Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SET m (il\s A> D I 17,000 PRISONERS IN TERRIFIC DRIVE Despite Desperate Resistance by the (iermans the Advance is Not Stop- ' ped, Though Slowed Down.?The Original German Offensive Ceases Entirely, the Ulies Kveir Attacking at Some Points With Success. Notwithstanding the fact that the Germans have thrown large reinforcements into the new battle lin3 between Soissons and the region of Chateau-Thierry, they nowhere thus , far have been able to stem the tide of the onslaughts the American and i French troops are making against j ? g mm i cutjm. Tf j Friday saw the Americans and j French.batter their way further east- ! ward into the deep triangle salient j which has Soissons, Jxheims and! Chateau-Thierry as its points and j ' successfully withstand a terrific i counter attack by the Germans on tho plateau southwest of Soissons, where the allied guns dominate this important strategic town. Greatest Gain at Center. The gains of Friday were carried j to their greatest depth in the center j of the 25-mile line and on the south- j ern flank northwest of Chateau- j 'Thierry, where the Americans are holding forth. The fighting was particularly violent throughout the day around Soissons and in the region j of Chaudun, where the Germans sent in large forces of reserves in an endeavor to push back the allied troops, (Here the American artillery did not able work, killing or wounding many of the enemy and aiding greatly in starving off the Germans. tfaximnm Gain Seven Miles On the sector where the Americans are fighting northwest of ChateauThierry the German line was driven m upon the plateau northwest or, Bonnes and to the height to the rfortii of Conrehamps. the former position ; representing a gain of three and a < half miles* from the point of original j departure at Torcv. While it is not possible as yet geograohically to delimit with exactitude the gains made in the two days fighting along the front by the French and Americans, it is known that at its deepest point ^ ^ i n m X? a r< * / > rt "t-? n ?3 w vi f\ V nit: p* :u^ti nao 1 catiicu <tppi VA.. imately seven miles and that over the entire twenty-five miles narrows down to about two miles. Take 17,000 Prisoners, Tn acKTTon to the infliction of extremely heavy casualties on the enemy the French and American forces np to the present have taken ino:*e than 17,-ftOO prisoners, including two colonels with their chiefs of staff, and in* excess of 360 cannon. The offensive on the entire western front in France seems now definitely i to have shifted from the hands of the Germans to those of the entente allies. East and west of Rheims, where the Germans last Monday started a t tattle along a 65-imile front from Chateau-Thierry to eastern Champagne the enemy is new on the detensive on most of the sectors where there is any fighting. Friday saw the Germans lose additional ground along the JVfarne to the French and Italian troops. East of Rheims the Germans liaye not seen fit to resume the fight ing. v " : " ? n British Make flood Stroke. In the region southwest of Ypres the British have carried out another successful incursion into the German lines, capturing the village of ? , Meteren. a point of strategic value nor observation purposes while further south Australian troops gained ground. The two maneuvers cost the Gemans "nearly four hundred men made prisoners and the loss of a number.of machine guns. XT-Boats at Work. The American armored cruiser San Diego has been sunk off the Long Is~!MANK All j Cec.l I i"OJ AN \X>e l^Ai> ONCOf l[ \V''* INTi rl?.S * 3 HAi ?\ r f u * Ni CW( AN! U)i cATGN atmnc siNce I've P?ES AN &??N oo^OF . lar.d ^a=t. It is probable that aji German submarine was responsible ; for the disaster. j; The Cunard line steamer Carpathia ; has been sunk by a German subma- [ rine off ibe Irish coast and the Brit- i i ich tnoncnA^t Pofnno-.o r>arrvin? iinHr ! AkJX* vi UiiopUi L AJUl Uilft-U, V?* - j rz> I Australian soldiers homeward, also j has been sent to the bottom by an enemy underwater craft. LEVEE ADVISES SO PRICE REGULATION j Congressman Lever Tells the Presi-! dent (JoYernment Control of Cot- ! ton Prices Would be Unwise Sow. Washington, July 19.?Government j control or the fixing of the price of j the 191S cotton crop would not be j feasible at this time. President Wil- I t n I sun \sas iuiu lwuci.v uy ucpicocuunMc j Lever, of South Carolina, chairman ' of the house agricultural committee, j Mr. Lever called at the White House ' after a series of conferences her? > with cotton men at which the larger i growers and bankers urged that the j government acquire the crop through !' a cotton corporation while the small- i er