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J '-..''I. K SIXTY SIXTH YEAR j * i ESTABLISHED SIXTY SIXTH YEAR * \ VOL. LXVI. V N- BARNWELL, C , ilir'RSDAt,. I, 131s SO, V. - - iZ' THE WEEK IH WAR. ' v , . «*s r r Germans Withdrawing from Rheims- Soissions Salient - General Foch l w ins a ^plendid Victory. ^ To the average reader the names of towns lost or won in a wee' V battle nlean nothing be- vopd a few strange words, but are supremely interesting in the winning of the war. The situa tion can be best understood by likening it to a prize fight in which,one or the other will win - UFround,-while the knockout blfew is yet to pome. Very rightly we believe that our cause? is armed with justice and must prevail. But there* is a danger of over optimism. This year has been a year in which Germany has won the most of the rounds. In short its position is better than it has been since the first year of the war, save that its man power has been seriously lowered and conditions back at home are on the edge of serious trouble. Its armies have reached their highest point and must decline in numbers unless V-they- can draw fresh troops from the Russian territory under tlieir control. The conditions of want in Germany must be very acute. But in,spite of this if Germany cerrrfti win a peace at this time by surrendering France and Bel gium it would then hate won a . tremendous victory as would lie seen by comparing Germany be fore the Wilr and the territory in Fairope now under its control. The Allies could have had peace at apy time on the western front by tasking it, provided Germany was left with a free hand in Rus sia. But it is better to fight out to a finish now than to have to do it in the next twenty years. In such a war as this, events move so $Iowly UMU- not much change shows, in a weeks time, fn order to, get the real test we * must,measure the Allied victory by the same standard as \\0meas ured the German victories of.thre - earlier weeks. W e have gained territory, but. have destroyed no • German armies. There has been no crushing defeat such as the Italians recently gavejthe Austri ans. There the Austrians lost 250,000 men. It is hardly proba ble that we liave inflicted a great ' er loss than 125,000casualties upon them. The German high com mand is making the most of a bad situation in withdrawing"Sheir troops from the Rheims-Soissions alient. But that has been donei irVthe winning of a splendid vie-* tory by Foch. During this year the superior ity of German forces has compel led Foch to fight defensively rather than offensively. He must wait until the arrival of Ameri can forces to assume the initia tive. People were wondering wlvat he was waiting for. We had grown tired of reading of German victories. We wanted to do some shouting for ourselves. The German high command felt that Foch’s hands were tied by fear or inaction, so they grew bold and careless. They thought that F rance had suffered so much that it was afraid to strike a blow. The German plans included the destruction of the- French army as its final end. To do this they must first capture Paris or bring' it reasonably close to capture. In furtherance of thishplan thev had * driven large salients into French territory- One of these had one/ wing at Rheims and the other alt Soi /ms. Its head Was at Cha teaux Thierry. Its object was to drive down the Marne river and divide the ‘ French armies by the river and destroy them at pleas ure. In the meantime they pro posed to capture the city of Rheims by encirling it. The French generals gave way under the German massed attack, and German generals felt that the French wtre beaten again. In reality the French had with drawn to prbp^red positions from which they simply cut the Ger man armies, to pieces. They were thrown into confusion and called for reserves. But thb. French had already been reinforced by Fmg- liih and held them like a rock wall. The Germans had alreadv filled (he salient, as a pocket, full of German troops to make an other drive toward Paris and could npt manouyer them because FEN WAR COMMANDMENTS BARNWELL . HEARS For the Freocfr People—and for Our People- '•/*/• X ' • A* * :Faris, July 21.—The economic and social section of the.League of Patriots, with headquarters in 1 Rue Ste. Anne, has- distribu ted a .leaflet, urgipg the* French to'endure wj thou t/com plaint the r es t r ic t io 1 rs-rmpps od upon t lie nr iu the "interest of their country. The following is'a- copy . 