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With the American Army on the MaTne, July l6.-t'rench and Ameri can forces, fighting together nave re- captured the village Of St. Agnan. hill 223, to the northwest of LaChapel,e Mont Bodon
 In cooperation with the French the Americans launched heavy counter attack this morning, driving the enemy steadily back.
 On the American right the French made rapid progress and all through the section the Germans were fiercely suit that they have withdrawn for d considerable distance.
 Comparatively large forces oi Americans have been engaged, espe- scialty in the. regions of Descrivec where they were brought up to sup Tcrt the attacking French. Within a short period the Americans were hot ly engaged in the fighting.
 West of Chauteau Thierry, between Naux and hill 204 the enemy launch ed a small local attack against the American forces today but was speed fly beaten off with losses. This op- tration subsided quickly and the en- emy contented himself for the re ana lnder of the day with the laying down of the heaviest Lomoardments over the positions, which ayailed him nothing.
 In counter attack operations during the day he Americans increased their number of prisoners and at this hour it is possible to announce that the entire operation is going well and that all conditions are extremely satisfac- tory.
 Throughout the Germans fought with the utmost stubbornness. being loath to give up ground, but they are declared to have been unable to with stand the storming of the allied troops whose advance was precided by a terrific fire. Only to the south of the Bois des Rochet did the enemy succeed in holding his ground tenn porarily,
 From prisoners taken by the Ameri- cans 1t is established that the enemy has used up a large portion of his re- serves since yesterday morning. Yet he has been held virtually every where in this sector.
 ,.4 ..,~g taken is excessively low, in fact lowe than any captured in recent months.
 The fighting following the Amer ican counter attack which drove the Germans back long distance yester- the ground has been fought over sev- CIal times
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MOONEY IS ORDERED
 TAKEN TO PENlTENTiARY

San Francisco, July 16.-An order committing Thomas J Mooney to Sal Quentin penitentiary to await execu- ton there on Friday. August 23, was given the sheriff here today by Su- perior Judge r. A. Griffin, before whom Mooney was convicted of mur- der in connection with a preparedness day bomb explosion here.
 Mooney was granted until tomorrow to arrange his affairs.
 The commitment followed tho refus. al of the supreme court to grant Moo ney a writ of probable cause, designed to keep him out of the penitentiary until Governor Stephens could act or his application for a pardon.
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AMERICAN ANNOUNCEMENTS
 HAVE BEGUN TO ARRIVE
It Is Estimated that 25o,ooo Troops Are Now on the Battle Fronts in the Different Sections Of France-The With the French.

Washington, July 16-The crisis Of
 the new German offensive in France is still to be rearhed, in the opinion
 of high officials here. While the first rush of the enemy apparently met
 with a decided check yesterday, all along the line. and fell far short of the
 probable objectiyes marked out for the first day. both official and un- official reports from the front tonight showed bitter fighting was still ir progress.
 Advces from General Pershing and General Bliss covering yesterday s operations prompted a statement from he war department today that the situation was regarded as satisfac- ory by the American commanders at he end of the first day of the first rcat battle of the war in which Amer
 ;oan trCCps have teen engaged
 On the comparatively limited part
 of the battlefront held by the Amer
 jeans between Chateau T'heirry and
 the Jaulgonne region, tonights ad-
 vices indicated that the enemy had cen busted from majority of the points where h.s ini ial drive had made headway acrCss the river. The
 situation appears most encouraging here.
 Farther cast, where the Germans appeared to have occupied consid- cradle amount of territory, south of
 the Marne, the enemy was still in force and the French, with American
 aid. were gradually beating him Lack toward the river American rein iorcements were also reported as ar irving and getting into the fighting line, and further east toward Rheims. Probably in excess Of 250,000 Amer .can troops are involved in one pladc or another as that would be the ap- proximate strength of Major General Hunter Lg2etts first army corps, several divisions of which are known to be operating with the French comps along the Marne sector. Nnthing had reached the war department late to- night, however, to identify the troops
 who made the brilliant counter at Jaulgonne region which helped ma tefially in stemming the German tide. Secretary Baker said today he had no reason to believe that the first
 corps was operating as a unit, the indications being rather that its divi-
 sions were being employed in French | corps.
 Similarly divisions from other American corps are under French corps commanders, and operating as
 units of the French corps, while at
 other points American brigades or even regiments form parts of French 1 divisions or brigades or corps. This arrangement makes it impos ? siGle to gauge regularly the extent
 of American participation.
 French military officials did not ex- pect tonight to be able to form defi-
 nite conclusions as to the whole | course of the great battle or the di-
 rection in which 1t probably will de- velcp before another day or two had 1 passed. The extent to which the
 check of the first day may have up-
 set the enemy's calculations could not be gauged by the meager ac- counts received today that gave any | specific information of a military. Il appears that for the moment the
 American forces along the Marne have
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Forecast for Arkansas; "Wednesday and Thursday, partly cloudy.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN,
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Ci RL IN MARYLAND MARRIED
 TO OFFICER IN FRANCE

