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[ * fr??i Th I > [! * VOL. 23. NO. 85. SEMlftfeEEKI V ENEMY CONTINUES { AlfEAD OP All i > number IMPORTANT GAINS, "r: Minr mmwr wrru on the urnvl uuninu Trcciv a;e,rep .stringin | torry Montdidier and Chaulnes .Have ,,rcnch i Been Taken By the Allied * Troops. Crust British, HUGE NUMBER PRIsbNEHS Tnthel I ;* river, i Thirtv-Six Thousand, Including force8 the Son 1,000 Officers Were Captured Noyon in One Bay?Mvch Material tennine T and Many Guns. % fe , ? mornin, k (Sunday*) that Fr The Germans have materially stlf- the prii fened their defense against the Brit- the Son ish, American and French troops on Mont the Plcardy battlefront, but they man sa have been unable to stem the tide of n by tl advance against them. ken by Although the forward push of the number allies has btten slowed down some- sought what, nevertheless they have made city, further important progress from the taken t north of the Somme, where the ported. Americans and British are fighting Nortl together, to the northern bank 6f the enemy Oise river, where the French troops height are engaging the citerhy. valley < The Ainericafts and their British has be< ?hrothers-in-arms at last accounts! north c *ere pressing closely upon Bray-sur- "omrad< Jomme, aided by tanks and armored Soutl > <Airw^Ahich inflicted heavy casualties yjt\ tPcnfmy as he endeavored to re- ( , ftard their progress. I Across the river the Germans MISS jheavilv engaged the British at Lihons <and its viein'ty, and av one point /Pierced the British line a* d gained fc * ithe outskirts of Lihona. A "ounter P?Pu'ui j attack, however, entirely restored f the British line atidv,the enemy rejL. tired to positions cast and north of jj^he village?- ' Unofficial reports from i JpLondop flave created tho British At h I | -with entering C'hauinos and the urdny J V British cavalry wlth^a'penetratlon of Hood v I the neniyj terrltor? ^SapJLmost to beautlfi l Nesles. "Hiese reports, however,. ter. Mi I ave received "no bfficial conflrma- bride ol \ n. TJ JJIngton. l v fal\ the ...greater progress has Just the French Trom the Bradlej \ | cron^jj^nf^ja^pjy . southwest and f'admar ^ Cjf^ontri^g^K^ye to the Olse river. Mrs. Jt |?Here iJEJfiave driven their line well "Bridal BnerossTne Roye-Compalgne road and, and th< , Vat Cambronne have reached the road i eousinf yteading from Compiegne to Noyon. | descend *{ l^Lice the capture of Montdidier the! were Jr ^ w J aVftth have penetrated eastward to'best mi ^ -.-Wljioy. a distance of about seven lington, r' ' m lies and to Canny-sur-Matz, more i door. I than eight and ij|fr|half miles, and palms s j\through the hillyVWioii southward hall, tl * fvv the Oise bgains ex- of the J feeding six nNffi^cfyrer a front of 12 was pei -y* W bolt?* tho'tiefman de- The < 1? in the minds'W oh- gray si; \ M | battle" ffonte indicate flheovm V '1 > /*tfof idio-* et^emy hqs of pttVp / U | It is assumed that wore a \U irs are similar to those and hat o. lover the Marne front,I The - bng year gunrds covered the ; couple IB U nf #KtA PrAU'n nrlnnn'u o r_ i i\t 1 ho a I fhwafc^L?,,, and dn dm '(^okp ?^nrep ft res continues cake \\ j?" nfen behind jihe enemy's linos Mlackwt Jthe movement of long transport Sottthei pill I x jjuns eastward Is considered evl-|they wl V .f?J that it is the intention of the'Blackwi 11 qL *y ultimately to retreat to new Hancock of defense. ^viators have de-j Mis. ed all the -yfidges across the i Hood, 1 ne fruAMthe region of I'eronne1 I-ancast yd ~ iward, and with the enemy's 1 'eared. lunlcatlng lirfbs either in thai dignitie s of the allied or dominated bv a wide ore ' guns the retrograde movement througl sarllv must be alow. Therefore, who is g rear guard actions are re- success 'w fc8, r' to save large numbers of men to the gunp'fezi.d enormous quantities several of 13VTWm rap,urff allied fession \ b V ltially are encircling Roye I ond son \ pture, which seems im- well, of 7 1 Jf 8 greatly heighten the Mrs, W iJfl ' ^of\the Germans in falling rlty. J Droug\ T tK. ^(**'| ai ^Khtlnw la procr ed - the w T ? ^ battle Mne. In Friday's I and Ml y sweet pota? . . , , ' ~ 4. .lGprman machines were; J c>- 1 \ _ Si 22 diven down out of i Mrs. 