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A LIVE PAPER ^"ir 11 A LIVE TOWN ?5l 68TH YEAR. NO. 19. SE1 L. SC.TR UN PUOS < OUT ON SCHEDULE I First Time in . Twenty-nim Months Tr:iin H:ic M-j/To Trip to Chester. ON .REGULAR SCHEDULE First Train Left Lancastei Yesterday Morning at Nint O'clock and Returned at Three I*. M. For the first time in twenty-nin? months, or since the fifteenth day o July, 1910, when the steel bridgt spanning the Catawba between I .an caster and Chester was taken awaj In the great flood which swept por tions of North and South Carolina the Lancaster and Chester ltailwa; company ran a through passenge and freight trnin yesterday inorn lag. The train left the L. & C. depo at nine o'clock and arrived Ohesto nt eleven. There were several can of freight and one passenger coacl making up the train, and severa passengers made the initial trip "'here was no demonstration at th< Mation, though the opening of tin 1 ne. after being bottled tip so long means so much to the business in 1e ests of Lancaster that a crowd n people should have been on hand t welcome the inauguration of a regn lar service. The train pulled out unceremor iously enough. Conductor \V. T Gladden merely yelling "H-o-a-r-d. and with the ringing of the hell En gineer J. A. Stewman pulled tin throttle, the wheels began to tun ouu ma iiiiin vms soon Rrouno ini curve and out of sight. Genera Manager A. P. MeLure was one o the passengers, he going over to th< new bridge. Just completed, to se that all details of the work wetcarried out. The schedule in effect this wee] embodies but one train each way i day. Leaving Lancaster at 9 a. m the train reaches Chester at 11 a n?.; returning, leave Chester 1 p. m. arrive Lancaster 3 p. m. Effectiv Wednesday, January 1. the train wil leave Lancaster at 7 a. m., arriv Chester 9 a. m.; returning, leav Chester 11 a. m., arrive Lancaster p. ni. This will afford connection with Important trains at Chester fo Columbia and Atlanta. No an rouncement has been made as to , double dally service, such as was ii effect before the flood, but it Is as suined that this will be inaugurate* na soon as conditions will permit. , MAY RESCUE-CHARLOTTE FROM ITS CAMP TROUBLES War Depart merit Seem* Inclined t Itelleve Business Men ?f Obligation* (if leasen. Washington, Dec. 23.?It seem that Charlotte la about to get rid o the last of Ita troubles with Cami Greene. The war department no\ seems Inclined to take up a numbe of land leases held by the ehambe of commerce which of course will re lleve the business men of the clt of abont r'o 000 In obligations fo the year 1919. President P. C. Whltlock, of th chamber of commerce, advised Sen ator Overman that Charlotte busl jiess men held the leases on lam upon which Camp tlreene Is situate* end the leases are so drawn that th ?* chamber would be obligated for th entire year If the camp were use* even a week during 1919. He sur gpsted the war department shoub essume the leases since Charlott bad been giving the land rent free t the Rovernment and the presen status of the camp "would make I possible to collect $20,000 In rent from Charlotte citizens. Senator Overman was advise* that a special hoard had investlgat ed the matter and recommended b the general staff >that the leases b assumed by the government for sucl time as It Intends to use Cami Greene. If the staff approves th suggestion, and It probably will, de tails will he worked out betweei Generals Goethals and Jervey, an' the Charlotte chamber of com merca. "HE L MI- WEEKLY. pSee, He ] i r fl H^HBBKHS|^HB . s AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS r JIM WILCOX PARDONED r> v Alleged Hlayer of Nellie ('popttcy r Given Freedom?Ho Now r Denies Crime. 7 r Raleigh, Dec. 23.-?Governor Blckett Friday pardoned Jim Wile cox, serving 30 years for the mur der of Nell CropHey, of Elizabeth I* City, and the former electrician at 1 the state prison is free after a ca J reer of more inteiest than any pris e oner who has served, and he ends .> o with, the finest record ever made. In 15 years he has not won a hlacu mark. '; (Jovernor Bickett has not an8 nounced his reasons beyond these, hut he evidently is moved by the te.i * der appeal of Wilcox for merov. H ' had previously declined the prlson8 er's request, as had Governor Craig. This week Wlicox writes a letter dell claring his entire innocence and Ik - norance of the Cropsev murder, and n confessing the strength of circum e stances against him, begs for me ivy It as his health and spirit have failed l?. Incidentally, Wilcox makes h's a first statement. He never had d?> nled or confessed It. That alone hn:j a stood In the way of his pardon 1 Governor Craig had gathered the i- opinion that he was cruelly indiffer lent, the testimony had shown that 1 I / f t: LANCASTER, S. TUE> Lett a Airpl; MMM \ \! iflHE J| Jr J _^Cj aftnr tlie ('ropnoy. Wilcox quarrel anil 1 I 7.028 CASTAl/TIKS IN TI1K BOTH DIVISION ' I, Washington, Dec. 19.?