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VO-UME! XXXIi. f.ALJR3NS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1918. NUNiBER 4" AUSTRIANS SUFF AT HiNDS OF TI C Italians [R)eport 200,000 Austrian Losses. MORE TRIALS YMAY COME Diaz in ('41m, plimentllng Ill Soldiers lpon th- (reat Victiri Warniis Them Phat 3.lore Trials .)Iny ('lome. .\us Iris S Lose Tremendously inl .31411 111n4d Su11pplivs. Fear of l(evolution. Rome, .1une 2.-In annoineing to his vietorious army thie repuise of the Audians, Gleneral Diaz, the Italian commander in ellief. says the lighting I' tihe present is confined to local ae ti o s. 1it, call" 1upon Ile rmilly to prepare for nevw trials. In anl order of the day to his ofilcers and menv11 G;eneral Diaz says: "h'lIe eimilly who, withii fur iious li petuosity, usedt all ileans to penle trate our territory has been repulised at all o)0nts. Ills losses are Very heavy. Hlis pride Is broken. Glory to all commands, all soldiers, all sallors. Tie cou1ntry understood at once tht tihe barrier set up by our heroes was uishakable und h I t your .trength is the purest of immortal Vigor. Our lpeople and our allies, wh%*o have so many giniloritta rpre seitat Ives aionst us, applaud ou1r SUCIceSs against the eternal ellnly. ."'he great hattle Is, for tihe tline being, reduced to local actions. "The army has deserved well of tle country. We are sure of ot'r right and of the holiness of the caulse we are defending. New,\ trials wh lehi un doul:tedly await us will again show tie 0ileily that Itily ~has lost none of her faith, strength aind abnegation. "lp or Italy, for king, for eiviliza tio, let us persevere In 01 sacred Austria's armiles again are beyond tile Plave and the river line once more hars the enemy fron tihe Venetian plain. The eruicd Austrian forces not only were pursiied to the river lit the Italians at points have ocel Wled strong bridgeheads onl thIi eastern bank. low thorough tle -1talian victory ha.. been is not yet yet clear ats every Im )r brings reports of increasing Auis till losses. Many thousands of the invaders were killed In thelir attellpt. to regain tile eastern bank of tle river ind tle latest announcement fron (eneral Diaz places the number of prisoners alone at 10,000. One report plices .the Austrian casualties at 200, 000 men. In addition tle enemy lost Ilarge stores of mliittions and sup plIes and many guns. Apuarently the sudden torrent In the i'lave which played havoc with Austrian communlicat ons fell as quIckly as It rose an t1 e river lied was driy whenio thle Austriian iet reat hegan. This enabled (lie enemy11 to ofre many~ of his tr'oops across, other' wIse hIs losses would have been minas uirably greater. VIenna blames the wea ther' and (lie '-Th water in thie 'iyer for thie retire ment aind gives no credIt to the stouit Italian resistance wvhleh held the ene my oin (lie westernl bank ando was griadutal ly forcing hiim back to thle niv -.It says the oi'der to withdraw wvas gIve Thursday and leaves (lie in pr'es ton tlbat (lie ret reat was carried out unobserved by the ItalIans. It has bieeii reported that IBaron llurian, (lhe Aust ro-TIunugarian for ,eign minister, told (lie Geimnan coin mandoer that grave events, po-isibly revolutlonl, would follow in thle dual monarchy If an Austrian attack, whieh Germany intilated upon, was repu~llsedl. There have been -no reports that (lie dhisord(ere and unrest wvIthin thea fiopsburg emptre liave neased. In fact late news dlispatchies give scanty initelligence as to thie state of affairs in Austria. If the Austrian offensIve was ex peeted( by the German commndo to relieve the sItuation on (lie western *front the Teuton .strategIts have had a blitter dilsapplointmnent. Austria probably will 1)e unable to take up a new forward movement on the Plave -line for a few (lays at least. ' In fact, the Piave front appears to 1)e stronger now than at (lie begin nling of tho present ' battle. Opera tionls on the mountitr front are stIll ER DEFEAT lE ITALIANS (. N ))ID.