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VOLUME V. NUMBER 38.
BAHLE TIDE NOW
FAVORS THE ALLIES
Kew And Important Successes Scored
On Both The East And West
Battle Front
GERMANS ADMIT REVERSES
.Russians Capture Thousands Os Pris
oners And Numerous Guns—Suc
cesses Scored By British
Paris. —In Volhynia, in the region
■of Lutsk, where the troops of the Teu
tonic allies have been forced to give
ground before the attacks of the Rus
sians, and retire behind the lower
Lipa river, the Russians continue to
.press their foes and are taking addi
tional prisoners. Petrograd announc
-es that some thirteen thousand prison
ers were taken. Intermitten bom
■bardments and local fights between
infantry are taking place in the Cau
• casus region between the Turks and
the Russians. No important changes'
-have taken place in this theater.
British Make Steady Gains
London." —The successes of the en
tente allies are following each other
With great rapidity. News of further
important gains for them both on the
western and eastern front, aroused
enthusiasm .among the British pub
lic hardly less than that caused by
■die reception of the news of the al
lied offensive. The dispatch of Gen
eral Haig shows that the steady pres
sure of the British arms is forcing
an ever-deepening salient into the Ger
man lines, and the commander-in-chiet
tor the first time produces evidence
-in the shape of documents captured
.from the Germany giving testimony
-as to th® high I?^® the Germans
are paying in casualties. The British
have improved their positi on along al
most the whple of the line or the bat
tle front, capturing by assault 1,500
yards of German second line positions
north of the Bazentine-le-Petit ^ood,
-a strong German position at the Wa
terlot farm between Longvieval and
■GuillemonL besides /completing the
capture of tip§ "whole of the villages
-of Orvillers and La Boiselle.
'WAR IS COSTING BRITAIN
OVER $30,000,000 DAILY
But With The Allies Winning East
And West, Sacrifice Is
Not Grudged
London. —British expenditures have
how reached a total of more than
£6,000,000 daily, according to a state
ment made by Reginald McKenna,
'Chancellor of the exchequer, in the
house of commons, but with such news
•as the successes of the entente allies
on all fronts this sacrifice is nowhere
grudged. .
While the powers of endurance of
the Teutonic allies, should they be
forced to act entirely on the defen
sive, have still to be tested, the Brit
ish nation is full of confidence. It
is taking nothing for granted but it
is fully prepared to acquiesce in the
advice of the leading ministers, who
■ are exhorting the nation to the need
of patience.
Chancellor McKenna told the house
■•of commons that nobody could esti
mate what the nation’s war expendi
tures might be a month ahead. He
also intimated that it would become
necessary this week to ask parlia
ment for fresh borrowing powers.
Notification Delayed By President
Washington.—President Wilson de
•cided to change the tentative plan for
holding the notification ceremonies
-August 5, because he desired to post
pone them until after the adjourn
ment of congress. The decision was
announced by Vance McCormick,
■chairman of the Democratic national
committee.
<One Lone Frenchman In Thirty Towns
Paris.—Only one French inhabitant
■■was found in thirty villages retaken
•by the French and the British in their
•offensive in the Somme region. He
was a farmer who had hid in a cel
lar at Belloy,. when the Germans on
-June 25 ordered every French civil
ian into the interior in anticipation of
■an entente allied attack.
Wilson Signs Rural Credit Measure
Washington.—President Wilson has
signed the rural credits bill passed
recently by congress. A group of
senators, representatives and officers
of farmers’ organizations applauded
iwarmly as Mr. Wilson affixed his sig
nature. Just before signing the meas
jure, which creates a system of twelve
|and loan banks under the direction
Os a federal board, the president made
If short address, pointing out the ben
fits he believed both farmers and the
Investing community would enjoy un
der its operation.
