Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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German Cruiser Which has Been Preying on English Commerce is Run Aground and Destroyed By Australian Cruiser Sydney. Russians Continue Pursuit of the Germans Into Prussia and Advance on Cracow?Turks Defeated in Battle, Suffer Severe Lost?German Crt.iser Koenigsburg Bottled Up on African Coast - French and Belgians Invade German Colony?Allies and Germans Fight Friend and Foe in Fierce Attacks in Blinding Fog, Which Covers Portions of Battle Line in France and Belgium-Bulgaria Prepares for War?Reported That U. S. Cruiser North Carolina Mas Been Blown Up. KMDF.N MKKTM 111 K FATK. CftJIiMit Oerman Cruiser Driven Asliorc ami Hunted by A list m Inn V arship Sidney. London. Nov. 10.--(Olllclal)?The Utrnmn cruiser Emden which has been preying on Hrltish commerce in the orient ever since ttic war broke out and which recently sunk u Hu - elan warship has been destroyed by the Australian warship Sydney In th bay of Hcngul. The KneJcn was forced ashore on one of the Coco Islands and burned. The loss of life on board waa very heavy. Th** casualties on ?he Sidney were three killed ami fliteen wounded. Slaughter lu a Cog. Paris. Nov. 10.?Few battles in the hlstr ry of the world have contained IK- tragic and extraordinary feature;* which have marked the lighting in the dense fog that covers northwestern France and western lielgium. Troops have got lost in the midday dark nets, stumbling into the ranks of the ene? my. Hanks have charged with flxco bavt nets against fellow soldiers and in both armies volley?. have been1 tired by friend against friend. The Hermans have boinburdc I Ypres with heavy guns and the city is in Harnes. The Kclgiuu town of Staden. between l>ix rnunde and Lenghcmarck wus caught in a vortex of artillery Are and has been practically demolished. It is un? officially reported that the Belgians who have been pushing eastward havi penetrated to the outskirts of Ostend. French military experts* ure now pre? dicting Ciat French soil will st on be clea.* of Jermuns. Ftcnch I made Kamerun. Pordenux. Nov. H>.?It !s oHicial > announced that French troops haw invaded the Oerrnan ggigj of Kam? ? run. In South Africa. The Helgtan* will operate with the French in light? ing the Oermans in Kame.-un. Ilu**tans Invade (.crmany. Petrograd. Nov. 1'?.-Continuing their aggressive advance ulong the en? tire battle line the RtMMgflM lodi.y be? gan a heavy attack on the outer line or fortresses at I'raeow. All the /.ones of contact In eastern war theatre gfi now inside Herman territory 'lie Husalan cavalry whbh invaded PoSM has pierced the left Hank of the tier mans at the crossing of the Warthe river at Konin. These cavalry op r atlons with strong supports have nul? lified the entire defcusi.e preparation ; uf th* Oermans inside the Polish fron? tier. The Kassians ha\e captured one taousand live hundred curs laden *lth -'oil standing on railroad siding! in east Prussia. The Oermans m.ui the utmost has'e to rem h the fron? tier, luirlng their retreat lhe\ ma I ? extensive use of motor cars ol whlC i they are said to have seventy thousand on the c intern trout alone. Il is oiu clully uunounced that tbriuany i moving troops from Hetgtum ami France lo the frontier in east Prussia, en and Mb s i (icrmun Cruiser Interned. London, Nov. In,?It Is otheialb an? nounced that tin Oermar. ci , ? Koenigsburg has i.e. n Imprison* d hj Hrltish shl|?s near Malla Island. . fl east Africa and cam ot escape l" - cause of obstructions pia? ??. d in Ihe channel. T?rk?, liefeatiil in ( imu ipip, ivtrourad. Nov. 10. ? M Uli. I .I | The Hi i.i. mpmi of Um I*?"!<? mm eon linos t. operate iuccesefuil) against the r-nks. The Kurd cavalry I been scat .end and nnii,. the |-.i g <i i>- thousands ot prisoners hi rs beei |a?%< n. The TsrSl h ? \ e pined a eon hei< mMs bud] of troop* upon tb?