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NYD VOLUME XXXIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESI)AY, ' DEC. 5, 1917.NUBR2 CONGRE8S R[ADY [OR GREAT WAR MEASUR[S Fourteen' Billions is Esti - mated Expense. PRESIDENT WILSON ADDRESSES BODY Little Business 'Except War Legisla tion will be Taken Up. Prohibition and tSutrage May be Considered. Spirit of Conildence Pervades Con. Washihig'ton. Dec. 3.-- Congress is ready to take up again its part in the prosecution of the war. The second session of the sixty fifth congress began today at noon with brief routine sessions marked by the receipt. of appropriation estimates for next year't war and ordinary ex penses, aggregating the vast sum of $13,500,000. Tomorrow the senat'e and house will meet in joint session at 12::10 p. m. to hear President Wilson deliver his ad dress. Guidance of the president in the work ahead is awaited by tacit. agreement. Congressional leaders to night admitted that his recommenda tions, awaited witlh profound interest by the 'world, virtually would outline the session's program. Speculation as to the nature of the president's address centers largely upon whether he wil recommend dee larations of war against Germany's allies. General belief is that he will not, at least. for the present, and that congress will follow his desires. 'en Iiment for such action is widespread, however, and individual members 'proib.thly will introduce war resolu ions. One or two senators were pre mared today to offer such resolutions Witt were prevailed upon to withhold them. A spirit of confidence apparently pervades congress. Rettrning mem hers exchanged views with each oher and made declarations of increased 'ietermiination t~o i('d every aid in vigorous conduct of the war. Senator Martin, democratiic leader in tihe tan ate, said there would be little time for other than war problems, and Repre senative i tchin, the house floor leader, announced after informal con ferences with colleagues that he was disposed to favor the plan. The un derstanding is that the first few weeks of the session, until after the holiday recess it least, will be open to gen eral legislation. The house Judiciary committee m'eets tomorrow and as consideration of national prohibition and woman suffrage measures was postponed at the last session on the basis of action at this session, the disposition of many of the committeemen is to vote on them now, one way or the other. A war time aspect was given to day's session by the presence of many uniformed men( among spectators in' the crowvded galleries, and of women busily plying knitting needles duiring the opening ceremonies. Senate proceedings were unusually birief. A fter adloption of routine reso lotions thle senate adjourned out of resplect to the late Senator Trusting of Wisconsin. Theli house remained in sossion until the joint committee ap pointed to ntify President Wilson of the return of congress reported, and then passed the resolution for tomor "'w's joint session. The usual crop of allis, resolutions anid petitions was re. ecivved in the house inlu dling at reso 'ten by '.ltepresen tativye Martin of I ouisiana, prop~osing congressional in vest igationi of tile sulgar shiortage. "1leauin~g to Oo to iteriin." Th'ie Advert iser' is in receipt of a le'tter' froml .