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Established in 1891.
UN1TE0WAR WORK
DRIVE A SUCCESS
TOTAL SUBSCRIPTIONS WERE
32,679,036 IN EXCESS OF DESIRED
GOAL. j
FORTY-THREE STATES OVER TOP |
North Carolina and Alabama Exceed
Quota by Sixty' Percent., While
Georgia it 50 Percent. Over.
New York. Total subscriptions to
tLe United war work campaign were J
<S.'03,179.038 or $32,679,031) in excess of i
I be amount grigiuully asked by the
seven war r el lei organizations for
their work during demobilization of
t'na army and navy, according to an
oticial announcement by the national
campaign committee. This is the
largest sum ever raised as an out- 4
right gift in the history of the world.
According to the committee, every 1
state in the union, with the exception
?>f Pennsylvania and Minnesota, exceeded
the quota assigned to it.
Fourteen states pledged' 1,50 per I
cent or more of their quotas. Arizona
heading the list with 24S pet
cent. Percentages of other high
states included:
North Carolina and Alubania each
160; Georgia and Vermont each 150.
V feature of the campaign was tin
manner in which men of the army
and navy themselves and the inhahi
tants of foreign countries contribut
<*d to the fund. The army and navy
gave $618,346; China gave $1.000.(inn;
StURsia. $11,000-. Cuba. $275,000; Ja
llftll. $360,000; Mexico. $114,000. and
Porto Rico $82,000.
New York State went "over the
top" with a percentage of 102. Joint
1? Rockefeller and John 1). Roeke
feller, Jr., who hud underwritten lack ,
iitg subscription tq the amount of $1.
023.689 were called on to contribute
*370,097 to make up the total when
reports showed a subscription of t
$34,629,903.
(jtHMAN PEOPLE ARE NOT IN
ANY DANGER OF STARVATION
London.?Tlif Cologne Gazette, of
November 16. iiubliBhed an article un
?l?*r the caption, "Armistice and the
I*N)od Supply." written by a specialist
named Oetolahofen, who argued that
there could be no question of a shortage
of food in Germany, but that it
was urgently necessary to reduce
rations.
The writer maintained that Germany
could deal with the transport
problem by readjustments, reducing
the transport of potatoes and vege- '
tnbles and conlining the transport fa<41itiea
to foods of greater nutritive
value in proportion to their bulk.
Dealing with the harvest. Oetolahofen
estimated the bread corn harvest
apart from barley and oats at not less
than 12,000,000 tons and the |M>tato
harvest at about* 47.500,000 tons.
The writer pointed out that Ger
many must have an abundance of
sugar, hitherto, had been used as raw ,
material for munitions aud Germany
now liud a sugar harvest of about
1.808.000 tons, as compared with a
peace consumption of only t.200.000
tons.
"Even alter the armistice." the wri- !
ter said, "there Is abundance of food In
Germany for feeding ?the population
if vre* reduce the consumption of ani- I
mals by reducing the stocks of cattle
EIGHTEEN MEN OF STEAMER
DUMARU LOSE THEIR LIVES
Washington. ?Eighteen men from'
from the American steamer Duinuni
lost their lives after the vessel was
wrecked near Quant last month hy
lightning exploding her cargo of gasoline.
The navy department annouiu
>d that It', of tlie nten died from ex
ix>sure and starvation in an open boat
and that two others were drowned
when the Inmt was making a landing ,
at San Jose. I/Oriente. Philippine Islands.
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WAR WORKERS TO BE AIDED
IN RETURNING TO HOMES
Washington. - Plans to assist in the
return home of thousands of war work- j
t? in Washington soon to he released
by the transition of government bureaus
front a war to a peine basis were
osidered at a conference of personnel
officers of the war department.
J. C!. Kchoftii'hl. chief clerk of the
department, was directed by Secre- I
tary Haker to preware recommendn- I
tions as to methods of aiding the
workers. ?
