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W" I WgSSK p.-.i Established in 1891. KAISER WILLIAM NO LONGER IN CONTROL THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY ARE EVIOENTLY TAKING CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. PRESIDENT MAY NOT REPLY ' ? ? Evcauation of Invaded Territory Mult Be Completed Before an Armistice is Granted. Washington.?Germany has replied to President Wilson with a note which, though no one is prepared to say it will lead the president even to continue exchanges on the subject of anarmistice and peace, at least has served almost to bring conviction hero that the people of Germany actually taking the reins of the government and sincerely desire peace 011 any terms the United States and the allies are willing to give. ah received by wireless the note Is believed to be slightly garbled in the Important sentences regarding conditions for the evacuatlpn of invaded territory and for the armistice, but, nevertheless, it Is regarded as an awkward attempt to meet the conditions laid down by President Wilson for consideration of an armistice. And it makes the significant declaration that the government in Berlin no longer Is responsible to u single aldtrary influence?the kaiser -but is supported by an overwhelming majority of the German people. This declaration is supported by the statement that constitutional reforms are in progress in accord with the determination of the people under which jio government can take or hold office without the confidence of the majority of a? reichstag elected by universal, monts; to await the performance of consideration here because of confidential advices received indicating that tlie Germun middle classes have resolved to have peace at any prie'e, k and if necessary are prepared to get rid of the kaiser, the crown prince and all military control. hi plum a tic observers point out that the President is at liberty with perfect consistency to make no response at this time, but to await developments to await the performance of the promises of the Germans not to torpedo passenger ships; I heir implied l?remlse to work no more destruction during their retreat from Berlin and France thun military necessity requires. and Anally to await further development of the political leaven that evidently Is working toward the complete overthrow of military and autocratic power in the empire. The official view here so far has Been that evacuation of invaded terri tory must bo completed before there can bo an armistice. Should Presi dent Wilson, after consultation with the armies, adhere to this view, the work of driving; the Germans to and across their own borders would procoed and the opportunity of fixing: details. which the new note suggests "be Brought about." would come only -through a request from the German linos under a white flag on the battlefront. GERMAN? EVERYWHERE ARE DRIVEN FURTHER EASTWARD With the Allied Armies In Belgium and France.?In heavy fighting which proceeded throughout the night in a heavy rain, the Germans everywhere -were driven still further, eastward. In Belgium, the allies are three miles from Kecloo. and in the whole vast trotch between Courtral and the Jtutch border Hie British. French and Belgians are pushing the Germans heCore them, closing In toward Ghent from which they are now less than even ntiles. The Germans, here and there In Belgium.. have held out strongly in enormous concrete forts from which the guns had been removed. These forts were used by German machine gunners. and in some cases it required shells from heavy guns to err.ek them. More prisoners have been captured. AVIATORS ARE UP iN AIR FROM EARLY DAWN TILL LATE With the American Army Northwest of Verdun.?The American attack. though on a comparatively small scale, was entirely successful. The Rois d?* Itappe and a formidable hill. No. 299, both points of strategic imporanee. were rushed and cleared of the enemy within three hours despite unusual machine opposition. The artillery on both sides was fair lr active throughout the day, and the aviators were up from early until late. GREAT REDUCTION SHOWN IN EXPORT FREIGHTS AT PORT8 Washington.?A reduction of R7 per cent in the accumulation of export freight at Atlantic porta between laat TWemtmr and October 1 wan reportad. I?ast December, the export ac, ramulaiion wax 44.320 carload*?about 2,000.000 tons wtih ll.