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DAILY CITY EDITION FORTIETH YEAR. GERMANS LOSE OVER 100.000 FIGHTERS CROSS RIVER SOMME; THEN DRIVEN BACK OVER 1,200,000 GERMANS ARE BEING HELD BY 300,000 BRITISH OVER FRONT OF SIXTY MILES 45,000 TAKEN PRISONERS BY BUN INVADERS PARIS, March 25.—Several casual ties resulted from yesterday’s air raid over Paris, it is officially announced A number o f enemy airplanes succeed ed in crossing the battle lines at high altitudes and attacking the city. These were all driven off after they had dropped bombs in the city. The shells which landed were light in explosive power and made very small holes in the ground, bombs from aeroplanes, heretofore having proved more effective. The directors of the bourse late to day decided to continue trading oper ations, regardless of the great of fensh'e and Paris attacks. It was ar ranged that in the event of heavy air attacks to use rooms in the basement of the bourse building. The first shell fell upon Paris at 6; 25 o’clock this morning and shells seemed to arrive faster than hereto fore, although the shelling suddenly stopped at 9:30. Cross Somme But Driven Back. : W LONDON, March 25—German forces crossed the Somme river south of Pe renne between that city and Licourt today, but were driven back to the east bank by counter attacks, General Haig reported this afternoon. The first hostile attacks this morning devel oped north of Bapaume, while the bat tle continues with great intensity over the whole front. French Helping British, PARIS March 25.—French troops re lieved a part of the Allied forces Sat urday taking over their part of the struggle against the German invaders, says a war office statement. Hard fighting is reported in the Noy one region. French troops held the heights of the right bank of the Oose against important attacks. feast of Suippes in the Champaigne region where American troops are located two enemy raids fell down. Wilson Deeply Confident. WASHINGTON D. C. March 25 President Wilson is deeply confident of Allied success on the western front, and is keeping in direct and intimate touch with every development there. Only Link in Great Offensive. COPENHAGEN, March 25. The present German offensive is only a link in a great offensive against all the Allied armies, General Auffenurg, head of the Austrian armies, declared in an interview published in the newspaper Azujsag here. It will be a long time before the final result is reached, says the Austrian in his interview. Haig Holding Lines With 27 Divisions. WASHINGTON D. C., March 25. General Haig is holding the great Ger man drive of ninety-seven divisions with only twenty-seven divisions of battling Tommies, stated British mil itary men here today. British officials estimate the German losses already at approximately one hundred thousand' men, including killed, wounded and captured. These losses are believed to justify optimism in the belief that the Germans are defeating themselves by losses sustained. Sharpe Tells" of Bombardment. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25. Ambassador Sharpe today communi cated to the state department the text of a newspaper account published in Paris Saturday announcing that bombs the size of the long-distance gun were dropped there from airplanes. Am bassador Sharpe added that German airplanes were observed at a great AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER "LI VEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA." LOCAL board 18 PUT FIWS IN OEM GUBS NOT NECESSARY FOR THOSE IN ( LASS ONE ON FARM TO COME HERE PERSONALLY ORDERS RECEIVED TODAY. All men in Sumter county who are farmers, or farm laborers, and are in Class One. will now be put in a de ferred class, so they can stay on the farms until after the crops. It will not be necessary for them to come to the local exemption board at all, as they will be taken care of in that respect. Neither are their em ployers required to appear here. The local board today received or ders, part of which read as follows: “The situation arising from the scarcity arising from the scarcity of farm labor demands that the call t,o the colors of men actively, complete ly and assiduously engaged in the planting or cultivation of a crop, but who are in Class One and within the new quota, should be deferred until the end of the new quota. Please in struct your local boards, therefore, that the president directs that, in fill ing this emergency call, they shall pass the order numbers of such men and defer their call for the present. It must be borne in mind that this step is taken isolely in the need of the nation, and not for the benefit of any individual. Therefore, while