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K HgffiBTCV *" - ? ^?;? ? jpWljWMwd to 189L RStisI troops !x8bb ' StOLY CITY HAD BEEN UNDER mi OF INFIDEL TWELVE Bill' ' ' CENTURIES. mmBf . mi? OF TURK IS NEAR END y v HfUtMiby, Accompanied by British and * French OfNesrs Occupy Jerusalem? If Turks Effort Agalnat| Sues Canal ?/ ; and Egypt Collapsed. K^Xdudoa.?Andrew Bonar Law, ctaanf VMttlor of the exchequer, announced in p^s 1 louse of commons that Jersualem ^^flpMtai being surrounded on all sides by troops, bid surrendered, t' The chancellor said British, French f^^fjuid Mohamm jdan representatives g&jHpwere on the w.y to Jersualem to safeguard the ho' / places. General .Henby repqrted that on JB* Saturday > * attacked the enemy's positions r ath and west of Jerusalem, " the cbf ucellor said Welsh and home 30? cour'J troops, advancing from the di.don of Bethlehem, drove back the <{ enemy and. paHaing Jerusalem on ^ ""the east, establishing themselves on 1 the Jerusalem-Jericho road. At the same time, London infantry and dismounted yeomanry attacked the strong enemy positions west and northwest ?f Jerusalem and placed themselves k astride the Jrusalem-Shchem road. ...A- The holy city, being thus isolated, surrendered to General Allenby. |g-v: The. chancellor said General Allenby entered Jerusalem officially, accom; panted by the officers of the French | and Brititsh forces. 5v:- The capture of Jersualera by the [^British forces mailcs the end. with two brief interludes, of more than 1,200 -V. pears possession of the seat of the |?^j>iff|sUan religion by the Mohammedans. For 756 years the eholy city ' kss been in undisputed possession of * Mohammedans, the last Christian ruler of Jersualein beelng the German emperor, Frederick II, whose short-llved dominations lasted from 1229 to ^H^BThe Turks have held sway in Jeru* ^^^Htemstnce 1517 when they overcame ^ s Mammelukes. ^^^HApart from its connection with the ^^^Hmpalgn being waged againBt Tur by the British in Mesopotamia, fall of Jersualem marks the deflHHBe collapso of the long protracted ^^^ orts of the Turks to capture the ^^HHes canal and invade Egypt. 8TORM HITS . GRIEF STRICKEN HALIFAX. Rearing Blizzard Drives Relief Worker* From Task. Halifax, N. 3.?A roaring blizzard, the third to strike this sorely afflicted clt; since the blast from the exploding munitions steamer made 25,000 H p,ei oqh homeless four days ago, burst frcl, the northeast. Raging with all thn fury for which these northern wliner storms are noted, it all but crulfied the hearts of the brave band of Ijrorkers struggling against overwhifraiug odds to alleviate suffering. hi r a while the contingents of the Caijldian army stationed here toiled dogjedly amid the ice-shrouded ruins for [the unrecovered dead, but when Iired suddenly to the southew with redoubled force, were obliged to withdraw. Ing hospital supplies and numerous relief stations bound. The crippled lightbroke down again, leaving darkness. rtles who had volunteered es were driven to cover, erastated area of two and re miles, hundreds of men i patiently seeking their up their task for still an,nd sought shelter, tins bringing workers and ached the city in the the blizzard, but those so dp found themselves helplew not which way to turn uslon of the storm, the unand the wreckage. ION OF ALL ULROAD8 DURING WAR on.?President Wilson will go to Congress for special legislation to bring about unification of the rail roade during the war. That the President baa decided definitely on such a move became known after he had gone ever, the whole .transportation situation wit\i Senator Newlands. chairman of the aenate Interstate commeroe committee. He probably ariil ask far the legislation In an add^wHprt'tmaa holidays. ask! JIto dismiss KhiB-ective draft case Wi^?In a brief made p\ibHe a^^KK supreme court to dlamiss fl^KStacklng the constlutlonallty ^^KjBelectlvo draft law. the goret^^HtXBserts that power eonfttye^^lna'nortrrAftn tr> *? V St Authority to compel V^v;? tn!llU^^*Vl<^ either at home or nhi-otuH^Animlaory draft la declared to n.H a) normal method ef rata I. -I ? ' HEART OF MODE A remarkable and recent photc the steady British drive through Pa! German forces have reclaimed it frc famous Tower of David at the Jaffa t modern Russian tower. Directly in th Solomon's temple. Back of it is the G of St. John, the headquarters of the h government. ONLY ONE DISSENTING VOTE DECLARES 8TATE OF WAR EXI8T8 BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Socialist Votes Against Resolution? Debate Was Brief in Both Houses.? Resolution Immediately Signed by President Effective at