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' '' ' t *0 Established in 1891. RillRIRIi VIFinS T uuLurmin ML.L.UU TO FOGH'S FORGES V ARMISTICE IS CONCLUDED BY WHICH "CZAR OF BALKANS" IS PUT OUT OF WAR. TURKEY IS NEXT IN ORDER Rear Invasion of Austria Made Easy for Allies of Which Fact Advahtage Will Be Taken. Bulgaria is definitely out of the war. and Turkey, virtually cut oft' from communication with her allies and her armies in Palestine almost annihilated, likely soon will be forced to sue for a cessation of hostilities against her. Seeing eventual defeat staring her in the face through the swift progress of the Serbian, Italian, British. Oreek and French troops in the reclaiming of Serbia and the invasion of Bulgarian territory, the Bugalrs I begged for an armistice, reserving to themselves no conditions. All the territory now held by King Ferdinand's men is to be evacuated, the Bulgarian army is to be immediately demobilized and all means of transport Inside the ki ngdom, even along the Danube, is , to be given over into allied hands. Thus, in addition to the isolation : of Turkey, the back door to a direct J invasion of Austria-Hungary is flung I wide open to the allies and doubtless the time is not far distant when advantage to the full will be taken of the new avenue through which the enemy can be reached. With the debacle in Serbia and Bulgaria complete, the Austro-Hungarians in Albania soon will be put to the test, and when their evacuation to their own borders 5s accomplished, the allies wilL have welded an iron semi-circle about the central powers from the Black sea to the North sea. TERMS UPON WHICH BULGARIA DEFINITELY LAYS DOWN ARMS k* London.?The armistice concluded with Bulgaria by the entente allies is a purely military convention and contains no provisions of a political character. Bulgaria agrees to evacuate all the territory she now occupies in Greece and Serbia, to demobilize her army immediately, and surrender all means of transport to the allies. Bulgaria also will surrender her boats and control of navigation ou the Danube uiyl concede to the allies j free passage through Bulgaria for the j ^development of military operations. All Bulgarian arms and ammunition are 10 b<* stored under the control of the allies, to whom Is conceded the right to occupy all important strategic points. The press learns that the military occupation of Bulguria will be entrusted to British. French and Italian forces and the evacuated portions of Greece and Serbia respectively to Gffcek and Serbian troops. All questions of territorial rearrangements in the Ralkuns was purposely omitted from the convention. The armistice will remain in operation until a final general peace is concluded. * CLIMAX OF BATTLE REACHED TO SAVE IMPERILLED WORLD . New York?There cap he no mistak- i lug the fact that Foch's battle has reached Its climax. Within a brief pe- | riod, perhaps of hours, certainly dnys, ' a German retirement out of Northern France is assured. German resistance, ! tremendous and sustained in certain sect nrs is hrenWiltir ilnwn iin>nn1nli>1v at others. Foch's tactics arc now clearly revealed. The period of nianuevers is over. The moment in the battle has arrived when a decision is to he .' ought nd^ from tfie Yaer to tin Meuse Foch is. throwing in Ills lust re nerves. The pace cannot he long maintained; the "ev<<nt." to use the Napoleonic terpi, Is in sight. NO LONGER ONE OFFENSIVE BUT SIX, ALL CO-ORDINATED London.?It is no longer one offensive. hut half p dozen, all co-ordinated In Belgium King Albert and General ^t?imer are winning the battle of Ypres; in French Flanders and Artois. Home, Bing and liawllnson are relighting victoriously the battle ol Cambrai; above the Aisne Matigin is winning the battle Nivelle lost In 1917; in Champagne, Gouraud is winning the contest only partially woti by Petain in 191o. REPRISALS TO BE TAKEN IF GERMANS MURDER PRISONERS Washington/?The American govern ment, In reply to Germany's threat to execute American prisoners of war found In yossesslon of shtoguns>gave notice thnt if Germany carries out any such threat suitable reprisal wilt be taken. Secretary Lansing's reply declares that tho use of shotguns "e sanction ed by The Hague convention. and cannot be the subject of legitimate or reasonable protest. hhp;: '|t ?