ft-" .
Established in 1891.
IMA I SlHAItlilU
GAINS ARE MADE
ENEMY RETREAT OVER FRONT
OF SIX MILES; MERVILLE 18
NOW IN BRITI8H HANDS.
NOTABLE ADVANCE BY FRENCH
French Penetrate Line to Depth of
Mile or More and Capture
Towns and 2,200 Men.
The OermanB on three Important
sectors of the western battlefront
have been compelled to give up positions
of great strategic value under
the onslaughts of the British and
French troops.
In the Lys sector, west of Armentieres,
the enemy has retreated over
a front of nearly six miles, leaving
the town of Mervilie in British hands.
Between the Matt and Oise rivers the
French have fought their way to the
western outskirts of the dominating
position of Lasslgny and farther south
in this hill and wooded region have
debouched from the Thtascourt wood
and also captured the town of Pimpret,
situated in the Oise valley on
the Noyon-Comiepgne road.
Around the curve in the battlellne,
northwest of Soissons the French from
near Carlepont to Fontenoy on the
Aisne, a distance of approximately
nine miles* have driven back the
enemy to an average depth of more
than a mile and captured several villages
and 2.200 prisoners.
ENEMY DEFENSE IS
GROWING WEAKER
unofficial reports record the capture
by the British of the railway station
on the western outskirts of the
Important town of Roye, one of the
pivotal points on the battlefront between
the Somnie and the Oise. but
there is no official confirmation of
this.
Viewed on the war maps the gains
in the new operations are most important
ones for the allies, for. aside
from wide areas over which the enemy
has been compelled to acknowledge
defeat the weakening in the
German defense is becoming dally
more noticeable.
GERMANS ARE NOW IN
BAD PREDICAMENT
Under the new gains of the British
round Roye and particularly those
made by the French from Lasslgny to
the Oise valley and" northwest of Soissons.
the Germans now are in a bad
predicament.' Here their positions are
dominated by the allied guns from
the west, southwest and south for
many mlleB and apparently a retreat
eastward across the plains of Picardy
and over the' Somme and even from
the western Aisne will be necessitated.
The latest German official communication
asnerts that French attacks
between the Oise and Aisne. delivered
over a wide front, failed, but the
French war office statement is specific
in announcing the penetration of
the environs of Lassigny. the cutting
of a passageway through the Thieacourt
wood and the capture of Pimpres.
ALLIED AIRPLANES NOW
IN CONTROL IN THE AIR
Italian Army Headquarters.?Two
Austrian documents captured on the
AUHiru-iuiimn oanieironi snow tne extraordinary
mastery of the entente allies
have obtained over the enemy in
aerial warfare. The first enjoins
greater protection for the ammunition
dumps and emplacements against
aerial observation by more efficient
camouflaging nnd less military order.
The second document, which is from
a colonel commanding an artillery
unit, seeks to explain the impossibility
of systematic effective destruction of
the entente allied artillery. This Indicates
that the allied guns, as well
as aerial observation, are superior.
ABANDONED LIFEBOATS
ARE SWEPT ASHORE
Norfolk, V?.?Two abandoned lifeboats
of the Norwegian bark Nordhav,
sunk by a German submarine 125
miles off the Virginia capes, were
swept ashore on the Atlantic coast
near this port. One was discovered
in the breakers by the life saving
crew of the Virginia Beach station,
and an hour later the surfmen of the
Little Island life saving station, 30
miles further south, reported the recovery
of the second.
ALL GROUND TAKEN BY FOE
IN FIVE MONTHS REGAINED
New York.?It is possible now to review
with a certain measure of exactness
the facts and figures of the past
operations and to measure the slow
but sure turn of the tide which has
brought up at the present moment a
situation where all the valuable
ground lost In the first four montlis of
the campaign has been retaken in the
fifth and the Invaluable advantage of
the initiative has passed to the allied
pommnder-in chief.
The
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MAJ. PAUL T. DESSEZ |
B1 ?
