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WILSON TO ATTEND
. PEACE CONFERENCE
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THE PRESIDENT ACCOMPANIED
BV HIS WIFE WILL MAKE A
TOUR OF EUROPE.
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ALBERT RATHBONE i
iiit* names or the delegates will bo
presently announced.
How Ion* the President will remain
-Miirood he himself probably cannot
say now. The time for the convening
of the peace conference has not yet
been announced, but the general be!i<ef
here is that it cannot l>e assembled
before late In l)e -ember. at the
earliest N
What plans the President may have
f<?r his trip other than to attend the
opening of the pence conference and
to participate in the discussions
among the representatives of the asso
catted nations which will precede It.
have not been revealed. He undoubt- .
edly'w+H he accompanied by Mrs. 1
Wilson and R is expected here that i
l**s4dos visiting Paris, where the peace |
congrt?s.s probably will be held, he ;
will go to London und possibly to
Brussels and Home.
Mr. Wilson l*? expected to receive I
abroad a reception such as has been !
accorded hut few men in public life. |
He will lie welcomed not only as the
President of the United States ami the j
<mmmander-in-chicf of its army and i
navy. hut also as the champion of
world democracy.
TREMENDOUS COST OF WAR
IS PARTIALLY ASCERTAINED
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Washington.?The direct cost of the
war for all belligerent nations to Won
March 1 was reported ut about $175.*00,000,000
by the federal reserve,
hoard bulletin, issued today, and it is
rwtiiuuited that the cost will amount
to nearly $200.0004)00,000 before the
?*id of this year. Those calculations
were compiled by the board from vw- !
rious sources and, while their accurary
Is not vouched for. the -l?oanl b".
Nove? the figures are substantially
correct.
The enormous size of the war costs
and debt is further illustrated by comparison
with the ante-war debt of the
seven principal belligerents, which
did not exceed $25,000,000,000. The
cost of supporting this debt was only j
about. $1,000,000,000 a year. Hereafter j
the annual burden to pay interest and j
sinking fund allowances will he not
lean than $10.0000.000.000 and probably
much more.
GREAT FLEET WILL SOON BE
IN HANDS OF ALLIED NAVY
London.,?This week will sop the j
greatest naval surrender tho world |
'lias over witnessed.
A groat fleet of Gorman battleships. 1
battle cruisers, and light cruisers and
destroyers will leave port for an unknown
destination. They will he met
hy the British fleet, accompanied by
American and French representatives
wnd conducted to their destination.
A Berlin telegram received in Am
sterdam gives the list of the vessels to
he handed over:
Pattlehips?Kaiser. Konig Albert.
Kronprinz-Wilheltn. Prinr. Regent Lulli?old?
Markgraf. Grosser Kurfuerst
Rnyern. Konig and Friedrieli der j
Grease
Battle cruisers -llindenhurg, Iter
fnger. Seydlitz. Moltke and Von Wcr ,
Tann
Light cruisers Rremon. Drummer.
Frankfurt. Koeln. Dresden. Emdcn.
AVIATION SERVICE
WILL BE CONTINUED
Washington Demobilization of the
army air service presents a separata
problem on which war department of
(trials now are at work.
It is certain that the plans now being
formulated will make provision for
^ retaining in the permanent military |
establishment officers and men who '
have displayed ability in the opera,
lion production and equipment of airplanes.
balloons and other aircraft.
SEPTEMBER EARNINGS OF
RAILROADS ARE REPORTED
Washington.? Railway earnings In
September were $2t>.000.00<l less than
In August, but were, slightly greater
than those In the same month last
year. Reports to the Interstate commerce
commission, made public, show
a total operating income for September
of $101.389.9.">.'. compared with
$97,(37.927 for September. 1917. Total
operating revenue was JtRS.I.'lR.9(0,
or 9l30,fi00.0(>0 more than in September.
1917.
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LEN6TH OF STAY UNCERTAIN
Bach a Reception at Hat Never Be.
fore. Been Accorded-Will Greet
This Remarkable Man.
