The Gaffney Ledger from Gaffney, South Carolina • Page 1

QAFFNEY YOUR NEIGHBOR READS THE LEDGER WHY NOT YOU? YOUR NEIGHBOR READS THE LEDGER WHY NOT YOU? TABLISHED FEBRUARY 16, 1894. CAFFNEY, S. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1918. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.

RECENT BRITISH GERMANS CONTINUE INSTRUCTIONS TO MEN WHO GO TO THE ARMY BOY SCOUTS ARE BEING REORGANIZED IN GAFFNEY JEWISH NEW YEAR BEGAN YESTERDAY SOLDIER INJURED AT BLACKSBURG DEAD JOSEPH A. MERALE, OF BROOK-LYN, N. Y. TO RAPIDLY RETIRE BEING CLEARED FROM SOUTHERN PICARDY. Franco-American Troops Advance Three to Six Mile Northward From Baxochei and Fismet- The French and'Aemncans are Wat driving the Germans out of then positions in southern Plcardy and In the section between the Veslo and Alsne rivers.

So rapid has been the yiufiiuno vi vuo in Picardy and the Americans and French from Solssons eastward to-ward Rheims that the Vetirement lit the enemy has the appearance of the beginning almost of a rout. Meanwhile Field Marshal Halg in the north, from Peronne to been almost as busily engaged with his troops in carrying out successful maneuvers which are only slightly less degree of rapidity forcing the Germans everywhere to give ground Haig'a men again have made the Germans taste bitter defeat on numerous sectors and the end of the punishment seems for them not yet in sight. In the latest fighting in the region extending from the old Noyon sector to Soissons the French have reclaimed 30 villages from the Germans, have crossed the Somme canal at several points and are standing only a ehort distance from the important junction of Ham with its roads leading to St. Quentin and Le Fere. On the south they have wto" nr nt th Al eiie livrj anu sidrting the great wooded I region which acta as a barrier to direct at-Uck on Laon.

the Che-DDam and the western Aisne defenses of the sTemingly at the present rate of progress this barrier shortly wllUaw hptm overcome nnfl mflPCIl. LI1H CIA Ballent northwest of au of Fresnes, on the fringe of the nt have penetrated. Ue SUCCESSES TELL GERMAN FORCES STEADILY BUT SURELY GOING BACK. Enemy' Retirement Being Marked By the Usual Destruction of Fires and Explosions. With the British' Army in France, Sept.

5. (By the Associated Press.) The effects of the recent British successes are hourly becoming more apparent. The enemy Is steadily but surely going back. Successive minor victories In Flanders, the application of sustained pressure in the battle zone south of the Scarpe, the exploi tation Of the advances north of Pe ronne and the 'steady bombardment from the British cannon are all help ing the general movement. The foe's retirement Is being mark ed by the usual destruction, for fires and explosions are reported from various sections, especially the area in front of the Hlndenburg line from the BapHiime-Cambral line southward where the torches Beem to have been freely used.

It looks as if the Germans are going behind the line, with Us great sys tem of concrete dugouts and defenses They are not In the habit of destroying where they mean to stay and, besides, the crushing defeat they suffered when the Drocourt-Queant line was smashed makes this ground exceedingly difficult, if not dangerous to hold. On the banks of the Somme, south of Peronne, the enemy is manning his machine guns and trench mortars strongly and firing heavily on the crossings and their approaches, apparently fearing a British attempt to cross. At the same time the suburbs on the southeastern outskirts or Peronne where the German machine gunners have also been holding out desperately, have now been cleared of the enemy, so that the position of the Germans on the east bank of tha. Somme. Along the banks of the Canal Du Xord, in the region north and soutn of Inchy-en-Artois, strong German reinforcements have come up, and they are holding in some places, especially back of Moeuvres, the western spoil bank with immense numbers of machine guns.

YOUNG GIRLS HAVE FORMED ORGANIZATION "To Face Life Squarely" is the slogan and "To Find and Give th3 Best," the purpose of the Girl Reserves, the national movement of the Young Women's Christian Association, just formed for younger girls. It includes in its membership grade school, junior high school and young employed girls between the ages of 10 and 18. Rainbow Clubs, Be Square Clubs and other clubs previously formed among girls of this -age by local Y. Wi. C.

will be incorporated in the movement. The unit of organization is a corps made up of from ten to twenty girls. Two or more corps form a company and all companies in a community form a division. Officers of the corps, company and division will be girls elected by the girls A ycung college or business woman trained for such leadership will be advisor to each corps. Any girl between the ages of ten and eighteen may become a Girl Reserve.

