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40^ VOL. 22. NO. 100. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918. / SI It SCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
f THE HINl
?JBv
j^rcdm a m^tdid
ruLniri/ii^iiii ^i/i?
J BEEN DEFfNlTEL
QUENTIN NOW
V ?i
ENEMY -PLACED IN
[Ih ICAL P0S1T10N
j^t^ossibility is That Enjjrely New
''** wJ3alient Will Devefhp With^in
Day or Two.
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% FLANK ATTACK BY SEA?
K. 17 :
W
M Situation on Belgian Coast Leads
W to That Conclusion and There
^ ' is Some Speculation Upon
it.
If >? ' ' a
ft
^ t? .Ington, Oct. 3.?.The Gdrmnn
|T ^ N aj
i/> ** g & *"n nrof. x?-n France and Belgium
/l ' ' _# ** * broken'.,; Even
' I dF-5T *" '"mo *,J;?
. / ^ o. ^ ?j*.y.ilitary observers
ri* 5- c\eed 4hat I'e^Hin8
% integrating and
: "V 2. ^ ~ 5V ed Thft?? whole
e v orts or tne ?*er- {
' ?, theikjvniiea ?
J paster-.
4j Vm and 'n the
(J? VQerman zone.
/\ * aH the|
J
1 ?nburg Ai,^ already
I ng - untenable wheir St.
.1 Haig's men smashed tlrtouglr? ? x
t north of St. Quentin. #
' ' dlate investment of the jy
? French troops and the swift widening
of the breach northward, coupled
with the continued rapid progress
of French. Belgian and British
? } forces, in Belgium, it is thought here
may possibly upset the whole Ger}
man scheme of r ement already
py N/ begun on the Rheims f nt. . |
j British penetration oi thdlline, it
Yf' y was sa.I, may furnish Marihal Foch
with a means to er,ibai"ass the Ger^
, man retreat, always with the possibility
of precipitating a veritable
rout. ?
* j , A German Situation Grave.
Ma f Kinged by a wall of victorlom
- J enemies over the whole front fror
l-*' the North sea to Verdun, the situa
*" v tion of the Germans Is undoubtedl
n"l?rln rn j
n
grave. The drive in {?*>.*
1- menacing* vital communications c
'? one side while American and Frent
m ' % troops in the Champagne are surgii
/ ^ forward toward equally vital supp
( w lines on the other. The battle line
/ r assuming the shape of a vast t?
thrusting its Jaws out to engulf t
U . / German armies The German lei
era have Seen their danger. Offlc
reports to the state department
, \ J dicated the evacuation of th? s
_ ' marine bases on the Helgian cc
was imminent. There also Is <
/ \ ' elusive evidence that the evacuaf
of the lines before Rheims Is well
"> <*or wa*- The question upperr
i v In the minds of army officers hei
to-whether the German high >
Kbr ^ Bland has acted In time.
I Announcement from Paris tiia
. J\ prisoners were taken by
*|MWj B **remeh In operations between
A . ?^e And the Alene rivers Is si
" t'Of the dlfhculty.of getting t
I 'spfeiy out "^!l'
*
WmjRG j
FRANCE AND BELGI
Y BROKEN; THEWH
IN HAim* f)F
MA V M MM MA IA/V/ Vf? ? MMMMA
Britisn Smash
With the British Army on the St. ^Quei
Dritish troops smashed a large and viial s
line today between St. Qucntin and C'amb
many additional towns and villages and 5
erous guns havf)been taken.
The battle was resumed at 6 o'clock in tl
throughout-the day, English and Australii
into the enemy defenses. The ground over
fought their way against the inevitable swa
littered with German dead.
The advance has reached a denth of nbou
il follows that the prinicpal Hindenburg
shattered. A few hours may see the Brit
*ide of the great German defensive system
From the north comes most signficant
were gradually being left in a salient have
tically all the Armentieres sector and app
British troops have entered and are now j
Auhers ridge, iuth of Armentieres, has
ish are east of there. Indications are not
have been forced to begin one of the war's
The troops c -operating with the Belgiar
Bottlers after hard street fighting. They
well back and are^till going. \The Gerr
Belgian coast a' as Ostend if the adv
gives every sign of da-ng.
