Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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???. ?' I . * * Qk atcljmait 9CMTER WATCHMAN, Established AprlL laf*. ??He Just and Fear not?Let an the ends Thon Alms'* at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Trntk'a." THE TRUE SOCTimON, Established June, IMC Consolidated Aug. 391881. ?^BP^^^naaaaaajnan SUMTER, 8. O. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1914. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 4?. BRIEF WAR BULLETINS. r ? Newt is Fragmentary and Mainly Based on Rumor. TU KHK HAH HEIN NO PITC'HKD BATTLK tills FAR, JMHTflfG CON FIN KD TO SKIHMlslUN HKTWKKN Ol Tl?OSTS ANffc^llVANCK GUARD*. Ill MOH OF NAVAL RATTLKS IN NOHTlf >FA ANt> BAI/Tir. London. Auf. 3.?All of continental Europe la at war. Qermany Ms Invaded France, at two points^ and haa also Invaded SwlUerland 'at Balsle and Belgium n**r Liefe. \ Kuaatan troopa have Invaded Qer? many. V V Austria ia rushing, men to the aid of Qermany. England is expected to decWe war Immediately. V The London Times saysMt is the greatest war since the fall of the Ro? man empire. France haa Invaded Qerman terrl Ttaval Battle Reported. Amsterdam. Aug. 3.?In a naval bat? tle In North sea. Qermany Is reported to have Ion. seven ships, and Great Britain two. Belgian Town Seised. Paria, Aug. 3.?Oerman troops to ?y selaed Arin Helgtum. C apture Oerman Ship, x. Aug. 9.?J BwaaBssw* Vladivostok Aug. ?.?A Qerman today by the. Fbssfch Steamer Seized. Copenhagen. Aug. 3.?German ihlps today captured the Finish Steamer Primula Qreat Battle Imminent. Berlin, Aug. 3.?A great battle is Imminent between Russians and Ger? mane In Lortheastern Prussia. Fighting on Border. Paris. Aug. 3.?German and French patrol* an fighting today at Conche ray. a frontier town. The Germans have seised the Swiss m'iltary atution at Hainlo. The Ger? mane uio ?nvading Belgian territory. Kassian Fro press Captured. London, Aug. 3.?Dowager Kmprcss Marlr. of Russia, who left Fnglund for St. Petersburg has been cap? tured at Berlin. She was given the al? ternative if returning to London or going to Copenhagen. Qerman Meet Bottled Vp, London, Aug. 3.?The German fleet la reportod to he bottled up i" Kiel today. He ivy firing wan heard In the North sea last night indicating that a naval engagement wan going on. Mobilizing In Siberia. Tien Tuln. Aug. 3.?The mobiliza? tion of all Russian troops In MfcSfah commenced today. French AemiHam* Wrecked. Berlin. Aug. 3.?A French aeroplane squadron today was scouting o\?-r Germany. < >n?? monoplane was wreck? ed hy German sharpshooters at Wcs? 1. Qi isssn Defeat Hc|M>rtcd. London, Aug. 3.?It In reported that a Qermsn column of L'O.ooo w.-m heavily repulsed while attempting to Invade France, near Nancy Sunday. I.Ilmii Bombarded. Amsterdam. Aug 3. The German cniiaer Augsburg In bombarding LI bau. an important Itussla n Baltic port. ?*ibau la ln flames. A Pusnian cruis? er later htKun sn attack on the Augs berg. Twenty Rattan* Killed. Merlin. August 3 -Twenty Ruaslans ware kill? d In n skirmish with Ger? mans ?it Johannlabnrg, Knat Prussia. All railroads are bvlng rut. Wireless Htatkms <l??*rsl. hoadon. August 3 - All aimless sta tlonn In Great Hrltaln not used |,\ u,,. Government, have hc?>n ordered <|ls mantlrd. Merchanta ships ha\o bsssj ordered to dismantle their wireless equipment Special to The Dally Item. Paris. August 3.?Belgium has de-, cided to Join France in the. war against Germany. i The French parliament will to-mor? row formally declared war on Ger? many, j Two German arnry . corps have crossed Into Russian ^Poland. The town of Kalisz has been occupied. Aeroplane Rams Dirigible, Paris, Auk. ?<?A French aeroplane today rammed a German balloon, killing 25, including the French avia? tor. Emperor Reported Killed. London, Aug. 3.?The rumor that . ustrla emperor has been assassinated has not yet been confirmed. American tourists in automobiles are being halted and their machines confronted all over Europe. Russian fleet Defeated. Stocksholm, Aug. 3.?The Russian fleet was defeated yesterday in a battle with a German squadron. The Rus? sians escaped into , the Gulf of Fin? land. Germany hrf^ wised the Aland Islandav- #* <r.