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" A sdispktchi from Berlin says 1t .is
reported there that the British Indian
troops along the SueS canal have been
defeated and that the Turks are ad.
yancfng with heavy batteries to de-
stroy the constructive works sof the
canal and bottle up. the British war
ships now in that waterway. fss.Sss
Considerable diplomatic activity. In
the Balkans is reported. There Is
talk OF reorganization of the Balkan
league which would bring to the side
OF the Allies all the Balkan states.
The Earl OF zBeauchamp. first COM
missioner of works In The British cab
inets In q speech at a banquet tn the
officers OF the Santa Claus ship Jason
atiPlymouth, made statement which
ts attracting considerable interest. In
expressing England's appreciation OF
the peace treaty between Great Brit
ain and the United States he was nbt
at, all sure that within the;rnext few
months the possibilities /: OF 5a future
peace. would not he tialong 1.-The g IineS
suggested. ibyn President WILSON, and
Secretary ion. State Bryan. ~ Sgs.ss ;.;S
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LONDON. NoY.. While the RuB-
sian army head dQunSters remains si-
leht and the Germans claim to have
checked. attempts. On the; part of, the
Russians to take the offensive, the
military party III Petrpgrad has shown
fts full confidence In the unofficial re.
ports OF a Russian. victory In north
ern Poland by celebrating The; went.
It fs even said In the Russian cap:
itaI that the victory was greater. than
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WYATT AIKEN TALKS
OF COTTON QUESTION
ATTITUDE OF CONGRESS ON
MATTER OF LENDING AID
TO FARMERS
SEES LITTLE HELP
Takes Step Which He Believes
Night Help in Boosting Price
Of Staple.
(From Thursdays Dsily.)

WuAle SOutuefu congressman nave
from the beginning felt the sincerest
sympathy with the cotton grower in
his extremity and almost without ex-
ception they have voted and worked
for every measure of relief offered, It
has been apparent from the Begin
ming that little help could be expect
ed from the National - Government
even. Democratic. Congressmen from
aon-cotton growing sections could not
be brought to see the question except.
as a sectional. measure and the" Re-
publicans ge.l orally were against any
legislation oi the charcter sought.
There are phases, Of this cotton
question that should be we'll consfd-.
cred before being. adopted. The, Unit
ed States still has practical, mono
poly or cotton production but that
monopoly .s falling away year by
year. .,.,s,,, < l,.;... l pa :, -,. $50
Varying statemente of the world
supply of raw material places the for
eign production at about AZ per cent,
averaged.
Cotton is an adopted crop in the
United States, while it is Indigenous
to the soils Of India and South Ameri-
ca. It grew WILD in India from the ear
Hest recorded times and as early as
400 years before the Christian era
cotton was cultivated thele and the
staple woven into cloth that consti-
tuted the principal article of clothing
worn by the natives.
when Cortez conquered Mexico he
found the natives clothed in cotton
:. garments OF their own weaving. 5:,,4.'
Enthusiastically the temperate sec
tidn Of South America, algTeat part OF
India and Egypt and the temperate
section of Africa are as we'll suited
to cotton raising as is the United
hStateBi iand. European interests are de.
veloping the cultivation oft;cotton, in
these sections. The first Igreatiimpeitus
(, that, was given TO- cotton production
by foreign countries came as q result
''ofs the war'pf secession. From n nom,
inai pr6Ri ION lin preVf5uS Years Eg:
SEtcproGaeed. ia,. 1850, Italics anii
in 1876; |; Il 392 ,5757 bales, IN 1914 Sic
produced 984, 600 bales Weighing 700
pounds. Last year she Produced q few
more than. one itIiIlioi weiEhing .780
aponnda. 5TaS;. 0A; . :nope. tipS hlf,
'sThe same growth is noted i'm the
production in India, That country pro
sdnced In 1888, 2,s57 ,0o0 bales and irif
1910. 6,S17. 900 bales. India now pro-
duces more than six million bales.
f;t'While t,tlio idea OF diversiflcation
and reduction of cotton acreage is un-
donbte6Iy good one. this reduction
should not be radical. The cotton crou
crop. Of the South. and radical reiIuc.
tion of acreage means to turn turn r. f over
to the foreigner.
Cotton spinning has underenne
perhaps even greater changes of Iol
catttv fhoy;. cnttn,, frrod d,,at,c
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BRITISH SINK FOUR
GERMAN VESSELS
BATTLE ON SEAS FOUGHT OFF
HELlGOLAND, BRITISH CLAIM
VICTORY.
WILL USE THE EAST INDIANS
Natives of India to Help England
Germans Burn Historic louvain
and Threaten Brussels.

