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? ^ ISSUED SEMI-WEEEL^ l. K. GRISTS SONS. p?bii.her., } % 4auliIS Dewsgapei[: <J|?.r the; promotion of thg political, goqiat, ^grieuttur.al and Commercial Interests of thg feoglg. | n**\?a"fco^Xv*\ '"' t ~ 4 ESTABLISHED 1855. ~YORkviLLE7s. C.rTUESD'AYT MAY 4,1915. ISTO. 36.' } | When Billy Sund. ^ By ALEXAN ^ Copywright, 1913, by the H. K. ] CHAPTER V. A Sleigh Ride Party. The day after his triumph at the Tourist club was one of inner conflict and discouragement for Reginald Nelson. He was himself astonished at the place which Joy Graham had taken in his life, and he wondered what the subtle charm was which seemed to bind his life to hers. ok? heinnM to another man," he said to himself sternly. "I have no more right to seek her hand than if she were married already. And," he continued groaning, "what is wrong with me? Am I going mad?" At first he thought he would drop all connection with the Central church and give up both the choir and Tour' 1st club in order that he might not be compelled to meet Joy Graham, but a strange fascination drew him to the scenes where he knew he must suffer Languish of heart "I promised Dr. Rutledge that I would sing in the choir," he said to himself decidedly. "I will prove myself a man by attending both choir practices and the meetings of the Tourist club. 2 shall make a friend of Vivian Derwent, and Joy Graham will never know the torture that she has caused me." Accordingly, during the next few weeks Reginald and Joy met again and again, but he studiously avoided her as much as he could. Joy Graham was greatly grieved at his conduct, and she sought to be more friendly than ever. "Why are you always smiling on that Englishman?" asked Roland Gregory sharply one evening at the close of a meeting of the Tourist club. "I did not know I had been smiling on him so very much," answered the ^ girl innocently; "but I was Just now thinking what has gone wrong with him the past few weeks." "Vivian will soon take the broken heart out of him," said the other sneeringly. "He is dancing attendance on her night and day, and poor George Caldwell is distracted/' "How rudely you talk, Ronald," responded the girl, with a sudden catch in her breath. "I did not know he was dancing attendance on Vivian or any one else." "They are all talking about it," said her companion. "He escorts her to the dormitory on every possible occasion. I think myself he Is making a fool out of Vivian." Long after midnight Joy was lying awake, carrying on i. conversation with herself. "No wonder he admires Vivian," she said to herslf. "She is such a bright, cheerful girl, and he needs just such companionship as hers, but I some way cannot understand why he avoids me as he does." Thomas Marchmount, the editor of the Bronson Courier, had noticed in the "copy" of his city reporter an account of the address of Reginald at the Tourist club. The account had I been written up for the reporter by Joy Graham, and she spoke at some length of Reginald's arrival in Bronson and of his splendid address dn London. "This is the young fellow that Mr. Graham spoke to me about," commented the editor as he read the item. "I must have an interview with him. He will probably be able to give me a good account of the situation in England, and I know that many of my readers would appreciate a good article on that subject just now." Accordt ingly, he wrote a note to the young Englishman asking him to call at the Courier office. Reginald responded with pleasure. "I am much pleased to meet you," said the editor. "Mr. Graham has been telling me about you." "I crossed in the same boat with Mr. Graham's family and with Mr. Townley," responded Reginald, "and they advised me to begin life in Bronson. and I do not think I have made II uiiBianc. "What are your plans?" "I wish to enter the newspaper world at the first opportunity," replied Reginald promptly. "I think I will be able to succeed best in your own profession." "Have you ever tried the newspaper work?" inquired the other. "Just a little," Reginald answered smilingly. "I did some amateur work for a London paper." "By the way," said the editor. "I wish you would give me an interview <on the political and social condition of England at present. Would you be prepared to do that?" I "Certainly?at once." L Mr. Marchmount began asking I Reginald a number of questions in I regard to different aspects of English life. The editor was surprised at the readiness with which Reginald answered his questions. "What do the English people think of the Welsh statesman. LloydGeorge?" Mr. Marchmount asked du-ing the interview. Reginald answered at once in a tone of enthusiasm: "He is a great hero of the common people of England at this hour. They hail him as the Garibaldi of England. His popularity and influence are growing every year, and he is proving htrnseir tne great modern statesman of Europe." "But he is often bitterly criticised by a portion of the English press," interjected Mr. Marehmount. "The aristocracy fear and hate the man," responded Reginald, with a gleam in his eyes. "No man knows better than I do how bitter is their hatred. The yfeel that they are in his I power and that he is stripping them of their ancient monoplies and privileges, and they fail to understand that he is really saving England from revolution and destruction." At the conclusion of the interview Mr. Marehmount said abruptly, "Would you be in a position to accept a place on the Couriery staff at the ay Came to Town j = DER CORKEY ^ Ply Co. | first of the year." "I certainly would," answered Reginald