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SERUM BOLD HOARD. U?M>o\ AITTIOKIT* KAYS MKT U? U KAI Til GROWS !>E SIMTK WAlt's Ct*iT. luiMrr a Madman but Well Served? Ferseeing Germans Anxious, Hut leader* Won't Halt. I The told hoard of Germany prob? ? )lv m aa great now. If not greater, fhan at this time a year ago, despite the ?normuun expenditures of that country all over the world on propa? ganda, espionage and kindred war ad? juncts, according to the London Sta? llet, which. In reviewing International banking-, devotes severul columns to Oerman affairs. At the close of the laut year the Imperial Rank of Gei many held $?30.1 JO.OOO in gold. The review states that the Kaiser la a madman, but he has collected man about him such as madmen de skrs, and that the governing clique In Gsrmany still believe they will come out of the war without being ruined and will have use for their gold hoard. With the defeat of the Teutonic Al? lies a great proportion, if not all of this, would bo eaten up by indemni? ties. The statu*' says in part: "To begin with, when Germany adopted the aingle gold standard and demonetised silver she exerted her? self very actively to obtain a largo , amount of gold. Subsequently her government did everything which its knowledge suggested to promote the trade and manufactures of Germany, and, as a matter of fact, no country lu lbs world increased in wealth more rapidly and more surprisingly than Germany. "She pushed her tra<ie in every di? rection. The late Mr. Chamberlain spent many of his last yeans trying to persuade the people of this country that Germany was. In fact, taking away our trade from mm. and therefore nobody who has paid proper attention to what has been going on in Europe daring the last half century can se? riously entertain a doubt that Ger? many, when the war broke out, poa soeeed an extremely large quantity of gold. 'The instant Germany resolved up? on war she suspended specie pay? ments from that day to this, conse? quently, nobody, without the permis? sion of the government, has been al? lowed to take a single mark in gold eat of the country. In addition to tha*i, the government, once war was declared, used every means in its poor to induce its subjects to part with their gold and hand It to itself. "Furthermore, it I* to be recollected tbat there have been a large number of wealthy neutral powers which have traded until recently with Germany, and that from these Germany has been able to obtain some gold, at all events. "Listly. It Is to be recollected that In three and a quarter years Ger? many has overrun, and still retains, the wealthiest purts of France, Bel? gians. Serbia, the whole of Poland and a large part of Rumania, while she has made raids into other countries, as. for evample. Persia. "Rverybody who has followed the details of the wit la awsre that Ger? many has lived upon the countries which she has for the time being oc? cupied, and tbat among other things' she constantly levies contributions wnich base to be paid in gold. ? Therefore we would ask any ordi? nary man with a little knowledge of the world: Oers he see any reason? able grounds for doubting that Ger? many, acting as the mistress and plunderer or such extensive territories, haa not collected a very large amount ef the metal? "To wind up we would ask those wh/> may still )>e Incredulous: If Ger ma*y la not rich in gold how do they account for the fact that Germany hag been during three and I quarter \ears. and la today, bribing inllueutia I people In every eountr> in the world, whether hostile or not that she if. spending money aa if it were dirt, and that there are large factions, even In countries that ure hostile, that would willingly make terms with German-, if they could If Germany really believed that >?he would be defeated in thiw war ami therefore that it was no use for her to keep any gold do \ou seriously think the German government and all Its advisers of every kind Off so absolutely mad that they forced on the war without unv BfWVOOatlOa Of any kind, and go on fighting for three and a quarter years? "That Germany now Is growm. an xlou* we think In the highest Oogres probable. That the more faraering and more enlightened Germans loot, with the gravest apprehension P> the future we do