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. ... r v $ V ' > v ? \ ^ ^ >* ? ft '<T0LC3KE UT, NUXBEB5) XEWBEBBTf*S. C? FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, I917. TWICE A WEEK, |UI A TIAJt K.' S ? t j : ADMIRAL Dl f. SUBMARi * * # I Gkaves' Report on Crossir Made Public by Daniels, C ment of Effort by Gem Ships on Wo Washington, Aug. 1.?Details of the attacks by German submarines upon tie first expedition of American troops *^fekt to France became known for th9 i ifcrst' time today when the report of j Rfcar Admiral Gleaves, commanding i V i I thlfc.ciiftVQi oonvov. was made public F i^Hsecretary Daniels. J X Tire first attack was made on Ad^fral ^Gleaves' flagship leading thej MLrst group of the expeditionary force [^Knid-at least two submarines were in-1 <icated to be engaged. The admiral j Bp Stated the belief that the u-boats had J r fcno-qfiedge of the coming of the troop ships and were on the watch for them. The second grojjp of transports alos was attacked by *wo submarnes, one of which apparently was sent to the I bottom by a bomb dropped irom au American destroyer. There is disagreement among the officers of the third group as to whether they were attacked, but much evidence is presented to'indicate that they also were .assailed. H Secreary Daniels made the report! ^ public, with certain military iimnirra-j Ah tion deleted, after he hod sent an tin-1 censored copy in confidence to the senate naval committee, members of | which recently-inquired as to the t truth of charges in the senate that I the offilcial account of the attack ?Tnif 3 was ereatly ex m POOiiSUCU V/u VWL-J v waggeratea. When the committee's inquiry first was made, the full report > i from Admiral Gleaves had not *>een submitted to the department, >\!>ut the'secretary replied that he was] T-flling to show the members the briefer dispatch from whiifih the first announcement- was made,Writes Exact Words, iV. KVA/ll f ovt I Jk "I am sending you Lilt? i I of the report of Rear Admiral Gleaves giving in detail the account of the ?-submarine attacks for the use of the ? naval committee. I am also sending ryou a copy for the press exactly in the words of the official report, the ?.orcLc Kpine' that the names fumjr V'uau^vM of the ships are reported by letter and and not by the real name of the ship, -with the omission also of certain milik tary information that can not be pub& iished under the naval regulation. & Howevefr, the omissions are noted. ^ Everything with reference to the at* ? in I W tacks o? the suomarines is exr^u. the exact ^words of the official report.** j The report was prepared by Ad-j jl miral Gleaves while at a French portj B^and was submitted to Admiral Mavo,j Hi in command of the Atlantic fleet, who j MjfcDr warded it to the naval department. BpBs text made public follows: H i About 10:15 p. m., June 22, the BfeBrst group of the expeditionary force, which the flagship was the leader., f; encountered the enemy's submarines K* in latitude N., longitude W. tf "2. At the time it was extremely j i ?iarTr thp sea unusually phosphores-j ft; a fresh breeze was 'blowing from Aeast which broke the sea into te caps. The condition was ideal a submarine attack. . Paragraph 3 gives the fonnaand names of the vessels together the speed they were making and! tod of proceeding, nothing else BBKis therefore omitted for obirious S Ksons. jBBT Saw Torpedo's Track. W "4. Shortly before the attack the ST iheim of the flagship had jammed and ^ the ship took a rank sheer to starboard; the whistle was "blown to indicate this sheer. In a few minutes j the ship was brought back to the] - course. At this time the officer of the fdeck and others on the bridge saw a vhite streak ibout 50 yeards ahead of j the ship, crossing from starboard to: port., ?t rirhi angles to our course, j The sliip was immediately run off 90 j degrees to starboard at full speed. I \ was aslep in the chart house at the j Itime. I heard the offier of ths sdeckj gay, "Report to the Admiral a torpedo; crossed o:;^ bow.' General) SCRIBES INE ATTACK 4 ig of Pershing Expedition, onfirmatory of Announceians to Torpedo Troop ly to France. alarm was sounded, torpedo crews be ing already at their guns. When I reached the bridge the A and one of the transports astern had opened fire, the former's shell fitted with tracers. Other vessels of the convoy turned to the right and left, in accordance with instructions. B crossed our bow at full speed and turned towards the left column in the direction of the firing. "5. At first it was thought on board the flagship that the wake was that of a torpedo, but from subsequent reports from other ships and in the opinion of Lieutenant X, who was on the bridge, it was probably the wake] of the submarine boat itself. The tor-1 narlnai! naotuH tfl ftfi A fmm ! 