Once. Washlnigton.?War between the United Stfttes and Austria-dlungary has been formally declared. Congress, with one dissenting vote in the house, adopted and President Wilson approved a resolution tleclar! lng existence of a state of war beI tween the "imperial and royal Ausj tro-Hungarlan government and the ^ government and people of the United j States" authorizing the President to [ employ the nation's armed forces and pledging its resources to victory. Text of Resolution. The resolution follows: ."Joint resolution. "Deciariing that a state of war exists between the Imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government and people of the United States and making provision to prosecute the same. "Whereas the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government has committed repeated acts of war against tbe government and the people of the United States of America: j Therefore be it "Resolved by the senate and house ' of representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that a state of war is hereby declared to exist between the United States of America and the imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the Unitod States and the resources of the government to carry on war against the Imperial and royal AustroHungarian government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States. (Signed) "CHAMP CLARK. apeaaer Mouse or Representatives. "THOMAS R. MARSHALL. "Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. "Approved 7th December. 1917. "WOODROW WILSON." TWO AMERICAN AIRMEN WOUNDED IN FRANCE Washington. ? American airmen fighting the German planes on the j western front have suffered their first casualties. Two men. a corporal and a private were reported wounded. BAND OF VILLISTAS AMBU8HED BY FEDERAL3| \ V t I Juarez. Mexico.-?Combined columns 1 of federal cavalry. In command of General Francisco Murgula and General , Pedro Eavela, ambushed a large band | ot viua rouowers in Santa Clara canyon, 75 miles northwest of Chihuahua City according to an official statement given out at military headquarters. A total of 400 were killed and wounded on both sides. The Villa forces suffered &e heaviest looses. hU-Mfc L FOBT RN JERUSALEM * kKEN FROM TURK graph of the heart of the city of Jerusalc lestine. The British forces, despite contii >m the possession of the Mussulman. Thi ate. In the background can be seen ibe ie center is the Dome of the Rock, rr tl arden of Oethsemane. The pointed tower nights of St. John during the Crusad's ai HALF OF CITY IS LRID WASTE C TRANSPORT LADEN WITH MUNI- Rl TIONS EXPLODES IN HALIFAX HARBOR. Death Dealing 8hock Caused by Col ilsion Between Munitions Ship and Belgian Relief 8hlp?Property Lost Will Run Far Into Millions. Halifax. N. S.?With tfce toll of dead steadily mounting. It was belteved that more thnn 2,000 persons perished In the explosion and (Ire which j followed the collision in Halifax harbor between a munitions-laden French ship aflh another vessel, the Iomu, loaded with supplies for the Belgian relief commission. !^e in The disaster, which has plunged the lgC Dominion into mourning pi*bably will W| rank as the most fearful that ever ln occurred on the American continent. el) Residents of Halifax and thousands of volunteer relief workers who havo come into the city hav been almost'te dazed at the extent of the horror. dl Temporary morgues have been established in many buildings to which r steady procession of vehicles of all Ai kinds carried for hours the bodies of se men, women and children. Most of go them were so charred that thoy were Ai unrecognizable. Thousands of persons wi seeking trace of relatives and friends pe passed by the long, silent rows, at- lei tempting to identify the ones they to sought. j wi Virtually every building in the city Pe which could he rnnvflpiori in?n I th pltal is filled with wounded, many of jwl them so desperately injured that thore pc is no hope of their recovery. Score* ^ already have died in these tempi KC rary hospitals. An ever-increasing number is being taken from the com j plotely devastated Richmond district 10f to the relief station. 'of nv.r. Pr-?