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tumorous department Proof That He Waan't Crazy.?Victor Murdock says that one night in Fort Scott, after a political meeting, two men who had been in the audience fell into a violent discussion about the topic of the speech of the evening, relates the Kansas City Times. A big crowd lingered to hear the disputants out. One was named Flynn and the other Dobbins. They were evidently strangers to each other. Finally Flynn lost his head and said: "You're wrong, I tell you; you're wrong. You're crazy!" "I am not," said Dobbins hotly; "I know what I am talking about." "No, you don't," shouted Flynn; "you're crazy?I tell you, you are crazy." "I am not," cried Dobbins, "and I can prove It." Flynn stopped short in surprise and Dobbins slowly drew a fat wad of papers from his inside pocket and said slowly and convincingly: "Well, here are my discharge papers from the asylum."' Pessimistic.?Timothy McNity was boss of a section of a southern railway which included several tunnels. Timothy had as his guest Barney Mahoney, a new arrival from Ireland, and together they were making an inspection of the road one morning. As they neared one of the tunnels they were greeted with the piercing whistle of the limited, and stepped aside until it had passed. Barney stood- in open-mouthed wonder as the fast train neared. passed and entered the tunnel at the rate of fifty miles an hour. "Ain't that foine?" said Timothy, as the last car finally disappeared. "Talk about yer wonderful inventions! Where'll yer find anything ter bate that?" Barney was awestricken, and it was some moments before he could adequately express his thoughts. "Yia Timothy, 'tis foine," said he, finally, "but I was Just thinkin' what a terrible thing 'twould be if it should miss th' hole!"?Harper's Magazine. As Love Grows Cold-?They had been married just one year. That was why he risked losing his train by allowing her to fasten a bunch of violets on his coat. But his foot tapped the floor impatiently, nevertheless, and he frowned as he wondered if his wife's kindly thought would cost him his cosy corner seat. "George," said his wife tremulously, "you don't love me as you used to." "My darling heart of hearts," he exclaimed desperately, eyeing the clock, "whatever makes you say that?" "Because, George." she answered, "when you were first married it used to take you a whole hour Just to say good-night, and n-now?tears interrupted her words and ran down her cheeks?you can kiss me and c-catch your train all in four minutes."? Pittsburgh Telegraph. Selfish M?n.?Representative M. B. Madden, in an address in favor of woman suffrage, said: "It seems to me that the men who oppose the suffrage are selfish. They want to have the best of everything without paying for it They remind me of the clerk. "A clerk and a lawyer were on the way down town on the trolley the other morning, when the lawyer looked up from his paper and said: " 'My, that's a pretty girl over there in the corner.' "The clerk looked up from his paper in his turn. Then he smiled. " 'I know her,' he said, 'I know her well.' " 'Holy smoke, man,' said the lawyer, 'if you know, why don't you go over and sit with her?' " 'I will," the clerk answered, 'as soon as she pays her fare.'"?Washington Star. Jimmy's Silence.?Jimmy ran into the house delightedly announcing that a man had given him a quarter, according to the Baltimore Sun. Mother, appreciative of such a beautiful generosity, naturally asked the youngster if he had said "Thank you," but for some reason he was silent. Attributing the silence to contrariness, mother took the youngster across her knee. "There," she exclaimed. "Now, then, will you tell me whether or not you said, 'Thank you?'" "Course I did," answered Jimmy, rather pathetically. "Don't I always say it?" "Then, why didn't you say so?" demaded the perplexed parent. "Because." was the startling explanation. "when I said 'Thank you,' he said, 'Don't mention it.'" She Was Suspicious.?George W. Perkins said, in his witty way. at a dinner: "There are some people who Insist on seeing an octopus in every trust. These people cross-question you as suspiciously as the young wife crossquestioned her husband after the banquet. "A young husband attended his first banquet, and a few days after ward his wire said to him: " "Howard, is it true that you were the only sober man at that banquet?' "No, of course not!" Howard indignantly answered. ""Who was, then?" said his wife."" ?Washington Star. Some Cynic He.?The office boy in a law office of this town himself hopes to be a lawyer some day. He has begun his studies already by asking questions of the clerks whenever he hears a legal term about which he desires information. The other day he approached one of the clerks with this question: "V"hr? do you mean bv a contingent fee?" " It's like this," explained the clerk, "if you lose the case your lawyer gets nothing, if you win you get nothing."