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MMMOMMMMKaMMHaMMMIIMMMUnMHUIIIMIUtltttWIIIIMUIII IWMIU Mill HUM IUI11111IUJ11111i1 QUI 11 GENERA] S?nmiMuniuiiuiM?uiiMititMta?MMiuumiinimitiiiiiMNiiiiHiiuiiiiuiiMMiiiiuiiiUHiuiiuiiitiiititiuiiNitii Paris, May 27*?Premier Clemenceau returned from the front last or night, after having consulted with ^ y General Foch, the allied generalissimo. ?? *a Fifty-six American troops on the *r British steamship Moldavia have c* been unaccounted for, says an offi- is cial statement issued on the 24th by or , th the British admiralty. WJ Germany is seeking to augment se her armies by conscripting Russians fi' of the border lands. And, what is ql . m just as sinister to world peace, she ^ is striving to make the rich Russian territory purely and simply a Gerst man province. N) re Three American airplanes were qj brought down Wednesday on the co Lys battle field, the German war re office declared in its night official ^ statement. e> ' p| ouKmommo i'o ofill o manono AUC OUUUiailllW 40 OV??? M U?V*?MVV 2 c but no longer is a peril; it is still formidable for inflicting injury but ^ it can't cause the winning or the losing of the war. 1 c]j At Elberton, Ga., they have an auction sale in a prominent part of en CO the city at which they offer hogs, cows, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, hams, etc., all of which p' . - are donated by the citizens for the benefit of Red Cross fund. ^ CO Washington, May 24.?The ar- tri rival in this country of 114 Ameri- *" can wounded was announced by Surgeon? General Gorgas today. ^ Eight were landed the week of . May jn 10 and 106 the week of May 17. They have been distributed at various points for reconstruction. ap Hi New York, May 24.?The Rocke- ^ feller foundation today contributed ta $3,000,000 to the war fund of the ca American Red Ci^ss. ' 16 Announcement of the , contribution was made at a luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce' b? John D. Rockefeller, Jr. ' \ ' _ ur For the first time since the occu- t!l \ j. pation of the capital by the British ue in the War of 1812, oldest attaches m< said, the flag of a foreign power floated over the White House on the 24th. It was the royal Italian w* standard, flown beside the Stars and pe Stripes, in honor of the third anniversary of Italy's entrance into the ^ world war. s . mi \ i inj Washington, May 24.?Steel ships bli completed thus far in May exceed the output of any previous month in the history of the shipping board. The total output up to ,and including May 23, was 29 vessels, of 174,- to 661 tons. Four steel ships, totalling 28,200 tons were delivered yester- m< day. dr Probably the largest and best ap- W pointed animal cemetery in the world is that which still1 remains at- th< tached to the ruined summer palace in Pekin. Here repose in coffins of polished orris . wood elaborately ^r carved, more than a thousand dogs er that were the pets of former em-. nc perors and empresses of China. se' pe , Slackers who leave this country lol low will Ko ponclit FG and punished some time. If they th have gone to Mexico, they are right i?! now being given at least, a fore- Ni taste of punishment. The next few weeks will be a race in] between Hindenburg and Wilson, sti Premier Lloyd George declared in a ta speech on the 24th. to Turkish troops at Aiden, in Asia de Minor, have mutinied. Two thou- tri sand soldiers sent-^from Manissa, 20 be miles northeast of Smyrna, to quell cli the disturbances, have deserted. ti< sti The authorities at Washington pr state that 9,000 soldiers leave on fr American port every day for France fr At that rate, it will not take long fr to get a conquering army on the ha battlefields. That goes to show fo that our Government is outwitting "s the German submarine. so / . ' : ] > IIIUIM IMS UUWMI#>1 Mil Ul* I IIIIIIIIIUUIHIMIIIlUUUtlIIIIIKltHHlllll>U?M?lllUIMUirUlt:IIIIIU?