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S3 . 9 T VOL. 23. NO. 53. SEMI i DESPITE THR PATRIOTIC DE WAS MARKE1 STRONG ADDRESSES HEARD BY CROWDS IN PACKED HOUSE! Both the Opera House and Cour f House Were Used and Each Speaker Made Two Addresses PARADE WAS A FEATUR1 Handsome Floats and Decorate Automobiles Furnished Spec tacle That Impressed the Im mense Crowds Which Fille? the Streets. * Notwithstanding the rain of th previous night and the threatening weather early in the day, the patrl otic rally held here Saturday came u] to all expectations and was a gram success. On account of the rait however, the speaking was held in doors, the opera house and the cour house being used. Neither beln large enough to accommodat the crowd, each speaker made tw addresses, one at each place. Th parade, which was scheduled to 10:30 in the forenoon was postpone* until four in the afternoon. Excellent Music. The 77th Field Artillery bam from Camp Greene, Charlotte, ai rived on the 8:55 train and rendere several selections on the street befor the speaking began. The band, com posed of 84 stalwart young Amerl cans, Is one of the best ever heard 1] this section, and the music on thi occasion may be properly describe as excellent. At 11 o'clock, the hour announce for the speaking, the opera hous was taxed to its capacity, the isler doors and stairway being occupied Likewise, the court house was pack ed, as many standing in the door am upon (he steps as could And room ine court bouse was used to tak care of the overflow from the oper house and as soon as a speaker flu ished at the latter place, he imme d lately went to the court house t epeak again. Address of Welcome. Col. Leroy Springs was master o ceremonies and opened the meetin by asking the audience to sing "Th Star Spangled Banner." He then in troduced Mayor Roach S. Stewarl who, he said, needed no introductio: to an audience of Lancaster count people, but who would make the ad dress of welcome. Mayor 8tewarl always a good speaker, was unusual ? ly good on this occasion, devotin his address entirely to matters per tainlng to the war and Liberty bondt Mayor Stejvart said: "We have met for the solenv purpose of rededicating our servient our fortunes and our lives to th sacred cause of human liberty. Th hands upon the dial plate of tim now point to the crucial hour whoi "the chaff shall be winnowed fror % Ihe wheatwhen the "goats sha! be separated from the sheep.'* W etand before the Judment Bar c history, and upon its lndestructibl records we must enter our convic tions. **We are for or against civilization We condemn or approve the spoils tlon and rape of Belgium. We loo! upon tne heroic suffering and ur parajleled eaciiflce of Franco wit burning indignation or we ailentl acqulesece in cowardly shame. W know that England and Italy flgh today for us, our homes and institu I' tionn. or we cravenly and selflehl refuse to admit It. Our hearts fil -with flaming wrath when w think of the Lusltania and tho Tua cania. or we refuse to believe tha which we know to be true. We hav? Hannibal like, laid our hands upoi the altar of our country and swori to avenge the death of our soldier in "No Man's Land." or we hav secretly and shamefully decided t pursue our selfish ends. We lov our soldiers first or we worship a the shrine of the almighty dollai mr li -WEEKLY. TEN ING WE A THEl MONSTRATION HE !) SUCCESS AND M - ] JM. ^ - ^ ^W*"' '.. \ ,-^ty ' \ r 4t 41 ' t ' vmni - L HHLHHHIi 1 rl ? " WHITEHEAD KIA'TTZ r "Who Spoke Here Saturday. 8 Our hearts thrill at the sight j e of the Stars and Stripes, t g or we secretly pay homage t " to the pirate flag of Germany. We j D /.? .. 