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I mJSSIAHJNVASION
FAILURE TO 8IQN PEACE COMPACT
BRINGS ON RENEWED
FIGHTING IN RUSSIA.
BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE KIEV
Austria-Hungary, Not Confirming to
Germany's Policy Toward Russia,
Will Confine Herself to Problems
Nearer Home.?Italians Active.
fc With
Russia in the grip ot internecine
strife and her battle line denuded
of men as a result of the peace declaration
of the bolsheviki, Germany already
has beghn the carrying out of
her threat of invasion because of the
failure of the bolsheviki to sign a
peace compact with the central powers.
A despatch front Berlin announces
that Oermun troops have
crossed the Dvlna river.
Reports emanating front Sweden
say taht the Germans have begun
pushing forward their troops into
Russia's two remaining Bultlc provinces?Esthonia
and Livonia?the
taking of which completely isolated
, Russia from the shores of the Baltic
i . and give the enemy. In addition to the
' V1' ' l^e c',y ?' Veva'. sltua,
' . vvtoV.on the Gulf of Finlund opposite
.Operate against Petrograd by sen.
Although Austria - Hungary had
shown dissatisfaction over tho stand
that Germany hns taken toward Russia,
the dual monarchy evidently has
been placated by a promise of Germany
that any Gorman military activity
will be confined to northern Russia.
and Austria-Hungary left to deal
with whatever other problems may
arise In the territory adjacent to her
borders.
Belated dispatches from Petrogrnd
tell of the capture of Kiev, tho new
capital of Ukraine, by tho holshcvikt.
* The fighting is described as having
^ been of an extremely sanguinary character,
4,000 persons having been killed
and several thousand wounded. Great
destruction was wrought In the town
by shells and explosives dropped by
aviators.
At Odessa another big battle has
been fought between the bolshevik!
and tho moderates during which warships
in the harbor bombarded the |
city. Polish legions nt Minsk are de- ,
clared to have been sanguinarily defeated
and nut to rnnt wh(U> ?h? hni. I
shevlkl also are reported to have captured
Tongorod on the Black Sea. and
Voronezeh. capital of the province of
the samo name.
STRIKES IN SHIPYARDS
HAVE COME TO AN END
Termination Is Result of the President's
Intervention.
Washington. ? President Wilson's
Intervention has terminated the enstern
shipyard strikes. Reports to the
shipping hoard from union heads in
all districts in which carpenters are
out said the strikers would go back
to work.
William L. Hutcheson, president of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, did not arrive, hut is expected
to take up the situation with government
officials. Although heretofore
Hutcheson has declined to leave to the
shipbuilding labor adjustment board
a settlement of the carpenters* do- [
lands, officilas believe that after
President Wilson's message he at least j
will he willing to renew relations with
the hoard.
The carpenters' brotherhood, it was
brought out. was made a party to
the creation of th? adjustment hoard
by the signature of its vice president,
but Huteheson overruled his subonl?nate's
action. This fact, according to
V. Fverlt Macy, chairman of the adjustment
hoard, is causing the present
trouble at Seattle, where cr.roente-s
are trying to enforce a closed chop.
All carpenters in tho western vords
agr^od to the Pacific coast wage
aw; d. Mr. Macy said until they
lon-'cd recently that Huteheson had
repudiated it.
SIX VIOLENT DEATHS
REPORTED BY PERSHING
Washington. ? The deaths of four
privates as the result of explosions.
% tho killing of ('Hdet Lindley II. !>?
Garmo. Pidghwnod, N. J., in an airplane
accident and the suicide of Li?utGordon
Loring Hand Lawrence. L. !.,
attllPhAfl t r\ ?ho att'oflAn oaa?I/v?
.WX ..VM v??x Iif muuii IIUII Ul 11IC I
signal corps, wore reported to thA war
department by Ocr.pral Pershing.
No details wore given, but it is assumed
the explosions wore of hand
grenades.
URGENT DEFICIENCY
BILL PASSED BY HOUSE
Waslnirton The WIMfln.flnllap nrffi.nt
deficiency appropriation bill, carrying
half a million for tho military establlahment
and large sums for the navy
and other branches of the government,
wan passed by tho house without a
record v-0' S.
