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A LIVE PAPER ^ II 1L lr A LIVE TOWN ??| | 68TH YEAR. NO. 8. SEMI-W ????????^1 BATTLE SCENE IS IT, QUICKLY CHANGED,,.., 11 One Minute After Cessation of Firing All Trenches Were Vacated. whi been board. TREAT WITH THE ENEMY for ... boards outBta Americans and Germans Ex- r0n0(i. change Cigarettes, Chocolate, I that u Chewing Gum, Coffee, Bread been ! close and Sausage. any ti Not Paris, Nov. 14.?"When dawn came ^er0 ' "Monday morning there was no hint of the cessation of hostilities. Bast of the Meuse, regardless of the situation, the American second army attacked In force at 8 o'clock. The to 1 e onslaught was defeated by a tre- 11 '' mendous barrage which was return- reK,st< ed In kind by the enemy. For three tembe hours the Americans swept forward, turn * hurling themselves against the wire cn' "c entanglements. tlie K Tii? c.urm.n ? -? * - |,nmnl UV< uiuu KUlllllO WU8 UeVilBiating. Then at exactly one minute of "*6. 80 11, liko a final thunder crash at the can ^ clearing of a storm, the guns on The both sides abruptly ceased. Camp The silence was more startling nulled than the deafening roar of the bar- Wh rage. "For a brief minute internvt- has he tent rifle fire followed; then came <t is t a pause, punctured by rippl'ng; ?.,ry f cheers from the trenches on both leges sides of the line. i >ro' :?1 What followed on one sector was j perhaps one of the most singular nive? events of the war. Against the sky an(] s< line figures were suddenly silhouet- plan, 1 ted. They appeared cautiously at ter no first but so(wi, growing holder all 0f the along the line, they stood upright, course These were Germans. man s The Americans were not so cau- course tlous. As the barrage died, ending |n , in a final husky rumble in the dis- renljn, tance from the big guns, runners (j 3 went springing along the fire line. h;|^ Instantly comprehending, the whole fj10jr line of doughboys leaped from rar(js trencl-es, foxholes and shell craters, n>KjSt| split* ng the unaccustomed silence KOstP(j with a 'brill cheer. The roar of tj)OSO voices was very like an outburst at car(is some great college contest in Atneri- stan( ca when a contestant scores a classic play. |ng to Strange to relate, the defeated enemy joined vociferously in the reJV 1 it> cheering. The world war was fin- armv ished. a Rlin At one minute before 11 it would pride have meant death to show one's self t0 ser above shelter. Not more than a depart minute after the hour the rolling and r plain was alive with cheering, shout- of the ing men, friend and enemy alike. Not many minutes later Germans and Americans were coming along the narrow stretch of ground, so fiercely fought over, some shyly and awkwardly, like embarrassed schoolbovs XVlir 1 The first advance* followed by of- Te fers from the Americana of cigarettes. chocolate and chewing gum The Germans in some places reciprocated with ofTers of hot coffee, ^?ai bread and s.nreage. have 1 The orders forbidding fraternizing ment were strict, but the novelty of the Gf api situation at times overcome pru- trainii dence and doughboys surreptitiously gnniza visited nearby enemy dugouts. Along aro m the barbed wire at a road crossing. (n trai some doughboys and Germans began on a ] a brisk barter for souvenirs. The T,)e Germans were bewildered by the oontin number of Americans speaking Ger- soon . man. shall I "Sure, my old man was born in No?,e Germany." laughingly rernai-kert one <.anll>H stalwart private. I piannc "That's nothing." said another, rhe "my mother and father were both . , , . .. ,, train in horn there. , . . . . other A middle-aged landsturmer an workei noon red: that t! "Yes, the war Is finished, thank the good God. My only wish is to * ' , ^ . ? .. roptloi get hark to Germany. I ? A slender pink-cheeked machine ... ., official gunner said: in th , "Yes. 1 know the kaiser has abdi. ,, staff, rated. . . .. , . . work Instnntlv a young aristocrat rais. . , . col egc ed his voice: "There will he no revolution in S" S r Germany; a new emperor will sue- '^r ceed." n,,e An uproar immediately arose to The speaker was drowned out by 'onsprotesting voices. Then the Ger- being mans began offering the Americans ro"n,r might (Continued on Page Bight.) "I c f IE LANCJ EEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FH INDUCTION ORDERS IPJCD WAD WHDV IVE BEEN CANCELLED ArlLR-flAR WURB up to lU*ik?rt Tills Month fan PLANS UNDER W/ einiiin on