\iilai . itobjertsonl, Of (ray ('nurt, 'rwhlo is now attached to the lnvatl aviation dletachmoent "'5ome0 wherel' in ler'ancc'', asking thbat his i.a 1er lhe forwarded to himul. llobe~rtson1 wr'ites that lhe Is ''rear'ing to go to flerlin'' ani is feeling .1ly top. I tin addlress lia Marvin L. Robertson, (Mai2c), U1. S. N. Aviation Detachiment, "Nav~al 1lleadlquarllte rs, France. Oyster Supitor at Laurens Mill Schitol. The ladles of tile Holmes Str'eet Methodist church will serve oysters Satu'tday evening from 5 until 9 o'clock. The proceeds will be used for. eirch purposee. The publie Is qoTOddl7.ynvited to attend; NOW IN, FRANC'I Let.ters to Homte People Olve Interest in 'ieltue of Life the Americans r re Leading. '- (nt letters from Tlent. Augustus . iia t of this city tell o ' his assign ment to a division of American forces. Ie0 now belongs to Company D, of the 21;th Infantry, which is a part pf the first division of American forces who left this country and landed in France. iLieut. Hart sailed from ,Now York in September, since that time he has been in. training in France, being bil leted in the home of the mayor of a small village., ITe says these people were as hospitable as people could be, in fact, treated him "like a prince". Fires are almost unknown and after a hard day's work in a cold, driving rain, he would return to this home in the evening, tired and cold. The mayor's wife would take him in and give him hot coffee before he went to bed. He said all was quiet and peace ful there and one would never know a war was going on so near except for the absence of men and the dis tant booming of the guns. He says the British ofilcers ara as fine a set of men as he has ever seen, and that they are charmed with the enthusiasm of the Americans. He was under thesc officers in the British infantry school Most of them had been wounded once at least. His commanding oficer had received the double Victorian cross Food there is cheaper than It is here lie says, though paper is very high and sweets scarce. The fare at the hlritish mess was excellent. lie ad o1)011 two weeks' experience in tl( front line trenches, which he says h< enjoyed, fttough after seeing war in its reality, one learns that it is i joke. l1e says: "The (lestruction 1by the ltins is the most. complete I have ever -een. Oh. I had read of it as yot have, hil to appreciate what it is like one must see it. Trees, roads, homes chrllh1es. stores wiped out absolutely; not : stone left on top of another, l ss of ruins and filth! Ilorrible! N( wV he e the sound of a child's voice. Si. l1nce and ruins and in the d istance tihe flash and -hoom1ing of the gnus." Now. Lieut. 111t Is in another vi] i in a different section. lie says it i; very cold-- colder than the lirsi lace. That the place reminds himi 01 Greenville with the hills. le says th( country there is beautiful. He secms very happy to be among Americans again, and as lie says they "do thling in the 'American way." There are nc litxuries, but lie is as happy as on could lie so far away from home an1 loved ones. "France In Arms." "France in Arms" is the title of a war picture to he shown at. the Opera liouse today and tomorrow. The pie ture shows authentic scenes in Franc( as taken by authority of the French government. Manager Switzer guar antees that the picture is an original and authoritative production and well worth seeing. On accouint of the extra expense of securling it herle, a small ad v'ance in the admission pr'ice is made An Advertiser representative wat present at a showing of "France ir Arms" last night, The picture is ar anthentic showing of scenes of miitary activity on the front. The press no tices do not exaggerate its educational gts well as thrilling features. Dhistributing BIbles, MIr. J. Q. Swain, tr-avelting reprVeen tative of tile American flible Society, is spcndling the month of IDecembei' ii Illurens dilstributing bi'bles firee of char01ge to tt.os(, who ar-e unhable to bu1y them and also Cxtendhinr: the work ol the socict3y by selling moreg ornamlen tal liles to those( whoI( al-c able tr h'i% fhenm. ir. Swvain's chief wor-k I iios80 unable to sece rthem11 by lpur - cha~tse. le wvill isi t all places ini Ih iity and vicinity, ie is making hi heiic~ nrteris at 229 Gor-don str ~eet. 3leetingr oI f Iisinlg Sun Chapljter. There will be a reguilar' meeting o1 ilsing P-un Chapter, Rt. A. M,., on Fri day night. There wvill be election and installation of omlcers. Ente'rtainment at 3Mountvhlle. The Jaadies' School Impr'ovemeu't As sociation of the 3founitville hIgh school will give'- an oyster suiper at thec school house on F"riday night, the sev entb. Everyhodey ha -lnyteda to come, WILSON ASKS 1 Necessary to Meet the / Facing ahe United S Bulgaria N< Washington, Dec. 4.