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I. . 1 . nniMnrn nr unnnnno I tho mine a closed door. 1 pulled it | DOWN WITH MOBS

WHY THEY DIDN'T GOOne Was Yellow aod the Older Too

Mean. .

EXCEPTIONAL TYPES OF THE DRAFT "

It Takes All Kindt of People to Make

an Army and While Most of Them

Are All Right, There Are SomeWho for One Reason or AnotherFail to Measure Up.

(I 'itssed l»y the Censor.)

Oirrrijjondrnoe Th<- Yurkville Erojuirer.

Camp Sivii-r. July .I ran across

Iteasley today. I'll call him lii-ash > £

whctlu-r that's his name or not. It

doesn't matter. This story is straight.Nanus don't count lor much in ttie s

army anyhow. I thought he was in j

I'rauci Kivim; tin lluns the devil :l

uIoiik witli th< rest ot old <"oin|»an.v K <

ol the tirchtiiu; llUlli and the thiitieth !t

1l\ isiori. lie was slated to ku with |

he nst ot the out lit. lie didn't Is*, t

cause he wasn't ready then. That is (

w hat he told nit- today. I

I was on mi way over to the camp |

|M»siollln this tnorniiii;. -I paid no \

pailicular attenlion to a niimher of |I lull

pllSOUMS U no \\>n no.nuw,

virunly. KiKirils with Kntields ami

uii'ki'il American hayomts acting sis |

llVITSOTM. f |

Mi ll.., sergeant." called mn of tin- .

I>i isom-rs to mi', :tti<l it was a minute

or two Im ton I realized that I hail run y

into anolh«-r uieinher oi tin- ohl coinpaiiv,still on this lie wore t

overalls. Ills hair was long. Ills lace v

was iliily. lie needed a shave. 11 t

lookeil like a man ashaineil. t

"What the dickens are you doing i

llO|e'.'" I asked. "| thought >OII Weill t

over Willi die ohl COIII|Klliy SI lew

months ago." I

"No, I didn't have the gulx to go |

and I ran awsiy. I wanted to see my j

will- again. I had jlist gotten out ol J

the hospital a few days helore the

regiment left, and I didn't Icel like X

soldiering oyer there. Iloncst, serge- |

suit. I was up against something Idg- i

er in my life than ever hu|»|ieiied he- |(

fore. I

"When I got the news the old com- t

pan\ was h-siviiiK. on the day they did a

leave I was in misery. I wanted to t

see my wile sind Itahy one more time.

At the same time I knew I could not j

get permission to go to my N'oitli i

Carolina home at that late hour. I <knewit was my duty to go with the y

lost of the eoinimny and to go in the t

IiesI of spirits. Still I was just out I

of the hospital after a siege with s

pneumonia. I wasn't in no shape, til

course that ain't no excuse, I know. t

"I turned sind twisted until late that v

night on my cot, knowing the eoinimny n

was leaving on the morrow. I could t

« tovsell heinc all shot up l»y tin- J

Germans. I saw myself being publish- t

e<l lo the wurhl as a slacker ami a

traitor ami all of that if I ran away

to home. My wife's fats- and m> 8

baby's face kept looming lip before r

mi-. I tell you I went through hell '1

that night. <!

"About one or two o'oJook 1 decided \

I was going to North Carolina in- c

stead of to franco, ami that I would y

go to franco later with some otheroiitllt. It was an easy matter to c

ride the blinds out ot Greenville and |

get to home which I reached next t

day. (

I stayed a month and then began to t

think about returning to camp, mak- d

ing a clean story of it all and taking a

a chance on buing sent over with c

some other out tit. Mat I didn't, and c

finally 'I was arrested and broughtback here. You see where I am now. (

in the jug awaiting trial on the charge t

ol AWOl. or desertion. I don't know s

which yet." I<

The soldier hung his head and cried a

an honest cry. lie is L'9 years old too. a

<m.I was raised in a county whole few t

of the women even cry. t

"I want to go now." lie said In-- «i

tween his sobs. "I know I donewrong to skip out. I tut I wanted to ?

see my folks once more. t

"I ain't altogether to blame. You I

ain't married and you don't know how t

it is. I am going to make a clean v

breast of the whole business when f

they give mo a trial, and tell the story r

just about as I have told it to you. t

"1 am ready to go over and in it n

now. I wasn't ready throe months r

ago. If they will just let me I'll liv« s

this thing down. Still, if I get liv<

years or ten years in prison I'll no- i

ccpt it without a murmur. I reckon I v

ilrscrvo 11.

't'linn' on here. you." said tho euartlto Itcaslcy, "you'vo been tallUni:cnoiiph. Got busy. now."

Itcaslcy. who laid down when hiscommand wont over, slouched aroundtho corner of a buildinp and out of

sipht.Too Mean to Go.

Several weeks ago 1 ran across a 1follow whom I'll call Will Morton. /

who was for several months a no mber |of my old Company K. 119th Infantry, f

He. too. was sup|ioscd to have pone t

across with the thirtieth, but didn't. 1

iK-cause he was in the stockade, for i

some offense committed on pui'imsc to t

pet there, at the time the troops went c

away. e

Morton hails from Nashville. He 1

was a street arab and youmr seapo- s

peace around there. He also had i

quite a reputation as a l»oxer. lie f

was the dirtiest tnan personally in t

Company K. One niKht ltip Sarpe a

Mike White and a few other (Vllows. r

havlnp the interest of Company K at t

heart, pave the wop a bath. Gold-dustand ln>n ami were used instead c

of soajv. A bristle brush.one of the t

kind that Is used to brush the s

crumbs from the tables in the mess a

Knllo I'.ill.m-lnff n muni TV'W to 1

rub off the dirt from his filthy hide.It was some thorough hath even if itwas in January and the water was

ley eold. As any yellow pup woulddo, Morton yelled to the l»attnlioncommander and it looked for a day or

two like a half dozen well meaningnon-coms would he "busted."This little episode is merely mentionedto show what kind of a follow

this Morton was.

