Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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itters ?f the war the sve the Initiative in d\ are pressing : their o?sJy. The Germans nowhere are able to stand On the defensive. le and . Macedonia, this respect have prov ^of Jerusalemto the sea in the tte^Tit?ry? lying> he Jordan and :the Med? the.' Ottoman forces by. the! swift drive ;ar|?^v. iand virtually iLdded to the heavy/cas by. the Turks, hordei >mad e' prisoner \ and ' .are^wahdering, bewilder; ^ leaders, ; in the. hills he^hronght hi to swell At, last accounts of the sultan's sol :f;2f?Bifgus3 and large, ^uan ?warvlBXores'. were .in Britisc taught ^the demor^zation of ale, allied aviators are ?succesaful Txj^mbing raidf le. a-front of-SO miles in south '^t^::'pnffa^: Mdnastir to entente troops, are vigor -the ' Bulgarians and Germans. Already in the swift :^:??d?^;j^?^i?a^d : has beer e^vby the Serbians across ? th? Road, : severing commu ,betwe^ of- Monastir ^and that in Doiraa ' region. Unofficial are' to? the / effect that th* fcave tafieit between S,0 GO and &s and 120 : guns. ^ ? between.Monastir and enemy - taoops - are in %&tif?^'i&e.: Italians, |4^^Brftish-;are -steadily ham v 'Way forward, driving The wajrd Toward:, the Bulgar^ Already "the enemy line L-vto^a pointi west of the "been . evacuated. This ^if the ejt^^^TOth.th.e railroad ?>^ni(i^^s^ ;i? %^t7<^k^:^^^io^^-:. move? me^ unless it tuxUssharply eastward ?^0^^s^Ca^^^-Bulgaria througi the m^?Titains. jJS^st; J^specfebular,. but of vital In* ? pw^aee;:k&,vel bfeen- -the operations oJ tho^^te?^ an$ British from the south otiS^Qt^htStf-to; C&nbral " Both the Field ^^^^.^Haig 'have won highly essei -?a^^rQund r in the maneuvers whi< hav^ as ttie^ the oblitera ^?.w ihe Tfirfdenburg line, the St. Qjientin and, the ti f line at Laon. South 01 . S3t s.^^?tin the French have; ad vane ed ?^rJinfe to the west bank of v Q?jssf^fehal over a front of three milei fcj^'have aow completely outflanked ^I'^^^^^iv^axtiB on the south and La Fers oi? the north. Meanwhile, Field Mar ; s&al^^^ Haig, north of St. Quentin, around tie village of Ephey, .has tak '-^'^n^s^rong" positions from the em my.' "'. . Itf :,ea%ern Siberia, the Japan? harve captured Blago.veschensk, capi ta .of .fee province ^of Amur, and also ?^'%a\m^t''M^e^^. Two thousand Austro-Germ&n' troops surrendered BRmSET CAPTtJKE ACRE. Moving t?r Mt'diterraneas - T?ke: Historic Stronghold. London, Sepi 24.?British cavah pu&hig ufc&e Mediterranean - coast of P^estine have occupied Haifa and Acre, it i?~officially announced. Bast or the' Jordan the Turks are with drawing 'tdward Amman, on the Hed r?ilway. Australian, Jewish and ?r ; troops pursuing the enemy have Teiehed Bs Salt, fifteen miles northwest of Amman; ^On^^e front west of Cambrai in thet regidn north of JCouvres the Brit ish positions havej be$>n improved. Ln the Arras?Lens Rector the Brit igli't?pujsed attempt^ by Germans to drivel-them from t^ie*; new positions, so?inwest of Gav in ln>;Flahders the forward t^fiVtho,fo^a: of' To?nuezeeie, bei rtish succeeded o occupy a por h ine,- southeast fpres. TCA$S CHECK^GERMANS. fprfri -:?- X Raid oa American Lines hj Artillery With: Americans on IiOrrai M^onday, Sept. 23.?-Americai ner prevented a German ra| Warning of the enemy's intei given by; the smarting of their fire, 4>ut the ' reply of the ?ras so c^D?ctual- that any att 'out_pf the question. ""After gas bombardment the attempted'to raid the Americai in. the ..Vosges sector today, but' repulsed before reaching the Ai can trenches. Tfcte Salem Avenue * War Sav Club will "meet with Mrs. Mark H\ nolds-at fc-otclock p. m. Thursday ternoon. All members are requests to attend. v- - ; . , ? ... i Samter',<50unty has this ^ear th< lar|m*ftfcfcbex ?