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Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's aad Truth's." tffcSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1916. II. No. 60. OF DINFKNSAKY URAFTKBS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. at Cieorgla General As* Aocancd oir Using Knife on Levwyer. Atlanta. An?. 3,?Thoma? B. Felder, ajroanlnenl member of the Atlanta aar and wall known for the part he took ft* the South Carolina dispensary ranee several yearn ago, waa stabbed and seriously Injured here tonight. O. ft* Vasaoii of Bast Point, G?., door? keeper Of the lower hoiire of the Geor? gia general assembly, was arrested there** with tho stabbing, which took In the lobby of the Klmbell Jn the presence of scores of leglelatora. It waa said by legisla? ture that the affair grew out of. Feld? es/? recent efforts before a commit? tee ef the house to defeat a bill by which the city of Savannah charter weukt he amended to permit a vote on tkel snooil of city officials. raider* ae season ting certain prohi tttlifj etemints, claimed the recall of Major PkeJment of Savannah was sought by theoe favoring the bill, two attorney and house commlttee aec* recently exchanged hot words over the hill, which was tabled to? day, but Vasson declined to explain ana Interest in the affair, merely is? suing a statement saying he was not the aggressor in the altercation which, pain Jed the stabbing. Witnesses said, according to tho police, that Folder and Vasson exchanged words over the tabling of tho bin. raider was stabbed In the abdo? men. A4 n hospital It was said the wound waa not necessarily fatal. ? i ATTACK SVKABORG. Natal Banc Botubarded Front I Ike Air. ataokhdim. Aug. 5.?A great fleet a| ten aeppelins attacked tho fortress totaler*, which la the bane of the in warships defending, PetfV neoianapar renorts State, It tUBPULtfE ANNOUNCED. War Ounce Says British and Wem Defeated on Somme. Berlin, Aug. 6.?British and French attache last night on the Somme front were repulsed, tiie war office say*. The British attacked Ovlllers and the French Maure paus. Ths Russians who were trying to force their way serosa the Dvlna were driv? en back on tho east front TUBTT-SII Bit II HOOD. ??ART OF CLAJBORNK COUNTY, TIiINN., SWEPT. Impossible aa Yet to Give Accurate Detail* on Lose of Life in High Wa Mlddteefcoro, Ky., Aug. 3.?The death list due to the flood on Blair's creek. Clalrborne county, Tenn., was increased to 3? late tonight when full? er reports from the Hooded district were received here. From parties who have retuned fom the stricken dletlet it was learned that Thomas McBee, his wife and seven children and Bob Chamley and his wife havc| been added to the death list, bring tng the total up to 36. The water was reported to be very elow In eubalding, and for that rea-l son the creok had not been followed! the entire distance, 10 miles to I mouth. Until this Is done it will no be known how many persons hav. been drowned. So far only four bodies have been found. Everything along Blalr's creek has been waahsd away. In some pieces the water had run up on the mountainside 30 feet. D. C. Edmonds, whose wife and fou children were drowned, escaped after being washed for five miles among driftwood. Two of Edmonds' children were found alive on drift timber three miles from home. Edmonds said he was awakened at 3 o'clock this morn Ing by the roaring of the flood. Wa? ter was all around hit* house, and a foot deep on the floor. Before he could awaken his family, the building w+n moved from Its foundation and i ted floating down the stream. Ed n.unds said the creek was fdll of drift wood and other debris and that he does not know how he got out of the building or how he was piled on the bonk. e Mise Mary Beetham. who has been critically 111 for sometime, is steadily improvinc SECOND LINE jjjjttl. lilllTISIl IHgMVKR. SMASHING STKOUE ON SDMMK More Than. Mile of (?(miun Positions in Front of l'o'/ictos Ca|?turert? British Pot*iton Strengthened and Puts Them Nearer littpuunic, Which in Their Objective. I<ondon, Aug. 5,?Today the Brit l.;h on the Horn me front by a smashing (stroke broke through the German 1 second lino defenses for more than 'on<! mile 4*1 Poiieres, it is offleiully an? nounced, f The assaults were made after u violent bombardment of the German positions, then the infantry I swept forward during the night, cap Ituring tlio German defensive works on a front two thousand yards wide. This gain gives the Liritish further control of the Albert-iJapaume high? way, ^tiirhtens their hold on the high rldget there and enables them to straighten out their line ut the north? ern end of the sali? nt driven into the German front when the big drive be? gun. Posieren is seven miles from Bapaume, the British objective point. 