Washington.?President Wilson will
n-Weod the opening sessions of the
peace coafereuce. This was announced
officially. He will go immediately
after the convening of the regular
*?i-?eH>n of Congress on December
He will, of course, be accompanied
by delegates who will ait as the representative*
of the I'ntied Statea
th-oug-hout the conference .
Albert Rathbone of New Xork has
been appointed assistant secretary of
the treasury to succeed Oscar T. Crosby,
who l|as gone to represent the
treasury in France. Mr. Rathbone was
a prominent banker's lawyer, a specialist
on all questions involving financial
law.
IS SILENT ON FIFTH LOAN
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SWEEPING REDUCTION URGED,
BY SECRETARY OF TREASURY
IN PENDING MEASURE.
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Large Reduction in Expenditures During
Balance of Fiscal Year Calls
for Changes In Bill.
Washington.?Revision of tin* pend-1
ins revenue hill with a view to yield- ;
Iiik ftf.OOO.OOO.OOO payable during the (
calendar year of l!H!t nmi eni i??m?
than $4,000,000.(100 the following year j
wan recommended by Secretary MeAdoo
in n letter to Chairman Sim- |
inoiis, of the senate finance committee I
setting forth the treasury's financial !
program for the reconstruction period. |
The secretary also urged prompt j
enactment of the pending bill. He :
estimated the revenue yield from the J
measure as framed by the senate !
-finance committee at $6?300,000.000
as compared with the $S,000.000,000
provided by the bill as passed by the j
house, which he declared "is more
stringent than the changed situation ,
will justify."
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"The existing law is not satisfactory
to tlfe country nor to the treas- j
ury," he added.
Mr. ^lcAdoo did not refer to -the
fifth war loan, which probably will be
floated next sprii.g. but his calculations
indicatid that the size of this ;
might bo around $.">.000,000,000 to i
make up the difference between the j
$6,000,000,000 of taxes plus $6,866,000.- j
0000 gathered from the fourth Liberty ;
loan, aud the eighteen billions of ex- |
penses.
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After reporting that government
expenses for July, August, September
and October this year, amounted to
$6.635,OOO.thMi or $1,650,000,000 a
month. Mr. MoAdoo In his letter said: j
"There seems ev? .y reason to unlici- |
pate a large reduction it.' 'be govern- I
meat's expenditures during the l?al
ante of the fiscal year. How great
that reduction will be. it is impossible '
ut this moment to estimate.
CABINET OF REORGANIZED
GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY:
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Copenhagen.- The now Herman gov- 1
eminent has been organised with the '
following cabinet members:
Premier and interior and military I
affairs?-Friedrieh Ebert.
Foreign affairs -lingo ?laase.
Finance and colonies ?' Philip ;
Scheidemann.
Demobilisation, transport, justice
and health Willie fin. Dlttmanu.
Publicity, art and .literature llerr ;
Landsberg.
Social policy llichurd Harth.
POLISH TROOPS NOW OCCUPY
ROYAL PALACES IN WARSAW
Borne.- Vienna advices say that
Polish soldiers have occupied the'
royal palaces and Uelvidere "at War-!
s*uw and aiAo the military comniuuer's
quarters. They also have takeu '
possession of the Herman military,
automobiles and arms and munitions.!
Polish officers are direi ting the Hermun
ili.tltnKilivitl.vn
Poles hold the post and telephone
stations connecting with Vienna. The
German police have been disarmed.
POPULATION OF BRUSSELS
REVOLTS AGAINST GERMAN8
Paris, (llavas) Two German commissioned
officers landed in an airplaue
at Thorn, in the Dutch province
of Limhurg, according to a dispatch
from Roermond, Holland. They declared
that the population of IirusseN
had revolted against the Germans.
They added that the German officers j
at the Belgian capital, not daring to
leave in airplanes, on account of the ,
bad weather, woujd try to flee in auto- j
mobiles.
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AMERICANSWOVING
TdlMDIlC P.COUiUV
lunnuuuuuimnni
TO RECENTLY ORGANIZED ARMY
FALLS HONOR OF HEADING
FIRST BIG ADVANCE UNIT.
TWELVE M LES DAILY TRAVEL
Advance la Being Made In Column
and Not in Order of Battle?
