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' \ In a fight beginning last Thursday,
oh a front Of aobut 2 1-2 miles,
" the American marines in about four
hours, drove back the enemy over a
' distance of 2 1-4 miles and occupied
all the important high ground north'
west of Chateau-Thierry.
||?'' "With the American Army in
*Prarice, June 6.?American marines
" wrote another glorious page in their
' history Tuesday night and Wednesr
; , day in beating off two determined
German attacks on the Marne battlef/.'
field. Last night they wiped out a
large enemy paLvol, this' morning
K>\.f charged and captured enemy maWHS*
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many of the enemy and took prison^H^Vers.
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5?: ' -.i Washington, June 5.?Orders for
Kfj J the mobilization of forthy thousand
negro draft registrants qualified for
general military service to entrain
jjfiw from June 20 to 25 were sent out
gjif ' today by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. The registrants will come
i Irom 20 states.
. Washington, June 5.?Whatever
pfv*. the purpose of the submarine raid
f?|p?'s* off the Atlantic coast and whatever
* number of submarines hereafter
p: 'may come to American waters there
?*4-V will be no check on the flow of men
fcV:'. -and munitidns^to France, Secretary
/ ;>. Daniels said today.
W'y Washington, Juneu 6.?Superiorlyity
of equipment for the Allies, re|?v
' gardless of the extent of their Jesses
p- is the task that President Wilson's
war cabinet has taken on itself.
$/ . Paris, June 6.?German airmen. I
flying over the roads leading from
?<V the Marne battle * front, are drop%
ping-bombs ?nd firing with machine
;ipmis upon the crowds of refugees
that are fleeing from the sdene of
the fighting/ Many civilians have
. fallen victims to this new phase of
rHun brutality. Refugees from the
invaded districts continue 'to pour
8P&: v-.iAto.Payla and-unfold tales of hori>nr
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t. . ? mvj uvv*?Av uiv uiMaua cjccir
?|,-7vv fid all the villagers from occupied
. : territory,-refusing to take any pris??&
.paers. ' The fugitive swarms are
Sfc, y made up of old women and children.
Washington,* J.une. 6.?American
troops in training at home are being
v - especially schooled now in preparation
for the forward movement of
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|p: the allied armies expected to follow
the ultimate crushing of Germany's
Ki offensive power. It was learned to-1
. day tha torders have been issued to
division commanders to lay greater
gtress upon training for open warfare,
and reducue the time devoted
ftp"-'- to teaching trnech specialties.
, - Washington, June 6.?Organiza!;
; iion of "development battalions" at
iff c-, every national army, national guard
I, ..and regular army camp was ordered
> today by the war department. These
c new units are designed to take over
all men not immediately fit for ser;
vice with a view to giving them in;v
tensive training to overcome their '
faults, mental or physical, or to!
eliminate such as are unfit for either
combatant or noncombatant
r service. Among others who may be
o detailed to the battalions are the
many drafted men ignorant of EngWashinerton.
June 1.?nhnrops
!p .that Charles Englehard, platinum adviser,
to the War Industries Board,
"Is American representative of a German
firm that aims to control the
. world's platinum-supply were madei
^in the House today by Representa-I
fi&e Henry T.- Raineyr of Illinois.
Englehard, whose offices are at 30
Church Street, New York City, con?p.
trols 8(J per cent of this country's
platinum through control of three
jfc firms besides his own, Rainey said.
In a speech in New York City re?v
qexitly a prominent man said, "The
* newspapers of the United States
have given more to the winning of
tke war than any other one industry
in theiUnited States: They have
Sy given millions of dollars worht of
P-y?V. ?pace, which is their commodity
they have for sale, to the govern p-,
ment absolutely free of charge."
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The board of trustees of Newberry
college met Monday afternoon and
among other business transacted,
elected a president to succeed Dr. J.
fi. Harms, hwo will leave about the
16th instant for Philadelphia to assume
the dutuies as pastor of the
Church of the Holy Communion of
that city, one of the largest and
most influential Lutheran churches
in America.
The board unanimously selected
Prof. S. J. Derrick for president of
the college, but for certain reasons
did not announce their decision until
Tuesday morning.