? New York Times. The Young Cliff - Dweller.?A youngster whose experience of domestic arrangements were limited to the parental Mat was permitted to visit country relatives. On the whole his report was favorable. "Hut say!" he concluded, "they must be awful poor. They've got no heat and no janitor?they just buil.l a bonfire themselves on some brick: in the corner of fhe room." The War Spirit.? Little Willie's father a:; he laid on the slipper, said: "Willie this hurts me more. far m >re that it does you." "Then keep it up.'* said little Willie grinding his teeth. "Keep it up, dsid: I ean stand it." fj&iswllantous iKratlinp. YORK COUNTY FIELD DAY. Incidents and Observations of a Great Occasion. No one could have hoped for a more beautiful Field Day than was last Friday. There was not a sign of a rain cloud while on the other hand the air was warm and balmy. The sun shone brightly throughout the day and coats were hardly comfortable. Scores of pupils and older folks wore straw hats which seemed to give a futher evidence of the positive appearance of spring. A subject of much favorable comment among the older persons In attendance upon Field Day was the loyalty of the pupils to their respective schools. Each school which was represented by a dozen or more pupils, marched In a body in the monster parade, in most cases two larger boys bearing jl banner upon which was inscribed the name of the schoot. "ho other pupils announced the name of the school of which they were members and during the entire parade thora a-ont nn a. recti la r Babel of voices. While some of the schools were comparatively insignificant in numerical strength, not a single one was lacking in lung power. ? Th ee trip to the movies announ in the programme and otherwise j one of the most interesting feature?, of the day's exercises. There were scores of children present who had never attended a picture show and shortly after arriving In Yorkville, many of them began besieging their teachers for tickets. Questions like, "When can we go to the picture show0" "Where is the show," etc., were put to those In charge of the exercises throughout the entire day and at all times the Lyric theatre was crowded with delighted audiences. Superintendent Carroll had 3,000 tickets to the movies printed and all of these were distributed during the day. There were many children here Friday whose first visit it was to Yorkville and numbers of them took advantage of the opportunity to make an inspection of the town. The handsome new court house and the First National Bank building attracted considerable attention. The temporary court house was visited and several even looked in upon the court of general sessions which was in progress during the morning. The Enquirer office also came In for much attention to the very great gratification of the proprietors. Proprietors of soda fountains did a rushing business througout the day, selling great quantities of ice cream, lemonade and other soft drinks. One soda fountain disposed of forty gallons of ice cream?1,440 saucers. ? Although Friday's crowd was the largest which has been In Yorkville in many a day, the order maintained was perfect. There was not a single arrest?indeed there was not the slightest sign of disorderly conduct on the part of any one. * * There was much friendly rivalry in connection with the various athletic contests. The representative of each contesting school was surrounded by a number of other fellow students who taunted and guyed" the representatives of other schools at every opportunity while the remarks were returned with vim. * The Tirzah and Hickory Grove bands which furnished music throughout the day were the objects of interested attention at all times. The bands took time about in rendering selections. The music, however, was hardly ever stopped and when it did the band leaders were besieged with requests to play this piece or that piece. The bands added much to the success of the day. * The vender of balloons and rubber horns, ever present at circuses and on occasions when great crowds are brought together, was on the job Friday and sold hundreds of his articles. Red, blue and yellow balloons were nearly everywhere and where there were no balloons, rubber horns were popular their shrieking cry of "wy-wywy." being heard all over the town. The reporter noticed an amusing incident in connection with the balloons. A little boy was walking along waving his red balloon over his head. He passed close to a lady whose hat was fastened by a large pin, the point of which protruded from the crown. The little fellow's toy came in contact with the point of the hatpin. There was a loud "pop." The lady shrieked "oh". The little fellow discovered that his balloon was "busted." For several minutes he remained stationary. wondering how. when and where it was done. It required eight passenger cats to transport the visitors from the eastern portion of York county to Yorkville Friday. More than 450 parents and children came from Rock Hill, there were scores from Fort Mill and IllUUj I I VIII IJIC tUUIIUJ OUllUUIiUill^ those places. There were many others from eastern York, however, besides those who came on the train. The Yorkville-Roek Hill road was fairly aiive with wagons and buggies coming to Yorkville Friday morning. It