1 ran across him a short time agoand he also was a prisoner In thecamp Jug.

"Well, why didn't you go with 'em?*'I Inquired of him after giving him nilthe cigarettes I had at his request."Was in the jug at the time charged

with AWOL and stealing an army

dstol. *I«»t me for A\V(iU but coulillot prove the Jiistol stuff."Anil then hi- laiurhed."Well. what arc you in for now?" I

"(iiiim,' to town in civilian clothesnsti-inl nt wearing the khaki."Anil he grinned a devil-I-care laugh

(fain.j|"Oh. he's some soldier, this guy

ii re." said the guard who had lieoiniinterested in our conversation. "

They'll never let this Mnl go to

"ranee. He's too damn mean to lightIs- Hermans or anybody else."

Jas. I). Crist., m ,

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AMERICANS STOOD FIRM *

I

leat Back Twenty-two Attacks in

Two Days. 1

'I'ln ureal Allied attack litis over- "

hadowed the important feat of two

tmcricanunits which shattered the v

ipox of the Herman advance towards '

"halons, the Herman objective point :i

it a point on the battle line cast of 1

thciiiis, on July 16. the second day of 1

he frowned I'rince's biu push. '

en. <iouraud, French commander in

his action, has visited the two gal- '

ant units and commended them in tne

lighest terms for their gallantry and 1

ighting sjiirit.'

Spoiled Plans of Germans.Maps found on raptured Germans '

ndicatc that the hold-up of the Ger- 11

i.in ad%uticc at this |ioint disarrang- '

<1 ilii' general programme of tin- en- '

it o'f«nsivi-. aiding materially in tin '

i lioh .sal" German defeat, now appar- *

nt. and o|wninK the way for 1

he Franco-American counter attack "

vhich commenced July IS- This bat- N

le in i|iiestion pas found on the his-

one I "la ins ol Chalons, the scene of 1

iiany decisive encounters in the ccn- v

uries past.'

The German attack opened with a "

iomh4irdment of the aresi of the front I

inc. extending hack as far sis Chalons '

tself and continuing from midnight of

Inly It until l.3« the following day. I

At that hour the Gorman shock di- 1

isions, carrying light machine guns, '

lonihs and grenades, ailvancod. The '

rout trenches ol the .Mill's were held I

»> a small force of Frenchmen and by'

'rearranged plans were evacuated at x

lie conclusion of t be l oii.bardnicnt.iml in anticipation of the advance of I

lie German storm troops. '

The advancing Germans, ir.imngin- I

ng that the Allien were in retreat. 1

lot|y pursued. To their surprise they s

iicoiintcrcd I hi American units

ihieli hiid been pi iceil in intermediatercnelies lieliiml the udandnned llrst *

ine to take the shock of their on- 'I

In light.'

The Americans had been ordered :i

o bold their position until every man

wis dead if necessary. This grim r

lecessity did not evacuate. Is-cnns" I

lie determine*! rmmnnw <»i >»v

tmcrican units broke up the unity of l

he German attack. I

Beat Back Twenty-two Attacks. I

The Germans attacked ten times on \

lomlny, withdrawing at dark. They c

enewccl the attack at daylight on «l

Tuesday, coming*over .a down times <

lurinK the day. The American units, v

vhich had borne the brunt of these \

onstant assults for two days, did not i

ield a foot. I

The trenches of No Man's I-and were *

logged with dead Germans. A fewirisoners were taken in hand-to-hand i

reach lighting. On Wednesday the t

ierinans made a few attempts to drive u

hrough the impregnable American |lefence, but their attack lacked vigor \

ivi llnally ceased on Thursday, coin- |

identally witii tin* start of the Allied t

ounter attack to the westward. I

During the series of engagements i

"orpl. Itrockhill of Gadsden. Ala., dis- i

inguished himself. He w.'s ti.e lirst a

oblier of any army, so far as is r

mown, to bring down an aeroplane by i

i rille shot. He caught the pilot with t

bullet from his automatic rifle when «

he Hochc flyer was sweeping low over '|

he American imsition and spraying x

iur men with his machine gun lire. i

The day after this exploit Private i

ilartin Foody of New York City .1

irought down another German aero- 1

dane in exactly similar circumstancesUuongthe hundreds in lioth units

vho distinguished themselves for (

>ravery in action a the chaplain who jeinained in trench dressing stations ,

hrough the engagement. In the

nidst of the lighting men he assisted in v

emoving wounded and kept up the (pirits of the fighters by his presence.Another man who won distinction f

vas Major (deleted! of New York, to (

1 hose foresight in preparation. in on- ^

ouraging his men during the attack. x

nd resourcefulness in supplying food (ind ammunition, was due to no small s

.ika aiiiVMa achieved by one ,

>f the units. This was the first big en- jragrmcnt in which either ot' these tinits had participated. s

The "Most Contemptible of Traitors. I

'here are various forms of treasons.

