Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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<. MIMA WS NKXT DRIVE. If Her IVecc Term* An- Not Accept? ed titftt Ittacb on West Will Fol l*W. Washington. Dec. 24.?Germany's tviwest peace propaganda is viewed ks the forerunner to a determined of stve in the west unless the Ger? man made peace is accepted by the alhia and the United States. "It ?h >uld not for a moment induce the Hi ited States to slacken our prepa? rations for war." says Secretary Ha ker in his weekly review of the mill taty situation. The Germans realize bat within a short time our armies .fill form the principal body of the /r sb strategic reserves remaining j vi liable on the battle fields of Eu? rope. Uur armies constitute the re? serves of victory." The review points ret that the fighting morale of Italy may be relied upon no matter how intensive the German peace cam? paign may become. KAI I* ON CAMRRAI FRONT. German Attack* on British Lines He pulsed. London. Dec. 24.?German troops vtaterday afternoon attempted to raid British positions south of Epehy, on the Cambral front, hut were driven off the war office announces. i GERMANS DRIVEN BACK. Italian* Report Victory on Piavc River. Rome. Dec. 24.?Enemy forces a t Mas bad crossed the Plave river at Pli ve-Vecchla have been driven back i ?rver the river, the war office an? nounces today CONQUERING PALESTINE. 'British Army Pushing Forward In the Work. Ixmdon. Dec. 24.?General Allenhy commander of the British troops In 1 Palestine continues his advance on the plains of Aharon. occupying North Jaffa and four more towns. Revised Enttmate of homes st Hali? fax HulifsS. Dec. 24.?Fifteen hundred allied, foe*" thousand Injured, twenty thousand homeless, and a property loos of fifty million, is the estimate today of destruction and damage caused by the recent explosion. VERDICTS IN NKdUOI-^ TRIAL M?H or Ooiirtmnrtlnl of Soldiers ?Vom Twenty-fourth Infantry Not Announced at Thin Time. San Antonio. Dec. 22.?Verdicts in the cases of 15 negroes of the Twen? ty-fourth Infantry charged with the death of E. M. Jones at Houston in tho riot there August 2 last, were returned this afternoon by the court martial at Fort Sam Houston. As was the ease with the courtmartial of other negroes of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, the verdict will be kept secret until reviewed by the depart mirt judge advocate and Brl?r. Oer 1< W< Kuckman. department com? mander. 1*11 FSI DENT SPRINGS A SUR I'RISE. Summons chiefs or Railroad Broth? erhoods to Conference. Washington. Dec. 24.?President Wlhon h9? summoned the chiefs and legislative agents of four railroad brotherhoods to a conference at the White House on Thursday. It is ex? pected tlat he will outline whatever action he has decided to be neces? sary in the transpotration crisis. The new conference is a surprise. TRAINING CAMP INQUIRY. Secretary Baker's Testimony De? pended Vpon to Disprove Charges. Washington, Dec. 24.?The testi? mony of Secretary of War Baker, and commanders of training camps in the south before the senate military com? mittee, will, in the opinion of many, throw an entirely different light on omlitions so far pictured. The ad? ministration, It was said today, had absolute confidence that the testi? mony of Secretary Baker would re? sult in exonerating his department of the charges and that the information from camp commanders would strengthen the position of the War department in the public mind. RED CROSS CAMPAIGN. Reports Show Great Success In Some Sections. Washington, Dec. 24.?Reports to? day to the Red Cross! on the results of the campaign for ten million new members showed that many divisions had exceeded their quotas. The gulf i Hvlsion comprising Alabama, Missis? sippi and Louisiana, have gone scv oral thousand over their quota. Bone Valley BR. AND P 31% Per Cent Phosphoric Acid Guaranteed. DONK VALLEY PHOSPHATE WHEN PROP? ERLY I SED. Wll?j OKEATLY INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF FARM PRODUCTA. PHOS? phats ALONE 18 NOT A COMPLETE FER? TILIZER IT DOES not CONTAIN AMMONIA or POT AHR, but IT does CONTAIN A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PIP SPHORic ACID, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THREE ESSENTIAL PLANT FoODS. it should BE used X CONNEC? tion >\TTH something THAT WILL SUPPLY AMMONIA AND POTASH. COVER CROPS OF a*ET BEANS, SOY beans, COWPEA8. CLOV V. R OR ANY OF THE LEGUMINOUS CROPS PLOWED INTO THE SOIL WILL SUPPLY A FFICIENT AMOUNT OF AMMONIA AND POT? ASH IN THE ABSENCE OF COVER CROPS, USE cotton SEED MEAL TANKAGE OR STABLE MANURE. ON muck LAND OR LANDS WELL pi LI ED with HiMis (decaying organic matter) Phosphate ALONE is SUFFICIENT, an AVERAGE chop OF velvet BEANS WHJ. supply PER ACRE APPROXIMATELY 150 POUNDS OF ammonia and 50 POUNDS OF POTASH THIS is EQUAL TO MORI POTASH ano if Maria pour times as mich ammonia AS IS SUPPLIED IN a TON OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER OF THE USUAL FORMULAE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 8-2-2. at THE PRESENT MARKET PRICE (1917) OF FERTILIZER MATERIAL. a CROP OF VELVET bhans PLOWED IN IS WORTH IN NITROGEN APPROXIMATELY $:',fl.00 AND IN POTASSIUM a pout $24.oo OR \ TOTAL OF $*o.?m? |N INCREASED FERTILITY. DUE TO the PLOWING i NDER OF a CROP OF these beans TO SAY nothing of THE VALUE of THE HVMU8 ADDED TO THE UND, but am MONIA AND POTASH alone Is not \ COM? plete FERTILIZER. PHOSPHORUS OR PHOS FHORIC ACID, as IT TS COMMONLY KNOWN. is ESSENTIAL To plant LIFE THIS ELEMENT < a\ BE SUPPLIED FROM a NUMBER OF :CES: a ton of i ?? per cent acid PHOSPHAT!': WILL SUPPLY :.20 POUNDS OF phosphoric acid COST OF APPROXI? MATELY $11.00. A TON OF 23 PER CENT BONE meal WILL SUPPLY 460 POUNDS OF PHOS? PHORIC ACID AND AT a cost OF APPROXI? mately $41.00, a t?>n of BONK VALLEY PHOSPHATE WILL SUPPLY 640 POUNDS OF PHOSPHORIC ACID AT a cost OF $16.00 DE i [VF.REB WRITE FOR I II KRA IVRK Harby & Co., Inc., sTcER Distributors for Eastern South Carolina. WHEAT FOR MILLION PEOPLE. Estimate of Production of Acres In Prance Lll>cratcd Prom German Control. Paris, Dec. 23.?The 325,000 acres of wheat lands retaken from the enemy this year in northern France may he able to produce enough wheat next year for 1,000,000 men, accord? ing to the estimate made by a mission appointed by the agricultural depart? ment to examine the liberated terri? tory. Both men and money are re? quired and the mission asked for a thousand volunteer American farm hands and a loan from American cap? ital necessary to put the land in shape for cultivation. Forty million dollars Is the amount thought neces? sary at once. The mission points out that In some of the farming communities in these departments of the Aisne and the Somme, where before the war there were 300,000 or more inhabi? tants, there are now no more than 30 and these are much reduced physi? cally. ADVANCE SCORED BY ALLENBY. Troops of British General Continue to Make Headway Against Turk In Pu lest Inc. London, Dec. 23.?Further progress by the forces of General Allenby at two points in Palestine wa9 reported in a statement issued lest night by the war office. The statement fol? lows: "General Allenby reports that at midnight of December 20-21 our troops crossing the Nahr el Aujas. four miles north of Jaffa on the Mediterranean, on rafts and light ridges, seized Khurbet, Ilardrah. Sheik Muannhv, Teer Rekket and El , Nakhras, These localities are near the mouth of the river and include1 commanding ground three miles north of It. They captured 305 prisoners, -even of whom were officers, and ten machine guns. "Other forces captured Ras Bs] Zandy .two miles northeast of Beth? any, taking 30 prisoners, two ma? chine guns and beating off three coun? terattacks. "General Allenby also roported the following captures since the com? mencement of operations: Ninety-nine guns and howitzers, with carriages, about 400 limbers, wagons and other vehicles, IIS machine guns, more than 7,000 rifles, 10,600 rounds of small arm