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" (By International News Service)
AMSTERDAM, May 9 It Is re-
. ported today that the German Chan-
. cellor. Von Hertling, will resign lol
lowing a rejection of manhood suf
frage measures of the Prussian diet. ;
TOKIO, May 9 Foreign minister
Goto, recently appointed, Bent a mes
sage to the British Ambassador giv-
Ing assurances of Aha unswering 'de
termination of Japan to stand by the
Anglo-Japanese Alliance - and an
nounclnK his implicit ;: faith- in final
,' "victory.? . . ' ;.. ; ;.i'VJ-,"
t LONDON May 9 The i British
- again advanced their J Hues on the
Picardy front east of Amiens, driv
' ing the Germans back from parts of
. . ' the allied line which the enemy pen
etrated on the Flanders front south'
west of Yores. . Strong counter at
tacks were made lat night against
. 'the Germans : on the Laclytte-Veer-tnezelle
sector tn Flanders, where the
Germans, at heavy cost, had gained
a footing at certain points 'on the
'British line. Hurling the Germans
Back, the British advanced on the
. Soman and Ancre rlTers. . The Ger
, mane renewed their attack" on the
': front north of Kemmel, the enemy
' sustaining heavy losses. The German
artillery was active last night In, the
' riclnlty of Albert ; ; -
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-, . ' LONDON, May 9 Twenty-six
-. 'men were killed when a British mine
. ' sweeper struck a mine and sank, on
y Hay lrst, the Admiralty announced
today.. ; ' - - , -'ii-i;:.fM.
- PARIS, May Heavy 'artillery
Ore is reported on the Avre river
sector.' A German pajtrol was rentals
ed In the Lach region. . ;,;.
PARIS, May 9 There has been
Heavy artillery development over a
large Part of the .Balkan front Two
-enemy attempts against Serbian po
sitions near Vetrenlk were repulsed.'
PARIS, May. Belgium' 1 airmen
shot down two German "balloons and
airplanes - near Serren. Artillery : Is
active on the Belgian front v - -
, NEW YORK,- May . 9 On the
strength of unverified reports of a
big British victory on the Western
front stocks rose rapidly this after
noon. Steel sold at one hundred five
v and three. .eights, the high record for
jthis year. .'fKV'-; ,;' .''tM.
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. " LONDON, May Resumption of
the' mammoth German , offensive' on
the Western front is imminent, says
a Hew - dispatch today. '. German
troops and artillery concentrations
Are known to the Allied commanders,
"WASHINGTON, May 9 Casual
ties teported this mortrlng were ten
killed In action; six died of disease;
two from 'accident;--.; three rdled of
'wounds; thirteen were wounded
severely -and 4 forty-one slightly,
Torest Harrison, of Dear in g, Ga., was
killed in action; Fred Sorrells, of
'Burnsville, N. C, Alva Colyer, of Pel
, cam, Ga., Jos Cryan," of Annlston,
Ala., and Ernest Prewltt, of Grayson,
Ga., werd slightly wounded. f -
LONDON, May 9Interisive . gun
tire was heard and vivid ' flashes
seen' on the southeastern coast from
the other side v of the "NorthSea
throughout last, night, says a Dover
. News dispatch. Possibly Ostend was
.-again feeing bombarded. : - ;
, LONDON,- May 9 Seventeen ad
ditional Austro-German ' aeroplanes
were shot down on the Italian front
' says an official report from that sec
tor today. The artillery Is "becoming
more active - The Entente forces
lost no airplanes.. ...Artillery results
were saUsf actory. ' ; . ' v ' . i
' ' LONDON, May 9 Generals Hin--denburg
and Ludendorff have had a
disagreement over the delay of the
. German offensive on the; West front
says a news dispatch front Holland to
day. The Kal8r and the crown
Prince are said- to have .taken op
posite sides of the , Quarrel. War
Correspondent Flfe confirm the re
ports that General Mackenaen is te
go to the Western front , . .- ,.
2VKW YORK PREACHER :
v TO BE HERE SUNDAY.
