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BATTLES ON EAST
AND WEST FLANKS
GERMANS MAKING DESPERATE
EFFORTS TO 8QUEEZE OUT
OF POCKET.
GREAT NUMBER OF PRISONERS
There Are 8trong Indications That
German Defeat May Result in
Disastrous Rout.
The German high command apparently
1b making desperate efforts to
hold open the base of the salient between
Solssons and Rhelms until
troops far down the center of the
great pocket toward the Marne can
be withdrawn. With French and
American troops hammering away
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Italia*' force* battering at the weet
flank of the German position, it wai
till far from certain that the enemy
would be able to get hit force out of
the southern end of the salient witht
out terrific losses.
Already great numbers of prisoners
and guns have been taken by the
American and allied forces. The only
estimate from official sources covering
the aggregate captures by French.
American and Italian troops during
the first two days of the counter-offensive.
gave 20,000 as the probable total.
There are indications that the number
captured on Sunday night might be
greater, although enemy withdrawal
from the Marne and Chateau-Thierry
sectors probably accounted in some
part for the swiftness of the ad
vances made during that day.
The situation on the flanks of the
salient was not so clear, although it
was plain that on both sides the effort
to pinch the enemy retirement was
making progress. Heavy artillery fire
und airplane bombs are raining over
all his communication lines in the center
of the salient over which the retiring
divisions must make their escape.
Apparanetly, the enemy is fighting
hard to hold his position around
Oulchy-Le-Chateau, where a railway
line from FiBmes, probably his chief
advance base and located at the approximate
centar of the base line of
the salient, between Solssons and
Rheims has permitted him to assemble
considerable forces to resist the
r i auwi'TiiiiTTi u ail auv auir.
Should the counter-attack succeed
In forcing this position or breaking
through either to the north or south
of Oulchy, however, it is Indicated
that the German defeat might be
turned into a disastrous rout.
GERMAN CONTROL OF THE
METAL INDUSTRY CUT OUT
Washington?uerman control of the
metal Industry in America lias been
wiped out by Alien Property Custodian
Palmer in the seizure of several of the
largest metal concerns in the United
States with ramifications into South
America. Mexico and Canada.
Mr. Palmer announced that he had
taken over the business of L. Vogelsteln
ft Co., Inc., of New York City,
with assets of more than $9,000,000
and Beer, Sondheimer ft Co.. Inc.,
also of New York City, with asets of
upwards of $6,000,000.
In addition the custodian has seized
the enemy-owned Interest In tha
American Metals Co., controlling some
16 companies in this country and
Stellforth ft Co., of New York, dealers
In silver bullion, with a capitalization
of $1,000,000.
It was revealed that the Beer. Sondheimer
and Vogelstein companies
were closely affiliated with the German
Metal Gesselschaft, which, for
some years, has dominated the entire !
metal market of the world, and that
they, with the American Metals Co.,
controlled most of the principal metal
and smelting companies of this country.
These two rnm nil n i na ?rn hollava,)
by Mr. Garvan to have supplied Germany
with vast quantities of copper,
zinc and other necessary war materials
after the war began.
MANY COMPLIMENTS ARE
PAID AMERICAN TROOPS
London. ? Many compliments have
been showered on the Americans by
British liason officers, and reports
reaching London from their two sactors
praise their fighting ability, discipline
and adaptability. One staff
officer reported: "The Americans
have already earned a great reputa
tlon for the thoroughness with which
they clenn up the territory they move
across. They are Just as good as the
Australians In this open offensive."
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ENEMY CONTINUES BACKWARD
. MOVEMENT UNDER PRESSURE
With the American Army.?The
Franco-American advance continues
on the line on the south and to tho
west. The Germans gave more
ground and are slowly continuing their
backward movement to the north of
Chateau Thierry. Two additional
towns have heen taken by the Americana
on the front north of the Marne
since daylight. In the region of Sols ona
another town was captured by
the Americana.
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MANY PRISONERS AND GUNS
BRILLIANT DA8H ALONG 25-MILE
FRONT MARK8 EPOCH IN
WORLD 8TRUGGLK
Four Thousand Prisoners and Many
Guns Captured By Americana
Alone.
From the region west of Solssons to
the northwest of Chateau Thierry,
American and French armiei have ebgun
a strong offensive against the
Germans which possfbly may have a
marked influence on the future of the
world war. In its Initial stage the
movement has been rewarded with
great success.
