University of South Carolina Libraries
VOLUJM XXXi- I ..AURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MCH. 6, 1918. NUMBER 3 RAID ON AMERICANS CAR[[FttY PLANNE Map of Positions Found on German Captain HUN'PRISONERS TALK FREELY) soimle i-el German 1to Lo' . Onte is tIrtaii Teutto'-s Will Start t.\ facki smiun, GraphI~li(-Account of in -tlaiweemet by% Vl'ariepants, With ' ,nr anArm11Y III'ane .lareh 2.- \ plain of attaik. ineludjting a ma111p 4)f Illh . aniiai plositionts, indi catii evll- er d" t,whih was re "moc-1 fr-oml 01he bomy II of h msa cawtain who h d 1! re, : nf.oi uw th 'te seitor northwe t of TouIl, shows how\ comiipl1tely the Gem.ns prepare their raids if, inl fait, this was bit a silijile raid not having as its ult1I mtiate ohbject the retention of a portion of the salient. The imlap govs into suich detail as to show every iachine gun eiitlaceient, every trench an( (very depiression in the ground within the American lines; at the bottom there is simply a line drawn, labelled "our front line"..' Along ills line are five shtaded p0oortions, each marked "nest". Four relearsals were held for tile attack and the troopjs who made it were specially piched from new ar rivals of fresh I roops in the sectors. They were told tiat the Aniericans were In front of them. After tihe artillery had carefully levelledl the American position, the Germans started olit from their nest. each of which contained forty infan I ryien. one lieutenant and three Iioneers to precede the infantry and five to follow It. The two groulps upon the American extreme right went around the flank and the groups upon the extreme left carried out a similar movement there. The two groups in the center had planned to attack directly, but the American defense changei all the nlans. When they were met by the heavy machine gun fire from the Amer ican lines they saw it would he im possible to gain a footing the:'e and changed thoh' direction n::e !ollowcd the otlvr gra1ip.i r-innd tlt. flank. The duty of the pioneers preceding the infantry was to clear tip any wire that had not been brokeln by the artillery and the pioneers who followed carried large quantities of explosives for the purpose of cleaning up tie duigotits. Oflicial reports of the interrogation of the prioers ta ken by t)(- Aneri cans slow that all of theim (id not believe Gerianiy wold win the war. One of tile imleni told the iltel ligence ofllcers he pesu miled that tle Anleri calls, like the Gerans, r1id not want to fight, hmli had to. The ofieclrs qitick ly cha 'ded tile (erian's viewpointi by i nformiing hunli thant al i f the tri' oops ini thle afttced :sositionl were~ volunu leers. One prlisoner.t wVhoiu 10n14 i-i r he' lbn" not1. Il . km' lii nohing aboutI Ih .\iI ii' lrl :- i Netiit: -2 ihi ;v w 'ir ini uii th i:-. ;i- G iian i ienap r not1 (I In levi in wo 1in eIaciine he irin Apin i bI . - fia - :s in Thuis fp i e i iolr he: wa Senat iv (eha it te rk ,i ie :triuI. i it ieri n aded < auey wer a .I I f) r eace. arbl A illeanll, ;heluse'rlthy wanedlve theya tVoi hid b wn- trc efir.n h ta f insive waiots' aecin bts sdid nt hat lievect ol bpoie' lauied 1( rcn Ntoe ofs ('theil piner ly l sen tany eran tn he ad \l fte Take prsionenpetallyd wyithea doe teAmericanety belifeed one wnoud to tell ofsoeat e fheos iTher risoners'Ga. aeonds howeloohat th e noctmorpse thn Aeighen year olhe torehspuodnr tleywt: dwintheiretf vro ine ofhen wat (Continu gead o dstyr reag)i NEGRO RUSHED TO GREENVILLE: i ritged ('Itiizen s of laower Parl of ('cunlty Thlolurkt tollae 11p lannled Attuc onl ,1al. \lee: Smpso. ayoun nero of th1v Kintat L Slct in, was brouttght lto the jony .ili! Thur 1sday by% I" Iurl., I 'o iceman .