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nnt IM WATCH3IAN, Established April, 18*0. MIt<? Just und Fear not?&M all the ends Thou Ahns t ut he thy Country's, Thf Cod's and Tmtb'H." TILE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, lHU. Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., SATtfRDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1914. Vol. XXXIX. No. 6. 1 OFFICIAL STATEMENT TO-DAY SAYS: "ALLIES ARE DOING WELL ALL ALONG THE LINE." AM.11 I? NATIONS ?LMM <iOfi!> 1? INM.HKSS AM) SAYS Sit li:ss AKi: C KHTAIN?PAIlls HOI LKTABO itKM;d IN TO MAMMOTH STtH'K YAIU>? 1IIIYAN DIIMIIS iii Moll Til AT (.IKMANS WOULD At'CKFT MEDIATION, \i 1 OKIMNti TO AM!V\SSADOII. AI I ll s PHFSS ONWArtP. War Office ut Bordeaux Say* Sikycss Is A>-u red. Bordeaux, Sept. 8.?The war olllce Issued the following statement at noon: "The advance of tr e allies continues. We are convinced that successes are assir 1. Gen. .foffre rc I ports the plan of carsi>algn meeting with sunn at e\ery l"Unt. OSJkisI Report of British Lnssos. London, Sept. 8.?An ollicial state? ment says that u)> to the present time I the'British naval and laud forces hau lest 15,987 In dead, wounded, and mis? sing. Germans Hay lYogresw Is O. K. Berlin, Hept. H.?The war oillce an? nounces today that "Germany has at last forced the enemy to givo battle. The result is certain. The chief strongholds, of Prance with the ex? ception of Paris have been invested." The naval program will be taken up next Oen. Reichstag ha* called for a large number of battleships, mine layers, and other craft. ? Famous Promeuadc Now a Stockyard. Barls, Sept. 8.?The PuIs-de-Bou lougne. the most fashionable prome? nade In Paris has been turned into a 1 vast stock yard. Thousands of sheep and cattle are graving on the sward. .Ajtrlct aerial patrol is being ntain tlttNv^sWsmn the cUy. uii men Working In relays. Bryan DerU* Mediation Humor. Washington, Sept. 8.?Secretary Bs an denied today thai (irriiiuii am? bassador had made a proposal that mediation mUht be accepted by the Germans now. "Allies an? Doing Well." Paris, Sept. s.?An ollicial state? ment Issued at p. in. says: "Allies doing well all al a . the line." Servians Act Be. Nlsh. Sept. S. ? It was ollicially an? nounced today that all Servian armies have Uikcn the oif?w ivt ut;ainat Aus? tria. TukKli Army Heady. Ath*?iv:, Sept. >. Eighty thou; and Turks concentrated at Tchatja ready to oppose ans attt mpt of iiu,sia to land troops in Turkey. The Turks are forttfxlng along the sea of Marmora. Hu?ia Ta'c.-i Prb oners. London. Sept. S.?A Central New:; dispatch from IVtfUSJfasI nayi? the lius slans eap'i.red 18,000 Austrians in the recent battles. War With Ituly livpei led. UuMuim>, Sw tt/erland, Sept. I ? Two hundred tnousand Austrians are massed at Trent. The railroad into Italy has been blown Up. All Ii *' cal positions on the Austro-Italian frontier are st .moth fortlllcd. Australia Stops t'ood I \port-. Melbourne, Sept, I, The exporta tlon of tlour. wheat and meats, tXCei [ to the Fnlted Kingdom, was toslU] forhpiden Lj the Australian govern? ment. Hum-In Pi sldiu; Germany. Petrograd. S< pt. ?.?It is oMb inlh announced that the llusslan arn |J ha again taken the offensive elonSj the Whole front in Kastern Prussia. German? Prhcn Back. P ? ri Ifcfpi I To imr I he off en nlvo between >.'infeuil-le-Hatnlonifi and Verden the altftes have driven baek du Oeemei advance guard t. the rn .in arm-, nil aloftf the hundred sjsjd si\tv mite hattts Mae The Oer man rl?hf wim* ?"n faired hark f^n BJSSta ISjfcttS : f *f] in- h ,,\ ,),,. ? , y, French n.iii'? ri? ?.