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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-02
GRAIN CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS
Commissioner e. j.. Watson Says
Piedmont Section Of South Caro-
lima is Interested.

Columbia Commissioner Watson
and party came back from the Pied.
mont section Of the state, where 1t Is
reported that the people are deeply in
terested In the matter of planting
grain crops for next year and that al
ready there Is a large acreage under
cultivation with the prospects very
bright for a big yield next spring. In
Laurens' and in Anderson counties 1t
vas found that there is not much ne
cessity for urging the people to plant
grain AS they have already seen the
necessity for getting away from cot
ton. The party hopes that much eff
fective work was done for the people
were deeply interested and asked
many questions which were answered
by Prof. 4. G. Smith, Prof. Barton and
the other members of the party.
So much more interest was mani
tested in the meetings that had been
expected that it was difficult to keep
the schedule of the meetings. In fact,
this was not done and some profitable
meetings had to be cut out on account
of the more pressing need In other
places.
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Can Lose II Ships Safely.

London.-Winston Spencer Church.
i'll First Lord of the Admiralty, told
the House of Commons that despite
the British Nays losses since the
outbreak of the wal there was no
cause for over its pres
ent and future effectiveness.
1--WE can afford to lose a super
dreadnaught every month for IL
months, without a single loss to the
enemy, and be in as good a position
of superiority as we were at the out
break of the war;" said the First
Lord.
Of the older armored cruisers Mr..
Churchill said Great Britain had lost
six and Germany two. At the begin
ming of the war Great Britain had SO
light modern cruisers to Germans
25. Great Britain had lost two and
Germany had lost or interned a quar-
ter of her number. Great Britain
since the commencement of the war
also had added as many light cruisers
as Germany had lost.
Mr.. Churchill declared the maxi
mum reinforcements Germany could
receive to the end Of 1915 was three
capita, ships, while the British fleet
rould be Increased by l. ships.
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GERMAN PARTIES
JOIN FOR VICTORY
BERLIN SAYS TURKEY HAS CON.
troll OF THE SEA or
AZOV.
RUSSIAN SUCCESS DOUBTFUL
England Has Ne Define knowledge u
Conditions In EAst.-Germars
Claim Viet,ry.

Berlin.-The following information
was given out to the press:
Recent bombardment of Z~eebruggs
and Heyste, Belgium, by a British
squadron, destroyed the hotels. The
inhabitants fed, German troops SUI
fered no loss,
"The declaration in the Saxon Diet
that peace would be concluded only
after the attainment Of security
against further attacks was acclaimed
enthusiastically by all parties, iuclud-
ing the Socialists.
Russian shipping companies at
Odessa, have withdrawn their ships
from the Black Sea and the Sea OF
Azov because of the Turkish naval
supremacy in those waters. A bonn
bardment OF Odessa is feared. The
blockade of the harbor Of Libau places
control of the Baltic in the hands OF
the Germans, while the freezing Of the
harbor Of Archangel Zone the White
Sea- sewers Russian communication
with the outside world.
ut is reported from Stockholm that
the Russian Government has asked
for English contributions to the ex'
tent OF 500, 900 900 rubles ($25o, 00o,'
O00) toward her wal loans.
"A brother of the Sheik OF, the
Senousi informed the Constantinople
correspondent of The Berliner Tage'
blatt that hostilities were not direct
ed against Italy. The Sheik, he de.
clared, has over 1O0,0 900 warriors un'
der his command In Tunis and Mo
rocco.
"The Morgenpost thinks the check
to Russian reinforcements near Lodicz
Is proof that there are no Russian
troops north of the Vistula. This fur
Their indicates that the German army
is fairly on the Russian flank, with the
roads to Warsaw open.
From Galicia comes the official re-
port that the Russians have been
driven back through the Carpathtan
passes. Ugek Pass already is In the
hands of the Austrians. .
Though no detailed account OF op'
erations in the neighborhood OF Phica
and Walbrom (Southern Poland) Is at
hand the report that the Austrians
have taken $4,000 prisoners and AZ
machine guns the last few days ap'
pears to show that their advance con-
tinues, and that they are meeting with
success. t,..
1.-THE Austrians have made progress
in the offensive against Servia and
have repulsed several attacks with
great loss to the enemy. The noun
tain ridges southeast Of Valjevo, Ser
via, though covered with snow, have
been crossed by Austrian troops with
little loss" =;
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British Lose In Egypt