GERMANY. REDUCED TO SIXTH
POSITION AS WORLti POWER
C.ermanv Is now reduced to a si/ih
rate naval power, the ten battleships
to be surrendered being the most re- 1
eentty constructed out of her total of
i IS. of which the P.ayern is the most
recent and powerful. No battleerulsera
are left. The light cruisers surrendered
are all new. The value of the
Mtips surrendered Is much more than
fifty million pounds ($250,000,000) and
the sea power left Qermnav Is varj
law Indeed.
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EARL STANHOPE
Earl Stanhope, the young parlimentary
secretary to the British war office,
whose career has been meteoric
?nd reolete with achievements.
POLICY OF BOARD DEFINED
NO CHANGE TO BE MADE IN
LABOR CONDITIONS IN THE
NAVY AT PRESENT.
Thr Coolie ad His Bowl of Rice li
Not Expected to Be Heard by
Hurley on Our Ships.
Washington. The shipping boan
does not propose to ask Congress t?
make any changes in llie I^aKolletti
act, estnblshlng wage and workinj
conditions for seamen, said a state
ment prepared by Chairman Hurley, o
the shipping board, before his de
part ure.
With efficient management of ships
and docks, properly built vessels am
modern port machinery. Mr. Hnrlej
believes the American merchant ma
pine can be operated under the liigl
wage standards of the LaFollette aci
at as low a cost per ton a mile a:
any othe.r cargo vessels of other na
tions.
Chairman Hurley defined the polio
of the shipping board both during anc
after the war as follows:
"Build the ships and win the war
make our marine as good ati Anieri
can machine as possible and trulj
American in operation and living
standards; put the support of an in
telligeut American public behind it
and then if we cannot keep these ships
on the ocean without* the coolie aiu
his bowl of rice it will bo time to g<
to Congress and ask for help."
90 GERMAN WARSHIPS AND
U-BOATS ARE SURRENDEREE
lMt?k ... U ?
,uiu > f,n, oiiniiiiKi. uermany i
high sous fleet after its surrender t<
ttte allied navies was bought to tin
Firth of Forth.
The British grand tloet and ri v<
American battleships and thret
French warships, in two long columna
escorted the 71 German vessels* tc
their anchorage.
Harwich, Kngland. Another rtotills
of German lT-boats surrendered to s
Brit loll squadron. There were lit sub
marines in ail; the twentieth, which
should have come, broke down on tin
way.
The German lleet which surrendered
to the British navy, it became known
consisted of nine battleships, five bat
tie cruisers, seven light cruisers and
destroyers. The surrendered Ger
man fleet will be taken t? the Sea pa
Flow.
The Sea pa Flow i* in the middle
in im* i/raney isianus. oil the north
oas; coast of Scotland. It Is a small
inland sea. with an urea of ."?(i square
miles It contains many small islands
and lias numerous n >od harbors :uul
roadsteads.
AMERICAN AERIAL ARMIES
GAIN FAR MORE THAN LOSS
American Headquarters in Frame
?^When hostilities were suspended.
American aviator* had destroyed t>t?1
more German planes and :>f< more
German balloons than the American*
hud lost. The total number of enemv
planes destroyed by the Americans
was ?3t? and the total number of liul
loons 7:?.
Two hundred and sixty-five American
planes and ">S balloons were destroyed
by the enemy.
REGULATIONS ARE REMOVED
AS TO LIGHTLESS NIGHTS
Washington ? "flightless nights,'
made necessary to save fuel for wui
work, will end at once except in states
where fuel administrators may decide
to continue the regulations. This an
noumement whs made hv Fuel Administrator
Garfield. Removal of othei
restrictions on the consumption ol
coal will follow and voluntary con
servatlou through requests made ol
the public will be substituted.
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jWILSON'SPRESEHGE
IS INDISPENSABLE
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LEADING LONDON NEW8PAPER
SAYS PRESIDENT HA8 DONE
INCALCULABLE SERVICE. '
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ALL INTERNATIONAL IDFALISTS
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Discussion Preceding Conference by
Allied Repreesntstives Are of
Most Vital Importance.
|> London. The times prints a long
j j loading editorial headed "President
I Wilson's Visit to Europe." After rei
I ferring to political discussions now goj
Ing on in America, the article continues:
| ^ "These debates are on the domestic
alTairs of tlie American people. To us.
t he President is the head not of a j
party but of the people. Even if there
is bias here to one or the other of
' the Amercian parties?and there is
i not?it would not affect our attitude
I on the President of the American re!
public. Wilson has done incalculable
service for tlte allied cause in the war
j and his name is one to conjure with
I 1 in Europe.
