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CANDIDATES AI H?MPTOK. BENJET SAYS WHITE HOUSE BARRED TO BLEASE. Sentiment at Senatorial Meeting Pro nounced Against Ex-Governor and Pro-Germanism. ? " Hampton, July 29.?Candidates for the United States senate contin ued their advance against Bleaseism and disloyalty in Hampton today, where they addressed more than 600 persons and the sentiment was pro nounced and emphatic in support of candidates whose loyalty to the nat ional administration has not been brought into question. Senator Christie Benet spoke in no uncertain terms as to the welcome which would await, Mr. Bleasj at the White House shouid the people of South Carolina send him to the Unit ed States senate, after haviag vilified President Wilson as he had and who had saia since the war was declared that the blood of every American boy would be on the hands of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Blease had boasted four months after the war that he was not afraid of Wilson. In the face of such utter ances, "The doors of the White House would be closed against him," Mr. Benet said. Loyalty was like an egg, Mr. Benet said. An egg was either good or bad and loyalty was either sound or unsound. Mr. Benet had just returned from Washington, where he had a confer ence with President Wilson and others on the proposed cotton holding cor poration. The plan is to have the American government or the allied governments fix a minimum price be low which cotton shall not be allowed to drop and to purchase all cotton that must be sold, Mr. Benet says. The hope is to have the machinery in operation by-the time distress cotton begins to move this fail. The people were warned against the utterances of the Charleston American. It had been debarred from the mails-because of its seditious ut terances and one of its editors had been sentenced to the federal peniten tiary for disloyalty. Now the paper with such a character and record wa? presuming to' speak for the people ol ?South Carolina and their sons in France and was strenuously advocat ing the election of Cole L. Blease to the United States senate. In his castigation today W. P. Pol lock said he had something else to do than kill snakes. Blease had led the people to the very brink of being traitors to their country. The next step he would have them take would be to stand where Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot stood. ; 1A man in the United States senate by his vote and his voice speaks for more than 1,000,000 people. You could not make a more suitable present to the German kaiser than to send Cole Im Blease and little Tom Peeples to Vthe United States senate, Mr. Pollock said. . N. B; Dial turned loose today the most vigorous denunciation of Blease and the Charleston American he has ^ -.Uttered oh the campaign. . Mr. Dial does hot want the votes of pro-Ger mans nor the support of pro-German newspapers. The Amencan had been debarred from the mails because of its disloyalty and was now in desper ate straits setting out on a campaign of misrepresentation and foul slander. In answering those slanders Mr. Dial said he had never voted an irre gular ticket. Although the Charles ton American was daily calling upon the people to support Blease, who had advised his followers two years ago that they were not bound by their oaths in the primary to support the nominees of the party. Mr. Dial had advised Judge Haskell by telegram back in 1890 along with others not to run on the independent ticket. He had done what he could to dissuade Judge Haskell and he re fused to vote for him. Nor had he voted the Palmer-Buckner electoral ticket as had been basely charged. Blease had set about to organize tlje slackers of South Carolina at the outbreak of the war and to crystal Use slacker sentiment to advance him self in State politics, said Mr. Dial. Now he was trying to create disaf fection in the army, charging that all six of Governor Manning's sons were commissioned officers and were not subjected to danger. Blease knew he was lying for only one of Gov. Man ning's sons entered the army a com missioned officer and officers were be ing killed daily along with others as seen from the casualty list, Mr. Dial concluded. James Francis Rice says he will not be lonesome when he gets to the United States senate as he has some influential senator friends in Wash ington. "Several congressmen and United States senators and I attended tht same college," Mr. Rice said, and "one member of President Wilson's cabinet and I were classmates." Candidates for the Second congres sional d'strict also spoke here today. STUDENT STATUS IN MILITARY SERVICE. Obliege Men are Regularly Enlisted and Are Placed in Fifth Class. Washington, July 29.?The military status of college men in the ranks of the students' army training corps and his relation to the draft were defined today in a war department order. The! student soldier is enlisted in the mili- j tary service of the nation, but uponj reaching draft age he becomes sub- j ject to registration whenever the! president directs. He then is placed I in Class 5 D and will not be inducted j as long as he remains in the stu dents' army training corps. On the day the order number of the student soldier is reached the fact is reported to the college president, to the commanding officer and to the ad jutant general. A report on the man's record as a student soldier and as a ; scholar is put before the war depart-1 ment's committee on education and! special training with the recommend-1 ation that he be called at once to an officers' training camp, to an army! '?