'J. A^th " ' l ' X' \ British war office ac-l?nd Lll ere' " U* 7i I? '^3 British machines Mrs. I M prospective ^ estimates man Tl .tl._0?r of prisoners tafcen and JW mr tlo Htui-tho I MSsfcw- h yr se Lanc A LIVE -.Y. * LANCASTER, S. TO FLEE NEW DRAFT R JED FORCES URGED BY of guns captured to more v * o c j i? 0 Not Satisfied With Pr he Vesle front the Germans tem of Determining northern side of the stream Classification: orted to be entrenching and g barbed wire over the terriwhere they are facing the ( LASSII'\ AI 1OMA and Americans. , ' ' v Certain Questions Prt (Saturday.) ted i?y tiie impact of the Registrants antl th< French and American offen- Will Take Care of t the battle line from Albert, st of Amiens, to the Oise fications. lorth of Coinpiegne, German are streaming back toward Washington, Aug. 12.ame river and the Nosle- regulations under which canal. So far as can be de- ... .. . ment would do the sele< d, the enemy is in full retreat g the front against which the *l,an leaving it to the rei ung themselves on Thursday under consideration by I It is reported from Paris partment. This was < onch patrols are In Chaulnes, secretary Baker after icipal German center west of ... pearea neiore the sena >me. didler, at the tip of the Ger- committee to urge protuf lient In Picardy, has been ta- new select! 1 !l le allien, who cut off keelarg aKe I'mlts ,n include the allien, who cut off large tVNet*n the "Res of 18 an s of the enemy when they The war secretary in: to beat a retreat from the that be Is not satisfied w rhousands of prisoners were ent system under whirl there by the allies, it is re- 'rent meet claim d"ter cation, as many men w i of the Somme. stubborn en,s hesitate for patriot! resistance at ("hipilly spur, a lnake such a claim, in which dominated the whole 'ion. Mr. Maker said, he of the Somme in that region to the opinion that t in broken and the Germans 'elatlons will in itself c? if the river have joined their f**rrwd classification, es in retiring. What Mr. Maker has ii l of Mpntdidier, the French '*>>' down a set of <iue.? ______ the registrant would Continued on Page 8.) 'hen have rules which - care of the classification HOOT) IS BRIDE I derstood to regard this OK LT. KI.ACKWEI.I. ???'<"? I he discussion on th< before the senate con r IjnnrnMer <Ilr1 Married at Baker said, followed niu Her Home Here on takon by ?enpral Ma. staff, and Provost Mars Saturday. ^ Crowder. The committe did not indicate any dl in If past twelve o'clock Sat- ''"cation 'he necessity fo the home of ex-Mayor J. M wh,ch i8 urRert 80 ,hat vas the scene of a qbiet bu Par'nu*nt can quickly f il wedding when his daugh- ,u*('essary to win the wui iss Maty Hood, became the There was some disc r Lt. James Black well, of Dar- "aker aald. as to wheth intention of the depart before the ceremonv, Mrs. ,on(1 'hp work or fight ' Morah. of Mt. Carmel, sang c,ude c,aaae* of persons t's "At Downing." after which nr<>^??'onal occupation ilian R. Williams played the ,bertl there was no pre Chorus" from l.ohengrin, "1P work or fight 01 a bride. accompanied by h6r" 'mnP'a'lon- I said that Miss Roy Poag, of (Jreenville, ?'