Ill forms should be repressed and I

mnlshcd. The fellow who talks |

wisely, however, is guilty of a far less r

tarmful brand of treason titan the i

usiness man who conspires to get an t

infair price for what he sells the gov- .1

rnment or to Bet an unfair advantage <

tver competitors for sale to the gov- <

rnment. And the busines man who

n addition to weakening the re- *

ourres of our country by getting an 1

infair profit for his wares, debauches «

rovernment officials, civilian or mill- t

ary. to Rive htm an unfair price or f

dvantage or to accept wares that do i

lot come up to tiie contract speciflcn- n

ions is guilty of treachery far blacker .1

-because more injurious.than thai t

>f the man who merely allows his t

onguo to wag loosely. If the latter

ihould be imprisoned, the former t

hould l»e shot, because he is really \

veakening his country. A fine does I

lot fit the case. Usually the fine is t

inly a moiety of the vile profit he l

nakes by -obbing his country of de- t

Muchlng its servants. <

The revelations of graft and nrioery »

hat are coming forth are disquieting r

>ut we are reassured by the fact that i

hey should come forth. There should <

>e more "pitiless publicity".there i

hould be pitiless punishment, punishnentthat will fit the case. 1

Pennsylvania's 191S potato crop is t

xpected to fall 25 per cent short of (

he crop of 1917. Last year's crop i

otaled 30.65S.000 bushels, with an 1

iverage yield of S2 bushels per acre. |The crop of this year has been badly 1

lamagcd by blight and dry weather. <

THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOTlew System To Be Used Id the

Primary.1PPLIES TO INCORPORATED TOWNSStatutory Provision Has Been Madeto Prevent Fraud in Our Elections.A Good Idea This, if Properly CarriedOut.The Australian ballot system will

>e inaugurated in South Carolina be:inningwith the Democratic white

triinary to be held the last Tuesdayn August. The law providing forbe Australian ballot, which is the>ne system that has lieen found to

:uard against fraud in elections,r.'is adopted at the last session ofhe general assembly an<l applies toII ineoi iM.rate.l towns and cities,toot lis will necessarily have to bencted in all incorporated towns inlie State.Section 1. Itooths at primary elecions.Notto apply outside incorpor-

ited cities anil towns..lit- it enacted

y tin- gcnhral assembly of the state

if South Carolina, Thsit in every I'ri- Inary election in this state then- shalli- |>rovi<lo<| at each (tolling precinctno hoot ii for each 100 enrolled voters,ir majority fraction thereof. Theootlis shall lie made of wood, sheetoctal, or any other suitable subitance.shall not lie less than .12nehes widt» and 32 inches deep, andfeet ; inches high, shall lie provided

vith a curtain hanging from the topn front to within three feet of the

lour, and shall have a suitable shelf onvhirh the voter can prepare his tiekt:Provided. The provisions of thisict shall not apply to rural votingincincts out-side of incorporatedowns and cities.2. Polling Places..The polling

duces shall he provided with a 'tnlde

or. the managers. The polls shalle provided with a guard rail, so

hat no one except as hereinafterrovided shall approach nearer than

ive feet to the booths in which theoters are preparing their ballots.3. Tickets..The tickets shall be

rintod on clear white |Ki|icr in theisual manner, but shall have a cousinat the top perforated so as to

ie easily detached. On the couponhall be printed "Olliclal I III Hot."Club Ward :

si" The number

hall run seriatim for each club.There shall be 5'» per cent more balotsthan there are voters enrolledit each isdltng place.

t. Prc|mrntion of Hallot.. Thennnngrrs shall be resisinsible for all

allots furnished. When a voter preicntshimself he shall be given a balot.The manager in charge of thesdl list shall enter the number of theallot next the name of the voter. Theoter shall forthwith retire alone toi

no of the booths and without unduelelay prepare his ballot by scratchingtit the names of the candidates forchain he does not care to vote. No

oter shall remain in the booth lon.grthan live minutes. After preparinglis ballot. the voter shall present mm

totlio malinger. llis I«:i 1 lot must

>e folded in such a way that the

ittinher ran he seen and the couponan he readily detached hy the matinrerwithout any way revealinn the

irinted portion of the hallot. If theoter is not challenged, and takes the

resoribed oath, the manager shallear off the coupon, put on tile, stamphe hallot, and the voter shall depositlis ticket in the Ikix and shall iinnedlatelyleave the |>olling place. If

voter mar or deface his hallot, he

ua.\ obtain one additional hallot ii|mnettuning to the manager in charge ol

he ballots, the hallot so marred or

lel'aeed. with the coii|Hin attached.I'he manager in charge of the poll list

iliall change the number of the kallotn his poll list, and place the defacedallot on tile. No voter shall hi' given

I second ballot until ho has returnedho llrst one with coii|ion attached.