B ;-': ^jubjjjjjMk^ / .3
The splendid work of Maj. Paul T. ,
Deseez of Washington, a regimental ]
surgeon with the American army at ,
the French front, has occasioned a ,
special story about him from one of
+he correspondents In the war zone.
Wounded American and French soldiers
covered the floor of s barn In
whloh he was working, and during the '
height or hla labors he was burlsd by I
shellflre. Digging himself out, he went <
! right on operating. i
ALBERT IS STRONGLY HELD I
i
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GENERAL INTEREST CENTER8
IN 8ITU ATION ON THE PlCARDY
FRONT. 1
1
Increasing Artllery Activity Continues i
Along New Somme Battle
Front.
I
With the Britsih Army in France.? |
General interest in the situation along . ,
the Picardy battle front has shifted | (
to the northward, where it is confirmed
that the Germans are evacuating
some of their forward positions. Beaumont-Hamel,
Serre, Bucquoy and
Puisleux-au-Mont have been abandoned.
British patrols crossed the Anere
at Authuille and Aveluy, north of
Albert, and went some distance befor
they were fired upon. <
Albert is still hold strongly by the i
Germans. British patrols, on entering i
the town, were fired on from the Al- ]
bert cathedral. 1
It will be remembered that the German
retirement in February, 1917, to
the Hlndenburg line was immediately
preceded by slight local retire*
ments such bb have been made north <
, of Albert. The mystery now is whethJ
er some such plan is being carried
out by the enemy.
Along the new Somme battlefront
quiet still continues except for rather
increased artillery activity at several
points.
I
PLAN8 SET IN MOTION TO
REGISTER 13,000,000 MEN
Washington.?Provost Marshal Gen- 1
eral Crowder announced that plans
already have been made for registering
the 13,000,000 additional men which
he estimates will be brought under
j the selective service law when Congress
enacts the pending bill extending
the age limits to include men between
18 and 45 years. From this
number approximately 2.000.000 qualified
for full military service are expected
to be secured.
So urgent is the need for additional
manpower. General Crowder said,
that the draft machinery is being put
iiuo snape ior tne great task ahead |
without waiting for final action by j
Congress. Men of the new draft will '
be needed by October 1 and In order !
to get them, registration day will have ;
to be held not later than September
i 15 and if possible September 5 will be
fixed as the day.
When the 13.000 men are enrolled
nearly $25,000,000 will have been registered
since the United States enterI
ed the war. There were some 10,000,|
000 enrolled on the first registration
i day. June 5. 1917. another 500,000 last
June 5. and several hunred thousand
more are expected to be enrolled August
25.
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE HAS
REACHED PUBERESHKAIA
London.?The allied Archangel expeditionary
force hns reached Paber- 1
eshkaia. 100 miles south of Archangel, I
on the railroad toward Volgoda. Bol
shevik forces, on retiring, are declared
to have committed every form of
atrocity upon the civilian population. 1
Allied forces have been landed along 1
the shore of Onega bay, 10 miles
southwest of Archangel, for the purpose
of intercepting bolshevik forces 1
retiring from Archangel. 1
BUYER AND MILL-OWNERS *
URGE GOVERNMENT CONTROL
Bostoi\.?Cotton buyers and millowners
urged the necessity for govern
"ment control of the New York cotton ,
I I 1
| exchange and the elimination of spec- ;
ulatlon of a purely gambling nature, 1
1 at a hearing held here by the bureau 1
I of markets of the department of ag- i
! rlculture. Speakers declared also that i
the correct labeling of cotton bales i
would be of greatest help both to mill
men and growers. I
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FOR'
r Mnnm ?jrrr 3
cvai mm
GERMANS GIVEN NO
RESTJlf ALLIES
FAMOUS LYS SALIENT 18 GRADUALLY
GIVING WAY UNDER
PRESSURE
HOLDING AL0N6 THE VESLE
Foe Given No Rett Along the Somme;
Harateed by Franco-Americans
on Vetle and Lorraine.
