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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
BRITISH TROOPS SHOW
FINE SPIRIT IN FIGHT

Paris.-The newspaper correspond.
ehts at the front lay stress on the
magnificent enthusiasm with which
the British are attacking and over
coming the enemy. They point out
mat the British opposed stout resist
ance when the Germans counter at
tackled. and when they saw that the
enemy was staggering under the
shower OF blows increased the punish.
ment without giving him time to look
around.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
CHARLOTTE CONCERN LANDS
CAMP SHERIDAN CONTRACTS

Washington.-Floyd NJ. Simmons,
OF charlotte. has secured for his con-
tracting firm, Simmons, Hartenstein
q Whitton. contract for about
100000 concrete road work at Camp
Sheridan. Montgomery, Ala.
T. L. Travis is here to confer with
friends about the charges lodged
against him. Representative Webb is
presiding over the house during the
consideration OF the administration
waterpower bill.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
SERIES OF RAPID BLOWS
ARE BEING STRUCK BY FocH.

Foch seems to be striking a series
OF rapid blows. relying upon a local
effect produced now near Arras. now
near the Oise and the Somme. to pro.
duce In the aggregate a general dis.
location OF the German line. In each
OF these blows he uses comparatively
re" men. and the victorious troops
are ready for thrust after a short
interval. The German gets no rest.
no time to re.organize.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
ALMOST UNvARYING SUCCESS
RAISES STRONGEST HOPES

Washington-Almost unvarying sue.
cess OF the great allied offensive on
the 5o-mile front stretching from Sofs.
sons northward to the environs OF
Arras raised hopes in military circle.
mere Tor the most decisive defeat vet
administered to the Germans. Observ.
ers were OF the opinion that General
fochs whiting tactics OF the past six
weeks have been so effective that op-
portunity has come for a glorious har.
vest
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
Drainage Act Upheld.

York.-Judge +. Prince has handed
down decree in the Turkey Creek
drainage case brought by w. T. Dal-
lis ct al against the drainage commits
sioners. in which the report OF the
referee, which was adverse to the
plaintiff, is upheld. The plaintin in
this section attacked the constitution
ality Of the drainage law OF the state.
and alleged that the district was H.
legally and irregularly organized
Judge Prince holds that the drainage
acts are constitutional in respect to
all the issues raised.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
RECENT VICTORIES DEFINITELY
SETTLE FORTUNE OF WAR

Pars.-Premier Clemenceau tele.
graphed the presidents Of the general
councils that they could rely upon the
government and Marshal Foch and his
magnificent staaff and the allied mill
tary commanders to turn the present
successes OF the allied arms into COM
plete and decisive collapse of the
enemy.
The splendid victories Of recent
weeks" said NJ. Clemenceau, has def.
initely settled the fortune of war"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
SUBURB OF THE TOWN
OF BAPAuME CAPTURED

London-Suzanne and Cappy, towns
north and south Of the Somme. re-
spectively. were captured by Field
Marshal Haig's forces, according to
reports received here from the British
bsttle front. The British also took
Avssnes Les Bapaume. a suburb Of
the town Of Bapaume.
British troops also reached the west
ern outskirts OF Thilloy. south OF Ba-
paume
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
AMERICAN BOMBING AIRPLANEs
DROPPING BOMBS ON COMPLAINS

American Forces on the Lorraine
Front.-American bombing airplanes
dropped 3S bombs on Confians, a town
on the Verdun-Metz railroad Ten di-
rect hits were obtained.
Three aerial combats were report
ed in the Woevre region. Lieuten-
ant Jones attacked and apparently de.
stroyed an Albatross biplane over
Marie northwest OF Verdun. Lieut..
Hugh Bridgman, while on a recon-
naissance patrol, attacked two Fokkers
which disappeared
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
Gaffney 10 Delighted.

