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YOXJSXXS, NO. 4 ABBEVILLE, N, 0, . ; MONDAY QRNINO, OCTOBER 26 191 4. i PRICE FIVE1 CENTS IIS OF SOUTH TO WIELD : LESS IIIFLUEIICE presentation in National Conventions is Consider v ably Eeduced. ALL CONVENTIONS RATIFY THE IDEA In Next Convention South ' era States - Will Have Fewer Delegates. NEW YORK,' Oct 25.-The bitter druggie wared. Since 1810 to reduce the representation of southern states In republican national conventions has ttea rn'riCbiflM P, Hllles, chair man Of the republican national com mlttee announced today that the call for the convention of lilt , would be on the new basis, which reduces the number of delegates by 89. Most Of this loss fall on the south. The plan proposed at ' the annual meeting of the national committee In Washington last December has been made , effective, Mr. Hllles said, through its ratification .by" conven tions' in state which cast a majority of votes in the present electoral col lege. Ever state- convention held since last December except Texas, gave Ki'assemVi-r .$ ,...i , ' Majority of Vote. " The states which adopted it cast 190 of the total of SSI votes in the electoral college. They are Arkan sas, California, Colorado, Connecti cut " Idaho,.. Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Caro lina, Ohio, Oklahoma. Rhode Wand, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington and.West Virginia. , n the next convention the delega tion of Alabama will be reduced by I; 'Arkansas by I; Florida 4; Georgia 11 Louisiana 8; Mississippi I; New Tor 2; North Carolina. I; South Car. .ginlsi ; Hawaii At Porto Rico t; and Philippine Islands t. ' "he new plan", said : Chairman HtUes, "will' eliminate - conflicts be tween the rules .of the party and', the 4tW .1 iWMi lfU UlJ Will mAj.-A.J' The system of ' unequal numerical renrtytflnEatinn -Ma Th iamht nrMiM and of politicals custom, and . there lore not in any : way identified with the convention of 1 ill.". U CHAMBER OF bOMMERCE HAS PLAN TO Gets Pledges From Bankers to Extend Credit to the Planters. MUST RAISE GRAIN. ATLANTA, Ot., Oct 25. Details ofl plan for relief of the cotton situa tion, which Includes the aid of southern bankers and business men in o main in g an effectual reduction or tne 115 acreage, elimination of the cotton surplus in one year and tne creation of a new era of di versified farming in thB south, were announced here today by the Atlanta chamber of commerce. The plan la the outcome of a cam palgn conducted by the local cham ber during the last month and through which a majority of bank presidents in the cotton growing states- more than 8,00ft in number have pledged financial aid to farmers I who reduce their 115 crop one-half I and substitute food crops for the other half. The bankers also promise to enlist the supply merchants In the plan. Leaders in the movement assert that eighty per cent of the cotton farmers are more or less dependent upon the bankers or supply mer chants for credit each season, and in this, they point Out,; Is the signifi cance of the bankers' pledge! The movement was inaugurated by sending letters to all bank presi dents In the cotton section, explaining the plan and asking that a pledge of co-operation be signed and returned. This pledge was as follows: "My policy will be - to extend financial aid to those who cut, down the lilS cotton crop- one-half and to discourage In every proper way the planting of more than half of this year's acreage In- cotton, the other half to be planted in grain and other; fnod rrnna I will rnnfar with tha supply merchants of this community ' , . . ' and urge them to adopt the policy." Of the 1,010 signed pledges sent In by bank presidents op to date. Til "were froirrTejtaa7"TlT onit!e6rglaTt 44 Oklahoma, Z9 , Arkansas. ZH Alabama, 110 North ' Carolina, 1 77 Mississippi. Ill South Carolina, 114 (ToiiUUn, Ul Tennessee, II scatter- REPUBLICS EACH DAY PROVES A REPETITION OF PRECEDING DAYS First One Side- Gains and Then the Other Advances in Great Battles Now Being FoughtGermans Are Being Reinforced. tONDON, Oct. 25.