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A jjjj BATTLE. ~ GERMANS fWssVflJNi A REAR Gt ARD ACTION To SAVE FART OF ARMV. Albes Hiivr Brought up Heavy Artil? lery ami arc Shelling Mooing Kuns l I \ ?? MII? h Hejond Ouch). With the American Army on Alane Marne Front, July 26.?The Franco American i'iish northeast of Chateau Thierry has resolved Itself Into a bat? tle of woods, which abound in this re? gion. The Germans are lighting rear guard action with artillery and ma? chine guns and retiring graduully. The German Infantry was not in evidence today and the indications this morning Vtjre that the Germans are pre pa r tng for a further withdrawal. They have been struggling to hold the northern half of the forests of Fere end RIs. hut the allies are making pi ogress la these woods. The allies advanced their heaviest artillery this morning and threw their shells Into the QsIIIISII lines live and half miles northeast of oulchy-lo < bateau and two miles southeast of Pnlponay. as well as the district to the south. The Germans are using sneeze gas. but ineffectively. ATTACK AT ALBERT. Huns Ixaa* Heavily In Counter Offen? sive In Areas Sector. London. July 26.?The Germane to? day delivered an attack on the now Brtllsh position between Albert and Arras, but wore driven off with heavy losses, leaving prisoners in the hand* of the British, it was officially an? nounced today. The Germans launch? ed locai attacks this morning against the positions the British recently took near Meieren on the Flanders front, but were repulsed after sharp light? ing. FRENCH TAKE OVMHY. German* Driven Out of Important Poaitions. Parts. July 2?.- The capture of the towns of Oulchy L?e Chateau and Vllle Memoire was officially announced to? day. The French took four cannon and many hundred prisoners. AT THE CRISIS. t.crman Forces In Marne Salient May Be Trapped Any Hour. With the French Army in France July 26.?The entire German position with the Marne salient Is such that ft may fall any instant, as the result of some sharp forward movement by the allies affecting this part of the front. It is for this reason that the German commanders have ordered their men to hold on at all costs, while a defensive position is bcinu prepared upon which the Germans can fall back. ARMY TO THE RESCUE. t.rrmniH Sterisjcthett Right 1 lank With Whole New Army. Paris. July 26.?The Germans rein? forced their right flank in the Rlmlnis Rolsaons salient with a new army commanded by General \ on Kben savs l-i l.iberte. Moving Picture Americanise the World Washington, July 25.?"It is thron?:? the cinema that the nations of tin wor id will get to undersuml each oth? er; the cinema will be a tremendous I power In cementing the projected league of nations which is to maintain a world peace," declares a writer n the Ixmdon Evening News, urging that British motion pictuvc manu? facturers should best themselves to overt ???me American "domination" of the market. Calling attention to tin powerful Influence of the screen in af? fecting the thought of the public, the a liter further demands that the gov? ernment, possibly through tho Colon? ial Office, should assist In pushing British films on the marketa of the empire-and see thut "the heart el England is not Aineiie.in ' 1 Ninety per cent of the ideals am. sentiment emanating from British screens is American," the writer oos> tinued. according to a copy of tin ar tide transmitted in official dispat? hot to the Hureau of Foreign ami Dorm?? Me Commerce We shouldn't mum ble, I am sure. If 10 per cent of tin ideals ami one per cent of the sciiti ment shown on American screens won British. Dut they are not. Am ri can ideals und sentiment dominate ihr screens of the whole world. The British dominions, as far as the cinema is eoneerm d. are in the hands of the cinema Idngs* of tin i pHed States, some of them of Gcr m m origin, but as keenly American as anv to see the Stars and Stripes Putter on the screens of the world There are few pu lures i.owada\s gfj which old Glory* docs not uet a look in. "Anierlcanisatln of the world throuah the moving picture has been Koing on for the past four \ e , r s Amern an Ideals, tin Amern an IIa? i iilway stock. motor cars, nollet '?ants, flood the screens. To the peo pie of the British empire, the gt est men of all time are George Wash kugton .mil .