not doubt. Hut nnfur tunately, the kaiser is a madman and he ha* collected about him the sort of advisers that madmen SOftlfO. "With regard to dOsOOOrattC fooling we fall to see even a spark of it In Germany. Those who call themselves Socialists of various kinds are no more democrats than they are angels. They have their own cranks and their own nan** Germany will l>e conceit..I KAISER THREATENS WWW, (?khmaxv said to MB nJkltlflXG occupation or den MARK. Fear That Norway May Enter War on Side or VI lie* Excites Germany ami Brings Threat to Attack Scandina? vian Nation. Copenhagen, Nov. 27.?Behind the meeting of the Scandinavian mon nrchs and ministers at Christianin ihia week lies the fear. unfounded though It may be, of Norway's entry Into the war and of the German men? ace that, in this case, she should feel called upon to ccupy Denmark as a counter measure. The Associated Tress learned from a responsible Bource that the confer? ence which was arranged In conse? quence of an Intimation from Ger? many that the growth of antl-German sentiment In Norway, particularly af? ter the sinking of the convoy in the North sea, by German cruisers, is be? ing followed with concern by Ger? many and that It Is feared that Nor? way might be impelled, either by ex? cited public opinion or pressure from the allied side, to enter the struggle nt least to the point of granting a na vfcl base to England and the United 4 States, in which event Germany would feel called upon to seize e, correspond? ing base in Denmark. rpon the receipt of this information at Copenhagen, word was hurriedly sent to King Gustave of Sweden und Denmark's most prominent citizen, President Andersen, of the Danish Fast Asiatic Company, who Is high In the confidence of Berlin as well as London, was dispatched to Berlin to verify the report and if possible to change the German attitude. Mr Andersen conferred with von Kuehl inann. secretary for foreign ntXalrs at Berlin, and he confirmed the report adding that in consequence of the Ital? ian and Kassian development* the military and pan-German elements were again In the saddle in Germany and exerting influence against which the foreign office, with Its most mod? erate views, found It almost difficult to contend. King Gustave came to Copenhagen and spent a day in conference with King Constantine, President Andersen ar.d the Danish ministers- the subject matter of the conference being cover? ed by a gala performance. Of opera, and a ceremonial banquet. As a re? sult of the conference a decision was reached to make every possible ef? fort to moderate the excited Nor? wegian sentiment and continue the three Scandinavian kingdoms in the path of joint neutrality. King Gustave returned to Stock? holm and launched the suggestion of a conference of the three kings, ac? companied by the premiers and for? eign ministers at Chrlstianla. which wee accomplished, the Norwegians being flattered with the thought of the first visit from a Swedish monarch in the Norwegian capital since the sepa? ration of the two countries. H Is difficult to judge how far Ger? many was actuated in its step by geauine fear of Norwegian action, how far by a desire to force Norway Into toning down its strongly anti German sentiment and wave the "big stick" over the three countries dur? ing the pending negotiation with ?he Fnited States and the entente regard? ing the embargo and thereby get as good a bargain as- possible for Ger? many. On the one hand, prominent Norwegians declare that war senti? ment In their country |s negligible. The e?nmc view has been expresed in a statement in the Norwegian par I antent probably Inspired by the Ger? man warning. On the other hand Germane Is evidently perturbed by the state of Norwegian public opinion. The German mildster to Norway, Ad? miral von Hint/e, who it is reported had been sent to that country as the apostle of the strong hand, has been vif.lting Berlin to report on the sit? uation. ADDRESS TO CONGRESS. President Wilson Still Working on Message to He Delivered Tuesday. Washington. Nov. 28.?President Wilson continued to work today on his address at the opening of congress, which will he delivered in person next TlM Mlay. The manuscript probably win not be finished until shortly be fore ths de|i\?'iy, ;md on that ac count probably will lint be supplied much in advance to newspapers a has been the general custom. St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Nov. 2S.? The hotel I Men hospital was destroy? ed l?v lire today, but the thousand Inmates were removed safely, Chief of Pottos lonlssy lost his lift* assisting Others tO SeOape from the building. 