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VOLUME XXXII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1917. NUMBWt 39 GERMANS LOSE 100,00, CRUSHING BLOW IS DEALT ON THE WESTERN FRONT Desperate Fighting Results in Magnificent Victory for French Troops. Success is Greater than Somme Offensive Viewed f roin the Standpoint of Destruc tion Done to Enemy's Armed Forces and Damage to to His Military Prestige. Fighting Continues. (Spartauburg Journal) .Paris, April 17.-Germany siifered another criushiig blow ulon the Western front yesterday when forty miles of the stroigest pirt of her line was wrested fromIt her with nll estimated loss of nearly 100,000 killed, wounded and prisoners. All France hails the victory as a brilliant demonstration of, the skill of her generals anid the colr age of her troops. Aleasuired by tile amniount of territory treed, tile victory does not Compare with the SoImimle offenlsive whieh opened a month ago, bit viewed trom the atmtouniit of dest rue t ion done to the enemy 's aried forees and the daiage to her military prestige, it is a. far greater site eess. There enn be no <uestion et her of i previo us planlined retreat or a su rprise. The eieiiy expected an atta-k alnd made every prcimration to defeat it. P'rom) Soiisns to ('raonnew thit 1erman,1 linle runls along a series (0, hills (0f m11 average linght If 500 hct, with deep valleys betweel. Tlle talkers advanlcd up tt(- the \ill'ys uniider a eross tire( froimi e-h1 11,111k bit the artillery (eairtainl, on a new hm ivntted by a liritish gX(Iteierl, was so '1et:ive h1t Ilt o)erationl was vairried olt at les cost than Iigit he expectld. The141 V(1k poilit. if the (termai line is from (raoane to lheiis, whvre .the grmilm is morte level. Ih-re the attack iade nlt'e p1o)gress and the danger of a ruptrile of the line beaine so iimineit that tle ('eruims brong-hrlt in all available reeiwes. The reserves were sma1lishi ed by the n. Iren'-h field artillery which kept c'lose on thIe liels (d, the waves of infrantry. 'lhe result ofi today's operations 'is that tlie grat Westeri battle has nlow joinied alog a front, oft close to 150 mile inore thani oie-third of, the night ty live t'rmint Switzerland 4o the sea. Along a 150-mgile front bttle4 lI ine tlie French ain4 British are pulsh ing back the (Iermai armllies ll in titlilic striuggle fr thw Ilstery (of the Western) fronmt. Steppilg int) he fra.iy lIfter the British had been haitIeri' I. he Giernan lifnes in the Arras region to bits for a week, the French strilk an a 25-mile froni aloig tie Aisne', carried the Ger'man 4positiois to III average depth 1 of fromli t w4) to t wE) and one-ilf Iiles, capt i m ior'e thanl 10,000 prisoneris and lnminitainled all thle grounid wonl. Last ngt af'ter the great sui ceess 01 o)f their iniitia 111iish, General Nivelle' S frces ocelupied thieiselves with ionsollidating tg he ir Iniew positions aind revsidt inig (ermilan colit('r-attacks. All these assaults were repilsed, anid in the Ailles region, west of raoinne, the Gerimtans sutlyered heavy loss es. 'I'heir total casialties, all told, in tle first, 24 hours fighting ate estitmated at 10,,000 Iei. IBoth iritish and Freh r11eports t d(1y ildiente that tit Intillt tion of the operations is beiig hnipe)rIed by had wealih. N.