Tlieir Jobs For i e Present. President Wilson Said to Fa Congress Reconstruction ile no orders to this effect has Committee, received by the local draft it is doubted if further calls en will he made. The local APPREHENSION IS EVIDE ) have been notified that all nding calls have been canThis is taken as meaning to Shut Off War Prod >e work or the draft boards has tion Without Resulting Ii ibout completed and orders to . . _ . . . ness is Problem roremost up shop may be expected a me. This Time. only have the calls, which to have been filled this month, . .. . , Washington, Nov. 14.?Presii lancelled, but notice has been that the men between the ages Wi,son haH under consideration and 46. need not fill their appointment of a reconstruc onnaires but must return them to a com , local board. hensive .program for the natl conversion from a war to a pi s announced that all boys who . . . , . , , basis. The commission would be ;red as 18 years of age on Sep- , ., ., , , visory rather than executive in f r 12, will have to fill and re- ., , .. . . , . tions and the plans developed heir questionnaires to their lo- ,. , . , ... co-ordinated by it would be car >ard8 at once. It is supposed . . , . ' out by existing governmeut dej overnment desires to have a . . . ments and agencies, ete record of all from 18 to . . , As now rnnsinprpn t no rnm tne military training feature 8lon would be rep'resentaTive oT< e properly cheeked up. niercial. industrial, labor. agr i officers training school a tural and social interests; its n Fremont, C'al., has been an- hership would be small and it w deal with all phases of the g ile no otllcial pronouncement problem of easing the country I ;en made regarding the matter, war to peace. relieved by many that the mili The President is understood t< e-fures in the various col- distinctly opposed to the sugge will be continued, although plan of having a congressional ( hly not on such an extern'o' mittee prepare a reconstructive There are many who th?f^' gram. He is said to prefer men sal training has come to ?tiy have- made special studies of jme of the opponents of the nomie and social problems, when it was first sugge 'od, af- President is said now to be consl iting the physical improvement 'ng what emergency legislation men fol'owing a brief training be necessary before the governti >, new feel that every young can proceed systematically to tun hould have the advantage of a resources of the country to p i In military training. time production, view of the fact that the only Most Immediate Problem, rters those between IK and 21. How to shut off further war 1 and 36 will lvve *hat thev I duetion without closing? pit pen called into so-- ice aro ft. owing men out of work and c registration and classification I financial strain, is the most and thoso from 36 to 46. tiielr mediate reconstruction problem ration cards, it has been sup- in? ,,M' government, that they immediately have Government authorities ha cards framed. Those whose charge of placing of war contr have become worn fiom con- :iro considering a plan for diver friction with other pocket con- r:,NV materials from war Indus' can get a new card by apply- i,s fast :,s these curtail their ao their local board before that ,,PS to other Industries where is dissolved. The men are it can he used at once for reconst I a part of Uncle Sam's reserve tion needs. War orders will n?> although never called to carry canceled in a wholesale way \ , and will some day refer with R,l<:h a I)lun is developed, it is to their reminder of the call lioved. vice, as reserves. Besides, tite in this connection, the chambe nient is still after slackers commerce of the United States n neans to round them up?al public a letter to President Wi m. * citing evidence of anxiety an + business men over the governnu 10RF \PPI irATIONS fUtUre COUr8e' 8,,KRes,lnP a <levf 1UKL APPL.lt A I IONS ment Qf uniforin policies for all FOR OFFICERS' CAMPS partments. Appreeliension and Disturbanc "As you are doubtless aware," department Stops Them; Can't ,otter said, "the cancellation of II Whether More Divisions tracts by some government nger Win o.n~.?..o during the last 10 days hns cai a great deal of apprehension and turbance, the extent of which, shington, Nov. 14. ?Order tunately, has not attracted pi ieen issued by the war depart- ??? "*?