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ThK t (>KT OF W %|t. kl_ 4Jr Hprnl * Million During OStOhSS1 und I m hr H*n> Hhv Noon Mire a Two button Pallor Month inn. Washington. Dot. 21.?Government ea|iendlture of ooo billion dollars it lb* record which the month of <>c lObfff hue established at the treasury department. The total, which Includes labea to tie allies, may axe t?eti even this huge Sum. poaalbly by $100,000. 009. TMt far It glands at $965.342.367. wl? h yesterday's spending ' not In chided T6r the twenty-thrs work ln?t days ?bus far counted, it ?howa an average expenditure of approxi? mately $1.'.600,000 dally, or almost f t.i.OOo. every minute of the day and nttht. K^pendlturo for lost Frida". Ig i latest record published, were $66. 971,940. hut tbia was an unusual day considerably higher than the average, though no* by sny means a record. The Increase, In the dally expendi? tures Is greater at the present time thui it wiis a month ago, and Is *t< ..tdy gri wins D hi thought that it will continue to grow. A two blllios dollar month, olRciala aaaert. la > it fur off U may ho reached, with the retirement of abort time treaaury cer un< atee?to be met out of llbertj boi.g receipt*?by midwinter. Pipaj?dltares for the fiacal year tKua far have reached the total i?: 9S.4ta.6C?.764. of which $1/ 70,700, 000. more than half, lit represented I....i.m to the alllev. Th*?e Ioiiuh nm Interest upon them tire to bo repaid to tge lovernmei t t>\ >?oi row era and therefore do not represent actual evpens* to the American peo < r;i>t ltJLt> MAT9|. BVT NOT yjUW Captsrp Sullivan in Court marls I Trial iteirir? rte-iK>o?>fmii(> for Rruw.l Treatment or Private Mpertanhurg. Oct. 17.?Taking the stand In his own behalf, .Capt. How ? ard K Sullivan, commanding Battery D. One Hundred and Fifth Field At tlbery. today denied tn courtmartlul prx-eedinga that he directed a brutal srtd PUh|lc whipping administered to Private Otto QottscbalK of Battery D The captain admitted having or l rh it the private be given a bath, but not that be be beaten The courtmart'al convened yester day morning. More than 10 witnesses have been summoned, but it la not probable that all those wtll be sworn. The Qudlngs of the courtmartlal w-di not he made public until after the evidence is the case baa been review? ed by the commanding general. \ UAJ.MJVJ FUN FABTY. I uleriaiNfuent 1st'? I new Lay Fvcnlng at Betb*d gi Iwol. A Halloween entertainment will be given at Bethel school Wednesday night for thu benefit of the school. The exercises begin at S o'clock. The price of admlslon will be 2? cents for adults. 16 cento for children. "h? public Is cordUlly invited. Married In Memphia Msmphis. Tenn . Oct. 2?.?Miss Xo kle Hoyd Of Huinter. 8. On and Mr Bryan J. I|hame. of thla city, vier? married yesterday morning at the gsoond Presbyterian church by the A II Curry. Mis* lloyd arrived, yvaterduy morning from her home P%4 !1P|ST SOl'NDI.Y WIIIPPFB. I iiHlipiall People Deal Roughly With Traitor. Cincinnati. Dei W Herbert Hlgo gffVi bead of the People's Chvrea here, and a leader In the PeopleV ( ?urn I. Socialist and Paclllsta. wm SetSs'l last night as h? was entering a tail to make a *pm h. was taken t<i the wood a. tied to a tree, whipped and warned not to come back. submarine Score Buns I p. I .um week the submarine again run if the score 'of sinkings t* a point they had not attained for two mnntha . - n'r.-n large and e)gbt small llrit lab vmela were deatroyed. according ? the idfplrulty report, a total of ?even more than during the previous week It la evident that the imtnace Of the undersea boat ,s by no n eanx eliminated, but that does not mean that It has not been reduced. I will not d6 o take the lecmd of a ningle week ss indicative of venera) condl ihm?, i.iit the average of a consider? able period muat be tuken to arrive at an estimate of th.? measure of the alt nation Certainly the average of **i>kly atnklngs for the past four montha has been reduced from tin tcgh asarn of April and Mas, ar.d there has been, until the past week, a Stenrtv diminution or the score made ?> th? t boats, it fetaatni to ho '(??'it whether last wek'a Incretise is rely apisinodh oi is the beguiling of a rising scale of losses.?Charles leu Post. COW AMlilCK CAl Sl l> UEFEVI\ ? ' A y - t| It < roe <<l\( s Benson for Left Whig of irmy II*-in? Brokpn on ,1ul tit Front. Feme. Oct. 28 (British Admiralty per Wireless Press).