&fcj loads standing in cars on congeated sidings. On Octaher 1. this accumulation had fee?n reduced to 18.700 carloads of which S,3SS were in cara, 1,004 wara aa piera. ' .K , '.J-n ' ; Thp. MRS. WILLIAM J. SMYTHE I ;JE Bfe^ gmmt M i ubbjA ^BmJu XbOIEH& M v'n^BkL. t% n ? . :<r^*k ; D <;???;^ s>?>ii*? i?u IfiHHKfl SBmB I ^ : %. .r% 5.' v J y?>fp K?w?pap*>r LTn'on Mrs William I Cmu?K? M?... w - ; society woman, as a member of the : American Defense society has obtained i thousands of signatures on a petition to congress urging the suspension of all (ierman-language newspapers in this country. SUBMARNE BASE CAPTUREO CON-lhUED STRONG PRESSURE HASTENS ENEMY RETREAT ALONG EXTENDED FRONT. Rapid Movement of Allies in an Endeavor to Seal the Western Flanders Sack. i Over a front of 40 miles, from the North sea. in Belgium, to Lille, in northern France, the Germans are in general retreat before the Belgian. French and Briisli armies. Likewise the enemy is being forced to concede m-n-cii uy reirograne movements oefore ihe British and Americans southeast of Cambrai under attacks of the French in the pocket between the Oise and Serre rivers north of Iuon, and by reason of continued strong attacks by the French and Americans in Champagne and along the Mouse river. Nowhere, however, is the enemy in disorder. In Belgian Flanders his steps are being hastened by reason of the swift drives into his line by the British at Lille, just south of the Belgian border, and by the French and Belgians further north, which threaten to compel him ?o enter Dutch territory and face internment unless he is swift enough to withdraw out of the entire pocket between the Scheldt river ar.d the sen and reconstitute his line with its right wing resting on Antwerp. Ostend. one of the famous submarine buses on the sea. is in British hands, Bruges is all b'.rt captured, while to the south from the region i east of Rentiers the allied forces are fast driving toward Ghent in an endeavor to seal the western Flanders sack and retain in it large elements of i the enemy's forces. . ! QUICK CONCLUSION OF WAR NOT LOOKED FOR BY EXPERTS London.- If the war is brought to a qucik conclusion it will he through political and moral factors, and not military, was the opinion expressed in j competent circles here It was point, od out that the Gprman position on the western front cannot be termed perilous, although at certain points I every changing front may render 1 some small positions dangerous at ; limes. This view which has been held by many experts for some time has been ! strengthened hv the German retreat to the I BindingWith the Americans and French pushing hard on , this front the Germans doubtless were forced to retreat faster tran they had I planned, hut they lest comparatively few prisoners and guns for such a large operation. TO FINANCE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE JEWRY OF THE WORLD Vnrlr . A U ? IIIHU nui II IIUIV rfiti'n $1 .noo.noo.ooo to be used to flnr.nc" the retonstruction of the Jewry of the world will be sought by the joint dis| tribntlon committee of the American funds for Jewish war sufferers. whirh it was announced here will undertake what It describes as "the largest pur *lv huinanitariau project in history to he attempted by Individual effort.'* j Success of this projec* is ronflder.lly predict ed. GERMAN PRESS PRINTS REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT IN FULL Amsterdam.?Judging by Rhetaish and F.erlin newspapers received here. President Wilson's reply was printed In full in the German premi . The newspapers yartopsly termed the re ply "A trap." "WHaon's eva*k>o?." "A rude anirwer." and the Hke. Some of the newspapers do not at tempt to comment on the reply, merely raying: "Leave It to the supreme army command " # I FOR' vnev **tt . c vax iuui WILSON REJECTS PLEA OE AUSTRIA CONDITIONS MADE CLEARER BY ACCEPTANCE OF WHICH WAR MAY BE ENDED. DYNASTY IS IN GRAVE DANGER I Federalizing of Austrian States In Vain and Desperate Effort to Save Dual Monarchy. Washington.?On the pvp, apparently. of the coming of the peace note from Germany. President Wilson has rejected the plea oT Austria-Hungary for an armistice and peace negotiations and