'Three liritish schooners are report? ed sunk, it is believed by a submarine. 'They are the Demarin, Ermen 11 oa and Fortina. CROPS BADLY DAMAGED. Wlsacky Section Suffers From Storm and Rains?Marriage of Miss Piny* er and Mr. Carter an Event of in? terest?-Other Interesting Items. Wlsacky, Aug. 3.?After two de? structive hall storms und two months of excessive wet weather you can imagine how our crops of cotton look. For three weeks we had not been able Jo plow until yesterday. The worst seems to be over, and our farmers have gone to work manfully io restore ?the damage and save what has been I left. A great deal of our cotton Is a total loss, and that left looks very badly. But tho last three days have wrought a wonderful Improvement In ) Its appearance Our oldest and most cceeaful farmers are puzzled to ?' taw?ark > <ww urope, waver having had such an experience before, but we are going at it blindfolded (With the determination to do our part Corn is doing well, and Is well I eared. Though I fear lots of it will jrot from lying on the ground. Lots of our pea.vine hay has been destroyed. The most pleasing- event of the sea? son was the marriage of Miss Anna I Belle, daughter of Mr. J. W. Player, to Mr. Marion Carter, both of Elliott, S. C. The church (St. Luke's), was hand? somely decorated and was tilled to its capacity, many having to stand. Mrs. Lenoir presided at the piano and Miss Jenkins of St. Charles sang two ap? propriate solos. Kev. Glonnan, pastor of the bride tied the knot that made them one. The whole service was very beautiful und Impressive. Both of these young people are very popu? lar. They havo th<j very best wishes for a long, happy and prosperous journey through life. Mr. Dexter Skinner has rented the ginnery of Mr. U. M. Cogper for this season and will i;lu and buy our cotton this full and winter. This will till a need that we have to It since Mr. W. W. DesChamps retired from the mer? cantile business. The c'a ma go done to Cooper's Mill dam has not been repaired and ve ? hides cannot cross, which is a great I Inconvenience to the traveling public. Mr. Munford Scott of Florence visited at the home of W. \V. Mc Cutchen this week. Mr. Murion DuBose of Charleston Is visiting his mother, Mrs. W. \V. Des? Champs. Miss Ethel Mc.L.cod, who has been I visiting her sister, Mrs. Lea of Tim monsvllle, returned today, bringing , with her, Misses Evelyn and Mary Leu , her nieces. I am glad to ses our campaign meet? ings conducted on a higher plane and decent manner, up to the present, with one exception, and hope they may improve us they go on. The storm beat off most of our fruit and ruined our watermelons, to we havo very little fruit, except grapes, which ure abundant, but u >t ripe yet DLIF TO COMMAND TEXAS. South Carolina Ofliccr designs as Chief of Bureau of Navigation. Washington, Aug. 4.?Prealdcni Wilson accepted today the resignation of Cupt. victor Blue, chief of Ihe bureau of navigation. He has been assigned to command the battleship ?Texus and will be succeeded by Com mander Lee ?'. I'almer, now chief of staff under Vice Admiral CofTman Of the Atlantic fleet South Carolina C day or T Camp Moore Will Be Br Go as Soon as S uits' Kent which Goes fro mpanies Will leave Mon sday for El Paso, n Up and All of Military Units will ?Cirs Airive-?2,250 Men in Contiu j?tAte. Camp .Moore, Styx, Aug. 4MKThis i tented city of tlie Lexington l.ilwh'olcls Within its limits tonight a popfction gonuinely happy, for within al very short time the soldier lads cxflfil to he speeding toward the McxictA jbor dor. General orders issued awGov icrnor's Island today dlreetooY, the \ movement of all troops in caJr> to El Paso, Texas, "as soon as ?trist 'cars are available." Hy the eAl of the week the long journey soutBytest ward will have been ended. f News of the early departure %t the troops spread rapidly. Thero httJ been rumors about the camp all daw that '"something might be heard??! ..but jwhen they took definite form in in of ,f)cial announcement, the soUUejr lads Jwero overjoyed. All men on leifyvc of absence were Immediately w'lrtxl to return to camp on the first tral?rThc troops will be ready to move w^tjtt tho Jarrival of the train equipment.