Gradually the famouB Lys salient in
the region west of Armentieres is giving
way under the pressure of the ,
ItritUh Affain FlnlH Marshal Half's
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forces have compelled the enemy to j
Beek ground to the eastward where ,
he will be more secure from, the
shells of the big guns that for several j
weeks have been firing criss-cross over I
the entire salient, working havoc
among the defenders of the Insecure
line. I
Likewise the Germans are being
given no rest by the Franco-British
forces north and south of the Somme,
And the French and Americans alone
the Vesle and Americans In Lorraine, (
also are harassing them by artillery
lire and local attacks. Nowhere has
the enemy had the beter of any encounter.
Over a front of four miles between
Baillelu and Vleux Rerquin on the
Lys sector, the British have forced
back the Germans to a depth ranging
from 1,000 to 2,000 yards, taking In
the maneuver the village of Outtersteen
and 400 prisoners.
While, as a whole, the German line
between the Somme and the Oise rivers
are still holding, notwithstanding
the terrific pounding It is receiving
from the allied guns, the British have
drawn nearer the road leading from
t'haulnes to Roye between Chilly and
Farnsart, placing Roye in greater
jeopardy by attack from the north.
At the same time to the south of Roye,
over the four-mile front between
Beuvraignes and Canny-Surmatz, a
violent artilery duel is raging between
the French and Germans. It is In
this region that the French are endeavoring?and
in their Initial efforts
they have met with considerable success?to
carry forward their two-fold
purpose of outflanking both Roye and
Lasslgny by a drive eastward.
Along the Vesle river front, where
the Americans and French are holding
the line against the Germans,
there has been considerable reciprocal
artillery shelling.
AMERICAN TROOPS REACH
VLADIVOSTOK FROM MANILA
Valdivostok.?The transport carry- 1
Ing the first contingent of American ,
troops arrived here after an uneventful
voyage of seven and a half days
from Manila. The men were In ex- (
cellent spirits and crowded the rails
and rigging, cheering and being cheered
by the men of the allied warships
In the harbor. I
SPIRIT OF AMERICAN FORCES
RAISES MORALE OF ALLIES
New York.?The spirit of American
forces overseas has raised the morale |
of the allied troops to the highest!
pitch, according to Dr. E. W. Buckley,
of St. Paul, Minn., who has Just returned
from a tour of the western
front.
"The keenest impression of anyone
who has the opportunity to visit the
American front is that our boys have
brought the spirit of victory overseas
with them." Dr. Buckley declared.
"They are out to win. the French
know it. the British know It, and what
is more important, the Germans know
it."
COFERENCE ON WAR j
PRISONERS PUT OFF [
<
Paris.?At the request of the Ger- ,
man government, the Ferman-Amert- j
can conference regarding war prison- (
ers has been postponed, acordig to a j
Geeva dispatch, published in the )
Echo de Paris. t
AMERICANS GAIN MORE j
GROUND AT FRAPELLE
With the American Army in I^orraine.?The
Americans gained more j
ground at Frapelle, desp'.tc a total of t
2,500 shells dropped by the enemy on
the village, and a raid of the Germans,
which was repulsed by the American
artillery and automatic rifle fire. In
the Woevre an American patrol had a
iiveiy engagement. une American, I
wounded in nine places, heroically I t
carried a wounded comrade to j
safety. t
GOVERNOR BICKETT OPPO8E8 f
FEDERAL DRAFT PLAN
Washington.?Governor Bickett has
loined the fight against the admlnin- t
(ration's draft measure to register all <
men for the army in the 18-45 group, j
He has written a letter to North Caro- j
Una members of Congress asserting (
his reasons for opposing the changes e
in ages. He thinks that it would dis- j
rupt schools and interfere with educa- <,
tion of young fellows. Representative (
Webb said that he is opposed to fixing v
the minimum age at 18. He favors 20. j
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L, 8. 0., THUESDAY, AUGUi
GEN. TASKER H. BLISS
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Qen. Tasker H. Bliss, American rep-esentative
at the supreme war coun3ll,
has been given the Qrand Cross of
the Order of 8t. Michael and St
Qeorge by the British government
liAHUlit LASblbN! HUMUHtU
HUN FRONT LINE TRENCHE8
ARE MADE UNTENABLE
BY THE ALLIE8.
