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onthton. ihnabed April, I860 and Fear not?Dec aO the ends Thou Alms't at he thy Oonntry'a, Thy God's and Tra-h'a.' TUB TBfJK 80UTHKON, Jena, 1 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. 8UMTER, 8. 0., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917. Vol.XLV. No. 13. KUIEI SMASHING BLOW. GIVE THE GERMANS NO lit STANDERS. Tmty are DHvhmg Forward on Men In Object Apparently Heina German line on Bel Wtfn less then one week's wait ?f? ft? dfteleoring the recent smashing) to the German? In Flanders, the this morning launched anoth? er eslte em e> wide front northeast ef Tpree and were making according to early re struck ss the Germans | frees ths repulse re? ft* Tpree ridge after a violent attack yesterday and they are being Apparently the effort Is aimed at m driving m deeper of the wsdge the Tpree-Menln road, north beyond the Tpree-Roulers rail with intention of endangering Use German north line along the Bel sjsan coast. The British also bam bard eel Che German naval base at Ostend. Only artillery fire Is reported on Use French front. It la Intense In the sector. EXTREMELY SUCCESS? FUL. thrive Can sat Them Forward Twelve Handred Yards. British Headquarters, France and BeJgdum, Sept. 1?.?Along the northern half of the line attacked this the British advanced at nu? ten ^places, a thousand to twelve hundred yards. The Germans are re? sisting ths advenes desperately. Along ft front of a thousand yards astride the Ypres-Mentn road a terrific strug? gle le proceeding. Ths British appear te have been eitremoly successful on the northern half of the line. No has been received from the tifttheea ?WHYS III FLANDERS. OsTenssee On Ypres Thea Moraine. Sept. If.-?The British at ed again thai morning on a wide front en the Ypres section. Progress tl reported. ftXttGNED TO ESCAPE REMOVAL. Piled Resignation as Gov or Monday. Austin. Sept. 16.?James E. Fergu ftoa. who. by a vote late today of tho ?hate senate, sitting as a court of Im leach men t. -as ordered removed from onto* as governor of Texas and barred from holding any public office "of benor. trust or profit." filed his rewtg L~.ion as governor with the secretary Of State last nigh . almost 24 hours before ths senate ook final action to reaneve him from office. This was learn e 1 tonight and an ivnt was nads by ths former tor that he will go before the people of the Uta. e for vindication and restoration to office. FOR BREAK WITH BERLIN. of Deputies Vote* M u. le. Buenos Aires, Sept. 26.?The Cham? ber ef Deputies today voted In favor Of a rapture with Qsrmany. The vote I II to 11. The resolution declaring for the breaking off of relations with Ger ntany adopted today by ths Chamber ftf Deputies was paused last week by the Argentine Sena o by a vote of 23 to L Would Akt In Patrol. Washington. Sept SI.?Besides ad ding to ths ronsolid* lion of the Amer? icas In ths war for democracy the ad? dition of Argentina to Germany's list of enemies would mean ths partial relieving of the lilted Statss and Brasillsn fleets In the patrol of ths ?oath Atlantic, oven If there should not he more spectacular cooperation bp sending an army to Francs. " Waives an Rxamnlatinn ami Magis? trate Holds Htm Without Ball. Concord. N. C . Sept. 26.?Gsston ft leans waived sxan Inatlon in th of hin preliminary hearing here site today and consented to be hound Over to the October term of the Cab rrua county grand Jury on a charge having murderer Mrs. Maud A. Iff Of New York and Chicago Irate Pitts ordered him held it ball. TImi k und jury meets It. MEANS BOUND OVER. M8NEY FOR THE WAR. APPROPRIATES EIGHT BILLIONS TO DEFEAT PRUSSIA. EiCht Hundred MilUon Dollur.s A?hi? ed to Hons* Items and Sent Into Conference. Washington. Sept. 25.?Without a roll call and after brief debate, the aenate late today passed the eight billion dollar war deficiency appropri? ation bill. Nearly $800,000,000 was added to the measure as it came from the house and it now goes to confer? ence. Items for many millions of dollars were approved with only a handful of senators present, and without dis? cussion. Senator Martin, chairman of appropriations committee and Demo? cratic floor leader, urged sharp scrut? iny of what he termed extravagant and almost reckless departmental esti* mates. He said appropriations during five months of war would reach about 120,000,000,000 and expressed concern lest next year's total might be $50, 000,000,000. Over the Democratic leader's oppo? sition fhe eenate adopted, 28 to 26, an amendment by Senator Robinson ap? propriating $500,000 for the employ? ment bureau of the department of la? bor. As it goes to conference the bill to? tals $7.991.400,000, including $2,38D> 000,000 of contract authorization and senate committee