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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01

With the British Army in France,
April 29.-The fourth German army
this morning heavily attacked the AL
lied front In Flanders. Prisoners cap
tured have admitted that it is the
German intention to attempt the cap
ture of Ypres. Severe fighting is re-
ported in both the French and Brit.
ish areas. The attack extends over a
front Of about fifteen miles The Bel
gians on the User front are also re-
ported to have been attacked.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
BRITISH TROOPS HARD PRESSED

London, April 29.-The British
troops around Ypres several times
after dawn this morning sent up s. o.
>. signals for artillery support. tele-
graphs Reuters correspondent at
British headquarters. An intense
bombardment from artillery concen-
tration is in progress from LaBassee
to south of Houthelset forest and
from Vimy to Lens.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
A PROFITABLE PIG.
Money Making Record of One Pig
Club Boy.

A. Z. Robinson, a white boy of IS
years. Of the Oswego section of sum
ter county, member of the Boys Pig
Club OF this county. purchased in tn >
summer Of 1917. for $25, a Duroc
Jersey pig. "A few days ago he sold
from that SOW $8l worth of pigs and
mas the SOW left, which is worth fully
800 Or more.
That Is the kind Of work that will
prepare Sumter county for the boil
weevil and will also help to whip the
Kaiser.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01

With American Army in France,
Sunday, April 2S-There were in
creased artillery activities on the
Toul sector today. The Germans
opened heavy barrage at dawn. ac-
cOmpanied by intermittent machine
gun and rifle fire These activities
are taken to mean that the enemy is
striving to keep the Americans busy
SO they cannot be sent north.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
FRENCH HlLTiDR|VE.N
ONLY RESULT OF ONSLAUGHT Is
LOSS OF MANY MEN.
foch's Men Recapture Villers.Brcton-
neuX and Hangard in Counter Blow
-Gallic Line Holds Firm.

With the French Army in France,
Saturday. April 27.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. )-The stern opposition
encountered by the Germans in their
attacks in the region of the Somme
and In Flanders near KENNEL hill.
has prevented them thus far from
developing their renewed offensive on
the great scale which they undoubtel
ly intended. Each of their attacks
may be regarded as an effort to pre-.
pare the way for a more extended ac-
ton in the event of an important
initial success at either point. but the
resistance offered at both places ap-
parently discouraged the German
commanders from launching more Sc
rious attempts to break through.
In Picardy. where the Germans at
tempted to divide the French from
the British around Villers- Bretonneux
and Hangard, the line remained to-
NNS WY AioSh tHc SdIhc dS IL WN5
before the attack was begun three
days ago. There has been no re-
sumption Of infantry fighting since
last night. The only result of the
German onslaught. of eight divisions,
is the loss Of a large number of men,
without any advance. The allied COM
mander-in- chief decided, when the
Germans occupied Villers- -Bretonneux
and Hangard. that the continued pos
session by the enemy would endanger
the security of the line in front Of
Amiens and Immediately sent fore es
with orders to recapture them. The
attacks at these points were executed
with the greatest courage and sue
cess.
Farther north. where the Germans
gained KENNEL hin by the employ
ment Of nine divisions, the Allied
comander-in-chief regarded it as un-
necessary to make the sacrifice.
Meanwhile the Germans are using
up large numbers of their effectiyes
without obtaining the important OBJ
jectives at which they aimed. There
is confidence among the Allies in the
ability to hold together wherever they
choose to make stand.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
NIGHT ATTACK REPULSED.

Paris. April 29.-Germans made
several attempts last night to advance
on the French positions in Hangard
wood on the front before Amiens, hut
were checked by French fire, the war
office announces.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
ALLIED ARMIES STRIKE.
TAKE INITIATIVE IN NORTH
AND SOUTH.
French and British Troops Join in
Vigorous Counterattack to Regain
Ground.

