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Established in 1891. i____^______ ' HHFRIdSN TRiPS~ I S ID AS BEFORE 8ECRETARY BAKER DENIES THAT AMERICAN TROOPS WILL NOT BE USED AS BEFORE. AT GENERAL FOCUS COMMAND Expedited Movement of Soldiers to France Is Proceeding According to Program. Washington. ? American officers wore, inclined to characterize reports from London via Ottuwa that American troops would not be used until a cumpiere ana powcriui American army had been developed In France us an echo of the political controversy oreclpitated In Englund by the Incident of General Maurice. They cou:d see no other explanation since the statement attributed to the "wr.r committee" of the British w?r cabinet was promptly repudiated by Lord Reading. British ambassador here, and later declared by Secretary Baker In a formal statement to be at absolute variance with the facts as known hero. Lord Reading's statement said he was confident no such announcement had been issued with the knowledge of Premier Lloyd-George, adding chit the views of the British government, which he was transmitting were exactly opposite. Secretary Baker slid American troops were now being used in battle and would continue to bo used as the supreme commander, General Foch, deemed best. Inquiry at the various bureaus of the war department showed that tlio expedited movement of men to Franco is proceeding as planned after the announcement that American units would be brigaded with French and British divisions for Immediate operations as well as training. Qinno iho HooiciAti In anotlor A mar. lean battalions or regiments in ailied ^ forces was made only because oi the cry for manpower from both the British and French governments when the German onslaught was battering the lines in Flanders and Picardy, officials here were inclined to find tho tone of the announcement now attributed to the war cabinet distasteful. The whole American program in France has been subject to revision by reason of that decision, the effect ??f which was to set aside national pride and the ambitions of American officers of high rank in order to furnish immediate aid. Such sacrifices were not viewed lightly it is held, or to bo accepted or iejected at the whim of the moment in London or elsewhere. Just how this report may relate ?o the recent political crisis in Englund, American officers did not undertake to say. They have a strong feeling that English politics is ochind the mystery. however, and look tc the Biltish government to correct prompt?v any misapprehension there may be about tho need for American aid RAILROAD RATFS MAY BE RAISED 25 PER CENT. Wasington.?Estimates made by railroad administration officials indi. rate that an an increase of at least 25 per cent n freight and passenger rates will be necessary this year to meet the high costs of fuol. wages, equipment and other operating expenses, now set at between $600,000,000 and $750,000,000 more than last year. Recommendation that rates be raised by approximately this percentage lias ueen mane 10 lureciur uenerui NlcAdoo by his advisers.| He is expected to act within the next six weeks, and to put increases into effect immediately. Shippers will be permitted to appoal to the intrestate commerce commission under the railroad act and final decision will bo with the president. Such an increase as Is proposed would be the biggest in the history of American railways, as the percentage is larger than any ever sought by the railways under private management, and would npply alike to the entire country. Both class and commodity schedules would be affectedNATURALIZATION PAPERS CANCELLED AFTER 35 YEARS Newark. N. J.?Thlyty-flvo years af ter Frederick W. Wursterbarth, Clerman-born, obtained American citizenship papers they were cancelled hy the federal court here. Wursterbarth. who, according to witnesses hnd refused to buy Liberty honds or contrlb uto to nod Cross or knlahts of Co'.umbrs funds, was recently removed as postmaster at Lake View, where he lives, because of alleged pro-German sympathies. Women Granted Laity Rights. Atlanta. Ga.?After yars of effort, women of the Methodist Knlscopill church, south, were irrnnted. by action of the general conference, full lay membership In the church. Paragraphs In the discipline stating: "It In not In harmony with the spirit of our law that women be members of n general conference: It Is not lawful to elect a woman a steward, and, a woman may be elected a superintendent o fa Sunday school, but Is not thereby a member of the quarterly conference" ere ordered from the book of laws *""?" ' ; : The r.UPQTPR Uf rilTUPI I li Chester W. Cuthell, thirty-four years j old, general counsel of the Emergency Fleet corporation, is the youngest man to hold a similar position for the government. He succeeded Judge John Barton Payne, who has been made legal adviser to the director gen- : oral of railroads. 