Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ONLY IJITIIIE|^TTIE8. hum I?II I I'm H*s I: I \| M\ |\ TU I N * HIS \\ Hill. UK. i.l Ns i;<?\k, No hull nimm Ulini \nmhet l>rUc Will Siart ??n Handel'?? I n?ni? II Ulks In The \lr. The British troops In ri,nnlcrs an ?till being kept In the trenches, while fj Ifreovy lio nlu' rdmcnt of i ba nian po ?Hlcnii continues. Uen. Hulg's report today throws Pttlc light on win n tie next attack may he e xpc< t. .1. It merely mentioned pointa where tin Herman r?a Iprocal tire In heavie-a and reported a British raid on the Arras front. Thero Im Infantry llirht Ina on the French front, but appar? ently not on a laruo scale. The tier mane and French are eng:?ging In un usally heavy air light* ao far thin Week. Thirty-Hl\ Herman mach'in? have hern brought down. di'Htroyed or badly damaged. The Hermans raided Nancy two nights it -nieces ?ton. VUl.stiN I i >U ^t I I K \< l M m N.i Voter Will IP Inllucncod h\ Vcllons of the Militant Plcki t-. New York. Oct. 17 ? President Wil? son In a letter to Mm. Carry Chap? man Catt president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, made puohe he e tonight, expressed tin hone til it \ otei s \\ ouhl not he illllil enced by the actions of the so-called pickets Ir Washington. The letter, dated October 13. follows: "sty Dear Mrs. Catt: "May 1 not express to you my very deep interest in the campaign in New York for the adoption of woman suffrage and may I n >t say that 1 hope no voter will ?>e Intluenced In hi* decision with regurd to the great matter by anything the so-called pickets n ay have done here in Wash? ington? However Justly they may have laid themselves open to serious rr'.tlcfcuu. their action represents. I am sure, so small a fraction of the woman of the country who are urging th.* a.!o|. en of woman suffrage, that It would oe most unfair and argue a nnrrow \ tew. to allow their actions to prejudice the cause Itself. 1 am very anxious *.o see the great State of New t ?rk net a great example In this mat? ter. "Cordially and simeuly. "Woodrow Wilson." t I I t I M ?N IN lOW V \N.id? Il.i^ l4*ail In Prohibition I Por? tion. Dea Mol new, Oct. 18.?Webb la holding the lead on the returns from Monday's prohibition election. His advantage is estimated at from slight? ly less than one thousuul to twenty Ore hundred. It will bo ten des be? fore tho official result is available. sTKitx t \mf\p.\ ht\i;n;i>. %Kttutors \guli>-t liberty Conds b> lie ImniHlK I Washington, Oet. 1H.?Treasury of n>laH have under way a stern cam paign of reprtudon against enemy agents who are guilty of attempts |C Incite popular fueling against the lib? erty loan. Their efforts aro particu? larly noticeable In tin- Middle We t. should Live 1 p to It. From a recent Interview given the news|..i|m is b> s, a..tor |;. I;. Tin? man wo ar leu to believe that the senator will make the rar* next sum i ht In succeed himself. This may be till right from the standpoint of a ?politician, and it may he that th t'.tat? really needs th senior sena? tor's ablhy In the sen de. but at the same time wv cannot sec any reason why a man ran do Ju t exactly tie opposite Of What he has said he woulc do. Wo all know th it ' wise met, change tb*r minds." ete. and th > 'Orr tin stances altei - i ;." etc., but the faet mm nn th .t isaatoa TtOman] his derhsred that In- woud not make another race. He now says that if he "is drafted ),y the people" he Wik accede to their dmands. .\-oh??d\ sjaisaasaaa Banasat TIHman' ability. Pi*isibl> ho is not lln- abl . man now that he was a few y< u but bo Is still the eiplal of any man in congress and mi|unor to Sj great many of tin- s< u itoi both in int I lect and ability. That, how eye,-, i not the nu'^'ion to bs dscldsd, Th senator made a plea to I is con int.s In bis I st election to support him that time for the I- a time. The did so and he shout I he SStiShN d W. do not think that the MaatOf should wait for tin- people to "draft ' bim We think he should gracefully give up the seat he gg I at Sttpll d many years with such Munal honor and let mo me other aide m m i i! ?? In place. H??ulh ('nohn i. while sin h , her sbar of dlsreputahtg potitli lans and possibly U little hit more. Still him some real statesmen, fully uble to <? copy a seat In the senate in a manner to reflect credit trmu the St it. Fpartanbuig Journal. EXEMPTING FARM LABOR. M \ EH i>i*< i xxi.s si l l < I1\ r hi; M l ICT, IVoves* MsjsJnd Oewrral Ready l?" Mlevc AMttc IhiIh'i Hstuntion in \u\ I psjaJ \> ay. Lexington, on. IT.