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PAGE SIX " NORTH LANCASTER FIR^T + + + + + I 111 V | Lancaster, S. C., R. P. D., July 15. Work on the farm Is well ad- u .l vanoed for the season of the year. Crops have generally been well Ex? worked and are as free from grass as I ever saw them. Cotton and corn are both looking fairly well. Detailed a Last week was a very severe week on ?'eP*? ^ the crop, both dry and windy. We *or ^ had a nice light rain on the 8th, which made the ground work good . Many ph for a few days. bua f9* 1 (1119 DUV0 There has been a lot of hay cut nwfty nmi and saved In the last two weeks the great Alfalfa w * i a o/\ * i ? - - - - ? f,uuii mis nine on an incident account of the dry weather. It needs pealing lnt moisture as well as other things to who accon grow. 1492?the i Mrs. lone Craig and her two little ,H'rs- a,1(l c girls, Sarah Drew and Emily, of th- '"'iL'0 t . ? The conl Eethany community, are visiting a* flrst Mr. J. E. Craig's for a few days. j j,oy j, Mr. James Draffln and family, or, that hrlefl; Columbia, were visitors of J. W. was the o Craig thiB week. 1 and they | Mr. E. Drennan Craig goes to ders the 1 Camp Wadsworth on'the 15th to en- troP*ie *1 list as a soldier. *!nrI* w"a , ? , _ _ , , Iliiyti. Tr Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Craig and wreck 8ho Drennan Craig spent the Fourth in to j>]ame ( Chester. easy enou; Julian Crajg, James Craig and Da- goat. It w than Rot^tgson spent the Fourth in i inns. 1492, Rock Hill,* eovory of t " pushing hli + + w,'st Indie " FLINT RIDGE ^a'nd Zu + + light and t Heath Springs. S. C., K. F. D.. July nihun wen 15.?A revival meeting will begin at Pawed the Flint Ridge church on the fourth t00, _ . . T . nnd went t Sunday in July. , tnler WM Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hlnson, jowe<| , * Misses Nan Threatt and Annie Wil- muster , eoi\ and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Rowers, ened the lr '* * . ? _ M * A *?. - ' uanrasier mm village, recently to mind thi ^. . . visited relatives In this community. The boy - . Mrs. E. M. Dowers Is visiting rel- w?" donbtl '* atives in Lancaster. Import V" MessMiJ. K. Neal and H. O. ateer tht> al ~ rfRevis inolbred to Columbia last! water* ant^ O * . . _ emus near 7 - rl^ednesday on bOMM^ | phBnRe> T , JOF?*Messrs. W. R. Threat! aAt^Broadu* admiral an T Bowers- left Wednesday for Colum- terror. Ol '* . * t>ia, where they will work at Camp boy. That "j Jackson. before 1492 Misses Edna Lyles and Alverta changed. *^nd Thelma Watson spent last Sat-i That wa tirday and Sunday with friends at ^ar*?- Th ' Oakhurst ,n 8nfety ' ,1 uaKnurst^ . ^ . timbers of \ +* . . . . , , . which the] . honor of tl + FORT MILL. * crew rental ? went home Fort Mill. S. C.. July 15 ?Severn' ,he N,na... _ . . ,. tradition tl nsning pm ut-n ?6ri> r.ut cr. *!>? _ , ' , , , , tnis numrie Fourth from this place and fronij fnto ,,f neighboring communities. All re- vvhen ff)t, s poit-.a. most delightfuf time bus renclie Mr. and Mrs. George Pittman, Mr. there were and Mrs. Thomas Pittman and and bones Messrs. Calvin and Otis Pittman, of ^?.v perlshc Heath Springs. motored to thi?i come place Jufy 4th to spend the dnv with i k'|rnJ)se (hi j s.? .... clnattng or Mr. and Mrs. Meacham Thorwer. stlmnlnte The Rev. J R. Smith, pastor of| fluting pic Flint Hill Baptist church, preached to bla post In the Fort Mill Baptist church Sun-j ? day night. Co Dr. A. L. Ott left Sunday night THd yon ?for a week's vacation to be spent generou . with friends in southern Maryland 10 t'le 1 ?1 j The Rev. R. K Tiro bona, wh<* *?