\brahuin Lincoln .V Ison iml Wellington have no p! i on the sei SOB " Canadian pictures are almost whol? ly made in America, the writer as serts. AastraHa will have none oi Hritlsh pictures, except topical Ulms Hol there also is no inaikef for ti e Dittlsh product In New /.eahtnd. In dla Is the on* hi spot" in the empire where British Alms, art wel corned. "liet us have some reciprocity with America." the article conclude* ' lit US ex ?ha UK' our plctUfOS and |e,iri of one nmdher. It Is that or Hi \ . id|sntlOfi or nermanlsatlon of lh< world through the cinema Ami it i *o,ng to hsve a big sffo The Manning cannery opem il ft business vrst'-rdnv Anv kind n pro dnce will he ennned either for loll o on shares; er lbs Cannery will buy th piuUu'.o outright. Manning llciuld. OFFICIH WH! REPORTS. BRIEF STATEM ENTS FROM PARIS AM) BERLIN. French Report Only Slight Gains Fri? day?Infuntry Remain In Trenches; Artillery Active. Tuls, July 26.?Only artillery ac? tivity prevailed south of the Ourcq river Friday, the infantry on both sides remaining in their trenches, ac? cording to the French ollicial commu? nication issued this evening. Several additional advances have been made southwest of Rheims. The communication follows: South of the Oil foe, there has been reciprocal artillery activity without infantry actions. "On the northern hank of the Marne we. captured at tho close of the day yesterday Keull and the Savargos farm. We also pushed back the ene? my to the southern outskirts of tin villages of Binson, Orquigny and VII? lers-Sous-Catlllon. The total number of prisoners cap lured on the llth at Vlllcmontoire and the region of Oulchye-Chatcau was 700. "On the Champagne front our troops after having broken German offensive on the 15th and tilth, have carried out during the days follow? ing a series of local attacks. In spite of the enemy'l resistance we have made to the east of the Suippcs an advance of about 1,500 metres to the general line of St. llilaire Grande Souain and f^c Mesnil les Hurlus. We have reconquered entirely Main du Massiges and reoccupied n this region our former llrst line. During thes ? operations we have taken 1,1/00 prls oners, 200 machine guns and seven guns. HL'NS CLAIM VICTORIES. Berlin Soys British Were Driven Back and Artillery Attacks Broken Vp. Berlin, via London, July 26.?The war office communication issued to? day follows: South of Albert we drove back a Uritish partial attack and captured prisoners in a counter thrust. There have been successful advances by our reconnoitering detachments on many parts of the front. "Rteween the Aisne and the Marne violent artillery attacks launched by the enemy wero repulsed partly be vre the allies were in our fighting cne. On both sides of the Ourcq the light* Ing continued until evening. In this region we threw the enemy out of bis front line positions north of ' ?ulchA-le-Chateau, and east of the Oertz, and south of the Ourcq we beat off the enemy's attacks by counterat? tacks. "West of Vincelles sur-Marnc the enemy after violent lighting also was driven from our lines In the Forest de Iiis. "Southwest of Rheims we cleared the wooded district west of Vligny. driving back a violent counterattack j by white and colored French troops "In Champagne the enemy attacked ?arly In the morning between the val? ley of the Suippcs and Souain, he was repulsed by counterattacks. "In aerial combats yesterday the ? neniy lost L's airplanes and one cap? tive balloon. AIXI is CONTINUE GAINS. \d\anoc or Nearly Two Miles Made in Dornums Regien. Paris. July 25.?Franco-American 11oops today made an advance of nearly two miles at certain points ott the Atsne Marne front, notably in the Dornums region, says the war office announcement tonight. Additional gains, are reported, showing that th" progress of the allies in this salient is steadily going on. The text of the statement reads: "On the ourcq front the tlghing to? day was with the same success as on the preceding days. "North of the river we occupied (>ulchy-la-Vllle. South of the river Fi-unco-Amci lean troops made an ad? vance which reached! three kilometres at certain points, despite stern re is tance, especially In the region of Dor mans. Southeast of Armentieres we oceupy Hill 111 and have crossed the Xanteuil stream. Further to the south we captured tho village of Coincy and | i be greater part Of Tournelle wood. We exten i -d our progress in the for? est of Pert us far as the general line ?.i IPauva'dcs Channel, "Our advance continued under fa? vorable conditions in the Kis forest and north of Dornten* Southwest of Rheims the enemy coht.nued his violent attach! a gains! our position be tween Vrmnv and SG Huphraise aim ncceeded In gaining footing on Hill .10. < mi IrOOpe SOOn reconquered this height, taking about 100 prisoners." SATISFACTORY PROGRESS MARE. Secretary Baker Tells Congress That Our Troops arc Doing Their Hit. Washington, July lmi.?The Auterl? cans assisting, the French and British igalnst tie Bolssons* Rheims front are making satisfactory progress Beere? lar Baker nmi General March told th" house military committee today. Beeretar)! Baker said he did not yet know tin- casualties In present battles but only eight noai per thousand had been killed In tin previous fighting, Which Is no higher than tin- di*. as rate in u,e American expeditionary forces viuua %mvti \g\in. Moving Toward Border With Manx Bars of silver. 