ammunition .and more than 50,000 rounds of gun and howit? zer ammunition, besides various oth pr stores." RED CROSS MEMBERS. I'hrlstmss Finds the Membership Drive Well Past Goal of Ten Mil? lion. Washington. Dec. 24.?Christmasj Sve finds the American Red Cross nembership drive well past the goal >f 10,000,000 with Incomplete reports ndlcatlng that about 1?.,000,000 new nembers have been enrolled through >ut the country during the past week. The Atlantic division with a quota )f 2,01-5,000. reported 3,390,000 Christmas campaign members, with many chapters not reporting ant1 continuing their work. The New ISnjland division, which has a quota 3f 984,000 reported that all wectlons ? utside of Boston and perhaps West? ern Massachusetts, would exceed! their quotas and that the excess would balance any deficiencies. The Pennsylvania division, with a quota Of '1,192.000, reported 1,400,000 al? ready enrolled and that all the chap? ters intended to continue during the week. <The I^nke division on a quota ot! 1,063,000 finished its campaign with Over 2,500,000 enrolled. The Central division reported 1, 646.000 enrolments. This division t also will continue at work of its own accord and the managers expect to pass the present enrolment material? ly. The division has a quota of 1,189. 000. The Northwestern division with I quota of 361,000 reported 475,000 members In this division. The weath? er was so extremely bad last week, that enrolment will be continued this week. The Gulf division Is working to I 7)00.000 quota, which Is much larger than was allotted front Washington headquarters and is well on its way to that figure. The Southwestern division has a quota of 1,162.000. Today's report was that approximately 1,160,000 mesnbe? would be enrolled before the day was over. Returns from the Northern division and Southern division were scant, there being 250.000 for the Northern and 240,000 for the Southern. The count had not been completed even in the larger eitles ot Ihs Po? tomae division, but apparently the to? tal will be near the quota of 356,000. The campaign in this division also will be continued throughout the week. BOLSHEVIKI VESSEL AH RIM S. Crew Becomes C hummy With Alleg? ed I. W. W.?Twenty-one of Whom Arc Arrested. Pacirtc Port, Dec. 23.?The Rus I sian freighter Shilka, Capt. Br?ks iDogal, which unheralded slipped into j the harbor here late Friday night, j direct from Valdivostok, Is under [ Bolsheviki control, it became known j today. A number of the Shilka's sailors were fraterniz'ng on the docks today with a party of alleged Indus? trial Workers of the World, 21 of whom were arrested by federal au? thorities and held for investigation. Among those taken into custody were 13 Russians. None of the sailors were arrested. Shortly after the vessel's arrival a report was circulated to the effect that she had brought a fund of $300, 000 in gold for the defense of several scores of I. W. W. awaiting trial at Chicago on conspiracy charges. Fed eral agents searched the vessel, but found no gold. Another search will he made when the cargo of licorice root is discharged. Following out the Bolsheviki prin? ciples, the Shilka, it was said, is real? ly under the command of a commit? tee of five, four sailors and one offi? cer. This committee has the power to overrule any order of Captain Dogal at any time but members of the crew stated that this unique di? vision of authority had caused no trouble on the voyage. SENATOR NEWLANDS DEAD. Stricken While at Nork, Nevada Man Passes Away Suddenly in Washing ton. Washington, Dec. 24.?Sbnator Griffith Newlands, of Nevada, died of heart failure at his home here tonight after an illness of a few hours. He was stricken while at work in his of? fice at the Senate office building dur? ing the afternoon, but was able to go home and the capital knew nothing of his illness until the announce? ment of his death. No one realized the seriousness of the senator's condition and a physi? cian was not called until late thii evening. Then