Precautions Being Taken.
With the American Force* In
France.?The American army has begun
to move toward Germuny. The
army will travel about 12 miles each
day.
To the army just organized has fallen
the honor of heading the first big
-...i v?i iu*T <aiii?*is occupaiionai core*.
The advance will be made in columns
and not in order of battle so long
followed. But it is not forgotten that
technically, at least, there is Mill a
state of war. Nothing will be left to
chance and every precaution will be
taken to guard against surprise*, notwithstanding
none is expected.
Care will be taken to have the force
well elchoned. The advance guard
will he followed by engineer* who
have been instructed not only to re- i
pair roads and reconstruct bridges hut \
to inspect keenly every object and j
position that might be a trap. Mines
will be sought carefully. The Germans j
have sent word that the way is open j
and the mines removed except in ,
cases which they have desgnated. Wa- !
ter also will be inspected carefully.
750,000 AMERICAN TROOPS
IN LATE DECISIVE BATTLE
Paris.?-Out of the confusion and
daze of the crowding military events I
on the western battle line since late i
in September, when battle followed
battle until from Flanders to 'Verdun ,
there was ceaseless action, it is now
lM?rmissible to outline to a certain ex- j
teut the part played by the American i
armies in the linal decisive battle of i
the war. which ended with the armis- i
lice.
Military reasons heretofore have -
prevented accentuating the accomplishments
of the Americans, except
in a most general manner. The dis- .
patches from the field have been nee- <
essarily fragmentary and possibly j
were overshadowed by the accounts 1
of the more dramatic operations over j
the historic battlefronts to the west!
! . Rut it now may be stated that 21 J
American divisions, totalling more ,
than 750,000 American combat troops. \
participated in the action beginning j
September 26. known variously as the I
buttle of the ArgAnne and the battle ,
of the Mouse, but which history may j
call Sedan?the battle that brought !
Germany to her knees and as far as ;
human foresight goes ended the |
world's bloodiest and costliest war.
PLAGUE OF INFLUENZA WAS
MORE FATAL THAN WAR
Washington.?The recent epidemic
of influenza in the United States caus-1
od more deaths than occurred among |
the American expeditionary* forces |
from all causes.
This announcement by the census i
bureau was based on unofficial esti- j
mates of the total casualties among j
the overseas forces and reports from |
46 cities having a combined popula- j
tion of 23,000.000. which showed 82,-(
2.06 deaths from Influenza and pneu- i
montu rrom September !? to Xovem- I
ber 9. I
Normally these "cities wou-d have]
had 4.000 deaths from these causes j
during this period, it was said, leaving j
approximately 78,000 as the number |
properly chargeable to the epidemic. |
"The total casualties in tin* Ameri- |
can expeditionary forces." s?i<l the announcement,
"have recently been un-i
officially estimated at lOO.OOd On the
basis of the number thus far reported. [
it may he assumed that the deaths i
from all causes, including disease and '
accidents- are probably les.< than 45 |
per cent and may not be moo* than 40 i
per cent of the total casual!
KING AND QUEEN OF BELGIUM
HAVE NOT ENTERED BRUSSELS
London Confirmation has been received
here that Germans are pillag ing
or destroying property in the su-1
burbs of Mrussels: Although the move-j
mont is in no sense revolutionary, it
is regarded pronaoie mat allied mill-1
lary steps will he necessary to enforce i
the armistice.
Advices received in London say that
the entry of the Belgian king and
Hieen into Brussels has been xpostponed.
MANY SHIPS DEMANDED BY
ARMISTICE SUNK BY CREWS
Copenhagen.?A large number of
yhlps demanded by the allies under
the naval terms of the armistice were 1
sunk by their German crews during <
the ievolution, according to Germania, i
o' Berlin. I
Clause 30 of the armistice provides j |
thai all merchant vessels in German ,
hands belonging to the allied and associated
powers are to he restored in
ports to be specified by the allies and \
the TTnited States. | |
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PRINCE TOKUGAWA
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MM f WM'in ? ** V I -M?^
Prince Yoshihisa Tekugawa, the j
heed of the Japanese Red Crou mie- '
ion which has arrived In England to !
co-operate with the American, British |
French and Italian Red Cross missions I
for the distribution ef all Red Cross 1
material among the allies.
