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E v** f*1' % wa&r i Established in 1891. H ' . SURPRISE BLOW IS B STRUCK BY KAIG IN NEW OFFENSIVE BRITISH PENETRATE ENEMY LINES TO TWO MILE DEPTH. FRENCH THREATENING ROTE More Than Six Hundred Prisoner* Taken In Enveloping Movement Along Somme-Oiie Front. While the Germans were busily hi utueiiuuig tnemselves ' against the attacks of the British and French armieB from the Ancre river to the region of Soissons, Field Marshal Haig struck another surprise blow over a new front. The new offensive was launched from the east of Arras on the Scarpe river and southward to the rojeul . All altvng the front the British pressed forward, at some places to a depth of more than two miles. Across the Cojeul. the new British attacks on the old battle front brought them to the villages of Mory and St. Leger, and farther south the small town of Favreuil, one and a half milos northeast of Bapauma. from which the British prossed on eastward about a mile. Farther south the Britlrh are reported unofficially to have reached the western outskirts of Thillov in the nipper movement they are carrying out against Bapaume. The French again are hammering away at the environs of Rove, one of um miuiig iHiiniH ui hip aomme-uise front, the rapture of which doubtless ; would cause the giving up by ?he enemy of the entire salient from the Somme in the north, to Noyon. Fresnoy-Les-Roye, to the north, and St. | Mard to the south of Roye. both of which have been cnotured by the ! French, despite the desperate resist- j ance of the Germans, and Roye. like , Bapaume in the north, apparently is In danger of being pinched out of the line In an enveloping movement. More > than 600 prisoners were taken by the French in the operation. m BRITISH LOSE SEVEN AIR PLANES IN BOMBING RAID | London.?The British independent air force operating on the west front lost seven airplanes in the bombing of Mannheim. The frank report of this loss has caught the public imagination. It is pointed out that the Germans were , in largely superior numbers and had only to think of fighting, whereas the British had both fighting and bombing to attend to. The odds were all on the German side, but the Brit{fill Q via tc\ro eon nb Vf o ?.! .? 1 w...?iuin ivaviiou in a ii ii ii t? i in anu did their job. Commenting on the raid, a British air officer said: "We suffered losses, but we won a splendid victory. We set out to bomb Mannheim and no German efforts could frustrate our intention." AMMUNITION DUMPS BLOWN UP BY AMERICAN CANNON FIRE With the American Army on the Veale Front.?Several German ammu- I nltlon dumps north of the Vesle river were blown up by high explosives from the American guns. This was the only notable incident In the opera- j 'ions between Soissons and Rheims, ! although the usual exchange between the artilleries continued. The destruction of the dumps was made possible by aerial observation by American aviators. They were located near Revlllon and early in the day a battery of long range guns be- j gan dropping shells at points indi- j cated. The observation posts soon i after reported great clouds of smoke from the targets. 20.000 PRISONERS TAKEN BY BRITISH IN FIVE DAY8 __ Paris.?The number of prisoners taken by the British since August 21 has reached 20,000, The Petit Journal declares. I Qwovno \jr inc. I V/WM OF BAPAUME CAPTURED London?Suzanne and Cappy, towns north and south of the Somme. respectively. were captured by Field Marshal Haig's forces. accordinR to reports received here from the British battle front. The British also took Avesnea Leu Rapaume, a suburb of the town of Bapaume. British troops also reached the western outskirts of Thilloy, south of Bapaume. CONFLANS AGAIN RAIDED BY AMERICAN AIRMEN With the American Army in France. ?American bombing machines agnln ! raided Conflans, dropping 40 bombs on the railroad yards, despite heavy anti-aircraft fire. All the bursts were together at the east end of the yards, one causing a big explosion. German planes appeared as the Americans completed their mission 'and followad the Americans back t< thair lines but. failed to angage thenla fcittla. * * * The MAJ. B. H. GITCHELL gaf^A* * MaJ. B. H. Qltchell of the National army has boon appointed chairman ol the Induetrial relatione section of the ' aircraft production hoard. GERMANS COUNTER - ATTACK ALBERT, AN IMPORTANT TOWN AND A RAILROAD CENTER HA8 BEEN TAKEN. . Threatened With Pocketing Germans Seem to Be Making Haste in Their Retreat. London.?The town of Albert, oighteen miles northeast of Amiens, on the Ancre riypr, has been recaptured by the British, who also have obtained all their objectives in the fighting between Bray Sur Some and Albert, according to the official communication from Field Marshal Haig. Over the six mile front the British advanced two miles. The British were steadily driving