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TWO FRICTION STILL BETWEEN TILLS AND CARRANZA Former May Try to Settle Trouble in Sonora Without His Chiefs Orders. Both to Contest Control of Now Assembly. Washington, D. C.—Although yester day's official report* Indicated that the friction between General* Obregon and Villa won of an Insignificant char es tor. there was a pesKltnlstlc tone In the ndvieoß from Mexico which reach ed here today. , The local trouble* In Honor# have driven rlae to the fear among some ob server* that Villa may attempt to quell the dlaturhancea there Independ ent of Carranza* order*. A* yet, how ever, nothing of a definite nature ha* reached official* on which a Judgment of the trend of future events can be honed. On October Ist. Everything depend*, they believe on the outcome of the national conven tion on October l*t. It already 1* real ised both here *nd In Mexico that the Carranza and Villa faction* will con teat for political control of the as sembly. It 1* doubtful whether the adminis trative question* which mu*t he ad justed at Vem Crux before the Am erican troop* can withdraw will bo settled until early In October, by which time It 1* believed ('arrange will have temporarily retired bh first chief In favor of Fernando Igleslaa Calderon, who would be designated provisional president. To Guarantee Safety. The stHte department today naked Ihe Carranza government to guaran tee the safety of the priests and nunH gathered at Vera Cruz seeking a means to leave Ihe country. Consul Canada reported that about 220 are destitute PRES’T VOTES JT PRINCETON Goes Directly to Polls Prom Train, Then Greets Old Col lege Friends. Princeton, N. J. President Wilson paid h flying visit to his former home here today to vote In the democratic primaries. t He, nrrived shortly after noon and was met by a small group of Htudas.ts nnd members of the Princeton facul ty. Accompanied by l*r. C.* T. tiray son ami Professor Stockton Axson the president went directly to the polling tmoth In the fire house. A small crowd followed him. A republican was ready to vote and the president waited for his turn, refusing to allow the other voter to step aside, Mr, Wilson was handed a democratic hallo! and after looking at H for a moment he entered the en closed booth and marked It for the renomlnatlon of Representative Allan Walsh He also voted for throe mem bers of the Uenernl Assembly and for sheriff The president visited the athletic stadium now' under construction, his old ho the and various college build ings He spoke to many old friends. Including the pollremsn stationed at the college grounds, whom he greeted warmly. May Give Cracow to The Russians London. 4:26 s. m.—The corraepondent of The I’est st Petro*rad send* the following version of the military sit uation at Cracow: "Tile populace Is already fleeing from Cracow, from which place a part of the unique university library has also been removed for safety. "The Polish voluntary hands, rfhlcn have hern enrolled for the defense of Cracow have declined to oppose the Russians on the ground that they pre fer that the tide of war should break upon some other part of Austria rath er than around Cracow. This seems to a how that Cracow may be delivered up to the Rusetena." SAD PROCESSION RHEIMS REFUGEES London, 3:52 a. m.—The Daily Mall’s oori espendent at Rhelma. umler date of Sunday, sends thla description of the scene* there Following five day# of bombardment eonatantly Increasing tn Intensity, there is atreamtnii along the w'vt. mud dy roads to ICpernay a aad procession of refugees of all classes from Rhelma. driven by the destruction of tha city to seek shelter elsewhere. "The situation In the rtt- la moat serious. The people are living in eel jar*. Provision* are becoming exhaust • d and no breed la being baked" DECLARES 200 BRITISH WARSHIPS LIE IN BATTLE LINE OFF HELGOLAND; SO CLOSE ALMOST TOUCH EACH OTHER N*w Vark.