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t 1 BESOLATION OF SERBIA hi ) <;%ki w uii'KLTiHs wousi: THAN WHAT BKMiH'M IIAS HVFFKRKP. Poreed Into Military Servk o ol Itoray and ntlaen* I.\? t nte 1 With oui *>orm of Law. " Corfu. Island of Corfu. Oct. 31 (Staff Corespondence of The Assoclat *d &rtm)~ The funds advanced to ?rbla by the United States govern? ment ere eaving the Uvea of the Ser? bian people." eald the Serbien min? ister of public works. Dr. Momtchllo Ntatchltch. who his been charged with the expenditure of the ad? vances from the American govern? ment. l>r Nlntdhltch had been telling of the various uses the American money win put to. for the 136.000 Serbian prisoners In Germany and for in? terned civilian*, refugee* and pen? sions. But now he turned to a story of tee cruelty and butchery which ihm Bulgare are still prosecuting against the Serbs. *Herbia has suffered more than any ether country," said Dr. Nkntchttch. ?Tor not even the ruin of Belgium and the devastated regions of Franca can compare with what Serbia has ewffsrsd. The people of Belgium and Prance had seaports to go to and es? cape in ships, and they had railways. But the Serbian people had no porn tor escape, and when the Monaatir railway Una was cut by the Bulgara thov had no railway. So they wer? literally caught in a trap, with no means of egress, and except for those who mads the exodus across the mountains, the whole peasant popula? tion hOa come under the control of the Bulger Invaders. Moreover Belgium and France have been under the eyes ef England and America, while Ser? bia la cut off from the world, with no knowledge of what goes on there, and no mall from there for two years. "The Serbian peasants have been stripped of everything. All their horses, cattle and live stock has been taken, and their farm machinery has been destroyed. Men, women and children have been killed In the most revolting manner, and on the most flimsy pretext. In this the Bulgara go far beyond the Austrian*, for the Austrian* have a . trial and a formal roadernnation to death. But the Bul? gare have no trial or condemnation. The order to kill la given, and the soldiers are practically free to take 'life on their own Judgment without any, order." As documentary evidence of this kU)tng, the Serbian ministry of for? eign affaire have had photographs, copies of which were given to the correspondent showing six Serb peas sal* strung up side by side from rough etakes driven in the ground, with a cross-piece above for the noose while groups of soldiers and officers sre gathered shout, laughing over the contortions of the victims. "The Bulgar policy is to consider Serbia an t the Serbian people as an? nihilated." Dr. Nintchitch went on. "To this end they hold that the Serbs no longer exl*t, and every Serb must become a Bulgar. take a Bulgar name, end become a Bulgar citlsen. "Our mlnleter of war. Oeneral Tersltc. haa Just gone through a try? ing fam ly experience of this kind, ttia aged mother, over 70 years old. remained In Serbia after the exodus, as ehe waa too old and feeble to make the journey. All trace of her had been lost, but when she was finally located General Tersitch applied through the relief authorities for her transfer But to this application the reply him now come back from the Bulgar authorities that Mme. Ter ?K6h cannot leave the country as she had become a !tulg*r citlsen. "The drafting of Herb peaeunte as ?etdlers In the Bulgar ranks ie one of the worst forms of cruelty belnj; pr o tlced. Tsi* la systematically BJUfTtod oot. with notice* po*ted In ull public ptecee telling all men over 17 yean of age to report for military duty. This placing of a whole population in the military service of the ene ny h an unheard of cruelty, and eontrar> to every rule of International de: link In time of war. But it is Justified hy (he B?lgar on the theory that s.m? m do?e not exlat and thai the Serbs are Bdlgara "A member of the Serbian Cham? wee of Deputies was here yesterday, *?>d gav* me a harrowing report of hie family eat 111 In Serbia. On* of the nvys had already been killed The second boy had been ordered to bo come a Bulgar soldKr. The mother proteated. whereupon ah* was sent to Nlah and put In priaon. whore she went craiy. Meantime the boy or? dered to become a liulgar soldier had escaped to the mountains and a price has been placed on his head. Thie experience in the family of the Serbian Deputy Is merely typical of the thouaande we are hearing of from all quarters d.iiK "W* have luejaftged full detnlh of the revolt which the Serbian peasants remaining In lb" country directed against thle liulgar oppression," tin ?