* students inscollege^ in the hlstot^of the county. .; New^Fork, Sept 24.?Six billion dollars, is the minimum, amount which, the .people or" the United States are asked to subscribe for the fourth liberty loan, according to an an nouncement by Secretary . McAdoo, in a stirring address here tonight out-. lii.ing the government plan for the campaign which starts Saturday! * Mie share allotted to New York 'federal district is $1,800,000.00, or. SO per cent, of the greatest- loan yet of fered' The loan, which will bear 4 1-2 ?per cent.. interest, will run for 20 ytars, maturing October 15, 1938, un less the. government should exercise its reserved right to redeem the bonds o;a or after October 15, 1933. . ? ? Asserting that- without this vast sum "we can not lick the kaiser," Sec retary McAdoo made a special appeal for the. subscriptions of corporations and wealthy individuals, as" returns from.; the third loan indicated that wealthy, corporations and persons of /large means had not responded "com mensurately with their abilities to help." He pointed out that of 1?, :000,9"00 Americans who subscribed for the last Joan,, only , 22,5 OJF, including corporations, bought bonds in excess of $10,000., . "It would be preposterous," he said, "to sa^ that there are only 22, -500; men,' women and corporations in America able to lend more/than $,10, 000 each to their government in lib erty brads." w . - Mr. McAd? also condemned the practice of ^wWdlers and unscrupu lous and uipat jiotic persons who had "^duced" Slderb of liberty bonds to . exchange ^themf for stocks or invest ments of ^bubtfful vaiue." -He pointed out: that' ikese i operations forced the treasury Jo buy the bonds thrown r -npom the* market in order to, protect ' the market aha the credit of th_e gov ernment.; "\ "Thus the treasury's available^re sources from the-loan," he declared, "are depleted and forced in unworthy ^channels, often times in wildcat en terprises to the injury of the Amer ican ^people and to the, detriment oY 1 the war. "We must create a healthy public opinion which will reprehend such practices. We must provide machm-r ?ry and ' the. means through whiph tfhose who. have to sell their bonds may , do so and r get the highest pos sible price for them while at the same time protecting the innocent in vestor. 4 " ? ? . ?,<\ Applauded by a crowd . which filled I Ofcrnegie Hall, Mr. McAdoo said ip sypart.V'- ?' " :ci "The treasury of the United States. ^ask^the American people to subscribe to the-fourth-Liberty loan $6r000,000,J ^^tiae^warT^^e|'c^nftfinot llclT tr^e kaiser without it. Wo can not restore peace to . the world and reestablish liberty and democracy without it. The huge amounts expended by America in this war are not wholly used for destructive purposes. Great sums are used for constructive work which will be of permanent value to the Amer ican people. "We are building a great merchant fleet. Upon completion it will be the largest, most efficient and moderh mercbaht fleet in the world The terminal iacilities which we are constructing m America "for the ac commodation of the merchant marine 1 are an "essential part of it. Our com merce after the war will be facilitated by those great national undertakings . and the/money used for these purpos es is an investment of immeasurable value to the; Americari people. The loans to the allied governments are represented by obligations of great nations who will in time repay them. Out of the $30,000,000,000 of apprcM priationi made by the congress for the fiscal year 1919?probably $8, 000,000.000 to $9,000,00.0,00 will rep resent loans to the allied governments . and Expenditures for ships,, ship yards, ^docks^ wharves and other facilities ; which will be salvaged to the Amer ican people." Asserting that 'everybody should buy bonds," Mr. McAdoo continued: "Wag?s and salaries are higher in America today than ever before in its history. Those who spend every thing they earn are not only living in a fool's paradise but they are doing a grievous injury to the country.. They are living irr a fool's paradise be cause the same degree of prosperity can not be expected to continue upon the return of peace, when the inevi-' table readjustments of all industries must take place and they are doing their country a grievous injury be cause it is only by saving that we can provide our government with the money which It must have to buy the essential supplies for our military forces. Every dollar saved now and invested in Liberty bonds will be worth much more when peace comes again. I was asked not long.ago what I arguments could be made for the fourth Liberty loan. I replied imme diatelyr 'Pershinjg and our people in France.' "No other argument is necessary. The American people know and feel the need Of those men and are pre pared to go the limit to supply that need. "Who is not