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VOLUME XXXIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, APR. 3, 1918. MBER A[I[S HOLD LIN[S A4AT 2ND ATTAC! Germans Concentrating Bc fore Amiens. ALLIES AWAIT WITH CONFIDENCE Cermnts Sn-tain 1 Jeinity Posses Ili 1e. cent Assaulls on Bitisli and F'rench. Coiter Attncks May Ie- LianihCtl -Sooii by the AIllies. (round Retakeit by n-filr it ni i-renci. Inufantry opt rations onl a large scale onl the l'iardv- c haield have died down while hoh Isides prepare for the nlet mllore inl Oe gri ear colliet. Vicious lbii ing_ has occirre(I bt -ween Albet and lIott idir but tle Gewrmans have been checked in all attempts to ad vance !oward Aniens, while the Franco-lritish have made small gains between the Somne and Metnuin. In the days of desperate and san guinairy fighting since they launched their attacks on the line before Cam b'ral, St. Quentin and Lafare the Ger man command apparently has learned that massed Infantry attacks without great artillery preparation are fruit less and most costly. The German artillery fire is report ed to be weak indicating that the ene my has not yet been able to move huis big guns across the barren region be twot-.1 St. Quentin an(d Albert. Seventy-seven divisions are on the battle line waiting for the guns before attempting another gigantic effort to reach Aniens. North of the Somme there are forty divisions while 37 are on the line between the Somme and Chauny. And it is known that the German guns have not all been moved forward. Alvanwhil'e the allied armies under General Foch a-e making ready not only to counter a German blow which the enemy must make or concede de fhat, but probably also for a counter cffensive. Amri!can troops not unlike ly will participate in the approach ing renewal of heavy lighting along most (J the line as more than 100,000 (re novinig towaid the battle lines. Some uns(-asone( American units will be placed id by side with hardened British and FrItelh vetI-ans. a ccorI ing to a dclcision annon( oil in London. 'The Gtm anas arec rpt'ed to be missing tioops before Allbit, where their attacks we-c heaten back by the British Monday. The British command looks for hea vy (rNman efforts north of the Somme wihre it is believed the y has most of his tighting forces bit where thie ihas ten no marked activity since the treise of A ri-as Thur-day. Ex(-ept fo- the activity at Albert the fighting has been contlned to tlie line l%-tween the Sonnme and lontididier. The alil ed t roops havye tel- clie some groundl bet ween the Sommtec andI Demnuin while between 1llangat-d andi Moreutil bh-avy Gct-man attacks were heaten off with loss. German at tempts)1 against Grivesnr-s, northwest of Mont diier,i- wcrc- re-pult s sanguinarily by thte French. Art illety exchanges c-ontinute on thte tle t at the ft-ontI in Fiance. inc Ind ing the- Amer-can esetor- neat- ToulI and on the Italian ft-ont. The Autstro-Ge man ar-tillery fire against the Italian lines is moderaite and ther-e arte yet no indientions that the enemy Is ready to launch h's attaek with the many t.houisands of troops r-eportedl to have been br-ought from the c-astern theatre. in the three (Cautasus dlistrtiets cedi ed to Tu rkey by Russia in t he peace tr-eaty wvith the centr-al powers heavy fighting has br-oken out.- The Arm-nn -ian and1 Georgian ihabitants of this terr-itory are defending themselves against the iTrks who are at temtninlg military occupation. Ott ('ottnci of D~efentse. lb. lH. E-. liltghes, of this city, has beent tnamedl as a member1,e of the (Coun cii otf IDefe-nse ft-om this county, atnd has alretady assumed thme duttie-s anmi responb Iil itii.< (of the ofhlen. Tb-. Ii ughos has alrteady givent a great deal of hi. time to w ar work and this adids stilli torec to th-- werk lie is doing. Lik' others, howe-vtr, who ate siluly ceglied ipon hei -tc is dingt thle wvork (heerfully and civitng it his best attc-n lion. ;E101.N LoSS IS P1L . .EI AT 300,001 1'renhel Offielis Pine Loss of Teu, 1'4L in Wtvinslie So Fllr at Abou 300.110 .Men. On linndred livislom "lntrlaed. u2.~gton Awil1.