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Ilie SulirHn
INCREASE INJOREIGN TRADE
FIGURES FOR UNITED STATES
EXCEED ALL PREVIOUS
RECORDS
Exports Were $4,345,000,000 And Im
ports s2,lßo,ooo,ooo—War Muni
tions Dominating Trade
Washington.—The country’s foreign
trade during the fiscal year ending
with last month reached a total of
$6,525,000,000, exceeding by many mil
lions, all previous records, according
to preliminary figures announced by
the commerce department. Exports
were valued at $4,345,000,000 and im
ports at $2,180,000,000. The figures
are based on complete returns for the
first eleven months of the year and
estimates for June.
Great Business In Explosives
The war munitions trade was the
predominatnig factor in establishing
the new export record. Iron and steel
exports jumped from $226,000,000 in
the previous fiscal year to $618,000,000,
and explosives from $41,000,000 to
$473,000,000. In 1914 the explosives
exports amounted to only $6,000,000.
Principal Exports
Raw cotton exported during the fis
cal year was valued at $370,000,000,
compared to $376,000,000 the year pre
vious; wheat and flour $314,000,000
compared to $428,000,000; meats $270,-
000,000, compared to $206,000,000; cop
per manufactures $170,000,000, com
pared to $109,000,000; mineral oils
$165,000,000, compared to $134,000,-
000; brass and manufactures $126,-
000,000 compared to $21,000,000; auto
mobiles and parts $123,000,000, com
pared to $68,000,000; chemicals $123,-
000,000, compared to $46,000,000; cot
ton manufactures $112,000,000, com
pared to $72,000,000.
Principal Imports
The principal imports were: Sugar
$206,000,000 compared to $174,000,000
in the fiscal year 1915; rubber and its
substitutes $159,000,000, compared to
$87,000,000; hides and skins $157,000,-
000, compared to $104,000,000; raw
wool $145,000,000, compared to $68,-
000,000; raw silk $122,000,000, com
pared to $81,000,000; coffee $117,-
000,000, compared to $10^,000,000, and
chemicals and drugs $108,000,00, com
pared to $84,000,000.
MAN-EATING SHARK KILLS
TWO; INJURES THIRD
Boys Were Attacked While Bathing
Along The New Jersey
Coast
Matawan, N. J. —Lester Stillwell,
12 years old, was killed by a shark
while bathing in an arm of Raritan
bay, near here. Stanley Fisher, 24
years old, who went to his aid, was
so badly injured in a struggle with
the huge fish that he died while be
ing taken to a Long Branch hosfßThl.
Joseph Dunn, 12 years old, bathing
some distance away in the same in
let, was attacked by a shark and one
of his legs was so lacerated it prob
ably will have to be amputated.
Attempt At Rescue Futile
A dozen or more boys bathing in the
inlet heard Stillwell’s screams for
help. Fisher Went to the rescue. He
had gone only a few feet when the
shark attacked him, tearing a piece
out of one thigh. In spite of his wound
Fisher caught the boy up in his arms
and had started for shore when the
shark renewed the attack. Burdened
as he was, Fisher was helpless and
the shark snapped off his leg. Fisher
released his hold on Stillwell and
himself sank beneath the surface un
conscious.
Shark Finally Driven Off
Heedless of the danger, another boy
sprang into the inlet and dragged
Fisher out. The Dunn boy, according
to persons standing on the bank, also
was attacked soon after going into the
water. An elder brother and another
boy went to his rescue. They succeed
ed in driving off the shark, but not
until after the younger Dunn’s leg
had been torn almost to shreds from
the knee down.
6 Negro Troopers Burled In Arlington
Washington.—The bodies of six ne
gro troopers killed at Cafrizal, were
buried in Arlington cemetery with full
military honors. None had been iden
tified. The body of Capt. C. T. Boyd,
who died at the head of his command
in the Carrizal fight, was also buried
in Arlington.
Powder Plant Wrecked By Lightning
Trinidad, Colo. —An explosion of one
magazine at the DuPont de Nemours
Powder company at Augusta, four
miles east of Aguilar, wrecked the
major portion of the plant, shook the
town of Aguilar, shattered windows
of houses in the vicinity for two or
three miles, and cut off telephone
communication of the plant and near
by stations. When communication was
restored it was discovered that none
of the employees had been injured.
