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Chronicle CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1818. NUMBER 20. - - ? IV ' : ! : - i, ? tSSEY AND JOHNSON ELECTED SSELL RENAMED AS AUDITOR fuel NichoUon Renominated lagistrate ? Second Prl a ry for Representative, lefiff, Treasurer and Judge r Probate ? Norman Rich rds and J. V. Young in Sec id Race </ County democratic Executive hitler nut. yesterday at noou at the j Ikhi-c to tabulate the result of [rimrtiy bold Tuesday for State and v offljefc. The result shows that Massrv has been nominated over Clarice for State Seuato* ; M. M. j.?ii lias been nominated on the ipriniaej fur the House, while the | || , .imputative Nortnan 8. HUh fwill have to make the second race I J. V. Young; Sheriff I. C. Hough .jake tin1** second race with Grover relsh for the office of sheriff ; Audi \\ F. Kussell ha? been renominated bis opponent L. West J D. ?1 ^kill will have to run over with > tr sheriff II. B. Williams for the of Treasurer; W, Ia McDowell ? [resent .fudge of Probate missed re jn over two opponents by 35 votes fill have to make the second pri with J. J. Goodale, his nearest nt; Samuel N. Nicholson has been ted Magistrate for DeKalb town* over H. M. Fincher and H. W. |cs : James S. Elder and L. P. ipson have be^n eh'cte^ magistrates'! Flat fCo?-k Township; B. N. Jones o|ifHisition as magistrate at Ker |; J. K Copoland has been renomi inagistrate at Bethune ; B. F. I it* has been renominated for knag-, :o at large for Buffalo township; 1. Kelly and J. B. Nelson will make m?ud race for magistrate in Upper, ?ree towuship ; G. E. Hinson had Lpo^iiiou for magistrate In r>ower |ree. ^ |c best indication of complete victory the anti-Blease forces 1r the fact I in the race for County -offices with exception of the offices of Treas Auditur., and Sheriff, those can |ps who declared themselves op to Rlease led the ticket ky good Iritie^., 10 very candidate who Was with the exception of the candi for auditor was an avowed autf man. large and enthusiastic crowd as lied in front of The Chronicle office day night to watch the returns from State they were flashed* upon the fn. A heavy rain broke up the f?*arlv in the evening but many ined until a late hour. The re iwas mp one-sided at the beginning very little interest was manifested fce stat?* offices. i 0 ' ,v vote for state offices in Kershaw My was .-is follows: Benet 363,. fco; I'olock 1U8. Hlease K2?, Dial I'm Rice 11(1, ttethea trvt, I 1248. HesCbamps 5. Duucau Itf. Mc Latirin 14. Richard# *W7, Cohen MO 2, I. lies' Itsj. Wightuian SO,*>, Rector lo ? fe?wearingeu 18P8. Sapp 127, Kearsmi 70C. JVolfe 280. (iarrison 7JU. Harris 880, Morrison ?H8. Arnold KM, Mc Laughlin 27 8, 11 i c h a r d so n 087. <?*mith ?4t. Vowel I 101. In Second Hutte. Figures received yesterday from all over the Mate show that Thos. II. Pee pies and* W. I*. Pollock will make the second race for the short term of the Unllwl States Senate; II. II. Arnold will make the second race for railroad com missioner with A. A. Rlchardsou ; Sam M. Wolfe and ('land N. Sapp will make the second race for attorney general and B. Harris and W. O. Oarrlsoti will rnn over for commissioner of agriculture. The tabulated statement for County offices will be funud in another place iu this paper. A table for the state offices will appear in next week's is suer v The Chronicle desires to thank those of the managers who so promptly tele phoned or brought in to this office tho count at their precincts. While some of them paid no attention to our re quests through the mail and through the paper we hope they will do ' better in getting the results iu the second election. We also desire to express our thanks to those who helped in the office and) also the telephone girls who had to stay at their posts late Tuesday night to handle the wires. . Boy Kills Another. Tite Tillman, a ncgito boy said to be .seven years of age; residiug in the Doby's Mill section of West Wateree yesterday afternoon shot and instantly killed Co lumbus