In direct appropriations and in authorisations
for obligations during the
remainder of thla fiscal year, the total
of the measure Is 1,107,220,000. It
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MRS. N. DE R. WHITEHOUSE
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Mrs Norman De. R. Whitehousa, :
chairman of the New York atate suffrage
party, who has been selected by ,
Chairman George Creel of the federal ,
nommittee on public information as
one of a group of prominent persons
to br'ng to the German people, through
neutrals, the war aims and Intentions
of the American people. She ie the
first woman to go abroad on such a
, mission for this government.
SERIOUS FACTS OISCLOSED
PROBE INTO SHIPBUILDING MAY
. LEAD TO A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
American International's Contracts for i
Building May be Cancelled by the
Government.
Washington.?Investigation by the
department of Justice of the American
International Corporat ion's construction
of the government's big fabricat
in* steel shipyard at Hog Island, Pennsylvania.
was ordered by President
Wilson with a view to criminal prosecutions
if the fa?ts develop more than
reckloss expenditure of government
money.
At the same time Chairman Hurley \
of the shipping board, who had re-;
quested the move, indicated that the j
tho yard and ships involving many
corporations' contracts for building
millions of dollars might be cancelled,
whch was taken to mean that the
government might take over the yard, f
complete Its construction and build |
the ships Itself This step has been
urged by members of tho senate com-1
mittee investigating shipbuildng.
The president asked for the invest-,
tigation In the following letter to At-1
torney Oeneral Gregory:
"Mr HurlftV r>f t hahinnintr KaoiwI
hns called my attention to some very
serious fucts which have recently been
developed with regard to contracts
made In connection with the shipbuilding
program with the corapunr'
operating at Hog Island.
"They are ao serious indeed that I ,
do not think we can let them be taken
core ftf merely by public disclosure
and discussion. I would be very
much obliged if you would have some
trustworthy person in your department
get into consultation with Mr.
Hurley about the whole matter with
a view to Instituting criminal process 1
| in case the facts justify it."
PAUL BOLO PASHA MUST
FACE FIRING SQUAD
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Paul Flolo Pasha must face the firing
squad.
The first man of the coterie of
French and other propagandists fa- j
vornble to Germany, who by their;
ma*hlnations sought to disrupt the'
soldiers and populace of prance and
bring about a separate peace between
the republicd an the Toutonic allies. ;
has been sentenced to death by a
French court-martal.
Thorough lavish expenditure of Ger-|
man money. Bolo aided in a conspir- '
| acy, which in some instances met with
| success to corrupt French statesmen
and political leaders and to subsidise
I the French press into expression of
I 'ho Mao On* ? ? ? * --v.
! ...v >?v? l? ? i uvi iiinn) wan lurncoie '
at arms and '.hat France should take
fme by tho forelock and cease her
military activities against her enemies
In order to save herself from ultimate 1
vanquiahmout. '
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FINAL DISCUSSIONS OF
BREST-LITOVSK STORMY
Zurich,?The Munch, Bavaria corre- ,
spondont of The Neue Augsburg Zel- |
tung says he learns that the discussion
at Brest-Lltovsk between Dr. von 1
Kuehlmann, tho German foreign secre- 1
tary; Count Czernln, the Austro-Hun- '
garian minister of foreign uffatrs. and
Leon Trotsky, the bolshevik! foreign 1
minister, were particularly stormy 1
and ended in a violent rupture which 1
bore all the seeds of a fu'ure conflict. |(
FOR'
FORT BOLL, S
AMERICAN TROOPS "
Oil THREE SECTORS
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*RE PROVING THEMSELVES TO
BE FIGHTER8 OF THE HIGHEST
CALIBER.
HARD TO HOLD IN RESTRAINT
Stories of Their Intrepidity Come
From the Fropt?la Their Desire to
Be Up and at the Enemy.
American troops in France now are
in battle on three sectors?on their
nwn line east of St. Mihiel and with
Ihe French in Champagne and on one
jf the most famous battle fronts '11
the world, where ruined villages and
the devastated country generally tell
the tale of hard-fought battles when
th Germans pushed forward their line
and ultimately wre driven back by
the French..
And everywhere the Americans are
proving themselves fighters of the
highest dialer, winning enconiums
from high French officers for their
business-like methods of warfare and
especially their skill In the use of artillery.
