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WITH BACKS TO AISNE III XS v PREPARE STAND. May bo Only Further stiff Resistance or Definite Attempt to Bring; Allied ?'Advance to Stop?Minor Actions --Ihirimr Day on American Portion of Front. With the American Army on the Marne-Aisne Front. Aug. 6 < Dy the Associated Press?With their backs to the Aisne, the Germans continued preparations today for what may be either a stiff resistance to give them more time for further withdrawals or for1 a definite stand. Minor actions along the American portion of the fr?nt and in the adjoining French sec tors marked the day. The little force of men who were sent into Fismes still maintain their ? foothold although they are not yet across the river, which Hows through the extreme northern portion of th'1 town. Under a heavy barrage all their wounded wave been taken out and during the night food was taken to them. The Germans have been unremit ting in their, efforts to dislodge the Americans, pounding the town with shells and deluging it with gas. Numerous efforts have been made to retake the position but in every in stance the accuracy of the American fire both of the artillery and the small a^rmy of the infantry within it, drove back the enemy. rTo the east and west of Fismes the Americans have continued their recon naissance work, patrols crossing the river at different places. The detach ments have however, never exceeded n%>re than 20 men. Near (deleated) ajfjew men have remained and another f?rce is on the hill over the river nSar Fismes. "rReports received from the French sejetors indicate virtually the same sit uation from Soissons to Rheims. JCle?rer weather Resulted in more aerial activity for a few hours, but the" clouds Veappeared and the rain again began to fall and the aircraft were forced to suspend operations. ;"The Germans immediately seized the opportunity of the few hours of good weather to send over planes for light ing purposes and incidentally shoot up the allied"-transports. These p.anes in every case were quickly forced back bjjr anti-aircraft guns. Franco-Ameri . can planes also did some observation ykork north of the Vesle. s The engineers have mobilised equip ment for their part in he advance and neports from far back of the.line in dicate that all elements of the allied forces would immediately be avail able. a From the German side observers have reported wagon trains in large rfumbers moving over some of the rpads towards the rear. This" is not construed as conclusive evidence that t$ie Germans still are in retreat. But tjhis fact and the fact that up to" date llf^GelFmans have not used at all ex tensively any except their small and ipedium caliber guns tends to support $ie belief that the crown prince*5 real fintends- to make the Aisne the ob ctiv.e of his line of retreat. I The present positions of the Gor dians are excellent for defense, how ever, and it is regarded as not improb able that they will dig right in there, jj The few big guns which have been used by the Germans are in positions ipr hack near the Aisne. Z The clearing up of the big field o;* setreat has netted in one-half of the territory advanced over by the Ameri ^ cans alone 13 trainloads of ammuni tion and general supplies. -A_ I BATTALION WIPED OUT. I -7 American Machine Gunners Do Good ' I Shooting. ] With the American Army on the Aisne-?Xarne Front, Aug. G (By the |tssociated Press).?American ma chine gunners. i>roteoting a location h? the Vesle, west of Fismes. wiped put an entii": battaiion of German in fantrymen and machine gunners to ?ay. The Germans at this time were getting into position to attack a group of American bridge builders who were approaching the locality. Some bridge'materials already had / iyeen moved near the south bank o; \he Vesle and the Germans, apparent ay discovering this fact, had sent a fcattalion to a hill' position to prevent #lhe Americans from carrying out ftheiv plan. . A 'detachment of crack {American machine gunners, however, {previously had taken an elevated po sition commanding the location and gppened fire when the Germans ap peared. i Observers reported that they did tnot see a single German j^c away Sfrom th^ leaded hail, and. according |to the last Recounts, not even enemy |stretcher bearers approached the fscfcm'. The (;,, rmans replied -<> feeb lly with their tire, because of the sur jprise, that there were no American ^casualties. I i POLITICS IN CLARENDON. 