- the matt,,r ullitly realgned"' the pastorate ^ dear Ait M,H Preabyterlan ohujjlTi^ cept the pr'^^ r^ Stillraan In- unlform * stitute at Tuscaloosa. Ala., left for jM>or mnn n \ his new post of duty Thursday af- "Here coi ternoon. ^ 1 red-whlte-ar j Misses Alleen Rarher and Georgia have thoug. Ott attended the R Y. P I J. conven-j her so we" tlon in Greenville last -week as dele-; "You wil ' -j^ites from* the local R. Y. P. TT. j ^novns,d?g . The Rev. VV. S. Goodwin pastor oft 5?U|,' * J Idea. the local Methodist church, has re 1 "You put turned from a stay of ten days at hisj Splendid! <fld home in Colleton county. they'll keep ^ __ i "The Ite< + + + + + + lnted, my < + IINTOX. * ,rps of " 1 + + + + + + + + + + + + + : experi ! In Lite. I.ancnster, S. (' , R. F. D., July If. j ? if ?Born to Mr. and Mrs J. L. John- (?ERMAN V ' kj^'tion. July 8, a son. . IN EV ? Miss Klsie Rlackmon, of I.anr 'f'. - -is visiting her grandmother \\'<>?it?| Tr> ^ ?frs. Margaret Adams this week Russia? Mrs. Jasper Faulkenhury spent ?h tcrv past week-end with her sister. Mrs ! GaT ...... - - w* ?}OD unison, or the VVt? 1 f*? Bluff see ' \mtenla . tfon. j official oirc ' Messrs. Jim and l.ufher \V;diam :v- |???r* 3 J. of Rockingham. N* (\, motored over eh. WV-t" " ' and spent Satumhy and Sunday with hat n eve V* , S6byner. out In Ru Master CeTll Taylor, of Tnher- pv ? * ~%?Tirtf In, ,Hpont the week-end here with or own < llls,slster, Mrs. O J. Shute. -he Urit: h Mr. , Ivy ITinson motored to Co- nee h'>< is lumhia Saturday to see our hovs -oast region Sfessrs. Vernon Phillips, Ira Rstrldee 1 t en 'anded And Ira Neal who recently were fall- supplies sei ed to Camp Jackson. tente.) Mr, Ira Neal, of Comp? Jackson Intervent came home yesterday, July 10. on a adds the d': short furlough. secondary i Mrs. Bottle Mahaffey and sons.- .-da, having Furman and l.eroy. visited relative^ with those < In the Camp Creek section last week, ceed In arrl . r- with her. ?66 contains no alcohol, arsehlc, nor other poisonous drugs. 606 cure* ** "l t ? ' H M ? - - THE LANCAST1 tifuiTr onv F,RST N1(iHT ON TRE VI til 1 t BUT I DUTY WEIRD EXPER It is an Kpoch-Makinff icompanied Coiumbus' . u M fI. , a Soldier; Solitude and I jedition in 1492. v ness Affect the Nerv< t Helm While Superior* | _ Youngster Was Blamed ^onaon. JUiy is.-wnat freck of Santa Maria. first nl*ht in the trenches _____ question that thousands of t nses of the life of Colum- soldiers have faced perhai nysteries that the hl*torl- some misgivings, certainly v never been able to clear ly anticipation. The expei one student of the life of many of them must be like I explorer has come across British plough-boy soldier < al mystery that has an up- bv Lord Dunsanv, captain o ere?- """"" "OT. niaklllin* fusiliers. iTlL * "IM>?.l,loD of "A man's .Irst night In 11 only boy among Its meraonsequently the first white 'ine 's an eP?','l"n,ak'n^ *'XP foot In America. '1? writes. ' It Is like a mi temporary accounts of the v<>te. or his 21st birthdayitlon of Columbus mention milestone in his life, marl i question only once and change from the mimic wa y. They indicate that he hind the lines to the grim nly hoy In the expedition 0f actual contlict. place on Ida young shoul- ..Perhap3 Y can best exp, dame for the great cntas- , _ it befell when the Santa ,his experelnce affects a st i wrecked on the coast of t<"1,in? >ou the 8,orv of a ? be sure the story of the j "rst n'Kht in t,ie trenchc ws that the boy was less Chooser, one of my men :hun his