With the British Army in France,
April rs (By the Associated Press) -
The allied arms today were taking the
initiative on both the northern and
southern ends of the battle front.
This morning the British and French
troops. acting I'm conjunct ton began
counter operations in the region of
don't KENNEL and the neighboring
territory which the Germans captured
in yesterdays sanguinary struggle.
The aggressors at the time of the
filing OF this dispatch have made
some progress but they were battling
In the face OF great odds and heavy
fighting was continuing with the enc
my holding the advantageous high
ground I'm strength.
South OF the Somme the allied
forces launched combined drive
against the German positions between
Hangard and the southern outskirts
OF villers- Bretonneux. The latest
reports recorded some progress but an
Intense conflict was In progress. Yes
terday villers- s-Bretonneux had been
cleared of the enemy who overran 1t
"Wednesday and the British by bril-
liant counter-attacks had retaken vir-
tualiy all their original positions.
The main interest from the military
point of view today centered I'm the
northern contest where the Germans
have been making such determined ef-
forts to gain control of the chain o..
hills OF which KENNEL is one, and
thereby threaten the allied positions
to the north.
This morning found the Germans
holding the salient which they had
driven into the French and British
lines beyond Mont KENNEL, KENNEL
village. Dranoutre and farms and
hamlets In the immediate Vicinity. A
gallant regiment of poilus had beeh
ordered to hold KENNEL Hill at all
costs. After the Germans had brok-
en- through the defending lines AMI
were encircling the elevation. the
Z French clung TO their position AMI
obeyed their commands to the letter.
They battled t9 the bitter end. No
more dramatic and inspiring stand
has been made in recent days than
this.
The allied counterattack began
early this morning. In the first rush
the sturdy British Tommies forced
their way forward in the face Of a
heavy fire. and into KENNEL village.
For two hours they held the viii
lage while Germans from the neigh
boring hill poured bullets into the
place from rapidhrers. At 8 o'clock II
become apparent that 1t would be q
useless sacrifice of life to remain
longer and the British were with
drawn to safer ground from which the
assault continued.
The French were reported to have
made some progress. but they. too
were coming under "a grilling fire from
Mont KENNEL and other points.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
HEAVY BRITISH CASUALTIES.
Loss Last Week TOtalled More Thar
Eighteen Thousand.

London, April 27.-The casualties
In the British ranks reported this
week totalled 18,3O9.
Despite the heavy fighting for more
than month, casualties only now are
beginning to approach the high figures
for the week last year when the Brit
ish were on the offensive on the wes-
tern front.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01

the German intention to wear out the
British army
There is no reason to doubt that
hlg offensive on "a far greater
scale than ever is still to be expected
between Arras and Amiens, with the
object OF driving in and separating
the British and French. So far the
whole German success is merely tac-
teal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST.

Washington, April 27.-The casual
ties list today contains one hundred
and three names. Killed in action II (:
died Of accident, 4; died of disease,
2; wounded severely. Al; wounded
slightly. 81; missing in action, 2.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01

Paris. April 27.-Eleven American
ambulance men have won the war
cross by gallant service in the battle
now progressing. They included
Lieut.. Ralph Richmond, commanding
Section G42.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
TORNADO SWEEPS GEORGIA.
Growing Crops Washed Out I'm South
crn Part Or State.

Macon, April 2S.-A severe wind
and rain storm of tornado proportion
AT some points, swept over Southwes-
tern ana Southern Georgia this after
noon. Culbreth, Smithville. Ameri-
Gus, Albany and Cordele were cut off
from wire communication. Passen-
gers arriving on trains say that at
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
WOUNDED AMERICANS RESCUED


With the American Army. France,
Thursdays April 25.-Two American
soldiers who were wounded in the
engagement around Seicheprey Sat-
nrday. were found alive today I'm Il
dngout IN No Mans Land. How they
managed to keep alive. physicians
say. In little short OF miraculous.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01

London. April 29.-The Germans
this morning opened a heavy bonn
bardment on the entire front between
Meteren and Voormezeele, south and
southwest of Ypres, it is officially an
nounced. Infantry attacks developed
shortly afterward
An enemy attack yesterday after
noon in the vicinity of Locre, west of
Mount kemmell, was repulsed. There
were great activities of hostile artil-
lery last night from the River Scarpe.
opposite Arras, north of Lens; be-
tween Gnevchy and Nieppe wood
PRISONERS We're taken at several
points.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
FRENCH COUNTER ATTACK.