thrilled by what Per shing and his glorious men have done already upon the field of battle, who with his untrained freemen of democracy has met the veteran fight-j ers and the best\trained soldiers off autocracy and has vanquished them, not by toul means Dut by fair fight ing. They have already demonstrat ed that the power 0 .ghteousness and democracy is irres^tible; that the loom of autocracy is sealed and the Kiy of reckoning near at hand. ?"What we must do in America is B?I<eep the pressure high. Now that n have the kaiser and his brutal Hdes on the run, let us not relax ef Bb but intensify efforts. Keep, hit- 1 ilHkhard and smashing harder. That'i IUOT?S. TO BE ITEST mnces Sum of United Each Fed t?Considera erar Tfc /"tion Washingt< can people in the th Saturday thi tory. The treasu ei tonight the fourth 1000.000,000. 1-4 per cent in 20 years, wit j serving the right I years if it elects. In making pu of the loan the the quotas each trict its expected fromv which figures State, county, city portionments for S Subdivisions will district organizations within a few days. <^mpaign opens a mo: Friday midnight, eve n-ay "jfenow what goal [reach to gain the cove In assigning quotas took mm consideration} usual condi tions, eitner of prosperity or of busi ness hardships, as well as the bank |ing resourcesjof each district. New YoriLWhth its bir financial in terests andv corporation headquar ters, is asked\ to-raise ; $1,800,000,000, or SO per cent\of the to^al. The Chi cago district qusptas is placed at 14 1-2 per cent. aAd Clev^and 10 per cent Dallas, parifcr because" of recent droughts ?in the sCSnth-vtest, is asked for only 2 1-10 peV ce^t. Following are the quotas and percentages of the total by federal reseVve* districts: Cities \ V Amount I New York (30 P. CD. ."$1,800,000,000 Chicago-(14 1-2 P. C.) Cleveland (10 P. C.) Boston (8 1-3" P. C.) . Philadelphia (8 1-3 P. (31)500,000,000 San Fran. 6 7-10 P. CV).V 402,000.000 .Richmond (? 2-2 P. C.)' 280,000.00c St Louis (4 1-S P. C.) .. 260,000,000 [Kansas City (4 1-3 P. C.) 2G0,000,00C Minneapolis (3 1-2 P. C.) 210,000,000 Atlanta (2 1-5 P. C.) .. 192,000,000 Dallas (2 1-10 P. C.)..; 12G,000,a0C The Ameri "tb subscribe eginrdng next an in all his ent announc eunt of this, will be $6, will bear 4 will mature vernment re them in 15 final details also gave out reserve dis ubsenbe and hare of each hamlet Ap and smaller rked out by d announced the time the nt after next community will have to d honor flag, he treasury 870,000,0.00 600,000,000 500,0,00,000 WAR iU^TKNU^r^rXL. ? Senate Api.oves House tn<x>me Kates -Without Chairge. Tax .^Washington, Sept. ; 25:j?A normal \jtabc of twelve per cent oiifnet incomes cf\individuals, together ,.with a pro Lvisgon'thai the rate shaft be six pe: scents upon the. first four- thousand' colfetrs, as written in th"e.';house reve * ue\biH, was approved t&day, without chapge, by the senate 'finance com mittee. He said with a wise look, "It take: ;a?l sorts of people to makevt world.* JHis pal chimes in 'Then" you sai' something." I deny it v All sorts oi people make up the world, but som< :of them are not needed. In fact ii 'would be ^better off without them. A man remarked "You know I fell ;e<?sier, better, when Sid moved away..' *You see- "Sid was a bad~~citizen. Ij your name Sid? ?Pp'eak-ing of names," a \rnan is ba?J [$>ff when he is ashamed of " his name Meet him at night and. ask "Who'* ihat?" He's as silent, ?s the grave Night .suits him. A night prawlor *Apd men loved darkness rathe: than lighi: because their deeds wer-: evil.. Mr. fSylvester Allen, who has beer greatly prostrated by a carbuncle fo; some days, reports slight relief., W< hope this is true and that he will sooe be up again. ? Friday afternoon a most disastrous hail embracing Mr. Algie Alston's place passed in a northeasterly di rection, doing much- damage- to cot ton. After all it is the will in the man that counts. Your will is your back bone.