Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GERMANS SEEK ?TO Allies Said to Have Made Gains All Along Line in Western Arena of War With Big Losses to Germans. Invasion of Hungary Through Carpathians Results in Disaster to Russians, Who Are Defeated With Fearful Losses By Austrians and Weather?Russians Said to Be Continuing Their Advance in Neighborhood of Cracow, While Aus? tralia Claim Victories in Same Region?Naval Battle Is Reported?Massacre of Christians in Constantinople Im minent Says Dispatch?Italy May Enter War. MILL ITALY KNTKR? Action Tn Fn forcing Censorship Strongly Indicate* She Mh) Home, Nov. 25.?A new and sharper censorshlp was e?>fo-ced toduy. Sim? ilar action was taken by other coun? tries Just before being involved In war. Turk* Suffer Defeat. Petrograd. Nov. 25.?Kusslans are advancing directly upon F.rzerum. Turks have been defeated and ure fleeing from the whole front. Fight? ing Is developing on a I Hac k aea lateral near Batoum. (Official. > Gnmtns He pulse Kusslans. Berlin. .Nov. 25.?The Germans have made slight progress in the region of Arras. France, and have repulsed all ltusslan attacka in Hast Prussia. The offensive, movement of the Kassians aralnst the Germans in the region of Lods failed. (Official.) Invasion Faids in Disaster. Budapest, Nov. 2."?.?The second llusaian in asion of Hungary through Che Carpathians was repulsed und the Invu'lers d awn into a trap. It is re i" . it ' that the enemy lost 25.000 in killed, and "bounded. The army was later caught In a terrific snowstorm and thousands more wer frozeti to death. A tint Hulls Itcport Success. Vienna. Nov. 25.?Energetic light? ing continues in Hussian I'oland The xustiians captured several Important j osltrons wenr Wolbrom and on both - ides of the PUlca river. Numerous prisoners wero taken. Austria now 1 olds one hundred und ten thousand prisoners o' war. (Official.) Drl' lug Germans Hack. Petrograd. Nov. 25.?Delivering smashing attacks upon the Austrn Oerman i.. \ along the Csestochowu Cracow fri nt, the Kusslans have cap tui ? il many trenches. The southern Hussian army is keeping pace with the army .hat forced the Germans to retreat from line northwest of botif* The central army has pierced the Ger? man lines, effecting a juncture with the sour hern army along the line run- 1 nlng northward through Pln.sk 1, south of Lodz. The Cossacks slaughtered a lurge force of German Infantry in a j swamp north of l>odz. who refused to surrender. Fierce fighting has occur? red In Leezyca Plain, west of Low it the Germans slowly yielding with ter? rific slaughter. A score of towns haw peen destroyed by artillery. Christian Mavsa<?re Threatened. Qda as a. Nov. 25.?A letter from Constantinople . ites that a massacre | of Christians is imminent. Thero is rioting dall\ Foreigners haw been threatened, but the Amern,in ambas? sador is assured full protection; >mt he Is uneasy despite the pled^f. Christian shops at StimPoul have been sacked. Wi' j i Bomb Dropping stopiH'd. P? ti i.kt nl Ka ? \ news dis? patch states th.it |||a Ann-rican consul a? W.irsiu p.is prolSSJlSj t<. the Cnited States g??\ ??rninent m\9M aal the drop* ping of in.mi.s p. liniiiiii ntnpalln* near the consulate in tin l*..Ii h ? i;u mml BrtUsh Warships Active. Amsterdam. \..\. If, CrUish wor? ships are bombarding the Germ ins at Heyst. In North Zeebrtmge todu> The lain %\:is h. t Man 9*9*4 Basbruaae ?M4 i.? .fo'..Ii'i't/\ ?ie aaaa aft tract Icall: destrosel P> Sra and shells. Tin Germans were drlwn ten miles from the coast. Battle In \drutlc. RfJM Noi || An un? oniirmcil ill ipa t? Ii P i . |i i eeei\ ? d thai Hi" A'ismin ami Allies IP.-is fotlRtlt u nn\al battle in the AdritP Tues? day. lasting1 font Ihhiiv Tin i?^ull Is not stated. German- Vk Tor \rinl-tlee. Taiia. Nov. ft.--It is ofltolatty anno incd if I IV M thai iPe ?Pi man re?nie??ts for in arm 1st Ice In I he region of V nPin P i<l I" 11 I'M. ? ? I I th#? Aiii^* Tbs i'r? ie ii lrooi?