Gafrney.-The people of Gaffney ars
elated over the fact that the town will
be. on the Bankhead highway. For a
long time the people here were appre.
hensive lest the route via Shelby
would be adopted, but the action of
the committee In Charlotte seems to
definitely fix the route. The road
from Grover. N. c.. to Broad river is
one OF the best in the country now.
and the work will be pushed as rapid
ly as may be until 1t is completed to
the Spartanburg county lire.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
BRITISH MAKING SMASHING
DRIVE INTO BELLOWS ARMY

With the British Army in France
Having smashed into General Won Bel.
ow's seventeenth army during a heavy
fog at dawn on front of more than
10 miles. extending from the Ancre
river to Moyenneville, the British
have throughout the day made steady
progress forward, capturing villages.
taking prisoners and guns and infict-
ing heavy casualties on the surprised
enemy.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
Vice President Marshall a "Moese"

ROCK HiIl.-OniciaIs OF the Rock
Hill lodge. Loyal Order Of Moose, an.
nounce that Thomas r. Marshall, vice
president OF the United States, will
visit Rock Hill during September and
deliver an address to the lodge mem.
bers and their friends. The date OF
Mr. Marshall's visit has not been de.
ched upon This visit will mark an
epoch In the history of Rock Hill
lodge and the reception that the vice
president receives will prove to all
that LOYAL Order" is u proper cogno-
men.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
BRITISH PATROLS SAID TO
BE ENTERING BAPAUME

London n.-Reconnoitering patrols Of
British troops are entering Bapaume.
1t is reported that British outposts
have reached the fringe OF Bullecourt.
which lies seven miles northeast of
Bapaume. and captured High Wood,
east OF Albert.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-08-29
10000 PRISONERS TAKEN
BY BRITISH IN FIVE DAYS

Paris.-The number OF prisoners
taken by the British since August 81
has reached 10000, The Petit Journal
declares.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-28
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14
REFUGEES ARE RETURNING TO THEIR
 DEVASTATED HOMES TO BEGIN ANEW
Many Find Not Even the Walls of Homes Standing; But Accept Hardships With Stoicism; They Will Rebuild From the Wreckage, and Till the Soil For Their Re turning Soldier Husbands Sons and sweethearts.

Paris, Nov. 14-(Correspondence of The Associated Press) their little bundles of household pos sessions, the French refugees are re- turning to their homes in Chateau Thierry and the little French villages around it, to Vaux, Lucy, Belleau and the rest, places now a part of Ameri- can history.
 They are coming back to ruins of villages and houses demolished by German artillery, to live in cellars and in the shelter of tottering walls until they can rebuild their homes and their return is pitiful specta- cle.
 Find Homes in Ruins.
 Sometimes they find no home al all. Never do they find any furn!- ture. Often they find no food, and then the American Red Cross steps in and helps them. The woman who can dig out her stove from a heap 0: dirt and plaster and patch 1t up agan so that it will burn counts herself inordinately lucky. One woman found remaining of all her household goods just one big salt-eellar: Forks are worth their weight In gold, and q feather bed is prized above rubies. Five thousand five hundred blankets the Red Cross shipped out to return ing refugees in a single week:
 The people in the Aisne will net be able to spend the winter In their ewn villages. The villages on the banks OF the little Marne are toe utterly battered by shells to afford human habitation during the winter weather Now while days are warm and skies are blue, their owners can find some tiny corner or other to live In, but the rain and mud and chilly damp of 8 French winter will drive them, eF If il does not, paternal government will send them, back to their temporary
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

homes in the uninvaded provinces to wait for spring.
 Red Cross Feed Fugitives.
 One purpose in sending them home so quickly was to harvest the wheat crops, but there was no food, so the Red Cross established canteens in many villages and served two meals a day free to those too poor to pay while others paid small sums. Forty carloads of food were sent to the Marne and the Aisne in a single month. A grocery store has been opened in Chateau Thierry which a1- ready is a busy town again, though the walls of it's houses have been shattered and torn by shells. To keep intruders out the residents scrawl on their homes in chalk Pro prietor returned or House occu- pied:''
 Rolling stores on trucks tour through the villages in the valleys of the Oisne and Aisne to supply the re- turning refugees with food, clothing and household utensils. Demands come for coffee mills, scrubbing brushes, pails, knives, forks, spoons, and pots fer the people taking up housekeeping again as literally all that they left behind them when they fled has been. destroyed or carrie away to Germany.
 Furnish Medical Aid.
 To Amiens the refugees are just beginning to return but they will come seon in large numbers, and they will find the Red Cross ready to re- eeive them. There is a big building in Amiens that was a boys school in those half forgotten days when the city was not under shell fire. It be- longs to the Red Cross now, and it's class rooms are turned to strange uses There is 8 big "salle de re- cepton," where the returning refu-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14
BIFF BANG BOYS
 COMING FOR TIVE UNITED WAR FUND
Will Play at Polls Sunday Night Under Auspices of
 Police Dept. Team.