Frederick City. Md, July l6.-MisS Goldie Anita Black, daughter of MT and Mrs. William G. Black, of Thur mont, last night became the bride oI Guy " Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. J Hooker Lewis. of Thurmont, who is somewhere in France The cere mony in this country was performed at the home of the brides parents while an army chaplain officiated across the sea. Young Lewis is d member of the S39th aviation squa - dron.
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WOMEN NOT EQUAL TO MEN

Manchester Eng. July i6.-Man- aaers of shell manufactures reckon that it requires three women, because of their light physique, to do the .york of two men. Experience has shown that it is unwise to make a long workday for the women and in most of the shell factories in this dis trict they put iE only eight hours while men work eleven and a half and in some plants twelve
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FIVE BRIDGES DESTROYED
 BY BOMBS OF AvIATORS
Documents Secured From German Prisoners Show That Fifteen Di. visions Were Employed in the First Line of the Attacking Force with Ten Supporting Divisions.

On the French Front in France, July
 16-The Germans have crossed the
 Marne at various places giving then control over twelve miles of the south ern bank of the stream between Glant and Mareuil-le-Port
 This operation cost them dearly, five
 bridges being destroyed as the troops were passing over, while hundreds 0 their men are believed to have me death from the machine guns ana
 bombs of aviators.
 Mareuil-le Port, on the lMarne @as the scene this morning of terrific fighting in which French and Ameri-
 can troops were resisting most vali-
 antly against heavy odds.
 Other fierce struggles were in prog ress north of the Marne in Rodemat
 wood and around Marfaux, where Ital-
 ian troops are participating. Several German prisoners, when in terrogated, declared they had been told this offensive would enforce the German conditions of peace on the allies. The battle has been christened by them the Peace offensive" The captives added that the number
 of men thrown into the line on this oc- casion was fully equal to the total
 forces utilized in any attack hereto
 fore made.
 The battle lulled throughout the night after extremely lively actions to the south of the Marne. French and
 American troops came back in the
 most vigorous manner against the Germans who crossed the river. Dur ing nuerous counter attacks they made large captures of prisoners in the |neighborhood of Dormans the Ameri- cans outdoing their French comrades in this respect.
 The maximum German effort ap- pears to have been thrown against the western portion of tine battlefield where the enemy made immense en- deavors to advance as far as possible south of tha Marne towards Mont mirail which it was his intention to reach in the course of the first days | fighting.
 The Franco -American resistance, however, prevented the Germans from |, ,la ,ott, op their effort is shown by the fact that they engaged fourteen divisions-ap- Iproximately 10000 men--in the first line in this part of the battlefield. Behind these in support were prob lably fourteen divisions, some of which owing to the losses sustained by the men in the front line, were compelled to take part in the fighting. On the eastern side of Rheims where the Germans met such se- we're check yesterday, they also had
 about fourteen divisions in the front line with a similar number in re- serve. In consequence of the nature
 of the fighting there the Germans suf- fered terribly and their troops were obliged to halt for the purpose of re- organizing.
 Enemy activity to the east of Rheims was quite pronounced this morning, the heavy artillery being very busy. It appeared as though the Germans were preparing to renew the battle for Chalons, which. according Ito prisoners, it was their intention to capture today. Some of the finest di- visions Of the German arny have been engaged in the battle. those identified the Prussian and Bayarian
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AMERICANS ARE NOT
 MENTIONED IN REPORT
Official Statement Is Silent Except to Tell of Success of the German Arms Mo Report is Made of the Losses Sustained on Any Sector of the Ba.- tlcfieId.