* huv? gained ground bstwsofl lainic inarck ami ZonncbeUc. lt.lgium. In the region of l^ubassee the Indian troops have recaptured the trenches previously taken by the Germans. From the North Sea to Ypres there has been no attack by the German in? fantry. The Allies made ,ralns near lterry au Hae and in the Argonne and repulsed the German attuck north vest of Verdum where the Germans met with fearful losses and asked for an armistice. The French have bom larded Arnavllle. The Indications that the French are preparing: to in? vest Metz in an attempt tc cut off the German line of communication. I A War Witticism. Two Americans, one Of German and tho other of English birth, arc j friends despite the antagonism of their sympathies, but they have ver? bal clashes over the war. This story I Is going the rounds as to one of their encounters: "I suppose Germany will light to the last German," jeeringly remarked the Englishman. "Yes," came tho retort, as quick as a flash, "and I suppose England will tight to the last Frer ?hman." There has been SMM seeming . ust ideation of that witticism, be-; cause of England's lack of a standing;' irmy. Kitchener Is doir.g his best,1 backed by parliament, to pi ?pare a lighting force for England that will BSJ in keeping with that country's strength in men and money. Thisj Is ono war in which it will be neces- J sary for England to DtN forth her, whole strength, both to win and to I keep the respect and good will of j ner allies, who have been bearing MM burden of the land lighting to I date. Nevertheless, England ha > done no small part through her great navy to help the caus e of the; allies.?Greenville Piedmont. Cotton, a ' Small Farmers' Crop." It Is common to associate the term i "cotton-planter' with luge parses*I sions. wealth, and prominence. The truth is that the bulk of the cotton \ crop is raised by men who rent or own comparatively few acres. In Texas, where approximat ely one-third of the American crop is raised, most of the farmers cultivate less than J" , acres of land. More than II per cent. Of these farmers are whites. In Mis- , sissippi there are 110,410 farms own? ed or operated by negroes. in tho Carolinas the vast majority of tin farms are small and the farmer is a white man. The old-time planter of lordly demain and feudal retinue is I gone. There are some great planta? tion? i'-mainlng. but most of them are c? iducted by corporations. The present-day "plunter" is net a farmer, but a merchant or linuncier. lb owns the land and rents it to the real farmer, usually for a share of the crop or for a certain sum per acre. The renter buys through him every? thing in the form of clothing, food, or household or farming- supplies. T? finance a group of renters from one season t?? another require* consider* aide money. Tin- planter necessarily is a large purehSS< r Of many kinds of ?OOdS and has open accounts with Va? rious Jobbers, Not Infrequently he Is a borrower from the banks. All his purchases and all his borrowings ar< predicated on the basis of settlement when the cotton crop is marketed.* From ' The ? <>(t? ?n ?'risis at Home and Abroad." by Richard Bidllane, In ttu American Review of Review's for No \ ember. _ It will son be lime lo k< t bun with thai old orchard. There at fen orchards tb.it cannot he profit abl) renewed, More ihnn anythin llse. you need |0 prune. Send I Ctemson Colle e for Bulletin IT*? "PracticaI ?>rchu rd Pronin ." whi< i , will be mailed lo \ ou I r< e, Farmers who nave dalr) herd must keep on Ihe track of ihe ' boat era" relentlessly, II In perttilnly un profitable to have a cow thai dot in produce enough butter fal in pi I her feed and care, Keep h< rd i < lords. Apply shVlentl) utamlardf I your d .dry cows. The muilest-rneolhed pugilist ihs not win ihe most bottles.-?Ander \t til DELAYS DECISION CONCERNING ST VI I . I5ANUS. Conference With Rcpresentutlvee of Institutions Seeking Admission to Ho Called?Many Seek F.ntrancc. Washington, Nov. 2 \.?Formation of regulations for admission to State banks and trust companies to the fed? eral reserve system has proved so dif fleult a prob sm that the federal re? serve board practically has decided to take no Anal action until it has dis? cussed the matter with representa? tives of the institutions applying, A conference for that purpose probably will be called in the near future. Applications of more than 100 State banks and trust companies?among them several large