^ I The general orders cover cvo|^aUnit '. in camp: First infantry, Secondyijran try, Field hospital No. 1, Tr?ofl' A, cavaV/y, and the engineer comparer. The troops will move in sevcW^Tvec tions. There will be three sectjim&'to the regiment, which allows a section to a battalion, with one remnaw'scc tion. Each section will consist'fton? box car, three flats, one baggage car. seven to nine tourist cars aSmfone standard sleeping car. Included'wrchc general orders arc instructionsl>e||bar ry ten days' travel rations. About 2,250 men will go to th?eor der. Today's morning report kt ftaad^ quarters showed that the Flrafcatttang men In camp; Second Infantry, 49 of? ficers and 1,000 enlisted men: Field {hospital No. 1, 5 officers and 56 en ilisted men; Troop A, cavalry, I officers and 89 enlisted men; South Carolina j Engineers, 4 officers and 72 enlisted j men. j Recruiting will continue as hereto? fore. Several new men arrived today. The recruiting officers are not sub? ject to this order, as they are olhccrs Igt the Coast artillery and the details I aiding them are of men enlisted for > recruiting purposes. Recruits received after the movement of the troops will be sent to Fort Moultrlc, from which they will be forwarded to the camp In Texas. 9 The National Guard of South Caro? lina was ordered mobilized June 19. I Eater they were mustered into the INational Guard of the United States. Not a tent will be left standing when the last section of the South Carolina troop trains leave for El Paso. Only a fow wooden structures, cooking places, the postofilee, the canteens, and the like, and much downtrodden grass, will remain to tell the talc of tho camp. The Lexing? ton hills will cease to ring with mar? tial airs; with the choruses of soldier songs; with the crack of the gun on the rifle range; and men in khaki, whether they wear leather puttees or canvas leggings, will no longer be a common sight hero and across the river In Columbia. Khaki shirts and breeches will be issued to the troops after they reach the border. They have at present I only the olive drab woolen clothing and the new olive drab sweaters, which are worn on field service in? stead of the familiar many-pocketed blouses. Neither of the two machine gun Companies has at present any except infantry equipment They Will be provided at the frontier with Lewis guns and motor cars. Troop A will be mounted after reaching Texas. South Carolina's troops will reach Texas much better fortified against disease than Were some of the soldiers from Other States, which have been serving there. Every officer and man has bcoif vac? cinated ugainst smallpox and Inocu? lated against typhoid. Two separate movements, probably , jon successive days, will be Involved In the transportation bordersward of th< South Carolina troops, and separate routes, concerning which no public {announcement will be made, will b< followed. The First infantry and the ?field hospital will comprise one move? ment. The other will cons ist of the second infantry, the engineer company laud the cavalry troop. MQIOi) MillS ROB PAY GAR. TAKi: i KOM ACTOMOB1LK ix dkticoit. Pninag|ccd Men Snatch J'ive Bags of Money From Machine Near Bnr ronglts Work., While Hundreds Watch. Detroit, ?,:ivh., Aug. 4.?Five un? masked automobile bandits today held Up an automobile in which $50, 000 pay roll money was being taken to the plant of the Burroughs Adding Machine company and before the as? tonished guard could offer resistance snatched five bags of six in the car, Faid to have contained between $33, 000 and $34,000, and escapod. Teh holdup, took place on Bur? roughs avenue, between Woodward and Cans avenues, in view of hundreds of employes of nearby automobile factories and the usual afternoon throngs on Woodward avenue. Rudolph Cooper, a Burroughs guard, who attempted to intercept the speeding bandit car, was shot through the thigh and struck on the head with the butt end of a pistol, jWitnesses declared that the five bandits apparently ranged in age from 18 to 60. No one, however, 1 ' ? M I seemed able to give a good descrip? tion. They were armed with ritles 'and automatic pistols. A second pay hear, carrying $75,000, was not mo I lasted. I Kleyen machines tilled with officers ? .^onight, w ere acQurhig, Jthe surrounding flh^rt?y*W eVe^y^o^ffofction. v Early tonight the bandits were Jthought to have been cornered be jtween Kovi ami South Lyon, about 30 miles northwest of the city, but when otlieers from Detroit and South Lyon closed in they found nothing. Riding in a large motor car with part Of the money for the week's pay I roll in bags on the floor, Thomas iShcahan, paymaster of the company, was within half a block of the plant when a smaller car drove alongside and four men jumped out, demanding 'surrender of the money. Within two minutes after the j bandit drew alongside the pay car. the former WglS racing away with the live cash bag.