S. When and How a Voter May lieVssisted..No person shall bo allowedwithin the guard rail except as

lerelnnl'ter provided. If a voter canlotread or write, or is physically disibled,and by reason thereof did not

iign the enrollment book, he may apicalto the managers for assistance,md the chairman of the managersihall appoint two of the watchers

presenting different factions to nsdsthim in preparing his ballot: I'roided.After the voter's ballot has been

irepnred, the watchers so appointedihall immediately go behind tinman!rail: I'rovided. further. That if

here be no such watchers available,he chairman may appoint two byitnndcra who are qualitied electors to

issist the voter in the preparation of

lis ballot.fi. Admission to the Polling Place.Tom the time of the o|iening of the

will until the announcenient of the

suit and the signing of the officialeturns. no person shall be admittedo the |iolling place except the manigers.duly authorized watchers andhallengers, the chairman of the exe

utivecommittee or members of thexeeutivc committee appointed in his

dead to su|Mivlse this polling place,ersons duly admitted for the purposeif voting, police olllcers admitted byhe managers to preserve order or endivelaw: Provided, however. That

nndidntes for public oltlce voted for

it such polling place may be presentit the canvass of the votes: Provided,'anvass of the votes shall be open to

he public.7. Interference With Election..If

ho watchers or otlicors of the lawvho are admitted to the polling place>y the managers shall interfere withhe managers or obstruct the voting,t shall be the duty of the managerso suspend the election until order is

vstored. or as may l>e provided byhe rules of the party. Xo personihall be allowed to approach polling>laces within 25 feet while polls are

>pened. other than the persons herenprovided for.

S. Managers to Account for Bal.I'nnnthe close of the electionnanapers shall account to the execuIvecommittee for all ballots deliveredto them, and make the followinpeturn: (a) The number of officialallots furnished to each pollinpprecinct, (b) The number of official«nllots spoiled and returned by voters.(c) The number of officii:! bal

lot.s returned to the executive committee.(d) The number of officialballots actually voted.

9. Consistent Acts Repealed.Act(1915; SI) Not Affected..That all actsand parts of acts in conflict with the

provisions of this act are hereby repealed,except an act to regulatethe holding of all primary electionsand the organization of clubs in citiescontaining forty thousand inhabitantsor more, approved 16th day of February,1015, which said act shall remainin full force and effect.

10. State Executive Committee to

Make Regulations for Voting by Personsin P. S. Service..The state ex-

ccutive committee provided for unuer

the lews regulating primary electionsin this state he and they are herebyauthorized and empowered to makeregulations as may he necessary to

provide for the enrollment and votlneol citizens of this state holding positionsunder the government of theI'nited States, or any branch thereofand resident temporarily out of the

state. I nit within the United States,11. Act Effective on Approval..

That this act shall go into effect uponits approval by the governor.Approved the 19th day of February.

A. I). 191*.

BLEASE IN ROCK HILL

Summary of Speech Delivered to

Large Crowd Last WednesdayNight.The Charleston American of Thursdaycontains a long report of the

meeting at whieh Messrs. Itlease and

Hichard.s si»oke in Hock Hill last Wednesdaynight. The correspondent of

the American says that the crowdnumbered between L'.fiOO and 3,000 people.Mr. Mease's sj»oech is reportedin part as follows:"My friends and fellow citizens: I

have recently made speeches in both

the upper and lower parts of yourstate. I have answered the falsecharges which have been circulatedifainst me. and have hnd somethingto my ahout individuals and theiracts and doings, but have trle^ to

keep my discussions within properhounds.not dealing In personalities,hut discussing pulilic acts and publicwords. I do not propose to make

IMMsonal vitalteration and ahu.se the

text of my campaign in addressing tin

people of this state, and 1 would not

engage in such a campaign to l»

elected to the senate or to any otheroffice. It is true that In the past I

have heen forced into making harshremarks ahout iwoplc. hut it was alterthey had gone around over the state

villifying and abusing me. Even then

it was very distasteful to me, and 11decided that no matter what mighthappen, I would not In the future engagein thnt character of campaign.

"I take It that what the people are

mostly Interested In. so far as I am

concerned, is what I stand for.the

principles which I advocate, and liftqualifications, and not the dlsouaitfl^1cations of those wh?> are opposing m<%jor mud-slinging.

Upon the Reform Platform."I stand, as I have ever stood, for

the principles of the Reform party of

this state; for the reduction of taxa-tion. discontinuing tho useless expenditureof money; the nl>olitlon of uselessc.'hees; Ihe building up of a first

ehiss- eoinmon sehool system andheading It wjjh Strom; colleges, in orderlo give to our white children the

very best education here at home; andrelieving our people of the heavy burdenswhich they are now hnvlng imposedupon them by our state government.

"I am hi favor of giving to our peoplebetter roads, instead of wastingmoney in streams that can never he of

any benefit to our state. I am in favorof liberal appropriations to deepensuch streams and to such points as

may be conducive to the service of our

people, nnd taking the other moneythat is now being wasted on uselessstreams and putting it upon roads.

For National Highway."I am in favor of the government

appropriating a sufficient amount ofmoney to build good, permanent roadsfrom Columbia to Greenville, to Sportanburg,to Augusta, to Charlotte andto Charleston, connecting the militarycamps and stations located at those

places. This is proper governmentalwork. It could not he construed as

building special state roads, hut at

the same time it would give to our

people a great benefit and put all of

them in closer touch with each other.I know of nothing thnt would be of

greater direct advantage in a materialway at this time.

The Price of Cotton."I am In favor, especially now. underpresent conditions, of a minimum

price placed on cotton by congress, of

at least 35 cents per pound. I am absolutelyopposed to the United States' Itt'o

government saying to ine farmers, »»«

will flx the prices at which we willtake your cotton,' hut I advocate the

passage of a law fixing a minimumprice under which the farmer will getnot less than 35 cents, it mnkes no

difference whether he sells to his government,to his state, or to the individual."I am in favor of Federal aid for

state warehouse systems, hut I am opposedto any national warehouse system.under which the cotton of thesouth would pass under the control ofFederal managers. Such a plan wouldpossibly work under a Democratic administration,hut we have no assuranceas to how many years our partywill 1k» In power. I trust It will con-

tinue in power, hut we nave naa w

publiran administration in the past,and we have had negro officeholdersfoisted upon us. and I can conceive ofno "renter injury which could come to

the south than might be workedthrough a national warehouse systemunder such administrations as some

of those we have had in the post."Federal aid for warehouse systems

under state control is what *he southneeds, and what our representatives in

congress should stand for.

