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- ? /_ N '_"yo THINE OWN SELF BB TH?R, AND |T MUST FOLLOW AS TH? virant TUP tnV-.- ? --, ~ ? UAI '"''''"^ AS THfej MflHT TUB DAYt THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN" By STECK, SHELOR & 8CHRODEB. wji L. . _-_?1_ B. V. D. U We> have a full Summer Undera garment. Suits, Suits, $1.25. Also, Ladies' Ge gain at IO cents, dozen to a custoi C. W. & J. E. WALHA! IT PAYS TO Bl GERMANS PRESSING FORWARD. In Fearful Drive Allies Have Been Forced, to Give Ground. London, May 31.-The Germans in thoir Champagne offensive in France have now reached the right ">ank of the River Marne on a ten-mile front, according to a statement given to tfce Associated Press to-day by the Brit ish general staff. The statement says that tho Gor mans have :iot yet entered Chateau Thierry, but that they are attacking heavily ibero and to the nortnward. The annoiu.vement, which is said to express the opinion of the general staff, continues: "The situation around Rheims is . not quite clear, but if it is nbt already lost, lt seems clear it must fall very soon. . "'Yesterday the French were driven \;ack to a line from Noyon to Sois sons. "A new development is the German attempt to extend their attacks to the east of Rheims, where they were reported to be attacking last night, but no further details have yet been received. Situation Very Anxious One. The situation ls a .yery anxious one, not only because the Germans have made such rapid progress-an ad * vance of 26 miles in four days-but also because they still have such large reserves available to'be thrown into the battle at any point. . "Our transport of reserves has worked very well and there is reason to hope that the <3ermans will not make any further progress,1 although the situation must remain anxious as long as they have plenty of reserves. The immediate future depends on what course the enemy takeB. Tho crown prince has used up virtually all his own reserves and some from the army groups to the eastward, but the great bulk of the German re serves are to the north. It remains to be seen whether the enemy will use .thom to develop his success to ward Paris or pursue his original intention in striking toward Amiens with a view to cutting the allied armies In two. "Thc attack during the past week has not been so serious as other at tacks at other points in the allied llho because we have more room for manoeuvre and can better afford to fall back. Another thing that must always bo considered is that the Ger mans are rapidly using up their ef fectives. Thus far they have em ployed probably 4 5 divisions In the present attack." ^ Germans CInim Many Prisoners. norlin, May,31.-More than 45, 000 prisoners and far in, excess of 4 00 guns and thousands of machine guns have boen talton by tho Ger mans, according to the German offi cial communication issued to-day. The text of tho communication fol lows: "There have been artillery duels of varying Intensity and minor infantry engagements. "Wo have closely pursued the ene my retreating from the Ailette front. Son til of the Oise and across the Ai lette wo captured the Bretigny-St. Pnul-Crosly-Loirell line. "North of tho Aisne tn constant fighting we drove the enemy back by way of Bieuxy-Chavigny. "To tho south of Sbissons the French brought forward cavalry and infantry for a violent counter attack. They wore caught with disastrous ef fect by our fire and defeated. "We have crossed the Soissons llartennes road. "French divisions which woro brought up in the direction of Fere en-Tardenois from the southwest across tho Marne and from the south-. ? . east were unable anywhere, in spite of their desperate counter attacks, to offer successful resistance to our atl , vaiicipg corps. N "The rear positions of the enemy at nderwear. stock of B. V. D. rear. 65 cents a $1.25. Union luze Vests, a bar Not over one ner. BAUKNIGHT, L4L1A., s. c UY FOR CASH. Aroy and Grand Rosey were pierced* To the south of Fere-en-Tardenois we reached the Marne. The heights of Saint? Gemme, Romlgny and Cham poisy are In our possession. "On the southern bank of the Vesle, to the west of Rheims, Germig ny, Gueux and Thillois were captured. "The number of prisoners and booty are Increasing continuously. .More than 45,000 prisoners and moro than 4 00 guns and thousands of ma chine guns have been taken." Americana Yield Nothing. With the American Army in France, May 31.