Berlin, July 16--"The enemy has delivered counter attacks" says the Herman official communication issued this evening. There were some local successes to the southwest of Rheims To tn eeast of Rheims tn esituation is unchanged"
 The statement says.
 in some sectors fighting activity has revived. East of the Ayette an enemy night advance was repulsed, as was also strong enemy attack east of Hebuterne Between the Aisne and the Marne and east of Chateau Thierry there were lively artillery duels
 "In minor enterprises and during an advance across the Marne to tho southwest of Jaulgonne we broke the enemy's lines and brought back some prisoners.
 Yesterday on the southwest and east of Rheims we penetrated into part
  of the French positions.
 By their devastating effe,t the ar ltillery mine throwers and ga4, throw CTS together witl our tanks and infan- try flame throwers, op2ned the way into tiie enemy pos.s!ons. The army of General von Boehme has crossed the Marne between Jaulgonne and east of Dormans.
 At daybreak pioneers transported storming troops across the river and thereby created the foundation for the success of the day. The infantry stormed the steep slopes on tie southern bank of the Marne and under their cover the construction of bridg- es was carried out.
 "ln steady fighting we thrust through the stubbornly defended wooded country of the first positions and drove the enemy back towards his rear lines at Conde-la- Chapelle- Hodon.
 North of the Marne we also wrest- ed from the French and Italians their first position between the Ardre and the Marne. In the evening we were i fighting to tn eeast of Chatillon -Cuch- | cry line.
 "The armies of Generals von Mudra and von Rinon attacked the enemy in Champaigne from Prunay east of Rheims as far as Tahure and in an en- counter with the enemy who was avoiding our attack we captured the l first French positions. "To the south of Nauroy and Moron Villiers we pushed forward across the Cornillet lHochberg-Keilberg ridge of heights to the crater field of last years great battle as far as the Doman road to the northwest of Prosnes and into the wooded country south of Fichted- berg.
 | ''To the east of the Suippes we wrested from the enemy the field of the Champagne battle between Aube- rive and southeast of Tahure. l 'fOn our front of attack east of Rheims the enemy is holding his sec ond positions to the north of Prosnos. Souain and Perthes.
 sIn spite of low clouds and a high wind our aerial fighting force was active. From low altitude our avi- ators, with bombs and machine guns attacked in the battle on the ground. | Yesterday they brought down over the battlefield thirty one enemy aero planes and four captive balloons. ssThe number of prisoners brought in up to the present amounts to more ithan I3,000,'
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People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads of the newspapers to see what is offered An ad in the Sentinel Record may bring a customer.
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BELGIUM GIVEN NEW CREDIT

Washington. July l6.-Belgium WI; today given a new credit of $l,6S0 900 This made total loans to Belgium b, the United States government sl33.- 480,000 and total loans to all allies &C., 26S,270, 900.
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T he Huns Fight Stubbornly, But Are Unable to Stand
 the Fire of the Americans

The Entire Operations of the Ameri. cans is Going We'll and That All Conditions Are Extremely Satisfac- tory--From Prisoners Taken By the Americans it is Established That the Enemy Has Used Up Large Por- tion of His Reserves,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01