Already the men are veterans. I
for nothing the Germans have in stock t
remains to be shown them except a ?
great mass attack. Thus far every- <
thing has been tried by the enemy <
against them has been discounted, and
in some instances doubly discounted
Stories from the front by the Asso- I
dated Press tell of the intrepidity
of the men in trench riadlng operations.
of their coolness under fire and
in returning fire, the accuracy of aim
of the gunners and the intense watchfulness
at observation posts to see
that the enemy obtains no undue advantage
in a surprise attack.
Hard to Restrain. '
The only criticism thus far heard
regarding the Americans is their desire
to be up and at the enemy. Like
their brothers of the north?the Canadians?they
are hard to hold In re- ,
straint. As one distinguished FVench ,
<? ? ?
Ua,,.<;iinuu It, lilt-; It I r IUO tlllXlous
to get at grips with the enemy." |
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HUTCHESON IS GIVING I
THE ENEMY COMFORT i
President Wilson has wired William {
L. Hutcheson, president of the Car- I
pontera' and Joiners' Union now out on 1
a strike, as follows:
"William L .Hutcheson, general
president. United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, New
York: I have received your telegram 1
of yesterday and am very glad to note
the expression of your desire as a patriotic
citizen to assist in carrying on
the work by which we are trying to
save America and men everywhere I :
who work and are free. Taking advantage
of that assurance. I feel It
to he my duty to call your attention 1
to the fact that the strike of carpenters
in the shipyards is in marked
and painful contrast to the action of
labor in other trades and places. Ships
are absolutely necessary for the winning
of the war No one can strike a
deadlier blow at the safety of the nation
and of its forces on the other side
than by interfering with or obstructing
the shipbuilding program.
"All the other unions engaged in
this indispensable work have agreed 1
to abide by the decisions of the shipbuilding
wage adjustment board. T.hat
board has dealt fairly and liberally
with all who have resorted to it. I ' '
must say to you frankly that it is your J1
duty to leave to it the solution of
your present difficulties with your
employers and to advise the men
whom you represent to return at once '
to work pending the decision.
"I do not see that anything will he
gained by my seeing you personally
until you have accepted and acted J
upon that principle. It is the duty of j
the government to see that the best j
nossibie condition.* of inW ??-? ?*???? ? i
tained, as it is also Its dutjj to see to j
it that there is no lawless and eon- j!
scienoeloss profiteering and that duty |
the government has accepted and will j '
perform. Will you co-operate or will
you obstruct?
"WOODROW WILSON."
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SEABOARD CLERKS GOT
20 PER CENT INCREASE <
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Washington.?Details of an arbitration
agreement giving all Seaboard 1
Air Line railway clerks 20 per cent t '
Increase in salaries and a basic eight- I
hour day were made public here. The <
agreement was signed here after ne- '
Reflations sir.ee last September when i
the clerks went oufon strike. They
returned to work after being out three : <
weeks pending the negotiations just i
romnleteil thrnni?ii i ,>t?t? ? * - *- 1
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department of labor. N <
GERMAN TROOPS REFUSE TO .1
MOVE TO FREC.NH FRONT
Petrograd. ? German soldiers at
Grodno and Kovno, according to a re- f
port -eceived here from Moscow, have jt
tefuaed to obey a command to move 1
to the French front. The troops have |i
entrenched themselves under the pro- jt
lection of their own artillery and 1
have defetead a detachment of loyal J i
forces which the German staff sent to jl
punish them. This may be an echo of {<
an earlier report of mutiny among l
German soldiers. Jl
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5 C., THURSDAY, FEBRUA
DR. MIUNKO VESNITCH I
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Dr. Milanho Vesnitch, Seroian min- I
later to France, who heads the diplomatic
and military miaaion to the Unltid
States. Doctor Veanitch represent?d
his country at the interallied conference
in Paris.
FRENCH ARE OPTIMISTIC
147 DIVSIONS RELEASED BY
PEACE WITH RUSSIA MOVE TO
WESTERN FRONT.
Germany Will Soon Have 2,340.000
Men Facing Allies?Long Advertised
Offensive Has Not Begun.