^mp or be permitted to complete col- j lego training by transfer to the en listed reserve corps. AMERICANS ?I THE FRONT. AFTER DAY OF BITTER FIGHT ING THEJY HODD POSITIONS GAINED. They Faced the Flower of Germany's Veteran Troops and More Than Made Good in Hand to Hand Fight ing. With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, July 29 (By the Associated Press) \ (Evening).?The American troops tonight still held the apex of their advance, won after a 1 struggle with the Germans in which ! the opposing lines moved forward and backward time and again, Sergy, on 'the north bank of the Ourcq, changed hands six times. The crown prince and his generals paid the Americans a great compli ment in bringing up against them two of their bes; divisions, the Fourth Guards and Bavarians. They had been held in reserve, presumably for the operation. They had been delayed and reached the army north of the Marne Saturday night. They moved through the retreating main body yesterday and came into the action early today. They did not re place any of the German troops al ready in the line, but served as rein forcements. The first efforts of the guards and Bavarians were partly successful and the Americans were forced to with draw from Sergy and a few othei positions, including the town of Seringes-le-Nesles. But the Germans could not force the main body across the river. The stream is narrow and shallow, and some detachments at times were driven back, but always there remained enough Americans on the north bank to check the Ger man rushes and in every instance the Americans returned to the fray with great spirit. It was a veteran Ameri can division and today's opposition to the terrific onslaught made against It justified the confidence of the staff r that it was more than equal to any thing the crown prince had to offer. The Germans were not content with the stubborn resistance which has. characterized their fighting so much lately. Artillery supplemented the machine guns and infantry, and the trained guards and Bavarians began their work in a manner reflecting their confidence. In the repeated changes in positions both sides employed all the tactics of modern warfare. After artillery preparation direct advances some times were made; at other times en veloping movements were tried. With the Americans there operated a few light French armored motor cars which did brilliant work in rushing the line, at times their guns replying point blank to those of the Germans. Scores of times the khaki and gray clad men met in the streets of little town and on the slopes of the river banks in hand to hand encounters. The bayonet was used, but the Amer icans effectively used their pistols as well. There was much fighting actually in ^the water, where the Germans at tempted to run their antagonists to the south bank of the stream. There were times when the blood tinted and muddied stream gave evidence of the violence of the conflict. There were many dead as a result of wound ed men being drowned. It was late this afternoon when Sergy for the sixth time was in the possession of the Americans. At the same time it was reported that every other position held by the Americans Sunday night had been retaken. From o':her parts of the long line from Soissons around to Rheims came reports of the allied lines everywhere holding and at some points advanc ing. On the American right the brilliant cavalry support of the Frenchmen has contributed materially to the Ameri can success. Today was clear but with light clouds. There was little wind and the weather generally was ideal for aerial activity. Both sides took full advan tage of this. The heavy guns of the allies, ignor j ing to a great extent the engagements in progress almost under their muz zles, roared with redoubled fury dur ing the day, their charges falling J among the massed troops and the re serves and the long transports on the road. The allied aircraft again assist ed in harassing the troop movements and also carried out observations. The Germans also employed observation and combat planes, but the superior ity of the allies in the air was mark ed. Although the German operations have materially stiffened, there ap parently is no good military' reason to believe that the strength of the de fense is intended otherwise than in a determined effort to check the great pressure of the allied troops while the Germans are in retreat and also perhaps to administer serious losses to the Americans. It is generally believed that the Germans will not make a stand until they have reached more advantageous ground, although it is possible that they may decide to turn about along the higher ground they already have (gained. For the next few kilometres I the advantage in the terrain is with i the Germans. NO NEWS FROM TURKEY. No Official Conformation of Reported Break With Germany. Washington. July 30.?Xo official advice regarding the reported break J in the relations between Turkey and ! Germany have reached Washington.; but the government would not be sur- j prised if Turkey had been driven to J an open