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AMERICANS 0 HBEj BE. UNITED STATES INFANTRYMEN ADVANCE WITH CAUTION AGAINST GERMANS* More np on Curved Lines Extending From Glennes to Viel-Arcy?Teu tons Desperate. With the American Army on the Aisne, 8 p. m.?In the face of the stiff est machine gun fire since the ' Americans crossed the Vesle in force. American infantrymen today advanc ed at certain points on a curved line extending from Glennes to Viel Arcy. The advance was preceded by a heavy artillery bombardment which continued all Sunday night. From the plateau the Americans took np positions in the ravines, which drain northward, but the ad vance was necessarily cautious owing to' the commanding position of ' la Peteit Montagne, which is the highest point in that region. The French and American artillery bom barded this mountain where the Ger mans had built strong emplacements for heavy machine guns and also "kept up a continuous fire upon all points whore the German artillery had been endeavoring to hold back the advancing infantry. During the day the Germans threw shells into Fismes, Bazoches. Blanzy and other places in an effort ' to oh eck the allied troop movement. ? There was a strong direct and in direct fire from La Petite Montagne. The machine gunners blazed away, but the American detachments made headway at Intervals by keeping un der any- possible cover and not at . tempting to go ahead in large num bers. . American officers said indications are that the Germans intend to cling :to every foot of ground south of the Aisne as long as possible, using ma chine guns until the gunners are blasted from the positions. r - The principal resistance with which the Americans had to contend came from the region of La Petite Mon tagne, northeast of Revillon, where observers reported there were from 30 to 40 machine gun nests en trenched on the summit of the hill. On the other hills to the south of the Aisne the German machine gunners had taken positions and with snipers at various points, caused some an noyance. UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN. Dr. Henry N. Snyder Has Accepted the State Chairmanship for Great " Drive. Columbia, ' Septi; 10.?Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, president of1 Wofford -.College, at Spartanburg, and one . of the South's most distinguished ed ucators, has accepted the South Car .?liha,State chairmanship for the War "Camp Community Service in the L'^nited War 'Work Campaign. Dr. Snyder will' be. one of the associates - of W. TX Melton, of "Columbia, who is I. joint State chairman for the seven war work organizations in the drive, and who will; devote almost, his en i^ -pi^ ior the next three months f? inaklng the campaign a success in South Carolina. The War Camp Community Ser vice is also, represented in the State by John Wood, who has been ap pointed Field Secretary for South Carolina by Myron T. Herrick, chairman of the organization's na ,tional. defense committee. Mr. Wood is well known throughout the State He served as Chamber of Commerce secretary at Rock Hill, at Greenville and at Spartanburg at various times. For, .the past several years he has been secretary of the Roanoke, Va. Chamber of Commerce and is now .?n leave of absence from that posi tion. He was also Field Representa tive in the United States Food Ad ministration pledge card campaign, httving charge of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Florida. "The War Camp Community Ser vice." said Mr. Wood in a recent in terview, "like the Y. M. C. A. and the A. L. A., welcomes heartily the three new partners in the drive. Mr. Wilson's wish that the Knight* of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board and the Salvation Army become our partners in the United War Work Campaign met with instant and fa vorable response all along the line. It seems a saving of mcaey and ef fort to combine the drives and it is thoroughly in keeping with the spirit of America today. There can be no distinction of any kind among the boys who are making themselves a Irving tidal wave to crush the Hun." Mr. Wood will be on the staff of A. A. Protzman, the nationally fa mous war work campaigner who will be state campaign director for the Hg drive in South Carolina. NEW LINES PREPARED. Germans Have Constructed Three Lines of Defense Back of the Old Hindenburg Line. Paris Sept 10 (Havas).?There are three German lines of defense be hind the Hindenburg line, the first closely paralleling it and the others providing for retreats along wide fronts, according to an outline of the German defense system printed by The Matin