enthusiastically. "I am engaged at the railroad office for no definite time, and a few weeks notice will be sufficient in case I desire to leave." "I will need a city reporter at the beginning of the new year," said Mr. Murchmount, "and 1 think you are just the young man I want" Reginald went home overjoyed. About the middle of December Vivian Derwent called at the freight office to see him. She and Reginald were now warm friends, and he felt a freedom in her company which gave him relief during those days of struggle us he was trying to kill out of his heart his devotion to Joy Graham. After the greeting were over Vivian began enthusiastically: "Oh, Mr. Nelson, a number of the members of the Tourist club are going on a real trip tomorrow night! My father and mother want me to bring out a sleigh load to our home and we will have a supper there. Can you come?" "A sleigh ride?" said Reginald, perplexed. "What do you mean?" "Oh, I forgot you never had a sleigh ride before!" said the girl, laughing. "We get a big hayrack and put a lot of hay in it and then fill it up with robes and furs, and we pile in and have the Jolliest time. You will come, won't you?" "I will surely be glad to go," said Reginald. "I have been wanting to visit your home and meet your father and mother." "And they are Just dying to see you," said "he girl. "I have been telling them about my Englishman." The next evening a gay party left Bronson in a large hayrack on a sleigh ride to Vivian Derwent's country home. It was a rare winter night, with a clear moon shining in silvery splendor and the twinkling stars glowing like patines of pure gold in the azure vault of heaven. In seating themselves it had happened that Vivian and Reginald sat opposite Roland and Joy, Reginald being next the driver. "What a glorious night for our ride!" said Joy, looking up at the radiant moon. Just then a shrill whistle sounded through the night air. In the distance could be heard the thunder of the limited express from New York to Chicago. For several miles at the point where the sleigh party was jingling along the wagon road paralleled the rails, and Reginald noticed that the driver took a fresh grip on the lines with which he controlls his double team. "There it comes!" shouted Vivian. "Look, Mr. Nelson, look!" exclaimed Joy Graham excitedly. "Does not that make a great sight?" Reginald had been watching the horses closely, anxious to assist the driver if possible in case assistance were necessary, but at Joy's exclamation turned to see the oncoming train. Roaring like Niagara, the electric headlight blinding them with its gleams, the great mogul engine, with its long train of Pullmans, was just behind them as Reginald turned. "Whoa! Whoa!" the driver of the hayrack was shouting in excited tones to his startled team. The only words heard were the cries of the driver. The whole company sat still looking forward at the plunging horses, while beyond was the red light at the rear of the limited express were fading from view. The four horses were now running at full speed. As far as the eye could see the road stretched, straight and /broad, but the driver knew there was a sharp curve a couple of miles ahead where the road crossed the railroad track, and he struggled to regain his control. Reginald Nelson arose to his feet and climbed up on the drivers' seat. "Give me the reins to the front team," said Reginald, getting a firm hold with his feet on the footboard of the driver's seat. He reached over and grasped the lines controlling the two front horses, leaving the driver free to manage the second team. The frightened horses seemed to know that a strong hand had taken the reins as soon as Reginald grasped them. "Steady!" he shouted, pulling stronger and stronger on the heavy leather hnes. "We'll soon quiet them now," he said to the driver as the horses slackened a little in their mad pace. Half a mile further on the two men were able to bring the teams to a full stop, and Reginald climbed down to his place under the robes Kooi/1 a n T*\a??ii'aw f "Where did you learn to drive wild horses?" asked Joy Graham, drawing a long breath. "That was jolly," responded the Englishman. "It makes me think of my boyhood days." The visit to Vivian's home proved a decided success, and but one discordant note was sounded. That occurred when Roland Gregory in a general conversation about Bronson affairs, said: "This fellow Allan Rutledge is going too far in stirring things up. Now he's going to bring that mountebank Billy Sunday here. He'll regret doing that." The closing words were spoken with a frown and a threat. (To be continued.) ? Greenville News, April 29: Fret Myers and S. Cross, who stated while here that they represented the Co operative Furniture company of Chari lotte, have been arrested in Laurens and charged with operating a lottery, i They have been released upon bonds of $50 each and are sumomned for trial soon. One Oreenville woman is known to have Investigated the opera^ tions of the men while here, for she applied to the police department to ascertain if the scheme was all right. Before the poli>-e could investigate the matter the men were gone and it was dropped. There are said to be many others who were solicited and it ' is supposed they secured a club here, as they have succeeded evidently, in other places. Whether or not the business is fair and above board or is a "skin" game, pure and simple, is not known, though it is likely this phase will be found out at the trial, if the men stand their trial. Their plan of operation was explained by one of the members of the "clubs" organized as follows: "Fifty people, generally women, were Induced to .loin a club of fifty, agreeing to pay 2E cents each week. Every Saturday for fifty weeks a drawing would be held in Charlotte at which one member would draw a piece of furniture alleged to be valued at approximately $15. The successful club member was exempt from further payments. At the end of 50 I weeks, it will be seen, each member of the club would have received a piece of furniture at a cost of varying from 25 cents to $12.50. It is said that they had succeeded in organizing several clubs, when some of the members became suspicious when it appeared that a drawing was not being made for each club. A canvas of the mill villages of Laurens disclosed that 84 members had not received a prize. How many clubs were in actual operation and how long each club had been running has not yet been ascertained and will have to be brought out at the trial, but the agents showed the names of five persons to whom they had delivered prizes. The men disclaimed any intention to defraud and denied their proposition was a game of chance. After the bond had been fixed up. collection from club members was resumed, it was said. GENERAL NEW8 NOTES. Items of Interest Gathered From All Around the World. A serious bread riot is reported to have occurred at Trieste, Austria, Thursday. Several rioters were killed and 300 wounded. Twelve hundred bridge builders of Chicago went on a strike Friday, because they were refused a raise of pay from 68 to 70 cents per hour. A Washington dancing school proprietor was fined $10 last week because he refused to admit a United Slates soldier in uniform. Philadelphia last week voted 85,-1 972 to 8,772, to Issue bonds for $6,-1 000,000 for subway and elevated rail- f way lines. The steamship Chaco left Philadelphia Friday for South American ports with $3,001),000 worth of American machinery and ammunition. Captain Willlcm S. Benson, commandant of the Philadelphia navy yard, has been appointed to the newly created office of chief of naval operations. Mrs. Reginald Brooks of Boston, has fallen heir to an estate of $300,000 in England, by the death of Capt. Hon. G. H. Douglas-Pennant, who was killed in the fighting In France. The importation of champagne into the United States, according to a New York authority, has declined 66 per cent in volume since the beginning of the European war. Miss Sally McAdoo, ycungest daughter of the secretary of the treasury, christened the United States coast guard cutter Oiwipee, launched at Newport News, Va., Saturday. Admiral Senes and fifty-two men of the French cruiser Leon Gambatta, torpedoed by the Austrians last week, were buried by the Italians at Cape Lueca, Italy, with military honors, Thursday. The Canadian minister of militia says that there are 200 factories in Canada engaged in the manufacture of gun shells for England and the allies. The orders for war munitions are said to total $175,000,000. The publishers of the Menace, an anti-Catholic paper published at Aurora, Mo., are to stand trial in the Federal court at Joplln, in June on the charge of sending obscene matter through the mails. Two carloads of liquor, shipped from Cincinnati, O., to Charleston, W. Va., billed and packed as furniture, have been seized by the authorities because they were filled with liquor. Several arrests have been made. Ten persons killed and $2,000,000 property loss resulted from a fire which burned over twelve city blocks of Colon, Panama, Friday night. Twelve thousand people are rendered homeless. Pierre M. Looker has been sentenced to one year in the Federal prison, Atlanta, for misuse of the mails. Looker's scheme was promoting real estate sales by mail and he and his partners are alleged to have cleaned up $1,000,000. The Florida legislature has passed a stringent "package" liquor law. The bill provides that no liquors of any kind can be sold in a licensed barrooms except In sealed packages. It also prohibits the sale of beer and other liquors in hotels, clubs and cafes. French and Belgian cardinals, archbishops and bishops, according to a Rome dispatch, have united In an appeal to the pope to abandon his attitude of neutrality, maintained since the beginning of the war, and declare himself in favor of the allies. Hunter Brooke of New York, well known business man and clubman, 47 years of age, committed suicide on the grave of his father and mother at Media, Pa., Thursday night. He is surv.ved by a wife of a year and an infant child of a week old. Secretary Daniels has under consideration the idea of transferring the German ships Prinz Eitel and Kronprinz Wilhelm, interned at Newport News, to the League Island navy yard at Philadelphia, to give the men of the two ships cooler quarters during the summer. The Westinghouse Electric Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., is reported to have closed a contract for 1,000,000 rifles at $27,000,000 for the allies. And it is also reported that the Baldwin Locomotive works of Philadelphia, are negotiating for a contract for war materials that will total $10,000,000. Philip T. White, a well known club man of Brooklyn, N. Y., former sales manager of the Masury Paint Co., at a salary of $10,000 a year, last week confessed to participation in the holdup of a messenger of the paint company who had (he pay roll of the concern. Both White and the udge trying the case are members of the Mystic Shrine, as was also one of White's accomplices. Jtfi' Marriage may be a civil contract, but some men act very uncivil shortly after the contract is duly signed and sealed. FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS; As Traced In Early Files of The, Yorkville Enquirer. NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY i i Bringing*Up Records of the Past and ! Giving the Younger Readers of To* day a Pretty Comprehensive Knowl* edge of the Things that Most Concerned Generations that Have Gone Before. The first installment of the notes appearing under this heading was published in our issue of November 14, 1913. The notes are being prepared by the editor as time and opportunity permit. Their purpose is to bring into review the events of the past for the pleasure and satisfaction of the older people and for the entertainment and Instruction of the present generation. 