(le(l 'hp baseball case I ed the hall stairs. They haps other form8 of ahl >lned by the groom and his ,'n'er'a'nP">n' might re< in, Arthur Blackwell, of Dar- f,'ns'(>n ol 'he order to li ''who entered from a side- ,v w"h 'he baseball siti Before an improvised altar of "la' ua8 not in their m ind ferns In the spacious rear The> had heard f ie Impressive ring ceremony sourres 'hat tlie dept Methodist Episcopal church ''onaldering bringing formed by the bride's pastor. passes, lik" lawyers, nev W Keller and "'hers who were 1 engaged in producing \ ill' with 'malomnVacre^ories un,,or ,hP nrder" re an exquisite corsage boquet ^bf* ('om,nit,ee? ^rle niters. The maid of honor ,,nuPd- ;vaa ??Pecl?lly i lovely white georgette gown ,bP "ffonl of tbo oxlon t and also a corsage of asters draft aRO on alleges am ceremony over, the* young question as whether received the congratulation* ,rom 18 up wou,a be ( friends and relatives present "-Imlnately In class one ring the reception, ices and a deferred Haaa by Rtiv ere served. Mr. and Mrs. later- R,v,nK thom Hl ell left on the afternoon n,on,ha to come to mn,u n train for Augusta where "l to,d ,he rommitte. 11 make their home while l.t war ^retary. "that no ell Is an instructor at Camp h:", be?n d?tern.|md u k department, but that t Hlackwell. as Miss Marv waa to allow the i?r??M las always been a favorite in in rlaaa one ,be -u" of 1 er. where she was born and n,en" 1 bave dhTR-v* en Of pleasing personality and you perhapa ^m. mher. d bearing, she has attracted ,be p,opPr TT,lnlm,un circle of friends here and rome to ,h? 18 min,m tout the state. The groom. caU8* U 8eema neceasarj a Clemson graduate, was a nien" fill electrical engineer prior beginning of tbe war and for ' andhlaios at lt< years has practiced his pro The county candidates in the north. He is the sec- campaign at Helair. T , of Mr. and Mrs J. W. Black- began ft, n 0,c,ock am, , Darlington, and n brother of o -n, t *i i to have been a fairly addy It. Thomson, of this present. The itinerary < out^of-town guests here for Inps is as follows: tiding were Mrs P. C. Poag yan Wyck, Wednesday Isfl Kay .PoAg. of <;re?>nvlllo; Hopewell, Thursday. Pouk, of Charlotte; Mr and T'adesvllle, Friday. A VV. Blackball, Misses Hosslo Cotton Mill, Snturday, Man Hlaekwe.l, of Darl'neton, White Bluff. Tuesday, sir i-iy^W^enieji. and M's Nor Kershaw, Wednesday, tay^.'df R';rk Hilt, aed Mr /Heath Springs, Thursd * Wft'lor ptevens, of lie I'^armet, Friday, Augu r, V < . ?MP* ??"??' v. jj '?-<. 4 ;astef PAPER IN A LIVE TOWN C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1918. ULES [GERMANY IS SCARE BAKER THIS WRITER SA csent Svs- America's Participation in ; Proper and Conditions in Austri r 3. I I I^IIIVII V . TICALLY PEOPLE BECOME AROlJl r>post*d for Bombing Raids By Allied e Answers planes Over Munition Cer I he C'lassi- and Fortified Towns A Population. ?New draft (?v HAHOId) KDWIX HF.C'H'l tho govern- London. Kngland. Auk. 12.cting rather many is scared white, gistrant, are She's scared, first of all, ove the war de- turn things on the west f . . . over the thousands of Amer disclosed bv regularly outfighting her; ove: he had ap- hundreds of thousands of Amer te military waiting to get into line; ovei >t enactment millions of other Americans "o ct extending way.'* al', i be- This information comes froi d 4 5. allied source whose business it ide it plain know conditions in the enemy ith the pres- tries. i the regis- She's frightened about Au red elassiti She doesn't knoSv what moment rith depend- tria may blow up, She knows c reasons to is known ajid conceded in oiTlci this conner- lied sollrces that the Austrtar was inclifl- nurtiic situation is worse now 11 he marriage has been since the opening o institute de- war. and the people are holder. She's frightened about Russii n mind Is to lied warships and American t itions which up north have puffed out her answer and of getting her hands on the hun would take of thousands of tons of mi He is un- stores at Archangel, there sine as the fair revolution: she can't take a sti ward Petrograd or the northern front'play an important part in tailing the home population." , August 14. Brute force?"might j* is rig August 15. tiiim always been the Qermair i ugust 16. (mt fright. <loea stranire tliin August 17. ocople. We tynd Captain Krirl August 20. salzmann, Qe^mnn militaKAugum 21. trying tt^cheer up the people a ay.