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StfP'WBlLT. L H ORIST'S S0H8, Pabliiheri.} S 4amiIS Uftrspaper: ^or ih* gromotion of th* political, ?*flal, ^grieoltnral and Commercial Jnierests of th$ fjeopty. j UNOLK COM, FIVK CEWTS. ESTABLISHED 1858 ??? YORK, s7 of TUESDAYT JUL Y3C>ri 918." _ ~ Is O. <>1 I . . 1 . nniMnrn nr unnnnno I tho mine a closed door. 1 pulled it | DOWN WITH MOBS WHY THEY DIDN'T GO One Was Yellow aod the Older Too Mean. . EXCEPTIONAL TYPES OF THE DRAFT " It Takes All Kindt of People to Make ' an Army and While Most of Them Are All Right, There Are Some Who for One Reason or Another Fail to Measure Up. (I 'itssed l?y the Censor.) , Oirrrijjondrnoe Th<- Yurkville Erojuirer. Camp Sivii-r. July ?I ran across Iteasley today. I'll call him lii-ash > ? whctlu-r that's his name or not. It doesn't matter. This story is straight. Nanus don't count lor much in ttie s army anyhow. I thought he was in j I'rauci Kivim; tin lluns the devil :l uIoiik witli th< rest ot old <"oin|?an.v K < ol the tirchtiiu; llUlli and the thiitieth !t 1l\ isiori. lie was slated to ku with | he nst ot the out lit. lie didn't Is*, t cause he wasn't ready then. That is ( w hat he told nit- today. I I was on mi way over to the camp | |M?siollln this tnorniiii;. -I paid no \ pailicular attenlion to a niimher of | I lull pllSOUMS U no \\>n no.nuw, virunly. KiKirils with Kntields ami uii'ki'il American hayomts acting sis | llVITSOTM. f | Mi ll.., sergeant." called mn of tin- . I>i isom-rs to mi', :tti<l it was a minute or two Im ton I realized that I hail run y into anolh?-r uieinher oi tin- ohl coinpaiiv, still on this lie wore t overalls. Ills hair was long. Ills lace v was iliily. lie needed a shave. 11 t lookeil like a man ashaineil. t "What the dickens are you doing i llO|e'.'" I asked. "| thought >OII Weill t over Willi die ohl COIII|Klliy SI lew months ago." I "No, I didn't have the gulx to go | and I ran awsiy. I wanted to see my j will- again. I had jlist gotten out ol J the hospital a few days helore the regiment left, and I didn't Icel like X soldiering oyer there. Iloncst, serge- | suit. I was up against something Idg- i er in my life than ever hu|?|ieiied he- |( fore. I "When I got the news the old com- t pan\ was h-siviiiK. on the day they did a leave I was in misery. I wanted to t see my wile sind Itahy one more time. At the same time I knew I could not j get permission to go to my N'oitli i Carolina home at that late hour. I <knew it was my duty to go with the y lost of the eoinimny and to go in the t IiesI of spirits. Still I was just out I of the hospital after a siege with s pneumonia. I wasn't in no shape, til course that ain't no excuse, I know. t "I turned sind twisted until late that v night on my cot, knowing the eoinimny n was leaving on the morrow. I could t ? tovsell heinc all shot up l?y tin- J Germans. I saw myself being publish- t e<l lo the wurhl as a slacker ami a traitor ami all of that if I ran away to home. My wife's fats- and m> 8 baby's face kept looming lip before r mi-. I tell you I went through hell '1 that night. <! "About one or two o'oJook 1 decided \ I was going to North Carolina in- c stead of to franco, ami that I would y go to franco later with some other oiitllt. It was an easy matter to c ride the blinds out ot Greenville and | get to home which I reached next t day. ( I stayed a month and then began to t think about returning to camp, mak- d ing a clean story of it all and taking a a chance on buing sent over with c some other out tit. Mat I didn't, and c finally 'I was arrested and brought back here. You see where I am now? ( in the jug awaiting trial on the charge t ol AWOl. or desertion. I don't know s which yet." I< The soldier hung his head and cried a an honest cry. lie is L'9 years old too. a <m.I was raised in a county whole few t of the women even cry. t "I want to go now." lie said In-- ?i tween his sobs. "I know I done wrong to skip out. I tut I wanted to ? see my folks once more. t "I ain't altogether to blame. You I ain't married and you don't know how t it is. I am going to make a clean v breast of the whole business when f they give mo a trial, and tell the story r just about as I have told it to you. t "1 am ready to go over and in it n now. I wasn't ready throe months r ago. If they will just let me I'll liv? s this thing down. Still, if I get liv< years or ten years in prison I'll no- i ccpt it without a murmur. I reckon I v ilrscrvo 11. 't'linn' on here. you." said tho euartl to Itcaslcy, "you'vo been tallUni: cnoiiph. Got busy. now." Itcaslcy. who laid down when his command wont over, slouched around tho corner of a buildinp and out of sipht. Too Mean to Go. Several weeks ago 1 ran across a 1 follow whom I'll call Will Morton. / who was for several months a no mber | of my old Company K. 119th Infantry, f He. too. was sup|ioscd to have pone t across with the thirtieth, but didn't. 1 iK-cause he was in the stockade, for i some offense committed on pui'imsc to t pet there, at the time the troops went c away. e Morton hails from Nashville. He 1 was a street arab and youmr seapo- s peace around there. He also had i quite a reputation as a l?oxer. lie f was the dirtiest tnan personally in t Company K. One niKht ltip Sarpe a Mike White and a few other (Vllows. r havlnp the interest of Company K at t heart, pave the wop a bath. Gold- dust and ln>n ami were used instead c of soajv. A bristle brush?one of the t kind that Is used to brush the s crumbs from the tables in the mess a Knllo I'.ill.m-lnff n muni TV'W to 1 rub off the dirt from his filthy hide. It was some thorough hath even if it was in January and the water was ley eold. As any yellow pup would do, Morton yelled to the l?attnlion commander and it looked for a day or two like a half dozen well meaning non-coms would he "busted." This little episode is merely mentioned to show what kind of a follow this Morton was. 1 ran across him a short time ago and he also was a prisoner In the camp Jug. "Well, why didn't you go with 'em?