Taxirfg Corporations."I am in favor of taxing: corporations.As it is today, the corporation®

are not being taxed as they shouldbe. For instance, when you go to senda telegram, a war tax is added to yourtelegram, and you pay it.the corporationdoes not: the same way witha telephone message; the same waywith an express shipment: the someway with everything else, even to your

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inuuon picture snows, insiean 01 wit-incorporationspayinc this additionaltax. they have added It to the pricesof their commodities, and it comes Jfrom yours, the people's pockets. MyIdea^ is to add these taxes on to thecorporations, and put in a proviso thntno corporation on account of the levy- "Jlac of these taxes shall add to or increaseits present rates. In this way pwe will tax the corporation, and notallow it to make the individual pay it.

Honest Elections.I "I am in favor of honest elections. (letting every white man cast one ballot,if he is qualified; and then a fair

ocount. After this war is over, this is

going to be a very momentous questionin the nation. People who have never (been allowed to vote heretofore in our ^state, because they have been disqunliflodunder our constitution, are going ()to demand of congress the right to

vote on account of the fact that theyhave performed certain services in

^connection with this war. And the '

handling of that question, which youall understand without my making it *

plainer, is going to be of very serious^

moment to the southern people; andit iH-hooves the south to have in officemen whose views are well knownalong this line, and who will protectthe ballot box from invasion, and foreversafeguard South Carolina from ^

the domination of an undesirable element.I'

Reconstruction.(

"We have given up freely, and we yare now giving up freely, our indi- yvidua! and state rights, and we want j.(to give them up.all of them.if it be

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necessary to our nation to win this (.war.and we are going to win it.but (]when this war is over we will wantthose sacred rights back, and we must j,put men in the national house and in

^I la- senate who will stand firm and ^see that there is the proper readjustment.And cori>oration lawyers and

(>

eoi|H)ration ollicials will not give tothe |ieople that consideration which

^

they deserve, but, as |>nid sonants, ^will hiL-.i ran. m the eniiinifitIons tiiat

they have represented and now ropre-U

em."If the United Stntos ts to make (|

laws lor the stntes, as It has been do-c

ing. we mast hnve men in office wttoare for the people, and not for theeoi*|iorntions ns against the people. ^men who will stand by the |vople andgive to them a free government, honestelections and true Americanism. s

"There are other issues which will jcome In-fore us in the period of reconstructIon.such ns taking care of our

cboys when they come back from over

yonder, making proper appropriationsfor their families; adjusting labor wi|iiestidns so that they may again Anduseful employment, and other mattersof this character, which must be glvenconsideration." »

1 1s

. GOING FINE? bil . ti

con* 1na

Telegraphing front the Aisne-Marne jbattle front, under date of Tuesday jevening, the correspondent of the ^Wolff nurmu, tho semi-official Gcrmannews agency, says:"Continuing their :.ttack between

the Aisne and the Me.rne, the Frenchfor the first time employed Americancannon fodder lu comparatively large (numbers ns an addition to their Sene- jgaleso auxiliaries. |Dense masses 01 uiat-Ks anu *\mericanswere hurled against the German

lines. They paid for It In some hundredthousands of killed negroes andAmericans. In some places they advancedto attack sixteen waves deep.One wave after the other broke downin the German artillery and machinegun fire."On the third day the American Infantrybegan to hault at the first rush,

throwing themselves down as soon as

the German artillery commenced.When the firing continued they retiredrapidly so that at times their attackbecame a hurried fight"Onmany occasions the German infantrystood up in the trenches, andwhile standing there received theAmerican battalion of the secondAmerican division with salvos of riflefire.

In the attack on July 21 Americanbattalions of the second division, advancedthrough the ravine of Visioneuxand were caught in fire of Germanmachine guns, which covered the ravinefrom the sugar works to N'oyon.They immediately turned about andfled."American casualties on July 19 and

20, especially officers, were exceptionallysevere. Prisoners say some regimentswere annihilated."This afternoon the Wolff Bureau 1

telegraphed a correction to the above <

report relative to the losses in the bat- J

tie. Instead of "some hundred thous- i

ands of killed negroes and Americans" i

the bureau says that the correspond- c

ent reports some "tens of thousands 1killed."tThe same correspondent says the i

Americans lost heavily in the fighting »

at Epieds on July 32. He says that r

after a desperate struggle, during t

which the village changed hands fre- f

quently, the Germans were victors, t

Bight American officers and 30 men t

were taken prisoners by the Germans, c

he added, and twelve American ma- :

chine guns were also taken. t

, m c

How Americans Fight..The followingtribute to the American fighting 1

ffualltloc appeared in the London t

Evening News a few nights ago: t

"The Germans are now squealing <

about the effectiveness of the Ameri- *

can fighting. They have good reason

to squeal. The Americans are fight- '

lng in the Indian fashion where the i

trenches are abandoned. (

"The American army teaches men «

to fight in the open, to advance in <

short rushes, taK#> cover and advance i

again. This calls for discipline of the f

highest degree but no less for Indl- £

vidual courage and skill. The lesson i

was first learned from the Indians 1

and was adapted to modern militaryneeds. I

"North of Chateau Thierry where <

the marines hunted the Germans out <

of their machine gun pits, showed 1

how effectively this system can be <

employed against a foe who is school- I

ed differently. As new battle lines are 1

created through forests and hills we

may expect to hear more of the Amer- 1

lean style of fighting. i

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A MAMDLK ur nUHHURO

trange Story of Famous Dead Mao'sHill.