- Pei - i in frontier. m i ll ^ t\m; |mks|v|u\. .fapiMM-c ami HrllMi rings Kni-cd al Kalo ? how . T? kio. \'o\. || The Jupone** ai d BgnjHnh troops fnrranlly liadi posse ging of the ftseinns Isnsehohl ??. K ? i ? fho?v in t ??loa lodav. The ??. glMgffd wldl) when they ggw lie Ittl IMN ami british flags floating over Um iitat'u i. it is officially announced thai Um most considerate treatment was shown the German prisoners. Iliilgnrlu Preparing for War. Athens, Nov. 10.?Bulgaria is pre? paring tor war. Mines are being planted, in the Gulf Oi Lagos, an arm of the Aegean sea in order to prevent an attack on UMgarian shipping there. Rattle Still Rages. Paris. Nov. 10.?It is officially an? nounced that the teriillc buttle be? tween the north sea and the region of Armcntlcrcs continues with un diminlshod fury. Servians Hcpulsc Austrians. Nish, Nov. 10.?It is officially an nouneed that the offensive movement by Austrians against Servian positions m ar Shahutu on the Sa? River has been repulsed with heavy losses. Germans Advance on Yprcs. Rerlin. (Official), Nov. 10.?The enemy has been compelled to give way at several points as the result of our 'strong attacks. Our advance has been maintained and we have gained strong position about Ypres and Arras. The situation on the eastern war scene is stationary. A STHATLING Rl MOR. t n< oiifirmcd Report of Destruction of Cruiser North Carolina. Washington, Nov. 10.?Rumors, un? confirmed but numerous were current in a number of Atlantic coast cities to? day that United States cruiser North Carolina had been blown up at Beirut, Asiatic Turkey. The treasury depart? ment has rOQUeettd llu Commercial ( aide company to Attempt to secure Information ns to the present location Of the North Carolina? Aeronauts's Narrow RscapjC, Paris, Nov. 10.--Roland Garros had a narrow es? ape while engaged in an aeriitl dud with a German near Amiens .Monday. When his motor DfOke down Garros m ole a corkscrew descent and v. In u he landed feigned death. The German lauded ami ap? proached vbat be thought was the body ol the famous Fn nch aviator. As he did so Garros shot him dead with his revolver and escaped to his own lines in the Uormu rs ueroplanc. - tiirjishfucn InSJUInQSMSj hi Germany. I erlin. Nov. !?> ? The arrest of Kng Ueh elvlllnm continues throughout Germany. As fast as they are taken into custody they ere Interned, More than two thousand are prisoners at the ItuhMnben conoeutrallon camp, while govern! thousand others are in? terned at other points. I German- Itelreat from Cl?nder Rome. Nov. 10. A dispatch to the K.xchangc Telegraph Cot, says: "The Germane are rctrsatlns. from Isl?nd? ers. Thirty-five thousand men and one hundred guns have left Thlelt, moving toward Glon?. Korty*clght wagons of munitions base left Hruges enronte for Clhent. Discontent pre? vails among the Germans. GRAIN rO|| HIILGIANS. 1 'Ifty Thousand Sacks Ready for Starv? ing. London. Nov. 10,?The American commission of the relief of the Bel? gians has been advised that with the .",0.000 sacks of grain on band the eomlttee In lielgium can relieve in three or tour days the towns of Na mur. Liege ami Lindau ? end the dis? tricts around I hem am that by No? vember 1". the commission can supply all persons in Belgium ? SCCpl those in Ihe most remote and Inaccessible places. The nleamer Jun lllock carrying food arrived at Rotterdam yesterday. What Cleoi-ori \il\be-. CMmson college Is urging four practices upon Hotttti Carolina tann? er* for tins season. Thej eres i. Sov i at ' nnd w be 11. l*. Have a vegetable garde. ::. Itnlse all Ihe hitgf von can. i Olve as much attention as pos? lbi? lo poultry* M'LAt kin says III: WILL BKKK MAIllvl I s IOII statu \v \UI> HOV8E certificates. Warehouse Cowl miss in nrr Writes Ben? tor Tlllmuii?Occupies Permanent Quarten?Assistants Report for Duty?Trying to Lease Htoragc lloom. Columbia, Nov. 10.?John L. Me? Laurln, statt? warehouse commissioner, made public yesterday correspondence had between Senator Tillmsn and himself, in which the general type of neighborhood warehouse acceptable to the commissioner for basing In the name of the State is described, Mr. IfcLaurin says that although the legislature struck from the ware? house bill the provision making it the i duty of the commissioner to negotiate loans or sell cotton for those wlu. might have it on storage, he Intends as an individual to aid the holders of State warehouse receipts either 111 jthe borrowing of money against their cotton or the selling of the staple. He suggests a basis on which in his