1 GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED i i OF PRIME MINISTER LLOYD- i GEORGE OF SENSATIONAL j CHARGES BY ASQUITH. I J A r i 11? V-? Imnrnua Tha ir P as if i r\ n 1 Along Somme Front, Despite the 1 Artillery Fire. ] The Lloyd George ministry has won , vindication In the British parliament | ; at a time when defeat would have ] maant a government crisis. A motion ( by former President Asquith asking , , for the appointment of a special com- j I mittee to investigate sensational i j ! charges made by Major General Frederick B. Maurice, published earlier in the week, was defeated by a vote of 293 to 10G. i While Mr. Asquith disavowed any | intent to put the present government ( ! to a crucial test, it was felt that with | l an adverse vote the Lloyd George cab- ] inet would have resigned. The Maurice incident, involving charges of misrep- , resentation by the premier in his re- | ports to the house of commons, has stirred all England, and the section : of the press hostile to Mr. Lloyd i George did not hesitateto say that if | the present government fell there would be an alternative cabinet ready to step into office. The allied defense on the Flanders i front to the southwest of Ypres has again been tested by the Germans j i and has been found adequate. Two j divisions of Teuton troops were em- > ployed on a relatively short front and ! were sent into the fight under cover of a terrific artillery fire. The front chosen for the attack extended from i the village of Laf'lytte to Voorme- ! zeele, but the center of the assault J seems to have been at Vierstraat, a 1 hamlet northeast of Kemmel hill. i tm. ? n ~ a . i? ? - - I I i uu ii.urn ui mo uurnmn anacK- j ing lino were stopped short by fire from the French and British artillery posted on high ground and which was able to enfilade the German regiments as they tried to advance. In the center, however, the Germans made quite a serious dent in the allied '.ine. Wednesday night, however, the allie3 drove forward in a eounter-at-1 tack and the latest reports from Field : Marshal Haig are to the efTect that ; 'he line has been re-established. The J Germans are reported to have lost very heavily during the fighting. COMPROMISE ON TIME LIMIT IS OUTCOME Atlanta, Ga.?With the disposal of the question of the time limit on inin- j ; is'ers by the general conference of ; the Methodist Episcopal Church, j | South, indications were that the next 1 big Issue to reach the debate stage | would be the demands of the woman i for laity rights, already favorably act- ' ed upon by the committee on revisals. The conference nfter a two-day parlimanetary wranglp, adopted the minority report on the time limit proposal. which Inserts in the discipline a paragraph permitting bishops to appoint ministers indefinitely, on recommendation of quarterly conference, to- t gether with the vote of the majority j I of the presiding eldors of the bishop's rrblnet. The status of the presiding ' lers was allowed tp remain unchang and they will continue to be forced to move at the end of four years. A n >vemont to restrict the eldership extiusively to four years was defeated. HAMSTEAD MERCHANT GETS YEAR IN PRISON Wilmington.?For advising regis trants that they could not be made ( to serve in France and promising to supply them with provisions if they would "hide out" and for utterances against theh government and favoring the kaiser. J. L. Bowers. 