—Two hundred Rrttlah wnrahtp* It* In battle line off th* German naval baa* of Helgoland. «o eloa* together that at time* th*y appear to touch Mich other, arcordtna to Captain Kkellay, of th* Rrttlah otl tank ataamcr Kao liorenao. which reached New York today from 1 don rot all weak* lh* Kan lxirwnto wma with thl* Hrltlah fleet, her of* fleer* aat<L aa a aupply alltp She took them tt.QOO ton* of furl oil IYfn a dtPtar.ee ah* *aw th* engaarmetit with the Herman rruUer* behind Hal • aland Captain Btrailer said a atory was current mon* the British aallora Hist The British admiral. Kir John R Jrtlo aboard the submarine wMoh aattk th* Oar man crulaer Hel.t recently. Ouleld* th* Ambrose channel lightship at the entrance to New York bar oar Captain Kkalley aatd. thar* are two Hrltlah crulaer* and a Cunard I In* aamnv. converted lute an auxiliary emtaat. I 140,00 CANADIANS BYJAN’Y FIRST I ■ Ottawa, Ont. It Is understood In military quarter* that by January next Canada will have abroad, either on the fighting line or In England up wards of forty thousand men. The 3i,- 000 to be sent from Valcartlor will In all probability go to a dept in Eng land. from which they will be *onl to Ihe front when thoroughly efficient. Recruits to fill up gap* In (he ranks caused by casualties and sickness will lie sent from Canada to this depot from time to time, probably bringing the total to about 41,000 by January 1. PURE INVENTIONS, SAYS THE CONSUL Manchester, Mast. —The following official statement, received by wire less from Vienna, was made public here this afternoon by Dr. Konstanlie Durnba, Austro-Hungarian ambassador to tile United Htstes: ‘Foreign payers again publish re port* about colqpsal Russian victory. We are said to have lost 250,000 dead ;.nd wounded, 100,000 prisoners and 800 i ,na. The whole Austro-Hungurln i army Is said to have been defeated. These are, of course, pure Invention*. Our army ha* repeatedly defeated and continually weakened the Russian army and Is now ready to fight a battle.” Six Cruisers Get Full Speed Orders New York.—There was a persistent report in shipping circles today that six of the Ilrttish cruisers patrolling North Atlantic waters have been or dered south at full speed to rlear the South Atlantic of (lorman cruisers, re cently active there. It was said they would make a spe cial efforl to capture the Karlsruhe and Kronprlnz Wilhelm. The report Was given added credence when It became known that mall received at the Hrltish consulate here for delivery lo the Rrltlsh cruisers had been for warded to Rio Janeiro. MARCONI IS GIVEN UNTIL TOMORROW Washington.—Secretary Daniels said today he would give the Marconi Com pany until tomorrow to give assurance that it would observe the naval neu trality regulations In tho operation of Ihe Slaaconsett, Mass., wireless sta tion. Mr. Daniels Saturday served no tice that unlees ho received such as surance ho would order the station closed. Counsel for the company hati been quoted ns saying It would make no further reply and would resort to ihe courts. CARDEN TO'GOTO LONDON AT ONCE London, 6:IS p. m.—The British for eign office ha* not n* yet made any Inquiries concerning the attitude at tributed to Sir Lionel Carden, former British minister to Mexico, before he left New York last week for England. The Interview Is reported ns objec tionable to the American government The strainer on which Sir Lionel la returning should dock at Idvcrpool next Thursday. He will come to London Immediately. The foreign office In un wtlling to believe he has said anything offensive to ihe Wilson administration until his version of his statements Is known. DYNAMITE UNDER NEWSPAPER PLANT Tonopih, Nevada.—The office of the Bonanza, nn afternoon newspaper, was damaged early today by the explosion of three sticks of dynnmlte under ths corner of the room occupied by the Job printing plant. A corner of the build ing was torn off. a garage adjoining was wrecked and windows a block away were broken. The damage to the joh plant was slight. The newspaper plant la located In an adjoining building and was not harmed. The Bonanza has been active In mip portlng the Western Federation of Mi ners In a recent controversy with the Industrial Workers of the World here. SWISS DENIAL. Washington. Tha Swiss legation today Issued this statement: "In the last few days cabled report* were published in the American press which sre apt to Injure the credit of Hw It Borland and give an entirely false impression of the prevailing financial situation thrve “Nothing Is known to the legation of bw It Borland of these exaggeration# Condition* In Switzerland are quiet and the prices of food stuffa are nor mal. The army Is still at the fron tier. “A war loan emitted In Switzerland lately was largely over-subscribed." VIRGINIA VOTING “IT” Ofi ‘lf Statewide Referendum Elec tion Being Held Today in the Old Dominon. Richmond, Va.