*Aifg. 22. ! iowa; st 22. "" August 24. J (Continued on Page 8J ? (liart ages way lest these atlietf forces ! uniittee, Mr. .nuth: and for all she knows ich the lines may be going to swoop south wi ch, chief of waiting for that menace; she thai General spare men from the west front e, he added, armed intervention by Japan an Isposition to allies in Siberia is a fact, r the change Itmnbing llaids Scare I?eopl the war de- She's scared over the boi ;et the men raids the allies now make alnn will over her munition center! nssion." Mr. fortified towns along the Rhin< er it was the fears to think of the effect of ment to ex- raids at home as the people order to in- more and more frightened, i in various She is frightened over the fia s. I . told' tire of-the peace feelers she con sent change ly sends out through scores o rder in con- ferent routes; she expected hei when I de- tinued blows at the west froni thought per- summer would put the allied p usement and in a "receptive mood.'' luire 'an e.\w ? She is frightened over the fj >e on n pnri% <Jf,,the submarineas agains lation. Hut boag(;.that the TI*ho?t * worth ind. Amerihaij tn&ps from Europi rom outside Yankee? are <;onitng over? irtment was sands of then* each week am professional losses throughhsinkings are less vspaper men I any of the allies had dared ho not actually! She is scared over her afte sar supplies prospects, being constantly \vi !n public by h?V own thinking Baker con- that h<?r position among natior Oterested in tor the war is. .hopeless with< sion of the thorough, sincere hoitse-cleanit I also in the She Is frightfefied over her <1 young men ling man power ,.and tiie po Jrawn indis fruits of the k^cr's extravi or placed in promises in the spring, of "vi and drawn this^ime." And Vosa" Gazette ome added inspired article stiys -the Ge rity. command's new motto (s now "e B," said the nty In human life." Tiie G; fixed policv adds: "A new method of attnc poi. lix the heen evolved, which consists in he pnrpr.se ing a halt, directly resistance i nt to defer stubborn and trying again h * youngest where." ^ msidered, ar Spirit Shelves "Brute lfnrrc that 11> was 1? an "all-is-hell" editorial and I have fessing real anxiety over the lit tin only be- -ituation. The Hamburg stycl r to get the t'-n pessimistically summariat'k: danger grows from withjpvit within." ,.|}4jr< Tiie Vossische Zoitting throws opened the ?n f00fl oon<,,,lon? ,n Germg| these native remarks: "The firs he site.iking years of the war our. Jwobps* i there is said field received extra food- from large crowd relations at home. Today nil t ,r tha n<??< reversed, and fond narcniu { V i New SUBSC D HEALTH CAMPAIGN IS |r? BEGI N IN LANC ASTER ? lYS ii?u Held Vt'sii'riliij Addressed lly Aiken, of I'. S. I'iiIi. 1it - - ?iir iif Health Service. Jij; 11 A large crowd of both men and women attended the health meeting SED yesterday in tcourt house. The meeting was called as a preliminarv step toward the organization \ir- , ot the health campaign to he waged (it ttreSijn the county, state and throughout larnt the United States, under the nuspie* ; ol the county, state and national councils of defense. 'CM..) The meeting was called to order -tier- by Wylie. chairman of the .