*' I Inquired of him after giving him nil the cigarettes I had at his request. "Was in the jug at the time charged with AWOL and stealing an army dstol. *I??t me for A\V(iU but coulil lot prove the Jiistol stuff." Anil then hi- laiurhed. "Well. what arc you in for now?" I "(iiiim,' to town in civilian clothes nsti-inl nt wearing the khaki." Anil he grinned a devil-I-care laugh i (fain. j| "Oh. he's some soldier, this guy ii re." said the guard who had lieoini interested in our conversation. " They'll never let this Mnl go to "ranee. He's too damn mean to light Is- Hermans or anybody else." Jas. I). Crist. , m , l AMERICANS STOOD FIRM * I leat Back Twenty-two Attacks in 1 Two Days. 1 'I'ln ureal Allied attack litis over- " hadowed the important feat of two tmcrican units which shattered the v ipox of the Herman advance towards ' "halons, the Herman objective point :i it a point on the battle line cast of 1 thciiiis, on July 16. the second day of 1 he frowned I'rince's biu push. ' en. <iouraud, French commander in his action, has visited the two gal- ' ant units and commended them in tne ' lighest terms for their gallantry and 1 ighting sjiirit. ' Spoiled Plans of Germans. Maps found on raptured Germans ' ndicatc that the hold-up of the Ger- 11 i.in ad%uticc at this |ioint disarrang- ' <1 ilii' general programme of tin- en- ' it - o'f?nsivi-. aiding materially in tin ' i lioh .sal" German defeat, now appar- * nt. and o|wninK the way for 1 he Franco-American counter attack " vhich commenced July IS- This bat- N le in i|iiestion pas found on the his- 1 one I "la ins ol Chalons, the scene of 1 iiany decisive encounters in the ccn- v uries past. ' The German attack opened with a " iomh4irdment of the aresi of the front I inc. extending hack as far sis Chalons ' tself and continuing from midnight of Inly It until l.3? the following day. I At that hour the Gorman shock di- 1 isions, carrying light machine guns, ' lonihs and grenades, ailvancod. The ' rout trenches ol the .Mill's were held I ?> a small force of Frenchmen and by ' 'rearranged plans were evacuated at x lie conclusion of t be l oii.bardnicnt. iml in anticipation of the advance of I lie German storm troops. ' The advancing Germans, ir.imngin- I ng that the Allien were in retreat. 1 lot|y pursued. To their surprise they s iicoiintcrcd I hi American units ihieli hiid been pi iceil in intermediate rcnelies lieliiml the udandnned llrst * ine to take the shock of their on- 'I In light. ' The Americans had been ordered :i o bold their position until every man wis dead if necessary. This grim r lecessity did not evacuate. Is-cnns" I lie determine*! rmmnnw <?i >?v tmcrican units broke up the unity of l he German attack. I Beat Back Twenty-two Attacks. I The Germans attacked ten times on \ lomlny, withdrawing at dark. They c enewccl the attack at daylight on ?l Tuesday, coming*over .a down times < lurinK the day. The American units, v vhich had borne the brunt of these \ onstant assults for two days, did not i ield a foot. I The trenches of No Man's I-and were * logged with dead Germans. A few I irisoners were taken in hand-to-hand i reach lighting. On Wednesday the t ierinans made a few attempts to drive u hrough the impregnable American | lefence, but their attack lacked vigor \ ivi llnally ceased on Thursday, coin- | identally witii tin* start of the Allied t ounter attack to the westward. I During the series of engagements i "orpl. Itrockhill of Gadsden. Ala., dis- i inguished himself. He w.'s ti.e lirst a oblier of any army, so far as is r mown, to bring down an aeroplane by i i rille shot. He caught the pilot with t bullet from his automatic rifle when ? he Hochc flyer was sweeping low over '| he American imsition and spraying x iur men with his machine gun lire. i The day after this exploit Private i ilartin Foody of New York City .1 irought down another German aero- 1 dane in exactly similar circumstancesUuong the hundreds in lioth units vho distinguished themselves for ( >ravery in action a the chaplain who j einained in trench dressing stations , hrough the engagement. In the nidst of the lighting men he assisted in v emoving wounded and kept up the ( pirits of the fighters by his presence. Another man who won distinction f vas Major (deleted! of New York, to ( 1 hose foresight in preparation. in on- ^ ouraging his men during the attack. x nd resourcefulness in supplying food ( ind ammunition, was due to no small s ?ika aiiiVMa achieved by one , >f the units. This was the first big en- j ragrmcnt in which either ot' these t inits had participated. s The "Most Contemptible of Traitors? I 'here are various forms of treasons. Ill forms should be repressed and I mnlshcd. The fellow who talks | wisely, however, is guilty of a far less r tarmful brand of treason titan the i usiness man who conspires to get an t infair price for what he sells the gov- .1 rnment or to Bet an unfair advantage < tver competitors for sale to the gov- < rnment. And the busines man who n addition to weakening the re- * ourres of our country by getting an 1 infair profit for his wares, debauches ? rovernment officials, civilian or mill- t ary. to Rive htm an unfair price or f dvantage or to accept wares that do i lot come up to tiie contract speciflcn- n ions is guilty of treachery far blacker .1 -because more injurious?than thai t >f the man who merely allows his t onguo to wag loosely. If the latter ihould be imprisoned, the former t hould l?e shot, because he is really \ veakening his country. A fine does I lot fit the case. Usually the fine is t inly a moiety of the vile profit he l nakes by -obbing his country of de- t Muchlng its servants. < The revelations of graft and nrioery ? hat are coming forth are disquieting r >ut we are reassured by the fact that i hey should come forth. There should < >e more "pitiless publicity"?there i hould be pitiless punishment, punish nent that will fit the case. 1 Pennsylvania's 191S potato crop is t xpected to fall 25 per cent short of ( he crop of 1917. Last year's crop i otaled 30.65S.000 bushels, with an 1 iverage yield of S2 bushels per acre. | The crop of this year has been badly 1 lamagcd by blight and dry weather. < THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT lew System To Be Used Id the Primary. 