CCMSSTE DRAWING OF I THRE
NEW DRAFT NUMBERS ]
J- V
f Master Hst Mail tierma^
to District Draft Was
, B?urtl*. I
Washington, Oct. 3.-^lth the!,
completion Tuesday of the third great thto
military lottery since the nation went an i
to war, machinery of the provost mar- the
shal general's office was set in mo-, or,
to finally Check the master list tob?
i and mail copies to the 156 district usr
boards over the country which are to' "r
make them immediate'.--* ailable to I As
the newspapers within t?. area and Hn gi
to post (th'" for the public. tails
, The last ff the 17,000 numbers Fr<
which are to determine the order in skirn
their respective classes of the 13,- a rej
a 000,000 men who registered Sep- priso
a teinbqr 12, was taken from the big ran
glass bowl in the caucus room of the patr<
y senate office building at exactly 8 each
Is o'clock Tuesday morning. General each
>n Crowder drew out the capsule which Ann
;h yonLained No. 12,734. The drawing, Sepi
ig whi?Ti started at noon Monday by try
dy President Wilson, had been complet- divi
is ed in six hours less than the esti- 1
ap mated time due to a race which de- dec
he' veloped between the shifts of young car
id-, officers charged with the drawing. Ge
ial During the first check of the tally gel
In- sheets only one number was found ed
ub- displaced. The correction was easily he
>ast made from the tally wires on which th
;on- actual slips of paper bearing the
lion numbers had been strung after be- m
'"rtm the capsules. Gen- oi
tin- InK r?miiT?ii > ?...
no lit eral Crowder stayed with the work-Jen
re |8 era ducing the entire 20-hour period, It
?om- an^ the drawing was watched by a
constantly changing but never largo V
tt 2.- audience,
the Time of receipt of the vaster lists
the by district boards will be governed i
gnifl- by the distance they arc located
roops from Washington. The boards have <
loned been Instructed to make them public!
gn no Immediately.
large , When General Crowder took the
Beqdfirt capwlejfom the bowl, order
MS the nrnuphr ftaifcSe?t
wnly a ***24.OM.000 retfathft**, Kum,
8,000 her* far thS. first 9.000,000 reglsa
cap trantt ware July 80, 1917.
i!ertatut ' ji p v
rtW of- Train"* nm?h?w Autn.
is t??k Mr. Hobt. S. NdtaHfry, of Fort
<|l>eVi- ^*n, met* ? serious ardf well
^*1 lUfch f:ital M*iW Tuesday wfeet
winded with a twli
LINE SMAS
UM HAS SUFFRAGE
OLE OF ST. ANARRI
VCH FORCES | Lacked Two \
~ essary Th
Pa
iburg lint .
. ,, , , ' | WILSON S RE
ltin Secto Oct. J.?The
ectlon 01 the Hlndenburg J . , ?
rai. They have occupied The Vote 'Was
1,000 prisoners and num- _ .
Resolution
ie mopping and continued ther Consid
an divisions driving deep vember Elet
which the British troops
irms of machine guns was . ~
. >' * Washington,
t five miles at its apex and Tuesday refused
defenses here have been ' of the President
tish all way .on the other ftage resolutU
i. . . \ measure,
news. The'Gennans who I A*?-r flve
begun a retreat on pluc- _ corridor -odn.en
ear to,he, in full tlight. negotiations, th
lassing through Lens. * | federal amendm
been tajten and the P t- j ed by the house
wanting,that.the Gen > > on the final rol
i greatest retreats. | than the neces
is have taken villages near jority. Fifty-fc
have forced the Germans corded for it ai
nans must get out of the . twelve abi nt a
ance" here continues, as it Before the
Senator Jones, i
man of the woi
' ?' ~ tee. to comply v
'AT OF REPRISALS ZZZmltive
[S MADE BY GERMANY moved that tl
______ This made the
to 31 and left
ny .Sends Ultimatum to nlcaHy pending
kuugton Relative to Use of dar, in position
. | .. ...? >? ation planned i
ins. elections, when
L \
~ to muster the
3.?Germany, v?teg.
