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Don't Fc You PLANT Tur Be C< PC Soar Musta As usual, we are kind of Seeds and, % -provide against a planting the above I Thc Malluili Service GERMAN IS A POOR LOSER AND A POOR SPOR' His Press Is Either Angry or Mourn fully Shakes Its Head, But the Lo cal Anzeiger Still Has the Nerve to Say the American Army Lacks the Will to Fight London, July 22.-German pres co'nments upon the fighting on th western front are peculiarly interest ing. Some of the journals are frankl lachrymise while others undertake th uphill task of cheering up the disap pointed German public. The Koelnische-Volkeszeitung is an gry and says there is no ground fo oncealing the fact "that in the rahk . the German troops were deserter who utilized their knowledge for bas treachery to the fatherland." But the newspaper endeavors to re assure its readers, by saying that fur ther severe battles are impending adding that not only In the region eas of Rheims, but also on the Marne, th Germans are confronted by new tasks It urges them not to allow the smal tests made of their patience to giv ~rise to all kinds of wrong concep tions. In the Vossische Zeitung, whichi famous for its previous insistence tha that England should be beaten to he knees, Capt. von Salznmann is allowe, to say 'that the general prospects an< the enemy's determination are suel that he can only shake his heai mournfully and hope for a settlemen "as betwveen equals." It 9, he dleclaree "the moment of reckoning," which ha come, and he endeavors to comfort hi readers by saying that this war "fo the fatherland, freedom, honor and in dependence," can only be won if darl days strengthen the determination ti hold out. "That is how it affects me,' he declares, setting himself up as -.noble example for the fatherland t< follow. But he is frankly afraid o "the fresh Americans with their un broken nerve." ' On the othrir hand the Lokal Anzei ger professes not to be one little bi afraid of the American menace. I knows how carefully the authoritie: have kept the German people in the dark upon the size and quality of thi United States irmy in France, and therefore, it reverts to the old-fas ioned dlodge of stimula'ting coatemp) -fir it. It says: "The American army is evidentl: lacking in the one essential--the wil -to fight. In any case the Ameriaa .army *ill not be numerous enough ti p)lay an important part till 1920 anm .then only provided the transport dif ,ficulty Is got over and~ the munitioi industry developed from its presen p,rsery stage. Our submarines wil see to the transports and America 'wlU find it impossible to crea.te a gi gantic industry and a gigantic army at the same time. Ammunition, .per taps-but guns cannot be cast in sew lag machina factories. At prescrit thi .American sokiliers are without rifle; artillery." The Rheinish West Faelische Zei 3~ng, looking for help, turns angril: 4hAustria. "It is all very well," it de lares, "for Count Czernin to declari 1at there Is a war between Austrfi ir Garden! NOW -nips, an s, 3rn, as, Beans, rd, Etc. on hand with the right re urge our friends to vegetable famine by )efore it gets too late. Seedsnen. and Italy," and spitefully remin [' Austria of her indebtedness to GE many and of the need of Austria do her bit. The Austrians, howev< are becoming weary of shedding the blood in the cause of German aggra dizement. .ONLY FIVE GENERALS OF CONFEDERACY LEI Gordonsville, Va., July 22.-T r death at his h'ome here yesterday Brig. Gen. William McComb leav - only five surviving general office of the Army of the Confederacy. Th - are Gen. William Ruffin Cox, of Ric r mond; Gen. Roger A. Pryor, of NE a York; Gen. Marcus J. Wright, 3 Washington; Gen. Felix H. Robertsc of Waco, Tex., and Gen. E. Mclv Law, of Bartow, Fla. - Gen. McComb was a native of Pen - sylvania. le went to Montgome , county, Tenn., about 1856, to enga. t in superintending the construction a large flouring mill at Price's Lan ing, on the Cumberland river. I At the beginning of the Civil W he enlisted as a private in one of t - compnnies of the Fourteenth Tenne see