'Many Candidates in Races for Various I Offices. vn .Manning, Aug. 7.?The time for filing pledges and paying campaign assessments having closed at noon to J^fcty the list o?" qualified candid1:es t<> 2be voted for in Clarendon county as ^completed is as follows: ' ? For congress; First district, l:i? h ^ard S. Wb.aley:- for Solicitor. Third rjcireuit. Prank A.' McLeod and Lewis $K Wood; for State senator, John i; ^Dingle, Chariton DuRant. .!. v.". ?Wideman; for representative Ter Green. W. W. Johnson. Luth tier f! ?MeHette, W. T. P. Sprott. ?V. II. jrWoods; f<jj- clerk of court, A. 1. Bar -Jion. E. B. Drown, .i. 1Cant? y .Tames ?jg. Dickson, J. H. Timmons.; for treas urer. L. L. W?lls: for audit,.!-. An Adrew P. Burgess. Hugh A. Piowden: ?tor judge of probate. Thomas M ^Kennedy, Clarence H. Ma this. J. Law ?son McLeod, J M. Windham: fori Sjiiagistrsite .it Manning. .(. I ?. Als cbrook. .]. Furm'ah BradhVim. Thf?m?s-"j l^immon^ 11. Leslie EtidgilL y>- Generally tie- world doesn*! pau: ?956^,?*i*fBe a; man's tracks after he I TROUBLE IN NEWBERBY. - frien d of blease tri'es to use kniff on pollock. Serious Difficulty Narrowly Averted at Senatorial Campaign Meeting Wed nesday. Newberry, Aug'. 7.?The tensest sit uation of the entire senatorial cam paign developed in Newberry today when the shedding of blood was nar rowly averted. Throughout the meet ting the atmosphere was surcharged with excitement which a single rash word or act would have caused to flare up into bloody wrath. Once th< strained circumstances got to such a ;>itch that John Henry Chappell. ar dent supporter of Cole L. Blease, at tempted to gt-i at Pollock with a pock et knife after Pollock had concluded his sp'-ech and was getting a breath of fresh arr in the rear door of the court room. The Chappell incident had its incep tion near the conclusion of Mr. Pol I lock's speech. -Mr.' Chappell asked the speaker if he had said the supporters of Cole L. Blease were disloyal. *i am not charging anyone as being dis loyal.*' Mr. Pollock said. He was sim ply putting the record of Mr. Blease from Blease newspapers before the voters. This did not satisfy Mr. Chap pell, who said something about Mr. Pollock being too much of a coward to say so and started towards Mr. Pollock, who made an effort to an swer, but oniy got so far as to say. "Now, look here, my friend." when he was admonished that his time was up. Sheriff Cannon G. Blease and others forced Mr. Chappell back into his seat. While James Francis Rice was speaking Mr. Pollock and a number of others were sianding at the rear of the court room. Mr. Chappell came back through the rear room with a large knife in his hand and when he came on Pollock began to give vent to his wrath by cursing. Sheriff Blease and others pulled him away before the knife could be brought into play. Chappell was also said to have h<>ea on his way to the hofol where the candidates wer" stopping as they we re taking their departure for Laurons on the 1 o'clock train. Candidates had. been forewarned oi prospective danger'at the Newberry meeting ?just as threatening letters have been received, relative to pend ing meeting? in the Piedmont. Harry \l. Please, county chairman, also ap preciated the ugly mood the followers of the ex-governor were in. as evi denced by his urgent appeals that th< candidates be allowed to deliver their speeches. Later he pleaded with the in fractious ones to refrain from dis orders. He was thereto maintain or der. Also he was closer to his brother. Cole l. Blease, than they were and stood between his brother and the ^speakers if any false statement weite to be uttered. a number of police, were stationed about in the court room, and Sheriff niease and bis deputies kept within a few yards of the speaker:- through out the meeting. Soon after the Chap pell incident. Mayor "Wright was sent for and rushed to the court room. The whole situation was fraught with pos sibilities painful to contemplate and many of Xe wherry's best citizens were incensed over the incident. The act, they say. will serve only to intensify the determined light which has already begun to have Mr. Blease's home county in the opposing column again this year. He lost the county by 172 votes when he ran for the United States senate four years ago and reports in Newberry today were that efforts duplicating the seal and enthusiasm and. determination of two years ago arc already sweeping over the county. Despite the threatened bad; stab bing, candidates today digressed little from former speeches. Tin* candi dates bud not made the record as pub lished in the Charleston American and the "forkville Enquirer, both strenuously supporting Mr. Bleas'c. Thomas H. Peoples, candidate for the short term, was tied to Blease's coat tail and his refusal to repudiate Blease ia (ho Pomarin and Filbert speeches necessitated the fight being made on the two. No one had the te merity to rise and say lie would in dorse the speeches when called upon to do so by Mr. Pollock. Senator Benet also read the record fully and gave a full analysis of tIn ch.