elders, but It was i ploughboy just past 18 whe :h to make him the scape-1 listed, and not yet 1 ! when as the night before < brlst-1 on his flrst sentry 'go' in t ten weeks after the dis- linp he land, and Columbus was I .... . . ... . - . . .. It was a quiet night, a i search for gold among the s. The flagship, the Santa I *:,s on,y an hour OI 80 d,8tl i skirting the coast of Hay-,Chee8er took his Post- The ? at night, as the wind was , told him where to stand, he ship barely moving. Col-| him to keep a good lookout, it to his cabin for rest. He hi in helm over to the captain, i "There was Hick Cheeser, r>on felt the need of sleep the dark with an army ,n >elow. His snccessor at the . . 0l, . eall?r and he .horlly fol- h,n'- 8" a"ay' 11 r"? example of the admiral and ! "a,,y "n't ''""I" "' . Before he went he nwnk- tlllttd* of the night only i id In question and told him Cheeser's feeling of respn e helm. The stillness awed him. Tl did not go to sleep. He not been a shell all night. lotia m 11 ln.l ntt/1 K #.?U i - 1 1 *? - .? - i?i a.m tiTT mi ma neau over me parapet Innce of being trusted to and waited. Nobody fired at hip. But he was In strange felt 80mehow that the nif I the currents were treach- ' .. . waiting Tor him, that somet ' that coast, says an ex- I he ahlp struck a reef. Theranny and UnftXpe0ted wou,f id crew rushed on deck In soon H? heard volcea It f course they blamed the munleation trench aomewh wuh the way of the world hind him; there were a few f ! and the fashion has never of gruff, unintelligible convi i the voices died away. Thei s the end of the Santa , Jong silence. Chooser fell le crew reached the shore derlnc wh?ther the night w ?nd made a fort from the 1 . . , . . . or grav; he stared hard at t the wreck. In thnt fort, , t called La Navldad In to "tudy i,s Rxaot co,or: 11 he day. about forty of the "tared back at him. and seen ned while their companions threatening him; It was gr to Spain on the Plnta and and artful, like a cat or a fo (hie historian mentions a "It was uncanny, thought tint the hoy remained with if shells would come, or Or r, i>ut it i? ?un^ <> .r.i.iltlon. anything at all. you would ki ' the forty la it mystery, for . , , .. . , .. . ... * *. to take it; but thts death! econd expedition of Colum- ... d that island n year Inter !"k? a ,n,s' ov?r hu*e va,,P; only a few charred timbers th,nc mi?ht happen Cheet to he found. Perhaps the ?'(1 !,n<i w?ltcd. and the nigh d there. Ills name has not too He felt that they wen down to us, hut the brief iug each other, the night it WO Hnvo nf him lu n #???_ i ? - " ?? >??>- nom erouening, Dot n i f le. There 18 something to SprjnK the Imagination In thnt "His mind urew so active ture of the boy who stuck . , .. . . , ... .. u ..... ' . head throbbed with the phy while hi* superior* slept. ..... ____________ jertlon of thinking. He was \ mcealed Weapon*. ; wi,h eyM and "ara an<1 lma| henr? The Crosby* wer* hoping to anticipate bv a si s as to give their stdan *wo the dread. Something Cross. I wonder what wa* 'fit was sure to happen sooi with It." , ominous mist of N'o Man's la . you do knit bee-utlfully, thought of throwing a stone ^tT* i the blackness, just to see whi lor looks so formidable In happen. Then he began to , doesn't he? Too had, the |,js boyhood's slingshot, so 'ever wore It at home." , pouW catapult a nlcP roul rues Miss Veriplnln In her ... .. , , . ... , . .... . . r*ght across the blackness id-blue hat. Who would ht anything could become ("',man ne I!" "A little wind blew in th I go from house to house t?? <*old for the time of y for the Liberty loan. Miss made for a moment a him dear, you have the right nr. t over N<> Man's land. peered into It, but the mis down 20 quarts of beans? ro?m| auai? -N(, niRhf s0 Splendid! I do so hope s. v .You pftn.f ^ mv for .von this time. ...... . 