Although under the good weather
Lhe terrain in France and Uolgium is
fast drying out and the Teutonic allies
are continuing to pour thousands of
troops to positions behind the battle
line, there still has been no indication
that the enemy is ready to begin his
much advertised offensive. Bombardments
and patrol encounters along the
sutire front are still taking place as
for many days past, but the roar of
the big guns nowhere has reached
that volume of drum tire which in
the pust has always heralded an in
fantry attack of great proportions.
While the German reinforcements
have been coming up the entente commanders
have not been lying idle and
waiting for the offensive to begin. On
the other hand, they everywhere have
strengthened vheir positions to meet
any enemergeu^y, and optimism is expressed
both from British and French
sources that should the Germans
strike?no matter how early the moment?they
will meet the most stubborn
resistance from gun and man
power.
French authorities consider that the
total number of the enemy now facing
the French. British, American and
Belgian troops or held in reserve nggrgeutes
2,340,000 men. Recent statements
from the British military authorities
in Great Britain have been
to the effect that the preponderance
of weight in both an and gun power
still lies with the entente armies.
Several additional successful raids
by the British in which German officers
and men were captured and others
killed, heavy artillery fighting be
iween me Krencn and the Germans
on various sectors sums up the activities
that have been in progress on
the western front. The American sharpshooters
and artillerymen are keeping
up their good work against the Germans
in front of ther positions, having
with their shrapnel fire compelled
the enemy to almost abandon their
first line trenches and with their
sharpshooters and rapid fire guns
forced snipers to quit their posts and
peek safety nt other places.
GEN. PERSHING WANTS
MORE ARMY CHAPLAINS
Washington.?General Pershing has
recommended to the war department
hat the number of chaplains in the
army be increased for the war to an
average of three for each regiment i
with an additional number assigned in
order to t?e available for such detach-1
I'd duty as may be required.
The present law provides only one
chaplain for each regiment, hut there
a pending in Congress a bill incrcasi21C
that rnililhpr tn nun f/vi- ? '*? I onn
urn in all branches of the military
establishment. The measure has tho
approval of the war department and
idininistrnlion leaders have urged Its
early passage.
RE SALES OF WHEAT MILL
FEED TO BE ELIMINATED
Washington. - Elimination of re- i
sales of wheat mill feed within the
rade and the fixing of reasonable limts
of profits by brokers, commission
r?en and Jobbers have resulted, it was
innounced. from a two-day conference
lere between representatives of tho
ndustry and the food administration.
Retailers will bo required to exact
inly a fair and reasonable profit
hrougb control of their supply from
liensed dealers
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T.T, T
RY 21, 1918
DEMAND THAT MEN;
RETURN TO WORK
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SHIPPING BOARD DE8IRES THAT
SHIPYARD WORKERS RETURN
PENDING ADJUSTMENT.
LABOR LEADER IS I DEFIANT;
Local Draft Boarda Begin Calling
Striking Workers Who Would Return
to Work But for Hutcheson's
Refusal.
Washington. ? A renewed demand
that William L. Hutcheson. president
or the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, send striking shipyard
workers in eastern plants beck to
work pending an adjustment of their
grievances was made by Chairman
Hurley, of the shipping board.
Earlier in the day Hutcheson had
unswered a previous appeal with a
communication declaring it would be
impossible for him to act until he had
some definite proposition from the
! shipping board asto working condi'
tions.
i Hutcheson's virtual defiance of the
| shipping board presents a situation on
; which olcialp declined to comment.
Mr. Hurley's request that the men
be put back to work immediately carried
no threat and shipping board officials
would not say what steps they
have in mind.
Reports that local exemption boards
are preparing to call into the military
service striking shipyard workers
within the draft age prompted the
shipping board to send telegrams urging
that no such action be taken. Deferred
classification for shiDvord work
ers has been put by the provost marshal
general's office in the charge of
the industrial service section of the
shipping board desires that all draft
questions he decided in Washington
President Wilson is known to be
given personal attention to he labor
situation and is following every move
iu the shipyard strikes.
In his communication to Hutcheson.
i Chairman Hurley points out that the
heads of the carpenters' and Joiners'
union were the only ones who declined
to leave adjustment of difficulties
to the shipbuilding labor adjustment
board. Even the carpenters' locals, despite
this attitude. Mr. Hurley declares.
have asked to be included in
the agreement.