UNNEL FILLED' VITH CORPSES."rench Colonel Tells in a Letter ofSights that Met His Eye While ExploringSubterranean Passage in

Which Lay Many German Bodies..'hnrlcston Sunday News.The Sunday News prints below one

f the strangest stories of the war,rhich is now published, we believe,or the first time, its authenticity is

eyond question. The writer is a

'rench colonel who, with his four

ons, has been in the thick of the

ghtlng on the western front fromhe very beginning of the war. The>tter was written to his cousin, an

.rnericnn woman, well known in'harleston. who tor a number or

ears has lived in France. It was

orwarded by her to a friend In

'harleston, who has translated it forlie Sunday News.The letter follows:

May L'fith. 191 v

ly Dear AWhat 1 am about to tell yon surassesin hoiror anything that thisar, so fertile in the production ofrrible things, hns yet produced,on remcmlier thnt on the l»:th of

larch. 1911>. 1 had arrested the ofimslveof the llochcs on the Morthmmo,which from that date was denitel.vbroken. For three monthsley ltave steadily gained sllgiitly in

r>rrain, l»ut at a terrilic cost in men.

'inaily, after July, 1910, they hadttained with great dltllculty a |>osiionbefore Verdun.In order to hold Morthomme theyxcavnted under the mountain an

normous tunnel, in which were

lored quantities of food munitions,s well as houses, infirmaries, hospiils,etc., the whole length intersect

dby a railroad and lighted by elecricity.Here they lived, using theunnel as it passage by which theyould reach their front lines withoutncountering the danger of our guns,tut they had reckoned without theirost.Paring nearly a year they enjoyed

eace, if one can so speak of theiruhtcrranean labor, but in August.917, I was sent again to this same

i-gion, with other officers and some

annon of a new style that were Citableof good work.It was an interesting thing that we

;ho had been on so many otheroints at the front, notably at Xwyonnd St. Quentin, should have beenetailed to beg the lloches to retirerom a situation in which they were

o comfortably installed. I need not

dl you with what delight we underDokthe mission.remember, only,hat.ee-Atte.20tfc_j9f-Augma. 191'.nd during the days folfoviTiit,*, \vechleveda complete victory, tookA Afld nelonnofa and rnpnvni'uil fill th«»

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loches had taken so long to conquera l'Jlfi. That was nine months agond again 1 tind myself In the same

egion.A Strange Story.

There is a rumor among the poilusthorn I encounter that among theunnels abandoned by the Itoches in

917, there are certain parts whichmve never been penetrated iiecau.sehey can he entered only by going inront of our lines, in the zone called>y the English "No Man's I.and."'hey say also that the itoches whorere killed in August. 1917, stillemnin In these sections to which the

nemy has never been able to effectin entrance, as the slightest inovouentin that direction is stopped byrain of bullets.I decided to clear up this mystery

md to visit these tunnels myself. Itens necessary to start at night ando arrive before dawn that our pasagemight not be intercepted by thetodies. We were aroused, therefore,ihortly after midnight and reacheddortoinme after a long ride by nuomobileuntil we readied a point so

ncumbered by bomb holes and winhatwe were obliged to finish theourney on foot. The night was darkind one had to be guided by initinctand. 'by the slight declivities ofhe ground. There were three of us

vho had the physical strength andhe determination to accomplish our

diject, but our way was strewn withliificultics. Each misstep threw us

nto a shell hole or into a nest ofinrlted wire.

A Perilous Adventure.We walked in this way for two

lours, fearing often that we had lost>ur way and that we should fail to

iccomplish our mission. Fortunatelyt was the Boches themselves whotided us hy sending up innumerableolored lights, which thoroughly iluminntcdtheir own lines, showingjs what to avoid as well as the directionwhich we should take. In a

luarter of an hour we reached thenouth of the tunnel, through whichve entered, and after a descent of

orty meters reached a great tunnel,hrough No Man's Land and enteredhe one kilometer only to find the endlosed. One of our shells had burstind completely demolished this secionof the tunnel, killing hundreds)f Boches.Further progress was impossible.

A'e must retrace our steps, passhrougn No Man's Land and enter theunncl fiom the other end, which,vita the aid of a poilu, we finallyJiseovered.The entrance to this tunnel was

>xtremely difficult. We soon had to

valk on all fours. Soon the paie light>f the orifice through which we hadntercd was lost and we had to light>ur candles and electric lights. Ar-ivedat the foot of a staircase of

leventy steps, we found ourselves ini series of little rooms, about whichvere scattered innumerable bottles.It had been the German beer shop.There were also all the appliances'or boiling and sterilising water. One)f the rooms had evidently been a

iormitory, the mattresses being still[here, but this was not what we hadome to seek.not a corpse was to->e found. Had they, then, invented:his gruesome tale?Suddenly in the last compartment

f>y the light of my smoky candle Fteemed to see in the partition wall of

towards in >.so If and it opened. rvh-asinp:ui odor of mushrooms and Pmould and a swarm of mosquitoes.