-Immnnediate declaration of uar against Austria IHnigar' was recommended to con gress today by President Wilson. 'I'he president did not, however, recommend a declaration 'of war against 'T'urkey and Bulgaria at this time. immediate war against Austria, the president old congress, was necessary to meet the anomalous situation the lnited S'tates faces in its war with Germany even though, he declared, Austria was not her own mistress and merely a vassal of Gerimany. The same. logic, he said, would lead to war against 'flurkey and Bulgaria, TO HOLD D1 1)RI$.E FOl ]tE-) C'ROSS 1E11i:E 1.5111 P Big Drive for New Members to he Held Friday Morning' of This Week. 'T'eams to ('anvass City. The big drive for, Additional mem bers for the proposed local chapter of the Red Cross will take place Friday morning and the teams named below will be expected to make It a success. Pres. Todd, temporarily in charge o1 the campaign, stated yesterday that the chapter already had the minimum membership required to secure a char ter. hut, as this drive is a part of the drive being pushed all over the l'nited States for 1~,000.(00 members, it is not intended to hold up with a mini mum membership but toy, ivye for a membership of several honsanil. Aux Iliary chapters are already heini spokt)n of in some f the othr com munities of the (ounty and it is hoped that the entire (ount will b0e ihmr oighly organized. The Iteams: will ._ather :n !hie Vo mian's Service' '(,carat head narirs Firida. morning at 2::'. oc'eh -k. The following have been asked to act as workers on the various teaim: W\ard I---J. 1). W\atts. .\liss .\Annie Childress, Miss Annie (hlkerson, .liss Annie Del Childress, Miss ('arol Roper. Ward 2- !"rank Caine, Mrs. J. it. El lis, .\rs. T. C. Ilolt, .\l. II. llanter, .\iss Lint Jones, Miss Sarrah Dkorroh, Boyce Clardy, .Miss Stella Mock, Mrs. Will Blakely. WVaid :{.M--A. L. Smith. Miss ('harlot te McGowan, Mrs. W. E. llawkins, A. Hors Illakely, Mrs. Ernest .\achen, Mrs. C. M. Burgess. Ward 4---L. C. Barhsdale Miss Ruth Tasterbhy, Miss Fva Coleman, T. C. Switzer, Mrs. It. E. (opeland, Miss lialtie Nate Easterhy, B .(. Fletcher, Mrs. W. P. Sullivan, Mrs. W. P. Caine. Ward 5-B. .M. .Wolff, Mrs. James H. utllvan, Mr's. WV. P. Trhomason, RL. A. Cooper, Mrs. A. J. Christopher, MIss Esther' Fowler, J. ('. Owings, Mrs. B. L. JTones and Mrs. R1. A. Cooper, Mrs. Jiohn A. 1Hiks, Mrs. II. K. Aiken. .Mrs. .Johni N. H-udgens. Ward 6--Dr. S. II. Templemian, Mrs. Albert Dial, Miss Kathleen Wilkes, 1H. Vance Trby, Mrs. WV. II. Clinkscales, Mrns. Sam M. WJlkes, Mrs. i3. G1. Balle. liesignedl (Gray C~outrt Pastornte. R1ev. J. 1,. McLin, after a panstorate of fourteen years with the lerrohi Presbyt erian clhur ch at Gray ('onurt, recentl'v 'han ded in his resignation anld preached his Iast sermon there Sunday. 11ev. .