CENTRAL POWERS STILL
AT WAR WITH RUSSIA.
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Trotzky Declares, However, Russia's
Withdrawal and Declares it Real.
Aiinougn reports or tne conrerenoe
at the imperial German headquarters
between Emperor William and the
military and political leaders have indicated
the probability of further fighting
between the Teutonic allies and
the Russians, the bolahoviki government's
withdrawal from the war has
.been reiterated by Leon Trotzky, the
| foreign mniistor. A wireless com|
munication from Petrograd snsy Trot*jkj'
informed the All-Rur.sian Work;men's
and Soldiers' councils that Rusjaia's
withdrawal was a real ore and
that all ar reements with hor former
; allies had been vitiate'l. The councils
;approved Trotzky's policy.
At War Declares Kushlmann.
Amsterdam.?That Germany and
Austria were still at war with Russia
was the belief expressed by Dr. Richard
von Kuehlmann, the German forjeign
secretary, at the concluding session
of tlm. recent peace conference
|at Brest-Litovsk after Leon Trotzky,
the bolshevik! fort ign minister, had
made his final rtatement that Russia
;was out fif the war and her armies
would he demobilized, but that she
would desist from signing a formal
peace treaty.
Tl.? - ~ ~ -
I I lie ana HI war. uocior von Kuehlimann
said. ended when Russia and
the Teutonic allies signed the arm's
lice. but when the armistice ended
the warfare must be revived. He
added tha* because one or two of the
contracting parties had demobilized
their armies, this fact would in no
wise alter the situation.
; BOLO WILL APPEAL
FROM DEATH SENTENCE
Paris.?Bolo Pasha, who was convicted
by a i-ourtmartial of treason
and sentencr-d to death, has appealed.
uoio, much to tils surprise, was
. dressed in prison crarb and taken to
I th? donth cell on his return to Santo
! prison He passed a restless night
| hut was apparently hopeful that the
' decision may be reversed on appeal.
| He said to the guards:
I "I am perfectly tranquil. 1 have a
! thousand grounds for appeal."
CAPT. VERNON CASTLE
KILLED WHILE FLYING
Forth Worth.?Capt. Vernon Castle, i
of the British royal flying corps, who
j braved death for more than a year
over the Germ&h lines with but only
a minor wound, met death on a peaceful
flying field in an effort to avert a
; collislt^ with another aviator. The
cadet aviator with whom he was flying,
R. Peters, was only slightly Injured.
Captain Castle was one of the
; beat liked men on the aviation fields
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TMES
uki Tfl SOUTH CAROLINIANS
On Amcr.icn Rests Responsibility to T
. Crush uermar.t, Says Sena'.Or . r
Conjairhin Ryan Tillman.
t'oiu-nkla.?Replies are coming fronj
All par.s of (he slhU; to i-iurace L.. 11
I'.'Z 'tnun, in charge of the work of
. un eligible list of men avail- j
:io.c iir work in the shipyards of the j
u.imry. Mr. Tilghmau s office is ia
lie U:uon National Dank building. Comhla.
He ?eoIs optimistic about
-siting the 4,000 men needed from ||
SouMi Carolina. Will im Banks, who
is a?3 sting Mr. Tilghmun in this work,
I'Vd.veti the following message from ^
i'.e::ator Tillman in Washington, chair- j
:::an of the senate's conimitte on nn"a!
aiYaits:
"On America rests the responsihilty
of placing her almost infinite stores
of men and munitions and food quickly
on the western front to crush, once p
for all, the strength of the German
Junkers. America now has the train- (>.
<?:1 men and resources to accomplish y
this end. Only one thing is lacking t.j
o place those resources where they tf
?v .1 prove decisive?mat tiling Is j(
bhlpa. i p|
"She has the materials, she has tlie tc
plants to produce them, hut to pro- u
dure them she must have the men. li
preferably trained mechanics, ready to it
sumo the task and with willingness 111
and enthusiasm push it to a success- f;i
ful conclusion. Can the response for si
a moment he doubted? tli
"I think if we have any men in to
South Carolina who can help build
ships, they ought at once to make up p
their minds to go to work for the gov- y\
ernment and enlist in that gr^at n
cause. General Pershing and his gallant
army need reinforcements and (?