* , - V ^Tttti LIEUT: E. W. KILLGORE Lieut. Edward W. Killgore la one of the aviators who comprise the aerial mall-carrying force of the United States post office department. CUCMV CTItDDflDMIV DCCICT liilitii giuouuniiLi n^giui AMERICAN ARMY ADVANCES AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF SEVEN MILES, TAKING 12 TOWNS. Liggetta' Corps Storm and Take Four Towns, Together With Five Thousand Prisoners. Washington.?Attacking over a front of 20 milcu, v/eat of Verdun, in cooperation with the French, the American first army advanced to an average depth of seven miles and captured 12 towns and more than 5,000 prisoners. Four of the towns were carried by storm by Pennsylvania. Kansas and Missourf troops of Major General Idggett's corps. General Pershing said in his official statement on the battle, received at the war department. The enemy offered stubborn resistance. Troops of other corps forced their way across fhe Forges brook, took the Hois de Forges and wrested eight towns from the enemy. General Pershing's communique follows : "Section A. This morning northwest of Verdun the first army attacked the enemy on a front of 20 miles and penetrated his line to an average depth of seven miles. Pennsylvania. Kansas and Missouri troops, serving in Major General Liggett's corps, stormed Varennes. Montblalnville. Vauzuols. and Chappy, after stubborn resistance. Troops of other corps, crossing the Forges brook, cap tured the Bols de Forges mid wrested from the enemy the towns of Malancourt. Bethineourt, Montfaucon, Cuisy, Nantillos. Zeptzarges (Septsarges?), Dunrteoux and Gercourt-Et-Drillancourt. The prisoners thus far reported number over 5.000." RECENT CALL FOR 142.000 REGISTRANTS IS CANCELLED Washington.?Because of the epidemics of Spanish influenza in army camps Provost Marshal General Crowder cancelled calls for the entrapment between October 7 and 11, of 142.000 jjraft regis;rants. Stamping out of Spanish influenza, which lms extended to more than a score of army camps and many sections-of the country, lias been recognized bv the eovernment ns a war measure. LONG FORTIFIED POSITIONS ARE TAKEN Willi the Frnch aremy on the Champagne Front?Troops of the, French army, operating in conjunction with the Americans in a new battle along the Champagne front, have conquered positions that the Germans have been fortifying for four years, positions that they have sacrificed thousands of men to hold. The French losses have been remarkably light, in spite of the fact that the German resistance stiffened. GEN. K. M. VAN 2ANDT IS NEW HEAD OF U. C. V. Tulsa, Okla.?The United Confederate Veterans unanimously elected Gen. K. M. Van Zandt, of Fort Worth Texas, commander-in-chief, chose the commanders for the three chief divisions of the organizations and adjourned their twenty-eighth annual reunion. leaving the location of their next reunion to be determined hy a committer headed hy General Van Zandt, and the division commanders. ' For: \ FORT MILL, S. C., THUR2 ^m\ ? mwmii ibii GAROLIHft TROOPS IN NEAT OF FRAY % GERMAN LOSS SINCE JULY 13 IS 20<y)00 IN PRISONERS AND UNNUMBERED DEAD. RETIREMENT FROM RUMANIA | ' Reports Are Current In Switzerland That Rumanian Population Have Revolted. I | j London.?Troops from the states of j New York. Tennessee and North and | South Carolina attacked the Hinden[ burg line on a front of nearly three I miles, capturing Bellecourt and Nauroy. This announcement was made by Field Marshal Haig in his report from headquarters. An English division crossed the Scheldt canal on lifebelts, mats, rafts and improvised bridges and stormed I the main Hindenburg defenses around Bellenglise and captured the whole Gerniftn position. Canadian troops are in the outI skirts of Cambrai. The Sixty-third naval division has I reached the southern ouskirts of Cambrai. The Canadians are in the ' outskirts on the northwest. Prisoners to the number of 50.000 and 325 guns had been counted by the British in Palestine Friday night according to an official communication. Notwithstanding Turkish resistance 'in the region off Tiberias, the British : forced further passages of the Jordan. To the south the British cavalry drove the enemy northward through ! Mezerib and joined hands with the forces of the king of lledjas. French. British. American and Bel- ' gian troops in the last three days | have captured 40.000 prisoners and 300 j guns, it is estimated here. Since j July lk the allies have capture-d 200,- | (100 prisoners. 