'wesoni hush 1 ti t :i s f r 1 I Cross Is to be enngratulenr. In securing the serv- a,? ,h"v ,,n ,n now? ,ho" vnmnn of your years ami '' > W h t are those en ence."?Edmund J. Klefer r.'anning in all those ;i 1 nee? "I" ven the very lights v A I() IN I EU\ ENE a - d f ir lietv 1 on When one ENT OF CIVIL WAR far lrn of sh:>d'?w seemed b to oil over the valley; lilac! to l'.je<t liritisli in North e e<\ up and vanished in the ? Itelieve Japanese In- The rocket faded and the hi < nt.Mii Swondmy. back into mystery again. anil still peered level over the mi. Jn'v 1 "i -German ., vnl'ey. les are of the opinion. n dlspat h to tlie Rheln- "A" ,h" "angers and nl;s< h Ze'tnni,'. of Fsson. shapes and evil destinies nt of iv 1 war breaking sentry fared that night can no - a. the vital interests of ttired or described in mere i uM force her to act on Wft8 on|y |wo hf)nrs ,hat ( count in order to eject in the north fThe refer- ,h"r*' a,,d no' a HhHI fHI ,n evidently to the Mnrman time, not a German stirred, where ailied forces have "It is a wlerd an<l awf I for the protection of rience, that first night it to Russia by the en- trenche8. The next time . i . 01. OH"y matter." Ion by Japan Siberia. spatch, is regarded as of ' mportance, because Rus- 6<56 cures Malarial Fever, ?t> interests divergent j r if Japan wfiuld s#on sue- I>R. W. S. HOMILY, Veter^j ving at an understanding slclan, Surgeon and ?| at Gregory. Heod. Llvepjfe ? * .. , ?I?V'are Residence Rnoi < Milfoils Fev-r, ~ ^ 0m SR NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. NCH THE BASE OF AN ARMY |? IENCE OVERSEAS IS ITS HEART . I |t npnt for While General Headquarters la Its B >arlt- llrain; It Occupies a Large ^ r r.s. and Butty District. ,| f will the Behind British Lines in France, c be, is a July 15.?As "General Headquart- r American ers*' is the brain of the army from c p?t with! which all orders emanate, so "The,? .ith live- Base*' is in a very large measure the r ience of heart, whence the blood circulates to a lhal nf ^ ttio ramntaat at I Via K*w1?, t.uuv v/k. w wiv i vuiwvov v/* mc wuuj ^ lescribed A visit to a base shows that it la ' f the In- something far bigger and more comprehensive than a camp; it is a dishe front, trict. Its center is a town of size and orien'-o." importance; a town whose church ' ill's first spires and towers render it visible I ?it is a from a long distance, while Its rail- c king the ways and street car lines present a 1 i fare be-, busy scene during all hours of the realities day and night. There is a lnrge < | civilian population. carrying%on busllain how ness as-usual, though air raids are ildier by frequent, and demolished houses are , recruit's constant reminders of ever-present >s. Dick danger. The town hall has been was a badly damaged, and a shot hole from n he en- ? long range naval gun can be seen he went in the tower. he front in the streets of the town, people of all five continents jostle each J nd dawn other. There are the French, civil- ' int when Inn and military; there are Hritish 1 corporal troops of all ranks and descriptions. ' warned even the khaki-clad women of the ' and left auxiliary army corps; there are Aus- * i trinns. Canadians, Americans, Flel- ' alone In glans, Chinese, Ead Indians, and ' front of African negroes. The