On Celt Sunday the pulpit of the
First Presbyterian church will ' be
filled by the Rev. C. L. Jackson, D.
D who is engaged in Y. .M. C. A.
-work at Camp Greene. Dr. Jackson
is an able and eloquent preacher, be
ing one of the strongest men who has
been doing this work at jthe camp and
he has been much In demand among
' the churches. He is pastor of a large
church In New York. The public is
cordially invited to hear Dr. Jackson.
. Rev. J. H. Henderlite will be out
of town Sunday, having accepted an
invitation to preach the baccalaure
ate sermon at Mitchell . College ' in
Etatesville, Sunday - morning. He
will also .preach the College Y. W. C.
A. sermon that night . : :
" WASHINGTON, May 8. Provost
Marshal Genera" Crowder urged on
the House military affairs committee
today the necessity for quarterly reg
istration of all young men becoming
31 It the demand for men Increases.
He asked for $15,00 0,000 -for the
next fiscal year. Of the current
years appropriation of $19,000,000
seven million dollars remains . un
touched.. ; t
C.ITC.'I, EX-CUTIAV,
; ..XVtSTO GASTON
Member of Famous Dalton Ganjt of
' , Western Bandit ana' Train ltob
. bers. Only Survivor of Six Brotho
' pre, to Make Gastonla Headquaiv
, ten .Now Followlag ' lieacefol
Life of a Motion Ilct are Producer
. ---Head Office of Southern Feature
Film Corporatkta Located Here-
Local Men. Interested, i
- Emmett Dalton, the only surviving
member of the famous Dalton gang
which terrorized sections of the West
a few years , ago, was In . Gastonla
yesterday and Gastonlans will be in
terested to "know that he Is to make
Gastonla his headquarters in the fu
ture. Of course the reader will un
derstand that Dalton is not now en
gaged in the . business of robbing
banks in fact he has ' a Gastonla
banker as one of his partners In an
entirely new- line of business Dalton
Is now a perfectly harmless moving
picture producer and comes to Gas
tonla as secretary and general mana-'
ger ot the Southern - Feature Film
Corporation, the headquarters of
which is being moved from Charlotte
to Gastonla. For, the past eight or
ten years he has been engaged In the
motion picture business In which, he
has met with no small degree ot suc
cess. V -.';,.;! f-;.--.;i V.',' i
Local interest attaches' to the
Southern Feature Film Corporation
because of the fact that It is largely
oacaea - ana - omcerea - oy uastonia
men who believe that Dalton a past
success in the producing Held and
his wide experience In and knowledge
of Western life insures the success of
tne new venture.; Mr. c. A. Turner
is president; Mr. Charles D. Gray Is
vice-president and treasurer ot the
corporation. These two men are oa
the board of.' directors as is also Mr.
M. A. Turner, preetdent of the Bank
Of Gastonla. - ' '
Mr. Dalton stated yesterday that
his company would probably build a
studio here and would in all proba
bility stage at least , a portion of
"Beyond the V Law,"' the dramatizaV
tlon of a story written by Mm and
which is now feeing published serially
In the Wide World Magaaine, the first
Installment appearing : In the May
number, . This story Is woven around
the 'lives of : the Dalton boys, whose
careers were among the most romant
ic of all the noted Western outlaws.
The last raid of - the Dalton gang
was mado at OoffeyvIIle,' Kan.,- on
October 6, 1 8 9 2, when they robbed
the banks in that town and engaged
In a pitched battle with officers as a
result of which' Dalton's ' brothers
were killed. He himself was senten
ced for life In the penitentiary but,
afterveervlng fourteen years' of the
sentence, was pardoned. Out of the
prison he : reformed and has since
been engaged in peaceful pursuits
m mu corn
mmm to gastoia
The Johnson Belting Company, With
Branches In Several Large Cities,
.'.Moves Its Southern Branch from
Charlotte to Gastonla ' Carries
. Nearly $100,000 Worth of Leather
Belting in Stock. - - o
Mr. James - A., Walker,', Southern
"taanager for the Johnson 'Belting
Company, a large concern with its
main office In 'New York city and
branches in 'Chicago, . Philadelphia,
Boston, Detroit Cleveland and Char
lotte, was In the city yesterday mak
ing preparations for the removal ot
the Southern branch from Charlotte
to Gastonla. He has leased the Ragan
building : on West , --. Main avenue
formerly occupied by W. L. Balthis
& Co. and1 expects to open for busi
ness within a few days. The entire
stock offices, repair department and
force will be brought to Gastonla,
Mr. Walker states that his firm car
ries in Charlotte about $90,000 worth
of leather belting and the stock here
will be kept up to that figure.