Under the auspices of the Bridge bort. Police Department and of s. z. Poli. and for the benefit of the big war chest now being raised in Bridge port, people of this city will have an opportunity next Sunday evening to Be the Biff Bang Boys from Pelham Bay, the naval reserve station, in their big show which was presented last fall at the Hippodrome, and later ht the Park theatre in this city At the time the Biff Bang Boys came to Bridgeport they were obliged to turn people away as the house was not large enough to hold the crowd which wished to attend.
 One of the big features of this show, which illustrates the life of the boys In the army and navy and abounds with songs and hits peculiar to the Service, will be the huts of the Y. NJ. c. A. and the K. of c. at night These will be the real thing, and will be filled with the real boys who make use of them, and will illustrate the need for the big fund now being col lected for the United War Work of seven allied organizations:
 The company will come in the same strength it played at the Hippodrome and will have it's own Naval orchestra of 25 pieces, all of the singers, and some new features which have been added since the previous perform ances. It will be a popular presen- tation, there will be one price for every seat in the house, and there will be no reserved seats, first come first served being the rule.
 In addition to the Bif Bang Boys Manager Matt Saunders has arranged ito run several reels of pictures Of an Inappropriate nature during the even ling.
 Capt. Charles A. Wheeler of the traffic squad will go to Pelham Bay early Sunday morning with autome. piles to transport the members of the company to this city, and he will sec that they are returned to Pelham Bay after the performance.
 The entire proceeds of the perform ance, which will last for two and z half hours, will be turned over to the United War fund through the team of the Bridgeport Police Department which arranged for the coming of tht naval boys for this presentation,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14
ANNAMAE ROBINSON
 VS. Order of Notice REGINALD ROBINSON
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ss. SUPERIOR COURT,
Bridgeport, Nov, IA, A. D. 1918

Bridgeport, Nov, IA, A. D. 1918
 Upon the complaint of the said Almanac Robinson praying, for req sons therein set forth, for a divorce and change of name, now pending before this court, having been returned thereto on the first Tuesday of June, 1918.
 It appearing to and being found by this court that Reginald Robinson, the said defendant, is absent from this state and gone to parts unknown, and that notice of the pendency of the com- plaint was given as required by order of notice heretofore issued, and now j the plaintiff asks for further order , of notice in the premises. ! Therefore Ordered, That notice of : the pendency of said complaint be : given by publishing this order in the ! The Bridgeport Times, newspaper printed in Bridgeport, three times successively, commencing on or before the 18th day of November, A. D. 1918.
 Bp the Court
 MICHAEL J. FLANAGAN, i Asst. Clerk of the Superior Court for Ja~izaAla> cnunts, Hl-s@
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

Brussels Rugs, all wool, good designs and colorings. A real bargain snap. Be sure to see them.
 Size 8 it. 8 by 10
 ft. 6, Joy price
 $22.50
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

gees are sorted out and their needs ascertained. There is a canteen that serves two hot, nourishing meals q day. There is a long dormitorv with beds for the weary ones who come back to find empty rooms and roofless houses. There are two dis pensaries, and dispensary doctors find much to do in a country where people live precarious, hand-to-mouth exis- tences.
 Accept Hardships Heroically.
 The Red Cross workers furnish clothing to the shivering, shabby peo- pie, warm flannel shirts and under wear stockings and shoes and sabots. Twelve thousand garments went out from Paris in a single day. And they furnish work for people, who must have a little money if they are 1 to live.
 They have an extraordinary way, those Picardy peasants, of accepting facts. They go back to live under impossible conditions as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Ii never occurs to them to do anything else. There may be. only one wall of a house left but it is home. There are few ways in which American re- source and energy can be better em- ployed than in strengthening a phil osophy and courage like that" says one Red Cross worker.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

German and Austrian subjects swarmed steamship offices In New York for passage to Germany and Austria. Eighty per cent. were re- fused tickets,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

Some of the slackers who didn't dare fight are now shooting off their hands in hunting accidents, while most of the boys who went to France will come home safe and sound.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