* .V. ? Troop Train Dynamited. Paris, Aug. 3.?A German troop train in Alasace-Loralnc was blown up today. Two hundred soldlers wert* killed. > ?? i i ? . I1EI/? FOR AMERICANS. ? ? t>'?0 to Aid Stranded Americans. Washington, Aug. 3.?President Wl'son has asked c ongress for an ap? propriation of $250,000 for the relief of Americans In Europe. He may send ships after them, as congress is expect? ed to authorize the use of naval ves? sels to carry mail, passengers and freight. Italy Mobilizes Army. Rome, Aug. 3.?Italy today ordered the army mobilized as a "precaution? ary mensure." British Army Mobilising. .. Loniion, Aug. 3.?The Central News states that the kmg of Great Hritain this afternoon at a meeting of the PHvy Council, signed an order for the mobilization of the Rrltish army. House Passes Emergency Money Hill. Washington, Aug. I,?'The house to? day unanimously passed the senate emergency currency bill making avail? able to national banks, h\e hundred millions of emergency money now in the vaults of the treasury. Seek to Cut Cables. New York, Aug. 3.?An unconfirmed report Bays that warships are grap P'lng for trans-Atlantic caldes not far from the American enast, intending to am them. ANOTHER BUBONIC CASE Fourteenth Since the Contagion Ap? peared More Thau a Month Ago. New Orteana, Atta;, 2.?Another case of bubonle plague, the fourteenth etnea the eootaejtoa appeared here more than a month ago and the first in the past eight days, was announced today hy Dr. William c. Uuekcr, in charge of plague eradication work. Henry Phane, awed is, a negro, wan taken III on July |f, and today his malady was 0 Hie tally declared to l>e plague. He Is expected to die. THEMEN HOI'S FINANCIAL SLl MP. Shrinkage in Price of American Se? curities Two Million Hollars In Wirk. New Yor\. July 31.?It la estimat? ed that American securities have slump* ii approximately two Miiion dollars .s it hin the past week, due to flic war era re, It |g the most tremen? dous slump in history. The Hank of Rnglnnd has raised the rate of discount to ehjhj per cent. EVENT! MOVE RAPIDLY TO WARD GENERAL CONFLA? GRATION, Italy is Assembling Her Fleet?Hoi land Mobilizing Her Army?Ger? many Bajprndi Sailing of AH Trans Atlautle Steumers. -*'*\ . Home, July II.?Italy la assembling her fleet to be ready for whntffnf may happen. . s.. Daten ->w^> Mobilised. J^^^m 31. ?The entire OMt^b^ttrmy w^fsfc'^ordered mobilized Steamship Service Suspended. Hamburg, July 31.?American trans-Atlantic steamship sailing of all German lines were suspended today. SLRVI.VS FIRST VICTORY. Austrian Army Repulsed After Des? perate Rattle. Nish, July II,?A large detachment of Servian troops repulsed the Aus? trian!] in a desperate battle at Moravia Pans. A Hit; WAR. Austria Realizes Too Late That She Cannot Crush Servia Vnhlmlcrcd. Vienna, July II.?Hope of localizing the Austro-Servian wt^i4 'was prac? tically abandoned late this afternoon. ENGLAND WORKS FOR PEACE. Rut While EflOfta Continue General War Is Regarded us Inevitable. London, July 31.?Though efforts to obtain peace continue, a general Eu? ropean war is believed inevitable late this afternoon. German Cruiser Lying in Wait for Kttcmy's Shipping. New York, duly II,?The English trans-Atlantic liner Luyltana which arrived this afternoon reports that the German cruiser Dresden Is lying out? side the three mile I im I ff New York harbor. Run on Rank of Belgium. Brussels, July II.?A run started today (m the Bank of Belgium. Sugestlon of Mediation. Toki, July 31.?It has been sug? gested that Japan and the United States Offer their services as mediators in the present European troubles, - RFSSIA ORRF.HS MOBILIZATION. Financial Terror Felt as Dealers Corn? er Food Supplies and Charge Big Prices. London, July 31.