; . Two expert repair men will be em
ployed and, to accomodate this de
partment the building will be en
larged In the near future. ' . ; ;
. On account ot the large number of
manufacturing, plants . In Gaston
cbunty and the firm's constantly grow
ing business In this section, the com
pany recently decided that tbey could
serve their southern trade to, better
advantage from Gastonla than fm
Charlotte. ,
DEATHS
MRS. NANNIE K.' NIXON. f ?
" Mrs. Nannie K. Nixon, of Triangle,
died suddenly Thursday morning' at
the home of her brother-in-law, Mr.
A. Nixon, tn Lincolnton, where ahe
was visiting. Funeral services were
conducted today at Unity Presbyte
rian church. . Mrs. Nixon was a sister
of Mrs. Sam Shelton, of Dallas. .
Misses KeMie Rose Sloan and
Lavlnla Hunter are . spending " the
week-end with friends In Spartan
burg, S. C. ; v-,-. .
--Mr. Neeley Hanna has returned
to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C,
after spending a few days here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs'. John N.
Hanna.: . "
PUBLISHED EVERT MONDAY, WE DNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
GASTONIA, N. a
:i cou:mf b. a::d i
B A GOOD YEAR
; Tuesday afternoon the stockhold
ers ot the Gaston County Building Sc.
Loan Association' held their annual
meeting at the city hall, with O. B.
Carpenter, presiding and J. W, Tlm
berlake acting as secretary.' The
chief feature of the meeting was the
reading of the annual report of the
iy-secretary ana treasurer, j. u. rnce.
WUWU (UUHCU UIU IUC . I50WHLIUU
had enjoyed a prosperous year. The
stockholders elected the following to
constitute the board of directors for
the ensuing year: . J. L. Prfcje, F. M.
Francum, J. White Ware, R. M.
Johnston, Q.1- R. Spencer, A. . E.
Wolts, R. E. Johnson, E. Q. McLurd,
O. B, Carpenter; A. C. Jones, J. W,
Tlmberlake, R. W Edwards, John H.
Marey. H. Schneider, and M. A.tTur-
ner. ' ,;). ; .,v :
At a meeting of the directors held
Immediately following the stockhold
ers' meeting, with G. R. Spencer pre
siding,, officers were elected tor the
ensuing year as follows: a President
G. R. Spencer; first vice-president J.
White Ware; second vice-president
O. B. Carpenter; secretary and treas
urer, M. A. Turner. Mr. J. L. Price,
who, had been . serving as secretary
and treasurer, requested that he be
relieved of this position. - ' ,r
' A. C. Jones and A. E. WolU were
elected attorneys for the asaociatio
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: i;c3se lo:ge i;eee
Mr. George '.R. Pearce, assistant
deputy district supervisor for - the
Loyal Order of Moose, arrived in the
city yesterday for the purpose of or
ganising a lodge here. . r
..Mr. Pearce states that ' the Loyal
Order of Moose is the largest social
fraternal order In the United States
with a, membership of, over 800,000
and has lodges in over 1,7 00- cities,
e. Mr. Pearce says he is meeting with
great success in securing applications
or Gastonla lodge and. that he antic
pates no trouble in securing at least
'500 ' members . before the charter
closes. ; ; !ivf'y-U':'i:,
The Moose maintains a free voca
tional school at Mooseheart 1H for
the widows and orphans ot deceased
members., They have spent over $2,
OOO.OflO on this home, and will build
a home f of aged members in the
South in the near future. ;; : 4 7: i
i Mr. Pearce states that the Moose
pays $7 a week sick or accident ben
efit, $100 burial benefit and furnish
es a free physician for members and
their dependents, and that they will
open a club bouse In Gastonla ' as
soon as he gets the desired number
of members. , (.