has been estimated that 100 automobiles and between three and four hundred wagons and buggies were used in bringing parents and children to the Field Day exercises. Every available hitching space in the town was utilized and the streets and the Yorkville school grounds were fairly lined with automobiles. ? # It was pitiable to see some of the entrants in the various athletic contests lose. Some of them even big boys and girls, could hardly suppress the tears when they had lost out and it appeared that they did not care so much for the individual honor in winning: but wanted their respective schools to win. A feature of the day were the exhibits in wood work of the Cotton Felt school in the shape of a miniature residence, the work of a number of the school pupils. This little house, beautifully painted etc., attracted the longing gaze of many little tots and the admiration of the older people on account of its artistic construction. The pupils of no other school in York county have achieved such excellence in woodworking as has the Cotton Felt school. The only other exhibit of this nature was that of James Knox Ewart of the Yorkville Graded school whose exhibit was a saw, automatically worked. That the school children, patrons :ind all connected with the first regular Field Day ever held in York county, were pleased, goes without saying. Most of those coming from eastern York took their departure on the special train which left at 5.15 o'clock. It was long after dark, however, before the last rumbling of wagon wheels bearing the juvenile visitors homeward. was heard. * In one of the races for the little tots, all started out and did their best, reaching the finishing post in such a hurried jumble as to puzzle the judges as to the correct decision?all but one. This little girl was a pace or two behind the others, and when she finished the race she leaned against the goal post, threw her forearms across her eyes and hurst out crying. "What is the matter little lady?" asked a sympathetic gentleman who came up up tc comfort her. "Boo-hoo, boo-hoo." wept the little girl, its she tried to collect herself for a reply, "They got started frst!" * * * "Hrve you seen anything of my nauy . iisKcii one miiiiiei in .iiniiiin "She gut out of my sight awhile ago and ! have been looking for lier every where." "No, I have not seen her." replied the second mother. "Then if you i do." said the tirst. "please send her t< me. You will know her by her blue silk dress." "After that " relates thi lady who was telling the story, "I began asking each little girl I saw in a blue silk dress if she was Mrs. B daughter and when 1 had gotten several replies to the contrary, I began t< realize that the blue silk dress was no! a sufficiently definite means of Identification and I gave it up." * The most remarkable development in connection with the athletic contests last Friday was the jumping of Grier Sherrer of the Blairsville school. He is about 17 years of age, and was a participant in the "high jump," open to the county. He easily beat all competitors with a jump of 5 feet 1 inch, and would probably have gone higher had the others not dropped out after seeing that they were not in his class. But the height of young Sherer's jump was not the thing that attracted most attention. It was the way he went at it. He had had no expert coaching and his jumping was just the natural development of unusually perfect muscles. Had he taken advantages that most other boys had been taught to take his record would have been still better had it been necessary. Prof. Tucker, who has had much experience in that line, said he had never seen the equal of Sherrer's jumping. Although he has kept it to himself pretty well, Superintendent of Education Carroll is thoroughly well pleased with the Field Day showing. He is willing to put the York county schools up against any county in the state, and if he is pressed he will take in more territory. MARKET FOR CATTLE Definite Move to Establish the In uunrjr. The first experiments in selling cattle specially fattended for the marke' were a decided success, said W. W. Long of Clemson college, In charge of farm demonstration work in South Carolina, who was in Columbia Friday. The sales were held at Rock Hill Wednesday and at Greenwood Thursday, and they were attended by some of the leading cattle buyers of the United States. Prof. Long says that, in the near future, he will establish four cattle markets In the Btate, so situated that they will be on the large railroad lines and of easy access from any part of the state. The selling in Rock Hill and Greenwood were attended by such buyers as Charles McDonald, of Swift & Co., Chicago and E. Driver of Baltimore, the largest cattle purchaser in the Mayrland metropolis. When Prof. Long first contemplated inaugjrating his plan for fattening the cattle of the small farmers, he approached Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern railway, on the project. Mr. Harrison, said Prof. Long, saw the possibilities of cattle raising stimulation in the plan, and promised to have large buyers attend the meetings. Besides