\ilram and lat er in the d!y aIs carried to the Grenvtill jil Iy . Hl T riff ii to preven s om ryve - "Dance bein;: il ud onl himtr! : alIIeged atit Il t to matlike an a c t p mlil till wife If a w i llnovn gi'd j/lt of :hi cI lw e slirt oiff I Iw nt I itI v nit'lht before. 1 m rh1 1 I' rf achf i d i e (ity thatd defl in11ined llell n% e oil i Thir (It er left se to th Ile Ily.,ro flmit OhI jaI il. o thi I, sh er'iff t ona l e it to thm1ov0 him before arther troble i. velope'd. .\cord t in to rhors fO m tht1, e fion of tho a negr o temt It) hlomel of, the witei citizenl near. Kinl rdnear th lWds'worib1 school. Wednesday oigil t nd ol im th his brother. liin a1 few miles away, was very sick anld nee Ilhs hel . Tie citienl left immoediatly. hut whe hIeI reachled his brother's house he found that Ino such message ha een ablent tilrying hack to his own homeed, he, foild that a negro 1(d at te pied ptI to lmakd a foreihlet terance Into Is hom)ile blt had been foiled by tis wife, who had flol ashed a shot-gn and Sevaed for assistan1c. Neighbors had eshed to her agid but tihe nepglo had fld. Otickes nee jatiied asno ertain e es whing they wee ale o finld lead theml to suispect Alacki Simp11 sfte who was arrested, carried before ren lady an identified. Ap'earanices indieting that t e ('enagod ueighbors were about to take fi e negro ad deal with h1,i without due process of law. \l.Abrams andI Magistrate Cannon, awho Inado jointly made the arrest, ovaded the otizents and brought their prisoner to Laurens. Whether the enraged citizens plan ned any attack on the jail is not known, but nothing further developed after the prisoner. was carried to Greenville. FLOUR OEINNUS WANTED. Mr. W. D. Byrd Calls on Housikeepers tol Assist H11m. .%Ir. W. D). Blyrd, county food admin istratlor, is in receipt of a letter from Washington asking that a flour oensus he taken I the county as part of a 'general census to be taken all over the countriy. The objecl is to .,ti mat le filamdount of flour now im the hanIs of consumers, and not to con flsente flhe flour. Information only Is bing souight. Thle amount of flour In exces of thirty days' supply in each houIiisoli i M l'r. lir. Byrd ask", th refore,011 th t te f ollowing simple form he filled out( atd mailed to him ai Laurens: "I have (In hand ...... pounids of fl01r i ixces if irY d iay ' pply." S igned ..................... Ti i t a li .nt 8( i o ntl lau wiltl 1ard. -tl'iiulal' for te'lehoe i Nexpecard ntot sirt dill . Ith ar'iIle fi loic lt tni h igi'la r ii deal of int e t in the1ll dat finth S'tanih Dl''ltitric toin nom h i ch~ i to be le hI i'i wah-h bloaModa. \trhon.. \ No n~ it ( K.c~s of ~l ci. u it I. ie lu u'~~ii i. l'in ciyMnday,:norn -g . ( iarVa ni e lwI ih 'tli had ee csanited aga::nstwil - bei.gthei te Meumia. .\le .i. was anouatica .andidte fndr rl-elcionl i xieother plomentreil as wl.b filowed Watt 'mis s!hool th~ernnonehmn thaic childrattendn Isvr still cloed aThnd cilg reported t eityp.\ongm.n AMERICAN RE J CROSS CANTEEN IN FRANCE .,. 