-) racier of the paper, which had Veen debarred from the mads because of its disloyalty, but was now presum ing to speak for the people and to tell them how to vote. The paper was only showed to come back in the mails when the name of John P. Grace had] been removed as editor. Paul Wierse. also of The American staff. has been] convicted in the federal court because! of Iiis conduct in relation to the war snd was new on his way to the feder al penitentiary, said Senator Benet. John K. Aull.'another member of the staff, over his own signature said he went with John L. McLauhin to Wash ington for faads with which to carry ?':<? State republican. Mr; Benet made an impressive argu ment against the support of any man. whose loyalty had been ffuestionod and told the voters thai no man should receive their support who was guiltr* of such statements as re porHed in Blease's Filberl and Pom-1 aria speeches ami which Mr. Blease bad never denied. On the contrary I Mr. release had said he road the] Charleston American for the truth. X. B. i>;::l was well received today, both win n he was introduced sad al '.]}?? conclusion of his speech. Two new ideas were advanced by :!;<? fciurensi eandidab tods-;. One was .-: pit a for standsrd presses with cotton hales all] of the same size. Pro??'. <> s of ware--! housing and shipping would in a measure t:<- facilitated: Mr. L>iaJ also! emphasized today that he would work to procure; pensions for the Spanish American war veterans] 7s- told th< v<>r--rs he had for s number of years j 1.ri working for a national bonded ! wa rehouse system to take care of the I ? stir*' cotton crop and riTso .-.ii n??n i pr-rishaoie agricultural products. II -. also discussed many other measures] of national importance. MEETING IT DILLON. TWO HUNDRED VOTERS HEAR STATE CANDIDATES. Seekers of Governorship. Refer to Va lor ol' Lieutenant David, Killed in j France. Dillon, -Vug. 7.?An audience of 2C0I patriotic voters of Dillon county hi ardj i the candidates for State office hero j 1 today. The auditors, despite the in tense heat, were enthusiastic over] every patriotic utterance. Pracicailyj ? very ore- of th< candidates referred' to Dillon's heroic son. Lieut. John] David, recently killed in France, after] slaying seven Germans who were at tempting to capture him. Lieut. Gov. Andrew J. Bethea re-j j ceived an ovation. John T. Duncan,i the first gubernatorial speaker, de-1 ? voted some of his attention to the] j ?'system" and his opponents. FT" re-' ferred to Blease as Cole "Heir' Blease, j whom he described as a "featherleg"| ; in a time of good tuen. His castiga-j ? tion of Disuse was greeted with up-1 ' roarious applause. John G. Richards said he has beenj a "reformer" since !?<'.><) and will die! true to the tenets of that political, system. Mr. Richards was the second] speaker for governor. He discussed | taxation, reiterated his contention thn.t I i the war is not an issue, defended the i free scholarship system and claimed: I that the '"masses of the people are in; danger of losing their sacred rights j r-toon." Mr. Richards explained the increase : of appropriations for the railroad j commission during his term of office j by saying that it was to defray ex I penses incurred by additional duties [imposed by the general assembly. All : of the increase has not been expended,] j but the balance has been turned back : into the treasury, said Mr. Richards, j Mr. Richards said that, in the heat of I debate yesterday at Sumter he had [said if the legislature did not abolish' j the State tax commission he would j veto the appropriation for its viain tenance. If he has said anything 1 wrong, state,1, the speaker, he will i amend by saying that if elected he j v.lii use the full power of the govern ? or's o?:ice