1 p^UV/VO ^uuuvvt VAVW vw ? _ i port to starbord, one about 30 yards ahead of the ship aild the other under her stern as the ship was turning to [ the northward. Captain Y reports the incident thus: " 'Steaming in formation in zigzag courses, with base course 75 degrees P. S. C, standard speed, 10:25 sighted wake of a torpedo tfirectly across our bow about 30 yards ahead o* the ship. Changed course 50 degrees to left and went to torpedo defense stations. Fired two 1-pounder I shots and one 5-pounder shot from port 'battery in alarm addition to six blasts from siren. Passed two wakes; ose being believed to have beenu from the passing submarine. A second torpedo wake was reported at about 10:35 from after lookduts. After steaming in various courses at full speed, resumed course. At 12 set course 56 degrees P. S. 0. White Streak Again. "5. The torpedo fired as the D pass ? - 1 J, A A ed from starDoara to porx, auout. *v yards ahead of the ship, leaving a dis. tinct wake which was visible Tor about four or five hundred ; yards. Colonel Z. IU. S. A., was on the starboard wing of the bridge of the D at the time and states: 'I first saw a white streak in the water just off the starboard bow which moved rapidly across the bow very close aboard. When I first saw it. it looked like one very wide wake and on a similar line with it there appeared two distinct and separate wakes with a streak of blue water between. In my opinion they were the wr.kes of two torpedoes.' "7. The submarine which was sighted by the flagship was seen by B, and passed under that ship. The B went to quarters. When the alarm was sounded in the B. Lieutenant W, was roused out of his sleep, and went to his station and found unmistakable evidence of the presence of a subma^rine. He had been there onl ya few second? '"hen the radio operator reporte" .Submarine very close to us.' As L '"bmarine passed the B an<i the flagship's bow, and disappeared close aboard on our port bow, between the columns, and when the latter resumed her station she reported that there were strong indications of the presence of two submarines astern which were growing fainter. The B was then sent to guard the rear of the r.nnvov. "8. When I was in Paris, I was shown by the United States naval attache, a confidential official bulletin of information issued by the general staff, dated July 6, which contained1 the following: " 'Punta del Gada, Azores, was bombardedat 9 a. m. July 4. This is undoubtedly the submarine which attacked the E on Juna. 25", 400 miles north of the Azores, and sank the F and G on the 29th of June, 100 miles from Terceria (Azores.) This submarine was ordered to watch in (the vicinity of the Azores, at such ristance as it was supposed the enemy American convoy was to pass the Azores.' y-r /*f >pi>ro&eh. "9. It appears from the French report just quoted above and from the i \ A > NT A I, PICMC FAB3IERS IS ION PINEY WOODS Piney Woods Farmers' irrfion will hold their annual picnic at the old picnic grounds near Piney Wood's church, Aug. 10, 1917. The public is cordially invited to attend. To Be Buried Here Today. Mrs. Janie C. Williamson, widow of the late Rev. J. L. Williamson, formerly pastor of Aveleigh Presbyterian church o fthis city, will be buried at Rosemont cemetery this afternoon, after the arrival of the 3:38 train. She died in Chester Thursday morning. West End Defeats Town. In a fast and exciting game of base-! ball on the college diamond Wednes-j day afternoon the fast West End team defeated the town team by a score of J 3 to 1. Scurry for town struck out 13 men and allowed 2 hits, while Ale-; wine for West End caused 7 to miss the third strike and allowed 3 hits. Score by innings: iW'est End 000 000 201?3 2 3 AAA AAA AA1 *1 O O Town uuu vvir vi>x?i o <j . Batteries: Town?P. Scurry and 1?. I Scurry. West End?Alewine and Bouknight. * To More to Clinton. Clinton Gazette. Dr. F. K. Shealy o? Newberry has j decided* to locate in this city and wi.lj very soon begin the practice of his: profession here. Dr. Shealy's moving, here does not increase the number >? doctors in Clinton, as Dr. Theodor^ Peak recently left to enter the gov-; ernment service in Panama. j A Father's Foresight. Someone noticed" tbat Pat used both hands equally well. "When I was a boy," he explained, "me father always said to me: 'Pat learn to cut your finger nails wid yer left hand, for S'jme day ye might lose yer right hand."