iw doing so has made clearer the conditions which the central powers must meet to end the war. In a note made public soon after it , was well on the way to Vienna the President in effect says there can be no talk of peace with the Austro-Ilungarian government except upon the basis of complete liberty for Czecho| Slovaks and other subject natlonali| ties as free members of the family cf nations. Ho refuses to entertain the Austro-Hur.gurain suggestion for this ! reason without discussing the military ' questions dealt with in the roply to Germany. I The Vienna government asked for I ' "L'otiations on the basis of the president's announced program of peace, mentioning the speech of January 8. j lust, in which the President said the peoples of Austria-Hungary should be accorded the freest opportunity for l autonomous development. The reply says this is impossible; that the j Czecho slovak national council has j been recognized as a de facto belligerent government, the justice of the nationalistic aspirations of tlie Jugoslavs has been recognized and mere autonomy no longer can be accepted. This declaration which may be far reaching in its efTect upon AustriaHungary. where long enslaved peoples apparently are nearly ready to sweep away the hated dual monarchy and the Hapsburg dynasty clears up what some critics of the President's policy have pointed to as a source of endless controversy in his program of peace. It comes one day after the ! proclamation of Emperor Karl federalj izing the Austrian states in a desperate effort to save his government at home and at the same time prepare the way for peace. REPORTS ARE CURRENT THAT GERMANY HAS ALSO REPLIED Ixtndon. According to unofficial reports reaching Amsterdam, the German reply to President Wilson has ; heen delivered to the Swiss minister in lterlin. says an Exchange Telegraph j diaputch from Amsterdam, i In the note Germany consent* to ! the evacuation of Belgium, i Germany prot'esLs against the i charges of cruelty in t.he President's 1 note and says she was forced into I submarine warfare by the allied blockade. r. The German government, it adds, denies responsibility for the loss of women and children on torpedoed passenger ships, but to advance peace ! Gormany is prepared provisionally* to stop unrestricted submarine warfare, i Finally, the note disputes the right , of foreign powers to meddle with i German internal affairs and declares ! Germany should enjoy the same right ' of self-determination as other nations. I FIFTEEN THOUSAND GERMANS ARE INTERNED IN HOLLAND I Belgian forces have reached the : Dutch frontier, where 15.000 Germans cut off from their retreat by the advance northward front Eecloo. are reported to have withdrawn into Holland. where they were interned. me AiniTican lorces oprrauug in conjunction with the British north of Wassigny have advanced to the j Sambre-Oise canal. They occupied Reject, east of St. Souplet, at tho i point of the bayonet. j TWENTY-FIVE MILLION PEOPLE PURCHASED LIBERTY BONDS Washington.?Probably 25,000,000 or more individuals bought bonds of the j fourth Liberty loan according to unI official reports reaching Washington. I j showed a large propotion tiled their subscriptions during the last few 1 days of the campaign. Consequently i it will- be a task of many days to actually count the number of pledges and to compile reports froiu the entire 1 country. ? IMMENSE GERMAN AIROROME8 ARE LEFT BEHIND BY ENEMY London.?In withdrawing from Flanders and the Belgian comk the Ger' maas not only gave up their submarine bases hut also left behind irai mease airdromes. Before the en era y retirement northern Belgium might have been known an the borne of the Get ha. By moving eastward the Germaas lose the points nearest to Hngj lead from which they used to carry ?H raids upon London and other Sag| Ush towns. * r Mi L, S. 0., THURSDAY, OCTOB BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM LASSITER ' -?k JsiaJS jjr^| ">y*,ji['i)i|->itf 4Yi :j3& iTmif}iMTVT^fyfagOTffifr^ ffiililffiBr^ I ' Brig. Gen. William Lasaiter, recent- j ly promoted to that rank, is a native of Virginia and was graduated from the ! Military academy in 1885 and from the artillery school In 1894. He has al' ways been connected with the artillery branch and was on the general staff in 