-A Frnhof tiia e:imate of til German loss il the great hattle on the we(stern froni tsu their casualties at beween 275,00( and 3W0,000 men. Tie (eria ns arc sidin.g iost of their wounded to Bel !!ill, it is declared. to conceal froim the German -eopei their iheavy sacri It hat ben po.-:sible to identify, tie dispatch say. nearly 100 Gerian di vislti. mIore than tenl of which werc tw*ic(e elgaged. Soan. of the divisionts, it .s declaei. had to be relieved at lhe Ind o", tie tfirst day after losing nor" than half their men. Tle ilspatcl follows: After an eleveni days' offensiive duir ing whliich the Germans have reekless ly- pished forward their attacking waves. one may gather a fairly accur ate estimate of their losses. "In the first place, it has been pos sible to identify nearly 100 of their divisions since the beginning of the offensive, more than ten of which were twice engaged. Some divisions had to he relieved at the end of the first day, having lost more than half of their men. Such was the case with the 45th and 88th. The latter has been nearly entirely wiped out. Among those that have suffered the most are the 5th, 28th and 17th divisions, as well as the 2nd (Prussian Guard), the 16th. the 21st and 26th divisions of re "Inl the seconld place, an enormous niber of corpses were found on the hattle ground, and the prisoners on being inestioned acknowledge the ex tent of losses of their respective units. "To conceal from the German peo ile the heavy sacrifices that their of fensive methods required, the Germans are sending most of their wounded to "It is not an exaggeration to esti mate the total of their losses at be t ween 275.0) to 200,000 men." Observingi New Time. Very little ileolvenielle or annoy alice has ben exerieleed by the peo pie of the city as a result of the "Day ligiii Saving'" law, altlhotigh soie of them are gettlug up considerably ealier in th le io'ornings than they have I4oer bee'n used to before. I 'ractieally all of tle stores of tile city followed tie request of the government and moved their opening and closing time along thill lie clock so that most of them close nlow at what was 5 o'clock before the new plan went, into effect. Tile grocer*v itores close at 7. The house-wive s are requnested by the metr chaits to be proipt ill their orders so that tihey may close their stores as requested by the government at the regular hours. Letnil Snles MIontday. The Clerk of Court 'oniduct ed t wo smiall sales Monday, the tlrst being two small lots of the flusbee estate near the city of ILaurens. Th'le first of the lots wvith a thtree-rooml building wenlt to J. 11. I lo'.combel for $375. 'lThe oth er' lot, occupied b~y a two-r'oom hutlld Ing, went to II. F. Floyd for $300. Ini the case of MceGee vs Simpson, 225 acres in Jacks townlship w-as bid( inl by R. IC. itahh, attorney, for $ 1,350. An or'der for a temtporar'y injutilon secured by the agents for Mirs. 31. A. Owings held up thle sale advertised by the sheriff in the case of the Parkei .\fg. Company v5 -D. Hi. Counts, TPhis case involves a lai'ge tract of land valued at hetween $13,000 and~ $20,. (t00 and the filing of tile aplplicatlon enl joIning the sale priobably for'eshadowvs a sharp legal battle. 1)led in Arkansas. Thos. 10. Knight, son of the late Dri .111m Kight of this county, died at hit homtie in Arkansas on the 25th~ o I March antd was hurled in his adoptel town, lie is alrot her-!n-la w of Mr' Alln 11htramlet t, of tis cIty, and~ is re int miheredl by some of the oldei' resi. (dints of the clty. Mreytr ofA ~l' .\bb I', it ' I... r ii; al b-1 en held at Ah b. itl-. IM wick J. Mootr Mats, Fsg. .Tse5-Nd :'' or byv a hiandsomoe ma. yu it.T A: .\a: s miirb-d M'iss Imo ?g'ne W iesi, dlalghiter of Mir. and Mrs' .I . T.lkc, andl has mvaniy friend: hir' '.. wn"a tee his; r.'ce with in I orest. LIBERTY LOAN I School Children, Patriotic nal Orders to Participa Speakers to be Flearc Parade. Th'le opeiniig of thle Thliarr ibehrty I.0111 boid sah- il 1Laurens will be (cl - ebraled Frilav With a big paladle through the principal streets and a Liberty Loan rally immediately after w(1ards inl tle coiirt house. In the pa rade wi!! march :thi i oih gIaded school, m eimbers of Itriotli organiza ionls, Ieprescitat ions froi frat"ernial orderIs- almd patrilotie citizens". .