>?. vettalfi of victory< are forcing the tttaat* Stcngftlr |n f decisive finish. A heavy Prltl Ii fori is movinif iwr* leaata 'rd eloag itn Olse valley In in effort to Mrike the flermnny flank from lh? rear, Th< German* In the \hlnlt of Menlls nml Compelsjae have been forced In ret i by the Lhitish uuny. Three million mon an- now engaged In Ilm battles in western Burope, Many LeUVC Paris. Paris, Sept. S.?It is officially stated that I1m population of Paris has da? oroased iwa million alnca tha mobillxa lion of the army and the threat of B ?JOS? Ly the Germans. Kassia Annexes Guliciu. Petrograd, Sept. I,?It was an? nounced today that Kussia lias dcclar ed Galicia a Kussian province and has appointed GstV Bobclneky to act as go \a rnor-generul. Austrian* Hcncw Struggle. Petrograd, Sept. S.?Tin rain forced Austrian army, said to number six hundred thousand inc.:, i? advancing to meet tlie Kassians in Galicia. llclghins llcpulsc Germans. Antwerp, Scot. 8.?The Germans have been repulsed in an attack on the Kelgians southwest of Antwerp. Austrian* Iiivniliug Montenegro.. Keine, Sept. 8.?An Austrian army cf seventy thousand lias defeated the Montenegrin! in Dalmatla and is con? centrating for an invasion of Montene? gro. German Chancellor Kcsigns. Koine, Sept. 8.?A dispatch from Darllg suyr. the chancellor and foreign uunislcr^jyt' Get many have presumed their n slgn 'tion.s to Kaiser \ViTtlam baeaUSf he had la id thein responsible for their failure la diplomacy had? ing to coalition of France, England uiot ttuaela against Germany, Russdnns In Prance, Koine, Sept. 8.?The Trlbuna an nounces that a quarter of a million Russian In <>ps have arrived in France lirltish Olliccts Called to Colors, London, Sept. 8.--All Officers, re? tired and otherwise, have been called to the colors. _ Allits Winning Victories. Paris, P. M., Bept, I,? it Is ofll ctally announced that the allies ar< advancing against Mont Mlrall, anil I the Hermans are retiring. There has bean violent lighting between Lufere nnd Vltry, also south or Argonnes, \i<re Germans are now roir.atin g. The Kreuch right wing has repulsed the German <ava1r>. The French have retaken St. Maudray, and I'our |ne?kiUX< A German division which desperately attacked the allies between Gateau Ballnoi and Nancy was re pulsed. PASSKS W Attllliocsr, BILL. Texas Senate Sends Cotton Measure Hack to HOMSOi Austin. Texas, Sept. 7.?The Texas senate tonight passed the emergency cotton warehouse bill providing- for state supervision over cotton ware houses. The bill, already passed b; the house, -wilt i>e returned to that body for concurrence In minor ami nd inents made in the senate. The menaurc is intended to relieve the market iiif situation caused by the war in Europe, state control of the Warehouses making receipts for cotton stored more readily negotiable. WooMtow nt Vs A BALE, President Wilson Join* lite Rsjy a Rale Movement. Washlm1 on, Sept. President Wllaon today "bought n hale of eot. ton. paying |B?, ten rents per p ?mid." Da> of Prayer Fin? Pence, Waahlngtoni Sept. ?.?pie blent Wilson today Issued a proclamation designating Octol?er I na n da; of eraser in the t'nited Htates for peoee in Rurope, ?ueculent, or green, feed In m re easily dlgei t. d than dry fe< d, It keeps the digestive system In better condition and nlSn stimulates the ap patlte, HUES REPULSE ?U?S. TLTTovs I ALL HACK AFTER Iii L\G TWICE DEFEATED IN FRANCE; RokhIuiim Continue Their Success's in East aud Gradually Close Around Last Austrian Stronghold?Amo.'i cans l ind it Hard tu Leave Europe. Apart from the announcement thai the German forces have fallen bach before the offensive tactics of the allies on the hue from Manteull-le-i liuuriouin to Verdun, the most Inter* eating report contained In u dlsputch to the London