\.evert lit- ess, tie British pushed forward in i the region between St. Quentin and Canbrai, advancing cast ( Epehy to Le 'Poibois fnrmn, l within two and a half miles of' lie Catelet, where they threatened to cuit tihe St. Quen tini-Cambirai main line of communication. The strategic ot Iline of the A nglo-Freicl attack have beenl work ed out in complete harinony by the sltall's of' tle Iwo ari'mies. The dis patclhes indiente entire c o'-odilation for placi ng an(d tiiling the blows delivered, so its to insire thi greatest possible e eetiveness. immediaite obujective the isolat ion of' thle impllortant rail way centre of Laoni, to tuirii the southern end of the Ilin denburg Iline. The British already have pierced t his line at the northern end. Th'le .joint o)peraltionl1 1ll pirently is aime au((llt the r'oll ing up of thle pres(' ent. Gernman front ini ani etrort to complel ai retirement on a greater scale than aniy yet witnlessed~ on the Western'i front since thle battle of the Marne. ()Operat ionis in ot her sectors of1 this fronit and in the other wvar atreas lire ait pre'senit of secondalry imp Jor'tin(ce, lilthough the French nie ivi ties fnurther' west in the Chanmpagne and1( ini thle A lsaic-Lorrainue d is tri('t appar11 ently will hearl cldose watchi for' possible importa111nt. develop miiits. In Allesopot aia th li riti hi have 11dvanc ied'( fiurither' up thle Tigris to with in little more thian ten mniles of Samara i, 70 imiles northw'est of I lagdad, wher'e another bat tle apparent ly is iimpenin~iug. Little r'esist a nee hams been ofleired by thle TPurks in t heirp retreat. ~New Auto Numibers Arriing. Etrandb r.Rpr The new automobile number's to beH I.Hpi aura te'on)f( inaovided by the usale highway comn- e~-cjS~ldbu' fswn missIon uinder the new automobIle tax Cnesto.Ieo' 10u~un a law have commepced to make their aloiielM'.I~~r5rC1atmt apparacen hetrets alhouh nted rsed.yMs.Rpr theyarenot e~liire unil My 1 T. he', needer cltmet withors. Yesterday ~ ~ ~ ~ rdye severa.l ofurthe newinnes C . hl, cetr oJ~ge and madether apeaance Trasuer onston. ofoe Unthed me din- a Ro D.Young lazedthe tal her ti' la courstewsenditito appervidion hel itets thoughotti(auoia wl evetmro than the otyeure cunt pla.y h 1the an to orfrtletnn nowslteda severaow the ae, thmei h nte ttssgnlofcr nmdetr and earancisse. lTreau~,rervcoplehestbebe its wil non bpobled the tll hr oentrteaito op.Bat w hantheol tl county platsoe. m. bugherld new late onl sho thestat,4th nube an erofise.Hratt D IN A DAY A GRIAT 8tDnOFf FOR SOLDIERS Left For Camp Moore Mon. day Morning. COMPANY "D" NEAR COLUMBIA Large ('rod i thered at. Ralilroad Station 3onday Morning to Witness Departure of the Traynham Guards and to (i -oldiers Goodbye. A huge crowd of parents, brothers, sisters, sweethearts and friends of Company ), better known locally as (lie Traynham Guards, gathered at the railroad station Monday .morning to witness the departure of the troops for Columbia and to bid them goodbye. h'lie Crowd was not demonstrative to any considerable degree, as the seril oilsnless of the occasion weighed heavi ly oin all who Were present The Soldier boys Ilieiselves, while no boisterouis In any measure, were aloiie in any oul ward demonistrat inls of levity. ''he train got avay from file statll after ((In o'eek and biy nig htIfall itie boys wvre 1lrea0dY (nl'la:Iped aIt SIty-:. Columibia. The lIoal (o'upany w%*eIt o il .1 rail ()I hwelve, cars, a1 portin:1. of wikh wvas oc'cupied b) ythe (i'eeniille and S 'partaliblirg comi i e sio;, bothIi com1 poseil f(I, a 1inw hiiI I 1 iieii, Ihe f ireviei 1 coim paniy headed hy Capi. Workiian