\len. women anld children are vX iected to iake par: in the :rcat celelralionl wilicl is to inaluirate the big sale. The Allea(kinig in the .ourit house vhIich will take place about I i o'clock, Will be featlired by addre'sses of notedl oraItors from out1 of tihe city and local speakers as we-li. Dr. It. E. Iughes. chairman of the Council of Defense, for this county, was endeavoring yes terday afternoon to get Into tonch with Col. Luke Lea at Camp Sevier and also Dr. John E. White, at Anderson, but he was unable at a late hour yesterday to give a definite statement as to who the speakers would be., lowever, it Is expected that one or the other of these men and probably others will be present. ORDER FOl NICKN.AME. "Old Hickory'' Designation Selected for Thirtieth Division. Camp Sevier, March 30.--Brigadier (leneral Faison, temporarily in con mand at Vamp Sevier, has caused the following order to be issued in con iection With the selection of the nick name. "Old HIickory Division," for the Thirlieth Division, U. S. A.: "I. The name 'Old Hickory Divi sion' is selected from the names sug gested for this division as best ex em plifying tile sturdy lighting quali ties of soldiers from North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, who comprise the vast majority of the pi son nel of the division. "2. 'Old iiickory' was tlie affection ate nickname of Andrew Jackson, fa mous American general of the Wai of IS12. lie was born in 17117. While hoth North and South Carolina claim limin as a native son, it Is certain that lie studied law at Salisbury, N. C., and wlile yet uider 20 years of age lie was admitted to the har, as altoinev and eounselor, amd in 17.08' was ap poiteid public prosector in tle region now forming tlie State of Tinnessee. In 1794; ie wa selected to congress and in 1797 to tie l'niteld States senate, from wichd, body lie resigned tile fol lowing year. From 1798 to I80.1 lie was judge of the supreme courts of Telinessee. Ile was again elected to the United States senate from Ten niessee in 182:. lie was later presi dhent of the I iited States foir 'ighit Conlsecutive years. ":t. IHis life was a stor my onies but taken all in all, 'Old Hlickory' Jackson was one of the most (commaniding per sonalities in Anieriean hiitsory. It Is hiis I ndom it able tight ing qualities. as showni pariticleIa rly at thle battlie of New Orleans on January 8, 1815, thia' tIls division w~IllI emulate. Thelu milI Sa ry history of the ances tors of the soldhiers of thliis div~1iin g ive- (very rnt son for t he world to e'xplect great, things of their sons. "-1. Thlie Thli rtileth Di vision will ae coringly he known hereafter as the 'Old filhkor'y D)ivision'." 1Rev. 4'. T.' Squtie A rrivesa. Rev. ('. Tr. SipIttires, 1the new pastor of the First Presbyterian eliurchl, ar rived1 In 'the ('ity yesterday from Le noir, N. ('., and will orguipy the pulpit of his new charge next Sunday. Pend ing the arrival o-f hIs furnitulre and effects, .\r. Squires will b e the guesi of members of the econgregat ion. As soon as this arr~vcs and is plac'ed lhe will w~ire for his family. it is expleCted hiat lie wi'l 1 alle to lake up his ropslence at the" \Iance' by Fridlay. The repairs an I Imlicriimens au.. - wized at the cioilnly pool farm byv he delegat i a t t Y' r een it sesslin . il'ov,(eents will mla rk a (ded -iip forw~ard andl will hrleI ciofort a tile and1( con-venIent quaruters for t he Iinatit )ARADE FRIDAY Organizations and Fratcr te in Great Parade. Noted in Court House After the 'he parade and rally are exp'ctred to prCc'de the act'al ii n, whii chii begins SIturday. T1'hey vili 1te beli for purpos(s of inspIration and infor mation, no actual tampa:,:n lm started for sc in.a -:lnds ' I 1 W. A v'omamiitl at tNe'v 'ankin.'w mn it the county has been appointi. Iir. iI. i. Aiien. coin' , ha ian , 'e i n h de of 'on is. Tia w-al omi lon is til ( itf the followin::': \\ 'i. ; vast or. W. Ri. .