to bring the tax commission ! to an end. I Andrew J. Bethea, the next speaker. ; was on his native heath. Referring to bis early life he challenged Mr. Richards to a comparison of their cotton picking records. He claimed that the tax problem can only be set tled by an uprooting of the present system and the substitution of new plans. Tie briefly reviewed his politi cal beliefs and reasserted the con tention that the war is ah issue. ; sating that only loyal and efficient men should be elected this year. The lieutenant governor then paid his respects to Please for his Pomaria and Filbert speeches and repeated the <;uestion he ha.s asked Mr. Richards, if he approved' or repudiated Blease's Pomaria and Filbert utterances. "Mr. Richards' has' gone today as he goes every day?' said the lieutenant gover nor, "for he can not stand the shrap nel J have been throwing at him. He follows the example of his leader and leav^~ I wish he were on the stage j no T would like again to give h;> - chance to repudiate Blease's ut ?-?.** oeri A. Cooper, the fourth can | a lute for governor to speak. said i t-iere is only one- question, one issue, j before the people of the State and that is th'^ war. TTo said that oniy loyal j men should be elected to office and in addition they should be efficient. Tie made his usual argument that a reduction of taxation can not be ex pected in the next few years. He made a vigorous attack on Mr. Rich ! ards* promise of lower taxes, stating [ that Richards' prototype. Blease. al ; though he used the veto power lavish \ !>\ the revenue bill went up $509f?(?0 during the Blease administration..Mr. Cooper made an earnest plea for a more efficient educational system and defended his loan plan for State col leges. .lohn Madison DesChamps. the con cluding speaker of the meeting, want ed to .know what will become of labor] after the war. He prophesied a post bellum universal system for men and for women; military for the male and home building and nursing for the female. As the consumer pays all the taxes. Mr. DesChamps advocates high er taxes and more remunerative wages. Messrs. Cooper and Bethea both received bouquets of flowers. Argentines Forerun Trade. Buenos Aires. July 2'").?The Nation-1 al Bureau of Statistics has published! the details of Argentina's foreign trade for 11)17, special stress being laid on the fad that the values for '-?oth imports'and exports are approxi mately correct, instead of being based on customs assessments notoriously out. oi' accord with present-day prices. T!ie balance of tra.de in favor of tb-'S Republic, calculated in this nfanner. is $ b'.'.i.s ;s.S71 gold. the totals of both imports and exports being dis tinctly larger than they would have been had the old :. :hod of valuation prevailed. What is however of great er interest t<> the foreign communi ties resident and trading here is the remarkable manner in which the staJ ? of war in Europe and North America has altered lite course of shipments. The [Tnited States lead the countries dealing with Argentina at the close oT DM7. with imports aggregating ?l.':S.OOO.fn?0 ami exports tbtailin?: ? j ooo.?au. Tie- United Fine, torn ranked second, France third ami Brazil fourth. The terrific heal wave in the ? iid dle west is doing great damag to the corn crop, which will be materially reduced below the estimated cry great yield. Southern farmers who have to buy western corn nex"l ???.?!!? will pay :i price lie it that wli! e. us them t<> regret the day that they join ed the ranks of the all cotton crop profiteers. London. Aug. 7. The manufacture of sheepskin rugs has be n prohibit ed by the British army council. This action has been taken because oi the recj??:-ements of wool and leather for military purposes. BETHEL HEALTH MEETING l>r. M. L. Parier and Mr; P. G. Bow man Made Address. The community and public health meeting at Bethel school last Wed nesday was well attended i>y the men and women of that school district, and there was short discussion of the benefits of the county health surveys and campaigns of education to in struct people in the elementary prin ciples of public hygiene. The fourth months unit health sur vey and campaign of education held by the State Board of Health in Pri vate er Township two years iigo w; i s unanimously endorsed by those pres ent as having been of great benefit to that section, the practical results showing up later as is the case with county and township health survey.