University of South Carolina Libraries
GREAT BATTLE AT HOI Germans Assume Control and Plan to Drive Off Besieging Russians. Forces o! Dual Alliance Meet With Success in Galicia and Poland, While Auatiiana Are Repulsed With Great Loss by Servians-Turks Defeat Russians at Batoum?Report? ed That Dresden Has Interned at Santa Cruz, Argentine While Transport and Cruiser Have Been Sent to Bottom Reports Show Little Change in West?Kaiser Much Bet? ter and Confers With Chancellor. Crown Prince lulled to Berlin. Paris. Dec. 11.?The Echoude Par? le itates that Crown Prince Frederick William was urgently recalled from the German army headquarters In Belgium to Berlin Tuesday night. A Bee-Saw Conflict. Paris. Dee. 11.?The official state? ment this arternoon says: Strengthen? ed by reinforcements, in the attempt to pierce the allies' battle line in the region of Igsres. the Germans have as turned a fierce offensive Three at? tacks were repulsed but In another the Germans captured one of the al Itea' trenches. The French are mak? ing satisfactory progres at Arras ano JuYtneourt In the Argonnee the French are poshing forward with their trenches. The French also con? tinue to advance In I ax Pretre forest. South- of Thann the French have cap? tured the rmll-oad station at Aspach. Never before in the history of the world has there been massed such an enormous amount of heavy artillery as tftere is now along the three hun? dred mile battle front from the Vos ges to the North sea. Oven ten thous? and big guns, exclusive of light artil? lery and flying squadrons of field guns are thundering death and destruction at the enemy day and night. ? Austrian* Have Winning Streak. Vienna. (Official), Dec. 11.?Up to the present the Austrlans have taken ten thousand Russian prisoners in Western Gallcla, but stubborn fighting continues, tn Poland we are steadily repulsing the enemy. At some points the Russians have been driven back '? mile*. Cerm. roc lias** Gains. . AI). Dec. 11.?The uo-Umuu uo-.c n.ade no progress in Flandwre but eait and west of the Argosjnss* the aJUes' artillery positions havs been attacked with good results. - German Submarine Sunk. London. Dec. 11.?A news dispatch from Dover states that in the attack by German submarine? yesterday one submarine was sunk, possibly more. The attack was repulsed and the Ger? man flotlla was pursued by British de? stroyers. It is believed that there were six submarines in the flotilla. No damage was done, but Dover was thrown Into a panic. British Capture Staden. Rotterdam. Deo. 11.? A dispatch tVom'Slule states that the British j t.oops have captured the town of ntadtV fourteen miles north of Ypres. - he rugal?* to Relieve Cracow. Petrograd. Dec. 11.?The Germans have teumcil complete control of the Austflau and Herman armies south of Crni'Sw, wikre the bl(gest battle of the wnr*sterns to be developing. Ene? my Is trying to hurl the Russians back aval relieve fcracow where the Russfses ar* t!'ab1?ehlng u siege. A Russb n lajf] nvun.j g long sweep towar ? V. UM The w?? ither Is bitter coli, v* ith heg > n ?w. The Russians Inflict- I s on the German and / ir'rlsn nV.iiry |g the Lososluu vall< y a1 I on hg II M I* rth of Cracow. Ge nn ins V In.ilnr at I.owlc/. Berlin. Dee. ll.??Floeoe hand to hand ft. hung bus been tu progress at Low tea. Poland, for fourteen hours. Ths Oermans are in complete control of the outskirts of the city. Following ths German successes north of the Vistula the Oermans are dosing in OH Warsaw. Dresden Klespes I outrun Ion. Montevideo. Dec. 11.?Ths German * ruissr Dresden Is reported to have taken refuge In the Argentine port of Msnta Cms. badly damaged und will pnd'Ahly be interned until the end of rhstwar. Kaiser Improwiiu Rapidly. Amsterdam. l>ec. 11.?A news dis? patch from Berlin states that the Kaiser's condition bus so greatly im? proved that he gSJ permitted to ton? fer with the imperial shonosllOf I ? night. His fever his disappeai e?l .im.I ?h?s bfonrblul rur^i rU bus impio\o.| RefjorHs that he was suffering with pneu?S)onlu uro untrue. ?? i ? ?J * Turks Score VI? lor). Coestauiinopb , peg li. a Biiilaii force which was trying to relieve Batoum has been reprised by Turkish troops. Sen bins Mop up Austria us. Paris. Dec. 11.?A news dispatch fron Niah states that the Austrian lossos in Servia are nearly sixty thou? sand. The Servians are again within five miles of Be I grace. They expect to recapture the capital. German Transport Sunk. Valparaiso, Dec. 11 ?A merchant ship arriving at Concepcion last night reported that they had intercepted a wireless meesage stating that the Ger? man transport Prinseitel Frederlch had been sunk by a Japanese warship. German Cruiser Strikes