-Four German coun ter attacks yesterday against the American troops at CantlL iy, west of Montdiddier, were repulsed after sharp fighting. Machine guns were especially active during the day. A wounded Gorman captain was cap tured. German artillery in the course of the night severely bombarded the new positions of the Americans.. They fired as many ns 4,000' high explo sive shells In a brief space of time. Several attempts m a do* by tho Ger mans to come over were repulsed with heavy losses by the Americans. Enemy/ airmen were active last night and this morning bombing vil lages behind our lines without.regard to military objectives. The 82d German reserve division, from which the Americans took pris oners In the fighting at Cantigny ls commanded by Gen. von Lorne, under Stnuge. This officer served on both the Russian and western fronts and came to Cantigny between May 12th and 15th. His division participated in the German offensive on the San river in May, 1915, which pierced the Russian front in Galicia. In one of .the counter attacks launched against the Americans in Cantigny the Germans tried to use tanks. American artillery opened a heavy fire, driving both the foot sol diers and the tanks back in disorder. The new American positions in Cantigny are being Improved con stantly. The Americans have not budged an Inch since they gained the town. Every time the enemy artillery starts a bombardment the American gunners smother the opposition fire. German airmen, flying at d'great height, penetrated many miles to the rear of the American' lines. They were driven off by anti-aircraft guns and were unable to drop any boihbs. Twelve Fishing Hunts Sunk. London, Juno 3.-Twelve of the fleet of 30 or 4 0 fishing vessels which loft Irish ports on the night bf. May 30 wore sunk by a German subma rine, says a Belfast dispatch to the Dally Telegraph. The submarine suddenly appeared in tho midst of the flc'ot and ordered the fishermen to take to the boats and row ashore It then sunk tho vessels by shelling thom. ' The fishermen say that the sub marine was interrupted in its work and submerged, which probably pre vented destruction of tho entire fleet. The fishermen lost all their gear, but there were no casualties. Ask Indictment Against Meredith. Columbia, May 31.-In tho Court of General Sessions to-day the grand Jury asked tho acting solicitor to pre pare an indictment against Conduc tor J. O. "Merodith and Flagman H. Lockalier, charging them with re sponsibility for tho wreck on . the Southern raliway at Frost, near Co lumbia, on February 25, In which 13 people lost their lives and many were injured. (It was in this wreck that Jas. H. Drown and Ruskin Anderson, of Oco noe, were injured. FOR SALE-Fine Jersey Cow; now freshen milk. Apply to W, L. VER NEU, at Bank of Walhalla. " 2.5 GERMAN FORCES BEING HELD. Allied Resistance si i nv ns With Com ing of Reserves. New York, Juno 3.-The German rush towards Paris between the Riv- | ers Marne and Ourcq was halted last j night, according lo to-day's official statement from Paris. French troops j stood their ground firmly at the point i of greatest impact, near the Marne, ! and in dashing counter attacks drove the enemy back in other sections of tho battlefield to the northwest. The main force of the German blow was directed along tho road that runs from Chateau-Thierry to Paris. The French met lt astrldu that road, to the southeast'of Boure schos, within less than two miles of the river, and broke the assault oy their Ure. Heavy fighting continued all night along the whole front northwestward to the Ourcq, a distance of about 16 miles, the French driving home num erous counter attacks with th result that the Germans were forced to give ground at several points. Pris oners by the hundred were taken by the French, who likewise cut the Ger mans up severely during the various engagements. Apparently the Germans made no further progress during the night In other sectors, either on the other side of Chateau-Thierry, along the Marne and to the northeast, or in the Soissons and Noyon regions to the north, as the French are reported holding their positions everywhere. With the exception of a gain of some ground by the British on the northern side of the Flanders salient, i there have been no events of moment I recorded on the other parts of the front. Allies Moy Launch Offensive. Paris, June 3.-An allied offensive manoeuvre is predicted by Le Matin and the Petit Parisien. They express the conviction that Gens. Foch /and ?Retain, who proved themselves good . offensive men in suborainato com mands/ will display the same quali ; ties in the supreme commands of the j allied and the French armies. ] Tho newspapers, "according to a Havas Agency review, believe that ' the equilibrium seems to have been re-established on all points of tho j front and that the fluctuations are ; growing less In extent. The German assaults are stilt-furi ous and violent, while the French re sistance is fierce and energetic, with 'numerous strong counter attacks, j Sunday the 'French held the enemy i in check and even forced him to ? withdraw from some points. No American Depot Taken. Washington, June 3.-'Gen. Persh ing in a continuation of yesterday's communique received to-day denlos the German official' statement that Franco-American dopots at Fere-en I Tai d?nota: have -been captured. No I American depots were located there, ho declar.es. The communique reads: "Section B-The German official communique of June 2, afternoon, says: 'Franco-American depots of | ?numerous extent entered into our I possession at Fere-en-T?rdenois.' I "This statement is absolutely un i true, there being no American depot In that region." End of Riish, Allies Believe. With the French Arihy in France, June 3.