**~ EPIDEMIC IT SEVIER. C1T1 <>F GHFFNYILI II XOW V\ I>FR QF AR ANTIN F. Five Deaths for Tuesdny?General situation Reported letter. With1 Only Forty-five New Cases of Measles. Greenville, Nov. 20.?Quarantine regulations against the city of Green? ville were put into effect at Gamp Se vler today, where measles and pneu? monia have been prevalent among the flintier National Guard troops. Ac? cording to latest figures available, there are approximately 1,300 cases of measles, 400 of mumps and a num? ber of spinal meningitis. Three deaths occurred today from menin? gitis, one from pneumonia and one from combined measles and pneu? monia. The dead are: S. B. Varner, Jr., I Company, and Hammond D. Hicks, Machine Gun Company, One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry, both of South Carolina, and the fol? lowing from North Carolina: Clarence W. Nortis. A Company, and William L. Wallis. K Company, One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry, and Carson E. West. One Hundred and Fifth En? gineers. It was impossible to get the home addresses of the men from the mill* tsry authorities. The general situa? tion at the camp was said to be im? proving, especially in regard to measles, and from apparently reliable sources it was learned that 46 new cases of measles- developed today, be? ing slightly le.sa than the overage of the past several days. Greenville, Nov. 21.?Two addition? al deaths were reported at Camp Se vier today, but medical headquarters of the camp announced that condi? tions showed a decided improvement. minister continued. "This has come in u letter from a well known teach? er. The revolt was really a revolt of women?of the Serbian mothers, wives and ?Isters?in a frantic pro? test against having their sons, hus? bands and brothers forced Into the Bulgnr ranks to fire on Serbian sol? diers. This women's movement bo came so threatening that a German division at Nlah was sent to quell it. When this failed, two Bulgar divisions were sent against the increasing ranks of the revolt. "This gave the Bulgars the oppor? tunity to perpetrate a new infamy. qSendlng their troops against the wo? men, they took as prisoners a large number of the wives, mothers and sisters who had protested agaim-t their men being taken us Bulgar sol? diers. Then these wives and mothers were formed in ranks; placed ahead of the Bulgar divisions, and in this battle order with the Serbian women in front as a screen for the Bulgar troops?these divisions pushed against the main body of the revolting peas? ants. It was only by such methods of using the women as screens, and by resort to the most extreme cruelty that the revolt was finally put down. In one case, the writer of the letter gives details of teeing a Serbian peas? ant hung up by the tongue." The minister spoke of the increas? ing needs of these Serbian peasants during the conning cold months. These Serb* who have escaped, and who are here at Corfu and at various B?lkau points, can send little or no relief, for they lost everything and have noth? ing to give. "It i* for this reason," said the min? ister, "that the funds advanced by the Untied States government un? truly providential, and are saving Ser bian lives, thousands of them." The advance made by the United States was 15,000,000 francs, or |3. 000.00ft. This was designed to cover a period of three months; und at this rate the advance for a year would be |lt,t#t\##d or ?0.000,000 francs. The distribution of these funds is under the dlreoUoti of Dr, Nlntenltob, with the American Charge d'Affairs, II Perel.al Dodge. ,n frequent consulta? tion with him, and exercising Amer leas supervision. In making the expenditures, the first $:i.000,000 hus been divided i" lam parts of $i..?.ooo each. Th? first million is being employed for the Serbian soldiers held us prisoners in Germany. Austria and liulgaria, and for th<> civilian St rhs interned in tins Countries, Together, these Sc -b prls< oners snd interned aggregated about tot?