- The absence of . will means eollapsibleness. Cultivate the will in your child but do not confound it with or mistake it for stubborness, headiness. ? The doting father said to his tot, "Hit 'em son," and afterward bela bored son with a leather strap for sauciness. Lo,* I liave told you. Do it no more. Revival services at Bethesda church have been postponed on ac count of sickness in the family of Mr. Myers. The water in Dinkins pond is ve low. Tie wheat mill runs night and day but does not begin to keep up with the custom. He whose nose is in everybody's business, knows little about his own. Messrs. Walter Young and Danie McLeod of Rembert were in our com m unity Saturday. Mr, Jim Freeman, out on furlough, is visiting his brother, W.. H> Free man. *\ Down \he road he went with his head high\^n the air because his brother was \a campaign speaker. On what little capital some feel burn comb. V One felt last ifcjght that jack frost was near at hand. \. We hear some ar\ living $1.25 per hundred for cotton atid then do not get the hands. ' Deliver u- fronr! bachelordum We've i* it nearly three weeks. Our hall, like all others* we ever saw, and we've seem 'em, is akin to a pigstry. We just wonder what she will say when she comes. We know what she will do. The melancholy! days are nearly over, just three more. / Miss Mayer, the same who taught j the Stateburg school last year, a good leachcr, is with us again. 'Hagood." Rembert, Sept. 23._ / is the way to win surely and-, quickly. Fhat is the way to open an American jnradc on "Unter den Lindoa'f ir. B LIME, LATH, CEMENT, SIDIN3, CEILING, PLASTER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, MOULDINGS, FIRE CLAY, FIRE BRICK, - BGUGH LUMBER ROOFING PAPER ? /. \ 1 Booth 6 McLeod, Feed-Stoffs HAY, CORN, OATS, HULLS, TANKAGE, MIDDLINGS, RICE FLOUR, WHEAT BRAN, SUGAR FEED,: MEATSCBAP, CHICKEN FEED, OYSTER SHELL,' SEED OATS AND RYE, COTTON SEED W*l COTTON PRICE FIXING. GOVERNMENT NAMES COMMIT TEE TO' INQUIRE AS TO COTTON. While Investigation is Being Made Cotton Needed by United States Government and Allies Will he Bought and Distributed by Com mittee of Experts. Washington, Sept 23.?First steps looking to the fixing of prices ' for star 'a.rd grades of raw cotton were takf today by the government in the forming of two committees, one to investigate the entire cotton situation and the other to control during the period of inquiry the distribution of cotton by purchasing all of the staple needed by the United States and the allies at prices to be approv ed by the president. Thomas W.Page, vice chairman of the tariff commission, was named chairman of the committee cf inquiry which is to hold hearings over the cotton growing ?States. The other members are:\v: W. R, Beattie, Green ville, S. .C., president of the Piedmont Manufacturing. Tjompany; R. L. Ben nett, Paris, Tectas, cotton grower; Ward M. Burgess,- Omaha, Neb., retail merchant; Edward" Farham Greene, Boston, former president of the Na ] tional Association, of - Cotton Manu facturers: J. C. Redmond, St. ? Ma^ -yttifiw!^, "S. C, tiolloii" "grower; m7 k -Sturdivant, Glendora, Miss., cotton &i .wer, and si 'W. Weis, New Orl? .. cotton factor: D. S. Mu'rph of the fed eral bureau Of markets'will be secre tary of the Committee.' . ? The members of the committee to -purchase for the government and the allies are: Charles J. Brand of the department of agriculture, chairman; W. ?c- Clayton, Houston, Texas, mem ber of a large cotton firm operating in Texas and Oklahoma; J. Temple Gwathmey, New,' York, member of a large cotton firm with branches in many, cities, and Edward H. Inman. Atlanta, Ga., former cotton merchant, now acting as a purchasing ageht for the government. Before the war industr board made public the personnel ot . -win mittees, senators and representatives from the Southern cotton growing States met with members of the cot ton States marketing board to dis cuss the proposed price fixing. The conference adopted a resolution set ting, forth that it opposed price fixing in principle and appointed* a com mittee to present the facts to the gov ernment committee on inquiry in an effort to convince them that price fixing is not necessary. The war industries board announc that William L*. {Clayton, J. Temple Gwathmey and Edward K. Inman wil: dissociate themselves from their business and "will remain so disso ciated as long as they continue in the service of the government as mem bers of the committee on distribution of cotton. The committee on inquiry it was announced already has met and fully discussed the cotton situation and adopted this resolution: "Resolved, That the committee on cotton distribution be