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?? " VOLUME LV., SUMBE& 52 NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 15)18. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A- YEAR > WAR SA\ * ***?<-*?? ? ? . REST FOR ITALIANS, L AMERICANS 1N*GAMI W Pershing's Men in BelSeau-Woo & Launch Attack on Huns?Nests of Germans broken Up By Fire. The State. 27th. y While the Italians have been busil engaged in cleaning up the Piave bai 1 , tie front, gathering together th P spoils of war and making stragglin ik %Austrians prisoners,- the America troops stationed in the Belleau Woo K northwest of Chateau-Thierry hav W been devoting their time to showin 9 the Germans again the fighting tin K ber of which they are made. Ft In the demonstrations the Amer | cans gained control of the wood in it f entirety, advanced their position m? ierially northwest of the wood an made prisoner 264 of the enemy, i . addition to inflicting heavy losses. The attack was launched Tuesda L night-with the purpose of driving ou -the few remaining nests of Grerman 13 wood?nests from which enem; js constantly were harassing th icans. It followed a hurricane c ?ry fire, the intensity of whic; ed even those of the German previously had gone through th c drumfire of the British an h. The hammering of the gun tept up for 13 hours before th xy set out to accomplish it and the havoc wrought by th American shells, many of them hig: fV explosives, was evident from th number of enemy dead strewing th m ground. I . The capture of Belleau Wood is o considerable strategic importance owing to the fact that from it th< Germans had been able to rake ih< allied positions on all sides of it. It eastern and northern edges also com mand the railroad behind the Germa] lines running to Chateau-Thierry. ' "" -? Ail me posiuons sun ut:m uv \,u Austrians oil the lower Piave const tuting the C'apo*Sile Bridgehead ^hav now been taken by the Italians, an the entire western bank of the Piav is clear of the enemy. Nearly 40 prisoners were taken in the entei Hr prise, P Aside from this fighting there ha I been little activity in the Souther: Ik section of the Italian theatre. Seem r ingly the chase of the enemy- on th eastern bank of the Piave has endec at least for the time being. In th< mountains heavy bombardments ar in progress on various sectors and ic tensive aerial operations are going O] along the entire front. The Rome wa office reasserts that all the artiller; lost by the Italians to the Austrian in the initial stage of the fighting ha been recaptured. Oil the front in France and Flander the operations continue of a mino character. The British, both in Flan v?ders and Picardy have carried out sue - cessfully attacks against the German and taken prisoners and machin f guns. Likewise the French northwes of Montiddier have raided an enem; position and inflicted losses. !/ m^ie L UUWWI fxuiaiu aw WM... K Winthrop News. The board of trustees of the co] lege at the regular meeting on Jun dp r 4 confirmed. President Johnson's aj pointment -of Doctor James P. Kiuarc professor of psychology, as dean o +>,?1 s-rMcxcro With the exception of a] vvwvjjv. ?? ? v? _ sH^-s-bsence of four years when he di< H[ other educational work in the Stat V Doctor Kinard has been associate* with Winthrop since its beginning. H #1 is^a man especially well fitted for th< important position of dean, and Presi f dent Johnson and Winthrop are to b I congratulated on his appointment. > Mrs. J. Luther Bowers. Sr. Mrs. Keziah F. (Morris) Bowers * wife of J. Luther Bowers, Sr., passe* - " - * * e\ -i r to her regard on hign June iv, ivu She had been since girlhood a menibe of Zicn Methodist church. A good wc man, a faithful wife and mother. Sh was in her fiftieth year?life's hig] noon, but had been an in valid fo three years. She sleeps in Zion cem* tery, awaiting the resurrection, whej husband and eleven children hope t meet her again. * m 1NGS STAI tt- *********** ; KERENSKY IN LONDON. e' Former Provisional Premier Wi d Soon visit unuea states. London, June 26.?Alexander K | renskv, former provisional premier i ! Russia, has arrived in London, on h