-(9:10 p. m.) Each day is but a repetition of the previous day in the battles being fought out in West Flanders, northern France and Poland be tween the Germans and the allies. One side gains a little at one point, only to lose at It appears from the of ports that the Germans, finding it impossible to advance along the coast toward Dunkirk owing to the fire from the British and French warships, took a route a little more in land and have succeeded in crossing the Yser canal, which the Belgians have been defending stubbornly for a week to the west of Dixmude. Germans Progress. The Germans also have made progress to the north east of Roulers which they are still in possession of and towards which the allies were Germans claim to have taken 500 British troops in the fighting in this neighborhood. Of the gains claimed by the Germans,' the French report makes, no mention, dis missing the battle with the sentence: "There is no change to report between the sea and the region around Arras.' To add to the trials of the troops engaged ' in the desperate fighting, a short spell of fine weather has given place to another downpour of rain which will convert the low lands of Flanders into great lakes. Of the battle on the center and left wing the German report does not speak. The French declare they are main taining their positions in the Argonne and along the Meuse. ' French Advance, , ' ...j From unofficial sources it is learned theErenckhave le some advance in the mountains along the' Alsace bolder. ? In Poland a very heavy battle is in progress between the fortresses of Ivangorod and Radom, where the Ger mans and Austrians, defeated in their first attempt to cross the Vistula, have made a stand. Both sides, have, according to their ownreports, made prisoners and captured guns, but the battle, extending (CONTINTJKD FB Will Not be Regarded as "Cpntrabrand" Sir Ed ward Grey Says. CAN BE EXPORTED. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-8lr Ed ward Grey, British foreign minister, has assured the United States that England will not Interfere with Amer ican cotton shipments as "contraband of war." Sir Edward's assurance reached the stat department today through Ambassador Page, who also reported that the British ship Camperdoon, 1af AM rl4h AwiMlfifln lAtfAn anJ n!- duPt, h.A hMm det.ln.rt Bt nma- t way, Scotland, not because of her dls- and i manifest, but' on account of agreement between her owners the charter party. The newly announced attitude of the British government will permit safe movement of American cotton to any point, including Germany, where a market may be found. Sir Edward's statement Is construed In some quart tfi as moaning also that there is to be no Interference with any non-contraband cargoes from a neutral coun try, carried in neutral ships, even when consigned directly to a belliger ent. The British announcement fore stalled action by the state department upon a request made) yesterday by south n senators that the belliger ents be asked to give assurances that shipments of cotton from the United States to neutral . or belligerent coun tries would not be seized or detained. Cotton never has been listed a either absolute or conditional contra- .""" 7 ' 'J9 v'. Dwn u" tained, and certain marine insurance companies have refused to Issue cot- ton policies. A fair market for cotton is said to exist in Germany, although most of the mills in England and France" arecToBea" THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, Oct IS. Forecast for North ' Carolina: Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday, another, i ficiaKGerman and' French re advancing last week. The ON PAGE 7.) OF THE AtLIES HAS BEEN Declare That Germans Are 0 Now Pushing Slowly to Southward. RIOTS IN PORTUGAL BERMN, Oct. 25. (Via Wireless to Sayvlile, h. I.) The end of the twelfth week of the war, according to German official accounts, saw the final stemming of he enveloping campaign which the allies for a month have directed against the Ger man right. The Germans have be gun slowly, but definitely, to push southward. It is declared. Events in the eastern theater of war are described as still Indecisive. Despatches from Austrian headquar ters report that a battle continues before Prxemvel, where the front has assumed the shape of a crescent with the Austrians vigorously attacking the north and south portions. On Oc tober 24, Ell Russian prisoners pass ed the Austrian headquarters, while IS, 000 additional prisoners from Pnemysl and Jaroslau are reported en route. ' The use of the anti-cholera serum In the Austrian army has proved ef fective. It Is stated that the percent age of cases has been greatly low ered. Army surgeons regard the dan ger of an epidemic