, "We are all idealists now in international
affairs and look to hitn to
help us realize these ideals?to rccon1
struct out of this welter a better and
t luircr worm.
I "We hope party controversy will
not prevent hint trout coming to KuI
i ope. f?H- even more important than
the.aetual conference are the discus:
sions by tlie allied representatives
: which must precede it. To these
Wilson's presence is not only desirable
but indispensuble."
1 , LEMBURG AND ITS ENVIRONS
|j CAPTURED BY POLISH TROOPS
! Copenhagen. Polish troops caplured
Lemborg. the capital of Galieia.
and its environs, according to tit* Polish
Telegraph bureau at Cracow.
There had been heavy lighting in
* and about Leniberg since early itt
i November when Ukrainian troops
entered Galieia and captured the city
by surprise.
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1 HOWLS OF EXECRATION GREET
* SWAGGERING GERMAN EX-HEIR
Amsterdam.? When the former Gerr
J man crown prince arrived at the ZuyI
j der Zee fishing town of Knkhuysen. he
| received a different welcome than he
* i encountered elsewhere in Holland.
* | As he descended from the railway
car with a swaggering gait and wear*
: ing a fur coat, howls of execration
* j arose front the thousands gathered
' j outside the station gate.
RICHMOND IS TO BE ONE
OF AIR MAIL TERMINALS
I Richmond. Va.?Richmond bus been
j selected as one of the terminals for
' 1 the air mail route to be established
i south from Washington, according to
' I the announcement made thfs evening
1 i by Assistant Postmaster General Otto
! j Praeger.
' 500 FORMER OFFICERS OF
RUSSIAN ARMY MURDERED
' Stockholm.--The bolsheviki have
' been guilty of terrible excesses in
l I Petrograd in the last few days, accordl
| iug to a dispatch from Abo. Finland.
- j to The Aftonbludt. Five hundred fori
; mer Russian army officers are report
ed to have been murdered.
I AMERICAN ARMY IS MARKING
l TIME ON SOIL OF GERMANY
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I American Army of Occupation. The
front'fine of the American arniv of
, occupation rested along the I.uxtjm!
berg-German border on the Saur river
and thence along the Moselle river to |
( the region east <v. Kemielt. The AmI
cricnn army wilt rnatk time until further
orders. At least three or four
?! 11 > are expected to pass before the
I j next move i-- made toward tin' German |
i border.
PRESIDENT TALKS TO FLIERS
WHO ARE FAR AWAY IN AIR
Washington.--Through a radio tele '..i
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iMiuiir, mi ini? xoum pomco
I l of the White House. Presdent Wil- !
. j son directed tho maneuvers of half :i
(I dozen army airplanes flying over the
. ( Potomac river several miles away.
,1 The telephone as used was adjusted
for three to fire or six miles. It is
similar to the instruments used hy
American aviators in France, the secret
of which was disclosed after the
armistice was signed.
DEATH OF LAST SURVIVING
CHILD OF OEN. R. E. LEE j
Richmond, Va.?Miss Mary Custift J
Lee. sole surviving child of Gen Rolit. j
K. Lee, died after a brief illness at j
li Virginia Hot Springs. N'o announce- j
i tnent has been mnde as to the funeral. J
hu; the body is expected to be placed '
beside that of her father in the vault
jof the Lee mausoleum. Since the
'i death of her brother, Capt. Kobt. R.
Late. Miss I^ee has been the sole surr
viving child of ?Jh9 great Confederate
chieftain.
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Because he refused to sell his ideals
to the German government, Salih
i Gourdji, former president of the Ottoman
official news agency, is a refui
gee in this country. This, journalist
i fled from Turkey late in 1914, but the
authorities refused to permit his wife
and two children to follow him. They
are rtbw in France.
LANSING HEADS DELEGATION
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRIP
' ARE GOING FORWARD WITH
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NO HITCH APPARENT.