y | way to America. He has been in Lo t- J don for several days. He has kej e | in retirement, however, and few Ru g | sians have been aware of his arrive n' His health is bad and those who hai d j seen him say he has gone through r e ] markable adventures in escaping fro g j Russia and ill his journey to En l-1 land. | The presence of M. Kerensky i- j London of course is known to tl s British government, as it is imposj i- ble under the present strict passpo d regulations for any alien to enter tl n country without the government knowledge. y Kerensky reached London incognr it four days -ago. Since then he h; s moved about quietly, though busil y conferring with prominent Russia] e in England over the necessity . < ?f entente allied assistance in Russia. h1 " i Kerensky expects to go to Ameri< 5 in a week or ten days, e | . d s VARIOUS AND At.L ABOUT. e ? s The food administration ha? h; e the ice cut out from the soda fountair k and people are taking their soft drinl e "tepid", or not at all. This, wit e other little movements, will get us a customed by 'degrees to the clim; f that is coming. With clerks and ot - ers going to the farms, and no ice e? the stores, there's going to be "a h e time in the old town," in the bad "ol s summer time." La The demand for beef in the army 'growing, and the government is bu e ing most of the supply for storag i The time may come?and will come e: if it is necessary to win the war^ j when we shall be deprived of a e ! meats.?Anderson Mail. Things see ^ to be getting worse every day?ar . the worst is yet to come. People wi j have to get accustomed to doing wit j out many things. Living is going 1 | be a problem this winter. L" ? The grim man of the desert, who r e J cently stirred the whole country to j monstrous ovation as he journeye e from California to New York, is abs 9 lutely without fear, and yet, curious] l* enough, is one of the most sensitiv 1 of men. It is this striking combin; r tion of strength and kindliness thf y has made Big Bill Hart the most b s loved of American actors.^ See mm ] s "The Cold Deck" Friday." g By the time the next Red Cros r drive is put on this community, pu L. lie sentiment here will have reache the point of dealing severely wit s skinflints who will not. give up f< e that great work. Public opinion is ^ powerful force. It cannot be trifle y with when aroused and directed. Ac . it. will be directed.?Greenville Pie; mont. We were very sorry to hear of th recent death of our schollmate, Dr. ( B. Mayer of Newberry. Ke was a ( I- eminent physician and a high-tone^ e honorable gentleman and war] >- hearted friend, and we svmpathiz I, tenderly with the bereaved ones.f Jones cor. Greenwood Index. a ^ Burton Wells calls for owls, hawk e squirrels or coons. See his ad in th ^ paper. He is not going to start e menagerie, but wants the things t e stuff. If whenever you hunters ( I trappers kill or catch anything in th e line that is not too badly torn for stuJ J ing purposes take it to Burton; he wi i do the rest. The Pendleton correspondent of tfc Anderson Mail, under date of June 2 i, says a young man calling hirase & Thompson and claiming to be an hoi I. orably discharged soldier, and able 1 r shov/ a considerable wound throug )- the leg, came into Pendleton that da e driving a heifer which he onerea c h low as $32, a price which awakenr suspicions, and he and the cow we: held. Later a Mr. Elrod came in froi i Keowee section, identified and clair o ed the cow. Thompson is in Walhal1 m. UP CAMPA t * ******** * * * I lj ill | "I Earner is n 1)1 ( * s to every man, ^ :| to pledge thems in i g the 28th of Ju in ;e stantly and to I ? n ^/-vrtn^KI a O ie| dd VI1W lo government; ai as far as oossible t It. j JL 3f j < ship in War Sa ea 1 -WOOD I I f J I i r? ** CS <?> .h | " i War Savi in j> ; ot t> a ! : W ^ - " I June 14 ti is <?> Y" I e. v it| - I m | "Buy , m | ings S to % V * e- $ m" "Sign *! Pledge o- & ? i ? re t a-1 as- "lend ^| the Ca .. I Buy V >? vr || ^ , V b- <*> d t h * <>> )r * :d LQ I m :e I Down in ? played at Si >r house Saturc 9Qf!-5 Kptrinnii ami V MA * A small adra i, I be, charged 1 I of School Im * sociat^on. C a ?"i ail. la. \ j ? IGN JUNE ? * **#*?