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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.
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BRITISH LOSE SEVEN AIR
PLANES IN BOMBING RAID
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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
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Paris.?The number of prisoners
taken by the British since August 21
has reached 20,000, The Petit Journal
declares.
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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.
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MAJ. B. H. GITCHELL
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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.
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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
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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.
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? 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.
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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
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GERMANS CONVERT TRAWLER f
INTO ARMED SEA RAIDER <
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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
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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 * *
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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- ,
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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.
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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
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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.