-. A iew minutes after the bandits dashed away police? men from Woodward avenue, two blocks cast, arrived on the scene and shortly afterward every available uiotorcyclo policeman was ordered to join the chase. The latter dropped out of the pursuit when it lengthened out beyond the city limits, however, leaving the automobiles Tilled with policemen to continue the hunt. So far as could be learned not a shot Was tired by any of the guards in the pay ear nor those in a ear following. AX!)i:nsox GUARDS ciiildkex. Strong Regulations Adopted 1'ollowing Appearance of First Case of Infan? tile Paralysis. Anderson, Aug. 4.?Anderson's Urs! case of Infantile paralysis was reported to the board of health today. The 13 months old son of K. A. Holcombe 'was ill with acidosis poisoning and last night paralysis developed and be? came very pronounced during th? night, spreading over the entire body. The child died this afternoon. A joint meeting of city council and board of health w;is held this after? noon and all children under 15 years of age ore forbldd? n to attend moving 'picture shows, Sunday BChools and Other gatherings, and arc forbidden to ride Oil street cars and public hacks. Dr. i/. A. Riser of the state board of health is here and is advising the authorities. Berlin, Aug. 5.? An official report from Vienna says the reaoon the Ku&ilans are less active In Gallcla is because of their great losses. Paris, Aug. 7. The German assaults on Thlauniont. Yaux and Chapltre Wood were repulsed, it Is officially an? nounced. There ll violent artillery lighting north of the Somme on the CltaUlnes sector. The fighting is ex? tending southward. Mi GET FARM LOAN BANK. COLUMBIA MAY HATE ONE ES? TABLISHED. hewer Says City Will Hex* Vac. Ounce of His Support in Fight f\. Institution ami Strong Efforts Will be Made. Washington, Aug. 4.?Representa? tive Lever today disenssed with W. <i. MeAdoo, secretary of ttie treas? ury, who is also ex-officio chairman Of the recently appointed farm loan board, the possibility of Columbia i . securing one of the 12 land banks ?\ lieh arc to be established when the i } , farm loan board Is organized. In an informal way Mr. Lever told the secretary of th'x claims of Colum? bia. He pointed out that Columbia is easily accessible to a larpe farm in:-; section and is an ideal location with respect to farm mortgages. He i also called attention to Its splendid [railway facilities and the fact that j Columbia made a bid for one of the federal reserve bank* Mr. LoVor said Columbia Is grow? ing rapidly and pointed to the in? creased postal receipts of th? city in I substantiation. Speaking of his conference tonight, .Mr. Lever naid: "You can say for me i mphatically that Columbia Is going I to make a strong bid for one of these , land banks, and that there shall be no let up in the tight in her behalf until final selections have been made by the board. 1 believe Columbia is justly entitled to the most serious consideration of the board initsselcc I lion of federal land banks. She has a great many points of advantage and superiority, and it is my hope that the chambers of commerce of ?various towns and cities may join strongly in this effort to land this en? terprise for the capital of the State. Of course Secretary McAdoo could not [express any opinion In the matter, but he informs me in an Informal way, and speaking for himself, that public i hearings would probably be held in ! Columbia at some time in the future, j at w hich time the advantages of Co rurobia may be Laid before the board *rronr information Y have ItW*' od 1 take it it will be several months before Columbia will be reached, for it is likely the board will begin its hearings in the New England States land continue them in the West, com ! plettng its hearings with a tour through the Southern States. I be? lieve that Columbia has an equal chance w ith other Southern cities and I intend to use every effort in my power to land this proposition for her." FRANCE JOINS BOYCOTT. British Black List of American Firms Will Not be iUsooQod. Washington, Aug. ' 7.?The Sccept ance by France of the British boycott black list confirms the belief in oifi clal circles here that the black list will not be abandoned. A formal pro? test is to go to Paris soon. The de? partment of justice may take action j against the steamship companies that are now refusing to carry goods of the blacklisted firms. The State department has lot yet got definite enough information as to how far Carranza is willing lor the mediators to go in settling the diffi? culties. Unless formal visits by Am? bassador Designate Arrendo cl?ar up matters another note will be sent to .Mexico asking Carranza to be specific as to what he is willing to let his me? diators discuss. AGAINST HEAL THING. Russians racing Obstinate Resistance on ,vicrcili River. Petrograd, Aug. 5.?The Russians are facing obttinate fighting on the Sereth River where the Germans are trying to throw hac k the Russians w ho crossed. The Russians