Kv cuing News, front Boulogne, In which the French com? mander, den. Pau, Is given as Author? ity for tlic statement that the allies have won n victory at Percy-Sur-Oise, 'in which the Imperial guard, under the crown prince of Germany, Is alleged to have been annihilated by a British force. The Uritlsh Official bureau says that the plans of the French commander in chief, (Jen. Joffro, arc being caiTicd out steadily and that the allies have succeeded in forcing hack in a north? eastern direction the German forces Opposed to them. Paris officially reports that the allies have advanced their left wing without energetic opposition by the Germans and that several engagements on the Ouroq river ha* e favored the Frcnch British, Reports from other sources, while failing to reveal the purpose of the German strategy in moving a great force to the southeast of Paris, Indi i eatoi a determination to deal the al? lies a crushing blow before the com? plete investment of the French capi? tal is attempted, j German pressure on the left wing of the allies has been withdrawn and apparently the main strength of the invaders has been thrown against the [enemy's centre and right, Official reports from Petrograd state that the Kassian troops are gradually (dosing in on the strong fortress of Pizemysl, Gu miles west of Lemberg nnd that this last re GaluTa will soon surrender or he tau en by assault. It is stated Officially at Antwerp that the Kelgians have repulsed a Ger? man attack against that city. According to a news dispatch from Koine, member.', of the italia*. So? cialist reform party have formally de? clared for Italian neutrality. Two thousand Americans, many of them almost destitute, win- in iia. When the olliccs of the American re? lief committee in London were open? ed yesterday. The committee is hard put to it to afford prompt relief. It is estimated that it will be an? other month before all the Ameri? can Ti fugees are able to leave the continent. BELGIANS GOING TO ENGLAND. - British Government Extends Gener? al Invitation and People Take Ad vantage. London, Kept. 9.? Sixty thousand llelgian refugees are expected to ar? rive In Knglnnd III the next Un days. .The British government toduy ex? tended a general Invitation t<? all Hei? ght ns made homeless through the war to come to England. The volunteer war refugees' committee, organised by the Luchess (d* Vendome, has under? taken to care for these refugees. Postmaster General Herberl L. *amuel was loudly cheered In the house of commons when he referred to the fact that British hospitality had been extended to the Kelgians. Lord Hugh Cecil, chairman of the* executive committee of the war ref? ugees' committee, and Lady Lugard, In active charm of the care of Lhe fugitives, already have arranged for the organisation of the committees in fifty-two towns and cities where refugeei v ill be sent from London. The committee also will care for ref? ugees from liussiu, France and other allied countrh 8. The French and Kusslnn ambassa? dors nnd the Belgian minister are r,(iitiu ns advisers to lhe committee, w bile the llusslnn, French and llel? gian consuls are assisting in tl" celleetton of food, clothing and relief funds. The reports from all sections of the count) are In lhe effeel that cotton Is opening with exceptional rapidity and that lhe bulk of the crop Is now open. Many farmers are gathering from seven to nine hundred pound at lhe first! picking. Taken as n whole s under county has a hi cotton crop and |f lhe wenther continues good i will be harvested unusually ertrlj provided lhe farmers ran obtain in< a ? to pU*t the pickets, 1 AMERICANS FLOM EUROPE SPEAK or l i>iXSi IAL PROB? LEMS. rood