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ITALIANS ACCEPT CERTAIN fb J>EATH TO STOP HATED HITS f, i r FIRST LINE PROTECTING MAIN c BODY I i JFncragement Ontrivais in Yieionsuess Greatest Battles on Western Front. . I i c "Washington,, Oct. 29.?The Austro- : ^ -German biow against Italy is auio- . caracy's most tremendous and most, crushing effort to win the war in one: -tsollossal strike. This was the asserHon of official cables from Rome toy da.y: The battle is the greatest in the i ' world's grtatest war. In concen- ? i Crated fury of attack it out-rivals the . Dunajec Yerdun and the Somme, they '^ *S?clare. j { The two central powers of th^ | * central alliance have been pre-' r marine- for months for this stroke, j ' Thousands of Italian soldiers are ac-: ^ -repting certain death to stem the , 1 <&ustro_German rush long enough for. Italy's reserve armies to come up'j *nd take over the Tagliamento line The frank admission was made ? iere tonight that there will be no effort to establish a line above the' Tagliamento. This will mean the'c abandonment of Undine and a re. ' ^treat of approximately twenty more', I :niles before the Italian army usder- ' takes to hold a defined line. In order to hold this front, Italy r "is massing all the soldiers she can j ^ TOohiliza The Adratic littoral is be-' , I | 6 ing stripped of men. The coast has| lieen left to the navy. The Italian; and Austrian navies are about equal i, i c an. strength, but in tris crisis Eng-; j 35sh, French and Japanese warships. ^ are co-operating with the Italians, i ( Teuton Machine Roll^ On. | c 'With death-defying valor that has t I v caused the Rome war office promptly j T lo recall its charge of "cowardice," j f ihe Italian armies east of the Isonzo,11 iu jio weighting on Italian soil, are j throwing themselves into the teeth of a 45?&ckensen's monstrous steam-roller. ^ ~ They have succeeded i slowing up v Ibe "Teuton swe p through the pass-j^ ~ irStr* tVio ? i--? i-? -A. I -v.*, .ui.v tii? * cucLiau plains. J3UI j j 3~hough its "T)reak through" moment- i 0 OTU.m seems spent, and its sp?ed has 1 v Blackened, the Tueton machine rolls, ^ on relentlessly. Its center has reach-;f ?d the .gates of Udine where up to a fe iew days ago Carolina had his chief ( 0 "headquarters.. |v JSrery dispatch from Rome, official 0 and unofficial. concedes that the Italians are now fighting a delaying ba'--j -tie, that must keep on retiring uni.il j n TUiey reach the line of the Taglia-jt< " Uto' river, 20 miles from Undine, a One Armv Wiped Out. I s On tljat line Italy, v.-ith every avail, s tl I "man and gun and every ounce of li e nergy, will make her supreme stand. I V /.-A second battle of the Marne is look-j tl * for. Upon its outcome rests the ,a ' Ti~1~ T_ * ' aoll v^. iui>. iu many quarters, me; u belief prevails that it will decid? th?! tl *ar. Partly driven, partly threatened in 1 " - Shre fla^k and rear the entire 120 B mile-Ions; Italian battle line from the cJ <5ulf of Trieste up the Carrie's< -Xtps is tleeing westward to reach the; ai Tagliamento. One army, the second, i ti "^iilch held th?' lines between Tol-jN "mino a&d Pitch, where the "break J ai ?hroiigh" came, is virtually wined out.j'te Two LJpfcs Threatened I a: But two ether armies in this re- 1 * treating line are in e *reme peril, "namely the Carso army and that in I F< the iCarnic Alps. Poth are menaced ! "^ith beir^ completely cut off from' vary avenue of escapa. Carduna's i -- yv.rr:> ..:~:y lias only a loophole ten! miles wide left to slip tlyough to! ~ 'l?>m the Gorizia army n the fight to j Tasliamento, The army 011 the! _ Xi&lion extreme left is threatened' * being bottled up in the Carnic *AlgB. i | ^*n the two Teutonic empires unf-ssaaded jubilation reigns. Full holidays have been declared to celebrate ".the victory and every city, town and ^samlet is beflag^ed. Err>r>eror William is reported *-^speeding from Berlin toward the Venetian front to join his ally, Em-j rno.iao a.-'hr, ic in nominal i ijKiUi V>iiai 1^0, " ... , ^rmiTrund of the Teutonic offensive. There the two kaisers plan to view 1?he supreme clash between their arTsUes and that of their erstwhile ~ ?Hy. i ^ - 1 "**"? Worn rcPoiind 'v"l/D6 Ariiij may non b^uj-vu. , Most oraimous amono; the day's ofc Scial claims is that from Berlin to , ?& effect that the city of Cormons. 7 miles west of Georgia, has been captured. Only 5 miles to the south-' iSLSt of the point lies Gradisa. BeTR-en Gradisca and the Gulf of Trieste, the Italian Carso army must "TKalce its escape. There is a possibility that it got away before the Tu^tons coulct Mr its escape. Last vsiricial word from Rome regarding The Carso army was that it was bravely "holding its own. That was two iays ago. The Teuton advance has i i-en so swift that grave fears are I :It here for the safety of the great talian army which in recent months cvered itself with so much glory by ' ts victories on the Carso, Not alone Italy, but all the nations r Hied with her!, heaved a deep sigh , c C* ~ 1' " ^ -r* -1 > ^ -n + Vi <-y r>i D X17 f* ,*> >i I i I.C1 ? 