and the Simrlanhrg comi panly by ('apinai .lust-ice. Other, r.nI aiintal ollicers am ro1mn ( orienviil. The local compllany. commInII111led by api. .rthur e v. , wi th ien ,tn .nt ). H. iit. h e ha d .bw 1. Smith, I fti 'lluren1S w%.ith aboll eighty menl. ex petiig abolt twenty iore old mon and~ recrulits to joinl It Inl Colum i a. Lefor ee Chale cin Iwn1Ive forier mei beI~ rs '1nd4 recrulits, 1) I beenu wevo (mb i t (11 ne ..mount 1 ( of d Iwendent 1:111llies. and ph1ysical I.k blilldies. Cn aro m i th1 Short tilme b hotw ee n hw v l to arm s a ml the d - aew lor , I' arny C b ia a 1r1cord of the eo.pany's membership wm; not male. o the nams of those who i (I waorw en iIId oiint bw had for publiation. AIong the ine yoing mlien aroln und nhe to tenliss were Charles Filing, D)ave Clildlrsh, Carol Smnith, Anthony Ful lear, terih Workmadn, Iames rews. Dewey Boyd, liarey Parrott aind oth The all to assemble lin the armory ernme Friday nighti. Saturday morn ing the ilembers Of thle companyi be gani to assemble and by Smnday mIoren inll of the comnan'y fro:n the imle date territory ad already reported. The comlpanly has a1 num11ber of memil bers from other cities, however, and these were expected in Columbia. Thpe compan, with the" other -om lumibia, S. C."' It is expected that they wVill be mioved to some other ((oint at a fuitinre (late to do guiardl duty, though exact oirder's as to fiuture dlipositioni have not becen given. iHoio-Simpi lson. A mnaiiage of much iinterest to their many fr'iendls was (liat of Miss Fannie lr4bo to Mir. ,toe 11. Siimpsoii, both of Clinton, which took place last Wednes day even Iiig at. thle parsonage of the I lolmes St reel Methodist clhurchi, Laun rens, by (lie Rev. W. L. Mlulilkin, a cousin of the bi'ide. 'Mr. and( 'Mlrs. Simpson left shortly after' the ceremony for Atlanta where they will spend a week, after whlehl they will be at home to their manny frIends on North flroad street, Clinton, Mrs. Simpson is (lie atti'actlve daughter of Mr. and~ Mrs. D). 11. Iobo. Mrs. Simpson was educated at the lPresbyterIan College at Clinton. She numbei's heri friends by the scores. 'Mr. S4implson ,s a son of Mrs. George Cunninghianm, and is a rising young business ivan of 'ClInton. lIe andl his bride have the good wishes of a host of friends who wish thorn every suic cess in life, Meeing of Masonsu. Rising Sun Chapter, R., A. M., will hioldl Its regular 'meeting Friday night, April 20th. A large attendance is re quested. LAR[NS SCHOOLS DISPLAY PROGRESS AN D PATRIOTISM Annual School Fair Helt Friday.. LONG PARADE DAYS FEATURE .\in unia County Schol lFaiir lIield I'n der (lear Skies.. Laurens Wis Tro phy ('1i1 and De In clam1ation ('ontest (BHy Charles II. Garrison.) Under clear skies, four thoustio school children marched Friday to thi tune of "my Country "'s of Thee' while at the close of the parade, sai to tie file most successful one in th five years existence of the Lauren: coint y school fair, every one stoo with bared head as the oath of allegi ance to tlie flag was taken. The event was the lifti annua school fair an( attention to atiletIe: and eloqinence Was surpassed by tha of plhtriotlisi, as half (f the childre' in ]lie waved oil high an Aimerica flag. while all cheered lustily as onl:1 a schiol child call ii c i. .\s the PIr r.e i( a Wo'.fild it way oI ( I he gradri s lIool Hiw!sI h r to h . di. fIll, the ::'iId : ock f u ap hill Soi. I n I In Iii " I .ii" w il there , l 1:nt I; Iuc aIP l it aI II *l'ryihs i of ches r. thou (i' nds o f un hail . 