institutions?al? ready are on file. Definition of how much State banks should be al? lowed to loan on real estate presents the chief difficulty, It is desired that assets of all member banks remain fairly liquid, but a too strict regula? tion might interfere with banks which now have large amounts loaned on real estate, but which have their ma? turities so arranged that loans con? stantly are falling due. The board has suggested to several banks that Steps should be taken to organise the federal ad' isory council so that a meeting of that body can be held here early next year. Several banks have not yet chosen their mem-' bers to the council. Reports to the board show a con i staut increase in rediscounts. New York yesterday rediscounted about $3,000,000 In commercial paper, Chi-! cago over $1,000,000 and other reserve Cities smaller amounts. The payment of the lirst Installment of reserves by member banks has been | almost completed. Altogether it is i estimated that close to $160,000,000 In gold ami gold certitieates now is in the possession Of the 1- reserve banks.' Food Production in War Times. Can each of the countlros Involved maintain in tlms of war the normal| rate of production? There is, at I present, no sufficient reason for doubl-, ing it. Much depends, of course, upon1 where and how the lighting occurs. If any of the countries should be over? run by invading armies which sweep across Wide areas, destroying crops' SJ they go, after the manner of Sher? man's march to the gea, it would up? set all calculations. Pairing such; Contingencies th re is no very good reason for supposing that any coun? try at war will permit its supplies o! the necessaries of life to run short if it Is possible to prevent it. It would ?e as great a blunder to allow the food supply ors to allow t"he supply of ammunition to fail. Wo can expect... therefore, that nothing short of phy ?leal Impossibility will stand In the way of production. The ordinary campaign, which ls| not definitely planned to destroy crops over wide areas, is not to be consid? ered as of more than local Impor? tance in reducing production. It It t<> be classed along With bail, winds, and tioods, which occur every year over areas which seem largo in themselves but are a small fraction of the total producing area. The campaigns thus far have touched only a small frac? tion of the total producing area of any Crop. Sugar beets aie probably hard? est hit because much of the IlKhting lias been in a region of dense pro? duction. The expectation that men will noi be available for the planting <>r har? vesting of crops will come true only In the most extreme eases where B country is making its last stand '.Ii defense Of its national existence. If each country puts her entire available righting force in the field, she will still have left her women and her old men and boys. As a matter of fact, all reports indicate that there is a surplus rather than a dearth of la? bor. That is, men are out of employ? ment This would naturally follow from the closing of factories which are not producing basic necessaries. The fact that the peasant women in all continental countries are accus? tomed to working in the fields is of genuine importance here. It will in? volve no change of custom and no shock to their sense of propriety if increasing numbers of women should help with farm work. Mr. X. C. Murray, of the United States depart? ment of agriculture, is authority for the statement that agricultural produc? tion in t:ie Balkan states was not much affected during their war. As to the old men and boys, we may be \ sure that if they have to be withdrawn from any industries it will be from those which are not nec? essary to rational existence. That is, they will be withdrawn from those which produce luxuries rather than necessaries. In other words, the con? sumers will give up luxuries. ? Tin people who are unwilling to do this v ill probably be the first to sue for peace. That this abandonment of lux? uries is already taking place i? evi? denced by the fact that many indoor industries are shut down, creating a surplus of laborers available tor the outdoor Industries. Another factor to be considered la that