regiment. He was promoted alieutennnt soon afterward, and w made adjutant of the regiment by C< W. A. Forbes. This regiment w I part of the brigade of Gen. S. R. A I derson in the Cheat Mountain cai paign in northwest Virginin, and wi I ,the rest of Loring's division shared the hardships of Stonewall Jacksor ,winter cnmpaign in Bath, Hancoi and Ronmney. At the reorganization of the reg ment at Yorktown in the winter 1862, William McComb was electi major. As such he took part in tl battle of Seven Pines, where the bi gade commander, Gen. Hatton, wa killed. Gen. James Archer was the placed in command or this brigad SAt the battle of Ceda'r Run, Lieut. C< George Harrell was mortally wound< and McComb succeeded him. In the second battle of Manassa Col. Forbes was killed and McCon became colonel .of the Fourteen Tennessee September 2, 1862. At tl battle of Chancellorsville, Col M Comb was woundedi and did not r cover in time to take part in the ba tle of Gettysburg. On the dleath of Gen. Archer, hi brigade was consolidated with that den. Blushrod Johnson. Col. McCon was placed in command, receiving hi commission as brigadier general< .January 20, 1865. CAICPATHlIA SUNK BY SUBMARIN New York, July 19.-The Briti, transport Carpathia, 13,603 tons gro has been sunk by a German submarii . ff the Irish coast, while outwa1 bound from a' British port, it we I mrtned here today. So far as knov here no lives were lost. - The Carpathian was owned by ti Cunard line. Prior to the war she wi engaged in trans-Atlantic service. SI 'rendered noftable service in rescuii sirvivors of the Titanic disastor. Another Transport Sunk London, July 19.-The Britis traQnsport B:-,runga has be-n tuik I a submarine, the admiralty announc< this afternoon. There warn no asnuati,s. V14 -t tIn 1 . .M i t . MBITION dc of somethin ds an icentiv r- can say today, "I h to save-what greater, , incentives. What n n- these about. No sa is unimportant in Sa of They are the active rs principle of service er intentions. Make will become a part i *f There are two kinds of o, War Savings Stamps. TI in denominations or - n. post office or most any tot ry stamps at 25 cents. A 11 re you. As you buy stamps, F of It holds sixteen-and the, d- times 25 cents, or $4.00. Thrift Card to any hank ar where stamps are on sale, to Uni >1. In 'sPAY I PER CENT ~BY A PAT aFEARED) HATr WOULD G~O O nOF STYLE, SO SPEED)E e. CAR AND IS ARRI d Albany, N. Y., July 22.-A le torney pleadled earnestly befo s, lice Magistrate Brady for a ib married woman who had been th ed for speeding her autc le through the business district I e- 40 miles an hour, but he could e- no visible impression upon the t-* "Have you anything to say sentence should not be passei is you?" asked Judge Brady c of woman. ib "WVell, you see, it wvas thi: is Your Honor," she replied. "I ha m bought a $40 hat and I was tr: get home before it went out of Where the attorney failed si cCee andl went free. hEXCNBANDITS sHOLD AMERl rd Eagle Pass, TIexas, July 22, SA.nericn have been entutu, Moxican bandits headed by ie Musquiz, and are being hel.. ft is som in the Sierra mountains, Cmade known here today. One igmen is Naw Malone, foreman of de Blanca ranch, for whom $5 ;h asked. The other is Sam Bar ytaken at Macienda, San Migi miles from ILas Vavas. M', broons are in nnrsuit of the hn atory he centive SAVE ) mands reward. A man can't for his labor. And it is equa But no man, woman or chi ave no incentive." Your coun what more inspiring object! I tore glorious ambition than the ving is too small to help. No n :his great national plan. ye and Invest in U. S. Gover TAR SAVINGS STA expression of your desire for vic to your country. They are ti your country's victory your inc )f the power to bring peace wit] Stamps. Thrift and add 13 cents an< irift Stamps are issued War Savings Si its. Go to any bank, to the. final cash -e and buy one or more Stamps for War rift Card will be given War Savings Sta >aste them on this card. right-total cosi ( will have cost you 16 $4.14, and each i Then take the filled War Savings S post office or store time prior to J mnd if during February office for full < .ted States Gover: Savings ! INT ER EST COMPC This space paid for and donated by RIOT FROM SI >UT1 71 P~lR CENTl JUMP~ IN D) IRITlISHI SHIPB~UILDING LSIE) 1ondlon, .July 22.