The only people who have contrib uted nothing to the securing of 6 grand and glorious peace, are the Pa ciflsts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

King Emmanuel of Italy thanked the American Red Cross for work dur ing the war.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

Grain receipts at Chicago last wee were 6,549,000 bushels.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Having refused the chance to es- tablish a peaceable, orderly and law abiding democracy, the German auto crats now face the anarchy and ruin of BoLshevism.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

Receipts of hogs at Chicago were estimated at 14,9O0, of cattle 5000, Of sheep 6,00O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

Orders were given to heads of cen tral officers training camps to accept no more admissions
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-14

Yes! We Have Those Green Window Shades
Evening journal., 1918-04-11
S25O.GOO OF LOAN
FOR HARLAN MEN
$50 Bond for Every Worker
in Big Yard is Their
Promise
WIN THE WAR" IS
SLOGAN OF PATRIOTS

Harlan workmcn have pledged them
selves TO raise $4,000 FOR the Liberty
Loan. This decision was arrived at a
meeting Of the workmen held in the
plqnt restaurant yesterday a/trnoon.
This is equivalent 10 q $50 bond for
every man, woman and child employed
M the big yard There are 300 on the
rolls now. but deducting an average
amount OF absences each day would
leave about 5000 daily reporting. When
n is considered that not all Of these
employes make hieh wages, the goal
liked 10y the men Is The more remark
able.
Committees and subcommittee were
appointed, and today every department
of lhe yard will DE combed for sub
scrlpUons. A big thermometer VIII be
erected 20 show the progress ot the
campaign. and The workers have fixed
two weeks as the limit Tor the time
when The money must an be raised.
The talk OF the men while discuss
ms the loan campaign was not at all
encouraging Co the Kaiser If that per
son could know what these wOrkmon
were planning. 70 would have a very
depressing effect upon him. They were
told by a worker that II the Allies won
The war that the bonds might possibly
at some financial "hlgh p0lIt" 60 above
por. but that n the war was lost that
10 wouldn't matter whether they had a
bond or not.
Don't WORRY, Wen win" spoke up
another worker.
General Manager Weaver has offered
four large subscriptions 20 the men as
an announcement for them to attain
thesum fixed by them. They went at
the Job hard today, and within a fort
night o. will not be a very comfortable
place for anyone In the plant who can
not show a third Liberty Loan button.
By this action the Harlan shipbuild-
ers are the FIRST OF the industrial es-
iabllshmcnt IN thlsesectlons to report
themselves pledged 100 per cent. strong
for the Liberty LOan.
Evening journal., 1918-04-11
BOY HURT, BUT CAR
AND BOY DISAPPEAR

Although four Witnesses claim 90
have seen a small boy run down by an
automobile on French street between
Fourth and Fifth about o'clock last
evening, the police have been unable TO
&c. any information about the boy or
the car.
a man entered the police station a
few minutes after Q O'Clock and said
that he and three other men had plain
ly seen the boy knocked down, after
which The automobile stopped. The oc-
cupanis took the boy IN, and drove the
car on
All The hospitals were called by the
police but all denied having received
any such case.
4 few minutes later a small boy ap-
pearod In The police station with tho
same story. claimlng also TO have Wit
messed the accident. II was announced
late This morning by the Police De-
pariment mat no further details OF The
accident had been learned.
Evening journal., 1918-04-11
p " ". v. TREATY
FI' APPROVED
I. De ruyIer, Railroad
Director, Elected TO Tele-
qraph COmpany's Board
I8-YEAR OLD
BREACH CLOSED