The explosion Is said to have been
caused by lightning.
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916.
DEVASTATION IS
CAUSED BY FLOODS
Tremendous Damage In North And South
Carolina And Virginia—Property
Over $10,000,000
! A NUMBER IFIIVES LOST
• Damage To Cotton Mills Heavy And
. Hundreds Are Homeless —Many
Bridges Washed Away
’ Columbia, S. C. —Serious floods in
' North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia caused many deaths, render
ed hundreds homeless, damaged prop
erty and crops to the extent of $lO,-
1 000,000, according to first estimates,
’ and demoralized railway, telegraph
and telephone communication. Fol
-1 lowing the hurricane that struck the
’ south Atlantic coast, unprecedented
’ rains have fallen, driving rivers and
' smaller streams from their banks and
imperilling many lives. The French
Broad river has broken from its
■ course near Asheville, N. C., flooding
, factories and homes in the lower part
■ of that city. At Biltmore, N. C., three
I persons, Capt. J. C. Lipe, Miss Nellie
■ Lipe and Mrs. Leo Mulholland, were
■ drowned when their house was flood
• ed. Two persons were drowned at
i Asheville while trying to put food into
• the upper story of the Glenn Rock ho
- tel. Many were marooned in their
■ residences along the river, and res
• cue parties for hours fought their way
• against the rushing current in an es
• fort to reach them. Swift streams
-of water flowed down some of the
streets of lower Asheville.
Big Dams Broken
Throughout western North Carolina
I the situation was serious. The big
> dam at Lake Toxaway, the noted re
i sort, is threatened, and two dams at
• Hendersonville are reported to have
■ collapsed, loosening hundreds of tons
• of water. The railway bridge over
the Catawba river at Belmont, N. C.,
- has been washed away, carrying eigh
l teen men into the river. The lail
- way bridge over the Catawba river at
Mount Holly, N. C., has collapsed, as
has that over the Catawba on the
Salisbury-Asheville line. An earth fill
I at the Lookout Shoals power dam near
Shelby, N. C., has yielded and the
। East Mondo, West Mondo, Liladoun
and Alspauge cotton mills are under
water. Reports from Spartanburg, S.
C., tell of heavy crop damage by the
, rains that have fallen in South Caro
lina.
Big Property Damage
The total damage to cotton mills,
i wood-working plants and lumber mills
along the French Broad, Broad and
■ Swanannoa rivers is estimated from a
million and a half to two million dol
: lars. This does not include losses sus
tained by plants outside the county
i whence definite reports have not been
rsceived. In and around the village
of Biltmore, N. C., the property loss,
including wood-working plants and
, lumber yards, is estimated at three
. hundred thousand dollars.
NO MORE GUARDSMEN
FOR MEXICAN BORDER
Troops In Camp Will Be Held Until
Thoroughly Equipped And
Organized
Washington.—The war department
has sent orders to all department com
manders to delay transportation to the
border of National Guard organizations
now mobilizing until they are thor
oughly equipped and organized. The
I effort will be to revoke a ruling is
sued when the Mexican situation was
acute, waiving certain requirements.
The order will affect about twenty
five thousand men still help in the
camps.
100,000 Guardsmen At Border
The latest information of the de
partment is that about one hundred
thousand National Guardsmen are now
at the border. With the 50,000 regu
lars there and 5,000 additional men
called from the reserves. Officials es
timate that the American strength on
border service within a few weeks
will be adequate to cope with any
present emergency, and will make un
necessary the dispatch of any more
guardsmen until they are completely
equipped and organized.
Orpet Found Not Guilty Os Murder
Waukegan, Ill.—William H. Orpet,
the university student charged with
' murdering Marion Lambert, a high
school girl and his former sweetheart,
was found not guilty by a jury In
Judge Donnelly’s court, after five
hours’ deliberation. Three ballots
were taken. The first two stood 11
to 1 for acquittal. Orpet, brought from
his cell to hear the verdict, was si
lent through excess of emotion. He
was barely able to return the hand
claps of his attorneys. He shook
hands with the jury, however.