Mr. Pearce is making his head
quarters at W. H. Dellinger's' at the
present where' he would be glad to
see any members of the Order.
STILL
roil BLAST
RAIDED BY SHERIFF
Sheriff W. N. Davis and a party of
other officers made a good haul yes
terday afternoon when they took a
SOt-gallon still in full blast about two
miles northeast of CherryvllleVTThe
still was being operated by N. Lee
Mauney, a farmer of that section,
who was arrested and taken to Cher
ryvllle. , There he was given a prelim
inary hearing before Magistrate J. A.
Peeler. In default of $500 bond' he
was brought to Gastonla and placed
In jail to await trial at the next term
of Gaston Superior Court '
In addition to the still the officers
captured about 200" gallons of beer
and a few gallons of whiskey, all of
which was confiscated. ;
.Accompanying Sheriff Davis were
Deputy Sheriff X- Madison Kendrick,
Chief ot Police Adam Hord, Police
man Charles Hord, and Deputy Sher
iff G.Lee -Beam, of Cherryvllle. ;
At ITte Churches
' An Evangelistic Meeting, i J:
The series of evangelistic services
at the East (Baptist church will begin
Sundas morning, May 12, at eleven
o'clock. Dr. Calvin S. Black well, of
Norfolk, Va., will do the preaching.
Dr. Blackwell is a man who is ripe In
years and experience and a servant
of God who has been signally blessed
tn his evangelistic efforts. He ha
held meetings all over the South and
East and they were always attended
vith great results. : ; . -
The evening service will begin at
8: 15 "every evening next week Dr
Black well will begin preaching abou.
8:30. A most cordial invitation " it
extended to you to come ant enjoy
these services. : - ; . y.
, J. W. WHITLEY, Paitor. ' , '
MAIN STREET METHODIST .
- . ; CHURCH, -Mothers
Day will be appropriately
observed at, this church Sunday
4norning. Rev. HI, H. Jordan, the
pastor, will preach. - : f.
Misses Carrie Pearson and Lula
Beard will spend the week-end with
Miss Susie White at Aabeboro. ."
XJf
FTUDAY .AFTERNOON, MAY 10, 1018.
g.".stc;:lvs u:?.'.iy : I
He
- leads li d:sf.:ct
Report Presented at District Meeting
of Librarians in Charlotte Yester
, day . Showed " Gastonla Library
- Leads District In Number of Books
- i Circulated la Proportion to Num
ber in the Library - Miss Blake
, Presided Several ' Prominent
Visiting Librarians Made Address
es.
At
a meeting of the mTbllr libra
- j-
rlans of the Charlotte district held
in the children's room of the Carne
gie Library at , Charlotte : yesterday
uastonia a public library .made the
best report of any library in the dis
trict in regard to the circulation ba
ed on the number of books in - the li
brary. The report for the GastonU
library was made by Mrs. J. Y. Mil
ler, president of the library associa
tion. Miss Lottie Blake, librarian of
the Gastonla library, presided at tie
meeting which was well attended.
' Reports for the several libraries In
the district were made by the follow
ing librarians: ; Miss Annie F. Per
ry for the State Normal, Greensboro;
Miss Cornelia Shaw, for Davidson
College; Mrs. J. Frank Laney, for
Monroe;. Mr. F. D. L. Goodrich, for
Camp Greene; Mrs. J. D. Lentz.
Concord; Miss v Annie Pierce,
Charlotte. Several libraries in
for
for
the
district were not reDresented .N
Among the distinguished visitors
who mads talks and gave advantage
to the meeting of their knowledge
and experience in library work were:
Miss Edith Guerrler, head of library
publicity work, Washington, O. C;
Mrs. "-t Minnie Leatherman Blanton.