Williams aged tcu years. Sheriff Hough went over there last evening and brought the boy back here to jail. The coroner and sheriff left this morning to, hold an inquest. From what cau be gathered the Tillman boy was in the act of shooting a bird aud asked the Wil liams boy to get out of his way. When the Willjams lad refused to move he fired the load of shot into his head. Man Power Bill Approved. Washington. Aug. 29. ? Although the house late today approved the confer ence draft of the man power bill ex tending selective service to include all men between 18 and 45 years, the meas ure failed to reach the senate before adjournment and its enactment and trans mission to President Wilson was post poned until tomorrow. Has Arrived Overseas. A card received by The Chronicle this morning from Mr. W. M. Yottug stated that he had arrived safely over-, seas. - Mr. Young left here several weeks ago to join the Y. M. C. A. forces abroad. KXI'KNSK ACT0I ST8. ' ' i What it Cuki the Candidate* to Makv the Kirat Primary. S* Following is the expense account** of the forty candidates who sought otttce in Kershaw County iu last Tuesday'* |>ri diary. Tin* law provide* that another ex pense account be tiled with the Clerk of Court. before the aeeoad primary ? It. It. Clark.- #61.21 J. C. Massey 48.00 M. M, Johnson 4U.W J. M. Martin F. G. Perry , 84.50 N. S. ltlchards --- - - 31.00 .1, v. Youuk itn.oo Ben P. hel.oache 47.00 II. IX Qoff ? - 39.30 I. C. Hough 56.87 J. 1?; Huekahee ? 07.00 C It. Nettles _ 68W J. I>. Sjnclair -- 59.00 Banvan ft. Teuesdell ?-<. 45.00 ts. c. Wei?h . oi.:eo W. F. It u well . 40.04 *L. W.< West - - 34.10' I). M. MeCaskill - - - 73.20 W. A Shaw 51.6ft It. B. Williams 38.78 J. .1. Goodale 03.06 W. L. McDowell .. 51.00 1 >. S. Trapp 51.00 H. W Barnes 13.00 H. M. Fincher 16.00 Batntiel N. Nicholson . , 10.00 .las, s. Older 2 - 5.00 L. 1\ Thompson 11.00 S. A. Vincent . - , 5.00 B. X. Junes 7.50 0. B. Clyburn 10.00 J. K. Cnpelaud 12.00 B. F. Roberts 0.50 W P. Sowell 12.50 Jas. N. Taylor 9.50 J. It. Barfield 10.00 W. M. Kelly 8.00 ?J'i B. Nelson . _ 8.00 G. K. Hin?ou 8.00| Card F rom Mr. Voun^. ? To The Voters of Kersfcaw County : 1 wish to thauk you for the very flat tering vote which you have given me and which has placed me in the feeeoud race. I .would call the atteution of aoy who might not be well acquainted with me to the tremendous, vote given me at my home boxes. Kershaw and Three C'n, and I ask of all the voters a very careful consideration of my can didacy. Agajn thanking you for the support you have accorded me and trust ing that I may receive a large majority of the votes to be cast iu the second primary; I am. Gratefully, J. V. Young. A Family Reunion. ? A very delightful day was spent at the home of Mrs. J. L. Gradiek Wed nesday August 28th. Mrs. Gradiek has 8 child rea and 15 grandchildren all of whom were present. A big dinner was given in honor of Arthur's 19th birth day. Wednesday's Casualties. The casualty list of .Wednesday con tains the following named South Caro linians: Wounded severely, Malvin O. Broome, Greenwood ; Stephen ,L. King. Greenville; wounded degree undetermin ed. John James. Npwry ; Simon E. Phil* lips. Xewry. I ? 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Oj. -291-23? 41- -81-251? -7|-3 32' 0 01. -01-371? 01-19|-T2|_21!_20!-_22 .0 " si Io!_ 1 j -l?l ? 191- ? 61- -7I-81-, 101-14} ? 7J--4, ? ^ qa: ifli 00 1 m 1 7 ; 9r.: 4 - _0i_17? 251? 4 -^4?01?211.-0! - -7|-1( 8'__3i _ -71.. -81- -12L .3 , -O'.O-.O 20 .-16|!-301;i8j-22 -0;.0 0 .9! ? 13?12! 6)_15 1 .0 .0 -2 -II? 7|? 0J--21-4 ? 0l-0l.li.-2l? 11? -T|? 8? ?i ? 0|-0f-l!? 1? - 0| ? 12| ? i| ? II- 10l._i!_-lli--0 !__li_0UOj__0|--20? ? 8|-14|..0|- 14|__0l_.26ir.2i I? OL2j-3Mfl? 25? 62|-15|-?1|- 18|_80f? 44L.9! -?i-6L12| ? 47| ? 4? 8? 4J-18)_86| 12L.31 -l(14LSl|_-06|__25j_19i-49!_ 10)_29| 46|-_6| . 1 J _ 1 1 .141 ? 34| ? 16} . 261-81- 15| ? 9? 37? 0| 1 ;(S0ji^T|TaKffe9{667l7 08)8 17} NKW UWilSTKANTS; Forty Yftuni Men Have llmmw of A>cf Since Juiir Mli. Following is a lint of whit*" and ?