Legation, has sent President W
he government of dreas to the ?
th-.t if no satisfac- letters to s<
.'fo- ihcomtng on Oc- "tors opposed
.German protest about not ehange a s
k by American soldiers the flnal debs
be taken." sorted thav
enii-offlcial telegram from Her- woll'(' mean
veo the following additional de- ecutive. Incl
of the note: "paired senato;
)m prisoners captured during a t*iat the sena
lish between patrols on July 27,
mating shotgv 0-aken. The (Continu
ners, who helongeu to an Ameri- *
infantry regiment, stated their LANCAST1
:>! possessed three such guns, COMIN'
loaded with six cartridges and
i cartridge containing nine shots,
ther shotgun was captured on Sales of Wai
ItMiiber 1 1 from the tihrd infanregiment
of the fifth American
sion.
"ho use of such weapons is forbidi
by The Hague convention as
ising unnecessary suffering. The '
rnian government protests ener- ras,er ?oun
tically and expects from the 1'nit- ',s P,,r(,'lils
States government that steps will accord'ng
taken inimodiatelv to discontinue
e employment of shot guns. committee.
It is pointed out to the govern- Jn,y an(l '
ent of the United States that a pris- ras,ftr cou
ter on whom a shotgun or shot- Pl,rc'ias*
hn ammunition is found forfeits his Tfie ar,ua
fe. months a
? ia a deflc
i'K HAVE 1,000 (iKILMAN's TO same per
EVERY AMERICAN PRISONER reports
Washington. Oct. 3.?The German >114.272
>rotest against the use of shotguns c?'sh of p
jy American troops has been receiv- S- cai
ad at the state department seen that
Shotguns are used by American other roi
troops, It was said, only as author- 8. S. N
Ir.ed by the accepted rules of war cause of
They are employed in general police savings
work and in guarding prisoners, be- the f:
ing more desirable for such work fampaig
titan the high powered army rifle be- "? (i
cause the firing of the latter mightj The ?
result In the death or Injury of per- people
fftg* fe #tl not jleem -1
lusan otfleists. hold pledge,
l.OOA dbrman'jc^oners Jo ? ?*
.j Aujeiicaoa in eiitfny^nrlftQ^ eniopd. cotifety
ttSL ~ " Kv" V^er
n ' Personam. # J " > The
d! Jadffe "Ernest Moofjo ^ HFtwmefl ia the
i? Wedtiend'ny from a tmniijeea trip to b!e <1.
.VHonnl ?i. toni
!-} / torq
n-I /MIW Marital' ho ha. bo*V for A
TS?tfa? - lory 'N the ,n
jjBpr* j
HED BY " j
LOST BY AN OVER-OPTIH
)W MARGIN MIGHT SLOW
rotes of the Nec- Washington Officials
ro-Thirds For Ar .erican People as t
ssage. From Front.
:QUEST DENIED CAMPAIGN IS COIN
i 53 to 31 and the Recent Events on Ha
is Left For Fur- Make Sal of I iber
Oration After No- More Imperative So J
!tiom He No Let I'p.