<<)r,wept area covers ap- th proximately two and one-half square de miles. It begins at what Is known as i gt the North street bridge extending ar north to Pier 8 on the Richmond wate* m, front and back to a point running par he allel with Gottlngen street. Nothing to has been left standing in this section ta of the city. Only a pile of smoulder- . ca ing rtilns marks the spot wli?re the ; ro great building of the American Suga ntl Refining Company stood. The dry fu dock and nil the buildings which sur- < ^ rounded it were destroyed. iq( Canadian officers who have seen j long service in France characterize J cue cniastropne as "the most fearful CI which has befallen any city In th ? pr world." , ba \ 'r'oally all the north end of the ! city was laid waste and the property damage will run far Into the millions 71 A part of the town of Dartmouth across the harbor from Halifax, ?'s~ was wrecked. Nearly all the build ** Ings In the dockyard there-Are In ruins The business life of the city had JuBt begun for the day when the town was shaken to Its foundations by the explosion. Persona in the streets were picked up bodily and hurled to the ground. Occupants of ufTlce build- m, ings covered under a shower of falling glass and plaster. Houses in the | Ar Richmond sectloh crumpled up and j ** collapsed, burying their tenants. In the main part cf the city where j m the buildings are chiefly of stone or ' concrete the damage was confined to tl< the shattering of windows and most , s of the casualties in this section were 1 auaed by flying glass. ifo JHMOmUHHU !m which was the coveted goal of lued opposition from the Turkos photograph was made from the Mount of Olives crowned by a fie "Mosque of Omar." the site of ' at the left belongs to the church iid now the property of the German LEARS THE WAY FOR ACTION ESOLUTION IN HOUSE DECLARING 8TATE OF WAR WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. V ? Reference Is Made Either to Turkey or Bulgaria?Early Action Is Expected in Senate on War Resolution. Washington.?Congress cleared the ay for prompt response to President ilson's call for a declaration of war ith Austria-Hungary. The Joint resolution approved by the esiaeni ana me state department daring existence of a state of war itween the United States and the iperial and royal Austro-Hungarlan vernment from Wednesday at noon is introduced in the house and uuanlously' approved by the house forgn affairs committee. As perfected by the house commite and ordered reported without a ssenting vote, the resolution reads follows: "Wherers, the imperial and royal astro-Hungarian government hns vered diplomatic relations with the ivernment of the United States of aierica and has committed acts of it against the government and the ople of the United States of Ameril. amone u-hlrh ora It" .. ? M.u no auuvrciil'.t the policy of ruthless submarine irfare adopted by its ally, the lmirial German government with which e United States of America is at ir, and by' giving its ally active suo>rt and aid on both land And sea in e piosocution of war against the vernment and people of the United ates of America; therefore, be it "Resolved by the senate and house representatives of the United States America in Congress assembled, at a state of war be and is hereby clared to exist between the United ates of America and the imperial id royal Austro-Hungarian governent; and that the President be. and i is hereby, authorized and directed employ the entire naval and mlllry forces of the United States and rry on war against the imperial and yal Austro-Hungarian government, d to bring the conflict to a success1 termination all the resources oT e country are hereby pledged by the rngress of the United States." Approval Is Certain. jairmen Stone and Flood and whicn obably will be made public in deite, were regarded as convincing. Although sentiment remain* ?trnn,. both hranrhep to have the wav iclaration extended to Turkey and llgaria. approval of the reaolutlon It stands la regarded an very carta. Reasons given ronfldentlally to LANNINQ TO FORCE BOY8 INTO THE ARMV Amsterdam.?Intimations that Oerany la planning to forc-e boya of 16 tad 17 years into the army are conlned in an appeal appearing in the isen General Anze.'ger that they imcdlately Join the juvenile corps. "ThlR greaf atmggle between the name.'* savs the newspaper, "will necealaie thos^ who are now 16 and 17 beg called up at no very remote date r army aervice. ? V -y*- y \ ' ' ;| _ . ? DECEMBER IS, 19^ f U. a DESTROYER IS' SUNK INJR ZONE GERMAN U-BOAT TORPEDOE8 AND | 8INK8 BIG AMERICAN 1 ( DE8TROYER. , ( MOST OF THE CREW IS LOST i 1 David Worth Bagley Commanding Officer la Among Saved?Jacobs Jones Was One of Largest Vessels of the 1 Destroyer Type. Washington.?Liehtenant Command- i er David Worth Bagley and Lieutenant i Norman Scott were among tne survivlors rescued after the sinking of the .kviuujoi, IIWUU JUUCS, uy a j German submarine in the war zone : last Thursday night. The navy department was so advised by Vice Admiral Sims. These two officers, two warrant officers, and two* enlisted men were named in the