today. The first in the rear of the Hin denburg position, according to the newspaper, starts from the south of Lille and parallels the Hindenburg line at an average of from three toj six miles. The second comprises a line run ning from Lille to Metz, the inter mediary points on which the news paper does not indicate. This line would be about 80 miles long. Finally, the newspaper adds, there is a fourth retreat line on which the Germans now are vigorously work ing. It runs from Valenciennes, 20 miles west of Douai, in southeaster ly direction to Givet, on the Meuse. at the Belgian border. The front thus indicated extends for about 60 miles. As a fundamental principle women and men are treated equallv in the Civil code of Japan. PUS FIGHTING HARDER. ATTEMPT TO MAKE STAND IN IMPORTANT LINES. British Troops Out in Southwest of Cambrai Capturing Important Po sitions on Four Mile Front andj Regaining Old Trench Places. The Germans -have markedly stif fened their resistance against the al lid armies from the region of Arras to Rheims, but their efforts to ward off further encroachment into the territory they are holding have fail ed. All along the front the German big guns are violently in action while the machine guns in vast numbers are being used in front of strategic positions which the Allies are en deavoring to gain. Nevertheless the British have dug more deeply into the sectors southwest of Cambrai.. capturing important positions on the four mile front between the Havrin ccurt wood and Pieziere, ragaining the old trench positions dominating Gouzaucourt and capturing Gouzau court wood. To the south the French are only a short distance west of St. Quentin and are at the gates of La Fere. On this last named sector the French daily are enlarging their turning movement against the St. Gobain for est, the conquest of which would re move the greater barrier to an Al lied advance in force eastward to ward Laon in an outflanking move ment against both . the Aisne and Chemin-des-Dames positions of the enemy. The Germans here and northeast of Soissons also are offering most de termined resistance against the French realizing that should General Mangin's strategy prove successful the entire German line eastward tc i Rheims necessarily would be com pelled to undergo marked readjust ment. Thousands of machine guns and guns of larger caliber are roar ing away against the French totli ! from" the St. Gobain forest and the pltaeau above the" Ailctte river northeast of Soissons. Along the Aisne the Germans are still endeavoring to retard the ad vance of the French in further cross ings of the stream, probably in ordei i to give their main army a chance tc i make its way unimpeded northwarc in case of a quick rush by ' the French toward Laon, a maneuver which seems in the making by Mar shal Foch's forces. Large numbers of; reinforcements have been rushec t up by the Germans here also alon? ; the Aisne front where the Americans are fighting alongside the French. Particular attention is being giver , by the Germans to the three' hinges . of their line?in Flanders, "north t east of Soissons and around Rheims A break through at either point b3 ; the Allies would spell disaster to the enemy. Therefore the German higi command is buttressing them f 01 . eventualities. In Flanders the Ger . man strategy seems to t i the obliter ation of points vulnerable to shari assaults. Particularly is this notice able alon*^ the Lys River south OJ ', Ypres, wjiere ? the: Germans are re ported to/ have removed*' all their ar tillery to the east side of the rivei and a little to the north arounc \ Wytschaete, where the British have advanced their linev nearly mile and apparently with slig^ oppo sition.* The concentration of artillery ol all calibres including machine ? gun: and large bodies of men in the regioi of Soissons, where every nook and cor ner of the rolling country contains hordes of defenders, proves the im portance the er.emy places in holding this territory while nothing is beinj* left undone in the region arounc Rheims to strengthen in gun anc man power the German line against the assaults the Germans apparent ly realize are soon to come. After virtually two months of hard fighting from Arras to the Marne the Germans ever^*where have beer worsted, General Foch has given nc outward indication that he is to per mit the Germans a breathing spell The greater portion of the Germar defensive system in the battle zone has been demoralized or is in the process of demolition after being made untenable. Less than 30 miles of the old Hindenburg line remain intact This is from the southwest of Cambrai to La Fere and the Brit ish and French are virtually upon it at distances ranging from a half mile to six miles at the farthest where the British and French are stand ing west of St. Quentin. When the drive began St. Quentin was 38 miles distant from the Allied front. PROFITEERING TO BE STOPPED. Garfield to Fix Price of Gasoline to Consumer. Washington, Sept 9.?Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield announced today that he expects soon to fix a price for gasoline for domestic consumers as well as the government, and the Al lies, at a price lower than the present market price. He is awaiting furth er reports on the situation before taking definite action. Dr. Garfield's announcement dis closed that for some time considera tion had been given the problem of I bringing the price of gas-oline to a j lower level. Several reports already j have been made to Mark L. Requa. j director of the oil division of the fuel ! administration and it was intimated J that upon completion of the investi I gation being conducted immediate ac tion would be taken. The disclosure of Dr. Garfield's I purpose came during an informal j talk with newspaper correspondents ! in which the stocks of gasoline in the country and the stated shortage east of the Mississippi River which caused the administration to request that no passenger automobiles be op erated on Sunday were discussed. No More Ford Cars. Detroit, Sept. 9.?Production of motor ears by the T*ord Motor Com pany has been suspended entirely, it was officially announced at the plant here today. The move will enable the company to devote its entire fa cilities to government work, the announcement said. ? GERMANS STRIKE BAI: COUNTER ATTACKS MADE --XN"1 FRONT OF HINDENBURG LINE. British Repulse First Strong Offen sive Movement the Germans^Haye Made on Several Days?Huns Try | ing to Hold Old Positions. London, Sept. 10.?The Germans' counterattacked yesterday against the positions won by the British west of Gouzeaucourt, fronting the''Hin denburg line so- vest of Cambrai. It was officially announced^ this morning that the enemy was com pletely repulsed. In the Somme section the British, line advanced last night south toward Pavrincourt On the Flanders front the British 'progressed northeast; of Neuve Chapclle and north ?f Ar mentieres, e EXEMPTIONS FROM SERVICE. Priorities of Industry Announced Not to Bind Boards. Washington, Sept 9.?The new pri orities classification of industry an nounced yesterday by the war indus tries board will not bind district; draft boards in determining deferred "class ification on occupational grounds of men between the ages of 18 and^LS years who are. to register Thursday. The boards may determine that oth er industries are necessary but in gra.nting deferred classifications they must satisfy themselves that-the,in dustry is necessary and further that the individual registrant is essential to the industry. ? ; These facts were disclosed by' Pro vost Marshal General Crowder's plans for applying a more liberal .oc cupational exemption scheme in clarifying the new registrants, which was made public today together with the complete text of the amended draft regulations and a supplement to the questionnaire explaining '.-> to registrants the. sections in which which facts relating to their classi fication should be noted. The regulations provide that the advisory committee of three to each district board, one to be named by the department of labor, one by ^the department of agriculture and; the third by the board itself, may intro duce at hearings on deferred classi fication the war industries board pri orities list, but adds: "Such lists shall not be regarded a? binding upon the district board in its conclusions as to whether or nol any particular industry, occupation, employment including agriculture, is a necessary industry, occupation j^pj ! employment within the. meardng^-jdi the law and regulations nor shall such lists prevent the district bparc from holding as necessary any indn* try occupation or employment in eluding agriculture not container therein. Such preference lists ^nc1 other facts and information in the possession of such advisors will sup plement the information / in posses sion of the district boards ar.d wir also be used to assist the djsrjSeJ hoards hi dealing with specific cases.