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FOUR German Effort is Exhausting English and French Continue Gaining is Brief Word on Furious Battle of the Alsne—Left Still the Storm Centre Paris, 5:3b a. m,— Laconic state ments of the war department give but lHtla Idea of thr furious battle which )■ raging In the North of France. The left continued to be the etorm center aa<i from there the word 1* that the Bnprlieh and French continue to xain. Whatever the German* week nnd whatever are their hopea, it appears MCMi&ry that the interminable lmttle of the Aiane muat noon have an end, tmyn Lieutenant-Colonel Roussel, mil itary critic of the Petit I’ariaien, com ment inir on the two last official com mu nival ion* On tha Two Wing*. “The two armies," nays Hmiaaet, **have fought for many day* with fury on an enormous front but while we have made progress daily upon two The Allies Push Back Germans Brief Official Announcement, However, Indicates that Strug gle in Northern France Far From Decided London, 10:20 a. m. Though oil report* (term to agree that the Ger man right ill Franc,* hoa born bent hark, the caitHoun tone of the brief official HtatciticMi Indicates that the battle of the Aisne la far from de 'Ofed Whether tlte allies or the Germans holil St. Mitiiet, between Ver dun aml Tout, In atilt undisclosed by official statements from either side, Hot* is the ait nation around the heights of Hojte, on the French left, dearly defined. Lest Dlffbt the official Berlin communication said that the "heights of Hoye were taken on Kept ember 30th.” Thia waa preceded by the French official eommunteatlon naylntt that violent fighting there hud re - •tilted In favor or the French. The London pnpera today Inalat thnt the cryptic wording of the German statement la tantamount to an admission I lint itoye haa been taken by tlie allies. However, this la a matter of in fluence only. WILLIAMS FOUND EUILTY, SLANDER Young Wagoner Dentist Who Ran Down Character of As •istant Postmistress Will Ap peal Case. Aiken, 8. C.-4*frtilpiA the n»»»Kt |m portent vumt which has coin« up <lur of SumpNriu Wiliiums. m young ticii tint of Wagcncr. churned with Blander ußiiintt Alien Amm Garvin. nnatstnnt post nuat ickx ni itit* naniu place, thi? fir*it came of Ur kind to come up In South Carolina under the new itituU.i Tfcia provide#* Anyone circulating or puiiUntiliiß faJm» Ktnteiiiciitp about an Other which tend to Injure the Chur itcier of another upon conviction ahull he fined $M«© or serve a period of otto ye. r or both In the discretion of the court. J'Oth the pr«#M‘cution mid defence ho i himti' vvitneMseß and the case w%x tabued over to the Jury late yesterday nflttnoon A verdict of mu illy on the POINTS OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE RUSSIAN FRONTIER \ il\ \/ w V ’’nt'RODf'K) /—' a All Attaint « of IK* U*rtnan* np*ratln« from Uit TtwiU to Mv«jK* arro** lh* M»m»n Rlv*r (U with lh« if iutrn* «h* rati way Hit# from 'ar»»w throurb »ti4 Min*, to P-tro«r*<t »i*vr frunratm! no f*r 003*01 for o* * pur*- •>< tK* Auttnan* t): touch »h» Carpathian* h*vr *tirroupit*d tn*rr nrtr Dukl* i3> »<** Tft*. B ‘!t* Sffl-iKM ,«nd w«r m»t*r.al, utrluOnf Vti military autcmodl!**. oii.vh ih« <t*f*air<J array ».» win** to the north of the River Somme and in the south of the River Wo«vre, the army of the enemy is ex hausting Itself in vain effort h to check our advance, after having imeleaaly tried to break through aomewhere. By Definite Retreat. "Thia situation. even though it can still last Home time, must Inevitably end by the definite retreat of our ad versary, The besieged in any line, the experience of butt lea trachea one. cannot indefinitely preserve the de- I fenaive. The council of revision ia prepar j ing to examine the large daaa of men ! exempt from army service and those I heretofore physically unfit for service | who may now be found able to Join ' the army. wivnil charge was rendered but *en l nice not yet passed. An appeul will In* made. CARDANZA SAYS HE IS WILLING Mexico City.