1 to democracy in tune, of course, If the British people would only cultl? . iti their memories they WOUld know thai there was a very strong tendency toward domoereO) in the ten or twen t\ years that pr? ceded the PrUSSUtll conquest of < isrmany." GERMANS IN PETROGRAD. LEMKE GOVERNMENT WITH CENTRAL POWERS. Official Confirmation of Xcws From London That German Staff Officers uro ^Advising Bolsheviki Will Cause Prompt Action by United Slates. Washington, Nov. 27.?Official con? firmation of the news from London that German staff officers are in Pe? trograd acting as military advisers of the L/enine faction probably will be followed promptly by action on the part of the United States and the al? lies definitely to place the Bolsheviki regime in the list of Germany's al? lies. If the Germans are there all doubt as to the purpose of the Bolsheviki is removed, and the diplomats will be obliged to withdraw to a neutral cap? ital, probably Stockholm, to await in? structions from their governments. Such a development undoubtedly would be followed by immediate can? cellation of all orders now in process of execution for Russia, both in the United States and Japan. Several Cargoes from the United States are now on the way to Vladivostok but these can be diverted by wireless or? dern, and it has been understood that their delivery would be contingent upon evidence that they would not fall into unfriendly hands. With Germans openly advising I>en Ine and his followers, it is assumed that efforts will be made to carry Rus? sia into the position of an active ally of the central powers. This might produce a most serious situation by making available to Germany the vast stores of food, oil and cotton of Russia and even though the Teutons found it impossible to convert the dis? organized country into an active mili? tary ally, the million or more Ger? man, Austrian and Turkish prisoners held in Russia would tie freed for ser? vice with the Teutonic armies. Ever since the overturning of the Kerensky government military atrat gists here have been anticipating such a condition as exists today in Russia. This is one of the principal problems with which the interallied conference in Paris- is expected to deal. Without being bound by any special instruc? tions, Colonel House and his military adviser, General Bliss, will cooperate with the representatives of the en? tente powers' In framing some policy to meet the military situation. Strong hope is felt that an effort by Lenine to turn Russia over to Germany will meet the powerful re? sistance at h?rne. Any action decided upon by the allies- will be directed at the Petrograd extremists and not at the people of Russia. Reports that come from the Don Cossack country that the hetman. General Kaledinea, may he the m?ste; of the situation through his control of the food which is necessary to main? tain any military force in the north of Russia, have encouraged military experts here to believe that in spite of the aid of his German advisers-, I*en ine and his faction may be brought to terms. TO BRIDGF 8ANTEB, Highway Commission Meets to Consid? er Mutter. Columbia, Nov. 28.?The State highway commission will hold an open meeting at 1 o'clock today, at which time delegations from Slimier, Florence, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Charleston, Williamsburg and George? town counties will he heard regarding the bridge which it is proposed to build across the Santee River, afford? ing a more direct route between Char? leston and the northeastern part of the State. A large attendance is ex? pected and as there is not suHlcien! space in the olikes of the State high? way department to accommodate the visiting delegations With case and comfort the chamber of Commerce of Columbia, through Secretary Keal hofer, h;wi very kindly offered tho use of their assembly room, and the mooting will, therefore, he held in the rooms of the Chamber of Com? merce at Main and Taylor streets at 1 O'clock, Prior to tnis time the com mission will hold an executive ses i"n at their offices in the Union National Bank building. Plans in reference to new regula lions for the acts passed last year arc expected to be presented. The com mission is composed of the following 1 nglneers: MaJ. it. c. Thomas of Charleston. ('. O. llearon of Spartan burg, A. C. Carson of the Cnlvcralty Of South Carolina, Thomas W. Coth ran of Greenwood and Hale Houston of clomoon, ' six DUTCHMEN DROWNED. Boat CanafaOd in Baltimore Harbor Today. Baltimore', Nov. 28.?