** g L NEWS | iiiiiiniiuiiiiiniimiiiiinniiiiiimuiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiimnmniiiiimiiiiiiiiiinuiiiiMi^^ To the Editor:?Fruit flavors for ie million.sodas have been ordered r the American boys overseas, as masks have doomed the popurity of chewing tobacco in the enches. It will be noted thut * no tewing tobacco is ordered. This not the result of any prejudice i the part of the soldiers against e American habit which pained ickens so much. No. No. Modern arfare, that's all. The overseas cretaries report that a. plug or ie cut devotee with his favorite lid of the American weed in his u outh is seriously embarrassed i hen he hastily dons his gas mask. Washington, May 25.?Full rength of the new army, including ational Army, National Guard and gulars now is 2,000,000 men, lairman Dent of the house military immittee announced today in his port on the army appropriation 11. The report disclosed that the :act number of American airanes in France is 1,316 of which !3 are combat planes. There are ] 760 planes in the United States, j e report said. < L . i Chicago, May 25.?Ringing dfe- j arations in favor of the German i nperor. as a ruler in America as ' mpared with the present adminis- ] at|on were made at the meeting ] ace of the Industrial Workers of e World in Milwaukee, Wis., after ( e final break with Germany, ac- j rding to testimony today at the | ial for seditious conspiracy of 112 ] W. W. leaders. Washington, May 25.?The Unit- j States has now 1,316 airplanes France, 323 of which are combat , ahes, according to the military afirs committee report on the army j ipropriation bill submitted to the >use late this afternoon.. In the ^ lited States there are 3,760 miliry aeroplanes at 27 training ^ mr?o TVip Siomnl Corns has 12. 17 officers and 136,761 enlisted en, the report shows. Dayton, Ohio, May 25.?The one . ousandth Liberty motor completed e other day, and the first 'plane signed especially for the Liberty 5tor, flew with marked success at ilbur Wright Aviation Field. The Oth De Haviland 'plane equipped , th a Liberty motor has been shipd to France. A dispatch from ;troit, on April 22, announced at the Liberty motor's babyhood iladies 'were over, and that growl quantity production was in full ist/ Atlanta, Ga., May 24.?Three ndred and seventy-five carloads of iorgia peaches have been shipped eastern markets through Wednes- < y of the present week, the move- ^ int consisting of 160 carloads of ' nrflnmora nriH the balance beinir vided between Uneedas, Early ' heelers and several other varieis that mature at this season of e year. ' 1 , * 3 With the American Army in ( ance, Friday, May 24.?An Am- 1 ican aerial pursuit squadron is 1 w operating over the Amercian ctor northwest of Toul, it is now i rmitted to announce. All the pi- ^ :s whose air exploits have been 1 ceived up to this timev belong to J is squadron, which has a special signia. The squadron is flying in ? euport chasing machines. As an indication of the effort be? made by Germany to meet the . :ain on her manpower convict bat- i lions are being formed, according ? WA/iAi?rA/l kir fllo Gfofn ^ a uispattu icucivcu uj i partment recently, quoting a neu- ; al paper. Other drastic measures i ling taken, according to the arti2, include the stripping of muni- 1 )n factories of men and the sub- ] itution of women, children and isoners, and the moving of troops om the garrisons along the Dutch 1 ontier and from the Rumanian ont to the west. The latter troops ive been described as being unfit r intensive action because of the oft war" of recent months on the uthern front. 1 ? uv^uvvvvvvvvv1^ V v 1 V STATE AND LOCAL NEWS V I v VI VVVV^VVVVVVVVVM ? I Sixty-two of the young men of g Laurens County have been called to j the colors and go this week, some | to Camp fickson and some to Camp | Wadsworth. * g . I I The best are chosen. Now Dr. 1 ? E. Olin Watson is to go from South J Carolina to engage in a wider 1 sphere of activity on acount of war I work. A better man could not I have been found in the general con- g ference to raise $35,000,000 from 1 the Methodists of the South. Georgia had more lynchings last ft week than South Carolina has had I: iri three or four years, says the ij Columbia Record. II a The far-reac-hing character of ? the new "work or fight" regulations | under which the government propos- ? es to put every man of draft age I ? j . m i i X mho some useiui employment or in- || to the army, probably will not be || fully realized, by the country until gf the effects of its operation appear || in every community. . f| || Greenville, S. C., May 23.?Re- || ports of many German propagandists }| Eictive among