NO FRATERNAL1SM ALLOWED
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AMERICAN TROOPS MAINTAIN
PRACTICALLY ORIGINAL POSI- j
TIONS ON FRONT.
Leaves of Absence Are Numerous and ^
Towns in Rear Are Gayer Than
at Beginning of War.
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Willi the American Artuies on the j
Mouse anil Moselle.?Germany's army j
is moving slowly along its whole
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front toward the rear.
The American forces remain exact-! <
ly where they were when the aim-;
istice went into eft'ect. ' ! '
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So far as knowu at the American!
headquarters no disposition has hem j
dislaved to block at any point that I
part of the agreement providing fjr '
the withdrawal of the German troops.)
It is realized that the reversing of ,
the gears of the great broken Gerui.tn j |
machine will not be simple.
There would have been no surprise j (
among American officers had the tier- j
man front remained aJmost unchang- I
ed, but already there appears to '
have been left immediately in front
of the Americans little more than a1 |
fringe of soldiers. ?
The Germans reluctantly abandoned
their efTorts to continue fraternization
where the lines still were in
proximity, but threats to hold as pris- 1
oners any one approaching the Auieri- '
can lines practically stopped their '
visits. 1
Behind the American line the acliv- |
ily of the supply trains continues and ;
the troops mobilized at the front settled
down to routine duty. There was (
an increasing number of leaves of
absence, however, and the towns in
the rear where troops are stationed j
were gayer than at any time since
the beginning of the war.
TOTAL OF AMERICAN LOSSES
WILL NOT EXCEED 100.000 J
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Washington. Officials here esti- '
mate that the total casualties of thcj
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American expeditionary forces in the
war will not exceed 100,00, including
the men killed in action, wounded,
died of wounds, disease and accidents 1
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and the missing who never w ill be ac- j (
counted for Some of those who have , (
been missing probably will be ac-1 (
counted for when tin- prisoners are
returned from Germany. j
MONTH EXTRA PAY PROVIDED <
FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS
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Washington. Senator Trammel of
Florida introduced in ihe senate aj
hill providing thai all soldier* who!
have served in the army, nuvv and I '
marine corps in the war now coming' '
lo a close shall be allowed one! f
month's additional pay. the United! <
States forces being demobilized. Sena- j r
tor Trammel! says that "the men 1
who have so loyally and pat riotlcally j *
carried our banner to victory well' t
merit this recognition. j I
WILL OF LATE MRS. SAGE '
IS FILED FOR PROBATE
New York.*- The will of Mrs. Mar-i
garet Alivla Sage, who was the widow f
i>f Russell Sage, was filed for probate; j
lisposing of an estate valued at about' a
lifty million dollars. Of this. $S.000.000 t
is bequeathed to her brother. Joseph' t
Riorum. j 1
The residuary estate is estimated at *
ipproximatoly $::5.0OO.U0O which would v
mstVe each of 1 k? parts into which It X
is divided worth about $700,000. 1
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ER 21, 1918
APPARENTLY FAKE
PLAY ON SYMPATHY
ONLY RESTITUTION ASKED OF
GERMAN LOOTERS IN DEMAND
FOR RETURN OF SPOIL.
REPAY BELGIUM AND FRANCE
50,030 Cart Are Stolen from France
Alone, While Belgium Lost Her
Entire Rolling Stock.
New York.?In answer lo German
claims that surrender or live thousand
locomotive* and 150.000 railroad
cars, as demanded by the allies would
bring famine upon the country, Stephane
I.auzanne. head of the official
bureau of French information, declared
that Marshal Koch lias imposed upen
the enemy merely a restitution of
rolling stock which its armies of invasion
seized in Belgium and northern
France ea> ly in the war.
"The Germsn authorities pretend."
said Mr. Lau?anne, "that this equipment
is needed to transport *ood
from the farms to the cities. When
the American press is filled with these
claims it J?i perhaps well to remind
the public that the invader* seizec\
in France 50.000 cars and in Belgium
the entire railway rolling stock, comprising
?. Ot'iO engines and 80,0)0 cars.