State librarian; Raleigh ; Mrs. R. x F,
Griggs, president of the North Caro
lina Library Association, Durham.
The Charlotte library was represent
ed by several members of Its board
of trustees. , The Gastonla library
was represented by Mrs. Miller, Miss
lake, and Mrs. J. W. Moore. The
business session was a most Interest
ing and helpful one and th various
reports showed that much progress
is being made In this district in pub
lic library worki.'iwJjrt.,.,:A-:f,
; ( Lunch was served the visitors in
the cafateria of the Y. M. C. A. Af
ter lunch came an automobile ride to
Camp Greene, including a visit to the
camp library, this '. pleasure being
provided through the courtesy of the
trustees of the Carnegie Library of
Phariotte-;:;v;'v?;-' ? ".-.'.
Miss Guerrler is at present work
ing for the government In the inter
est of food conservation and gave a
very interesting and instructive talk
on this subject, suexestlne wars in
L which libraries might assist In this
important work. a r
The splendid report of the Gasto
nla Public Library, as shown by the
report presented by Mrs. Miller, call
ed forth ' many , complimentary re-
I, marks from all present. Mrs. Miller
it. Mrs. Miller
,1 times during.
oA. . ,
was appiauaea several times aurm
tne reading of her report.
DALLAS TO HAVE HEW
" $25,c:o SCHOOL HOUSE
By a vote of 105 to 20. Dallas yes
terday voted a .special bond Issue of
$25,000 for the purpose of" erecting
a new and modernly equipped public
lie school. building. At the same
time the voters expressed their pref
erence as to the location of the, new
building. Three places were voted
on, the court square, the old college
building and H. M. Clemmer's place.
The court square won out with a vote
of 92 as against 27 for the old col
lege building and 'five for the Clem
mer place. "' .-..'-'.'...'
It is understood that the purpose
-Of the Dallas people is to get the
new building constructed for. occu
pancy next fall. .. . . .. . ;v ...
i Personate and Local
t Mr. Charles Wise of Charlotte,
was a visitor In the city yesterday.
' Mrs. W. M.i Jackson, of-Shelby,
Is spending the week-end with her
parents,. Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Laney. ,
' The Sunday School of St Paul's
Baptist Church, colored,- of this city,
has shown its patriotism by buying a
$100 Liberty bond. . -...
Mrs. Ned Leeper has gone to
Raleigh to spend a few days with br
husband who is a member of the sen
ior class at the A. and E. College, .
' , Mr. George E. Marvin, who : re
cently underwent an r operation ' at
the City Hospital, was able to return
to his home today. - ,' v
Mrs.; J. E. Howard returned
Wednesday from Spartanburg, 8. C,
where she visited her daughter, Mrs.
A. p. Flnley. - . .-pr:
Civil' service examination c for
the position of rural mall carrier
from Gastonla postoffice will fee held
at the government building tomor
row." --y-; : -';,-' -'.V
:'. The registration books for the
special school tax election are open
at the City Hall every Saturday, Mr.
Scott Laughrldge being registrar.
Only those who register especially
for this election can vote. :
' ' Mr, Robert Atkinson, who bas
been spending a few days here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. At
kinson, returned to Camp Jackson,
Columbia; S. C today. Mr. Atkin
son successfully passed the examina
tions in the third officers training
school at Camp Jackson and Is In
line for a commission.
mmt i;ei::.t.l '
day mm am
; Several hundred people gathered
at the courthouse at 11 o'clock this
morning to ' celebrate Confederate
Memorial Day, the exercises as usual
being under the auspices of. Gasto
nla Chapter United Daughters "of the
Confederacy. 'Every seat in the
- 1 fw nrnna r mtmnnr m w
i ww w m w n wmm w. v w vtvu ssaau uul am-
J. Clifford, president ot the chapter,
presided. . --v- ' . . -
Following the singing of "Onward,
Christian Soldiers and prayer by Rev.