3ermans Apparently Successful In
Holding Back British and French
From Somme to Olae.
North and south of the Somme the
3ermans have lost further important
?round. In the former region they
lave evacuated their positions over
i five-mile front to the British north
if Albert, while in the latter they
lave been beaten back in the hill and
wooded district Just north of the Oise
river by the French.
German front line trenches at Beaumont
Hamel, Serre, Puisiexau-Mont
?nd Bucquoy have been found untenible
by the enemy in the face of the
recent activity by the British all along
the line from Albert to Arras, while
the French have Derseverpd tn thoir
violent attacks against the Germans
an the sector, which dominates the
lower portion of the Plcardy plain
and the Oise valley, and have encroached
further upon the Lassigny
massif and the Thiescourt plateau
and further south have captured the
Important town of Ribecourt.
Unofficial reports have announced
the capture of Lassigny by the French
and of all the German positions between
the western outskirts of BraySur-Somme
and Etlnehem by the
Australians. There is, however, no
3fficial confirmation of them.
From the Somme to the Oise. except
In the latter region, where the French
liave made further gains, the Germans
seemingly have had further success
in holding back the allied troops
and still are In possession of Chaulnes
and Roye, upon the capture of
which the efforts of the British and
French have been centered.
FREEING REGION BETWEEN
THE OISE AND SOMME
The capture of Ribecourt by the
French marks an important epoch in
the offensive, which has for its immeliate
purpose the freeina of thp t-Pirinn
between the Somme and the Oise of
the enemy. As a gain from the strntejic
standpoint it ranks with the taking
by the French of the forest and
till positions between the Matz and the
Dise, which has brought the French
ilmost, to the gutes of Lassigny.
Through Ribecourt lies an open route
ip the Oise valley to Noyon?a route
3y rail, and the big national thoroughfare,
not to mention the canal
vhich parallels the roadways for the
?reater part of the way. Noyon is
only a little more than six miles northoast
of Ribecourt.
Although they are still encountering
iriolont reeistance. the French are con- |
inning to make progress through the ,
vooded and hilly country between the
Matz and the Oise whero iho
(
nans, from recesses In the forests, on ;
<purs and in the canyons, are using
nachine guns innumerable. Gas also i
s being loosed in great quantities by |
he enemy. Almost entire control of
he Thiescourt plateau and the other
ligh ground on this sector is now in
he hands at the French
(1 GERMAN AIRPLANES
ARE PUT OUT OF BUS1NE8S
London.?Twenty-one. German air- i
Manes were brought down and 10
ilso were driven down out of control 1
iccording to an official statement is- |
med on aviation operations. Six Brit- i
sh machines are missing as a result
>f the aerial encounters. British and .
Vmerican air squadrons co operated in
in attack on an enemy airdome and i
iestroyed six machines parked near 1
he hangars, inflicting as well several '
casualties.
>*EW DRIVE AGAINST ENEMY
EXPECTED BY ARMY OFFICERS
Washington.?A new drive against
he Gorman positions either in Flanlers
or between the Oise and Soissons
s expected by many army officers
lere as a result of the slowing up of
he advnnce. Outlining the situation
it his mid-week conference. General
March, chief of staff, confined his
itatements to pointing out that the '
lermans have now been forced back |
intil they are not within 50 miles of ,
Sarls at any point.
LL T
ST 22, 1918
NEW LINE OF FOE
IS MADEJNSECURE
QERMAS ARE COMPELLED TO
GIVE GROUD DE8PITE STRONG
DEPEN8E.
ARE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
French and Canadians Gain Three
Mites Front and Knock at
Door of Roye.
Evidently it is not in the plans of
the entente allies to leave the Germans
secure in their possession of the
new line they are now holding in the
region between the Somme and the
Oise. Although the front from the
south of the Somme past Chaulnes
and run n I n tr thrmnrti IJnvo In KInonn
has been studded with fresh rein- j
forcements and innumerable guns in
order to keep back the allied troops,
the Germans nevertheless again have
been forced to give ground and at
points where seemingly their defense
soon must crumble and the retreat
eastward be resumed.