129TH INSTALLMENT (Wednesday Evening, May 11, 1864.) Death of Brig. Gen. Micah Jenkins, l The ink was scarcely dry in our I pen, when we were again called on < to add another link to the sad chain I of events transpiring on the field of I battle. The gallant Jenkins has fall- ( en in the prime of manhood, amid 1 the clash of victorious arms; in the" ' midst of the battle, like Henry of THE HOMES OF Photographic Evidence < York C This photograph of a handsome 1 a number that The Enquirer has had e provement that is being made along t if. : | M y| HUt fI w III MI * i 'R u huji fl s flft* CLOVEK GRAI This handsome building was erec $10,000. It is constructed of brick, a ment last year was 180. The district dollar, and the state contributes aid t trustees are Dr. E. W. Pressly, Jas. J the teachers are J. W. Shealy, Cammie agan, Anna Lewis, Elizabeth Wils Navarre, his plume was still to be < seen, but alas, the fatal shaft was t uped, and the brave soldier fell anoth- i er sacrifice on the altar of his coun- c :ry. It is sad to learn that he was i killed by one of his own men, mistak- 1 ing him for the enemy, but the acci- i dents of war are inevitable as the < decrees of fate. Another young wid- < ow and orphaned children are left ( Wltnout ineir naiurai proieciur, anu the country mourns another of her most gallant defenders. ' Weep. Albln, to death or captive led, Oh! weep, but thy tears cannot number the dead, For a merciless sword o'er Culloden Bhall wave: Culloden, that reeks with the blood of the brave." Gen. Jenkins was born In Charleston district and a graduate of the state military academy. He came to this place after he had carried off the highest honors of his class, In 1855, and In conjunction with Col. Coward, also of the army In Virginia, established the Yorkvllle Preparatory Military school, which had met with unbounded success until the breaking out of the war, when the principals took the field In person, as well as many of those who had profited by their instructions. The gallantry of Gen Jenkins ensured him rapid promotion, and thus on the eve of his being made a major general, we have to chronicle his untimely end. He was about twenty-six years of age, a gentleman of high tone of character, and a strict diciplinarian; nevertheless, he never forgot the duties he owed to his men, and if he was harsh at times, he felt keenly the necessity that required its exercise. He was much esteemed in in his private character, while as a public man he was always foremost In every effort to maintain the good name of his chosen district. Though many have fallen in this fight, few will be more missed by his brother officers, while his men will still remember many a kindness, and overlook his errors, be they many or few. Gen. Jenkins was a consistent member of of the Protestant Episcopal church, in which faith he died, and in whose promises his relatives and friends feel assured of his glorious resurrection. (Wednesday Evening, May 18, 1864.) Our Dead and Wounded. The body of Brig. Gen. M. Jenkins j. was received at Columbia, and lay in e state at the arsenal, under charge of ) the state cadets, as a guard of honor, j last Sunday, preparatory to their re- ^ moval to Summerville for interment, t Col. Miller was burled at Richmond; j Lieut. Col. Bookter, though badly j Wounded, we learn is doing well, p Col. Coward of the Bth, is slightly ; wounded, and expected home. The lists of casualties come in slowly, ( though many reports which we do not r publish, out travels them. So far the a killed bear but a small proportion to r the wounded, they are mostly very t slight. In our next paper we may f have full accounts. In the meantime, j we will publish only what we deem a reliable. c 12th Regiment, S. C. V. p From a private letter received in this place 011 the 15th inst., we learn the following casualties in Companies j A and R: ? Company A?Wounded: Lieut. J. -j A. Watson, in the left elbow; jj Pratt, severe, in the right lung and t shoulder; W. F. Beard, slight, in breast; John L. Ravies, flesh wound in 5 SLlf of leg; Currence, In hand, little finger off; Doster, in hand, Samuel Jackson, bruised. Company B*?Killed: Lieut. McKnight; Calvin Whltesldes, wounded, since dead. Wounded?Rufus Whltesldes, flesh wound, In leg; T. Blgham, severe flesh wound In right arm; Arrowood, slight, in arm; Hagans, slight, In arm. Married?On the 10th, instant, by Rev. R. A. Doss. Mr. Thomas K. McKnlght and Miss Mary Miller, all of this district. FOREIGN TROOPS IN EUROPE Characteristic! of 8oldiers Being Used by the Allies. In a statement prepared by the National Geographic society, there are Borne timely facts about the colonial troops now on the firing line in the war in Europe. The statement says: "Asia, Africa and Australlla have furnished their quotas of men to the firing lines in Europe. Among these foreign troops that have most distinguished themselves in European warfare are the French