59. merchant i of Hampstead. N. C., wns sentenced to i a year and a day In the federal prison in Atlanta by Judge H. G. Connor, of" the federal court. I A FOR' FORT WILL NOT BE USEDl UNTIL COMPLETE ENTENTE ALLIES CONFIDENT OF THEIR ABILITY TO WITHSTAND ANY DRIVE FROM GERMANS. FIELD AS ALL AMERICAN FOE Allies Saving Their Men While the Germans are Draining Their Country Dry. Ottawa.?So confident is the entente of its ability to wltstand any drive the Germans can launch that it has been decided not to use the American army until it becomes a complete and powerful force, according to a cable summary of operations on the western front received here from the war committee of the British cabinet. "The Dosition new is " cv?iH summary, "that the Germans, determined to concentrate every available unit on one enormous offensive, are draining their country dry to force a decision before it is too late, while the entente are so confident that, having been given the choice of a small Immediate American army for defense ar waiting till they are reinforced by a complete, powerful, self-supporting American army, they have chosen the latter. "To the sledge-hammer uses of masses of men by the enemy the allies are opposing the strategy of meeting the blow with the smallest force capable of standing up to the shock, while keeping the strongest reserve possible. Troops on the wings are permitted to give ground within limits whenever the enemy has been made to pay a greater price than the ground Is worth, the whole aim being to reduce the enemy to such a state of exhaustion that our reserve, at the right moment, can restore the situation. What British Have Done. "In the present operations, the Brit Ish army has withstood many times Its own weight of enemy masses. It lias retired slowly, exacting the fullest price. Meanwhile, Foch holds the bulk of the French in reserve, sending units only to points hard pressed. This strategy has justified itself in that in three weeks it has seen the enemy brought to a standstill without a single strategic objective being fulfilled and with losses so immense that his reserve is in danger of proving inadequate to his policy. "The German commander, seeing how nearly he is delivering himself to the allied reserve, has been compelled to accept temporary failure and call a halt. His position is tactically exposed in two dangerous salients on waterlogged ground. His uuunirymeni are dangerously dissatisfied at the immense price paid for his failure to terminate their sufferings. His allies are on the verge of quarrelling and daily exhibit their growing dislike and distrust of the task master who robs them of their lives and food. "His reserves have nearly reached complete exhaustion. Those of the Franco-British are still in being, while the American preparations develop. The time draws closer when defeat is inevitable. Therefore, he must renew the offensive. His preparations proceed feverishly but it takes months properly to organize such an offensive. He must be satisfied with what he can do in weeks. We may, therefore, expect a renewed, furious onslaught before long. The enemy is so committed to his strategical plans that we may await Ills main blow on the Arras-Amiens front while necessity compels him to try 'o improve his position in the Lys sector. "The allies may have complete confidence in the result. For the enemy the issue is a desperate endeavor to avoid defeat; for the allies the issue is only that of victory deferred. The coming battle may be a repetition of Verdun on a large scale and ^f both sides should be exhausted, the allies have vast powers of recuperation, while Germany has draftei her re sources aireauy." AMERICAN ARMY OFICERS ARE FRANKLY DELIGHTED Washington.?News of lhe British statement that the entente is so confident of its ability to hold the Germans that the American army is not to be used until it bocomes a complete and self-supporting force, was received by army officers here with frank delight, not only because of the supreme confidence indicated by such a decision but on account of the keen desire of American military men to take the field as all-Amorican foe. EVERY CITIZEN MAY ACT AS VOLUNTEER DETECTIVE Washington.?Every citizen may act as a volunteer detective to assist government officers in ferreting out persons suspocted of disloyal act'on or utterances, says a statement Issued by Attorney General Gregory. United States attorneys have been told to cooperate with newspapers In their districts so that public notice can he !?lven of the nearest offices of