- I'nits of the Italian second army surrendered or re? treated without flghti i?, permitting tht AiiHtro-CJerman forces to breaK the Italian left wing on the Juliaa front an.I invade Italy, says today's ( rttYial report. The Italians now ar?. retreating In accordance with the plan prepared. The announcement follows: 'The failure to resist on the part of some units forming our Second Army, which in cowardice retired without bring or surrendered to the enemy, allowed the Austro-German forces to break Into our left wing on the Julian front. The valiant efforts of oth ?r troops did not enable them to pre? vent the enemy from advancing into the sacred soil of our fatherland. We now are withdrawing our line accord? ing to the plan prepared. All stores and depots In the evacuated plucky WOtC destroyed. ' The record of many memo, a h a battles fought with success by our brave soldiers during two and one half years of war is sufficient to as? sure the commander in chief that the army to which the honor and safety of the country ire confided will know how to fulfill its duty." CANADIANS l?ICS IN DEf.LEVVK *e* r> . ? H-ent Back Oouptorat uck of Germans. British Front in Belgium, Ocf. 27 (By the Associated Press).?The Ca? nadians this morning were digging themselves in across tho neck of the Bellevue spur, west of Passchendaele, having held this newly acquired height in the face of another tierce counter? attack last night. Thin was the most Important news from the front of yesterday's offensive as it gives the British a dominating position to whlcn the Germans had clung tenaciously. The capture was one of the most brilliant strokes in recent days and involved bitter fighting. The Canadians had scarcely reached the crest of the spur after battling across the marshy ground in the face of a terlflc hall of machine gun (Ire when the Germans counterattacked in force along the crest of the spur from the east A sanguinary struggle followed at close quarters and the men from over? seas were compelled to give ground a little. They fought their way back, however. I^ast night the enemy again tried to dislodge the British. After heavy fighting the Germans were gradually forced to withdraw. During the night the Canadians readjusted their line across the neck of the spur and con? solidated the positions. Potderhoek chateau, north of Chelu velt, was In the hands of the enemy this morning but hard flfhting was continuing. Taken as a whole yesterday's oper? ation was a good one. The main pur? pose, the occupation of Bellevue spur, was achieved. D1SQI ALlFIED AS OFFICER |lf FNI.ISTM AH PRIVAT?. - Mr. David W. lorlng Determined to Do His Bit In Army. To be commissioned as first lieuten? ant of a company: to be disqualified on the physical examination; to have his defects remedies, and then to Join his company as a private. Is the kind of a patriotic record set up by Mr. David Worth Ioring, of this city, who yesterday went to Greenville to enlist In Co. C, 116th Machine Gun Battal ion. When Company C originally deslg nated as Troop C. North Carolina Cav aylry, was organised last summer, Mr. Lorlng was selected as first lieuten? ant. A few days before the troop was mustered Into tho Federal service, Mr. Lorlng unfortunately was forced to undergo an operation that in the eys of the medical officer, disqualified him for duty as an officer. Accordingly Mr. lorlng aovered his onneetlon with the organization, antl quietly resumed his civil occupatloi until n?- with again physically fit, am* then he slipped away to again become a member of his old command.? Wilmington Star, October 22. HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB. First Meet liik of Ku inter Club to Be Held Wedncaduy Afternoon. The first meeting of the Home I ?emonstnitlon Club will be held at tho Girls' H in h Hehool. Wednesday afternenn at 4 o'clock, October "?Ist The subject for study will be white bread substitutes. Miss Mury i-em luun will demonstrate ami lecture. All those who are Intersted in this course are Invited to be preient at thl: meeting. Di L. gtuckey, Bscty. IlICKAKS IM T.K TO PLFASF. AMEIt HANS. _ Marshal of Prance Aftt'iids Dinner a Paris In Honor of Louisiana Ille? gales. Paris, Oct. 27.?The dinner gw ? the Louisiana delegates to the Nei* Orleans bi-cententary celebration last night was distinguished by the pres? ence of Marshal Joffre, it being thfl tlrst time the marshal had ever ap? peared at any similar event in Pari*. The dinner was in charge of the Franco-American committee. Th presence of Field Marshal Joffre was due, Emile Hovelacque explained later, to hh? inability to visit New O." j leans during his recent tour of the United States. Marshal Joffre did not. overcome his usual reserve to the ex? tent of making a speech, but after Andre LaFargue of New Orleans pro? posed his health, the 1 marshal leaned over the table toward LaFargue and 'said a few words of w dch the only phrace to reach the next table was: "You love us. 1 reply, I also lovo you." Baron de Coubertin spoke on Amer? ica's idealism and safd the United States was founded on idealism and had never abandoned trie pursuit of ideals. Henry Franklin Bouillon of? feree! a toast to the American armyi Among those present were GabrUd Hanotaux, Admiral Chocheprat, Prlnco Poniatowsky and the consul generals of the United States, Brazil. Santo Domingo and Guatemala. "No Time to Disturb War Plans/ The several hundred clerks in the ?enral offices of the Atfantlc Coast ine