Turcos and the English Singhalese. This is the first appearance of the Singhalese upon European battlefields, but the Turcos have been employed on the white continent several times. "The Singhalese are natives of THE SCHOOLS of Modern Progress In ounty. fork county school building, is one of ngraved to show the wonderful lmhat line in York county. , JED SCHOOL ted several years ago at a cost of .nd is heated by steam. The enrollcarries an extra levy of 2 mills on the o the amount of $500 a year. The t. Page and W. T. Beamguard, and Roddey, Annie Lee Nell, Mabel Flan? on. Ceylon. There are, strictly speaking, ibout 2,500,000 of them. They are jettled in the central and southern livislons of the island. They are nembers of the Aryan family by anguage, but, in blood, they are a very nixed race, though basically they are >f white blood. They are descendants )f colonists from the valley of the Ganges, who are thought to have setled in Ceylon about 500 years before he birth of Christ. "The Singhalese have remained a itatlonary folk since the opening of he Christain era. Their customs, :ostumes and manner of life are much he same today that they were more han 2,000 years ago. In appearance, he men of this people are peculiarly iffeminate. Their bodies are slender ind their features are delicate, Their ire8s is womanish, even to the exent of fastening their long hair back rom the forehead by means of dainty :ombs. The men, also, wear ear-rings. Nevertheless, the Singhalese have nanaged to cover themselves with rlory by brilliant service on the fearul battlefields of Europe. "The Turcos are a French military >rganization, not a folk. 'Turcos' is he name which the French have ap)lled to those troops that they have 'ormed out of natives of Algeria, rhey are of Arabic and negro stock, ind are among the best trained colonal troops in the world. "The Turcos were organized in the Irst instance, as was also the case vith the foreign legion, solely for emiloyment in Algeria. However, France >arly found use for them In other ields. In 1859, the Turcos went hrough their first European campaign n Italy. These same troops won inernational renown, when, in 1870-71, heir desperate fighting proved one of he most serious obstacles to German luccess upon more than one battlefield, tgain in 1884, the Turcos saw service n the far distant French province of ?hina. The Turcos hay? always dlslnguished# themselves In hardy enlurance and In reckless bravery." ? Columbia State: Expert stoneutters and finishers from Vermont, mpressed with the quality of the due granite quarried at Rion In Fairleld county, and with the eligiblity of Columbia as the site of a plant in vhich it can be worked up into trade orms and distributed, have arranged o settle in Columbia and to operate lere a finishing establishment. It Is >xpected that the colony will be largey augmented from time to time, 'romoters of the enterprise say it will >e an important new Industry from he start and will assuredly develop nto yet larger consequence. Wofkng quarters are to be erected at once m Hampton street, between the South Atlantic league baseball park und the :as works of the Columbia Railway, las and Electric company. Accomnodatlona to be provided now will uffce for a complement of 100 worknen. A number of these have writen to inquire about dwellings for their amilies. An expert will arrive withn a few days to superintend the contruction of the plant. All the mahinery will be driven electrically, indrew Bernisconi heads the colony. Xir The serfs of Russia were liberated orty-four years ago by Alexander II, randfather of the present czar. neat* sft*ri? w ci c iiui oiavco iu uv ought and sold?they could only be ransferred with the land they tilled, "he ukase of the czar gave freedom to 0,000,000 serfs. OFFENSIVE OF THE ALLIES They Issue Statement of Eitenslve Operations. ALLEGE HUGH MATERIAL ADVANTAGE. According to the French General Staff Germans Have Passed the Maximum of Their Efficiency, While the Allies are Just Now Only Reaching Their Best. London, March 27 (Correspondence of the Associated Press).?The ninth and tenth installments of the French official war review, which in previous chapters, has dealt with the German effort, the using up of German troops and officers and the material and moral war sto^e of the German army, deal respectively with military supplies and concerns of the conflict up to date as found by the writer. The review points out that the chief explanation of Imperfections noted in German projectiles Is to be found in the bad quality of the primary material. It declares there is "a terrible scarcity of rubber'" and that still more serious is "the scarcity of copper, which is iridlspenslble for the manufacture of shells and munitions." The same condition, it is asserted, holds true of saltpeter and of the nitrates necessary for its manufacture. The review presents tables and quotations from German writers to prove the scarcity of food supplies within the empire. It says: 8carcity of Food. "It has been observed on several occasions that the revictualing of the German army has not been as regular as that of the French. In the case of the battle of Marne and in the weeks which followed the German prisoners were famished and declared they had eaten nothing for several days." In the tenth and last installment, the writer says: "Of the events of which a recital has now been completed, It remains to appraise the results of these six months of war and to define the possibilities which those results have in store for us in future operations. It may first of all be affirmed that the