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LANfcASTEI
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t, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 17,
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1918.
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I AT I A MP A OTPD UAL' nAi
SUBSCRIPTS
~ n Iottaw
? <* 21
I $2.00 A YEAR /-?
& RFPftRTIQ A
HAND FREIGHT RA
' f Former Will Be Raised to i
t \ Three Cents Per Mile Ur
i. f New Plan.
TES SCENE Ai
Vbout Huns Are Forced to Fi
ider Italians Taking
Aggressive.
CTION A NEW SUB!
ight, the Cruiser Submarines
the Especially to Mcei
of Destroye
SCHEME Th
The Lancas
gone "Over tl
? Designed or allotments
I Menace The Lancas
rs 13'7]
1.2C
1 r* r
m+mm. AJi 11 ^ 1 JU1% 11/10 I/Vi
ter Chapter of the American I
le Top" in every drive?whet!
of work.
ter chapter has shipped to he*
L5 surgical dressings.
>1 hospital garments.
<1 fi. w ?4? n ,
wc , DENIE
\ed Cross has
her for funds
Echo of ]
Quarters: Preci?ita
Ger
im niil Vfltl IVJ
',D IN ENGLAND 1
v 1
i
Political Controversy
ted By Incident of
leral Maurice.
|T&rO MEET THE DEI
/ Rate Experts Are Now at
L f on the New Schedules
yjf Probably Within Six \
M They Will Become Effect
?rV ?
?ICIT AMERICANS TAKE
Work Austrian Naval Base R
and Italians and Rig Rati
Veeks Destroyed?Heavy
ive. Fire in France.
PART WILL BE HEAVIL
aided By War Against the U
leship is Been Effective ai
Artillery tion of Allied Shi
stantly Falls Off.
Jl ,DC
Y ARMED 3,3
In addition
Lancaster gra
-Boats Has 14(
id Destruc- 1,40(
ipping Con- *'^3(
12S
>o Knitted articles.
fO Christmas packets,
to the above, the Junior Red
ided schools has made:
) fracture pillows.
) abdominal bandages.
) gauze compresses.
> refugee capes and caps.
I property bags.
? _ IS PROMF
Cross of the
American '
to Re Uj
era! Fo<
For AIli<
>TLY REPUDIATED
Troops Will Continue ^
sed in Rattle as Gench
Determines Best
JS.
hV ^Vashlngton, May 16.?Est
J by railroad officials in
an Sncreaso of at least 5
QSt in freight and passenger
^WTll ^be necessary this "year to
. \ Ihe higher costs of fuel,
\\Jjpment and other opetatir
ymt set at between $600,0i
Jci$760,000,000 more tha
imate8 Among the rugged pea!
idicate Asiago- plateau, east of tl
!5 per river, the Italian front
rates flamed into violent action,
i meet greaaive has been taken b>
wages. 'ans. however, and the A
ig ex- man forces instead of launc
00,000 ,onK expected assault on t
n last 'lne8> have been comneller
Its of the Washington, May 1
le lirenta that America and the
has again gained the mastery ove
The ag- type of submarine, Ger
' the Ital- said to be planning a 1
ustro-Ger- big U-boat cruisers wit
htng their hopes to again assume
he Italian age in her unrestrictet
t tr> ficht I
Ut
6.?Realizing Tl)e ?
allies have wa"'?1 249, P
r the present The pupils
many now is P?rt ?.f four,
sew series ?f P,iy1hSE;
:h which she Ue^..at ???..
? , T he rural s
the advant1
underwater 4k <
rt An
> cotton paas.
f the Central school have colk
ounds of magazines for the s
of Central school have undert
French war orphans at $.16 p
jo forwarded clothing for thre
chools of Lancaster county ha
capes for refugees.
icted and foroldiers.