Harvin. May 2s,--Mr. and Mrs
John /. Brogdon. OF Brogdon, cele-
brated their golden wedding today AZ
their beautiful home on the Sumter
Manning road. amidst the assemblage
of eight children, sixteen grandchil-
dren, one brother and six sisters, and
two sisters respectively. The chill
dren: Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore c. Proc
tor (nee Lille Brogdon) and daugh.
ter Mabel, of Columbia; Mr.. and Mrs.
John Il. Brogdon of Harvin, two chill
dren (Sam John and Lille Eudora) !;
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Eddie Brogdon o.
Montgomery. Ala, and five children,
Misses Lucille. Myrtle, Alice and Ed
wilma; Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Brogdon
and daughter Ethel of Florence;
Mr.. and Mrs. julius L. Brogdon "f
Brogdon; Mr.. and Mrs. c.. r. Broglon
OF Charleston and son Cecil; Mr.. and
Mrs. f. A. Wells (Mrs. Wells nee Su-
sic Brogdon) and children, Inez and
Frank. of Sumter; Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Darby White and five children, Darby
Eddie, Selma. Jno. I. and Addic. OF
Sumter; and Mr.. and Mrs Jake /.
Brogdon of Brogdon.
Brothers and sisters, respectively
Mr. w. T. BrOgdon of Brogdon; Mrs
Polly Jones. Mrs. Louise Cook, Mrs.
Margaret Curtis. DR.. and Mrs. j. A.
Mood and Mrs. II. j. Lawrence @:
Sumter: Mrs. j. j. Wideman of Way
cross. Ga. and Mrs. Anna Blackwell
of Manning. Mrs. Lizzie Davis and
Mrs Howard Jones OF BrogdOn 1.-TWO
last sisters of Mrs. Brogdon.) There
were a few invited guests.
The color scheme was beautifully
carried out. the floral decorations be.
ing nasturtium. Dinner being an
nounced Mr. and Mrs. Brogdon and
their eight children were seated at
one table and their brothers and sis
ters and invited guests occupied seats
at another.
The day was clear and ideal. indi-
cative of the life and character OF
those i'm whose honor this festive oc-
casion was arranged. Mr.. and Mrs
Brogdon are among the Oldest and
most respected residents OF Sumter
County. Mr.. Brogdon owing his home
and other property within n mile o,
so OF the spot wheer his grandfath-
er settled many years ago. Mrs
Brogdon was Miss Susan Rebecca
| Mcdonald of Gourdin. williamsburg
county this state.
Ben III. Harvin.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01
Flowers for Soldiers.

The c. e. committee which sends
flowers to the base hospital at Camp
Jackson wishes to thank those who
responded to it's request for flowers
last week. Practically all flowers now
in season, nasturtiums, daisies, pop
pies, sweet peas, etc. are suitable for
sending, as they go by special delv-
cry and are on the way only a short
time. Please send flowers to the
home of Mrs. II. L. Edmunds, Cal
day morning
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01
Attention! Patriotic Women of Sum-
ter.
Fort Lawn. >. C.

On the Red Cross membership
drive last spring many women ex-
pressed a desire to help with the sew
ing. but said Ii was impossible to come
To the Red Cross rooms. or even TO
send after the work. as they did their
own work and looked after their
small children.
For the convenience Of those who
are willing to facilitate the war work.
and whose circumstances do not
permit them TO leave home, even q
part OF the day, Red Cross motor
corps has been formed from the
members OF the Junior Charity
League. These girls will be In reg
ulation uniform aud drive their own
cars. They will deliver the cut out
sarments, on Monday and call for
them on Saturday.
There IL work piled high or the
shelves and every woman In town
should feel personally responsible
for this sewing and wish to see II
shipped to the hospitals In France as
soon as possible. The awful German
drive now In progress makes the need
for these articles absolutely impera-
tive.
There In scarcely woman i'm town
who cannot sew an hour or two "a
week. and we ask every woman who
reads this To- consider this "a direct
appeal To her patriotism. and turn In
as her share at least one finished gar
ment "A week.
There are many patriotic women
in town who work every day I'm the
surgical dressing department. This
necessitates their rising early and ar
ranging their household affairs 80
they can be absent. This work can
not be taken out. but the sewing IL
quite as important. and will be left
at your door.
The motor corps girls will bring a
sample OF the finished garment. and
gladly give you any information
They have undertaken to promise the
Red Cross supervisor az their sum
mer's work 100 garments week
VIII you help them make this prom
isc good? III 40. phone Miss Ethe
Green. chairman. or any mem
ber of this committee. which will be
published in full later. your name
street address and number of gar
msnts wanted. before Monday. June 3
.s Mrs. III. Nj. Stuckey
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01