-; and "campaigns of education. ? Dr. M. L. 1'arler, of' WedgHield spoke at length, in u professional but comprehensive and non-technical manner on the various tops of im provement of the sanitary conditions in the rural districts, and baby wel fare work. The speaker being a med ical practitioner in the rural districts was unusually well versed in the im portance of taking the necessary steps to increase the physical efficiency of the rural populations, and was pe ; culiarly qualified to discuss these j matters. His address was very much j enjoyed and appreciated as of practi ; cal( educational value. Dr. Parier 1 pointed out very clearly the social, j moral, and commercial advantages of ; the rural districts taking a greater j interest than they have heretofore j manifested in the public health con ! ditiens. . . . ; Mr. P. G. T'owrnan bandied in a ; very instructive manner the princi ples of personal and public hygiene. ! and showed the personal as well as I patriotic importance of every family [posting itself nhout and putting into j effect the regulations for protecting, i individual, family, community and j public health. He showed the war lvalue of every individual maintaining their highest possible degree of phy sical and mental etlieieney so loss from unnecessary sickness which can be avoided. The lessening of medical at j tention by 'physicians going to serve the armies and navies, and the scar city of trained nurses necessitating extraordinary safeguard? against sick ness was very forciably presented. Misses Keels and Martin, 'he homf demonstration agents. demonstrated the.seif heating gasoline iron for seal ing cans, and the steam pressure can ner for saving time. fuel, and labor. They also gave a practical demon stration in canned okra and apples. These Indies lectured on diome eco nomies and hygiene as affecting fam ily and community health. Bet he' School District has for years stood 'for the highest possible degree of sanitary efficiency, and fought hard with big delegations for the county health survey which, was refused by oun board e<" county cornmisioners w^njour thousand, dollars was do nated by the Rockefeller Foundation and the State Health Board against two thousand dollars requested of this county to supplement the foui thousand dollars which looked like "getting money from home" and then losing it. to the wide-awake, intelli gent, and progressive people of Pri vateer township, as it did to many thousands of other equally as intel ligent, public spirited and humane citizens of this county. The public health campaign is dem onstrating that the rural people 01 his county believe in education of the masses towards ma intern nee of rural health conditions to the highest pos sible point of efficiency. Detter rural health conditions, and giving the rural children their God given rights to live "and grow up strong, physically and mentally, as city and town children are protected, seems to be a popular subject these days, and all would be politicians and future office seekers who argue that it is economy to let thousands of babies, and other humans die in order to save a few cents or a few dollars taxes, per capita, will find their po litical hopes blasted because improve ment of rural health conditions and j education of the masses how to pro tect individual and public health are i issues that will not/ down. Sugar for Preserving. There is evidently a great quantity of fruits and vegetables being canned and preserved in this county judging from the thousands of sugar certifi cates lor preserving being issued by the two county food administrators to the retail merchants, besides the special food administrators' certifi cates for sugar in excess of twenty five pounds per calendar month for preserving. It has ! een necessary to limit the amount oi sugar per month in order that the supply would not be exaust ed. and the county food administra tion has had to limit sugar consump tion tor preserving to fifty pounds pel* month. in excess of the iisual twenty-five pounds per calendar month that retail merchants are per mitted to sell any one consumer in thirty days or one calendar month. London, Aug. c. A systematic col lection throughout the country of all hard nut shells and fruit stones, urgently required for war purposes, is being conducted by the govern ment,. English householders, hotel proprietors, superintendents of in-j institution:- and others were asked re cently by the National Salvage Coun eil to save all the fruit stones and hard nut shells available. Washington. Aug. ?'