amendments total? ing $779,000,000. Its principal itemi* Include: Shipping board. $036,000.000 cash for the construction program; army and navy emergency funds, $100, 000,000 each; construction of torpedo boat destroyers, $225,000,000; army transportation, $413.000,000; fortifi? cations, $1.495,000,000 appropriated and $975,000,000 more authorized; army subsistence, $320,000,000; cloth ing and camp equipment, $367,000, 000; engineer operations, $191,000,000; medical department, $129,000,000; ordnance stores and ammunition, $732,270,000; manufacture of arms. $32,690,000; automatic machine guns. $112,520,000; armored motor cars $36,760,000 with $75,550.000 addition? al authorised; naval aviation. $45, 000,000; naval ammunition, $40,146, ,000 with $15,000,000 more authorized; naval batteries 160,000,000 and $28, 000,000 more authorized; nuval re? serve ordnance $47,500,000 and $17, 600,000 more authorized; and naval training camps $12.600,000. With the understanding that it wo i d be perfected und reinserted in conference, the senate struck out an appropriation of $1,240,000 for civilian training camps. It also rejected an amendment of Senator Fletcher for $350,0000 for Key W< st nuval station Improvements. After tart debate be? tween Secretary Daniels and Navy League orflcers, Senator Curtis' amend? ment authorizing the navy head to ac? cept conti lbu'lons from the league's women's iiuxiliary was defeated. HURRICANE NE AS MOBILE. - Tropical Storm 8(111 Moving Toward the Gulf Coast. Washington. Sept. 26.?The tropical hurricane s .still approaching the Gulr coast, the weather bureeau announced today. Hurricane warnings are out from Mobil* to Appalachicola, and atorm warnings for the balunce of the Florida cot at. THE sriUKE AT NORFOLK. Men Advised to Itcturn to Work Pcnd Ing Adjustment of Different*1*. Waahingon. Sept. 26.?The Tnter national oficera of the Union? involv? ed In the strike of mechanics at the Norfolk na/y yard have advised the local union official to have the men return to work pending negotiations for settling their differences. NAH s FAIjKE HUMOR. No Truth 11 Report Men bant Ships und Convoys Were Sunk. Washington. Sept. 25.?Official de? nial wss Issued tonight by the nuvy de? partment ot a published report that five merchar t ships and two convoying vessels had been sunk by submarines. Secretary Daniels has promised that casualties will not be withheld from the public. The depar.ment's wtntetuent. issued through th<* public Information com? mittee, follows: "Within tie past few days n re port that five merchant ships nnd two convoying vensels w?re sunk In a bat? tle with submarines has received wid criticism In the press. The navy tie prirtment authorises the statement that this story 1? entirely without foundation." ' COTTON CHOP CONDITION. AVERAGE FOR BEI/T \* 50.8 PER CENT OF NORMAL. Heavy Roll Weevil Damage From In? fested Areas?Little Hope of Top Crop?Whore There Ja Promina ol Late Fruitage it is in Danger ol Damage From Fost. Memphis Comercial-Appcal, Sept. 24 The condition of the growing cotton crop is 59.8 per cent, of normal, ac? cording to report* from correspond? ents of The Commercial Appeal from over the belt. This figure compares with a gov? ernment condition on August 25 of 67.8 per cent. 56.3 per cent on Sep tember 25 last year, and a 10-year average of 65.7. The Iops in condi? tion for September is 8 points, which compares with 4.9 last year and 10 year average of 5.2 points. The exces*> sive loas may be explained, however, from the fact thatt his year's crop lost only 2.5 points In August, due to the lateness of the plant. Based upon the above condition fig? ures, the indicated yield is 11,913.000 bales, according to the government method of considering a condition of 100 per cent, on this date as indica? tive of a per acre yield of 278 pound* Unfavorable weather conditions, together with heavy Insect damage, es? pecially from boll weevil In infested areas, may be held responsible for the big loss in condition sustained by the crop during the month. Temperature* have been too low a great part of the time, while sudden changes from hot to cold have caused shedding of fruit from a plant never too well fruited. Too much rain in localities has also caused some damage. Boll weevils have about destroys .1 the top crop and havo damaged thf middle crop in infested areas of Ar* kansa, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia., and have done considerable damage In localities in Texas. Over practically all this area no top crop is looked for. Owing to the extreme lateness of the crop the late fruit? age, when unmolested by Insects, is in serious danger of damage by frost of average date. The lateness of the crop Ir, being emphasized by the slowness of picking