3,000 guns. 20.000 machine guns and enormous qua>utitles of material. This does not take into account the operations in Macedonia and Palestine. i ne uerman rorces or occupation in Rumania began to retire from that ; country Friday, according to information received in Swiss political cir- , cles. There are persistent rumors in ! Switzerland that the Rumanian population has revolted. The German civil j authorities are said to be removing their archives hastily. The American army operating on the Champagne front has captured Brieulles-Sur-Meuse and Romagne, west of that town on the outskirts of the forest of Romagne and the attack is progressing rapidly. INCREASING PRESSURE IS PRESAGE OF EARLY DEFEAT, Washington/?Continued and ins creasing pressure by Marshal Foch' alnog virtually the whole western ! front from Verdun to the North Sea | ! has brought the Germans face to face! j with a critical situation in the opin-' ion of several observers here. With' ! the enemy defense position?the Uin-j i denburg line?shattered in several i ; places, his secondary line to the east ?the Krlemheild position?punctur-j | ed. and his own official reports admit-; [ ting withdrawals on all fronts, there j j is growing possibility, it is thought,1 j of a serious disaster. French troops are over the Chem! in-Des-Daines barrier on a wide front and as they now are pressing on the ^flank of the retreating Germans fo the south and west, the situation in the center of the great German de-! fensive arch appeared to observers asi j tlie most critical. BULGARIAN DELEGATES ARRIVE AT SALONIKI Paris.?The Rulagarian delegates who are to discuss armistice and probable peace arrangements with the allied governments arrived at Salonika The delegates are General Lonkoff. commander of the Bulgarian second army; M. Uiap.schefT, finance mini ister. and M. Radeff. a former mem! her of the Bulgarian cabinet. GERMANY'S MOST SERIOUS HOUR SEEMS TO HAVE COME Amsterdam.--"Germany's most serit ous hour seems to have struck." de1 clares The Lokal Anzelger of Berlin, i in discussing the Bulgarian question. The FraiJvfort Zeitung says: "It Is useless to erlnss over thl? news and we are not quite sure wheth- j er It would not be useful to attach 1 considerable Importance to the semi- j i official attempts to veil the threaten- : I ing secession of Bulgaria or raise any ! hopes." ACTION OF BULGARIA MAY OR MAY NOT BE ALL CAMOUFLAGE London.? The news from Bulgaria which comes through various channels, compels the belief that the Prussia of the P.alkaus is not merely seeking a breathing spell but really wants peace. All the evidence indicates that she needs it grievously. The German pretense that Premier Malinoff was acting on his own responsibility finds no confirmation. King Ferdinand's crown Is at stake and he Is trying to save his dynasty. % v 1 Y ' ; r Mi SDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1918 LIEUT. COM. MICHELSON Prof. Albert A. Michelson, with the exception of Theodore Roosevelt the only winner of the Nobel peace prize from the United States, has been commissioned a lieutenant commander in the United States naval reserves. He has been assigned as consulting tschnicist in the bureau of ordnance. He was graduated from the naval academy in 1873, but resigned to enter civil life. He is a well-known scientist. RESISTANCE IS MMM ENEMY FORCES IN MACEDONIA AND TURKEY STILL FLEEINQ BEFORE ALLIED ARMIES. Allenby's Evident Intention Is t< Overwhelm the Ottomans, and Success of Plans Seems Near. The Teutonic allied forces in Mace donia and Turkey are still in flight before the armies of the entente while on ftte htgnhiy important St iQuentin sector in France the British and French armies, after hard flght lug. have drawn more closley theii | lines in the investment of the town i on the northwest, weat and south l Tl.? ??.