-Six men, ail members of crews of three Dutch oteamshlps lying in tins port were drowned, und nine rescued early to? day when u launch carrying them to their ships capsized in the harbor, .HI are Hollanders. j CAMPAIGNS IN WINTER. > (ontixi i:d offi.xsivfs PRE? DICTED ix WEST, Washington Believes Coming .Months Will Sec Activity on Scale Unknown Before, Washington, Nov. 27.?The Brltlon drive on Combrol will he followed UP relentlessly by similar offensives OlOOJ the Western front in the opinion of Officers familial with what is in pros? pect in France, Authoritative an? nouncement already has been madt ahroad that this winter would see ro halt in operations and with the return of American divisional commanders from observation tours in France it has- become certain that the French and British armies will prosecute mid? winter campaigns OUCh as never be? fore attempted. Secretary Faker said today that the returning officers would proceed to their divisional camps and resume the. physical training of their men. So far as known there will be no general conference of the officers here, but it is quite likely thai they will call on Mr. Baker and general staff official? while en route to the posts. From these officers- it is expected that officials will get graphic report! of the preparations being made foi the continuous winter offensiv* against the Germans. Meagre official reports of the prog? ress of the drive on Cambrai indicate clearly that General Byng's forces are aiming at a great encircling move? ment. Meanwhile the British and Frcncl push farther toward the Belgian coas; Ls unceasing. A new; offensive effor there is expected as a part of th< whole plah on which the allies- an engaged of forcing the Germans bad from a long section of the coast where submarine bases are located. BONDSMEN MUST FAY. Judge Prince Orders Verdict of $0, :IG0.50 us Deficit of Late Slicrif Huckabec. Camden, Nov. 27.?A verdict in fa vor of the State for $9,:{60.50 was oi Monday directed against the bonds men of W. W. Huckahee, late sherif of Kershaw county, by Judge Georg? B. Prince in the court of commoi pleas of Kershaw county. The actioi was to recover the total of certaii sums of money which, it is alleged were unaccounted for on the books o the late sheriff. Solicitor W. Hamp ton Cobb and Claude N. Sapp, assist ant attorney general, represented th< State, while Cole L. Biease and J. M Johnson appeared for the defense Notices of an appeal have been serv ed by the defendants' attorneys upoi the attorneys for the State and th< matter will (be formally settled in ih? supreme court in the spring term. Governor Manning ousted the lat.< sheriff in 191 f., but the official wni ltaer reinstated when it was showr that the governor had no authority for the action. It is alleged that the late sheriff's financial defieienoie? were the outcome of delinquent tas executions turned over to him by the county treasurer. SUCCESS OF ABMV DOCTORS. Barely ."> Per Cent of Wounded urc Permanently Disabled. London, Nov. 4?(Correspondence) ?"The doctor has made this world struggle probably one of the leasl deadly ever fought In proportion to the numbers engaged," said Dr. Woods Hutchison, an American In an address at the Royal Society of Med? icine. "The doctors' control over wound infections is so masterly," he added, "that of the wounded who survive six hours, 90 per cent, recover, of those who reach the field hospitals 95 per cent, recover and of those who arrive at the base hospitals 9.r? per cent, get well. "The twin angels- anaesthetics and antiseptics have not only enormously diminished pain and agony but have made amputations rarer and grave cripplings fewer than ever before In war