as having disap peared. The number of prisoners of war confined In camps In Germany on October 11 was announced to be 1,401 officers and 111,441 men, In cluding six French, It Russian and three Belgian generals. More prison ers are said t be on the way from the front. .. "According to a report from Ger man official sources, the French min ister of Justice has ordered the seis- are of all the private property of Germans In France. From the same soureejt Is stated that advices from Xlsbon says' the rdyallsTlnbvemennri Portugal Is increasing and that there has been fighting between the wv- ernment and the rebels at many places, - The Insurgents are said U be well armed. : "wi r, The , i '.,' v ' j . jA V J -,;' lw. isTUj.); m8 j that vinvm , ; ..J i 1.7:1 pv''M A ' ' . , QUAD'S) r M'v.pkiM ,s -if - 1 ; ; , 1 a H ' k , '.'K' 'jit-. , fi , ' , . jC- A v Jf . , ' M ( ij ! NEW FEOERAL RESERVE BANKS : . WI .h OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON Secretary fddA- Authorized bytU Currency Act Make th An. : 'Z u yncemfne - ; , in All WASHINGTON, iU. fc Oct. 15. The twetve federal riwrte banks of the new banking ytim will be opened for business November , II. This was officially announced today.. Secretary MoAdoo, authorised by the currencjr act to jjme the open. Ing date, made ; the ' announcement. His choice of the sixteenth was made despite the recent recommendation of the directors and governors , of the twetve banks against opening before November 10. 'V s " ,:' "Ur ' MkkAnn fl " ' 1 ,f"1 f tsxhMf"ts"'decUiyWl anar'lsciisslon with the federal seferve board ana because oi emergency conditions la the aontk. i H believes the .. bpenlng of the banks, especially helpful there, will benefit' business In. all sections. WOl Aid Producers, ' J In a statement tonight the' leore tary made It clear that under the new system the federal government wilt be able by deposits from the general fund of the treasury In reserve banks to aid producers of staples, . The new reserve requirements, he -pointed out, will release more than 1400,000,000 of money now held by national banks as reserves and will add greatly to the loaning power of the banks. The statement in part follows: "I have determined to announce on the 14th day of November, 1114, the. establishment of (he federal re serve banks in all the federal reserve districts. On that date the new re serve . requirements for-! national banks, as prescribed by the act, will become operative. "I am ltrepelled to this decision particularly because of the emergen cy conditions In the south and the confident belief that the prompt open ing of the reserve banks will be very helpful to the cotton situation and to general business In alt sections of the country. This conclusion has been reached after a thorough discussion with my associates on the federal reserve board' and also after full considera tion of the views expressed by the directors of the federal reserve banks at their recent conf'-rence In Wash ington with the federal reserve board. ononis e Has Attacked Parral, Ac cording to Official Advices Carranza Follower. EL PASO, Texas, Oct. ti. General Herrera, a Carranza follower has broken the armistice fixed by tbe peace convention at Agues Calientes and attacked Parral. Chihuahua, ac cording to official constitutionalist ad vices today. " In the battle, which occurred Fri- day, the Carranza troops were re- pulsed. The town was defended by 2,001 Yflla troops. Herrera was said to have 1.200 men. The light lasted Ave hours and about 100 were killed on either side. . ; The VUla leaders disarmed forty of their own men on the charge that they intended to assist ths Herrera troops. These men were imprisoned In a building on the outskirts of the town and after the battle tt was dis covered they all had been killed. Villa leaders charged they had been killed by Herrera' men. ' ; FORMER PRESIDENT DI8. ' ! BUENOS "AIRES, Oct. ' 2S-rr. joss Urtburt, former president of AT 5entina, died today. Real Thing This NOVEMBER 16. IS, JJsTJstvM mac n ww ueip in x-roauccr Parte of th Country at One. , , , Ml II l , , " "I am fully aware of tha physical difficulties " that must be overcome tj set the reserve banks Into motion on the Hth of November, . but the directors of these banks represent the highest degree of American banking ability and I am sure that not only can they meet the situation, but that they wlll cheerfully