\i CIS ('OMES 1'lOW1,Y. vnly Two .\nmnOured ('nndiIntes so PFmr fl'or.th luse of Hlprestnita-! tives. With IIh( an noulincemet tiII weh of Ar. ii. (oggans, of Gros:; 11111, ,: ' vnziliiale Il'ur Ih. iose of Rop.. r*vev, lltix*, 1h- nauhlb.r of nnIldid;Ites for this oilee ha increvtased to tw"oanld h111re arotie 1:olices to be filled. .; vn Dame: 1I:ior is 'lot evinlcing- Inth iltere'Ot in olt a itila l a tlicmllielnts l so tle ainounicellient of .\ r. Goggains has abotti exhausted the names even mm)n ioned as prohable candidaics for tho louse. It Is truce liat .\lr. It. Cokie Gray, the well hon wa young binlie:ss00 manl of Lauo rens has been discuing the matter withl hi.; frienids and has1 inl dicated that lie woul( ru if he cot siuticient encotlragemient I still .\Mr. (ray s not yet committid himiniself aul there the Iatter stanlids. County Treasue1t r Ioss i'. Voim11 and1 Sperisor ilmbert are the oly incumbents X who have any allnoiliced oppkosition so far and v 'ery little is lIrd aboltt other opponents to the colrit houstc loiilIs. .\lr. Young will be opposed by .\r. I?. Judsoii Lngston of .ldden SlatIon liand .\ri. I iumbert, so far. i; Olpm.d by .\Mr. S. S. Flarrar and .\r. .John D). \V. Watts Judge of Probate 0. C. 'I'hompsol and A uditO .1. Waddy Titoillpson are not being opposed tisl- yeari. No annon )011 ii'emnn ts have bee'n in ide for coulity colllis sioners, of which there are two whose lerm expire il,; year. N HZIYlE(OSTI- 1ED M l .EN TO BE DR.\WN T'I' -ND \Y Seii Hltund red ''lhotlmiand Will Lenlrn the OIrder of Seivlee That. Day. Washinlgt1on, June 25.--The drn ft lottery for the newly registered 21 yer ol! Illen will be stngell at the Senate o.'liee building at 9:30 o'clock Thursay 1m101111ig, SecretaIy of War Dlaker ainnounced today. At that time 700,000 yOung men will learn ithe order of their call to milI tary service. gIt arrangl'emleis have ben cOm pleted for the evetit. Approximately 1,200 lottery noumbers will be plaeed in ( sle: and ( drawn from a hu11ge how I in the conference room of tile Senate olite b1ung. 'te drawing w..ill remIare :bou t two iouirts. The ti irat hirge call for draftvees for genera l milIItary service for tile month of July, l expected to he Issued to Imlorr:ow hv the P'ovost MarsIhal (ein eral. WIVAIIIIl. SWOtN OUT FOR .JOHN T. DUNCAN Columinhla, June 25.-Warrant was Issued today for the a rtIest of John TI. Ihmt ~ean , cain diate for Governor, chargIng breach of tri'ust In thle suim of $8,000). It wfa sworn out befoire .\a gist rate 5. .\1. Bushy by J1. W. Wes slinger'. against Italy the next enemy attack ma1y come1 freoin thIs front unle1ss the I talitans contilnue theIr advance east ward from the Plave, (It whichi, htow e vetr lierce are no111(101 10dcaton atI pre5 enlt. A long thle front from the North sea to Swittzerliand the alliled armliels are awa It ing another blowv froin thle Germianis. Premier Laloyd George has1 told1 thle ilrtIshi ho'use of conun~onls that another gigantie enemDy effort is comintg withint ai few days, possibly wIthIn a few hours. The allies aire r'eady to comb~at it. 