-LL 1-* j i nc bi iiiioui 11 rBBisianrB 01 uie uer mans. In defense and in counter at i tacks, .has been unavailing except tc j impede the progress of the men of the armies of Field Marshal Halg and General Dehcney. In Macedonia the Bulgarian and German troops are still faced witli disaster in Palestine the remalnini Turks seem to have scarcely a chance I for escape from the British forcei [ and triendly tribesmen who are clos j ing In upov them east of the Rlvei Jordan. More tlpni 40.000 prisoner* and 265 guns have been taken by the j British and yet General AUenhy's ap petite for further emoluments for his hard camj aign has not been satiated j Gauged by the swiftness of the strokes Allenby is delivering, it is hi; | purpose absolutely to overwhelm the Ottomans. And the fulfillment of hi? plans seems appreciably neap. WARM PATRIOTISM IS SHOWN BY UNITED CONFEDERATE VETS Tulsa. Okla.?This was another da> of surging patriotism for the t'onfed erate veterans, their sons and theii associates in annual reunion here The veterans are no longer living over their own battles of more thahn half a century ago, but have made 1 the progress of the allied troops or the western battle front a subject ol conversation and discourse that ha; almost put into second place the fight ia which they themselves partici pated. A pledge of support was sent tc President Wilson in the following resolution: "The United Confederate Veterans Association, in convention assembled desires to go on record before thf world with reference to the great world war our country now is engaged in. as heart and soul back of the Washington administration and 10( per cent loyal to the colors! There fore, be it resolved, we hereby pledge our best and continuous efforts in up holding the hands of our great Tresi dent in his faithful execution of the most gigantic trust ever placed upon the heart and brain of a human to* ing " CAMP LEE HAS MORE THAN 2,000 CASES INFLUENZA Richmond. Va. -Following the re port to health authorities of a numbet of cases of Spanish influenza, llealtli Officer Flannigan issued a suggestion that all public dances be discontinued until such time as the danger of :i spread pf the disease is over. With over 2,000 cases at Camp Lee. and many of the soldiers daily visiting the city, the health officer has taken this step to prevent an epidemic here. DRAIN ON TREASURY HAS BECOME VERY MUCH LESSENED Washington.?The drain on th? treasury has been less this montl than for several months, amounting to date to 91114.000,000. of which $1,004. 000.000 went for the army. navy, ship ping hoard and other war purposes and $209,000,000 went as loans to al lies. If this rate eoutinuea. the. gov ernment will spend about $1,500,000, 000 this month, as compared with $1,805,000,000 last month, and $1,608. 000.000 in July .rt % v^. "V LL T] :?IITnf!RHnVfiFaRMfi! aw wwmiiv w i | ii iii! w j MUSI BE CRUSHED PEACE IS NOT A QUESTION OF TERMS, TERMS BEING NOW IMPOSSIBLE. JUSTICE THE PRICE OF PEACE1 ! President Speaks Before Great Audience of Liberty Loan Workers at New York. New York.?The price of peace will be Impartial justice to all nations, the instrumentality indispensable to secure it is a league of nations formed not before o. after, but af the peace i conference and Gerniajuy as a mem- j i ber "will have to redeem iter charac- | i te not by what happens at the peace table, but by what follows." ' This was President Wilson's answer 1 I given before an audience of fourth I Liberty loan workers here, to the re- 1 j cent peace talk from the central pow. ers, although he did not refer specllii cally to the utterances of etiemv lead : era. i Peace was not a question, declared | the President, of "coming to terms," for "we cannot 'come to terms' with j them." as "they have made it imposi sihle." Peace must be guaranteed, for "there will he parties to the peace whose promises have proved untrustworthy and means must he found in connection with the peace settlement j to 0>move the source of insecurity." j } "It would be folly to leave the guar- j antee to the subsequent voluntary ac- j tion of the governments we have seen destroy Russia and deceive Rumania," | - 1 continued the President. ' j Five thousand persons heard the * ' President speak. Just before his ar- J rival a guard of soldiers, sailors and j ' I marines seated at