19T1-13. MACHINE GUNS IN WINDOWS RESISTANCE OF ENEMY. WHEN SHOWN IS EXTRAORDINARY IN ITS FIERCENESS. Belgians Fighting With Dogged Determination to Sweep Foe From Outraged Country. With the Allied Armies in Belgium, j ? The Germans have started a retreat j on a tremendous scule from northern 1 Belgium. French cavalry is approachj ing Thielt. seven miles front the hanks j of the Ghont-Brngues canal. The caI naJ itself is only ltt miles from the , border of Holland. So fast is the en' enty retreating that the French. Britj ish and Belgian infantry at least in ] the center of the battlefront. have lost , touch entirely with the enemy. Heslstance, where it has been of ] ?'ered by the enemy, has been extra! ordinarily fierce, for in these places I it obviously has been the purpose of ; the commanders of the fleeing GorI mans to gain time in which to remove ' their materials. Stubborn fighting j lias been reported, especially from the region of Thourout. The battle here has been from street to street and house to house, and large numbers of the enemy have been killed. Some j Belgian forces have swept around the I city in order to cut the roads at the i rear and also to assist in bottling up ! the enemy trying to hold out in the : city itself. The Germans had placed machine ' guns in the windows of houses and I cellars and fired murderous streams j of bullets into the advancing Belj gians. but were unable to stop them. The Belgians fought with a dogged I determination such as only troops ; fighting to regain their outraged coun! try cou'd display. Nothing could stop them. |COMING OF GREAT EVENTS CASTING SHADOWS BEFORE Washington*.?There is in Washington no official word that the Kaiser l has abdicated, or that he has been | overthrown, or that Germany is ready | to accept all of President Wilson's terms. Officials and diplomatists, cautious > and conservative by nature and prac| tice. regard with incredulity the inti1 matrons that one or all of these tilings has happened. Of course they all hope I they have; tlffey all know that one or all of them are inevitable. The official opinion in the capital ! is that the coining of those things is j timed only by the unknown decree to which the German military power has ( been broken. ~ , GERMAN BLACK SEA FLEET IS HOLDING TURKEY IN LINE Wash ngton.- With tS-e Berlin-Constantinople railroad out by the allied j orcupation of Nlsh, Germkny is relyin#; upon Its Rlack Sea fleet to held , Turkey in line. Information has been i received at the state department that j the Turkish government has been told | by Berlin that the fleet will open Are | on the Ottoman capital at the first sign j of defection. This German fleet ron| tint a largely of warships captured from the Russians. ONLY TWO NARROW LINES FOR SUBSISTENCE ARE LEFT WKh the Frsnch Army in Franc*? Ths entire aubstisieirre of the German armies bet-ween Cambrel and the Mouse must pass through taro narrow rontea by way of Hlraoa and Meziarm. Theee are two linos upon which the security of the German armies depend. and it Is toward those that ths French and Americans to Champagrx and ths British and French In the rsof Carabrai and Guise bars bus advancing. ' LL T] ER 24, 1918 BELGIAN COAST , AGAIN IS BELGIAN | V ! THEIR DEMAND TO BE SERVED I WITH VICTORY VIGOROUSLY PRESSED BY ALLIES. I SEEKING HAVEN OF SAFETY I Americans to the East on Both Sides of the Meuse River Are Slowly Going Forward. | The Belgian- roast again Is Belgian, j Germany's dream of an invasion of | England across the North sea from j Calais is ended. j Belgian Flanders is being last evac: uated by the enemy, and his line from j the Belgian frontier to the Meuse river j gradually js giving way under the at| tacks of the British. French and | American armies which are demand | ing to he s??rve?? with victory. | A haven of safety in a shorter and i I more compact line is being sought | i by the Germans in order to escape I j annihilation by their foes. Kvervwhero ; I they are being whipped. But seem } j tnglv they are still far from defeat. ! I In Belgium the enemy is giving ' | ground safely out or the t?