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Passage Will Be Made in Liner Now
in Use by the Government as a
? Service Transport
Washington.?There" wert* no development
s ou the surface iti the i
preparations for President Wilson's.
trip to France and for America's rep
| reaentntion at the peace conference.!
I Arrangements are xoiug steadily
; ahead, however, ami an announcement
of the peace commission's personnel
with the program for the journey may
be expected at any time.
.Members of the senate who atlendI
ed the White House conference told
tneir colleagues of the president's de-1
termination to stay in France indefinitely
or until all of the greater issues |
arising out of the war have been set* |
tied. How long this may be no one j
ventures to guess, so the president
wlli take wtlh him a full executive
staff, prepared to transact aboard
ship or at the American embassy in
Paris, virtually all business of the
1 White House.
1 In additon to Secretary lainsing. !
! who is to head the American delega|
tion to the peace conference, and Col*
! onel House. Klihu Root and Justice
llrandds. generally believed to have
j been selected by the president for
membership, speculation upon, a long
, list of names has centered upon only
j otie for the fifth place?that of Secrej
tary Houston of the department of,
I agriculture. He is being suggested I
' persistently in official quarters,
i Navy officials let it bo known that
i it is planned to take the president and
the delegation across the Atlantic on
a big passenger liner now in use bv
the government as a transport. A
j dreadnought and a flotilla of destrov!
ers probably will he convoys.
! OVERTHROW BOLSHEVIKI AND
I CAPTURE OF KIEV REPORTED!
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Washington. ? Overthrow of thei
! bolshevik regime in the Ukraine and
| the capture of Kiev by cossack troops'
friendly to tlie all-Russian government!
I as reported from Copenhagen, opens \
I the way. in the opinion of officials
[ here .for important developments in
I Russia. While no change in policy,
' cither political or military ,hus been
i made by the United States, it is real* j
i i7.ed here that the holding of t.he I
| Ukraine by forces friendly to the as-1
seriated governments and decidedly
hostile to the bolshevik! opens a path '
! directly into the heart of Russia oith- i
er for the dispaoth of troops or of J
| supplies for the relief of the demobil-1
ized civlinn population.
tentative plans to float
$aooo.ooo.ooo more bonds
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Wellington. Secretary McAdoo j
nnd members of the < apltai issue:*. !
committee agreed that the committee
should continue indefinitely its functions
of supervising proposed issues
of stocks and bonds for capital purposes.
as a measure of rationing capital
in preparation for future war
loans. At the same time it became
known that the treasury plans tentatively
to fl^rat about eight billion dollars
more securities during lfll!>.
VERSAILLES IS PREPARING
TO RECEIVE THE CONFERENCE 1
Paris. The city of Versailles is preparing
to receive the del-gates to the
peace conference. The deliberations 1
are expected to be held in the Grand '
Trianon part of the chateau of Ver- t
sallies, once occupied by Marie An- 1
toinette.
The priceless tapestries and furni- ]
rare, removed to a place of safety ,
during the course of houtiMties, are i
now being replaced. The gardens are 1
being nCatored. 1
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BER 28, 1918
So to retire
to private life
SECRETARY OF THE TRE.ASUFT
TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION
TO PRESIDENT WILSON.
OFFICE IS TOO POORLY PAK
Rumors Rife of ,->olitical Ambitio
May, in Part, Explain Action of
President's S.n-in-Law.
Washington.?William Gibbs M?
Adoo. secretary of the .reasury, d
rector general of railroads, and ofte
discussed as oue of the presidents
possibilities of 11)20. has resigned hi
office to return to private bushiest
President Wilson has accepted, hi
resignation.
Mr. McAdoo will give up the trea>
ury portfolio us soon as a successo
has been selected. He wished to la
down Ills work as director general r
railroads by January 1. but will r.
main if the president has not the
chosen si successor.
Upon the new secr/XAry of th
trensuiv, whoever N> may be, will d?
volve the task of financing the natio
through- the transition period of wa
to peace, which probably will inclurt
at least two more Liberty loans an
possibly also a further revision of th
system of war taxation.
