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GERMANS USE
IN INCREA!
Holding Open Jaws of
Trap Sprung by
Foch.
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ONE RAILWAY LINE
LEFT FOR HUN'S USE
General March Describes Situation ;
Existing on Front in France Where
Allies Continue to Make Progress?Six
New Divisions to Be
Organized in U. S.
Washington, July 24.?Massed
German reserves are holding open :
the jaws of the trap General Foch i
has sprung in the Aisne-Marne re- <
gion in a desperate ffort to stabilize ]
'their lines without crushing the s
* tho r.flt,. I 1
lorces Wiuiuiamug ?ivu. ...? ?? . ,
eau-Thierry and Marne salients. Of- <
ficial reports to the war department, j
however, show that the enemy has ]
but a single railway line remaining 1
in his hands over which to get his
heavy material out of the pocket in- '
to which he has been forced by allied ]
and American advances. ^
The situation was graphically explained
today by General March, }
chief of staff, in a midweek confer- 3
ence with newspaper correspondents. J
For the last two days, General
March said, the employment of prob- ^
1 ably 14 divisions of fresh German <
reserves on the Soissons jaw of the t
lioo unmA in tlift last few daVS. *
noy ua?o w
On the eastern jaw front, however,
the enemy has been crushed back
more than a mile and a half on a ten
mile front, further imperiling his
whole position in the salient from
which he is endeavoring to extricate
his troops.
"The railroad running from Soissons
to Chateau-Thierry is now either
in our hands or fender our fire/'
General March said. "The. only way
in which the enemy- can get out
now or get supplies over a railroad
is by the remaining line from Nanteuil
or the Ourcq to Dazeches on
the River Vesle.
"It was necessary for him, if he
I lid not intend to De caugnt aoso
utely in a pocket, to keep troops 1
!rom advancing and catting ox this 1
oad, which would put him entirely (
it the mercy of the allied forces." j
Guns Brought Up. ?
General March did not indicate 1
rhat development the continued batle
along the front of the greatly reluced
German salient might be ex- ^
lected to produce. Among other ^
officers, however, the opinion pre-ailed
that General Foch was rushng
forward masses of heavy artil-l
ery which with airplanes would
>ound the interior-of the German (
positions from three sides. y
STORK PAYS VISIT.
I' Paul Link Jr., arrived yesterday
t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul I
I
<ink at twelve-thirty, just in time
or dinner. He is a fine looking
oy, weighing about eight pounds
nd giving evidence of a lusty pair
f lungs. The mother says that he is
lie prettiest baby in the world, and
5 doing nicely, thank you! ?
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MS NO COLLEGE ATHLETICS. (
M The South Carolina Association of 1
HMolleges met in the Oregon Hotel, i
HHreenwood, Wednesday and decided i
HI) abolish official intercollegiate 1
|^H;hletics for the coming year, U. S. 1
99 , Clemson, The Citadel, New- i
B^ftrry, Erskine, Furman and Wofford t
^Hcre represented.
RESERVES
5ING NUMBERS
French Officer Pleases
Abbeville Audience
LIEUT. VINCENT DEWIERZBICKI
TELLS OF "LA BELLE FRANCE"
AND HER PART IN WAR
Enthusiastic Audience Packs Court
House Despite Rain?Speaker's
Words Frequently Punctuated
With Applause.
Father Purvius, in his major offensive
against the open-air patriotic
rally Tuesday night, was successfully
repulsed at the Court
House. Despite the torrent of rain,
several hundred people attended the
lecture of Lieutenant Dewierzbicki
jf the French High Commission, filling
the legal chamber to its capacity.
Many were compelled to stand
throughout the evening.
The distinguished visitor, escorted
t>y Dr. E. J. Smith and Mr. Wade
Harrison, of Greenwood, and Mr.
Wm. P. Greene, Chairman of ,the
Local Committee of the State Council
of Defense, entered the hall exactly
on time, quarter after nine.!
[mmediately, the audience arose and
i choir of selected voices, under the
eadership of Miss Fannie Stark,
>ang The Marseillaise, the French
national song. It was followed by
'Keep the Home Fires Burning" in
;he form of a solo by Miss Stark, aslisted
by the chorus. Mr. Greene
;hen introduced the speaker in a
ihort address of welcome. The peojle
of Abbeville do not cherish the
French nation solelv because of its
assistance in the Revolution, he said.