-The allied trdops feel that the enemy has reached the virtual end of his rush. Ground is now given up only when the allied com manders consider it useless to hold lt and when combats occur they are fought on a much more equal basis than heretofore. The troops have never lost confidence, even in the most serious moments of their re tirement, in their ability to prevent a breach in the line, and now with British and French reinforcements arriving rapidly, tho morale of the allied armies is higher than over. Americans Fighting Llko Veterans. New -York, June 4,-American troops are fighting with the French In .holding up the new German rush and already have begun to make their presence strongly felt. One force of Americans, thrown into the battle on the important front between the Ourcq and the Marne, not only stopped an enemy advance into Neuilly wood, between seven and eight miles northwest of Chateau Thierry, but carried out what the French official statement character izes as "a magnificent counter attack which threw back the Gormans north of this wood." On yet another front-that run ning east and west along the Marne -the American forces? co-operated with the French |h hurling back ? Gorman battalion which had crept over a foot-bridge to the south hank of thc river/ The Germans sustained heavy casualties and lost 100 men in prisonors. Tho Germans have evidently suc ceeded in bringing up considerably more of their artillery and are at tacking in force along virtually the whole front from the Oise to the Marne. * Hermans Gnin at Few Points. Desperate fighting developed at many points on this front last night, which resulted in the enomy making advances atji few points, notably In | (Continued on Fifth Pago.) /.-.V i:i'''.l>.!^";: ike Blow Of i Sixteen Lives Known Result of Storm Fol Submarines Operating Off At At Least Nine Vessels Kr During that Time New York, June 3.-Nine Ameri can vessels are known to-night to have been sunk by German subma rines off the North Atlantic const since May 25, The largest to fall prey to .the raid ers, which aro seeking to prevent the sailing of transports with troops for tho battlefields of France, waB the I New York and Porto Kico liner Car |olin?, of 8,000 tons, which was at tacked Sunday night ubout 125 miles tb the southeast of Sandy 'Hook. The fate of her 220 passengers and crew of 130, who took to tho boats when shells began to fall about the vessel, was unkonwn late to-night, but there was hope that they had been picked up by some passing ship or would ? reach shore safely in the small boats, j Not a life was lost in the sinking of tho other ships, according to late r? pons. ?. . Besides the Carolina the known victims of the U-boats are the Atlan tic Refining Company tanker Her ibert L. Pratt, the steamship Winne Conni', of 1,S00 tons, rind six schoon ers, thy largest of which wero the Hauppague, a new ship of 1,000 tons, nnd the Edward II. Cole. The' crews of these eight vessels have been landed at Atlantic ports. Reports brought ashore by the sur vivors indicated that the Winne Coune and nearly all the schooners were sunk by tho same U-boat, which had been lurking in the path of ship ping off the New Jersey coast and the Delaware Capes since last month. The stories told by the skippers of the schooners indicated that tho commander of the submersible was unusually humane for a German sub marine officer. In no instance, so far as known, was a lifeboat shelled, and in all the cases reported the crews were given opportunity to escape ot wore taken aboard" tho submarine whore some of them wore kept pris oner for eight days before they wer? turned adrift to bo picked up by u passing vessel. To Inspiro Terror, Germany at last has brought bei submarine warfare to the shores ol the United States, apparently in r forlorn hope of striking telling blows on this side of tho Atlantic and ol drawing home some of tho Americai naval forces from the war zone* where the U-boat menace is being slowly but very surely strangled tc death. In the attacks upon coasting ves sols, almost in sight of tho New JcY sey shores, reported to-day, navy pf ficials see a frantic admission fron Berlin that the submarine has failed American armed power is rollin* overseas in ever-increasing force, de spite the uttermost exertions of tin undersea pirates off the coast of Eu rope. Now the raiders have crossed th< seas and lurked for days near Ameri ca's greatest ports. They no doub were sent to sink transports, bu here again they failed. Blocked ol by the troop ships' convoy craft, the; have turned in fury against defense less coasters. In all the record o destruction they have written, th? raiding party has struck at no vesse bound overseas and therefore nrme< for a fight. Only ships that coul not hit back havo been attacked. Th only one of half a score of vessel probnblypent to the bottom that ha any real 'military value in ship y cargo was an oil tanker. Up to a late hour to-night, the dc structlon of five sailing craft and th tanker Herbort L. Pratt was tho iee ord of losses officially reported