Determined Effort tn Regain Po-
mtton That Germans Took at
Frightful Cost.
With British Army in France. April
:6.-The French this morning are
counter attacking at Mount Kemmell
In an attempt to reclaim the position
taken by the Germans. Yesterdays
hshting was OF a most desperate ma
ture and enemy gains were made
only at frightful cost.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
LUMBER RATE DECISION.
Propose Increase I'm Freight ON
Carolina Lumber Disapprnved.

Washington, April 29-The pro-
posed Increase in lumber rates from
Carolina and Georgia to points In this
Buffalo, Pittsburgh and central
freight association territories was dis
approved in a tentative report of the
Interstate Commission examiner to-
day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
LIBERTY LOAN TOTALS.
Thrce-fourths of Billion Yet 60 Bc
Subscribed.

washington. April 2s.-Liberty loan
total announced today at the opening
OF the last week OF the campaigs
was s2.sSt.s4s,46o.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
GERMAN OFFENSIVE HALTS.

Quiet OH Ypres Front While Ger
mans Prepare for Another Attack.
With the British Army in France.
April 27.-During the carly hours
today there was no fresh German Of
fensive recorded in the Ypres sector.
where the enemy pausd last night un-
dOubtedly to reOrganizc their forces
for fresh attack.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
KILLED BY TORNADO.
Georgia Family Wiped Out Sunday.

Naldosta. April 29.--William Turn
er' wife and daughter, were killed at
bemiir, near here, late yesterday
when a severe wind and rain storm
wrecked their home. A large area Of
0ne timber land was laid after the
wind.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
BOMBARDfNG PARIS.

Long Range Murder Of Non-Combat-
ants Continues.
Paris. April 26.--The long range
hombardment OF Paris was resumed
hist night. The damage Is not APP
preciable.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
French Hold Ground and Score MI
nor Success.

Paris, April PA German at
tack near Themes, southeast Of
Amiens was broken up last night. the
war office announces. Artillery fight
ing continues on the front between
Villers- BretOnneux- Hangard.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01

ATTACK NEAR AMIENS REPULS-
ED.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28
The Worlds Daht 10 Britain

This country is 10 celebrate Dec. 7
as Britain'S Day, and her contribution
10 the Great World War. To Ameri-
cans who had not yet forgotten that
the Revolutionary war was over, and 10
those who were consciously or unccn-
sciously spreading German propaganda,
it was often said that Britain was not
doing her part Il was also a larori,e
Hun jest that Britain would hold out
to the last Frenchman." But to The
really thinking man, Britian's sacrifices
and contributions we're wonderful and
amazing.
In view Of the celebration soon 10
be held over our land, it is we'll TO re.
capitulate the Empires vas, work in
this great war. England, the Empire
and over seas Dominions, besides alb.
solutely controlling the seas, slowly
strangling the economic life OF the
civil population Of Germany, and rerd-
ering their High Sea Fleet impotent,
furnished bottoms and safely ccnvoyed
millions Of their own troops, and fur
nshed the same for sixty per cent Of
our troops, raised, armed and equipped
some 7,000,000 men for various fronts,
lost nearly 700, 900, killed, and some
5000, 900 men in killed, wounded and
prisoners, force bree-fourths as great
as we had under arms when the arnis.
tce was signed. We heard no brag or
buster Of this or her other mighty
achievements, but all through the bit.
ter contest, no matter whether winning
or losing, still doggedly and deter
miDedly carrying on ss a simple
matter oil course.
Truly the world owes much to tho
great British Empire. None, more
than this country, and to our everlast.
ing credit be II said, we are now realis.
ing 1t, and not slow to bestow this
honor. Let our celebration be hearty
as the hands oi our great mother Anglo
Saxon country stretch across the seas.
We homer this great nation, which is
OF Our blood and our ideals, and which
has done SO much 10 save civilization,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28
NO COUNTERFEIT FOR PlGSKlN
One Who Knows Can Always Tell, Al.
most at a Glance, II Hide 10
Genuine or Not