latter made * ourceful, excellent transport drivers, while the r ny. The Chinese are employed on ordinary ' added to, labor of various kinds. j' nslbllity.i The sight of two Chinamen bath-' here had ing in a small puddle in a busy t He put square, using their soap by turns and I gingerly drying themselves on strips of rag s him. He'with true oriental unconcern as to f ;ht was all that is going on around them, s hing un-tlr. becoming familiar. Their camp is s I happen some distance from the town, and i 1 a com- their nearest neighbors are the in- C ere be- habitants of a German presoner-of- c tentences war camp, who can be seen daily at prsation; work in a leisurely manner on a 1 re was a military railway. Their work in the a to won- open has tanned theni to an almost jf as black African brown and the slender size t he night of the guard suggests that they areis he night very well contented with their lot's led to be and not at all anxious to attempt t ay. gray _? IX. I Chooser. ^i mans, or jBj "W ^^^B lv quiet, JET ^j fag U B| w n Jg SB BLJI H M RB RW MM and ho, fl? HI PI M B that his sical exvatchtng Tn'JZ More that ho, a in the n(j ji,. Heat It, Heat it, little c out Into' They all wonder what y< it woulu Climbing all the hills or wish for Passing many others by that he Aa '* passed the first mi id stono While the second more into the' ,$ut I*1? third man said: It won't stop; it's a Che 0 niKh? AH consent with one act par j, It's a car you can afford > in theI In the swamp or in wot ? Chooser None of the others are I t closed ':l ",p san,l or 'n ?)' mod to " l,u"H out where other r,.f ^n,j i*'conoinical? Well, I ah i What None can equal the Ch ,,*1,1 Summer, Winter, Sprint iftv one- "as a <>? thorn all miloH of , ore few wont up. . . < .. ...i k shapes shadow. Ills went Chooser o ominous ^(j|RC*2i9BEfiHEEjBEj^S ill expo- ajL^ ~-**iii , In the ? * ,t |fl an The price of fhe-'CheVroIfet 2.~> per cent ^iocrease in freight vnnre in nr'ep ' * bJ W.E. G Lry F'hy. ft. oflfc*1, -JH-h s --v- Lancas toc^-Gofft'd* ' ... LAN( W' w* J W -V*. 4 * scape. In the town itself can be seen gi >y the hundred, parked as close hey can possibly be parked. 0 ide the town are other parks of lllery and wagons and dumps nunitlons and engineering materli 'here are camps everywhere?bo or men waiting to go up the 11 ithers for those who are emplo; nore or less permanently at the b >n transport and other duties. H dtals are situated here, too, alw m the sites most favorable for fr ilr and sunlight. The quarters he base commandant, the base ca er, the ordnance officer and ot mportant officials are situated in own itself. Notices in both French and E isn are postect everywnere anout dace and polite military police >n duty at cross roads and ot joints of importance. + GERMAN NAVAL POWER CANNOT BE ESTIMAT1 Vo Information Is Available as Size of Russian Fleets Captured. Washington. July 15.?Allied i \merican naval officials are um o form any accurate estimate of jresent strength of the German 1 le fleets, it was said by Adm flenson, chief of naval operatU S'ot only are reports as to what C nany built or is building conflict >ut every effort to secure positive 'ormation in regard to the wh< ibouts and conditions of the Rusa leets In the Hlack and Baltic a las met with failure. Naval officials are particularly erested in the dreadnaughts i >attle cruisers Germany may h lecured by seizure of the Rusa leets. At least eight modern bat ihips were in the Baltic and B1 seas and four buttle rrnlnepn w inder construction at points In Julf of