London.-Fleets of Great Britain
and Germany at last have come to
grips, and, according to reports from
London, victory lay with the British.
In a battle with British warships
off the Island of Heligoland, in the
North Sea, the Germans are reported
to have lost two cruisers and many of
their destroyers were badly battered.
The British claimed not to have
suffered the loss of a vessel and de-
clared there were few fatalities on
board the vessels of their fleet. The
German casualties were not stated.
The Island of Heligoland, which lies
As miles off the mouths of the Rivers
Elbe and Weser, always has been re-
garded a point of great strategic value
for the protection of the Kaiser Will
helm Canal and otherwise in the
naval defence Of Germany. Recent
reports had it that a large part of the
flower of the German Navy lay in the
waters adjacent to the mouths OF the
Elbe and Weser and in the Kaiser
Wilhelm Canal.
The French War Office in a state
ment said laconically that the situa-
ton along it's lines showed no change,
adding that the Germans apparently
have slackened their march" That
was all.
One of the most important an
nouncements was made by Marquis OF
Crewe in the House of Lords. 1t was
that Great Britain would draw on the
native forces in British India to rein
force her armies in Europe.
The German forts at Tsing-Tau fired
on two Japanese cruisers reconnoiter-
ing off the fortress. One Of the cruis-
ers was said to have been damaged.
Louvain, a Belgian town Of $4,000
inhabitants and with many historic
buildings, is reported to have been
burned by the Germans as an act OF
reprisal for alleged firing on German
soldiers by Belgian citizens. The Bel
gians claim, however, that the people
Of Louvain did not commit the hostile
act charged, but that it was the Ger
mans themselves who fired on their
fellow c~ountrymen.
Because of the non-payment of a
war levy Of $40, 900, 900 the Germans,
it is said, threaten to seize the famous
pictures and objects Of art in the
Brussels museums.
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VESSEL SINKS; ELEVEN PERISH.
Admiral Sampson Rammed Steamer OF
Canadian Pacific Line.

Admiral Sampson Rammed Steamer OF
Canadian Pacific Line.
Seattle, Wash.-Eleven lives were
lost when the steel passenger steam
ship Admiral Sampson Of the Pacific
Alaska Navigation Company was ram
med and sunk by the Canadian Pacific
passenger steamer, Princess Victoria
off Point Point, 20 miles north OF
Seattle, during a fog and thick smoke
from forest fires. The Princess Vic
toria brought the servivors to Seattle.
Eight of the lost were members of
the crew and three were passengers.
Captain Moore could have saved
himself, but he declared he would go
down wit hthe ship. He did.
down with the ship. He did.
Ezra Byrnes, fatally burned by e1-
plosion Of oil tank, died In Seattle
hospital.
G. w. Bryant, painter, bound for
Seward, Alaska.
Mrs. Ruby Banby, Seattle.
The steamship company says the
three were the only passengers lost.
On the Princess Victoria the Samp-
sons purser called the roll Of pas
sengers as made up by him, and six
persons did not respond. However,
tn, list may have been inaccurate.
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FRANCE DEPENDS
ON PRESENT BATTLE
If FRANCE LOSES IN PRESENT
BATTLE MACHINE WILL BE
CRUSHED.
RECALL ARMY FROM ALSACE
A French Statement Says 1t Will BE
Necessary to Use Them Elsewhere
to Check the German Advance.