in getting under way. There are many local reports- of premature open? ing, and in dry Southern Texas pick? ing is about completed. But In th^ northern half of the belt picking Is Just beginning, and along the extreme northern border gins have not yet bs gun to run. There are some complaints of labor shortage, but as a rule there will prob? ably be enough to harvest the crop. There are many growers disposed to hold for very high prices, but as a rule correspondents report that most grow? ers will sell above 20 cents, but stub? bornly resist a decline below that figure. This is the last report this paper will publish on the crop this season. The usual quantitative estimate of the yield will be made some time in No vomber. Condition by States, with compari? sons with last month, follows: Ijajt State. Condition. Month North Carolina.59 69 South Curolina.67 74 Georgia.CO 6ft Alabama.57 65 Mississippi.03 75 Louisiana.... ..68 75 Texaa.53 5T? Arkansas.63 79 Tennessee.68 80 Oklahoma .CG 84 . . . . Average.58.8 67.1 RATTLE IN THE AHL British Airmen I>efeat Squad of Ger? man Raiders Over London. London. Sept. 2C.?In a thrilling battle British airmen succeeded In breaking up the formation of the Ger? man air fleet approaching London high and fast last night, and this is reported to be responsible for the light casualty list and the small ma? terial damage. Six were killed and 16 hurt In the southeastern poorer sec? tion of the London district. The raid? ers were forced to separate and all but one lied closely pursued. London nicht life was little afteotod, PAY FOR (M EAN TONNAGE. Shipping lb mi Ml naas Price it WIK Pay for Requisitioned Ship*. Washington. Sept. 26 - The ship? ping board has decided to pay $6.78 monthly for eaeb ton of shipping rerpiisltloned. The board will soon tuke over every American ship avail? able for overseas service. BIG STRIKE SATURDAY. TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND WILL DE CALLED OUT. Three Steel Shipyards, Sixteen Wood en Shipyards and Forty Contract Sliops Affected. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 25.?A strike at 10 o'clock Saturday morning of 22,000 members of the 15 metal trades unions- employed in Seattle shipyards and allied contract shops was ordered today by the Seattle Metal Trades Council, the central organization of tho 15 unions. The strike call, it was said, is the result of the insistent de? mand of the rank and file of the ship? yard workers for a "show down" on tho long pending wage increase con? troversy. As near as can bo estimated, three big steel shipyards, about 1G wooden I shipyards and 40 contract shops will i be affected by the strike. The Skinner I & Eddie plant, having granted the wage increase, will not be affected Three wooden shipyards and six or more contract shops also have signed the new wage agreement. Receipt yesterday of telegrams-from President Wilson and Samuel Goia pers, president of the American Fed? eration of Labor, urging that no ac? tion be taken, gave some hope that a walkout might be averted, but this vanished when press dispatches an nounced that the president wa.s plan? ning to have the Seattle wage con? troversy settled by the wage adjust? ment committee of the United State* shipping board in connection with similar controversies in other Pacific Coast cities. These dispatches precipitated th' calling of the general strike. The council's board of business agenU took the position that the government had hopelessly misunderstood the Seattle situation in attempting to link it with the situations in San Francisco and Portland and that further at? tempts to postpone the walkout would be useless. Though about the same demand* have been made in all three cities metal tradesmen explained, the Seat? tle case differed from that in Sar. Francisco, in that the workers- had not gone on strike, but had continued at work pending negotiations with their employers under an agreement that the wage increase granted should he retroactive to August 1. MIXERS' DEMANDS REFUSED. Coal Operators Tell Miners They Can? not Increase Wages Twenty-five Per Cent. Washington, Sept. 2?.?The coal op? erators of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania today notified the miners' representatives that the> are unable to meet the miners' de? mands for a twjenty-flve per cent wage increase. Another conference will DC held. GERMAN INSPIRED TRAITORS. I. W. W. Conspirators Persuaded Ok? lahoma Farmers to Take Up Anns Against Government. Washington, Sept. 2t>.?A smar! corterie of anti-war workers operat? ing under the direction of ttye Indus? trial WorkerB of the World persuaded hundreds of Oklahoma farmers to take up arms against the government to block the enforcement of the draft law, according to revelations