in Wilmington to take a patriotic view of the ill-advised strike difficulty Which originated at the Richmond of? fice and extended in 'a limited way to the offices at-'Rocky Mount, Florence, Columbia and Charleston as- a sympa? thetic demonstration. Headquarters clerks have promptly volunteered to take the places of disaffected men and a nurhber of them' were defipatched yesterday to Rocky Mount, Florence and Charleston, where a sufficient number of cicrkn to hamper trans? portation had walked out in sympa? thy with the Richmond strikers. The strike has appeared more se rious to the PUb?c tpan It did to the railroad management, although the Coast Line officials have taken every precaution against possibilities of a se? rious nature while its main aim is to be of seryiee to the goyernrnept. Re? gardless of the merits of the contro? versy which has brought on the trou? ble, the public cannot regard this as pn opportune time for a tie-up of railroad traffic to the least extent. It is no time to harp per the govern? ment ip its arranged plans for trans? porting recruits, troops, munitions apd army supplies at a vital period for the nation in its preparations for war of most serious import for the tepubllc and the world as well. The Coast Line hopes to be able to handle the threatening situation with? out further serious trouble, but the possibilities in it can but alarm th . government and the people when it b: vitally and imperatively necessary to keep the transportation systems up to the limit of efficiency of service to the nation and the public. Traffic so nec? essary for the government and distri? bution of necessities for the people everywhere make the least handicap s. very serious matter with the countr> at war and the public facing a winter with consequences that are difficult to foresee in the matter of the distribu? tion of foods and foodstuffs, fuel, etc. \ over and above the absolute require ments of the governments in thLs cri sjs. Isolated issues at this time must give way to th% higher needs of the government and the people. The rail? roads never were so vitally naccsary to the government and the public as they are at this time, so it is to be hoped that all railroad employes will defer their individual grievances and put patriotism above even the prin? ciples involved in a controversy that can be settled without involving pos? sible lamentable consequences to the nation and the public. The nation und its people must come first with all of us, regardless of our own selfish in? terests as individuals, groups or com? munities.?Wilmington Morning Star Oct .4, 1917. There seems to have been a prohi? bition with reference to the Hermans' bottling up the Russian fleet.?Char? leston Post. The Germans will regret to learn that I/ord Northcllffe is certain that the war will last at least two yeans more.?Charleston Post. To say that we are "true blue Americana" is conservation. Our money in Liberty bonds tulks.?Wil? mington Star. If somebody is to perfect something to put the U-boat out of business there Is no one the people of the country would rather see do it than Thomas A, Edison.?Charleston Post. DKM.WO FOR LONGER STXPLK n_ Couimisioncr Teil* I'aunois of (? n dftloli to He Met. As State warehouse commissioner 1 have been devoting my whole tin c and giving my best thought to the etudy of cotton production and cotton consumption here In South Carolina, especially with the view of Improving marketing conditions and marketing methods. The United States depart? ment of agriculture was induced to lo? cate in this office an expert grader and clasifier of cotton, and the ser? vices of this gentleman are free to all farmers and holders of cotton stored with the State warehouse system. The character, that is, the grade and the length of staple, of cotton grown in the various counties of the State in 1917, is being scientiiically investi? gated, and a report of the work will In due time be made for the benefit of the farmers and of others interest? ed in cotton. Through the courtesy of the press of the State, from time to time during the cotton season, in? formation about the several kinds- of cotton grown in 1917 will be given out and suggestions offered to the farm ors relative to the production, the gathering and the housing, the gin? ning and the bundling, and lastly th ? marketing of their crops. It is noticeable that of the short staple varieties the cotton grown In the upper counties- of the State shows a longer and stronger staple than thi-A produced In the lower, counties, that Is In the counties .soutM of Columbia. The reason for this is not hard to Und ?most of the mills In the Piedmont roglon require a cotton with a staple from seven-eighths to more than one inch in length, and the farmers in that part of the State have for year*, been planting varieties of seed that pr oduce the longer staple. I wLsh to emphasise and impress upon the farmers of the lower counties the