Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 24, 1918, Image 1
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Established in 1891.
KAISER WILLIAM NO
LONGER IN CONTROL
THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY ARE
EVIOENTLY TAKING CHARGE
OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
PRESIDENT MAY NOT REPLY
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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.
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: 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.
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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.
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! 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 "
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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.
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FIFTEEN THOUSAND GERMANS
ARE INTERNED IN HOLLAND
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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.
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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.
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BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM LASSITER
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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. ~
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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.
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BELGIAN COAST ,
AGAIN IS BELGIAN
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! THEIR DEMAND TO BE SERVED
I WITH VICTORY VIGOROUSLY
PRESSED BY ALLIES.
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SEEKING HAVEN OF SAFETY
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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
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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
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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
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MORE HELP SORELY WANTED I
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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.
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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
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$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
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