<Jener- ( al Pershing has cabled the war department that practically com 'ete reports of deaths In action among the expeditionary forces should reach the department by December 20 and of severely 1 wounded by December 27. General Pershing said that the number of unreported casualties process of verification at the central records office of the expeditionary forces on Decern* 14 was 40.440. They were d'vlde ' as follows: Killed in action. 990; died of wounds, 27S; d'ed of disease, 353; accidentally killed 61: severely wounded !n ? - . tlon. 39,371. These Include a'! , "suspense cases under investig'tlon." tho general said. Total casualties to November 23 In the 3ftth (Wildcat) d'vision, North Carolina South Ohm- 1 Inn and Tennessee national guard, were given 7.623. The casualties were classified as follows: Killed In action, 1.168; died of wounds. 283; died of disease 15; died of other causes. 5' severely wounded. 1.181; wound ed. decree undetermined, 805. slightly wounded. 3.303; missing or captured, 193. j |PAY, DECEMBER 24, 1918. --^Ti ine, Too!'-]! ====sa =sb^S=== g=as=S | ^ :he girl failed to return home, Wi! cox when asked by the distraugh father of Miss Cropsey if h? k:;e \ 1 wheie she was and where he las saw her. declared he left her at pertain place, then "turned over an I went to sleep." On the first trial in Pasouotank Wilcox was convicted of murder !? the first degree and sentenced to I e hanged. The mob spirit was so a 1! pervasive that it broke out in cheer and Wilcox got a new trial. Triei in an adjoining county he was foun 1 guilty of murder in the second de tree and given the limit. Judge G. | W. Ward prosecuted him and Judgj \V M Mond and K. A. Aydlett d? ended. Ttie Casualty Cists. Casualty lists during the past few' lavs have carreld the following names: Wounded severely? Set. Fred II. Morton, Kershaw. Ft. Samuel H Allen, Matthews \\ C. Ft. (?eorge W. Ilowers Kershaw. Ft T. O. Simpson. Lancaster. Ft John Heath, Waxh&w, N. (!. Wounded slightly? Machanic M. M. Funderburk Pageland. John F. Tlaywood. Monroe, N. C >"o-nded degree undetrmlned?? I'lyde M. Kimbrell, Fort Mill. NEV SU WAY REWARD ALL THE DRAFT BOARDS itiKKestion Made to Joint Com mittees That They Be (liven (iold Medals. HEAR MAIL COMPLAINT! 'ostoffice Department, However Passes These Along to th War Department Who is t> Blame, It Says. Washington, Hoc. 2:?. l.ocat drat toard members who rendered faith ill and arduous service in the ad ministration of the selective draf aw may be awarded by formal re munition from the govern men Senator Simmons has presented t ?w, -.? ... BDurmrj in ??r iiiid ine senat unci house committees on mititar iffairs the suggestion that these me ie given military recognition an jrevet ranks. Thousands of draft hoard oil dais throughout the country rendei d a patriotic service in musferin n more than two million men. Th 'Ira ft hoard members forsook the] liusiness and served and gave the! lime to the government in the on rial period of the war. Senati Simmons now suggests that som? thing he done to show appreeiatio if the government. The suggestion is made that tuevet commission and a gold mod; lie awarded to thnsn who hire lino ilirectly charged with the work c creating the great American arm that finally struck the decisive bio iii i lite VVOFiu w'ttF. Senator Simmons has been muc impressed with the ahle and pair otic service rendered by these loct boards in the performance of a moi lifficti't and exacting duty. He fee] that if they desire military recogn tion it should by all means be a< corded to them if some way can t r? and to do it that will he consister with the national interests in thes times. He is presenting this view t the war department and to the con mittceS of congress specially chan fd with military affairs, for consic ( ration. i.i inj ;im ui ? t-ompiaini hip through Senator Simmons, the pos office department "passed the buck to ttie war department with respe. to the slow delivery of mails froi soldiers in France addressed to the! e'atives in th's country. Seron Assistant Postmaster General Pra< ye r says the postofhce departnter hand'es protnpt'y a'l mail deMvere to 't iiy the military authorities i France but that the army authoriti* attend both to the actual deliver nd collection of mails among th American expeditionary forces. Since the war began there has bee more or less complaint about poc ma'l deliveries to and from jffiJ so fnrpps nf T'nitn.l ctotoa Various members of congress hav criticized the system. At one tim the house committee on rules cot ducted a brief inquiry which ws productive of little real informatiot In his letter to