Mine. Peris, Dee. IS.?The German cruis? er Frederich Kart is reported sunk In the Baltic sea by a mine and most of the crew drowned. The ship carried five hundred and fifty men. (Oin cial.) CONSTERNATION AT DOVER AT HASH ACT OF GERMANS. Fusillade of Dig Guns Firing Greets Olio Diver Seen Coming in Under Cover of Darkness?six Seem Later. Dover, England, Dec. 10 (via Lon-' don).?Dover was thrown into excite? ment; today by the announcement that the Germans early this morning at? tempted a submarine attack on the harbor works and the fleet at anchor in the harbor. Trie night was daik and a heavy rain and hase made searchlight work difficult. The forts were put on alert abou 4 o'clock by the appearance off the harbor entrance of an unknown steamer which refused to stop until a shot was fired across her bow. This vesse then retired. She is believed to have been the tender of the subma-' rlnes. Half an hour later a single sub? marine was sighted and one of the hea\y guns in the harbor tired at her. ! This submarine, which evidently was the advance scout, disappeared but at 0.30 ihe observers sighted what they believed to be a fleet of about six sev? eral miles out in the channel. Thn channel forts commenced fir? ing in the direction of the supposed submarines and kept it up for almost half an hour. At the same time a tor? pedo boat destroyed flotilla put to sea. whore It remained all day. I^arge crowds gathered on the water front In the early morning hours and watched the searchlights and the ar tiller> Pre. When they saw no re? sults of the shelling many persons ex? pressed the opinion that it was a false alarm. There is no official confirmation that German submarines wore seen. NEW LAW ON WAREHOUSEMEN. Itoqulres That Surety Company Bond* Shall h?? Given Secretary of State. Colombia. Dec. 11.?H. M. McOown. seoretat y o| State, has called attention to a special act passed at the extra session of the general assembly pro? viding for bonds fof public warehouse? men. Few people in the State know anything about the law, it BOO ma," ? aid ihe secretary. The seetion referred le follows: "Kvery person or Corporation so au? thorized under the preceding section (section 2"?N2. codi? of 1911 to he come a public warehouseman shall gtYe bond in a surety company an th"ii/ (l to d<> business In South Car? olina, in an amount equal to 10 per cent. Of the estimated value of the goods for which said wart houseman will provide storage, such bond to he eoni'ilionc?l for the faPhful perform? ance of the duties of a public w?re? houeomaii and to be given to the sec? retary of State, who shall < ause II copy Of the same to be tiled With the cleik ?f conti In each county in which tuen warehouseman proj>oscs t? main* i.in. a warehouse." The secretary said that few in tjuirtea bad been made concerning; the i tu law and that no bonds have been i ',,]. The old law. he said, required the bonds to be Mod with the clerks ol court. Johnson ?'ity. Tenn.. I>?'<. II.?The large let manufacturing plant was burned tins morning, lorn hundred thousand dollars, MVUCKIN COMMENTS ON PE MANI) IOK MERCHANT VI SSKLS. lnglMi Paper Says Staple CoiUil He Sent to MOMVim Over Paeilic < M oan. Columbia, Dec. II.?-Commenting yesterday on the pressing need for ships to carry cotton to Eh ropean ports, John j. McLaurin, state cotton e/grehouse commissioner, su.u that the war was forcing the development of new functions of government. "The need for ships to expert cot? ton was evldeneed last Wednesday In the New Orleans exchange when (brokers bid $15 a bale freight lu Bit* j men," said Mr. McLaurin. "i aisoj , notice in The Textile Mercury, pub-j lished |n Manchester. England that ICotton Is selling in Russia at 81 cents j a pound. The article says that Amer? ican cotton can be shipped to Moscow (by way of Siberia. The great demand now is for ships to carry cotton to Germany. There are many German merchant ships tied up in American ports. It was reported in New York I that a proposition had been s ibmit- J ted by Harnnrd X. Haker of Haiti-: more to President Wilson looking to the purchase of these ships. "Mr. Uakcr's idea is that, i.istead of being purchased by the govern-1 merit, money be loaned by the govern- j ment to private parties with which j the ships would be bought," con- j tinned Mr. McLaurin. "Er gland, would be sure to object to thin, .is the' German government owns a part in-j terest in these ships. The only prac- \ tical plan is for the United States government to buy these ships itself, as the bill now before congresi pro? vides. Congress is also about to pro? vide marine insurance. Certainly this j war is developing new functions of government on every hand. It Is but