1 'Tl I I iiVit fm-trot, -Candidates for Senatorial Honors Heard by Voters of Barn well County. | About 4.or f> hundred people in'attendance of meeting. Barn well, S. 0. July 3Cfth. Candida JULY FOURTH CELEBRATION- Ideals That Rrcroify Inspired Its CeU bra- on. - - ■*. , • ... ^ ** , - * New ideals that inspired thy recent July Fourth celebration S r "V " A SHORT, BIC WORD. , Mesoing aad Applkatl6a thereof.! I By Dt Boi- / •were outlined clearly to the Di vision on Women’s War W'utjk -tt*s—foio U’» S. 8ej\ate tiddressed the (V*mm4liM‘7*il TuTrieaiidy -more than four hundred people, tay Miss Josephine Koepe, diretf- Mr. \’ S-. Owens, tof well, cuccmuch esteemed proof reatleH has>sgje on a outing. ——-* . X;- 4- i they were sO Crowded. While they were held in cheek on the three sides of the salient Foch loosed a flank attack against them that not only converted their attack into a defense but called for 1 the highest skill to ex tricate them from the pocket in which they hid nut themselves. It has been decidedly the Allied round. Its chief value has been in the fact that the initiative has passed to Foch from the Ger mans. It has given unbounded confidence of the Allied arrAies to foch as supreme commander. It has also shown that the Allies are sure that they have enough men on hand to really begin at tacks instead of defending when they are attacked:** I hta previous successes of the Germans have been due to a plan worked out by Hutier a German general. This plan is theconcen- orcesofmen a part of the held. ' This trationof enormous and cannon before lino whicji is thinly is done in the utmofet secrecy so that no notice may come to the enemy. In the recent British de feat' ihe Germans threw forty- Tve divisions against a part of' he line held by fifteen British divisions. When they hadbroken through they rolled up the ends of the British lines and made a larger opening. Foch worked the same game on the Germans in the recent battle. The vic tory not only gives us ^n oppor- ludjbl tp.dasome shouting for the Allied troops, but we believe that it is a foretaste of the knockout blow that we will some day give the Kaiser. ~ Mr. Dial was'first to speak, and as at every other place lie denounced' Bleaseisin, and said tlriit na man should be elected to ollice, who is not one hun dred per cent American. That he -was in favor, .of putting the German prisoners,to work dig ging ditdhes, canals and clear ing the streams and there bF * “ .! •* drain the low hands; that fcc would advocate National ware houses,. jhat the state ware house was a good thing, hut that the national ,ware.house wopld be far better. Mr* Rice was next to speak, and stated that In* harF-personal friends in the Senate, men who were his class-mates, and that for this reason, if the people Would elect him to the Senate tliaVhe could be of great service, by* reason of his personal ac-. quaintance with members of- the Senate from various parts of the Tinted States. That he lias t>eeu a citizen of Anderson mqne than 25 years, and feelsa deep interest’ in the people of S. U. that lie was in thorough accord with the President, and was one hundred proof Ameri can, that no one should be elec ted to ollice* who was not. Mr. Pollock was next-,-and fee- gun lip reading Blease’s letter in The (’haHeston American of the doth dust., and his whole speech was practically upon the denunciation of Blease and Gen eral l’ecples. Mr. Pollock As a candidate for the short term. Mr. Behet was next to speak and begun-rby denouncing ex- Governor'Blease and General Peeples, and said that if Gen eral Peeples ever came back on the campaign, l.ie would have to face the same question tired at him in Florence. The Charles ton American, lie said was trying to get in Hinder the door steps and cift into the loyalty of. the people, That he was now enjoying’, the great privilege of representing the people of C. in the l, T . S. Senate, by reason of his appointnmn.t, and that ^he had-been placed upon a very important committee, and had the honor of having Y .. d s T:;y 5 -. : v Iq svme of (he daily news papers -you will find away xvown in some little corner a space given’ea/h day to “namk in tu k nk\Vs” In-Tuesdays “State" of this week we find the word ‘ t mokai.k t1 written up follows-: - , h . i -i Moka r.K (PronouneeiF rtior- wlio e worm; which all iieOnle ,,, ,v , , ■'*. * 1 fill 1 ), is a word borrowed from t ¥ foreign tor of, work., with horn. She said “We proclaim a new Deelara- tiorc—al‘ Imle'pendence fdr.the whole u-oi-hl • which sill ncOolc several confermices,- with The President, That lie was-, in thorough Accord - with the President, and was one hun dred proof of American, that he beiieve^jl that he could serve Hie people of South Carolina in the Senate to a great advantage and was seeking election for the short term, Mr. Bennett made a very favorable impression upon the .minds of the people, by his. more cbnservative^speech thamperhaps some of the others. After tiie conclusion of Mr. Bennett speech, which ended the Senatorial N speakers, the candidate!