-?Reprceenta Hn a. r. who is reoelvtnfl many inquiries from different parti of tho district and ||M Stale, touch? ing Uli probable attitn I? of tin- ad ministration with n-gu rd to tin- mat Iii of exempting Iriini tl?<- selective draft persons engaged in agriculture. i. dt\ made tho following statement: ? As you know, tin- . < le ti\e draft act confers upon the district hoard* ||M decision as to the matt?It of ex? empting farmers from tho draft, with the riKht of appeal to tho pre snleni ami sul)Ject to his I'm il dec ision. \> the hill came to tin- house liom the committee on military affairs, it con? tained no provision which j ives the di.-trn t ho iids t.ie po.vcr to c\cn pt farmers, although provhajOfl was made for the exemption, under cer hUtl conditions, of persons engaged in OSVtaJg; industries. As tin- chairman of the committee on agriculture, 1 ft I that the old doctrine, armies tight on their bellies,' was still applicaldo, and I offered an amendment giving the district boards the right to exempt those engaged in agriculture from tin draft, subject to an appeal to the president. The amendment was promptly accepted by the house, for the wisdom and justice of it were quite manifest. "More than a month a?o I took up with (leneral Crowder, provost mar? shal general, who has charge of the formulation of regulations under the selective service act, the question of the interpretation of, and attitude to? ward, this matter of disorganizing as little as possible the agriculture of the country by withdrawing from it too many of those engaged in it. I pointed out to him the acutenc-.s of the labor situation and urged upon hi n tin- tre? mendous task which is before the farmers of this country of not only furnishing food and clothing for out own army and navy as well as civilian population, but as well the task of furnishing the larrer part of these supplies to the armies, nn\los ami c iv? ilian population of our allies. It is a hugo undertaking which will tax to the limit the resource fulness ami beat efforts of our agricultural population. At that time C.cncral Crowder's- pol? icy in respect to this proposition was formulating, but ho had readied no definite conclusion, although fully realizing the strength of my position Just before the adjournment of con? gress I again. In a formal letter to t leneral Crowder, brought this mattet to his attention, having a few days preen.us to that called it to Presi? dent Wilson's attention. I am just ii receipt of a letter from General Crowder. which should be of gnat interest and which reads as follows "'In reply to >our letter. I heg to state that the ollice IQUOfallCS tin- dlf llculty of the situation and is ready to Iahe any action to relieve it. which touid be done without detriment to the public service. 'As you know ,thc concrete ques? tion* arising under this section of tin law that is to say, questions <>f ex? empting farmers?are vested by the selective service act in the district hoards, subject to an appeal t > the president. " 'It was felt that questions of an industrial and agri< ultuial nature should be paased upon, in the I.ist in? stance, by the district boards, and b\ persons familiar with local conditions, allowing, however, an appeal to the president from the decisions of th< district individual eases and to secure, a: far as posdldo, uniformity of de ? ision. "The system, despite the dlaleultle Il vok i d. is working well.' "it will be observed thai the prop* er procedure for those engaged ug ih uituro who have been drafted is to make their claim Of exemption, be sense of this fa<t, to the district hoards: and if the district hoard aetfl Unfavorably upon tin- ?? aim, the np piienat then has the right to ask thai his claims of exemption on these grounds shall be gen! to tin prCSl dent. as an appe al In him is provide ! let in tin- law. Such an appeal ??> the president would enrrj with it nil the papers ami statements which havi been Rled by the applicant with tin " tilet h.KHtis. i Biny add that under the regulatlone such p m en -and only aeh p - pt i s w in he con i i ??? d, Co Htleal or personal Infi ence will oui no figure in tin . <? ?? L* s, cm h w ill stand upon its own m> i its and will be ret lowed just as the i hrher e.t re? views tb#- testimony ?