opin ! ion these receipts may be used with jthe federal reserve bank. He asks the cooperation of Senator Tillman in on ! listing the good olllces of Secretary McAdoo. "In addition to this," says the com j missioner, "as soon as I can get the machinery here in running order, I expect to visit some of the money cen? tres and see w hat can be done in the wayof straight loans on the receipts." Yesterday the commissioner moved I his otllce from the Jefferson hotel into the quarters leased some days ago In ?the OIHOC building of the old State dis j pensary plant, at Gervais and Pulaski streets. Telephone service has been ordered, but has not yet been pro \ided. John K. Aull, secretary to the I commissioner, was on duty there yes Iterday and so were the deputy Com ' missioner, J. A. Drake of Bennetts* ville, and the inspector of State owned warehouses, J. U< L. White of Ches? ter. These three at present comprise the staff. Incidentally it transpires from the letter of the commissioner to Senator Tillman that negotiations arc pending for the leasing by the Slate of the old State dispensary warehouse for the "overflow cotton." "Later," says Mr. MeLaurln, "the concentration , warehouse, w Ith compresses, can be developed, so that cotton from the local warehouses can be shipped un? der milling rates and compressed en I route to the port. At present, how? ever, l am merely trying to meet an emergency." Several days ago Mr. MeLaurln took up with J. N. Kirven of Darlington, I president of the South Carolina Agri? cultural and Mechanical society, the I I matter of using the large steel exhihi J tion building at the State fair grounds as a cotton warehouse. No announcement as to the status of this project was forthcoming yesterday. Senator Tillman writes from his home at Trenton as follows: "Since writing you I have it In I mind, if 1 can bring it aboett. to get the farmers around Trenton to build their own warehouse to store their cotton. Please give me such Informa? tion as you possess on the following points: t "Size and dimensions of the best form of warehouse you have consid? ered or selected. "The minimum and maximum num? ber of bales that can be stored under tme roof. "The best Insurance rates, and to Whom one should apply to get data about insurance on cotton thus stored. "I propose, if I can bring it about, to have my neighbors join in and I construct a warehouse that will bo ac? cepted by you as Stats warehouse .commissioner and also by the insur? ance companies, so that we can secure (heap insurance rates. It seems that this Will be much cheaper and better than to all depend on you to get ware? houses for the farmers. Anyway, 1 will be glad to haVS your advice and sug? gestions along this line. Promptness, of course, is essential and therefore 1 WOtlld be obliegd to have an answer by return mail." Mr. MeLaurln has replied as fol? lows: "Dear Senator: In reply to your favor of the 71 h Inst., ben to say that 1 agree with you und intend to do all iu my power to encourage farmers t<> erect warehouses In each community fi?r storing their own (niton. This can l>e done IU?IM cht uph than in a cen? tral warehouse in Columbia, though l am endeavoring In secure the old Htate dispensary warehouse for the overflow cotton. Utter Ihe concentra? tion Warehouse, with compresses, can be developed s<. thai cotton from the local warehouse can be shipped under mlUlmi rates a id compressed en route to the port. \i present, however, I um mer !j Irving t<, meet an emer? gent v. ' I would suggest, In replj In your question ns In ty pe of biilldliiK Insur? ance, etc., as follows! "Construction: Sides and roof of corrugated Iron, on skeleton aoodi ACTIVE DESPITE DOW PlllCE Dl STAPLE. Aggregate for Season to November i is H.82H,l?;i5 Dales?UulU UvCT Lust Year. Washington, Nov. 0.?Ginning of cotton continues active, despite the low price Southern farmers are re? ceiving and the depression in the in? dustry caused by the war, according] to the census bureau announcement today. During the period from October 1 to November 1 the ginning amounted ' to 2,207,114 bales, making the aggre? gate for the season 9,828,965 bales. The pe riod's ginning was only 5.170 ' I bales less than ginned during the same period in the record production year of 1911 and the aggregate for the j season Is only 112,210 bales less. Com . pared with last year the ginnings to November 1 were 855,177 bales more. ? in Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and ! Oklahoma the ginnings to November 1 | I exceeded those for any of the past , eight years. Included in the ginnings were 22,P7c; round bales, compared with til,577 last year, 54,539 in 1912 and GS,313 in 1911. Sea island cotton included number? ed 43,331 bales, compared with 42, 1804 bales last year, 28,887 bales in ?1912 and 56,503 bales in 1911. 