Berlin.-The following information
was given out in official quarters /:
"Advices from Rome are to the effect
that in the fighting at Ell Arish. a for
tilted Egyptian town on the Mediterra-
mean, the British suffered heavy loss
es. The Italian colony in Egypt is
suffering from the p%rostration Of all
lines of trade. Maj. Gen. Sir John
Maxwell, commander Of the British
forces in Egypt, declared that it was
only her treaties with the allies which
led England to fight against Turkey.
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BAPTIST HOSPITAL
SELECTS ITS STAFF
PHYSICIANS FOR BAPTIST HOS
PIrAL AT COLUMBIA HAVE
BEEN~cHosEN.
DR.. MCINTOSH IN cHARGE
Is Made Chairman Of the Body Of
Doctors Elected BY the Board Of
Trustees.

Columbia.-The staff Of the Baptist
hospital was announced by Judge J.. j.
Gentry, general superintendent of the
hospital. The list contains the names
Of many of the surgeons and physi-
clans Of Columbia.
The board of trustees has elected
James H. Mcintosh, M. D., chairman
Of the staff. Dr.. Mcintosh Is engaged
In the general practice OF medicine In
Columbia. He Is a member; Of the
First Baptist church Of Columbia and
Is connected with prominent Baptists
In South Carolina. His brotherinlaw,
w. H. Hunt Of Newberry, was for a.
number Of years president Of the Bap-
list state convention, and another
brother-in-law, G. B. Buell. of Charles
ton, has for many years been chair
man Of the board OF trustees OF the
Baptist orphanage at Greenwood.
The staff Of the Baptist hospital
follows:
DR.. James H. Mcintosh, chairman.
General surgery, Drs. G; H. Bunch,
S E. Harmon, l.. b. Owens, C. E. Ow-
ems. Lindsey Peters, j.. IA. Taylor
Assistants, Drs. B. D.. Caughman, n.
B. Hayward, D. N. Matthews.
General medicine, Drs. D. s. Black,
Ernest Cooper, T. M. DuBose, ST., S.
B. F.ishburne, w. M Lester, James
H, Mcintosh, d. S. Pope, H. ". Rice
Assistants, Drs, 7. M. DuBose, .Jr, Os-
car LaBorde, J. D. Moorehead.
Eye, ear, nose and threat, DIS.
Henry Horlbeck, GIL Kfbler, R.fL.
Moore, Theo: A. Quattlebaum, EN-.
Whaley.
Roentgenologists, Drs. r. w. Gibbes,
Arthur E. Shaw.
Paediatrics, DR.. William Weston.
Neurology, Drs. ]. w. Babcock, j.
e. Poore, E. B. Saunders.
Diseases OF stomach, Dr.. F. M. DUR
ham.
DDiseases of chest, ID. {. 3. VIII
liams.
Internal medicine. Dr. ]. Howard
Gibbes.
Obstetrics. Drs. J. B Guignard, 4
K. Philpot.
Genito-urinary, Drs. Barron & Bar
on, DR.. P. v. Mikell.
S%eriologist, Dim. H. Wyman
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Sky Searching Guns

Washington.-The navy department
has found it possible by making some
changes in the carriage to turn the
discarded ~one-pounder guns of the
mark vi type into effective anti-aaro-
plane guns. About sixty of these
guns made in 1899 and which long ago
gave place to a more modern weapon,
have been recalled by the navy depart
ment from various Grand Army posts
and other semi-civic organizations to
which they were loaned, and are now
being converted at the Washington
navy yard into. sky searchers.
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Reports Are Unconfirmed.