All along the 25 miles the French
and American troops have dashed in
brilliant fashion across positions held |
by the Germans, killing, wounding or
capturing thousands of the enemy and
taking towns, villages and large quantities
of guns and other war supplies.
Nowhere, according to last accounts
from the front, has the enemy been
able to stay the progress of their assailants,
although counter-attacks were
resorted to on some important sectors
after the first stages of surprise occasioned
by the unexpected attack
had worn away.
To the Americans alone In the region
west of Solssons came 4,000 prisoners,
30 guns and much war material.
Additional large numbers of captives
and further greater stores of guna. !
ammunition and other war necessities !
were taken by the.French. Before all J
the positions of the Americans and
the French their guns and machine
gun? cut to pieces fleeing hordes of
the enemy or bands which endeavored
to withstand the onrush.
Six miles apparently was the deepest
point of penetration made by the
allied troops in the first day of fighting.
This was at Buzancy, south of
Soissons, which they captured and
passed through eastward. At several
other points distances of from four to
five miles were reached from the original
starting line. At Soissons the
Americans and Frenchmen came to
within a mile of the city. Altogether
more than 20 villages fell into the
hands of the Americans and French
all along the battlefront.
All atong the fronts on both sides
of Rheims the entente troops continued
to. hold the Germans, wherever
they have seen fit to launch attacks.
East of Rheims the French have recaptured
Prunay. but south of the
Marne In local fighting they have lost
some further ground. The German
official communication asserts that in
this region success attended the German
efforts.
YOUNG ROOSEVELT
MAY BE PRISONER
New York.?Lieut. Quentln Roosevelt,
reported missing after an aerial
engagement over the German lines,
probably landed unhurt and is now a
prisoner in the hands of the Oermnns,
according to a cable message received
by his father. Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
LAUNCH SECOND
ATTACK AT NOON
After passing the third objectives
sei lor me operation 01 trie morning,
the Americans, in co-operation with
the French south of Soissons. launched
a second powerful attack at noon.
Showing the effect of splendid training
the American troops went forward
siwftly and fought with fury. Nothing
seemed to stop them, especialy in
the region of Soissons and to the
south of that city. It was open warfare,
with all attending excitement.
ENEMY CONSIDERED IN
DANGEROUS POSITION
With the American Army in France.
?So far has the attack nrotrroased
that the enemy In the vicinity of the
Chateau-Thierry is considered to be in
a somewhat dangerous position?one
where he will have to act quickly.
The American troops, including
those returning bandaged, are in high
spirits. The Americans have received
warm expressions of thanks
from the French commanders.
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WITH 8TUBBORN PERSISTENCE
ALLIED TROOP8 CONTINE TO
PRESS ENEMY BACK.
GERMAN LINES ARE BROKEN
Americana and French Penetrate
Enemy Linea, at 8ome Polnta to
Depth of Three Mi lee.
Victories for the allied arms in
France continue to multiply. Over
the entire 60-mile front running from
Soissone to Rhelms the allied troops
are fighting with a determination that
'brooks no denial of their efforts. And
the Oermamns are steadily giving !
ground, though stoubborn resistance 1
is being -offered >on some sectors.
Further goodly slied indentations
have been made in the German line
ueiween soissons ana unateau-Thierry
by the American and French troops
and almost all the gains made by the
Germans In their recent drive south
of the Marne and toward the vicinity
of Rheims have been blotted out under
the counter attacks of the Americans,
French, British and Italians.
Cateau-Thierry, which represents
the point In the battle line where the
Germans had driven their wedge
nearest to Paris, has been recaptured
by the French troops and almost simultaneously
the vllage of Brasles, two
mtles eastward, and the heights to the
north of the village fell Into their
hands.
Acting in harmony with the movement
on Chateau-Thierry, American
and French troops northwest of the
city struck the Germans another hard
blow, broke through the German lines
and drove through at some points
more than three miles. Large numbers
of prisoners were taken and the
machine guns of the allied troops literally
mowed down the Germans who
endeavored to stay their progress. To
the north, along the Oureq valley, the
French are making good progress.
The entire southern bank of the
Marne having been cleared of enemy
forces. French. British and Italian
troops now are harassing those southwest
of Rhelms and they have been
forced to fall back in the Courtooi
wood and the Ardre valley and near
St. Euphraise. Aviators continue to
leand assistance to the troops of General
Foch, scouting the back arens
and harassing the retreating Germans
with their machine guns. Notable
work has bbeen done by American
Indians for General Perishlng's men,
the Aborglnies taking a prominent
part in characteristic western fashion.