Washing*
aken the sup- ?m?ers are
er year each. reports iron
ie others, val- that Amerlcj
used until a
ve made: American ar
in France as
*
>n, May 1C.?American
incl'nod to characterize
1 l^ondon via Ottawa
an troops would not bo
complete and powerful. flH
my had been developed L,n
: an echo of tlie political *'
. T^econimendation that ?at<
H ] fd by approximately thi
Af" 'i (ago lias been made to 1)1
I^Veferal McAdoo by his advise
A is expected to act within the n<
JS weeks, and to put increases ir
\ | feet immediately. Shippers w
/'permitted to appeal to the Int?
hard to maintain the
where they have stood sine
'8 be vember.
s per- Tlie flKhtinK seems to ha
Irector p(J Qn the comparatively i
rs. He tlon of the battle line betwi
ext six Asolone and^ Monte I'ertic
ito ef- lwo heights, about three m
rill be riBe to an altitude of ab
>rstate r?- _?.
warrare.
positions
e last No- Announcement of the
scheme is made by Gee
ve center- the Fronch minister of
short sec- ,ntervlew received here
cen Monte 'lisPatch from France,
a. These regarding ^the new U
iles apart, K,ven h>' M- I'Oygues, hi
out 5,000 mnt'on from other soun
.iUU
new German
>rge Leygues, ^
marine, in an
in an official The Lancas
No details head expense
-boats were material for <
it from informs
it appears
property bags.
hat Lancaster Has NOT DON
iter chapter has not spent one
. Every dollar contributed go
nvilian and military relief.
v *'iui \>> ci ay
by the ineid
They could i
since the sta
F
13i# "war co in mi
cent for over- cabinet was
es into actual I'ortl Readii
here, and lai
Raker in a
at absolute
pi ecipnuieu in r.ngiantr*ir "
ent ol" General Maurice,
see no other explanation
.tement attributed to the
ttee" of the British war
promptly repudiated by
tig. British ambassador
tor declared by .->ccretar'
formal statement
variance with iho
Mi Commerce commission unde
'(t railroads act. and final declslo
I be with the President.
Such an increase as is pn
I. would be the biggest in the 1
I' of American railways, as th
f rentage Is larger than any
i sought by the railways unde
( vate management, and would
wnue oetweeti ttiem 1
r the sort Gf "saddle" on which
n wi" tonic forces have taken i
positions. Both the VI
jposed Rome official statements
ilstory bitter fighting on this
e per- front, the latter stating
ever Italian soldiers have enti
r prl- trian trenches on Monte /
apply two places.
there is a in!l1 ine cruiser suhma
the Teu- heavily armed and arm.
up strong be designed especially
ienna and menp.ce of the torpedo
telling of ers which have proved s
particular hunting down the small
that the now in operation,
ered Aus- M. Leyguee declared 1
isolone in are ready to meet Ge
i .?_
lilies will he ? ?
ored and will WINNERS AN IN
to meet the F0R SH
boat destroy10
effective in
ler submarine Ten Ladies Will <
From This Cc
that the allies
irmany's new June il
[OUNCE!) (OVERWHELl
ORT COURSE FOR ME
Jo to Winthroiv Southern Chur*
lunty From e?I to <Ji
to 15. I,u<
. r.s known he
VIIN<; VOTE Lord Reai
HODIST WOMEN was confider
had been is?
of Premier
l? Discipline Amend- that the vie
,, exactly oppe
ve Tliem Full
said Anieric
V Status. jnp, dsed in
;re.
rl?r?K*s statement sai
it no such announcenoNS
iued with the kno~~
Lloyd George. a< '
'ws of the British
>site. Secretary Baker /
an troops were now bebattle
and would eon
fa to the entire couhtry.
i and commodity schedules
ffected.
ate experts" of the Intt
imerce commission and ro
inlstrktiom, now are at wo
l|chedul?s. Any increases
ired will be arranged in a
to preserve rate relationshi
Hoth The fact that the Italii
would have taken the Initiative in
ing would seem to indicate
jrstato have sought to carry the flj
lilroad enemy In such a way as to
vrk on any arrangements for the
to be of a strong Teutonic assa
man- has many precedents in tl
ips be- war. a strong offensive at
cuuriB hdu mai mey
in armies upon the "fine results
the fight- the past,
that they "We shall not stop,''
ght to the til we have cleaned u
break up one cleans up a trench
launching Construction Tops
ult. This Just how effective 1
le present war against the U-boati
a threat- ficures on r
win not rest
obtained" in The assistant emi
monstration agent
he said, "un- Craig, announces t
p the sea as women and girls o
winners of the shor
Sinkings. ships given at Wintl
has been the June the 6th to 15t
i is shown by The women are:
vf nlllo.1 ' ***
jrgency home rie- Atlanta, Ga?
