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AUSTRIA READY 10 FIGHT. SHAKtM I? IN \\ \ll DF.PAKT MI NT IIAS SK.MI'll AM I . Ui-li.v |<t Have Murh to Say WImmi It Conic* t<> a Ou< *tloii of \\ lull the Power** sliall Do. 1 ndon. !?????. 9 .?-N?> < \ i ? I i' i 11. i n Ih yet forth* ?-minie In the sudden res g natton of the Austro-Hungarian min later of war. Gen. AurTcnberg. ami the I Mi.-f general staff. Oen. Schemuu. They have aald their action was due to personal reasons, but. coming at this time. It doubtless will have a wide political significance. It had been expected that in the event of war Oen. von Hootsendorf would be appointed chief of st iff, and his appointment now to succeed Oen. Schemua. coupled with the m-wa of the renewal of the Drlebund. and that Austria and Hungary have negotiated temporary loans of 950,000,000, can not but have a disquieting effect on the International situation. It la supposed that Austria wishes to exert a strong influence over the coming conference proceedings at Ix>ndon. and especially to prevent the entry of Turkey Into the Balkan fed eration. The Austrian war party is Inflamed against Russia In the hell, that the defiant Russian attitude Is due to the Franco-Russian alliance, and some of the aar party, are urg? ing that unless Russia ceases mobiliz? ing the powers comprising the Triple Alliance should fall upon Fiance and crush her before Russia Is able to in? tervene. However the crisis may end. the war fever Is having a disastrous effect on Austro-Hungarlan trade. A com? plete financial panic prevails through? out Oallcia, where the various banks recently have paid more than $40, 000.000 to nervous depositors without stemming the run. It was reported at Paris today that the entire Austrian fleet had co ncen? trated st Pol a, the chief naval station of Austro-Hungary. Kt ssl V* STAND t Ni HANGFD. Hi. Petersburg Government's Attitude Not Altered by Military Preparn Unna of Austrl'?-Hungary. ?t. Petersburg, Dec. 0.?Russia's attitude with respect to the Balkan situation has not been changed by the apparently serious military prep? aration* of Austria, the Imperial German chancellor's pointed speech In th*? relchatag and the renewal of the Triple Alliance. In diplomatic circles here these various Incidents are Interpreted as tactical developments of Austria's natural desire to safeguard her in? terests and prestige fi om the grow? ing influence of Slavdom; her 1m saedhlte Idea being to compel Russia to dl?ei\ow S r\li In the matter of an Adriatic port. It Is pointed out that while making due allowances for legitimate meas? ures of self-defense on the part of the cabinet at Vienna. Russia Is bound also to safeguard her own interests and prestige. It la further urged that Russia can not disavow whst she never claimed and thit she has already done her utmost to restrain the Servian*. In 8t. Peter.>surg the opinion hi held that n?> Irrec.ncli? {>! < difference remains hetweg 0M minimum Uss! the geafYiaSXl demand and the gSasJ' mum which Auatr!? Is prepared to ami that a great power like Russia can not give SSJt h pledges as Austrian gialOBiaey SXpeCta Nor I it for a moment h.||,\.d in official quarters her. tsxsl Austria will resort to war t?. ? nforce nu< h pretensesjg, Itot\i\Ni\ WANT! its simti; Huchareat. Dtjf, ?,?King Cared of Roumanla In his sjpsjt ( h at the tgasav My of the It.oimaiuin p irllarnent to? day asked the legislators to give the government the auppi rt necessary for the fulfillment of the hopes of the nation In the fsjftnOOfnlnsj changes brought about by the Balltaa war. At the same time he significantly remarked that the country's tOsnV I In the Koomaalaa army was fatty justified and the troops v%.>>11? i he ready to fulfill their m'salon. "Roumania's pulley,* declared the king, "is m< .