Finland when the Rusa ollapse came. It Is estimated that If Germ tas obtained all Russian war ci ind succeeded In putting them I ighting condition she has b?en a 0 increase the strength of her h eu fleet 25 per cent. Admiral 11 on was quite positive, however, he ability of the allied fleets to d VR( Truth Than ar. One thlni ?u are, You can't 1 high, Kasy rldl Beats the in cussed, If you tl ly fussed. We can c "They say On the h svrolet." It can go nrd Cnmo *w*. Going up irass Maybe wi In its class. Hut this ml We can n s just chug. And boat muld say i'ome am levrolet. It will go : or Fall If you wi * And we a > - will advance $50 August 1, charges. We have a few ci REEN, iter, Chester and Unidn C 3ASTER, SOUTH, CARC y.^ " ? , \ ; X J :" * ? 4 TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1918, NO ADVANCK IX P1UCK Z pHILDREN fit Ut- Should not be "doeed** ar-| '?' ^4??*PP'y "?*,lH y ed a.'Vo?50c?91.00 [oa^ w't'1 enen,y should he vent ^re out. ays The chief of operations said that nf Information as to the Russian Baltic , sjj. fleet was unreliable in the extreme. j,er He was particularly interested in the thp four battle cruisers which were scheduled for completion In the win- ^ ter of 11>17, but which undoubtedly ^ were greatly delayed by the Russian collapse. The Germans are now In control of the ports where the ships were laid down. Some reports say these and other Russian craft have been taken over and fitted for action, while others declare many of ED the vessels which were In commission were destroyed by their crews l0 to prevent their falling Into German hands. | Officials- here are convinced that ! Germany has been building capital i ships continuously since the outbreak of the war. They are unable to estimate., however, what number the'?^ a<hRt'onal heavy craft may have ?at I ^een comm|8#J?Jied- ^ Iral In r*artl to submarine construe- m )n8 tlon In Germany, Admiral Renson ,or_ said there was no deflnle Informa- t ing t,on here. Reports ranged, he said, jn_ from five a day to-three a month. >re_ The admiral was not disposed to < ? ltan question, however/ the recent state,eag ment of Sir Erie Qeddes. first lord ? of the British admiralty, that more submarines were being sunk than " Germany could replace. * ? and * . r ave T~+ ian WHISTIiES rALL GREAT ac?J 'fAI.bS PEOPEE TO PRAY Jfe.' ere Great Falls, 8. C., July 15,?Bethe ginning Wednesday morning at 9 IrfH ilan o'clock, the whistles of the Repunltjp cotton mills will blow each dav as ^ any a signal for everybody In the vJ)hj;e,v ^ rn ft anil un rrnti n.l In , n,. n n I., , n ? ,'Vi. >???,) mm uui I wuuuillf^ V KJ U II V J, I'? 'BUJ W nto their cars for a moment and send up ible a prayer for whatever is foremost in in' igh their mind, and especially for vtc- rjl en- tory to the allied "armies. Everybody of Is expected to comply with this and ^ leal regard this signal as a call to prayer. ? r*v-v I i ? -- . ft )LET NL 1 ' 1& * x ~ $ Poetry A * K sure, if nothing more.jJr V ?" ' ; beat It, so don't get sore. f/jtfc ng, very nice. ' JRAv i auto world for price. * f JP 7* link some other best t hange your mind by test, < I 111 or In the sand /j4/~' J '' to beat the band. i try it if you will, the steepest hill. e are talking funny tjg ' ' A car Is backed byfjioney^V iioet you any day * >t. f you with a Cbevrol?<?/? I ?et a dt'iuonatn^^ & '/" .In your adm 1 znj . int a car, cfTmc ?y^ft. ? J*/f-~ ' ije sure UiM y<m,Will buy it. + W ? ??^ SSS5 and in addition there will be a irs for ^elive^^^jpbre the ad- ^ bounties, ^mn* nre I i / lina. - f:*,rcl1 **1