11CU Hit oday recited what is believed to have t teen a statement born of the be- [ rilderment caused by the crushing' e nitial Tueton blow. = ? - - i > o I tali"p towartuee. i ^ The entre allied world had bee?? j 4unged into anxiety and grief by t resterday's official Italian bulletin g vhich sad that some Italic?, units j ^ 'in cowardice retired without fight- , i 1 ng or surrendered to the enemy." j ? V. repetition of the Russian debacle rom within the ranks of the arrpy j vas at once conjured up to all minds. > i 1 roday these .>minous words wers , ;liminated frcm th? same bulletii1 < vhich was re ss'ied in that revised: , i - tarm. I ^ Later in the day this official an- [ ^ louncement from Rome, whicr. cheer-'j ;d England >:nd France immeasur-j f ibly: i . ; "All movements ordered by the ( general staff are being carried out1 iiiite regularly and the troops which !. i i ire opposing the enemy are fulfilling { .heir duty by keeping in check his idvance into the plains." This was an exploit, specific state, nent that there is no disorder, no i { Tin mr.tinv in the iltalian i , usuucuk uvb, ? irmy. . i ( Tolcano o* TT9t Metal That entire u. it. of the second! irmy did surrender is not doubted.! But not treason or cowardice are to! i )e blamed for this, every military! ;ritic here believes. The units in , luestic-n were composed of men be-1 * ween 40 and 45 reserves who were ' lever expected to do any serious1* ~ ^ * tha n il n <5 rout ngnimg. :viuicuyci, hey had at their disposal were use-! jss because there was little or no ' immuntion. Thus, when the great i Tuetonic hammer began to pound its vay through the passes held by these inits, they were swept aside like so \ " much chaff. There was no question >[ resistance, nor even of fight. They ( * s-ere swallowed up in a volcano of j iot mttal and then, if not blown to ^ ragments by that time, were garner- J * 1? *"1? "''"^^ i?TiAnc that. I <1 ID uy tue in v aum5 utnumbered them here as every-1 rhere on the front, at least four to ne. Assistance From Allies Meanwhile frantic efforts are be'n^ ! lade in France and England to come1 d the succor of the hard-pressed i r lly. Official assurances have been ' a ent to Rome 'by both governments j * hat Italy will not be left in the' r i :rch. General Smuts, speaking in /ales, expressed the sentiments of * le Eritisli people when he told hL> j udience the Tonions woald finti b i.mseives bitterly disappointed if! ley were striking a decisive blow,! ^ ; ti He asserted every possioie meas taken to aid Itily. The! ritish press is united iic ardent; ^ iamor for such measures, though p )me organs are skeptical as to howjic ssistance can reach the Itaiiians in i me to st;m the Teuton tidal wave, j owhere is the gravity of the situ- j 1 tion unier estimated. In every qu?3rj? >r the Ital'an front" is characterized : e ! o 5 the Teutons front" wh?r- !h-? ai-> f-s must r.d or fa-1. OR SALE?> Ciiee dark bay brood E irrre; weight, 1,000 pounds, full of j $ IV' ; soml. senile and works well. Also a nice let of corn jn shuct. See ' _ J. H. Ri?er. Pounda~y street, New-: J] brrry. S. C. I ie 30-1 tR. ! 1 ? -y *? MX*:- Xr \ : . . ^n| X" ^ 01 JBERTY BONDS ! WILL 'K UNITED TO *4,003,000,000 j Washington, Oct. 29?Suffici nt 5 aoney will be left over from the sec- g md Liberty Loan to start the sub- 9 criptior.s for a th'rd loan and when j | hat shall become necessary. i This will be a nest g2', variously stimated at from $.300,000,000 to $1,'00,000,000, but the exact amount vill not be known until the Liberty -iOan officials are ready to announc? romplette amount of the subicription on Wednesday or Thurslay of this week. The government vill lit the subscribers ?ake up m A.AA nnn nnn onH than rne~h.a!f of JT,UVU,VUV,UVV * kui... lie over-subscriptions. For instance, f $6,000,000,00 has been applied for )y the people of the country the full imount to be sold will be exactly ?5,000.000,000, the maximum figure set by the loan committ j(~j The government was anxious to obtain its ninimum figure of $3,000,000,000. That laving been assured, all over is considered so much easy margein upon "i-iirti-. h ir? Hip rresent war >? U.VU LW uvjf V4*v* r emergency. _ Not exact figures are obtainable yet, >nt cach hour that brings in its comanuing stream of figures, carries the imount of the subscription just so ' nany more millions aboye tlie maxinum. The officials have stopped es.imating, standing pat on their conident prediction at the- close of the I rampaign that the loan had been I )ver-subscr:bed by half o billion. NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING Notice is hereby given that we, the / mdersigned Jury Commissioners for 1 fewbwry County, South Carolina, will it the office of the Clerk of Court for Cewberrv Countv at nine o'clock A | VI., November 9th, 1917, openly and I publicly draw the names of thirtty-six [36) men, who shall serve as Petit Furors, for the week beginning Xo pmber 26th, 1917, at the Couth of Common Pit as which will corvene at Cewberry Court House, November 9th, 1917, and continue ''or two k eeks. C. C. SOHUMPERT, TT A T T71 A AD TT* J. ?5. ftAL/r auxvu, | JXO. C. 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