For French Huguenots early set;led
in this section of the Carolines
md many citizens of Abbevlle coun;y
are of French-descent In fact,
Abbevlle was named after the French
;ity of the same name.
Lieutenant Dewierzbicki proved to
je a fluent orator of pleasing perlonality.
Of medium height and well
leveloped, he presented a distinguished
appearance with his auburn
nustachio and Poincaire beared,
touching his pleasure in being
unong people of French descent and
n a town with a French name, he
}egan by pointing out that he was
4- A/ Am/1 T* AW nnvf
iciiu tu w?iiv ui aiiu uci pan
n the struggle rather than about
>ther phases of the war. In this
:onnection, he felt compelled to preix
an explanation. When the
Frenchman boasts of France, he is
lot necessarily conceited. Individual
humility is a French virtue. But
lational humility is not one of his
rices. The Frenchman is proud of
lis country and reserves his humili;y
for himself alone.
First Battle of the Marne Epochal.
Four tremendous battles have
narked, the saving of the world for
:ivilization. Eeach time, an overwhelming
barbarian aggressor has
seen miraculously repulsed. The
irst was the battle of Marathon, 490
B. C., when the Athenian Greeks
leld back the Persian hordes under
Darius. The other three took place
>n French soil. In 451 A. D., At;ila,
"the scourge of God" was de
Seated and turned back on the
plains of Chalons. And in 732 A.
D.f Charles Martel and his hardy
Franks won the battle of Tours,
saving Christian civilization from
;he Mohammedan invasion. However
,none of these battles was more
mportant than the battle of the
Vtarne, 1914. For it saved the world
*rom the worst of civilizations, Gernan
Kultur. There. Germanv lost
ler feeling of invincibility. There,
;he Allies gained that supreme conidence,
which has never since left
;hem.
The Battle of the Marne was won,
WHITE STAR LINER
SENT TO BOTTOM
Many Torpedoes Fired
at Justicia?Lost Off
Irish Coast.
VESSEL USED AS TRANSPORT
LOST OFF IRISH COAST
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Big Ship Was Nearly As Large As
Vaterland?Had a Troop Carrying
Capacity of 7,000 or 8,000.
An Irish Port, Monday, July 22.?
The great White Star Liner Justicia
has been torpedoed and sunk.
The Justicia was formerly the
Dutch steamer Statendam which was
taken over by the British government
at Belfast when she was Hearing
completion. She was a vessel
of 32,324 tons gross.
Crew of 700.
London, July 24.?The White Star
liner Justicia, says a Belfast dis- :
patch to-day, was sunk off the North
Irish coast on Saturday morning <
last.
The Justicia carried a crew of be
tween 600 and 700. Eleven mem- bers
of the crew are dead. i
New York, July 24.?The Justicia j
had a troop-carrying capacity of be- <
tween 7,000 and 8,000 men. ,
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Was Torpedoed. 1
London, July 24.?The news of
the sinking of the Justicia was an- ,
nounced by the Belfast Telegraph. M
The liner was torpedoed, the news- .
paper states. . ^
One of the crew of the Justicia
is quoted by the newspaper asserting
that ten torpdeos were discharged ]
at the Justicia. Four of the ap- \
proaching missiles he added, were j
exploded by gunfire from the ship.
An Irish Port, July 24.?No pas-| ^
sengers were lost and only ten of the ,
crew were killed. The first torpedo ,
_j i. j-i- - : j IL. _i_a I
stiuctt. Liie ruum ana wie snip
then stopped.
SUPPLY QUESTIONS
WORRYING GERMANS
Able to Obtain Only Limited
Amount on Account of Allied
Control of Road*.
With the American Army on the
Airoe-Marne Front, July 24.?Extremly
hard fighting has been going
on along the line south of Soissons,
where the Germans are concentrating
in full strength in order to prevent
the further imperiling of their
lines over which supplies might reach
them. But, notwithstanding the
strong resistance, the allies have
made gain here also.
The main railroad is useless, so (
far as the Germans are concerned, .
while the allies are reaching many
of the many wagon roads which the
enemy has fought so hard to retain.
The Germans can, of course, obtain
limited supplies, but it is not believed
there will be sufficient to warrant
keeping the big army in the
salient which has been greatly narrowed
by a week of battle.
however, solely by the co-operation
of all the Allies. "None gave more
than our grand little ally, Belgium."