4~-' SLR 'l'lie 4l Stteel o of Spe Apriie I(v s tit (Da11114111" In g ile Nfii ri distrit. ilaa, (Ire. polrti oin div, wiltsl Iwactfi sia'I ind4ro: t Ihe1ings Is servd not go soon food rt cost Allid he' rsiti ntoit al ft era III ds oket Is also JAPAN TO ACT SOON IN EAST SIBERIA LATEST REPORT' British, French and Italian Ambassaders In Toklo Ask Ing Japanese Government to Take Steps to Protect Allied Interests. Great Stores of Supplies In Danger .Japan, reports indicate. wvill act I sia and the central powers do not go soon to po tirotet interests in into detail but German (oinination of estrn Sibla. sck 1isatcelisre- the territory taten from Russia is as i Wasingtondon msliay i that t r so red Article three provides that isli. Prenchi and Italian amba ssadors GrayadAsrasalh emt Ili Tiokio have, or wvillI, immediately askc(enayadAsrasalb emt tie b.apanese government to take d to icmidnn t fate of the territories whatever actmion it may hoasider neces- "ih agreement with their tiopoflationt. sary tos oelise Germnan ips ly antdah Ie ng e new Russian frontier from ti 8 iblerilt 411( to protec t Olie Ilii ii I rv 0Iiif of Finhlind to t ie( ('as lia n sea i f at Vladvostoek. It is 1sk ,I v-d to he d erinihined later at Russia is In Washington if Fitany eiivlead hat to evacuate Anatolia and surr!nde:- mhe activity by .1atrese Is iof lhle h o \n i.'s of lint.o-in, Krs and Need for Iaaese actatud 111f the lashviki---lm t(e ilainimaiiing ltioli. oh aecient of cre lased. it is --lert, wa r14 ii - Ar ondni---to he 'Tilks. This 1( i'il no p in> hi' th e n 1.si al 11i.' torn wIl-s I conaidnrd aria o 20. 00o \irn Iti inva- l c h rianl d. \ :s thf t in pr .-ol arn f.' 1 retnti'in, a, in:: orns or "ik. wa'.o. ii lt - -t - I t' 41 ii. - e; ii' 141441 4 1i - .4 441 44 ' (i 1 4i: hii w aset . T heila - i w 4i- l ' of 11n4, " -I b In , a - : on f :ne- I1'.. h 4 1 1 1.i 1 . ). -1 L 'h4ou. Al' . \ 4o e 4 n l u n 4'ome sh r . afe on o elc . .4ie.4 helpi o ( or lunteeris, bot hi t a nd oogo ing iit1.'iI hogs4 here to1- s 4.pi'. tholored, th' 1iii litiam ser ii le sub uedan i:' d h-ny lv 14ri;n ho breing 1to iio! the4iii burnigaes r14m'ved'from th thtl'44 l~'st farmer ofl-1.144 I1ar4n com41(I4'y latform. It4 ii thuh that, thefie -ol ltb themsi;14'it f1 iand at1 the same started in a fe ofi itton444 with het time do tirgsino Mat. Mo-orti with been placed on thle pilatIfoim thle sanie thle government ini gi owing food a4t dlay, the blaze havinag been smouldier- hI omei. 1((e said that the hogs arc lbe lag on the interor blefore being placed ing seld on favoirable terms. so that and burst out in flames after catlinp ever'y larnmer nmay be able to buy them its way to the surface. No clue of an even if it is necessar'y to buy them on incendlary kind wna found, crdi. DaI. liter. Was 7: Years Old. GreenMvi are. .\are 5.-Capt. William I I 'Iry Moore. .1 pron inent planiter of ea 'k h r ,divl yeslterdiay after :o)* ' : ii'clock at the home to hIis do t h - \ r.. .h f' I). NIr tit. 121 hut . nhwr .;"I [ . 'h a ; if T: \i '.: I. \ll . ' ! i1[ 1.i i n l'a I . .-e I, j !!a o. I I Ttati. a n:e de rta- vr ran. Slatin: evla r 1 (', FI V t I dtr). i 1rvy ill i (h: ('iladelIf al v.: I: s n - r e '1 la itttt ila l it 'tate iie t his wa r. Ill it- ' ii d I % et one ((Itn t I hitn. .1. 11lo wna '-I Moo I. (If' Ab eivillf . mn( Grioatiiti , tIe i et .\le L i tlars ()I, \lt i lt l itnd .