1 frame; earth or other noncombustible floor. Building to contain not over 72,000 cubic feet. Dimensions: Ninety by 100 feet, or, if preferred so as to get a 19-foot rafter, 50 by 150, about eight feet in height. In other words, suit yourself as to shape, so that the cubic feet of space does not exceed 7 2,000. Doors, not less than two in ends and sides, I which must open outward. The ends, however, can be planked up. so that the boards can be ripped off in case of lire. The rate of insurance runs 'on this type from $1.90 per $100 per year to $2.25, dependent on other conditions surrounding building, but in no case on this type more than $2.25 per ?100. This makes from 90 cents to about $1 per year insurance lor a bale of cotton, estimated at about 8 cents per pound. A Columbia contractor estimates the cost of this building at $000. I am satisfied that 1 I could put up one on my plantation w here I have access to the woods, for around $400. "I am empowered by the State to settle the term upon which such a warehouse can be taken over, the only restriction being that I am not to in? cur a*lo8s to the State from the oper I I ation of the warehouse. The State is ] to give a receipt carrying absolute I title to the bales enumerated in same, and guaranteeing: I "1. Weight and grade. I "2. The delivery of the identical j bale named in the receipt, j "When this receipt is understood in the commercial world it will have a value not enjoyed by any other warehouse receipts, because it pre? vents substitution, guarantees weight I and grade, and removes the cloud rest ling upon the title to every bale of cot? ton produced under the Crop mortgage and lien system. "1 am devising a contract which will enable me to lease such a build I ing as I have described, and at an added cost of three cents per bale for each month to those storing cotton, to j giv e them the benefit of these ware 1 house receipts. 1 will have to take a bond from the manager and grader j to protect the State in weight, grade land delivery of cotton. "As to how the receipts may be used to secure money, 1 will say that in my original bill it was made the duty of the commissioner to negotiate loans I or sell cotton for those who bad it on I storage. This was stricken out and is not a part of my official duties un 1 I der the present law. But there is no reason why 1 cannot as an individual aid the holders of those receipts either in the negotiation of loans of making sale of cotton, and it is my purpose to do this to the extent of my ability. What we need in South Caro? lina now is to unlock credit. There Is as much money as there ever was in the country, but credits are tied up as a result Ot this holding movement. Many think the farmers should sell and pay theii debts, but this can not be done for the reason that If there was a general selling movement the price ot cotton, under present conditions, would go so low that we would lose the cotton and still owe the debts. Nothing will put the price of cotton up cxcep! to hold it off the market, and it looks to me like, If we do that, we can borrow more money on cotton that it would sell for In the open market. If ihe farmer holds hin cotton and d..es 111 *t borrow money the lien merchant will be wip'*d out and with him will go the country hank. "Now, under section 13 ami section I 1 m' the federal reserve net, there Is no reason why Ihe lien merchant und hanker can not ngri-e upon a price for cotton stored in state warehouses.. ANDERSON MM?! II S I R\N< RISC Coundl Holds That Water and MgfU Power Is Involved nnd Won't Pay Rents. Anderson, Nov. '.?.?Acting on the