take up tha task in the earns fine rptrtt of public ser vice whtoh animated their discussions at the Washington u,' r -noe. "A tfti; r "vilt of ' '-tment mf the, Y. C,'. . ... . ", " between receipts ajt Juiounw"iKHi of the treasury will soon be happily re stored. ThU will maks U possible for the treasury to render still greaU sr service than It has already ren dered in helping the financial situa tion in the south and In other parts of the country, where, the need has appeared. " "The prompt opening of the fed eral reserve banks will make the as sistance of" the treasury doubly vow erful because the federal reserve act authorises the secretary of the treas ury, In his discretion, - to deposit a large amount of the monies held in the 'general fund' In the federal re serve banks and to -require such banks to act as fiscal agents of the United States; and also in hla discretion to deposit the revenues of the govern ment, or any part thereof. In the rs serve banks and to make disburse ments by checks drawn against such deposits. Cannot Scatter Funds. "Under the present system the secretary of the treasury cannot with prudence scatter 'the general fund' of the treasury among the great number of widely separated national banks throughout the country: Up t.i the present time I have gone as far In that dlrerctlon as I have felt It was wise to go. but with the larger pow ers conferred by the federal reserve act and the use which I may be able to make of the federal reserve bank as fiscal agents of the government It will be prudent and wise to deposit a large' amount of the 'general fund' of the treasury In the federal reserve banks. Eemain With View to Ex pediting Cotton Legisla tion in December. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.Among the few congressmen remaining In the capital today were several repre sentatives who stayed with a view to expediting cotton relief legislation when congress reassembles In De cember. , - A special houss committee on cor gn legislation, appointed In the last nours of the session, will . meet to morrow to go over, the situation. Representative Mann, the republican leader, was one of those named, but he announced he would be unable to serve, until after election.- Repre sentative Henry, of Texas, heads the committee and other members are Representatives Austin and Langley, Republicans, and Lever and Hefiln, democrats, and Belt progressive, Representative Henry's declaration Saturday that an extra session of conaTssWiddoMUedJJn;TNo4 vember gave rise to much discussion, President Wilson today mads no com- ment, but tt was said In admlnlstra- tlon circles he did not eontemplat caIlInsT oiutresf back. - 7 v'' FEW CONGRESSMEN ARE riCE STILL IN WASHINGTON Year ANNOUNCED to Nam the Opening Date "As soon, therefore, as the reserve banks are In operation, 1 shall trans fer to them as large an amount of government funds as possible! .this will, In turn; enable them to extond enlarged credits to 'im'inat banks and stats banks which nmy become members of ths federal r Tve sys tem, which they, in turn, r y extond to their customers. By t. means and through ths Money of tl t 4 oral reserve banks, I hope n r c d dltlinl exttiitiiTice to tv t. ! ly 'vert f ' the f ti.e cuUun pnwjuctrit, tii .vuuuii in dustry, and tha business men, of th south.- : - - " ' , t "Ths ' nw " reserve requirements, which will become operative on the 14th day of November, will release mors - than . 1400,090,000 of reserve money and largely increase ths credit facilities of the banks of tht coun try," ' ' r OOLOIt UJCB DRAWN, ' ; NEW OMJEANB. ' Oct ll.Tha color line bas been drawn oa' tha American whlU horse by , ths French government, accprdln to Officers of ths Prltlsh steamer Anglo Bollvan, which sailed from hers today with a cargo of 1,041 horses .and moles, said to be Intended for the use Of the French army, Ths horses included in ths shipment were exclusively bays and blacks. It Is said tba,t white horses afford good targets for marks men and for this reason are lees, de sirable for military purposes - than those of a darker bus. Ths Anglo Bollvan cleared for Bordeaux, France, Pit. LA GAItDB DIES, EMMITSBURO, Md., Oct. Il.Dr. Krnest LaOnrde, for 41 years pro fessor ot Kngllsh literature and modern languages at Mount St Mary's college here, died today. He was born at New Orleans II years ago and during the civil war served in the Confederate