?Judge. i. Double Price. An old barber, living in a North forrrm -r as* a n+1 rr ma/lp. VUUUU7 iiiai lun u, 1 owuvt; a clever reply to a farmer who went ; to his shop to get shaved. It was market day, and several people were awaiting their turn, when the agriculturist, who was wealthy, but inclined to be mean, entered-and addressed the barber os follows: "I say Billie, farming pays very hadly*nowadays; thou ought to shave n<? fnr half nrice." i "Nay. nay," said Billy, who knew his business well. "I ought to hev double price now, for farmers' ^faces are twice as 'long as they used to be.T, ?Pearson's. I I location of the attack that enemy sub- J marines had been notified of our ap-j proaches and were probably scouting! across our route. It is possible that they may have trailed up in the day on June 22 as our speed was well within; their limits of surface speed, and they j could have- easily trailed our smoke j under the weather conditions without being seen; their failure to score hits was probably due to their attack being precipitated >by the fortuitous circumstances of the flagship's helm jamming, and the sounding of her whistle, leading .the enemy to suspose he had been discovered. "10. The H, leading the second group, encountered two submarines, the first about 11:50 a. m., 26 June,! -imr :? untmlo M Inneif.mlA? ? 19X1, ILL laukuuu ?iti .v-0->- ? W., about a hundred miles off the coast of France, and the second two hours later. The I investigated the wake of the first without further discovery. The J sighted the bow wave of the second at a distance of 1,500 j yards and headed for it at a apeed of j 25 knots. The gun pointers at the! forward gnn saw the periscope eever-j al times for several seconds bat it disappeared each time before they could get on, due to the zigzagging of the ship. The J passed, about 25 yards ahead of a mass of bubbles which were coming up from the wake and J let go a depth charge just ahead. Sev- j eral \ pieces of timber, quantities of j oil, bubbles and debris came to tie surface. Nothing more was seen of the submarine. The attack on the second group occurred about 80&4niles i to the eastward of where the attacks ' had been made 00 the first group. COUNCIL OF DEFENSE | NUMBER -2 TOWNSHIP j In compliance with a call from Dr W. G. Brown, chairman, a. number .>? the residents of No. 2 Township met at the Mt. Bethel school house to form a Council of Defense for that town ship. After the object of the meeting had been explained by the chairman, the council was organized by the election of Mr. L. I. Feagle, vicechairman, and Thos. W. Keitt, secretary-treasurer. Every man present his name on the roll and several who could not attend, asked that their names be put down. The following roll contains the names: Dr. W. C Brown, chairman, L. I. Fea^le, vicechairman. Thos. W. Keitt.,' sec.-trea3., C S. Sufcer, W. B. Cromer, J. L. C Davenport, Grover Davenport, Jack Davenport, W. P. Lominick, Clearence t .-kminivk p. r. Mitchell. S. W. Brown. 0. K. Brown, J. A. Brown, Jr.. C. K. Mewine. 0. L. Alewine, S. ..T D. Price, i W. A. Cromer, S.. J. Cromer, B. C Price, H. E. Wilson. J. W. Oxner, C I Brooks, J. P. Gruber, E. M. Buzhardt. T. W. Folk, 0. H. Lane. Chairman W. C. Brown has called a meeting at Keitt's Grove on August 9th. There will be speakers present It is hoped that every man in No. 2 ^ill out his name on the roll of th-3 i council. THOS. IW. KEITT, Sec. July 30, 1917. i? flayer-Warner. j Greenwood, July 28.?A marriage of , much interest locally was; that of Mi3s , Louise Mayer and Mr. E' 'er Warner | Tuesday morning at 7 o'c^rtV the * home of tne Brians par< 'IIts, unit auu | Mrs. J. Ii. Mayer, ;it New Market. This young couple had expected to be married in 'the early fall,, but decided Sunday that it was no use waiting longer and brought the happy event to a close Tuesday, aurprising their ' friends. Miss Carrie Hagan, who was a schoolmate of the bride at Lander | College, played Medelssohen's Wed- j ? *- ?J ?fho com ding iViarcn, <tnu ciuuvai;.wu ing of the bride and groom. They , marched down the broai stairway to a lovely white aich beautifully twined with ivy and banked with potted J plants, where