-s\n j menaces them but from the French frontier to the Mouse river he still lis fighting desperately to hold back I ! the lower Jaw of the great Foch pin- j cer from closing in a great eonverg1 ing movement and entrapping in its I maw the German lighting force in | j its entirety. Out of the great sack ' | between the North sea and the I.vs i river the enemy is fleeing fast in an endeavor to prevent capture or internI incut in Holland. His hope is that , he will be able to reach Antwerp and ! there reconstitute his line. | To the earft the Americans on both i sides of the Meuse river are slowly going forward. Between the great ' wooded bastion and the Mouse picked troops have been chosen to fend the i blow northward toward Sedan. All the grourd that is being won is being i valiantly defended to the last. | In the Macedonian theater the Greeksf are now in full possession of Chroek Macedonia. Albania is fas.' J being cleared of the enemy and in ! Serbia the Teutonic allied forces have : i?e??n driven ao miles north of Nish. ! In Syria the victorious forces of GenI oral Allenby now are meeting witli ! scant resistance. ; TWE LACK OF AMMUNITION IS HAMPERING OPERATION C British headquarters In France.?A i new German line ?>f defense from Ant werp through Namur to Sedan, which probably will be given the name of the ! Wotan III line, is understood to be in j the course of construction. On thi? , I side of the line the Germans do not ap | pear to have any defenses of real Itn portance. It is considered likely that the rnnln bulk of the German armies, or rathei what is left of the main bulk, in this section of the front, is on its way tr | the Wotan III line, though it is quitf possible It may try to make a stand somewhere on this side of those post lions. If a stand is made, however, thf ' Germans will have to depend uffon i what troops they now have in Bel gium. All these appear to have been I engaged recently and some have suf fered terrible losses. Captured orders show that the Ger tnan gunners have beep urged to use I gas sheila instead of high explosive* and all ranks have l>een commanded to save their brass cartridegs when retreating. Rvon further economy is exacted in the use of shells, it being ! admitted that th<> lock of ammunition! j is hampering operations. l_l I I !_t (NtW IINKORIVIATION HAS REACHED WASHINGTON Washington. Little now informn' tlon reached Washington about iho . developments going forward itv Geri many upon wl:i"h will depend the nature of the next move toward peace | The situation apparently is what It has been for several days. AMERICAN INFANTRY SPRING BIG SURPRISE ON GERMANS , * j j With the American Army Northwest of Verdun The Americans c-rartt another surprise over the C?rm'it', the infantry advancing north of Ro mange and taking Bantheville with out artillery preparation. The Americans pushed the German infantry anr machine gunners hark after fighting that lasted all day. Northwest of Grand Pre the Anier | leans raptured Talmn farm in the facr of a stiff machine sua raaiatance. THE CZEVO-SLOVAK NATION DECLARES ITS INDEPENDENCE ? Washington. Independence of th? Czechoslovak nation was declared 1 formally by the CMcho-Stovak aa' Von al council, recogniaed by the I'nited 1 States and the entente alPaa as a bel1 llgeroni de facto government. Th* declaration mnoun *>ng allegiance to the iiapnbnrg dynasty and announcing principles for the foundation of a re pnfclt* wna ImuM in Paris and n cops wu handed to Pmnident WUsoa - * - . ' *> ' . rK m*t . ? * v'.',v 1 .^',51 < '? L -r * .* t' * . . t [MES MORE HELP SORELY WANTED I ' Conditions in Capital City Are Most Serious Because of Prevailt ing Plague. Columbia.?With over 5.000 oases of i influenza in the city. Columbia is beginning to realize the fact that the situation is becoming serious, and that all possible aid must be rendered to the sick. Practically every business j house, the mills, households, shops. I telephone companies, and every other I occupation has been hit by the epi- i demic. Some have fared better than ! others, but all have felt the effect of ' influenza. While no canvass has been made of the city, cases have been reported ' where people are .suffering for tho j want of attention and may die just because they could not get a few drops of medicine or proper food. Whole families are sick, ar.d havn no one to wait on tliem. others have only children to administer to their wants. Many 'tores are running on half their former force while