Supplies Scarce and Ships Leav? ing Carry Only Sufficient Block for ilie Outward Voyage* New York, Sept. 7.?That the re? source! of Prance are being taxed In carrying out troop movements und handling wounded was the report brought by Americans arriving on the French Hue steamship Uochambcau, which docked here today from Havre. The steamer brought U1G persons. Many from Paris reported all special trains from that city were Crowded, and at Havre there was extreme dllli culiy in getting steamer passage, the Itochambeau carrying several hundred above her normal accomodatlons. Food supplies were scarce and ships :?. u\ ing wa re carrying only sufficient for the outward voyage. Wounded soldiers were urriving in Havre on all trains. Every form o? conveyance was commandcred to transport these men to hospitals. Sev? eral passengers said that before the Rochambeau left Havre there arrived in the city about 1,000 Belgian sol diers, remnants of a regiment that es? caped from the forts id' Kamur. They had their rifles, hut every round oi' ammunition had been used before thej retreated. The Belgians, as they marched through the streets, were giv? en an ovation. They were at or..a placed on a steamship for Antwerp. I The Atlantic Transport Liner Minno tonka also arrived today from London with 17*? passengers. Among these was c. M. Johnstone, third assistant secretary of the American embassy in Berlin, who has been in Berlin four years and is returning to Washington for a change of assignment, The Gor? man government provided Mr. John stone with a special train out of Ber? lin. Chancellor James R, Day, of Syra? cuse University, who returned on th< Mlnnetonka, expressed anxiety regard? ing the safety of American mission? aries and teachers in Turkish terrl Commodore James A. Puch, of the Chicago Motor Yacht Club, brought back with him the motor boat Dis? turber 1 V, which he Was to have raced [at Cowes on August l In the contest for the British International trophy. The Loyal Motor Yacht Cli'b called i . . the race on account of the war. BRYAN DENIES REPORTS. German Emperor silent as to Re? newal o! Mediation Offers by Pres? ident, Washington, Sept. 8.?Reports that intimations had been conveyed to the State department by Oscar s. Strauss, of New York, that the German em* perior would look favorably on a re? newal by President Wilson of his of Cery .?;' mediation In the European con? flict were denied today by Secretary Bryan and Sir Cecil Spring-Lice, the I'ritish ambassador, Mr. Straus* called at the State de? partment and the embassy Sunday. Secretary Bryan said the rumored purport of the visit was 'entirely without foundation," The British am? bassador said he had discussed peace in Europe with Mr. Strauss, but noth? ing was said to indicate that the lat? ter spoki" in behalf of the Genna!? emperor, SHORT SEHEAL CROP. In Wheat Only Will There he Excess. Washington, Sept. 8.?in wheat only will there be an excess in the country's food crops which might be exported to assist in paying off the nation's European obligations due to the sale of American securities by foreign holders early in the European conflict, Department of ngrlculture reports today indicated that this is to I e a short crop year in every other cert al. With the largest wheat crop on rec? ord, fron i resent Indications KlMi.OOO, 000 bushels, there is a prospeel that approximately 300.000,000 bushels might be ;i\ :ii!;itile for export. With wheat seiiin;; nt more than 11.10 a bushel this would cost foreign buy? ers 1380,000,000, Jl will he offset, however, by decreased takings of .n i ? i i< ;f*ti cotton abroad. Last 'ear the Fnlted Si tes ex? ported I fi 17 000,000 worth of cotton, hill from indie ;ii tis (his year's croj Will fail far below Ih: . am on at. 11 is pointed old 1 ha t there will hi little i r no corn ? ffi re i for export because of t Ik* rdtorl crop. I?dh| yeni als.i was a sin rl corn tent1 und a con riderabie ipiantit; oi coin was lot p 1*1 od. a*- prol a'?l> W !1 be the runt t his yt nr. Anti-Administration Candidates Win Sweeping Victory. MANNING CARRIES EVKHV COUNTY IN STATE EXCEPT TWO?BE? TH E A HAS LAUGE MAJORITY OVER KELLEY ANI> SHEA LEY UETS TWO TO ONE VOTES FOR FORTNER?