| county council of defense, who (;e r the slated briefly the purpose underlying mi font; the inauguration of the health cam- nH '0,ins paign. He said that the whole counr t'M Ca tv will be organized and meetings . icans de r the beld in different sections and that a t},( n the speaker will attend all the county ,jjf campaign meetings to make short m an addresses. . an is to Rev. Mr. Murchison, field agent of Wli coun- 'be state council of defense, was the ^ first speaker. Mr. Murchison dwelt so stria. at lpngth upon the disease-carrying (jr Ans- mosquito and My. He said that what hahies <iie annually in South at al- from diseases which tire e.o preventable, as many as the total m. lan it ^n,('rif;tn casualty list in the great |0 f the wa ' "P a short titne ago. Mr. ni, Murchison devoted the greater part t), 1. Al- ??' '''s a('('lf>s* to a discussion of ways |?j toops an(' means of destroying the mos- j,? hope 0Ml to and My. chief of which, he said, {tfi dreds 's destroying of their breeding litary P'a.ces, and he said that every mose the!,,ui,? in Lancaster could be driven t *p to- ,n" 'n fw? days if the people would (, ! raji. make a start in that direction. He ^ uvoop sai(1 ,,lis is no <tme for soft talk and ('( th,,y that the authorities should be told J( itliout ,(> Like actio- 'Nobody has the . can't r'Kht ,u keep .tckvard that men and aoeR I'10 1 if<* ot another." he said. ^ id the Ir anybody gets mad when you tell them to clean Up theii premises, they ^ won't stay mad." .. i in mbing ( aptain Aiken, of the T'nited (h list at States public health service, spoke on+. . s ami Venerial diseases, which he snhf>were ?; she no' understood or controlled bectuis?^ these th?y have always been cloaked i'n grow mystery and those infected were disinclined toward notorietv. He- <e\* t fail- Pl?ined that a'hiajority of the cases w stant- WGre n?t due to immoral practices, | ;? f tiff- ,,ul Iihe diseases were ao^hiuhl^jf^ con- infectious that thoroughly inrmR'cm .* t this Pp?Pl? often contia^Loi^r^^Ottti^y owers 1 hrough carelesjiues.?',Mi(f iguomru e. (>( ('apt. Aiken- coTJipfTrneffheif^South j.t( ii'lttre Carolina on taking the lead- in the *r ( h(.p better health movement and not fo'l- } 1 bar lowing other states. lie spoke in r? plain, cold terms of his subject, say- tn] thou- ,nK waa necessary to bring about or [j thf, a thorough understanding so that the I>( than diseases may be both conihatted (ri Ipp. and prevented. One ven?rial dis- j* r-war Pnse- he ?aid, caused 60,000 deaths ( () arned 'n TTnited States annually, more ^ men than from tuberculosis or any other j is af- onp disease. Thirty-five per cent of out a ,,1P otsos of insanity, h- attributed I t,u ,K to this disease. lie spoke of the')( i wind- r inirs established by the state for (( | ssible ,h<> 'rp?tment of these diseases and r.(j agant "u* niethod of treatment, eliminating (|i etory publicity, which has retarded th? h<1 in an work heretofore. The patient r* (j) rman ^nown only by a number, his fain:r> I cono- Physician being ihe only one acizette Qtainted with his name, k has ,)< call- To liar Fireworks. l>c s too |Every municipality in South Ca?o- ia else- Una is urged hy the state council of ni defense to co-operate with the or- th ganizatiOn by the adoption of an or- th con- dlnance which will forbid the use of ,,i itjsian fireworks during the nerind of rh?i flinch- war. A resolution colling upon thcjtl " he municipalities of the state for such ? ! Iind action was adopted at the last hi monthly meeting of the defense jf, uht council at the request of William is iv Jy Hanks, state inspector of explosives, sj ) It is felt that, while* fireworks are iv*th? used only during theVffristnias h??1 i- i lm tifhir as a rule, the present is the'si hat 7s "titjte. to take action forHhe reason fr u the th^t merchants usually make their: nour* purchases of ft reworks at this period m llje y^ar for tile holiday trade ai hf."