SUBMARINE ATTACK ON
MASSACHUSETTS COAST.
Orleans. Mass.?An enemy submarine
attacked a tow off the eaatermost
point of Cape Cod. sank three barges,
set a fourth and thsJr tug on Are and
dropped four shells on the mainland.
The action lasted an hour and was unchallenged
except for two hydroplanes
from the Chatham aviation station,
which circled over the U-boat causing
her to submerge, for only a moment,
to reappear and resume firing.
The crew of the tow numbering 41
and including three women and five
children, escaped amid the shellflre
in lifeboats. Several were wounded, j
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uui uuij uiic nruuuaiy.
The attack was without warning and I
only the poor marksmanship of the J
German gunners permitted the escape
of the crews. The one-sided fight
took place three miles south of the (
Orleans coastguard station, which is
located midway between Chatham, at |
the elbow, and Highland light at the
extreme tip of the cape. The firing
was heard for miles and brought
housnnds to the beach from which
the flashes of the guns and the out- j
line of hte U-boat were plainly visible.
Possible danger to the onlookers was
not thought of until a shell whizzed
over their heads and splashed in a
pond a mile inland. Three other
shells buried themselves in the sand.
1,200,000 UNITED STATES
SOLDIERS SENT OVER
Washngton. The high water mark '
of the German offensive movement in i
France has heen reached and the inl- I
tlative now is passing to the allied .
and American armies. General March, |
chief of staff, told members of the gen- |
ate military committee. Later he announced
that American troop ship- '
ments had now exceeded 1,200,000
men. insuring the man power to hold
the initiative on the western front.
WILSON SENDS MESSAGE
TO COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Washington.?Upon learning that
German aviators had confirmed the
death of Lieutenant Quentln Roosevelt,
President Wilson sent this message
to Colonel Roosevelt at Oy9ter
Bay: "Am greatly distressed that the
news of your son's death is confirmed.
I had hoped for other news. He died
serving his country nnd died with fine
gallantry. I am deeply grieved that
hia service should have come to this j
tragic end."
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BRIG. GEN. R. E. NOBLE "
rig. Qcn. Robert E. Noble, chief of
the personnel division of the army
medioal department, hae paeeed on the
qualiflcatlona of and aeelgned to duty
all the 16,000 physlclane who have
joined the ranke of the governmen* aa
medioal offtoere. He l? a loo director
of the hoepltalo on thlo aide of ths
Atlantic.
BATTLE STUBBORN CONTEST
GERMANS ATTACKING VICIOU8LY
BUT EFFORT8 PRODUCTIVE
OF SMALL RESULTS.
In No Inetance Have the Americana
Been Forced to Withdraw?Germane
Bring Up Freah Troopa.
London.?Caaualtien sustained by
the German troopB in the offensive up
to the piecent are estimated to number
100.000, according to news received
in London from the battle front
in France.
Although the Germans still are attacking
the alied lines viciously on
both sides of the Rheims salient, what
gains they are making continue to be
small ones on isolated sectors and
seemingly are confined to the region
' along the \larne anad Immediately
southwest of Rhelma.
Eastward from the cathedral city
through Champagne, the French re
j port that they everywhere are holdI
ing the enemy and keeping their line
intact notwithstanding the prodigious
expenditure of shells by the Germans.
Everywhere the battles are being
stubbornly contested, and where the
French and Italians have been compelled
to give ground it has been only
after the Infliction of extremely heavy
casualties on the invaders.
The Americans nowhere have been
forced to withdraw. On the contrary
near Fossoy, near the bend of the
Marne between Chateau-Thierry and
Dormans, they have made further imI
provemnets in their positions. Like
! their French comrades in arms, the
Americans also have been engaged in
violent fighting with the enemy.
Daily it becomes increasingly apparent
that the strategy of the German
high command in the present battle
has foremost in its consdieration the
blotting out of the Rheims salient and
the straightening of the line eastward
through Champagne toward Verdun
to reach the railroad running
from Rheims to Epernay and force
the evacuation of Rheims.
It is reported that French reserves
have entered the fighting line along,
the Marne and that to the north of
LaChappelle-Monthodon they have recaptured
lost territory. The Germans
also, as was expected, have brought
up fresh forces in an endeavor to push
forward their project In this region.