Expenses connected with the work are nominal: the cost of an arm or hat band. The Insignia is the Blue Triangle of the Y. W. C. al rrady known throughout Europe and America, with the initials G.

R. with in it and Y. W. C. A.

below it. The object of the movement is to give girls through normal, natural activities the habits, insights and ideals which will make them responsible women, capable and ready to help make America more true to Its best hopes and traditions. It la a part of a national and international for and women being undertaken by the Y. w. C.

A. The activities of the Girl Reserves are centered around these four developments: health, knowledge, service and spirit. A sound body, a trained mind, a sense of social responsibility, together with an understanding spirit which gives color and balance, to life are what girls of the teen age need. The program will Include outdoor activities and whole-seme recreation intermingled with study of things worth knowing. The code of the Blue Triangle Girls is: As a Girl Reserve I will be gracious in manner, impartial In judgment, ready In service, loyal to ifrlends, reaching toward the best, earnest in purpose, seeing the beautiful, eager for knowledge, reverent to God, victorious over self, ever dependable, sincere at all times.

"I will do my best to honor God, my country and my community, to help other girls and to be in all ways a loyal, true member of the Girl Reserve," is the pledge of membership. Miss Gertrude Gogih, girls work secretary of the National Board of the Y. W. C. 600 Lexington is organizing the Girl Reserve.

Troop of Boy Scouts being J. Harvey Wltherspoon, 'Scoutmaster; 8. C. Strlbllng and John lloozer, Assistant Scoutmasters. Prospective Scouts: Central School.

John Sparks. Karl Galne.4. Held Kelly. Ixnils Tolleson. Alvin McGuinn.

Kverette Taylor. Ilothwell Butlor. Percy Carr. Jack Creech. Raymond Dobson.

Max Weaver. Fred Harris. Julian Gaines. Charles Boykln. James Witherspoon.

Kugene Sutton. Claude Cook. Tom Brown. James Byers. Iteuel Parr's.

Robt. Mitt Sparks. Clyde Whisonant. Norrij 11 III. Kdward King.

James McSwaln. Kugeno Burgess. Raymond Carr. George Wallace. John Gaines.

Fred Moorehead. Robert Prldmore. Francis Cook. lthid Ramsey. Marlon Llttlejolri.

James Rippy. Carlton Parshall. Cherokee Avenue. Thomas Staffino. Klvin MoSwain.

Niles Pryor. James Bryant. Walter Staffino. John Simmons. Clinton Meredith, llughey Davis.

CollU McSwain. West End. Fred Badger. Ivey Badger. Russell -Gordon.

Ben Reynolds. Harry Clark. J. B. Hodges.

James Hamrick. Theodore Suttles. Furmah Ellis. James Sutton. Vic Cox.

A troop will also be organized of the young boys in the mills who are not in school. T. R. PRAISES OPENNESS OF AMBASSADOR GERARD At a recent reunion and supper at theHarvard Club, Theodore Rooao-volt told the gathering of New Yorkers that no ambassador he could recall, except Charles Francis Adams, who represented the United States in London during the Civil War, had occupied a post as difficult aa Mr. Gerard's at Berlin.

"Mr. Gerard's interpretation of Germany Col. Roosevelt said should have made German-Americans aware that they could not keep up an "ambidexterous relation." He concluded: "Germany knows the wooden guns and the dummy carriages. If we -try to conceal our blunders in the day of battle, we'll find the only ones fooled are ourselves." That Mr. Gerard's position at the Imperial Court of Germany was indeed difficult and that America did everything that a nation could possibly do to keep out of the war without dishonor is poignantly shown in the big film production of Mr.

Gerard's, "My Four Years in Germany." The film goes back to the very beginning of the war cloud in Germany and shows with pitiless charity the whole series of incidents that forced America into the battle for the safety of the world. ANOTHER CHEROKEE MAN MEETS DEATH IN FRANCE The casualtly list which was published yesterday carried the name of Landrum Allen from Cherokee county. From the Information which The Ledger has been able to glean this young man lived in the neighborhood of Thickety and was one of the first men to volunteer for service from this county, and as he died for our liberty, the people here should be grateful for the sacrifice which he so heroically made. False Rumors. A report gained currency on the streets of Gaffney Thursday that an Americain transport loaded with troops had been sunk by a submarine on its way across a day or two ago.

An Investigation of the report show ed that it was utterly without foun dation, and the one who would start such a report should be severely pun ished. The realities of this cruel war are enough without adding to Its frightfulness by spreading silly lies that are calculated to fill the hearts of the fond mothers with anguish. Meeting of Blacksburg H. D. Club.