Miss Annette
years of effort,
he following ten
f this county as dist Episcopal
t course scholar- granted by act!
tirop college from conference, full
h" church.
Miss Anna Ben- _ , .
ParflcrnnhQ 11
tinue to be
-v commander,
May 16.?After 4 0 .
best.
women of the Metho- .
Inquiry al
church. South, w.ere the war dep,
on of the general expedited i
membership in the fiance is pi
ter the anno
,, , ,, . units would
used as the supreme/
General Foch. deemed
. the various bureaus of \
artnient showed that the %
novement of men to J
oeeeding as planned afuneemcnt
that American
be brigaded with France \
f communities and region
said, bo that Industrie
erclal interests will be a
5 same degree of rate co
i? at present,
isenger fares would be
the plan suggested to
cents a mile, from the e:
al rate of a little less tha
s, offl- ene(l Point being considers
is and defense under certain clrci
ubject While the fighting has
mpeti- nerce of the Brenta,
Italian line from Lake Gai
raised Piave an<l thence to the ser
about marked by patrol eng
elating which ^PPear to be Isolate
n two but w^,ch he compor
of a D1 a n of rnmnnipn in
i the best ping grven to the nav
imstances. French chambei
been very Saturday by Minister L
the whole rcveal thst sinkings of
da to the hftve faiiP,n ofT to the
i has been new construction is e
agements, (iC8truction even now \
d actions. j,an yards are in full s>
lent parts Rreftt buiiding program
U.i.mi lieu, rieUNiini I1JII,
al committee H. R. Rlakeney, Anl
r of deputies Mrs. J. M. Yoder.
.evgues. They Club; Mrs. B. F. Ui
merchantmen Club; Mrs. W. W.
point where L). Club,
ixceeding the The girls are: M
>efore Ameri- Osceola Canning ("1
ving on their Griffin, Osceola Can
i. Maxine Baker, A
ti. u. uiuu; Mrs.
tioeh H. I). Club; inK; "u is not
Vanvvyck II., I), spirit of our 1;
sher, Dixie H. D. members of a g
Boyce, Unity H. , . , , .
' is not lawful 1
iss Susie Secrest, s,rwa"'> an,l a
lub; Miss Gertie ?'d a superinten
ning Club; Miss school, but is
ntiooh Canninc ?f ?i
in harmony with the | 0pera.tions a
iw that womcj be Qucstioi
eneral conference; it 1,1 view o
is felt that
o elect a woman a
come from t
woman may be elect- known that
dent of a Sunday fn whlc
it thereby a member j be employed
,
divisions for immediate ' ? ?-?
s well as training. |
ii Has Keen liaised. 9
f these developments, I
an explanation mu I
he British eapital. It
some question as to th ~~\eS
h an American ald.laSto
has been raised in Lon- ' ? I
fane-nan cenis.
e proposed Increases, it i
d, would yield about
(00, $700,000,000 in freigl
,000,000 in passenger rev
would leave a margin abo
lated increase in operatir
js eventually, but since th
would not go into effect
jaar iu hftlf nvor * 1 *
ter of the war. Nowhere
s ?sti~ Italian lines been reached
$900.- lnR parties 0f Austrians.
tit and In pjandors and Pica
enues. heavy artillery fire has mi
ve the flKhtinK during the last da;
if? ?*~ joan gunners have been at
e new (be gftnerai bombardment
until been going on and have
havo (ho The mon*hly averagi
by attaok- tionB this year, as give
Rues, is 315.000. con
rdy only more than 500.000 ton
arked the *917. In April, of 1?
y, Anier- "rRt month of Germany
: work in ed submarine warfare,
that has Hl>nk was 871.000. In
again set >'Par. It had dwindled t
a of destruc- flub; Miss Minnie
n by M. Ley. Onk Hurst Canning
l pa red with (l,ed Sistare, Ri
s monthly in Club,
est year, the These ladies are
'a unrestrict- lated upon winning
the tonnage sh'Ps: every expen!