1PPLIES TO INCORPORATED TOWNS Statutory Provision Has Been Made to Prevent Fraud in Our Elections? A Good Idea This, if Properly Carried Out. The Australian ballot system will >e inaugurated in South Carolina be:inning with the Democratic white triinary to be held the last Tuesday n August. The law providing for be Australian ballot, which is the >ne system that has lieen found to :uard against fraud in elections, r.'is adopted at the last session of he general assembly an<l applies to II ineoi iM.rate.l towns and cities, toot lis will necessarily have to be ncted in all incorporated towns in lie State. Section 1. Itooths at primary elecions?Not to apply outside incorpor ited cities anil towns.?lit- it enacted y tin- gcnhral assembly of the state if South Carolina, Thsit in every I'ri- I nary election in this state then- shall i- |>rovi<lo<| at each (tolling precinct no hoot ii for each 100 enrolled voters, ir majority fraction thereof. The ootlis shall lie made of wood, sheet octal, or any other suitable subitance. shall not lie less than .12 nehes widt? and 32 inches deep, and I feet ; inches high, shall lie provided vith a curtain hanging from the top n front to within three feet of the lour, and shall have a suitable shelf on vhirh the voter can prepare his tiekt: Provided. The provisions of this ict shall not apply to rural voting incincts out-side of incorporated owns and cities. 2. Polling Places.?The polling duces shall he provided with a 'tnlde or. the managers. The polls shall e provided with a guard rail, so hat no one except as hereinafter rovided shall approach nearer than ive feet to the booths in which the oters are preparing their ballots. 3. Tickets.? The tickets shall be rintod on clear white |Ki|icr in the isual manner, but shall have a cousin at the top perforated so as to ie easily detached. On the coupon hall be printed "Olliclal I III Hot." Club Ward : si " The number hall run seriatim for each club. There shall be 5'? per cent more balots than there are voters enrolled it each isdltng place. t. Prc|mrntion of Hallot.? The nnnngrrs shall be resisinsible for all allots furnished. When a voter preicnts himself he shall be given a balot. The manager in charge of the sdl list shall enter the number of the allot next the name of the voter. The oter shall forthwith retire alone toi no of the booths and without undue lelay prepare his ballot by scratching tit the names of the candidates for chain he does not care to vote. No oter shall remain in the booth lon.gr than live minutes. After preparing lis ballot. the voter shall present mm to tlio malinger. llis I?:i 1 lot must >e folded in such a way that the ittinher ran he seen and the coupon an he readily detached hy the matinrer without any way reveal inn the irinted portion of the hallot. If the oter is not challenged, and takes the resoribed oath, the manager shall ear off the coupon, put on tile, stamp he hallot, and the voter shall deposit lis ticket in the Ikix and shall iinnedlately leave the |>olling place. If i voter mar or deface his hallot, he ua.\ obtain one additional hallot ii|mn ettuning to the manager in charge ol he ballots, the hallot so marred or lel'aeed. with the coii|Hin attached. I'he manager in charge of the poll list iliall change the number of the kallot n his poll list, and place the defaced allot on tile. No voter shall hi' given I second ballot until ho has returned ho llrst one with coii|ion attached. S. When and How a Voter May lie Vssisted.?No person shall bo allowed within the guard rail except as lerelnnl'ter provided. If a voter canlot read or write, or is physically disibled, and by reason thereof did not iign the enrollment book, he may apical to the managers for assistance, md the chairman of the managers ihall appoint two of the watchers presenting different factions to nsdst him in preparing his ballot: I'roided. After the voter's ballot has been irepnred, the watchers so appointed ihall immediately go behind tinman! rail: I'rovided. further. That if here be no such watchers available, he chairman may appoint two byit nndcra who are qualitied electors to issist the voter in the preparation of lis ballot. fi. Admission to the Polling Place? Tom the time of the o|iening of the will until the announcenient of the suit and the signing of the official eturns. no person shall be admitted o the |iolling place except the manigers. duly authorized watchers and hallengers, the chairman of the exe utive committee or members of the xeeutivc committee appointed in his dead to su|Mivlse this polling place, ersons duly admitted for the purpose if voting, police olllcers admitted by he managers to preserve order or endive law: Provided, however. That nndidntes for public oltlce voted for it such polling place may be present it the canvass of the votes: Provided, 'anvass of the votes shall be open to he public. 7. Interference With Election.?If ho watchers or otlicors of the law vho are admitted to the polling place >y the managers shall interfere with he managers or obstruct the voting, t shall be the duty of the managers o suspend the election until order is vstored. or as may l>e provided by he rules of the party. Xo person ihall be allowed to approach polling >laces within 25 feet while polls are >pened. other than the persons heren provided for. S. Managers to Account for Bal?I'nnn the close of the election nanapers shall account to the execuIve committee for all ballots delivered to them, and make the followinp eturn: (a) The number of official allots furnished to each pollinp precinct, (b) The number of official ?nllots spoiled and returned by voters. (c) The number of officii:! bal lot.s returned to the executive committee. (d) The number of official ballots actually voted. 