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* 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.
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