1 I tk. SM .. t - | fttaui; K'cuftc uui ah iw iuc avaaii \jl ^ ^ Destiny?Woodrow Wilson, or we ( '? slave like, stand by and endorse the r l~ policy of history's most hellish ^ fiend?the German Kaiser. Today j. K we shall buy a Liberty bond or toe morrow we shall have forged for us 0 the bonds of slavery?labeled "Made f e in Germany." , r "*J welcome evtery man, woman s 1 and child here today with a welcome fi that has no depths, no bounds, no limitations. I would say to the , chairman of this district that Lan- * caster county will not only oversub^ scribe her quota of this loan, but of e as many more as shall be necessary to win this war. 1 would have the '* speaker of this occasion carry back 1 n to Washington this message: The 8 people of Lancaster county have a blind faith' in the justice of our cause, in the ultimate < triumph of out army, and in the e peerless leadership of our President. ' I would have the representative of '* the glorious, thrice glorious, French army take back this message: ^ 'When we were thirsty you gave us ' to drink; when we were an c e hungered you gave us to eat,' a and 'when we were sick you 1 l~ visited us*?we know you** his- r tory and we love It. We suffffer with 0 you in this awful hour. Already 1 our advance guard lights side by f Ride with your own brave comrades. r Millions of our soldiers shall yet y K follow. On the shell-torn beautiful 0 e hills of your native land, many of 11 them shall sleep the sleep that ? knows no awakening, but some ??./ ? n your flag and ours shall float to- v y gether In precious victory?for It is v " written, that justice shall not perish from the face of the earth. Again, t in the name of Lancaster, I bid you a K welcome." ^ Colonel <*n.ston Speaks. 8 ' Colonel Springs next Introduced 8 Col. A. L. (laston, chairman of the ^ n district Liberty loan committee, r ' "who will tell you," C'ololenl Springs e 6 said, "Tf you are not going across, t e you must come across." ( ? Colonel Gaston spoke of the part 8 n America Is playing In the war and 1 n said he knew that every true citizen c of Lancaster county and of South ^ e Carolina was willing to make what'f ever sacrifices as may -be necessary x e to win the war. "When General t ' Pershing approached the statue of I LaFayette and said: 'Sir, we Have r i. Come.' ho was voicing the sentiment fi >- of all American citizens," said the t k speaker. "None of us are ignorant; c I* none of us are unfamiliar with the a h causes which led us Into the war. If n y we are wrong in this war, we were v e wrong in the Spanish war and ought r t to call up those heroes who were s - sunn on tno battleship Maine in the j v y harbor of Santiago and apologize to j II them for sending them to their ^ e death. If we are Wrong in this war our forefathers were wrong In the t War Between the States and in the >. revolutionary war?all were*fought t n on principle. There is only one na- I n tion that is hostile to the self-govern- q s ment of nations and that ie the na-! I 6 e tion with which we are at war.. o There are but two classes of men? [ * e the gentleman and the German. The t t je (Continued on Page 8.) 'a \NCA LANCASTER, S. C., 1 I THE GREAT RE SATURDAY OST EFFECTIVE 'ARADE WAS FEATURE Ar DATTlfAmfn uj ui iiic iiuuis urougnt loui cheering from the people who line< he sidewalks as they passed dowi 4aln street to Chesterfield avenue iround the block and back Into Mali itreet at Arch. The decorations were in charge o drs. M. J. Perry, chairman of th Voman's Liberty bond committee ind her work was faithfully and sue essfully carried out. VfUCH NITRATE COMING FOR SOUTHERN FARMEI "ongrcssninn Stevenson <?ives Ou Figures as to Amount Delivered and to Bo Delivered. Congressman Stevenson has givei 'iit the following statement, relativ o nitrate, from information jus urnished by the agricultural de inrtment: To date 21,536 tons have been dc ivered and unloaded at Savannah "harleston and Wilmington, am nore than 17,000 tons have bee] hipped to the farmers. On aecoun if port conditions, the railroads hav lot been able yet to move about 2, 22 tons for which shipping instruc ions have been given, but will do s< ery soon. The remaining 2,000 ton rill be delivered to the farmers ver; loon. Two ships, carrying 16,00 ons, will be discharged this weel t Mobile and Norfolk, and five ad litional ships, carrying 26,500 tons re on their way to Chili for loading nd a sixth ship, of 7,000 tons, ha teen assigned for carrying nitrates naking n total of 72.000 tons, efth r delivered or for which transpor ation has been arranged for thi miuiry. me department has as urances that the remainder of th< 20,000 tons contracted for wil ome forward as speedily as possi de. War demand for shipping has beei ery great, but It is now believe* hat the arrangements which hav< >een made will enable the depart nent substantially to meet all or lers received from farmers up t< he date when applications wen losed, and it is believed that, in th< bsence of unavoidable develop nents, all the nitrate contracted foi rill be secured and delivered. Anj epresentatlons to the contrary ar< aid by the department to be un ?? 