"uy ona who can contribute in the p
least ought to get to work imtnediately."
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Most Enthusiastic Ever Held.
Clemson College.?-Tim meeting ?u P
the South Carolina farm demonstr.i- 1
Rt
tlon agents adjourned after the close
of the best conferences ever held at
Clemson. Or. W. W. Long made the J1
following statement in regard to the 11
meeting: ''
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"The meeting of the demonstration
agents that has Just cloned at Clemson
College was one of the most entliusi- }l
astlc ever held bv the organization. '
The program was prepared with the 1'
idea of stressing those things that it
is necessary for our farmers to do in ,r
order to meet the demands of the government
in waging the war. The na- 1)1
cessity of a large acreage in spring sl
oats was discussed and recommended.
Inasmuch as there is less roughage in
the State than there has been for a '
number of years, an increase in acreage
in corn was also recommended to
assure our people of an abundant sun- "
ply of b^ead for human consumption
and grain for our live stock. | a
"The possibility wns recognized that j
In the months to come nil Western ;
wheat might he shipped to our allies ; u
and our own armies. It wns stated that ni
there was never a time in the historv \ w
of this State when a larire nnrn rrrin W
was so necessary for our people. An '
entire day was devoted to live stool:.
Much time was Riven to swine produo- a'
tion and dairying and It was pointed
out that It was with tho hog and the a
dairy cow that we had to depend upon
to meet boll weovile conditions. I am
sure that the people of the State will ^
agree that such a program .nust mean 1 P
great good to the State." i J1
Dr. Bradford Knapp spoke eloquent w
ly on the pntriotic duty of producing
food in the mass for man and boast. n:
lie wos followed by B. B. Oo?Hett. who ?
snoke of the work of the fuel ndmfnls- t h
t.ration In tiding over the coldest wintor
on record with a minimum amount ;
of suffering. lie said that there is at
enough cor.l in this country to last 4.- ; ?
000 years, hut that the difficulty Is In a
the scarcity of mining help and trans- n
portation. 01
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Goodwin New Examiner.
Columbia?J. William Pole, who "
has been the federal bank examiner
for South Carolina for the past two
years and a half, has made his last w
examination of a hank in this Stat" ' ni
Tie leave* this district to go to the ^
federal reserve district with Cleveland,
Ohio, as h^s headquarters. His time n!
will he piven to the three cities of j nl
Pittsburgh. Cincinnati and Cleveland.
He is succeeded by Mr. Ooodwin. who j '
cornea here from New Copland.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS, ITEMS. U
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Mrs Sallie O. Spigner has been tr
awt rded $27,500 bv a Richland count* n,1
cl
Jury for alleped injuries brought aboiC s1
when the Seaboard Air Line train, on tt
which she was to he taken to a Co j cm
lumbia hospital, left her at Fairfax. ; al
The Rev. H. G. Hardin, of MeColl. ?<
will succeed his brother as pastor of T
Mt. Vernon Place Methodist church, tl'
Sunday. February 17. was the f>3t? s?
anniversary of the burning of Colun s<
hia. al
Captain James .1 Rouse, a prorr
nent Confederate veteran, died at Ins (j
home in Lattu at the age of 7S.
I-Ieut. Frank R. Pershing, a nephew ^
of General Pershing, is now stationed ?
at ('aitif Jacksou, Columbia
The mills of the Granlteville Mauu ^
facturing Company at Granlteville, i".
the Horse Creek Valley. Aiken conn eI
ty. are closed and the machinery Id' P'
whle between 500 to f>0 Ooperaflve? *n
mon and women, are on strike d :u u '
Ing substantially a 20 per cevt 1
crease in wages. The closing dun '?
the mills was made necessary l?y a<
walking ou: of the operatives.
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IEWS OF THE WEEK
ROM GAMP SEVIER
7 AND 118 INFANTRIE8 ARE
INCLUDED IN EDUCA
TIONAL SCHEME.
VDEXING OF MEN BE6INS
orporal Earl B. Huitt Acquitted oi
Shooting Lieut. Tripp of Easloy, S.
C~ anri WarnoH "fcln* D - Cm r<>n
idont the Next Time."