their clerks stay at home to nurse, and others have been forced to close their doors entirely. Cooks are sick and it is almost imuoesible to cet heln rwf anv kind. : 1 The Southern Bell Telephone Com- j pany alone has lost 41 girl* from its force of 100. from influenza, thus bail ly crippling the service and doubling j . the amount of work for the remainder of the force. Sugar Confiscated. Spartanburg. William Poor. manager of the Cleveland Hotel, was found guilty of violation of the food administration laws, the particular charge being that he had in his possession an excessive quantity of sugar. The hotel man was givun the alternative of receiving no more sugar until farther notice, or to pay the sum of $1,200 to the American Ked Cross. He chose the former. On August 19. J .Roree Lee. food administrator for the Piedmont district of South Carolina, was authorized by the enforcement division of the United States Fo?wi Administration to call on Mr. Poor nnd svije 1.128 pounds of sugar. Mr. I#ee was instructed to sell this sugar at the price it cost Mr. KV>or and turn the proceeds over to him. The augur was confiscated and sold to C. D. Kenny Company, of this city. Following the confiscation of the sugar Mr. Foor was made the defendant in a case charging him with violating the sugar restriction, having in his possession an excessive amount Carolinians Die at Camp. Camp Jackson. Sixteen deaths were reported at Catnn Jackson in r>n<> day and 15 the previous clay from j pneumonia, developed from influenza. There were thirteen Carolinians in the lists of the two days. Those who died are: William H. Fralev, I Richfield. N. C.; George Harris, I.extagton. S. C.; Fddie K. Smiley, Macon. ] N. C.; Itohert Williams (negro), Man- I ulng, S. Robert F. Williams Adley, .N. C.; Weetley Hrown. Wttverly, S. C.; Undraw J. Kdwards, 1 Hill-on, S. C.; Krnest IHicgins, Greensboro, N. C.; Charles Dennis. Greenville, S. (\; William A. Raker, Kim City. N. ('.; Robert Dorrough (negro). Rlackstock. S. f\; WilMom C. Shaw. Helton. S. C.; , Ferry J. Wilhamshu. Niebols, S. C. To Us? Contraband Whiskey^ Columbia?Con tratiand )i(|tior*c in the Suite are to be placed at the disposition of the Red Crowe and the medical profession in the treatment of Spanish influenza. In an opinion given Coventor Man- ; truing yeoterday by Thomas 11. Peoples. ! attorney general, the ordnton held was thai "reasou. humanity and necessity woukl justify the cms of such contraband lkjnors." iu cases where the stimnlam was urgently u seeled and proper regard had for rules governing distribution. It was emphasized hv Mr. Pee pies that the legislature had seen, tit to . provide for hospitals and sanatoriums 111 the treatment of alcoholics when ! the liquor is administered under the ( direction of a reputable physician, an<l although such disposition of contra- ] band liquors as the treatment of In- 1 Huenrji was not contemplated in the act, effort to stamp out the epidemic of influenza ought to fully justify. Many Cases in Dillon. Dillon.?There are many cases of Influenza in Dillon iuul vicinity. Many whole families are down with it and Home are reported seriously ill. Dr. C. R. Tabor has been cnntin?*d to his bed for several days and is now seriously ill. Dr. W. Stackhouse has been ill also, but is now nnjwovtng and experts to be out m u day or so. Tho Dillou milis. mrludrug tho mill at H? mer. are nuin?ng a bo at two-thirds capacity. The disease is virulent at tho cotton mills in the suburbs of Dillon. Lands Change Hands. Dillon. ?There have been many land sal an in this county within the past < 10 daps and worne good prices havo oaan paid. The eat at* leads of John R. fftacktoouse. mtm mile* from Dillon. corktaiainc 97 arrow, wore sold at aurtleu and brought S24.2ft.r? 97. 11M M por acre. Practically all thia . tract Is tinder cultivation It waa bought by L. Oottinghntn of Dillon. This place was t* big dona and judging by the number of mac at the sale. It la proverbial that Dillou lands never go begging when offered tor wale i fl . " i, $1.25 Per Year. INMSlelElS , FROM THE CUMPS N^LUENZA SITUATION SHOWS MUCH IMPROVEMENT IN PAST FEW DAYS. REPAIRING RECORD BROKEN Mew Division Inspector Has Been Appointed for the Ninety-Sixth at Camp Wadsworth. Camp Jackson. Thorn was improvement in the Spansh influenza situation at Camp Jack?ou during the 24 hours ending at 5 j'clock p. m. Friday. The situation is considered much better than it has ieen at any time siuee the epidemic commenced more than two weeks ago. The men at Camp Jackson are showtig their interest in the I.i-berty Loan ki a very substantial way. For the week ending October 7. hielusive, the men of the camp subscribed $165.550. It is estimated that this mivMiiu runic irom approximat?