foreign buyers at the two meetings, representatives of the bureau of markets and the livestock division of the Federal department of agriculture were present. Also E. C. Gatewood, personal representative of Fairfax Harrison, attended. The fattened cattle brought good prices. At the first day selling in Rock Hdll, cattle on the hoof sold at 4 1-2 cents to 6 3-4 cents per pound. At Greenwood the prices on the hoof ranged from 4 1-2 cents to 6 cents. The cattle could not have sold for any price unless they had been fattened, said Prof. Long. The buyers at the two meetings, claimed the demonstration agent, will purchase between 313,000 and 316,000 worth of cattle before they leave South Carolina. In discussing his proposal to establish four cattle markets in South Carolina, Prof. Long said: "I am going to divide the state into four marketing districts with markets to be located on the main lines of some railroad. The people in the different-districts will feed for the market of their district. For instance, if a market were located at Spartanburg, the eleven counties adjoining Spartanburg county would feed their caule for the Spartanburg market. The salesday at that market would be from May 15 to May 18. The railways will agree to permit a farmer to ship his cattle from Walhalla to Spartanburg on a through bill of lading, with the privileges of unloading at Spartanburg for salesday. When the cattle is sold they can be shipped east on the same bill of lading. "If Greenwood was selected as one of the markets, the salesday would be two weeks after Spartanburg's, under the same condition. A like method will be pursued with the other two markets. "One of these two markets would, of course, be located in the Pee Dee, and the other at Columbia or some other centrally located point. The location of these markets will de selected after consultations with farmers, business men, railroad officials and livestock experts. "I see no reason why South Carolina cattle have got to be shipped to the buyer when It is very much easier for the buyer to come to the cattle, and the latter condition is what these markets will attempt to bring about. "The same regulations applied to the sale at Greenwood Thursday that are carried out on the Baltimore and Chicago markets."?Columbia Record. No Welcome fop These. When the war broke out the call for volunteers in Canada for service in Europe was so amazingly complete that there was sufficient to make about three divisions in the first contingent and leave a considerable nucleus for a second contingent. Before the lapse of many weeks some 33,000 Canadian troops found themselves in England undergoing the hardships of rigorous training in surroundings that might be the usual part and parcel of the soldier's lot, but not the ideal of the fiction warrior. Reports from Canada and England tell us that numbers of officers were found to be incompetent, while privates were too superior to do their bit of trench digging; both found the food not quite as good as "mother used to serve." Some of the rank and file refused to serve under English officers. The reply was prompt and to the point. Those objecting were at liberty to return with the thanks of the mother country for their valor. Some 600 are reported to have returned home. Were they received with open arms? The mayor of one large town proposed that its returning "heroes" b" put in jail. Clubs soon found their names cumbered the registers and . their resignations were accepted in i advance. Mack halls flew thick am fast, fhi in Canada now and yon will firxl many returned officers of the lirxi contingent enlisted as a private in sue* I ceeding contingents, longing for the a mosphere at the front as more coin* . fortahle than at home. N'ohle six htm* . dred!?Wall Street Journal. of Sir Kdward Orey is tlte first f< rI eign minister to sit in the house of ' commons since the days of Palmer , ston. i **'' Traveling at sixty miles an hour 5 continuously, a train would cover thp , circumfrance of the earth in sevent teen days. GENERAL NEWS N0TE8. Items of Intopeet Gathered From All Around the World. The Liberty Bell, . Philadelphia's famouns relic. Is to be taken to the Panama-Pacific exposition in July. Up to March 1, the expenses of operating the Panama canal have been about 10 per cent in excess of receipts. I ?A Uonlo Iflninor lilt* LU1UII1CI tt.UU ii^viw U11I1I1.D company of Michigan, has increased the pay of its 12,000 employes 10 per cent. William G. C. Gladstone, grandson of the great Liberal statesman of England, is reported killed In the fighting in England. He was 29 years old. Sixteen thousand carpenters are on a strike In Chicago. The strike followed a demand for an increase , of wages from 65 cents to 70 cents an hour. A 14-year-old negro boy attempted to wreck an electric express train on the West Jersey and Seashore railway on a bridge near Atlantic City, Thursday. He got his idea from moving pictures. Italy today has 1,200,000 flrst-llne soldiers under arms. They are from 20 to 26 years of age, perfectly armed and experienced otherwise, "to the last button," says a dispatch from the "Italian frontier." Fifteen persons were killed and twenty injured on the outskirts of Detroit, Mich., last Wednesday, when a trolley car was hit by a a string of freight cars attached to a switch engine. The duPont Powder company is now employing 8,100 men at its plant recently completed at Smith's Point, Va., thirty miles from Richmond. Practically all of the output of the plant is going to Europe. More than 700 physicians?men and women?have signed petitions for local option laws, to the Pennsylvania legislature. They base their action on the evil effects of alcohol on the individual and the commonwealth. It is estimated that there are more than 2,000 persons undergoing treatment in public and private hospitals of New York city for the "dope" habit. More than 500 "dope" users have been arrested during the past two weeks. rr"?rt twvoAMrrvlf. Acx mo nn tho T JHla Colorado river in Arizona, bursted Thursday. Eight persons were drowned and property damaged to the amount of $500,000, and 30,000 acres of land were left without water for Irrigation. A story sent out from Athens, Greece, is to the effect that If King C-onstantine and the Greeks throw their fortunes in with the allies, the queen of Greece, who is a sister ofLjthe German emperor, declares that she will leave her husband. The British steamer Crown of Toledo, sailed from Galveston, Texas, Friday for France, with a cargo of 85,729 tonB of baled hay, valued at $72,500. Another British vessel sailed the same day for Italy with a cargo of 208,000 bushels of wheat. Major General William C. Gorgas, surgeon general of the United States, the man who made Panama healthy, has been asked to lead the tight against typhus fever In Servia. It is probable that he will accept the call. The Pennsylvania railroad will within the next few days, place orders for $20,000,000 of equipment. The new purchases will include 144 locomotives, 146 all steel combination cars, 57 baggage, express and mail cars, and 10,000 freight cars of all kinds. Portions of Italy last week began receiving water supplies from the Aquilla acqueduct, which has been built at a cost of $30,000,000. The water will be distributed to towns and cities at the rate of over 2,000,000 gallons per day, through 1,875 miles of pipe. The source bf supply is in the Apennlne mountains. Information received at Basel, Switzerland, is to the effect that the Germans are now throwing dams across the Rhine, so tnat wnen certain siuice pates are closed, wide stretches of surrounding country can be flooded. ThiB is said to be in anticipation of the offensive of the allies being successful. The Pacific Mail Steamship company. operating one of the largest fleets in the foreign trade under the United States flag, plying between San Francisco and Honolulu, Chinese and Japanese ports, has announced that all sailings after November 2, will be cancelled because of the new Federal seamen's law, which becomes effective on November 4. GOVERNOR AND PARDON BOARD Argument Showing That the Law Hat Been Ignored. When the new pardoning board was appointed by Governor Manning a few days ago, the daily newspapers reporting the appointment first stated that the appointment by Mr. Manning "automatically removed" the present board, which was appointed by Gov. Blease. A few days later, the same papers stnted that the terms of the old members of the board had expired some time ago. The statute as to the appointment of this board, reads as follows: "Section 885. One of the said board shall be appointed for one year, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified; one shall be appointed for two years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified; one for three years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified; after which terms of office shall be three years; so that the term of one member thereof shall expire each year." We understand that the members of BLACK WHITE I T A I the present board, Messrs. Magill, Turner and Craig, were appointed by Gov. Blease in the years 1912, 1913 and ' 1914, respectively, so that under the statute creating this board, their terms expire In the years 1915, 1916, and I 1917. The statute relating to the appoint- i ment of the state bank examiner reads j as follows: "Section 2645. The term of office of said bank examiner shall be four years." It will be recalled that in April, 1912, Gov. Blease issued a proclamation reciting acts and omissions which he characterized as neglect of duty by B. J. Rhame, state bank examiner, and declaring that he did thereby, for the imputed neglect of duty, remove Rhame from his office. That case was taken to the courts, and Mr. Justice C. A. Woods, who was then on the supreme court bench, now a Federal court Judge, in writing the opinion in that case, said: "The question then comes to this: i when a statute creates an office to be filled by appointment of the governor and fixes the term for which the appointee shall hold, but confers upon the governor no power to removal, does the governor, nevertheless, have the power of removal under the constitution or the statute law of the state or the