--The German cal at- Iwireless of .July 21 diiscovered a de re Po- eline in British merchant shipbuilding young and expressed belief that the desired arrest- prodIuction for 1918 could not he mobile reached. It gave some figures to Lere at "prove" that "there has been no~ ex aetension of the prodluction." court. This concern for the British future why was quite ulnnecessary. British ship l up)on building is going on splendidly as the f the following correct figures will show: D~uring the year ending June 30, way, 1917, the output of merchant tonnage id just in the United Kingdom was 833,8;3 ring to gross. D~uring the year ending JTune style." 30, 1918, it was 1,431,150 gross tons, le suc. which was an "extension of prodlue tion" of exactly 597,287 gross tons. This is an extension of over 7! per cent. [CANS A ICEMAl ABE IfTOR --Two .Copenhagen, June 10.-The D~utch d by inventor, Ellehammer, recently s Id Felipe his patent rights in a new motor en j.angine to Norway and Sweden. The sum htwsle received is reported to be greater itwsthan has ever been paid in Scandinav of the ia for r', invention. The feature of the Pedr'a new motor is steam. It .is claimed ,000 is thnt it ' will supersede the ordinary ksdale, explosion engime, that it is neither ael, 45 heavier nor bulkier, than the benzine exican motor in common usage and can use ndits. the cheapest raw oils. HO Jul reg The ma Thi pht ter. bat rag ene dol 'I hot Sev Ntim con to app ms rie Ro tell tal , RiOch rio. IN h wh for An wa ple -- - the tir Ju fir: work without the hope [ly hard to save without t Id in all this great land ye - - -Foy try is your incentive to an ictory! peace are your " ambition to help bring an or woman or child Co Fr. Sir de ment Ge MPS fin tory. They are the first C answer to your good entive, and your savings Na 1 honor and prosperity. u I you will receive a $5.00 U. S. th amp. Each month adds a cent of payment when you trade Thrift pa Sawings Stamps. an( mps can also be purchased out- ch< in February $4.13; in March pa nonth thereafter another penny. me tamps may be redeemed at any hol anuary 2nd, 1923, at the post :ash value plus earned interest. iment jpr< ee err elv tamps j UNDED QUARTERLY StA fo| - 191 JMMERTON 2 GO)VERINMENT NOT'TO()e1 CO)NTRO()L CO'lTTON NOW " WVashiington, .July 19. ---Neither fix- rat ing of cotton ptrices notr the format ion sht of a cot toni corpoir .tien by then gov-ra e'rnmenit to ske over the cnt ire rot r ton cro1,, as the United Stater food ad miin istrat ion gratin corp~oratlion is 'Br hanidlIing the wheait crop, is l ikely at the presvnt time, accordling to Asbury rat F. I .ever, chairman of the Ecuse C'om- e mitt'' on agriculture and himself a cit, representat ive? of a cotton .tate. South, Carolina. D~elegatIions of Soothern'i hanokers, of Southcrn plnt'irs and New York 'Itiat ion, hive been here this wveek. TIhey were supposa' to see ithe Presi dot ai:nIle Hrn-rd B1'.ruch, et ai--man of the wair !fUat 's board,~ but did not appear at either office. They saw Representat ive I ever and Senator Tih y anit h, actinog chaii rman of the senate ommnittse on agriculture. '"They haven't been able to dlecide amiong W. themselves what they want," said Mr.1 I.ever todlay. "My committee is not of considering any legislation along such lines and will not initiate any undter cas' present condlitions. If the cotton men at were to agree on a definite plan aod for recommend it, of course, we wouIld nit considler it." dla MERE TRACE OF BELGIUM FREE sal Paris, July 22.--Less than 2 1-2 p1'r ty cent of Belgian territory is still free from the invader. All the unoceupied 'be communities are within range of the Iral German heavy artillery, which has fired upon Dunkirk, but all are inhab ited.l W MAJ. ROOSEVELT WAS WOUNDED lith the Americans at the Marne, V 22.