Germany, Austria, and Russia produce more than two-thirds of the beet suyar, and almost one-third Ol all the sugar, both cane and beet, of the world. Both Germany and Aus? tria are heavy exporters of sugar. In case their exports are cut off, and their imports of other foodstuffs as well, they will undoubtedly devote :i part of this land, and it is the most fertile land in each empire, to grow? ing crops for home consumption.? ' From "The European Food Situation," by T. X. Carver, in the American lie view of Reviews for November. Three Crops a Year. One of the best evidences of a good third crop in one year that we have seen comes to us in the shape of a sample of oats brought in by .1. 1 ?. Isbell, the three crops having been grown at the Isbell place above Wal? halla by Sam J. Isbell, who is no w farming there. Last fall Mr. Isbell SOWed a section in oats, which were harvested in the late spring and followed by watermelons. Of these he made a line crop, sowing down a sec? tion of the held in peas. When he began to harvest his peas Mr. Isbell noted that there was a good crop of oats mixed with the pea vines, and the whole was cut together, making a splendid feed crop for his stock. Th oats among the peas came merely a a result of part of the grain shatter? ing out as the oat crop was harvested. There are a lot of these little accident: of nature from which we are enabled to learn much in the way of increaslni the productivity of the soil.?Walhall) Keowee Courier. RGutitfC-k* >?_iVva-ivO?! h\G $3.0G k?E!i SQUARE First-clavs Galvanized Co;tu ..'.< 'and V-Crimped Roofing tn 6. 7. 8 and i I 10 foot lengths. Slioki 10 conto per square ex'.tu. Only required with V-Crlmpcd Hoofing. I i COLOMBIA WPPL\ COMPANY, Kl3 Gervais St., Coluntbh, S. C \ '~"*~~r 11 "WJ* f1 t.":,r,'>Tr3?-<u,.r^-r^-r-rT>-^-?r-.. i^y?*W<Sm'aaW*3aw*WtSWawaiMaaawaSSS ' gtttttmttttttmimmmtm Carolina Special lllirh CUsA glsdlflCsWy Lighted Train Between Charleston and Cincinnati ?via ? - Southern Railway pr km t er carrier of THE SOUTH. in connecting wtth n <?. snd t. p. Usilwsy Consisting of Oom H oimi iJ Bttggsgv ami Hmoslim i:.it. first <'la*s Coach, Pullman Drawing \l Ituoui *l**o\nn tar. Pullman Observation Sleeping Car and Dining car S?.rv los. Pull wan DrsM lint Room Sleeping Car bet ween Cliurle?toii ana Chicago. Solid ???Mk'M iMi unarle?u>a -in*: Uluclnnail on (Its following oonvso n-n i Mcbsclulti ?< : t d wrstboun? Nu V ka8tbound no. X .'.v Charleston . las AM Lv Cincinnati.t S PM l.v XummervUI? .a :.t \M l.v Aenevillv . 10.2> AM Hl.v < traneeburg.10 MAM Ar Spartsnburg.1 ? 4u VM L% Columbia.I2S9PM Ar Columbia. 1 \\ PM *; Lv Npsrtsnburn... ? ..Lift I'M Ar Orsngsbura . 6.b PM it Ar \ahsvilla .: sa I'M Ar Summervlfts .h is p\i *| A C aclnnsri 10 v. AM Ar Charleston .. . .'MO PM I -.- .-. Conn?'etUm ,>\ CtmMtirmtl vOia through tratni for Chicago. Cleve land, hetro*i Seattle, |.??il?. Kann** i ny. Ilenvar, San Krauels.-o. aid rolniM West and North woai. Kt?i fnriiiei Information cull j-ou'.hern Kullwsv Ticket Office. R ? ? ? ? B II t i'.I'M \\, 4. it || tltlAVICK H. I CAR?, V p. atnl f. U p. T. It. U. p. a. \\ h K. McUKlC, w. H. CAFFE1, :: ;: a. a. p, a i>. 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THE soundness and ability of the bank and the CHARACTER OF the MEN behind that bank ate investigated before the United States Government* will allow ? beak to become a member of ? the Federal Reserve System. Onee a member of the Federal Reserve System a bank is one of the VAST ARMY of responsible banks which H STAND t0(jethku for each other's protection; and the V. S. (iov ? eminent at Washington, l>. C, through its representatives on each u Federal Reserve Hank Board supervises ami assists all member banks *> Your monev is absolutely sale in our bank and YOU CAN GET IT sj when you Want it. I The First National Bank I OF SUMTER. 1 Capital, Surpius and Profits Nearly - - $230,000.00 mmin?i?HWMmmmumm?miinnmii -1 We Invite Your Bank Account T T T ITH the assurances that we will at all times use VV our very best endeavors to handle your Bank v ing business in a prompt, accurate and through? ly satisfactory manner. 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