to th Navy Department. The fate of th coastwise liner which reported yee tord a y by wireless that sho was bein shelled, was still unknown. Tho crow ot some of tho craft destroyed hav been brought to port with a story o eleven days' imprisonment aboard a enemy submarine. During that period scores of troo and supply ships htve passed in nn out of the busy ports, both in Amei lea and in France. The U-boats found no weak link i tho chain of armed craft that guard ed them. Secretary Daniels went to the Cai! itol during the day to tell member of tho House Naval Committee tha the mid was designed JLo frighten th Amerincn people into demnndlng th return of war vossels from tho othe sido. He gave assurance that Con gross need have no apprehension a to tho protection of the America coast, and that there will be no r< call of forces from tho war zone. .Secretary Daniels Reports. To-night 'Mr. Daniels summarize tho information reaching the deparl mont as follows: "Navy Department reports sho1 that the following vessels hove bee sunk : . "Jacob M. Haskell (schooner), i 302 tons, hailing from Hoston, sal ing for Norfolk; ll in crew, no pni songers, f Coast of U to Have Been Lost as lowing Ship Sinking Iantic Coast for Several Days, town to Have Been Sunk Searching for Subs, "Isabel B. Wiley, in ballast; net tonnago Gil; crow 8. "Hattie Dunn, of Rockland. Mo.; not tonnage, 1,395; in ballast, bound for Norfolk; crew of ll. "I,. Pratt, steamship oil tanker; sunk about live miles south of Over fals lightship, off the Delaware coast, 38 on board; 37 of the crow rescuod and landed nt Lewes; 1 lost. "Tho crews of the above named vessels, except the one man lost from the Pratt, were rescued.' "it appears that tbs schooner Edna, which was found bottom side up several days ago and towed into Lewes, Del., was also a victim of the subma' ?ne. The crow of tho Edna have been landed at Now York. Tho master of tho Winne Conne picked up the crew of the Hattie Dunn. "Nothing further has been heard from the Carolina, which sent out S. O. S. calls Sunday afternoon, stating that she was being shelled by a sub marine. The Carolina at the time' was reported in the Hamo general vi cinity as that in which the schooners were sunk the samo day." Meanwhile, departmental reports 'from naval districts along the whole Atlantic coast showed foverlsh activ ity among the patrol fleets. Ono Sub. Captured. An Atlantic Port, June 3.-Hover ing for two days over tho sea where tho American tanker William E. Rockefeller had baen sunk by a Ger man submarine, a flotilla of destroy ers and two seaplanes finally suc ceeded in capturing the U-boat, ac cording to naval officers, survivors of > the disaster, who landed hero to-day. I Tho sea for miles about tho spot where tho fatal blow struck the | tanker was closely watched by de- ; stroycrs and their accompanying sea planes for an, sign of the U-boat speeding from ihe scone of tts en counter. Evidently no trace of the submersible was seen, for the boats stayed in tho neighborhood and wait ed for the U-boat to make lt? ap pearance. At last the submarine,' which, had stayed below the surface so long that Its air tanks had be come exhausted, roso to the surface and was netted. Survivors from Carolina. Lewes, Del., June 4-Nineteen sur vivors, passenger and crow, of tho submarined steamship Carolina, were landed here to-day and brought a harrowing tale of the sea, tho news lot tho loss of 16 of their number and a remarkable rescue of n girl while they drifted helpless on the ocean ?during a severe thunderstorm Sunday I night. Ten boats left the Carolina boforo she was sunk by tho German submarine U-37. All passed through the same storm, and the survivors here said they had felt sure all were lost. They expressed great Joy when informed that most of the Carolina's company had been saved. The 19 persons landed here were brought in by a British vessel, which picked them up more than 25 miles off tho Delawafev capos. They were taken In charge by the naval authori ties and for a time no one except thesQ were permitted to see them. They made full statements, however, to naval officers. None of tho survi vors had any knowledge that the submarine had shelled the libofoats. The story of the survivors did not become public until they were taken to the railroad station late this after noon and loft for Now York. One of their number, however, was detained. lie Is a German member of the crow and will be held ponding an Investi gation. Sixteen Lost in Storm. Ono of tho survivors, speaking of tho storm that overtook tho boats Sunday night, said: "She storm came; quicker than we'expected lt. The wind blew like n gole and kicked up a nasty sea. Tho boats pitched and soon becamo sepa rated. We who wore in a motor launch seemed to bo alone In tho storm. Rougher and rougher be came the water and tho boat rolled and pitched. Finally "she capsized and all of the 35 In her were thrown Into the sea. She was righted -and capsized again while we clung to her. This occurred several times. Tho storm passed and the sea began to calm. It was pitch dark. "Finally