army. After the war he edited newspapers In Richmond, Vs., and New Orleans. . ENT WI T Calls Him Man of Principle and of the Highest Public Service. (By George II. Manning.) WASHINGTON, Oct. Presi dent Wilson has sent a letter to Thomas D. Warren, chairman of the North Carolina democratic state com mittee, in " which he pays tribute to Senator Lee . Overman as a man of principle and ths highest public service, and expresses hope of his re election. The letter reads as follows: "My dear Mr. Warren: "I take It for granted that the voters of North Carolina will not de prjve themselves of the distinguished services of Senator Overman in the senate of th United States, but I want to givs myself the pleasure of paying my tribute to him as a man of prin ciple and the highest publlo spirit, hone that the endorsement given him by the voters st ths approaching slestlon may be of the highest kind, "Cordially and sincerely yours. ligned) -"WOODECW " ' D0K1EBM.B REACHED. CARLIi'uJ JURY DISCHARGED Final Vote Ten for Acquittal , and Two for Conviction 5 i Is Asserted,; ' ? . t i i DEFENDANT ITUATXY ; ! coLtAPcrani count; Bursts Into Tears ir Verdict is Anscur.::i-1 ': T7iu ixic r.n. :' . MINCOLA, N. Cct. Jury in the case of Urn, Conkllo Carman, charsod 1 v murder of Mrs. Louise r.n : : to reh a verdict after IS 1 u 11 minutes of deliberation, At i . a. m. today It reported Its tnubiiuy n agree and was discharged. i Ten Jurors are sold to hxve vol. for acquittal and two for convict ! of murder In the first degree nn t' , final ballot. -The Jury was out !m,t thirteen hours. i ' j District 'i, Attorney Lewis 3. fimuiv said tonight K was unlikely tht ?-.' Carman ever would be bri ' t 1 1 trial sgttln, " - Will Ask Hall. Attorneys for Mrs..' Csrmnn 1 morrow will ask thst she ha i.' mltted tn bull and tha diK(rit i torney Is not expected to oppose . a step,- Ths defend mt fnllupsed In C ; court room " or the Jury was d : -charged, anil It m sold at the ) . tonight thst e bnd tn rrjlnr c". stantly ever since bn whs ftun 1 to her cell. " : . f When the Jury triM-.t-.--i t y dtssKresnient, Mm. ( . nn brought In. svronmpiinM t v 1 i i- i Mrs. to a rnwrtl, srnt hr r' lltslen Cnrby. . rr. ; n:d hi i the dsfendsnt's hiihlmnili vl been sitting In the court rm ., versing with frien.H J ' ' 1 It th counsel !)!, f sppcitrcd tlre.l sn1 f IsUMim ' 1 r i nobert Ltidluin, for. ,n.r it Jury, announced: rVWs havs been' argtilng for eluht or nine hours and we have been con versing for ihe 'talence of the time. We cannot agree." ' At the suggestion of John J. Art ham, Mrs, Carman's 'chief counsel, Justice Relby asked ths Jury whether it "was tha evidence they could not aires ipon, - r "It Is not a "question of ' evidence, your honor." -replied Jhn M. Moly neatt Juror No, I. ;:MWe have gmd (Continued on rag Seven.) EIHEEfE! Oermans, However, are Ctill Rushing Reinforcements to Front. FIGHT IN THENCIIE3 PARIS, Oct. II. Tbe soccess -of the allies la repulsing the furious au tacks of th Germans, as Indicated 1 Saturdays official statement, bas en coursged the French public. Th Germans, however, in might? ef fort to gain victory, continue rush ing up all the reinforcements that can be spared. . w , , . Many of the German soldiers at Dixmude have com . from Berlin within th last few. day. ; Arriving at th seen ot battle they have been sent at one into trenches waist high with water,; .The Belgians approached th trenches under cover of a fog, and at the point - of the bayonet captured a large number ot German. At (he earn time the Contest was resumed at numerous thr point but tbe result was different and th casualty, lists : wore large. 1 : The fact that th allies1 hav ad vanced appreciably saat , of. Nlsuport has helped to re&ssur them, since In this vicinity the British naval guns hardly could continue to exercise an Influence In gaining ground. The slight retrogression at other points was considered as Inevitable In a great conflict of this kind and apparently did not onus the slightest d!fr conragement, , ' The strategic consequences of thin battle of the north, It Is felt In soma quarters,' wilt be greater to the Ger mans than to ths allies. If It shoul 1 be necessary for the latter to w!" draw, It would be upon v and without risk, J H Fifty per cent i rfShfw!' - ' tism rf ' C.fM- :
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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