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MIGHT EXI) AUSTRIAN EMPIRE. I>oa] Monarchy May Fail if Russian Invasion Succeeds. While the German war machine is undergoing its supreme test now almost under the walls of Paris, while there is being decided the age long rivalry between the Germans and the French, it is beginning to be apparent that far off beyond the Carpathians and the Vistula a conflict not less tremendous is proceeding which may have far more enduring consequences in European States. For if Germany defeats France and England there will still remain a France and England, says the New York Evening Sun. Napoleon could not destroy Prussia. Austria never succeeded in killing the national aspirations of the Italians, but an Austrian defeat in Galicia may mean the end of Austria, for Austria is not the nation of one race or of several races bound together by centuries of common hopes and fears, sufferings and ideals: rather it is the combination of peoples of many tongues ruled by two races, in numbers the minority, in intelligence and power dominant. The downfall of Austria-Hungary has been foretold for a generation. The death of Francis Joseph has been fixed as the term of the Hapsburg empire. The rise of the Balkan States, of Servia, so small in area, so 1 large in the events of the world history. has been accepted as final signs of the coming dissolution. If the battle now in progress, a ' battle where hundreds of thousands of men are units, shall turn against the Austrian?and the fall of Lemberg must be accepted as an indication of waning fortune?then as the victorious Slav armies go forward what of the Ruthenian and the Pole of Galicia, the Czech of Bohemia and Moravia, the Slovak beyond the Carpathians? What, too, of the Serbs and Croats along the Danube and the Drave? Will they not welcome the Russian as a fellow Slav, will not Austria. inunaatea trom tne east by victorious Slav armies, be faced by ; the uprising of 26,000,000 of Slavs : who have long and impatiently en- i dured the stupid tyranny of German and Hungarian rulers? Such, at I least, is the question the world out- ] side must at present ask. i Russia's Purpose Plain. i The plain purpose of Russian mili- : tary operations is now revealed. Pre- i cisely as Germany sent her whole 1 field army to France and kept only a 1 screen to face Russia, the Czar turn- ) ed only a relatively weak army against Germany and sent his great i force over the boundaries into Aus- i tria. To destroy Austrian armies, to 1 crush the forward thrust frdm Gali- < cia of the whole fie'-d army of Austria. precisely as the "kaiser struck at France, this was the Russian strategy. Successful, it is hardly possible to exaggerate the consequences of the Russian strategy. The immediate effect must be to send the shattered Austrian troops westward through the Carpathians, out of the field of future operations not impossibly ha- 1 rassed by the Galicians themselves, i Slav to a man. Meanwhile the great bulk of Russians can flow west and north toward Berlin. Such strength as remains to Austria must be devoted to a grim defence eastward < along the Carpathians and southward on the Danube, where the Serbs are coming up, and. to the repression of Slav rebellion at home, 1 * not impossibly. But if Russia fails, if Austria at 1 the last wins, or even makes the battle drawn, then the Russian advance : is checked from the Baltic to Buko- ' inna m nra mill inn ? nf Pnccionc trill have to be mobilized, the Austrian : and Prussian marches will have a breathing spell. Russia will not go : . . to Berlin then, but must defend Warsaw, strive to save Poland from the invader. ! Thus far to the west and to the east exactly the same desperate game : is being played. Germany is staking 1 everything upon success before Paris, success which can only come withj* ' the destruction of the enemy before: ( her, not from an empty siege?use- , less, even if successful, if French and ( English armies remain standing. , Russia is putting the whole present . prospect of the war in jeopardy to strike down the Austrian army, which represents the full measure ] of Hapsburg strength and the sole . sustaining bulwark for a nation of ] divided loyalties and many tongues, j Slav Against Teuton. i So far as the war is a battle be- i tween the Slav and the Teuton it is 1 being fought today about Lemberg. i A victory for Russia will be as de- < cisive for the Slav as was Tannen- ' berg five centuries ago, when the : Poles checked the eastward advance of the Germans for centuries. More i vital for Germany by far is the eastern than the western struggle, for : neither France nor England threat- ' ens her existence, seeks her pro- 1 vinces, save Alsace-Lorraine, but j Slav ambition turns toward Posen : and the very gates of Berlin. i If Russia is victorious in the pres MISTER OUT FIVE COMPANIES. Bl(?se Signs Order Affecting J deficient Commands. Columbia. Sept. 2").?The military companies at Liberty Hill. Barnwell. Conway, Walterboro and the coast artillery reserves are to be mustered out of the service of the nationalguard of this State and disbanded, orders to this effect having been signed late this afternoon by Governor Blease. These companies were found deficient at the annual inspections and recommended to be mustered out of service by the war department several months ago." All ieaera! aiu nas aiieau.