9. Consistent Acts Repealed?Act (1915; SI) Not Affected.?That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, except an act to regulate the holding of all primary elections and the organization of clubs in cities containing forty thousand inhabitants or more, approved 16th day of February, 1015, which said act shall remain in full force and effect. 10. State Executive Committee to Make Regulations for Voting by Persons in P. S. Service.?The state ex ccutive committee provided for unuer the lews regulating primary elections in this state he and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make regulations as may he necessary to provide for the enrollment and votlne ol citizens of this state holding positions under the government of the I'nited States, or any branch thereof and resident temporarily out of the state. I nit within the United States, j 11. Act Effective on Approval.? That this act shall go into effect upon its approval by the governor. Approved the 19th day of February. A. I). 191*. BLEASE IN ROCK HILL Summary of Speech Delivered to Large Crowd Last Wednesday Night. The Charleston American of Thursday contains a long report of the meeting at whieh Messrs. Itlease and Hichard.s si?oke in Hock Hill last Wednesday night. The correspondent of the American says that the crowd numbered between L'.fiOO and 3,000 people. Mr. Mease's sj?oech is reported in part as follows: "My friends and fellow citizens: I have recently made speeches in both the upper and lower parts of your state. I have answered the false charges which have been circulated ifainst me. and have hnd something to my ahout individuals and their acts and doings, but have trle^ to keep my discussions within proper hounds?not dealing In personalities, hut discussing pulilic acts and public words. I do not propose to make IMMsonal vitalteration and ahu.se the text of my campaign in addressing tin people of this state, and 1 would not engage in such a campaign to l? elected to the senate or to any other office. It is true that In the past I have heen forced into making harsh remarks ahout iwoplc. hut it was alter they had gone around over the state villifying and abusing me. Even then it was very distasteful to me, and 11 decided that no matter what might j happen, I would not In the future engage in thnt character of campaign. J "I take It that what the people are mostly Interested In. so far as I am concerned, is what I stand for?the principles which I advocate, and lift qualifications, and not the dlsouaitfl^1 cations of those wh?> are opposing m<%j or mud-slinging. Upon the Reform Platform. "I stand, as I have ever stood, for the principles of the Reform party of this state; for the reduction of taxa tion. discontinuing tho useless expenditure of money; the nl>olitlon of useless c.'hees; Ihe building up of a first ehiss- eoinmon sehool system and heading It wjjh Strom; colleges, in order lo give to our white children the very best education here at home; and relieving our people of the heavy burdens which they are now hnvlng imposed upon them by our state government. "I am hi favor of giving to our people better roads, instead of wasting money in streams that can never he of any benefit to our state. I am in favor of liberal appropriations to deepen such streams and to such points as may be conducive to the service of our people, nnd taking the other money that is now being wasted on useless streams and putting it upon roads. For National Highway. "I am in favor of the government appropriating a sufficient amount of money to build good, permanent roads from Columbia to Greenville, to Sportanburg, to Augusta, to Charlotte and to Charleston, connecting the military camps and stations located at those places. This is proper governmental work. It could not he construed as building special state roads, hut at the same time it would give to our people a great benefit and put all of them in closer touch with each other. I know of nothing thnt would be of greater direct advantage in a material way at this time. The Price of Cotton. "I am In favor, especially now. under present conditions, of a minimum price placed on cotton by congress, of at least 35 cents per pound. I am absolutely opposed to the United States ' Itt'o government saying to ine farmers, ??? will flx the prices at which we will take your cotton,' hut I advocate the passage of a law fixing a minimum price under which the farmer will get not less than 35 cents, it mnkes no difference whether he sells to his government, to his state, or to the individual. "I am in favor of Federal aid for state warehouse systems, hut I am opposed to any national warehouse system. under which the cotton of the south would pass under the control of Federal managers. Such a plan would possibly work under a Democratic administration, hut we have no assurance as to how many years our party will 1k? In power. I trust It will con tinue in power, hut we nave naa w publiran administration in the past, and we have had negro officeholders foisted upon us. and I can conceive of no "renter injury which could come to the south than might be worked through a national warehouse system under such administrations as some of those we have had in the post. "Federal aid for warehouse systems under state control is what * he south needs, and what our representatives in congress should stand for. Taxirfg Corporations. "I am in favor of taxing: corporations. As it is today, the