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T '# j VOL. 23. NO. 47. SEMI, GIBBES TAKES OATH AS GAME WARDEN Reappointed by Governor Man ninj; While Test Case is Pend ing in (he Courts. PI T THE IDLE TO WORK "Loiterinp, Loafing and Vagran cv" to (Jet Attention of Au thorities in Columbia?Other Capital News. * Columbia, April 1.?Wade llamp ton Gibbes, of Columbia, for the fourth time in al>out a year, has taken the oath of office as chief frame a warden of South Carolina. He was reappointed and recommended byGovernor Maturing. This opens a new angle to the much contested office of chief game warden. There is a case on file with the circuit court for Richland county ifsun^ Mr. uinoes' title to the office, and this proceeding: probably will have to be amended or a new case tiled. Mr. Gibbes announced that the National Audubon Society has lecognized the branch of the South t'arolina Audubon Society which recommended him as the true branch in this state. Prof. A Moore, dean of the University of South Carolina, is president of this branch, and Iir. E. C. U. Adams, a physician of Columbia. of the other, which endorsed A. A Richardson and, later, George Weston. <?ibtM?s' Uetter. "Acting, as we believe, after careful study, entirely within the law and according to the decision of the supreme court," says a letter from Mr. Gihbes to Thomas H. Peeples, attorney general, "Governor Manning has recommissioned me toda> as chief game warden for South Carolina. In accepting this appointment and holding to the office 1 am actuated by a desire to preserve a department of the government ol the State and to administer it through it* warden force in the interest of all of our citizens. Therefore, I beg respect^ fully to reciuest that you will aid nie in ti e matter of lending the name of your office to a defense of my title against any who may quest ton it. and that you will be kind enough to usP eoelate with you as counsel my attorn* vs. who have heretofore represented me in this matter. Condemns Idle. John I>. Frost, assistant attorney general, in a letter to I>r. Lewie A Griffith, mayor of Columbia, en the introduction of an ordinance in the municipal court here to prevent "loitering, loafing and vagrancy," says that "with the best of our young manhood either at war or donning the uniform for the front, 1 cannot, and have not. Ueen ahlo v?. any man could fail to support an ordinance which would force the loitering or idle either to the farms or the workshop, this being no tiin^ for anyone, high or low. iich or poor, black or white, to loaf." "1 trust that the ordinance." continues the letter, "will teceive the sanction of council so that the people of Columbia will he able to eral?Ioy labor which is now floating about the pool rooms and hanging around the comers of the street. TMish the matter along, for which the people of the surrounding country, aH well as the city, will be grateful." liuy War Securities. Where not prevented by special act school trustees could do no more pa ing funds of their districts in gov ernment securities, according to an opinion written to P. M. K?-a. of Charleston, by Thomas II. Peoples, attorney general. The opinion follows: "I am in receipt of your letter of the 25th instant, in which you sag * gent the desirability of inverting in government securitie? the sinking fund set aside each year in any of the school districts for the retirement of their school bonds, and in which you ask whi ther there is anv legal obstruction to prevent school districts from investing these funds as above suggested. "In reply I beg to state that r great majority of the acts authorizing the issuance of the bonds by the various school districts throughout the State contain provisions which (Continued on Page 6.) ?r HE Li WEEKLY. STATE TRAVELING MEN 1 MAY ORGANIZE COUNCII Pirlil Secretary of the Council o Defense Makts Interesting; U?? - : The. Rev. lluKh R. Murchison. held secretary of the South Carolina Council of Defense, has written a letter to the traveling men of the . state suggesting that they emulate the example of the Georgia traveling men ami organize themselves fot war service. "In Georgia th? re is a .permanent organization known as the Georgia Traveling Men's Association for National Service consisting of more than 1,700 salesmen," savs the letter. "This body of loyal men has offered the spate moments of its members to the nation tor any nervier they may rentier. Knowing that you are loyal, well infromed and capable. we thought the South Caro- ( 11nil Traveling men would like to organize themselves for war service 1 am sure that you are already rendering much valuable service, but an organized effort would increase your ability in this direction." 