the negroes in this j! iiection of the state are constantly i| l>eing made to him, C. G. Wyclie, |g issistant United States district at- M i:orney, stated yesterday. Mr. j 5Vyche added that many people who B iear of such activities seem not to M bow to whom to reriort them and = that it is the special business of M the department of justice and of E himself as its representative here g to investigate such reports and m bring the offenders to justice. Money intended for interned civi- B lians and prisoners of war in Ger- I many should be remitted through g the Bureau of Prisoners' Relief, fj American Red Cross, Washington, || D. C. Remittances so made will J probably not be delivered to address- m js by the German government in g :ash, but in the form of credit on S arisbn exchanges. , ^ |P Whoever thought of that rather gruesome scheme of raising Red F Cross funds in Spartanburg of driv- a| ing nails in "Kaiser Bill's coffin" hit the nail on the head as an advertiser.' The privilege of driving the first nail was auctioned off for $21, ^ and every little boy who passed along just felt that he had to put in a twenty-live cents shingle nail anyhow. About four hundijed dol- " tars worth of nails went in in one . iay. ^ The South Carolina battalion of engineers in the overseas service isi an efficient body of soldiers and is being commended by expeditionary army officials, according to informa - I /*? vl tion reaching the governor s omce. m N AVVVVVV VV V V V V\A W W BETHIA NEWS. V cl S UVVVVV^VVVVVVV>k E Bethia, May 29.?There was a ni yery large crowd at Miss Katie May K Pettigrew's entertainment last Friday night and it was sure good and li we give Miss Kate the prize for her S training those little tots so. We were sorry to hear that John- si nie Gable fell from his mule last Friday while going to his work arid S aroke his arm right at the elbow. Hope he will soon be all right. al Miss Ruth Beauford and Mrs. D. h J. Jenkins spent a week at Abbeville with friends and attended tie cl show Monday night. S Mr. Shelton Beauford from above A.bbeviile, spent Saturday night li ivith her father, Mr. John Beauford. j B Mr Pennell and Miss Alma Thorn\ | ton came down home with Miss Ruth d; Beauford Saturday and went over E to Mt. Carmel. Miss Bell Fleming from near Lit- II tie River, is spending the week with sj Miss Addie Woodhurst. B Mr. Dud Wardlaw and Mr. Murphy from Troy, came through Be- <! thia yesterday afternon selling 1 paint. d< The Red Cross had a meeting D Saturday afternoon to take in the funds for the campaign. I'm not s] sure of the correct amount but some w thing over $300.00. L I " ' -v.,.-: Levi | Sen 1 W7 1 1 ' 1 We have boi s | down, rebuild] ( teries. One c | to specialize in \ i *n I \yeeKS we wiu V | wants electricc i 1 CALL g m / v i Miss Addie Woodhurst and Miss leming spent yesterday afternoon t Mrs. M. E. Beauford's. Mr. Edgar Woodhurst spent Sabath with his father and mother, [r. and Mrs. A. K. Woodhurst. Remember tomorrow is the day >r fasting and praying for our ear boys who have gone to fight >r our country. V , COLD SPRING NEWS. V ft vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Cold Spring, May 28.?Mr. Arlur Newell left last week for thq avy yard at Charleston, where he ill get a job. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cochran and tiildren spent Saturday night and unday with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. His. Mr. Horace King spent Saturday ight with his brother, Mr. W. A. ing of near Due West. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sharpe and ttle grandson, Robert Sharpe, spent unday at Mr. D. E. Newell's. Miss Maggie Hagen was on thei ck list a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Kay spent unday with Mr. M. B. Kay. Miss Cyrena Pearson left Sunday Pternoon for her home in Woodiff. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cochran and lildren dined with Mrs. J. D. Winn unday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis and ttle babe spent Sunday at Mr. ert Ferguson's. Miss Mattie Uldrick spent Satur ay night and Sunday with Misses unice and Ruth Uldrick. Mrs. N. P. Milford, Mrs. Ella Mcwain and daughter, Miss Orene, lent last Thursday with Mrs. A. . Newell. Miss Sara Uldrick spent Saturay night with Miss Louise Uldrick. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Winn of Ab-j eville, spent Sunday with Mrs. J. j ?. Winn. Mr-, and Mrs. J. Kay Carwile, pent Saturday night and Sunday; ith Mr. J. A. McMahan of nearj owndesville. ! \ , . -< | . 1 < :'* ? * ? "t- j > f : ? fiBiii;B:iEiia?iiJiiBSfjiBiiiiiiiiiiim i LREA /ice Stal 1 I ight a regular on ing and rechargini >f our men has go l this kind of work t I be prepared to a Jly. ' n i < ON US! . Y ' ' /Gar; f f Phone 58 > . IRRIGATION IN EAST. ( t < Surface Method Best Suited for Av- j erage Conditions on Farms of y Eastern States. t ; t ' An irrigating system on many of , the farms of the Eastern States would be a profitable investment. Such a ^ystem is an insurance * against summer drought, for timely i irrigation during the dry spells may ^ save a crop or greatly increase its s yield. *. ( Of the three methods of injiga tion, spray, subirrigation, and sur- A face, the last named seems to be c the best suited for the average eastern farm. This is the opinion of ir- j rigation engineers (?f the United States Department of Agriculture, ^ who have made a study of the situ- v ation. The surface method is sim- j pie and inexpensive, *and is' com- j monly used in the arid regions of the West. It consists of merely running the water over the surface ^ of the soil either in small open ditches or furrows between the rows of plants, or flooding the fields, the latter method being limited to small ^ grain, alfalfa, or grass. The man- j agement of an irrigating system t suitable for aestern farms, including the pumping plants and costs, are outlined in Farmers' % Bulletin ^ 899, "Surface Irrigation for East- ^ ern Farms," recently published by _ F the United States Department of ( ? Agriculture. Cost of Installing System. 0 When the spray system is used ^ the water carried under pressure in pipes and/ applied to the crops in a fine spray. The cost of installing fliia cuotom wViif>h rAiicps from SI SO n to $200 pe racre, limits its practi- c ntvtnll o vnn c? nrV) o ra V> 1 frVl 1 \T T> uuuJiiL^y t-u diuau aicao VYH^IV mgiuj *i intensive farming or market garden- n ing is practiced, and sure markets E and the ability to produce and han- > die a high-grade crop is assured. It li has the advantage over the surface t: method of uniformity of distribut- tl ing water, and that it requires con- t: siderable less labor to operate. \ The subirrigating method consists e of a system of tile laid under the f ground through which the water is v distributed. In addition to being v -I dy| tion I ' I '|S| tfit for tearing I g storage bat >fie to Atlanta? : and in afewl ittend to your V^H ^ 1 - (-?m ' I ige ?JB < :ostlv, it is successful only -B^^B certain soil conditions?a cJ^^H ;ion of an 'open porous surfa^^^H mderlain with an imperviou^^HM ;um which will tend to hold ;er within reach of the plan^HH| Success Depends on Slope o^BH The slope of the land' 'airly uniform if surface ir^^^H s to be successful, for the ;he water depends on gravit^HHHa lource of water must mnnoli frrr fVip land to xpnese of a pipe or a rey it to the fields. With options a pumping outfit A I ary for the eastern farm. t does not pay to pump i vertical lift of more Jthan II for ordinary field crops,- II valuable truck crops may ift of oVer 200 feet. Whe^^R^^ s pumped from streams ipen bodies of water, a eel I >ump usually is the cheap^Dj^^^ >est type. Its advantages ost, light weight, lack of^B^HJ nd parts that wear out iarative ease of operation' enance, and relative high n raising large quantities^^^^^J er through moderate li^^^^HB /ater may be 'pumped to m the highest part of the^^^^^J lirect to the field throuJH^^^H 'he plan most commonly iipe the water to the high^H^^^J f the field and then dist^^^^^^J ither by the use of port^^^^^H r hose or run the water^^^^^H rom suitable outlets to ii cviuuoijr The Irish make a great ot submitting to conscriHmHH ause the question has litted to Ireland. Consci^^^^^^| ot submitted to Scotlan^H^^HH England either separatelflHH^S lew York or South Car<^^H^^N ind has twice as many ives in proportion to po^^^HH^S he Parliament that vote^^^^^^H as has England 5/A?floii if Pof I Uliuti *i * MV r, whom he wants to rom the tyranny of rould consult him about ,'ould like to be govem^^H^^^^H