French and Canadian troops between
Goyencourt and Laucourt. on a
front of about three miles, had
fought their way weBt of Rove until
they were virtually knocking at the
door of the town which Is one of the
keystone positions of the German defense
in Picardy.
The retirement of the Germans on
parts of the northern front continues
but these manuevers as yet lack definite
explanation. Following closely ;
upon the evacuation of front Fnc po- !
sitions north of Albert, which were
taken over by the British, has come
another voluntary relinquishment of
trenches In th L.ys sector. The vll- \
lage of Vieux Berquln has been given ;
up and ground over a front of about
nine milse to a depth of from one to ;
two miles has been ceded without
fighting.
Along the Vesle river front the
Germans are deluging the positions
held by the French and
Americans with shells, gas projectiles
and bombs from airplanes, but their
effohts have gone for naught so far
as causing a relinquishment of territory
is concerned. The American
aviators are busily engaged in bombing
operations behind the German
lines, especilly against the bridjgea
leading northward across the Aisne
river.
TOTAL GERMAN LOSSES
E8TIMATED AT 6,000,000
.Paris. ? The total German losses
from the beginning of the war to the
end of July, 1918, are understood to be
six million, according to the newspapers.
RAILROAD HEAD
WARNS SHIPPERS
Washington. ? B. L. Winchell, regional
director, has issued a drastic
warning to shippers and industries to
beware of waiting upon transportation
until the months of congestions. He
says:
'Every efTort should be made to induce
all classes of shippers, and more
particularly, the industries, to follow
the policy of stocking up during the \
remaining months of eood wnnthni- I
when the flow of transportation Is the
easiest and the demands relatively
lighest."
"There is no doubt but that industries
in general for economic reasons,
have avoided carrying stocks, relying
upon the railroads to meet their current
needs from day to day, or week
to week, but it Is clear that if there
is an explanation made of the great
demands which the carriers will have
to meet during the winter and the
difficulties of transportation that are
likely to occur (not merely because of j
the total volume of traffic, but the j
preference that must be given to war j
requirements), the probable shortage j
of equipment, etc., thy will be willing
to stock up for their own protection."
MPORTANT WOODS ARE
TAKEN BY FRENCH TROOPS
With the British Army in France.?
Ry a brilliant maneuver, the French
have finally captured "Z" wood and
Damery wood. In these two wooded
tracts the Germans have been holding
out desperately for several days,
realizing the value of those positions.
The little patches of forest which
are now in the hands of the allies are
virtually on the exertme right of the
Britltsh line.
RELATIVES OF WOUNDED
AND SICK T OGET FACTS
Washington. ? Exact information
concerning wounded and sick Ameri- .
can soldiers admittedto hospitals over- j
seas will be made Ihmmediately avail- I
able to relatives or friends. I
Secretary Raker said he had visited
the offices of Surgeon General Gorgas
to look into the daily reports from i
the hospitals with a view to having
them carded, catalogued and tabulatod
so that the most instant Information
can be given to-all Inquiries.
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IMES
MAKES CHARGES OF GRAFT
Serious Charges Are Preferred
Against Certain Citizens of
Columbia.
Florence.?The wholesale charges
of illegal manipulation and "graft" by
certain citizens of Columbia in the
securing of land for the cantonment
at Camp Jackson, made at Flofence
and other towns of the State by John
T. Duncan, of Columbia, candidate for I
governor. In his campaign speeches. |
culminated in the audience at the
State meeting here adopting a resolution
calling on Mr. Duncan to put
his charges in affidavit form to be
presented to the federal government
for investigation. This Mr. Duncan
did in the presence of a committee
appointed by County Chairman J. W.
McCown. consisting of J. W. Hicks, a
lawyer; C. M. McCurry. county auditor.
and A. L. Ervln. county supervisor.
Mr. Hicks, who offered the resolution
at the campaign meeting, said
that if Mr. Duncan's charges were true ;
there should be prosecutions and if
untrue they should be shown to be erroneous.