—Morning reports from all over Virginia were that the weather was fair and that a heavy vote was being polled in the "wet" or “dry" referendum election. Richmond precincts today polled the largest morning vote In their history. The anti-saloon league claims every congressional district except the third, of which this city is the center, with a total majority of 40,000. The Local Self-Government league claims 20,090 majority in Virginia. Under an act of the last legislature the governor wan dlrertod to call to day’s special election upon petition of one-fourth of the persons voting at the preceding November general elec tion. Approximately 70,000 persona signed the petition. Ninety of the one hundred Virginia counties voted "dry” In previous local option contests. Even in the event, therefore, that state-wide prohibition is voted down the local option laws now In effect In nine-tenths of the state would continue In force. Norfolk, Va.—Tolling of the churen beds, prayer meetings and serving of lunches at the polls by the ladies were the features of the state-wide prohi bition election here today. Voting is slow. RIFLES USED IN EUROPEAN IB Rifles of Various Countries Differ in Certain Qualities, But in Outline They Are Alike The rifle, the arm of the common soldier. Is a subject of special Inter est at this time when millions of in fantry soldiers are now on the battle fields of Europe. The Scientific American, In its special war number of September 6th. gives a compara tive table covering all of the countries Involved, and although It Is too ex tensive for reproduction, the follow ing accompanying Information is en lightening: The rifles of the various countries differ in certain qualities, but In gen eral outline they are more or less alike. The qualities ns regards weight of bullet and velocity ns described for Held artillery projectiles hold here also. By danger space as given be low Is meant that If the rifle la fired 12 Inches from the ground and aimed at the middle of a target of a height of nn average man, 68 Inches, and an Infantryman is anywhere inside of the limit of range given, the bullet would hit him. Beyond the ranges given there will be a space of about he mid dle of the trajectory where the bullet would pass over the head of a man, and where, therefore, he would be In perfect safety. It Is evident that the gi eater the danger space the more dangrous will bo the rifle to the ene my's troops. Pointed Bullets. Since about 1906 Germany and France have ndopted the pointed bul let. With this the resistance of the air is greatly reduced and the ranges obtainable with the same velocity, weight, and cllbre are greatly increas ed. By Increasing the velocity the dan ger space for any range Is of course Increased since the trajectory Is much flatter, and for the snme "kick" of the rifle a much more powerful bullet Is obtained. Probably every country has devel oped, or Is developing, a semi-auto matic rifle, which differs from the ones now In use In every army by the fact that part of the powder gases are used to open the breech block, eject the empty cartridge, and reload the rifle —all of which operations are now performed by hand. With a semi automatic rifle the magazine can be emptied without moving the gun from the shoulder, and a great Increase In the rate of fire can be accomplished. The opening of fire from the In fantry' will generally be delayed until accurate aiming Is possible, unless It Is desired to cause the enemy to de ploy its force* earlier, and although the bullets are effective at 1.600 and 2.000 yard range, the real fighting will not begin until at much closer rangea 9 BODIES RECOVERED. Portland, Or#.- -No additional Infor mation was received here today to In dicate the exact number who lost their lives when the steam schooner Fran cis H. l>eggett went down In a gale off the Oregon coast Friday. Although the ship's list left, on shore shows that the passenger* and crew numbered 61, it 1* known there were adltlonal pas sengers on board, making the total 70 or more, of whom only two warri rescued. Nine bodies were recovered today. Of these, two were women. BANKS CLOSED. Chehalis. Wash.—After a checking by bank examiners the United States National Bank at Ccntmlla and the Union lentil and Trust Company of Centralia, financially allied, were for bidden toda\ to open their doors. A statement, September 12. showej de tg of the bank to be more than $1,000,000 and of the trust company of more than $200,000. Loans made to lumber Interests are said to have brought financial difficulties T. R. AGAINST CHILDLABOR. Kansas City, Mo.—Criticism of the Judiciary and a plea for Immediate laws to regulate child labor, were voiced by Col. Theodore Roosevelt tn Kansas City. Kan., last night when he brought to an end the third day of his present western tour. "T'ie Republicans und Democrats ■ It Is against ths Constitution to latnia such a law." declared Colonel Hoo#e\elt. "but In the day when the Constitution was written there was no child labor.* THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. WAR BULLETINS ONLY AUSTRIANS IN BRUSSELS. Amsterdam, (via London, 4:50 a. m.) —According to a despatch to the Telegraaf, the German troops who were In Brussels have left that city for the French and Russian fronts. The army now occupying Brussels is Austrian, and has with it seven heavy siege guns. The Telegraaf says that as an outcome of quarrelling between Ba varian and Prussian soldiers several of the Bavarian ring- leaders in these disorders have been courtmartlaled and shot. Brussels Is reported quiet. The price of provisions has increased considerable and some products are scarce. OFFERS EVERYTHING HE HAB. London, 2.46 p. m.—" All my troops and resources,” la the latest offer of the Gackwar of Baroda to the British government. Nearly all the other Indian potentates have expressed a desire for per. nal sendee in the field and many have offered the British government "all I possess.” CZAR'S CONG RATULATIONS. Petrograd, (via London, 5:32 a. m.) —The commander-ln-chlef of the Russian army has sent the following telegram to General Ivanoff: “The Emperor has ordered me to transmit to the gallant armies in the southwest his warm thanks for the splendid prowess shown by the Rus sian troop# lam happy to carry out the will of His Hajesty." • BUNK BY GERMANB. London, 6:45 p. m.—A message to the Evening News from Rangoon, British India, says the captain and crew of the Clan Matheson arrived at Rangoon and reported their ship had been sunk by the German cruiser ISmden off False Point on the bay of Bengal, on September 14th. After the vessel was sunk the crew were transferred to the collier Marco Man nia. REPORT CONFIRMED. Berlin, via .Rotterdam and Lon-don, 11:47 a. m.—The report of the sinking of the German armed merchant cruiser Cap Trafalgar, Sept. 14, off the east coast of South America, by the Cunard Line steamer Carma nla, converted Into a British armored cruiser, has been confirmed in a staement given out here today. This communication adds that the crew of the Cap Trafalgar was saved by the steamer Elenore Woerman. TODAY’S WAR CONDENSED Neither Germany nor the allies yet lays claim to any decisive out come in the battle of the Alsne where the supreme conflict of the war, up to the present time, has long been raging. The engagement, taken as a whole, seems to be partaking of the nature of a siege. Both sides continue to hold a majority of their strongly entrenched positions. The German lines for 100 miles are de scribed as virtually a continuation of forts and heavy entrenchments. Artillery fire exchanges go on day and night, and under their cover are sorties of Infantry. Counter attack follows attack and occasslonally one side or the other gains ground. It would appear today that nothing but a successful flanking movement could have any serious effect on either army. But neither front has been broken and neither 'side has been out flanked. | Rheims appears to be the center of the mnsT persistent fighting. It Is between the lines of battle and has suffered heavily. The Germans are described as most anxious to recapture it. The official announcement Issued at Paris this afternoon declar ed incessant German attacks delivered yesterday have been unsuccess* ful and that the Germans have been compelled to retire at more than one point. The French took many German prisoners. The latest official communication from Berlin, issued last night, says the Germans have captured the hill positions at Craonne and occu py the village of Betheny, three miles outside of Rheims to the north. This announcement described the Germans as also attacking the strong forts Bouth of Verdun. The military expert of the London Times gives position to the French forces on the left which, if correct, show a remarkable advance along the flak of the German right wing under command of General von Kluek. Up to the present the French line has not ben reported north of Noyon. The Times places it at Lecatelet, Hosted and Lassigny. Laca telet is 30 miles north of Noyon, Hostel is nine miles southwest of Lecat elet and Lassigny is eight miles due west of Noyon. These locations have not been confirmed from any other sourWi, the French war office hav ing contented itself with saying the French left wing was advancing along the right bank of the river Oise. No confirmation of the report from Antwerp last night that General von Kluck had transferred his headquarters to Mons has been received. The Germans, however, are said to be fortifying with great haste along the river Sambre from Maubeuge in France to Namur in Belgium, but this report also lacks confirmation. The Russians are before Przemysl. engaging this Austrian fortress in Galicia with artillery fire. The Russians claim that the Austrians in Gali cia are fleeing before them, while Vienna declares these movements of her armies are for purposes of reorganization. Dispatches from Servian sources lay claim to further victories over Austrian forces along the river Drina. 