01 Paso, July to, Francisco Villa .*ain Is moving in tin- direction ol tin- American bonier ;,t <> inaga v\ ? t?? S herd of BOO mules and bars ol ilrver which he expects to exchange for ammunition, according la repot from rhlhuahut city received here lato today. Sunday, Villa wllli I0(i men raided .limine'/., robbed two o,s sender trains ami knh d a number ol guards, t'nusiial activity is reported from OJInsgs and federal reinforce mcnts und munitions are being rushed there lium Juares, DRIVING THE HiS. ALLIF.S ADVANCING SLOWLY THROUGH DIFFICULT COUN THV AGAINST STUB? BORN RKSIST AX(K. Rattle Still Ita^in- Northeast of Chat? eau-Thierry and Near Soissons and Rheims. With the American Army on Aisne Marnc, July 1*7.?The Franco-Ameri? can forces northeast of Chateau Thierry have driven the Germans al? most entirely out of the wooded area which they have been so stubbornly defending. The allied pressure has been constantly maintained and this morning punishment of the enemy try artillery tire was resumed with added vigor. The Franco-Americans under cov? er of their guns again began crawling forward, the advance bringing the al? lies still nearer the Important road junction of Fere-en-Tardenois. v The advance is being made through i dense wood' and over rain soaked Heidi and hills on the outskirts of the wood. The Germans aro slowly retiring, lighting stubbornly. The enemy's most intense efforts to hold the lines are being made on his flanks In the regions of Soissons and Rheims, FIGHTING IN PICARDY. Artillery Action Around Amiens? Gcrnuins Trying to Create Hi version. London. July 27.?German artillery was active last night north of Amiens. I In both sides artillery was active near LaBassee Canal, says today's official statement. FRENCH MAKE ADVANCES. Line Advanced Two Miles?Two Hun? dred Prisoners Captured. Paris. July 27.?The French scored additional advances last night imme? diately north of the Marne, where the Germans have been clinging to the river. It is officially announced to? day that the French advanced to the north. A French local operation In Champagne advanced the line nearly two miles on a front of approximate? ly two miles, taking two hundred pris? oners. HUNS RETREATING TODAY. Associated Press Report Direct From Rattle Front at 2 o'clock Today. With the American Army on Alsne .Marne Front, 2 P. M., July 27.?The Germans were flowiy yielding at noon a Ins the Southern side of the Marne salient. Americans continued to press forward, with artillery support, against heavy German machine gun tire. The French havo also advanc? ed somewhat, with every indication that their progress would continue. The Germans were still occupied to? day In shifting the main body of their forces northward. APPEAL FOR MOONEY. Threat of Strike Made in Tacomu. Tacoma, Washington, July 2?.?A ? solution petitioning all labor union bodies in the United States to call ,a general strike August 1 and every union man and woman to leave their jobs and stay on strike until Thomas J. Mooney, who is awaiting execution in California is either given another ttigl or set free, was adopted after a Stormy session by the Tacoma central labor council Wednesday night. Alle? gations that Mooney has not had B Fair trial hut that he was convicted by an un-American jury, in an unfaii manner, preceded the actual resolu? tion. An amendment to the resolu? tion called for a mass meeting July 38, at whic h time the contemplated strike will be discussed. Expensive Pigeon I*le. London, June 13 (By the Associat? ed Press Correspondent recently in Rumania)-?The most expensive pig I on pie which perhaps has ever been served anywhere was enjoyed by mem? bers of the allied diplomatic colony In Jaasy last spring. One February afternoon one of the allied ministers received a orate of fine pigeons. There was no mark to indicate the sender. The pigeons were killed and cooked that evening, and a number of the minister's colleagues, including American Minister Voplcka, had their till of pigeon pie . A week later a delayed telegram reached the minister who had been host at the dinner. It was from a high military Officer of his government directing him as to the disposal of a "very valuable consignment" of car? rier pigeons which had been seid him after ;? long eons'- of training and which were designed to take an im? portant part in certain hightiy con? fidential negotiations then pending. "Soon the Huns will be a-dyin' and their looses muitipiyin' as they scram? ble 'cross the Rhine."