-f tin- lower COUrl when an appeal is made." New V.n k. ?let, 1 .. ? A man w In. I i ? bis name as William .1. I tejnbgr was arrested here lonlght by tin- pn lice, charged with conspiracy to oh lata infoi malion .-.? ,,ie | the United hjtatee through enlistment in the nrm? and navy Me w gg in. nod OVOr I" iim federal authorities. BOM FEAR AMERICA. mi Mill ?; or 1.1 km \n < !m i; \?, MM i s\\ H sill Will. < ()| \ I i i ss TH w i!i m \m \. Arm) Im ill-Trained ;?n?I Declares only Vmorlrnu Help Tlun Will < ? hi ill is in the \nir. Amsterdam, Oct, 17.?The Weser /.fitung (Bremen), publishes an ar? ticle* by Major lloffOi of tin- German general Htaff, on Ihe effect the on tronos of th.- United Btutos will have on the war. After reviewing the dir HculUos of tin- United Stales in train? ing and transfsrportlng troops to equ rope, ho declares thai the American military possibilities may safely be Igni rod by Germany, "Before tin- declaration of war," In saysi "tin- military resources of the United Blates consisted of an Insul11 olently trained regular army of only 100,000, and a National Gunrd Ol 130,000, hardly trained at nil. The various Jneaaures taken to increase tin* army will result in th.- formation by spring of an army of about 1,400, mm, which 1ms only received mini? ma n training. ".No considerable part of this nrm\ can roach Europe before summer, while, in any ease, a large number mUSl be retained at home, so that no more than 100,000 or 500,000 men can be sent to Kurope. The trans? port difficulties will la' enormous. Two and a hall tnliion tons of ship ping will be necessary to transport ami supply sixteen divisions and tin total American shipping, even allow? ing for confiscated ships ami new con? struction, will by spring be tody 4, 000,000 of whleh tin- navy requires 1,100,000. "An extensive transport "?f Ameri? can troops would cause serious diffi? culties in supplies to England and Prance, it must also be remembered that the l--boats are sinking more and more ships dally, "Finally the fighting value of tit American troops is not gr< at. prob? ably ahoul OQUal to that of the ItU manlans, ami there certainly will no fewer of them titan of Rumanians. So, Germany will have an easy task. In fact, it is doubtful whether the Americans will risk the venture of .vending an army to Kurope at all. "The only American help to be ss riousiy reckoned with Is in the air. FUSTS can be qulokly trained and easily transported, but the German command has taken all necessary measures to meet this danger. The new enemy directs bis efforts less against the German army than against the ncrvei of tlie Herman people and against the internal unity of Germany," WHITE so\ CHAMPIONS. Giants Deatajp in Last Game of Borte* i to 1?. New York, net. i"..?Coming through with a rush when the Now York HianiH faltered for a moment in the fourth inning, the Chicago White BOX today won tin' sixth ami dOOlding game of the 1 !* i T diamond classic, i to g, The Chicago victory rives tin- Middle West metropolis th" world's series pennant for the first time in almost a decade. Attef winning the drat two games on tln ir home Held and losing the next two at the Polo Grounds, tic Chicago clan clinched the gonfalon with two straight victories, one a. Comlskey Park ami the other in tin lair of the Giants, The .New York club did not go down to defeat toda} without desperate resistance, The battle was surcharged with sensa? tional .situations ami thrilling plays, but the invading combination witb the edge of a one-game bad was nol t" be denied. )t was the Giants who i t'entually broke under tin1 strain ol the conflict. GERM \n i:a i io\h siloKT. _ ? I ikiiI Miouaic-c l .es-. Than a Person \. inali.v I Icq it ires. Washington, Oct, 18,? Recently obtained ilgures on the Gorman week? ly food ration shows that it is less than hall' whit Ihe tool a < I m i u ist r. i i.on considers sufficient for a person in a sedentary occupation, I In ud lorn ft Cluli Meeting. The Handicraft Club reorganised Friday afternoon with Mrs. John Brown, The time wa bn lly spent In conversation ami fnncy work. Aftei which business was discussed, Th< same officers wor? asked to nervo foi nnothor year, and d was also voted upon by all pre i n1 to : eno \er Simple w.i.t-tioe TOf r.sh mentS after tins. The hostess was assisted bj Mrs. Gantl in serving an olabornti i w??< t cour e. Tin- meeting adjourned to i.i with Mrs. Kugeji? Wilder nex! time. Those pr< sonl wi re! Mes I imos 11. L i 'roui b. .1. .