> uccu muidrawn. The issuing of this order this afternoon recalls the controversy between the war department and Governor Blease over his refusal to muster out certain companies found deficient. It is expected that the mustering out of these companies is only the beginning of the plan to build up the efficiency of the national guard. Adjt. Gen. W. W. Moore has been in accord with the policy of keeping the militia up to a state of efficiency, and his efforts have been approved by the war department. All federal aid was withdrawn from the militia of South Carolina several months ago. Text of Order. Tne oraer issued tonignt musiering out the companies mentioned follows: "September 25, 1914. "General order No. 73? "1. Under the provisions of section 39, military code of South Carolina, company B. 1st infantry, Liberty Hill, S. C.; companies E, Barnwell, S. C.; H. Conway, S. C., and K, Walterboro. S. C., 3rd infaptry, X. G.. S. C., and 2nd company coast artillery reserves, Lancaster, S. C.. are hereby mustered out of the military service of South Carolina. ; "2. Pending the settlement of their property and financial accountability the commanding officers of said organizations will be carried on the unas'igned list. "3. Lieut. Col. James T. Hornsby, State armorer, is hereby directed to proceed to Barnwell, September 28 and 29; Walterboro, September 30* and October 1; Conway, October 2 and 3; Liberty Hill, October 5 and 6, and Lancaster, October 7 and 8, and upon his arrival he will receive from the commanding officers of above named companies all public property, United States and State, for which they, the said company commanders, are responsible, giving receipt therefor, after carefully verifying accounts of same. ' "COLE L. BLEASE, "Governor of South Carolina, Commander-in-Chief. "Official: W. W. MOORE, "The Adjutant General." On the Road. A commercial traveler had been talking his hardest, his most eloquent, his most persuasive, for nearly an hour to a shrewd old Yorkshire business man. The old fellow seemed convinced and pleased, and the traveler thought he had his fish landed. But the Yorkshire man said: "There's my lad Jack?Ah'd like him to hear what ye have to say. win ye coom mis aiiernoun auu &u over your talk again?" "Certainly sir?with pleasure!" said the traveler heartily, and at the hour appointed presented himself again for the interview with the father and son. Again he went over the points of the article he had to sell? forcibly, eloquently, persuasively. N'ever had he acquitted himself of a Bner "selling talk." When he had finished, the old Yorkshire man turned to his son, and said enthusiastically: "Do you hear that. Jack? Well, now, that's the way I want you to sell our goods on the road."?TitBits. cnt eastern struggle we shall see a quick change in the west. To stem the Russian floqd not one but many corps will have to be recalled. Anything but a decisive victory in France will prove but an empty triumph whose prize is lost as soon as won. All this the Germans know nf <?1] Tt Avnloino oil thfiir _<H gantic efforts, their recklessness of life, of resources. The supreme hour has come, precisely as they planned it should come. They have almost reached Paris. Their war machine has fulfilled every task set for it so far. save only one?it has not yet 3estroyed Anglo-French armies. There is yet time?but the first rumors from the Carpathians and the Vistula, suggest that the time will not be long. That retiring war minister of France who declared before the severe struggle far to the north "On this battle the fate of France depends," has found the exile he deserved. but is it too much to say that on this Galician battle depends the fate of Austria. "J>IIYS" WIX IX VIRGINIA. Karly Returns Indicate a Sweepin Victory. Richmond, Sept. 22.?Return early tonight from Virginia's eleetio today on State-wide prohibition ind cated that the prohibitionists hav ' Carried the State by a heavy major ty. If the present ratio of return is maintained the dry majority wi be more than 20.000. Richmon complete gives 4.2S2 for prohibitio and 6.011 against; Danville, 94S fc and 74." against; Fredericksbur; 21"> for. 206 against: Charlottes ville, 249 for, lt?6 against: Port: mouth, 1,294 for, 1,231 against Gampton, 2ol fcr, 1S1 against; Bri< tol, 424 for, 2S2 against; A. "va dria. 3f>S for, 1,121 against. Scattering returns from all th counties showed heavy dry major ties. Must Be Cooperation of All Force In this cotton crisis of the Sout it looks at if we have had a simila spectacle. The farmer has said ths congress ought to