1 ,as to n r-l tie ot a:ion (f this hitori cityv. I I In th e nuor v of IIthI i habitainl n-uhlin l se (! Sf So insiring hald eve io i "IIled of " and athing to III I:c riotic spiri s( I r malnl ti w ia I tenhl of ih hupTora liYenh al (ui ii l lowal mi11::lry volaipany, n\iho on- , f(.w\ hours- befo had beent valled I the olrs nd , were thliin llo~isin in hlail ariiiory a1 slolle's throw awal Fromt the standpoint of attendanetI~v the fl'air was n t pl l to fn.' llark o former years, but fthii wts atclIccoII for by the fuIel that1 th1e farmers o!", liaelrens, living utoi e 1m a her thei nation, were at hoie busy weinl scow ani tieasi, hein te ''wiIh walr by fedig tho nationl." Altho ! there weit but fw adts i the cit\ lite school childrenl wereI~ thero il ttae prti the beveiilp tii a abinoane, ehere bjin twenty-eigh.1 schools relpresented inl the parnac lrom early nonl un,1t noon, hgIe andi automobles were streaming ih the city from llII parts of* the countyl bringing bright-eyedl childIren, enge to take part. In he events of the da y butc no lsIs eager to joi their voi c with chos of tie nation and to rail. 'round the Stars and Stripes. O al iost every vehicle, wethera proellel by motor o the more conservativ< horsel floatedl a large Amer-ican1 flag whicli never faile n to attrat arttentio from those seeing It. The ( irwst events i the( day were il declamation, reading spelling am aomotonnet of the grammaats Hadeb hee elint Mill grad the gigantic aring a dsIn the ofvarch rompetly T winners asha werein the lie of m archa.oen matey smaour thanildren ten, pat 11i parse cofnte andite lss lif wor march was sai byo o the efolboex ei onal, hkoih clas, Ysierngmt arienofshie participan thas.Ga cityd Clito mill Clintn.ill ~ba Wadsworath, Cenral, sartd therin of ..\arch promptly an 1O:3. Thi weare dn the ine Of h macappoxt mrately foc houand wentdrin, Cirpr penling twaety-owgh Lahoos strae arthenfce coute Trin oint hentilnofmarch wa cmpse o abou folo mile, being in1 su11.an TrniyRigeoron thebt, Woortwilson, inpiony fo thFriends, whoelneder, sethalkGra etrinto the arutiglon, thbo paraein foedi on e comn bfte (gontinuedhon, andiwetor uPaChe,) 2 FARMERS E FOOD SUPPLIES se Liable for Military Duty Service and Assigned to Work in the Fields. or 1 ece a fr('e(oi just as tirIuly and just as effectivl as the In&.ti oil the hattlei l1d or iln the tieliclies. The induistr1Sial forces of, the country, ien and women alike, will be a great na Iiolal, a greal int''rnational service ariy--a notable and lonored host en gaged in the service of the nation and the world, the elicient friends and saviors or free imen( everyN where. Tiou sands, nay, huntiredis or thousands of men otherwise IlIabe to milItary serv ice of right and of necessity he ex etised from that service, and assigned to the fundamental slistaining work of tihe fields am factories and iines, and they will ie as much part of the gL'eat pafri otic forces of tle nation as Il len utnder fire. "1 raki the liery, hirefore, of ad dressing ithe word to the faritte!'s of tll (omitr'. and to11 all who work on IhW frunis: Ithe sIIremIc I Ie Id o oIII owN nat 111io alid of Ihe na tions with whi ch we - arl Iopr:n , an f n n danwev of, oupi ai)eprilyo food Stof I zr-. Th'le imlpm -; :o of, .11 ad WVil . a t i k for \2 tav ' r 11. b \ l , I I I1 gI I I w, !. - . I :t- Vi 1 i il. The worhI I I l I.ws ar1-4 ho, No: only d lM h pesn v '' ! I l ll havt-l4 4 '' !,w 11 mh oi .