\eCuen. Cnde T 1-': n L. . l . T. K inardllanOi .1. \\ Todi(l. Sr-. \lrs. W. E. hon ly . PoSIC(l 1!he i(]lea of tho aah anll- ral IV. is inl char11ge of wmnsorennaliza tions, -aitl workers; andl is now sele ctingr Mrs. 1,ue;s has asked that the ladies of all the patriotic organizations iiarch in the parade and attend it' rally in the court house.. The parade Friday will he an in spiring spectacle and people from all over !he county are invited to attend and witness it. They are also invited to attend the rally after the parade and take part. in the exercises. SI'PT. J. H. SILLIVAN WILL NOT OFFEli MAINI Decides Not to Eiter Race for Supt. of Eduention This Sunimer. James II. Sullivan, who is lll1in.gz ou his first complte t'rml as superintn. ent of education, has definitely deeded not to enter the race for r'e-clection this sumnier. He made a stateie:v to that. effect yesterday. Mr. Sullivan has been considering withdrawing from politics and giving his entire time to his legal practice and( his (Ie cislon was hastened when the leghis lature passed Ilie act rqeIiiiing the superinten(ent of educatlion to give his entire time to the work. Since the aet. \Ir. Sullivan has -lven hii en ir itme to the work and has only retained a nominal interest in tIe law 1im of Blackwell & Sullivan. It is ex1. !(1 that the annouincemenIt of \ (i Suli Van will bring forti a nui1)r of caidi dates for the place. Mr. II. T. Wd'iI. supe4rinti(eilnt of the( 4;rav 'oll -Ow. ing's school, his alreadv I'" 11 prom;. nently spoken of as a :.al caunii date for tle place. intorest in polliNIa affairs is not ruinniing very i high, altho'ii'h the tin for the( C'.uh1 me1 tin4 and, Ao nt 0110 n..1 vention are not so far distant. Tie only avowed (andidate for tw legi.sla Itre so far is 1. C. Coats,. of Cross I ,ill. whlio states that lie w il tie in tho race. llepreseitatives Byrd and iloozer have made no annouinc(nent as to their plans. Capt. Riche, th. othe r'epresentativye, is in the0I ii arm. I14)YS .'lAY HItill-VI-:t Fl?.MlllS. IlE)ys' WoErk ing Ileers e' .i lie Fourmeld That t he !aher lost 'athe fai mw by thle dlepariturie of ma:.V m 1n for the' armily ma~y not h~e entire'ly lost, the' m'ited -States (Vdi'at 1-ni o a1:irrul tureP is olrgan aI:.ig a mno 4emen11t by wg~li('h b)oys may he' usod afteri schoolt hours and1) duing the summei' asy farm laborer's. .\ir. 11. .\. ii'wis, teac'her' of vocatlinal agr icu lture, has a greedC to aet as or'ganizer.' for t hiis eou nty aniid Is already ma1k ing plans1 1to organize the boys of Lauarers for t his work. The tptan Is to have the boys oi'ga nized in to comllpanies with caplt ains, serigeants and~ Cooats so tha1I tile (opanies5 may he dtividtd up into Smlter stinads to wvork on . v4'ral farms at the4 sami, time. It is estimated that ihv worl: that these boys .oud Ido(1 wil go a lonu way toward offsetting the toss of men who have gono to the front. Aecordin'. to thet ;lan as worked o:t by the( gove rnmient thi~ hays art 1 paidl as otherl'farmii !ahmer)I, i l, Ii o COuri5( de i acoding to their woth ti laborei s. The farm r14s who wiol li. to tak:. a1.anta' ' a' thi< -;.in the labor w lhen it is wanit,~ I. TPhe - a'ct plans a1ni the amount of i 'm *) n. sat ion ha~s not ''et been i 1s(u'' ilde . .. Lew is woo bl to tl to hear fron any farmers whoi( wouli t:(' inttere s t in oecuring the( havn i towm4l k. .I. C. AIi SL)Al N. SNy COU'NTY 1.1\I1101 i'IWN., l'il \ To it hatI = 1 i k lo- \eet I ied by \4r. \ . J . .'n i n a r i i. : I in t I4or lii ei 'in I It o .Il' itriu .\loorc,re hn . . : ion of t a!. : i., consider,..1a - h ..o ly . ! - x it .\r. I. V .\ioru. who le n. d ito - aki a ;os!ion ii: lar yville. T. nn.. left ior !t is nf.w :- ! a w- .%- k. \i an r''g rets h:ave ben ( :I reset-l :11 his 'I( pamrtur as he had .ih- numerons friends here who were sorry !o set him lea.C. .AUSTIA.NS .1A Y E 'PC ITA.L1AN LINE No les.. Than For,. D1isidons Sa1d to lave Ileen As. 6ied With Fool, Artillery and 31ui .is Now Com. Iln: Up. 1llow1 - he A ratinst llriesceia. Washing ton, A' I . l .---1 n.minentl Anio of an atack i t- AstrKans in ti-eat forie uipon ith I lalian !no ,3as nlhasiedi today at the II lala om baspy. le ttily the eiba-sy lOblis r'l a S'atf-1m nt that r.(] less 0-an divieion hald beeon gatlhered -y the n i my Pcho the batIle 1is. arnd uov inor.l' iotn :nos that K hese tioo s; hatv.' r- --ivedl thl. i- :entials of food, and :nI)nitions for wh:> h tl, have been waiting. N, !!n the ic d !!v nit') which: '!:e Italan advance wavrinns of 1!0 Iimndmii (lol tan h of The ebnihined .