found it. papers seized by the nation-wide raid on Industrial Workers' offices. They played on the exaggerated ideas o.' the law among illiterates. PEOPLE LEAVING PETROGRAD. Partial Evacuation of RiihsIuii Capital Continues. Petrograd, Sept. 2f?.?Although there are no signs of panic among tho population and there is indication of returning confidence, the partial evacuation of Petrograd is proceeding irrespective of whether the capital is removed to Moscow. Art and holy treasures are being packed for ship? ment. KRRENSKV AND DEMOCRATS. Premier Bays He win Not Recognise Their Congress as Official, Petrograd, Sept. 10.?Premier Ke renaky's secretary said today that the premier WOUld not recognize the dein oeratio congress as official, but ma> address it. The greatest plan of tin congress leaders is to bring ahoul th formation of a cahlnel responsihi only to congress. They have Urged Ksrensky not to sslsel a cabinet unti the congress meets. STEEL PRICES REDUCED. GOVERNMENT AND PRODUCERS COME TO AGREEMENT. Allies nn<l the Public to Share In I Reduction and Still Fair Trofi* Will be Allowed to Manufacturer}. Washington, Sept. 24.?Steel prices in the United States were cut in half today when President Wilson approv? ed a scale of quotations fixed in a vol I 'untary agreement made by producers I with the war industries board. The j general public, as well as the Ameri? can and allied governments, will ahare in the reductions, which will go into immediate effect, and the agree? ment provides that producers shall not reduce wages. The prices will obtain until Janu? ary 1, 1918, to be revised then if in? vestigation shows they are inequit? able. The entire output of American steel plants will be distributed under su? pervision of the war board which will apportion it in a way best to meet the country's war requh*ements. The new prices and the reduction J they represent in present quotations follow: Steel bars at Pittsburgh and Chi? cago, $2.90 per hundredweight. The recent price was $5.50. Iron ore, basis, Lewer Lake ports: Price agreed upon $5.05 per gross ton, no change. Coke, Connellsville: Price agreed upon $6 net ton; recent prices. $1G a ton; a reduction of 62.5 per cent. The price agreement was reached after months of negotiations between steel produrers and government om cials. The prices were based on cost of production estimates made by the federal trade commission after an in? vestigation conduqted at the presi? dent's direction. The chief point of difference that developed in the prolonged conferen? ces was over the question of whether the public and the allied government'", should share in the prices to be fixed. President Wilsen has insisted that they should, and the administration has supported the Pomerene bill now pending in congress giving the gov? ernment power to fix iron and steel prices generally. Inclusion of public and the allies in the voluntary reduc? tions will still demands made In some government quarters that the steel output be requisitioned under the national defense act, but the Pomerene bill will be pushed, it is un? derstood, that it may be enforced in event the voluntary agreement does not work out satisfactorily. Officials in close touch with the sit? uation said tonight the prices ap? proved by the president were liberal and would allow fair profits to all steel plants. In arriving at fair prices for both producer and consumer the grea: problem has been to set figures per? mitting small mills to produce withou* a loss and at the same time prevent the larger plants from taking too great a profit. At one time a plan was considered by which mills would have been paid varying costs, based on cost of production of capital in? vestment, the entire output of all mills to be sold in a pool at one price. This was abandoned as too complicated. Virtually the same purpose will be accomplished, officials said tonight, in the operation of the war tax bill, which will take for the government a large share of excess profits. The cost of producing steel plates in some of the larger mills is now about BSS to a ton. according to the testi? mony of Joseph K. Pavics, vice chair? man of the federal trade commission, before the senate committee wh'ch is i considering the Pomerene bill. This will give these mills a profit of $54 a ton under the price of $65, approved by the president. In the smaller mills, according to Commissioner Davies* tes? timony the cost runs much higher. Ninety per cent, of the plants, Mr. Da Vies said at the time, could sell plates at $f>8 and make a profit. Nothing is said in tho White House announcement as to contracts now in force, but it is believed they will stand except in Instances where the war hoard decides a manufacturer*! product is not essential for war pur? poses and thai he niUfet rellnqish a part of his requirements for more vital industries. It Is the intention of the govern? ment to use to the utmost its poWOI to control steel distribution. This may mean in some Instances, it was said tonight, ths shutting down of entir industries Where it appears the steel these Industrie! are using can he us?