Oct. 3.?The senate Washington. Oct. 3
to grant the request 1 Wi' on and other ollirial
that the woman suf-ltl vineriean people nui
be passed as a war! cat. >n lest the good new
| hattiefronts cause a relax
s of bitter debate, fort on behalf of the fou
?nces and cloakroom loan. Thus far no such t?
e Susan B. Anthony been noticeable and tlie
lent resolution enact- has been going with an
last January received comparable to that with
il call two votes lean l..ttle reports have been
ssary two-thirds ma-i it is pointed out that n
>ur senators were re- tory is definitely being
id 30 against it. with the side of the allied a
nd paired. ! and more funds are ne<
vote was announced, able the lighting men to
of New Mexico, chair- their hard won advantai
man suffrage commit-j the German hordes 1
vith parliamentary re- ( Rhine. Secretary McAd(
anged his vote from stood to have determin
to the negative, and speakers emphasize this
le senate reconsider, tinuously until the hug*
final official record 53 dollar total is raised,
the resolution tech- Official reports from al
on the senate calen- S4>j-Ve districts except 1'
tr\r fnrfhnr Anncl/1 or_ . ? * __ _ a. * s
v.. .u.v~. wnicn nas nm sianea
aTter the November scriptions. showed 3
i suffrage forces hope pledges actually received
requisite number of pi,. by payment of th<
initial installment. Thi
ilson's personal ad- Ceipts up to last night. 1
tenators supplemented include millions of dol
iveral Democratic sen- 9Criptions on which the
to the resolution did ment has not been made,
ingle vote, although in made but not yet repor
it? some senators as- by banks. The total ton
feat of the resolution expected to be sever
repo... . ex. mj|j|on A.iiftlg greater.
u and raise six billions. - lvo,
7- line-up of 62 to 3' Cft'V to get a daily aver
ert on PaK? Eight.) have bnen
? i Among the reporter
EH COUNTY NOT trlcts .ere:
i?i Richmond, $ 14.1 s>?
(; ITP TO PLEDGES Atlanta $i.674.8ft'
_____ Dallas. $4,812,450.
Ti.i* Tow a still stood al
r HnvinR. in Th.. Jow ^ ^ ^ ^
ntv Far short of |f wftS ovor its quoti
Th.- Richmond <j|
that Cro7.et, Hot si
" ford. Va.. and Aslu
>n. S. r.. Oct. 3 Dan- combe county. Sortl
ty is behini. its pledges in ovor_sUbscribed their
c of War Savings stamps. ^ connection wit
to a report Just compiled ent a slackoninf
uth Carolina war savings 1 Qra,e it was cited
For the months of June.) officials that pra
\ugust the people of 1-rfin-. ^ billion dollars t
nty pledged themselves H>|hnve been spent b;
$65,215 worth of W. S. S 1 recelved at the lp
1 purchases for these t^Lmment already Is
,?.i *:ifi 404. whlen| . rntf>
lit of $28,811. During thol a* iW
Ul 24 counties?for which wh,oh ls suhstantit
arc complete?purchased bo ,aiHPrt ,n ,h" fo
I worth of W. S. S. in ex- In September it
lodges made in the June W ireaaury report th.
I [npaign, and it can thus he ",l1 f 1 .f>->?._64.00(
I Lancaster is lagging behind 'oss ,ban <be *' *
I unties in the purchase of \V. , ln *IILMIS,
Heedless to say, this fact is 11 j ' b? total cost ell
I' disappointment to the war.10 <)( ' waRl
committee, especially in view ' S.tlOft er th I
Inct that in the June W. 8. 8 :,s wlU he rals0(1
;n Lancaster county fell short
luota. s,,mln>
itate committee hopes that the ( ommunlon se
of Lancaster county will re- at tbe
the pledges, which were for- Sl,n,lay morning
or neglected, and thst they for sorvlces T'
tep up with and exceed their W"1 a,*? bol<1 ri
? for future purchaaes ?f W. 8. 10 o'clock.
a n?t. thougrht that l/*ncaater 11
will be content to l.\g behind |
counties. ' r'kv,
f^ancastos" .rfepo-* -?'*>' | ?*op>
'JSpZ&Su ift
" \ 11'"I.08 loq B *u,X.
lJToV snB;> n<*vA"H
id *T*aa ^L-^^raaC '' -
l? BRITISH
IISM RED CROSS NEEDS
DRIVE 330 MORE SHEETS * '
Caution Lancaster's Allotment for Hoso
News pital Shower Must lie
Made Up.