Letters between President Wilso
and Mr. MeAdoo. made public wti
the announcement of the resignatioi
Rive Mr. McAdoo's reasons for lea^
ing the cabinet solely as a necessit
for replenishing bis personal fortun
and express the president's deep n
Rret at lositiR bis son-in-law from hi
official family.
TOTAL OF 59 SUBMARINES
HAVE BEEN SURRENDERE
London.?Twenty more German sul
marines were surrendered to Aduiir;
Tyrwhitt. of Harwich. This makes
total of a!) submarines thus far ham
ed over. There would have been 2
surrendered but one sauk during th
night.
The correspondent of the wireles
service with the British naval force
says that just before noon a cruise
came into sight, followed by the Gei
man submarines and a German trail:
port. The transfer took place in th
harbor on acocunt of the heavy se
running. The majority of the subnu
rines were large and nearly all wer
titod with wireless equipment.
When the Germans arrived it. wa
:ii>Li?-(*uuif' nuii mo rovoiuilonary oil
oient was decidedly present. Some c
the officers had removed the Prui
siun eagles from their taps and r<
placed them with a sort of red badg
that recognises the authority of th
sailors' and soldiers' council. Th
men took very little notice of anj
thing their officers said to them. On
shouted:
"So officer no kaisor."
$500,000,000 REDUCTION IN
NEW WAR REVENUE MEASURl
Washington.?Reductions a Kg regit
ing J500.d00.000 in the yield from th
new war revenue bill were made b
the senate finance committee in r<
vising the measure downward to th
six billion dollar total for 1019 pre
posed by Secretary MoAdoo. Th
decrease was confined principally t
the tobacco, luxury, semi-luxury un
other Special and excise schedules.
Among the more important decii
ions were elimination of the luxur
schedule proposed in the house hi
levying 20 per cent on costly article
of clothing and other niercharu'jls
and lestintuted to raise $184,795,000
elimination of the house tax of tw
cents a gallon on gasoline
to yeilrt $40,000,000; reduction from 1
to five per cent, or about $200,000.00
in revenue, in rates of many article
classed as semi-luxuries, and a r?
duct ion of about one-half in tie- hous
rates on tobacco, a cut of about $54
(too in revenue.
EX KAISER ENTERED HOLLAND
SIMPLY AS PRIVATE CITIZEf
Paris. The Dutch legation puhlfsl
ed a note containing a declaration b
the president of The Netherland t
I he chamber of deputies, saying tha
the former (lerni Mi emperor enterei
Dutch territory after his abdication n
n private personage. The note says tli
kind of refuge granted to him is sin
ilar to that given all foreign refugee
and that the government could no
make any exception on account of hi
former position.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY
CONTESTS GOVERNMENT ACTIOf
NVw York. The Postal Telegrapl
Pablo Company will contest in cour
the government seizure of its proper
lies and proposed consolidation of it
land lines with those of the Wesleri
Unirth Telegraph Company, Clnrenn
II. McKay, president, announced Hi
declared taking over the cables b;
Ihe government was "contrary to tin
letter as welt as the spirit of tbi
law."
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! SURVIVAL OF CUR? JACKSON
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1 Ho Special Plana Are Announced in
' j Connection Wtih Either Camp
' | Sevier o/ Wadsworth.
f Washington?(Special.)?Announce
mcnt made here by (Jon. l'eyton t". j
! March, chief of staff, that the various
| military camps throughout the couu- ;
; try would be quickly demobilised and
I room mude for returning soldiers from i
| Prapce came as a surprise. It having
] been understood heretofore thut uoth'
< ing of this kind would be done for at
! least some weeks.
Special investigation made failed to
n show any special plans with inference
i to either Camp Sevier or Camp Watls:
worth, and they will undoubtedly fol I
> low the lines indicated by General
March, but with Camp Jackson it is
different.
Maj. GPn. M. J. Sn?. w, when asked
11 as to what would be done at Colutul'
bia. said to both Senator Smith and
s Congressman Lever:
' "The department expects to keep
Camp Jackson us a center Cor Held
artillery training. The new land
* which has recently been acquired
r will be kept. There is no reason at
y this time to expect that it will be giv'f
| en be.ek."