#* * * >tly Appeal ;voman and child elves on or before ! ne to save coni 3uy as regularly securities of the id to do this as j hrough member.vings Societies" ROW WILSON , ! IIIBIIW IMI ! Htm IIIIIIW1 II ! >! I !! ! m wiwui 5 $ ' I ngs Weeks f > June 28 | <?> * 4 I t All the War Sav- I / w tamps You]Can!" I I ? ww T I n <?> the War 'Savings % >f" ! * <?> & | r Four Maney to I mse of Victory ? | r.s.f&r | * I aaa uuv Dixie will 5 be erstreet school ni# orflf Jl in** tig at 9 o'clock, lission fee will for the benefit provement Asome one come I_I?i MII 11 ? i xzaccayc^A^'g^.fciwogJW* 14th TO . WHEN THERE IS SUCH DEMAND FOR BRAIf^ AND BRAWN When the War Is Over I'd Rather Know I Was a Stretcher Bearer and at the Front Than a General. ?May 27, 1918. Dearest Mother: I am just over a spell of tonsilitis. but it is quite over now. We have been on the go so continually I've missed my mail some how and failed to find paper to write you. But when it- nnmoo tVinrfl Txrill cnmo from vrvn || 11/ V^UUIC.0, tU\iA t niu lk/v uvuav J.AVAM ^ V/V* I ?there always is?thank the Lord. .Well, Mudgie, I have my six months foreign chevron?it doesn't seem that long?constant change and crowding events have kept us in a whirl. A letter from R. E. says he "envies my dangerous and exciting work." I have certainly seen France. Instead of "Somewhere in France," for me its "everywhere in France." The good, the bad and the indifferent places. It is a great time to learn human nature. Every phase of it is strained to the utmost, one way or the other; the good ones are very good, the bad are very bad. Some one has said, "Life in the raw." It is awfully hot now? the sun burns terribly. I am as brown as a Mexican and about as tough. My feet don't trouble me any more. They! are at last "army broken." The ' 1- A ~ \ 1. > shoes we wear are enougn 10 urea.*, anything?being of unfinished leather with hob nails and iron heel plates. They are the only things that will ! stand the wear of the marches "up ' line." Yesterday afternoon Elsie 1 Jones gave an open air entertainment some distance from here. You know she is a wonderful comic opera star j in the States. She is making the j round singing and dancing . for the i CJVIA ctnrioc cmr? sari? and I Huuy.-v oug iviu ? - I danced in real American fashion. It made me homesick. While she was) singing one of the French soldiers on the outside of the crowd climbed a telegraph po^.e and when she had fin-( ished threw her a kiss, and she, re-turning it, he pulled off the electric light which was suspended out from the pole on a pipe and enthusiastically waved it over his head. It was so -* * - J. -??! ? vv ,1 /-? ?-?*X n+rtnnlor 1 I cnaraciex'ibii'j <u?.u cnyc^*.?.^ujcii. itu | Bob Pool I met Ballentine in a dis-1 tant city on the street. He has whati is known as a "bomb p^oof" job. There ; is a new man in our company whoj was a company in ths States, in! which Hub Boland is lieutenant. He will be interested in that, too. . Give my love to the Central M. E. church people. I wish I could sing: ? ' * 1j J. ! for them now. i iuiek i couiu uu,; "Why do the Nations- So Furiously j Rage Together," with great under-; standing. We are in camp in a most beautiful part of France?right in the woods. | You know I've never been in the | country for any length of time and j the singing of the birds is wonder- j ful. It is my first sight of cuckoos. I've never heard one before except from a clock! There's a brook running along the edge of the wood with * rushes along the banks, and beyond it j are fields of the most beautiful wild j flowers imaginable. And right near all this oeauiy is the hideousne?s of France; the boom! boom! And in the quiet and glory of the breaking day?the "morning hate" is beginning. | I have been on guard all night. I arn sending you my messages from the first peep of day. Your letters are wonderful and I feel the courageousness of your spirit all across the deep, j The box of woolen socks sent by i you and Mabelle Starke, March 28, came yesterday (May 28). They are beauties. I've never seen any like ,nrTt - J - 1 J -i