? VeaVari>in f^rewor v?^hould take flht^rt, * ?^n<? ^ind a^TVtJfM^mftgly as it is gs tff h^Kkrd^l ervSjmwy thft ,hM sale i vqu of ttrev\;m-lcs will^iot he "emitted a cWtiT^ caUfl"y^x^EA-^HiHs'h^of both motley j M s fol- _??t. derphofli of which are need- j H ?*T?" ftelp in winning of the war, j y< - or ft the danger to persons a *?J prop j fo erty incident to the use ot fliev^rka^fl ' 4% . % , . * RIPTION $2.00 A YEAR AS ATTACK MADE . UPON UGHTHOOSE c Men Overcome for Half Hour Hut Suffered No Permanent Effects. i NEW "FRflGHTFULNESS" rman Submarine Adopting New Method of Warfare Off Coast of North Carolina? Several Vessels Sunk. Washington, Aug. 12.?Gas fronj^.' 1 discharged on the water by . the rnian submarine operating off the chile Atlantic coast, overcame six *n in the coast guard station and hthouse on Smith's island, North rolina, Saturday evening, the navy partment was advised today by ? commandant of the sixth naval drict. If the gas attack was deliberate? d most officials believed that it 1 is?it constituted a new and ln-/ nious form of "frightfulness'' and, * far as has been reported, was the st direct effort of the German raids to harm persons or property ou nerican shores. The gas was said by the comirwlsint nf tho onuuf uimi.1 have much the same effect as the ustard pas used by the Germans on e western froni. The men were ^ id out for more than half an hour ]K t apparently suffered np serious :er effects. Many Reports Received. The dispatch relating the pas atuk was one of a series concernjnj^ . oinan submarine warfare off'the t lantic coast received durinp the y bv the navv department. Ope Id of an attack on a submarine 1001 iles east of the Virpinia coast by* American destroyer, which dis-arped 17 depth charpes where the *" ider was seen to submerpe. The suit of the attack was not determpd but after oil had appeared on tg e surface of the water, two bombs Me dropped on the spot . and the bm^rine was not seen again. ^SnUiin^u of ^Meam.'r^ I...: ' i Ifi^n^wh'iiay vtit^T/nV~Ya*e -oft her *w still' undetermined, wli Jer was destroyed by bombs n st 8 and her crew later rescued ' passing ships. . Still another dispatch said that* iir survivors of the fishing sehoon i\aue raimer landed at New \ (dford, Mass., reported that they d tieen taken aboard the submay ie, tIn* commander of which boast- _ >j < that he was equipped to remain in / neriean waters for six months if *,N? desired. * , The submarine was described by , 9 men as being about 300 feet Jr? lg. with a conning tower In .feet Jffjg L'h. and mounting one gun. The > Ider carried a crew of 60 men, acrding to the survivors, who were id aboard the submersible for a ne and later set adrift in a dory. ? . While the reports from the comandants of the Smith's island , ast guard station and sixth naval strict clearly indicated their firm lief that the gas attack on the isnd was deliberate, some officers toght thought there was a possibility at the submarine had discharged e oil and gas after being wrecked ) a reef. Attention was railed to the fact at the action of salt water on citric batteries used by submarines ? nerates chlorine pas. which is situ- wii ? ar to mustard gas in its effect and ? deadly if encountered in a closed ace. If the submarine were wrecki. it was said, this pas would bo snerated and would come to the irface with the oil which wouid ho eed. No such possibility, howevef, was entioned in the navy department'^ inouncement. # # Cotton Itolls, The News 'received this morninff cotton boll from the fatm of (J. C. i c.Vfhnus at Taxahaw. The crop in ' taf *y< tjon apparently i? far be>nd nie averape. ?nd as many a? ur bolls have beoa found ou a sine ata^k. f* 4 J. . IJ