As to demobilization plans. General
n j Murcb said nothing, but from other
1 sources it is unofficially learned that
e the eamp will probably be reduced to
>. ] something like 10.000 men and remain
n i jis a permanent artillery eamp.
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Heroic Cheraw Company.
'' ! Cheraw.--Several weeks ago the
c newspapers carried the story that a
company of American troops had gone
n , too far ahead of the main body of ath
tacking forces and had been surround- j
| ed by the Germans fo rseveral days.
> ; when they were discovered and res- j
V j cued by a body of Canadians, being
e j then short of ammunition and rations.
' Letters from "somewhere in France" .
s ! now say that this was the Cheraw
I company tl of the One Hundred and
: Klghtecn4.il Regiment. Thirtieth Division)
(Company 1. First Regiment.
q South Carolina National Guard). The
j company has been brigaded with the
! Tlritish army and that is why so little
'* "was heard here of its work.
The company went into the war
J with IMS men and It comes out with
^ ' only f>7. it lost in killed, wounded and
i prisoners 191. Rvery officer with the
i company was killed except Cuntain
| Gillespie, who is reported to have
s ! been severely wounded.
s j It is hoped that Lieut. \V. A. Millj
loy of this company, who was report1
ed killed a few days ago. is among
j the prisoners taken by the Germans.
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.. Attractions at Bishopvilie.
H Bishopvilie.?The executive l>oard
of the South Carolina Poultry Breed1
ers' Association has voted to hold the
s
l state poultry show in connect ion with
^ the Bishopvilie fair November 27 to
20. reports Prof. Frank C. llare, serretav
of the association
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t. The annual meeting and a banquet,
,, will be held in F.ishopville on Thanks- !
e giving evening at S o'clock and the
people of Bishopvilie interested in the
success of the association have extended
an invitation to all the outide
members to be their guests that night.
The Bishopvilie fair is offering the
j greatest list of gold specials of any
fair in the South, amounting to over
^ 5400. These are in addition to liberal
! regular premiums, while the South
t : Carolina Poultry Breeders' Assoela
?* Hon is supplementing these offerings!
y | with generous cash sweepstakes pes'
| rials and silver cups for the state
e i champion male and female in the pop>
j nlar breeds of poultry,
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" Good Insurance Record.
(' Orangeburg.?The policyholders of
rno Farmers' .Mutual Insurance Cam- '
e panv ow OranpchurR have Just held
y I their annual meeting.
" The report of Sec retary daffy show
* e<| that 8<?0 policies ha?l been written
'' I representing approximately $800JH?n j
' insurance. The association has in- j
" vested $1,000 in Liberty bonds and
' $1,000 in war saving stamps, and has !
0 on deposit more cash than has been
" paid for losses in the two years since
* its organization. The great success of
j (lie company during the two years of
M its existence is proof of the confidence
the people of Orangeburg and Calhoun
counties have in the company.
Demobilization Begun.
^ Camp Jackson.? Machinery will he
set in motion at Camp Jackson fnr
' the demobilization of the development
y detachments, comprising about 1.000 1
" j men. Orders were Received to pro- j
' coed willi the demobilization. The
'' men lo be demobilized are to be sent
s home -as rapidly as the volume of d?*. >
p tails incident to mustering out of
' the service can be adjusted.
s j Orders were simultaneously receirt
ivl (a nro/'on^ will* mAouitfue
* 1o discharge of officers whoso services !
ran ho dispensed wirh.
Paroled by the Governor.
^ Columbia.?Governor Manning has
paroled K. Hardin, a promlnont .
h business man of Columbia, who was
t i convicted of manslaughter horo sev- >
.. j oral months ago and sentenced to two
s I voars in the stfate penitentiary. Ilnr'
; din was convicted of complicity in the
1 killing of Kenwood Shaw, an lt-year*
old white hoy. of this city, who was I
6 knocked off a wagon and rnn over by J
automobile driven by J. L. Hanaban, J
* a druggist of this city, who was sen"
teneed to live years In tho penltea
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INTERESTING ITEMS ,
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RED CROSS FIELD DIRECTOR AT
CAMP JACKSOb DID NOT
VOLUNTARILY RESIGN.