\i i' luslej i >. J. Auld, R i'. Dullant, Kinnrd, J, D, I ?< miuon, Itnlph Loyni und John Wilson o I lc lit r. <>\i; AMKIlll \n Mill l) am?' bl\K C1TIIKKH WOUNBED. Submnriiic Mario (iood Escape After liiin-?Twelve I w-ii i> h Merchant Vessels Destroyed in One Work; l arm- Number of Enemy's War? ships Observed ul Brit, 1'rohnbly tming (?> Itclnforce ? he I led in Baltic. Washington! Oct. 17. An American destroyer on patrol duty In the war gone was torpedoed by an enemy sub marine yesterday ami one m in killed and live wounded. she managed/to make port In spite of severe damages. Vice Admiral Bims cabled a briel report of the incident to the navy de? partment late today. ii<" gave few details, but h is assumed there wan no Bght and that the U-boat mad good her escape after launching a torpedo, without showing her lelf, Qunner'i mate Osmond Kelly fn gram was the man killed. He was blown overboard by the explosion and hii body was not recovered, i > gram's mother. Mrs. Betty Ingram, lives at Pratt City. Ala. in accordance with the policy ol secrecy concerning American naval op (rations, the department did not di? vulge the name of the destroyer or iho exact place Of the encounter. None of the wounded was serious |y hurt. The) are A let man H. Pan i rat:., gunner's mute. St. Louis; Wil? liam 18. Iterritt, seaman, New York City; Prank \v. Kruz, fireman, 'To? ledo; Patrick Ftutledge, oiler, n- -. York City, ami William Beitnei, fire? man, Dundas, Minn, Twelve Ships Sunk. bodon, net. 17.?Twelve British merchant vessels of over 1,600 tons we re sunk by mine or submarine in iho last week, according to the state? ment of the British admiralty tonight. Six vessels under 1.600 tons ami om> fishing vest I were sunk. Loyal American-'Sermons, < Ireenwood ?!<airnal. Everybody knows that Walhalla is a German town, eettled we do noi knpw how many years ago. by men and women who came from Germany. Many of the citizens speak German today, and for many years it was the custom to have a sermon preached, in the Lutheran church, In German for the German part of the congrega? tion, and one in Bngllah fOT the members who spoke ISngllsh. we do nui. know whether this is kept up at the present time or not. This Is Im si material, however. The follow-in; from The Koeweo Courier is interest? ing, though it is not surprising to one who Is acquainted With Walhalla people. They are loyal t<> the core, with no slackers or obstructionists. Unele Bam will never uncover any plop* that were laid in Walhalla l" help Germany In her propaganda. The Courie r says: "nur good friend of The State soya that the names of two ol The Cour? ier's editors ami owners indicate Ger? man ancestry. The name indications are not deceptive, except for the fact that all three of the editors and own era of The Cornier come from Ger? man stock, l-'or instance: "Steck?Paternal stock German back to the time when the memory of man runneth not.' Maternal three-fourths German, one-fourth [Trench. Present generation not \* than seven-eighths German estrac? tionu "Shelor??Fjaternal stock Germapi in toto; maternal. German and ESng lish. Present generation not leas than three-fourths German extrac? tion. "Schroder-?Paternal and maternal stock German. Present generation mil German extraction. "Stock, Shelor & Bchroder-r-'Veep born American citizens of German ? xt racl ion. "There are lots of people in the World who can't be horn in America, it's their misfortune and not their fault, The heart of Tho Courier is In this war because we know our country Is right and because wc want that great county and that great people from which and from Whom we spring to enjoj thO same blessing of Individual freedom and liberty that we enjoy here In Amer? ica, and because we want eradical id from every corner of the earth thai grinding militaristic form of govern? ment, from the hardships and op prcsslons of which cor forefathers e raped by coining to the United States. "Pfen e label all three of us 'Made in i'. A." and we thank (Jod for it!" in i \ Ul ssi A. London, Oct. 18, -Tho Time.-; ?