opinion of city Attorney Sullivan that the water and light franchise granted by the former council laut February to the Southern Public Utilities com? pany is invalid, because it was not approved by a majority of the elect? ors of the city, city council tonight re? solved not to pay the rentals for water and lights for October, due to? morrow. The council takes the posi? tion that the old franchise, due to ex? pire in September, 191s, is still op? erative, the franchise of which the Validity is now questioned was passed by the former council last Februars without submitting it to a vote of lite people. COL. BANKS' CAR WRECKED. Hun Into Embankment to Avoid Col? lision. St. Matthews, Nov.* 9.?The front wheels of the automobile of Col. J. A. Banks were knocked off and other damage done the car when it was run into a bank Saturday afternoon. He 'was returning to town, accompanied by Chief of Police A. K llanc, when a large car, belonging to Col August Kohn, of Columbia, which contained some of his relatives and a negro chauffeur driving the car, approach? ed, going in the same direction and attempted to pass. Fearing that his machine would be struck by the larger machine, as, according to Col Banks' statement, there did not appear to be enough room for the machines to pass, he chose the alternative of run ning his car into the bank, with the result above noted. The chauffeur was arrested under a charge of reck? less driving by the county and on a charge of exceeding the speed limit by the town of St. Mat? thews, the charge being In connec? tion with the speed made while going through St. Matthews after the acci? dent occurred. After the accident the Columbia car went on to Orangeburg, where the msjfro chauffeur was ar? rested. The accident occurred about 1 o'clock, about four miles from here, on the road to Columbia, and it was fucky that no one was injured. The negro was released on $2.">o bond. Suppose they agree upon S cents; the farmer give*j the Hen merchant his note for $1,000 with State warehouse receipts for 25 bales of middling cot? ton; the merchant takes the note and receipts to the bank with his indorse? ment; the bank accepts this paper and presents it for discount to the federal reserve bank at Richmond. This is a two-name paper, and in addition Is for agricultural supplies 'based upon existing values' as pro? vided in these sections. I "The law says that bills of ex? change of this nature shall be dis? counted for six months. They can be renewed for six mouths. Further? more there is absolutely no limit tu the amount of such paper which an\ one bank, a member of the currencv association, can discount. "The title of the cotton remains in the farmer, and he gets the benefit of an advance in price and is enabled to force an advance without destroy? ing his credit. The bank has re? course on both the lien merchant and the farmer, and In case of a decline In the price of cotton could take means to protect itself by demand? ing other security. If cotton sells above eight cents within the next year it would go to the farmer. "Mr. Hamlln, president of the Re? serve board, and Mr. Harding told the legislative committee that they would accept for discount farmers' notes indorsed In this way and a South Carolina State bond with cotton valued at 10 cents a pound. As soon as possible 1 desire to have an inter? view with Mr. McAdoo and others, to consider this proposition. I think ii WOUld be of great value to have your assistance in th's negotiation, and if you are going to Washington in the near future 1 would like to meet you there. If not, p'.ease write to the secretary of the treasury on the sub? ject. "In addition to this, as soon as I can get the machinery here in running or? der, I expect to visit some of the money centres and see what can be done In the way of straight loans on the receipts. My blanks are in the bands of the printers, and as soon as I can get them will mail you copies of same, which will give you a better idea of my plans than anything I can write In a letter, l hope that your neighbors will join with you In a ware? house nnd transform their cotton into negotiable security and l will do my utmost to establish its place in the commercial world. The small ap? propriation is diccouraging, but l shall do what I can with the tools provid? ed. "Yon letter put In n nutshell just what ihe farmers In this State wish lo kn.?