The Blacksburg Home Domonstra tlon Club will meet in the graded school auditorium Monday, September 9th at 5 o'clock, P. M. "Are the 'What' and the 'How Much' all of Nutrition It is hoped that every member can attend, and visitors are welcome. Your Post of Honor. You are called to serve as a soldier in the National Army, because that is one of your obligations as a citizen of the United States.

The citizens of a republic must always be ready in the hour of need to leave their own homes and taxe up arms In defense of their rlght3 and principles. Otherwise the Republic could not long continue to exist. The men who enter military service deserve the gratitude and respect of their fellow citizens. You are doubtless making a heavy sacrifice In order to perform this duty to your country. Hundreds of thousands of other young men and their families are face to face with similar sacrifices.

All our citizens will sooner or later be called upon, each to hear his or her share of the burden. Men and women, rich and poor, an alike miiBt do whatever is necessary and must give up whatever is neces sary. For no personal interests or feelings can be permitted to stand in the way at a time when the safety and honor of the country are at stake. As a citizen soldier you are cnosen for a post of spectal distinction America is Justly proud of the sol' diera of the past who have won for us the rights today denied and put in rlous danger by the high-handed attacks of the "German government. America will be no less proud of you, as you fight to uphold those rights.

Your personal responsibility is great. As warfare is today conducted, the individual soldier counts for more than ever before. Yoiy own skill and bravery, no matter how humble your rank, may easily be Important factors In deciding whether an engagement is to be won or lost. You can not depend upon anyone else to carry this personal responsibility for you; you must depend upon yourself. Getting Ready for Camp.

Your real training for your duties as a soldier will begin after you and your comrades are assembled at the training camps. However, there are a few simple things you can do during the next few weeks which will be of decided value in getting you started along the right lines. The simplest thing, and perhaps the moat useful of all, is to begin at oi'ce to practice, correct habits of walking. Even in civilian life a man's reputation in his community yes, and for that matter his ow nself-respect is determined to a surprising extent by his bearing. The man who slouches feeh like a slouch.

The man who holds his head up faces the world with confidence and courage. If this is true in civilian life, it is ten times more true in military life. For a soldier must always be strongly marked by his snap, his precision, and his vigor. He can not have these traits unless he carries him self like a soldier. The Bearing of a Soldier.

Few people without military training have a correct idea of 'what is meant by the position and the bearing of a soldier. They are apt to imagine that it means a strut an extremely strained attitude. Or, more frequently, they think that the term can properly be applied to any erect position. The truth of the case, however, Is that there is a definite procedure to follow in order to place yourself in what is known the Army as "the position of a soldier" It is the position which the dismounted soldier always assumes at the command Att'ention," except as it may. be slightly modified to enable him "to carry properly any arms he mav have in his hands.

It will be well for you to memorise paragraph 51 of the Infantry "Drill nh ffivfifl the complete land accurate description of the posi-tion of the soldier. This paragraph is slightly paraphrased and simplified the description following: Keep mind that there are ten elements which must be properly adjusted to each other, and check yourself up to see that each one of them is properly placed. 1. Heels on the same line and as near each other a3 possible; most men should be able to stand with heels touching each other. 2.

Feet turned out equally and forming an angle of about 45 de grees. 3. Knees straight without stiffness. 4. Hips level and drawn bacit slightly; body erect and resting equally on hips.

6. Chest lifted and arched. 6. fl Shoulders square ana falling equally. 7.

Arms hanging naturally. 8. Hands hanging naturally, the thumb along the seam or the trous-ers. 0. Head erect and squarely to the front; chin drawn in so that axis oi head and neck is vertical (means that a straight line drawn through the center of head and neck should be vertical); eyes straight to the front.

10. Entire body weight or bony resting equally upon the heels and balls of the feet. Note especially that you are not required to stand in a strained attitude. You are to be alert but not tense. One of the very best things you can do today is to spend 15 minutes practicing this, getting it right.

Keep this up every day until you report at camp. In the army, (Continued on page five.) IS KNOWN AS THE "TEN DAYS OF REPENTANCE." Today Is New Year Day and Begins Holiday Season, Which Will Last For Ten Days. The Jewish New Year, (Rosli Has-hanah,) which will be observed today, September 7th, marks the beginning of the priclpal holiday season of the Jewish year. While the day is really the new moon of the seventh month, (Tishri.) yet the religious Importance of the month so emphasized thin particular new moon observance that It gradually assumed the Importance of the New year day. It is the beginning of the cycle: known as the "ten days of repentance," ending with the holiest day of the year the Day of Atonement.