1074 A DAINTY FROCK FOR THE LITTLE MISS Old's Dress with Long or Short Slaev*. White dimity with dainty embroidery or lace trimming would make this a pretty party drees. It I* also good for lawn, nainsook, batiste, and for ging ham, chambray, cashmere, serge, ga latea. or seersucker. The pattern Is cut In four sizes: 4. 6, $ and 10 year# It require* a■» yards of 44-Inch material for a 10-yesr size A pan era of lh!s Illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cent* In silver or stamp# No. Size Nam* Street and No. City State “PURE INVENTION." Washington, —The British embassy today received the following dispatch from Us foreign office: "Germans are spreading reports that the British commander in Egypt has seized reserve funds of Egyptian Dette Publlque and cash funds of national bank and minister of finance and has aent them to London, Issuing equiva lent amount of notes. This atory Is a pure Invention.” FOG DETAINB RED CROSS. Falmouth, Eng., via London, 2:54 p. m.—Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, U. S. N.. retired, received a wireless dis patch today from Captain Armistead Rust, of the American Hospital ship Red Cross, stating that the vessel had been detained by fog during the laat three days and would not reach Fal mouth until Wednesday night. The Red Cross sailed from New York Sep tember 18. NO PEACE STAMPS NOW. Washington, D. C. —Plans to issue postage stamps bearing the American and British flag* to commemorate the ono hundredth anniversary of peace between the two countries have been deferred Indefinitely. Postmaster- General Burleson today ao notified Representative Bnrtholdt of Mlssjuil, who had represented that It would be Injudicious to Issue such & series dur ing the war. The American Peace So ciety has approved the postponement. NATL COTTON FABHIONB SHOW. Washington, D. e.— A "national cot ton fashions show" la to be held here October 7th and *th under the pat ronage of Mr# Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the Vice-President, Mr# the house, and other leaders of the the house, and other leadersnf the capital's official society. The show 1* planned as a part of the movement to have American women wear cloth ing made of the South'* great product. | Are You Subject to Bilious Attacks? Person* who ar* auhject to bilious attacks will be Interested In the ex perience of Mrs. I/oulse Shunke. Frankfort. N. Y. "About five year* ago I suffered a great deal from Indi gestion and biliousness,'' she says. "I began taking Chamberlain's Tablets and they relieved me at one#" For sale by all Dealer# IN IDVILLLE SECTION FARMERS PLAN TO TURN FROM COTTON TO -601, WILL ALSO RAISE HOGS The Man Who Wants Money With Which to Stock His Place With Hogs or Cattle Next Year Will Get First Considera tion, Says Bank Cashier---Wheat to be Planted by Mr. Neely’s Tenants-- Farming Methods to be Revolutionized in 1915---Whole Town in on “Buy-a-Bale” Movement, and Farmers Have Sold Practically No Cotton. WALTER E. DUNCAN, Staff Correspondent, The Augusta Herald. Midville, Ga.—Their lesson well learned, instead of twiddling their thumbs and Idly bemoaning the price they are paying for their experience, farmers throughout this section, this exceedingly fertile corner of Burke county of which Milville, a progres sive little city, Is the business cen ter, have turned their attention and directed their activities toward reme dial measures. Suffering because of an over-production of cotton and too little in proportion of home-consump tion crops, and In common with the whole South feeling the effects, more directly thrust upon them by the Eu ropean war, but as they realize, a condition would have prevailed to a certain extent from overproduction even had there been no war, to slump the market, farmers around Midvilla are holding practically all of this year’s crop which has so far been gathered, off the market and turning tholr eyes toward the future, are plan ning not only to cut the cotton acre age next year but to go in for diver sified farming on a large scale. In the meantime, realizing that the present crop held off the mar ket by the farmers must be pro tected from the effect which