-^Premier Asqulth in the house of commons this after? noon Announced that Russia had pro? claimed a general mobilisation and Germany is expected to do so. Financial terror is overwhelming Europe this afternoon. Dealers every? where are cornering food supplies for exorbitant prices. Disastrous effects are already beginning to be felt. CALlloi'X AUDITORS PATIENT. simms Calls Manning to Account fori Injection of Rlcascism. St. Matthews, July SO.?Before an attentive, respectful and undemon? strative audience of 3U0 cltlsem of Calhount county candidates for state offices today submitted their pleas for suffrage, The Speakers, for the most part, held themselves within their routine declarations and promir.es, ex? cept whon Charles Carroll Blmms, candidate for governor, took Richard i. Manning to account for ids sudden injection at Orangeburg yesterday of tile question Of perpetuating the pedi? cles of the present administration, saying that such a step was lncon slsti nt with the constant plea of Mr. Manning to lay aside factionalism. This, moreover( was the lirst time thai gubernatorial candidates, professing friendship for ihc governor, have crossed the line of demarcation In call another lo task for denouncing the Presen! administration, The audience accepted these galllei In the best of humor while through the live hours of speaking with n short Intermis? sion the auditors displayed a patience, practically unequaled In Ihe 29 meet? ings Of the State campaign party. The meating was called to order at 10:40 o'clock by T, II, Dreher, county chairman, in the yard adjoining tin school house. WILSON SELF POSSESSED. REQUESTS NEWSPAPERS NOT TO < ADD TO EXCITEMENT. America is Abundantly Able to Meet] Financial Situation. Bankers und Business Men Cooperating With Government. Washington, Aug. 3.?President Wilson today asked the newspapers to "Ue extremely careful not to add to too excitement. Europe is already highly excited, but this condition should not spread to this country." j He stated that America is absolute? ly and abundantly prepared to meet the financial situation. ?'It will be my pride to be at the head of one nation that retains its; solf-possession and stands ready to hflp the rest of the world. Bankers and business men arc cooperating with the government." BIG STRIKE AVERTED. Western Trainmen Accept Arbitration e Agreement. -Washington, Aug. S.?Western rail reads accepted arbitration cnginemen strike averted. pjltAISE FOR COUNTY OFFICERS. Settlement Made with Comptroller General's Oilice This Morning. Mr, Carleton W. Sawyer, chief clerk i in 1 lie office of Comptroller General A. W. Jones, was in the city this incoming to make the annual settle j inent between the comptroller'a office and the county treasurer and auditor. The books were gone over and check? ed up in little more than an hour and were found to be correct to the min? utest detail. Mr. Sawyer spoke in . very compli? mentary terms of the excellent work of the auditor and' county treasurer, Iessrs. R. E. Wilder and B. C. Wal cc^reajiectlyely, . sa^'tyi? Uiatfc their ?books were among the best kcpl In the Stale. FARMERS ASK FEDERAL AID. UNION SENDS LE TTER TO SECRE? TARY M'ADOO. Oflicial Urged to Deposit Money With Banks in Sympathy With Ru? ral Districts for Moving of Crops. Columbia, Aug. 2.?The South Car? olina State Farmers' union has ad? dressed an open letter to Secretary McAdoo urging him to deposit the government funds for the moving of cropawwlth banks close to and in sympathy wtih the fanners and not to Squire these hanks to pay tribute to intermediary banks which are not in symprthy with the farmers. The letter is signed by E. W. Dabbs, president of the union; j. B. Whetsell, | vice president; R. M. Cooper, B. Har? iris and j. h. Shealy, executive com I mittee; attest, j. Whitner Rold, See?, retary, and is in full as follows: "We, the undersigned committee on banking and currency, cotton ware? housing and marketing of the South Carolina State Farmers' Union, having full power to act for the same, and under the instruction of the State union at the recent annual meeting in Anderson, S. C, desire to express to you our appreciation of the recent announcement that you will again de? posit treasury funds with certain banks in the agricultural States to aid In the movement of crops. We also note with pleasure that you will give a longer time limit if necessary than you did last year. However, we regret to see that you have designated banks in tlu> same cities as last year to han? dle these deposits. (>ur observation of the working of tho plan last year was that many of the banks in Which you deposited this found were not in ac? cord with your policy, and required 0 per cent for the funds you let them have at 2 per cent and in some in? stances required that 25 per cent of the sum borrowed stay on deposit, thus making this money cost some country hanks as much as 8 per cent. "To a