(great applause.) The invasion of
Belgium is the blackest stain in a
history which is full of black blots.
There, Germany admitted that it is 1
a grotto nation. "It is a mistake
t<f say that we live in 1914 A. D.",
the Huns confessed. "We live in
1914 B. C. Necessity knows no law,
even the law of humanity." But
baby Belgium arose in her majesty
and said, "No, rather die!" And
Belgium nearly died. It showed the
other nations that they must be
worthy allies and they have been ,
ever since. "Where would we have t
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BRITISH MUNITIONS
WORKERS STRIKE
Members of Labor So
cieties to Be Called
From Tasks.
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
WILL CONTINUE WORF
"Strike and You May Go to Hell
We Will Remain at Work,"
Other Workers Wire.
London, July 24.?A strike o
munitions workers began at Birminj
ham at 6 o'clock this evening, thi
hour the day workers finished theii
work, and when the night shift wai
to come on duty, according to i
despatch to the Central News fron
Birmingham.
The aggregate membership of thi
12 societies affiliated with the join'
committee of the engineering trade;
unions is about 65,000, including
about 5,000 women. Officials of th<
joint committee say they have n<
reason to doubt that all the workers
will be loyal to the resolution t(
3top work.
A number of discharged soldier;
who are union mfembers inquired oJ
the officials of the federation of discharged
soldiers and sailors regard'
ing their position. They were advised
not to cease work under anj
circumstances owing to the serious
consequence whcih would ensue t<
the men in the trenches.
At Lincoln, where the strike was
to become effective tonight unless
the embargo was withdrawn, the
workers agreed to remain at theii
posts pending a decision of the national
conference tomorrow.
The Woolwich arsenal workers
held a meeting todav after whinJi
they telegraphed the Coventry munitions
workers as follows:
"Strike now and you will earn
the blessings of the Kaiser and his
army of murderers.. But you will
earn the lasting condemnation oi
all those who are fighting and working
in the allied nations to gain rea]
freedom for civilization.
"We warn you seriously if you
persist in striking that this government
owes it to your brave brothers,
who are fighting the Germans
srith their lives' blood while you are
fighting with words and full bellies,
that vou be immediatelv nut in the
front of the firing line and that youi
leaders should be shot
"Strike, and you may go to hell.
Woolwich will remain at work and
earn the right to shake the hand oi
the soldier when he reutrns."
EXTRA WAR NEWS.
Paris, July 25.?(4:05).?Freud
and American troops are closing in
an the important German strategic
bate of Fere-en-Tardenois from two
tides. While Allied artillery and
airmen are subjecting the city to a
terrific bombardment, the Allied inFantry
is advancing eastward and
northward toward the city, slowly
avercoming the enemy defenses.
The capture of Epieds has enabled
the French and Americans to
penetrate to the center of Fere forsst
(five miles directly south of Fere n-Tardenois.)
A strategic enemy* mass estimated
it 20 divisions is expected soon to
The town of Fere-en-Tardenois
was seven miles from the Allied gum
>n Tuesday. This explains the
statement that the mouth of the
locket was only seven miles wide.
The total width of the pocket that
lay was 23 miles wide, but the renaming
distance was not served
jy any railroad.
AUSTRIANS LOSE AGAIN.
Rome, July 25.?Two Austrian
transports were sunk in an Italian
ittack on Cattaro, according to dispatches
received from Cattaro today.
ADVANTAGE 01
STILL GR
_ Colored Men to
Leave on July 29 j
WILL REPORT PROMPTLY AT 8
O'CLOCK ON MONDAY MORNING.
They Will leave at 10 O'clock Over
, Southern for Camp Wadsworth,
Spartanburg, S. C.
Adkins, Dolphus
/? A 11 .
i Aiien, Marion A.
* Archer, James Bradford
J Bacon, Wallace
r Boyd, Bennett
s Boyd, Gaines
i Bobo, Floyd
1 Brown, Jack
Brownlee, John
? Brownlee, Samuel
t Butler, Erskine
3 Carson, Elogus
; Clinkscales, Joseph
; Clinkscales, J. R. B.