til ft in. vvnen me raua is cuiu a.nu ut-ey j and sticky, and even the good Lord seems unmindful of what the elements do up there "on the line"?my feet so exposed before, will now be warm and dry and I shall think cf you and Mabelle, who has loved me since I was a little kid. They are just the kind needed?how did you know? They come up over the calf of the leg I ?white and soft and caressing and tit | I snugly at the top. * Along with t.he socks came your j letter and Isabelle and on^ from i " ; JUNE 28th * ******** * * * * Birmbaum and a Phi Kap "brother." A most cheerful mail! I'm glad about Kitty. She's a great girl. I keep her picture in my pocket all the time, being naturally fond of beauty. To look at it makes me grin! ! I have had a letter from one of your favorites over here and it is a shamfe one of his wonderful physique and intelligence should place himself in so soft a place when there is such demand for brain and brawn. When the war is over I'd rather know I was a 1 * * J ? x il. ^ ??,??? i. stretcner Dearer auu <u me uum than a general. You are right to bs proud of Lyles Glenn, for he is a capable officer. The 26th Infantry is quite a famous regiment, I understand. They've been through the mill, too. Had a short note from him some months ago Your little Jack is corporal now. (Jack Smith, son of Mrs. A. Coke | Smith, of Newberry.) MORE CALLS FOR SERVICE. % On July 1 this following white registrants will be sent to the South Carolina University: Cbesley Spearman Fellers, Voight Earle Wessinger, NorDobbins, Robert Harrison Whitlock. The following colored registrants will be sent to the State Colored College at Orangeburg: William Wallace, Jr., Allen Men^enhall, Elbert Ellis Nance, John B. Jones, Eddie Roscoe j iiates, Jt'aui urown. Next month, tlie 5-day period begins ' July 15 "for white registrants and 42 I will be sent to Camp Wadsworth. On | the 16th for colored registrants and 176 will be sent to Camp Jackson. r FARMERS ARE URGED TO ATTEND MEETING SATURDAY The South Carolina Warehouse Association and Cotton Marketing organization has called a meeting to be held at the court house on Saturday, tomorrow, at 11 o'clock. W. G. Smith and T. B. Stackhouse will be present to discuss matters of importance to farmers, business men, bankers and all others. Everybody is invited. 1 Death of Mr. Sump Holt's Mother. Mrs. Sarah Holt, the mother of Mr. Sumpter Holt of Newberry, died at her home in Saluda county Thursday morning at 10:05 o'clock and was buried at Zoar church Friday morning - - - ? ? ? * J..Ax at 11 o'clock, Kev. Meaaors cuiiuucling the service. She was 85 years old and was subject to severe spells of indigestion, an acute attack causing her death. Besides her son in Newberry she is survived by another son, Mr. Drury Holt of Saluda, with whom she lived. Mr. S. Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Clary and children, with the exception of one child, who was sick, attended the burial. Mrs. Sumpter -- A Holt was unable to go on account ot tb*5 illness of the sick grandchild. The Light Shines on Rev. 8. Levister. ^ The good patrons, as well as the trustees, of that Newberry school regret very much that Rev. Levister resigned as principal of the colored school. He has succeeded admirably v.{e. o/?Vinr>i it-nrV and Vms Ipft his im Ill U1C OVUWi IT V1U press in the hearts of the scholars. Like the host of loyal Americans, he is going to do his bit to help win the war. Any part of our soldiers will be safe under the spiritual care of Rev. Levister. He is a man of the highest integrity and Christian standing.?The Light, Columbia, S. C. Funera! of Mrs. Boyd. Greenwood Journal, 22nd. The funeral of Mrs. Effie Estelle Boyd, who died at her home in Newberry Wednesday afternoon, was conducted yesterday morning by Rev. B. R. TurrJpseed. Mrs. Boyd was the wife of Mr. George W. Boyd and was thirty-five years of age. Besides her husband, she is survived by a little 6-year-cid daughter, and by her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Farmer, two sisters, Miss Nora Farmer and Mrs. Ashbury Lamb, and two brothers, Mr. E. II. Farmer and Mr. R. A. Farmer. e