admiral's dispatch as survivors in addition to the 37 previously reported saved. It is now established that the five line officers on the destroyer were rescued. Gunner Harry R. Hood and 63 men ar4 missing. Admiral Sims' report said that Commander Bagley and the five other men saved with him got away in a motor I boat and were picked up and landed uninjured at the Scilly islands. The other four survivors reported besides Commander Bagley and Lieutenant Scott were: Chief Boatswain's Mate Clarence McBride, wife Florence McBride, Syracuse, N. Y. I Coxswain Ben Nunnery, father Fred A. Nunnery. Edgemoor, S. C. Fireman Joseph Kroneniecky, mother Anna Krozeniecky, Suvlve, Russia. Vice Admiral Sims up to a late hour had been able to supply only meager detallB in reply to urgent messages from Secretary Daniels, whose brother-in-law, Lieutenant Commander David W. Bagley, commanded the lost vessel, and was first reported among . the missing. Three officers and 34 men were picked up by other vessels from life rafts to which they clung, but the names of only ten of ^hese had 1 been transmitted to Washington. The Jacob Jones, one of the largest j and newest American destroyers operating In the Atlnntic, was the first ; ' American warship to fall victim to a ! German submarine, bnt was the second American destroyer to be lost in foreign waters. The Chauncev sank with her commander. Lieutenant Commander Walter E. Reno, two other officers, and 18 enlisted men. after being cut in two by the transport Rose early on the morning of November 20. NO ATTEMPT TO CHECK UP LIST OF HALIFAX DEAD Morgue Officials Hold to Estimate of Four Thousand. Halifax. N. S.?No official attempt : I was maae nere to check up or revise j ( (the Ion* list of dead and injured re- ; ' suiting: from Thursday's disaster when | !& munitions ship's cargo exploded in the harbor. I i The morgue officials held to their | ( estimate of 4,000 dead, but other ob- , pervers said that Estimate was too great by half. A Joint appeal by the mayors of 1 Halifax and Dartmouth was made co i the Canadian public for money for the i relief of the homeless and the recon- t i struc.tion of that part of the city which | is in ruins/ It was said that between ( I $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 would bo i required. ' i A heavy rainstorm interrupted the ] systematic search for bodies, but by 1 night 95 additional bodies had been i placed in the morgue. Several deaths ' occurred among the Injured. < ! The task confronting the relief com- < mitte?H seemed almost hopeless but ] later In the day the skies olenrd and j cheering word came from the phvsi- j 1 cians 'n charge of the tents in which j j 60ft of the homeless had found shelter. | 1 The tents had withstood the storm and ( I the occupants were as comfortable as < could be 'xnecfed. t GERMAN TROOPS ARE RUSHED TO CAMBRAI | i Geneva. Friday, Dec. 7.?Roth Field i Marshal von Hlndenburg and Gen. von iLudendorfr pre on the Camhral front,; (according to a dispatch from Strase;hurg today Railway trafTic through |the P'ni^e Irwns has been congested from this oenrce ewlng to the flow of tr^onq a rift artt!!ery being rushed through to this front. No eivilians permlfed to travel along tho Rhine and the German frontier remains closed. KALED1NE8 AND KORNILOFF START REVOLT IN RU88IA I London.?A proclamation to the Rue i u tin iiiiuuii iiiu1 ueitil IHHuea DJT KUKSlan ^ government announcing that "Kale- c dines and Korniloft, assisted by lmpe c rialists and constitutional democrats, i have raised a revolt and declared war i In Don region against the people." The t proclamation adds that "tho constitu- c t!on?l democrata and bourgeois* are , supplying the revolting generals with 1 of million:." ( , ... - s 'a, iMp MM| MVW|| - I I j I ^V I JL 1 - ~: - . . 1 . L1 . ' .' '" - ... ' \ ^mmm-m?mmm?mmm?~m?rn.m^imm BAPTIST HAVE HAD BI6 YEAR ; Interesting Reports Are Made at State ' Convention at Rnelr UIILj-T*" ference Adjourn*. ! Rock Hill.?The session just closed tias been a record breaker in the his- 1 tory of nearly 100 years of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. It is the first session of tho body since the declaration 61 war and it was the rule for the delegates to allude to the present crisis and while the convention Look no formal action it amounted to hearty indorsement of the president I In making provision for the spiritual ' welfare of the soldiers who have gone I to the camps. The State mission board was authorized to prosecute its efforts toward this provision. The report of the reference committee on State missions was presented by W. M. Jones and