1-1' " * * ?.. ..niuu aim misleading. PHE BRITISH TROOPS NEAR ROBECQ DRIVE GERMANS OUT London, April 22.?The Brltisl roopa near Robecq, northwest o (ethune, yesterday drove out th< lermans from some of their advane d positions, according to Fiek farshal Haig's statement issued bj he war office. Aside from artillen ngagements there was little othoi ctlvlty along the front Sunday. v/i i Aimuilt L V LJM I fandmtino Floats anil Decorated Au tomohiles Made Splendid Spectacle on Saturday, The parade of Saturday, thougl lelayed until four o'clock, far sur lasBed anything of the kind ever be ore seen here and all doubt tha Lancaster had not awakened to th< ituatlon, so far as the Liberty loai s concerned, was dissipated whei he great procession started from th? ourt house. True, the rain prevent id the school children, the secret or lers and many others taking part tut as it was, it was so imposing a o cause lasting memories in th' maun or me people who lined th< treets for several blocks. The parade was headed by the 77tl Meld Artillery band and there wen loats representing Liberty bonds he Red Cross, the Suffrage cause ving Cotton, Uncle Sam, the Statu >f Liberty, and one which showei he Kaiser in a cage, a placar* ending: "Liberty Bonds Will D This." Joan of Arc was representet >y Miss Perry Belle Bennett. manv a# !?? " 1 ~ * TJESDAY, APRIL 23, 1918. PRESIDENT NAMES" A "LIBERTY DAY' i ' April 26 to Be Observed Ove United States to Boost Liberty Bonds. II RACE FOR THREE BILLION Patriotic Demonstrations Wi Be Held in Many Places t Pledge Anew Financial Sui port to the Nation. t Washington, April 22.?Frida a April 26, will bo Liberty ds u throughout the United States undt a a proclamation issued by Presidei ? Wilson calling on citizens of evei - community to hold Liberty loan ra - lies and "liberally pledge anew the , financial support to sustain the ni R tion's cause." e ' Patriotic demonstrations simih e to those on the opening day of tk campaign will be held on April 2 ti and the day devoted to giving tl e race toward the three billion dolls i. war credit a new impetus for tl !, final week. e Now, with the loan campaiF 1 nlw.11* Vrnir ?1 no n TO. OOO . ivmuui no.I WTCI , f i.uof.l oi.imiu su ' scrlptions have been reported to tl 0 treasury, and committees in evei district have received orders to mal extraordinary efforts to Rather 1 il pledges faster, in the hopes of mee d ing Secretary McAdoo's express* a hope for an oversubscription of tl i, three billion dollar minimum. 11 President Wilson's Liberty ds proclamation follows: ' "Hy the President of the Unit* e States of America. "A Proclamation: "An enemy who has grossly abu ed the power of an organized go ernmont and who seeks to domina the world by the might of the swoi challenges the rights of America ar the liberty artd life of all the fr< nations of the earth. Our brai sons are facing the fire of battle defense of the honor and rights < America and the liberty of nation to sustain tliem and to assist oi gallant associates in the war, a ge; erous and patriotic people have bet i called upon to subscribe to the thii b Liberty loan. 1 "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wi son. President of the United Stat of America, do appoint Friday, tl - twenty-sixth day of April, one tho' i. sand nine hundred and eighteen, i 1 Liberty day. On the afternoon < n that day I request the people of tl t United States to assemble in the b respective communities and liberal - pledge anew their financial suppo - f osustain the nation's cause. Pati t) otic demonstrations should bo he ? in every city, town and hamli V throughout the land under the gei 0 oral direction of the secretary of tl < treasury and the immediate directic - of the Liberty loan committees o > ganized by the federal reserve bank '. Let the nation's response to the thit s Liberty loan express