boards should consider it a grave duty to ex ercise this power to conserve and aug ment the agricultural production, they should observe closely the conduct of tohse deferred and immediately upon becoming convinced that any person, so de'erred is not giving his entire time and earnest attention to agricultural duty, or that he is trifling with the deferment thus granted him, the board should forthwith call him to the col ors. All citizens should assist in mak ing this expedient effective, and in bringing to the attention of the boards cases meriting deferment, as well as cases in which deferment is being abused.” WOO TO BE PAID SUMTER VETERES IN OS. _PENSIOIIS ( APT. JOHN A. (’OBB HAS ( ASH IN HAND AND WILL DISTRIBUTE ( HECKS AS RAPIDLY AS THESE ARE CALLED FOR. (’apt. .John A. Cobb, ordinary of Sum ter county, announces he has received the necessary funds from State Pen sion Commissioner John W. Lindsey ard is now prepared to issue checks t., Sumter county Confederate pension ers. The records of the pension depart ment show there are a total of only 01 e hundred and three pensioners in this county and it is anticipated that all of these will call for and receive their pensions befoie the end of the week. There is in hand a total of eight thousand three hundred dollars to be paid out to these old veterans vh o served their state so gallantly in the war of the sixties. height over Paris and it is regarded us certain by newspaper writers as having beer sent to ascertain the dam age. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 25, 1918 NO AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN GREAT FIGHT SO FAR THE UNITED STATES TROOPS IN FRANCE HAVE NOT BECOME DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE BIG BATTLB. BY FRED S. FERGUSON United Press Correspondent With The American Army in France. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, in France, March 25. —No American regi ments have yet participated in the British meeting the German offensive, it is authoritatively stated here. American soldiers on the Toule front became indignant when the German official wireless statement regarding tie defeat of Franco-American reserve forces was picked up. The German lines were heavily bom barded and machine gunned for an hour this morning during relief changes by the enemy. Heavy casual ties are believed to have been inflicted. UNDERWOOD IS ON TRIAL FOR SELLING CIDER Charles Underwood a local merch ant, is on trial on the charge of vio lating his license conditions by sell ing intoxicating cider. The trial was started Saturday and has been continued until three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. If convicted, his license will be taken away by the mayor and council. FIRST METHODIST x TO HAVE REVIVAL A revival will start at the First Methodist chu.cn next Sunday week, eonducte t b j Rev. Charles Lane, cf Macon ass’sted bj the Pastor, Rev. Paul Ellis Mr Lane is the well known minister and humorous lecturer, and is a gifted talked and evange Ist. Mr Notesth<e. of Columbiana Ala. will have charge of the music. ENGULFED ' ■■■■■■ ■' ■ .i ■■■ ■■ I < <• 'x?-- . •' If «■ • 'WoB SSMigW*?: : I;--.., LIEUT. FRANKLIN 6AYS CAMP SITE IS THE BEST LET INI BARGE OF NEWLY ARRIVED CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON AT SOUTHER FIELD—Is DELIGHTED WITH AMERICUS. Lieut. L. G. Franklin, of Dawson Springs, Ky., is in charge of the aero construction squadron at Souther iFeld. He now has 85 men and expects the remainder to arrive this week. All of these men are specially fitted for construction work- Many of them are men of technical training who en listed in preference to being drafted Lieut. Franklin is the idol of his men. all of whom swear by him. He gets out and works with them, with his coat off just like them, and mixes with them on a basis of equality that has made him very popular. At the same time he enforces a strict dis ipline, and has their unbounded re spect He was for 18 years in the regular army service, and went to the Philippine Islands five times. Mrs. Franklin and children are here and are living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perkins, on Harrold av | enue. iLeut. Franklin organizes the aero squadrons for service at the aviation c; mps. This is t?o fifth he has form ed already. “I think this is the most ideal site for an aviation camp I have yet seen,” he said today, and added, “if the gov ernment doesn’t largely increase the size of the camp here I will be great ly surprised. I find Americus a most delightful city, and the people most hospitable, and I only hope that I can stap here indefinitely.” Yesterday morning some of his men askeel Lieut. Franklin for permission to attend church services, and he re leased all except those necessarily re tained for guard duty and camp du ties. K AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CHATTAHOOCHEE SUNK »- » r. » , LONDON, March 25.