provided for the employment of two men and an assistant in the department of Sunday schools. B. Y. 1*. IT., and colportage. with special reference to the B. Y. P. U. feature. It also provided for raising $60,000 the coming year, $10,000 of which is to be used in church building and the Rock Hill church will be assisted out of this fund. ' Dr. W. T. Derieux. s*cr#>t?rv r?f State missions, and the Rev. E. M. Llghtfoot, camp pastor at Camp Jack- J sou. addressed the convention. One 1 hundred and thirteen missionaries : were employed in mission work by this board ir South Carolina last year. 1 The height of enthusiasm was reach- , ed in the consideration of the special order on education. The convention ! has seldom, if ever, keen moved1 as it I was on the subject of education. Dr. 1 Charles A. Jones presented the special report which recommended an educa- ! tional debt raising campaign for 1918. i It was decided to raise the sum of I $350,000 for educational purposes and I the convention reached a climax of en- l thusiasm with many hearty "aniens" when It was decided to do this in 90 , days, as soon as the education board 1 can plan the details, which %111 be tm- < mediately after adjournment of the convention. ( The Rev. A. B. Kennedy presented ] the report on orphanage, which recorn- ( mended increased support of this splendidly managed institution. The ; appoprlatlon for next year will be ; $40,000 and a domestic science build- , ins will be the next building erected. Dr. A. T. Jamison, superintendent of the orphanage, addressed the convention. J. P. Moore, statistical secretary, submitted a statistical summary us follows, taken from the summary of tha report presented by J. Purman Moore, of Wagener, the statistical secretary: There are 1,132 churches; to these were added 14,SOI members during the year, 8.133 of whom were by baptism. The total church membership at present is 155,305. For pastors' salary these churches gave $327,117.44; for State mission. $45,039.59; for home missions, $58,777.69, this item not including $5,139.53 which was given to the Judson fund for equipment on the foreign fields. For Connie Maxwell Orphanage the gifts were $38,860 GO. Other objects were fostered, receiving large gifts and bringing the total contributions to $939,775.59. The value of the church property in the State, ex- [ elusive of the college and academy property, is $4,073,555. The report on woman's work,was presented by F. H. Martin and showed that the women's missionary societies contributed $58,972 last year. Mrs. J. D. Chapman, Mrs. tV. T. Derieux, | Mrs. Edwin Carpenter, Mrs. G.?E. Da- J vis. miss tnima uoweu and Mrs. T. T. Hyde were received as representatives from the State Women's Missionary Union, which is an auxiliary body to the convention. I After miscellaneous business at tho evening session the convention considered the Sunday school boqrd. The report on education was adopted. It provides for all educational matters to be presented to the convention through the education board. The following officers were elected j to serve for the coming year: Presi- | lent, T. T. Hyde of Charleston; vice- , presidents, J. J. Lawton of Hartsville | ind C. B. Bobo of Laurens; secretary, | IV. C. Allen of North Augusta; assistant secretary. A. B. Kennedy of Colum t)ia; treasurer. C. H. Roper of Laurens. \ Each board was allowed to select its awn auditor, after which the convem j don adjourned. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. A distressing accident occurred'in he Rehoboth community of Edgefield -ounty in the home, of Mr. and Mrs. IV. P. Culbreath costing the life of one >f their children. While several clilllren were playing in the hall the Jar o the building caused a loaded sho' (uit mat was standing in the corner to * 'all and fire, the entire load taking ef- f 'eet In the chest of the five year old t laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Culbreath. I Negro Baptists of the state held t onvention at Rock Hill last week. t January 1 Prof. James L. Carbery, vho has been in charge of the gov- i irnment work In the mill villages and c is a result of v/hlch the operatives In nany mills are now tending all year ( gardens and gathering thousands of f loliars worth of vegetables and pro- s luce from land which formerly grew t ip in weeds, and which has resulted , n an Improved physical condition of r be operatives by interesting them In j, tally exercises via the garden route, t vill become managing secretary of the a Jnion Chamber of Agriculture and f Commerce. , 1 I * | . ; ' ' 3 ?: w J 43L25 Fer Year. NEWS OF THE WEEK FROM CAMP SEVIER