On the British front in northern
France antj Flanders the Germans are
keeping up violent bombardments on
various sectors, using both gas and
high explosive shells. Gas has been
used extensively on the Villers-Bretonneux
sector, where the British
for several days past have been delivering
successful patrol attacks.
LIEUT. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT
IS KILLED IN ACTION
Paris.?Lieutenant Quentln Roosevelt,
youngest son of the former president,
has been kiled in an airplane
fight, the semiofficial Havras News
agency announces. His machine fell
Into the enemy lines.
Lieutenant Roosevelt was last seen
in combat on Sunday morning with two
enemy airplanes about 10 miles inside
the German lines in the Chateau
Thierry sector. He started out with
a patrol of 13 American machines.
GENERAL GOURAUD IS THE
HERO OF THE DARDANELLES
With the French Force* In France.
?General Gouraud, the hero of the
Dardanelles, was the French commander
who barred the advance of
the German crown prince In the
Champagne. It was he who. to the
east of Rheims. in one day brought
the host of Germans to u standstill.
This was done with only comparatively
insignificant losses among his own
men In consequence of his admirable
defensive preparations.
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SUNK OFF COAST
TOLL OF LIVE8 TAKEN, IF ANY,
HAS NOT YET BEEN
DETERMINED.
OEF'NITE GAUEE OF LOSS
Submarine Had Been Operating Off
Coaat Which Indicates Slnking
by Torpedo.
New York.?German submarines appear
to have renewed operations off
tb^ American coast. The United
States armored cruiser San Diego
was aunk not far from the entrance
of New York harbor. Circumstantial
reports reaching here indicate that
she was torpedoed.
There were also reports though not
confirmed, that other ships had been
attacked, one being described as a
coastwise passenger ship.
Whether there had been a toll of
lives taken on the San. Diego was not
known up to a late hour. No more than
335 had been accounted for out
of a crew of 1.144 men aboord the
warship of which some 300 reached
New York on a tark steamship.
Thirty-two men, a lieutenant, an ensign
and 30 sailors, were landed in
lifeboats on the Long Island shore.
Survivors were reported to have
been picked up by other ships, however.
and to be on their way to New
York.
The San Diego was sunk at 11:30
a. m., about ten miles southeast of
Fire Island, which is off the Long
Island shore about 50 miles east of
the entrance to New York harbor and
on the main highway of trans-Atlantic
ships bound in and out of the port.
Although the navy department announced
that the cause of the loss of
the San Diego had not been determined.
information received from reliable
sources in the afternoon indicate
that submarines had been operating
off the coast and that she had heen
torpedoed. There were rumors that
the cruiser had been in collision, also
that she had struck a mine, but reports
current where survivors landed
on the Long Island shore bore out the
indications that a German submarine
had been responsible.
Washington.? (Later.)?The navy
department has received information
that two steamships which are proceeding
to an unnamed port have
i aboard 1.156 officers and men of the
United Statee cruiser San Diego.
AMERICANS FOIL COUNTER
ATTACK BY GERMANS
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Germans have thrown large reinforcements
into the new battle line 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 French
troops are making agai-nst them.
Friday saw the Americans and
French batter their way further east'
ward into the deep triangular salient
which has Soissons. Rheims and ChaI
teau-Thierry as its points, and suc|
cessfully withstand a terrific counter
attack.
The gainH of Friday were carried
to their greatest depth in the center !
of the 25-mlle line and on the southern
flank northwest of ChateauThierry,
where the Americans are
holding forth.
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GERMANS BRING UP THEIR
RESERVES; BATTLE FIERCER
With the French Armies in France.
?The battle along the front of the
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tweon the Aisne and Marne rivers is
becoming fiercer. The Germans are
bringing up reservee.
Hoover Arrives Safe In Great Britain.
Ix>ndon.?Herbert C. Hoover, Amor- 1
loan food controller, arrived at a port
from America.
SCOTTISH TROOPS CAPTURE
PRISONERS AND VILLAGE
London.?Scottish troops captured
- the village of Meteren. together with
more than 300 prisoners and a number
of machine guns. In an operation
in the Hnilleul sector, according to
| the official report from Field Marahal
Haig's headquarters. Austrian troops
advanced to a short distance south of
Meteren and took 80 prisoners and 10
machine guns and a laree nuaniiiu
other munitions of war, the report
adds.