'liritish nnd French troops on the Flanders hat tlefheld have carrIed out local operations tsuccessfully oni the plhateau north of Leo Port, west of Solssons and~ along the Alsne the Frenchl have Improved thier tpos011Ions and1( capturedI 170 p)risoiners. In a local effort In Bolloau wood, norlthlwest. of Cliateau-Thierry Amneri' can troops have completedl the calp ture of the wood by clearIng the Geormans out of the northwestern niortlon. Somie prisoners and flye mla chIne gun~s wvere taken. In Alsace several Amerleans are mIssIng as a result of enemliy raids. There Ia no confirmation of tho Berlin oflclal re0 plort that 40 French and Ameoricanl rlionersi wore captured in a raId Two Kinds of People, A spirited app:aI has been made to mSouth Carolinians by C. G. Rowland, presi. . dent of the National Bank of South Caro lina, at Sumter, S. C. So inspiring is the letter which he has mailed to hundreds of IsasUEDDY'rMm" people in thig rtate that the War Savings UNSTED SYTATS Committee for South Carolina feels ,.hat his 90VlmNW/ETlessage merits wide publicity: . The letter ----- - - follows: "Ocar Fellow American: I believe the biggest job the United Staten, this bank, and you have on hand just now is to win the war. That is why I am making every effort all the time to dho our part to bring this about. That is why I am speiding this bank's money for stamos and stationery, to cAll your spccial attention to the Liberty Loan bonds and War Savings St.mps. "The demand is that every man, woman, and child in the Un ted States must help. The young man goes to the trenches. The oldermen, nct liable for duty in the trenches, as well as thsen too young or otherwise not available for trench service, have just an important a duty to perform in providing the ways and imians to take c-ire of the2 young man who is In the trenches. That, too, is the duty of the women. '"It is a full grown man's job to carry this war to a successful issue and the most energetic and positive team work in nercesary in order to do it. Will you fall in line and do you part by helping in a Ninancial way? "When this war is over there will be two kinds of people in this coun try-those who did help and those who did not help We hope that every South Carolinian will be one of those who did help, will be prepared to meet the heroes when they come back from the front and tell them so The sacrifice should be made by every one of us, and we should feel that it is a preat privilege to make it.. I hope that YOU will head the call and ocot diown and buy your part of the bonds -.#d and war savings stamps which will make victory possible for our army. WAR SAVINGS C CLOSES_( tDit'd at her't 111ome ini 31 Innehtester, cn., Friday A fterlnooni a %-d was liuried Iflere Nundlal. .\lrs. Ora le( Irby, Widow of the late James H1. Irbly. of this count3 y. died at the holbe iler dalgIter, .rs. W. It. Parsois, at .lantclestr. Ga., at tite age of 77 Years. l)eatl was (ut to 1 collaip2'e incident to advantcinttg alo. The boIdy wvas,- brouight heore Anud ,1internd inl the Laurlenls --imetery Sunday afternoon, Rev. C. 1. Squire, ia 1stor of I the Firs t I'res bre teyterian1 c(hur ch1, of witicht tihe (eceasedl 111s 1 member, conducting Ithe services. I)Ir ing heri nmarried life '.\rs. 11rby had been a memberwl of this church and she had neve(ir iloved liir letter of me111 b)e'rlip, although sIe had beven living in l("'orgia for about tell years. The deceased is sutrvived by the fol lowing children: ame 11. Irby., man a120r of the state farm ill it Boykin, S. C.; Wtm. M. irhy, of this city; Sims I ofy, o f lloy k in : a n d .\ Mr. . W . I. P a r soils, Witi whomt she had made her' hom1e inl recen(t years. lrs. Irtby was a sister-in-law of te 1ate meator John ,. .\l. Irhy, the late )r. W. C. Irby,) the late .\rs. J. .1. Wilson, thle late .\Ir:. .1. Willie .ones. and Mrs. Rosa 1. Caine, of this city. New llis at lithe ilbray. In these days of work and war, ev 0eryotne wa11lds to devo e t te1 ,ae spare mttotlivils I otevadilg about tte war, so the "best seller- aillong War books are.(, included in anl ordlrt which eth public lit.rary expects to receive in 1thne tie n k-11 day.i. Tihe mal or wo man11 who is seeking inlformationl will finld it inl (ierar1d's "Pourl Years inl Germany", "I)re .