-1y 40 per ppht of the camp. The camouflage school at Camp Tack son under the charge of lieutenant Yarrow has some of the best artists and painters in the country. Sergeant Iteed. one of the artists of this school, has just nnished painting some pictures of Y. M C. A. bttildhnf? No. 135 and his paintings of thia building which are done in oil on canvas, are works of art and highly appreciated by the secretaries of thin budding About the only amusement for th? soldiers at Camp Jackson now is baseball. Many games of this popular American sport are being played on all the tlelds every afternoon. The football games will commence within the next few weeks and it isexpected that many lively contests in this well known sport will be had. There ar* many fine football player* in camp, many of whom made morn than local record- on acme of the big: college teams before entering army life. The Nineteenth n-giment has been organized only a week hut they have already organized a band of IS piece*.* which gives promise of becoming one of the best bands in the camp. Thisorganization for the past few days has been having formal guard mount and formal retreat with the aid of the only negro bard in the K. A. R. D. This regiment is training 150 professional actors for one of the largest minstrel shows ever s-en In the South. Twelve of these mipii have had over ten years' experience in the minstreL show business, and three of them are L-awtn- it nil ! i ?1 * * nuvnll nil lllll lilt" WOIIU UN OISCKshow business Recent deaths at Camp anion? South Carolina soldiers are: Walter McMillan, Spartan bur?; Forest 10. Dodgenx, Pickens; Ring Burton, Westminister. S. C.; Donald Mercer, Pink Hill. N. C.; Albert t'. (Irani, (iaffnoy;/ PresJev Doolittle. Modoc; Farrell II. Sanders, Black ville. Camp Sevier. All records for shoe repairing by soldier shoemakers, were broken at Camp Savior when (ISO pairs of Shoos' were repaired by the 28 soldier* oil duty in the eamp shoe repair shop. ltopairs were of all descriptions, in some instances shoes being almost remade. The camp shoe repair ahop is orriy one of the many such shops conducted at this <-amp and other camps and cantonments throughout the United States hv the conservation and reclamation division of the quartermaster corps. Besides the clothing .shoe and printing shops conducted at Camp Sevier, the reservation and reclamation division Is also operating atven other branches of repair work, blncksmithing. painting, wagon making, tin repair, harness repair, tool repair and cot repair. Camp Wadsworth. Lieut. Col. Bben Swift, inspector genwral's department, has been relieved from his pre.s?v>l assignment and will proceed to Camp Wadsworth. rejiortiug upon arrival to the commanding general f??r is?iipnmeiil to ilntv a* (Iivision Inspector. Ninety-sixth Division. Holds Early Rally. Lookhart.- When the news that Germany had accepted President Wilson's peace teitiis filters! through to Ijockhart. I'uior county, in the morning about it o'clock, it did not take tho people long to reach the whistle cord* and the bell ropes, and hi a short time, the early morning air was resounding! with ringing belL and shrieking whist tea Mrs. Sparks. < huirmau of Lhei woman's Liberty I/Oim committee in the village, at once held a rally iro favor of i he loan and in a short tinm had been subscribed. City Buys Bonds. Columbia.- The city government fell In tins and subscribed to Jtt.tHXh of ths Fourth liberty loan Last, week the city attorney. C. S. Monteith, ant a commuci+cjuton to Mayor Blalesk in which he stated Dud It wan his opinion that the city could legally" Invest in Liberty Boods and called at-< teat ion to the fart that the waterworks slaking fund ?a tires deposit/ amounted to |47.?0d. The mayor Investigated ths matter and consulted ths members of oosnefl wtsa agreed! to make the inveetmeat, I . i A