\icLin's hea~lth has not beeni of I le best latecly anld thiis was gIven as a reason for his resignatlonl. lIe said that lhe hiated very mouch to give tip thle work thliere for the congre galtion (if thle clhurclh, thloughi a small one, had been very faithful andl kind to him t hroiughtoui his lastorate and lhe regret ted scvei ing the. ihosat re lafilonshtip. M1 iati Ine Changes llandsi. A real estate deal was conistmiated several (lays ago biy which thle house and lot on South hlarper street, kntown as; tho ~Mlami place and purchased some time ago by H. S. Black well, was sold 'by Mr. Black-well to William Solomon. The houso is now occupIed by Hlyman Lurey, who will vacate it as soon as lie can make other arrange ments so that .Mr. Splomon can take upn his -rosidannc- here. AR ON AUSTRIA nomalous Situation Now tates. Turkey and >t Included. but they do not yet, he said, stand in the path of the United States in Its war against Prussian autocracy. In ringing and definite terms the president declared that nothing shall turn the United States aside until the war is won and Germany is beaten. All talk of peace he pronounced out of the question. Peace, the president declared, could come only when the German people make it through rulers the world can trust; when they make reparation for the destruction their present rulers have wrought and when Germany re cedes from all the territory acquired by armed conquest. ALL STATES ARE NOW IIEPRJESEN'ITED IN FIANCE National Guard Units from Every State now on the Western Front Un dergoing Training. Vith the American Army, France, Thursday, Nov. 29.-National Guards men from every state in the Union have arrived in France, it is today per mitted to be annotted. They are among the troops now training, ., lately arrived. While it is not permitted to disclose the identity of uin its it may be said that all those wi hichs sailed fron the 'nlted States have arriv'd safety and that somie already are in iraini iP within souind i the tins tn the i le front. They are showing a spirit in kt'ei Iing with the pu rsptoe to uaIke ho. tericait expeditimtry force a homi olgeneo~s .\merientt atimy in u bic ih 'acht division, whether regular, na tional guard or national army, can not bhe dist inguished in eficlency fromt the other. The former statty troops, are billeted over a wide p i- a ami are ronotunced excellent soldier,. 'he guardsmen it have been arriving in tho American zone for tani we ks. They' are scattered sotn what, bult; Its far as possible the uitils froni the same state have been kept. close together. They found the re gular army had made good prepara tions for them and while many are billeted in houses in French town others have seen quartered in low wooden barracks especially erected. The troops from the various states have been recognized by the F1rench population and have bheen welcomed enthusiastically. Many of the uinits wore the French red, white and blue cockade piined to their canpalgn hats. After a sutlicient time to rest from 'the journey, the t root)5 have been set to work training for act ual service at the front. In all quarters they are declared to be most enthus iastlte and t helir soldilerly qualities ihave drsawn hi gh spraise from Ithe French Instructors. Dur'ing the Iast few days one unilt has been working with gr'enades and an tiomatic rifles wilte anothter has been wor'king out msiltitary pr'oblemns in muanesivers. Another unit, has bieen in the instruction trsenehies which tring tem as linar as lpossible to aic tual fighting co(ndit ions. TJhe guardsmen aire all ini good heal thi. Th'le reason why it is not per' miittedi to mencition units by name is thsat If one is men Stotned the way is open to mendtionu all oSthers wh'ichi' mieans Itie revealinug of identii entSion niumbtes's an ot(theriiiformiatSion whti ib is of Itiortan5ce5 ti thenm. tisit for the informnat ion of She rel'a lives anid f'amiiliis of Stie mess eery onett whoi sailedi fromt te l'tsited SStates hias arrii vd safe'tly ini teranlce. To (J I( fireiad l)emuonisrionmu .