RUSSIANS UKiVE AT TURKEY
RUSSIANS HAVE BECOME GREAT
OFFENSIVE IN ERZERUM
REGION
West Os The Stripa The Russians
Have Captured Thirty-Two
Hundr-d Prisoners
London.—West of the Stripa, in fu
rious Austrian counter attacks, the
Russians have taken another 3,200
prisoners. The most important news
from the Russian side is in regard
to the operations in the Caucasus.
The Grand Duke Nicholas reports con
tinuous and substantial progress and
successes against the Turks, and ap
parently is launching another great
offensive in the region of Erzerum
and Baiburt, aimed at the very heart
of the Turkish empire. A successful
Russian advance along this line would
cut off the Turkish armies in the
south and again place Bagdad in jeop
ardy.
A Teutonic offensive near Stoby
chwar, northeast of Kovel, in an at
tempt to drive the Russians from the
left bank of the Stokbod river, failed,
according to a statement by the war
office. In an earlier statement the
war office announced that a furious
counter attack was launched by Aus
trian and German forces against the
Russians west of the Stripa. The
announcement says that in this region
the Russians took 3,200 prisoners and
captured two guns and nineteen ma
chine guns.
On the Caucasus front west of Er
zerum the offensive is proceeding
succeessfully and a series of Turk
■ ish positions already is in Russian
control. In many important sectors
large columns of the Austrians have
been observed beating retreat west
ward. The Russians report that they
have again attacked the Turkish forc
es which attempted to approach near
their western positions. In the re
gion of Massa Pass one of the Rus
sian batteries caused the explosion of
a munitions depot.
HECTOR AT BOTTOM; 142
PERSONS TAKE TO BOATS
Big United States Naval Collier, Dis
abled In Hurricane, Sinks Off
Charleston Lightship
Washington.—The naval collier
Hector went down in shallow water
near Charleston, S. C., and was break
ing up, according to a message re
ceived by the navy department from
Charleston.
The Hector was commanded by
Capt. Joseph Newell, and, besides a
crew of seventy men and twelve of
ficers, carried sixty marines who had
been taken on at the Port Royal, S. C.,
naval training station, and who were
to join commands in Santo Domingo.
The collier was struck by a hurricane,
and attempted to make Charleston,
but was so ’ badly damaged that she
sank near the Charleston lightship.
Officials at the navy yard in Charles
ton announce that the crew of the na
val collier Hector, which was sunk,
had been taken off small boats. A
wireless message, it was said, had
been sent out asking all vessels to
watch for the boats.
Mussel Shoals Want Nitrate Plant
Nashville, Tenn. —More than ten
thousand dollars was pledged at a
convention held at the state capitol
of representatives from Tennessee,
Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Louisiana and Misisssippi to defray
the expense of presenting to President
Wilson or the commission appointed
by him the claims that Mussel Shoals,
Ala., is the proper site for the $20,-
000,000 nitrate plant to be construct
ed by the government.
Clarke Nominated For Supreme Bench
Washington.—John Hessin Clarke,
federal district judge at Cleveland,
Ohio, was nominated by President
Wilson as an associate justice of the
Supreme court to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Charles
Evans Hughes to accept the Republi
can nomination for the presidency.
Kaiser Inspecting Somme River Sector
London. —An official telegram from
Berlin says that Emperor William
of Germany is now in the Somme bat
tle sector. The emperor has received
reports from the chief commander,
visited hosiptals, distributed iron
crosses and made speeches.
Neutrality Board Passes Submarine
Washington.—An advisory report on
the status of the German merchant
submarine, Deutschland, submitted to
Acting Secretary Polk by the govern
ment neutrality board, holds that the
vessel is a peaceful merchant craft
and entitled to all privileges of the
sea. Indications now are that the
state department will make no formal
announcement concerning the subma
rine, but that the treasury department
will be advised to permit her to clear
and sail from Baltimore whenever her
captain desires.