-VOTER8 END POLI? CIES OF PRESENT ADMINISTRATION-? ESTIMATED THAT 115, uou VOTES WERE C AST. From The Daily Item, Sept. 9. With majorities oi KG,000 to -.">, Ooa Richard I, Manning ot Su inter for governor, Andrew Jackson lSe thea of Columbia for lieutenant gov? ernor and Prank W. Sheuly of Lex? ington for railroad commissioner yes? terday were nominated In the second State-wide Democratic primary over John (1. Richards of Liberty Hill, B. Frank Kclley ot Lee and C. IFort ner of Spurtanburg, respectively. The three losers were all strong supportrs of Gov. Blease. The vote, which went well past the i lo,(iita mark, as tabulated at an early hour this morning stood: For govern? or, Manning <;s.305; Richards 40,664. For lieutenant governor, Bethea 65, 742; Kelley 40,749. For railroad com nr. ssioner, Bhealy 70,901; Fortner 54, B27. This makes Mr. Manning's majority over Mr. Richards, 27.641. Mr. Be thea's over Mr. Kelley 24,993, and Mr. Bhealy's over Mr. Fortner 36, 274. The vote cast was unexpectedly lurge, passing Ihc 110,000 mark, ns against 132,000 in the iirst primary of two weeks ago, when there were many more ofllces to ho apportioned. The tabulation of the vote shows that Mr. Manning carried 42 of the 44 counties, Including Mr. Richards' home e< unty et* Kcrshaw and all the ? i", counties of the up-country except Cherokee and York, in Cherokee Mr. Richards' margin was n<j o and In LVoxk. his majority was 0 0. In all the other counties Mr." Manning was tno loader, polling large majorities in many of them. Mr. Pethea for lieutenant governor was close behind Mr. Manning's hand Bomo vote, carrying nearly all the counties that his chief-select did. Mr. Shealy'S victory was even more ccmplctc, his opi?onent, C. l >. Fort ner, carrying only one county. , Mr. Manning's majority s;id t" be the greatest ever given a candi? date for governor In a second race, and far outclasses that given to most candidates in recent years* UM^fMMtMMWfMmmBWt SM MlgHMISMSSSSSSSSSSjBSSSSW mm offer of raoo. BANKER SWS RELIEF NOW AVAILABLE IS AMl'LE. N ice President of National C it> Built* of Now v? rk Writes of AIdrfc.ii Vroclaiid Act Providing for Emer? gency Fund. To the Editor of Tia Stat< : i feel sure the Inclosed < xlr, cl from a letter written by Mr. Eld ridge, vice president of the National Citj bank, New York, will interest man., of your readers. Mr. Eldridge Is a native of Texas td is deeply Interested in tin South. c. ('. T\\ Itty. Martsvllle, Sept. ~>. As you have no doubt noticed, Sec? retary McAdoo has ruled thai ho will accept, classing same as "securities." notes or (dher forms of obligations secured by warehouse receipts repre? senting commodities of full value, when such reeeipts ate Issued by warehouse companies of known relia? bility, on the basis of 7.", per cent ot their face value. This will permit members of national currency nssoein lions to utilize paper representing ad? vances they have made uguliisl such commodities In lieu of bonds as here t of ore required and in connection with the 30 per cent commercial paper allowed makes it posslbl? for ever member bunk to take out Its full nuotn of emergency currency, t do not believe the South ban a 1111 ? appreciation <?!' the immense ben efll Ihc Aldrich-Vreohtnd net give ?o :t. it i. estimated that $171,000, era ol emergency currency is \) 11 made available. Assuming that 000. 