\, - votes a column in a dl ipntcfi from p I Petrograd correspondent describing i the state of anarchy thai is spreading throughout Russian provinces. On the itn.it,on in Petrograd he says \o one seems to care a'unit any? thing/' 1 10 STARVE GERMANY. M.lTKAl.s MVKT SHARK GKKAT l i: 111 I \\\\ ITION OWING T<> TIGHTENING UP OF THE IMA x K \ I > I;. IScceiit Conference Arranged Cam? paign to < nt on ? iei man'- Sappl) Source-. Washington, <>ct. 17. Neutral na? tions, ami particularly those in Eu? rope, musl be prepared to share oven greater deprivation and burdens nuide necessary by the war under the decision of tin* recent silled confer? ence al London. Details of the conference are be? ginning to reach Washington through official channels. They show that the allies are determined to support their armies in the Held by cutting ort as far as possible all supplies for th German army from neutral sourc< through a tighetenlng of the block Attention was called at the confer? ence to the necessity of preventing Hwcden from suppylng Germany with metals and the general opinion was that hereafter the neutrals should be compelled to furnish the allies with goods of their own production which tlu y cannot consume in exchange for ?Upplles from this allies. They will be required to use their own ships tor this trade. "Such is the new blockade formula width must he strictly applied and Which will make it impossible for Germany to continue the struggle,' said one declaration of the confer I ence. The extent to which the United States will he Influenced by the dec! sions of the London conference has inn been revealed but that this gov? ernment is in accord with them is evi? denced by the rigid restrictions placed upon exports to the Kuropean ! neutrals from this country. digger Vlclds Per Acre our Biggest Farm Management Problena, Farming is a business, and as such must, no less than any other business, look closely to tin.' matter of profit and loss. The margin between cost ot production ami the soiling price of our products must be kept wide enough to insure an adequate return for our effort. If this is not done, then our business will be losing mon? ey, and failure will be Btralght ahead. in a farm management survey made in Buinter County, Georgia, the rail? ed States Department of Agriculture found that, on farms averaging less than one-half baU of cotton per acre the net profits, after allowing fair wages- for labor, were practically nothing. On the other hand, on a i group of farms averaging between one-half and two-thirds of a bale per acre, tin? average net profit rose to a very fair figure, while on those farms averaging over two-thirds of a bale per acre, the average net profits wore excellent. I These facts servo to emphasise anew a point to which we have long called attention, namely, that our av? erage yields are too low. and that the very first step toward making our farming operations more profitable IS to raise them. The sooner we grasp this fundamental truth and act upon it. the sooner will the South come into its own agriculturally. Tut in doin-; this, in raising our cotton yields to two-thirds, throe fourths and even a bale per acre and our corn ami oat yields to 30 and 40 bushels per acre, it is vitally Import? ant that these increase- be gotte n economically?that is, that while we are increasing yields we are lowering production costs per pound or per bushel. lming thi.; is a farm management problem that calls for our best thought and effort?a problem, in? deed, requiring as much study and keen and accurate thinking as the law, medicine, banking, or any other calling or profession. The key to its solution lies in a rich soil. II our lands are not rieh w< must make them so. ?*A legume on every acre every year" must become the watchword; every i ossiblc pound lot' farm manure must be saved ami put on the land; all straw, Utter and other refuse must go hack to the soil; ami commercial fertilisers must i>< used liberally to .supplement all these. finally, scientific soil conservation must be practiced, thai none of our seil fertility may be wasted by wash? ing ami leaching, At pre ? nt prices, tie- difference be? tween IG bushels of corn per acre and 30 bushels Is a matter of some $30; the difference between poverty ami prosperity; multiply tin mi by the Seres in all the South, ami we have ii ?? dif? ference between a poor country and one of tin- most prosperous countries under the sun. is not the lesson plain?'?Tbc Progressive K?rrner. . 1 I ? ' 1 4 -i.