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/ The Radcliffe Chautauqua, Bigger and Better Than Ever, Will Be Here February 20, 21st and 22d l| X3l)e Chesterfield "^Advertiser VOLUME 36?NO. 49 CHESTERFIELD, S. C.t THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21 1918 ~"~ ?i nn a vt*a? K? ? w 1 ?* ? w* Local Board Lxam Regis 4 * _____ Kj"? ' 4 The Local Board of Selection haa now begun the task of examining the men of Class I. Following is the rePsult of their labors up to Wednesday night. Disqualified on Physical Examination Sanford Campbell, Lawrence E. Giinoy. Emanuel Poston, Edward Warr, Rogers Keith, J. Duncan Gain4 ey. Accepted on Physical Examination Ray J. White, Charlie W. Little, Waldo K.Nelson,John Bunyon Boone, Everett Miller, James T. Jackson, Luther Boan, Carrol W. Middleton, Will M'ller, William G. W. Terry, Edward C. Anderson, Bryan A. Odom, Edpar F. Johnson, David N. Terry, Frnnk Marshall, John Moore, Wannamakcr Watson, Roy Redfeam, Walter C. Funderburk, Prince Humphries. Jhonny Marshall, John Jackson, Fred Sellers, Wyman Baker, Donahue B. Tillman, W. Clayton Nicholson, Leo nard Steen. Accepted (or Limited Military SerTie#> Redman M. Hancock, Columbia Taylor, James Powe, Charlie R. Dunn, Vestcr Mills, Walter H. "Hall, . Ii'itler Ellerbee, Andrew J. Allen, Murdie Gainey, John W. Ratliff, Marion A Laney, Howard Purvis, Sam B. Put, Sylvester Diggs, Julius C. Ev arts, Walter L. Walace, Benjamin F. Orrburn, Henry F. Parker, Oscar Shaw, John Ford, Luther H. Turnago, Arthur J. Farmer, Thompson Whiteford, James B. Redfoarn, Eddie Dui av, Ernest W. Moore, Isom Rotters Neil Poston, Max S. Tolson, Clarence A Baker, R. Steve Ratliff, Newton H. Hoffman, Doctor Pegues, D. C. Robinson, Jesse Sellers, Bogan Roscoe. John P. Evans, Muldrow Steen, WM' Cash, Jesse R. Sutton, Rufus Bloom field, Preston W. Funderburk, Charley Smith, Elbert D. Berry, Robert M' era, English Pigg. Being Examined Today Cary F. Adcock, Angelus. Simeon McNair, Chesterfield, R 4. Samuel James, Society Hill R. fl. Thos. H. Jenkins, Chesterfield,R.4 js Albert Wilson, Society Hill, R. 3 James MeQueen, Cheraw Ora Miller, JeffersonFrank Funderburk, Taxahaw, R 2 Walter Kendall, Cheraw, R 2. Harmon Vlockovan, Cheraw, R. 1. Henry Foster, Ruby, R. 1. Sam Nesbit, Cheraw, R. 2 Wm. H. Powe, Cheraw. Edward P. Donahue, Angelus. k Artie R. Gainev. Middpndnrf P 1 John D. Hancock, Ruby, R. 2. W. Arthur Rivers, Chesterfield,R.2. W. Sandy Linton, Society Hill, R.3 Corbett C. Hubbard, Darlington. Robt. McFarlan, Cherav/, R. 1. James E. Short, McFarlan, R. 1. Sandy Gainey, McBee, R. 3. Green Sowell, McBee. Rufus Norwood, Philadelphia, Pa Tk - J.E.AustinFunderburk,Morvcn,R!<) Barge Hancock, Ruby. W. Walter King, Chesterfield, R 3. Henry E. Gainey, Society Hill.R.3. ' R ^ 1 j| ^ IS THE STRONG] fj GOOD POLICY? ra AS PREMIUMS A Lj NEVER BE OFF ] M A MOMENT WIL [j RELAXED, AND B PERIOD OF I Q SURE TO BE RI || TAKE P? A SOUTHERN L H POLICY A^ 0 BECAUSE? W It's Policies are H Ask for partici !lJ ly Income Policie Uj in Life Insurance | Chesterfield L W.J. DOUGI ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, 1 ? mau ?