April, of this wl" be K?ests of
o about 268,- th('-v wil1 hftve the
5 Belle HoRler. ordered strlckoi
Club; Miss Mil- jaws
versido Poultry
I he measure
. . . the same whicl
to be ron?ratu- ..
these scholar- l'?
>e Is paid: they ,,1"' <
Iho college, :trnI ,' ''f11' ''1' a Vl
opportunity of i ^ hlle '' wa!
. f hnt thn urtmnn
j L'uiwerence, ' were j don, some o
i from (he book of the use of Ai
' restricted at
passed is practically : American s
li was presented by dwelt upon t
issionary council at power as th<
ference in lit 14 and Since th<
ate of 10r? to 171. American ba
* practically certain; allied forces
,J I * * m
ffloials were feeling that
merican troops should be ^ J
tljis time in favor of |
supplies; while others % I
the urgent need of mnn?
first consideration,
i ^decision to scatter
ttalions or regiments ii>
was made only because
^Hvould fall several hundred r
Wfellara short of meeting the \
JKfrted dej^ftf"this year.
.. lS^TwiglUy estimated by ra
. JBn^gtration officials that
mL '3*,<*fhls yegr will spend hr
W^riJ.ooo.oot) 'and $:tr.n.m
P more for wage^ than last yea
P tween $120,000,000 and S15(
J.O..I buildir?8 in Montdidier i
nilllon Here aTUi there there have
atiticl- troj engagements, but th(
have not approached the r
llroad Gf a battle at any point.
the a daring raid on the Aui
itween Val base at Pola has been
)0,000 Italian units, and an Ausl
r; be- tleship of the 20,000-ton
). 0 0 0hoon T *" l
n flames. """ tons,
been pa- the other hand, th
ese fights of submarines Is exeeedi
nagnitude struction hy the enemy
gin is'expected to incn
strlan na- tional American destr
made by now are being turned
trian bat- ?take their place with
type has operating in the war zi
neartng splendid le
ie destruction over the rountr-vIng
their conand
the mar- ELECTED DR. !
ease as addi- HEAD OF
oyers which
out rapidly,
the warcraft r?,,eKp Trustees <
f)n<1- Professor uo 8
eturers from all "
w as expressed t
overwhelmingly
SEEC.ERS j-.ast minute
1 NEWBERRY b>; Jud
of Atlanta, lost t
Bishop E, D. \
'boose Seminary to 8ustaln a pop
? ;a technicality. ,
uccesMor to , . . .
k I \n#A t.ilfpn Kv O
wuuiu win, surprise or me cry i
hat the vote was so the British ?
large. when the Ge
erforts to block the terinK the
I Re John S. Candler, rMcardy, om.
hrough the ruling of to fin(1 the t<
louzon, who refused now attribu
nt of order based on distasteful.
\n effort to have the Program in
1 ? t n r/i1
or manpower from boih
ind French government
rman onslaught was bat- #'
lines in Flanders an\ ?