A Scene of Horror.The IKilo and smoky candle revealida horrible sipht. lb-fore me lay ^

tin bodies 01 soldiers in every imapiS|nable pose in which death had over11!taken them with such suddenness.They had lain there since Aupust.1917, some leaninp against each oth-er. some on the luick. some on theface, some seated, others leaninp on

111their puns, many lyinp side by sidescented asleep, it would seem as it'thehumidity and lack of lipht and airhad preserved the l>odies.the tleshwas still on the hands except in certainplaces, where it had fallen oif ,

and the bones were exposed.The heads were still covered with

hair under the helmets, while theeyes, wide open, were like prvatempty block holes, which seemed to

shrink with terror from the lipht. SllThe spectacle was internal and one ,t h

hud to summon all the loix-e ot hissoul to preserve his equanimity and J)1see what hi- wished to see. How hadthey died? What must ho done to preventour own nun tmm a similar

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late." these thoughts were strongenough to eououcr the Itorrilde rethpulsion 1 experienced against lontin-

[(uing the exploration."The corpse of an enemy always

smells good," says an old proverh of. . Tt

the savages. hut at the same time I ( <realized that a soldiej' who has diedtor his country is always worthy ot

res|H'ct. oven when it is the cast- of a

country like Hermany. which has as

treated us with the most ahoininahhcruiJty. I wished to (kiss among thedead with reverence and to accom- u|plish this I prayed to the pod 01 lint- thties that he would accord to these eliwarriors the pardon of their faults tti

towards us. and that their souls m inrepose might show their compa- ul

triots, still living, the folly of thewar and of their own misdeeds. re

Trying Moments. lyA muddy and Idackish water stood ar

over the surface of the soil in the a

middle of which one found groups ot Tl

corpses forming little islands. You ev

can imagine the pain and horror with thwhich I passed from one of these lit- jutie islands to another assisting my- tic

self with ends of old rails and mouldy at

planks. To cross hero it was noces- «r

sary to step across a head, or an arm. if:or a cross formed by a leg and an ti<

arm.at one jmint I thought I had tharrived at solid ground formed of at

sacks of earth. It proved to be backs th

or loins. Perspiration {toured down sl<

my face, my hands were covered with at

the mould and tilth of the walls, my di

clothes had touched everywhere the lahorrors which surrounded nte. In at

spite of all my precaution my feet had gi

sunk in the mud and water when at

lor nino montns uic uccunipusimm ui i .n

thtw coriwes hod boon In progress. I i>i

Victims of Their Own Device. I mAt Inst I arrived nttjir cod jtrf ftfc

funnel. only to_ littckftaeiii-de-sac. Ithad boon coniplotely cloned by the piexplosion of one of our largest pro- In

jcctiles. This projectile had turn-trot- tlid the earth to a great depth, burst s.-i

the tunnel and spread on all sides a in

mass of oxide of carbon, which had glas|ihyxiati'd in the most terrific man- fr

ner all those who had token shelter if

in the tunnel. Those who had been if

at the end through which I had st

mode my entrance were entirely cut w

off from the outer air by the little fi<

door, carefully closed, of which 1 ej

have s|>oken. and must have been in- "

stoutly killed. This door had lieen s'

used as a protection from the gas "

which they anticipated. What they W

had looked upon as a safety device a

proved the cause of instant death.They were victims of an invention ii'which they and their kaiser had so if

much admired. u;

Seeking an Exit.I had been told that the tunn< 11

contained surgical operating rooms "

and that I would tlnd a surgeon in S1

the act of taking off a leg. etc. I examinedthoroughly every outlet and

passage without success. You ma>"

imagine .with what relief I left this "

chamber of horrors and found my-w

self once more In the fresh air. The '

light of thr morning was becoming 01

strong and there was considerable sl

danger of being discovered by the n

enemy. 1 was not willing to leave,however, without extending m\ re- h

search as far as possible. I had ''

heard that there was another en-"

trance at the side of the lirst one

by which one could discover the In- *'

flrmnry. I felt that I must find it. il

A |>oilu in chaTge of a metraelleuse s

was stationed at a little distance; "

with his aid I discovered the entrance "

which I wished, hut this time it wasw

absolutely the unknown. The en-k

trance was nothing but a manholewithout stops, about < ight or ten mo-

tors in depth and filled with water. 1

1 saw how one might descend.sim- 's

ply let oneself fall in, but the .que*.a

tion was how to get out. The chimney 11

sweep to go up the chimney helps °

himself with feet and the hand's on"

the sides. which is perfectly solid. t(

but if I had attempted to mount by '

this method the earth would have "

crumbled and 1 should have been J'precipitated into the infirmary. Ishould have to invent some specialmeans to accomplish this descent. Itwas too late then to seek for them.

[The light was becoming more and^

more bright. Already the balls were

beginning to whistle and ricochetamong the broken stones.

I must postpone this operation andIf I succeed I will tell you what Ihave seen, at least for the present. I

shall hope to be able to send yousome more Interesting and less lug- c

ubrious news. 8. .G

Those Gallant Canucks..A young tiwoman who lives at the Hotel Holley hin Washington ftjuare sent a cnccx iu r

a tax eommissionory at Calgary. In dWestern Canada, tn payment of tax- o

es due on some land she and her hus- c

band, who is a maj r in the army of tthe United States, own. With the a

check she sent a note of apology for ftbeing tardy in her remittance which dshe explained was caused by delay in a

hearing from her husband, who is in hservice in France. CBack came her check with a stm- ^

pie note saying that a man fighting in bFrance in the cause of freedom was i<

paying all his taxes so far ae Canada a

was concerned. . d

f

2X&L .

resident Begs Public to Obey theLaws.