|. r.itlon and peace within the limits sosapatlble with the feigner Interests of the country" Remarking th 11 RoosaaatS h id art served sfrl< | n? Mtr ili'v durlruc the Halknn hostilities. King Carol pro ? ! ' ' We h>\. the rlk'ht to hope that this attitude will w'.n favorable re? sults flPesg asjf relations with the Halknn *tnt?sj In Itself at a constitu? tion. Hoiimanla Is an Important f o - tnr In th* con rt of sHsnspa, sad In the definitive settlement of the qUOS> Ilona r'iused during the Balkan crisis. Itoum itdas w.ud win be listened la/' It sjajg afoooife. d the Rouwtaalat parliament srenld bt Invited to rots Increase d appropriations f..r military purposes. PK \< t I WOYs N WII |l, utstantlnople, lue. 9 Official announcement was made tonight that S. la Bey, minister of marine; Re* chad Pasha, minister of agriculture, ?Mid Osman Nizaml Pasha, nmbtlM' dor to ("Jermnnv, had been appointed plenipotentiaries to the peace confer? ence, which will begin at London, De? cember 13. The delegates will start tor London tomorrow. STATE II \s No MONOPOLY. Ilii* State, With it.s lllca?e. faff ?OV, Drown, Ml Not Ottlj One Where Women are l*rotectod. Atlanta. Dec 9.?"The executive of no Statt has a monopoly of devotion to the white women of his State or to the determination to protect them," it tiared Oov. Joseph M. Brown of Georgia tonight in a statement in which he criticised the mob law speech of Uov Please of South Carolina be? fore the recent conference at Rich? mond. "I regard Oov. Bleasc's advocacy of mob law as exceedingly unfortunate,"' added Gov. Brown, "for the reason that in every other State in the Union the devotion of white men to white women is as sacred as it is in South Carolina and the determination to protect them. or. if need be, to visit condign punishment upon those who have wronged them, is as deep seated and irrevpcable as It Is In South Carolina. "Kvery governor with whom I talked at the conference and every lady who gave me her opinion stood as one In advocating legal process in? stead of mob law." - WILEY'S SUCCESSOR NAMED. Or. Curl Alsberg Appointed Chief Chemist by Taft. Washington, Dec. 7.?President Taft and Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, after months of con? sideration, today decided upon the appolntmer* of Dr. Carl Alsberg, a chemist in the bureau of drugs and plants, as chief of the bureau of chem? istry of the department of agriculture, a position that has been vacant since the resignation last spring of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the famous de? fend t of the pure food law. Dr. Alsberg has been in the depart? ment of agriculture four years. He was educated in Columbia University and Strassburg University in Ger? many. He engaged In research worl; In Germany for several years. Before coming to Washington ho was in charge of the department of biological chemistry at Harvard University. The President decided upon his ap? pointment jnly after careful consid? eration of the claims made for other chemists. Several times reports arose that he had decided upon a chief chemist to 'ill Mr. Wiley's place, but they later were proven erroneous. His decision to name Dr. Alsberg was made only today. THE DESTRUCTIVE CATTLE TICK. Picture* of Elf?* and Dew.rnotlvo W?;U of Insoet to ell Shown. Columbia, Dec. I,?Complete de? tails of the life story of the destrue ti i cattle tick wii be depleted In mov? '.ng picture fllmn at the Fifth National Cora Biponltlon here next month. Uncle Sam will conduct a moving pic? ture shou at the exposition, as one of tre numerous features of the elab? orate government exhibit, and one entire reel will be devoted to ? ( lose, detl led study of the life and habits ol t us ex pensive pent, its rapacious methodi of obtaining ? living, und the most effective methods of eradi? cating it. ti .? cattle lick film has recently I.. n eomplet d, after two years of ? tart h || Obtaining pictures. It has been given ? preliminary try-out be? fore gee rotary Wilson and other of fa lall of the department, but Its first public appearance \*iii be reserved for the Fifth National Corn Exposition, Which "pens January L'Tth. This reel Is highly Instructive! end will espec? ially interest the cattle ownen of the South, who are estimated to loso an? nually from 000,000 to $100.000, ooo through the cattle tick alone. MagniMcld many times, the tlckl in all stages of growth will crawl upon the screen before the audience. Tnis reel is supplementary to the cattle dipping val another Instruc? tive feature of the department ex? hibit, at which will be actually d*mon v rated this most certain, effective and permanent method