Dr. J. D. Kinard had l preceded them and was waiting to , bind their young hearts for life. Mrs Warner was gowned in a handsome! , traveling suit with hat, shoes and 1 other accessories to match. Immedij ately after the ceremony the bride's j parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mayer , j'-orved a sumputous wedding break! fast, after whict. the- happy young couple left for an extended motor trip. On their return they will be at home with the bride's parents at New Market. In the fall they will build on Mr. Warner's fara'near the city. IMPORT AN MEETING DRAYTON RUTBERFOED CHAPTER The Drayton Rutherford Chapter, IT. D. C., is called to meet Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the library to discuss matters of immediate j importance. MRS. FRANK HUNTER, Secretary. IMPORTANT MEETING ^ALTIN CROZIIiR CHAiPTEB There will be a very important meeting of the Calvin Crozier Chapter Saturady afternoon at 6 o'clock at the library. All members who are interested in forming a Red Cros3 auxiliary are requested to be present. PAULINE GILDER, There will be regular services at ? - i the Lutheifen chr.rch of the Redeemer Sunday. The Young People's Mission Band of the Lutheran church vrill meet Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr and Mrs. S. J. Kilgore spent the week-end in Newberry with Mr. R. L Tarrant and family.?Clinton Chronicle. The Woman's Aid Society of the First Baptist church will meet at the home of Miss Fannie Ramage Monday afternoon, August 6, at 5:30 o'clock. Coming from Latta Thursday Mr. W. H. Parkman is :n the city on pleasant and important business. He and Mies Kitty Mayes will be married this ' morning, at.the .tiome. of. the prospective bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs| J. Thomas Mayen, by the Rev. Sdw. Fulenwider. LEVER CARl FOR THl f Seventh District Representat Fight Against Putting Wai % Section in Food Control posed by Wilson as By P. H. McGowan. j Washintgon, Aug. 1.?Representative j Lever, chairman of the house con-J ferees on the food control bill, emerg-. ed from that committee this afternoon worn and haggard in appearance but with a smile on his face. He had x i- _ x & i. xi_ i ^ ? won tne great ngui oi ims session a.s i between the senate and house. Sit-1 ting almost day and night for a weeki he had cautionusly and shewdly sized i up the se:iate situation, and yesterday j with the whip hand, read the ultimatum to the senate. It seemed as he was playing a dangerous game, but his daring was vindicated today when the conferees met again and on aj poll of the senate conferees the vote stood four to three to recede from the senate position?Senators Smith of Georgia, Chamberlain of Oregon (Democrats) and Senator Warren of Wyoming (Republican) coming over and asxeeinsr that the senate provi sion for the war committee, which the | president had denounced so vigorous-. 'v i ly, should go out. All other provisions had teen agreed upon. This was the climax and end of one of the most spectacular., fights in the history of co lgress. Photographers ! stood outside to 2atch the pitcures )? i EDITOR TELLS THE TBUTH. A west Texas editor got tired of \ being called a "liar" because of an occasional disarrangements of the I facts in publishing a commonplace news item. In his wrath, he anannounced in boldface black type as follows: - -.i- ? 0, "Ai lot of people in this town fall out with the editor and brand him as a liar when the ordinary human mistakes of life show up in a newspaper. You have a little charity and | fellow feeling for every man m town tmt your editor. You claim that you ' want the facts, and d?d if I don't I give 'em to you. Read the next issue ! of this sheet and you'll see some facts I with the bark off. I'll admit that I I have been a liar, and editorial liar, ev-; er since I have been editing this sheet, j but I have never printed a lie in these columns except to save somebody's feelings from being hurt. I'm not afraid of any of you and I'll be dad blamed i ? it. < if I don't print tne plain truiu aom now on, or until you get out of the' habit of calling me a liar every time; I make some little unavoidable typographical error. Watch my smoke. Here are .some paragraphs culled from the next issue: John Bennin, the laziest merchant in town made a trip to Belleville yesterday. John Coyle, our grocerymau, voted with the Republicans in 189$, i and consumes more mail-order whiskey than any other xiember of the Baptist church