-? Berlin, O'ct 18.?The war office re? ports that the Germans took ton thousand prisoners and fifty guns on Ossel island. They claim to have tin Itussian naval force In the Gulf of Ulgn trapped. CARE OF FRUIT TREKS. Directions for Detrtroytag Borers and detecting Tree*, To All County Agents: Please stross upon your demonsten tors ami oo operators the necessity and vital import a nee of pulling down 111 ? - mounds from around the plum and peach trees urhtcJi were mound? ed in July. Tins work shottltf be d.? from the 1st to l.'ith of October. After removal of mound, carefully Ko over and remove all borers, which is usually accomplished by the use of a knife blade and cuttting the borer out. When tin- borers have been re? moved apply a coat of trunk wash. made1 as folloWBj and applh'd by wash? ing the' trunk from the branches down ws rd. Standard Trunk Wash for Trees. Lump lime.20 pounds Soap < whale oil. homemade or common laundry) .. .. o pounds Sulphur.4 pounds Wate r.L'5 gallons Making The Waafl! Dissolve the finely shaved soap in three (3) Kations Of hot water, make a thin pas e of the- sulphur ami add to tin- see ? solution, ami while the1 lime' is stacking (in half barrel) the solution of soap and sulphur is pour eel over it and the whole gradually diluted to 2S gallons; which is suiTl clent Quai tlty to wash -00-000 trees <"?-S years del. Tiiis wash is very inexpensive and may be cisily applied by use of a paint brush. Respectfully, W. W. Long, Director. The Liberty Loan and The Tanner. (By D. 1'. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture.) It is e ery citisen's duty to pur ilia.se a I iherty Bond if he is in a po? sition to lo so. Every patriot will re? gard it ; 1 a privilege te> participate in the Liberty Loan. He will thereby contribute directly and effectively to the1 successful prosecution of the war Which <3 rmany has forced upon us. The nation's task is a seriems one. It Intimately touches each of us. it faces you ami me. If we do not win this war we must prepare ourselves for grave changes in our institutions ami j to lead a different sort of life from that Which we had plant.eel to live ? from that which our forefathers elied te (jive us the right to iive. shall Indefinitely face the Interference of the Prussian autocracy or hear per? manentl) tl ?? Intolerable burdens of militarism. To win this war we must have' both men ami money. I know that every farmer wants to do all in his now t r for the nation in this day of trial. He will not only labor to produce the necessary foodstuffs but will also generously contribute of his meant to make it possible for the men at 'in- front to achieve victory. 1 am confident that the farmers of the land will not permit any other class to take' the leadership in supporting the government in this crisis, financially or otherwise. We are at war with Germany be? cause Germany made war upon us, sank our ships; killed our citizens, and plotted against us- while professing friendship. \Yc were patient till of? fenses 1 ecame so flagrant and insuPs so intol -rable that it was merely a question whether We would admit we wei-e no longer a free nation or accept ithe e ha !em;o of the' war-mud, hypo critical, and midiaeval Prussian mili? tarists. The re- was one choice we Could not make?we wore incapable Of making. We coulel not "choose the path of submission ami suffer the most sac red rights of our nation and our people to be ignored and viedat ed.H We are defending our rights as a free nation. We are re olved that there shall he an end of brute force 1 in international affairs. What <i*er many's victory would mean to the* world Is plain. There would be no right expSpt might* no peace save at the price of humilutionn too hitter to he borne. Small nations could not exist. There would be no sanctity to a p ledge, no solemnity to a covenant. With the dominance cd' Prussian mili? tarism, the Anglo-Saxon struggle for free institutions and liberty, persist? ing fro 11 ttunnynicsdo t?> Yorku>wn. with ii ,Magna Charta, its Hill of Rights, and its Dec dar attest of inde? pendence, will have been in vrtin. It is to prevent this, t<> defend our rights, ami to make possible an order? ly and just peace in the world that we are at war. The ration canst1 an its cili ens for high and noble ser? vice, e in some it calls foe serv ice in the Ii? II; on others for service at home; on all, it calls for financial support. 1 am oonfldent that the farm en of the nation will eagerly re? spond to tin* eall for subscriptions to ihr Dil crlv Loan. Pr?( hamps a Candidate. .loi n M DesGhamae, of Columbia. who WIU1 a candidate for governor in ISlt, announces that he will agate be in tho race next summer.