Washington-, June 8.?The war
department today made public a gen
eral order issued recently by General
Pershing encouraging members
of the Ameican expeditionary forces
to keep up correspondence with
their relatives and friends at home.
One of the greatest arguments for
a constant flow of letters between
France and America, General Pershing
said, was that it relieves much
distress and anxiety on the part of
relatives and friends at home.
Washington, June 6.?Appropriation
of $16,000,000 for the establishment
of 16 airplane nad balloon
stations on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, for portection against aerial
and submarine atacks, was asked of
the* fortifications committee of the
House today by Secretary of War
Baker. The sites for the stations already
have been selected, thirteen
on the Atlantic coast and three on
the Pacific. The equipment is immediately
available and they can be
established Within six weeks. The
$16,000,000 will be .included in the
$7,000,000,000 fortifications bill to
be presented to the House next
week.
Of the casualty lists reported on
June 8th, one South Carolinian died
of disease: Corporal Thomas, Huggins,
Elloree, S. C.
Mrs. Laura M. Smith, supervisor
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of the elementary grades of the AtUina
public schools, Saturday morning
was elected by the BoarcJ of Education
superintendent of the public
schools for 30 days to succeed
J. C. aWrdlaw, pending the outcome
of the investigaion of the local
school system to be conducted,
beginning next Wednesday, by a
special committee of General Council,
appointed last Monday by Mayor
Pro Tem Seawright.
^ With the American Army on the
Marne, June 8.?American troops
arrived on the Marne battle front
just in time to save a very critical
situation, it is now permissible to
state.
Washington, June 8.?A world's
record was established when the
Terry Shipping Company, of Savannah,
Ga., laid a new keel "90 seconds
after a ship had left the ways,
according to a telegram received
this afternoon by the Shipping Board
Paris, June 8.?Millions of dollars
worth of building materials import-1
ed from America by Miss Annx Morgan's
committee to rebuild French)
villages was engulfed in the last
German offensive, according to the
Paris adition of the New York Herald.
A .certain amount of the material
had been hurriedly removed
to the south, butu the bulk is now
in the hands of the Germans as also
are most of the 43 villages for which
it was intended.
Greer. June 8.?Fifty thousand
dollars has been given by D .D. Davenport,
one of Greer's oldest and
muai, pi-uimiimii citizens, ior tne
erection of a high school building.
Announcement of this generaus gift
v. as made by Dr. An G. Wardlaw at
the high school commencement exercises
Friday evening. The entire
audience arose and asked that Dr.
Wardlaw extend to Mr. Davenport
the thanks of the people of Greer
for his genrous gift. J. E. Swearingen,
State superintendent of education,
who was present, asked that
the thanks of the State also be extended
to Mr. Davenport.
.
Whitesburg, Ky., June 8.?News
| reached here that the Government ?
| officers trailing draft. slackers along B
the Virginia-Kentucky border have jf
killed the third man within the last =
few days and are still huning mem- g
bers of the Mullins and Wells famil- (
ies, who are armed to the teeth and J
defying arrest. James Tilden Mul- 8
lins and one of his brothers were |j
killed last week and it is reported 5
that two more of the Mullins clan g
are being hunted through the moun- 3
tains.
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With the American Army at the M
Marne, June 7.?American marines, J
who are standing with the French m
between the German armies and M
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Paris, have extended their gains of gg
Thursday. They have advnaced to J
a depth of nearly two and one-half jl=
miles over a front of about six B
miles northwest of Chateau Thierry B
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capturing several villages and 300 ?=
prisoners. Not one of the marines j|
has been taken pris6ner.
Washington, June 8.?Submarine H
activity on this side of the Atlantic |j|
has resulted in the loss of 24,000,000 jj|
bounds of sugar, Food Administra- ^
tor Hoover announced late this af- gj
ternoon. This will directly lead to
the cutting down of the sugar sup- ^
ply for soft drinks, he added.