I W // x
rials here were inclined, t
>ne of the announcement i
ted to the war cabinet
The whole American
France has been subject *
060 more for coal, and be
$180,000,000 and $2B0,0I
more foi^cars, locomotives, 1
for inland waterways and othe
pliaa jU|d equipment. These 1
la'er de
!*?'
le<J*ft?o Wluatinaeronqly ^kre In
to believe that they' more
i_. r MWVU UVOll U/CU. 1 IIC J-ltll
itween forces wore aided in their <
50,000 by the co-operation of a
barges squadron.
r sup- It has been announc
Igures Washington that an oflh
(Telop- ifas been issued by the sc
stud- Srnment of Russia, callinj
clined formation of an army that
likely for the security of the Ri
inn navai 1 nirs <inin inrti
>perations The total of allied
n aeria' stroyed In the first foi
1918 was placed by J
ed from guos at 1,262,345 tons
ilal order the submarines are abl(
ivlet gov- this rate, which official
I for the year's total would b<
will fight Hke 3,700,000 tons, or
issian re- OfitlmntoH onmnnt rxt e
iratftl.
shipping do- Harm
ir months of
Minister Ley- Newberry. May 1<
and even if of 'he board of trus
5 to maintain eoile^e here, the Fte
Is doubt, the D. !>., professor of p
s something 'he Lutheran Th
less than the ary, Columbia, was
rtf t Hn / nllotrr. i r\ 1,11/
? "vw "J
is. . laymen separate
? Mo^t of the
5.?At a meeting thP efforts to se<
tees of Newberry c,al rcP^sentati
v. J. C. Seegers, mi8sions- The <
raotical theology ?"?tainoci the oo
eological Semin- lon that vomen
elected president Undod "la,ly ri?
.u? t> , really be placed
n.^13, picmners and
ly, also failed. ,on> the ofTe
debate centered on as'de nation
"ure for women spe- t'onf? of An
on on the hoard of rar>k In ord<
conference, however, aid- Such s
mmittee in its opin- ed J'Khtly. it
should not be ex- or rejectee
hts plus" but should mont In Lon
on the unnio fnntin.. M vsterv
jj i enauil <?l I nai (IPflSct
of which was to set V
al pride and the ambi- /
lerican ofrtcers of high W
?r to furnish immediate I ^ }
acrifioes were not viewis
held, or to he accept- \
il at the whim of the mo- ^
don or elsewhere. . sr
nf n<MWWt V ( ifurln
to ko higher.
The estimate of Increased Wji
based on the probability that t
rector general will approve a k
Cakheme of higher pay.fbr woi
n aceordahce with the railroad
fe<MUiB|^8foh'8 ii^commendi
which called for an addition of
000,000 to the $2.000,000,00C
public, which has bean mf
ij?o? is the anKiession of the Gerr
He di
eneral DODGERS OF SERVIC
rkineu AGREE TO SlIRR
wage ...
ttions, >|en Hiding in North Caroll
tains Descendants of De<
naced by the shipping board beli
nans. wjjj produce during the
Adding to American
!E the output in Great Br
ENDER and Japan, the allies \v<
the year something li
na Moun- tons of chartered Japan
ierters wegian ships and
Dutch vessels.
'llll W lliril | vt v,,v * i?' nuv
eves America Henry Harms, p. 1
> year. resigned. A cnmm
i production board of trustees w
itain, France bia to tender the p
i>uld sain for R^rs, and tender his
ke 2,000,000 JDr. Seegers is or
ese and Nor- ministers of the Lu
requisitioned the South. Four yi
called to the chair
* rcw Uir i\t:v. J.
3.. who recently ns mcn" Tho m
Ittee from the p?8ed of 10 prf
ill ro to Colum- men- Thc won
lace to Dr. See- ' "ow m
acceptance. tho hoa,d
ie of th? ablest Fle,'h?r siteran
church in Keneral 8eCretar:
war work counc
Mrs afro no was
of nr?cti i t,h?. A- addressed
ission hoard Is com- Just how i
achers and 2rt lay- ,,lft recent pi
>en claim the term ^merioan of
ill include them on ,() S'AV- Th?
that English
Brockman, associate mystery, ho\
y of the national British pov
'il of the Y. M. C. Promptly an;
the conference bv may be abou
his report may relate to 1
ililical crisis in England '
fleers do not undertake
y have a strong feeling
politics is behind the
vever, and look to the
ernnient to correct ^
V misapprehension Uiero \ /'
t the need for Amffican *''.-Ax
roii or last year.