common law? "Laying aside for the moment the constitution and the statute law of the state, we consider the common law rule as established by judicial expression. Surely, men of common sense, learned and unlearned, would be surprised to find the law to be that when the legislative department has created an office to be filled by appointment of the governor and extended and limited its term to four years, yet the governor could at will shorten the term by removal, although no power of removal has been conferred. Such executive power Is denied by both reason and authority. The governor, as chief executive, has no prerogative control over officers such as is held by the king1 of Great Britain. The power of removal from office, therefore, is not an incident of the executive office and exists only where it is conferred by the costltution or by the statute law, or is implied from the conferring of the power of appointment." The findings of the court in the Rhame case was that where a statute creates an office to be filled by appointment by the governor, and fixes the term for which the appointee shall hold, but confers on the governor no power of removal, he has no power under the constitution, the statute law or the common law to remove him. There is nothing in either the pardon board statute or the bank examiner statute providing for a shortening of the term or removal by the governor, or for an appointment for an unexpired term, and it seems to a layman, from a cursory reading of the opinion in the Rhame case, which is reported In 92 S. C., at page 455, that as the lawyers and Judges would say, it is a case "on all fours" with the case of the pardon board. It will probably be urged, however, that the Blease board was only appointed for an unexpired term and that these unexpired terms have at last expired. In this connection our attention has been called to an opinion of the supreme court, set out in the same volume of South Carolina Reports, and written by the same Judge, Mr. Woods, that case being McDowell againstBurnett. This was a case in reference to the term of office of a magistrate. Under the constitution, magistrates "shall hold their offices for the term of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified." The supreme court held in that case that a statute of the general assembly providing for the filling of a vacany In the magistrate's office for the unexpired term was uncostitutional, and without effect, and that when the magistrate was appointed, confirmed by the senate and qualified, his tenure was not for an unexpired term, but for a full term. Applying this principle, when the members of the Blease board were appointed, their tenure was not for an unexpired term, but for a full term of three years. It seems to us that the cases are analagous all the way through, and we presume that it is the law, as these principles were laid down by the court of last resort in South Carolina Is it possible though, that such constructions of the statutes as were made by the supreme court only applied to the actions of Gov. Blease, and that now they may be set at naught by Gov. Manning? It begins to look so, and that Gov. Manning, as cheif executive, has prerogative control over officers as is held by the king of Great Britain, the supreme court of the state of South Carolina to the contrary, notwithstanding. We have not noticed that the governor has requested an opinion from the attorney general on this subject. He may. however, have called on his "legal adviser," for which an appropriation of 12,000 was made at the last session of the legislature. It will also be recalled that during Gov. Blease's administration, he did not with all of his Imputed "partisanship," attempt to remove the old board but they continued to hold on and held their quarterly meetings, drew their pay and had no petitions referred to them by the governor.?Newberry Herald and News. 1-0* Fighting fish are reared in Siam as a means of amusement. These are small fresh-water fish, and so pugnacious that when two of them are placed near each other they at once begin to fight. When the fish is quiet its colors are dull, but when excited, it is of a metalic brilliance. X*' The longest time on record ror which a swimmer has remained under water is six minutes, 29.5 seconds. C08T OF A TERRIBLE WAR Theorist Asserts $16,990,000,000 Will Have Gone by July 31. As the great war continues to drag Its weary way along with dally slaughter of hundreds, even thousands, of" Europe's best manhood without any decisive results, says Lesslie's, an increasing Importance Is noted In the perpetual question of "when will It end?" Various wise theorists have hazarded speculations on this subject, one of the latest being advanced by Edgar Crammond, a financial writer for an English newspaper, who, In an address before the Royal Statist! cal society of Greet Britain, advanced the opinion that by July of this year the war must come to an end because some of the belligerents will then have exhausted their financial resources. He estimated the cost of the war at the end of July would be $16,990,000,000, and the