of eradicating the cattle ttek. The Humter Drj the..is Company has put in a wry attractive Chrlet mas window, coming second in the list of merchants to do their decorat? line. Lsv) & Mosel being the Iii I to t;\ up theti windows In truly Christ? mas style The i fork ' m is ? hopp< r hov< si tri ed oui in earnest and ? \\< streets wer? busy with them both Hondtiy and Tu? sdsy, Tin- merch mti are ex? pecting those living tti it' city to ?io tin- najorlt) of tht it shopping this w ? I k COTTON GINNING ACTIVE. RKTVRNN VI UV GREAT DURING TWO WKKK8 PERIOD, Total Now 11,1141,182 Bales?Prepa railon for Merkel of 1,544,786 Bales in Last Fortnight of November Ii - creased Showing. Washington, Dee. 9.?With a total of 11,844.481 bales of cotton of the growth of 1911 ginned to December i, | activity In ths ootton belt during tiiej period from November 14 to Decent*] bar i was greater this year than it was I last year, when ths country's greatest cotton crop wag being prepared for market This year the glnnlngi per Working day for the period amounted to 102,985 bales, compared with 100, ?38 balei last gear. The total amount ginned to December 1, however, was less than last year by 971,375 bales. During the period 1,644,786 hales were ginned this year, compared with 1, 503,571 bales last year. The sixth cotton ginning report of the census bureau for the season, is? sued at 10 o'clock this morni.ig, an? nounced that 11,844,432 bales of cot? ton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1912 had been ginned prior to Sunday, December 1, to which date during the past seven years the ginning averaged 82.2 per cent of the entire crop. Last year to December 1 there had been ginned 12,816,807 bales, or 82,1 per cent of the entire crop; In 1908 to that date, 11,008,661 bales, or 84.1 per cnt, and in 1906 to that dare 10,027,868 bales, or 77.2 per cent. Included In the ginning! were 72, 927 round bales, compared with 87, 996 hales last year, 101,718 in 1910, 134,392 bales In 1909, and 201,480 bales In 1908. The number of sea island cotton bales include^ were 51,275, compared with 87,656 bales last year, 77,591 bales In 1909, and 88,886 bales In 1908. Glnnlngi prior to December l by States, with comparisons for last year and other big crop years, and the percentage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date in those years fol? low : Alabama. Tear, Ginnings. P. C. 1912. 1,150,637 .... 191 1 . 1,436,076 84.7 1908. 1,175,629 88.3 1906. 1,018,955 82.1 Arkansas. 1912. 660,174 _ 1911. .. 680,434 74.9 1908.'. .. 776,461 78.0 1906 . 570,924 63.8 Florida. 1912. 48,593 _ 191 1 . 74,056 78.4 li>08. 58,603 83.0 1906 . 50,028 81.4 Oeorgla. 1912. 1,168,441 _ 191 1 . 2,339,354 83.7 1908 . 1.731?.657 88.0 1906. 1,391,224 85.2 Louisiuna. 1912. 313,236 _ 1911. 313,621 82.4 1908 . 394,912 84.6 1906. *^72,873 70.4 Mississippi. 1912. 818,862 .... 191 1 . 892.495 76.:i 1908. 1.297,677 80.1 1906. 1,007,879 ?7.9 North Carolina. 1912. 754,249 _ 1911 . 828,660 73.6 190s. (64,846 81.1 1906 . 490,340 80.3 Oklahoma. 1912. 867,488 _ 1911. 7S3.9S9 77.1 1906. 505,584 91.5 1906 . 574,043 65.8 South Carolina. 191 2. 1,041,221 _ 1911 . 1,310,963 77.5 1908. 1,051,550 86.5 1906 . 769,785 84.4 Tenneaaee, 1911 . 208.7 21 _ 1911 . 319,979 74.4 1908 . 279,654 88.7 1906 . 184,242 C2.9 Texas. 1 91 1 .4,308,760 .... 191 1 . 3,747.932 91.3 1908 . . . 3.193,096 88.0 1906 .3.257,001 82.r. Other states. 1912. 69,048 191 1 . 89,846 64.2 190*. 56,016 7 1 !??><;. 40,7,7 1 69.1 The glnnlngS of sea island cotton prior to Dec< mber 1. by States follow: South j I'ar t*ear. Florida, Georgia ollnn 1912 . ..17,826 29,766 9,698 1911 . . . . 82.860 51,496 8,8 1 0 l Hts . . . . 86,908 13,16 t 8,622 1906 . . . . 27.9<>7 :'.2.1 lo s,^ 19 With Christinas only la ? weeks off and the season for fireworks >t hand, mild ho a food Idea for house* , h?ht, n in 11 g thai fhelr ) tirds at ? cleared of trash und leaves, There Is I nothing like proper precautions tok? 