the dumping of thousands of bales of distress cotton on the market would have to keep the price at a figure below the cost of produc tion, the people of Midville have Joined heartily into the "Buy-a- Bale” movement. Hardly a citi zen who Is not himself a farmer and therefore burdened with cot ton, and hardly a merchant who has not bought and retired from the market one or more bales. Friday of last week Mr. W. H. Wilburn, one of the most progres sive and public-spirited citizens of Midville, bought 50 bales, which he Is holding for 10 cents or bet ter. Last Big Cotton Crop. As one who is in close touch with the farmers of this section—a hanker —assured me, the era of the old-time farming here is a thing of the past— that around Midville the last big cot ton, crop, to the exclusion of other and more profitable crops, has been raised, at least for several years to come. "While here as elsewhere cotton has been depended upon as a money crop,” said Mr. E. W. Brooks, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, "even though they were not of necessity forced to cut the acreage next year, the farmers around here have learned this year a lesson which they will not soon forget, and they are all deter mined now to plant very little cotton next spring. "I say that this will be the last big crop for many years to come for the reason that turning next year to food crops and grain crops, the farmers are bound to see their own advantage In continuing year after year what they will now be forced to for their own protection and for the protection of the cot ton they must carrv over of the present crop. We have lands around here that will grow almost anything that Is grown anywhere else in this country, and many things that cannot be profitably grown anywhere else. When, as they will find out from their own experience, the farmers learn that there are other money crops be sides cotton, and when they learn that they can produce more of what they have heretofore bought with cotton money, and produce It at less cost, cotton will no longer be a farmer's main dependence. That day is dawning." Money for Stock Raising. According to Mr. Brooks, the banks and the houses are going to help, not only In granting extensions of maturing paper when warehouse receipts are deposited with them, but they are going to help In forcing ,i reasonable curtailment of the 1915 crop. Banks will be extremely wary about advancing a farmer money on which to produce a cotton crop. “If, however, a mnn wants SIOO, for Instance, to buy a few cattle or hogs or money with which to buy wire with which to fence his place so that he will be In better position to raise live stock, he will experience no difficulty In get ting 1L The farmer who turns now to diversified farming, who goes in for stock raising, for growing grains and grasses and raising foodstuffs and feedstuffs Is the man who Is going to get first consideration." It will be practically impossible, said Mr. ftrooks, for any one to se cure money from the banks 1n this section with which to purchase any more mules. This country, he stated, has In recent years been flooded with high-priced mules. Mr. Neely to Lead Movement. Mr R C. Neely, of Waynesboro, has extensive farming Interests In this corner of Burke county, running about 500 plows in this section. He will lead in the movement toward crop di versification. He has sent out the word to his tenant farmers that in stead of basing rentals entirely on cotton as in the past, rentals will next yesr be based upon cotton AND corn end upon cotton AND other crops, fewer bales of cotton and so many bushels of corn, for Instance. It Is authoritatively stated here that Mr. Neely has given Instruc tions that a great deal of his lands In this section are to be planted In wheat, which. It has been demon- i etrated. can be raised successfully 1 In this section. Other extensive I planters and many small farmers I will follow the example set by Mr. j Neely. Mr. T J. Thigpen, a progressive six-1 horse farmer of this ectlon. who has always produced, In addition to Ids cotton, plenty of com. oats and pea vine hay and hog meat sufficient to TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. supply his farm, has stated that nedg y£ar he will go in for less cotton. Mr. Thigpen has realized the common sense of diversified farming and has gradually grown to It, but now he will further declare his Independence from cotton. This year Mr. Thigpen has raised from 60 to 75 bales. In 1915 he will curtail, and he states that he does not expect to produce more than 10 bales. Favors Immediate Legislation. Mr. J. W. Sanderford, who, like ev ery other farmer of this section, is holding his cotton off the market un til he can sell at a reasonable price, is a strong advocate of a reduced acreage next year, but in Mr. Sand erford’s opinion the desired effect, a universal curtailment of the 1915 crop, cannot be expected nor depended upon unless there shall be legislation which will make curtailment compulsory. “The banks can help, and the Bup.