attorneys or the bureau of Investigation to which cltlr.ens may refer. ? * ?. V T Ml mtt.t. a n Tirn"p qt* a v m GEN. FERDINAND FOCH j Jpk 0 3 Gen. Ferdinand Focn nas been put i In supreme command of the armies of the allies on the western front. He gr.lned great fame in the battle of the Marne, and is considered France's best strategist. He is chief of the ' French general staff. NO MACHINE GUN SHORTAGE I SECRETARY BAKER SAYS FORE CASTS MADE BY HIM HAVE BEEN SURPASSED. First Official Utterance Indlcatlnf Even Indirectly Number of Mer Sent Out. Washington.?More than half a mil lion American soldiers have been seni to France. Secretary Baker authoriz ed the statement that his forecast tt Congress in January that 500.00( troops wolud be dispatched to Franet early in the present year had now been surpassed. Mr. Baker dictated the following statement: "In January I told the senate com mittee that there was strong Ukell hood that early in the present yeai 500,000 American troops would be dis patched to France. I cannot eithei i now or perhaps later discuss the nurn I her of American troops In France, bu I am glad to be able to say that th< forecast I made in January has beer surpassed." No Machine Gun Shortage. As a result of a personal investi Ration of machine gun production dur ing the past few days, the secretary announced that there is no presenl shortage of light or heavy types o! these weapons either In France or h America and no shortage is in pros pect. Mr. Baker said there had been nc question as to the supplies of lighi type Browning guns, which were com ing forward in quantities. He woult not say whether shipment of the3^ guns to France had been started. A; to the heavy Brownings, he said somt have been produced and there Is everj indication of forthcoming produetior in Increasing and substantial num bers. The secretary chose his wordi about the troops in France with ut most care. He would not amplify th< statement in any way and speclflcallj asked that the press refrain froir speculation as to what precise figures his guarded remarks covered or as I to what possibilities of early furthei Increase in the force there might bo There has been repeated official an nouncements, however, that the gov ernment is bending every energy t( rushing men across to back up th' allied lines in France, and officers di rectly in charge of the transportatior have expressed satisfaction with tht progress being made. There is nc doubt that the present force of Amor lean troops there represents only f small part of the total strength thai will be available before the summei fighting ends. BRITISH TROOPS ENTER TURKISH TOWN OF KERKUK . London/?British troops have entered the Turkish town of Kerkuk. 8f j miles southeast of Cosul, in Mesopo | tamia, the British war office an i nouneed. The British met with r.c j opposition. The Turks on retiring left 600 men in the Kerkuk hospital PRISONERS HELD FOR DISLOYALTY MUTINY I Muskogee, Okla.?Twent?-six prisoners held in the federal Jail on charges of disloyalty and pro-German ism mutinied and a riot in which a guard and several prisoners were slightly injured followed. Loyal pris oners who were in the minority were roughly handled and only the arrival of police who herded the rioters into their cells brought an end to the trouble. '1:1'-'ISPIP '" ? ; LL T AY 16, 1918 EIGHT SOLDIERS KILLED IN WRECK THE >DEAD AND INJURED MEN ncnc mua i lt r- k u m mt TWU CAROLINAS AND TENNESSEE. CAUSED BY SPFAOING RAIL Troops From Jackson Had Just Started to Camp Sevier, Greenville,? Military Inquiry Is Started. Columbia. S. C.?Eight soldiers were killed and 26 injured when a wooden passenger coach carrying members of the 321st infantry jumped a trestle at Camp Jackson. The soldiers had just entrained for Camp Sevier at Greenville and the train was pulling out of camp at a very low rate of speed. As it approached a trestle a big steel coach struck a spreading rail. This hurled the wooden coaches immediately in front down the embankment. A military lnauirv into the muse of the wreck was begun by a board headed by Lieut. Col. Halsteadt of the 321st infantry. 81st division, to which all of the dead soldiers were attached. All of the dead were privates. List of Casualties. The official list of the dead and ift. Jured follows: The dead are: Private Edgar Simpklns. Co. K. 321st infantry; father, Wm. E. Simmons, Patmost, Arkansas. Private Philetus C. Swann, Co. K. ?21st infantry; mother. Mrs. Ninna Swann. 