1). It. Coker, chairman of the Plate ^ Council of Defense, lias given his ap- ( proval to the suggestion. RO( K HILL PLANNING A BIG DEMONSTRATION i i McAtliH) Invited?Hand* ami Troop I'roni Cainp (irrcnc?To Often latan Campaign. I Hock Hill, April 1. Plans aie i rapidly heing perfected for a great liberty loan demonstration to l?e held ; <n April 10, the date on which the 1 sptakeis in tiie national campaign visit the city. Ev* ry local chairman ' and committee worker in the fifth ' congressional district is being urged t (\ tO' til If tOiPlf Ilill lunnn O... - , - -w. . ? i I I uv J il fi I UU UII 1 V < ity in the state visited by this spe- 1 t.al ? (/hituiIter, other than canton- 1 merit cities. This city In the 1 ;u-1 loan oversubsei ibed tier Allotment ' by $1190,000. In fact, only $47 nun 1 was subscribed in the county, outside ' the Kock Mill district. There were r.?;7 individual subscriptions, which placed Rock 11.11 to the trout. I>i. I), li Johnson is general cha rman tor the demonstration and pa- ( tr otic tally, with (i. Barnwell and t an aii.'c executive commitUe to handle the details. Two milita y bands ar. 1 a couple nl balRnes ot artillery have been sec.ired trom Cuiui cireene, with possible other troops to give a military touch to the pa- ' tad*. In the parade will be ai! the ( school children ot the cummun tv. j each school heating an approDriat- I bairn* r. The speakers for the occasion are . William Martin Lewis, chairman; Captain Leslie Vickers, of the Mritish army; S. L. Urnve ami Miss Katherine Synon These will he entertained at luncheon at Winthrop college and the speaking will he in the Win- , throp auditorium. R. A. Cooper, state chairman of the loan campaign, and A. L. Caston, district chairman, together with Cony ressnrtcn Steven- 1 son have been invited to he here for v the oceasion and take luncheon v*ith ltie speakers. A pressing Invitat.on has be* n sent to Secretary of the Tteasury McAdoo ' urging that tie stop over in Rock ' >1:11 for a few hours, en route from * Wilmington to Columbia, and ad- x dress the people of this section. Mr. McAdoo and President Johnson ate schoolmates. * GEORGIA FARMER IS [ KILLED BY A SHELL i c t Allied .1. Jiunm MwIn Ito.ith on .j Artillery Kuii^r at Cain|? v HuDMK'.k. !< o Aupusta, Ga., April 1.?Alfred J. 8 Jamnn, a farmer, was Rhot throuph the l>o?|y with a three .nch ehell Fri- c day on his farm during practice by b irtillery at the Camp Hancock ranpe. ii His farm had be?m rented for range purposes. He ha?l been seen on the n ange and warned of his danger. I^aer his body wjih found. He is sur- j, vived by his widow and 10 children. - ir IJ > a ' > wuHiunnuiimi nrfmvnwi? ti PariH, April 1.? The bombardment v< of Parin by long ran*e (Jerman gun* T wax ronuined thiH afternoon. (< tiMM?.. i i \NCA LANC ASTER, S. C., Tl WIPE WHEAT OFF THE HOTEL MENU? Administrator Hoover Says Sac rifice Must He Mntle Until Harvest Next September. A MOST CRITICAL PERIOl Hotel Men From All State Pledge Support to the ( onset vat ion Plan and Corn Hread i Coming Into Its Own. Washington, April 1.? Wheat an wheat products were wiped off th menus of several hundred of th ountty's leading hotels in respons o a request of the food administrs .ion that "every Independent, ever well-to-do person in the Unite states" should pledge complete at stinence from wheat until the ne> aarvest. Hotel managers who had com from every state in the union t Hear new conservation regulation explained were told t>y Food Admit strator Hoover that a census of suj plies revealed that the harvest ha Lw ?-n less than estimated, tvat t-hij ping diflirulties mud" it imperativ o fe? d The allies front here instea f from 'he Argentine and that it i impossible to ship corn, owing t o:-s from germination. Mr. Hoover said the renunciatio tf luxurious foods must tx-gin at th !op of the social scale, not only t et an example, but because the in iustrial population is dependent t t large extent on bakers' hrear tread, which must have a consideni ale proportion of wheat to he dui itlp. Therefore, he asked the h< els-, which have as patrons people o wealth, to refuse to serve any vvhea whatever until the new crop com* n. using other cereals and pota'x nstead. "We stand at the most critical { riod of our national history sine he battle of Gettysburg," Mr. lloov ;r declared. "We may have to cut ou wheat consumption more than :!? uilf. but the sacrifice must <0111 mm those who have the most, no roui those who have the least. "Our wheat acreage this year wil >e greate- than ever l??*fore and i fie lyord is good to us in the matte ! weather, o.ir difficulties will be a nd by September 1. That is n< t long period of sacrifice." The reply was an outburst of ap ilause which died away as John McK flow man. of New York, head of th "ood administration's hotel division itood up. "How many will rise with me t' Innlf,. |S?. 11 .1 >r ; uirj v? in r?lll|l|V V.lin III hi?*f's request." Mr. Bowman asked It seemed as if everyone in the ha) ose simultaneously. waving flap aken from the lunch*on tables am dnerinp . "We have pledged out lelves to sa\e wheat for victory, dr. Bowman announced when quie vas restored. I>r. Alonzo Taylor, the food ad niniatration's representative on th ?ar trade board, told the hotel met v heat was not a necessary ehinen if diet, but a luxury. "Wheat has no advantage in nil rition or taste over corn, bailey. iioi ii other cereals." I?r. Taylor deolar (1. "arid the patron who comes ti ou with the demand that he inus iiivr wehat and can't eat substitute; s either a slacker or a crank am re must not humor either. "The breakdown in the (Jermai ood distribution system was due t< he fact that the system was admin stejx d for the upper classes wh< ould pet delicacies at th?- best ho els if they had t'.e mojiey to pay "he poor people could not pay am; ere forced to suffer. There was a reat contrast in England where th* nun* utueis were me tirst to cul ff their menus the food needed fot oldiers and workers." Mr. Hoover made it clear that sueess in rationing the allies could not e achieved other than by sacrifice i the United States. "Our wheat situation is today the tost serious situation in the food upply of the whole allied world," he pftan, speaking with evident feelig. "We have had a stock-taking l the early days of March," he connued, "and we find that our hares t was less than it was estimated, here is also another and more bit?r difficulty in the delays of ship .STER I ESI) A Y, APRIL 2, 1918. ALLIES HOLDING 5 THE LINES FIRMLY Enemy is Repulsed at All Point and Fighting is Still Fierce. > NO DECIDED ADVANTAG1 . Hun Advance is Almost a Standstill, Rain Preventin s Their Bringing In of K< serves and Heavy (iuns. d While the advance of the Genua e armies in I'icardy has come almost t o a halt, tin re has been severe fightin e on the extreme western edge of th i- t>attle zone. Kncounters in whic >' large forces have been engaged hav d occurred north oi Moreuil. but thei >- seems to be no decided advantag t gained by the Teutonic invader; They <la.m to have taken height and to have carrie<l a wood in a< o vnnof ot their line near Moreuil, bn s the Br tish say they have drive >- back th? enemy fr.-m positions the )- have occupied elsewhere in this set d tor >- The French lime farther soul e !,av stood against savage assault '1 especially m the region of Montdii is ,e? and eastward of that place aUtn o a j>art ?f the line whit it was suhjecl d to a terrific strain for two day n late last week. In a number of s?< e tors the French have surged for war o and taken hard-earned ground frot i- the Germans and have e,?tablishe o their line solidly along the Ois !. river. The expected allied count' i- offensiv has not yet come, but th - German^, who are reported to be er ?- trenchinc alone the French fron f evidently expect it there. The elements have in en at wot s n delaying the Germans' advanc< Kti.ns are reported along the Frenc uid r riti-h fronts. Wet weat hi - 1 here, if continued, would handi<a e ji further advance ot the German and he of .nfinite value to the allies r a j<? a re ni n nr their forces an suppl.es ov?r solid earth Instead c yto.ml which has been churned int t nditions where they step is bes? by (1 flicult.es. : IAC,GEO HITS OF GLASS rOl'M) IN BAKER'S UREA I t t Warns Public to I w N|os( t'arefi en l.at.nu linker's Products. N'?w York. Apiil 1 Warning t the putdic "to be most careful in th tutUT? when eating bread. roll; ' cakes and pastry," because "jagge hits ( f gla.ss have been found i 1 flour, bread and bread wrappers, wa*- issued by the federal food boar ! here. Th? warning ridden that "com pk itits of this character have bee sufli .ently frequent to warrant tli board in publishing this warning - mil h as it dislikes to be put in th e position of seeming to unduly alum i th? publir." t An- Tiling t ? the board, no criran ized attempt to work injury by plac - ing glass .n bread has been found , t ut such acts are attributed to mali . eious persons engaged in the baker > i? s and factories affected. ? "Housewives should examine breai , alter it has been cut and mad I ready fo: the table." says the warn i?g. i ' Mi MOKK MKATI.KSn l?A\ S Hilt \ MONTH ? Washington. April 1.--Suspension of the meatless day regit I n! tioiis lor 30 clays, effective Suni day, was ordered by the food administration in instructions tele[ graphed to all state food adminlet tutors. ping, in the growing scarcity of shipthat has thrown a larger hui(l?n up 1 on the American people in feeding the allies than we hnd .anticipated We had all expected that the Argentine supply would he available in Europe before this time. Those sup plies will not arrive for another two months, and even then will he less than we had expected. The consequence is that the supply of breadstuffs in Europe is at its lowest ebb There is but one source of supply and that is the United States. New SUli I BRITISH PRESSED BACK BY THE ENEMY FORCES f * (live Suini' ( round South of I?i%<-r Solium- Itut Maintain Hint to S tin- North. (Friday.) laindon. Mart h Heavy tight _ it.K has taken place south m th? Soinme in whit h the British have been pressed bark to a line running. ^ west of llarnel. \laicelcu\? and be in u in. says this evening's wai otlire announcement ?. North of the Soimne. all the Brit isli positions were maintained. Tin r? were no serious attacks by the enemy in this region during the day. 1( The French, says the announre,, ment, are continuing their offensive tin ttie southern frt>nt between Mont,, tMdier and Hassingny. Fresh troops H .in' arriving in m's region. t The text of the announcement ( reads: (, "North of th<' Somme we mainly tniued all our positions. No serious pnviny attacks have been launched I during the day. n "South of th? Somnx there has r been heavy fighting. Our troops have v been pressed bat k to a line running .. west ol Hanoi. Marcelcave and I>? u .tin. On the French front south ( ' I'emum the French ! in* riin> through Meziejes. La Neuv.lU- Sire l_ Iternavd and Oratibus- to iu^f west of Montdidier. Th?te hat tie- n further heavy fighting tadav on this line. "Hetwi en Montdidier and l/jiss.gI ny the French counter offensive con ,, tinues. Fresh French troops ar? ar,1 riving. Last of Lassigny thee i- n> I , change in the French line. ,r "A captured Herman o.sbov.'?-| e that on March 1! 1 the objectives a' an enemy division which attacked , near St. Oiontin was fr ??. c i > St mi m*?. near Ham. n distant e of at1 ^ It ast 11 nrlt's Actually :h? d.vision in (juestion penetrated ruth*'! less h than three miles." ;i itKiTisn (iM\ <.t;otvi> 1S XT GFItTAIV I'liX*'F.S London. March If ft. \pa ' -< n d lti a! fi-htirg at <Ii:t erit p- nts ft if non.y has not pressed Li- attack> to 0 day north of the S> mine, afford n t to the oflicial statement iss t? d : th? war oilif ? toni. lit. "We pained ground at c rta n plnrt's," the statement rout nuee 1 ' South of the Sonime lit-. \y host It ! attacks d< v. lop. d during i: ? morning in the neighbothootl of Mt/ < t1 and Demutn. Fighting is still going on in this sector. "It is known from raptured documents that the German attack yesterdt v astride the Saarpe had fot its o ^ objective the capture of Vinty ridge and Arras. This attack was carr etl J out hv at least e'\ divisions in th? front line, with foui assault d.\i n ions in support. , "Despite the force of the atta k the inipressicn made upon our battle position was ftp-onsiderahle and the fighting r< suited in a srirrr d? ! . t n for the enemy. "In the heavy fighting firthei south between I'.orev and Serte. f ^ which h.:d tio greater success, no fewer than 11 hostile divisions were dentil.cd id* ii in < (him \\r> or FNTIItK AM.IKI) KUtCKS Washington. April 1 Official information has reached Wsishington1 i that General Fo> h, the Frt tnh chief * l I ,, of start, has t??*? n appointed to mi_ preme coninriand of all the allied and American forces in Fiance. This means unification of all the! armies opposing the Germans. a step! which the American and French m l-! itary men long have urged and which \ apparently has been brought about | by recognition of the iuiperat ve de- | mand for concentrated effort to hurl I back the gigant c thrust of th? ene-j my in France. ?? WOMF.N < \\ T SKIIVK OX STATU I>KFK\KK t (HA< r, Columbia, April 1.?AVomen cannot qualify as members of the state council of defense, and a man tmiii. : ng an office in this state vacates this office when he takes the pros rihed constitutional oath as a niembet of i the council, states an opinion given hy Claude N. 8app, assistant attori ney general, to Governor Manning, i The opinion of the assistant at torney general, if upheld by the courts, will take 12 members from the state council of defense, the three women members and nine men who hold various state offices. SCKIPTION $2.(1(1 A YEAR HFAVV Flf.HTINf. IQ nui i t a iivjiiimu u STILL IN PROGRESS (?ermans Begin New Bombardment That May 1* res sage New Assault on Arras. ENEMY TAKES VILLAGES At Demuin, However, Erench Counter Attack Stops AdNance of Hun Troops in the Outskirts of Town. (Saturday.) With the Hritish Anuy in Franco, Jilarch HO. The \%ho?ls of the war mill continued to turn slowly on the Hritish battle front today, although there are many indications that intense speeding up may come at uny moment. Just south of the Scarpu, near Arras. the enemy late this forenoon began u bombardment which might easily pressage another assault on that city. It is written in the hooks that such an attack will come, but up to the lat< st reports there has her n no infantry action. Further south on the Hritish right there was hard local Fighting about Jiloziores and Iieinuin. but the most important action seemed to be taking place on tbo French left, when it was reported th? Hermans were pushing their fu_ t aiim ivr. Along the re-st of the; battle I'ront comparative inactivity continued bo fat .ik infantry lighting was cou< ernt'd. This, thi n was the status of affairs on the t? nth day ot the; battle, and while- no one can foresee what tre nd such cart operations will take, there are- many thing* to support the following interpretation of the situation : Kor two days past there has been a cessation along the major portion e>f the north< rn Iront e?f the bitte-r warfare' waged at the; <,?its< t. IJn doubtedly this > tn anoniunro with tin ('.erntan i fait tor it was iinposs.hie tor th?- enemy to prorood tutther witliout pausing to bring I'orwanl his supportmt' artillery, reorganize his lighting force's ami establish communications Those things now are being accomplished. The main faciei attet seeing the operaHons is the question ol" time. In this, a ;n any other offensive, cie ay gives relatively greater advantage to the defense than to the agg : e-ssors heetiuse tie- defense* may be a-Mimed to have better communications. For this reason the enemy must press t ;s attack quickly. The crucial sector, which in the ope ning days of the battle lay in the vicinitj of \ I bet t, which the tiermans hoped to use as a gateway to a westward ;edv!in/?i iwui . i. r.,... . dropped to th< /one below the Son me This i> due to two reasons. In the first plan . the resistance ottered along tie northern front undoubtedly upset the schedule and liiar s o? the <Ierman coinrnanrl. Finding.' their progress lo re too slow, the Cermans turned their attention to the southern tor. where they litid continued the.r successes. In tin' second plao? the entrance of the French into the battle also raised a larg? piobbui for the enemy and gav? tb? Ge-inans a further reamn for pushing bard below the Summe. in ord? t to divide the allied armies if possiH* The probabilities are that the Ge'mans will continue to evploit their successes on the south. The extension of the front of attack undoubtedly is due to the terrain, which is restricted by the marshy valleys of the Avre and the Somme. i c ... . .. .. IKII LU<- rut'lU) V UIUIU.UU' OtJjCC. tive might be, if be should succeed ir. driving his wedge between the two armies, is a matter of speculation, but it is not unreasonable to assume that bo would proceed to the northwest through Amiens and thence to the sea. On the extreme north the Germans probably will press their attack against Arra-s, for they not only desire possession of this city with its railroad facilities, but wish to broaden the salient they have driven in the British line. AMERICANS BIUNOINO Kt'l'PlJKS TO FKKNOI Many American transport sections are at work bringing up supplies to (Continued on Page 8.)