corporation? are not being taxed as they should be. For instance, when you go to send a telegram, a war tax is added to your telegram, and you pay it?the corporation does not: the same way with a telephone message; the same way with an express shipment: the some way with everything else, even to your % inuuon picture snows, insiean 01 wit-incorporations payinc this additional tax. they have added It to the prices of their commodities, and it comes J from yours, the people's pockets. My Idea^ is to add these taxes on to the corporations, and put in a proviso thnt no corporation on account of the levy- "J lac of these taxes shall add to or increase its present rates. In this way p we will tax the corporation, and not allow it to make the individual pay it. Honest Elections. I "I am in favor of honest elections? ( letting every white man cast one ballot, if he is qualified; and then a fair o count. After this war is over, this is going to be a very momentous question in the nation. People who have never ( been allowed to vote heretofore in our ^ state, because they have been disqunliflod under our constitution, are going () to demand of congress the right to vote on account of the fact that they have performed certain services in ^ connection with this war. And the ' handling of that question, which you all understand without my making it * plainer, is going to be of very serious ^ moment to the southern people; and it iH-hooves the south to have in office men whose views are well known along this line, and who will protect the ballot box from invasion, and forever safeguard South Carolina from ^ the domination of an undesirable element. I' Reconstruction. ( "We have given up freely, and we y are now giving up freely, our indi- y vidua! and state rights, and we want j.( to give them up?all of them?if it be (> necessary to our nation to win this (. war?and we are going to win it?but (] when this war is over we will want those sacred rights back, and we must j, put men in the national house and in ^ I la- senate who will stand firm and ^ see that there is the proper readjustment. And cori>oration lawyers and (> eoi|H)ration ollicials will not give to the |ieople that consideration which ^ they deserve, but, as |>nid sonants, ^ will hiL-.i ran. m the eniiinifitIons tiiat they have represented and now ropre- U em. "If the United Stntos ts to make (| laws lor the stntes, as It has been do- c ing. we mast hnve men in office wtto are for the people, and not for the eoi*|iorntions ns against the people? ^ men who will stand by the |vople and give to them a free government, honest elections and true Americanism. s "There are other issues which will j come In-fore us in the period of reconstruct Ion?such ns taking care of our c boys when they come back from over yonder, making proper appropriations for their families; adjusting labor w i|iiestidns so that they may again And I useful employment, and other matters I of this character, which must be glven consideration." ? 1 1 s . GOING FINE? b , il . ti con* 1 n a Telegraphing front the Aisne-Marne j battle front, under date of Tuesday j evening, the correspondent of the ^ Wolff nurmu, tho semi-official Gcrman news agency, says: "Continuing their :.ttack between the Aisne and the Me.rne, the French for the first time employed American cannon fodder lu comparatively large ( numbers ns an addition to their Sene- j galeso auxiliaries. | Dense masses 01 uiat-Ks anu *\mericans were hurled against the German lines. They paid for It In some hundred thousands of killed negroes and Americans. In some places they advanced to attack sixteen waves deep. One wave after the other broke down in the German artillery and machine gun fire. "On the third day the American Infantry began to hault at the first rush, throwing themselves down as soon as the German artillery commenced. When the firing continued they retired rapidly so that at times their attack became a hurried fight"On many occasions the German infantry stood up in the trenches, and while standing there received the American battalion of the second American division with salvos of rifle fire. In the attack on July 21 American battalions of the second division, advanced through the ravine of Visioneux and were caught in fire of German machine guns, which covered the ravine from the sugar works to N'oyon. They immediately turned about and fled. "American casualties on July 19 and 20, especially officers, were exceptionally severe. Prisoners say some regiments were annihilated." This afternoon the Wolff Bureau 1 telegraphed a correction to the above < report relative to the losses in the bat- J tie. Instead of "some hundred thous- i ands of killed negroes and Americans" i the bureau says that the correspond- c ent reports some "tens of thousands 1 killed." t The same correspondent says the i Americans lost heavily in the fighting ? at Epieds on July 32. He says that r after a desperate struggle, during t which the village changed hands fre- f quently, the Germans were victors, t Bight American officers and 30 men t were taken prisoners by the Germans, c he added, and twelve American ma- : chine guns were also taken. t , m - c How Americans Fight.?The following tribute to the American fighting 1 ffualltloc appeared in the London t Evening News a few nights ago: t "The Germans are now squealing < about the effectiveness of the Ameri- * can fighting. They have good reason to squeal. The Americans are fight- ' lng in the Indian fashion where the i trenches are abandoned. ( "The American army teaches men ? to fight in the open, to advance in < short rushes, taK#> cover and advance i again. This calls for discipline of the f highest degree but no less for Indl- ? vidual courage and skill. The lesson i was first learned from the Indians 1 and was adapted to modern military needs. I "North of Chateau Thierry where < the marines hunted the Germans out < of their machine gun pits, showed 1 how effectively this system can be < employed against a foe who is school- I ed differently. As new battle lines are 1 created through forests and hills we may expect to hear more of the Amer- 1 lean style of fighting. i V. > / r. ? A MAMDLK ur nUHHURO trange Story of Famous Dead Mao's Hill. UNNEL FILLED' VITH CORPSES. "rench Colonel Tells in a Letter of Sights that Met His Eye While Exploring Subterranean Passage in Which Lay Many German Bodies.. 