***, These people gel S bare sx< lOtenOi in the prison camps where they are held, and anything beyond 'this bare existence comes from the Americas funds. Tin seeend ti.ooo.oon is used for penslcris and relief to the wounded Serbian soldiers no longer aide to earn a living, ami for the relief of the Serbian peasantry remaining 111 ?tt Oil The third tl.OOO.Oini Wlll be used mainly for reconstruction work III lorain? In roplaolng bridges, roads, etc.. Which have been destroyed, ho that gorbla, once restored to its peo pie, may OS brought had;, in part Si i< sat, to its formet i ondllIon, no MM STRIKeT^I no ni.t p of thanspoim wtion F.XPKfTF.D. \ ? Itailroads and Their Employees Will Std.mil Disputes to Arbitration Un? til Pence Comes. Washington, Nov. 20.?Concessions made by both the railroads and the heads of the four brotherhoods as a result of the present wage issue is taken by olllclals as complete assur? ance that America's warfare agains' j Germany will go forward to the end I unhampered by the possibilities of 'transportation tieupp. over wage dif? ficulties. The offer of the roads to place their interests in the hands of the president for such decision as he may deem necessary and of the brotherhoods to mediate any questions of wages, it was pointed out today, have not been limited as to time. They will be effective until peace is won. Officials believe that such unquali? fied adhesion to the principle of set tling disputes through discussion eliminates whatever chance there might be of a traffic strike due to misunderstanding and the coming ne? gotiations, commencing Thursday n' the White House when President Wil? son will confer with the brotherhood make this still more certain. Word that two strikes had been averted by the altitude of railroads and employees toward the war reach? ed the board of mediation today. Wage differences which threatened a walkout of engineer and firemen on the New Haven will be arbitrated The management of the St. l^ouis & San Francisco, cleared away misap? prehensions of their men by notifying the railroad war board here that they were willing to meet their employees for a discussion of grievances over working conditions and mediation is expected to forestall a rupture. GERMAN AHMY DETERIORATING. An English Officer Writes of Revelu tlons by German Prisoners. Liverpool. Oct. 31 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?Evidence that the German commanders are well aware that the German army la deteriorating and that they have to try to keep it together by terrifying their troops is given in a letter writ? ten by an officer of a Liverpool regi ment to one of the local newspapers. Expressing the opinion that the "col lapse of the German will come soon," he added: "The best cure for pessimism wouLi be a few days in the front line tienches. There are no pessimists her^ except among the German prisoners. "The last time our battalion was in action we took quite a number of prisoners, and they were a dismal lot One non-commissioned officer with whom 1 spoke told me that large numbers of the Germans simply will not face our fire, but refuse to attack His own company had been under fire 't for nearly five days, and at last they had signed a round-robin to the com? pany commander to say that they could not stay any longer. Two of I he ringleaders were arrested with the idea of making an example of them, but their comrades- demanded their release with such energy that the of ficers had to give way. Later on the men repeated their demand to be taken out of the front line. The of? ficers ordered them back to duty, but the men refused. The officers threat? ened the soldiers, who replied by kill? ing all but four of the officers ami inarching over to the llritish lines to surrende r. 'When this particular battalion was moved up against the British, the men had to be bullied into fighting by being sent into action in front of u moving barrage, which meant certain death to all who lagged behind. "On another occasion recently, our Liverpool regiment had a fierce light which snded up with a strange ex? perience. We had heavily engaged and driven off in panic some Germans who bad been holding a strong po? sition. Moving on to the next objec? tive, another party of the enemy ap? peared. We felt certain that we were I In for a rough experience, but the truth was that this bunch wanted to surrender badly, and they had made a pretense of advancing to a coun? ter-attack with the object of getting near enough to us to be sure of pro leetlon from their own officers, "When the Gorman command found out what bad happened, they k? nt forward a gn at body of reserves with order to recapture our prisoners Heavy gunfire rained on us. of which the prlnsoners got a good share. The) begged us hard to save them, and w? did all WO COUld. Hut at one stage we were nearly caught, when the ene? my suddenly turned on a party of liquid lire ex;.cits. Fortunately we were alert ami charged at once, cap? turing