—The general confer cnco colled for by the Plan of Gauda loupe adjourned laat night without taking a final vote on whether the con ference xhmild be postponed until Oct. sth, no that all factiona could ineel it A guns CaMentc*. The conference meets Hgaln late to day. when Qenerala Ohregon. Pesquei rn and Sanchc*. to whom the queatloti was referred, will report. It la seml offh lull> stat«il today that a meeting of all elemetita at Agues Callentea Is practically aaaured. At the meeting laat night General Currunaa reviewed hlx acta aa supremo chtef of the constitutional tats and re iterated his willingness to abide by the derlxlou of the general conference regarding the provisional prealdency. th calling of general elections and the scope of the reform laws. CONDITION OF COTTON GIN IT 73.5 PI Report Giv«tl As of September 25th, Comprres Vith 78 Per Cent on August 25th anri 68.5 For Ten Ysars Average. Georgia, 81; Sou,a Carolina, 72. Washington.—The condition of the cotton crop of the United States on September 25 whh 711.6 per cent of a normal, compared with 78.0 per cent on August 25; €4.1 per cent Inal year; 69.6 in 1911, and 68.5 per cent, the ave rage of the oast ten years on Sep tember 25. This announcement was' made at noon today by the crop re porting board, Bureau of Statistics, United States Department of Agricul ture, in it a final condition report of the Heaaon, the condition being esti mated from reports of its correspon dent a and agents throughout the cot ton belt. Comparisons of conditions by atates follow; Sep Aug Sep Sep 10 vr 25 25 25 25 Av 1914 1914 19M 1912 Virginia 80 86 75 70 76 X. f ar 79 82 70 70 72 S. Car 72 77 71 6k 72 Georgia 81 81 72 65 72 Florida 81 93 78 65 71 Alabama 78 77 67 68 69 Mississippi ....68 75 63 63 66 Louisiana 67 66 60 69 62 Texas 70 79 63 75 67 Arkansas 69 75 63 68 68 Tennessee 70 76 6K 68 74 Missouri 72 72 64 72 75 Oklahoma *0 80 42 69 66 California 96 98 100 90 *94 United states .. 78.0 64.1 69.6 6X!5 4-year average. The crop reporting board’s final es timate of the size of this year’s crop will be announced Thursday, Dec. l'i at 2 p. m. SPECIAL MEET AIKEN. COTTON re sonator Williams Called Farm ers and Business Men To gether to Get Views on Leg islation Desired in Cotton Problem. Aiken. S. C.—A meeting of the Aiken county farmers and business men whs held yesterday In the Tltanlan hall, called by Senator John F. Williams to ascertain what legislation the far niera desired enacted at the special session of general assembly, which meets October Oth There werr two questions, namely: Slate bonded ware house and reduction of cotton acrc »Re. A long dlsmsslon took place and O. 1.. Toole offered a resolution that the body was opposed to passing a bonded warehouse bill. This was unanimously adopted. A resolution was offered by Converse H. Woolsey, ihat Aiken county's delegation be In structed to work for the passage of n law reducing the cotton acreage. No action was taken as to how much tills acreage should he, but suggestions were made that it be eight acres to the plow. TV S Henderson sjaike at length on both questions hut said that whatever action was taken due consideration must he then to tt because of the unconatltutionality of such laws. He 7HE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. THEATRE OF OPERATIONS IN THE GREAT WESTERN CONFLICT Showing the Five Lines ol Communication Which the German Armies Are Fighting to Keep Unbroher I y j __y, i j/f] t c s ’ \ r*. -w/,, t \^* Following are the principal railway routes by which the German invaders counted upon insuring their sup plies of men, munitions and food, and their line of withdrawal in rase of defeat in France and Belgium. 1. From Peronne, through Cambral, Valenciennes, Mons, Brussels and LlAge to Aix-la-Chapelle. 2. From St. Quentin, via Maubeuge, Namur, and Liege to Aix-la-Chapelle. 3. From Laon. via Vervins, Givet, Namur, &c. 4. From Khaims, via Rethel, MeziAres, Givet, Dlnant, Namur, Ac. 5. From Verdun by three railway lines—(Ai Via Stenaye. Sedan, Mezieres, Ac.; (B) via Montmedv, Arlon and Luxemburg to the German frontier ; (C) via Etaln and Briey to Metz. New points of Interest on the map are Junlville, the main base of supplies of the Germans, a few miles to the south of Rethel, which is said to he threatened by the Allies’ operations, and Tracy-le-Mont, near CompiAgne, where a fierce German attack has been repulsed, according to French advices, with heavy losses on the part of the assailants. endorsed co-operation among the far mers as the most logical way for re lieving the situation. In conjunction with this meeting was that of the Aiken county division of the Southern Cotton Congress, headed by Horace M. Cassels of Kllenton. CLOUDBURST HALTS FLORIDA TRAFFIC OVER SOUTHERN Wsycross, Ga.