10 1-2 North Park square, \shevllle, N. C. Private Marion O. Hawkins. Co. K. 321st infantry; father. S. A. Hawkins, , R. F. D. No. 2. Marion, N. C. Private William E. Lowery. Co. K, 321st infantry; father. Samuel Low ery, Alta Pass. N. C. Private Jess Reno. Co. I. 321st in fantry. Father, Tom Reno, Soddy, t Tenn. Prlvala A rwl-o.... <3 ' -- ? > ? . ..wwv <iuuictv HUppiy } company, 321st Infantry; father. Arch * Scogglns, R. F. D. 1. Ooltewah. Tenn. Private James L. Leatherwood. Co L, 321?t Infantry; brother, Thurman L. Leatherwood, Waynesville, N. C. Private Denton Goolsby. Co. A. 321st Infantry; father. John Goolsby, Pauls Valley, Tenn. The Injured are: Thomas I. Fitzgerald, Trenton, Tenn.; L. P. Ramsey. Ashevllle, N. C.; Andrew Shoulders, Dlerks, Ark.; F. M. Henry, Willets. N. C.; John W. Frost, Gilllken. N. C.; George W. Stoke, Louisville. Miss.; George S. Thompson (Indian), Ella, N. C.; Franklin P. Poindexter, Mooresville, N. C.J Charles M. Deal. Hickory. N". C.; Jacob Kluttz, East Spencer, N. C.; - John W. Rook. Robersonville. N. C.; ' William A. Brown, Ramseur, N. C.; 1 Robert C. Harris. Rocky Mount, N. C.; t W. J. McKinnon, Henderson, Tenn.; ' Dewey Kilpatrick. Asheville, N. C.; - Richard Grey. Shallotte, N. C.; Chester Slrcy, Todd, N. C.; W. C. Bryson, > Candlor. N. C.; Hugh Aldrldge, Baldt win. Miss.; Robert A. Moore. Clio, S. - C.; Roscoe Braswell, Montezuma. N\ 1 C.; William South, Ashland City, t Tenn.; Lotinie High. Whitesville, N. i C.; John E. Hyatt. Weaversville, N. C. * ? William Ledford, Almond. N. C. l SAYS ATTEMPT TO BLOCK OSTEND WAS A FAILURE , London.?The German submarine . base of Ostend on the Belgian coast 5 has been blocked as a result of a new r raid by the British naval forces, the , admiralty announces. The obsolete , cruiser Vindictive, filled with con, crette, has been sunk across the enr trance to the harbor. Berlin (via London).?The British lu uiui ntuic IIIU IIUI uur Ul UStend was a failure, according to an official statement. An old cruiser, entirely battered to pieces, lies aground before the harbor outside the navigation channel, and the entrance to the harbor is quite free, the statement continues. ) TWO NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS ARE DEAD Greenville. S. C.?Two deaths of soldiers in the 50th division, both cf which occurred Wednesday evening, were announced at divisional headquarters. Camp Sevier. They were , Private James R. Cullum. 120th infan| try. whose next of kin is a sister. Mrs J K. A. Frazier, Durham, N. C.. and ( | Geruver Woodring. 105th ammunition train, next of kin. father. H. B. WoodI ring of Sands. N. C. SUBMARINE OPERATIONS ARE GREATLY HAMPERED German submarine operations from the harbor of Ostend, Belgium, ha.e i been seriously hampered for a time if . not rendered impossible by a daring t raid made on the harbor by the Brit. ish. An officials statement issued by . the British admiralty says the chah, nel leading ont of the inner harbor I has been completely blocked by the > hulk of the old cruiser Vindictive, , which was maneuvered into position under heavy Are and then suuk. ?* * IMES SEEGERS HEM OF NEWBERRY Member of Faculty of Lutheran Inatitution Has Not eYt Decided What He Will Do. Newberry.?At * a meeting of the board of trustees of Newberry College here .the Rev. J. C. Seegers, D.D., profoBsor of practical theology in the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Columbia, was elected president of the college to succeed the Rev. J. Henry Harms, D.D., who recently resigned. A committee from the board of trustees will go to Columbia to tender the place to Dr. Sea&ei t>, and urge his acceptance. Dr. Seegers is one of the ablest ministers of the Lutheran church In the South. Four years ago he was called I .u mo caHir ui practical meoiogy ai the seminary. At that time he was J pastor of St. John's. Easton, Pa., and ' for six years was pastor of a large j | church in Albany, N. Y. Dr. Seegers Is a resident of Colum- i bia, his home being at 1718 Assembly street. He was reared in Columbia | and resided here cuntinually until his 1 courses in college and the seminary had