act. Congress ha said the States ought to act. Th States have trown the blame parti back on congress and partly on th counties. "The bankers are t blame," has been another cry; an the State banke have shifted th blame to the national banks, and th national banks to Secretary McAdo< and Secretary McAdoo to the federz reserve board. Meanwhile the mar ufacturers, abused for not buyinf have declared that merchants won buy goods; while in the midst of a the turmoil comes the cry, "The fai mer is to blame because be doesn swear not to plant any cotton nes year." At a time when there ought t have been the utmost eooperatioi every man seems to have been an> ious to reform the other fellow it stead of himself; and our farmer themselves have split up into cotto congresses, cotton associations, a additions to the Farmers' unioi while each State government in th South has spent its time talkin about what someone else ought to d< The early efforts of Governor Co! quitt of Texas and Governor Crai of North Carolina to get a confei ence of governors and unite upo some coherent South-wide polic were blasted by the failure of othe governors to give proper eooperatioi The whole truth is therefore tha instead'of going into battle-with well-drilled army, we have had mob, a rabble, and a rout. Full si weeks of precious time has bee waisted, when a genuine Mos might have rallied the whole Sout for united effort and for victory. Of course, the six weeks' time tha has been lost cannot be regained, nc can we fully recover from the fict tious and artificial standard of lo1 prices which has been set during thi period of panic anc. confusion. Bu if our cotton farmers will resolve t get some order and organization ou of this chaos even now, we may y? save the situation. The national government has distinct duty to perform in this cr sis; the State government has duty; your local market has a duty and the farmers of your country a a group and you as an individut have your duties. Now let's take a bird's-eye view c the situation, see where each man" duty lies and resolve to treat ever man who fails in hir. duty just as w would treat a deserter in time c war.?Progressive Farmer. i Not Even Postholes. A member of the house from Uhi returned to Washington after an at sence of about two weeks, durin which time he looked over his di? trict to ascertain how the land la and if he had a chance of returnin to the next congress, says the S Louis Globe-Democrat. As he er tered the hotel lobby with his gri he was greeted by his colleague, Get Isaac S. Sherwood, the dean of th Ohio Democrats in congress. Ger Sherwood hears poorly and onl through one of these little instru ments which resemble that allege musical instrument, the ocarina, wit a curved pipestem attachment whic he inserts in his ear while listening Even then one has to shout to mak the general hear. "Hello." said Sherwood to his col league. "Been out home lookin after your fences?" "Fences, hell!" shouted the re turned member. "I couldn't fim even a posthole." StupCnduos Figures. I London. SeDt. IS.?The cost of til war up to today, including the losse resulting from commercial paralysis has been $11,26~>,000,000, ac-cordin to figures compiled here. The cost to England alone, basei on figures covering 43 days from An gust 1, has been $166.r?00,000. This is at the rate of $lG6,r>00,00 a day, $161,337 an hour, and $2,68 a minute. i PLENTY OF TAXES. ? Emergency Bill Hits Almost EveryIxkIj Somewhere. is An emergency revenue bi-1 to pron vide $105,000,000, taxing beer, wines, i- gasoline, sleeping and parlor car e tickets, insurance, telegraph and telei phone messages, amusements and a is variety of documents, was agreed on 11 last Saturday, by the Democrats of d the house ways and means commitn tee. with the understanding that it u would be introduced yesterday. ?, Republicans of the committee will 5- be called in Tuesday to vote on the ?- bill and the house will begin considering it Thursday, s- Republicans of both houses and senate have already gone on record in opposition to any war tax mease ure. Democrats hope to rush the i- bill through the house. The big fight will be in the senate. The committee increased the inters. nal revenue tax on beer by fifty cents a barrel, making the new tax total h $1.50. Domestic wines are to be .r taxed 20 cents a gallon on sweet it wines and 12 cents a gallon on dry ,s wines. Gasoline is to be taxed two e cents a gallon. y Stamp tax provisions ar?.d the tax e on tobacco dealers, brokers, bankers, o and amusements are carried in d schedule A, which will continue in e effect until December 31, 1915. The e remainder of the bill will be in force ), until repealed. tl Bankers are to be taxed two doli lars on each $1,000 of capital, surl, plus and undivided profits; brokers 't will pay $50 each, pawn brokers II $20; commercial brokers $20; cus - toms house brokers $10. Proprietors 't of theatres, museums and concert :t halls in cities of 15,000 population or more are to