The French publicist asserted that
the equ'pment specified in the armistice
terms Is necessary to the rationing
of the ? ivilion populations of Belgium
and northern France "who have
been starred and robbed of all they
possessed by the German armies of
occupation."
MAKE INSIDIOUS ATTEMPT
AGAINST SOUTHERN CAMPS
Washington. ? Bflforts are being
made by northern and westena newspapers
to force the war department to
un lamp 111 nil* 9<>UI II
SHirnlary llaker was asked l?v a
Republican paper of a middle western
slate, why a camp should he built at
Fayetteville. The same paper also
complained of a Ceorgia camp.
When asked by the representative
i?f the western paper what would be
done about Camp Bragg. Secretary
Baker said undoubtedly that work in
it would be discontinued. A general
policy has not been agreed upon, but
It Is understood that all camps now
tinder construction will he given up.
Secretary Maker also announced
that all development battalions would
be discharged within a short time.
There are about 50.000 men iu this
L-lass. The wur departntent lias been
trying to correct defects in their phvdques
so that they could be sent
to the front. All of these men are to
bave honorable discharges.
PRESIDENT IS INVITED TO
LAY CORNERSTONE IN FRANCE
Paris- British Wireless Service) ?
President Wilson will hp invited to lay
the cornerstone of the proposed monument
at the mouth of the (Jironde rivsr.
commemorative of the help given
to France by the United States in the
war. A national fund for the purpose
iiaa been started and now amounts to
100.000 francs.
MEN IN DEVELOPMENT CAMPS
TO BE FIRST DEMOBILIZED
Washington. Men of the development
battalions will be the first units
r?f II.a a...... J-...-I.II1 1
? w.*> a. hit uciiiinriiiT.ru, necreuirT
Raker announced. There are about
>0,000 men now in these battalion*
ind they will be mustered out as soon
is they can tie given the necessary
physical examiiiHtion.
MO CHANGE AT PRESENT IN
PRICES OF COTTON GOODS
Washington. The price fixing committee
of the war industries hoard
ms recommended to President Wilnon
hat the present cotton fabric prices
lie continued until January 1. and
hat after that date no further action
ivith regard to cotton fabric prices
ie taken by the committee.
jiREAT PEACE CONGRESS WILL
CONVENE AT AN EARLY DATE
Washington. Development* in Kn opp.
not only in the military, hut in
Iip lipid of international politics, and
hp tendency of the revolutionary
ipirit manifested by the demoralized
ivilian population of the central einHres
to spread to .enighhoring slates,
tave influenced the allied and American
government* to arrange for the
neeting at an early date of the great
>eace congress.
rORMER FINLAND GOVERNOR
IS EITHER DROWNED OR SHOT
Copenhagen hlajor General Seyn.
ormerly goernor general of Finland,
tas been taken from a hospital at
Cronstadi and either drowned or shot,
iccording to a lielsingfor* dispatch
o the Berlingeke Tidende. Major (Jen
>ral Sevn was arreated in March.
917 by the commander of the Rusian
Haltlc fleet by order of the proistot
al government. He assumed the
jovernorthip of Kinl nadin N'orember.
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! PUSHIN6 FOOD Pfll D:i .0*
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County Demonstration Agent Covers
Orangeburg Oounty With Pledge
Cards and Bulletins.
Orangeburg.?L. S. Wolfe, farm
demonstration agent, was unable to
put oo a systematic food cumpaigu
on account of the epidemic of influenza.
but he has covered the county
well with literature and has just Svut
out over 7.500 pieces of mail, including
pledge cards and bulletins on different
phases of food production, and it is
expected that the farmers will respond
as last year and continue to
produce foodstufTs in abundance. The
apparent nearness of peace should not
deter the farmers in their efforts to
plant a large food crop, he says, as
the demand, not only in this country,
but in war ridden Europe, for food |
croj>s will he great ai.:l the prices will
continue to be high.
Lythia Springs Sold.