the heart attacks had become acute. The end came sudden? ly at 10.15 o'clock, as Mrs. New lands and her brother watched at the bedside. FERSffllNG REPORTS DEATHS. ISso Killed in Action; Others From Natural Causes. Washington, Dec. 25.?First Lieut. James b. Pauli, aviation section, sig? nal reserve corps, died December 20 as the result of an airplane accident. Gen. Pershing today advised the war department. Lieut. Paull's father. Joseph Pauli, lives in Pittsburg. The deaths of two privates in ac? tion and of a third from wounds re? ceived in action also were reported by Gen. Pershing. Among deaths from natural causes are the following Southern men: Private Walter J. Bennett, engi? neers, December 22, measles, compli? cated by broncho-pneumonia, acute; father, W. L. Bennett, Kirkland, Ga. Private William If. Weatherford engineers, December 22, broncho - pneumonia, acute; mother, Mrs. M Weatherford, Scranton, S. C. MEXICANS 1IAXG AMERICAN. Bandits Cross Border and Ixmt Mall Stage. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 25.?Mlchey Welch, an American driver of a mail stage, was hanged and his throat cut early today by Mexicans who crossed the line, raided the border town of Candelarla and held up the mail stage. After killing the driver the raiders looted the mail sacks. The body of Welch was taken to Valentine, Texas, according to a telegram received here tonight. Two Mexican passengers In the military stago were reported to have been shot. Troops Chasing Bandits. Valentine. Texas. Dec. 25.?Men who brought the body of Mlchey Welch, a United States mall carrier who was hanged by Mexican bandits at Cnndelaria. Texas, early today, re? ported that American troops and the rear guard of the Mexican bandits were fighting tonight in the vicinity of Candelaria. CALL FOR BRICK LAYERS. One Thousand Wanted for Service In France. Washington. Dec. 26.?The new dm ft machinery was invoked for the first time when Gen. Crowder made public today the instructions sent to all governors, for the mobilization of one thousand bricklayers needed by Gen. Pershing's force at once. The local hoards will examine the ques? tionnaires now returned, and report the dumber of bricklayers of draft nuc available. Gen. Crowder's letter Indicates that similar calls for skill? ed men in other occupations may he expected. ARMIES OF RUSSIA TO FIGHT FACH OTHER. Conflict Between I'kranlnns and Bot? sheviki Assumes Serious Aspect. London, Dec. 23.?Russian peace delegates are returning to Petrograd, according to reports at the Smolny Institute, said a dispatch from the ABSociftted Press correspondent In the Russian capital, dated Friday and re? ceived here today. The message sug-( gested no reason for their return and said nothing about the reported Ger? man rejection of Russia's terms. It added, however, that no definite news regarding the m gotiations was being given out. The story of the recall of the dele? gates and the rejection of Russian terms has not attracted much atten? tion here, apparently from the facti that the heads of some of the enemy delegations had not arrived at Brest Litovsk when the report became cur? rent. Count Czernin, Austro-Hun garian foreign minister, and his suite, including Gen. Ritzingcr, and some German staff officers are now in that city, but the arrival of Dr. von Kuehlmann, the German foreign minister, has not yet been reported. Meantime the conflict between the Urkrainian raba and the Bolsheviki commissariats continues unabated. The rada, replying to an ultimatum 1 of the Bolsheviki insists on the cre? ation of a fedeial Socialist republic embracing Maximalists and Social j lsts, which it contends alone may be competent to decide the question of peace for the whole o# Russia. The rada declares itself favorable to set? tling by peaceful methods political and national questions, but asserts that if the commissariats assume the con? sequences of civil war it will ?aeeept the challenge and stop at no ob? stacles. One reason for the quarrel is the