London,-While Petrograd cores
po,ndents continue to declare the Rus
slams have won a great victory over
the Germans in Poland, official con-
frmation still is lacking. Although
Russian headquarters say the advan-
tage in the fighting remains with
their troops, Berlin declares that no
decisive battle has been fought. Some
German newspapers claim success for
their armies. . Az.
The silence of Grand Duke Nicholas,
Russian commandet.in-chief in the
East, as to the progress of the battle
in Poland, Is causing unfayorable
comment in Russia. Advices from
Petrograd say there is a feeling there
that perhaps newspaper claims of a
Russian success have been e1aggerat-
ed. .
In the western war zone compare
tive quiet prevails. No reports OF
heavy fighting have been recorded In
several days although there have been
intermittent artillery duels and small
infantry encounters having no decisive
effect.
Snow has interfered with fighting
10 Servia, where the Austrians are
making a supreme effort. ,
The Roumanian Parliament will
meet and the future of this kingdom
probably we be decided at once. 1t is
said Roumania is prepared to cede to
Bulgaria some of the territory which
she obtained after the second Balkan
var at the expense of her %neighbor.
This may mean that Bulgaria is about
to take her stand with the allies and
in return be permitted to straighten
out her boundaries and take more of
the country inhabited by her nation.
ais. In addition to a contingent of
21,000 men who already are in Eng
land, it is announced that Australia
has raised a second 10000 men.
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STEALS NEWS OVER
WIRE OF THE A. P.
TELEGRAPH OPERATOR FURN.
ISHEp BUREAU WITH LIFT.
ED MESSAGES.
HAS CONFESSED HIS GUILT
shrewd Detective Work Revealed the
Method Of Operation and culPrlt
Is Held In Court.

New York.-H. L. Under, a tele
graph operator in the employ OF the
Postal Telegraph Company and at
tached to the office Of the New York
Globe, was arrested here charged
with violating Section $50 Of the Pc
nal Law, in that he revealed the con-
tents Of a telegraphic message sent
out by the Associated Press.
For a long time it has been evil
dent that dispatches of the Associated
Press we're being systematically stol-
en- and were distributed by a number
of smaller agencies. A careful watch
was set upon the business and suspi-
cion pointed to a man employed IN
the office of The Globe, a New York
evening paper. The case was consid-
cred by the executive committee OF
Associated Press directors at the re-
cent meeting and a plan to detect the
%culprits and bring them to justice was
adopted.
For the purpose of transmitting the
more important new in bulletins,
wires connect the central office Of the
organization at 81 Chambers street
with the editorial rooms Of the va
rious members in New York. In the
office of The Globe these bulletins
were copied surreptitiously by Under
and repeated to the New York News
Bureau, a Wall Street concern. Ere
quently within two Or three minutes
after the receipt in the office OF The
Globe, they appeared on The News
Bureaus ticker and in the reports Of
the international News Service, the
Central News Of America and other
minor organizations.
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Votes to Divide Congress-.

Sumter.-By a vote Of $50 tos122 the
South Carolina Methodist conference
in session here decided not to, submit
to a referendum the question Of diyid-.
ing the, conference into two, as recon-
mended by the state conference and
approved by the, general conferences
of the church. The question Of the d.,
viding line was then taken up, but
before any decision on this point could
be reached the hour for Thanksgiving
services arrived and the whole matter
was postponed. The feature of the
days services was the strong sermon
by Bishop Wilson on the general sub
ject of Thanksgiving.
The second days session Of the con-
ference was entered upon with the
feeling that it was to be 8 notable one
in the history of South Carolina Meth
odism:
The devotional exercises were led
by the Rev. LIB. Traywick, who earn
estly besought Gods guidance during
the deliberations and the decisions OF
this days session.
The Rev. S. o. Cantey requested
the prayers Of the conference in be-
half of his sister, who is critically III
in Asheville, N. G.
Bishop Denny read his answers to
the legal questions bearing upon the
proposed division Of the conference.
Mr.. Gray offered a substitute for
the papers presented which substitute
proposed a referendum to the whole
church, so that the laymen could Re
press their preference on this I'M
portant issue.
The vote was taken by roll call
1872 yeas, 100 nays, and the substitute
was lost. ,.I
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SIavs Claim Partial Success