Probably you have some time or
other In your life bought q pair of
pigskin leggings or putties. How do
you know they are nigskln7 As
matter Of fact there Is no leather In
the world just like plgskin In wearing
quality. A saddle, a holster, or a pair
of puttles made OF this homely mate
rial will come pretty near proving in
destructible.
There Is one easy way by which you
can always tell plgSkln. Examine It
closely and you will find that the lit
tie black spots on the outside Of the
hide are always located In groups Of
three. The whole surface will look
speckled, but these specks will be there
In groups Of three, always and with.
out fail, In any hide once worn by q
porker.
Another part Of the test is to look
at the grain side of the hide. You will
find here that there are holes all the
way through. AS a matter OF fact, the
6rlStles Of the hog grow entirely
through the skin. and are nourlshed
not by the skin itself but by the fatty
tissues of the animal.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28
ACHIEVEMENT DUE TO WILL
Determination to Succeed Is Far
More Powerful Factor Than the
Possession OF Ability.

Charles T. Steinmetz, the 100000
a-ycar consulting engineer of the
General Electric company, tells us that
men don't do big things until they
grow dlsc0ntented, remarks a writer
In American Magazine. He quotes
an old Turkish proverb--thNt the
world belongs to the dissatisfied. No
truer word was ever spoken.
There Is another fact that ought
to be brought out In this connection: !:
The big differences between human
beings do not lie In ability and In
telligence. People come nearer being
equal In brain than we imagine. The
really big variations lie In force and
One man achieves q thou
sand times as much as nnOther-not
because he Is a thousand times as
smart, but because he Is thousand
times more determined.
On no other theory can you explain
man. Yet we see 1t all the time.
Look around your neighborhood and
you will find plenty of cases. The
Ordinary man" who begins to rise
at unprecedented speed does so be-
cause he suddenly gets a vision, de-
yelors n desire, sees a goal. Having
done this, he begins to travel at
pace which he has never shown before.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28
Surrender Of the Hun Battle Ships

Some years ago the proud H)hen-
zolIsrn, jealous Of Britlan's naval
supremacy began leverishly TO build
their great battle feet. The feet grew
apace, until having passed the United
States, it had attained second place in
naval strength am ng the powers OF
the world. German hopes beat high,
and hearty were the toas's and loud
the boasts to DIR Tag" when they
cjuld challenge Bririan's sea power.
The other day the American and
British ships were drawn up in spec
tlcular array to meet the best battle.
ships that the German High Sea Fleet
oosied. Super'dreadnaughts, battle
cruisers, desIroYers, as lar as eye could
reach and farther, all fit and ready,
once the toys Of one, the then Kaiser,
came to meet the British and Amer
.ane. But not in battle array. not with
nelchiDg guns, 10 try the test Of battle,
but to supinely surrender.
Thus ended the dream OF naval
power OF the German Empire. With
nat surrender, the status Of second
naval power passed TO the United
States, never, we believe, 10 be given
up. The two great Arglo. Saxon
nations, as is fitting, reign supreme OF
the sea.
How different the traditions of the
Anglo Saxon Navies to this tame sur
render Of the Huns. With our tradi
tons Of Paul Jones, lawrence, with his
Don't Give up the Ship" Faragul
and Dewey, and the English Of Nelson, |
and her innumerable heroes, giving up |
one ship without a struggle, let alone |
feet, was unthiDkable. One Of the |
American naval officers said: why, |
wen the poor Spaniard at Santiago |
came out and took his chance" There
was feeling Ct contempt for this sur
render among the men cf the Allied
l,et, feeling that the German was
yellow"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28
RESULT OF BALLOON TRIP
Account of Origin Of First Pair Of sus.
penders That Reader ls Not
Forced to Believe.

One day during the warm summer
OF 1877 Gabe Swallow, an homes, farm.
er of Horseboro, desiSted from his
work In the squllllon field and leaned
against his rake while he wiped his
honest brow with the sleeve of his hon.
est shirt.
Ills face being upturned for this op-
Grafton his eyes caught a speck in the
sky.
by spinach ef um beant a balloon r.
he exclaimed, "and shoot me for a
weasel eff the man beant havln' trouble
with umW
He was right. The balloon was de-
Scending at q fearsome rate, the an.
chor swaying and Jerking wildly.
"Well, I'll be Numbered and light.
hinged What's got me2" cried Gabe
Swallow.
The anchor had him. II had him by
the nOpe Of the belt and 1t lifted him
5000 feet above the hills and dales of
Horseboro and swung him gaily In the
hreezes for two hours and set hlm
roughly in treetop at Kinetown. 50
miles north. The only change In his
appearance was that his belt, Instead
of being completely around his waist.
was partly around bis waist aud partly
around his right shoulder
"By spinach, 1t do feel all right this.
away, too" he thought, and, lmprov.
Ing on the idea when he reached home,
he made the worlds first pair of sus-
penders.-Detrolt Free Press.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28
Merely Look Wise.