Mr. Hicks stated the affidavit
will be filed with the government.
Short Course Completed.
Clemson College?Forty-three young
fellows, first and second prize winners
in the 1917 corn club contests in the
arious counties of the State, completed
their short course in agriculture
and left for their homes.
At the closing exercises of the |
course the principal talk was made by
W. W. Long, director of the extension
service. The club boys were repre- j
aented by Lamar Long, of Saluda
county. 11 years old. who told of the
benefits that the club boys have de- j
rived from the course. He said that |
he had already made up his mind to
come to Clemson College when he is
old enough and take the regular course
in agriculture.
Proud of Soldiers.
Greenville.?Maj. G. Heyward Mahon.
Jr.. of the One Hundred and
Eighteenth Infantry?the old First
South Carolina National Guard?is
K O P1/ with h la m a* . V. a I ? ?
Mwvn fT ttu it i a cwiiiiiiaiiu II t 111*311 puni 1
of duty in France, after graduating
with high honorR at a school for line
officers. This information haa been
{receLyod by Major Mahon'e family
hero in a letter from him recently.
Major Mahon'a letter gives soma |
interesting comments upon the South I
Carolina troops in France. "Don't
worry one bit about the South Caro
lina troops," he says, "they will keep
old South Carolina's name and fame
where it has always stood in all war&
since it became a State?second to
none. We have the finest bunch
of men in the allied army today,
and people higher up have said i
the same thin?. When the time
comes to go over the top?well
the kaiser has a well known saying of
'Onward with Cod,' but when our j
boyt. their move across No Man's
Land, the K^ise/'a army will go 'Backward
without God,' and go quickly."
Enrollment, 147,456.
Columbia.?With only the rural
boxes in Hampton county to hear
from Secretary Ashley Tobias. Jr., d
the State Democratic Committee, reports
a total enrollment in the State
1i7 AKC
The belated reports from Hampton
county will not increase the figures
over 600, if that much. In the second
primary In 1916 Hampton county cast
1,580 votes. The enrollment of the incorporated
towns in Hampton county
is reported at 1,105, so that the unreported
rolls will not add more than
500 at the outside.
Attends Meeting A. P, A.
Clemson College.?Prof. F. C. Hare, i
chief of the division of poultry hus- !
bandry, left to attend the convention j
of the American Poultry Association. :
at Chicago. Ho will be the official
delegate of the South Carolina poultry
breeders' association, as well as the j
representative of the college and demonstration
poultry work. Professor
Hare addre^as the conventfon on 1
"The Value of Standard Hred Poultry
in the South." He will visit several
large Poultry plants before returning
home.
Must Attend School.
Rock Hill.-?The schools of the city i
will resume work September 9 and
tVlA
...o uujiits m? gluing rea?y to en- j
force the compulsory attendance law, |
recently voted by the district. From
all aides come words of encouragement
and it appears the people are
solidly behind the school board In the
enforcement of the statute. The night
schools will co-operate as bodies, while
the negroes have promised to do their
best in helping to keep all children in
school, a promise which will probably
be kept.
Destroyed at Paris.
Greenville.?Fire completely destroyed
the Piedmont & Northern passenger
station at Paris and nearly a
dozen small stores, including a restaurant.
barber shop and a moving pic- !
turo theater. The damage Is estimated
at $25,000 and only a small 1
amount of insurance vas carriod The
military tire department at Tamp Seler
responded Immediately to the
alarm and while they were unable to
save any of the wooden buildings
which were burning like tinder they
confined the flatr.ee to a limited area.
A ' ' '
M
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---? - jt
$1.26 Per Tear.
INTERESTING ITEMS
FROM THE GUMPS 1
VI8ITORS TO CAMP JACKSON REFUSED
ADMITTANCE UNLESS
PASSES ARE PRODUCED.
GOAL IS ARRIVING AT GAMP
I
More Men for Camp Wadaworth; Private
Suffers Amputation Aocount
Gunshot Wound.
Camp Jackson.