WORK IS STILL UNOER WAT
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South Carolinians at Wadsworth Are
Being Rapidly Discharged and
Returned to Their Home*.
Camp Jackson.
One of the most impressive services
ever witnessed hL camp was that ot
communion service, conducted by
Chaplain Itoswell t\ Long of th?
Fourth regiment. The service was
held in "Y" building 138. and the
chaplain was assisted by the pastor
of the First Presbyterian church ami
the staR' ot Y. Al. C. A. secretaries
of the local building.
| At a recent meeting of the religious
leaders of Camp Jackson it was agreed.
I hat the observance of holy communion
should be effected In each Y. M.
C. A. building at least once a month.
Charged before the general courtmartial
with wilfully disobyelng the
orders of a superior officer. Private
John It. Woods of Company K, Second
Provisional Regiment, was sentenced
to serve ten years in the United Stajes
disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth.
Kan., and to he dishonorably
discharged from the service, as well
?s forfeiting all pay and allowances
now due him or to become due.
A recent article announced that F.
11. Gheen, Jr.. late field director of
the Red Cross. Camp Jackson, was
compolled to return to his home at
West Chester. Pa., as result of a nervous
breakdown.
The military authorities deem it
imperative that the erroneous impres
sion caused 'by the publication of this
article he corrected, lest it be used in
the future to place F. H. Gheen, Jr..
in a position where he might be a detriment
to society.
The military authorities, after full
investigation, demanded his immediate
expulsion front camp. He was
dismissed by the Red Cross; with the
assurances that his services would not
be used elsewhere.
Mrs. II. M ltoykin of the woman's
department of the Y. M. C|.nA. front
I Atlanta, was at Cantp Jackson in the
interest of placing some women Y. M.
C. A. secretaries in Camp Jackson.
The matter will he taken up Vlth the
| military and with the local heads of
the Y. M. C. A.
I)r. Raisin of the Jewish Welfare has
been delivering a number of inter
esting. lectures in the camp during the
iiaM icw uays on ' jcw.t in Many
Lands" and "The Jew in Russia." Tin;
lectures have been highly enjoyed by
the Jewish soldiers and ohera.
Camp Sevier.
Instructions were received from j
Washington by the construction qoar
termaster at Cump Sevier to suspend
construction operations o.i the cantonment
building which wore under
way tor the 156th depot brigade here.
The work was held up until further
advices. Other construction work in
the camp, however, is still under way.
The cantonment buildings include a
large number of wooden barracks and
smaller huts for the housing of th?
men of the depot brigade.
Camp Wadsworth.
Herbert McCutchen died at Camp
Wadsworth from pneumonia, following
influenza. The young man was
drafted into the military service a
few weeks ago and sent to ('amp
Wadsworth where he was taken ill the
next, day aud sent to the base hospital.
South Carolinians, numbering more
than 1,00ft. who arrived in Camp
Wadsworth two weeks ago undejr tli??
last draff, call are being discharged
from the service and numbers of
them left, for their homes in various
nnrts of tlm otai? mimtf
read, however, that, if the terms of
the armistice should not bo lasting.
th<? men may be recalled and again
inducted into service
Prisoner of Germans.
Sumter One bit of good news the
armistice has brought to a Sumter
county home is that Herman faugh- jj
man is still alive. Several month i jk
ago his name was printed in a casual- gfl
ty list of those killed in action. No ^
further information respecting the cii
mmstame of his death was ever received.
but now comes an official tele,
ernin to his father stating that Herman
raughman Is still alive and that
lie had been found and released from
a Herman prison. He was a member
of the American forces In Italy.
Colonel Spratt at Home.
Fort Mil! ?-lieutenant Colonel Thos.
Tt. Spratt. of the 118th infatnry, who
has been in France nearly a year, arrived
at his boiue in Fort Mill. Colonel
Spratt embarked at Brest November
li under ordersSlo proceed to the
I'nited States and direct the movement
of a regiment of troops across
the Atlantic. Upon his arrival hit orders
were revoked and he wan given
the privilege of visiting his home. It
is needless to say a warm welcome) j
greeted him here. j i