Paris.-The war office has issued
the following official announcement:
The commandments, requiring
all available forces On the Mouse,
has ordered the progressive abandon
ment Of the occupied territory. Muel-
hansen again has been evacuatd.
A new battle is in progress be-
tween Maubeuge department of the
Nord) and Donor, in Central Vosges.
On 1t hangs the fate Of France. Oper-
atoms in Alsace along the Rhine
would take away troops on which
might depend victory. 1t is necessary
that they all withdraw from Alsace
temporarily to assure its final deliver
ance. 1t is a matter of hard neces-
sity.
West of the Meuse as a result OF
orders issued recently by the COM
manding chief, the troops which are
to remain on the covering line to take
up the defensive, r massed as fol-
lows:
The French and British troops &C.
cupy a front near Givet, which they
gained by hard fighting. They are
holding their adversaries and sharp
ly checking their attacks.
East Of the Mouse Il troops have
gained their original positions COM
manding the roads out Of great for
est Adrennes.
To the right we assumed the Of
fensive, driving back the enemy by a
vigorous onslaught, but General Joffre
stopped pursuit to re~-establish his
front along the line already decided
on. In this attack our troops showed
admirable dash. The sixth corps no
tably inflicted punishment on the
enemy close to Virton.
In Lorraine the two armies have
begun a combined attack, a start
ing from Grand Couronne de Nancy,
and the other from south Of L~uneville.
The engagement which began a few
days ago continues at the time OF
writing. The sound of cannonading
Is not heard at Nancy as 1t was.
The fifteenth corps, which suffered
heavily in the last fight, had the gaps
in It's ranks filled and formed part of
one of the two armies. 1t executed a
brilliant counter-attack in the Valley
Of Vezouze. The attitude Of the troops
was splendid, effacing all memories
of their conduct on August 20.
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Farmers Must HeIp Selves.

Fitz Hugh McMaster state commits
sioner of insurance, made the sugges-
tion recently to E. W. Dabbs of Mayes-
vile, president of the South Carolina
Farmers Union, that farmers organize
among themselves a mutual co-opera-
tive company, to insure small lots of
cotton held on farms.
There is no difficulty in obtaining
insurance on cotton stored in stand.
ard warehouses, and there are facili-
ties also for obtaining insurance on
cotton stored in large quantities in
the open, but there is hardly any
means by which the farmers can in
sure their cotton which they keep on
the farm unless they have a very
large quantity. The average farmer
who has only five to Is bales, can not
get insurance, therefore must carry
all the risk himself.
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GERMANS REPULSE
THE ALLIED ARMIES
FRANCE ADMITS THAT FORCES
HAVE MET STUBBORN Oh.
STACLES.
LOSS OF ALLIES WAS HEAVY
Statement Officially Made Claims For
Army's Moral and Physical Well
being-chanse Fighting Plans.

Paris.-The French War Office is-
sued the following announcement.
1.-THE French and English, the plan
of attack having failed, owing to un-
forseen difficulties, have retired on
the covering positions.
"West Of the Meuse the English
Army on our left was attacked by the
Germans, but behaved admirably,
holding it's ground with traditional
steadfastness.
1.-The French assumed the offensive
with two army corps. An African
brigade in the front line, carried away
by their eagerness, were received by
a murderous fire. They did not give
an inch, but, counter-attacned by the
Prussian guard, they were obliged to
retire, only, however, after inficting
enormous losses. The Prussian guard
especially suffered heavily.
East of the Muese our troops ad-
vanced across an extremely difficult
country and made vigorous attack
when they emerged from the woods,
but were obliged to fall back after a
stiff fight south of the River Semois.
ION order Of General Joffre our
troops and the British troops with.
drew to the covering positions. Our
troops are intact; u cavalry has In
no way suffered and our artillery has
affirmed its superiority. Our officers
and soldiers are in the best Of con-
dition, morally and physically.
"As a result of the orders which
have been issued the aspect OF the
struggle will change for a few days.
The French army will remain for a
time on the defensive but at the right
moment, to be decided on by the com
manderin-chief, it will resume a Wig
orous offensive.
"Our losses are heavy; 1t would be
premature to enumerate them. 1t
would be equally so to enumerate
those of the Germans, who suffered
so heavily that they were obliged to
abandon their counter-attacks and es.
tablish themselves in fresh positions
in Lorraine.
We delivered four attacks from our
positions north of Nancy, in1icting
very heavy loss on the enemy.
I'm regard to the general situa-
ton We have the full use of our rail-
roads, and retain command of the
seas. Our operations have enabled
the Russians to come into action, and
penetrate the heart Of West Prussia.
1t is to be regretted that the often
sive operations planned failed to
achieve their purpose as a result of
difficulties impossible to foresee. 1t
would have shortened the war, but
u defences remain intact in the
presence of an already weakened
enemy"
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SheIIed an Island.