have fallen back from Kuty in the Carpathians. CONSULT WITH WILSON. Campaign "Managers Take Luncheon With President. Washington, Aug. 7.?Vance Mc Cormick and Homer Cu minings, chair? man and vice chairman of the Demo? cratic national committee, took lunch? eon with President Wilson at the While House. They read the tenta? tive copy of Wilson's accept:, ice speech, it is believed they will try to ? et Wilson to have the notification ceremonies before congress adjourns, because delay in arranging si pok? ing dates for Wilson. London, Aug. 7.?The Germans re? newed their counter attacks against the Brltsh at Posleree, but were re? pulsed. The situation is unchanged, though violent fighting continues. / fOB THE BOROEli. 6 -? ? A CAROLINA TROOPS TO Op* / LEAVE CAMP MOORE. s /' _ .11 Soldiers Will l>o En Route to El Paso Before Wednesday?Hundreds of Visitors at Styx to Say Goodbye. Camp Moore, Styx, Auk. 6.?The First regiment of the South Carolina National Guard will entrain tomor? row for the border. They will travel in three sections, Lieut. Col. McCully in command of the First, Maj. Spratt of the Second and Col. Blythe of the third ejection. The first comprises l,ol.*? enlisted men and 53 officers. The Field hospital company, the cavalry troop, and the engineer com? pany will follow, under the command of Maj. Hrailsford. These units com? prise: Field hospital, 56 men and five officer** the cavalry troop, 89 men and three otlicers, and the engineer com i pany, 72 men and four officers. I The Second regiment will entrain Tuesday. It travels in three sections, Maj. Bradford In charge of the first, I Maj. Merchant of the second, and Cot ' Springs of the third. The second will 1 break camp tomorrow afternoon and begin entraining Tuesday. It is thought that by Wednesday the entire command will be on its way to the border and Camp Moore will be deserted. The quartermaster corps will be left behind to wind up ? the affairs and then will report to the Department of the East for further orders. * There are 2,350 officers and men of the South Carolina National Guard going to El Paso for border duty. The regiments and the other units will report to the commanding officer at Fort Bliss on their arrival. Fort Bliss is seven miles from El Paso, i Thousands of visitors from all parts of the State visited Camp Moore to? day to bid the soldiers good-bye. The camping grounds were thronged from !early this morning until late tonight. The First regiment is tenting to? night at Camp Moore for the 1 legt time and before another sun seta will be well on its way to the Texas bor f ?1" - ? - - FRENCH RECAPTURE TlhA?flNRj !Desperate Rattle Raging on Verdun Front With French on Offensive. Paris, Aug. 5.?The mighty en? gagement northeast of Verdun raged all night. In spite of the fury of the Germans' frequent assaults to regain J Thiaumont works and Fluery the ! French repulsed the enemy it is ofH ; dally announced. Fleury and Thla j umont changed hands three times i during the day. HUMAN FAVORS CHARLESTON. i - MAKING STRUGGLE FOR NAVY YAR1> THERE. Senior Senator From South Carolina Wants Dry Dock Made Long Enough for Dreadnoughts. Washington, Aug. 4.?Senator Till i man is making the tight of his life for the Charleston navy yard. There is an item in the naval appropriation bill of $1,085,000 for the lengthening of the dry dock there. It is now wide enough and deep enough, but not long enough. The conferees on the naval appro? priation bill today disagreed on the appropriation for the dry dock, and, on insistence of the house conferees, the issue will be submitted to the house. , The conferees agreed on many [ minor propositions of the measure 'and will be ready to undertake the big questions of big personnel and building programme in a few days. Senator Tillman, chairman, said he hoped a complete report could be made before the end of next week. Speaking of the dry dock fight, Senator Tillman said: "The matter is of vital importance not only to the city of Charleston but to the State of South Caroline. It concerns the winde South, in fact, and the navy, too, who must have such a dock somewhere south ot Hatteras." doing on, he said: "I have urged the members of the house from South Carolina to remain here and help with this bill until it becomes a law. The conferees are now meeting daily to prepare a report on it. if they can agree this item will go back to the house to be voted on. 1 feel that the South Carolina delegation can help a great deal with their friends in both parties, that's the reason 1 am asking them to remain here. The people al? ways took cere of me when 1 stayed here and attended to their business and 1 believe they wiM-take care ot their congressmen why Mo the same."