pay $100 each. ( Ciro cus proprietors shall pay $100 a year; ? i, proprietors of other exhibitions $10, and billiard rooms $5 for each alley i- or table. s Tobacco dealers and manufacturn ers are to be taxed the same as in is 1S9S, except that in the largest class, i, "tobacco dealers not specifically proe vided for" the tax is to be $4.80 g each. In 1898, there was a $12 tax ). on tobacco dealers having annual 1- sales of 50,000 pounds or more, g Bonds and certificates of indebt> edness are taxed five cents for each n $100 involved and freight and exy press receipts one cent each, with a >r mandatory provision that the shipi. pers must pay this tax. Telephone it messages are to be taxed* one cent a on tolls of 15 cents or more and a telegrams one cent a message. x The bill carries taxes of fifty cents n on each indemnity bond, two cents !S on each certificate of profits, 25 cents b on each certificate of damage and 10 cents for each certificate not eslt pecially provided for. 'r I*fe insurance policies are taxed eight cents on each $100, and fire, K marine, casualty, fidelity and guar16 anty insurance policies one-half cent lt on each dollar, as in 1898. Goods 0 withdrawn from customs houses will 11 pay a stamp tax of fifty cents as in * 1S98. For each seat in a palace or parlor a car, for each berth in a sleeping car, l~ the tax now is to be two cents against a the one cent war tax of 1898. > Other provisions are: Brokers' con s tracts, ten cents; deeds and other conveyances, 50 cents when not exceeding $500 in amount and 50 cents for each additional $500; mortgages s 25 cents for each $1,500; power of y attorney to vote, 10 cents; power of e attorney to sell, 25 cents;' protest of = a note, bill of acceptance, etc., 25 cents. Because of constitutional questions, the committee eliminated altogether foreign bills of exchange, charter agreements, manifests and H foreign bills of lading and postoffice g money orders and on leases.?YorkJ~ ville Enquirer. y M z Colorado's coal strike has cost the t. miners $6,925,000 and the mine opi erators about an equal amount. Sixp ty-six persons have been killed. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY _ y [. A Vegetable Element That is Rapidly (| Doing Away With the Use of [j Calomel. h r Mack's Drug Store is one of the . e first progressive concerns to offer for sale the new system of medicine that _ is fast supplanting the use of olds fashioned calomel as a liver medicine. Nearly everyone knows how easily the liver becomes sluggish in this A climate and how this sluggishness effects aot only all the other physical organs but the mind as well. The signal towers of this dread condition, which some call malaria e | are coated tongue, lack of energy, s: dull eyes, constipation, sallow com;,; plexion. gj Taken with regularity this proven i scientific liquid vegetable medicine in d , the form of CARSWELI/S LIVER- I -| AID will prevent or promptly relieve | all liver troubles. 0 I On sale under money return guar9 I antee by Mack's Drug Store, Bam| berg, S. C. NOWJHE'S THE Young man, if you wish to be VOUR OWN BOSS start a bank account. Someday a business opportunity will present itself and you will have the money to take it. All big fortunes began that way. Unce you start, tnings come easier each year. When you need it, it will be where you can get it to grab a good business opportunity. Make OUR bank YOUR bank We pay 4 per cent, interest, compounded quarterly on savings deposits .' *1 Farmers & Merchants Bank 1 EHRIIARDT, S. C. J WEEK-END AND SUMMER I f Excursion Rates I To The Seashore Via The A * _ _ V :.g Atlantic Loast Line The Standard Railroad of the South. . ROUND TRIP RATES From Denmark to Washington, D. C $21.20 ,:K|1 From Denmark to Baltimore, Md $21.20 From Denmark to New York City $30.20 From Denmark to Boston, Mass $34.75 Tickets on sale every day until September 30th, via Norfolk and Steamer, with final return ; limit October 31st, 1914. x* T-i 1_ ?:?x.? xr n An rruiti mmiarai iu vv nuiing iuii, xi. \j <pv.iv Tickets on sale for all trains each Saturday and for forenoon trains each Sunday until September 13th, i914, limited returning to midnight of Tuesday next following date of sale. For Summer Excursion Rates to many Mountain, Lake and Pleasure Resorts, and for any information, reservations, etc., call on. J. B. LILES, Ticket Agent, Denmark, S. ,C. Or Address W. J. CRAIG,- T. C. WHITE, Pass. Traffic Manager, General Pass. Agt., Wilmington, N. C. I- M THE PEOPLES BANK J .: :| Our facilities for handling accounts are first class. Your business r solicited. m BAMBERG, S. C. 1 -Si 'iyi AN OUT OF ORDER CAR | Vi is an extravagance. It is just V" money tied up uselessly. So r when your machine balks or it \ refuses to go send it to us at shape again so you will have J/^gjP the use of it and the value of ? |j I your money. ? J. B. BRICK LEI I - Bicycles, Guns and Automobiles Repaired. Bamberg, S. C. I -hI ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ,