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BUY LIBERT T VOL. 23. NO. 50. SEMl-\ . AMERICAN TROOPS REINFORCE BRITISH Heavy Fighting Going On Along 20-Mile Battle Line From Ypres to LeBassel. . THP I I MIT 1C MAT DDAUPW AJAA1U 1U HV& U1W11 Uil t British Recapture Town of Givenchy and Take 1,000 Prisoners?Germans Claim 6,000? Chauny Changes Hands. * (Wednesday.) American troops are now reinforcing the British line in France, f alone the greater portion of which ' the Germans are keeping up their strong attacks with hordes of men and great concentrations of artillery in assaults that now apparently have their objective in the penetrating of the battle front in northern France and Belgium. It was a happy lot of men that swung Into the sector choeen for them, and they were greeted with enthusiasm. From the Bouth of Ypres in Belgium to the region of LaBassee in France the new offensive of the Germans is being carried out with great desperation, with thousands of men, under cover of unprecedented bombardments of the allied roar lineB, endeavorings to pierce the bravely defended fronts held by the British and Portuguese?and now also at some unnamed point by Americans. On several sectors of the new 20mile battle line a few deep salients have been driven by the enemy, but in the process the Germans nowhere have been able to break through, the line merely bending back under the great pressure. Particularly deep are wedges northwest of Armentieres and northwest of T^aBassee?salients which seem to make certain the evacuation by the British of Armentleres and to theaten seriously the Important railroad junction of Bethune. Pressed Back by Germans. ^ British positions southwest of Armentieres, lying between the Rivers Eys and Doube, north of Armentieres along the flve-mlle front between the PloegBteert wood and the Wytsehae te-Mosslnes ridge hnve been pressed back by the Germans. East of EaBrfksee, Glvenchy hill, the key to Betbune, has been tenaciously held by the British and the town of Glvenchy retaken, while to the north in the region of Ypres the enemy's attacks against the high ground about the Messlnes ridee everywhere have hoon decisively repulsed. The BritiHh in recapturing Glvenehy made nearly a thousand Germans prisoner. The latest German official statement asserts that between Armentieres and Bstaires the Germans have crossed the Lys river and that north of Armentieres the British lines on both sides of Waasten-Warneton have been penetrated. Six thousand presoners and 100 guns are claimed to have been taken by th eGermans in the fighting between Armentieres and IyoHatsee canal. The famous Vimry ridge, won a year ago by the Canadians, is receiving a prodigious visitation of shells from German batteries. French Hold Chauny. While the battle in the north has been in progress the fighting south or the Homme, where the British are aligned against the Germans, hue been rather subdued. Not so, however, on the sectors where the French and Germans are disputing the occupancy of the terrain. Furious assaults'and counter-assaults have been going on around Chauny, the village changing hands many times. At last accounts the French not alone held the village but also the nearby comM etery. The German submarine menace evidently Is growing less each week. According to the British admiralty's atatement the sinkings of British merchantmen last week by mine or submarine consisted of four of more than 1,600 tons and two of less than 1,600 tons. The total of the previous ?r? <* mornkontmon ?? ? - ? VHWMV1UVU VI I the larger category and seven under that tonnage. Only two French merchantmen were sent to the bottom during the week ending April C. Y BONDS OR HIE L V rn rr w *. r VEiEiaiil. AMERICAN AIRPLANE CROSSES THE ATLANTIC? London, April 11.?All London is talking about the latest war rumor?the landing In Englaud of an American airplane after a non-stop flight from New York with 12 passengers. The authorities declared there was no basis for the story but this denial served merely to give it additional currency. According to the popular version, this was the "big surprise" which Premier Lloyd George said last week that the Americans would soon give the Germans. LANCASTER LAYS OUT CHILDREN'S GARDEI People of Town and County 8ho< Much Interest in Production of Foodstuffs. It looks as if Lancaster Is getting ready for the biggest food crops thi year in the history of the countj The county agricultuarl agent. F W. Oraeber, is doing unusually fin work and is Interesting the peopl in the extensive planting of food stuffs and making community gai dens. He is assisted in the work b the county home demonstrate agents, Miss Martha Creighton an Miss Jeanette Craig, who are als doing big things in their line for th people in the rural districts espe daily. Miss Creighton and Mis Craig were at work last week on th proposition of a community garde here in town for the children. j large lot for this purpose has bee secured free of charge from Dr. Ed gar Hlnson In the eastern section o town. Mayor Roach S. Stewart an the town council are co-operatin with the demonstration agents in thi work and no expense or pains will b spared to make these garden among the very best in the counts Miss E. Poag, teacher in the grade school, will assist in the work of ir structing the children in up to dat gardening. The lot will be divide into small plots for the children an each child will have a good place t plant his corn, tomatoes, potatoei beans, etc. and will be required t work it himself. The city will have the ground wel prepared and laid off. pnd after se< ing that the gardens are started a right will leave the remainder of th labor to the children themselves, meeting will be held next Saturdn will not have to ro around and b< you for this dollar. Everyhor foin now Just as soon as you s< this. Don't put It off. Your met herahlp is needed to help win 01 cause. The contributions made the Christmas drive was intended i a gift and not as annual membersh dues. Do your small part now. J. H. Witherspoon, Chra., Membership Committee. in the court house for the purpose c working these plans out in detail. * The Ked Cross. To the Old Members and to Kver Citizen of Lancaster County: It is useless for me to say anj thing to you in regard to the grea American Red Cross, and the work is doing to relieve suffering amon our own boys in the camps as we as in France and everywhere thf our boys are stationed, and to th ipoor people in the war stricken te< ritory, that have no way to hel themselves. I cannot begin to te you how much is being done, it too big for any one, but I can te you that the good that your men bership in this wonderful organizi tlon is doing more than any oth< way that so small an amount coul possibly be spent or given. We have in Lancaster count about eight hundred members, mo of thepe memberships have now e piretl, and we want every old men her to send in their renewal at one the annual membership being on one dollar. We also want every mn and woman In the county to becon a member. No excuse for any on We at home making no sacrifice oa surely give the small amount of 1 while oup own flesh and blood Is b ing given that we may livo in "T1 land of the free and the home of tl brave." Don't wait to be asked i Join, but send in your name with tl money at once to myself, Miss Ai | nle Gregory, secretary, or John I Madra, treasurer, and your nan will be added to the roll. We wai t f\ mfllro thlo trnlitnfo rv o/v ?Ko? ? #o PAY INDEMNr ANCA LANCASTER, S. C., I THE BOND DRIVE IS NOW ON HERE Approximately $50,000 Sub scribed Yesterday Afternoon at Meeting in Court House. BIG RALLY ON APRIL 21 Well Known Speakers Will B Secured and Stores Will B< Closed?Every Merchant a J Meeting Pledged to Sell Bond: ^ 'Approximately $50,000 was sub scribed for Liberty bonds yesterda; ,v afternoon at a meeting held in th< court house for the purpose of or ganizlng the county for the cam palgn. The calling for subscription 3 from those present was the las B business of the meeting. R. E r. Wyiie started the ball rolling witl a subscription of $500. Waddy C e Thompson was next and announce e that he would take $500 for himself _ $500 for his wife. $100 each fo four children and $50 each for tei y grandchildren. Col. Leroy pring n subscribed $5,000 for himself am d $5,000 for Mrs. Springs. The othe o large subscriptions were C. I). Jone e $5,000, H. R. Rice $1,000, Ma: .. Brlttain $1,000, R. S. Harper $500 s Harry Hirsch $500. J. H. Wither e spoon $500, Geo. W. Williams $500 n All of these subscriptions, togethe \ with those ranRinR from $200 dowi n to $50, were doubled before thi l_ meeting closed. if At the opening of the meeting Q Geo. W. Williams, county chairman g stated its purpose and announce* s that Lancaster county's allotment i e $191,000 and asked for suggestion s as to carrying on the campaign r. There was a deal of discussion o d various plans, beginning with th i- utilization of the already organize* e county council of defense, of whic! d R. E. Wylie is chairman, and inelud d ing a big rally to be held here oi o Saturday. April 20, and township o i, district rallies at other places in th o county. Talks were made by Mi Wylie, Col. Springs, Mayor Stewart II It W r'.Mohor r< r? I " ... M.Mwwv? , v. U UUUB, VV . II !- Millon, T). Reece Williams, am 11 probably others, each offering th e suggestion that appealed mos A strongly to them, and the sense o y the meeting was to adopt all of th ?f suggestions offered and a centra committee of five was appointed t work out the details. 'The committee is composed of H y E. Wylie, C. D. Jones, D. Reece Wil liams, R. W. Graeber and Rev. Sai: j. Long, the latter of Heath Springs Lt The local chairmen of Heath Spring it and Kershaw are ex-officio member K of the committee. 11 The plan is to have a big rail it here at the court house on Saturday !e April 20, and the day will be a semi r- holiday, all the stores closing fror p 10 in the forenoon to four in the al 11 ternoon. and every merchant presen [s at the meeting pledged himself t 11 "sell bonds and not merchandise" o i- that day. Prominent speakers wl be secured and perhaps a banc 3r these being some of the details lei id to the committee. In addition t this speakers from this city will g ty out to the country schools an st churches and make talks to the pe< x- pie, the school closings through a- out the county will be attended, e, For the rally to be held in Lar ly caster the probability is that Majc in Dupont, or some other French o ie British army officer at one of th e. cantonments nearby, will be secure in to make an address. This was sug tl Rested by Mrs. lyerov Springs, wh e- attended the meeting. Mrs. Spring je also suggested a parade for the hi ie rally, with floats and decorated at to tomobiles, and In order to carry thl ie out effectively, Mrs. M. J. Perrj n- chairman of the Woman's IJbert ,f bond rommltfM moSo ie ber of the central committee. Ther nt are many other details of the can w palgn which probably will be prim ed in The News Tuesday. |y The real sensation of the raeet'n pe came near its close, when the takin n- of subscriptions had been complete ur And it was found the total was $23 In 900. C. D. Jones, local chairman < as the committee, suggested that evei ip subscription be doubled and that rising vote be taken. It was unan mons and the total was rbus Increai ->d to $47.800. In putting forth h rY TO GERMAf ^TER KIUAI, ArniL 1Z, 1?18. SECRETARY McADOO 1 . STINTING IS NECESl 4 In Address at Columbia Mr. McA< 1 "to Hecome a Clay-Eater" TI Crushed?His Advice Is " and Half-Soled Hreec D Columbia, S. C., April 11.?Twice si yesterday William Gibbs McAdoo, p secretary of the treasury and diree- p B tor of the national Liberty loan cam- 13 g paign. delivered shattering blows in ti Columbia aguinst Prussianism. tl The drive began in the hall of the 8 house of representatives in the State ti IHI/IIUI, jiumucu mil! flllUUHUISliC, v H red blooded Americans, who hung w y tenaciously to his words and ap- is plauded uproariously his most elo- f( quent periods. Immediately follow- si ing this address he delivered another tl a eloquent appeal In Craven Hall to q t the women, whose patriotism was no b less responsive than that of the men. fi j Sacrifices necessary in winning the 1> . war were the burden of Mr, Mc- d j Adoo's plea. The country has not a . yet realized the gravity of the task. f< ,! the speaker said. The people had n ^ not yet begun to sacrifice. This was w s Raid, not in a sense of reproach, but U I is a matter for encouragement, in h r that the country has limited re- w 8 sources in men and material. b: x Emphasizing the stinting that will I be necessary, the secretary of the S1 _ treasury said he would be willing "to 01 become a clay eater," that the Kaiser r might be licked. pl n To We-nr Old Shoes. o e Were he a girl and a suitor should t) call wearing a new suit of clothes the j. :, suitor would immediately be reject-1 i, ed and he'd make him exhibit the 1 bottom of his shoes to show that s they had been half-soled. The spirit ^ s which should win the war and make i. victory thorough was every man's A f willingness "to wear half-soled ^ e shoes and half-soled breeches." I Sacrifices in food and clothing |W h were incomparable to the sacrifice* jr - the gallant young fellows are mak-!j> II ing on the battle field that liberty If] r and freedom shall not perish fromLv e the earth. That man who would re- j ' fuse to invest in Liberty bonds, war|r, . savings stamps or war saving cer tificatos was a slacker and at this | [l time the term slacker was synony- j e mous with that of coward and trait- w 1 or. He wanted the 2 5 cents invest- y t ment in stamps as well as the $50. tl c 000 bond purchases. The 25 cents ^ 1 stamp might seem inconsequential. (, 0 but it would buy a plug of tobacco or ^ a pouch of smoking tobacco for the ^ soldier, and the smoke might be the n - soldier's only solace in the hour (] n when he's called to "go over the i. top." e s The secretary was greatly en- c a couraged by what he has observed in n his tours of the country. The people n y are being awakened. "We aren't go- p ' Ing back to the Dark Ages yet," he I- said, "if the Americans' blood is red, y n and I believe it is red from what 1 u have seen from one end of the coun- s it try to the other. There may be some d 0 yellow streaks, but they don't belong p o here and we are going to get rid of t 11 them." fl ' Has Sons in Navy. ti t The fact that Governor Manning 11 o has five sons In the army was th? '? subject of a beautiful tribute to th?? c d governor's patriotism. All Mr. Mc- t< >- Adoo's sons are in the navy and the e >- secretary wished that he might have n 10.000,000 sons for the cause of free- o i- dom. It t Five members of Troop 5, Boviy ,r Scouts of -Columbia, received service J v o badges for record work in the sec- t (1 ond Liberty loan campaign. When b f- reminded at the conclusion of his n o speech that the medals were to be p !s awarded at that time, he asked that t K "thd youngsters" be brought for- y I- ward. "This is the time I ought to c Is be a woman." he tnlft hln anlmotoilih i" f. audience when he was struggling to 11 y release the clasp of one of the1 ?- badges. Each of the boya received j < o his warmest commendation for their] ?- work. They were: Jack Cantey, t- Joe Bell, Jr., Alfred Ooodwyn, Turner Munsell and Tom Legare. ^ K Governor Manning introduced the ' K * /I suggestion, Mr. Jones stated that If I any one felt after doubling his pub- t )f scription that he had taken too s y much, the First National Bank, of] c a which he is president, would loan) c |- him 90 per cent of the money for 90)1" *. days at the same rate of tnterest11 Is carried by the bonds. ' i 4Y?TAKE YOl New SUB "ELLS THE PEOPLE 5AKY IV WAR [loo Says He Would Be Willing lat Prussianism May Be 'Wear Half-Soled Shoes hes" and Save. peaker in a brief but eloquent and atriotic speech and a word of rayer was offered by the Rev. C. E. urts. D. D., pastor of the First Bapst church of Columbia. In part le speaker said: "Let me advert in my homely ?shion to some of the things you an do. The food supply of the orld is short today. Food of course i a fundamental. People must have >od in order to sustain their Lrength and health. In order that ley may produce other things reuired by the war, and the chief urden devolves upon America of irnishing the food required not on' for our own people, but the sollers and civilian population of our Ilies as well. That is the reason, >llow citizens, that it has become ecessary recently to economize with heat. The wheat crop in the nited States was short and we have ad to substitute something else for heat bread, and you are eating read these days you never saw be>re. But what could be more inliring and noble to the patriot who in't fight than to *\L anything over ere that will keep io?'\ and soul topther, thereby releasing those esmtial supplies for the support of ur fighting men at the front and tie civil population behind them? is a pleasure to help any man who ears a blue jacket or a khaki-colred uniform. It is not a secrifice to top eating wheat bread. It is not ard for us to do that. We should ave begun sooner. All that the merican people need to know, as I ave learned as I have been over the uuntry and have talked to them, is, hat is the thing to do? What is the itelligent thing to do that will entile us to help most? And when ie American people have learned hat to do. I have never seen any eople so responsive to the call of sun try. Wool Needed Badly. "Let us take the case of wool, here is a scarcity of wool in the orld. Every ounce of wool that ou can save is a direct contribuIon to the fiirhfinp men in ?V.<v renehes and a direct contribution n the civil population in Europe hose health and strength must be ept up in order that they may lake arms and supplies for those in tie field. "There is a scarcity also of leather in the world, and it is very diffiult to get the necessary supply to lake the shoes required for the arlies in the field and for the civil opulatlons in Europe. "So. therefore, my friends, when ou refrain from spending money pon unnecessary clothing, unnecesary shoes and unnecessary fnml on't you see (hat you release suplies that will contribute immensely o the success of the armies in the eld? Don't you see that it is vital o the success of our arms that those hings shall be done? Unless you ave and economize in this way. you an not at the same lime save money o lend to the government. The govrnment must ask you to lend it your rjnney so that it may buy the wool r the cloth made of the wool and he shoes made of the leather that ou do not take, and to pay the rages of the men who make those hings. In saving, therefore, and ending your money to your governnent, you perform an immensely atriotic service, an essentially pariotlc service, and at the same time ou are benefiting yourselves be ause you are making yourselves letter off by adding to your wealth he amount that you save. 4k SENATOR STONE HAS A PARALYTIC STROKE Washington, April 11.?Senator V. J. Stone of Missouri, stricken vlth paralysis yesterday while on lis way to the senate office bulking, was resting easily at his home onight and the attending physician aid his condition was most enouragtng. A slight cerebral hemorrhage affected the senator's left Ide and rendered him helpless, hough he did not lose conscious oess at any time. UR CHOICE SCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR LANCASTER SALES GOING TOWARD TOP Sensational "Jump" of War Savings Stamps Figures Create Interest in State. COUNTY CHAIRMEN MEET Representatives From Thirtyfive Counties in South Carolina Held Confab in Columbia Tuesday to Boost Sales. presided over the conference. It was developed at the meeting that South Carolina is at the bottom of the list in subscriptions to war savings stamps. However, the sales, it was shown, were 103 per cent greater last week than the week before. The county directors pledged themselves to bring the sales from $8f>.000 to $ir?0.000 this week. It was shown by Mr. Sparks that the sales must aggregate at least $400,000 a week for the remainder of the year if South Carolina to meet her full obligation to the government. Intensive solllnp paigns are to be organized. k A woman's office is to be opened in Columbia and several thousand young women are to be enlisted aa selling agents for the war savings stnmps. Rooths are to he erected in postofhces, on principal street corners, in department stores for the sale of the stamps. These booths are to be manned by young women volunteers. The federal officials from Washington expressed themselves as highly pleased with the South Carolina or-ni'zation and expressed the opinion that the State will be successful befo"0 the end of the year. The work in the several counties was outlined by the directors. The sensational increase in sales in Lancaster county was explained bv Charles D. Jones, county director. He said that Intensive personal work was necessary to make the campaign a success. Other talks were made by Herbert Moses, who has been very suceessful in Sumter: William Clifford of Hampton. Jos. A. Berry of Orangeburg. Fred L. Wilcox of Florence, and Ben Hill Brown of Spartanburg. Civic Director Ilea told the conference that the people of South Carolina are on trial and that the State's quota must be subscribed. Mr. Swearingen said that the movement should have the support of every man, woman and child in the State. The mention of Mr. McAdoo and the service that he is performing for the government by Mr. Marx was the cause of a fine demonstration in the meeting. Mr. Marx explained in cii-iaii me purpose of the war savings campaign. He ia a "dollar a year" man. who has been drafted by the government to aid in the dlrec(Continued on Page 5.) ' ? Columbia, S. C., April 11,?Directors from 35 counties pledged themselves to put South Carolina across the line in the war savings stamps campaign after an all day session Tuesday at the Jefferson Hotel. The pledge to subscribe the State's quota of $32,000,000 during the present year was given after rousing talks by State and federal officials and directors who have been unusually successful in their campaigns. The directors pledged themselves to organize their counties so that each man, woman and child will own on an a'verage $20 worth of government securities. An intensive campaign is to be launched immediately after the Liberty loan. It was brought out at the conference that South Carolina during the year must subscribe as much to the war savings stamps as to the Liberty loans. Enthusiastic addresses were delivered by P. M. Rea, vice director for South Carolina; Otto Marx, federal director in charge of the war savings campaign in the South; J. E. Kavanaugh. associate of Frank A. Vanderlip, director of the national campaign; Joe Sparks, State organizer for South Carolina; J. E. Swearingen. State supreintendent of education. and Mrs. F. S. Munsell. chairman of the woman's Liberty loan committee. P. M. Ilea of Charleston