Laurens.?Under foreclosure proceedings
the Harris Lithia Springs
: property, located near Waterloo, this
county, has been sold at public auction.
the purchaser being Uarrall D.
Nance, of Cross Hill. The property
brought $15,500. For many years Harris
Springs was one of the most popj
tilar resorts in the State, and in ??s
development something like $100,000
! was invested. The development of
the property was originally nromoteil
by J. T. Harris of Spartanburg.
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* Quattlebaum Acquitted.
Newberry.?Joseph I). Quattlehauro.
a well-known farmer of this county,
appeared before United States Cammissioner
Bynum here to answer to a '
charge of espionage as made and
sworn to by Mr. (J re gory of Greenville.
I Three reliable witnesses of his neigh]
borhood were present, summoned by !
j ihe government, but every one of
them testified positively that he had :
! never heard Mr. Quattlabaum make '
! any derogatory or disloyal remarks
I about the government, and was surj
prised when they were summoned to
testify. There was no testimony at
' all against the accused and 0. G.
| Wyche, assistant district attorney.
I representing the government* con- i
I sented promptly to the release of Mr. !
Quattlebaum.
Few New Cases Develop.
Greenville.?There have he?n up to
: the present time approximattly 6.000
j cases of Spanish influenza within the |
radius of the Greenville street car
Hues, according to a report to city
council by Dr. H. V. White. United
States public health offirer, who has
been acting as city health officer.
Only about ten new cases are developing
a day now, Itowever, and the
epidemic appears to have virtually
subsided here. About 8 per c?ut of
the cases have developed into pneumonia
and the number of deaths resulting
to date has been between 60
and 70.
Dr. G. T. Swandale. well known i
j physician of Greenville, was elected a i
j member of the city board of health.
Boll Weevil jo Charleston.
Charleston.?The boll weevil haa
been discovered in Charleston county. !
the insect and the eggs having been
identified by J. A. Burley of the ento I
rnology division of Clemson College, 1
working under the State crop peat j
commission. Mr. Burley was in t'bar i
luitiwii irniiHj tmnuf lur murr pun ui
last wr?fk and after an examination
of several farms found the taoll weevil
in St. Paul's township and oil Wadmalaw
Island. II is stated that the
pest which is so dreaded by cotton
farms.a has been discovered on the
farm of T. (?. Legare at St. Paul's
township and on the farm of K. W.
Towles at Wadnaalaw. The eggs have
been identified on S. J. Rumph's farm
at Meggetts and it seema likely thai
other farm* are likewise infected. Tha
boll weevil has thus reached crops
within ten miles of the city limits.
The discovery of the boll weevil in
j this county has cotne somewhat as a
| shock to the farmers of this section
' and the rumor which ^bas been preva|
lent for several days that the <-ottou
I pest has tlnallv reached (Charleston
county caused considerable anxiety
; and the farmers have been anxiously
awaiting authentic confirmation'or denial.
Newberry Boy Dead.
Newberry.- J. H. Smith of Kii.nrds
received a telegram from Newport 1
) News. Va . telling him of the death of
liis son. J. B. Smith, Jr., but confain'j
ing no particulars. So it Is not known '
here when and whore the death o curred.
About four weeks ago the
faniilly received a card saying the
transport on which the young soldier j 1
sailed had arrived safely in France. ,
and they supposed he was alive and
well. not having hoard from him fur- ; ,
th&f from that lime till (he arrival of I 1
the telegram announcing hia deat it ,
Building ef Annex Delayed.
Greenville The ailjr of Greenville
will not be able to build. for the area j
ant al leant, the proposed $120,000 ad- | 1
ditton to the city hospital. Govern
. meat hoards which paan upon auch (
j new construction look wKh disfavor i
! upon tha propoaod hospital building ,
j at thin time in viaw af iha govern I J
! went'* great need for material and la- 1 .
j bor for war work, and the ol (
buHding tha boapfcUU imprw nta I j
will therefor# bo postponed until # !
| more favorable lima. j ,
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THE THIRTEENTH REGIMENT HAS
SNAPPIEST TRUMPET CORPS
IN CAMP JACKSON*
TAUGHT TO READ AN3 WRITE
Soldiers Performing Regular Duties at
the Camps, Juat as if No Arrtiistica
Had Been Signed.