revenue Officers to Send Out Notices.
Taxpayers Should Make Payment
Promptly. .t

Columbia. May 29.-The collector
of internal reevnue advises that the
notices for income taxes. both individ-
ual and corporation. which were pre-
pared by, the department at Wash
ington, have been received in mi.
office, and are being sent out with the
least possible delay. All of these no.
tices should be out within a couple
OF days at the most. and should be
in the hands of the taxpayer by due
course of mail.
Attention is called to the fact that
these taxes must be paid on or be
fore June 10. 1918, otherwise pen
alties will accrue, and I'm order to
avoid the probability of checks being
delayed in the mails, the collector
urges that the taxpayer remit imme.
diately upon receipt of notice, if con
venient to do so. This will also ms
sist the collectors office in taking up
fNN@'''>''s', iOi ~ alt taNPdyc. -
wait until the last few days to remit
these taxes. this will, OF course, con-
gest work in the collectors office and
IT Is desired that these taxes be taken
into the accounts of the government
as soon as possible.
Ii Is also desired, whenever conven-
lent for the taxpayer to do SO, thai
remittance be made in the form Of
New York or Columbia exchange or
postofiice money order. as this. form
OF remittances can be handled readi-
ly by the banks at par. and such re
mittances do not have to be deposited
for collection before being credite
to the taxpayer
III the taxpayers will render what
assistance they can in these direc-
tions. IL will be greatly appreciated
by the department, and will assist
materially i'm the handling OF these
taxes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01
CrOix De Guerie for a Chaplain.

The first American chaplain to re-
ceive the croix de guerre from the
French government is the Rev. Walter
). Banker. Of Worcester, Mass, an
Episcopal chaplain in the one hun
dred and fourth United States Infan-
try. The Living Church announces
list of III officers and men of the
regiment who were decorated for bra
very Moreover, the regimental col
ors were officially decorated i'm hon
or of the bravery of the entire regi-
ment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01

There's lot of loyal people,
In this bright and sunny land,
Tint are. out to. win the war
Al the cost OF heart. and hand.
They are standing by the Stars and
Stripes.
And the powers that be
And they say. Wen whip the Kaiser
And Wen make the people free.
Hut there's a man among us.
Who says he's tried and true.
His proper name is kicker,
He's always I'm a stew.
lie, kicked at heatless Mondays,
Says Garfield's of his base,
= A dollar blurs his vision.
And he's hindered in the race.
lie Kicked at wheatless days and says
THAT Hoover's all gone sour;
That meal Ia good for pigs and fowls
But we must have our flour.
His greatest trouble is plenty.
He's always lived too high.
A dollar biurs his vision.
He's blind. he can't tell why.
He says it's right to fix the price
>,On wheat and other grain.
But when congress mentions cotton.
He simply raises cain"
lie claims he's patriotic.
~ A Stacker. no not he.
A dollar blurs his vision,
Nothing noble can he see.
When we speak OF feeding the Allies
And our boys beyond the sea.
lie pulls his hat and shouts aloud.
Three cheers for our country free.
But by his constant kicking
He's helping the Kaiser win.
A dollar blurs his vision,
Selhshness is his sin.
For want OF better name. we said
Wen call him kicker. true.
His other name Is legion
Youll find him our country
through,
He's doing his bit. I'm selling us out
Poor fellow. hasn't counted the
cost.
A dollar blurs his vision,
He's heiplessly and hopelessly lost.
But when this cruel war Is o'er
With quiet and peace restored.
And the Kaiser descends to that low
land,
To receive his just reward
He'll meet with the kicker who help
ed him on
A traitor TO his own fair land.
No longer blinded. his chances gone,
They'll pay their penalty. hand m
hand.
il. G.. Lee.
Fort Lawn. j. C.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01
At Her Word.
Ben III. Harvin.


a maiden lady of uncertain age
became very indignant when the cen
sus taker asked how old she was
Did You see the girls next door," she
ask sked-"the Hill twins"
Certainly" replied the census
man.
And did they tell you their age?'
yes"
We'll" she snapped, I'm just as
old az they are
"Oh. very WELL" said the census
man; and he wrote i'm his book: Sar-
an Stokes, as old as the hills
Washington Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01

The clash between Col. Roosevelt
and George Creel, being one of words.
never Will come to an end because of
lack of ammunition on either side
Louisville Courier journal
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01

lf George Croel looks like the
pictures printed Of him, who blames
congress. Add Borglum. Lancaster
News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01

AS a sort of last trump, the Huns
are threatening To throw Macken2cn
into the game on the western front
News.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01

The menu charts that were order
ed ut the Chautauqua from Mrs.
Frederick have come and may be OBJ
tanned from Mrs. III. M. Stuckey.
Price 25c
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01

We don't believe we ever knew two
sembled each other less than Douglas
and Charlie Fairbanks.-OhioS state
Journal.