Washington, June 8.?Mistreat- ?S
ment by Germany of American pris- ^
oners will bring swift retaliation jj|
from the United States. This was
made clear in an answer the state g
department published today, to a J
note of the German government m
transmited through the Swiss em- g
bassy offering to exchange Seigfried !gj
Paul London, a German born natur- jig
alized American citizen, now serving jj
sentence in Germany for acting a^ gg
a Russian spy, for Franz Von Rinte- 8|
len, imprisoned' in Atlanta in con- g|
nection with Domb plots, rne uer- ?m
man note intimaes that should the |?
offer be rejected by the United ^
States mistreatment of Americans S
in Germany might follow, brought ?
the statement .from Secretary Lan- j|j
sing that Germany's action would S
be met promptly.
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Mr. L. P. Harkness, one of thi
st known men in our community
d county died at his home las
turday afternoon, after sufferinj
some time. He was^superintend
t of Shiloh Methodist Synda:
100I for 27 years and although h<
3 been unable to hold that offic<
: the past several years, he ha:
sn a faithful church worker. H<
s been magistrate in our com
inity for the past ten years. Al
the children loved him and wil
ss him no little. And we fee
it he rests safe in the arms o:
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tars. Nancy Phillips, who has beer
:h the late Dr. Bell's family a
e West for sometime, was Duriet
Shiloh church last Tuesday.
Miss Valeria Crowther is visiting
. and Mrs. Fleetwood Crowthei
Santuc.
Mr. Edd Bell, Miss Annie, anc
sses Zula Suber, Hattie Lou Had
1 and Mary Anderson attendee
nmencement exercises at Landei
liege last Tuesday. Miss Genevi!
Anderson of that place accomlied
them home.
Miss Lorene Cook of Lowndesle
,is visiting her aunt, Mrs. S
Wakefield.
Mrs. J. E. Cheatham and son, Are,
of St. Augustine, Fla., are visig
he former's parents, Mr. and
s. R. A. Keaton.
Vliss -Esther Fleming returned
ne Wednesday from Winihi-op
[lege. She graduated at that in;ution
thjs June, receiving a B.
degree. She is a fine little lady
1 made a splendid record in- cole.
Her mother, Mrs. Will Flem,
attended the commencement
srcises.
Vliss Gladys Norris of Winthrop
liege, and Miss Marie Black of
derson College, are home for vaion.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Burdette, who
re been visiting their daughter,
1 family, have returned to Greene.
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stamps mature In fire years,
but you can eash them any
time you wish before the
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your money before Are years,
the savings stamp handed to
the postmaster will be the
, letter of resignation, and
you'll get your money back
1 with additional payment for
the time the Government has
^ used it.
There is no red tape, no
'I bother, no uncertainty, no
worry. It is th* simplest,
safest, and moet satisfactory
investment you can make.
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Washington, June 6.?Treasurj
expenditures duruing the next fisca
year will amount to $24,000,000,000
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoc
late this afternoon notified Chairman
Kitchin, of the House ways
and means committee. He suggested
that one-third of this amount be
raised by taxation, and recommended
high war profits taxes and in
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WINTHROP COLLEGE. 89
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE H
EXAMINATION. 89
The examination for the award /'
of vacant scholarships in Winthrop^. ^Bj
College and for the admission of; Hfl
new students will be held at the HH
County Court House on Friday, July H
5, at 9 A. M., and also on Saturday, gfiff
July 6, at 9 A. M., for those who ^Bj
wish to make up by examinations gjB
additional units required for full
admission to the Freshman Class of Hb
this institution. The examination
on Saturday, July 6, will be used B68j
only for jnaking admission units. SB
The scholarships will be awarded BH
upon the examination held on Friday,
July 5. Applicants must not be 1 HH
less than sixteen years of age. jjBH
When scholarships are vacant after
July 5 they will be awarded to
those making the highest average at jflBj
this examintion, provided they
I meet the conditions governing the -^H|
| award. Applicants for scholarships
should write to President Johnson |9Sfi
for scholarship examination blanks. iSB
7 These blanks, properly filled out by
1 the applicant, should be filed with
> President Johnson by July 1st. ^Hg
> Scholftl'shinq nro nmr+Vi ?1flH on^
free tuition. The next session will KbS
s open September 3 8, 1918. For fur- HH
I ther information and catalogue, ad- MSM
! dress President D. B. Johnson, Rock BSjj
Hin, s. c.?Adv. 9gg
5-17-11 ea. week through July 2. gjajH
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