No assembly, sanhedrim, areopagus
or court of star chamber ever looked
more solemn or more profound than a
smoking car full Of commuters: they
sit In a 70-foot box of blue vapor, busy
with the persistent and futile scratch.
ing of dud matches; and yet nowhere
on earth will you hear so much balder.
dash uttered.
We implore women, particularly
women young and fair, not to be mis-.
led by the sage and phllosophic bear.
ing Of man as he lights his pipe. A
man kindllng tobacco Is no wiser than
a woman putting hairpins in her hair.
Like most things which are entirely
true. this Is very sad. For If ever n
man should be wise and profound as
Rabindranath and Ralph Waldo Trlne
together, 1t is when be is accomplish.
Ing this sacred and penslve rite of
lighting up.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28

Bosphorous." The boss came. He
head their order and then said: "a
dent want to Russip, but you cam
Rumania." So the two Tommies went
away Hungary.
Fred Flowers is with the Marir es,
'oing police duty at present at Great
Lakes, Ill. He likes the service, ar d
s anxious to get to sea
W'll, we certainly have a right tc
'r ts.ud Of cur boys at the Frcr',
Aren't they the stuff I've bunch
"i h4oky cousins there now in the thicA
II Il. I ought 10 be there myself
We ought to BE- permitted to take par
int; we'll be to old fer the ntxt one,
Pm afraid.
Give my regards TO all the old friends.
With kindest wishes to you and YOU,
family, in which my bunch joins ne,
Pm as ever,
Your sincere
L, V. FLOWERS.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28
L'Etat C'estE,,NOi!

The dangerous approach that this
country..was waking toward autocracy,
and the effect Of that evolution on the
minds Of certain Of our foreign elements
is we'll exemplifed by one.ol a set Of
resolutions adopted by the Li,huanisns
In convention at Nv York City, March
IS, last, when the representatives Of
nearly one million Lithuanians resid, Mt
in America, after series CT where.
ases" clcsed with this ont THAT the
resolutions Of this convention be for.
warded TO Woodrow Wilson, Our Hon.
orable President, the protector and de
andsr Of the small and oppressedf
natlonal!ies, and to all other govern.
ments CT the Allies and neutral ma.
tons" That is one Of the effects Of
the George Gre el propaganda, In the
minds Of the Lithusnians the Govern.
ment ol the United States seems TO
have been br' an erdage Of Mr..
Wilson, notwithstanding the fact that,
with the exception Of France, he is the
only governmental head who detiy.
his authority directly from the people.
M wonder the American Republic got
upon its ear and declared itself Nov
embet S,h.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28
OIdtlme "Craters.n

The word "cruter" from the hole
made by a mine, and afterward fought
for, has thoroughly established Itself
in the language Of the trenches. 1t Is
a highly obvious and inevitable Dor.
rowing from the volcano. But the vol.
cano itself took the word from the
original "crater'-the mixing bowl
tfrom the verb meaning to mix), In
which the Greeks, from the earliest
l'nOwn times, mingled water with wine.
These craters, which stood In consplc.
cous positions 1he hall, were often
Of huge size, aud the resemblance to
them of the volcanoes Orifice struck
NIL ancient observers who used the
word "crater" In the modern volcanic
sense.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-11-28
Book Of the Universe.

1t Is from the study of the true the.
ology that all our knowledge of science
Is derived, and It is from that knowl-
edge that all the arts have originated.
The Almighty Lecturer by display.
Ing the principles of science In the
structure of the universe, has invited
man to study and to imitation. 1t is
as II he had said TO the inhabitants of
this globe that we call ours. "I have
made nn earth for man to dwell upon,
and l have rendered the starry heav.
ems visible to teach him science and
the arts. He can now provide for his
own comfort, and learn from my
munlfcence to all to be kind to each
other. Thomas Paine.