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Present Your Labels on DECEMBER 20th At The NEW YORK BAKERY. THE REST FOOD IS BREAD THE HEST HUE A I) IS? Butter-Nut Bread== RICH AS BUTTER new york BAKERY. SWEET AS A NUT AT ALL LEADING GROCERS. SAVE THE BUTTERNUT LABELS FOR A NICE "DINNER SET. BLEASE ON RAGE MEET. GOVERNOR STATES ATTITUDE AS TO PROPOSED MEET IX CHARLL TON, Opposed to Gambling, He Says, but Not Hit Business to stop it?De? clares that if Local Officers, Whose Duty it Is to Sop that Daw is Obey? ed, Tell Him Situation Is Beyond Their C ontrol. lie will do His Duty. Charleston, Dec. 11.?'"I am oppos? ed to gambling in any form," said Gov, Cole L. Blease last night when asked by a reporter what was his attitude towards the race meeting which the Charleston Fair and Rac? ing Association proposes to open next month ;it Palmetto Dark, "i love to see two roosters tight, hut without gaftS I love a game of cards, but let it be a good, clean K?me. I don't pro? pose to come down here during the raoei > ferret out the gambling, but I expect the sheriff and the citizens to do their duty. According to the Act passed by the Legislature against gambling, any citizen can go before a magistrate and swear out a warrant against a man for gambling at the races, If tin- officers of the law tind that the gambling is beyond their con? trol and appeal to me to aid them in the matter, 1 will do my full duty. "i like botst? racing, and there are thousands of otheri who like it,, bit i stand unalterably opposed to gan - bling on the races, it is not my bus? iness to come down her?- and stop gambling. Your own cltisens can do th.it: the ?herlfl can stop it. if the officers, whose duty it is to set' thi t tin- law is obeyed here at the races, come to me and admit that the situ? ation is utterly beyond their manage? ment and that they cannot Btop gambling, I will do my duty to have the law enforced." WHITE'S TEAM PROVES STRONG. Wins out from Cuttino's Team by Ma? jority <>f 8."> Pine. White's and Cuttlno'S tcaies. Team No. 1 and Team No. Z, in the V. M. C. A. bowling contest, bowled Monday night three good games, White's team winning out in the end by a majority of 85 pins over Cuttlno's team. There was a small crowd to watch the bowlers, but noi so much en? thusiasm was shown as In the last game b< fore it. when Te no No. A lost from Team No. 2, tying it for first place. With the result of the game Monday night Team No. J is ahead in ihe cont< st for the trophy. The nexl match will be held Thurs? day night when Team No, :'? bowlH Team No t. eaptains Creech and Lordi respectively, Negro ^idl l.i\im?. it was learned Tuesday mornlni; i ha t Janu i Wilson, the negro hurt on the Atlantic Oousl Line track Saturday night, was still living, although ther w i . small ehanci ol Ilia recovery. BITTEN BY MAD DOG. Four Persona Bitten by Fos Terrier Belonging to Mr. H, Osteen, One of the Victims Being His son. On Thursday afternoon of last week Hubert Osteen, son of Mr. H. G. Oateen, James Burns, son of Mr. W*. B. Burns, Mr. Murray Griffin, and Harry Cantey, delivery boy in the em? ploy of DeLorme's Pharmacy, were bitten by a Pox terrlor belonging to Mr. Osteen. The dog was confined and kept under observation until it died Saturday about noon. The head was expressed Saturday night to the state Laboratory in Columbia, for ex? amination by Dr. r. A. Coward, who was notified by long distance tele* phone and by mail of the clrcum I stances, Sunday night Dr. C, P. Osteen received a telegram from Dr. Coward ?tatlng that examination <>f the dog's head Bliowed that It had rabies, Monday morning Mr. Burni and Mr. Osteen, acompanled bj Mr. Grifttn took the two hoys to Columbia for ex? amination by I >r. Coward and to consult him BJ to the treatment. l>r. Coward advised that all of those bit? ten be given the Pasteur treason!, the serum to be furnished by the state Laboratory and administered by the regular physician of the persons requiring the treatment. The treat? ment, which, continues twenty-one days, was started on Tuesday. Dr. Archie China treating Mr. Griffin and .James Burns and Dr. C. P. Osteen, Hurbert Osteen and Harry Cantey. The circumstances under which the dog bit the two boys, Mr. Griffin and Harry Cantey weir not sn.