Camp Jackson.
One of tlu* chief factors In pood drill .
is snappy music, start hip with only
two experienced drummers and n?
huplars. the Thirteenth Regiment baa
huilt up the snappiest trumpet corps
in Camp Jackson. It has attracted
most favorable comment from all who
have heard it. including some of the
ranking officers of the camp.
Work is progressing nicely at "Forest
l*niversity." the Y. M. C. A. school
for illiterates, under the supervision of
Secretary Wistuan and Secretary Long
f?... V ?' " '
v^. .a. ami a corps or
teachers.
Id this school many illiterates, IxXh
white ard blacks, are taught to read
and write. These men come from the
development battalions and the detention
camp. They are all eager to learu
to read and write and they do loam
with remarkable rapidity.
This school is taught, outdoor*
among the pine trees. The past tew
days inne lieen rMther cool for outdoor
teaching, hot the men have been
kept comfortable with camp tires burning.
When the weather gets cooler
the schools will perhaps he moved to
the Y. M. ('. A. auditorium.
I'lider the supervision of Prof.
Regiat the teaching of French among
the soldiers atH'amp Jackson is progressing
cicely. A number of new
classes have been organized during the
past few days and the officers and
men are taking much interest in these
class -.
Military matters at camp arc moving
along the same as they were before
the armistice with Germany watt
signed. The men are drilling, much
work is being done over the camp m _
the way of laying water pijres, building
fences, etc., and work on the new
camp, which is some two miles from
Camp Jackson proper, is still going on.
There was a review of the Fifth
Brigade on the drill Held near thw
camp post exchange and the men
showed up in first class order, allowing
that they had bee* well diilled.
Camp Sevier.
A new headquarters building to t?e
used by the camp administrative officers
is to be built at this chiud at
once in order to provide ample room
f<tr the rapidly increasing camp administration
start. The new building;
will be as large as the present "divia- ^
Ion headquarters" and will leave that
building entirely free for the adtnin1st
rat. loo of the Twentieth Division aijd f
other divisions wiiich may he organiied
after the Twentieth leaves thia
camp. The transfer to Camp Sevier
of the One Hundred and Fifty-sixth
Depot Brigade makes necessary a
greet deal of additional room for the
management of the affairs of the camp
organisations. f
In addition to the ramp administrative
building. four tvdminist ratios*
buildings for the headquarters of four
infantry regiments are to be eonstroeted.
Considerable other construction.
1n small item*, has also been authorised
recently. These Include a coffee
grinding and roasting plarnt, alferations
in officers' quarters at. the base
hospital; two new gas instruction
'nouses, the flooring of a number of
tents and some additional concrete
road construction.
Lieut. Joseph K. rummings of the
Ore Hundred and Fifty-sixth Dep?-t
Brigade, has been appointed morale offlier
for Camp Sevier and ha.s been
transferred to camp headquarters. He
will have charge of various fornwt of
welfare work in the camp, ami will coordinate
the work of the Red Dross.
Y. M. <\ A.. Y. M II. A.. Knights of
Columbus and other welfare organizations
which have representatives in
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Calls Are Canceled.
Columbia. Maj. It. K. Carwile la
busily engaged in sending out bulletins
1o h>< ul boards nvrr the State bavins*
to do with the canceling of calls for
men who were to entrain during this
month.
In one of the bulletins sent out. the
following supplemental telegram from
the provost marshal general was
quoted:
"My telegram is hereby supplemented
to include all individual induction*
under competent orders for tha
arnty."
To Go Over the Top.
Charleston. There will come to an
end this month one of the greatest
one-task campaigns ret put on by tha
Baptist* of Sonth Carolina, who, startign
out o*? September 1 to raise a fund
of $.150,000 with which la cancel debt*
of their educational Institutions in this
State and to endow Fnrmau with $100.JO0
and Coker College with $25.00#
among others, are now confident that
he total subscriptions will approach
1500.000. The Baptist* of Charleston
bare gona, or ara going, ovar