The healing Of a fucd between two
n the largest corporations ln thc coun-
'ry was completed IN The best approved
'shion yesterday in the announcement
lat director Of The Pennsylvania
lilroad had been elected 20 the board
the Western Union Telegraph Com
any. Tho director 20 close the breach
in amity is #. DcWitt Cuyler.
From 1899 until July OF 1871 these
two corporations. I'm an Official sense.
were not on speaking terms On May
2i. 1902 the Pennsylvania Railroad lit
ally and nguraiiyely threw tha West
"a Union Off its lines. The trouble
ose In the old days, when the Gould
mlly, Of New York. who controlled
lc Western Union. pushed Tho Wa
1sh Railroad into Pittsburgh. thereby
coming a formidable competitor OF
le Pennsylvania in that center of
adc.
For three years The Pennsylvania
Nailroad, under The presidency of A. J..
Cassatt, struggled through the courts
for tho right TO force the telegraph
company 20 remove It's wires from the
railroad right of way. ON May "a, 1902,
winning the case.
Mr. C9ssatt sent out word 90 500
workmen along $500 miles Of the Penn
sylvsnia lines 60 cut down every pole
and wire. Before night 6000O poles
and 5000 miles Of wire were down
Every vestlge of Western Union prop
orty In Pennsylvania, Delaware. New
Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, West Nir-
ginia and New York was destroyed 10
was reported that Mr.. Cassatt ordered
out his private car at noon. and went
over 10 New York inspecting the work
OF demolition. Mr.. Cuyler, as a director
OF the Pennsylvania continuously since
1899, witnessed the bitter struggle be-
tween the two giant corporations.
But times change and age withers
nnimosities IN the sweep OF American
business. on July 4, 1917, the Western
Union came back" The Postal Telc-
gTaph-Cable Company, recognized as
the official telegraph agency following
The break was permitted 90 remain as
on independent concern. but the West
ern Union was awarded the railroad
contract. With Mr.. Cuyler's election
30 the Western Union board yesterday.
the head OF the hatchct dropped of
and disappeared entirely. other changes
in the Western Union board were the
addition Of Howard Elliot. Julius Krutt-
schm.tt and Charles Segcr 90 take the
places Of Robert C. Clowery, Robert s.
Loyett, Joseph J Slocum and James
Stiilman. deceased
Evening journal., 1918-04-11
WRITE TO YOUR
FRIEND, THE SOLDIER

Many a woman will die am old maid
II more letters are not sent 90 TIE SOL
der boys at the front and In our
camps, was the comment OF w H..
Ryan. Delaware's largest Independent
OH dealer, on his return from visit
10 his son, Corporal Willard q Ryan,
member Of Aero Squadron, no. GA,
al Camp Morrison, Va.
Mr.. Ryan made the trip last sunday
and was much Impressed with what De
saw, but the thing that made the deep
est impression on him was the almost
hungry look The boys have on their
faces for news from home when The
posiman puts In his appearance. The
latter Is Immediately surrounded by
soldiers who look at every letter as 10
is passed ont 90 eagerly waiting men.
The keen disappointment Is plainly
evidenced by those who failed 20 receive
a letter or some token from home.
struck a tender cord in Mr. Ryan g
heart. lie promised himself That on
returning 20 Wilmington he would say
something on the subject, and ycstor-
day he got IN touch with a representa-
tive of THE EVENING JOURNAL and
unbosomed himself.
After giving vent 90 his feelings on
the neglect OF the boys In the service
by those at home De particularly cen
surcd the young women who have
friends In The army; boys" he said
"NhO have given up everything 90 an
swer the call 20 the c0l0rs and lghl
for them" He remarked: MANY a
woman viii DE an old maid through
her present NEGLECT "
Mr.. Ryan says there are 50 Whining
ton boys at Camp Morrison. and hc
feels that every man. woman and child
In Wilmington should Doe proud OF
them as foriy-one of the foriy-four
have already earned their non-commls-
stoned officers cheyr0ns.
Evening journal., 1918-04-11
ALTORA CLUB ENTERrAINs.

a party TO help support two French
orphans was held Tuesday night. by
the Altlora Club. OF the Y. w. C.. s
The entertainment included a mock
wedding, IN which the tallest girl rep
resented the bride. and the shortest.
the groom. A wedding breakfast was
served Every person present was
measured, paving three cents for each
foot OF their height. and an extra cent
for each inch over. Enough money
was raised in this way 10 support the
orphans FOR a month.
Evening journal., 1918-04-11
ACC0UNTANTs ELEcT orFcEns.

The annual meeting OF The Delaware
Society or Certified Public Accountants
was held Tuesday evening, April o. in
the Equitable Building. The follow
ing officers were elected FOR the onsu-
ing year. President. Peter r.. Wright
VIII s Clader: secre-
tary, W. H. Van lickle: treasurer.
clifford f. lsTard; mcmhcr of Doe cx-
ecuiivo comniIiice, o. whitney lszard.