..?-The United States has been asked to pa rf iei pa te I in a Commercial Congress in Monte - video. Crgnay. from December 17 to 11 oi' this year. The object of tie-! congress is to promo* and expand! trade and comniere?. on this hemis phere, particularly among the Latin Ameri<*an countries. ; . The S. o!- h hoard of agi iculture | will establish .1 station lor testing! g??ds and plants and other experi- 1 men al work. ' War Savings Pledges. Pledges from A. C. Thompson, di rector, Dalzell, Josh way Church, July Louis Archer.$ 20.00 Eva Ballard. 10.00 j John Bracy. 20.00 j Mary Bracy. 20.00] E. C. Caners.- 50.00 j Jacob Capers. 20.00 Lilly ladle Capers. 5.00 Mose Capers. 50.00 Robert Capers. 50.00 Satyra Capers. 50.00 Moran Chaney. 20.00 Hannah Chestnut. 20.00 Cube Cook. 50.00 Annie Deas. 5.00 Callie Deas.100.00 Celia Deas . . ... 50.00 Jasper Deas. 20.00 James Deas. 100.00 Pinckriey Deas. 25.00 Susan Deas ... 20.00 l.'ston Deas. 20.00 Willie Deas . 20.00 Peggie Dink ins. 5.00 Dev. I. W. Dixon. 50.00 McClaim Dyson. 25.00 Scip English. ' 20.00 Linder Gooding. 25.00 Nelson Graham. 150.00 Josh Grant. 20.00 Julius Grant.: 20.0') Ashby E-Ieriott. 20.00 Jas Keriott. 50.00 Rebecca Heriptt. 200.00 Sam Heriott ,. 20.00 Susan Heriott. 20.00 C. ii. Howard. 20.00 Harry Howard. 50.00 Mary Howard. 20.00 Peter Howard. 20.00 Annie Huggins. 10.00 Alex Jefferson . 25.0<i Epsy Jefferson.'.. 20.00 Eugene Jefferson. 10.00 Jam's Jefferson. 25.00 Rich. Jefferson. 100.00 Sam Jefferson. 25.00 S. D. Jefferson. . . . 150.01' Allen Jenkins. 50.00 Mose Jenkins .v_ 25.00 Edward Lover. . . . 25.00 Joseph Manigault. 100.00 Robt. Manigo. 150.0o Mary Mazyek.10.00 Alma Mickens.\ 5.00 Dennis Mickens. 20.00 Mary Mickens .. ..-. 20.0h R. E. Missouri. Jr. 50.Oh J. E. Murray. . 75.00 Gertrude McRea. 5.00 Henrietta McRea. 20.00 Malvin McRea. 20.00 Wiley Oakes. 50.00 Willie Rembert ... 5.00 Culfie Singleton. 15.00 Martha Smith. 5.00 Matter Speach. 10.00 Eddie Spencer. 25.00 Cinda Taylor. ' 20.00 Niles Taylor. 20.00 Mahaley Wilson. 5.00 Ed Williams. 50.00 Daisy Wilson . 5.00 $2,630.00 Pledges from A. C. Thompson, di rector, Dalzell, June 29, colored: Ed Carter....$100.00 Esther Carter. 25.00 Peter Chatman. 50.00 Cleveland Dargan. 25.00 Doar Dargan .20.00 Harriett Dargan." 20.Ot John Dargan.100.00 ('Mitchell Dargan. 25.06 Nancy Dargan. 10.0'" Nim rod Dargan.100.00 U'illie Dargan. 25.00 Albert Davis. 25.00 Eelix Davis. . . 100.0? Joe Davis. 50.00 Julia Clover. 10.0C Robert Grant. 25.0< Helton Green. 25.0? Lawrence Haynsworth. 25.0' Abe Jackson. 30.00 Austin Jackson .'. 25.00 Dolly Jackson. 20.00 Henry Jackson. 25.0< Thomas Jackson . 50.00 Win. Lewis. 50.00 Richard Loney.100.00 Isaac Lurk. . . . 50.00 G. W. Michaw. 25.00 Juby McDaniel. 25.0c Willie Rembert.s 25.00 S. M. Sampson.- - 50.00 Rhodia Sanders. 10.00 Edmund Vaughan, Sr. 5.00 Edmund Vaughan, Jr. 25.00 Hager White. 5.0C Edmund Williams. 50.0? J. C. Winn. 25.00 $1,355.00 Pledges. July 3: Alex Anderson .$ 25.00 Lizzie Blanding. 5.00 Camilla Brown. 5.00 Joe Brown. 25.00 Mollie Brown . 15.00 Carrie Butler. ... 5.00 Warren Butler. in.00 James Davis. . .. 50.00 Rebecca Davis. 10.00 Jeff Drawton. 50.00 Joe Drawton. 5.00 Sal lie Drawton. 20.00 Thomas Durant. 20.0(> Lunn Franklin. 25.00. .lames Cass. 25.00 w.-.llie Generette. 10.on Sam Goodman . 10.00 Jerry < Jreen. 10.00 Jerry Greene. 10.00 Possie Haynsworth. 25.00 Sidney lb-riot. 20.on Charlotte Jackson. 5.00 James Jennings. 10.00 Mathew Jennings . 15.0.0 Phillis Jennings. 5.0" Meta June. 25J?y Willie June . 15.00 Graeia Keith . 25.00 Mary Lee. 10.00 Haiti- Loney. lO.OO ..'(dm Loney. 25.0e Hagem- Martin. 10.00 Richard Michaux . 15.00 Elise Mickens. 5.00 Henrietta Mickens. I? 00 John Mickens. 15.?;? Kate Mickens. 5.00 A. M. McCall . 5.00 Sarah Ann X el son. 5.00 Wash Pinckriey. 25.00 Lou Rembert. 5.00 James Sanders. 1 O'J&O Lnvania Spann. 5.0!) Robe:! Spann. 1 0 00 S:tm Stephens. . 50 ",) Thomas Taylor. 25.00 Adeline Washington. 10.00 Ashby Washington. 25.00 ( M. l.i ml Washington. 25 00 Lou Washington. 10.00 Eloise Willis. 5.mo Walu-r White. 20.00 George Wright 15.00 $835.00 Pledges from F. M. Coulter, direc tor. Wedgerield, June 29: James Coulter.$ 10.00 D. W. Allsbrook, additional 5.00 E. It. Williams. 20.00 $35.00 Colored pledges: Ceo. Bradley.