* for congress all being present were presented and mpde'.good speeches. Tiie three . candidates opposing NIT.' Byrnes are all good men and are making a vigorous campaign^ but it appears that Mr Byrnjes in . his speech had the;cT*owd. will .share, insead of America alone. We have., always-beetr propd of Independence Day and the ideals that brought it into being, and <5n this particular Fourtiv, BUS, if the women of ITTti could be here they would realize that their descendants have not drifted away from tnese ideals and that the Ameri cans who have come more re cently to this land have been V . iu. - drawn by the same vision of free dom which the founders df the Republic liad. “The great groups of our for eign burn are the people wjio have been lighting for centuries for''democracy, and' liberty ill the Old World just as bur ancestors fought here. A wonder!ul faitlr in America, a trust that they will here realize their ideals and lind- for their children a belter chance, bring them to us. We are Beginning to unuerstaml we have as much to lcarnjrom them as we have to teach tlicm, and that altogether we must w.ork for the . realization of our ideal A merica. ‘“Never has theiu been such ail ‘all-American Fourth’ or one which explvsscd so truly aud fully the intent of the signers of th^Decimation of Independence. From all quaiters of the globe America lij^s drawn to herself foyaTcitizcnS- bringing her the beVt froni the ♦Id land. New faith and strength will leap in the hearts of those peoples fight ing in Europe against autocracy and terrorism, when they learn the tiding of this Independence Day on which their former conn-. Hymen so overwhelmingly reaf firm the pledge of America to the oppressed .of the world.” 4 • _ AVOID TRANSPORTATION DELAYS. MOVIE PICTORESSENDIHC LABOR TO THE FARMS. *.v. ~ - ■ ■ Nearly' every motion-jlicture theater iti the countryds enlisted in the campaign of the United States Employment servi:e of tiie Department of Labor to -supply labor to to farms, The estimatetT totaT patronage of > tlies^ theaters isabout (30,000, persons. Eleven of the largest motion OIIU picture manufactures are -the. .French w|iich denotes the moral and in.ental conditio a or spirit of the trokps, especi al l those engaged in battle. morale - is implied -vfl^.n the men respond readily to"the will of the commander. So much for the word and its meaning; and the heading at the top of this piece speaks of application. We hope we are not stretching a point too far when We say that we can at tribute many of our faults and errors to the lack of mobile, lu these days'xvlicn ideal* cpt partiiotism is 'absolutely^ nee-, cssary in eaclGof us if we are. to come out of this .war with Jiigh victories., dean hearts and clear Jtertrds we mist see To it that the morale of the stay-at home- citizen- aimy is posessed of high morale.* In every grFat * movement there must be- leaders. The leaders who are with iis at this -time are straining every nerve to accomplish the desire.s of our Government and thi c can not tae alo.ne without co-opcra- tioti and this .co-operation can not exist without morale of the best. . '• * f * ’ “High morale is* indieftid when the men respond readily to the will of the commander” Ah, now that’s the thing : think over that phrase, say it to yourself, probably we had better ntemorize it; here goes now, ai.l tookthkr “Res|>ond Atlanta, July 27.—Southern industries and all clashes of ship pers and receivers throughput the .South are being actively urged by railyoad freight traflic representatives to anticipatewin- ter tFansjmrtation difficulties by storing up during the next three months as much*as possible of such yuppljes as fuel,-i‘aw mate rial, anil Gorayy. The “stocKriip-now” cam paign which the railroads are L*()m|uctiqg is by order of Re gional Rirector B. L. Winchell, ’In a letter to tlm federalmana gers, Mr. Winchell iioin^s out that this plan 'should relieve njuch of The'’.strain wldch the railroad system experiences dur.