rupture as there is a well j founded background for the report.) SUGAR PRICE ADVANCED. Consumers Will Pay One Cent a Pound Morti ? ? New York. July 30.?An increase! to the consumer of one cent a pound: for sugar is indicated in a statement; today by George M. Rolph. chairman ! of the International sugar commit-; tee. ' BATTLE NOT ENDED. ALLIES TS DOUBT AS TO WHERE HUNS WILL MAKE A STAND. They May Try to Hold Line on Vesle River But it is Possible That They Will be Forced Back to The Aisne. Washington, July 29.?French and American troops were still pressing forward vigorously today the cam paign which has up to this time suc ceeded in ejecting the enemy from more than half of the Aisne-Marne salient. Belated announcement from Berlin that further withdrawal had been in progress since last Friday night left it greatly in doubt as to where the German high command plans to make a stand. The majority opinion among officers here, however, was that a strong line could not be set up short of the Vesle River and that even there the Franco-British ' positions about Rheims would keep I the German left flank in constant danger. There was a strong feeling that the eventual line resulting from General Foch's bold counter blows would be along the heights of the Aisne. As the line stood, according to the last available reports tonight, it ap peared certain that the evacuation an nounced by the enemy had not been completed. The salient has been re duced until it no longer has anything of the old wedge shape. The apex has been driven in so that an irregular line roughly paralleling the Soissons Rheims base has been created resting on the two sides of the old salient reaching southward from Soissons and Rheims, respectively. It was to retain these flank lines in order to get hir armies out of the depth of the pock et at the Marne that the enemy em ployed reserves lavishly. The most bitter fighting recently, reported is along the center of the irregular line which now forms the front between the flank positions. Franco-American forces were fighting fiercely with enemy rear guards here at last accounts, and a crack division of Prussian Guards had been hurled against the American positions in a counter attack to check their prog ress. This suggested to observers here that General Foch was seeking to force a wedge into the very center o. the enemy's retreating lines, plannine. to take the strong positions in the rear and force an even more precipi tate withdrawal. There were sigm that a definite minor pocket was be I ing created by this thrust which promised to crumple up the German positions west of Fere-en-Tardenois At the same time hammering blows against enemy positions south of Sois sons indicated the beginning of a pincer movement there as well. Officials are elated at the fine show ing which is being made by American troops. The report that the Prussian guard division had met a stone wal. defense that gave not an inch jto th? assault of the picked troops, added tc that feeling. Secretary Baker, however, indicatec that the war department has no false conception of the importance of pres ent victories, encouraging as they are It is fullyv realized that the war is just beginning'so far as the United States is concerned, and that no effort must be spared to speed up War prepara tions. "The progress of the allied armie: in the Soissons-Rheims salient IsTcon tinuing," Secretary Baker said today "Substantial gains were made on both Saturday and Sunday. "It is fortunate our people are ac cepting this success with a true meas ure of its significance. It is, of course a cause for congratulation and rejoic ing, but would by no means justify I any relaxation of our effort. It mean.5 that we must redouble our effort." In support of this view, there art indications that Mr. Baker will dis cuss with the chairmen of the house and senate committees probably this week his enlarged army project, up on which he has been laboring foj some weeks. Mr. Baker s<ud today that his plans were not quite com pleted. The plans include primarily exten sion of the age limits for draft lia bility. Additional appropriations and army mobilization on an enlarged scale are known to be included. Al ! ready six new divisions have been ordered formed in the United States and others will be created at an early date to supplement the flow of re placement men through the replace ment division machinery. Just how large an army it is proposed to build up on this side of the ocean is not known. j A careful review of the man power j situation has been made by Provost J Marshal General Crowder as the ba j sis for the recommendation on draft j age changes Mr. Baker will make. ; General Crowder is credited with be lieving that all men between 18 and I 4 5 years should be brought within the draft, but it appears probable that the formal plans of the war department will not go quite to that limit in eith er direction. The age limit most gen erally set by those endeavoring to de termine in advance'Mr. Baker's atti tude are 19 to 36 inclusive. Lower ing the draft age is expected to meet with opposition in congress although raising of the age is said to be gener ally favored. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Forty-Five Killed in Action?Marine Casualties Number Thirteen. Washington. July 29.?Army casu alties number a hundred and forty five. Killed in action seventeen. Died of wounds, eleven. Died of disease, fifteen. Died of accident, three. Wounded severely. ninety Jive. Wounded slightly, one; missing! three. Lieut. George \v. Berriman. of Tampa, Fla., killed in action; Pri-i vates .James Eppes, Eustis, Fla., Em men L. Simmons. Tampa: Crovon Pierson, Millshaven, Ga.. died of dis se. Washington. July 3".?Marine corps j casualties numbered fourteen. Killed j in action, it: died of wounds. 'I : : wounded severely, 4. HOW AMERICANS FIGHT. OUR MEN ADVANCE IN GALLANT STYLE. Men From Middle West and Eastern States Score Impressive Victory Over Crack German Troops Moving Line up Two Miles, Forming Ape. of Long Front. _. j "With the American Army on the Afsne-Marne Front. July 30 (By As I sociated Press).?Through a barrage i as deadly as any the Germans have ; laid down on any sector for months the American soldiers comprising men from the Middle West and East ern Siates, pushed their line forward a little more today and tonight it forms the apex of the long allied front. Their progress was considerable though less than two miles, hut it is regarded as a brilliant operation in view of the determined countering by the Germans. On either side the French also mov ed forward, while steady pressure was maintained against the east and west flanks. Information early in the day indi cat id the withdrawal of the Fourth Guards, but it developed that that re nowned organization of the Bavarians still were on the front, and the strong opposition they offered justified their reputation. But their sacrifice was in vain. The Americans withstood two heavy attacks during the night and at daylight began their operations, which left them tonight well to the north of Sergy on the long slopes ap proaching the heavy woods beyond Nesles, a little town directly east of Seringes-et-Nesles whose retention the Germans bitterly opposed. The east end of the line swings northeasterly opposite this point and then drops off in the direction, of Seringes and Roncheres. The Ourc-i River has- been left far behind, the line being pushed forward across the zone to the northwest. The Germans are holding positions in Nesles Forest, from which their guns are shelling ineffectively. It was late in the day before the whole of Seringes was wholly cleared. The Germans clung to the northern part of the town tenaciously and used ' their machine guns murderously. Neither side used artillery in this particular battle. There was hand to hand fighting in the streets in which the Americans proved the master, driving the enemy before them. The story of the fight for the possession of Meurcy Farm, lying directly south of Seringes, will long be remembered in the history of the divisions. The > ( Germans, on 1 their withdrawal, left behind a strong force of machine ? gunners and infantry. The Americans moved forward through the yellow wheat fields which were sprayed and torn by bullets. But they advanced as though on drill ground. The American guns laid down a : heavy artillery, but notwihhstand ingvthis many of the Germans remain ed, when it came to hand to hand fighting. In a group of farm build ings the enemy had set up a strong de fense. Here, the Germans stuck to their guns, and the Americans rushed them and killed the gunners at their posts. It was a little battle without mercy ?and typical of similar engagements along the whole line. The Prussians ? and Bavarians everywhere fought in accordance with their training, disci 1 pline and traditions, but were outwit ted and outfought. To the north of the farm, up the long slopes leading to the wood, th^ Americans encountered the fiercest exhibition of Germany's war science. The Germans laid down a barrage. : which it is" said, was heavy as haf ever been employed. The American j guns replied heavily. The order for the advance came and the line moved forward acrost | the grain fields directly through the i barrage. From a nearby hillside the chief staff officers saw shells fall, in cases leaving long gaps in the line, but the troops never halted. On through the barrage the Amer icans went into the German positions attacking fiercely the machine gun and infantry detachments. The bar rage died away, the Germans leaving the work of resistance to the men they failed to protect with their heavy guns. The Germans were "mopped up" and the Americans held their new linv just cast of the forest. Not many prisoners were taken, but here and there a few were rounded up an1, brought in. Sergt. Douis Loetz, o' Sioux City, contributed 14. He at tacked IS Germans who had beconu separated from their command, kill ing four of them and capturing the others. Awful execution was done by the Americans. Eight captured guards said they were all that re mained of a company of 86. Yester day their number had been reduced tc 30 and a lieutenant. Today the lieu tenant and all except them were kill jed. j After daylight Tuesday two Germar, aviators, with machine gunners aboard, flying low, attacked an American supply train south of Sergv They were driven off by anti-aircraft guns. The Germans later attacked a j dressing station. Word of this having i been sent to the aerial commander, an i I American aviator soon arrived, and. ! single handed, attacked the Boche from above. In trying to get away the Germans collided. The wings