Jk& Although the question of tl
fill prices the railroads are to p
1( coal under Rovernment ope
Wj has not been settled, offlct
If charge of purchases are said tr
decided that it will be necessi
pay at least 65 cents more
than under contracts now exi
ll' D.ll.n.J.' * ? *'
<? ? urirs,
de ex- Raleigh, N. C., Miy
fty for Jackson county deserters 1
ration been hiding out in the r
als in bave "ent word to the jMtth
? have charge of the dr>ft law in
try to %y th*t they arB willing to
a ton anf' come in, according to
Mrlng. f'ekett, who has just retur
While encouraging,
16.?The phaaize the /act that
srhe have do not furnish the mar
dountalns that j? necessary and t
loHtlea In no relaxing of bulldin
the coun- ftny Df the allied cou
Surrender America. England's ou
Governor this year has not come
ned from tations and the America
officials era- oloRy at the seminai
these flRures he was pastor of Sfc
Rln of safety fa.. and ReadinR, Pi
here will be he was pastor of St,
R efTorts In fa., and for six yea
ntrios or in a larRe church in A1
tput this far Dr. Seegers is a i
up to expec- bia, his home being
n yards have bly street. He wai
y. At that time spooi^,, invitati<
, John's. -Easton, to,<l of the ro,iKi
a. Prior to that ?an Y M C' A' 1
. John s, Easton. Wl1h ,he forcp"
rs was pastor of ,hat hun<lreds of
bany N. Y unteered for s?
native of Colum- but "he 1,61,(1 'OT
at 1718 Assam- 2,600 morp 8*rr
? reared in Co- work muM "horl
The speaker Rhi.
ous work the Amerl- There are
R doingNit home and agitating off!
abroad. He stated tawa report i
niiniatera have vol- *"or one thlr
srvlee in war work rers for the
more was great as that the Am
etaries for overseas rpRrh its hi
-ly be recruited. either the Fr
.some other Oiiestions "V
rials here which the Ot- ?
served to brine to light. ?
1 k, American army offl
most part are convinced
erican army will never
chest efficiency under
ench or British army
Y U?U0 w?i vuiimi Tii?pi lOTl ATT
to about 176,000,000 tons a y<
The coat of extensions and t
ments, particularly at tern
now being planned, can be d<
^ lned at this tlhie only In moal
I eral terma, but officials poll
Y^tfcat the financial burden of
S^pail be felt frlthin six month
lOUntfl " riiKitKnuirnt
ear. county.
>etter- 11 ?n Interesting fart I
linalfi, t'on w'th the desertions In t
derm- tains of Western .North Can
t *en- ,n R majority of the cases
,t out who [t",: ,^;,V
in not turned out the toi
4P ? pated because of frelgt
n ronnee- an<j other causes, and
he ramin- fortg are being made
allna that thege deficiencies.
the men
? spns of ^.-Selectmen for Cani;
\k<>\ duf<y f'ump Hevler, QreeWfj
(atfijM^ltld Two hitftdrg0||^?jf0|
mage antici- lumba and resided 1
it congestion until bis courses in
renewed ef- aamlnary had been c<
to make up He said he had n?
he waa being conside
^ untih called ove^ ^ht
p HkwJyri undeqided m im
y#'. win do. /
here continually WOMAN liAWY
college and the r.AME IN
ompleted. Greenville, 8.
j intimation that flrsl legal ca*e ?
ired by the board nian lawyer in
? telephone. Tie tried here today
aa to what he who waa ycentl
,, fice la^ in thh
defense. ?h
, systems. Tli
ER ri.KADS officers and
SOI'TH CAROLINA thinys peeull
C., May IS.?The eannot be tri
?ver plead by a wo- the other.
South Carolina was In the opii
, Miss James Perry, here, the tim
y admitted to prao- when Amerlr
I state representing other side wi
a won fhft MI?o - -
ie relation between the
men in each army are
ar to each army. They
insposed from one to fll
ilon of many officers
c is fast j^^oachinR
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