\'able"' written by one o1' the olcers at Camp Wadsworth and illustrated by another, will make you "smt ile, smile, slile" wile "The Gtlory of the Trenches" by I)awson, who writes of t11' spiritual side of the war, and "'I'ei Return of the Soldier" by Itebecca WVest, belong to the bealu tifull inl literatulre. Othlier1 books ordered are "''hte First liiuntdret 'I'Tousa it d", Ot 11)to Win". "'1,'hv igh Iomance", "TeFamily",. "The Thre'shold" anld "Greatheart". As the chilren have been askinlg for the Hisie lo)oks and ite attitmal stories of Thompson Seton, some of these old favorites are otn thIe list. The works of Silms which arte full ofr tihrilling stories of our own state and i good set of Scott's are in the Ii brary already. inl fact Itere ate( tmore goodl books inl th Itl)rary tihn111 m11any people are aware of. Anyone interested, Will be wise to investigate and see What tie book-slttIves containl. Mrs. I'dward Swaint is in charge from five to sevenl onl Tucsday and Feridiay and~ w\ill wel comte visitors. Ten cents will give a mtonIth's mtembhershtip t)o the Iibhrary'. Ini what~t tdote wa'y will ten cetnts buy thte same1 21mtout o (f pletasure'o? New York, J1utte 25.-duly UI ottont mat~de a sensai botnal " nee thils af terntoont, gaining 153 , .ts within an L a ter 1(2 tositions were0 affected(1but a 2 siiilar adlvatnce wa's1 pre'veilted by ini Cr''ese offer'ingtis. Ther'te wats a not1. ablei sctareICty1 int July (Oi tontracts5, ho0w PTe advance resultod frotm the heavy dIiscounit at wIh lly1 futureis'0 were' selin tg underot51011 sp t'ices. i'This was nott contsidleredt just i fed bty thte ac02tual valueit of the 0 cettified stock aivaliable. A notdter ('tll 31mde for dltuly 20th. Colubia), Ju ne 25.--A call for 1,541 white seletmetn and1( 4,010 tnegr'oes has boen sont 01ut by'(r aplain Ri. E. ('at' wi lo, 00lietr inl cha1rge of t he selectIve 1terv1ice r'egutlatiotts. Thle whte select men1 are' 1(o be enitr alined( durt'ng thte 5-day 3' teriotd betginnin ig Ju)1ly 20 amin thte negroes duIt ng thte 5-dlay period beginninltg July 16, the whlite men to go to Campt~ Wadswoth antd the ne groos to ('ahit .1 ac(kson. Laurenols ('oun13'titlist futrnisht 70 whites anid It0 negr'oes under~i thtis call. , 'Ieut. ando Mrs. L. S. Bolt htave been~t spentding a few (lays In the c'Ity witht the Infli"' nnrnnitn 'Mtr nnd Mrs. Jo. MPAIGN IN FRIDAY NIGH Reports Indicate L a r g e Subscription. ORA IS.FIRST OVER THE TOP ('uirman Aikei has lNreelied F lItvimlizeld Reports frimi ViirI itus Sc: 11oions (of tlt ('oity, bit lieports I:, ' diente 11in1 ( moatill tiees are liard I Wld:and Subscriptliois are tiriilf; intr. The War. Savings cain iun is sche IIed to enld Friday nlight at1 the clo. of what has beeni termied "Wari Sa. ings \Iay". All those sections of t"1 celtinty that have not bveen thorolig' ly canlvassed by twha day arc expe(. ('(I to be covered by tle coin on tte: thoen and thle reports ut1ade to 1U. county chairman.11 imineildiately. Chairman Aiken stated yesterd. that Ora, which was apporltioned $1 000, was the first to report its quo: 01ige . O a 111.11t a Iini ceod the Ied Cross drive, so tile early I ports from tlat colimillity was u( InexpecteI. 'Reports from Cioss .11i are to Ith (e eec thiat: the quota is aboi raised in that cOPmmuniiity, tbut no clI !,al reiort has been made yet. Messr Sim Thompson and I,aey Cooper, the lilethaniy seclion in Youn- tow" ;,hip.,er inl the city .e-lerday an' irported ihat tle coilimilee ini tl comuiinity had about raised the quo ti'ore and was fairly 'erlai'n of goi: p'st he nlinium. The reports for the citv of Laurer 11.1v", not oiein tahilat'. Iit coilmil tees were aclively at worik yesterde and it is thought that the total pledgc so far are inar the $75.000 mark wi' or ny yet to see. micou ragiig r 4orts aie cominlg in from other lar: of tle county and the indications a, that a large' sulbseription will 1 ni ad 'e beo ro Friday night. .\irrested as Deserter. (leve Allison, colored, was arreste while at work on the P. & N. rai' road iear Dolalds last weevk an' broglit to Laurens as a deserter. All' .onl failel to show lt up when suloillilim by ti local exemuption board. lIe Ir: bient seit to Camp Jackson tor se: i ice. ('11111 ured taill Sti'l. ltirail Policeman Abercrombile 1 ca! qId took possresio)n of a sma' mtoonshine still oil the east bank ' tle Tomilling Sihoals pond last, wec' ,nd bro-i ihlit It to ftie shii-iff's oflic ThIuirsday. Teli still was ingenious contrived from an old aitomobile g: -:rk u.-d for. a' ho:er w.itl a plai wash ti) and gas pipe for a condell I-. It is estimated that about a gaic of whiskey a day could be made \,.,it thll (0ii 11. i'vid enies ariountd thle spn indientedi that it had been used a ft dlays befor'e, but 1n0 one was airouri w heni thle discovery wasi~ macde ar ()insequetiliy thire welte no airrest. Not. in t he ltace This Yart. Airi. W. D). Dyird, at priesenit ia ment her of thle county's declegat ion in Il lower' house of the General Assembl while in the c'ity' last week stated th: lie did not lntecndi to offer' foir re-ole ion t his year' on account of busine: aftfai rs and his cluties as Food Admi istrantori. Mr'. lhyrnd stated that 1I hicopedc that dluring his termo lie hi: been able to do some'thing in at pr' gressive wvay for the county as h efft'cis had becen diriectedl in that 111n Mr'. 1). RI. Ihoozer has not pubillicly a' nounced hits Intent ions as to -thle raec France, of c'ourse will not lie a candh Adlr. WV. S. Power', w~ho is lookir after' the enrollinen t books for 11 Laurecns precinct, states that enrol mient for the pirimaryv so far has bet v'ery lIght. I lar'dly miorne than 125 vo ('rs haive' so farI pilaiced thlirI nameis: the book. The books close the la Tulesdhay in July or Jiuly 30th, aft< which no mior'e namles may he addce In or deri to avoid a ruishi at thle Ia. ~Ir. Power reques1Cts that. 'ice vote comie in anti en roll as earlhy as pioss ble. Mr. .J. Rlhett ReIdh has resIgned hi position with Mr'. J1. M. l'hilpot an ' he. actd. ~inpsUay~ REVERSE STRIKE Germany's Entire Offen Been Upset by Crusi Forces on Piave R Be Opposed . Teui the western bank of the P'lave Itiver ;,s complete. Admission Is made by Ihe Austrian var otliev that Ihe i troops of :Eilepro r Karl have been forced to evtacuat the Montello pilateau, over whi ch they had holed to pres's the r way and gain the Venetian 11la1ins, and "'soile sectors" of the positlons they attained last week on tie bank of the river betwev'n the plateau and the point where the stream empties into Ihe Adriatic. lad weather and the ising of the Plavv under the heavy rains are assigned aIs the reasons for the withdraw]a of tile Austrianus. But the l Ionie wa r otilef asserts tit It WaI- !e impethols atlac:ks of tihe Ital ails that brought aboul the faillire of ant otie ration withlie Was startedl witi llit intention of ershig the ariles of General inz and forcing the Italians, IlIke the Russians, to aceept a Teul tonile allied peace. All along tle rivet' tlie Italians have pressed back the invaders of their territory until only small units re amain otn the western bank, and across the str'eam King Victor Elmlliantuel's men are keepldii well On file Ieels of lie retreating enemly, who is fleing in di Isorder. Ag aIn tlie cvalry has beei ithroWn Into the fighting and Is sor'ely harrassing the enmly, While moachilne gins from tle ground Ind fron airriaft. some of the Iatter op erateid by Anmeirlean avIa tors, are Working havoc amiong the fteeing Aus trian columins. The losses to the eneilly aIre d senl as entoImouts both In men011 killed, wvounded or imade prisoner. An ollicial statenment from Itomlle to the Italnlati embassy in Wash I ilgtont as serts that tie Austrians have lost -i5, 000 mntt i in trisoners alone. The Ital iln w'at' oflice colintient ion mentions only .10,000 Austrianlis as naving been ca)t urei itut It is probable Ihat tills communleiltIon anltedated that sent to fhe eimassy and1 thtat the 'captives Iin the hands of tlie It allans greatly CX Ceeded this figure. 