- Birmingham News. But they'll never stop a-lyin' no matter how they're liyin'. for as Here and decrlers the Germans bright? ly shine. Charleston Poet, Ireland Helps Feed England. Dublin, June 86 (Correspondence of the Associated Presg)-?I re hi id ends inure food to Great 1 rit .in than Is retained for home eonsua ;> Men. according to the Irish de pa t men! of agriculture. Prior to the war Ireland sent more food to Bnglnnd than nny other country except the ! piled states in 1917, the shipments from Ireland were valued at 59,000, 000 pounds, it is claimed by the department of grlctilt tire that Ireland produces 40 ??CT cent of the cattle and 30 per cent 01 the l>iKH of the United Kingdom. CORN CLUB INSTITUTE. Prize Winners for Mil Go to Clem son College. The two weeks' short course for corn club boys at Clemson College opens Tuesday. Two boys from each county ure given thi-? course for pro? ducing the iirst and second largest yields of corn in theii- respective coun? ties. The following boys left here Mon? day morning for Clcmson: Mcliride Dabbfl, of Salem, first for Sumter county, 8 4 bushels. Eugene Keels, of Trinity, second for Sumter county, SO bushels. McFadden Mclntosh, of New Zion, lirst for Clarendon county, 00 bushels. John Buddln, Jr., of Turheville, second for Clarendon county, 71 bush? els. Council of Defense. The Sumter County Council of De? fense and Uhe Executive Commit? tee of the Council will meet at Sumter Chamber of Commerce at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. A full attendance is requested by Chairman A. C. Phelps, as matters of State-wide and county importance will be presented for consideration and action. Among the more important mat? ters will be the part that the County Council will take in the big county wide public health campaign and the community and public health meet? ings to be held in this county during the month of August, beginning on August 1st, at Hagood. The National and State Boards of Health, and the National and State Councils of Defense have planned a nation-wide public health campaign in every county in tho United States dur? ing next month. A public health institute will be Acid in Columbia August 1st and 2nd at which hundneds of men from the en? tire State will be given a two-day course of instruction in public health spcaKing. These men and women will then return to their homes and be leaders in their county health cam? paign. Misses Annie Keels and Alice Mar? tin, our two home demonstration agents, in order to co-operate with the county council of defense, have ar? ranged for twenty community meet? ings and demonstrations during next month, and these meetings will be for the benefit of every white man, wo? man, boy and girl in the townships und communities, at which there will be an address by one of the six spe? cially selected speakers who will dis? cuss public health Improvement as a war measure. It is hoped that Winthrop College will furnish special experts to assist Misses Keels and Martin at these meetings, with the demonstrations. At some of tho community meet? ings the people of the communities will make an all day affair of it and will enjoy a piente dinner also. No arrangements have as yet been made for a public health meeting In this city, but it is likely that one will be held before the campaign is over. Bev. R. S. Truesdalo, Rev. J. W. Ml kins. Mr. P. G. Bowman, Dr. M. L. Parier, Mr. D. D. Moise and E. I. Rear. Ion have been selected by the execu? tive committee of the County Council to represent Sumter county at the nubile health Institute and the State Council of Defense meeting in Colum? bia next Thursday, August 1st. Mrs. Nina Solomons, chairman of the wo? man's committee of the County Coun? cil of Defense, and perhaps other la? dies of this committee will also attend the State Council meeting and insti? tute. Chairman A. c. Phelps Is ? member of the State Council and Ex? ecutive Committee and will attend the State Council and committee meet? ings. Woman Goes to France for Treasury Department. Miss Clara Greaceij, of the treasury department, expert accountant and law clerk, is one of the latest of the government's women experts to join :he force of the comptroller of the treasury in France. A cable just re? ceived announces her arrival. The comptroller of the treasury has jurisditcion to decide all questions in? volving the right of any one to be paid money by the government, and this includes all legal questions upon Which the right to such payment de? fends. The branch In Europe audits the accounts of the military establish? ments over there. Miss GreaCen has spent 15 years In this branch of the treasury de? partment and is a specialist as an in? vestigator of difficult questions, giving special attention to those involving complicated naval tangles. She is a .Michigan woman, her home being in Kalkaska. The German Docks. The taking over by the United States of the title and possession of the docks, piers, wli irves. and other 'hipping property on the Hudson Riv ?r, owned by the German steamship companies, the North German Lloyd und the Hamburg corporations, is greeted with universal approval by the American people. The property is to be retained by the government and not turned back to Its former owners at the close of the war. Purchasers of Liberty loan bonds and war savings stamps, who sup? ply the money used for this purpose, muy feel especial gral dcation. These docks and pici s and Wharves are ntrategic points of great Importance and value, ami it is Intolerable that they should remain In enemy hands, or thai they should ever reverl to German ownership, German com? merce has been shown to have been so indissolubly bound up with, and SO l inch a part of German militarism, thai it is just and right that it should suffer ail the penalties of war. RE1> CROSS NOTES. Colored Auxiliary Concert. Tomorrow (Tuesday) night at the Lincoln school at 8.30 o'clock, the Col? ored Auxiliary will give a concert tor the Red Cross. No admission fee will be charged, but refreshments will be sold and there will be a collection tak? en up. The proceeds from this will go to the local chapter. Mayor Jennings has promised his support, and it is hoped that many other white people will also attend. A very enjoyable musical evening is promised. Donations. The following donations have been received at Red Cross headquarters: $2.02 from the Christian Endeavor, (colored) St. Paul A. M. E. Church at Concord; and $5.00 from Mr. J. H. Holmes. Surgical Dressings Allotment. The July allotment for the Surgical Dressings Department has at last shown up. Work must begin at once if anything is to be accomplished,. The workroom will he 'open tomorrow, Tuesday, at 9.30 A. M. A full attend? ance is urged. Mrs. A. C. Phelps will be officer of the day. Our Boys Making Friends in France. (By Francis Rogers of The Vigilantes) Our soldiers were welcome in France last July when they first land? ed bringing with them tangible evi? dence of America's military participa? tion in the war, and they certainly have not yet worn out their welcome. In the towns and villages where they spent the winter they made a good impression. Some of them misbehav? ed, to be sure, but most of them succeeded in winning the good will and respect, often the affection of the natives, to whom they brought not only a certain amount of commercial prosperity after three years of ever increasing poverty, but also the moral support of their good-will and friend? liness. Last March an American soldier, walking through the streets of Toul, noticed an old woman and a little boy struggling to push a loaded wheel? barrow. She was too old and he too young for the task. The soldier step? ped up and trundled the barrow to its destination. The old woman thank? ed him fervently. "But that is what we Americans are here for; we are come to help France bear her burder." "Thank God, monsieur, that you are here, for I know not what we should > do without you." At Easter I was passing through a 1 village where tie Rainbow Division had until recently been quartered. Several of the natives enquired eager? ly for news of "lea Americains" and asked us when they were coming back. One micdle-aged farmer said, "I miss those boys as if they were my own. Several of them used to come to my house and help me with the wood and the water and play with the children. Evenings they would come and sit with me and my wife around the lamp. We could not say much to each other because they speak no French and I speak no Eng? lish, but we managed to get along Since they went away they have sent me some postcards. They don't write anything on them, but I get their meaning. Please say you think they are coming back to us soon." Our soldiers get along famously with the French poilus, too. One sees them walking arm in arm or pitting about the tables in the cafes or In the Y. M. C. A. conversing in a kind of jargon that is neither French nor English but that serves their conver? sational purpose. A Montana boy showed me a Croix dc Guerre given him as a souvenir by the French sol? dier that had won it. Such happy, easy comradeship is good for our joint aims and speak well for the fu? ture relations between the two great republics. Our Transportation Problems. Some of our national transporta? tion problems and difficulties can be better understood when It is remem? bered that in the northeastern section of tho United States, including New York, Pennsylvania, adjoining States, and New England, the population is 191 persons to e\ery mile of railroad; in the South the