farmers opposed any government j interference. Representative Lever told the pres. j J ident the crop could be handled if I marketed slowly notwithstanding the : Dresent high prices and said he had I been c<ble to convince the advocates of government acquisition of the in- x advisability of such action. J i Reid-Martin. j Starkville, Miss., June 25.?A beau- , tiful marriage was solemnized at the ( Presbyterian church Monday mom--, iner. the contracting: Darties beinir 1. Miss Ella Louise Ried of Orange. J1 Texas, and James Newton Martin of j Xewberrv, S C., the impressive mari- j ] t.al rites being said by Dr. M. W. Rcb_ ] inson of Birmingham, Ala. j ] The bride was on a visit to the ! ^ home of Mrs. J. B. Rogers, her rela. ! j tive, and was married from the same j 1 church that knew her mother a bride j many years ago, so the occasion car-; ried with it the peculiar sentiment j as well as pronounced interest. The , j \ orooai is an aviation student, having i just received his certificate from the ground school of aeronautics at Ohio ] State University, and is awaiting hia j appointment to another camp for fly- j ing instruction. : < We take the above from the Mem- ! nbi's Commercial Anpeal. It will be of interest especially to those who knew the young people a few years ago as students of Erskins and the Woman'? college. The groom is the youngest j son of Mr. J. N. .Martin of Newberry, j 1 S. C.: the bride is a great grand j j daughter of Rev. .Tames Rogers, one j t of the founders of our church. The < A. R. P. Synod of the South was or- ! ganized at Brick church in Fairfield j i county in 1803, <of which Rev. James j 1 Rogers was pastor.?A. R. Presbyte- j j rian. Woman's Hoik benefit Society, On Friday, July j2th, the 26th an- 1 nual convention of the Woman's 1 Home Benefit Society opened their i regular session at 9:30 o'clock with i singing and praying conducted by the i grand chaplain, Mrs. Melton Marshall. < 1 __ l iii - I uu rnuay evenrng a literary pro- , gram was rendered which consisted in the discussion of different topic*, relating to home and woman's duty, etc. Other topics relating; to the war problem were discussed. On Saturday morning the session began at 9:30 o'clock ana there wa3 A large number of persons present. . The business was hurried through in order to give the time to Miss Willie Mae Wise of Prosperity, Home Dem- . onstrator, who had toeen invited to j the convention to give a demonstra-'j tion in the canning, preserving ant? < 3PETE D THE ^THATS AtC r*6N tT ^ ^TVj I'Lt BRinC CRAB ^-1^- I TH^ Pou cC ?Jr ACLR ST?D ?jpJpAaTV^T drying of fruits and vegetables, etc. There were more than 300 persons present who listened attentively and watched carefully while Miss Wise demonstrated to them many things which will prove helpful, 'n:ost especially during these war times. A rising vote of thanks was voted Miss Wise and we hope that we will be able to secure her service again. We were also nleased to have with us, T. A. Williams, county chairman of the council of defense for the colored people, who made a very timely address on the necessity cf everybody doing something to help win the war. And Mrs. Henrietta Young, county chairman of the council of defense for the colored women, who assisted Miss Wise in demonstration. also made an interesting talk on "Thf> Child's Welfare." She urged the women to be more careful in caring for their children as they are the representatives of the future generation. Our colored supervisor, V. S. Gallman was with us as usual, and made a plea to us to encourage the boys and girls in their different clubs in order that they might do much for the winning of the war, and explained to us the meaning of the Red Cross W. S. S. and urged everybody to take nart in these sreat ramnaieris We have 1102 members in Newberry bounty and since our last meeting >4 have died. We collected and paid out money is follows: For deaths $2296.60, dis. Iriss, $19.18, War Savings Stamps, $46,J38, Red Cross $6.08, fellowship lodge $50.00 and one sick man's $5.4r?. On Sunday Rev. Sims preached wonderful sermon. This is the greatest meeting we have ever yet had and we wish to thank our many visitors r. ma irienas lor ixieir neip in uiaMiig his convention a success. In our work we are not only representing the women of the negro race, but we are representing th? women of this grcdt nation and at all -imes we stand ready to give a helping hand ir anything that tends to upDuild this great nation. We are yours for Christ and the winning cf this war. Mrs. Fannie Kinard. Darrie B. Crosson, Pres. J? ortn-rtor FRENCH AM) AMERICANS SCORE GREAT SUCCESS Offensive by the Allies Accomplishes More in Six Hours Than Was Achieved