the rear of the ' i platform were suddenly ordered to at- i ritention. They arose with a smart * j click of rilles the national colors were 'advanced and the great audience be* J came silent. This dramatic quiet was ' maintained without interruption until } j the President, without other warning ' J of his coming, walked on the stage, | 1 escorted by Benjamin Strong. goveruor of the federal reserve bank of ' New York. Then a tremendous burst 1 of cheering broke loose whleb caused the President, after taking his seat. - | to rise three times in ueknowledg* 1 meat. . i I . AMERICAN FORCES CONTINUE STEADY ADVANCE MOVEMENT t i ( London.?With Bulgaria evidently | fallen by the wayside, with Turkey staggering and with Austria a welter . of internal discord and discontent, the ' ( shaken armies of Kmperor William ( are grudgingly falling back upon their own frontiers before the Irresistible blows of Marshal Poch's British, ! I French and American troops. The ^ I French and Americans plunged forward again between Rlieims and Verr dun while the British attacked on a wide front in the Camhrui sector. Be. tween them they already have taken more than 20,0t)0 prisoners and many \ guns of all calibers. , In the face of steadily strengthen, | lug German resistance the American i forces in the Champagne continue f j their advance and their front now t j Includes the villages of Charpentry, ! . Very. Kpinonville and Ivoirry. They . | threw back German counter-attacks | with heavy losses to the enemy. The ( ! prisoners captured by the Americans r i alone now number 8.000 and the eap^ tured booty includes more than 'oo . | guns. j ! The French troops east of Rh^-ms | ! were equally as successful as 'no | Americans with whom they co-r?'?rI i ated. They have increased the nam( 1 herber of prisoners tak"it by them in , ' the present drive to more than 10.000. British troops in heavy force also , swept forward on a wide front in a continuation of their efforts to drive n uu.loo O * . ... .. ...... w.<r tinuiiiii ueieiises OB. tween Camhrai and Donai with the i evident intention of outflanking both these buttresses of t lie Hindenburg line. AERIAL WORK iS SERIOUSLY v j HAMPERED BY BAD WEATHER j With the American Army Northwest . . of Verdun. The second day's progI ress of the American troops in the ' j new offensive was slight when coui1 i pared with that of Thursday because I | the bad weather ami well night inti passable roads slowed up all kinds of i i transport and made it nearly intpos1 sible for the Americans to move their,j t heavy artillery. The bad weather i also seriously hampered aerial work and the movement of tanks. i AMERICANS MONEY GIVERS I INSTEAD OF MONEY GETTERS ). Chicago.?Having in past loans 11 "given the lie to the sneers and taunts , of our adversaries that we are a mere .'nation/of money makers interested . only In profits" belief was expressed by Secretary Daniels in an address be. fore the American Bankers' Assvcia. tion that the American people in *ha . fourth Liberty Loan will demonstrate again that Americans have left the . valley' ol' money getting and have reached the heights of money giving." \ - t . t , [MRS A UNIQUE ORDINANCE PASSED1 Cily Council of Chester Appears to Have Realizing Sense of Domestic Labor Conditions. Chester.?With the idea of o'.iminat- 1 ^ lng vagrancy on the part of women i and to require idle women between the I ages of IS and 50 to take up some use- , rul occupation, the following ordinance has been enacted by the city council of Chester. J "That from and after thro passage [ of this ordinance, all women able to work, between the ages of 18 and 50 VPJirs inpliiaivo rno iilvn ir in the city of Chester shall be and ?re hereby required to be regularly | engaged in some lawful and useful | trade or occupation. "Provided. That students in schools or colleges, women engaged in voluntary war work, and housewives caring for their homes and families shall for J the purposes of this ordinance be J deemed to be regularly employed. "That in no case shall the posses- f sion by the accused of money, properI ty or income sufficient to'support her- a self be a defense to any prosecution ' ,, under this ordinance. Any violation of this ordinance shall p be punishable by a tine of not less j f than $10 or more than $."