fundamental plan of the German general staff has completely failed. This plan has been superabundantly set forth by German military writers as also in the reciting by the ministers of war. It aimed at crushing France by an overwhelming attack and at reducing her to a condition of helplessness In less than a month. "Germany has not succeeded in thia Our army is, as we have seen, not only intact, but strengthened, full of trust in its leaders and profoundly penetrated with the certainty of final success. Germany has not attained, then, the essential obfe^t .which It publicly set forth. But the defeat which she has sustained does not apply only to her fundamental plan. It extends also to the various operations which she has essayed to secure partial advantages over us in default of the decisive advantages in which she had fallen. Seven Big Defeats. "To sum up the German general staff has placed upop its record since the beginning of the campaign, apart from the failure of its general plan, which aimed at the crushing of France In a few weeks?seven defeats of high significance, namely, defeat of the sudden attack on Nancy, defeat of the rapid march on Paris, defeat of the envelopment of our left in August, defeat of the same envelopment in November, defeat of the attempt to break through our center in September, defeat of the coast attack on Dunkirk and Calais and the defeat of the attack on Ypres. "The German army, powerful and courageous as it may be, has therefore succeeding in gaining the advantage upon no single point, and its forced halt after six months of war condemns it to a retreat, the pace of which may be accelerated by the Russian successes, but the necessity of which is now a foregone conclusion independently of those successes. "Against the extent of the German defeat has to be placed that of the French success. All that our enemies have failed to gain we have gained, and first and foremost confidence in ourselves. It Is certain, and it could not be otherwise, that at the outset our troops and the country Itself still remained under the impression of the defeats of 1870. The victory of the Marne, confirmed by the victory of Flanders; the impossible barrier set up against the most formidable effort which has ever been attempted 'in the military history of the world, have created a feeling of security which grows stronger every day. Needed Quick Success, "Every one Is aware that In order to gain the day against the coalition which incloses her, Germany needed a rapid success. This rapid success lacking, her defeat is certain. If for the last three months the French command has not engaged in a general offensive, It has had three decisive reasons for this. The first is that ? having time on its side, it intends to t make its efforts only after it has as- f sembled all the means upon which It f can rely, within a more or less near ^ interval of time, with absolute cer- c tainty. The second is that the exam- s pie of the Germans at Ypres has s shown us what may be the price of g an offensive, but Insufficiently prepar- s ed. The third reason is that the v weather has been almost Incessantly t bad. r "We have seen that the French army is strengthening itself every g day In heavy artillery, in explosive | weapons for the trenches and in projectiles. It is known that the British j army in France, which at first con- t sisted of four divisions, is today (be- ^ ginning of February,) composed of 0 ten British divisions, two Indian divisions and two cavalry corps, with 900 guns, of which 100 pieces are of heavy artillery. It is known also that c (J the number of troops now with the colors and being trained in England is very large. c The Belgian Army. It is known that the Belgian army which is reconstituting itself will a shortly have six divisions of infantry and two divisions of cavalry. It is jj known that the Servian army, sup- s plied with fresh material and ammunition, la once again prepared to show ita splendid qualities. It is known finally that Russia continues to draw upon the immense reservoir of her recruits, having up to the present utilized only the 20th part. These are the reasons why the French command has not hurried and awaits the hour which it considers favorable. These reasons based on precise motives, which are to test, are entirely irrefutable. "If then we turn to the future we note that: "The wastage of the German army in all respects is greater than that of the French army. The principal cause of this is the superiority of our artillery and the fighting methods of the German infantry, which attacks in closer formation than does ours. It is now certain that the losses of nnr adversaries are double ours. "The possibilities of the German army from the point of view of effectives will go on decreasing more and more. The German population capable of bearing arms is in comparison with the French population In the proportion of three to two. Now at the present time, landsturm Included, Germany Is employing on the French front a number of men representing two-thirds of her resources against one-third on the Russian front On account of the Austrians* defeats, Germany will be obliged to strengthen her forces against Russia more and more. The number of troops opposed to France will therefore continually decrease. Our position will be improved by this circumstance, as also by the number of German losses, which will always remain larger than ours, and finally, by the large reinforcements which the British between now and July will send to the continent. 