'hnrlcston Sunday News. The Sunday News prints below one f the strangest stories of the war, rhich is now published, we believe, or the first time, its authenticity is eyond question. The writer is a 'rench colonel who, with his four ons, has been in the thick of the ghtlng on the western front from he very beginning of the war. The >tter was written to his cousin, an .rnericnn woman, well known in 'harleston. who tor a number or ears has lived in France. It was orwarded by her to a friend In 'harleston, who has translated it for lie Sunday News. The letter follows: May L'fith. 191 v ly Dear A What 1 am about to tell yon surasses in hoiror anything that this ar, so fertile in the production of rrible things, hns yet produced, on remcmlier thnt on the l?:th of larch. 1911>. 1 had arrested the ofimslve of the llochcs on the Morthmmo, which from that date was denitel.v broken. For three months ley ltave steadily gained sllgiitly in r>rrain, l?ut at a terrilic cost in men. 'inaily, after July, 1910, they had ttained with great dltllculty a |>osiion before Verdun. In order to hold Morthomme they xcavnted under the mountain an normous tunnel, in which were lored quantities of food munitions, s well as houses, infirmaries, hospiils, etc., the whole length intersect d by a railroad and lighted by elecricity. Here they lived, using the unnel as it passage by which they ould reach their front lines without ncountering the danger of our guns, tut they had reckoned without their ost. Paring nearly a year they enjoyed eace, if one can so speak of their uhtcrranean labor, but in August. 917, I was sent again to this same i-gion, with other officers and some annon of a new style that were Citable of good work. It was an interesting thing that we ;ho had been on so many other oints at the front, notably at Xwyon nd St. Quentin, should have been etailed to beg the lloches to retire rom a situation in which they were o comfortably installed. I need not dl you with what delight we underDok the mission?remember, only, hat?ee-Atte?20tfc_j9f-Augma. 191'. nd during the days folfoviTiit,*, \vechleved a complete victory, took A Afld nelonnofa and rnpnvni'uil fill th?? I'llfUIH .. .? ? loches had taken so long to conquer a l'Jlfi. That was nine months ago nd again 1 tind myself In the same egion. A Strange Story. There is a rumor among the poilus thorn I encounter that among the unnels abandoned by the Itoches in 917, there are certain parts which mve never been penetrated iiecau.se hey can he entered only by going in ront of our lines, in the zone called >y the English "No Man's I.and." 'hey say also that the itoches who rere killed in August. 1917, still emnin In these sections to which the nemy has never been able to effect in entrance, as the slightest inovouent in that direction is stopped by i rain of bullets. I decided to clear up this mystery md to visit these tunnels myself. It ens necessary to start at night and o arrive before dawn that our pasage might not be intercepted by the todies. We were aroused, therefore, ihortly after midnight and reached dortoinme after a long ride by nuomobile until we readied a point so ncumbered by bomb holes and winhat we were obliged to finish the ourney on foot. The night was dark ind one had to be guided by initinct and. 'by the slight declivities of he ground. There were three of us vho had the physical strength and he determination to accomplish our diject, but our way was strewn with liificultics. Each misstep threw us nto a shell hole or into a nest of inrlted wire. A Perilous Adventure. We walked in this way for two lours, fearing often that we had lost >ur way and that we should fail to iccomplish our mission. Fortunately t was the Boches themselves who tided us hy sending up innumerable olored lights, which thoroughly iluminntcd their own lines, showing js what to avoid as well as the direction which we should take. In a luarter of an hour we reached the nouth of the tunnel, through which ve entered, and after a descent of orty meters reached a great tunnel, hrough No Man's Land and entered he one kilometer only to find the end losed. One of our shells had burst ind completely demolished this secion of the tunnel, killing hundreds )f Boches. Further progress was impossible. A'e must retrace our steps, pass hrougn No Man's Land and enter the unncl fiom the other end, which, vita the aid of a poilu, we finally Jiseovered. The entrance to this tunnel was >xtremely difficult. We soon had to valk on all fours. Soon the paie light >f the orifice through which we had ntercd was lost and we had to light >ur candles and electric lights. Ar-ived at the foot of a staircase of leventy steps, we found ourselves in i series of little rooms, about which vere scattered innumerable bottles. It had been the German beer shop. There were also all the appliances 'or boiling and sterilising water. One )f the rooms had evidently been a iormitory, the mattresses being still [here, but this was not what we had ome to seek?not a corpse was to ->e found. Had they, then, invented :his gruesome tale? Suddenly in the last compartment f>y the light of my smoky candle F teemed to see in the partition wall of towards in >.so If and it opened. rvh-asinp :ui odor of mushrooms and P mould and a swarm of mosquitoes. A Scene of Horror. The IKilo and smoky candle revealid a horrible sipht. lb-fore me lay ^ tin bodies 01 soldiers in every imapiS| nable pose in which death had over11! taken them with such suddenness. They had lain there since Aupust. 