\liss (hsadys Smitht State 11(ome1 D~emonstration Agent, will give a bread demnonst rat~lon wvI th spsecal em phsasis on Sue substitutes for' whieat ini bread makinig at Grsay Cour't-Owinigs Institute Thussrsday afternoon at two o'clock. Friday miorntng frosm ten to twelve o'clock she will give a demon stration at Iiturens court house. All housekeepers of thme county are in vltedl to atten4 one of the demonstra tions. T1 FIRS'I' li fIOI)IS'' CII1U1I011 tev. 1W'. L. .iullicen Returns to Lau-. r'ens Circuit. Ite". Fairy (oes to ''he appointments for the Upper South Carolina Conference were read out by Iiishop Candler at Clinton Mon day at nooni. Rev. J. M. Steadman, who has :;"en at Clemson college for several y(ars, was given the Laurens appointntt, succeeding Rev. W. A. Fairy, who goes to Gaffney. .Iev. W. I,. Mlullken Is return ed to the Lau rens circuit. It. .l' Stackhouse is pre siding elder of the district. In the adjoining district of Cokes bury, Rev. .J. W. Kilgo, 1). 1)., was ap pointed presiding elder. Rev. 1. R. Turnipseed goes to the Mlain street ehur'h. Rev. In1P. MeCce, pastor of that church for the past four years, goes to Rock IIlli. Rev. W. IT. Murray returns to Kinards ano IRev. S. IT. Booth goes to Waterloo. Rev. .F. 1 '. Major, formerly pas tor of the church here, goes to the Rock 1ill district as presiding elder. R1ev. .1. '1'. Mliiier returns to his charge at Enoi'ee. The following are the appointments for this and the Cokesbury listriet: Greenville----R. F. 'ni'Il ipseed, pre siding elder; Clinton, Henry Stokes; Easley, R. L. Iolroyd; Fountain Inn, W. 'T. I)uneai,; Gray Court, G. C. larley; Greenville. flethel and Poe. .T. 1). 1loller; lIrandon and .udson, A. M. Dogget t ;Buncombe Street, P. F. Kilgore; Choice Street and I)un can, to be supplied by S. M. .lones: Hlampton .\venue, (.. It. 1 odites: Mills and illeachery, to be supplied by .1. ''. Campbell; 4t. Paul, A. E. IlolIer: West Greenville. W. II. Lecwis: (G'eenville circuit, .1. 1.. Sinig leton: (ire'r. 'I'. C. O'Dell: Lauren-. .. 1. S'teadman: L.auren' Circuit, W. l,. inhlikin: liberty, M. K. Meador; idberty Mills, to be supplied by .1. O. 10rnett; l'iekens, 1N. T. 11odes: Pi1 Sens c'irculit. S. C. 1hinlayp: P' :rtweon 'i "'tit. .1. .('iConn Ily: mt h I-lu . 'I' . l I u w . SotuthI Gre i- , . I. o - hanrn: Tsrave ler n Rest, W. \. ' 1ma:1 Thirtith division, 1. . .\.. -:. '. \T'. nIn .k so. i~ '.I. Mitnr 11iay Mt 12. K:. T r i redI,pr .d n: ! . ('(win :ilo 'y I)Ig girl .1. \\ 1 n iM. tl' sit Itpled: Abh< vler ('e. . t. 1.. N-. flr, W. P. eleadow.: 'okesbut , .1. W. ihell: Greelnwo(od. Mlain 01'r"'t, I. u. jTurnipseel: 'reenlwood mills, C. L. niartis: ireetnwood c'ircuit. G. r . Clarkson: Kinard, W. i. lurray. .le CI(ormniek. .1. D). i lnggins; Ale~endree, to be sui plie:Po Newrry, Central. I. 1t. riibble: Newherrv, O'Neal Street. R. . Knight: City Mission to be snp dled: Newherry circuit. Wr. aukI night: Ninety- Six, R. P. 0Morris: P'arksville, .\. Q. Rive; Phoenix, .ino. L. Spinks; Pomaria circuit. .1. E-. Str'ickland; Prosperity and Z/ion, .1. L,. Stokes: Saluda, M1. TI. Wharton; W1a terloo, S. 1f. Booth: Whit mire, A. H. (lest; Lander C'ollege, .John O. Will son, president : R. O. Tawvton, profes sor: assistant Sunday school editor. L.. 1. Heatty. TO' LIF"T' QUA .1.NTINEF. Heathi fonditions at (aump Sei Ii'r ntre Imprvi'.ng. It was oflicially announced at divi sion headqluarters at. Camp Sevicir Mlonday that, unless unforeseen d1evetl opmien ts occur,' the taranatinc, wich has been In effect since Novemberi 17. wouildl he lifted Friday. The disease situiation at the ramp has Improved so steadily anid rapidly since thbe qunarantine was puiit in to e feet that conditions now aric almosUt5 normial.. 'Te annon111necimen t will he thle cau se of te wildest ir'iejiing it C'amp Sd' I litti Ittr th pa 1:st wet'k has 'onis ist - llad arro (lienp. ('tril I'rown.a .1on of .