the whole liquid tire outfit There ensued terrible row between ihe earlier prisoners and the men we had taken with the liquid lire outfit The (IrSI prisoners wanted to kill tl" liquid lire men. We bad our bands full getting them all back." GREAT WAR COUNCIL l.xt.l.XND AND AMKItlc.v MEKT IX COXFKHKXci:. War Mlss'nn Front United Stales and British War Cnblnoi if ok! Plrxi Meeting In London Attracting More Interest Than All Previous Allied Councils. London, Nov. 20, None of numer? ous allied war councils which have occurred In the past three years have occasioned the same interest as to? day's historic meeting of the Ameri? can war mission and the British war cabinet, The scene was the dingy old residence in Downing Street, which has served the prime ministers oi many generations as both home and Office and the room is the council chamber where the cabinets meet ami where the dest.aies of the empire have been shaped since the days ol the American devolution. Lord Heading, the lord chief jus tlce, presided With Andrew Bonai Law, Brit bit chancellor of tho ex? chequer, and Oscar T. Crosby, assist Snt secretary of the American treas? ury i sitting at the table beside him. Military and naval heads of botl governments and officials represent log other departments of war worl were grouped together. Admiral Jelllcoe. chief of the na Ivel stalV. arrived with Sir Krlc Camp bell Oeddes, tirst lord 6t tho admlr alty. Lord Roberl Cecil, the mln Ister of blockade, walked unaccom panled from the foreign Office. Thi crowds displayed deep interest it (ion. Tanker H. Bliss, chief of staf of the American army, and Admira William S. Benson, who arrived sepa rately with their ladies. The Barl of Derby, British minis tor of war. and Con. Sir William Hob ertson, Oblof of the imperial staff a army headquarters, arrived in a mo tor car a few moments before LiOUl Qen. J. C. Smuts, who drove up alow Everybody asked for Colonel House but he did not attend the meeting, hi secretary. Gordon Aurhincloas, repre senting him. Most of the members of the Amerl can mission were early on the seem but the beginning of the conferenc awaited the arrival of some of th British officials who had been detain ed by other wiir engagements. Th delay was brief, however, and in th noon hour all were In their seats. The conference lasted an hour an< S half, the members having frequen recourse to the mass- of statistics an? Official documents at their command. There was little formality abou the proceedings. Lord Beading start Od them by explaining the purpose o the meeting and a general dlBCUSSlOl followed. At the close the conferee reported that satisfactory progres had been made. Premier Lloyd George opened th conference with a speech which th conferees described as having been ai important statement. The American representatives wer Jen. Tusker H. Bliss, chief of staff Admiral William S. Benson, chief 0 naval operations; Thomas NelOOl Perkins, member of the priorit: board; Dr. Alonzo Taylor, represent ing the food controller; Bainbridg c'olby of the United states shtpplm hoard; Oscar T. Crosby, assistant sec? retary of the treasury, and Vunce Mr Cormlck, chairman of the war trad< board. The British representatives wen Premier Lloyd George, Foreign Min ster Balfour, Viscouni Mllner, Georg Nlcoll Barnes und Karl Curson Ol Keddleston, constituting the war cab Itiet; Lord Beading and Bord North Cliffe; the Karl of Derby. Gen. Sil William B. Robertson, and Lieut Sen. Jan ('. BmuttS, representing the army; Sir Kric Oeddes and Admiral sir John B. Jellicoe, representing the navy; and Ma.i. John B. Balrd, Baron Bhomhla. Bord Robert Cecil, Walter Hume Bong ami Dr. Christopher Ad dtOOft, representing respectively ovln tlon, food, blockade, petroleum and munitions. In the course of his speech Mr. Lloyd George said: Assuming that the submarine sit? uation does not get worse the easing of the position of tin- allies' depends entirely upon the dates on which tlie American program of launching 6, 000,000 tons of shipping promised for 1!?1S come into practical effect." The premier said he wished to rec? ognise the eager earnestness with Which the people of the I'nitod State are throwing themselves into the great task-. He expressed absolute confidence thai the great democracies now marching shoulder to shoulder would Utterly overthrow the menace which Ihreatened the liberty of the world. The premier thanked the mission for "the invaluable services which tin- United State?; navy had already rendered." With reference to the question of