G. A. Sparrow, the roll was called fey
W. Meek Adams, secretary of Wil
liam Gamble Camp Confederate -Vet
erans. Not a great many veterans
answered the roll call. The "thin
grey line' continues to grow thinner
and some faces are missing each
year which were seen at Memorial
Day exercises the year before. ; The
attendance of veterans, however, was
gratifying. Not a few of them are
too feeblo to come a long distance.
, -, After the audience, standing, had
sang ."The Star Spangled Banner,"
Mr. A. E. Wolts introduced the speak
er of the day, Rev. Dr. W. W. Orr,
of Charlotte. Dr. Orr is widely
anown ana popular with : Gaston
countians and his address was heard
with Intense Interest fey the large
audience. Prefacing his remarks
with touching references to the brav
ery and undaunted courage of the
men of 61, he dealt with conditions
as they now exist today apd made a
strong appeal to his hearers to be
loyal In the crisis which is upon us.
' "Th SHs'tlt .la rtn" m,.r,m v
Mrs. H. B Moore and then Mrs. J. S. I
erate flags to the graded schools. The
picture was unveiled by Misses 8arah
Mason and, Louisa Wilson and was
accepted tor the schools by Miss Eula
Glenn.- :.-:. ; .:- ., in
closing the exercises by singing
"God Hold, Keep. Save Our Men,"
the audience adjourned to Oakwood
Cemetery ; where the graves of the
Confederate dead - were decorated
lavishly with flowers fey the members
ot the J. D. Moore Chapter Children
of the Confederacy under the direc
tion of Mrs. T. L. Craig. "The Chris
tiaas Good Night" was sung and
prayer was, offered by Rev. J. II.
Henderlite. "Abide With Ms, Fast
Falls the Eventide" was the closing
song, after whloh the veterans re
paired to the Armlngton hotel where
they were the guests of the Daugh
ters At a splendid dinner served by
Manager Crown W. Wilson of Jhat
hostlery.
DALLAS SCHOOLS CLOSE.
Commencement Exercises Held Mon
day Night and Annual Play Tues
day Night Large Attendance at
All the Kxerctses. . , - v,
Correspondence' of The Gaiette. ,
DALLAS, May 9. Following the
close of the Dallas schools on Friday,
May 3rd, the commencement exercis
es began the next day. ' On Saturday
one of the prettiest and most unique
spectacles ever witnessed in Dallas,
was a pageant, entitled . "America
Yesterday and Today." given by . the
pupils of the graded school. An out
line from our history was given from
the Indian of yesterday to the civilis
ed man of today. Mixed between the
two were the spirit of the Wilderness
and the spirit of Patriotism. A very
large crowd from all parts of . the
county was present and enjoyed the
pageant. This was the first time
anything of this sort was ever tried
by the Dallas schools, and It was a
decided success.
On Sunday morning. May 5th, Rev.
C. E. tFrltc preached the baccalaure
ate sermon to the senior class. A
very good slied . congregation was
present The choirs of each of the
four churches In town joined in and
furnished the music. The congrega
tion heard a very interesting sermon.
- On Monday night. May 6th, the
graduating exercises were given.' The
class of 1918 consisted of ten mem
bers, the largest graduating class for
several years. , A good sized audi
ence heard the . following : program
rendered: ; '". :-" ?V
Invocation, by Rev. J. L. Vipper
man; Song, Star Spangled . Banner;
President's Address, by Irl Newton;
Oration. "Our Debt to France," fey
Leo Summey; Class History, by Bet
ty Pasour; Short Story, "Tonl's Alle
giance," by Lillian Webb,'- Song,
"Keep the Home Fires Burning," by
the Class; Oration, ''New Phases of
Education by Kelly Elmore; Senior-Charge,
by Janette Jenkins;
Prophecy, - by Winnie Thornburg;
Last Will and Testament, fey ; Pearl
Jenkins; ' Valedictory; , by " Hugh
Rhyne; Farewell Song, by the Class;
Presentation of Prices, by Mr. J. B.