history. Barely 5 per cent, of the wounded are crippled or permanently dlsa bled, 'From the statistics made public there is good reason to believe that the death rate of this year, in spite of colossal increase in Instruments and engines of scientific slaughter, does not much exceed c? per cent. A GREAT ( BOP VI'AB. Farms of America Produced Bumpei crop at Present High Prices, Washington, Nov. 28.?Thanksgiv? ing, day finds America's horn plenty with a new high record of fullness. Responding tO the president's appeals and the needs of the war-torn world American fa liners produced a gross total Of twenty-one billions worth of farm products, equalling |n value the nation's total expenditure for one \ear of war. Total is six and a-haK billions over that Of last year. REO GROSS SEALS MONEY. RISPORT <>l EXPENDITURES B\ II I - \I/I II COMMITTEE OP CIVIC LEAGUE, ICc?l Cross Seals Will be on Sale %galn This Vear and Effort Win is* Made to [ncMOM the Amount Sold. The funds received from the sate of Bed Cross Seals in Sumter have been used for several years to carry on the work of the Health Commit? tee of the Civic League in caring for tubercular patients. Each year t!\e amount of money recived from this source has been greater than that of the previous year; and each year the needs of the work have called for more money, consequently it is only by economy and good management that the committee has been able to make ends meet. Thet Red Cross seals are now on sale and the people of Sumter are urged to buy stamps for all Christmas packages and let? ters that they send out. The monej thus given for charity relieves dis? tress and suffering In this community The following report shows the re? ceipts and expenditures for the past year: Receipts. To balance Nov. 27, 1910. $67.?,' Py receipts Christmas Seal sale. T.y contribution W. O. W... [By contribution. By Rev. Jno. A. Bruneon.. Checks not in. Total. 1299.1 Disbursements, Nov. 27, Sumter Sanitary Dairy, milk. $ 3.0 Dec. 7th, Sumter Sanitary Dairy, milk. Dec. 20th, Alfred Pitts, milk Jan. 3rd, Alfred Pitts, milk Jan. 18, Alfred Pitts, milk. . Jan. 31, \V. W, Mellette, milk, l eb. Alfred Pitts, milk .... Feb. 20, Alfred Pitts, milk . . Feb. 27, H. V. Riles, tent .. . Feb. 28, Willie McDuffle, fix tent. Mar. 1, Booth & McLeod, lumber. Mar. 3, W. W. Mellette, milk Mar. 7, Alfred Pitts, milk.. Mar. 10, A. B. Cato, milk. . Mar. 10, Mrs. W. H. John? son, board patient .... Mar. IS, W. W. Mellette, milk Mar. 21, Mrs. VV. H. John? son, board patient. Mar. 24, A. B. Cato, milk_ April 0, A. B. Cato, milk_ April 14, J. C. Lynch, work on shack. April 17, Mrs. W. H. John? son, board patient. April 28, Willie McDuffle, screening house. May 1, Chandler Clothing Co. night shirts. May 3. DuKant Hdw. Co., wire Springs. May '.), A. B. Cato, milk - May 4, DeLorme's Pharmacy, medicine. May 10, \V. \V. Mellette. milk May 10, Mrs. W. H. John? son, hoard patient. .June 2, C. W. Smith & Co., hauling house. June 2. J. A. Revlll, milk .. June 9, Mrs. W. II. John? sen, board patient. July 3, A. B. Cato, milk_ July T?, Sumter Dry Goods- Co. shirts and pillow cases .... July 5, Mrs. \V. 11. John son, board patient. July 0. Mitchell's Drug Store, medicine. Aug. 6, A. B. Cato, milk .... Aug. 21, Mrs. W. H. John? son, board patient. Sept. 3, A. B. Cato, milk_ Sept. 4, Don Oaylc, milk.... Sept. 4. D. J. Chandler Clo. Co., night shirt. Sept. 10, Mrs. W. H. John? son, board patient. Oct. 10, DeLorme's Pharmacy, medicine. Oct. 11, Mrs. N. G .Osteen, milk. Oct. 13. Mrs. W. II. John? son, board patient. Nov. 8. J. YV. White, milk . . Nov. 8, Mrs. N. G. Osteen, Jr. milk. Nov. 12, Mrs. W. II. John? son, board patient. To balance. .... ItOf.13 Balance. |3S.32 MRS. lt. S. HOOD, Treasurer. Mlneola, Nov. L's.?Alienists and other experts who testify concerning the defense claim that Mrs. DeSaullcs was suffering from a lapse of respon? sibility OH the night of the shooting. Being asked a hypothetical question of tufenty thousand words in length the defense continued presenting the case today. We've quit Studying political econ? omy as studying personal economy takes up so much of our time now.? Plckens Sentinel. -_____ FIVE AC* l SI l> MEN ON TRIAL* FOR MURDER. Man at Who*c Homo Negro Preael Was Mobbed Swears He Reco? <'<I Two of Defendants. '.V York, Nov 27. The first day cWB trial of Dick N mum. Ezell Boll and Fred Peninger, whites, and Bil Sanders and Frank Twitty, negroes,, charged with th< murder of W. T. Sims, negro preacher, who was put to death by a mo!, near York on the night of August 22, closed at 6 o'cloeK this afternoon Immediately after ar?