In contract with the remalndr of period, jwhich are days of sadness aivl penitence, the New Year day has wl-j ways ii'ii observed among the Jews as a dify of solemn joy and happiness In thepJible it is called the "Day of Memorial" and to the Jew it marks I the recording of the deed of tin' past year for judgment, a judgment which, however, Ms suspended until after the Day of Atonement, when through true repentance and sincere contrition the sins of the past may; bo blotted out and new opportunity affordejl to live a life of purity and usefulness. It isjalso called the "Day of thej Blowing of the Trumpet" and around this cdremonythe blowing of the shofar jor ram's horn the service of the day revolves. The ram's horm is supposed to refer to the salvation of i Isaac and the substitution of a ram in his place when Abraham was about to slay him in his wrong un derstanding of God's deamnd for a sacrifice. As is the case with all Jewish days the observance begins at the preced ing sundown, Friday, and in the orthodox synagogue until sun down Sunday, two days being observ ed in place of one as is the custom of the 'reform synagogue. There are a number of orthodox Jews in Gaffney who will religiously observe the holiday.

MAKE PROGRESS NORTH AND SOUTH OF PERONNE London, Sept. 5 The British have made further progress along their front north and south of Peronne, according to Field Marshal Halg's report tonight. British patrols have been able to cross to the east bank of the Canal Du Nord south of Mar- quoin. The statement says: "On the southern part of the battle front, north and south of Peronne. our troops are advancing and driving in the enemy's rear guards.

They are approaching the high ground on the front between Athles and Nurlu. Be-Iweeh Nurlu and the River Sensee, minor engagements on different parts the battle front are reported. "Our lines have been advanced slightly on the spur north of Equan- court and local fighting has occurea about Neuville-Bourjonval and Moeu vres. "Smith nf Maraulon our patrols have crossed to the east bank of the Canal Du Nord and brought back prisoneis from a German post. "On the front the enemy again Attacked stroneiv this morning on the sector north of Hill 63 and was re pulsed after sharp fighting.

We pushed our lines forward a short distance during the day south and southeast of Nieppe anl northeast of Wulverghem." FORMER RUSSIAN EMPRESS REPORTED ASSASSINATED Madrid, Sept. 5. A dispatch was received here last night from London reporting the assassination of the former Russian empress and her daughters, but in view of the steps taken by King Alfonso to obtain the transfer to Spain of the family of the deposed and murdered Russran monarch the report was treated with all reserve. El Sol says the Spanish ambassador at Berlin conferred on the question of removing the former empress and her daughters from Russia with Ambassador Joffre, the Bolahevikl ambassador at Berlin. At the same time, the newspaper says, a Spanish military medical mission which was in Germany in connection with the exchange of prisbners of war, left Germany for Russia and that misioh is now with the ex-empress and her daughters.

WATERPOWER BILL IS PASSED BY THE SENATE Washington, Sept. 5. The administration waterpower leasing bill was passed late today by the house after leaders had failed in a second attempt to amend it so as to carry out the wishes of President Wilson that a "fair value" Instead of the amount of the "net investment" should be paid by the federal or municipal governments In taking over power plants at the end of the 50-year lease periods. Received Serious Injuries at Southern Station In Cherokee Town and Passes at Spartanburg Hospital. Joseph A.

Morale, of Brooklyn, who was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon at Blacksburg, when his head struck a water pipe at the Southern station at. that place, died Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the base hospital at Camp Wadsworth. Meraie was a citizen of the metropolis, and was en route to Camp Gordon, where he would Saturday have begun his rvlce as a soldier. The accident which resulted In the death of the soldier occurred as the troop train, which was bringing a detachment of men from the local boards of Brooklyn to Camp Gordon, was leaving the station at Blacksburg. Meraie was riding the.

reav Bteps of a car and leaning far out, nt the same time looking backwards. Some people seeing that his head would hit the water pipe, yelled at him to climb up the steps, but the soldier paid no heed to their shoul3. His head struck the iron pipe with tremendous force, inflicting a severe wound and knocking him almost unconscious. The man was taken in Snnrtnn. burg and at once carried to the base hospital at Camp Wadsworth.

Every-thing possible was done for him, but nothing availed to save his life, anJ he lived only sixteen hours after the accident. The remains will probably be sent te Brooklyn for burial. The street address of the man has not been ascertained, but it has been established that he was sent to Camp Gordon by local board No. 25 of Brooklyn. UUI IUN ilAltS SENATORS TO PROTEST TO WILSON Washington, Sept.