\ Ils. Ikosalit .Mitllivan if i a rie nwill, alnd a host o f f l-i c I 1- Ih ..l(-),:h it I I t''nlf 1.1 c e w I - t ied, i: thr11 onth oull t the S 'tuwh O'u tirs ah Etherannl itn hi Th r m in will he 'takena to isi,-; ol home inl (reinwood iolity thIes Inot nina. the fineral party laving her with Pt body at 10 o'clok over ehe Pied nondt & Northern NHrwa y. Funesral rervices will t heldWn - day at1 1 o'clock at TIabernacele cem.. Ivry, intermynt folowi ' in thre cm tory. Ofiers for Eaern Staar. At Ia rece I. moeting llate officer named" below werv e,4-lectd to server I)he ensina. year. Theapter is inl a1 ion tshin 'l, .tond!itand the ieimers a:r ea'. a res. deal of m n. l i is wirk.i Thi <te' nned are ats Worthly .itron. lisLlna ar Assoe l Matron, alrs. Dglas Gray Worthy Patron., .las. H. Sliyivaa. Couille tress. N Wt S.l IHattiei Ksat I East r rhy. Associate Conductross,, iRoberta Dor Treas-urer, Miss,; Ethlel Langston. S oeretary, Miss Sara iDorrob. 'Adaht. '.\rs. -Nathan Richardson. Ruth. Mrs;. James Stullivan. * sther. Miss Loulico Eichelberger. i artha. .rs. R. R. Walker. Electa. ~\liss Clara Switzer. Betnl ob Eichelbe(rger. Warder. Mrs. Wi. Solonmon. Ora-anist, Aliss Ether Fowler. Marshal. Miss 'Mag Peterson. Litandtiry Chnites Hands. Th Laens cht-eam Laundry, Owned ond ngratd for I number of years hv \Ir. C. E. Kennewdy. was- Sold by Mr. Konnvd~v In't week to olessrs. WV. It. NM"('nen an1d L. C|. U1nil4. who took ci s or th 11lan11 wllnay morn1"'linvf. Tl, 1ri1br )ofi tradl wer not dilvllurd. bu11 it is unlders-tood that I'~ :-Ind hnildi-v RUSSIANS ACC[PT T[UJTON T[RS Bolsheviki Commissioners Sign Treaty MILITARY MOVE MENTS CEASE I: 11(on1 lt' iisi d I Iin isht ll Il..-1tf of 'i Vna n i o et 4)0/. 1-4 l 1thi l y l'ine' Erral. lithin \in ne G rman uni w hlj \f) alltrians..;l tf 'ts-ia as v l{ ha d Dito ti T. ;.' cni 111) to li:< P-ll ilo k haw dilne the 1r11u et We'i e pne be dh- ier 1ilitary 1 o)11 nwnlie inl lreat Rnllsia im.ve Conse :d. It was r'o pw si on Sa urday Iy tI Itlshevik i voin mll issio ers Ihat h.hoy w abo to signi thoe treat. Th I t i.' s rep.Iort waVs telegraphelI(d to Ilnine and Trolzky after the dle-agaiteS sent' to 1l1est-lrlovs had niet the G ermanitn 0m111' "aI sa is. T heI4' re I s I I I t e If! i tll or ia tionl available as to thle details of the tionsf bilt the 'Ho lhevikd Said the refalized that any rthler delay woul11d 1eran more Oieu11S condition.; and Tkey woud sign the eiay oot. furthercl discussions. Unssia ios hv Iehce delay The on deand wihlel Trotzky atnounsed that lh war. -m ris Russia wa. 4 n onr and, a a end, b uI refurh I d to ksihe fomal reiany. Il in e itr \'auI betw4en the ;a clking 1111 of the first BrestLailtovsk meeing and the one hed late last weeii, ihe Ceintral 1owerf1s added materially t to do mands which were out(lined when the now famous "Iloffman line" iwas drawn by the commander or t.he German forces on the eastern front. Tuirkey wvas the beneficiary of these clianges in the peace terms. The tow demands inlded that Russia refin Tulish the regions of 'ntonm. Kars aind Karahand hKarabagh) to thle Tur iks. These regions; are in Tansi Canceasia and mark a considerahla4 afi dition to (th( Sultan's dominiIni in thtat section of the world. The dtov trine of the right of peoples to f determilination was the prevtext "'ponl which the new term were :1d1d to th14. tray. It is probable ha1. the Holshe10VikidelegtiMon MeCeded I,, theC ne(w demands. While it is uinderslood that Wt the Teutoni1fe allieshf esind h for :nal IItret 0 nlding : & warIt with Iius : ia, it i : Said tha.t. thle econloimic antid Iw c rl I '' lation will bo ta. n up indivili-:aly .-Y ,ach c u ty Th1o man tihhat eg:,i.. hr'Iau~id h Ill. peac, 1 1.#,itr ty with Ia lip deat4 e Pn tei to i fta rtll~~noutsfthe I tn't