?(>. or ty iin- s prisoniuent of not over HO days." t L Influenza Situation. 1 Columbia.?('apt. Friencli Simpson. ! United States public health service, j , has received instructions to keep in ' close touch with the Influenza situa- ' ^ tlon in this section, and to make cul- 1 tures of all cases which develop 30 I f that the organism concerned tnav he ! Identified and *n that different [ trains may be obtained for study in the hygienic laboratory in Washington. ^he Columbia laboratory is making j { preparations to carry out laboratory , j examinations of secretions or sputa , which may be obtained front suspect- 1 j ed cases of the disease. j t Thece facilities fop diagnosis are ( being offered to physicians, who are i being circularized and urged to report to the city health officers all i cases of the disease and furnish the | laboratory with specimens. I f Captain Simpson said that he had ! 1 been informed by Major Harrison, | t camp surgeon, that through the prop- t er channels, the military organization was heing advised to avoid places j where overcrowding was likely to oc- * cur and to avoid premises where the f ventilation is not good. Coughing and i f sneezing were discussed and explain- i r ed As an additional protective meas- ure for the soldiers, congestion is be- . lng prevented by refusing to permit ( soldiers to attend picture shows, and i overcrowding on street cars is also being looked after. Already a reduction in the number , j of cases is being brought about at the camp. ^ Civilians of Columbia might do well y to take the same precautionary ( measures. When coughing or sneez- \ o ing it is well to protect the nose and v mouth with a handkerchief. T Convicted of Espionage. j t Rock Hill.?The ltev. K. C. Hick- * son. well known minister of Gaffney, j a on trial in federal court here on the * charge of violating the espionage act, I was convicted on two of the seven d counts of the indictment, of "iiVent to j interfere with the operation and sue- ; ? cess of the military and naval forces ; r of the United States." and "to promote r the success of the enemies of the ? United States." Judge Charles A. j y Woods, of the circuit court of appeals, presiding in the absence of Judge Jo- I T soph T. Johnson, will hear arguments | ? of counsel for the defense for a new f trial. j The case df the United States against the Rev. F. C. Ilickson over- ,, shadowed in public interest any other i v case docketed for trit 1 at the present v term of court. Evidence was brought c out in the trial that Mr. ilickson had f] lived in Gaffney for 25 or 30 years and ] that prior to that time he was a mis- j sionar.v to China; that for several y years during hta residence in Gaffney he had been preaching and prac- r tIcing osteopathy, and was well known f as a man with pronounced opinions j, and a reputation for giving vigorous n expression to his views. f Private it Inventor. Tamp Jackson.?Private G. A. Rank, who is with the base hospital detach- d ment, lias invented a much needed 1 mechanical device required in all t camps for the washing of mess kits. The machine is con* true ted in such <> a way as to make its operation auto- h matic and sanitary. It requires only f( a one man detail to operate the de- c vice, it can he used in doors or out r doors and will work in any climate. A Private Rank is a plumber by trade p lie is assigned to plumbing work at n Camp Jacl.son. No Spartanburg Fair. Spartanburg.- At a meeting of the directors of the Spartanburg County c Fair Association, it was decided not ^ to hold the annual fair of the assool- 0 ation this fail. This decision was B readied by the directors only after it was thought that a first-class fair could not he held at this time.* The view was taken by these officials that the people were at this time too much f, interested in the war to take the necessary time to prepare the exhibits in K the proper manner. * h V j rmm '- j?. 'i'-? . *jj . is . fll $1.25 Per Year. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE GUMPS kN OPEN AIR GYMNASIUM AND BAND STAND COMPLETED BY NINTH REGIMENT. * ilG TRACK AND FIELD MEET ioldiers and Entire Reservation of P..-) m r? Q?..; - U - r-> -?