in this country, is doi? ? ^rvi. vrocinAdfl It is a wonder a he has any "business at all. Rev. Sty preached last Sunday night at the Christian church. His Sermon was punk and uninteresting, except some stuff he quoted from Bob Ingersoll, for which he failed to give Bob any credit. He also recited a few passages from one of William Elbert j Munsey's sermons and had the gall j to palm it off as his own. Dave Chartier died at his home two i n? thijs nlace. last Thurs- | i-UiICa LIU/, bu - ^ c day night. Dock Holderness, who is: an old friend of the family, attended ' him a few minutes before he expired. ( He gave it out that Dave died fronj heart failure. That is a lie. Dave j died from drinking too much of a very poor grade of mail order licker. This paper prints the truth. % Tr,m SprMin married Miss Cordie Meador lasi trades' day at the county j eeat. It ain't generally knawn,. foot ;, the marriage was brought ahout mainlyhy a Remington shotgun manipulated by the bride's father; Tom conj UES DAY PRESIDFNT \ ive Finally Prevails in His r Expenditures Committee Bill?Item Bitterly Q RefLection cn Hirr. * the men who are making hietory. It was a Democratic victory uader the 'leade: .shin of the Se venth district represent itive. He is receiving the harty ccn *ratt:iations both of the senators ar i representatives wherever he goes toi: Of pecu'iar interest to ~outh Carolina is the nitrate amend:.: ent. It wa3 largely duo to the quiet influence of Mr. Lever upon the Republican members of the conferenec committee ?f the hous that caused the 1 to agree to join in Lhe report favori.. ; this proposal. As indie ted in this correspondence previously the situation shows that the credit tor putting th ough the nitrogen purchase feat re of the food bill sho'*IJ be divided between Senator -Sir"tli, Senator Tillman or i Congressmen Byrnes and Lever and to other members of the house who may be called upon for assistance befors the matter is finally settled. It was the fmith resolution, the Tillmaa amendment, Congressman Byres' suggestion to Senator Tillman that the amendment be passed and Mr. Lever's work with the conferees that tell t&e ; tale of victory to the present ti:a?. cludin' that rnaryin' was the healthiest thing he could do until other arrangements could be made. | Roger Lloyd, cashier of the State j bank at Willow Grove, died Wednesj day evening and was buried Friday i bv the Odd Fellows in Pleasant Mound | cemetery. He lias been taking this I paper seven years and so far iiasn't being a banker, would pay some. We will sell the account for two bits' worth of fresh greens. , . Married: Miss Susie Scruggs and paid us a cent; we thinking that he, i Horace Guffin, last Saturday at the j Methodist parsonage, Rev. James C. | Williams of&ciating. The bride is a j very ordinary town girl, who flirts with, all the treaveling men she meets and never' helped her monther three I | days all put together in her whole life. She is anything but a beauty, resembling a gravel pit in the lace and walks like a lamfc duck. The groom never did a lick of work until his --.-jj.. ?? v; ^fF frrim home last StefKiauu/ ruu Limn vu. ?. ? fall. He went to the county seat, and just before starving to death, accepted a job as chamber maid in a livery stable. As soon as his ma found out where he was, she went and got him and brought him home. He now resides at the home of his wife's father, says he has no definite plans for th? future. Susie will have a nara row to hoe.?Dallas Pitchfodk. Has an Edncated Hof?. Mr. Tabor Hill, who went down yesterday to see Mr. Motte Payne's splendid crops, not only brought back to the city a glowing description of -luxuriant corn and cotton, but a narrative of the human - intelligence stunt of one of Mr. Payne's fine hogs. A drove of some 10 or 15 were feasting in Mr. Payne's peach orchard an* one of the number got under a treo literally loaded down with peacfees an-d shook the limbs just like folks. Mr. Hill says the hog would grab a 3 limb and give it a jens. IUCH. undeniable self-education. Reassnred Him. He?You don't really care for rae? you are merely flirting with me to make Jack jealous. She?Nonsense! I'd have picked out a better looking man if I'd wanted to do that.?Boston Transcript JTever Used. ;o /^rtjuniv a fine-looking fel nc id w. -? ^ low," said Smith to Jones, looking at Brown, "A fine head.* 1 "Yes,'' answered Jones, "He oupht to have a fine head. It's "brand new; h iias never used it."?I*i'e. i