\ trian n.1 :- rm1all in a m! on the s.o Wa,, yar v,00 I c m ive d !qy thle 11 o ,: t...' I'alialn in fl ita:y s.1 11a1 ri: i. now are 11.1 t b14 a ilnetlyA h - fI !!a --i -i-niw'i *.-I l -' I foi :Y'tI- n -wa l s ill .1 ' . hn: i. . in 1 n1 t in !te : n I -i:n ih. Et. Illh ai 4 fts! a th V, li lt. ,::- l ih!-i ! in m!or i-y .on are I-. w that 1:: tl ia n line in t he n. ih l ir: i ad of tNl.' ti Al will !e tIa - . it-1. t1 oin:. Th. i!-:1a1d IatO objt v of th A - 'tians W oxF e td ' he '. t q!'y of dre eia aln the i as ' if 'he -hoi anil another attack l ay he di.l ttd . tll -satd with ih.- Ir'oA of 1'rk in in Gt r-i-alti' lnan Ifie of Lii pl''n i s have d 5lln.o to ~th'i Ansttian r~:y from~ -o .i a a 'trd i Io di-t ches to the - On Ith Ither hanI th I al nsa - It s k ow tha nl abni If 'h Italan amy - :'.m . - : a i andI th ii ll xplana\ i -tio is- ha th t lit noi food'- ad nI t- a ii no::tghP ann aril(i'd h lannti l 8i- r Tvte inl~i diodthery Itval andetrs aidtho. n AMERICA IROOPS TO B[ RISUD OVER A*lics' Call For Men to be Answered. TO MERGE WITH ALLIED FORCES ilmops Now in Trainiirl' lire to be il ushed Across ani Some to be Seat ftered .\min ot 1' t'tu ci re 1th aml HrlishA Vetenus.\rrntomntsfor Tranis -Vaihiniieto"n, ' . --TShe an V; 10rm u - 1.: l> h brigaded r -sh : ! -'rn h oraaniza was ntee :!- by army otlivers txlay s in min.: t1i the Unit -States go IIvnn: is -read.- to t asiE .!! clionsi oi of national rv in placin Almerican iman-pow i at t iimediate disposal of the The plan was decided on at confer 'ne shetween Secretary Baker and tmral Bliss and ler-shing and Brit sh and French ofllcials. So far as nown, the war department had not een offieially informed of it today. Dcails of the method to be follow d are not available and presumably ill lie arranged by General Pershing. l'h- Wc was every indication. however. hat American troops now in training .n are to be rushied across, regard-. Stheir iproliciony and fed into ba. Prench and British machines. naly as hattal!ion or larger units. Th Brit ish statement carefully that the national aSiect of 4(en 1 Pershing's armiy is not to be im S'I. The building up of that mre .rican war machile wvill pro , :- rapidly as possible. To sup " i t that effort. however, other *'nan units will he fed to the :ant ' rough the French and British in. 'o meet the present emergency. r anacements for the transporta n 0, these additional forces." the statement said. "are now hie pvieted." as rega rded here as an indi -I that the full extcnt of liritish 'hip; enipavity is to bhe devo4ted to - fmrward Anrienn units, and it is said. thw early delivery S Dic of at least doible iII '-in mn i-Power that could have n rwarded in "1he same tline oth 11 u. noted that th 1w st ateinent out that the American forces with the iritish and French withdrawn whien their train m oipleted and "General Per ''isheivs to wvithtdraw them .to the American army." Ti :..:ny oflicers here, however, the - jiresen ted after active opera i rs-one of French-American and ru .*-American u it s of the French ih arim ies, in whltich thle In 1ldiers~' will lbe so intermixed i will lie impossible to withdraw ' wi~thotit d isin tegra'nt ing the di .or brigades. reffo t- may lhe made to - puriely Ameica'in unit in a - ~ diision of one' of the armies, .'t thc cx ien cies of conflict. n .- roleum (of iit' laing losses 1 to the er'it o n ultimately of 1 ' hattaticcns r'ather than of Onihnicompose oif Fienich and An or Biiih and American s A\ com ptt!i' moerging of the n.n a'' 's certain. it. is helievedi, as is et i' mt( rgin of ithel regular na....tonal armyv and national is in ther American army. no i prOIlact ial wa 10 l avoid isay. n~ urbot intutairing the T -i re many ii~i i'r who belIeve - rt'n'ti-1:.ftiin and sitpplIy ' nri i ate'ly availiable umds'--ii i)ad, - di i d'. tr mainy a'in in Yungs 'I hti . l14. lEdwardits n1' t '. '-. i~e hhI in th' ( 'otif r- i - n o:a ' i iii lt wo uded n ''ni' . ' : ihn. II, u inii' ;nl thei arm'y~ ''1htu a med ical stiiuden t and fl ihied 2- on'i'n ( aftei' im wnar