**?! - 0)?Hl men who registered for military service with the Local Board at the Ker* shaw County court bouse here la*t Nat u rday * Vatlce Morton, Bethune, white John .fours, Hethunc, white Bobt. B. McCasklll, Columbia. white Ham tlrejory, Lugoft. colored J, It. Shunnou. Cuiudeu. White Joseph Marshall, Cassatt, colo red WUlie StluMMi, Ho v kin, colured It. K. I.angley, Camden. white William Orftkeford. Westville, colored V. M. Stokes, Camden, white W II. Cumphr>llt Caunlen ... W. Brantley, Logoff, white Henry Shanmyi, Lugoff, colored lieu Thompson. Cautey, colored llarvy D. Stover, Heath Springs, white Furtnan Bowera, Heath Springs, white Sam It. Kirkland, Lugoff, white Isom Helton. Jacksonville, Fla, colored Lee Hough, Bethune, colored Charlie Napper, Wwtvllle, white Frances K. Zeinp, Caiuden, white Andrew Mosoley, Bethune. colored McKiuley Nelson, Lugoff, colore?l Luther Micklc, Kershaw, colored Ollle Mo??re, Lucknow, white Perry I,. Robertson, Kershaw, white Paul Juuex Kerahaw, white -- I'M ward IMxoit, Blaney, colored Sani Truesdel. Kershaw, white Shala Henry Crow, Kevehaw, white Hen Mcl,endon. Cauiden. colored; L. W. Northeutt, Bethune, white Beatiie Cauthcti, Kershaw, colored "" Fugene T. IVarce, Boy It in. white <h W. Nicholson, Camden, white Jimtuie Johnson. Logoff, colored James A. Hunter. Kershaw, white Vannie Hilton,' Kershaw, white James Hanuahau. Cassatt. eolored l>avc Roberts, Kershaw, white Henry Hart. Bethune, colored Knocb Roberts, Kershaw, white Marion Baker, Kershaw, white _ .llughv Kay. Jr.. Kershaw, white Charlie .Ylassey, Bethune, colored Saturate Stevenson. Stoneboro, cola red The? following calls have been issued and Registrants selected for eiitrainment as shown below * Call No. 1107 is for whiten for limited service at Camp Greene, N. C.. to re port to Board on August Hi. : Ariel 0. King, Camden Edward F. Hell, CaasiUt 'Johu H. Clements, Liberty Hill L?wrenc?> W. Trapp, Camden. Alex Outlaw., Camden ? NVfllie A- Clemeuts, Camdeu Call No. 1210 is for negroes for gen eral service at Camp Jackson, and must report to Hoard August ftl i Isaiah Robertson. Lugoff .lames English, Camdeu Robert Davis, Cassatt Charlie Halle.v, Camdeu Thomas Kirkland, Kershaw George Nrakeford, Kershaw James Lyles, Lugoff Thornton Knox. Lougtown Call No. l'J20 is for whites fur gen eral service at Camp Jackson, must re port to Board ou September i!??d : Sidney Oscar Quteo, Kershaw Walter Faile, Kershaw Edwin Frasier Miller. Camden Floy Auston Howell. Korshaw Henry Pitts, Kershaw Hallie Furman Lee, Lake City, S. C. Clyde Russell Gregory, Kershaw Jimmie Huggins, Camden George F. Maliaffie, Kershaw Floyd Horton, Cassatt Call No. 1108 is for whites for limited service at Camp Greeuleaf, Ga., and must report to Board from September .trd to 0th. : Lewis L, West, Cassatt Jesse Ray, Lugoff John Amos Thorn. Heuth Springs Willie Hbaw, Cassatt. George Branham. Lugoff Lewis T. Hornsby. Ctautev Luther B. Horton. Westville Homer Brauham. Blauey Harney L. Stokes, Camden Marion S. Cauthen. Kershaw Milton Ifarvey Deal, Longtown William C. King, Bethune Services at Baptist Churfli. Dr. ("has. A. Jones will preach at the. Baptist Church n??xt Sunday night and all ate cordially invited to come. I am enjoying a stay down near the coast this week after visiting many points of interest in Georgia last wpek. M, M. -Benson. Change of Dates. Due to the illness of Mrs. Minnie Rudisell the Timrod Club will not meet Friday August flOtb. There will be some irregularity of the club meetings during the month of September as the county agent will take a weeks vacation the first of the month. Watch the pa pers for the changed dates. Miss Selma Parrisb, Kmer. Home Dexn. Agent. Casualties From This State. The following Sooth Carolinians were listed lu the Saturday's casualtiy lint : Died from accident and other causes ? Private Otto Starr, Rick Hill. Wounded se?erely ? Private Pat W. Davis, Camden. Missing in action ? Private Harry E. Sutton. Sutherland. Previously reported killed in action, now - reported severely wounded ? Cor poral Jesse I>. Gillespie. Central. BLEASE AND RICHARDS OUT; COOPER AND DIAL ELECTED .1 '? Lile* Elected Lieutenant Gov ernor?Second Race for Rail Road Commissioner, At torn ey General and CommiMion er of Agriculture ? Swearin* gen Renominated, ai Super intendent of Education. N. (From Thursdays Now* 4t Courier) As the return* continued to come- in yesterday from Tuesday's flection the majority against Cole L. Please fur the I'nited States senate grow y steadily* The estimate made In The News and (Vvurler yesterday that the an ti -ttlca**? majority would run around tUMHRi wilj almost certainly be bonle out.- It may be exceeded. The majority against Please now being over 'J(?,tKK>, with at least t0,0(H> vote?* to hear from. * Tin' vote in this content on the batd* of the rj?turus in hand stands as fol lows: Hleaso """.TTTTT - .'10,000 Dial . *7.707 Uiee ...... _ _ 4,279 Total - 08.08ft l>ial's lead over Please. it r will b? noted S now ? 21.28,'i. Short Term Senate The ruu*over in the race- for the short term in the Senate promised last night to be between Pollock and Peo ples. Mr. Pollock most certainly will be in the second race. Mr. Benot aud Mr. Peoples are very close together, with Peeples leading^?.v about 1 .<MX* votes. The vote in this contest stood. Benet . ... 27,.H8? PeepU* 28.907 Tollock , 30.402 Total 80.842 OovfCiior'n Karr In the Governor's race It. A. Cooper, of Laurens, has walked away with the Hold. He has a lead now of over 15. (M)0 over all hi# competitors and his load 1b being increased as -the returns tilter in. Mr. Cooper 1mm Rolled more ^thau double as many votes as Mr. Rich ards and has carried all except three or four counties. ' 1 Only Four Rlease Counties Blease seems to have carried but four counties in the State ? Aiken, Pickens, Saluda and Clarendon, the latter by three votes on the face of the returns received. .? f. Lieutenant Governor Returns in the Lieutenant Govinnor's race are still too incomplete to Kay with positiveness whether a second pri mary will be required, but the indica tions are now against this. J. T. Liles of Orangeburg, has about 2,000 votes over bis two competitors. Messrs. Cohen and Wightpian..a?.tbe( returns now stand. The vote in this contest a^ recorded follows : Cohen 13.265, Llle* 4*2,154, Wlghtman 27,734. Other Contests. Swearingen, as stated yesterday, has Iteen re-elected Superintendent of Ed ucation. his vote now being 50,240 to. 23,035 for Rector. Sapp and Wolfe wi|l run over for Attorney General. Sapp hiis 30,720, Wolfe 20,007 and Searson 23,152. For Commissioner of Agriculture Gar rison and Harris make the second race. Garrison's vote to data f* 20.221, Har ris's 32,373 and Morrison's 20,327. In the Railroad Commissioner's con test Arnold and Richardson arc the leaders. The vote of the respective can didates follows; Arnold 22.-t.'l6. McLaugh lin 0.824, Richardson 22,983. Smith 21.311 and Vowell 8.697. Congress In the congressional rare* Byrne* and Lever are certainly re-elected and Domi nick apparently *oN Xiobolls and Bomar run over. The vote in the Seeond District stands ; Byrnes 6,000, Croft 1.175, Kvans 537 and Toole 2,933. In the Third District: Aiken 8.640. Dominick 8.002. In the Seventh: Brantley 881. Lever 0,448. Mcf/eod 1.847 and Tiro merman 3,376. From Sheriff Hough. To the Democrat ie Voters of Kershaw County; I take this method of thanking you for the handsome support that you gave me jo the first primary. In view of the fact that four of my seven op ponents were from my home precinct I did not get as large a rapport in the first primary as I would have done bad it been otherwise. The support which you will give me in the second primary will be highly apprecfitod. \ I. O. Hough. MANY TOWNS TAKttN French nik! UrltUh Ktf|) hi ^'low l*ur KUlt of (irrmmb. (Thursday's AnsodHvd l*vc??) The Oermttu* faeiug the Allied forces frooil Arras to Hoi**^* everywhere are r in direct peril. On almost every seefbr of the battle front tlie euemy line continue* to crum ble before the Allied attack. notwith standing tho violence. boi;n_j>? despeni t Ion. of the coiiuter offensive tactics. Near Arms the old Hiudeuburg line now is* well outflanked. From the Hvarpe to tlu> Homme the hostih; line , gradual - l.