Steele: Presentation ot Diplomas, by
Prof. J. B. Henson; Benediction, by
Rev. R. A. Taylor. -
The marshals for the occasion were
Misses Alma Rhyne and Kathryne
Rndisill and Messrs. Wynne Bollck
and Truett Vlpperman.
Tuesday night May 7th, brought
the annual play. "Deacon Oubba,"
before the eyes of the people. 'All
former records were broken and a
prize taking crowd waa present. The
auditorium was crowded' even to
standing room. As usual the play
came off well and was liked very
much. About $82 was taken In. This
closed the commencement program..
- Miss Nellie Craig entertained a
number of her friends at a birthday
party Wednesday, May. 8th. Those
present had a very enjoyable time.
- , Miss Bessie M. Blakeney, a form-
raoo a rcAii ur
COmiO-L'IES
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, (By International News Servie
LONDON, May 10. The ta
and German submarine base et
i -
w ir uvea successiu;;y :
Sd by the sinking of a ship aero i t
entrance, the Admiralty , annour
today,- The Vindictive, a lis"it en
er, was sunk between the piers at t
entrance of Ostend harbor. , Tho c
terprlse was carried out last n: '
completing .the , task? begun at
bfugge harbor, which was rect.
bottled up in the same way. li.
or Germany s submarine . bases
c.i
the Belgian coast are now out
commission. -The Vindictive a!
played an important part In tba
eratlons on Zebrugge.
t:.0SELS IS C:.3'::D
;Tni en.::;: i
(By International News ervl
HAVRE, May 10. All the tarr.
at Brussels are Jammed with C . :
troops and there Is great actlvi
ward the southwest, says autlc
ti
Information reaching .here t.
Thousands of German wounded
said to e arriving In Belgium.
ers
. TODAY'S CASUALTY LI.;T.
(By International News Eervk
)
WASHINGTON, May 10. To J
casualty list contains the came t
four killed in action, one who c
of wounds, one from accident. TL:
were severely wouaded, and i
slightly wounded. .One is re r
as missing. Corporal Lut!i?r :
Makln, of Greer, S. C, died cf t
ase. '. Lieut. Samuel Love, cf
ter, 8.i C, was slightly
u::iTED states r.::;3
F? ftrrr n f
-(By. International News Service)
LONDON, May 10 A parade ot
United States troops is feeing held
here today, after which the men will '
be reviewed by King George.
2;sei:nro
Fon::::iS' An;.:::
' (By Internatlonal'News Service.)
v WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, (By Rert Ford) May 10.
Standing beside the French on the
Picardy front the American forces
are tensely awaiting the new Boche
offensive. The return of pleasact
weather and much military observa
tion Indicates an early attack. Tl j
Americans are in the pink of condi
tion, with their artillery and ma
chine gun units trained to the min
ute. Heavy cannon are aiding - la
the defense of the lines. ..
4 Misses Mamie and Ethel Stowe.
Edith Garrison and Mary Smith and
Mr. A. A. Suther motored to Bel
mont Wednesday night to attend the
commencement exercises of the Bel
mont high school. . t
Troop Train, Wrecked, f
; According to a report which reach
ed here about noon, a troop train
was wrecked on the C. it W. C. Rail
way between Columbia and. Green
ville at 1 0 o'clock this morning. Two
ears , are - reported i to , have gone
through a trestle, and it was said 15
or more soldiers were killed. No de
tails are obtainable as we go to press,
but further news of the wreck- is
awaited ' with keen Interest ; The
troops were being moved from Camp
Jackson to Camp Sevier. , -
er teacher of the school, was in town
for the graduation exercises.
Dallas received her honor flag last
Monday. This is indeed a great ex
cess for Dallas.. The flag la oa u -play
at the Dallas Bank.
V v4 Cause f Headache.
. Ry knowing the cause, a d'
may often be avoided. , This - i s
ticularly true -of - head act .
most common cause of heaU
a distorted stomach or constir
.which may be corrected by t
a few doses of Chamberlain";
lets. Try it ,. Many others L
talned permanent relief . by t.
these TaW ts. They are -er
take and n.Ud and gentle la er