U coon MORE WORKERS NEEDED
Vi
ittlefronts Surgical Dressings Department
ty Bands Makes Another Appeal for - rhere
Will * orkers in Order to Meet
Large Allotment. <>
?President
s feel that ATTENTION MKX AM)
is? exercise WOMEN of IjANC.
s from the
ation of efrth
Libert* Sheets lor the lied 1'ross L.
ndency has Shower.
campaign laoieaster's allotment must I
enthusiasm I romiiU'tcd.
which tie :WO more sheets needed. Ear*
received. I sheet costs approximately $1.8*
o\v that \ i- you cannot contribute the sh*
brought to money.
rmies funds
edetl to en- (It* MISS MAIttiAKKT
press home The Lancaster chaptfc__ ua& never
.'? and hurl yet failed to till an allotment. It I
jevond the must not fail in this. Sureiy you Q
mi in HIHHT- w uuiu inn nrr in?j nuiuici s wuuuuru
ed to have in the tight for you, lack the few
point con- comforts you can send them.
? six billion The colored auxiliary l\?s -come
splendidly to the aid of the chapter.
1 federal re- N*ot only offering to launder the imCunsas
City, niense linen allotment, .everv
taking sub- of which must he freshly "
>626.506.000 before shipment, they have
and accom- trlbuted $25.00. The Red
> iy per cent tnost appreciative of their *
8 covers re- anfl cannot too h'"hlv coin*
but does not 'or their work,
lars in sub- The surgical dressing
initial pay- must again appeal for wor
or has been present no knitting is beir
ted officially very little sewing on h
lorrnw nigh* ments because :>f the la
al hundred rial. A large allotment ?.
In order to rigation pads which should be
lid be i..?ces- pleted within the next week
age ... *ti5(- days is much less than hal
liied iat< >> . .. ?0|J are n(), so]|jnf, l,jbe
ollars should won t yo, ^ at le#gt on<
l* this time land make surgu... .
* * esing.
' v ells-1 ? **? ?
750 CENTRAL POWERS TAKE
i. ' j 'LITRES OF DEFENSE
lone tonight as Austrian (iovoranin
rt officially that Karly Pmre |n
t.
strict reported Germany. ^
)rings and Mil
'ville and Bun- . , _ . _ , ^
Amsterdam, Oct. 3.?Acc?<^^a
(i Carolina, had ,, , .. ^Pr Budapest
newspapers the ,r*u8trd->r~
1 quotas. .. . . . .
Hungarian government desires peace,
h the efforts toj jn agrPen,Pnt with Germany, no?"
"f campaign j withstanding the fact that measures
today l?v treas-j |lavo been taken for defense as radically
all of the sujt Bulgaria's withdrawal from
o be raised will (he war '
v th? linn it is ^ dispatch received here- (rom
hf gov |i,)(japest quotes the "newspaper* of .
paving out monev ..... .
' that city as saying that a crown
.>o.oo council was held Saturday, at which/
illy the money to mjmat.y mpa<i,ires that had become
urth loan. necessary as a result of Bulgaria*'
wits shown i> a aot|OI) WPrP taken to guarantee a
government pa <: j effpC|jve defense, but the governi
oi . 4 . mi < ment was still striving at the earliest
105,000.000 record ... . . .
possible moment, in agreement witn
' Germany, to secure a peace tha
t is months of ?,ir WOuld absolutely preserve the v
shown to be .. arrhy-s territorial integrity,
ree times as much *
by the fourth loan.
WIIaSOX IlI'VS H<>
Services. A\l> STAkW '4+
WnahlnVton. "5
rvices will be new ??
Man church next' Wilaon by purrha?>, ^
at^tbe usual hour at a theater ^
he Sunday school rally wht-^h
?lly day exerciaea at, S4**,t
NOTICE TO sjl^^
a Govftrnr- "
f
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