Senator Simmo he second assistant postmaster pet eral says: "In reply to your communle; tion concerninp the complaint of M R. S. Pronly. of Wilminpton, N. P relative to the non-receipt of ma from members of the American e: peditionary forces, I have the honr lo inform you that the transport? tion and delivery of mail to the so diers in France, as well as the co lection of mall for delivery in th Fnited States, are now being effecte by the military authorities and nt by the post office department. "All mail from the American e? peditionary forces in France upon i< receipt by the postal service at th port of embarkation in France. I promptly despatched to this countr Pv every available steamer, and ttj on its receipt in the United States forwarded without delay for deli' erv to the addressee. "In this connection, I may ad that three despatches of mail frot 'he American expeditionary forct In France were received in th country on the 12th and 16th it stnnt, that arriving on the 12! comprising approximately 1.000,0(1 letters and over 14.000 pieces o parcel post; that of the 12th con n s'ng approximate'y 1,296.000 ]e tern and 89,000 pieces of parci COTTON TODAY y 29 1-2 CENTS INSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR ! IllAnT A iT\r iiiAtT/i jWlUlUALllI AMUNli i1 YOUNG PEOPLE HIGH i - Nearly Four Thousand Die in South Carolina During Past Ten Months. >! (iUEATEST AT ACE 20 TO 10 , I 'j ? Startling Figures Shown in e Deport on Vital Statistics i> Made By the State Health Ollicer. i Columbia, S. C., Deo. 2:?. A brief I St 11(1 V of till' vital II...1 _ ...... .v?u.mvo W/Ill |fl iClt I- by I)r. James A. Hayne, Statu . t health officer, for the ten months (- ending October SI. 1 ! 18. brings to t light some startling figures as to tho 0 number of deaths in South Carolina e among people ranging in age from, y 20 to 30 years. n In these ten months, 1,141 white il males and 1,097 negro males between the ages of 20 and 30 passed 1 away. In the same time and within - the same age limits, 4 80 white feg males and 1,209 negro females died, e! making a total of 3,933. When it is IrI realized that it is between the ago r of 2<i and 30 that the health of the i- individual is at its best perhaps, tho if significance of the figures is grasped. J- I)r. Hayne, in speaking of tho n j death rate for October alone, said of rtlOver SO 400 ,r>RR n Unknown ago 32 71> 3 . , y Total 0 296 15.20S iQ The number of deaths among tho whites during the year 1917 was n 7.2 50, while the total deaths for tho ir same period among the negroes was I- 12,150, making a total of 19.400 for whites and negroes, not including e the deaths among Indians. e , Mirths in State. 1 | The total number of births among is the whites for nine months, ending 1.1 September 30. 1918. was 14.793. tho s males slightly outnumbering tho 1- females The total number of births among the negroes for the same pe? riod was 17.527. the males totaling 9.126 and the females numbering 8.. 4 02. There were 16 births among i the Indians during the same period i- of time. >r 1 |.?n-vnun m runuary. Rev. TV F\ Carson* asks The Xew3 1 to announce that another attempt j will he made to hold the assoeiat ional meeting sometime between the >l 15th and ?5th of January. Program will be announced in this pal~ per when arranged and the date de3 elded upon. ltox Supper at Dixie. y I ( I There will be a box supper at Dixie school house Thursday night, December 25. the proceeds to go for j the benefit of the school. 4 -?~ XiI Checking rp. *s M'sses Fill7,a and Louise Wylie aro Is1 assisting H. P. Ludington at the Red "i-j cross Roll Call headquarters in h rherklnr of the returns from the va0 rlous sohool districts of the county. f i post and that of the Ifith comprlrft InR 3.837,000 letters, and 149.000 el pieces of parcel post." I the total deaths, which amounted tc? .t about 1,800, a little more than 28 iljper cent of the total number occurn red among people between the ages >f of 2 0 and 30 years, y The influenza. which in many wi cases developed into pneumonia, I ~ ? M e A???V % on . ** !? * ?* ?UI ? OOW pv-O h pie in the full tide of their vigor. I ?r. i-'llayne baa not yet available the stall tiatics for November, 1018, but it is St feared that the death rate t e?- v...* Is! month among the young and vigori ous will be almost as heavy if not c- heavier than the rate for October, ie'as many cases of pneumonia oc? it curred. >e Following is the number of deaths o occurring in South Carolina during l- the ten months ending October 31. 5-1918: 1- Ages Whites Negroes Under 1 year . . . .1,564 3,253 ill to 5 years 1,043 2,064 t- 5 to 10 years 232 584 " 10 to 20 548 1.425 t' 20 to 30 1,627 2,306 l 30 to 40 878 1.513 lr 40 to 50 657 1.127 d 50 to 60 624 825 * 60 to 70 857 84 3 It: 7 0 to 8 0 sn ?