^ guments by counsel for the State and the defendants relative to the dismissi btllty in evidence of alleged confes bioito of Norman ind Bolin, made and put in writing about one week after the crime. The statements were ob? jected to by counsel for the defend? ants on the ground thai they were not free and voluntary hut were obtained under duress. Judge DeVore de? ferred his ruling on the matter un? til tomorrow morning. The tried began this morning before tja packed court room. All the fore? noon was consumed in securing a jury, drawing of two extra venires of nine and I'.' names, respectively, being necessary before 12 acceptable I] talesmen could >e obtained. Bob Burris, at whose home Sima was stopping the night of the trag? edy, swore he v cognized Norman and Folin in the party that took Sima away. He said they tok hold of him and after telling, him no harm would cone to him or his family demand? ed, "Where is he d?preacher?" All the men he saw were whites, except one; there might have been 20 or more in the crcwd. Dr. John I. ! arron described Sima' wounds and said death was due. to in? ternal hemorrh ige caused by a pistol bullet which penetrated the abdomi? nal caVity. H- said Sims was hor? ribly bruised f om head to foot and stated that Burris told him several times the mor .ing after the affair that he did not recognize any one in the party that took Sims away. Mary Burris, wife of Bob Burris, testified that in endeavoring to es? cape from her nouse she ran into the arms of Prank Twitty. She heard Sims say, "Do t mob Burris' family here; I am In., cent as a dove." She C could not tell the color of the men and recognizec none but Twitty. Several members of Sims' congrega? tion told of th-eats they heard Bill Siwswa*^ mane against Sims. The trouble bTPwoe^^hetwo, they said, was due to the expulsion of Sandel from the churt h by Slms\. on aecount of alleged misappropriatiorrof funds. A letter signed by several white men of Sharon, none of whom are on trial, in which Sims was accused of stirring up trouble between whites and ne groea and warned to sta> away or take the L'onst uences. was introduc I! od In evidence. The ca.se is not ex? pected to be "nished tomorrow and may go over until Friday as Thurs? day is Thanksgiving day. CZAR'S DAUGHTER NOT COMING. Head of Hussion Civilian Relief As? sociation Regards Visit as Most Un? likely. Washington, Nov. 27.?In behalf of the Russian Civilian Relief Associa? tion, C. C. Calhoun, president of the organization, today disclaimed all re? sponsibility for the published story ot Tatlnta Nocix at vena Romanoff, a daughter of the deposed czar of Rus? sia, had escap < d from Siberia would sing, dance and write in this country for the benefit of the society. The society, organized to gather funds for the relief of the civilian population in Fussia, Mr. Calhoun de? clared, aimed to conduct all its prop? aganda in a dignified manner and he characterized sich an appearance of the former grai d duchess as most im? probable and publication of such a story as most unfortunate. The story of the escape of the form? er grand duchess through a mock marriage, accredited to Ivan Narodny, one of the members of the New York office of the society, now is regarded by most Russians in the Fnited States and many others as somebody's good joke. Mr. Oalhoun declared today that to him and other officer* it came as the greatest surprise, inasmuch as the or? ganization had directed that all an? nouncements be made through the president ?'f the society with the specific object ?f circumventing the embarrassment.- of just such a publi? cation. TRAINED KURSES NEEDED. War Doportmrnt Issues call to Wo? men for Patriotic Service. Washington, Nov. 28.?The medi? cal de part melt' Of the army began a campaign tods3 to enlist immediate? ly five hundred graduate nurses for duty at the bn e hospitals of the Va? rious cantonm its. The pay will be fifty dollars monthly and mainten? ance.