into the German positions on the high ground between Bray-Sur Somme and Albert. One thousand Germans I were taken prisoner. | A vicious German counter-atack directed against the British positions in the outskirts of Mlraumont were driven off. On the ground between the two points where the British armies are tiammering them and where they are threatened with being left in a pocket the Germans seem to have started retreating. GERMANS RETREAT BEFORE PURSUING FRENCH ARMIES With the French Army in France? The retreat of the Germans before] both the third and tenth French arm-1 les continued with increased speed over a large part of the battle front and in some cAses in disorder. General Mangin's men are approach' ing the Coucy forest and are nearly on the line held in April along the River Allette. They have also widen- ] ed their hold on the Olse to Bretigny. ] ! midway between Noyon and Chauny. j The French advance towards the ] roads leading to Chauny adds another menace to their line of retirement and * I explains the acceleration of the I enemy's retreat. Bourgignon, St. ] PaulAux-Hols and Qulncy fell into! the hands of the French giving them J command of the valley of the Ailette | from the resrion of P#iipv.l<a,i.at??? to the Olse. General Humbert's troops also are pressing the enemy vigorously. Having occupied the height of Piemont, Just south of I^assigny. they have captured Thiescourt, which completes the conquest of the group of hills known as the Thiescourt massif. The enemy 'ow has but a precarious hold on the iley of the Glvete river, in which rench cavalry is now operating. Several thousand prisoners have been taken and trophies in such great | quantities that It has been imposlble j thus far to count them also have been captured. General Mangln's troops advanced ( seven miles during the night. ALBERT THE CITY OF THE "LEANING VIRGIN" Albert Is a town in the department of Somme. It Is situated on the Ancre river and is a railroad center. Before the war it had a population of more f AAA ? - man i.wv. Ainert nan been the scene of some desperate fighting and in the recent British drive the town was surrounded on three sideR by the armies of Field Marshal Halg. the village of Aveluy on the north and Meaultee on the south having been reached by them. DEBATE CENTERS ON YOUTH OF 18 AND WORK OR FIGHT. Discussion In both senate and house centered upon opposition from some members to calling youths of 18 to the colors. The bill was piloted In the senate and house hy chairmen of the respective military commltee, Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, and Representative Dent, of Alabama. The former declared traditional the policy of subjecting boys as young as 18 to military service and also championed the "work or flaht" amendment v;. y* Forf FORT MIL] GERMANY'S FUTILE REINFORCEMENTS MANY ADDITIONAL TOWNS ARE TAKEN BY FIELD MAR8HAL HAIG'S MEN IN NORTH. BAPAUNIE IS IN GREAT PERIL More Than 17,000 Prisoners, Large Number of Guns, and Immense Amount of Supplies Captured. | Notwithstanding the fact that the ; Germans have brought up strong rej inforcenients on both wings of the batI tie front, the British and French [ forces everywhere have beaten off the enemy and continued their victorious progress. Many additional towns have been captured by Field Marshal Halg's men In the north, while the French have successfully overcome obstacles placed in their way and reached territory north of Soissons which adds further to the danger of the Germans in the Noyon sector and to their line running eastward from Soissons to Rheims. All along the front from Arras to the Somme. the Germans are gradually being driven back to the old Hlndenburg line by the British. Along the Somme the enemy is being harassed well to the east of Bray, while farther north strong counter attacks have been repulsed and the towns of Mametz, the Mametz wood. Martin Puich, Le Sars and Le Barque have been captured. It is around Bapaume that the Germans are keeping up their strongest efforts to hold back the tide that is surging against them but the British are continuing to make slight gains daily in the process of surrounding the town, which seemingly soon must be evacuated. Since August 21st the British have taken more than 17,000 prisoners and large numbers of guns and great quantities of supplies have fallen into iiicir nanus. 