>? more advantageously elsewhere, The war industries hoard In mm or der iMsued today divided Industry int? three claasei, directing that preference STEP FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE. HOUSE VOTES 181 TO 107 FOR CREATION' OF COMMITTEE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE. 'vely Fight in Prospect?Doth "Suffs" and "Antis" Confident of Victory in Battle Over Amendment. Washington, Sept. 24.?Creation of a committee on woman suffrage was ordered by the hour^ late today by a vote of 181 to 10T. The ways and means committee will name the personnel of the new committee, which will assume charge of all suffrage h?ls, now handled by the strongly anti-suffrage judiciary committee. Either Representative Raker, of California, or Representa? tive Taylor, of Colorado, probably will be made chairman. Mrs. Rankin, of Montana, has been suggested but as she is a Republican she is not likely to be named. Creation of the committee assures an early fight on the Susan B. An? thony suffrage amendment at the next : session of congress. Both suffragists and anti-suffragists say they are anx i iou8 that the bill be reported as they aro confident of victory on the floor. I The antis, headed by Chairman Webb, of the judiciary committee, made a hard fight today against the resolution. They maintained that its adoption would be taken as an en? dorsement of White House picketing. Miss Rankin and Representative Pou, chairman of the rules commit l tee, who reported the resolution, mode ? the principal speeches for it. I The senate suffrage committee has ' been organized several years. While I the house was voting four of the Wo j man party's socalled pickets were arrested for displaying banners be? fore the White House. They were re? leased on bond to appear tomorrow. WON'T FIX PRICES. Lever and Byrnes Learn Status of Sweet Potatoes and Cotton Seed Products. Washington, Sept. 24.?Representa? tives I^ever and Byrnes today conferr !ed with Food Administrator Hoover ?s to the status of potatoes and cotton seed products. Mr. Hoover stated he had no intention of fixing the prices; that it was planned to license potato dealers in order to eliminate specula? tive profits. As to cotton seed pro ' ducts Mr. Hoover said certain crushers had requested that he fix the price ! they should pay for the raw product, 1 but he had refused; that he does pro? pose to license the agents who handle seed after it has left the hand's of the producer, because many speculators who formerly operated in wheat have transferred their speculation to cotton seed products. The food administra? tor has notified the cotton oil ex i changes that their transactions must ! be perfectly legitimate, or else the government will con sider closing the i exchanges. The opinion of Mr. Hoover is that the drop in the price of cotton seed , was due in part to the embargo placed upon cotton seed cake, which has I heretofore been going to neutral na? tions for the fattening of cattle, which in turn were sold to Ger? many. About the time of the drop in price 2,000.000 tons of cotton seed cake were held upon boats of Nor? way and Sweden in American ports. Messrs. Lever and Ryrnes urged that no steps he taken affecting cot? ton seed or its products until repre? sentatives of the farmers had been consulted, and were assured this would be done. Mr. Hoover has nothing to do with prosecuting combinations of oil com? panies or seed crushers' associations, that being the duty of the depart? ment of justice. Messrs. I^ever and Byrnes state that they will be glad to have sent to them any evidence as to such combinations in order that they may present it to the department of justice. I in transportation of iron and steel and other products be Riven to them in the Order of their independence as related to the conduct of the war. Class A. comprising; war work, comes first; class Bi comprising industries indi? rectly related to the war, second and class C. comprising all other Indus? tries, last. The reductions will not affect navy purchases for a time, as Secretary Daniels already has contracts for ??00,00 tops- of steel ?t prices lower than those named today. This steel will be sufficient to carry through the 1916-1917 building program. Future navy contracts will be made at the hiRher prices. Secretary Daniels said today he was satisfied with the new prices for the future inasmuch as the public will share in them.