THIRTY-FIVE ENLISTED MEN DESIGNATED TO ATTEND TRAINING CAMP. PUN GREAT SHAM BATTLE Schools In the Care and Handling of Motor Trucks and Trench Trains Have Been Started. Camp Sevier, Greenville.?Thirtylive enlisted men of the Thirtieth Division have been designated to attend various ordnance training camps for training courses varying In length from 20 to 84 days. The 105th mobile irdnance repair shop, from which more than half the men come is a jnit of a sort recently organized and Is attached to .the ammunition train for the care of ordnance property in Its charge. The designations were as follows: To the Machine Gun School at Springfield Armory. Springfield, Mass., for 42 days: Privates Howard C. McN'alr, George Tolinger, Bail M. Smith. Joseph L. Dollard and Vernon S. Stroupe. To the motor section. Instruction School at Peoria. 111., for 84 days: Sergt. F. C. Odum. Privates C. T. Porter, Charles W. DufTy and John Schlbbens. To the motor section. Instruction School at ClintonBvitle, >Vis., for 28 lays: Sergt. Wade M. Craig, Privates Ferdinand A. Hessler and William J. Singleton, O. P. Winfrey, Pitts Brad ford and H. G. Winfrey. To the motor section. Repair School at Kenosha, Wis., for 20 days: Sergt. William H. Royall, J. A. Ortman. T. D. Stout and. H. A. Due. To the equipment Bection, Instruction School at Rock Island Arsenal, III., for 42 days: Sergt. O. V. Mayor, Corps. W. P. Sawyer and Willie Rice. To the Machine Gun Instruction School at Rock Island Arsenal, 111., tor 35 days: Privates Allan Jones and J. Fuller, Corps. Edwnrd Hare, Walter I. Hudnell and J. P. Lecroy. To the equipment section. Instruction school at Rock Island Arsenal, til., for 42 days: Privates E. W. Godfrey. P. H. Schultz. W. C. Armfleld, Es T. Gulledge, John W. Brill, J. S. Sim uiuua, u. r. uooae ana wuuo McNair. Schools in the car? and handling ot motor trucks have been started for svery man in the supply train and in the motor section of the ammunition train who is not already fnmillar with those things. The ammunition train as yet has no equipment, and this will probably not be Issued until arrival in Prance. There are still a number of men in the supply train who are not is familiar with motor trucks as they should be. To fit all theso men for the duties which they will perform behind the lines. Col. Holmes 8. Springs, commander of trains, has recently started schools in both these organizations. A mCss hall for the officers stntion5d at divisional headquarters is being constructed immediately in the rear of their quarters, tho dining room of the Pinley residence also occupied as quarters. having grown too small. The officers of the 105th Ammunlion Train are now engaging daily in in athletic program, the movement invlne been bende?t bv I 'r?n* ^"1 W fV. and MaJ. A. H. Sllcox. C. tV. Knebel, athletic director at Y. M. ' . ..i ..n 0.i, is lOtUlil 1;1B incers. wno just now are spending most of their exercise period daily in flaying, volleyball. A great sham battle extending over 1 front of four miles is planned for he Thirtieth Division for the near fu:ure. The attack will start on a four mile front, which is the widest area he division will ever he called upon o defend in actual battle The alack will converge as it moves forward to a front not over a mile in ength, which is the shortest sector he division will ever be called upon to lefend In actual bnttle. The foe will e assumed, but otherwise conditions wilt be,as nearly li'ce an actual ba'tle is,possible. In the advance many tacic.P.1 problems will be met and decided. W. C. Gorgas, surgeon general oi the United States army, recently via ted Camp Sevier, coming to Inspect us i?in|i onc uuu saiuiary conditions jenerally, hip visit having no connec.ion with the quarantine for tho re :6nt nieanles epidemic. When seen by i representative of the press General jorgaa Stated that he thought the site >f Camp Sevier Ideal, and that he hn I bund conditions here fairly satisfactory. The epidemic had been handled n a thorough and efficient manner hy he camp medical authorities, he hought. Camp Sevier was a happy place vhen the mess call that announced linner simultaneously carried the tews that the quarantine which for 20 lays had kept the soldiers confined to he military reservation proper and iven out of the small tbwns of Parb tnd Camp Sevier had Anally been liftMi. Every means of reaching the city vas ysed to capacity, all the street# >f Greenville were again erowdod with thakl clad Agures. All shops within he camp limits were open and doing i booming business and all amuse nent and recreational feauren wers dther running or will begin