im? portance of planting their 1918 crop with the big boll varieties. If the farmers of each community will meet at an early date and organize and tbfn all agree to plant 'their entire crops next year in some one of the big boll varieties, they will muke a reputation for the cotton grown In their community?the length of staple of all cotton will be practical? ly the same, the lint in each bale will be "uniform and even running" and will always command a premium price. Our farmers should give up the old practice of planting solely for quantity? they will find It more pro? fitable to add quality to quantity. Farmers living south of Columbia are always at the mercy of the exporter because they do not produce the bet? ter grades and the longer lengths of staple. Cotton that staples live eighths to three-fourths of an Inch will not advantageously spin numbers above 8s. 12s and 15s* and for that reason must be exported to be made into coarse goods. The loss in grow? ing these shorter staples aggregates millions of dollars each year. Again the United States government has recently taken over quite a num? ber of cotton mills and will operate them to manufacture goods for war purposes; the government is requiring these mills to sell all low grade cot? ton now on hand and all cotton that will not stand a definite breakage strength. A government expert is lo? cated at mills to test the tensile strength of both the yarn and the cloth. Further, manufacturers now prefer and demand the better grades of cot? ton because there is less loss in waste, because there is better production In goods, and because the operative? art better satisfied with their work?the machinery runs more smoothly on the better staple cotton, requiring less labor on tho part of the help. It Is difficult to bold the operatives ami keep them satisfied where the ma? chinery runs badly?where the low grades and tho very short staple of cotton are used in combination with the better grades. Up to 20 years ago the Southern manufacturer was under the impres? sion that ho could mix a low grade with a higher grade bale and get a cotton that would run evenly and spin well, but such a theorv has been ex? ploded. Until ushering in of the 20th century the South, except in a few In? stances, did not attempt to spin yarn above 8's, 12's and 1&'b, and New England manufacturers- maintains that higher numbers could not be spun in the South. When the first piece of fine goods was made In South Carolina and sent North for Inspection and sale, one of the largest manufac? turers in New England exclaimed. "The New England mills are ruined.' But the New England mills were no ruined; the South is now making the finer numbers and has forced the Now England mills to make still tiner num? bers, und the limits have not yet been reached In either the North or the South. But where does the tanner conic In, and how is he to he benefited? The answer Is that the farmer is calls 1 upon to produce cotton of finer gr id ? ar.d of longer and stronger staple to msut the dsmands of Northern ana 'Southern manufacturers. To do this, I farmers must plant improved seed of tfcw boll varieties, the cotto-i ! should be carefully gathered and 'stored In the seed for a month to tri* i weeks, should not be gin ted while; green er damp, but kept untll 'hoi-l outlay dry, and then the gin should be operated properly, not too fast to injure or gin-cut the lint. Another aid in the solution of this cotton prob I lern may be the more general plant? ing of long staple cotton. It should be Kept In mind that the machinery in a cotton mill is set to a Uniform draft, and for the manufac? turer to operate successfully the cot? ton must be of uniform staple. Very often the manufacture"*, in the same j lot of cotton, will accept one bale j and reject its neighbor bale; and why? Simply because the rejected bale has j not been grown from improved seed I 'and has not been carefully gathered, handled and ginned. When the fa.m I ? ? ? ore of South Carolina organize then. ? selves for the production of the grades and the staple required by our manu? facturers, then will South Carolina growers- furnish South Carolina mills their full supply of cotton and n >> be forced to look to North Georgia and Mississippi for cotton?then there will be complete acco.*d and coordi? nation of interests between produc? ers and consumers, and to the conir mon benefit of both. It shall be r y effort to develop a system for ihe marketing of cotton and to mak3 ihe State warehouse the easy and safe medium through which the farmers can sell their cotton direct to the mills and at highest market prices. W. G. Smith, State Warehouse Commissioner. A Convenience. A checking-account with a bank is a (treat convenience; not only to the business and profes? sional man. but to the farmer as welj. More peo? ple would keep such accounts if they knew just how to go about it. 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