-) i-il.- an4 , a :;; p:-- ioll W ti 4 h 4 o:- 11 - 4':1 11m, I :14 lon har inl .A : i a. Ilma ihe rCl( riller." of thi ounllillry, I herft or . in inrgq i t' w i the nalb ( : it ay Ih Ill ..w 7 no 1:1nt hip n t !, 1 W I, ia 11 p h i x I I- hi rl e. I t 1-rothn:- tion a' ir n ) r i h !,a It wil bYIaIring aboutl t ill d I i, it l'i I .4 ' ; i 41 i ill I I]( ThI i lme is iort.I I i . ; I i o *f1the mo4 impy -ali i V1mpr nc talh I ve ryhing pouSsib he done and done immitiediate ly to aiak" sul-( oI har harvest.. I call tiplonl young m1(n1 and old alike and u11111 ale-bohdied boys of the land to aelief and act upon hidIls dilty-to tili in hosts to th arcums and make 1rlain lta. n allii1 am' 11. tabn : I-. lacking in this great maiter. "I particularly appeal to the far'm Pis of the South to lant ahindant toodstuffs as well as cottonC. They can show their patriotismli in no betler way than by resisting the great temtip tation of the r'eselnt pric of 'cotton and hling, helping t upon a great. scale, to feed the nation and the peo-. ile everywhere who are fighting for their liberties and for our1' own. The va rIetfy oIf IhlirI crops wviile the vils ible mleasure' of thir (i copr'ehension of their' naftiona! duty.~ "Thf'e governini, t (of the t 'oiled Statf-es anrd thei governm Ilen~5ts of lie sev e'alI StatIe(s litandit readly to1 ('ooprlate. They wvill do ever'ything possible to) assist farmer's in seeuing an adlefitafe suppl~iy of 5Ceed(, an ad~e~t Ima-i for'Ce of laborer's wh'len they ate miosftlneeed, at hatrvest tIme, and1( thle mens11 of ex iledl iting shipments of tert ilizerAs arid fa rm maclilner'y as well as off lie cerops I hemnselvyes when ha rve'sted'. Tlhe cour se of trade will be as un0hamp ie red as It is possible( t make it and(11 te shll lie rio unrwatrranited mlanjipulat Ion oIf the natiton's foodiitutffs by fthose1 who luandle If on Its way to file conisun.. or. Th'ilsi our 0t'opplortunity to dem11 01nstratet the eflicency of ai gr'eat (dil oeracy and1( we shall riot fll short. oP It! "Let rme stuggest ailso, Iha lievery''l3 one" wvho eren tes or Cutlt Ivat es a gar'denu. hielps) g r'eatly, to sColve Ithi p roble:ii olf tihe feedina of thei nations11; that4 every housewIfe w~ho pract iCes stict economl-y putls hiersef In the ranksi of thiose who servo thle nat ion. 'This is the tIme for America to correct her unpart~ldonable fault of wastefulness andh extravaganrce. Let every man and ever'y woman assumo the dulties ofT car'eful, pr'ovldent use1 and expenditure as a plulicl dfufy, as a dictate of pa fiIotismi whIch no 01ne enn now explect ever to be excused or forgiven for' ig n oing, "The supreme test of the nation has~ come. Wec mlust all s'peak, act and .,orve together'! "Woodr-ow Win.n" WILSON CALLS 01 TO INCREAS Thousands of Men Otherwi be Excused From That Fundamental Sustaining \Wilson tonlight it) anl address to his 'ottlrynien calledrI u1ponl every Amneri vaI ciltizen---mani, wolnianl and child to joini together to inmake the nation a unit for t prieservation of its iieails and for triu-mph of dmlioeracy In thle world war. "'le suprieic test of the nat ion has come," says the address. "We must all speak, act and serve together." 