Petrograd.-The following official
report from general headquarters
was issued:
"The fighting between the Vistula
and the Wartha continues with great
persistence. We have obtained some
partial successes. The fights on the
front Of Czenstochowa-Cracow have re-
suited in no essential changes. We
have taken 1000 prisoners and some
machine guns. In Galicia the Aus
TRANS have evacuated Novy-Sandez,
under the pressure Of our troops"
Turks Claim Victory
London.-Reuter's Amsterdam cor
respondent says:
IAN official Constantinople telegram
says the Turkish cruiser Hamidieh
bombarded and destroyed the Russian
petroleum depots and wireless station
at Taupse, nea Novorossysk (on the
Black Seal. A heavy battle, lasting
nine hours, occurred or November Is
along the Shat-el-Arab river (this riv-
er empties into the Persian gulf and
forms part of the boundary between
the Persian and Turkish dominions)
between the British and Turkish
troops. The British losses were heavy.
Captured British soldiers declare the
wounded included the British COM
mander."
Turks Bombard Russiahs
Petrograd. - This communication
from the Russian general staff in the
Caucasus was issued:
"On the morning Of November 20
the Turkish cruiser Hamidieh, follow
ed by a 1otilla Of torpedo boats, ap-
peared off Tuapse and opened fire,
hurting 125 projectiles into the neigh
borhood. The Russian artillery replied
very effectively. Our losses were three
soldiers and a Sister of Charity wound
ed; one civilian killed and ten civilians
injured. The material damage vas in
significant"
Germans Shell Ypres
Paris.-The following official COM
m%unication was issued at the war Of
fee:
There has been a violent lombard
ment Of Ypres. The market place and
the town hall were destroyed. In
the region Of scissors and Vailly,
there was rather strong c~annonading.
An eyewitness with British head.
quarters in a long statement made
public recently gives official confirma-
ton of heavy German losses at Ypres.
He speaks of decimated battalions, Of
hundreds of dead left before the
trenches and of patches Of bodies
found in farm houses.
Explain To Uncle Sam
Washington.-Turkey has explained
voluntarily to the United States gov
eminent, through Ambassador Nor
genthau, that shots fired toward the
American cruiser Tennessee's launch
were intended merely as the custom
airy warning that the port Of Smyrna
was mined and closed to navigation.
Although the explanation is informal,
it was admitted at the white house
and the state and navy departments
that all danger of serious comDlica-
tons had disappeared.
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Poultry Show at Darlington.

Darlington.-This was a record day
for the Eastern Carolina Poultry show
"a record breaker in attendance, IN
the class Of birds exhibited and in the
amount Of interest manifested by
everybody in improved poultry hus-
bandry. It was the second day OF the
show and most of the awards have
been placed.
This is the second show to be given
in Darlington by the Eastern Carolina
Poultry, association, and though 1t Is
only the second effort poultrymen
from long distances spoke In the most
extravagant terms of the exhibition.
The financial depression OF the pres
ent year has effected the poultry
show all over the country, but Oar
lington's show was better an the whole
than last years and far greater
crowds have been In attendance.
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Discussed Germans Captured

London.-The Athens correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph says: "a
British destroyer has captured a Turk
ish sailing vessel on which were two
German officers in disguise. They
were proceeding to Smyrna. An Anglo.
French squadron fired on SOME Turk
ish torpedo boats in the Dardanelles,
but later disappeared. One shot from
the Turkish gunboat Marmaris hit a
British gunboat and caused an explo.
sion. Details are not yet available.
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Turks Defeat Russians

Berlin.-Offcial reports given out in
Constantinople and reaching Berlin re-
late the continued successful Turkish
advance upon Batum, the Russian port
on the Black sea. All the territory
between the Turko-Russian border and
the river Chursk is in Turkish hands,
while a Turkish force in the southern
part of this territory has taken Artw: L.
The Turks declare that the English
losses at Shatt-el-Arab amounted to
$50 dead and several thousand
wounded.
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Germans Check Russians

Petrograd.-The following official
statement from the Russian general
staff has been issued here: 1.-THE eff
forts of the Germans seem to be aim.
ed at trying to break down u front
between the Vistula and the Warta.
Northwest Of LODI we captured a bat.
terry of heavy artillery, ten machine
guns and several hundred prisoners
Stubborn fights on the C~zenstochowa
and Cracow fronts are developing nor.
mally. On November 17-1S we took
1000 Austrian prisoners"
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pidee Farmers Plant Grain.

Batesburg.-In the Ridge section
and particularly the trade territory
CONTAGIOUS to Batesburg, although no
concerted public action he's p~receaed
the farmers generally are planting
large quantities Of grain, many OF
them leaving cotton in the fields un-
nicked in order to &c. their grain In
the ground in season. A prominent
citizen Of this city, a farmer himself
and in close touch with farmers owe
a wide region, said that in this por-
ton of the Ridge section the matter OF
diversi6cation was adjusting itself.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS.