'le probability 'tha1t this s rite Is To Operate ('aniery. The management of tile !aurens Cotton Mill has moved -the frame iuildiing formerly used as a d1ru1g store on Fleming Street to a lot, ad joit.ing the nill building and will In stall canning machinery immiedliately for the use of the operatives and oth ors who may desire to take advantage of It. The canning outfit Is for the itse of the operatives, primarily, but Mr. Smitht statedl yeste'rday that hie thiouight that other people couild be accommtlO dated to a conaleirable extentt. Tile mill also has plians on foot for the erectIon of a smnall Ieo plant. to isupp~ly S BLOW AT HUN sive Program May Have iing Defeat of Karl's iver---Italians May oon "by Other tons. enhanced by the fact 11hat 111 rivr %vas swollenl olit of houllids aIld illost of the few bridgesi that 11d11 not been carried away by the f hreshllet had been shot to pieces by3' the Italian guns, compelling the enlily either to sur render or take his chances of being able to -Swim the turin 11 bulent streall. So hunrrledly was tihe retreat of" the Anstrials at son)e point1s they did not take tine even to attempt 10 save heir gitmas and s1ores, great (1uan1titit's of which now are Iln Italian hands. As yet thereo has he'm no sign that the enem1y pur11poses again to renew at an (arly date another offensive in I tile Illollitain regiont, not willistanading the fact that re:)orts emiana ting from Switzerland have Said that he was bringing tu) large reinforcellents and lre'nt '111111tit s of supplies along tile frolt belind tle lines from tile Swiss border to tle tipper reaches of the PNave. - That another offensive is expedI anid at a1Iny mloment--l-has been ma1.de known tby David ILloyd George, the I 1i isl premier. to tie houise of coi mon.. Where It is to comne was not :: a teld, buI t It wI asserted that on the blow the issue of Ilh ea Ill paigl iahqlt depenld. On i tie front in Frncie and leian ders the oe)rations coninu111e of a m2inor character. The Italians again m ave defeated lhe G)ermans neari IN igny in the Maarne sector, Inflicting Ieavy anstialties oti them and tak ing a l.numitbeor of prisoners. In the same region file Americans 'It last have succeeded In clearing the Belleali Wood, north of Chateau Thierry of the Gorman., who had )evin (lilnging stutbborly to positions1 which were regarded as almost iipircgnable. Prisoners were taken and five machlIo gun11s were captired 1 I le Am1ericans. The Germana offleial commniention asserted that Itrenell nea Unlladeiviller oc0upied b1Y lFrench 1n11d( American troops have been invaded by the Ger mllansq who ilicleted heavy loss s onl the defenders. There is no confirma tion of this. postponed on account of tile govern ment action in regard to amllmonia. It Is not known whether it will le possible to begin Ice making this year or 1101. Company 1) In France. Iti a letter received by MIrs. T. A. Sullivan frAim her son, Lieit. 11. A. Sullivan, -Jr., Is contained Ilie infor mation that, his company has arrived "somlC.lewhre" inl France1. jieuit. Sttl livan is an ofileer in Co. D), 1lIiit In fiantry, in wichi ar1e any othler LauR rens1 boys, liclding its commanding oflcer, Capt. Arthur 'Lee. Tile r'egi