3 lie( appealed to fihe farmer.i with em , phasis on his words and parlOtiuIarly I to tle farmuers of the South, to plant 3 0oodstlffs. The Soithern farmers, he said, "can show their patriotismi ini no I better or, more convincing way thanl - by resisting the great temptation or! the preseit price of cotton and help I ing to feed the nations and the peoples S1vrywvher( fighting for tI l.tiber ties andl our' own." I The add ress in part follows: \l fellow cotintryien: " len vittralice of, our)' beloved coun - r:y into) the4 :eriill andl terrible. wa.r to 41d ni rat -y V j1 1huri 1 ij i \.( I j 40 pi it'.4 11, to add Ire lo ov u ;! f1w woril w, ( n-n! ( wo:m. ! :nmI ai l I wxith regvardl lo theml. \\'e alue rallidlyv putin ounvy al"1m l to etwente ad foip all re ' I '1() c -1( '11) 4I 11 l1a,.in. h: 1 1 .'. ,h . ilre 1he . :nph4 at . r h Ia : ~ ;::- k to which we have ad w. malves. Ther is not a singh- svlfish 52lement, so far a I can ill i ! 4l ' causew wv m1:" flgthling for. \'e ar 2 l'h r::: 04 v.:at w.1 1 b'elieve arnd w h to be the righs f .4 nk14,inid 41d l' l"4- lii 4144 Ir ice ( an11d . iy hev4 r 1 b: . To d(1( this gr( ;him I(!( f r elves to Hte. r ie w t o t 4rd to) 1ro 4il or n il'ial advantag I a44 ' ith an enr14 y and ilt(ellijgenice 1:41.1 will V to the level 1 the vin terprise itself. We must realize to the 1uh mh great Ile 1asl is am4i how .4)any lings, how many kinds and elt .41mnits of capacity and service and sel' - .crrilee it involves. ."'These, thlen, are the things wo mustl. do and do well!I, bes:ides fighting--the10 ,things 'withoutl whiebl mereT filhing would be fruitless "We nust Supply ablundatll food for - ourselves and for ouit' armilles and our41 I sealient, not only but also for. a large 1 pari of the naions with whom we , have now liadie coimmon cause, in I whose support and by whose aid we shall he tighting. S"We mutist stply ships by the hun I didc(1s ouit of (ur1' slipyards to carry to the othier stide oIf the sea, subma - inesi or1 on1 submlaines, w'hat will ev' C (ery daiy b~e neededi therel', andl abundant E4a aterial out of 0114 fields andl our :1 ines andu 014r factories with which, 1 nlot only to clothe and eqitIp 0114 own I for'ces Onl land4 andl sea, biut also to si elothle andI suppilort Out' people1 for 1 whom the gallant fellows uindler armi)s < an no0 longer work, to heltp olothie - anid equlip the armliies withl whtich we 3 ar'e cooperating 1n Eitrope and4( to keep the 10ooms) and manuillfactor'ies there In i' aw mnater'ials; coals to keep the fires I going In slips at sea an titn11 the0 fur 3 niaces of hundr~iedts of fac(toi1es across - thle sea; steel 4)ut of which to 1mak1e - arms 1and( ammunmit412ionl both here anld I t here ; rails foir worn out railways f back of the' fightinlg front; locomuo - Itives andl rolling stoc'k 24) take the a place of those every (lay going to - pieces; mul~les, hior'ses, cattle, fot' Ia <thor and1( fot' mil itary serv'4ice'; every ,liiing wIth whiich tihe pleople of Eng ,land and1( Franice andI Italy a2nd Ru - I 5:1n have u sually suippliedl themselve's ,bitt cannlot now~ aiffordt the men01, the , mater'Ials o1' the machiery to make. I "It is evidlence to ever'y tiking iatma that 01ur IndustrIes, 01n the farms, 1 In the shiplyards, In the mines, iln tile factories, must be made more prolific and m4'or' efficient than ever' andI that .they must be more econo~mical'y man aged and better adapted to the p)ar tieular requirements of our task than they have been; and what I want to say Is that the men and the women who devote their thoughts and their - enlergy to these things will be serving the country aund conducting the fight