1917, some leaninp against each oth- t er. some on the luick. some on the face, some seated, others leaninp on 111 their puns, many lyinp side by side scented asleep, it would seem as it'the ; humidity and lack of lipht and air had preserved the l>odies?the tlesh was still on the hands except in certain places, where it had fallen oif , and the bones were exposed. The heads were still covered with hair under the helmets, while the eyes, wide open, were like prvat empty block holes, which seemed to shrink with terror from the lipht. Sll The spectacle was internal and one , t h hud to summon all the loix-e ot his soul to preserve his equanimity and J)1 see what hi- wished to see. How had they died? What must ho done to prevent our own nun t mm a similar ..... . . rn late." these thoughts were strong enough to eououcr the Itorrilde reth pulsion 1 experienced against lontin- [( uing the exploration. "The corpse of an enemy always ^ smells good," says an old proverh of . . . Tt the savages. hut at the same time I ( < realized that a soldiej' who has died tor his country is always worthy ot res|H'ct. oven when it is the cast- of a country like Hermany. which has as treated us with the most ahoininahh cruiJty. I wished to (kiss among the dead with reverence and to accom- u| plish this I prayed to the pod 01 lint- th ties that he would accord to these eli warriors the pardon of their faults tti towards us. and that their souls m in repose might show their com pa- ul triots, still living, the folly of the war and of their own misdeeds. re Trying Moments. ly A muddy and Idackish water stood ar over the surface of the soil in the a middle of which one found groups ot Tl corpses forming little islands. You ev can imagine the pain and horror with th which I passed from one of these lit- ju tie islands to another assisting my- tic self with ends of old rails and mouldy at planks. To cross hero it was noces- ?r sary to step across a head, or an arm. if: or a cross formed by a leg and an ti< arm?at one jmint I thought I had th arrived at solid ground formed of at sacks of earth. It proved to be backs th or loins. Perspiration {toured down sl< my face, my hands were covered with at the mould and tilth of the walls, my di clothes had touched everywhere the la horrors which surrounded nte. In at spite of all my precaution my feet had gi sunk in the mud and water when at lor nino montns uic uccunipusimm ui i .n thtw coriwes hod boon In progress. I i>i Victims of Their Own Device. I m At Inst I arrived nttjir cod jtrf ftfc funnel. only to_ littckftaeiii-de-sac. It had boon coniplotely cloned by the pi explosion of one of our largest pro- In jcctiles. This projectile had turn-trot- tl id the earth to a great depth, burst s.-i the tunnel and spread on all sides a in mass of oxide of carbon, which had gl as|ihyxiati'd in the most terrific man- fr ner all those who had token shelter if in the tunnel. Those who had been if at the end through which I had st mode my entrance were entirely cut w off from the outer air by the little fi< door, carefully closed, of which 1 ej have s|>oken. and must have been in- " stoutly killed. This door had lieen s' used as a protection from the gas " which they anticipated. What they W had looked upon as a safety device a proved the cause of instant death. They were victims of an invention ii' which they and their kaiser had so if much admired. u; Seeking an Exit. I had been told that the tunn< ! 11 contained surgical operating rooms " and that I would tlnd a surgeon in S1 the act of taking off a leg. etc. I examined thoroughly every outlet and passage without success. You ma> " imagine .with what relief I left this " chamber of horrors and found my- w self once more In the fresh air. The ' light of thr morning was becoming 01 strong and there was considerable sl danger of being discovered by the n enemy. 1 was not willing to leave, however, without extending m\ re- h search as far as possible. I had '' heard that there was another en- " trance at the side of the lirst one by which one could discover the In- *' flrmnry. I felt that I must find it. il A |>oilu in chaTge of a metraelleuse s was stationed at a little distance; " with his aid I discovered the entrance " which I wished, hut this time it was w absolutely the unknown. The en- k trance was nothing but a manhole ' without stops, about < ight or ten mo- - tors in depth and filled with water. 1 1 saw how one might descend?sim- 's ply let oneself fall in, but the .que*. a tion was how to get out. The chimney 11 sweep to go up the chimney helps ? himself with feet and the hand's on " the sides. which is perfectly solid. t( but if I had attempted to mount by ' this method the earth would have " crumbled and 1 should have been J' precipitated into the infirmary. I should have to invent some special means to accomplish this descent. It was too late then to seek for them. [The light was becoming more and ^ more bright. Already the balls were beginning to whistle and ricochet among the broken stones. I must postpone this operation and If I succeed I will tell you what I have seen, at least for the present. I shall hope to be able to send you some more Interesting and less lug- c ubrious news. 8 . . G Those Gallant Canucks.?A young ti woman who lives at the Hotel Holley h in Washington ftjuare sent a cnccx iu r a tax eommissionory at Calgary. In d Western Canada, tn payment of tax- o es due on some land she and her hus- c band, who is a maj r in the army of t the United States, own. With the a check she sent a note of apology for ft being tardy in her remittance which d she explained was caused by delay in a hearing from her husband, who is in h service in France. C Back came her