NO. IMMEDIATE NEED FOR
NERVOUS UNITS IN CLA8S TWO
Washington.?With the calls for increasingly
large numbers of draft
registrants to fill up training camps
and the first quotas of the national
army, there is much speculation
throughout the country as to how
soon class 2 tnen will be called for service.
There need be no immediate
anxiety on the part of these men or
! their relatives. No call for fighting
men will be made upon class 2 mu
I in 191$. in all probability
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LEAD BURNERS ARE WANTED
Government Has Attractive Proposition
for Lead Burners and Old
Time Plumbers.
Horace L. Tilghm&n, state director
of the United States public service
reserve, ha6 been requested by Washington
officials to institute a search
for lead burners. Old time plumbers
should be able to All these positions
which pay $1 an hour with the likelihood
of an increase soon. Artisans
of this kind are very scarce and about
60 are urgently needed in government
plants engaged in the manufacture of
explosives. The call to the state directors,
which describes the general
nature of the work to be performed
by those accepted to All the places,
reads in part:
"We have a call for about 60 lead
hnrnnrn and vorv faw man are avail.
able. Lead burners are used to build
lead tanks (or chemical companies and
the like. The edges of a tank are
brought together and scraped bright,
a strip of brightening lead Is placed
back "of this joint and then with a
torch the operator melts a little strip
of bright lead into the joints about as
one would use a strip of soft Bolder.
It takes a great deal of practice and
experience to burn the edges of the
tank and the reinforcing strip together
without actually melting the
lead so It runs out. The most difficult
feature of lead burning is to melt
an overhead seam together, for in this
case the heat must be just exactly !
sufficient to melt the lead or it will
run and drop to the floor. The work
that is being done now does not re- ]
quire this overhead work and 1 am
told a good many old time plumbers
can do lead burning."
Particulars about these positions can
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Changes at Clemaon College.
Clemson College.?W. W. Long, dl- !
rector of the extension service, announces
the following changes in the
working force:
The extension service Is making arrangements
with the United States
department of agriculture to add to
the extension service an expert in
farm management. The work of this
agent will be largely determining the
cost of producing the state's staple
crops. The agent for this new position
has not yet been named.
L. C. Madison has been appointed
agent In animal husbandry, to take
the place of D. W. Williams, who
leaves shortly to enter the service.
J. W. Sheely has ben appointed
agent In antmal husbandry, to take '
the place of John O. Williams, who
left recently to accept a position in
the United States department of agriculture.
Mr Sheely was until recently
farm products age/it for the Southern
Railway and was formerly a
teacher of agriculture in Alabama. He
Is a Clemson graduate.
Meeting Sumter District Conference.
Manning.?The 45th session of the
Sumter district conference, Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, convened
here July 9 and adjourned after a two j
day seselon. The sessions were held
In the Baptist church, owing to th^
fact that t"he Methodist church has
Just been moved and is not In condi- |
tion for UBe at this time. The at- !
tendance was encouraging and the
reports submitted showed gratifying
results. The Rev. D. M. McLeod. Dre
Riding elder of the diHtrict, transacted
the business of the conference with
ease and dispatch. Every interest of
the church was thoroughly looked into
and the meeting was both inspiring
and profitable.
Government Aide Road Construction.
Greenville.?Greenville county has
received approximately $8,000 from the
federal highway commission for aid
on the National highway, north, Just
rompleted, and on the Jones Gap
Road between Greenville and Brevard.
These are the two roads selected for
federal aid and a sum of $37,000 und
$38,000 will be apportioned for this
improvement. The highway oommis
sion plana to build an excellent highway
over the Jones Gap road before
the county bond issue is expended.
Traveling Distilleries.
Newberry?Itinerant distillers have
given some trouble, but the sheriff is
after them now and will llkey break
them up. He has lodged four negroes
In ja.ll on the charge of distilling.
The mode of operation is for the
distiller to move from one place to
another, the operator furnishing the
si ill, the other party the corn meal .
f ">d the two dividing the whiskey.
The sheriff has in his possession i
I' ree of these traveling distilleries
that he has captured lately.
Students Go to Plattsburg.
Spartanburg.?WofTord College is
sending 11 of its students and a member
of ita fa'-ulty to the Plattsburg
students' training camp. This action
is In accordance with the decision of
the trustees of the college to make
this institution a thoroughly military
one. The undergraduate students
from WofTord will receive two months'
intensive training at Plattsburg an 1
return in time to take charge, with
the commandant furnished by the government.
of the military training at
the local college next year.