18,000 KILOS EXPLOSIVES DROPPED ON ENEMY LINE8 Paris.?The Fronh have continued their progress east of Bagneux. between the Ailette and the Aiane, according to the war office announcement. They repulsed counter-attacks west of Crecy-au-Mont. Four hundred additional prisoners have been taken. The text of the statement says: "Both artilleries were active in the neighborhood of Lassigny. "Between the Ailette and the Aisne we made new progress east of Bagneux and repulsed enemy counter-attacks west of Crecy^gu-Mont. We aptured 400 prisoners. "Aviation: It was impossible to carry out any bombing operations during the day. During the night the weather improved and our bombing machines immediately took the air. Eighteen thousand, four hundred kilos of explosives were dropped behind the battle front and on stations, which were damaged. AMERICAN BOMBING AIRPLANE8 DROPPINB BOMBS ON CONFLAN8 j American Forres on the Lorraine j Front.?American bombing airplanes dropped 38 bombs on Conflans, a town on the Verdun-Metz railroad. Ten direct hits were obtained. Three aerial combats were reported in the Woevre region. Lieutenant Jones attacked and apparently destroyed an Albatross biplane over Marre .northwest of Verdun. Lieut. Hugh Bridgman, while on a reconnaissance patrol, atacked two Fokkers which disappeared. BRITISH PATROLS SAID TO BE ENTERING BAPAUME Ivondon.?Reconnoitering patrols of British troops are entering Bapaume. It is reported that British outposts have reached the fringe of Bullecourt, which lies seven miles northeast of Bapaume, and captured High Wood, east of Albert. RECENT VICTORIES DEFINITELY SETTLE FORTUNE OF WAR Pars.?Premier Clemenceau telegraphed the presidents of the general councils that they could rely upon the government and Marshal Foch and his magnificent staaff and the allied military commanders to turn the present succses of the allied arms into a complete an<y decisive collapse of the enemy. "The splendid victories of recent weeks," said M. Clemenceau, "has definitely settled the fortune of war." LEGION OF HONOR IS AWARDED 55 AMERICANS With the American Army in France Fifty-five officers non-commissioned Officers and men of a certain American division were awarded the legion of honor, the military medal, the war cross or distinguished sorvlce cross at the mast brilliant decoration ceremony the American army ahs held in France. Similar decorations have been awarded 72 others who ware unable to be present. v' vm 11 V M1J ? S. 0., THURSDAY. AUGUS' VISCOUNTESS CURZON One of England's most beautiful women, Viscountess Curzon, Is giving up all her time to look after and care for the wounded soldiers In the London hospitals. This prominent British noblewoman Is very popular with Invalid troops because of her kindly and helpful acta. ( TWENTY VILLAGES CAPTURED ; PIVOTAL TOWN OF LA88IQNY , NOW IN HANDS OF ALLIES; 1 ADVANCE CONTINUES. Armies Advance About Five Miles i At Certain Points Despite Foe's Stout Resistsnce. i Paris.?I>asstgy has been captured by the French forces, whose lines ( have now reached the outskirts of Chlry-Ourscamps, southeast of Noyon. . The official natemet making this announcement also says that 20 vll- < lages have been liberated and that l the French have advanced about five i miles at certln points. < The text of the statement reads: "Between the Matz and the Oiao the enemy, deepite his resistance, gave way under the energetic thrust of our troops and Daaslgny fell into our hands. AMERICAN STEAMER TORPEDOED AND SUNK ; Washington.?The American steam- j er Montanan. of 6.659 tons gross, was , torpedoed and sunk in foreign waters August 16 with the probable loss of three members of the civilian crew and two members of the naval armed guard, the navy department announced. Eighty-one survivors were landed. ' The Montanan was In the service of the quartermaster's department of the aimy and was used as a supply j ship. The members of the naval guard | reported as missing are David W. Johnson, coxswain, and Chester C. Eldridge, seaman. BRITISH MAKING SMASHING " DRIVE INTO BELOW'S ARMY With the British Army in Prance.? Having smashed into General von Bel 3 sovomeenin army aurtng a heavy I fog at dawn on a front of more than 10 miles, extending from the Ancre i river to Moyonneville, the Blrtiah i have throughout the day made steady i progress forward, capturing villages, i taking prisoners and guns and inflict- 1 ing heavy casualties on the surprised enemy. I i GERMANS CONVERT TRAWLER f INTO ARMED SEA RAIDER < 1 Washington.?Navy department of- t flclals confidently awaited a wireless dispatch telling of the capture or de- j struction of the trawler Triumph, which was seized by a German sub- j murine, a uerman crew put aboard. 1 the vessel armed and started on a f raiding expedition against the de- i fenseless fleet of Ashing smacks op- \ erating on the Grand banks. Every t precaution has been taken, it was t said, to prevent the raider slipping \ through the line stretched around the c Ashing region. < SERIES OF RAPID BLOWS I ARE BEING STRUCK BY FOCH. Foch seems to be striking a series of rapid blows, relying upon a local ( effect produced now near Arras, now 1 near the Olse and the Somme, to pro duce In the aggregate a general dis- t location of the German line. In each 2 of these blows he uses comparatively t few inen. and the victorious troops t are ready for a thrust after a short Interval. The German gets no rest, T no time to re organize. n CHARLOTTE CONCERN LANDS / CAMP SHERIDAN CONTRACTS Washington.?Floyd M. Simmons, of Charlotte, has secured for his con- c trading Arm. Simmons, Hartenstein t A Whitton, a contract for about f $200,000 concrete road work at Camp / Sheridun. Montgomery, Ala. h E. L.