wo kept the launch-right ed, dm t^ho was full of water. Wo clung to her and balled out the wa ter wllh our hands. Some could not stand the strain, becamo exhausted, let go their hold and sank. It was terrible. We bailed out enough wa ter to let one of us in. Then ho bail ed furiously and enough water was scooped out to permit a second to get into the launch. We' kept on bailing until the launch was able to bear tho' weight of a third and a fourth. '/We k?pt this up all night ? until finally all thoso who1 still clung to tho sides of th? motor boat wore ablo to get in. When tho last was helped over the side w? found that thete AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUNK On Return Trip from Europe Twenty-four Probably l*>Bt. Washington, May 31.-Admiral Sims reported to-day tho torpedoing and sinking of the transport Presi dent Lincoln, returning to the Uni ted States from Europe, No details wore given. . The dispatch said the vessel wa? sunk nt 10 o'clock this morning. No mention was made of any casualties. Tho President Lincoln, a 15,000 ton vessol, formerly was a Hamburg American trans-Atlantic liner plying "between Europe and New York, and was takon over by the government at tho declaration pf war. ? Tho Navy Department made this of ficial announcement: "The Navy Department has receiv ed a dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims, stating that tho United States , ship President Lincoln was torpedoed at io".'io o'clock this morning, and sank an hour later. The vessel waa returning from Europe, fio further particulars have been received." 21 Probably Lost. , Washington, June 2.-Four offi cers and 20 men are believed to bo missing from the torpedoed Ameri can transport, President Lincoln, tho Navy Department was advised to-day by Vice Admiral Sims. The message, which said that no authentic Hst of the missing was yet available, did not specify whether the men were of tho army or the navy. St earner Torn by Torpedo. An Atlantic Port, May 31.-Tho American steamer AmackasBln, a ves- . sci of 266 tons gross, formerly run ning between New York and Hast Ings-On-Hudson, was sunk by a Ger man submarine in the early part of April, with a possible IOSB of all but. ono of her crew of 20, according to Edward Madison, tho survivor, who arrived here to-day on an Italian ship. The Amackassin was taken over by tho United States govern ment last October and was sent to Italy in Docomber. Madison, who was an oller on thu ship, said tho vessol was destroyed while on a voyage from Gibraltar tq Genoa. Italian Steamer Sunk. New York, May 31.-Word was received hore to-day In marino cir cles that tho Italian steamship Ve rona, a vessel of 8,261 tons gross register, had boon sunk by a Gorman submarine. oiliciais here of tho Navigazione Gen?ralo Italiana Line, owners of tho ship, said they had re ceived no ofllcial con Urination of the report. The vessel was in tho sorvico of the italian government, Tho sinking is said to have taken placo last week. N O T. ICK. To tho School District Chairmen of War Savings In Oconee County, Recently Appointed by the County Chairman: By authority of tho President of the United States, thrqugh tho Dfrec tor of War Savings, wo wish to no tify you, and each of you, that you ure oxpected to be present at tho meeting Axed at Walhalla at ll o'clock a. m. on thfe 8th of Juno, In stant, of which meeting you have already been appraised by letter. The President of your country needs and demands your service in this work. The government expects some ser vice from evory one and a part ot this work has been placed on you, and I do trust that you will heed this call. Let every ono be hero. J. W. Shelor, Co. Chairman.. <-- .-? *-; May British Casualties', London, May 31-Casualties In thov British ranks reported during tho 'month of May reached a total of 166,802. Tho losses wore divided as follows: Killed or clod of wounds Officers. 1,53ft Men. 20,518 Wounded or missing Officers. 6,182 Mon..138,566 British casualties reported week hy weok have recently been running near tho 40,00>0 mark, evidently repre senting losses sustained during tho heavy fighting that started with tho beginning of the German offensive in March. The total reported during April was only 52,475, ns tho lists apparently* did not begin to refloct fully the effects of the casualties sus tained in resisting ino Gorman thrusts in Picardy and Flanders un til the beginning of May. were but 19 of us, -Sixteen-had gone.'* Searching Waters for Sub. Washington, June 4.-Navy De partment officials belioved to-day the submarine or submarines that sank probably ten American vessels off tho Atlantic coast was on its way back to Its base and that for the time being the danger was over. Secretary Dan iels .announced in the morning that no additional advices of submarino activities reached the department. Warships, submarine chasers and seaplanes were scouring tho seas to day in search of the enemy. Navy officials threw a veil of secrecy over their movements, however, and re quested newspapers to make no men tion of their whereabouts.