Dr. Thomas Newlln. camp educ?tlonal
secretary for the Y. M. C. A,
has returned to camp from High
Point where he was called by .the
death of his brother. Rev. Sylvester
Newlin aged 67 years, which occurred
there a few days ago.
The open air moving picture shew,
which was staged by the Y. M. C. A.
In Pimn Torlr?A? n ?4 * *"
? -??oowu ivi nit- iirsi iubi
only a few nights ago near the headquarters
of General French, la proviB*
quite successful.
About 100 men started to work at
Camp Jackson clearing away the trees
and underbrush on the around which
will be occupied by the addition to
the camp. The site is being cleared
in order to facilitate surveying.
Lieut. J A. Easlev. chaplain of the
First regiment. F A. R. D.. has ]ut
organized a number of Bible elaeses
In his regiment.
Regardless of the fact that a nun
her of notices have been published
In the newspapers relative to the !?iting
hours at Camp Jackson many
people board the camp ears every
morning only to be put off the car*
at the first stop in camp by the military
police, either to wait until the
hour comes when they can enter
without a pass, or to return to the
city on the next car. This Is quite
an annoyance to the military authorW
ties. No one may enter camp without
a pass before 4:110 o'clock p. m. o?
any day save Saturday.
Uncle Sam now has 1,000 new fn*
crown sons Thnt number of
French, nelgians. Russians, Italian*.
Korwp"inns. Sw*?de? ami novpral otheT
nationalities took tho oath of
anee at Camp Jackson.
Camp Sevier.
Ninety men are to ho relieved froa
duty with the development battalion
hero and sent to New Orleans, where
they will assume duty as Unite*
States guards.
The arrival of f>00 negro selectmen
from the District of Columbia and th?
State of Maryland Tuesday afternoon
completed the movement of 2,000 nngroes
for this camp
Camp Sevier's winter supply of
wood and coal is now beginning to arrive
at camp. As the fuel arrives, ft
Is being transferred to convenient
dumps throughout the camp. Coal im
now arriving at the rate of about 10*
tons per day and the movement wIS
continue until the apportionment ftjr
this camp of about 42.000 tons is received.
Prompt action on the part of th?
camp medical authorities appears tn
have nipped in the hud what might
have been an epidemic of glanders
among the horses at the Camp Sevier
remount depot. One diseased animat
was discovered a few days ago ani
prpompt quarantine measures w?rt
taken. Since then four animals mi*
ferlng with the disease have bee*
killed to prevent the spread to other*.
Camp Wadsworth.
Ten young men left Walterboro for
Tamp Wadsworth. where they will
ho Inducted into service. This ? hausta
all registrants In Claks 1. of
the first draft, with a few exceptiont
of men who have deferred classification
Private J W. Jovnor of Company F.
Third Corps. Artillery Park. Camp
Wadsworth, Is a patient at the Pat>
tlst Hospital suffering from a gunshot
wound. Private Joyner was at Pelio*
on a furlough and was in the act of
shooting at a hawk when the gun was
accidentally discharged. The load entered
the left foot nnd it was necew
sary to amputate one half of the Injured
member.
Clerical Force Increased
The clerical form At the Camp
Jackson postoffice lias boon increased
by the addition of three men. Thar?
are now 40 clerks In the Camp JarkRon
postoffice and they come from 11
different Slates in the Union-. There
is perhaps more mail received and d?
llvered at this postoffire than is han
died at the postoffire In Columbia.
Great piles of parcel post packages are
now piled up at the office waiting ta
be mailed out. These packages contain
civilian clothing of selectmen wko
have recently come to this camp.
Tobacco Warehouse Burns.
Florence.? Cannon's tobacco war?
house was burned to the ground. Involving
a total loss of $2f?.7O0. lnclnd
ed in the loss Is the building. valnM
at $20 000. and several thousand dollars'
worth of tobacco which had be*?
placed on the floors for sale. Two large
automobile trucks belonging to IK-^ip
Martin, the stemmery man. wot* ?.]?
destroyed. It Is thought an incendhiry
was responsible for the fire. The Tire
had gained good headway when the
alarm was turned in. The fire department
worked heroically.
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