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: ADMIRAL Dl
f. SUBMARi
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Seventh District Representat
Fight Against Putting Wai
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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 )?
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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.
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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.
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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
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| 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
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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.
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