- Travis is here to confer with a friends about the charges lodged against him. Representative Webb is (. presiding over the house during the v consideration of the administration p watarpower bill. v LL Tj P 29, 1918 GERMANS MEETING HEAVY REVERSES OVER FIFTY MILES FRONT THE ENEMY IS MEETING WITH DISASTROUS DEFEATS. FRENCH ALSO MAKE SAINS American Troopa Are Not Mentioned in Battle; Probably Reserved for Later and Heavier Blow. Over the 50-mile front from the region of Arras to the north of Soissons the German armies are meeting with defeats which apparently spell disaster. Everywhere the British and French forces have continued on the attack, the enemy has been sanguinarily worsted. And the end of his trials Is not yet in sight. To the British over the 30 miles of the fighting zone from the Cojeul river ' southeast of Arras to Llhons. south of the Somine, numerous towns have fall- j en, and the enemy territory has been j penetrated to a depth of several miles, i Where the French are fighting be- j tween the Matz river and the territory | north of Solssons additional goodly t gains have been made in the enveloping of Noyon and the general maneu- , ver which seeks to crush or drive out j the Germans from the salient between the Somme and the Ailette. and 1 to put into Jeopardy the entire Ger- , man line running to Rhelms. Notwithstanding the fact that the Germans brought up large numbers of fresh reinforcements in an endeavor to stay the progress of Haig's armies ; their efforts were without avail, i Where they were able momentarily to ! hold back their oncoming foes, the Germans finally were forced to cede the ground demanded. And thev naid 1 & terrible price In men killed, wound- | ed or made prisoners. The entire Arras-Albert road haa been crossed by the British. The strongly held positions where the Germans *aw disaster facing them If they fell were stormed and captured, and the British pushed them going eastward. ( Although the Americans at the commencement of the Somme offen- I slve were brigaded with the Brltleh Gong the northern bank of the Somme> I no mention of their having taken part In the fight Is made. It is probable that J they have been moved to some other i portion of the battlefront from which Marshal Foch. contemplates another smash at the enemy. HAPPY VALLEY AN UNHAPPY VALLEY Happy valley truly Is a shambles, i Its name belies It. South of the Somme the Australians were most successful in the part I they played in the batlto. They easily ' ittained all their objectives and ap- ! parentlv hold Chulgnolles. Chulgnes md Herievllle and are pushing east- ' ward of those villages a little distance ; to make sure of holding them. In thi sregion 33 German officers *nd 1,500 men of other ranks were made prisoner. Eleven of the captured officers were from one regiment. The Germans offered heavy resistince at Chulgnolles, but with the as- i ilstance of tanks the Australians hammered through the enemy and swept on, leaving the town and Its envl ons filled with dead Germans. On the ridge south of this town there also was fierce fighting which ' ilmost reached the hand to hand itage before the Australians made it ! dear to the Germans that they were lOt tO hA otonnoH * * *-1-^ v. uuu 3nu?ru uTer ino idge and onward. Just now large numbers of guns ire roaring away all along the line. All day long streams of wounded, irtncipally Germans as well as great lumbers of enemy prisoners, were i lowing towards the rear. The day i was cooler and the British soldiers 1 vere refreshed by It. It was slightly doud.v but the air was full of British ilrplanes. A number of German planes vere shot down over the battlefront luring the day, each fall bringing a 1 heer from the British. am I ISM TROOPS SHOW FINE SPIRIT IN FIQHT Paris.?The newspaper correspond>nts at the front lay stress on the nagniflcent enthusiasm with which he British are attacking and over omlng the enemy. They point out hat the British opposed stout reslstince when the Germans counter atacked. and when they saw that the nemy was staggering under the hower of blows increased the punishnent without giving him time to look iround. ALMOST UNVARYING SUCCESS RAISES STRONGEST HOPES Washington?Almost unvarying sue- ' ess of the great allied offensive on he 50-mile front stretching from Solsions northward to the environs of trras raised hopes In military circles lere for the most decisive defeat yet idminietered to the Germans. Observes were of the opinion that General 'och's whittling tactics of the past s\x reeks