authorized im mediately to allot cotton as to quan tity and grade to all domestic and foreign consumers and that they also be authorized to buy cotton, if and when necessary, for the requirement? of the United States and allied gov ernments. "Resolved, further. That the cotton j committee feels that this' will havej an important effect in stabilizing prices, but in the meantime they will keep in touch with the whole situa ton with a view to determining the effect of this action and whether price fixing or any other measure will be necessary." Last Tuesday representatives in congress from cotton growing States, headed by Senator Smith of Soutn Carolina, protested to the president against the fixing of- any price for cotton. This action came after the president had explained the purpose for which the two cotton committees would be appointed. The purpose of the committee of inquiry, the presi dent said, would be to broaden the channels of distribution so that use icould be made of the great stock of low grades of cotton which now practically are unmarketable; elimi nating of hoarding and speculation and apportioning of foreign orders. He added that it might be a part of this committee's duty to recommend i;a?;ie prices on cotton. I PBIGEJILyE_F4IB. ! GOV. MANNING DISCUSSES COT ! TON WITH MR. WILSON. J Governor and Senator Benet Satisfied President Will be Fair to'Cotton j Planters. ,i ?_______ ? j Washington, Sept. 23.?Gov. Mah j ning and Senator Christie Benet call ed on President Wilson this after noon. Earlier in the day they con ferred with Chairman Baruch, of the j war industries board, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Acting Secre tary cf War Crowcil. After leaving the Whitef House Governor Manning, speaking s' ? for Senator Benet, indicated the follow ing: "There were t\ j matters bring ing me to Washington. One is the cotton question, and the other is the i labor question in South Carolina. "We had a long and full talk with the president on the cotton question, rl think I can say that the. necessity of taking up that question arose from the importance of marketing low grade cotton, and that has been, the chief cause for considering the cot ton proposition at this time. - "The president realizes the neces sity, under the circumstances of set tling the whole cotton question, in cluding price-fixing, promptly. The action of the president in fixing trices of other commodities has-been i. "Ynniriil T p? rrfif~--* ?f*?+ w ?lb - fair also to the cotton producer 1 "The other matter, which Senat? EeneKand I discussed with the Sec ? tary of War, was the supply and distribution of labor to take care oJ the government's activities, and a! the .same time disturb agricultural and industrial requirements'in South I Carolina as little as possible." Governor Manning attended the meetinig of the cotton States a?vison marketing board tonight, as did th' senators and a number of represen tatives from South Carolina and oth er cotton producing States. Senator Smith's Statement. Washington, Sept 23.?(By the As sociated Press).?Senator - Smith, o South Carolina today issued the fol lowing statement: "The story sent out by the * pres: on Saturday that at a meeting Tues. day with the president and the south era senators and representatives tha' he (the president) definitely stated that he would fix the price of cotton is incorrect The president made no such statemer at the meeting Tues day." Senator Smith is chairman of the congressional group* appointed to dis cuss the subject with the president The dispatch to which Senator Smith Tefers was founded on infor mation received from participants in the conference who reiterated today that the president made it perfectly clear to them that he intended to fix a fair price* for cotton. For obvious reasons they declined to permit the use of their names. 