- ply houses can help more, because in this section the supply houses are the farmers’ main dependence,” said Mr. Sanderford, “but it is surprising what a man can do W'hen he makes up his mind to do. What is needed in this crisis in Southern farming is some ef fective legislation, crop legislation that will be strong enough and directly to the point to force the farmer to pro tect himself. Unless the acreage is cut next year all this holding of cot ton won’t amount to anything; and unless we get the legislation in time the acreage Won’t be cut enough to amount to anything.” A Splendid Market. Midville is the cotton market for a wide section of country. An average of about 7,000 bales are handled here each year. As an evidence of the ex ceedingly fine crops in this corner of Burke county, I am informed that the year Midville will handle upwards of 10 000 baloe. The warehouses here are already filled, cotton piled bale on top of bale. In the two warehouses there are at present about 1,500 bales and upwards of 500 bales have been ship ped from here to other points, mostly to Augusta, and are held there. So far this season only about 300 bales have been sold on the Midville market, and Friday an 8 5-8 cents quo tation proved unattractive to, the farm ers. They are determined on at lease 10 cents, and they believe that they will get it before very long. In a little more than two weeks they have seen the market advance from 7 cents, with no demand, to nearly 9 cents, with a firm undertone, and buyers eager. While the crops in this section are better than last year and the produc tion will be much larger, the increase in receipts from 7,000 to 10,000 bales will be helped by the erection here since last season of another large gin nery, which is now in full operation and run in connection with the busi ness of the Central Fertilizer Com pany. Many New Buildings. Mr. R. E. Neely, who has done much to develop the city and the surround ing country, Is Just completing at Mid ville nine new store houses, to re place a bislness block destroyed by fire some :ime ago, the new biuldinga representing an Investment of more than $20,000. Seven of the stores will be ocqupiql by business firms imme diately upan their completion, but two of them will be used, I am informed, for the Soring of cotton. The new warehousi built here by Mr. Neely and which is already filled with cotton, cost approximately $5,000. Midville has Just installed a mod ern and fomplete waterworks and sew erage system and several new homes have recently been built. IE LIVE IN THE MUST IF DEATH’ Shell Explodes Killing General and Other Officers Writer . Was Talking With in House. ' Bordeaux (7:25 a. m.) —The Temps today prints a letter from a friend of Its edtor at the front. The letter Is dated September 9th and says: "Fc four days we have been fighting wlthmt stopping "Ve are holding our own, but at wha. a cost. All the horuon u, ... f lanes: all the villages within twenty five miles are burning and the night sky seems glittering with sparks. "The noise Is such thatone ceases to preeive It. We live in the midst of leath today. I owe my life to u mincle, the circumstances of which I amat a loss to explain even now. Two big shells fell on and wrecked the hoise where I was talking to General — about the German wounded I hsl come to fetch. At the first ex pl.slon, which crushed the roof. I ad vhed the general to take shelter be htid the wall. •Hardly had I left him when the spond shell exploded in the vory slot where I had been standing. The vhole house hurst Into flames. Csp- Uln A to whom 1 had been speak hg. fell forward dead, and Colonel 1 *'lto was entering the drawlng o m, also was Instantly killed. • I got out of the debris through a window. Upon the threshold of the Tiouse were General , Colonel T and Lieutenant V—--—, all grievously wounded. My name has been mentioned In the ermy orders." 40~GREEkToFf! Sheboygan, Wis.—Forty members of * the local Greek colony left today for Milwaukee en route to their native ’land. They declared they were going for war service. Twenty*.,:hers left Sunday for Chicago, all tuffing receiv ed rush orders to return.