in unmistakab . terms the determination of - lo fight for peace, the permanei - peace of justice. a "For the purpose of participate in Liberty (lay celebrations, all en s ployes of the federal governmei 1 throughout the country whose se - vices can be spared may be excuse at 12 o'clock noon, Friday, th i twenty-sixth of April, j "In witness whereof, I have her a unto set my hand and caused tl . seal of the United States to be a - fixed, 3 "Done in the District of Columbii 3 this eighteenth day of April, in tt ? year of our Lord one thousand nir _ hundred and eighteen, and of the ii r dependence of the United States t j America the one hundred and fort; ? second. "WOODROW wu>snv "By the President, "ROBERT LANSING, "Secretary of State.'' j, St. Louis District l>en?ls. St. Louis today still headed tl 1 role of district*. f Richmond district has subscribe * 127,048.600 or 20 per cent of h< quota, while Atlanta has subscribe j $7,064,850, or 7 per cent. National headquarters have take ' steps to gather definite figures c t subscriptions by states and by cith r arranged according to populatio classes, in the hope of stimulatlr I New: SUBSC I FRENCH TROOPS TO A1 ' REINFORCE BRITISH r Allied Line is Holding Hard Fij Against Further Incursions By Huns. S MORE VIOLENT ATTACKS A? 11 Germans Seek to Cross the La Ar o Bassee Canal and Bend South- ] )- ward the Salient Outflanking j Town of Bethune. ] Y. Reinforced by French troops, the ] l>' allied line is holding hard against tw< further incursions by the Germans Gei it from the reeion of La Hassee to the c?s 'y north of Ypres. wh< Everywhere the Germans have ed ir struck the line in an endeavor to anc a" press back the defenders they have out been repulsed with heavy losses and me ir have been successful nowhere in nea gaining further ground. the Attacks of an extraordinary vioie lent nature are being thrown by the me ir Germans on the 10-mile front be- sau ie tween Givenchy and Robecq, where 1 an endeavor Is being made to cros3 ' ;n the L.a Bassee canal and hend south- the b- ward the salient which now out- als ?e flanks the important railroad town ry of Bethune. A division of troops to wn each mile is being used by the Ger- ' In mans on this sector, but the British out t- at last accounts were holding well Sei . and inflicting heavy losses on tho net ie enemy. bet If successful, the new attack of iy the Germans would jeopardize the re> entire Arras sector, which includes Ge ;d the famous French coaling region ' about Lens and the equally famous Fn Vimy ridge, where the Canadians are tic s- holding forth. It seems evident that Vo v- it is part of the strategy of the Gerte man high command to wipe out' the T1 rd salient by an enveloping move rather id than again to give battle to the Hritse ish about Lens and Vimy, two re- noi ye gions that already have proved run in slaughter houses for their men. ag; uf Following the usual custom prior Sal S. to the launching of an attack, the est Germans throughout Wednesday ofli n- night literally rained shells of all sta in mIIWO r-i i 1.? ' vuuuv? O urinccii viivrin uy illl(l *d Hobecq, the firing by daybreak hav- bol ing reached the intensity of drum- rio 1- fire. Barge (luantities of gas shells an< es were intermingled with the high bai te powered missies. u- During Thursday midway between is Bailleul and Ypres the Germans vipaf orously attacked the British positions south of Kemmel, which the ir British had recaptured from them 1>' Wednesday, but were unable to gain m> rt any advantage in the face of the wl> '1- stron vr defense. ',a< Considerable fighting has devel- Mt oped along the front In northern Flanders between Bangcmarck and " ' ie Kippe. held by the Belgians. At one 4 n ,n point the enemy penetrated the Bel- n,? gian front line, but later was ex- m' s- polled, leaving 600 prisoners, among ' them numerous ofllcers, in the hands A lr> of King Albert's men. 'a (IF ^ Fast of Amiens, along the Avje river, the French have made success ill! attacks against the Germans on IR several sectors, capturing the great- 'nR n- Bn er part of the Senecat wood and also ^ advancing their line east anil west of j the stream. The Germans in the ^ Aisne region attacked the French ( near Corbeny and also in the Cham8tr; pagne, but in each instance were re0 ly 1 pulsed, while the French in Lor^ raine carried out a successful ma- . 