have been so effective that oplortunity has come for a glorious har- , est, I .V % ^ [MES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WOIET Prepare for Yet Larger Part That Women Muat Take Before End of The War. In 1894 the state lerfslatuhe opened the doors of the University of South Carolina to women. Very few, however, attended at first and of these, su per cent were rrom tne city 01 Columbia. IP the last three years the [ numbers have been steadily Increas- I ing. In 1917-18 nearly one-sixth of j the students were women. The growing popularity of the university rourses with the citizens of Columbia is especially noticeable. In 1914 a home for girls was begun on Marion Street and continued on the corner of College and Pickens till 1918. L.ast June the board took a decided step forward when, they assigned to the women the western wing of DeSausBure, directing that the eastern wing should be devoted to the same purpose if the attendance justified. The girls In DeSaussure will be under the care of a competent matron and will have their meals in a private dining room at the steward's hall. ' Twenty dollars per month is the charge for board and lodging. In 1918 MIsb C. J. Sullivan and Mrs. M. L. Holman were awarded the degree of LL. B. by the university, the first women in South Carolina to receive this degree. The legislature of 1918 allowed women to practice law in the state. So the year 1918 was epochal in the history of womanhood in the university and the state. The demand for i women lawyers will become greater [ during the war as so many of the male lawyers are in the service. Petlgru College, the handsome new law building, will be finished by the opening of the session and will be one of the most complete and attractive class room buildings in the state. Under the direction of the new school of Applied Science various business courses will be offered, such as bookkeeping, accounting, stenography, typewriting, mechanical drawing and kindred subjects. These will prove most attractive to women when so many avenues of business opportunity are opening to them. Notwithstanding the lure of these various occupations the majority of women will in the future, as in the past, turn instinctively to teaching. Nowhere In the state are there better pedagogical opportunities than at the university whose school of education, under the wise guidance of Dean Patterson Wardlaw, has long held a deservedly high rank. As a matter of Interest to the alum- ! nae a roll of the women students of the university from the time they first | entered the institution will be pub- ; lished shortly in the form of a bulletin. As this will be the first list of the kind published by the university there must be inevitably errors and omissions. If any are detected kindly report them to the president or ths dean. i Held for Espionage. Spartanburg.?O. M. Hammett. a well-known farmer and large land- j owner of the Inman section of Spar- ! tanburg county, was arraigned before United States Commissioenr Robert J. Gantt on a charge of violation of the | espionage act. The defendant was bound over to the next term of court ! for the western district of South Car- j olina. which meets at Rock Hill in September. Bond was fixed In the sum of $2,000. Mr. Hammett has not yet arranged bond, but it is believed that he will do so at once. At the hsaring it was brought out by various witnesses that Mr. Iiam- | mett had been heard to remark "I would Just as soon live under the Kaiser as under the present United States government." When asked to buy Liberty bonds he is declared to have said: "I wouldn't gve five cents for all of them." It was testified that, he had declared Germany to be of) the right side in this war, and thut the United States government was simply fattening up a crew of soldiers In this country to send them to the war for slaughter." The Red Cross was characterized by Mr. Hammett as nothing but a scheme on the part of the government to secure funds for Its own use. it was brought out at the hearing. Witnesses testified that he refused to contribute a cent. Guernsey Men Meet at Chester. Chester?The Tri-County Guernsey Association, embracing the counties of Chester, Fairfield and York, held its annual meeting at the Chester County court house. There were many timely discussions regarding the work of the association for the coming year and it was planned to have an exhibit < m me v neHier i ounty iatr in octoher. j It was likewise decided to purchase a ' carload of Guernsey heifers and aell i them at auction at the Chester County fuir. i I Drainage Act Upheld. York.?Judge E. Prince has handed down a decree in the Turkey Creek drainage case brought by W. T. Dal- i lis et al. against the drainage commissioners. in which the report of the referee, which was adverse to the < plaintiff, is upheld. The plaintiff in 1 this section attacked the constitutionality of the drainage law of the state, < and alleged that the district was il- < legally and irregularly organized. 