by German Drive on Both Sides of Rheims in Three Days. London, July 18.?The great coun;er attacks in which the 'French anrl \merican troops are participating oe. :ween the Aisne and the Marne ha? succeeded extremely well, according lo the latest advices received here to. 4 light, and the situation for many 'easons is considered extremely promsing. o Owing to the fact that there was no irtillery preparation the action was a surprise to the Boche and the enemy irtillery reaction was very weak. On ;he other hand the French counterDattery work was exceedingly effectve. Enemy aviators entered into th?. iction and attempted to impede the idvance using their machine guns at iow altitude. Notwithstnding this, the counteratack was noteworthy for the reason :hat the 'French offensive accomplished a great deal more than was achiev>i*r fv??k' noTmo? rtrivo fin hnth sides u UJ bU^ \4V4**JM.U W V VU ? )f the JEtheims. The length of the 'ront over which an advance was nade was practically the same and ;he (French and Americans working ;ogether advanced in six hours virtually double the distance covered by :he Germans in three days. So far as is known at present the unction line between Soissons and 3ulchy-le-Chateau and also -the juncft PFFF BfSCT s bu Tt-Ae fA Tc 5^ Ybu ^ ' STA.TiCNy || TO BPlcAK = \A\j6 OUR STORC.U)\NDOU)S _J p TJ^" tion line between Soissons and Fismes are under direct observation and fire from the new French positions in the Orise ravine. These two lines are the only lines iby which the Germans in this salient between Poissons and Rheinis <"an be supplied. It is pjssible. however, that the Ger. mans may have succeeded in connecting up their lines in another way. Tiie French counterattack is regarded here as one of the most brilliant pieces of work in the war, and it is believed that the results will A -1-. pruve extremciy vctiuituic cts ia>~ . French have obtained most import: ant strategic positions. In London the view is held that the advance has put an end to the German offensive for the present and that Rheims can be considered comparatively safe. The French have reached all their first objectives. j j South of the Marne much local j fighting is reported. The French have lost some ground but are still within effective range of the German bridges across the river, though it is possible they -may have lost direct observation. Further to the east the allies have re gained ground in a good many sectors especially in the sector west of .Massieges. I I m QUOTAS FIXED FOR 1 FALL YJUj. A. DRIVE National Goal of $112,000,000 Includes ? 1 E fWl <v\r> . \A/-- IU..L V ^ iwjvwujvwu i vi vvai vtui rv vi i W. C. A.?Southeast Aske4 For $5,000,000 The quotas for the seven- stares of the Southeastern Department for Ibe next financial drive of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. for $112,000,000, which will take place late in the fall were decided upon last week by delegates from each of tne states. Seven hundred delegates from the seven states of the Southeastern Department recently met w'th the nation's leading Y. M. C. A. rkers ft,t the Capital City Club of At? Ga. The quotas for the Southeastern states, totaling approximately $5,000,000, were decided upon as follows: i Florida, $577,584; Georgia, $1,043,; 784; Mississippi, $2S0,000; North Caroj lina, $680,288; South Carolina, $644,; S96; Tennessee, $1,093,920; Alabama, ; $504,000. $15,000,000 to the Y. W. C. A. ! Of the total amount $15,00^.000 will be turned over to the Ybung Women's Christian Association in - order that ; they may carry on the many war ac! tivities that they have undertaken. Every town and community of i the Southeast was represented by j its leading citizens at the conference. | Chief among the international figures i were Dr. John R. Mott, General Secre. tary the National War Work Council, Geo. W. Perkins, former leader of the Bull Moose party, a member of the executive board of the United ; States Steel Corporation and now ; chairman of the Army and Navy Y. j M. C. A. bureau .of finance. Others j in the party were A. H. Whitford and Chas. S. Ward, directors of the national campaign, and A. M. Cotton of [ the Boys' Earn and Give Ca&ipaigjL j The "Y" Men Are To Be Found Where Battle Is Hot "If you want to know what the Y. M. , C. A. means to the soldiers, go where j the fighting is hot," is the regular | reply of the American soldiers in ! France, according to a cablegram received recently by the National War Work Council telling of more secre j taries who have been under liquid ! fire attacbe, as well as gas and shell | fire. The American Expeditionary officers have sent see *s of letters to the Paris headquarters of the "Y* praising the work of the Red Triangle workers, declaring them to be indisj pensable. | More than a thousand "Y" secre| taries are in advanced positions and dugouts under constant shell fire. There are no quitters and they refuse to be relieved, saying that where I the troops go the Y. M. C. A. will stick. i trnwrn Sffl Tr fuccvpi" LiJ j but ue vF HUH I should^ 5 j [ worrv ! ue'cc ys. ^Mlc { MA06" A SWtU tr;_ ^ j TiMo WMfN f"^~- ^ ham* ccmcs ! rs 'irOLlrr <^tat,a. Annual Citizens Meeting. The citizens of Newberry school : ! district are requested to meet at thrt j 1 court house at 10 o'clock a. m.. T'.ies-! : day. July 22. 