large extent this policy de? feated the object and aim of your ac? tion, viz., that cheap currency should ho abundant in the farming districts. We do hereby urge upon you that you deposit these government funds with the banks that conic closest to the farmers, and not require these banks to pay tribute to Intermediary hanks who are not in sympathy with the farmers, nor with their purpose \\v believe that with a little more book? keeping this can be done, and under the direction und control of the comptroller of the currency and the supervision of bank examiners that you and the treasury will be just as aecure as when you deal with larger banks." 154,000,000 ESTIMATED AS DAILY TOLL FOR Bl<Q EUROPEAN CONFLICT. Outlay for Each Man Would ho About $:$.12 IVr Day for Fach of 10,000, OOfkMen in Field Without Taking into Consideration Cost of Navy. A daily expenditure of $54,000,000! That is the estimated cost of arm? ed* Conflict between France, Russia, I Germany and Austria. Were England and the Balkan nations included it would bring the. total to a much high? er sum. At the time of the Russo-Japahesc conflict there was much discussion of a possible European war, although no one accepted it seriously at that time. H. Jules Roche, the famous French statistician, however, studied the prob? lem carefully and estimated that a war involving the four nations named would cost $400,000,000 the first two months, or $0.000,000 a day each. Moat of the conclusions arrived at by M. Roche were based on figures of ?expenditures for previous years. He allowed for the difference in cost, for i modern warfare is more costly even 1 than warfare at the time of the Franco -Prussian* war. His calcula? tions may be thus summarized: I In January, 1S71, the actual cost ! per day to the French treasury, ac? cording to the lloreau-Lajanadie offi? cial report, was 10,000,000 francs (or $3,200,000); this for 000,000 men un? der arms. The actual cost per day erf every man under arms during the en? tire period of the war was exactly 13 francs 88 centimes. Into the costs of forage and of. keep 6f ?horse, which arc usually fignred at. the ra^e of .say one dollar a day for-e?ch horse, M. ''Roche did not go. tfut even with the figures for the war of 1870-71 before I him, he admitted that it was no easy matter to estimate the financial ex ! penditure of a ^roat war that might 4 harrfs>n. in our tim-es. -lie.-corojt^iued: "Conditions generally have con? siderably changed. ? within the last ; thirty years, and warfare is now far more expensive. To begin with, the i number of men under arms in France, on a declaration ofTwar, would be far m-^ajer than in 1S70. France then be? rgan by putting 800,000 men into the field; bat in the next great war in which she may be engaged, her mili? tary organisation is such that within ! forty-eight hours she can mobilize, in round figures, 2,000,000 men and 000, ] 000 horses and mules. The first troops to bo called up would be the thirteen 'classes' of active and active reserve troops. Each 'class" numbers 100, 000 men, so that the actual number of men to be mobilised at once would be 2,080,000. Against this the Germans jean pit 2,550,000 men, the Auatrlans 1,300,000 men, and Italy 1,200,000 men." Considering that if France, Russia, Germany, Austria and Great Britain ; went to war there would be some? where near 10,000,000 men in the ?armies alone, not to mention the na : vies of the powers nor the armies of Servia, Ronmania, Montenegro, j Greece, and-'otlier small nations either now. Involved or likely to become in? volved, it can be seen that M. Roche's estimate in reality is a conservative 1 one as applied to the present situation, since M. Roche did not figure on Great ' Britain or the Balkan nations. , The estimates of M. Roche are based j on An outlay of $3.12 a day for each 'man in each army. It may be that M. Roche has far underestimated the cost. Dr. Clfarles Riebet, a statistician of the University of* Paris, published a very exhaustive calculation at the time of the Falkau war in which $"4, 000,000 was the estimated daily ex? penditure. Dr. Richet estimates the expenditures as follows, if Germany, England, France, Russia, Italy, Aus? tria ami Roumania were all engaged: Provisioning of troops ,..,$12,500,000 Feeding of horses-.. 