been comploted. He said he had no intimation that he was being considered by the board until called over the telephone. Horrible Murder at Columbia Columbia?A horible murder was perpetrated in the heart of the city at ' an early hour at 1330 Main street. I James MeLohghlin. for many years ' the faithful steward of the En**' , Home was murdered rrV * , ,ay on his bed asleep. Horrible indeed aro the details of the tragedy. The man was assinated within stones throw I ing distance or me largest oanks in , the city, and the sound of the blows which killed him could have been ' heard by Main street pedestrians, I MrLoughlin occupied u. bed in a room over Swan's Clothing Store, the t front room of the Eagles' Home. He j retired about midnight and was found dead in his room at 77 o'clock the next morning. His head had been crushed by an instrument and it is thought a hatchet was used. The man was j : found on the floor, and the bed was j saturated with blood. The supposl- j ' tion is that he was struck while asleep and in his death struggle fell to the ! fluor. There was nothing to indicate ! that any robbery had been commited. Everything in the room appeared to i be in its place. At the foot of the bed lay a beau- ' | tiful red rose and the flower was not I picked up. It was later trampled upon. [ Mr. McLoughlin's watch was in his ! pocket, and $5 was removel from his clothes. Frightful Wreck at Camp Jackson. Camp Jackson, Columbia.?Aj the result of a light railway car plung'ng I from the trestle over Wild Cat Creek I at Camp Jackson nine voldien were I killed and 25 more Injured. some of 1 v hum may die later. Tin soldieis j were members of the Three Hundred and Twenty-first Infantry and had | just entaralned for transportation to j Camp Sevier. Practically a'? of the j dead were in the light wooden coa?Mi | which was completely crusiied by the I | force of the fall. The wounded are ! being cared for at the base hospital at J [ Camp Jackson by the medical corps of the military post. The men had just boarded the cars, and as the trestle was reached the light wooden coach, which was third in the train of cars, was seen by the spectators to rsie up and pitch over the side ofthe trestle for a drop of about 35 feet, landing bottom upwards. The steel car which was immediately next also turned over, but was not sufficiently far enoygh on the trestle j to turn completely over. It was damaged but slightly, and the men in u i were about to crawl through the winI dows after the accident. The ex'ent of the injuries to the men In this car consisted of minor bruises and glass cuts, none of which are regarded as fatal. Register Men Becoming 21. Columbia.?Regulations for the registration of the 1.000.000 vounc men in i tho United States ^ho have become 21 years of age since June 5. 1917, are being formulated. A general synopsis of the plan of procedure has been definitely agreed upon. The local boards j will be called on for the registration of the young men. COUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. A 15 minute daily prayer service will be inaugurated each day at 12 o'clock noon at Chester for the triumph of America's army and navy | j and those of the allies and for divine i guidance in the problems that beset j the country. The service will be held at the hehadquarters of the National | Service league. ; Fresh peaches of the new crop will 1 soon be put on the market by the ! progressive fruit growers of Lexington j county. nrteen years in tne roaerai prison , at Atlanta was the sentence Imposed I by a military courtmartial at Camp Sevier upon Private Dudley Wallace, 117th infantry, convicted of desertion and larceny. The sentence, announced today, also provides dishonorable discharge. William C. Wolfe of Orangeburg has been named president of th i Bamberg, Rhrhardt & Walterboro Rail- 1 road. Mr. Wolfe is a practical railroad mar. and his selection was timely. The head offices of this company are at Bamberg. Mr. Wolfe was a former president of the Orangeburg Rallwa.y % T?