rada's refusal to permit breadstuffs to be sent to Northern Russia, in conse? quence of the refusal by the commis? sariat1? to issue money to meet the needs of the Ukrainian government. This stand, it is stated, threatens eventually to starve the north, espe? cially as General Dutoff's Cossacks hold Chilablnsk, thus preventing the transmission of supplies from Siberia. In the meantime the Ukraine has be? gun to issue its own notes. General Verkhouski, Kerenaky's minister of war, has offered his ser? vices rf> the Ukraine government. Most of the report of military move? ments in connection with the appar? ently impending clash are under Thursday's date. They include the arrival of General Dutoff with a strongly reinforced body of Cossacks at Ufa where he suppressed Bolshe? viki organizations and continued his advanco to Samara and Saratov. Oren? burg is surrounded by Cossacks. Ukrainian troops are said to be concentrating between Hornel and Kakhmetieff, while Bolshcviki forces are gathering at Minsk. The Maximalist t,onps trying to reach Kiev were stopped by torn up railroad tracks. The rada is said te be in complete control of Odessa and to have been joined by the Black Sea fleet. According to a dispatch to The Times from Odessa, liquor looting orgies similar to those in Petrograd occurred with much indiscriminate shooting, incendiarism and destruc? tion of property. A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd reports that notwithstanding the state of siege sacking of wine stores continues in the capital, accompanied by the riotous scene) now fsmiliar. Many shops and dwellings have been pillaged as we 1 as the Danish Red Cross. Mobs htve been attacked with machine guns i nd at one time there was a regular engagement in the streets. The Moscow sovei has decided to establish martial lav; but the reason tor the action is nol stated. Trouble is recurring in Finland and serious rioting I as again broken out at Abo. The Bolsheviki mi itary revolution? ary committee in Petrograd has ceas? ed to exist. Explanations for its abol? ition vary. One is that it was be? cause of failure to maintain order in Petrograd. REPLIES TO \RMOTJR. Trade Commission's Counsel Tells of Washington, Dec. 23.?In anwer to a statement in Chicago last night by J. Ogden Armour denying that any effort had been ma to cover up in fomation sought by me federal trade commission in its imrvsfdgatlon of the packers, Francis J Heney, counsel for the commission, issued a state? ment tonight declaring the schedule filed with the commission by Armour & Company did not disclose its own? ership of any inter ?t in the Chicago 'stock yards and that the government did not secure any information to that effect until Its agents seized cer? tain correspondence between F. H. Prince and J. Ogden Armour in a safe deposit box at Borton a few weeks ago. CENSORSHIP IN FRANCE, Foreign COiresponclcmce Win be In? spected b> Board. Washington, Dec. 24.?The censor? ship for foreign malls authorised-try?-? the trading with thB enemy law? is In full force, under beard on which the postofflce, war and lavy departments, the war trade board and the commit? tee on public information are repre? sented. The board plans to carry on the work with as lb tie Interference to legitimate correspovidence as possible. Seizure of Papers. EESfc Ill ?J 111?' The First Issue of LIBERTY BONDS Have been received at The First National Bank The National Bank Of [ oiith Carolina Of Sumter Resources over $1 >00,000.00. This Bank owes its rowth to the loyal support and hearty cooperation of its 2500 patrons. A bank is a COMMUNITY INTER? EST. Its mission is SEK VICE. Its life is the Loyalty of its Patrons. We appreciate your business and are better prepared than ?ver before to serve you. C 0. ROV'IAND. President. F. E. HI NMA NT Cltkitr miummiMi????M?i:mmmtm?r^^ Evei ything In the Building Line All Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD. Inc. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLA( E\ j Phoneat 10 ? 631