ot their machines locked and the planes fell, both aviators and gunners be ing killed. Mr. A. 0. Johnston has filed his pledge as a candidate for magistrate! in the Shiloh district. There are said to be three candidates for this office.1 When cotton picking season opens-] tlie scarcity of labor will be felt! acutely. The present prospect is for a big cotton crop and there are fewer; hands available than ever before. In! 19.11 and 1914 the crop was never all j gathered and labor was more plen- ' tiful t hen than now. ' i COMMANDEER LUMBER MILLS. YELLOW PINE INDUSTRY OF SOUTH MAY BE TAKEN OVER. Engineering Fleet Corporation Says That Pine Interests Have Not Promptly Met Demands lor Ship Lumber. Washington, July 31.?The com mandeering of the yellow pine indus try of the South may be resorted to by Chairman Baruch of the war in dustries board unless government, needs are fully supplied. The wooden shipbuilding program is being seriously hampered, officials of the Emergency Fleet Corporation said today, because the pine interests have not met more promptly the de mands for heavy timbers required in ship construction. NO PEACE OFFERS. Entente Powers Have Not Been Ap proached Regarding Peace. London, July 31.?Speaking in the house of commons today Foreign Sec retary Balfour said that no enemy government had apprehended the entente allies regarding negotiations for peace. STILL A CANDIDATE. Hon. John L. McLaurin Knows Thai He is The One Man in the Race Qualified to be Governor and Will Save the State if Elected. Bennettsville, July 30.?Senator John L. McLaurin returned to Ben nettsville Saturday in good physical condition. He finds it necessary tc go to New York with his daughter, Mrs. Charles Sligh, who has received a message from her "husband, Capt. Sligh, who is at Camp Mills and whc expects to leave for France shortly. Your correspondent asked Senator McLaurin for a statement in regard to his campaign for governor and he said: "I am leaving my name or the official ballot so as to give an op portunity to the voters who are op posed to the kind of factional poli tics which makes South Carolina the laughing stock of the nation. If I was elected, I would attempt to end fac tional strife in the only way that il can be done,?the destruction of both factions by the substitution of in dustrial and economic issues. I be lieve that the whole power of the State government should be used tc protect our cotton crop. The export situation is such that we will b? largely dependent on domestic con sumption. This leaves a large over plus which will press heavily on the market. Unless the price of spots is sustained, the. borrowing basis of cot ton is contracted and it will take the crop to pay the debts incurred in- its production. When the war is sovei cotton will bring fabulous prices, bu1 those who do not produce it will reap the benefits, because It will have bees forced out of the hards of the farm ers. This was my main purpose ir entering the campaign and I know that I am the only man in the race who is equipped with the knowledge and experience to handle this situa tion. If the voters of South Carolina want my services they know me and my equipment, but I do not feel that I should be required to drag mysell through such a ridiculous campaign as is now in progress and shall no1 do so." OFFICER'S WIFE ARRESTED. Woman Accused of Violating Espion age Act Held Under Thousand Dol lar Bond. Greenville, July 30.?Mrs. Elsie V Sires, wife of Captain Sires of the American army, now probably in France, was bound over for trial ai the coming term of the fall court, af ter a preliminary hearing today. She is charged with violating the espion age act. She is held under bond of $1,000 for her appearance. Witness es at the preliminary today testified that Mrs. Sires had declared that ac counts of German atrocities were lies, that it was America's fault that this country was at war, and othei statements of a similar nature. ! RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IMMI NENT. Peasants on Verge of Armed Uprising Against Bolshevik!. London, July 31.?Information reaching Stockholm, says the corre spondent of The Times there, shows that the Bolshevik regime has come to the end of its tether, and that the P.ussian masses of peasants and work men are about to rise in arms against Bolshevik tyranny. An appeal has been issued to the Socialists of Eu rope bj- the Russian Socialists. Save The Sweet Potato Crop. Clemson College, July 30.?A largo crop of sweet potatoes will be made in South Carolina this year. The problem of economic and successful storage is a big one. Mr. George P. Hoffman, Extension Horticulturist, has given much study to the matter as special assistant in sweet potato conservation, and he suggests again, as last year, the community cooper ative storage house as a safe and sane means of decreasing the large per centage of annual loss in this valu able crop. Mr. Hoffman says that among the advantages of the plan are lower per centage- of loss, lower cost, disease free seed stock, higher quality pro duct for market, cooperative mar keting with consequent less trouble, higher price, and the development of! co-operative community spirit. He has worked out details and specifications as to requirements for the successful working of the plan, and it is urged tlmt communities get together