\ur. WV. P'. hrowt n wh lit hi * a tfew imiles out it thle ('tiln tesl t ti' an iiuituml aeitden t Mlonday ime to have pr'oveii fatal. Y'oiu Itrownvl wast going down the gr'adte on Soiith Ilari'etr strieet and ha d about ireaed't the bot tomi of the incline wheni his bIcycle collapsed and lungedl im head-long t) the ground, Hie sutferedl painful bruises aind sei'atehes, bhut wa's not1 othierwiste seiIouisly injuried though at one time it 'was thought he would die. IN GRET NUMB[RS British Hold Most of Lines Gained. REPULSE ATTACKS RETAKLE POSITIONS Germans ('sing (great. Mass of .%rtil Iery, but British are Withstanding tt.tticks Stoically. Most Snnguitnry Ilntt;k since Verdun and First Ypres. lxtremely hard lighting, with the Germans using great forces of infan try in mass formation, is taking place along the southwestern and southg eastern sections of the Cambra s lient. in the region of (lonnelieu, La Vaeq uerie and southward to Vend hulle and northravard toward Mlas nieres, battles waged with great tierceness throughout Monday, but with the Germans nowhere success ful in breaking the British front. At I a Vacquerie they again suceeded In penetrating the village from which Ihey \were eject tI prviously, hut a strong counter attack again ttrned t he scales in favor of (General liyng's forces, who threw out the enemiy, inflicting hteavyo cnsualties on him. As in their previous attacks, the Germans used great masses of ar 1 ery, tbut the British forces every where met their onslaughts ' ically ant at last acrounts wer, firmly holdin' their line at all {,poims. \l mi.;::h Ith' Germans in their of Itie have h en' usig mieni reckoni ri a twent y divisioni s, it' liritish have been able at :-ve rat iniuts to 'ai soil ie of tin- rOlnd Ihey lost. I i tiI l itiit; k which was de ai" redl with a uhhm similar to at (i I'tm! ' - ig drive towiard Can : i n hI I thie hlad galied he" I.9 1 ;in <i:i o t h, illage of ' l '- I:-(;i :i. l In ;l firive-n: ~ t R I t .a~ fa~al a Vn uere.They ti'i.2 ~ ~ 11:; b tt' .i: N!' . onday , ,. : iI petilletd il a t) ilt r i' e -.3< in:I , onlly a e it t:; 1 tr 1n I!w day. -'t; w s o li}\tti t Ioulon v l n at the we:t t of ('ambra I"i. the lBritish also hlav\e Ii coverttd ist. ti-rrain. Th tierp. w ' :- oi 'e ass t-s. that si thisalinl rtihii iI have ten made pirisoine(r uliring their drive and That one IIuIIt idrttdi itus have ieeni taken from then. large numiber of guns already have ben recaptired. The four days' hattle is describel as the most sanguinitary one that haS taken ilace Since the days of Verd nn and ;he first hatio of Y'pres. \rtillery dueIs are in progress be I ween the French and the Germans north of the (hiiini des Dames and in ih \erdun sector. An attack by the (eItrlans north of Plirey in the tat iit r egion was entirely without re stilts, the (Gerimans beting d rivyen biackc tby thle -'renelh, sutfferinhg heavy ea 5 tual ties and~ lea ving priisoners lie htindI tem. Likewise on th)e Italian front the fight ing is mostly by means of big gtuns, thte d~uel s ibing intense on the north1 ern lines in thle hiliily regiamn he Iteen the Itrenta and Piave rivers. 1)) tdetails have yet been received conicerning the negotiations between lhe G ermians antd thle Russians for ani ariiiislice, althlou gh the Germ ans grandi hteadquarte'rs announi-es that an ar m isticee alread~ity is in force on in athltitin to Austria-I tuniir y a ('(ltinug the prloposat tof th tuisLinS fra (essat in Of hostilities. tUnlearia a l.-o is to open negotiations withI Maia ~~ withI the ame object iln lV'. it anhe the! interna lit at n in i ne 1441 un i t d tachmen'lt s i- hae by ui t tist. tol-r'e!ea housI ili'l of rier h te t ro t. uhl e re rfi l (1(15 the addess dei!;ired t at Ieand thad lioer aO~tlltngO nd unityd of tt rposnade-in-hifwih Jte Gser f le Aerean dorelegatitn tie thd taitws hIs deep conviction "that by tis uityand biy concentrated ef' fort we shall be able to arrive at. the (goal which we hae nt nt to rnnah"