* Detailing the method boards are ? to follow the regulations say a reg istrant shall ? be considered entitled to exemption only when "completely engaged" in an occupation the board; class as essential; when his removal would result in substantial damage to the enterprise and when "the available supply of persons compe tent in the capacity is such that ?;the registrant can not be replaced with out direct, substantial, material -ios* and detriment to the operation, oi the enterprise." Further restricting the granting of deferred classification on industrial grounds, the regulations notifj boards that they should consider among other things the length ot time a registrant has been in em ployment and become convinced, be fore granting his claim, that he "is not so engaged for the primary pur pose of avoiding military service." In general the regulat .3 fix the place of a necessary workman in a necessary occupation in Class 2, the place of an expert or assistant man ager or divisional head in Class 3, and the place of a sole manager or direc tor in Class 4. \ The advisory committees to the 1 draft board are empowered to claim deferred classification for registrants who are entitled to it, but who for patriotic reasons may object to mak ing the claim for themselves. Pro vost Marshal General Crowd er ha> insisted that registrants entitled to such classification should make the claim when filling out their question naires as a patriotic duty to prevent unnecessary work by the draft boards. DARK DAYS ENDED. Gen. Haig .Says Huns Have Spent Their Efforts. London, Sept 10.?The capture by the British of seventy-five thousand prisoners and seven thousand and fifty guns in four weeks was an nounced by Gen. Haig in the order of the day. "We have passed through many dark days. Please God these will never return,"' says Gen. Haig in the order. The British commander then says. "The enemy has now spent his efforts." American Casualty List Washington. Sept. 11.?The fol lowing casualties are reported by Ihe comanding general of the American expeditionary forces: Killed in action 172; missing in ac tion, 11-; wounded severely, 23t>; died of wounds, 72; died from aero plane accident. 1; died of disease, 12: wounded, degree undetermined, 30. Total. H4 2. Ralph T. Quinn. Spartanburg, wounded; Goleman A. McGraw. kill-: e<l; Dewey H. Shearer, Anderson, S. C., wounded severely The following Mu ine Corps cas-1 unities are reported: Killed in action. !<; died of wounds' received in action. 5: died of disease, 1; wounded in action (severely). 4;j wounded in action ("degree undeter mined), -r.; wounded in action (slight ly), l. Total. 24. LIME, LATH, BRICK, CEMENT, SIDING, CEILING, PLASTER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, MOULDINGS, FIRE CLAY, FIRE BRICK, ROUGH LUMBE ROOFING PAP 19 TO 20-32 TO 36. GEN. CROWDER ANNOUNCES FIRST CALL UNDER MAN POWER LAW. Questionnaires Will go First to Men of These Ages?19-20 Year Classes' Will be Accepted for Student! Training Corps. Washington, Sept. 10.?General1 Crow der announced today that the first call to the colors of the men who register Thursday will include the 19 to 20 years old classes and 32 to '36 inclusive. The questionnaires will go first to the men of these ages. The men in the 19-20 year classes will be accepted for induction I into student army training corps, it stated, but corps will be limited to one hundred and fifty thousand, whereas the total registrants below 20 will be approximately three mil lion. SLACKERS TO BE PUNISHED. Amendment to Espionage Act Design ed to Make Penalty More Severe Sent to House. Washington, Sept. 9.?An amend ment to the espionage act designed to reach draft slackers and to pun ish disloyal talk was passed by the senate today after brief debate and sem: to the house. It fixes a maxt -1 mum penalty of 20 years' imprison ment of a fine of $10,000 or both foi making false reports or statements with intent to interfere with the United States military or naval suc cess. The penalties would apply to who ever attempts to obstruct the sale o' United States war securities or to whoever promotes insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny or refusal to per form duty or to those who in any way injure the United States in the prosecution of the war. The bill was introduced last January by Senatoi Culbertson of Texas. FOOD CROP REPORT. September Crop Report Shows Los. in Corn. Washington, Sept. 9.?Heavy loss es in the prospective corn crop, but a considerable increase in the forecast of spring wheat prediction featured the September crop report issued to day by the department of agriculture. Lack of rain during August in the principal producing sections of the corn belt caused a reduction of 317, 000,000 bushels in the crop forecast bringing the iess in prospective pro duction since July 1 to iS 7,000,000 bushels, representing more thai $800,000,000. A crop of 