-Details are now available arding the wounding of Major odore Roosevelt. He received a hine gun bullet in the left leg trsday morning, during the initial se of the Franco-American coun offensive. oosevelt went over the top with his talion, following a creeping bar e, across a wheat field, when an my mach'ne gun knocked him mn. he German artillery was making it for the American storm troops. eral privates dropped at the same e Major Roosevelt did. Roosevelt fided the command of his battalion a captain. When stretcher bearers eared to take him away, Roosevelt sted that the enlisted men be car back first. teaching a field dressing station, )sevelt bound up his own wound, ing the surgeons he didn't want to e up their time. 'hen he rode to the evacuation hos. l on the front seat beside the ffeur, insisting that the more se isly wounded be accommodated in -W-S-S WATElt FOR 19 HOURS SAVEI) BY BOL) ON COFFIN ndiana, Pa.. July 20.-In the water nineteen hours, and a portion of time clinging to a rough box ich contained the casket of an ierican soldier who had died at sea, s the experience of Frank S. Kep of Advance, near here, following sinking of the steamer President coln, according to a letter from pple to his folks here, --W-S-S" N FEIN OB.JECTOR GETS 15-YEAR SENTENCE amp Dix, Wrightstown, N. J., y 21.-Patrick J. Connolly, the t Sinn Fein objector tried before American courtmartial for refusal wear the uniform of the United tes army, has been sentenced by general board at Camp Dix to 15 rs' confinement at hard labor in rt Jay, with forfeiture of all pay I allowances and dishonorable dis rge from the service of at the end his term. 'he case has been attracting wide crest in military circles because molly was defended by William incis Doyle, who was counsel for Roger Casement, condemned to th for treason in connection with eman plots in Ireland. Major Gen. >tt approved the courtmartial's dings. --W-S-S IVI LWAR "VETS" DO BIT ineland, N. T.. July 21.-Civil War e have greatly aided in the present r. From .June 1917, to June, 1 9l, y estimate they have paid $321 in s t- the Red Cross, bought $l.>.600 rth .: Liberty bonds, given $i60 to Y. M. C. A. and $71 to the Knights Columbus, filled sixty pairs (f ks for soldiers at a cost of $3:.4, d $147.90 for Red Cross materials I contributed $1,288 to the war st. 'he women knitted R2 sweaters, 16 rs of socks, 1I wristlets, three fflers, and made 76 wash rags, one met, 113 sponge bags and twelve pital shirts. -W-S )RALE OFj. (ENTrRAL. EMIPIRES ('RUM BIN'G Vashington. JTuly 21.-Astounding of that the foundations of the tral powers are now rapidly~ mbling and the morale of their ilian populations cannot withstand ravages of war more than two rs longer was disclosed today by Raymond Pearl, statistician of the d administration. Through compar 1 of data gathered by agents of the ed governments and the United tes, scientists have estaiblished the owing conclusions: 'he net decerase in birth raites in 7 was 48 per cent in Germany and por cent in Hungary. 'he aet decrease in E'ngland~ anid meeL was 241 per cent. rmanyI~'s loss ini popul:ation was 300O ner mnill ion. HIungary's 70,000 million, and England's 10,00)0 per lion. 'he ma rriae ra e in England *wedl a nmarkedl increase but1 the in the central powe'rs declined rply. t great decreasn in the mortality e in England coupledt with the in asedI marriage rate will result in atet incre'ase in populatien in the tish Isles as a rosult of the war. Var gr'atly inert ares the death e among all persons of 70 years or r, due to work and nervous ex.. ueclt. 'he marriage rate of any c'ountry the surest indicat on of the morale the na~tion. Stata of South Carolila, County of Clarendon l David Levi Company, Plaintrff, against M. HIudson, Defen'ant. Jnder and by Virtue of a Warrant Attachment, in bhe above stated e, I have levied upon and will sell public auction, to the highest bidder cash, at the Court House at Man.. g, in Clarendlon County, on Mon r, the 5th day of August, 1918, hin the legal hours for judicial es, the following personal proper About twenty thousand feet of lum.. .The lumber is located at the iroad station at St. Paul's, S. C. E. B. GAMBLE, Sheriff, Clarendon Cunty.