15*1^, to hear the report j I of the trustees of the s/nool . \Y A \Tiv?ir Chp.nrman. ! 5 7-0 4t. I AWOINCKMENTS. CANDIDATES CARDS. I ! i On account cf the very high cost of printing a newspaper, The Heraid and: News is compelled to make a slight; increase in its charge for the r.omi. nation of candidates: i Nomination $5. except that the nom-l | ination for magistrates in NewberryJ | Prosperity and Whitmire will be $3,j [and in other townships $1.50. j Articles advocating the cause of j candidates, under the head of "Politi-j cal Advertisement," will be charged ! for at the rate of 25 cents per Inch. ( ? . For Railroad Commissioner. T. J. McLaughlin who is a candi-i | date for the office of railroad com- j i missioner is from Calhoun county and | a farmer and has served his councy' ! in the legislature and will serve the . people faithfully if 'eected to the of- j fice he seeks. He will appreciate the! | votes from the people of -.Newberry i j county. For the Legislature. j I Dr. J. "Win. Folk is hereby an- i nounced as a candidate for nomina-! tion for legislature. Will abide rules | of the Democratic party. If honored by nomination promises faithful discharge of the luties of the position. W. B. Boinest is hereby announced as a candidate for reelection to the legislature and will abide the rules and regulations of the Democratic ' primarv election. ? T. A. Dorninick is hereby acnounced ! : l as a candidate for reelection to the J I legislature and will aaiae the rules I ! of the democratic Darty. i ? i George S. Mower is hereby an- ] nounced as a candidate for nomination for the House of Representatives in the approaching Democratic Primary, and will abide the result o! that primary. H. H. Evans is announced as a canmdatp for reflection to the lesrisla I turo and will abide the rules of the j Democratic party. Service Buy a Se* Price l gy i^Ci V K^iC 25c to If you havn't one to g< Moitad' Ri ITiajfCO LH | The House of a i Ml re coi t c.pe^ re. iP\ f5 |j vou can'i ^AD-i-sceT ?amS |^fe-|iOKi MOND COST ? U!?LC H j' SATO?S . -PARTV IN )^-r;r<te 5-P j lyiSlTC&S ' J | Iw?-? ill SF ///// j m oMM feS B |f r jiMl - - ' ? - - 1 1or Probate .Judge. Van S:mrh is hereby announced as a candidate for the office of Probate Judge and he will abide the rules and regulations o? the Democratic pri-^ marv. : ^ y W. F. Fwart is hereby announced > as a candidate for reelection to the office of Prob&te Judge and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. For Magistrate, >*os. 1 and 8. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for reelection as Magistrate for Xos. 1 and K Townships and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary Chas. W. Douglas. ~ 1 For Magistrate, Xos. 1 and 8. i nf;renv announce myseji as s^m candidate for the office of Magistrat^B - ' for Townships 1 and 8 and will abide^B the rules of th-j Democratic primary. ^ L, M. Player. } F?r Magistrate No. G. T. H. Porroli is announced as a candidate for rejection for magistrate of No townslip and wlB abide t&t result of the Democratic primary. For Magistrate >To. 11 H. H. RufT is hereby announced as a candidate for reelection as magistrate for No. 11 township and will abide the democratic primary. T. B. Richardson is announced as a candidate for election as magistrate for No. 11 township and will abide the democrtaic primary. j For Magistrate ^o. 2 Township, W. P. Harris is hereby announced as a candidate for magistrate for No. 2 township and will abide the result ^ For Magistrate >"o. 7. W. P. Allen is herebv announced as v a candidate for Magistrate for No. township and will abide the rules asd reflations of the democratic primary. For Magistrate Xo. 10. ^ I announce myself a candidate for ^ reelection as' magistrate ior 'No. 10 township and will abide the rules of the democratic primary. P. 03. Ellesor. - rlag | vice Flag 25c i i Pins $1.00 - m rn , now is the time I % 2t it. \ )ok Store thousand Jhings lN KlilNGf ' . , I * see anv prisonersl , i avs, voumc' FCLLOvJ -j I av is ^ A I! J 9 ' ill J Cs*i7'7>-: Sp/u.-rr r t ^c 5 wKS1 . -? '' $i'^3*. '-;*i..--'i?' 'ii