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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.
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rs principle of service
er intentions. Make
will become a part i
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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
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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
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mands reward. A man can't
for his labor. And it is equa
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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.
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tory. They are the first
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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
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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.

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