8hort of Officers. "The capacities of the German armies In the matter of regimental organization, already Inferior to ours, are becoming so still mora Granted that our adversaries at the beginning of the war had more cadres than ourselves, the text books show that their superiority in this respect was considerably less than their superiority in men. It was not as mnch as three to two. Now it is an established fact that the German losses in officers are greater than oura We shall therefore certainly have the advantage from this point of view If indeed we have it not already. "Out of all these elements has been born the offensive faith of the French army and its leaders We have before us two systems The one, the German system, demanded a rapid success at the opening of the campaign, a success against France before the Russians could come on the field; befdre the British reserves could intervene; before the economic trouble could make Itself felt Hence the creation in all haste of new corps whether or not they could be kept up for a long time. By predetermination the victory was to be immediate. Now this necessary victory the Germans did not have. Watchful Waiting. "The other system, the French system, consists, with the advantage of the freedom of the seas, In maintaining In good and complete form a number of sufficient formations, and In creating new onee only In the measure In which they can with certainty be kept up and suitably and durably equipped with regimental organization! "This system is arranged with a view to a prolonged warfare. Of these two systems after six months of trial, which shall triumph? To put the question Is to answer it. The Germans can no longer oppose us with forces superior to ours. They will therefore not be able to do in the future what they could not do in the past when they were one-third more numerous than ourselves. Consequently our final victory must follow by the imperious necessity of the force of facts and figures. Our effort, too, Is from now onwards directed to- ; ward that offensive in which we shall take our own good time and the issue of which cannot be doubtful. "Our recruits are being trained in the instruction camps with a view to that offensive. It is in view of this offensive that from day to day our stores of ammunitions, food and transport are being increased. It is in view of the offensive that our reserves af telegraphic, telephonic, railway and shipping materials have been constituted. "It Is In view of the offensive that the re-occupatlon of the Belgian, Lux- ( ihburg and Alsace-Loraine networks ( sf railway has been prepared for, and i that a military commission, English, 1 FYench and Belgian, Is preparing to j vork them. It Is In view of the of 'ensive that to our 10,000 heavy lor- 1 ie8 we have added, with the powerful ild of our automobile industry, more han 4,000 new transport wagons i tince the beginning of the war. Against 1 ill this, which on our side is sure and j Lvailable, Germany can offer nothing | dther equivalent or analogous. 1 "The large resources in men, offl- j :ers, material and munitions which j the had at her disposal six months t igo have been largely expended In < he hope of crushing the opposed j orcea under the effort of mass and j 'ffect of surprise, and they are to- I lay scarcely sufficient after the defeat j >f that attemDt to offer defensive re- , ilstance. The wastage goes on at the ame time. Every further development riven to the order of battle will re>ult In a diminution of the general alue of German armies and accelerate he wear of them. It will also bring iearer the moment when Germany vill be at the end of her military reources and incapable of ever regainng her numerical superiority. "After that moment France, taken >y surprise In August by a premediated act of aggression, will begin the var in very truth with the entirety f her forces." The Reason Why.?"So you think ill public entertainments should be onsored." "Yes. And I'd like to be one of the ensors." "What for?" "So as to be sure of not missing nything." itiT A spinster may live to congratuite herself on the number of times he didn't marry. TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES News Happenings In Neighboring Communities. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster and Chester. Gaffney Ledger, April 30: Tom Humes, the negro who was shot four times by Lewie Spears, another negro, while a festival was in progress at Zion church in this city, died Tuesday night. Hames received treatment at a local hospital for some time after the shooting and had improved to such an extent that he was sent to the home of his mother several days ago. He suffered a relapse a few days ago, gradually growing worse until death came Tuesday night Tom Bonner, a negro man slightly over middle age, died suddenly at his home about five miles north of Gaffney Tuesday afternoon. A physician and Coroner R. F. Spencer were summoned to make an investigation which revealed the fact that death had been due to natural causes. No inquest was held On Mr. J. H. Wilkins" place near Owens' ford, lives a colored woman named Patience Edwards who should have been named Dauntless. Dost Monday, wnne digging in a branch near her home for bait for the purpose of decoying the finny tribe she was attacked and severely bitten on the right arm by a mad dog. Seizing the dog, which would probably wedgh nearly fifty pounds, by the throat, she proceeded to choke him to death. While choking him she was lacerated severely by the claws of the animal. Patience is the wife of Edward Edwards, a well known and well liked colored mute who has resided in that neighborhood for a long time. She is of