\ is falling buck, while from tho south of the Homme to Hdlssbus the eneuiy front has* literally been smashed and the German hosts apparently are caught in t wo distinct traps, escape from which, without heavy losses in men made pria-? oner und guns and material captured, seems almost impossible of achievement. Scores erf additional towus have been captured by the Hritish, French and American troops, the Americans having entered the FGty with the French north west of Holssous, while all of the old ?German salients iu the allied lines now have been flattened out anil the Allien themselves have dug deeply Into ?the enemy's terrain. ? The tlrst trap In which the enemy limls hiuisclf is the triangle formed by the sharp curve 1 of the Homme river with Perouue Its apex, and with Guiiu oti tluf&nmmc and Freanes. respectively, il> northern nud southern bases. This triangle is a little more than " in ilex deep and- (I miles wide ami in it the Germans are lighting with their backw toward the ; Homme on both the north and the east. ** Desperate resistance Is being offered by th? euenuy in order that 4hls men may have time to reach a haven of safety across the stream, but the Brit ish are hard after their quarry, and with the French a little to the south almost up to the river to , aid them by an outflauking movement, it trould seem that the odds are heavily against fhi? Germans. It was the French troop* who sprang the trap. vAth, the. foil of Chaul^ea the French force* routed the enemy oyer a front of about nineteen miles and penetrated the region to a depth at some point* of nearly s?*veu miles, ^rom the north of Chaulnes to Nesle ? the penetration ?of the French reached the heights on the left bank of the Homme; southward the advance left the vi French along the canal Du Nord at various point* between Xesle and the out Vklrt* of Noyon. and the entire region ' between Nesle and Hoi**on* dow In in a great pocket and with the French plncer* working hard to cIohc upon it. The Americans* arc lighting with the French northwest of -Hoissous in the operation which lias fu /rew the blot ting out of the Noyon Hector and the outflanking of the Aisne and the old Cfremin-Pes-Dames position*. Official re port* have the American* and French fitfbting violently with the enemy around Juvjgny and Cbavigny, where they have gained dome ground. The Americana have successfully sustained nevers! heavy en eray counter attack* in this region. The American* and thej German* al?o are engaged in bitter battles around Razoochea and Fismette, on the Vesle. . The German* endeavored to ford Venle *outh of Bnboches, but were held by the American*. Likewise, an enemy H*vHiilt ugninst Fismett# wan stopped. ? O Body Reached Florence. Florence. Aug. 23. ? The body of Jo seph Kmerson McCurry. of thin city, wh<+*e death pA-urred by drowning when thf government patrol boat Montauk, went to piece* off Fernandina this week* reached the city this morning and was taken in charge by Funeral Director Water*, and was carried to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCurry on South Warley Street, parents of the deceased young man. Mr. McCurry is the first Florence boy to go dowtr since the war, started and all proper respect was paid to hi* memory. Before joining the nary at Charle?rtou in .Tune Mr. McCurry wan a bookkeeper for the Commercial and Having* Bank of this city and wafl a competent and capable young man. He was only about 23 years old, and w?i re^ntly married. His young wife, fath er. mother and several sisters and broth er* survive him. He was a member of the Junior Order, also a Mason and bis body was burled with Masonic honor*. The war has bora brought direct to the home of Florentine? and today many expression a of sympathy were beard for the family of youay MeOnrry,