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ADDITIONS AT CAMP JACKSON TO
JEWISH WELFARE BOARD TRIPLES
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RAYCRQFT TO VISIT CIWS
Head of Athletic Division of FosdlcH
Commission Soon to Visit South
Carolina Camps.
Camp Jackson.
Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, head of the
athletics division of the Fosdlck commission
on training camp activities,
has left Washington on a tour of the
ramps, camonmenis ana avinuuu owr
tions af the South and Southeast.
Camp Jackson Is to be included in his
itinerary. The commission of which
Dr. Rayeroft is a member has charge
of the non-military activities of the
American camps.
A special review of the entire One
Hundred and Fifty-sixth Field Artillery
brigade has been planned. The
review will be led by Brig. Ben. Andrew
Moses, commnadlng general of
the Ono Hundred and Fifty-sixth Field
Artillery brigade.
Capt. 0. C. Loyd has reported at
Camp Jackson and is now the Camp
personnel officer. Captain Loyd comes
to Jackson from Camp Upton. New
York where he has had charge of a
government investigation of the embarkation
problems for troops preparing
to go abroad.
The* newly arrived artillerymen
have manifested a lively Intereat in
the facilities for intellectual development
placed at their disposal by the
Camp Jackson library. Books which
are dowipned to make better soldiers
of the men are more in demand than
popular fictions or stories and the circulation
recordfi show that two books
of study go out for every book of entertainment.
The greatest demand is
still for mathematical texts, which ^
help the men to qualify for officers' f
positions. /
The Jewish Welfare Board at Camp
Jnrkson has had its field personnel
practicaly tripled with the arrival of
Dr. Jacob Rlsin, former Jewish chaplain
at Camp Greene, and Bernard Heller
of Philadelphia. Dr. Raisin becomes
resident rnbbl at Camp Jackson
while Mr. Heller will be detailed
as assistant general secretary and
will co-operate with the ifresent general
secretary.
Camp 8evler.
Virtually every man of the Eightyfirst
division is well protected in the
matter of government insurance. It
was learned from official sources. New
men coming in have been immediately
approached by insurance officers, and
thero are very few, if any, who have
not taken insuranre in substantial
amounts.
A number of American army officers
who have been with the allied
forces overseas, have bec-n detailed to
the Seventeenth I'nitd States Infantry
here to"*act as special instructors
for that organization in various
phases of modern warfare, such as
bomb throwing, grenade worft, bayonet
fighting, etc.
Private Prod Hands, or tne veterinary
corps, this camp, has bec#i found
guilty by courtninrtial on the charge
of desertion, and sentenced to Imprisonment
at hard labor for five
years, and to forfeit all pay and allowances
during that time.
Twenty-four members of the Bightyflrst
division, horn in foreign lands,
were naturalized with simple but interesting
ceremonies in one of the Y.
M. C. A. buildings at he camp.
Camp Wadsworth.
Special trnins are arriving at Camp
Pherson, Georgia
Wadsworth bringing 10,000 drafted
men from the state of Minnesota and
4.000 from South Carolina.
One hundred German prisoners arrived
at Camp Wadsworth, coming
from Fort McPherson, Georgia. The
new arrivals are to be employed as
laborers at the camp.
Borah to Bar Association.
Greenville. S C\?United States Senator
William K. Borah, of Idaho, will
he the annual orator at the meeting
of the South Carolina Bar Association
at Glenn Springs. August 1 and 2. The
program for the meeting has not yet
been completed but among other
speakers will be Walter Hazard, of
Georgetown, and Circuit Judge W. H.
Townsend, of Columbia. A notahe assembly
is predicted. Senator Borah
is one of the most distinguished mem-'
hers of the senate and is a lawyer of
ripe experience.
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Much Damage by Drought.
York. ? Much damage to crops
throughout York county has resulted
from the never* drought now nrevatl.
in*. Corn, particularly, lias been Injured
badly, the indications being that *
the yield will be but little more than
half of last year's production.- Cotton
stodo the dry weather better but in
plainly showing the bad affects of lack
of moisture. Another factor in the
deterioration of the cotton crop was
cool nights of last week. Taken all in
all. the agricultural entlook la not
encouraging.