Tsing-Tau.-Vice Admiral Sadakichi
Kato from his flagship sant a wireless
message to Governor Meyer Waldeck
declaring Il blockade off the leased
territory OF Kiao-Chow. Later the
japanese w~arships appeared outside
the harbOr and siieiled 4 small island
off the coast which vas not occupied
by the Germans. The German Gov
ernor mortified Willis r. Peck, Ameri-
can Consul Il: KiarCiow that he had
Il hours to leave. NJ. Peck, however,
elected tc remain.
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COTTON GROWER HAS CASH.
McAdoo Says Cooperation Of susi-
ness Should Relieve Stringency.

ness SnOulQ hCilCSC HiISCiiSJ'
Observation-Disclosures with a maturity
Of not longer than four months, secur-
ed by warehouse receipts for cotton
or tobacco, will be accepted by the
Treasury Department from National
banks as a basis for the issue Of add
tional currency which may be used
to help farmers pick and market their
cotton and tobacco crops.
These notes, according to an an
nouncement from the department will
be accepted at rs per cent Of their
face value and must be presented
through currency associations provid-
ed under the Northumberland law.
In making this announcement Secre-
tary McAdoo said there Is adequate
power under existing law to issue
enough currency through National
banks to meet any reasonable demand
and reiterated his statement that ut
is not necessary to extend the note
issuing. privilege to state banks" He
pointed out that he has power to issue
one billion dollars Of additional cur
rency II required.
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EXPECT RUSSIANS
T0P|ERCEG GERMANY
SHOULD TUEToNS FORCE WAY
TO PARIS, THE CAR SHOULD
REACH BERLIN.
BIG WAR NEWS SCARE ALLEN
French Change Tactics From Brilliant
Offensive to Better Protection OF
the Frontier.

London.-A closer veil than ever
seems to be drawn over the progress
of the war. Little news has come to
hand concerning the operations on
either front. The Russians, however,
appear to be continuing their advance
in East Prussia towards Posen, with
the Germans in retreat.
The only Jews from the French
side is that French troops were at
tackled along the Alsace-Lorraine line,
but repulsed all attacks successfully.
There is no indication that the Ger
man attack was in any great force
but, if it was, the French success
shows that they now are in a strong
position along this frontier from
which they were driven only by great
sacrifice on the part of the Ger
mans.
A more hopeful feeling prevails in
England as to the strength Of the
French defensive position. The re-
pulse the French suffered at Char.
leroi has been partly due to the de-
sire of the French army to achieve
a brilliant incursion into Alsaces and
Lorraine which led them to ~eaken
their forces on the Belgian frontier.
Having recognized the danger of this
course they now have reverted to
what appears to experts to be a more
legitimate strategy, abandoning their
invasion Of the lost provinces and
concentrating their strength in the
defence of the northern frontier.
While it cannot be said that the
British people regard the absence OF
news and the withholding Of the list
Of British casualties with compla-
cence, they display a large store OF
patience and confidence in Kitchener
and the war Office and the feeling OF
depression evident on the first news
of the reverse suffered by the Allies
to some extent has disappeared now
that it is known the Germans must
make tremendous sacrifices.
Much is also hoped from the unex-
pected progress Of the Russian armies
In Prussia and the fact that the Aus
TRANS have been compelled to aban-
don their campaign against Servia.
The belief Is held here that even
should the Germans succeed In reach
ing Paris, the Russians will almost
certainly reach Berlin. ~;
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Profitable Week For the Farmers.

