kluck's army, which a
>ek ago was a few miles southeast
Paris, has retired more than sixty
lies to the southeast, while on the
treme right the army of the Bavain
crown prince, which was attack?
the French eastern line from
mcy to Epinal, has fallen back to
e frontiers of Lorraine, permitting
e French to reoccupy Luneville
d several other towns.
Retreat Hurried, Says Joffre.
Gen. Joffre, French commander-inief.
pictures the retreat as hurried,
not disorderly, with the Germans
andoning prisoners, wounded and
pplies.
Last Sunday was the darkest day
nor fnr the allips The French
vernment emigrated from Paris to
>rdeaux in a long, sad procession
motor cars. An attack on the capil
appeared imminent and the main
;rman force had hammered a huge
;dge into France between Paris and
irdun, with its centre some miles
uth of that line.
The French people trembled with
e question whether their army was
it a beaten army; whether the bisry
of 1870 would repeat itself.
The battle of the Marne, which
is decided in a week, is regarded
military critics as the most marllous
reversal of roles of two arm5
known.
German Plan Frustrated.
In their view it appears to have
tcided the first phase of the war and
have made impossible the plan
Sich the German staff is supposed
have had of smashing me French
one comprehensible stroke, and
en turning the bulk of the German
rces eastward to confront the Rusins.
The military experts, however, are
ill cautious. While recognizing the
issibility that the German armies
ay yet rally and draw a strong densive
line, they recognize also the
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'bSlUUll^ Ui LUC dliiiUQt vvuii/ivwv
acuation of France and Belgium,
iris announces that the Germans
Lve evacuated Amiens. The position
60,000 German reinforcements rented
marching south on three roads
that neighborhood is not known.
Belgians Want Brussels Back.
The Belgian army is credited with
e determination to reoccupy Brusls
and claims to have cut the railad
between Liege and Brussels,
us severing an important German
le of communication. It claims to
> pushing the scattered German
rces, composed for the most part
reservists, toward the southeast.
Military authorities in France conler
the position of the German arm3
critical. The army which was j
uth of the Argonne forest, they j
gue, hardly can retreat eastward (
ring to the danger from the strong- j
held French fortress of Verdun,;
tile the mountainous, wooded char- j
ter of the Argonne district ren-!
rs retreat due north impracticable.
ie left wing of the Germans, they
lieve, must retreat in a northwest-!
Iy direction.
Nothing Yet From Germany.
They also cherish the hope that
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v otrigiaiis may sutwccu m ucauub ;
e Germans out of Brabaut, when j
e entire German army would be i
liged to retreat on Luxemburg, an j
eration which they liken to the
ssing of a large stream through
narrow bottle neck.
The German version of the battle
Marne is yet to be heard. The
irman official wireless tonight is siit
regarding the operations of the
st week in that theatre. -It records
local success by the army of the
iwn prince, which it reports, too,
fortified position southwest of Vern,
and the beginning of an attack
the forts to the south of Verdun
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SPECIAL SESSION CALLED.
Governor Calls Legislature to ConI
sider Cotton Situation.
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Columbia, Sept. 10.?Governor
Blease tonight issued an official proclamation
calling an extraordinary
session of the legislature to meet in
Columbia on the 6th day of October.
The special session has been particularly
called to consider the present
and future condition of the State as
result of the prostration of the cotton
movement following the European
war.
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THREE SHOOTINGS IN A WEEK.
One Results Fatally and Another
May?In Aiken County.
Aiken, Sept. 12.?Rural Policeman
Gantt brought to this city and placed
in jail yesteraay uromweu duitu,
charged with, having shot and killed
a woman by the name of Mattie Belcher,
who lived in Edgefield county.
The shooting took place near New
Holland, where there was a hot supper
last Saturday night.
This is the third shooting affair in
Aiken county within the past week.
A white man by the name of Franklin
shot another man named Jones at
Warrenville on Wednesday night,
and it is said that he will not live.
The other happened at Eargle's
Bridge Thursday, when Luke Gregory
shot and seriously wounded Fannie
Gantt.
SUICIDDE AT JOHNSTON.
Orangeburg Bricklayer Kills Himself.
Johnston, Sept. 10.?James Brun- % ;
son, an Orangeburg brick mason,
committed suicide here yesterday afternoon
by blowing out his brains
with a pistol at his boarding ptlace.
Having once been an inmate of the
Insane Asylum, insanity is supposed
to have been the cause.
with heavy artillery. No date is given
and the operations may have occurred
at an early stage of the battle.
Germans Retiring.
The position of the troops, as
stated in the French reports, is that
the German right army is retreating
beyond the River Vesle, which runs*
between Rheims and Soissons; that
the German forces in the centre,
which had penetrated farthest south,
are falling back north of Vitry-leFrancois
and Seimaize and have '
crossed the River Marne, and in the
hilly wooded country between Vitry
and Verdun the Germans have lost
Revigny and Brabant-le-Rct.
Tha Prorifh annear to have taken
the offensive along almost the entire 1
front, as indicated by successes in
the east between Luneville and St.
Die, where they have retaken several
towns they evacuated a fortnight
ago. Reports from Basel say hard
fighting occurred yesterday in th^
Gubweiller Valley, in southern Alsace.
Ninety thousand men are reported
to be engaged. Another dispatch
from Brussels says the French artillery
and cavalry have annihilated
two squadrons of German cavalry in
that neighborhood.
Russians and Austrians.
In .the battles proceeding in Galicia
and Russian Poland, success appears
to cling to the Russians. They
are reported to have won a decisive
victory at Krasnick and Tomaszow \y.
Thursday. The Austrian and German
armies are estimated at forty divisions
of infantry and eleven of cavalry,
totalling more than a million men,
and reinforced by several German
divisions. The Russians describe
their line as extending over several
hundred versts. (A verst is about V
two-thirds of a mile.)
Fighting has been proceeding since
August zi ana me nussians ciaim
to be winning both in Poland and Galicia.
The battle of Rawa Ruska, which
is proceeding, apparently .will prove . '
the crucial test of the Austrian army. 1
Archduke Frederick, of Austria, is
with the army there.
A message from sources unfriendly
to Austria declare the result of
the Galician operations will determine
whether the Austrian army will
continue to be a factor in the war.
While there is deep satisfaction in
England over the progress of events
on the French battlefields, there are
11V1 015110 U1 ICjUlClllg \sx WivwtHvivM.
London today wore its usual Sunday
calm. Newspapers continue to coun- ,
sel the people against over-optinjlsm
and any belief that the war wijl be
other than a long and costly one.
The German general, Von Buelow, is
giving the German people the same
caution. He tells them they are only
at the beginning of sacrifices and
sufferings.
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