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Established in 1891.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GAROLIHft TROOPS
IN NEAT OF FRAY
%
GERMAN LOSS SINCE JULY 13
IS 20<y)00 IN PRISONERS AND
UNNUMBERED DEAD.
RETIREMENT FROM RUMANIA
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' Reports Are Current In Switzerland
That Rumanian Population
Have Revolted.
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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.
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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
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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
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PEACE IS NOT A QUESTION OF
TERMS, TERMS BEING NOW
IMPOSSIBLE.
JUSTICE THE PRICE OF PEACE1
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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.
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. AMERICAN FORCES CONTINUE
STEADY ADVANCE MOVEMENT
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( 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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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