> ? r w?T>vi i wive dccii rmccu Under Quarantine. Camp Jackson. ldeut. W. M. Wilkinson- of tlio supily company, ninth regiment, third trigade. F. A. It. I), has just fitted ip for his men an open air gymnasium where they may practice and ex reise every evening after mess and it any time during the day when they ire not engaged frn drill and other Military duties. . The gymnasium consists of parallel ind horizontal liars rings and a side torse. It is all fitted up in first class tvlo and is a modern gymnasium in he opett air. The Ninth regiment has also Just ompleted a band staid where band oncerts may he held and the stand nay also be used for public speakings vhenever needed. . . The topographic school has opened teadquarters just across the at reef rtn the Y auditorium and have Just inished the work of beautifying the crounds in front of the headquarters milding. A number of pine trees have teen set out and a rustic trellis hus teen ^built. which loads to the main ntranee of the building. At the end >f the trellis is a rustic summer touse of beautiful design. Camp Jackson will have the biggest rack and field meet October f> it has ver had. This meet will hp bigger. ?vpn. than the great Fourth of July neat. As a preliminary to this October neet trac k and Held exerc ises are bang hpld in each battery. This is for he purpose of selecting men for the >ig meet and also for the purpose of raining the men thus selected for onry in the big meet. The camp athletic schedule, recentr planned and drawn up by Frank M ">obson. camp athletic director for 'amp Jac kson, is the biggest ami most 'omplete schedule of athletics ever tut on in any army cantonment. By his plan practically every soldier in he camp will have the opportunity of aking part in some branch of athetics. Camp Sevier. Tamp Sevier. Greenville.- Walter tarbare, well known baseball player if the Southern and American leagues, las been assigned (o Camp Sevier as diysical secretary for the Army Y. M. A. Mr. Barbare will he placed in harge of the physical and athletic rork at one of the Y. M. C. A. units. Coach Blythe of the Bailey Military iwtitlltr* line alar* Itoon fteeiirnnd f/w his camp for a physical secretary* hip with tlie Y. M. C. A. Roth h? lid Barbare recently entered the "Y" ervice. Tapt. Spencer E. Boniar. who was livision exchange olticer for t>1 e ?,0th division at Camp Sevier last winter, ind who was recently tried before a ourt martial on charges resulting from ertain alleged irregularities in the iccounts of the division exchange, has teen exonerated from all blame. The 20th Train headquarters and nilltary police, for the new 20th Dlviion. is now in progress of organi/.a ion under the cor. mand of Col. Louis r. Van Sehaick. Soldiers and the entire military reervation of Camp Sevier was placed inder quarantine on account of the de- _ . 'elopment of the first suspected cases f Spanish influenza in camp. The luarantine will remain in effect so ong as the authorities consider there s danger of a possible outbreak of he malady. Permanent wooden barracks will ho onslructed for the depot brigade at Jevier. The cost of the new buildings g nt'nt'iflrwl frit* lo tin it vint'iiiirit4 tiftia <> f r? |M?> Mlt.ll "?'l" "I" pproximatelv $2."T?,ft(lM. authorized or construction work at ramp Sevier. Illiterates Learn to Write. Camp Jaykson. - Much has been one and Is being done by the Y. M. A. at ramp Jackson in the educalon of the illiterate soldiers who nine Into the army. The foreign born o called Illiterates may or may not e able to read and write their native nngne. Some of them are well edusted in their own language and thla lass as a general thing learn to read nd write Knglish readily. The Amrlcan horn illiterates learn to write simple letter to the folks hack home rithl-n from three to four weeks. More Cara on Line. Columbia. A number of extra street ars have been p'aced in operation on he Camp Jackson line, owing to the act that under the present military rders. only 12 persons are allowed to tand after all the seats of the car ave been filled. Building Road to Camp. ~A large party of men. composed of ree laborers and expert road build era, ogether with some convicts are enaged in building the road from Co imbia to Camp Jackson. /