total economic loss, from damage to property and in other direct and indirect ways, at $45,400,000,000. What the war has cost in men is variously estimated. According to the Vosslche Zeitung, a leading German newspaper, the loss of the allies in killed, wounded, disabled by sickness, and prisoners, reaches a total of 3,600,000 men, of which approximately 1.000,000 are prisoners. The Prussian losses alone are officially stated to be about 1,200,000, and it is entirely probable that the totals of the losses from other German states bring this number up to nearly 2,000,000. The German war department alleges that not more than 100,000 German soldiers are held as prisoners of war. Austrian losses have not been stated officially, but are probably not much short or 1,500,000. If these estimates are approximately correct. It will be seen that the losses on each side have been nearly equal and that 7,000,000 men have been removed from the activities of war either temporarily or permanently. The proportion of killed, including those who die of wounds, to the wounded who recover may be roughly estimated as one in three. Deducting 1,200,000 as the total number of prisoners on both sides, we have approximately 1,930,000 killed In seven months of fighting. Of the 3,000,000 wounded, perhaps one-half, or 1,500,000 have recovered and are not fit for duty. The percentage of wounded is very small but great numbers die who die after reaching the hospitals through delay in being removed from the field because of the inadequate facilities. SHELL8 FOR THE ALLIES Bethlehem Steel Works Turning Out 8ix Million 8hrapnel. Forty-eight thousand projectiles a day are being made by the Bethlehem steel works at Bethlehem, Pa,, on an order of 6,000,000 shells given President Charles M. Schwab by Lord Kitchener of the British army. The projectiles are all shrapnel shells, and will be used when the French and British artillery become active in northern France. The shells are loaded and primed, ready for immediate use. before they are shipped from the United States. The Bethlehem plant is also making a large number of field pieces, chiefly three-inch guns, of which 3,660 are said to have been completed and sent to the British in northern France. The pieces are stationed about a quarter of a mile apart on the battlefield, and costltute the greatest array of artillery ever assembled In the world's history. The three-inch shrapnel shells are loaded with 240 half-inch leaden bullets, and also with triangular pieces of steel. The bullets are cut by the bushel from half-inch leaden strips at the rate of 1,000 a miute. The shrapnel is loaded at the Bethlehem plant, the leaden and steel bullets being placed within steel casings and packed solidly against the base, with a small piece of metal shutting them off from the charge that serves to hurl the projectile from the cannon. Inside the shell and running nearly the entire length is a small fuse, set off when the shell is fired. This may be timed to explode within a given time after the shell leaves the muzzle of the cannon. An expert cannoneer and range finder is supposed to time these shells so that they will cut loose when 40 or 50 feet above the lines of the enemy. The bullets and steel pellets will then be showered on the rival forces, and lucky is the man who is not hit. If the fuse misses the shell will explode on contact with the earth. The Bethlehem steel plant is constructing new mills at New Castle, on the Delaware river, and is preparing for handling even greater orders from belligerents. The plant, it is declared, will be one of the greatest arprofessional ffards DR. WM. M. KENNEDY ? DENTAL SURGEON ? Oflice On Second Floor of the Wylle Bul'dlng?Opposite Postoffice. Telephone?Office, 99; Residence 166. JAMES B. SHIRLEY DENTAL SURGEON First National Bank Building YORKVILLE, S. C. Bf Office Hours: 8.30 A. M., to 5.30 P. M. 3 f ly Geo. W. S. Hart Jos. E. Hart HART & HART ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkville S. C. Witherspoon Big., Second Floor, Front. 'Phone (Office) No. 58. i -IT ^ tlllery centers In the United States before the completion of the war and a great asset to the military possibilities of this country. The Pink Boil Worm.?Prospective regulations for admission of foreign cotton Into the United States, formulated to keep out the pink bool weevil, have been Issued by the department of agriculture which has called a conference on the restrictions to be held In Washington on April 20. Under the proposed plan, permits for the admission of foreign cotton must be obtained for all Imports. Boston, New York, San Francisco and Seattle have been designated as the only ports of entry for such cotton but It is possible other ports will be added. After January 1, next, the regulations provide that all cotton imported must be deslnfected under supervision of a department of agriculture inspector. In addition to securing a permit of entry, shippers must notify the department of all imports and shipments and a license must be obtained to enable the consignees to use the cotton. YOUR OWN BROTHER WOl CHANGING TO A .. TRAVEL