tigures are 407 per? sons per mile; and in the west, 252. There are 15 square miles of land to every mile of -ailroad in the West, while in the Fast there is 1 mile of railroad to every 5 square miles of land. There arc innumerable facto? ries in this eastern theater, and the bringing in of coal and raw material and the carrying out of manufactured products make up a tremendous freight tonnage. The Railroad Administration is solving gradually many problems. By the elimination of many unnecessary passenger trains several thousand en gines ere diverted from passenger to freight traffic, which relieves the situ? ation materially. Also by loading the freight pars to full capacity a great saving is being SOCOmpiIshed. Rout? ing freight by the most direct route, and other methods adopted by the ad? ministration, are doing much to ease the strain on our transportation facill l ies. War. ?-. (By Eleanor Blair Greene of The Vigilantes.) ? Somehow when I think of war 1 don't think about what Senator Bo and-So said And word* of four syllables And parades and thing's. I think about that ditch from Switzer? land to the North Sea And clouds of dust And smoke And mud? And how the boys stood knee-deep in ica water 'Till their feet were frozen. And shells bursting And a boy screaming, "Mother? Mother!"? And how, once in a dressing station there were no compresses Because the people at home said: "This isn't our war"? & > to And so they used newspapers? They had to? , And the man died. - * And I think about the flag I And wish to God I were a man To take it over the top. AndT about the surgeon who had no anaesthetic And he had to perform a major oper? ation On a kitchen table In Flanders? And the soldier said: Just give me a cigarette"? And the operation went on. And I think about little children kill ed , .? And people tied in bundles Uke kindling . . And mowed down by machine guns. And I think? Oh. God. why can't we hurry up And get into the game with both feet Instead of just our "right arm," As one official said, And help France like she helped us In 1776. - Napoleonic Chandelier at Dtnvldson College. Mr. Robert M. Miller, Jr., a gradu? ate of Davidson College, and one of the most loyal sons of the college, manifesting in many substantial ways his affection for his alma ma? ter, was telling yesterdayt of a his? toric chandelier in the Philanthropic hall at Davidson. "This chandelier," said Mr. MUler. 'is a duplicate of the chandelier un? der which Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was married to Eugenie de Montigi, Comtesse de Teba, in 1853. It is a French production and was exhibited at the Royal palace in London in 1851 and afterwards sent to New York and exhibited there in the Central palace in \853. The lat? ter exhibition was a financial failure and in order to pay its obligations, a number of the exhibits were sold and among them was this chandelier. It was purchased by Mr. Wm. White, of Sumter, S. C., and presented by him to the Philanthropic Society of David? son College during the latter part of 1853. The purchase price of the fix? ture is unknown.?Charlotte Observ? er. Mr. Blease as a Hater. (Greenwood Journal.) ? The Newberry Observer touches up to Hon. Cole L. Blease very neatly in the following: . "Whatever else one may think of ex-Governor Blease, it must be ad? mitted that he is a good hater. If he s 11 s k I can say such terrible things about an American governor who has given more sons to his country's srmies than most men are fortunate to have to give, and who has been notable for the energy and devotion of his work (for American liberty; if he can abuse so venomously an American lawyer who has done, perhaps, as much ss any man in South Carolina to arouse and inform public opinion on the true issues at stake in our way against Ilunnish barbarism; if he can despise so the leading farmer in our common? wealth, who has sacrificed his own private interests to work for the council of defense, what fearful vials of hate he must have in store for the kaiser when he finally decides that the wdnning of the war is mote im? portant than the winning of the elec *!. n " Anyone who is conversant with happenings and doing in South Caro? lina these days will recoghise at once that The Observer is referring to Gov. Manning. George Cromer of Newber? ry and David Coker of Hartsville. Does the ex-governor's record show that he has ever hated the kaiser even s little bit? The Better Way. A correspondent wants to know If are can write on an empty stomach. VYo have neve: tried it; we always ise paper.?Anderson Daily Mall. Decidedly So. The editorial page of the Pickens Sentinel las* week WSO filled with ad ?ertlsements. which as a rule, are nore profitable than editorials.?An lerson Dally Mall.