MEXICANS FIRE
ON AMERICANS
I
Many Shots Exchanged Across The Bor
der Between Guardsmen And
Mounted Mexicans
' ONE MAN REPORTED KILLED
Shooting Occurred About Three Miles
Down The River From El
Paso, Texas
’ El Paso, Texas. —A party of mounted
Mexicans exchanged fire with L com
[ pany of the Ninth Massachusetts in
[ fantry.here. According to reports, the
■ guardsinen were doing outpost duty
when the' Mexicans rode up on the
opposite bank of the Rio Grande and
opened fire, file guardsmen suffered
no casualties, but reported they believ
ed they had killd one Mexican.
One Hundred Shots Fired
1 Captain Hickey of Dorchester,
1 Mass., commanding the company, es
timated the number of Mexicans at
’ fifteen, but asserted that he was un
able to determine whether or not
i they were soldiers. Approximately
fifty shots were fired on each side, it
was said. The shooting occurred in
an isolated district about three miles
' down the river from El Paso. The
Massachusetts company was doing pa-
, trol duty in this section.
Mexicans Were Mounted
Captain Hickey said that through
out the day small parties of Mexicans
appeared from time to time on the
Mexican bank of the river, which is
about three hundred yards wide at this
point. Then, he said, a mounted de
' tachment appeared, most of the horse
men wearing red serapes. The Mexi
cans rode up the river bank, dismount
ed and deployed as skirmishers, creep
i ing through the underbrush which dot
ted the river’s edge. One of the Mex
• icans fired wi rifle, the bullet crossing
the riye<“aira, according to Private
Charles Prescott, or Natick, Mass.,
dropping at his feet.
One Mexican Went Down
The Americans returned the fire,
and by the time the reserves reached
the river to reinforce them they had
driven the Mexicans back to their i
, horses. Before reaching the picket
line, however, the militiamen assert,
one of the Mexicans stumbled and fell •
into a clump of greasewood and did
not arise.
BRITISH BLACKLIST
STIRS WASHINGTON
Vigorous Protest To Be Made Against
Order Affecting American
Firms
—
Washington.—lnformation gathered
in an investigation which has been
in progress for several weeks proba
bly will be incorporated by the state
department in vigorous representa
tions to the London foreign office ob
; jecting to the placing of individuals
and firms domiciled in the United
States upon the black list promulgat
ed under the trading with the enemy
act
Move Restrains U. S. Commerce
Although the British government in
its last communication to the United
States upon the subject declared the
act was “purely domestic legislation
to restrict the activities and trade of
persons under British jurisdiction,”
the investigation made by the state
department is said to have convinced
officials that in reality it operates to
restrain American commerce.
Blacklist World-Wide
The department's investigation has
been conducted in various sections ol
the world. A mass of data has been
obtained. In Siam one American firm
was informed that it would appear up
on the blacklist if it had business
dealings with a German firm. Neutral
steamship companies, including Amer
ican corporations, are understood to
have been informed that if they car
ried goods to German firms, in neutral
countries, such as those in South
America, they would be denied the
courtesies of British ports, such as Ja
maica, where many ships stop to coal
and supply.
Russians Open The Way To Lemberg
London. —General von Linsingen s
retirement across the Lipa on the
eastern front is considered by critics
as removing the last obstacle to the
advance of the Russians toward l^m
berg. Reports from Rome say the re
tirement of the Teutonic allies has
caused a panic in'Galicia, where towns
are being evacuated. The Russian of
ficial communication refers to the
withdrawal as having been in disor
der, notwithstanding German declara
tions that it was accomplished un
hampered by the Russians.
SI.OO A YEAR
j| STATE ITEMS
i CONDENSED
Atlanta. —With fourteen hundred
delegates in attendance the first All-
Southern Christian Endeavor conven
tion met in this city. The convention
was in session four days.