Blacksburg voted go to So in favor
of $4,000 bonds for a high school
building. -
Glenn. the five-year-old o Of Mr..
and Mrs. G. C. Cooper Of st. Matthews
was run over by a two-horse wagon
driven by an unknown negro. While
no bones were broken, the child suf-
fered severe bruises in the leg and
parts of the body.
E. J. Hunnicutt,. a Confederate vet
eran, Of Greenville, died recently.
The residence of NJ. Fred of Union
was destroyed by fire recently.
The thousand dollar mark was
passed in cash receipts for the Bel
>gian relief fund Of the Columbia
chamber, Of commerce. Contributions
have been received from many Sec
tons of the state, reaching total Of
$1,O73.49.
Recommending that Charleston buy
the Goose Greek waterworks plant
and connections for s1,500,000 and
spend 500, 900 in improvements, the
committee on water supply at a recent
meeting of city council launched a
movement that will probably mean
municipal ownership Of water ser,
vice here in a short while.
Shandon Methodist church in Co.
lumbia, built five years ago at a cost
of $40, 900, was entirely destroyed by
fire a few days ago.
A Barnwell county farmer is sowing
grain to cut down his mule power.
Mayor Charles A. Bland, Of Char
lotte, delivered an address at Gaffney
recently.
. The Boosters" of South Carolina
held their annual meeting in Rock
Hill.
Fire destroyed the residence of DR..
C. F. Williams at Columbia recently.
Loss $500.
Hundreds of South Carolina
Shriners visited Florence recently.
Further figures on the erection Of
the state tuberculosis hospital On the
Boyleston tract at State Park call for
the expenditure of s9,312.50 before the
sanitarium is ready for occupancy.
Citizens of Aiken will file a petit
ton with the railroad commission
asking that the Augusta-Aiken rate
case be %reopened on the ground of
after discovered data.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lever
of South Carolina, in a letter received
at Washington, announces his inten-
ton to press the cotton warehouse IL
censing bill for passage during first
week of the coming session of con-
gress. The measure, passed already
by the senate, provides for Federal
supervision to make warehouse re-
ceipts acceptable as commercial
paper.
The First Baptist church at Ian.
caster has installed a SO, 900 pipe or
gan.
Mrs. Lizzie Bennett, an aged
near Fort Mill, was burned to death
recently.
Sumter County Girls Tomato Clubs
have had a successful year.
The newly elected directors for the
state fair are: Bruce Walker Raven
ell, William M. Otis, B. R. Cooner,
George L. Baker, w. NJ. Perry. A. B.
Langley and Charles H. Barron.
A. D. Taylor, John E. Richter and
S.. Harrison lost their lives in
an auto accident at Florence recently.
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Burned Under Car.

Wilmington, Del.-The body Of an
automobile driver found burned to
death under his a at Newcastel,
neal here, was identified as that of
Harry Doughty, Of Franklin City, Va.
The body "a found by the crew Of a
trolley car. 1t is believed Doughty
was on his way from Wilmington
to his home alone when the car
turned turtle and pinned him be-
meath 1t.
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Fire On Turkish Fort

Petrograd.-The following officials
communication from the headquarters
of the army Of the Caucasus was is
sued: Russian warships November
10 bombarded the port of Khopa, in
Turkish Armenia, on the Black sea,
whence the Turks we're preparing an
offensive movement in the direction
Of different passes of the Zatcharekh
region. The port barracks and the
custom house were destroyed, the am
munition blown up and the place set
afre."
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QUARANTINE LIGHTENED.
Several States Given Release From
lids Cattle Law.

Cattle Law. .
Washington.-Parts of Wisconsin,
Illinois and Iowa were ordered releas-
ed from some restrictions Of the Fed.
eral livestock quarantine against foot
and mouth disease. The order, issued
by the department of agriculture, ef-
fective November 80, provides that
cattle for immediate slaughter may b.
shipped in interstate commerce from
the counties named and be. received
for feeding purposes, but not shipped
out for feeding elsewhere.
All but II counties in Wisconsin, all
but 81 in Iowa and a score in Illinois
are released. ..,,.
The release order will be followed
as rapidly as possible by others lift
ing the quarantine in all localities
where the disease has been eradi-
Gated.
The discovery of the disease among
cattle and hogs at Waterford, Va,
resulted in a quarantine covering
parts of London County, Virginia.
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Marion For Irish PotSsoes.

Marion.-The Marion Boosters d.
their regular monthly smoker, fear
tured the growing of Irish potatoes
next spring. The farmers OF the
ounty were invited and a large num-
Der attended, some driving Is miles
to be present. Mr.. Frampton, agrl-
cultural secretary Of the Charleston
chamber of commerce, who is also a
large grower of potatoes, and w. H.
Mixson, of Charleston were present
by invitation and addressed the farm
ers on the successful growing and
marketing of Irish potatoes.