a step from the buying of shii?s to { carry cotton and the insuring of it by congross to purchasing the cotton it? self." STIR IN WALTERBORO. _ Town is Kxcited by Report of Yegg- J men In Vicinity. Walterboro. Dec. 10.?Quite a sen ration was stirred up last night in Walterboro when one John ! -and, alius Walter Williums, was arrested here. He told of a gang of supposed yeggmen who had established them? selves near Walterboro and were mak? ing plans to rob the banks o' the town. He being a stranger here him? self, the story was given some ere- j dence and heavy watches were main? tained last night. This morning he told practically the same story, still maintaining that there are yeggmen near Walterboro; planning g large .aid. He connects1 with yeggmen a man who came here some time ugo with the avowed pur-1 pose of opening a moving picture! show but who has since disappeared. Land's story of himself is interest- j ing. He says that he served a three year sentence in the penitentiary be- j ginning in 1910, for being a pick? pocket In Columbht, and this is veri lled by the penitentiary officials by long distance. He came here seeking; employment and began to run a! pressing club. He claims to have rel-! atives in Savannah and Williston. Although a search has been made, the alleged yeggmen have not been found us yet and, with no ehr.rges pending here against l^und, he will I be released on condition that he leave I town at once SVNRAY SCHOOL MASS MEETING. The regular annual mass meetir g of Sunday schools was held yesterday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church and the annual offering for the poor taken up. The former officers ?von re-olected with Miss Gibson, the city j nurse, added to the distributing oom- j mittee. It was decided on account of the inclement weather and the very small attendance to contiue the meet? ing until next Sunday afternoon so that others who had been prevented from attending yesterday, might be given an opportunity of coming 1?? the meeting. Another meeting Will therefore be held at the Presbyterian Church on next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The annual collection with dona? tions from various lodges and private subscriptions amounted to more ban $4S0. Messrs. W. S. Jones and Rat tow Walsh were elected as t hail nu n of ihe distributing committee, with Mr. A. M. Broughtoti in his capacity as treasurer and secretary and Miss Gibson in an advisory capacity. The names of the committee from th< va? ions Sunday schools were announced and other routine business attended to. Mr. H. L, McCoy of the It road Street Methodist Church presided and Rev, J. B. Wilson made the annual address, showing how much more "blessed it is to give than to receive." The program Wll*? e\eeuted as pre vi OUSl) announced MURK THAN THAN SIXTEEN MIL? LION BALEs RAISED THIS YEAR. United states will Have IS,Mt,0(MJ Bales of Llllt and ?00.000 of Linters From toil Oop. Washington, Dee. 10.?The United States this year has produced the greatest crop of cotton in its history. Mora than 16.000.000 hales, or 15, 966,000 bales of lint cotton and Unt? er cotton, unoificially estimated at from 600,000 to 650,000 bales, consti? tute the crop. Last year 14,3-,2,1167 bales including linters were produced and in the pre? vious record year, 1911, the produc? tion was 16,250,276 bales, including linters. The production of lint is estimated at 7,637,113,000 pounds or 600,000 pounds more than 1911. While the production exceeds any crop ever grown, its value will he far less and smaller than any other year during the past five. Based on the average price of 6.8 cents a pound on December 1, the lint is worth $519,323,684, while last year it was valued at $887,160.000. More exact information as to the ?lie of this year's cotton crop was' given today when the department ot agriculture in its final estimate an? nounced the total production would I amount to 15,966,000 bales of 500! pounds, gross weight, exclusive of I linters. This compares with 14,156,-j 496 bales last year and 14.795.367: bales, including linters; 13*703,4211 bales in 1912 and 14.312,745. includ Inf Unter*; and 15.692,701 bales inj the record year 1911 and 16,250,276) including linters. The average total production, ex- j elusive of linters for five years, 1908-1 12, was 1S.SS0.297 bales. The pro-! duction of linters is about 600,000 i bales annually. The final official figures giving the exact size of this year's crop will be issued by the census bureau next March when complete statistics from the ginneries have been compiled. While this year's crop is a lar^e j one its value will fall far below that of last year, because of the price of cotton. Lust year's crop, a record In point of value, was worth in the ag- j gregate $1,04 3,760,000, the value of the lint being $887,160.000 and of the cotton seed $156,600,000. The estimated production. With] comparisons, by States follows: Average States 1914. 