-h lo cause Berious appri hensloii at drat, for she had a Utter of young puppies and was inclined to be cross, as she had been with previous litters. Hubert i tsteen and James Burns went Into the out-house where Ihe puppies were and were examining them, when the dog snapped Hubert on the hand, in filcting a very slight wound on tin hack of the hand. James Burns started to run oui of the house and the dog seized him by the ankle, t< ir Ing the stocking and breaking the skin in two places, the wounds being stif* ficlent to cause blood to flow, Mr. Griffin was bitten when he went to Mr. 08teen's house to make the af? ternoon delivery oi* mall. The dog was lying on the piazza at the time. Mr. Griffin handed tho mail to Mrs. Osteen, who was sitting in the piazza. and wont down the steps, the dog ap? parently paying no attention to him. But as he w< nt out of the yard the dog followed him and as he reached the sidewalk, seized him, without warning, by the ankle, Mr. Griffin kicked loose and at first thought no damage had been done beyond tear? ing his trousers, but a few moments latei ihe ankle began to smart and an examination shoa'ed thai the skin had been broken by four of the dog's t?.th. Hart*) Cantey u is bitten somctltm during the afternoon ns h? was pass in:; t he house on a l i> ycle, t he 1? running out and seizing him u> tfu foot, but inflicting oni> a sllgh \> ound. All of the wounds were promptly treated with peroxide of hydrogen, or carbolic acid as a precautionary measure, only, as there was no rea? son to believe that the dog had hy? drophobia, as she had not acted pe? culiarly prior to this time, and her at? tack on the children and Mr. Griffin was attributed to the fact that she had puppies only two days old and was cross on that account. She wa3 handled several times Thursday af? ternoon and Friday by Mr Poteen and ?ht made no attempt to late him and was obedient and intelligent whan spoken to. The death of the dog was a suspicious circumstance, however, and the head was sent to Columbia for examination in order that alt doubts mi^ht be removed, and to allar whatever uneasim SO was felt. Another serious phase ? f the mat? ter is the fact that this d. g bit at least two dogs, and perhaps others. The owner of one dog that was bitten is known and has been notiiied, the other dog has not been located. It li extremely probable thai other dogs' i nrere bitten during the time that the fox terrier had the disease, for the authorities say that a dog does not usually die of hydrophobia until the sixth of eighth day, and occasionally ' th?- disease has a longer duration. In these circumstances it srlll be only a reasonable precaution?for their own safety and for that of their families j ?to say nothing of the public?for j all dog owners to keep a close watch over their dogs and at the first in? dication of sickness to securely con Rne them. Mr. Osteen's dog must have been l itten some time recently by some stray dog that had rabies and other j dogs may have been bitten at the same tia e by th<* same dog. And only 1 [ feu days ag.? ? dog belonging to Mr. \ F XV. A. Hui:man want mad, but w**s ! killed before it did any damage. Pr. Coward told Mr. Osteeu Monday that j then appeared to be sn epidemic of ; hydrophobia in the State, that the case reported from Bumter was tho sixth within two days, and that he was sending out more than thirty treatments every day. The situation is one that demand! i that every precaution be taken to prevent other people being bitten by mad dogs. No one can tell what dog or whose dog has hydrophobia, or when it will go mad and bite some person when be bast expects it. Every dog that has been permitted to run at large < a the street- any tinea within the past month or two may have been l itt? 1 by a mad d..g and now has the gvrms lying dormant In its system, but I a 1 to break out In a rabid to? t,i a!; day. California Woman Rerinasly llaraned, \ short time ago 1 contracted ? se? vere cold which s'it!?d on my lunps ami < mi* d toe :, great deal of an* noyance. I would havi bad cough* ivir spells and my lunge Srere so soie and inflamed 1 l>egan to be I rlousty alarmed. \ friend recommended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, say? ing she h oi us* d it tor years i bought i bottle and it relieved my cough the first night, and in i w?? h t was rid of the told and soreness of my lungs/' wra. .\ti-s Marie derber, Saw teile, |cal. r r sale ?>> nil dealers.? Ad\t.