1,000,000 Fay.. 4,250,000 Waives, arsenals and har? bors. 1,000,000 Mobilisation. 2*000,000 Transport of foodstuffs weapons, etc. 4,000,000 Ammunition: Infantry... . 4,000,000 Art lllery. 1,250,000 ship artillery. 375,000 Fitting out of arm>. 4,000,000 Ambulance service'. 500,000 Movement of ships. 500,000 Deficit in luxes.1 0,000,000 Support for population, w it bout means . 0,750,000 Requisitions, damage to towns, bridges, etc.. .. 2,000,000 Total.$54,1 26.000 On this basis If a general Unropean war lusted only as long as the brief Franco-Prussian war in 1870, the out? lay would exceed live thousand mil? lion dollars. SENATORIAL CA ?1 DATES QIIT THE PIED- J)NT. Fourteen Counties Will Hoar the As? pirant- for Scat in tlio Senate? Only OM Feature of Fast Week. Columbia, Aug 2.?The two meet? ings of the senatorial campaign at Edgelield ami Aiken last week con eluded the tour in the western half of the State, From now iiijrll August 20 the senatorial party will sweep through the 14 eountieyvin the lower section of the State, ? j the State .impaigners swing J the Pied? mont. c$ / Barring the es' Ament at Aiken Thursday that .ilease forces are centring abor m Q. Richards for governor, th ^ meetings were prac? tically do*' ^* /f all extraordinary or spectacy atures. It wi t Rlease forces themselves at Aiken who let it lie known that they were focusing upon John Q. Richards as the most available candi. j date for governor. The governor was advising his fol j lowers to go to the polls and vote, not only for Tiim, but for a B lease \ man for governor, too. In response to this suggestion, there were sporadic j requests, "Tell us who," neutralized by others equally, partisan proclaim? ing, 'Don't toll u,s, we'know." All'of which was followed.by much applause and cheering for John G. Richards, j : It was at Edgelield that the gover | nor sprang one of the surprises of the campaign. That day he began his speech bemoaning the fact that this campaign was one "of vituperation, of slander and abuse," and not one of education and uplift. Those who hear<l^ the anathemas pronmjinced^ by *the c'hief of^e^ecutivc at tn> Anders'on,'' Greenville and Columbia meetings in? terpreted the Edgelield utterance as I covert sarcasm or unsuspected irony. I Six years ago Dillon county had not yet been organized. Senator Smith carried each of Uae remaining 13, Vis majority in them being.. 11,191 when the total vote of the State was about 70 per cent of what it was two years ago. In the campaign - of 1912 Gcv. I Bleaae carried eight of those counties and Judge Jones six. I The OXCes ? vote in the Pee Dee in 1912 over thai of ID 10 was nearly 10.000. The gain in Florence county was the most unusual in the State. This county polled only 1,740 votes in tin- Bleaae-Featherstone campaign of 11? 10. In the 1'.lease-Jones contest of ll?12 this county's vote reached the unprecedented propostion of 4,007. THIRTY WAGONS DESTROYED. Lightning Sots Warehouse of T. N. Griiliu on Fire. Burning Building, Wagons and Automobile. Lynchburg, Aug. S.?During a heavy downpour of rain yesterday in the early afternoon, lightning struc' one of Mr. T. N. Griffin's warehouses which was soon enveloped in tlames from one side to the other, and burn? ed down in n remarkaldy short time. X ?thlng was saved except one auto? mobile belonging to Dr. 'G?rillin. The loss was about $4,000 witlv insurance of $1.000. Among the contents of the warehouse were 30 odd wagons and one line automobile. Wheat Market Declines. Chicago, Aug. S.? Live hogs drop? ped SO cents a hundred today. Wheat was 2 1-2 cents lower at noon. CLEARING HOI SE CERTIFICATES. ..Now York Has Decided to Adopt Panic Measures to Meet Emergency. New York. Aug. 3.?The clearing house committee today voted to issue clearing house certificates. 4 M'ADOO TO THE RESCUE. I nltcd States Treasury Ready to Issue Hall* IlHIhm Dollars in Currency to Ml ct Emergency. Kcw York. July 31.?Secretary of Treasury McAdoo today Issued the Htatemcnl that the government Is ready to send out n half billion dollars curn ncy if that amount should he needed to meet the emergency creat? ed by the Kuropcan war. it is officially announced thai the Vaterland and Amcrlcks have can? celled their sailing from Boston. The Pittsburgh and Baltimore stock exchanges have been closed.