<?! because the war news discontinuing the acceptane 80 greatly overshadowed it. dieants for the central officers' " seems to us that it is poss >g camps and stopping the or- to work out certain common pr tion of any new classes. There wh,ch 8hou,<1 nbtain ,n aU l ?w approximately 100,000 mn ernment departments In afTee ning at these camps operating settlements on contracts now t? monthly class basis. stopped and adjusting them 1 . fair basis. If one bureau, or den November classes will be dis- , . ? .. .. ... . - ment, follows its own ideas, ano ued and a decision is expected . .. pursues a different course, it se is to whether present classes ., . .. .... . . that it will lead to endless con tie continued to graduation. . , . ... 7 . versy and confusion, of the additional training for officers that had been "Pending the development of d will be established. adequate organization, we earn* . hope that a c'earance commi future of the student officers . , . , may be appointed at once to wl ig units and aviators and ... . , ... , will be referred all proposals to 1 schools also is now being . .... _ eel contracts, il out. Secretary Baker said . , , The chamber of commerce le question of the best wav to . , , . ,. ? has recommended to the Presii his work with the least dis- ,. . . ,. . , , . the establishment of an advisory n to the institutions involved ... , ,, construction commission similai ig considered bv the college1 .... . (that he now consolers appointing s associated with government ,,,. . . . . , Whatever machinery is created work and also bv the general . . .. ... ,. . suoervlsing the transition, it is 1 It may be that the training ,, . . . ..... sidered certain that the governn will continue longer at some Iirnnntl?Q ln ma h than at others while no,ess ^on'trot. anil to exercise a very" eadjustments are being made j(jVO supervision over business Baker Indicated that no defl- terests during the change. >cision had yet been reached as future of various army divis- \ Feast For the Boys nn?l till now completely organized o Historical Tales, by Charles > formed at cantonments in thl r|B jn fifteen volumes with illus y. Asked if these organizations .tlons; has Just been placed on see service in France he said: nbrary shelves Library hours ' annot answer that." 5:30 on Saturdays. I ISTER IN IIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918. r WIDE DIFFERENCE "SfS IY IN AMOUNTS SPENT <>tli?i;iK I vor State. Superintendent of Edu *I,M 1M' cation Reports School ApI portionments. j threw into rot | sessional lea* NT LEE LEADS FOR WHITES ,iHn,H ,l" 1U' tax burden pi; i~~~revenue bill ea Ke in State is $17.84 for view* of prospe die- Whites and $2.10 for Col- ptM",,,u,reH- . Senator Sim at ored Pupils in the Public the senate flna Schools. man Kltehin o means eonimit ^ MeAdoo discus dent An average of $17.84 was expend- reached no eor the ed in South Carolina for each white said he would tion pupil during the present scholastic dlate survey of pre- year. tative plans fc on's The! amount apportioned per capi- from abroad. 1 eace ta for negro pupils was $2.16. ders, and othe ad- Lee county stood at the top of the peace conversi unc- list of counties In Its apportionment mendations wi and for white pupils and at the opposite The uncerta rled extreme in its apportionment for no- inent financial ?art- groes.. The amount for each white gent need of pupil in Lee was $35.91*; for each legislation to < mis negro pupil $1.08. date, constitut :om- Charleston county led in the sons promptin icu! amount expended per capita for no- leaders, both 1 lem- groes with $16.22. licans. to advt nuld I'ickens county stood at the hot- he changed to reat torn in its apportionment for white, any great ext? rom expending $0.21 each. ate has revised The following amounts were ap- j is estimated he portioned in the various counties for 000 instead < ... 1. 14 . ?t11 i negreos, as mmutated by provided bv t) *om John K. Swearingen. State superin- ury officials al pro- tendent of education: largo inflow of who County. White Negro. volume of war eco Abbeville. . .$12.79 .19 $ 1.41 Z a floated in the < The Aiken 15.51 28 2.15 15 Demand foi der- Anderson. . . 14.8b 29 2.47 7 rut down exp< may Bamberg . . . 11.96 1 1.22 4 1 ing strongly fi nent Barnwell . . . 14.94 2 1.57 25 congress. Beaufort. . . 24.52 11 2.7 6 5 Senators Bon eace Berkeley. . . 22.77 16 1.67 21 licans, in addi Calhoun. . . . 10.17 5 1.1b 17 urged immei Charleston.. . 26.22 11 8.29 I vast governmc pro- Cherokee . . . 16.14 26 2.21 10 said Demoor.i ints Chester. . . . 