medium build and weighs about 135 pounds, but is possessed of unusual strength as well as dauntless courage. Patience was sent to Columbia Tuesday to be treated An event of unusual pleasure and highly enjoyable for those who participated in it was the first outing of the Oaffney Business Men's Piscatorial association held Wednesday evening on the banks of Broad river. The occasion was a fish fry, the arrangements for which had been made by Mr. Tom D. Daniel, promoter of the Piscatorial association. More than seventy-five Oaffney business men Journeyed to the selected place, about seven miles from the city on the banks of the Broad Just above the Dr&vo dam, making the trip in automobiles Irby Wright, an 18-year-old boy, who lives In the Thickety section of the county, was sentenced to serve thirty days on the county chalngang by Magistrate Wm. Phillips, Wednesday, when he was convicted upon a charge of beating his mother, Mrs. W. H. Wright Supervisor John M. Jenkins had a part of the county chalngang busy yesterday unloading from the freight cars a new road machine which the county commissioners have purchased. The machine is a double scrape, so constructed that the entire width of a road, up to thirty feet, may be scraped at one time, giving It a smooth rounded surface and saving much time. see Chester Rd|orter, April 29: W? county board of commissioners voted unanimously Monday afternoon, to pay Mr. A. W. Hamby of Columbia, the balance of 8208.68 claimed by him in connection with services as architect for the new county Jail, and also voted to pay the Taylor-Waters Construction Co., the sum of 81,498.52, the balance due that concern with the exception of 850, which latter amount will be paid when a few minor alterations have been made. The board also agreed to let Mr. C. Y. Young, deputy sheriff, have the use of the old Jail property free of rent for the remainder of the year in consideration of Mr. Young acting as custodian of the property, unless an opportunity occurs to rent or sell the property, under which circumstances Mr. Young is to be given thirty dayB' notice, so that he shall have ample time to make other arrangements Rev. LL A. Bagby, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church, concluded a ten-days' series of meetings last night There were a number of acoesaions as a result of the meeting, and throughout there was much interest. For the last three nights Dr. Bagby used the story of "the Prodigal Son" as his theme, and deduced some telling lessons from this noteworthy parable The commission appointed by Bethel presbytery at its recent meeting: to organize a Presbyterian, church at Blackstock, if such action seemed advisable, met at Blackstock yesterday, and conferred about the matter; and a committee consisting of Rev. A. D. P. Gllmour, D. D., and Mr. R. B. Caldwell was appointed to return to Blackstock next Sunday afternoon at which time the church will be duly organized, if the way seems clear. Blackstock Presbyterian church, of which Rev. W. S. Hamiter is the pastor, is at present a part of Concord church at Woodward, and the idea is to make a separate and independent organization of the Blackstock church, with the two churches to constitute a group of churches instead of one church as heretofore. A special train will leave here Monday afternoon, May 3, at one o'clock over the Southern railway for Charlotte for the benefit of those who want to attend the Chapman-Alexander meeting, and will arrive in the Mecklenburg metropolis at 2.30 p. m. Returning, the train will leave Charlotte at 10.30 p. m? and will reach Chester at midnight. The fare for the round trip will be one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children. King's Mountain Herald, April 29: Mr. W. T. Bradford of King's Mountain, who committed suicide last lYiday night, left the following, adiressed to his wife and family: "I have decided to leave it with you all to get along the best you can, and I Teel sure you will be much better off in the end without me than with me. My health is very poor as you know, jr should know that I have consumption ar.d have had for a long time, ind can't live but a very short while it best, and I think the sooner I am >ut of the way the better it will be. [ have made a will, willing all I have to you and your heirs, after paying ill the funeral expeusea Have me juried in as cheap a plain coffin as it 8 possible to get, thereby saving all rou can, as you will need it and I will be just as well off in a ten dolar coffin as I would be in a hundred lollar casket Kiss the children goodjye for me and tell them they will >e better off in the end without old ?apa than with him. Hope Charles md Thomas will try to do better than they have been doing and that they will try to help you along all they jan. Do the best you can and don't vorry about this rash act, as I am jure it is best for all concerned. Goodjye to all." Mr. James Brakeield a Confederate veteran, died April L9th at the age of 69 years. He was juried at Elbethel, the funeral being :onducted by Rev. E. O. Cole A ?. McCarter, road supervisor for ving's Mountain township, York couny, S. C., was In town Monday and nformed us that his people were going o build about three miles of 30-foot land clay road connecting the Yorkrllle road and the one to be built on he old county line by Cleveland sounty. These two pieces of road vill connect a general highway of 225 niles from Ashevllle, N. C., to Coumbla, S. C. Mrs. Will Putnam >f Bessemer City, was burled here Sunday afternoon. She had been In leclinlng health for several months (Continued on Page Four.)