President Wilson last Friday in a

rsonnl statement addressed to hisHow countrymen, denounced inol>afrit and mob action, called upon theition to show the world that whiletights for democracy on foreignIds it is not destroying democracyhome.The president referred not alone toob action against the suspect eneyaliens or enemy sympathizers; henonnced most emphatically mob actioof all sorts, especially lynching*,id w lule he did not refer sfieolrtoallylynching* of negroes in the south,is known that he included them in

s characterization of mob spirit as

blow at the heart of ordered lawid human justice."I: is known that the lynching ofgroes. as well as attacks upon thoseis|M-cted of being enemies or syinjsiizeis.have been used by Germanopaganda throughout Central andmil) America as well as Ktirope tointend that the pretensions of thenlted States as a champion of demuricyare a sham.lVcply concerned by the situation,e pl'csiih nt decided to address hisII..U . ..I.Ill I V ill. ti rin.l III ilccluti. that

vory mob contributes to lb imut liesout tlto I'nitcd Slates wli.it hitust ;:ift<il I In is en n not improve iliumwtiy ot calumny."

The President's Statement

Tho president's statement in full Isfollows:

ly Follow Countrymen:"I take the liberty of addressing vol I

on a subject which so vitally affectse honor of the nation and the vorylaracter ami integrity of our institionsand I trust you will think ine

stifled in- spoakini: very phi inlyout it."I allude to the mob spirit which hascent I \ here and there very frci|irentshownits head atnonitst us. not iniv single region, but in many andid. ly separated parts ot the country,la-re ha\« been many lynching*. andtry one of them has been :i blow atie heart ot ordered law and humanestice. No man who loves America.» man who really caivs for her fameid honor and character, or who isuly loyal lo her institutions can justsmob action while the courts,of jusrear«- open and the government ofc states and tin- nation are readyid able to do their duty. We aiv at

js very moment lighting lawless pasr»n.fiermany has outlawed herselfnone the nations because she hassrvgnrded the sacred obligation ofw and has made lynchers of hertnlcs. Lynchers emulate her dlsiieefulexample. I. for my part, am

ixious to see every community inuteiiea rise above that level, withide and a fixed resolution which no

an or set of men can afford to do-.. . -- *

"\\V proudly claim to be tin- chamon«of democracy. If wo ronlly arc

tired and in truth, let us see to ittat we iio not discred it out Awn. Iiv plainly that every American whoikes part in the notion of a moh or

Ives it any sort of countenance is no

ue son of this great democracy, lints betrayer und does more to discredherI»v that single disloyalty to herandards ol law and ot right than theords of her statesmen or the saericesof her heroic hoys in the trenchican <lo to make suffering peoplesI'lievo her to he their savior. Howmil we commend democracy to thePci'ptance of other fienples, If we dlsrnceour own hy proving that it is.rter all, no protection to the weak?Very moh contiihutes to Hermanis ahoiit the I'niteil States what «

i-r most gifted liars cannot Improveism hy the way of calumny. Theyin at least say that such things canr»thappen In Cermany except inmes of revolution when law Is

ivept away."I therefore very earnestly andilemnly Is'c that the governors of allle states, tin- law otllcers of every.immunity, and ahove all, the men amirotnen ot every community In thenlted States, all who revere Amerlianil wish to keep her name withoutlain ami reprouch. will co-operate,ot passively merely, hut actively andratchfully. to make an end of this dlsraccfulevil. It cannot live where!»e community does not countenance

"I have cnlled upon the nation to

tit Its great energy into this war andhas responded.lesjiondcd with a

pirit ami a genius for action that liasirllled the world. I now call upon, upon its men and women every'hcrc,to see to it that Its laws are

ept inviolate. Its fame untarnished,id us show our utter contempt forlie things that have made this war

ideous among the wars of history by(lowing how those who love libertynd right and justice and are wittinga lay down their lives for them upnforeign fields, stand ready also tolust rate to all mankind their loyalty0 the things at home which theyish to see established everywhere as

blessing and protection to the pco1 .1 U. I....... nHl-i.MM »ll<» IUIVI- nr.., ....

ccs of liberty and self-government."I can never accept any man as the

tampion of llltorty either for ourervesor for the world who does not

pvcrencc and obey the laws of our

wn beloved |nnd, whose laws we ourelveshave made. He has adoptedhe standards of the enemies of hisountry, whom he affects to despise.

"Woodrow Wilson."

. Mrs. Edward B. Sines, wife of a

aptain of the 306th Sanitary train.1st division, has been arrested inireenvillc, charged with violation ofhe espionage act. She is accused oflaving said that the Germans had a

ight to sink the Lusitania and sheoes not want to see the Germans run

ver. She denies, it is alleged, that thelerinans are Huns and says that theluns are an extinct race. Also It isllegetf that she has denounced theJm depicted as representing AmbassaorGerard's four years in Germany,s a fake gotten up to make prejudice

If. QU. I. A SfllllfA Af

tot-many, only three or four year* In

imerica. She has been released on a

ond of $1,000, and the understandingt that she will probably be tried at the

pproachtng term of the United States(strict court in Rock Hill.

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