supplies, Mr Lloyd George assured the mission thai the most drastic of loud restrictions were about it) be EMBARGO QU B?SSIA. IMTII) STATIN STOPS SHIP. Ml.NT OF WAR SUPPLIER i iit Ii Stable end Responsible Govern incut |s I.stnblislied \o Wim- Sup Plies Will be Permitted to Go to Russia. Washington, Nov. 20.?No ship-' mentS of supplies will he permitted to| so from the United states to Russia j until the situation in that country I clears. The American government ! before allowing the export of Roods j already on the docks wants to know J into whose hands they will fall on ! thir arrival. j The ceaaatlon of shipments is- tem? porary only it a stable government is j formed which the United States can recognize. If the Bolshevikl gain con? trol and pursue the program calling for a peace with Germany ihe em bargo will be permanent. A protract? ed eivil war also to keep the em? bargo ' tight, as the United States then would fear that supplies might go to the Rolshevik- faction. The provisional Russian govern? ment was given credits- amounting hi all to $:J2.-|.000.000, of which $191, 000,000 already has been advanced Much of this money has been spent for supplies now awaiting shipment and the Rns-sians have been given ves j sels for its transport. Shipments wil' i be held up by denial of bunker eoa " j to the ships-. Thomas D. Jones, vice chairman oi " J the war trade boar<|. called at tin i i White Hous?? today and conferred witl 1 j President Wilson. No statem ent wai ' forthcoming but it was believed th< Russian situation was discussed. Conditions in Rus ia are far fron i clear. The state department todaj had no additional dispatches fron Ambassador Francis at Petrograd bu unofficial messages from Sweden wer< I that fleneral Kaledlnea, hat men o the Don Cossacks, held the mastei hand in Russia through domination o the country's- coal and breac suppl; in the Don Cossack region end wa marching with an army on Varonez 200 miles south of Moscow. Pasengers arriving at the Swedlsl frontier from Russia also reporte? that soldiers were parading the Pe trograd streets bearing banners de jmanding a constitutional assembly o all Russia, and declaring that th< l Bolshevik! regime was more tryannl leal than that of Nicholas. t I RAMMTS MAKE BIG HAUL. Minneapolis, Nov. 21.?Three auto mobile bandits entered a Jewelr: store on the principal down towi street today. They drove the clerk: into a back room, forced anothe open and escaped with gems values at more than $ 15,000. Feeding 1/jhs Corn to Horses am Mules. How can we save corn for humai food and for feeding hogs and cattk to produce more meat ami dairy pro ducts for human food? The horse and mules of the South are fed al most exclusively on corn as a graii or concentrate feed. These horse and mules do light work or none a all for more than half the yeur. Whei doing no work they can be maintain ed on legume hays without any con and, even when doing light work, le gume hay and a small amount of con should suffice. When the roughage i: corn fodder or grass hay* these Witt one to two pounds of eottonseec meal a day should do for Idle horse and mules. We (-an save a IgTgl amount of corn by a more careful ust of legume hay, cottonseed meal and other feeds Cheaper than corn, when the work stock is idle or doing only liKht work, When corn is high-priced it may easily pay to grind it if the cob is ground with it. The cob must be ground rather tine if it ?s to be of I mic h feed value. But If by grinding the car corn the feeder is induced to mix a few pounds of cottonseed meal, or other feed rich in protein, and thereby save corn and also make a better feed, there is no question about it paying to grind the corn Rut whether the corn is ground or not corn can be saved by substituting cottonseed meal for a part Of the corn. Pour pounds less corn a day may be fed by adding two pounds of cottonseed meal and a better ration obtained. If the horses and mules of the South were fed 5 pounds of corn and 1 pound of cottonseed meal for every 7 pounds of corn now given them they would be better fed and the change would save about ioo, 000,000 bushels of corn In a year.? The Progressive Farther. imposed upon the people of the Brit? ish Isles. The premier told the mission that the collapse of Russia and the re? verses to Italy "made it even more imperative than before the United States send as many tr >ops as OOS* slide across the Atlantic as early as possible." COXFFRFA'CF AT BISHOPVILLK. Welcome h) Former Lieutenant (Jov crnor M< -Lcori?speaks for Capital of