1 Judge Prince holds that the drainage 1 acts are constitutional in respect to 1 all the issues raised. I ^ < , if' t ' '4L w $jhi y ' w\ *' r^R '". ' f>r N *? j- * ''i^' ' "v %tM^\JkSty Ja h ' a ojj^K. yV*B .' *"': >', : \ *' km^'-. ? */ ' --j , - $1.25 Per Year. MS16IW CDHM Tur niuno mum inn UHinra ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ILLITERARTES TAUGHT TO READ AN DWRITE. COOK RECEIVES A FORTUNE Ice Plant at Camp Wadswortti About Completed?Will End Famine In Spartanburg. Camp Jackaon. Thirteen hundred and forty-Beren men at ('amp Jackson stood up, forswore allegiance to the Hugs under which they were born and swore to uphold the Stars und Strlpe? and defend the constitution of the United States. The War Camp Community Service gave another one of their delightful entertainments at Y. M. C. A. 136. Corp. A. Borchew of the Depot Bri gaae is one or the Camp Jackson artists. and Is an artist of considerable note. He has Just finished painting an o41 portrait of General Pershing, which is a fine piece of work and now hangs in the Jewish headquarters at Camp Jackson. According to an order Just issued by the war department, the 1.200 or more Jewish soldiers in Camp Jackson will be given holidays on the Jewish New Year from noon September 6 to the morning of September 9, and that furloughs will be granted to them for the Day of Atonement from noon September 14 to the morning of September 17. Captain Horner and Captain Crorie of the Depot Brigade, have assigned 130 illiterates to Secretary L. R. Dong of "Y" 135. for instruction in the English language. Mr. Loog teaches these men in reading, writing and simple arithmetic every day. Camp Sevier. Officers for the new Twentieth Division at Camp Sevier, continue to arrive daily, and the organisation of the division is proceeding apace, but as yet there has been- no hint of the major general who is to command it. nor of the territory from which the troops are to be drawn. The conservation farm at this camp. upon which about 100 enlisted men are dally employed, is beginning to produce its harvest In the way of a great quantity of vegetables and similar truck. Capt. J. Q. Driver, athletic officer at Camp Sevier, has recently been advised of the shipment of a large quantity of athletic and sporting equipment for the use of the men of the new Twentieth Division now being organized at this camp. H. M. Miles, a cook at the patients' kitchen at the base hospital here was surprised several days ago to receive a notification that a distant relative had died and bequeathed him $150,000. In spite of this large smile from Dame Fortune, Miles is pursuing the even tenor of his way, and says it has not caused him to wish to change his career. even If he could. Camp Wadaworth. The new ice plant at Camp Wadsworth which has been under construction for the past several weeks, is now practically completed and will begin operation at once. This will materially relieve the ice famine which has been staring Spartanbug in the face for the past several days. Private Elmer G. fiinchy, auxiliary remount depot 307, was convicted by court martial of embezzlement of two postofffice money orders for $50 and $18, and given a sentence of one year's imprisonment and the forfeituer of one-third of his pay for a like period. Brig. Gen. Guy C. Oarleton, commanding the povisionnl depot for corps and army troops, has reduced the sentence to six months. T"V If ? uftuiim u. tittun, suppiy company, S3rd pioneer Infantry, has been convicted by a court martial at Camp Wadaworth and given a sentence of two years' imprisonment on charge of forgery and attempting to pass two fraudulent checks. Brig. Gen. Carleton has reduced the sentence to six months. Gaffney la Delighted. GafTney.?The people of Gaffney are elated over the fact that the town will be on the Bankhead highway. For a long time the people here were apprehensive lest the route via Shelby would he adopted, but the action of the committee in Charlotte seems to definitely fix the route. The road from Grover. N. C., to Broad river is one of the best In the country now. and the work will be pushed as rapidly as may be until It Is completed to the Spartanburg county line. Vice President Marshall a "Motit." Rock Hill.?Officials of the Rock Hill lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, announce that Thomas R. Marshall, vice president of the United States, will visit Rock Hill durinR September and deliver an address to the lodge members ar.d their friends. Tho date of Mr. Marshall's visit has not heen derided upon This visit will mark an epoch In the history of Rock Hill lodge and the recaption that the vice president receives will prove to all that "Loyal Order" is a proper cognomen.