5. Senators from cotton-growing states, at a conference today, decided to protest 'to President Wilson against any action by the war industries board looking to the fixing of cotton prices. The senators hope to see the President tomorrow. Chairman Baruch, of the war industries board, announced yesterday that a committee soon would be appointed with the approval of the President, to Visit the cotton-growing states and inquire Into the "advisability and feasibility" of stabilizing cotton prices for the protection of both the producers and consumers and of handling the crop so that the needs of the United States and the allies could be met. The board's decision resulted from the sharp deteriorations of the crop in July and August caused by a severe drought over the belt.

LATE NEWS HAPPENINGS FROM STAR FARM SECTION Star Farm, Sept. 2. A most needed rain fell in this session several days ago. Farmers are now very busy trying to save their fodder. Rev.

F. C. Hickson preached at El Bethel Sunday morning and having both a good attendance and fine services. Mr. C.

A. Phillips i3 right sick at present, having chill3. We hope for him a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs.

J. K. Cannon, of near Jonesville, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zach Cannon.

Mrs. H. J. Sparks and children spent a most pleasant day Sunday with Mrs. W.

E. Poole. Mr. Monroe Sanders, who has been working in Jonesville for some time is now at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Tom Sanders. Among those that dined with Mrs. W. C. Sparks and family Sunday were Rev.

F. C. Hickson, Mr. and Mrs. L.

K. Littlejohn, Son Tate and fascinating daughters, Misses Elizabeth and Margaret, Misses Nancy and Ruby Goudelock, of Gowdeysville Mr. and Mrs. John Coyle, of her Ridge section, visited Mrs. father, Mr.

Tom Owensby Saturday night. Mi38 Nannie Sparks spent Sunday night with Miss Elizabeth Littlejohn. Mrs. R. J.

Kirby returned home last Friday after spending several days with relatives and friends of Grassy Pond vicinity. Mesdames J. and W. C. Sparks, Messrs.

Kendrick, Inman and Douglas Sparks are city visitors today. Mrs. Jesse Sanders is spending a while with Mr. and Mjrs- Tom Sanders. Mae.

VON HERTLING RESIGNS; "BAD HEALTH" THE REASON London, Sept. 6. Count George Hertling, the Imperial German chancellor, has resigned, giving bad' health as the cause for his retire--ment, according to the Geneva correspondent of The Daily Express, quoting a dispatch received in from Munich, Bavaria. old Hlndenburg line. All behind the lines northeast of Noyon great conflagration are to be particularly around Jussy and CFere which apparently indicates Germans 1.W 1JJ as fast as they can to German lines running southeastward from St.

QUTheiFTench and Americans are hard after the Germans between the Vesie rTer and the Aisne and to, moot ithw eicht mdles, extending from Concie to Vil-Arcy they have driven the en-emJ acrS theisne and are stand. Syon the southern bank of the river Eastward toward Rheims almos tup to the gates of the cathedral city, hVcerman line is falling back northward At the anchor points the iTn" the vicinity of Rheims however, the Germans seem to be evidently revising that a retrograde movement here would necessitate a Shtening of their line perhaps as far eastward as Verdun. In the initial maneuver to the retreat along the Vesle front the Amer-lean and French captured both Batches and Flsmette. From Bazoches Xthey moved six miles northward to Vil-Arcy, while from Flsmette they have penetrated more than three to Barbonvsl, which is only a 1Ule more than a mile south of the Aisne. In Flanders the British have taken the town of Ploegstreet ani positions Turoinoo anil nnrt least soutnweKi in mcDoin-o of Wulverghem and repulsed strong counter attackts launched thSouth east of Arras all the way down the line to the south of the Somme below Peronne, the British have dug more deeply Into the ene-v-a frnnt on various sectors, es pecially toward Cambral and Immediately north and south of Peronne, in the latter region having driven In the enemy's rear guards for considerable distances.

The Germans have beeh violent bombarding the Americans at Frapelle on the eastern end of the battle front in Lorraine, but have attempted no infantry attacks. More than 3,000 shells, many of them gas projectiles, have been sent into the American lines by the enemy. DEATH OF WILLIAM J. BLANTON LAST SATURDAY Mr. William J.

Blanton, a vp.tfiran of seventy-five m-ea Jbaf Iffst ears last of age, died at hi3 home near laat Mnnflav and was burled Monday at Providence church, the Rev. W. F. conducting the services. Mr.

Blanton entered the Confederate army when a very young man, and fought through the war, making a record for bravery which has been seldom surpassed. For a great many years he conducted a small repair shop in GafTney, there are few residents of our ritv who have not. at one time or another bd "Uncle Billy" to do )rh, of repair work for them. leaves surviving his -widow, 1 of children to whom vdcrT extends its sympathy for thg s-which they have sustained..