1913. 1908-1912 Virginia. 24,000 23,490 18.305 N. Cs>ro.. 050.000 792.545 779.037 S. C. 1,500.000 1.377.S14 1,252,981 | Georgia .2,650.000 2.316,601 2,009,514' Florida. 75,000 58.695 62.239 Ala. . ..1,690,000 1.495,485 1,324,624 Miss.; . .1,275,000 1.310,743 1.250.361 Lou. . .. 360.000 443.821 345,17* Texas. . ..4,560,000 3,944,970 3,704,668 Ark. 1.040,000 1.072.846 859.793 Tenn.. . . 145,000 379.471 329.869 Missouri. . 7"?,000 67,105 63,83b Okla.1,250,000 840 387 840,422 California 37,000 . Other Sts. . 15,000 32,513 8.610 WILL PROTECT AMERICANS. Washington. Dec. 11.?Secretary of | State Bryan today received a cable- j gram from Provisional President Gutlerez of Mexico announcing: "Ac? tion has been taken to prevent further violation of the rights of Americans at Naco by Mexican* across the bor? der." HELP FOR THE RAILROADS. Washington, Dec. II.?-A report be? lieved to be reliable, sttaes that the Interstate Commerce Commission is writing an opinion granting the east? ern railroads a five per cent, increase in freight rates. HAPPY WOMEN. Plenty of Then in Sumter and flood , Reason for It. Wouldn't any woman be happy, After years of backache suffering, Days of misery, nights of unrest, The distress of urinary troubles, When she finds freedom. Many readers will profit by the fol? lowing. Mrs. 11. P. Jenklnson, Church St., Manning, B. C, says: "i was annoy? ed by kidney complaint and pains through lue .small of my back. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me wonderfully, not only relieving the misery in my back, but strengthening my kidneys. You may use my endorsement at any time." The above Is not an isolated ease. Mrs. Jenklnson Is only one of many ;,, i|||M vicinity who have grntefulh Pttdorsed Doan's. If your back aches _ w your kidneys bother you, don't pimply ask r"r il k'dney remedy?ask tUittlnctly for Doan's Kidney Pills, tie .same that Mrs. Jenklnscn had. 50c. nil stores. I'Viatcr-Mllburit Co., Props., , Buffalo, N. Y. 4S ???????????????????????????????????????????????????4 In a Few Days j Members of our 1>14 Savings Club, will re- ? ceive checks for $5U (and interest) and up. ? They only paid a dollar a week. It's an + easy way to save. Come and join for 1915, f NOW -TO-DAY, while you think of it. t | The Peoples' Bank nL%T YOU PAY IX ONLY FIFTY WEEKS. ? H ?????? H ? H H H ???????????? M H ? M H M ?????????? ? OVER $17,151.^ Will Be Paid to Members of The Bank oi Sumter's 1914 Xmas Savings Club Wednesday, Dec. 16th. ?In 1913 we had 431 members. ?In 1914 we had 999 members. ?How many shall we have in the Larger and Better Club for 1915 WHICH IS NOW FORMING? ?SMALL PAYMENTS. ?NO FEES. ?NO FINES. ?NO TROUBLE. Come in and see us about it; First payment makes you a member. A large check just be? fore Christmas is like finding money. The Bank of Sumter ttffltttmmttrtmmai DECEMBER 7, 1914 I The National Bank qf \ South Carolina RESOURCES $800,000,00 4? compounded quarterly in our Savings Dept. 5$ on Time Certificates of Deposit. Strong, conservative, progressive. , We appreciate our old friends, and are contin? ually seeking new ones. We want your ac? count. * C. G. Rowland, Pres. G. L. Warren, Cashier tt???????????????????H? tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttlttttttttt^ THIS BANK Is a Member of the Federal Reserve Banking System of the United States. TI1K soundness and ability of the bank and the CHARACTER OF THE M EN behind that hank are investigated before the United stales Government will allow a bank to become a member of the Federal Reserve System. Once a member of the Federal Resene System a hank is one of the VAST ARMY of responsible hanks which STAND TOGETHER for each other's protection; and the U. s. Gov? ernment at Washington, |>. c., through its representatives on each Federal Reserve Hank Hoard supervises and assists all member hanks Your money is absolutely sale in our hank and YOU CAN GET IT WHEN VOF WANT IT. The First National Bank OF SUMTER. Capital, Surplus and Profits Nearly - - $230,t00.60 7?::::::::::::u:::::i:::?::n::::?::::mt:t:?x::?:m:::s:u? 1 New Corn Mill I have installed an electrically driven corn mill of the most improved pattern, and am ? pre wed to do grinding for the public. y I his mill turns out meal and grits of the y best quality. [\ broad street, \\ sumter, s. c. :: ?????????? ** ???????????? ** "t?******?*' ?!? ??????? 4 ? ? ? xt lT^ f^rCX T~ broad street, j % N. G. Osieen, Jr. sumter, i. c. I I *