** "''K ; i jt; " ' $1.25 Per Tear. PRESIDENT ASKS . DAYO[ PRAYER 1 PEOPLE TO GATHER AT PLACES OF WORSHIP AND PRAY FOR 1 AMERICAN ARMIES. AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS Thursday, May 30th.f is day Set Apart By President Wilson?Is National Memorial Day opeciai rrorn Washington?Nallo- ? nal memorial day. Thursday, May dOth is designated by President Wilson in a proclamation issued as a day of public fasting and prayer. The people of the nation are asked to gather that day in their places of worship and pray for the victory of the american armies which will bring a peace founded upon mercy. Justice and good will. The proclan*ition issued in response to a rosolutioa by congress, follows: "By the *'resident of the United States: \ proclamation. Whereas the cong ess of the United States on the sec nd day of April last, passed the fr.lowing resolution: " 'Aesolved by the senate (the house , representatives colouring), that it being a duty peculiar incumbent in a time of war humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on Almighty God and to implore his aid and protection, the president of the United States be. and is hereby respectfully requested to recommend a day of public humiliation, prayer, and fasting, to be observed by the people or me united Slates with religibus solmenity and the offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of our cause. His blessing on our arms, and a speedy restoration tof an honorable and lasting peace to the nations of the earth.' "And, whereas, it has always been the reverent habit of the people of the United Stater, to turn in humble appeal to Almighty God for His guHd* anee in the affairs of their common life; "Now. therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson president of the United States of America do hereby proclaim Thursdiy the 30th day of May a day already freighted with sacred and stinulating memories a day of humiliation, prayer and fasting.and to exhort my fellow citizens of all faith and creeds to assemble on that day in their several places of worship there, as well as in their homos , to pray Almighty God that he may forgive our sins and shoitcomings as a people and purify our hearts to see and love the truth, to accept and defend all things that are just and right, and to propose only those righteous acts and judgements which are in conformity with His will, beseeching Him that He will give victory to our armies as they fight for freedom, wisdom to those who take counsel on our behalf in these days of darkest struggle and preplexity, and stead fas tneve to our people to make Daui iivi; iu 1110 utmost in support or what Is just and true, bringing u? at the last pease in which mens' hearts can he at rest because it is founded upon mercy, justice and good will. "In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done in the District of Columbia the 11th day of May. in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighteen and. of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty second. Woodrow Wilson. "By the President: "Robert Lansing, "Secretary of State." Beard Bold Bad Boy. Greenville.?A federal warrant was Issued for the arrest of W. P. Beard, former editor of the Abbeville Scimitar. charged with making disloyal utterances against the government, thus hindering the prosecution of the war. Befcrd was convicted on a similar charge last November and sentenced to one year in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. This case was appealed and Beard is now out on bond. Stand by Wilson. T) T TI 1 1 TlftiL ?t- - - - mil.? wun inn RlROllOU or officers, the selection of Chauor as the next place of meeting and thj adoption of resolutions indorsing the work of President Wilson and members of his cabinet In prosecution of the war. the South Carolina division. Travelers' Protective Association, came to an end here. The session was declared to have been one of the best held in years and the reports submitted by the officers for the year were most encouraging. Considering Connie's Needs. Greenwood.?The board of trusteea i?i \ wiiu 10 iiiuAweii urpnanage mei in annual session here. The Hitting of the hoard was continued until all business was disposed of. The following members of the board were present: Joseph Norwood of Columbia. J. B. Smith of Springfield. J. \V. Sproles of Greenwood, the Rev. William Haynesworth of Sumter, Orlando Sheppard of Edgefield. C. B. Bobo of Laurens, S. B. Ezell of Spartanburg. J. K. Durst of Greenwood, P. R. Alderman of Al? colu. O. B. Buell of Charleston.