'It was agreed however, that the president had not "definitely stated" that he would fix the price. Secretary Houston issued this statement respecting cottbn price fix ing: "A statement concerning cotton price fixing appeared in a Washing ton paper on Saturday to the effec' that it was understood .that Secre tary Houston has expressed f * opin ion that twenty-five cents d be a fair ^price for this year, cotton This statement, and any other state ment that may have been made pur porting to represent the view of Sec retary Houston as to a price for cotton, if any is to be fixed, is utter ly without l /undation. The secretary has expressed no opinion as to a j price for cotton." J Among the South Carolinians at-1 tending the meeting of cotton Stated advisory board meeting here are Commissioners of Agriculture A. S Summers. B. Harris, the nominee to succeed him, and editor William Banks, of the Carolina Farmer. PLEADS UNWRITTEN LAW. Lexington Planter Tried for Killing Lcn N. Jefcoat. Lexington. Sept. 23.?Pleading the 'unwritten law." M. & Kirkland, a prominent Lexington county planter was found not guilty by a Lexington county jury in the court of general sessions late Saturdav nisht, for thr shootir.r to death of his neighbor. I>en N. Jefcoat. on the night of Feb ruary 1 last. The defendant claimed *hat Jefcoat had been intimate with hi-., the defendant's wife. STABILIZE US SHE: GOVERNMENT WffiL UN TO CONTROL LABOR SITU TION. as Conference to Be Held in Wt^ to Discuss Methods of Enforcing"! bor Agreements During the ... Washington, Sept:" ^?Ar, towards stabilising,wage condif during the war a confcrencetof^-maa^ ufacturing representatives w?l ber" j tomorrow with the war and navy! j partment officials, *o discus;? methc of enforcing laboi agreements-^* made between the govt-rrixcrent and workmen and. the government and employers. Labor repr?>senta.tiyes' will be called- on to cooperate in the. plan which will involve an attempt increase the waffes-?of some low groups to the standard of community; or industrial wage scale* Millohs oi workmen, both in. war indwitrjesZw. thers be affccfl 3 j HOUSE TO REST AGAIN. Three Day Recesses PJanned fot tober. . Washington, .Sept. 23.-?I another series of 'three day, J of the house, beginning abou 1, went forward< today, Leader Kitchin said he hope sueh . shape that the recess cot ^ ?in in "a little more* than a ind continue until after the NO'ireS ber elections. He said he did believe the senate' would voto oir revenue bill before election a^nd the upper house -might take a bi, recess beginning about a week ? bfefc the election. - ? - ? DARK DATS FOR GE People Group Together as Before^ Great Disasters. Paris, Sept 23.?A neutral dfplo~J mat who has just passed through Ger-1 many, Where he stayed a few .days*;] declared to the Matin that the ;food^ situation in Berlin is so. bad- , that foreign diplomats subsist exclusive ly on provisions sent to them. The German people, crushed by re cent events,' seem like automatons^ responding uhponsciousiy to tions received; all spirit of xnd free criticism, is completely He concluded' the summing up of impressions with the following: "Everybody wants to group toget -r, just as -before great disasters.*"**" EXCEPTIONS MADE. Autos May be Used Sundays for erty Loan . Work. Anderson, Sept. 23;?B. : B-' sett State fuel administrator, has received a telegram fconar United States fuel adminl Washington reading as follows: ?'The use of automobiles- onr days for the promotion of the \ lit erty loan campaign is regarded within the spirit of the gasoTinelej Sunday request" DRAWING NEXT- WEEK. -Vatiohal Lottery for Draft Num! Washington, Sej>t 24.?The nat al lottery which, in a measure termine the order of the callings the 13,000,000 men between 18 45 years of age who registered^ tern ber 12, probably*'will-not-be b?fore next week, Officials, hajd h< to fix a. date late this'week, but plan is understood to have been al doned in order that additional may be given local boards to coi any-"errors made in assigning numbers to.the registrants. Since men between 10 and 36 are be the first called to the colors, drawing will have less effect upon termining the order of the call thaj did that for the nearly 1,000,000 nw who turned 21 before last June 5.. Order numbers for all the 13,000] 000 men will be drawn, but youths 18 and men between 36 and 45 w not be classified until the boards hax given classification to all the men tween 19 and 36 who are the first receive their questionnaires. * In the meantime many of the 19 c'ases will have been inducted int< .service. '^rrr< James D. Lee, Field Agent^ Savings Committee, has arrani Secretary Tisdale of the Sumte! ty Fair and County Chairman savings? ? A. Mosesj -for a war ings booth at thf^ Sumter Couij Fair.