Atlanta.—Fifty citizens of Carroll
county appeared before the house com
mittee on education to explain why
they think Bowdon college, located in
that county, should be made a state
normal school.
Augusta.—Three bonds, for SI,OOO
each, which are thirty years past due,
turned up at city headquarters for
payment. They are part of a bond
issue sold in 1866, and bear interest
at 7 per cent.
Atlanta —A paper providing for the
setting aside SSOO for the purpose
of aiding in the celebration of Labor
Oay when the new labor temple will
be formally opened and dedicated, was
passed by the city council.
Rockmart. —At a called election
here the Rockmart School district
voted to float bonds for $30,000 for
the purpose of erecting a school build
ing, the old one having been destroyed
by fire several months ago.
Atlanta. —After a long session the
leaders of the All-South Christian
convention decided to meet next year
In Memphis. Memphis and Birming
ham were chosen as the headquarters
for the All-South Christian Endeavor
extension committte.
Savannah. —Attesting the intensity
of the storm through which she la
bored to port, the liner Suwannee, up
on arriving here from Baltimore, nine
teen hours late, sent to the United
States marine hospital four men, all
of whom had sustained injuries at
the break of the storm.
Savananh. —The state railroad com
mission has set August 15 as the final
date upon which the Savannah Light
ing company and the Savannah Elec
tric company may file with it their
statements showing their present
rates and detailed statements of de
parture's from this rate.
Sandersville. — The Sandersville
chamber of comemrce had an enthusi
astic meeting and appointed a com
mittee to canvass Washington county
for 600 cows to be signed up for the
proposed co-operative creamery, to be
located in Sandersville, for the man
ufacture of butter and, perhaps,
cheese.
Thomasville. —A party of Thomas
ville people who have just returned
from Newport, on the gulf coast near
St. Mark's, are telling of the killing
by them of a very large shark not far
from the shore. It is said that sharks
are unsualiy abundant on the gult
coast this season, as well as on the
Atlantic.
West Point. —The largest sale of
cotton ever made here at this season
was consummated when J. J. Hage
dorn & Co. sold 2.000 bales to the
Manger-Brannon Cotton Co. of New
nan. Ga.; price 12%c, netting about
$125,000. This sale clears out the last
last large lot of cotton held by local
merchants.
Columbus.—Cash sales of large
quantities of second-growth pine tim
ber in upper Muscogee and lower Har
ris counties, and the inauguration of
an industry paying $5,000 per month
in wages, is the result of the lively
demand for pine lumber of this type
to be used as sheathing for roofing
and for similar purposes.
Augusta.—Fears of Augustans that
North Carolina flood conditions would
cause a freshet of the Savananh river
are groundless, was expressed by Mr.
Nisbet Wingfield, city engineer and
commissioner of public works. Even
should the dam at Lake Toxaway
break the water would be so slow and
so long getting to this section, that
the river would not rise to an alarm
ing degree.
Savannah.—Satisfied that the worst
of the flood conditions prevailing in
that section for the past five days has
passed, southwestern Georgia has be
gun to take count of its losses in
damaged crops and buildings, drowned
live stock and wrecked roads and
bridges. It is believed that the total
loss in that section has been approx
imately one million dollars.
Patten, who was with them.
Atlanta. —Authorization for the pur
chase of postoffice sites at Decatur
and East Point was contained in the
bill reported by the house committee
on public buildings and giounds at
Washington. Under the rule followed
by the committee no authorization for
a site is approved for any town having
less than $6,000 annual postal receipts
and none for a building in a town hav
ing less than ten thousand.
Valdosta. —While swimming in the
Alapaha river near Milltown in com
pany with five other young men, Ben
nie Pafford, aged 18, was drowned.
The body has not been discovered.
The young man jumped in the river
at the railroad bridge, intending to
swim down stream to the steel bridge,
and was swept on by to his death.
Two others, Donald Darsey, and Cran
ford Peters, missed their hold, but
they were rescued by young Lawson