SUP THESE MERCHANTS GIVE PLU8 A MILE IN TRAVEL . THE THOMSON CO.? DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, SHIEDER DRUG STORE? DRUGS, MEDICINES, CANDI S. L. STEELE? GROCERIES, FRUITS, WHTI YORKVILLE HARDWARI SHELF AND HEAVY HARD LYRIC THEATRE? MOVING PICTURES?AS G< TRAVEL SLIPS FIRST NATIONAL Rebuilt Ty\ STANDARD TYPEWF the uniform price of $100.00 E sometimes they can be boughi had it a week it is "second ha price you paid if you wanted enced Typewriter salesman ci about the little devices that 1 machine has?point out its co bon, back spacer, tabulating d< that his machine is the only 01 ?that is exactly what he is reasons why you pay $100 fo asked to pay this price in ord< keting the machine?and of cc imate and part of the business Aside from the pride you m model" typewriter with all th any more REAL TYPEWR have had you bought a REBl Machine will not write any 1 any easier or anv plainer than to doughnuts that it won't 1 This being TRUE do you th New machine at $100.00, whe built Typewriter of exactly tl saving of from $35.00 to $50.0 are flush with the coin of th< generous to the Typewriter I Builders and pay them the $ic is perfectly all right and.furth ness. But if you are buying i let us urge you to investigat< l -t 1 'r*-11 ...l. Deiore you uuy. icii us wna to make you a price and ther Look these prices over?Thej saving you will make in buyii PRICES ARE VERY LOWRemington No. 6, Blind Wi Remington No. 10, Visible T Smith Premier No. 2, Blind Smith Premier No. 10, Visil Oliver No. 2, Visible Writes Oliver No. 5, Visible Writer Royal Standards No. 5, Visi Monarch No. 2, Visible Wri Underwood No. 4, Visible \ Underwood No. 5, Visible \ L. C. Smith No. 2, Visible \ L. C. Smith No. 5, Visible \ A TYPEWRITER IN YOU) Will prove its value in i learn to use it and the knowle years?your wife can use it fr age?A Smith Premier No. 2, advantages to the beginner, t use of a "shift key" for Capital is a single keyboard, blind wr visible writer?all of these mf reach (see prices above) and The price of Rebuilt Machines Builders' Number?the higher the price?Express Charges, u THINK THE MATTER 0\ See if you do not think a Tj worth the price?and then see L. M. GRIST'S 5 LIFE IT CAN BE A 8UCCE88 OR A FAIL- J URE. WHICH WILL IT BE WITH 9 YOU? ? ? ?????? Look at the men who are successful In the eyes of the world. Ninety-nine out of every hundred started a Bank Account when they were youn*?end A stuck to it. And now, look at the failures. Very few of them have a Bank acoount new. Not speaking of when they were young. Perhaps you think you have not enough money to start an account. Haven't you a dollar? That's all It takes at THIS BANK. Just try it for a year or six months. If. you do not wish to continue It you have lost nothing bv the trial. Which Will It Be Success or Failure? ITS UP TO YOU. Bank of Hickory Grove HICKORY GROVE. 8. O. W Rebuilt Typewriters?As Good As J Ever?At Enquirer Office. isults From Your Kodak ? Let Us Do Your Finishing?Exnt Workmanship, Best Materials I, Orders Filled Same Day. ENLARGE THE BE8T ONE IN ibM HULL l-Kfcfc W LHANUt. Price* are No Higher than you y for th* Ordinary Kind. RT NOVELTY CO. 251, COLUMBIA, B. C. JLDNT BLAME YOU FOR f MERCHANT.. . YOU THE IIEST NOTIONS, CLOTHING, SHOE8. ES, MAGAZINES, PAINTS, OILS, Y HOUSE COFFEE, TEAS, ETC. C COWARE, KITCHEN fWARE, ETC. )OD AS CAN BE SEEN?COME REDEEMED AT BANK 01 Yorkriit lewriters? ITERS practically all sell at ^ach?That's the "list price"? 4 t for less?and when you have nd" and you could not get the to sell. Of course the experiin come along and tell you all lis machine has that no other nveniences?its two color ribevice, etc., and make you think le to buy. That's his business paid to do?that's one of the r a new Typewriter?You are ?r to helo oav the cost of mar >urse that is all perfectly legitBut where do you come in? ay have in the "very newest e "newest kinks," you haven't ITER value than you would JILT MACHINE. The New larder, any faster, any better, i a REBUILT, and it's dollars ook any better to your eye. ink it good business to buy a n you can buy a Factory Re- 4 ie same make and model at a t 0 or more? Of course, if you j realm, and want to be real d >ale>:nan and the Typewriter 1 ? anyway, why of course that , J lermore it is none of our busi-__, ? 1 Typewriter for business use, S the FACTORY REBUILT t you want?We will be glad i you can decide for yourself. f will give you an idea of the iga REBUILT MACHINE: riter $19 to $ai Nriter $43 to $55 Writer $18 to $ao >le Writer $27 to $43 $33 to $25 $27 to $38 ble Writer $42 to $45 iter $33 to $46 1 Vriter $38 to $57.50 Vriter $41 to $65 Vriter $32 to $45 Vriter $48 to $55 R HOME? 1 many ways?the children can dge will be of value in later equently and to good advantwith double keyboard, has its jecause it doesn't require the letters?the Remington No. 6 iter and the Oliver No. 2, is a ichines are easily within your will give entire satisfaction. 5 is governed by the Serial or the Serial Number the higher sually about $1.50?are extra. rPD S oxv rpewriter in your home will be us. >ONS, Printers, e, S. C. ? All Dealers ?jlOc.