$ 5.00 Dan Cantey. 20.00 Katie Cantey. 20.00 Rosa Cantey. 10.00 Arthur Cayle. . 30.00 John Gayle. 20.00 John Phillips. 5.00 Robert Richardson. 50.00 Clarence Walker. 15.00 Inez Walker. 5.?0 Eula Wright .. 5.00 $185.00 Ben R. Black.$ 100.00 Ceo. Bracy. 20.00 Fannie Bracy. 10.00 Lang Butler, additional.. .. 5.?0 Rev. R. D. Campbell. 75.00 Annie Solclough. 25.00 Elizabeth Davis". 20.00 Delia Golden. 10.00 Darkless Davis. 10.00 Susan Jones . .. 10.00 Sarah Jane Lawson . 15.CO Elmira McCain. 10.00 Sue McColls.: .. .T. 20.00 Budden Pack. 25.00 Bill Phillips, additional . .. 5.00 Ruby Phillips. 10.00 David Ragin. 25.00 Maggie Ramsey. 10.00 Marie Ramsey. 5.00 Zed Ramsey, Jr. .. 5.00 Emily Steward. 25.00 C. D. Steward. 25j.'?0 Ennis Walker. 50;00 Lewis Walker. 50.00 Linnie Walker. 20.00 Frances WThite. 10.00 Ed Williams, additional. 5.00 Mrs. E. R. Williams. 20.00 John Williams. 15.00 $635.00 SERVICE FOR WOMEN. A Call tor Women to Erlist in The Service. The Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense has sent tf every one of its State and local, units in the country full instructions for the mobilization of young women in the United States Nurse Reserve, I beginning on July 29. Surgeon Gen eral Oorgas of the Army, Surgeon' ?General Rupert Blue of the Public Health Service, the American Red Cr?ssj and the Council of National De ft nse, are joining forces in this cam paign and already the State division-s of the Woman's Committee,, by whom the enrollment is to be conducted, are busy with preparations for the cam paign. It was announced today at the headquarters of the Woman's Com mittee in Washhigon that local units of. Woman's Committee from..Maine to California, will have a recruiting station open during the fortnight be ginning July. 29. At these stations, women will be .dven an opportunity to enroll as can didates for the Army School of Nurs ing, established under the authority of the Surgeon General, or in branch schools of the military hospitals, or ro enroll as engaging to hold them selves in readiness until April 1, 1919 to accept assignments to civilian nurses' training schools. Those who enroll will be sent at the beginning of the autumn and spring terms. . There are 1597 nurses' training schools in the country. It was point ed out today that the need of these schools for nurses was as great and important as that of the Army School of Nursing. Those who enroll in the United States Student Nurse Reserve will be assigned to these various hos pitals as vacancies occur. The term of training varies from two \o three years. Every woman who completes the training course satisfactorily may be eligible for enrollment as a Red Cross nurse and for service with the Army or Navy Nurse Corps and stands a chance of being assigned to duty abroad.- At the same time she will be qualified to earn her living in one of the noblest professions open to wo men. "The appeal from our hospitals in the field is imperitive," said Dr. An na Howard Siiaw, Chairman of the Woman's Committee, in an appeal to day to the young women of the coun trv. "They must at once have every nurse who can be spared. The places of those withdrawn must be filled im mediately by student nurses. The call must be answered from every part of the nation. Let there be no woman slacker in the land." Sumter county must not fall be hind our sister counties In coming forward to enlist in this the greatest call to our women ranee the war be gan. For further information apply to Mrs. Nina Solomons, Chairman Committee. Making Fire Brick in Chile. Washington, Aug. 7.?Among the new industries established in Chile as a resud of the European war and the consequent scarcity of ships to supply South American demand.*, is a large tire brick foundry at Las Animas, near Valdivia, The foundry is equipped, it is reported, with the latest modern machinery, has two furnaces and a daily capacity *it present of 1,000 bricks. Re-Marking German Airplanes. Amsterdam. July 25.?Details re garding new marking on German air planes became known here recently. The arms of the black cross are now straight i not curved as formerly) with white edges. The change is said t?> have been made because the pre vious form made recognition of Ger man machines difficult und easily led to confusion with the circular signs on entente airplanes. A Frenchman has invented an ef fective silencer for aeroplane motois that is said to reduce the power but 2 per cent.