2,072,000,000 bushel: this year was forecast today from September 1 conditions. That would be almost a half bil lion bushels less than last year'i crop and slightly smaller than th. average crop of the five years fron 1912 to 1916. The spring- wheat crop showed im provement and there was an increas? of 21,000,000 bushels in the forecast of production, bringing the prospec tive crop to 343,000,000 bushels. With the winter wheat crop of ;>56,000, 000 bushels previously announced this year's total, wheat crop will be 899,000,000 bushels. This is almost 250,000,000 more than was harvest ed last year. Estimated productions of other crops compared with those made a month ago showed various changes. Oats had a 49,000,000 bushel in crease. Tobacco a 20,000.000 pound loss; hay 13.000.000 tons loss, and white potatoes 6.000,000 bushels loss Other changes were, barely 4. 000,000 bushels increase, sweet po tatoes 3.500.000 bushels decrease, flax 1.100.000 bushels increase and rice 700.000 bushels decrease. Heaviest reduction in the con. crop production forecast came from Kansas with a loss of G2.000,000 bushels. Turks Threaten Bulgaria. New York. Au.^. 10.?A recent is sue of the Ikdam. ;i Constantinople newspaper receive*] here, contains :> warning :o Bulgaria, not to pros Turkey too far. it says: ?'Bulgaria has become one of the great rowers of Europe by stealing from Turkey and Rumania, Serbia, ("recce and Al bania. She now refuses our reason able request to straighten the boun dary of Maritsa. Let Bulgaria be ware. Her position regarding thiv" request does not augur well." HAY, CORN, OATS, HULLS, TANK* MIODL RICE WHI SI R ER ;Leod, Inc., Si SUPREME IES1 COMING. PLANS OF COMMANDERS TO BE REVEALED SOON. Next Few Days Will Indicate Nature of Campaign Sure to Prove of Great Importance'? Foch Has Choice of Action With Americans at Hand. Washington. Sept. 9.?With the German army standing today sub stantially in the position it occupied before last March 21. it appears cer tain to officials here' that the next few days will see the plans of the op posing commanders revealed. The statement in the official Ger man communication that "our new lines have ever been occupied," has been given only one construction here. Apparently it was intended to mean that the retirement had come to an end, and that the Germans ex pected to stop the Allied advance. In that event, it was said today, the light forces of the French. British and American armies will soon reach this defensive position ? and subse quent operations quickly will show how Marshal Foch proposes to as sail the problem that baffled the French and British general staffs, the breaking of this advanced line of de fense set up by the enemy on Belgian and French soil. It was evident from today's reports i that the Allied forces were still feel [ ing their way forward carefully through the rear guard screens of i machine guns which will cover many [ points of the enemy present fighting ; front. Behind this screen the Ger I mans were believd to have reoccupied \ '.he old Hindenburg defenses, probab ably repaired and supplemented. There is a feeling among some offi cials that the enemy' is very likely to j signalize his intentions to stand fast by striking back hard at the advanc ing French forces or even by an at tack at some other point designated I to relieve pressure rather than to ac complish any decisive results. On the allied side it remains to be seen whether Marshal Foch plans a Hanking operation on a wide front to turn the enemy out of his new lines md keeping him moving back or will continue to hit at weak spots along the front Opinion here is that the large enterprise is the most probable since virtually the entire American army is available as a fresh, hard hitting force with which to deliver a coup. There is no doubt that many officers here regard the day's imme diately ahead as probably the crucial period of the whole battle of 1918. YOUNG SAILOR LOST. Brother of Bennettsville Hero WilJ Takd His Place. Bennettsville, Sept. 9.?Hubbard Spears, who lost his life when the Mount Vernon was attacked by 3 submarine, was the son of Robert Spears, who lives about five miles east of Bennettsvillo. A message received by the father today confirmed the published report. Young Spears volunteered about six months ago for service in the navy, being 20 years old. He was a splendid young man and everyone ? sympa thizes with the family. A younger brother, too young for present draft, was on his way to enlist this morn ing when Iiis attention was called t<"> his brother's death. The Younger Spears was at the station and re turned home for