\\. I have replied at length, and will give the correspondence t.? the press for the Information of all." MLUKIN IPJ.I.S tVAKlIllOCSlM?. Says AH Cotton Should he Stored so Thai M tiicv can Ik.' Loaned on It. State Warehouse Commissioner Jno. I . McLaurin apparcntlly has the right idea as ti? one of the methods of re? lieving the linancial depression duo lo thousands of bales ot cotton being stored <>n the farms and other places, where the cotton can not be utilized as collateral for borrowing money. Jn the letter to the s< crotary of the Sumter Chamber <?f Commerce printed below, Mr. McLaurin gives some information that will prove In? teresting to farmers and merchants and bankers alike, doubtless: Columbia, Nov. I), lilt. Mr. K. I. Ileardon, Managing Secre? tary sumter Chamber of Commerce. Sumter, S. C. My Dear Sir: Permit me express my profound appreciation of your let tor of the 4th inst. 1 am now having my blanks prepared, and w ill send you some in a few days. These will give you a good idea of w hat I hope to ac? complish, under the warehouse act. It seems to me that cotton that is being held, especially on the farms, is locking up that much money which should be in circulation. This is a se? rious thing with the small bank and lien merchant. Sumier is a progres? sive city, and if you could start a movement to get all of this cotton warehoused, and receipts issued for same, which can be discounted through your local banks with tho Federal Reserve Board, that you could do your community a great deal of good in Laving the merchants the ad? vantage of those receipts and still permitting the farmer to retain the ti? tle to his cott< n and get the benefit of any advance that should come later. If there are any wan houses in your city that would like pi come in under this management, I would be glad to come to your city and talk to your Chamber of Commerce and others in? terested. The Act is very different to what I hoped the legislature would pass, but I feel that it is my duty to do the best that I can with the tools ?iven me. Assuring you of my kindest per i sonnl regards, Sincerely, (Signed) John L. McLaurin, state Warehouse Commissioner. Ft)CM) DEAD ON TRACK. Bottle of Whiskey Found in Rackets or Dead Man. Florence, Nov. I.?West Rogers, of the Cowards section, was found dead yesterday morning by the side of the Coast Line tracks, near Cowards. It is supposed he had been drinking and lay down on the track and was struck by tlatln No. Ml, known as the north? bound Palmetto Limited. Coroner flunn viewed the body and that was the decision reached. A bottle of whiskey was found on Rogers' person and the fumes of liquor could be de ; tected, so it is stated. Rogers leaves [a wife and children, almost in a desti? tute condition. SCIATIC BHEUHATI8B CUBBBpi Five bottles of Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy cured T. H. TIarrison, Clerk Superior Court, Yanceyville, N. C, of sciatic rheumatism. The blood is puri? fied, the body built back to health and strength and all the ills resulting from impoverished or poisoned blood, such as rheumatism, nervous dyspepsia, <ras tritis Indigestion, eczema, scrofula, etc., are completely overcome by Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy. This remedy has been successfully used for forty years, and hundreds of testimonials declare its superiority as a blood medicine. It is 'scientifically compounded of vegetable J ingredients of the highest purilv. When I you sutler these ills, you need Mrs. Joe : Person's Remedy for your blood. Your druggist should have it; if he hasn't we will supply you. Large size bottle, one dollar. Remedy bales Cor? poration, Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. .loo Person's Wish should bo used in connection with the Remedy for the euro of 5oros and tho relief of Inflamed and congested rarfaees. it is especially vslasble for women, and iliould always be used for alcerstioas. 00 en PC 3 ft ft s <*? l! CO O ?H > Z o > 5 5 5? err. 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