—The American steamship Chattahoochee has been sunk by a submarine off the coast of England, it is officially announced. The crew of seventy-eight were all saved. WORST BLOWS YET TO COME HONS OECLABE PRISONERS CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH SAY THAT THE ENE MY HAS NOT DELIVERED ITS HARDEST EFFORTS. BY WILLIAM P. SIMMS United Press Correspondent With The British Armies in France. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES in France, March 25.—80th British and Teuton troops are fagged out today, but continue battling. Captured German prisoners declare the heaviest Teuton blow i s yet to come. Alter being thrown back tempora-1 rily, the Germans, at heavy cost, pro gressed across the Somme, but the British line everywhere is intact. General Haig’s troops are being withdrawn in perfect order, while the enemy continues pressing on almost without artillery support. No such targets have ever before been offered modern guns, and the carnage being wrought in the German ranks is ter rible. STEEL HANGARS TO BE ERECTED AT FLYING CAMP The four additional hangars to be erected at Souther Field will be steel structures, the material for which is already here. This will make sixteen hangars in all. It is understood that the govern ment is also contemplating other ex tensive improvements at the aviation camp STEVE PACE TO ATTEND MEETING Representative Steve Pace, a mem ber of the committee to revise the banking laws of the state, will attend a meeting of the committee in At lanta on Friday of this week. Hon. J. A. Duncan of Donaldsonville, is chair man of the commission. OK 'WHEAIUSS DAYS mNOßOAnmarißs. EASTTOf (X BREAKEAST foods containing frmmTnuß BIG MTRIOTIC BALLY WILL BE HELDJUESOAY REV. ASHBY JONES, CELEBRATED SOUTHERN ORATOR, IVILL DE LIVER STIRRING SPEECH AT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. Rev. Ashby Jones, of Atlanta, one of the most eloquent speakers of the state, will be heard here tomorrow af ternoon at the First Methodist church at 3:30 o'clock. He speaks here under the auspices cf the Sumter County Council of De fense, which has calle;! the meeting with the view of arousing a greater patriotic sentiment in this community. Rev. Paul Ellis will ask the invo cation, and Rev. George Brown will pronounce the benediction. W. W. Dykes, of the Council of De fense, will present Dr. Jones. The mayor and council, county com . missioners, courthouse officials, school officials and teachers and members of the various women’s clubs will attend. A large attendance of school children is also expected, and Prof. J. M. Col lum, of the Aggie school, believes that every one of his young men and young lady students will be present. An un > usually large audience is expected t® be present. The various patriotic orders of the city and the fraternal lodges have all asked their members to attend. Dr. Jones will arrive here from At lanta tomorrow afternoon at 2:10 o’clock, and will return home tomor row night. AFFIDAVITS TO GETPERMITSFOR FLOUR NECESSARY COUNTY FOOD ADMINISTRATOB GETS INSTRUCTIONS TO LIMIT CONSUMPTION OF FLOUR MUCH AS POSSIBLE. County Food Administrator Franc Mangum announces the new rulings on I flour sales, as laid down to him by the i state administration, with particular regard to the issuance of permits to ■ farmers. Before any fanner can secure a permit, that will relieve him of buy ing an equal amount of other cereal products, he must make ou natSHR products he must make out an affidavit ! before a notary, stating the amount of his monthly flour consumption, the 1 number in his family, the amount of other cc cal products he has on hand, the amount of these products he has eaten during the past thirty days and the acreage of grain he has planted, setting forth each grain crop separate ly. Then upon presenting this, in proper form, to the food adimnistra tor he may secure a permit for not more than 48 pounds. No person residing in the city may get over 24 pounds at any one time, and then must buy an equal amount of other cereals. Taking Cattle Census in TerrelL i DAWSON, Ga.. arch 25.—L. W. I Fisher, government agent, is now tak ing a census of the cattle in Terrel! ■ county. This is a part of his work in ! connection with the campaign against 1 cattle tick in the county. Twelve dipping vats are being con • structed and will soon be ready for ■ use, and dipping of cattle will begin errly this spring. NUMBER 71.