—Traffic Into Florida over tlie Southern Railway and the Atlantic Coast Lino has been halted to a large extent by a cloud bur»t which occurred near Folkston today. Pidgen creek trestle, leading into Flor ida, Is washed away. The Dixie Flyer, the Seminole Limited, and a Southern Railway train ortbbound are tied up at F’olkston, unable to move either way The rainfall about F'olkstnn for the past few hours Is unofficially report ed as ten Inches. ;||jL 946 Broad St. Telephone 1666 (Hughes Hal Shop Stand) k phased to announce the opening Saturday morning of the most com plete line of confectionery in the South. Everything New, Fresh, Whole some and Deliciously pure. JfpM Be Sure To Visit Us f ft And see our bewildering and tempting array of goodies for the kid 's/!:■ i i I dies, grow ns ups and all, at tbe attractive prices of from 15£ to SI.OO per yj&l 1 1 . p««“ d - J I J J It is our aim to jrivp you values along new and original lines and we fli f if especially invite you to see our assortments of Chocolates, Bonbons and va | | - rieci fancies at jjj 2oc* Pound Pound Pound Pound More than Five Hundred kinds to please even- palate and purse. “OUR CANDY SHOP” MINE YOURS OURS - TELEPHONE No. 1666. 946 BROAD STREET •*. S.— Incidentally we ate going to give away a bale of cotton to keep the movement along. Ask us about it. IMHO FIVE HUNDRED fOUNO BALES COTTON Forecasted For 1914 Crop, Made By Department of Agri culture. Second in Size Ever Grown in United States. Washington, D. C. —A forecast of 15,- 300,000 five hundred pound tales of cot ton as tlie 1914 crop was made today by the department of agriculture’s crop reporting hoard In the season’s final re porting which showed r condition on September 25th of 73.5 per cent, of nor mal. That quantity of cotton makes this year’s crop second in point of size grown in the United States. Tlie rec ord is 15,693,000 bales grown in 1911. Last year 14,156,000 bales were grown and in 1912 there were 13,703.00 obales. Tlie September 25th condition indi cates a yield of about 200 pounds of lint per acre, which .applied to the estimated a*rea planted, 36,960,000 acres, would pro duce 15,463.000 bales. An average of one per cent, of the acreage is aban doned each year. Allowing for that the condition of the cron indicates a total production of 15,300.00 bales. SAY 2,OOO~CZAR r S OFFICERS CAPTIVE Berlin, (By wireless to Sayville. L. I.) —A statement given out in Berlin says there about 2,000 Russian officers, including 20 generals at the present bßing held as prisoners of war In the various detention camps in Germany. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2. OVER 21 ill BALES CONSUMED By the World in 1914. These Cotton Figures Given Out By Census Bureau Today. Washington. D. C.—The world’s con sumption of cotton was 21,223,000 bales during the year which ended August 31, the f’ensus Bureau announced today. Production of commercial cotton, ex clusive of lintevs. grown in 1913. as compiled from public reports, documents and correspondence, was approximately 22,255,000 bales of 500 pounds net. Except for the United States, cotton included in consumption figures refers almost exclusively to that used in spin ning and does not include large quanti ties used in the manufacture of felts, hats and other articles. The numbev of consuming cotton spin dles active' during the year was 143,- 397,000. Approximately 30.300.000 were operated in the United States. YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE If cross, feverish or bilious give “California Syrup of Figs.” No matter what ails your child, a gentle thorough laxative should al ways be the first treatment given. If your little one Is out of sorts, half-sick, isn’t resting, eating and acting naturally—look. Mother! see if tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that it’s little stomach, liver and bow els are clogged with waste. When cross, irritable, feverish. stomach sour, breath bad or has stomagji ache, diahrrhoea, sore throat, full of cold, give a teaspoonfu! of ‘‘California Syrup of figs,” and in a few hours all the constipated poison, undigested food and sour bile gdhtly moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless ‘‘fruit laxative.” because it never fails to cleanse the little one’s liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach and they dearly love its pleasant taste. Full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a 50-eent bottle of ‘‘California Syrup of Figs;” then see that it is made by the ‘‘California Fig Syrup Company.” Just turn a switch or press a button and flood the room with light—if you live in an electric home. It’s very dif ferent if you do not.