Between $1,000 and $1,000 farm"
ers attended the 123 farmers in
stitutes held in South Carolina
this summer, according to w. w.
Long, state agent for the United
States farm demonstration work and
director of the Clemson College ex-
tension work, who was in Columbia
recently.
The attendance was more than
expected" said Mr.. Long, because
of the political rallies in the various
counties" The farmers Institutes
were held in every county in the
state. The lectures were delivered by
experts from Clemson College and a
wide field of subjects was covered
in the addresses.
Last week DR.. Cyril Hopkins de-
livered five addresses in South Caro-.
lima.
Discussing the agricultural situa
ton, Mr.. Long said:
The tour of DR.. Cyril H. Hopkins
came to an end yesterday at Florence,
He came into the state last Monday,
speaking to an audience of 700 farm.
ers at Greer in Greenville county. The
following places were visited in the
order named Columbia, st. Mat
thews, Rock Hill, Darlington and
Florence.
Or. Hopkins was met by several
thousand farmers during his stay and
his highly instructive lectures created
a great deal of enthusiasm among
the agricultural classes. I invited
DR.. Hopkins to come TO South Caro-.
lima and make this tour, as he is
recognized not only in this country,
but abroad, as one of the greatest
students Of the soil.
1.-The slogan of the demonstration
forces for the past year has been
Soil Building because we realized
that in order to have a prosperous
people we would have to have a fer
tile soil. A poor soil breeds only poor
people. Wealth can be created only
from a fertile soil. We must have
wealth in order to have taxes. We
must have taxes in order to have
school facilities. We must have
school facilities in order to have edu-
cation. Education means intelligence,
intelligence e progress, so in the
last analysis the basic principle is soil
fertility. Realizing this we brought
this great agricultarist into South Car
DINA so that he might lend his in
fuence and power to this wo!-: that
we are trying to do"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
TAUT 250M|LEL LINE
OPPOSE GERMANS
BRITISH AND FRENCH ARMIES
FIGHT AGAINST ADVANCE OF
GERMANS.
GERMAN CRUISER Is SUNK
Wilhelm der Crosse Sunk by British
High Flyer Off African Coast
Gen. Joffre Praises.

London.-The conflict of millions at
last is in progress.
Even the sinking of the German
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
pales besides news of the titanic
battle and the realization that the
Allies are fighting to block the road
to Paris, with the Germans hardly
farther away than New York is from
Philadelphia.
Meanwhile the Russian host is
drawing nearer to Berlin. Not even
during the first great struggle be-
tween Europe and Asia ON the far
Manchurian Plains was the enormous
battle fought in such impenetrable
silence as far as concerns the outer
world.
Only the vaguest generalities are
given to the. people Of Great Britain
and France by their respective Gov
ernments. Probably the German
people know as little as outsiders
of what their armies ARE accomplish
ing.
Among the information the public
obtained today was the report an
nounced by Premier Asquith in the
House of Commons that the army
was engaged against a superior force
and fought splendidly.
Winston Spencer Churchill, First
Lord Of the Admiralty, announced the
sinking of the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse in the House Of Commons to-
day. He said:
1.-The Admiralty has just received
intelligence that the German armed
merchant cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, of $4,000 tons, and armed with
10 4-inch guns has been sunk by the
H. M. S. High Flyer, off the west coast
Of Africa.
This is the vessel which has been
interfering with traffic between this
country and the cape and is n OF
the very few German armed auxiliary
cruisers which succeeded in getting to
sea. The survivors were landed be-
| fore the vessel sank. The High Flyer
had one killed and one wounded"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-02
LONDON FEARS GERMANS.
Afraid the Tueton Army Will Force
Way Into Paris.

~ ~ e'S
Way Into Paris.
London.-News of the gravest char
acter came from France, where IN a
single week the aspects Of the opera
tons have changed entirely.
Last week the allied armies were
pursuing an offensive campaign on all
the frontiers. Now according to oft-
cial news received from Berlin EN-
peror William is congratulating his
people on the success Of the German
arms in the task of putting the iron
ring" around the allied armies from
Cambria, Department Of Du Nord,
France, to the Vesges, while Lord
Kitchener, the British War Minister,
,nme r1to Parliament with the an
nouncement that troops from India
were being called to help the British
Army in France and that the British
Army is to be reinforced Immediately.
The only consolation offered the
British public was the statement
from Field Marshal Sir John French
that in the heavy fighting against tre-
mendous odds the British troops, who
suffered severely, bore themselves
with conspicuous bravery.
1t already is realized that the ter
rible struggle is only at its begin
ming and that the German plan Of
campaign, openly revealed to Sir Will
liam Edward Goschen, then British
Ambassador to Germany, by Gottlieb
Won Jagow, the German Foreign Sec
rotary, as shown by the official paper
published a few days ago.