1 neuver against the enemy in which ^ prisoners were taken, a, can On the Italian front artillery fljf, (e duels and patrol encounters con1_ tinue. Intense aerial activity pre- t^ ^ vails over the entire front. Wed- trj< nesday 17 enemy airplanes were A n, brought down?five by Italian avia- * , tors and 12 hy British. Viscount Milner has been ap- igpointed British minister of war in Ch| succession to the Earl of Tiorhv ? Ue, has been given the post of ainbassa- afo< ie (lor to France. An 1 Th >d inter-city competition. thl ir Sunday, April 21, was devoted h> ths >d thousands of preachers to specia cm Liberty loan sermons. ] n New Kngland Is believed to lead fig! in all districts in the number of Ir.di- thf ?s vidua! subscriptions, of whom 14 2,- ed in UOO have been reported already, an ? ig increase of 24,000 for a single day. RIPTION $2.00 A YEAR MERICANS STOP GERMAN ADVANCE ?htin^ With French Troops Fhey Recover Ground Captured Hy the Huns. f ALL NIGHT STRUGGLE tilleries Active at Various Points on the Somme, Avre and Oise?Rritish Check the Enemv Northwest of Ypres. ?aris, April 22.?Fighting be?en France-American troops and -man forces in the vicinity of tucyicj, uuriDweai, 01 i'OUl, ere the G&rmans Saturday launcha strong attack against the French i Americans, continued throughthe night. The war office statent says the French recovered irly all the ground overrun by i Germans. American troops iting in this sector, the announcent adds, repulsed the Teuton asilts on their lines. The text of the statement reads: 'Artillery activity continued on i left bank of the Avre river and o between Montdidier and Noyon. 'A German raid north of Rheims a repulsed. rhe struggle continued through: the night in the region of cheprey, French troops regained irly all the terrain which had m lost to the Germans. 'American troops fighting in this sion also repuised a determined rman attack in the same sector. "Several raids were made by ench troops on the German posi>ns in Lorraine and in the sges." IK FRENCH HE-ESTABLISH LINKS NORTH OF SEICIIEPKK1 Paris. April 22.?The French lines rth of Selcheprey, where the Germs inaugurated a heavy attack linst the French and Americans turday, have been completely rcahlished, according to the war ce announcement. The text of the tement reads: 'There was no infantry action but Jh artilleries were active at va u? jMiinis on tne sonime, the Avre I the Oise, as well as on the right lk of the Mouse. 'North of Seicheprey our line has ?n entirely re-established. "The enemy bombarded Rheims, ere several fires broke out. 'Eastern theater, April 20.?On s left bank of the Struma the ene violently bombarded villages ich the British and Greek troops I occupied. There were artillery ions in the Doiran sector and on i Vardar. Near Sborsko several bian detachni >nt: . in driving Mny advanced posts, caused a vement of Bulgarian reinforcents, which, caught under the fire our artillery, suffered approoialosses.'' illM.XX STORM TltOOI'S FIAN'G AT AMERICAN'S rhe German high command, liavbeen unsuccessful in piercing the tisli front in Flanders and separnfg the British and French armies, i essayed , a stroke against th<lericans and the French northwest Toul?and here also Tmiton ategy seemingly has failed utteito bring its plans to fruition. Ylthough the Germans attacked waves with greatly superior nam's of men, the French and Amerlis have held their positions and inted heavy losses on the enemy, int gains were made in the iniI onslaught liouo v-"~ - ? n-? uovii ouumy rcaved and Sunday night saw the lerlcan and French lines restored, rhe latest Berlin official comnication asserts th?t in th<* drivo 1 American prisoners and 25 maIne guns were captured by the rmans, who cut their way for >111 a mile and a quarter into tha terican lines at Selchenpdey. ere has been no conflrmai on of s statement, or of the add<*d claim it the Americans sustaine 1 heavy lualtles. It seems evident, however, that the tit was a bitter one and thi t it was > arapitlon of the specially trainGermans to crush the Americans. (Continued on Page 81