-, ing the winter season and 'at the same titpe enable the railroads to take care of the largd war shipments which must be given right of way* f s ,Freight Traffic Service repre sentatives of the ra'lroads arc [Contin'ied on S con 1 Page. 1 . ' ‘ 1 1 f — —— readily to the vvil-U of the Commander”. - Wlien we protect the good name of our law makers and the government at large even as we wouliF that of one of our loved outs, the we are possessed of high morale ; When we are ready ami eager to respond to the will of.those in authority and those who have been chosen As' leaders then indeed is our morale i high. But when we are too ready to eariy scurrilous reports. _ and broadcast scandalous Tumors about any thing that pTetains to the war-work -tliea-^- you may he assured that ho who does this is nromtilg itim? ^ - *. . . .. —n —.—gj - , propaganda that will weaken the morale of those who , are credulous. * ■ + “Lay down the shovel and the hoe*" of bickering and bantering, “pick • up the fiddle and the bow” for a playing of , sweet patriotic music that will set a-moving the spirit^ of men toward a high and lion- c>t duty to country, home and ' God-. RBMKMBR “ Morale- “Pronounced mor alii- is a word borrowed from the French which denotes the mental and moral condition of troops, esjiecially those engaged in battle. High morale is in dicated when the men respond readily to the word of the commander”. RED CROSS DEPARTMENT. We stated last week we would The duty of forming a unit this week give a list of garments among the colored people of the turned in by the*'auxiliaries^ village is one that should be at- This list has bsen ililficult to oh- tended to at once, as every day tain, as there were changes made lost is that much work kept in the keepers of the records, from the Red Cross. Should any inaccuracies occur \Ve have had long years of ex- in this list we hope they will be j eijience with these citizens— pardoned. they can he depended-u.pon.to do \ . . . their part in all times of danger Now that an efiort is being , J \ . 4 , . i r .1 amt stress. \\ e have not the made to have the work of the • A, , x . e . i . , — nghMo kecti them out of--their chanter done more in accord •* Xi i i-> ii *i opyrortunitv. } ,!"■ a)1 "T, T.ns mutter 1ms Keen put in chapters. We U-hvyr things nr.ll (he ham , 9 of , he c0 ,' nmit . uiove in a tnore orderly way. — 1 As sooli as we can buy material We hope the chairman of , / said committee will (lake active,) emmal, to rvarrant 1 tlul he,l in ihe work „ t ail early ' (;ro^s room will beJkept ojxm ( j. lte * \ every ,lay for certain hours. ' .,4 c)#M for snrgifal * dres . 1 Ins n, ftfoallv to he ales, red for ^ ^ bVformed in Barnwell all reasons, cspwmlly'.that those has e a (l theservices of Mps . coming from a distance may find (< l , arl j a Willson, of Allendale, some one to receive them and . ins truction in September. • * give the information they may need. We deeply regret that this has not been possible be fore, ’ ; • The United -Stater will be short' 'of 'potash next year. Estimates for 11418 show an available supply of about 50(), 000 tons of (potash salts, or only about half of the normal impdrpj before the war. Cbm- 444 e rc ia 1 ?xTe rtillizer con cer n a- must hear Idie brunt of the shortage. ^ .t - Messrs ^XT P. WiTkfiV^ITrW. H. Wilkinson Wl- W. W. My rick, of vUlnaors, were ■ visitors hfere last F'ridarj 4 v *#■—% r-- - - ^ ~ ~ r 7 J i iVe have reason to believe it will he a large class. Blackville has, set us a*splendid f example in this the’most needed iwork. Will , AVc understand that wool has not the other towns in the coun- heen ordered, D expected any ty get up classes? Headquarters dav. As soon -as it arrives a is asking to have this done, notice will he put-in this column. The dressingsareterribly needed. jWXmily.voting . i1ldu G‘ 'brntnF Wuuk TYknui. Out From Arnn, 1 ru Jr. v 26, 1918. try and-shipper on their lines so 1^' ' 1 -■=*- that for tneir, own protection they adopt .the policy of stockr ing up during the remaining 1 mouthsCof good weather when, the How of transportation is the easiest and the demands on-the railroads are relatively lightest. 1 Tljose industries And plants hav ing no provision for surplus! storage facilities are advised to provide suHi facilities now and the.rchy avoid the possibility of having to close down for lack of fuel aml-matmal latefon 1 '/ * -I Blackville Dunbarton Fairfax Healing Spring* Kline Ly nil hurst Martins ... illiston £ z I,— . aj - o> cn 0‘) oo 5 13 . 5 X tm o X L. X o X lt> 4 o x w r A . Tt = x r. * tC j= X w x S ^ _ jS • T. <L tc « o> Xf o Si 3C <• <— — I AO — — I—I ««H i 2 189 10 49 17 2 149 33 5 4 1 8 ■j. - x o X ry Z) £3 16 • X X 3. « o O' ryi X JJ a > 17 31 r *T *6 9 1 \\T Majx J. Wdlis |lhmcan, of Edgefietu ~ w*as in Barnwell j , ltntV ^iiday". -- > ’~rrr^ 23’ 11(5 •8 * 18 ig —'■ ^ .. Nineteen bed shirt9, (No name. 't ~ Mrs. W. H. Duncan,, " Fri* Correspondent for RtC, Baniwell Cha) Ur. 3 1 G 5' 13 t •j Y r )