and make arrangements, while it is yet time, to save this im portant food crop. For further sug gestions write the Extension Service. Clemson College, S. C. TURKEY QUITS GEBM?HT. SAH) TO HAVE SEVERED RELA TIONS WITH CENTRAL AL LIANCE. Copenhagen Dispatch Furnishes News of Break W hich is not Improbable Id View of Recent Discontent in Sul tan's Domain. London, July 29.?"The 'relations ! between Germany and Turkey have been severed, according to direct in formation from Constantinople." This announcement is ma'de by the Copenhagen correspondent or the Ex change Telegraph Company. The excitement against Germany the advices further say, has been growing, particularly after last week's events. The Germans demanded the cruiser Hamiedieh, the only large ship then in possession of Turkey as compensation for the Breslau, the former German cruiser which was de stroyed in the Dardenelles while un der the Turkish flag. Despite Tur key's protest the Hamiedieh has- de parted for Sebastopol with the Ger man flag flying. Washington, July 29.?While no of ficial notice of the breach of relations between Turkey and Germany?^r rather the central powers' for without doubt Austria is involved with Ger many in the dispute with the Otto man government?has reached Wash ington, officials expressed little sur prise tonight at the Copenhagen dis patch received from London saying that Germany and Turkey had sever ed relations. In official circles here for some time past, it has been real ized that in her efforts to serve both, Turkey and Bulgaria in the division of spoils resulting from the enforced peace treaty with Roumania, Germany had incured the ill will of both her allies. After the conclusion of the peace treaty with Roumania at Jassy, both Turkey and Bulgaria laid claim to much of the territory which Rouman ia had been forced to cede to her en emies. Included in these claims was the title to the railway running from Adrianople to Deadeagatch, and this became the source of the greatest con test between the two allied nations. Germany for some time endeavored to induce the two countries to settle this dispute amicably by suggesting that the nation which failed to obtain the railroad should receive other compen sation. Belief in Turkey that favoritism was being shown Bulgaria by Ger many in the negotiations, according to recent dispatches received here, caus ed a rapid growth of anti-German feeling in Constantinople. A shortage of food, weariness of the war and dis satisfaction with the Young Turk, party because of its submission to German control recently found 'ex pression in Constantinople in food riots and mutinous uprisings . which, have been sternly suppressed -by,the. military authorities. ^ That Turkey has become_rnci^-?a* more weary of the war was indicated in the failure of the latest Turkish loan in June. According to Swiss dis patches, ? only 12,000,000 pounds was obtained out of 32,000,000 pounds sought. . However, there was considerable doubt in the minds of officials here whether severance of relations even if actually brought about would; be permanent, it is believed that Ger many, caNing upon her allies, Bulgar ia and Austria, to assist here wift un dertake to deal sternly with Turkey, and through the thousands of Ger man agents scattered through the country will seek to displace' the Young Turk party and install some faction which can be depended on to obey the mandates of the central powers. It was also pointed out that the Turkish army is officered almost en tirely by Germans and that while the Turkish diplomatic authorities might sever relations with Germany, the army would remain thoroughly Ger man. Although reports have been re ceived that the Constantinople police system is permeated thoroughly with ' German influence, making possible the continuation of the spread of German propaganda among the Tur kish people. If the Copenhagen report should prove true the military situation may be finally affected in the interest of the entente. Bulgarian resistance, it was pointed out tonight, may be weakened greatly in consequence of the quarrel with Germany and ac cordingly an easy northward move ment from the Adriatic to the Aegean Sea might be accomplished by the French, Italian and British troops who have been making a successful campaign in that quarter. GOING DOWN THE COLUMN. Sumter is Not Keeping Pace With tlie Rest of the Counties in Buying War Savings. The report for the week ending July 20th shows that although Sumter bought heavily during that week to an amount of $6.69S.7u that still she slid down the column of counties one more place, going from 19th to 20th. Sumter's purchases throughout that week for the whole year come to $102.0S5.25 maturity va'uc, an aver age of $2.40 per capita. Many pledges were signed during : the campaign for purchases during .Tuly. There should not be an un tilled pledge Wednesday night, for a pledge to buy War Savings is a prom ise to support the boys in France. On August first the price of stamps gees up from $4.18 to $4.19. It wHl pay to buy before the raise. STRIKE IN PRUSSIA. Dissatisfied Workmen Persuaded to Work With Machine Guns. Amsterdam. July SO.?A new strike has broken out at Kalak. in Prussia, near Cologne, according to Escho Helge. It is said machine guns were used to suppress the movement and ^ the leaders have been arrested.