a few days. THE WORLD'S SERIES. Boston Red Sox Confident of Win ning Deciding Game Today. Boston. Sept. 10.?Cheerful con fidence prevailed among Red Sox fol lowers today as they prepared for what they firmly believed would be the final game in the world series Yesterday's thrilling contest which the Bostons won 'i to 2 placed the ~ox in the lead, three games to one. The Chicago Cubs, however. havi lost none of their fighting spirit ELECTION IX LOUISIANA. Spirited Contest for Cncxpired Tern: in Senate. New Orleans. Sept. ln.?Contests for the nomination to till the unex 'iied term of late Senator Broussard md contests in the Fourth and Sixth ?ongressional districts featured to lay's primary in Louisiana. Formei Governor Luther Flail, .lohn S. Over on. Rdward ,T. nay are in the sen IGE, JNGS, FLOUR, EAT BRAN, (GAR FEED, SEAT SCRAP, i CHICKEN FEED, OYSTER SHELL, % SEED OATS AND RYE, COTTON SEED MEAL ? inter, S. C. UBQfl IN THE SOOTH. DRAFT WILL PROCEED WITH CARE. President Assures South Carolina Senator of Interest in Question of Saving Cotton. Washington, Sept 9.?Assurance that every effort will be macte to pre vent the. new army draft affecting labor any more than can be prevent ed, was given him by President Wil son, Senator Smith of South Carolina said today after the senator appealed to the president to relieve the labor situation in the South, particularly as it affects cotton. Plans are being worked out by Provost Marshal General Crowder and war department officials and j some announcement as to that will shortly be made, it was understood. The nature of the plans was not dis? j closed. Senator Smith told the president that unless some action is taken at once the present shortage in the cot ton crop will be gretaly increased and urged that some arrangement be made so that men affected by the man power bill, but now employed in the production of cotton will not be called into military service until the present crop is harvested. The draft law calling men between 21 and 31 years of age, the senator declared, seriously affected the :1a bor situation in the cotton Statesj while to extend these ages will al most paralze the industry. STUDY FOOD FACTS'ABROAD. Special Committee Including D. JL Coker of South Carolina Visits England, France and Italy. Washington, Sept 9.?Arrival in England of a special committee headed by B. W. O. Thompson, pres ident of the Ohio State University, to study food production there and in France and Italy, was announced to day by the department of agricul ture. With Dr. Thompson are: Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of agri culture, D. R. Coker, member of na tional agriculture advisory cemmit tee, Hartsville, ?. C: William A. Tay lor, chief bur'j&u of plant industry; George M. Rommel, chief animal husbandry division; George R. Argo, specialist in cotton business methods, bureau of markets; and others. The committeemen will seek gen eral information regarding the food production conditions in England, Prance and Italy, to reveal the needs more effectively to the leaders of ag riculture in the United States and to farmers generally. \ NO REST FOR GERMANS. Fighting Will go in Autumn and Winter. Paris, Sept 9.?If the Germans -ire expecting to be allowed a respite from the attack either during the autumn or through the winter, they are counting without their host, says Premier Clemenceau's newspaper, L'Homme Libre, in commenting on the military situation. They made their great trial last spring to out ipeed the United States, it points out, but lost the race to a competitor who was too fast for them. Neverthe less, the newspaper expects a certain slowing up of the fighting because of the necessity of bringing forward the necessary infantry support The regrouping of the allied forces, however. will not be delayed. L'Komme Libre predicts, as the movement of the tropps is based upon an excellent method. In con nection with "the probable jimmediatc future. The Echo de Paris points out that the allied command is not of the type to gamble with fortune and that it is not likely to hurry an effort to capture lines so strongly held that losses disproportionate to the results would be risked in taking ?:hem. BONE DRY LAW. House Decides to Accept Senate Amendment to Food Bill. Washington, Sept. 10.?Wartime prohibition became a step nearer completion when the house agricul ture committee decided to report fa vorably the food stimulation bill, including the dry amendment pass ed by the senate committee. It was however, decided to include in th? dry amendment a provision permit ing the importation of Italian wine until next May.