check with a stm- ^ pie note saying that a man fighting in b France in the cause of freedom was i< paying all his taxes so far ae Canada a was concerned. . d f 2X&L . . resident Begs Public to Obey the Laws. President Wilson last Friday in a rsonnl statement addressed to his How countrymen, denounced inol> afrit and mob action, called upon the ition to show the world that while tights for democracy on foreign Ids it is not destroying democracy . home. The president referred not alone to ob action against the suspect eney aliens or enemy sympathizers; he nonnced most emphatically mob actio of all sorts, especially lynching*, id w lule he did not refer sfieolrtoally lynching* of negroes in the south, is known that he included them in s characterization of mob spirit as i blow at the heart of ordered law id human justice." I: is known that the lynching of groes. as well as attacks upon those is|M-cted of being enemies or syinjsiizeis. have been used by German opaganda throughout Central and mil) America as well as Ktirope to intend that the pretensions of the nlted States as a champion of demuricy are a sham. lVcply concerned by the situation, e pl'csiih nt decided to address his II..U . ..I.Ill I V ill. ti rin.l III ilccluti. that vory mob contributes to lb imut lies out tlto I'nitcd Slates wli.it hit ust ;:ift<il I In is en n not improve ilium wtiy ot calumny." The President's Statement Tho president's statement in full Is follows: ly Follow Countrymen: "I take the liberty of addressing vol I on a subject which so vitally affects e honor of the nation and the vory laracter ami integrity of our institions and I trust you will think ine stifled in- spoakini: very phi inly out it. "I allude to the mob spirit which has cent I \ here and there very frci|irentshown its head atnonitst us. not in iv single region, but in many and id. ly separated parts ot the country, la-re ha\? been many lynching*. and try one of them has been :i blow at ie heart ot ordered law and humane stice. No man who loves America. ? man who really caivs for her fame id honor and character, or who is uly loyal lo her institutions can justs mob action while the courts,of jusre ar?- open and the government of c states and tin- nation are ready id able to do their duty. We aiv at js very moment lighting lawless pasr?n. fiermany has outlawed herself none the nations because she has srvgnrded the sacred obligation of w and has made lynchers of her tnlcs. Lynchers emulate her dlsiieeful example. I. for my part, am ixious to see every community in uteiiea rise above that level, with ide and a fixed resolution which no an or set of men can afford to do ?? ? -- * "\\V proudly claim to be tin- chamon? of democracy. If wo ronlly arc i tired and in truth, let us see to it tat we iio not disc red it out Awn. I iv plainly that every American who ikes part in the notion of a moh or Ives it any sort of countenance is no ue son of this great democracy, lint s betrayer und does more to discredher I?v that single disloyalty to her andards ol law and ot right than the ords of her statesmen or the saerices of her heroic hoys in the trenchi can <lo to make suffering peoples I'lievo her to he their savior. How mil we commend democracy to the Pci'ptance of other fienples, If we dlsrnce our own hy proving that it is. rter all, no protection to the weak? Very moh contiihutes to Herman is ahoiit the I'niteil States what ? i-r most gifted liars cannot Improve ism hy the way of calumny. They in at least say that such things canr?t happen In Cermany except in mes of revolution when law Is ivept away. "I therefore very earnestly and ilemnly Is'c that the governors of all le states, tin- law otllcers of every .immunity, and ahove all, the men ami rotnen ot every community In the nlted States, all who revere Amerli anil wish to keep her name without lain ami reprouch. will co-operate, ot passively merely, hut actively and ratchfully. to make an end of this dlsraccful evil. It cannot live where !?e community does not countenance "I have cnlled upon the nation to tit Its great energy into this war and has responded?lesjiondcd with a pirit ami a genius for action that lias irllled the world. I now call upon , upon its men and women every'hcrc, to see to it that Its laws are ept inviolate. Its fame untarnished, id us show our utter contempt for lie things that have made this war ideous among the wars of history by (lowing how those who love liberty nd right and justice and are witting a lay down their lives for them upn foreign fields, stand ready also to lust rate to all mankind their loyalty 0 the things at home which they ish to see established everywhere as blessing and protection to the pco 1 ?1 U. I....... nHl-i. MM ?ll<? IUIVI- nr.., .... ccs of liberty and self-government. "I can never accept any man as the tampion of llltorty either for ourerves or for the world who does not pvcrencc and obey the laws of our wn beloved |nnd, whose laws we ourelves have made. He has adopted he standards of the enemies of his ountry, whom he affects to despise. "Woodrow Wilson." ? Mrs. Edward B. Sines, wife of a aptain of the 306th Sanitary train. 1st division, has been arrested in ireenvillc, charged with violation of he espionage act. She is accused of laving said that the Germans had a ight to sink the Lusitania and she oes not want to see the Germans run ver. She denies, it is alleged, that the lerinans are Huns and says that the luns are an extinct race. Also It is llegetf that she has denounced the Jm depicted as representing Ambassaor Gerard's four years in Germany, s a fake gotten up to make prejudice If? QU? I. A SfllllfA Af tot-many, only three or four year* In imerica. She has been released on a ond of $1,000, and the understanding t that she will probably be tried at the pproachtng term of the United States (strict court in Rock Hill. * v-:' '' ' :-k Jtm ' > ?