Iu ar. exhibition boxing match, the
roceeds of which were divided hereon
the athletic associations of this
imp and Cunip Wudsworth, Frank
oran. runner-up for the heavyweight
lainpionship, and now boxing instruc?r
aV Wads worth, punished Sergeant
>nes. 105th Kngineer. the local cliamIon,
so severely that he was forced
> retire after only two of the schedled
ten rounds. Several good preminaries,
however, gave the crowds
s money's worth. Three thousand or
lore soldiers gathered to witness the
minus pugilist in action, and the conansus
of opinion after it wus over
lat Jones was a brvae man merely
i enter the ring with him.
Corporal Karl B. Huitt. Company B,
>5th Military Police, a native of
laiden. N*. C.. has been acquitted of
le shooting of Lieut. Charlton M.
ripp. Medical Corps, of Easley, S.
, on December 23 last. It appoars
lat Corporal lluitt attempted to halt
ieut. Tripp, who was driving a car,
nd that when the oft leer misunderood
him and went 011 lluitt drew his
Istol and tired at a tire of the mnliine.
His bullet went wild and
ruck Lieut. Tripp in the shoulder, inieting
a wound which incapacitatedim
for a short time. Corporal Huitt
as been returned to duty, with a warnig
not to he so confident of hie marktansliip
in the future.
Reports that the'camp here might
i? abandoned along with that at Char>t.te
have been discountenanced since
ic arrival of a consulting engineer in
le constructing division of the Quarirmaster
Corps to locate sites for aditional
buildings which will probably
R authorized here. Beside that, contruotion
authorized only within the
ast three weeks will total in cost
isily a quarter of a million dollars,
hese facts, the opinion of the engicer.
who declared that the site was
iccellent. the camp well laid ofT, and
le entire plans good, and other things
11 indicate that Camp Sevier will be
permanent training centre.
Attention to conservation in the
1th division has resulted in getting
long on two-thirds tho bread allownce,
ami this merely by cutting out
aste und not by limiting the amount
hich anyone may have. The division
1 allowed about 30,000 pounds of
read a day. trhereas it is getting
long on about 10,000 2-pound loaves
ally. All r'.sen bread is supplied by
bakery company, a regular army ocanization.
The indexing rg' every man in the
(vision according lo his industrial exerience
and technical ahilites has
ist nee* completed. Kvery single man
as called up and interviewed, each
iterveiw requiring ten minutes or
tore. and tho facts thus learned noted
n an indiv dual card. These cards
ave now baen tiled according to an
a borate system by which it is possile
to run down the line and pick out
t a glance all men of any particular
ccupatipn. A consolidated summary
a also been prepared, showing the
umber of men of each trade in every
rganizution in the division, as well us
>e totals by trades. The whole gilt
n tic task was dene by f'apt. William
. Kyle, of Memphis, division personel
officer, assisted by six second
untenants who specialize In such
ork. The system should be of the
lost immense value in selecting men
?r any future drafts. I
v t......a .xfpi,.,.- t
IIUIIM ?/iMUiin.ii\yiac<i will* XJ I Ml I III*
cdical department has arrived to inruct
specially enlisted men in mothis
of. carrying on a campaign of eduition
among the soldiers on the sub>ct
of venereal diseases. The camThe
eontpulsory education scheme
>r all illiterates has just been exinded
to the 117t hand llHth infunies,
some 700 men from which are
dw attending reading and writing
asses four hours a week. Such inruction
was put into efTect about
iree weeks ago in the ROth Brigade,
omposed of North Carolina troops,
Imost 1.000 of whom are going to
hool to the teachors provided by the
. M. (' A., which is given charge of
le lessons, or found by association
>crotaries pniong the soldiers themslvos
Teachers are excused from
II other military duty.
Rooks especially written by Associaon
workers are used in these classes,
ivaity and patriotism, the principles
f military discipline and obedience
sing inculcated whenever possible,
lectures on American hlsitory and
io causes of the United States' preatco
in the war have nlso been preirnd
to he read to the elasaes by the
istruetors.
The "Y" at the 50th Infantry Brlide
has attain been opened, after havg
been closed for some time on
'count of a case of meningitis which
ive'.ooed there. * 4
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