l4?e?Much Business Transacted. Biahopvllle, Nov. 21.?The South Carolina M thodist Conference began its annual tssion thin morning. For the first time in iis history Bishop viJie is entertaining this body and do? ing it in e cellent style. Elaborate preparation was made for the confer? ence and iu spite of war and Mr. Hoover the ministers and delegates are living o . the fat of this fat land. An im portal t item of preparation was ?he clearing off of the debt on the magnificent ;hurch in which the con? ference is n eeiing and opening the Way tor its dedication on Sunday by Bishop Ata ins. This building cost t?jy.000 and would ornament any city. To tlte delight of the conference Bish? op Atkins V present to preside. HIS j health is much improved. The bish I op was prej ident of the session of j 1016 and made such a favorable im? pression that his return was re? quested. The morning session today was pre? ceded by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, administered by Dr. H. W. bays and other elderly ministers. The organization of tht body is identical with that of last ye:-r. The Hew Dr. E. O. Watsor is secretary, assisted by the Hev. W. L. Wait. H. G. Hardin, jjW. V. Dibble, A. J. Cautben. statisti? cal sccretarv assisted by the Hevs. 8. II. Ureckmai .. the Hev. H. T. Cody, the Rev. W. H. Phillips. The Hev. A. J. Cauthen, secretary of the board o- presiding elders, read the nominations for the several com? mutes. Thomas G McLeod welcomed the conference in his usual happy style. Mr. McLeod nade the speech inviting the conference to Bishopville last year and that speech was tfevi most potent factor in Inf jencing tne body to se? lect BishApvfle as its meeting place. His speech t;iday was just as happy. HiHhop A* ;ins responded for the conference. The Rev. 5, T. Fowler introduced a resolution as- uring President Wilson of the sympathy and support of the Methodists of the State in his conduct of the nation s affairs and the resolu? tion was adopted by a rising vote. The Rev. A D. Betts moved the ap? pointment of a committee on war work, which was adopted, the com? mittee to be named later in the ses? sion. The bishop called tne twenty-sec? ond question relating to the passage of the character of the ministers and completed the call. The reports were made by pres-i ling elders and pastors, which showed unprecedented results financially. The Charleston and Or angeburg districts reported all salaries and claims fully met with a large sur? plus. Practically all ministers have been paid thci; .salaries and the most of them have received a surplus. Such a situation has never before obtained. The Rev. J. C. Counts and the Hev. J. C. Da;,s, two of the veterans of the conference asked for a super? annuated relation which was granted. The historical society of the confer? ence observed its anniversary last night. The Rev. D. M. McLeod of Charleston was the orator and deliv? ered an addres? on the church exten? sion of Southc-a Methodism. The ad? dress was an exhaustive study of his work and is a Most valuable addition to Methodist hi tory. V. D. C. Choose Well. The election of Miss Mary P. Pnppenhcim, of Charleston, to h-i president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, ny unanimous vote of the annual con? vention Of thr. splendid body of Southern women, is most gratifying to this communityi where Miss Pop penhelm's admirable abilities and hdv eminent qualifications for the leader? ship to which she has been called are beat known and appreciated. She has rendered notable service in all tho I fine undertakings of the Daughter.* and has ever maintained a devotion, not only to the great memories they preserve, hut to the living purposes for which they strive so successfully. Miss Heppenheim has been in the front of those who believe in making the glories of the aast a force for the betterment of the present and an Inspiration for Uli future. As presi? dent general of the u. D. c. her fehl of effort is enlarged and her opportunities, it may be taken as cer? tain, will be rich;y improved to a wide benefit.?Charleston Post. Washington, Nov. 21.?Today is the last that native ^of Germany not nat? uralized citizens, erho came here sines war was declared ..n April Cth, may remain in the ci v. Germans also who tame previous to declaration of war have until December 15th to re? main. OR S ALF--F. O. B. ears. Camp .lackson. stable minure; very little straw, far load ots only. Chemi? cal and Fertilizer value rated very high by Clcmson collope. A. A. Strauss, Sumter, H, C. \