27.70 7 1.41 28 would have k ana- chesterfield .. 11.72 16 2.1 5 11 rving out his Iih Clarendon . . 18.27 21 1.40 1l| economy progr fac- Colleton. . . . 14.74 30 1.11 15 is informed m Darlington . . 27.88 6 2.05 18' ditures. vin; Dillon 21.62 15 1 6-1 24 1 acts Kdgefleld. . . 21.94 IS 1.09 44 (WSl'AITIF ting Fairfield. . . . 25.99 12 1.18 42: tries Dorchester. . . 14.54 11 2.0't 161 tlvi- Florence ... 21 99 17 2.51 6 they Georgetown. . 16.21 27 1.1 5 4 \Vu-liiiiuto? <! rue- Greenville. . . 11.19 18 3.18 1 t he Greenwood. . 18.95 19 1.86 21 li?\? !<??* intil Hampton . . . 16.36 25 1.27 19 ltc? be- Horry 10.04 4 4 2.1 7 11 Jasper 17.24 21 1.72 22 r of Kershaw . . . 13.52 17 1.4 2 29 Washington. i*de| Lancaster. . . 1 1 44 42 1 17 11 here estimate lson j Daurens. . . . 16.50 24 1.14 14 j * *'s of the A ,w,,? 1 i.u? 45 lurrrn hi me ,nf'? Lexington. . . 12.35 40 1.20 38 100.000, indue 'lop- MeCormick . . 13.82 34 1.1 4 43 action, wound* dc- Marion. . . . 27.32 8 2.20 12 disease and ac Marlboro. . . 23.65 14 1.38 32 log whomever Newberry. . . 17.4 3 22 1.14 27 Some of those tl,e Oconee. . . . 12.29 41 2.09 17 log probably * eon- Orangeburg .. 1 8 43 20 1.31 31 when the pris leies Pickens . . . 9.21 45 2.2 8 9 front Germany, used Richland . . . 26.95 9 5.42 2 It is was ss dis- Saluda .... 1.24 43 1.25 40 will be several f?r- Spartanburg . 14.34 33 2.32 8 cord of casual! 'tdi Sumter. . . . 30.06 4 1.87 19 Tt is regarded ha? Union 13.80 35 2.22 1 1 that many of Williamsbg . . 26.32 10 1 48 26 recent heavy fi| dble York 14.53 3 2 1.86 20 second \meric! inci ? ? yet been rope gov- Average for wounds also ting State . . .$17.84 . . $ 2.16 . . ported for son I ')e slightly woun )n ^ couriers may b ,art" TltK 11)18 TOIl.lCCO ( HOP IS The daily lit LARGEST EVER I'ltODK K!) h;ive consisted Washington. Nov. 14.?Never be 100 namrs ?,a II ?" , ? has indicated fore was there a crop of tobacco so number of re an large as this year's. With the ex- majn Jo ,)fl gjv stly <eption of Tennessee and Kentucky be released as ttee every southern state increases its c"n handle th? production this year. North Carolina "notllcial can- ... . . lislied cnsualtv I leading with an Increase of 38,000, of November 1 also pounds over last year's crop. 1;(, of 71,300 lout| Kentucky's production showed a mates made, bi re-1 decrease of that amount. the hat'le coi to The prodtK'tion l>v States, the de- first and secon pan ment of agriculture announced immediately pi for la: Virginia 150,007.000 pounds,! hostilities and con- tin increase of 21,000,000 pounds; heretofore, leai nen North Carolina 24 2,252,000, an ii - tint all unpuh ized -reuse of 38.000.00o; South Carolina casualties will pos- 62,2o8,000, an increase of 1 1,000.- Kstlniates ht in- 000; Florida 4,416,000, an Increase ords fix the t< of 1,000,000; Tennessee 63.018.- in France at le 000, decrease of 17.000,000; Ken Is. Micky 388.170,0oo, decrease of 38,- Meetin dor- 000,000. There will b tra- The quality this year is 87 7 of the War \V< the compared with 86.4 last year; the och church neI to acre yield 871.8 pounds, compared Speeches will I with 816.0 last year, announced late ? * ^ I |F ff=a ST? W 1? COTTON TODAY ^ 1KWS ^ SURSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR ????????_?? tiWZEmn HANDSOME HOME IS v\nnmr\ awtwiwv ?\wt nwwvw? ULMKUYtD bY MKt '(Hider Ovi'f lie " ' Residence of Judge Jones Completely Ruined Yesterday Nov. 14. Pence I .. . , Morning. iferenee between con-. lers and treasury of 'Stinn of whether the MICH ClRMTl'RE SAVED. i in tied in the pending n he lightened, in ctive reduction of ex- This, However, Was Itadly i)am. . aged Hv Water?Loss $10,000 miens, chairman o ' nee coininittee. chair Oi $15,000 With Insurance of f the house ways and $7,000. ttee, and Secretary >sed the problem, but lclusion. Mr. McAdoo Fire at ten o'clock yesterdayundertake an imme- morning completely ruined tho the government's ten- handsome residence of Judge Ira B? >r return of the army Jones and Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Jones For curtailing war or- in the grove, corner Chesterfield r phases of war-to- avenue and White street, leaving on, and make recom- merely a luill after burning the roof thin a few days. and upper story. It was one of tho inty of future govern- most stubborn fires ever experienced needs, and the ur- bv the local fire company, the buildpushing the revenue ing being so large that the two ;omp!etion at an early streams played upon the flames e the principal rea- were insufficient to extinguish them, g many oongressiona and while they were held in cheek Democrats and Uepub- and prevented from spreading to icjite that the bill not other residenees across the street, redtiee the revenue to they could not have done mote dani nt. Already the sen- age. I it so that the Income At first it looked as if the firemen at about Jfi.LTifl.OOti, would confine the blaze to the attle >f the $8 000,000,0(H) with very little damage and nothing? te house draft. Treas- was moved from the building, but so pointed out that a later when it was seen that tho m.