> Cunningham, Robert
3 Davis, John
> Dav/son, Edd
Donaldson, Jamec
3 DuBose, Burt
I! Edwards, James
Ellis, Marshall
Frazier, Isaac
Garrott, George
r Haddon, Arthur
11 Hamilton, Jesse
> Harris, Lem
Heard, Erskine
3 Hester, William
j Hill, Albert *
> Houston, Sam
t Isaac, William
Jackson, Ed
Jackson, Eugene
i Jackson, George
i Jackson, John
Johnson, Arthur
Johnson, Jim
i Johnson, Lufus
i Johnson, Willie
I Johnson, William
! Jones, Clarence
Kinard, John
I Kine. Henrv
Lee, Moses
t Lindsay, Henry
Lomax, Murray
Moragne, Fred
' McBride, Anderson
' McBride, Elijah
. McCullough, Frank
Passley, Will Lee
Perrin, 'John ' V;{
Robert, Charlie
Robinson, Claudius
' Robinson, Walter Hale
Sand* Paris
Safvage, Sam
S .iiht, Booker
Smith, Jacob
Smith, L. 1
1 Strother, Walter
1 Talbert, James 0.
Teasley, Jim Wise
' Terry, Pink
Thomas, Jim
Henry, Tillman
Walker, George
Willis, George
White, Lee
Woods, William Feaster
Wooden, Richard
Zimmerman, Joe (
Alternates. ,
Baker, Harrison
Black, Parish
Edwards, Will j
Ellison, Arthur
Harper, Robt. I
Pettigrew, Walter.
For Pickens Board.
Miller, Tillman.
AW < DOCTOR.
Dr. W. L. Pressly, of Due West,
has complied with all the requirements
and will shortly receive a
commission in the army. Dr. Press,
-lp is a son of Dr. John Pressly and
is well known throughout the state ]
as an athlete and an all around <
good fellow. j (
F ALLIES
OWS IN SCOPE
Violent Counterattacks
by Germans Fail to
Stop Advance.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY FOCH
MOVES ONWARD
Huns Fight Desperately in Effort to
Save Men, Guns and Material by
Continued Gains All Along
Long Line.
Violent German counterattacks
and rear euard actions in (yroof
strength still fail to save the German
high command as barriers to
the advance of the allied troops on
the Soissons-Rheims salient.
They have aided somewhat in
slowing down the fast pace set by
the allies, since the opening of the
offensive .but nevertheless, in three
sides of the new "U" shaped battle
front further important gains have
been made.
Driving slowly, but surely, south
of Soissons the American and
French troops have pushed their
fronts further eastward toward that
part of the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry
railway line that is still in the
hands of the enemy, and further
south, along both sides of the Ourcq
River and the roads leading to
Fere-en-Tardenois, Germany's great
storehouse for the suddiv of
troops to the south. Important penetrations
into enemy 1 held territory 7
have been made until the maximum
point where the allies are fighting .... ,r/
near Coinfey is -about ten and one- . half
miles from their point of departure
Thursday.
In the Marne region north of
Chateau-Thierry the Americans and
French have met with the fiercest
kind of resistance for here the German
machine gunners and infantry
mn are striving nard to stay their
progress in an endeavor to extricate
large numbers of the German forces
who are in danger of capture, and
also to save part of the great number
of guns and quantities of war
materials, which it is impossible to ..
get out except by the high roada
over the undulating and wooded
country.
Alliea Hold Advantage.
The advantage of the fighting,
however, has rested with the allied <' *
troops, which have pushed on northward
past the village of Epieds and
ousted the Germans from the greats
er part of Chatelete forst. In this
region the allies now hold the village
of Epieds and Trugny-Epieds, which
were captured by the Germans and,
were recaptured Wednesday in a
counterattack by tht Americans.
Pressing on northward the allies
have driven their front beyond Courpoli,
which lies about six and onehalf
miles northeast of ChateauThierry.
ALLIES HAVE TAKEN
25,000 MEN AND 600
BIG GUNS IN 5 DAYS
In the first five days of their
counter offensive the France-American
forces and their allies on the
Aisne-Marne-Champagne front have:
1. Advanced from five to ten
miles.
2. Captured approximately 25,000
German prisoners.
3. Captured nearly 600 guns and
thousands of machine guns.
4. Forced the Germans across
the Marne.
5. Captured the German pivotal
position at Chateau Thierry and
many villages.
6. Cut the important SoissonsOulchy-le-Chateau-Thierry
line of
communication. ' ..
7. Brought all of the Germanfield
railways in the Aisne-Marne
salient under artillery fire.?Atlanta
aeorgian.