000 will I 1 taken < ut. 11 \ 11 h, noted thai ft II facilities m e riv? for the In hllng of r?.o? ?..1 1 ,r-: 1. tton at $30 per bale, tigalitsl t ? one: alone, but tie- Ik 11 lit dees ?<? slop I here. Von 1 an not force pen 1 |o ? a i t \ in their pockets m ?. nrrency than their in 1 d remilre, an tuch surplus currency will uaturall> THE STATE O vefnor. County. ,0* Awl evlllo Mr . 5 1 .13 ? hi 1,427 1,735 3,5 6 5 9 79 l,2t3 5u9 3 4 iJ 5 i 2 2,704 1,302 1,239 it3 5 Collcton.29 22 1,590 Darlington. . . .15 15 1.000 Dillon.is ? >orchi sier. . . .15 Bdgefteld.22 Fairlleld.20 An?' ; I !;i ni. Barn well. . I tea ufort. . I Berkeley.. (talhoun... Char lest? n. Cherokee. Chester. . . < Chesterfield < Clarendon. 14 . 1 2 , ?> < . 3 5 ?? ?? ? ? u .24 . 20 2 I :>2 13 19 11 8 12 30 2 5 ? .> 2 1 .29 19 , 58 2 3 .18 Florence. Georgetown . Greenville. . Greenwood . llanipton. . Hurry.30 Jasper..9 Kershaw.25 Lancaster. . . . 20 Laurens.84 Lee.19 I cxington. . . .33 Marlon.11 Marlboro.14 No wherry.4 5 Oconee.:i5 ? irnngeburg . rickens. . . lUchlund. .. Saluda. - p'irtanburg. Su inter. . . Union,. Willi i nn/burg v ork. ... 40 2 ? 29 NO 20 19 18 14 20 IS 20 10 4 9 22 17 31 9 20 24 3<t 15 20 9 14 41 20 4?t 2 t 3 5 ?? ?? SI ?> ?? 19 21 1,118 :*75 1,250 710 1,971 747 4,320 1,002 1,128 1,340 205 1,121 1,089 1,901 702 1,927 Mai 1,234 1,691 1,304 2.9 70 1,550 3.21S S71 1.720 1,651 J. o o 3 1,233 1.729 a o ? o:is 1,082 3,207 275/" 518 or, 115 1S3 2,111 1,502 095 451 74S 574 1,04 9 084 3^0 31H 450 1,078 400 2,157 899 348 408 140 647 89C 1,212 558 1,140 4*7 64*? 1,304 630 892 1,250 2,210 644 4,007 522 1,374 303 1,769 OS,305 40,664 gravitate to the national and State banks throughout the sections in which it is circulating. The national bank not< in the vault of a national bank is id' no considerable benefit in tin extension of credits, but it ?s an entirely different matter In the vault of a State bank, for there it may be counted as a part of such bank's legal reserve, and thereforee becotr.es a basis for the extension of credit, which would i ;t be lens than |4 for $1. Assuming that I50,nee,aoa of this currency will go to the State banks, which, in view of the large nunil cr of such institutions in the :? uth is not unreasonable to expect, the is sue of this emergency currency really gives the South a credit exten? sion capaci y of not less than $30 000,.?. an amount sufficient in itself ?o care for all Its possible needs, even under the conditions which now pre? vail. The consumption of American cot lon during the coming season is esti? mated al a minimum of 11,tun),000 bales, and a maximum of I3,taa,ff#. ii Im probably true that so long as . tton ? icchanges remain unopened the marketing of the cotton offers a ? ? ? up problem, as obviously cotton V?ill not l e bought except against sales i?r the spinning needs of the our* h users*, h is reasonable tn suppose, 1 owever, lhal some arrangement wilt rarl> re reached by the cotton eg? (bang? authorities which will permit of a reasonably quick resumption, and ns soon as hcdgeH are available, pur ? bases w ill only l?e limited by the amount of credit available. Lt'Mttrit I'l.AXT DESTROYED. I - i I : a at WiLon. \. C., S100. tNHI, Wils t. X. i . <opt. 7.?The plant of Hie \\. I.. ttussell Shook and kunilior i'onipnn.v together with nearly two nlllb.n feet of lumber and a number f dod frebxlil cars, were destroyed lire her? today. The loss is osti iie?l at more than ttos.AOO, partially ?o\ ered by insurance.