\rj* *>111 n-uiin- \ m? WIHIIH 111 II 1111^111 Ui*SI rOVPCl IIIOSt bonds which must ho of tho furnishings on tho lower floor cpring. and some from tho upper floor were r immediate steps t t removed. ndituros now is com The fir/* originated in the wall of rom both parties in a room on the lower floor and burned its way through to the attic? ih and Smoot. Repub- where fanned by stiff draughts from esses in tho senate the ventilators it spread over tho liate currailment of whole of the building, then began nt expenditures and breaking through at different place* itic Leader Martin on the roof. No quicker than the reat difficulty in car- firemen would get a stream playing: recently announced on a certain place than it would ram unless the public break through in a new place, and 1 details of all expen- tliis kept up or an hour or more until finally the flames were gotten un? der control. :s or hie rhe residence was one of tho ws ONLY imuimr"" 'ra t ' plete wreck, and much c.f the good* removed to the yard were damaged fficlis!*; !? ' \<>i lie handling and water At the tima the fire was discovered none of the ms of Life Have , . , family were at home, a negro ser ii tJrenter. vent being the only one in the houseJudge Jones was in Cbe.fer attending court; Mrs. C I) Jones was irt Nov 14 ?Officiiis Polntnbin ; Mr. Jones was at his place that tiie total casual- nf business and Iheir children at merican expeditionary school. The loss is estimated at war will not exceed $it),0(i0 to $15,000. with $7,000 filling the men killed in surance. >d, died of wounds, . 4. c.ucuib i.IK. Tile miss- GERARD URGES TRIAL OF will be accounted for. Who have been miss- EX-KAISER FOR MURDER >vi 11 be accounted for oners are returned |(o Should Re K\trn<litc<l Prom Hoi* Ud that it probably >?"?>??" Already Indicted in weeks before the re- Kiiglnnd for Murder. ies can be completed as almost certain the casualties in the New ^ "rk, Nov. 1 1 Extradition nhtlng by the first and of For 11101 Wmperor William of Gerin armies have not nian>' from Holland and his trial in irted. Deaths from It* <?n 'he charge of murder, probably will be re- fnr which lie has been indicted ie time, while lists of 'here, was urged here by James W. ided being sent bv Derard. former anihas idor to (Jerie delayed. many, in an inipromtu address beds for several days for<> a 'heater audience. of approximately 1 - Asking whether a man shall be alii v. Secretary Raker lowed to escape who hail "killed so that a considerable many people that if they were ported casualties re- stretched on the ground. they en out but these will would form a line almost around tho rapidly as newspapers entire world." Mr Gerard answered m. his own question with an emphatic ' tabulation of pub- "1 shounl say not." lists including those "There is a treaty between Holshows a grand to land and En eland," Mr. Gerard demon. fateful out I- <>l!i i'o/l '<i.? i. 1.1*1. i? ?-? ?> * - .. i in-* <<in f-.Miauno used on knowledge of the ex-kaiser, who has been Indictmillions faced hv the ed in England and try hint before d st-nties in the d ys'an English eoitrt. 1 guess we all eeedinp cessnt'on of know what the verdict would be. on the average I's's, When the hangman drops the trap rl officers to believe he will be doing away with one of lished and unreported the world's greatest mu'dert is." not exceed 30,'100. * ised Oil previous rec- Kicked |J\ ? Mule, ital marine casualties Minor MehafTey. who lives with ss than 5,000. pjM mother about six miles from tho city, was kicked in the face by t* m at Xntioch. mule Thursday and badly hurt. Ho e a meeting In behalf was brought to Lancaster for mediirk campaign at Antl- "al ahl and the doctor said no bones *t Sunday at 4 p. m. were broken. The mule's shoe, howle made by speakers ever, cut an ugly gash in the young r. man's cheek.