* W? Buy mmd 3*11 R? ines Many itrants This Week Weaver Pratt, Ruby. R. 1. Mack Waters, McBee. Marsh Jackson, Mt. Crofchan. C. Eliga Smith, Pageland. Henry Buchanan, Cheraw, R. 1. Henry Davis, Cheraw. j Jno. Bass. McBee. R- t B. D. Robeson, Chesterfield, R. I j I.ockhart Canaway, Cheraw, R 1.' Pird Tillman, Cheraw, R. Silas Lowery, Gastonia, N. C. Ben Miller, Monroe, N. C. Allen W. Winburn, Patrick. David* McQueen, Cheraw, R. 1. Norman H. Burch, Ruby, R. 1. Chancey C. Duckett, Cheraw, Wm. Liles, McFarlan, R! 1. J. Lee Railings, Jefferson, R. 1. Geo. W. Wright, Chesterfield. Luther Baker, Jefferson. Isaac Gillespie, Cheraw, R. 1. Wm. E. Robeson, Pageland, R. 1. Gary Brown, Patrick, R. 2. David L. Strong, Cheraw. Lncoste Smith, Middendorf. To Ba Examined Friday, Feb. 22nd. Silas M. Hall, Cheraw. Oscar Doster, Chesterfield. < | Carl T. Sullivan, Jefferson. Perry B. Brown, Cheraw. i Sam Buchanan, Cheraw, R. 2. i John E. Kelly, Mt. Croghan, R. 1. ( Hilliard Miller, Jefferson. Harmon Robinson, Chesterfield. < Lonnie A. Watson, Ruby, R. 2. i Frank Lee Finlayson, Cheraw. i Jas. D. Morrison, McBec. Jno. Galsgow, Jefferson. \ LcRoy King, Patrick, R. 1. 1 Sailor Johnson, Rankin. i Lawton King, McBee. ( "Henry Godfrey, Cheraw. < Loranzy D. Ogburn, Jefferson. < Jacob Dew Linton, Bethune, S. C. t Burdine C. Huggins, Patrick. Nat Aldrich, McBee. r Bennie Moree, Pageland, R. 1. r Earnest Nicholson, Ruby. t Vernon Miller, Jefferson. j, Allan McFarlan, Jr, Greenville.S.C. j Wm. T. Lundy, Patrick. % Lee Guiney, Chesterfield, R. 1. j Frank Taylor, McBee. f Ward B. Ingram. 1 Jas. Wm. Harrell, Florence, S. C. ^ Arthur H. Nicholson, Mt. Croghan. H Ernest Union, Society Hill. j Jno. F. Pigg, Cheraw. t Rivers Wilson, Society Hill, R. 3. \ Jno. P. Oliver, Mt. Croghan. Hazel, Gainey, Sp. Pt., Md. t Robt. M. Lynch, Cheraw. * c Hugh Brown, Augelus. e Sidney Dudley, Chesterfield: c Jno B. Nicholson, Jefferson. t Kenny Powe, Cheraw. Jno. Henry Brown, Sp. Pt., Md. t Henry Myers, Mt. Croghan. t Jno. W. McDuffie, Cheraw. c Jno. H. Hinson, Jefferson. f Lewis Wadsworth, Chesterfield,R3. v Robt. L. Robinson, Cheraw. r Benjamin H. Chapman, Cheraw. a Lovelace Jackson, Chesterfield. Jessie A. Dawkins, Society Hill,R.3 c Solomon Ford, Cheraw. t Ed. Williams, McBee. S. A. L. f Jas. Williams, Cheraw. f Tom Caple, Chesterfield. f Richard Ellerbe, Choraw. j Jas. P. Jenkins, Jefferson. j - t r i t ( / ays j ady | EST POINT OF A THAT SO LONG RE PAID IT WILL I DUTY. NOT FOR ' I vimt ampp dp ' " ? tuiunnv;b I>Ci | SOME DAY THE ' JSEFULNESS IS SACKED. ] I ] IFE AND TRUST < ID TAKE IT i NOW 1 i clear, strong and I tnita I I liars about month- 1 s, the newest idea 1 i ; I ~~~ r ioan & Ins. Go. I (ASS, Manager 9EALTH, HAIL, LIVE STOCK FRANCE il EiUU?Moatjr UiaaJ A WARNING Washington, D. C., Feb. 13, 1918. ?"If the South neglects this year to 1 provide her own food and feed, she , is likely to suffer serious privation, , and she will put a burden upon the ] Nation which may prolong the war ' and even imperil our victory," say ) Clarence Ousley, Assistant Secretary ] of Agriculture. ? , "I am aware that then* ?? < ? - ?w WVI.5 i words,'' continues Secretary Ousley, < "but they are none too strong. I am < not expressing an alarmist personal j opinion. I am seeing through the eyes of 48 agricultural colleges and } of county agents in nearly every agri- t cultural county. I have recently t crossed the continent from the At- c lantic to the Pacific^ I have studied ) the reports gathered by the depart- t meat's 18,000 representatives and as ; many more employees of the agri- i cultural colleges. I have considered t ihe conclusions of the International ^ Institute of Agriculture at Rome which has reports from all the world. 3 "The plain, hard truth is that with (1 i0 million people withdrawn from ^ productive industries and engaged in v the business of destruction, it is not j, humanly possible for production 011 t the whole to exceed normal demand. c I'hc question is whether production f ran equal necessitous demanl. "England, France, ami Italy must e )e sustained or their populations can- e not stand the strain. They have been t >n scant/ rations for more (hurt three ^ /ears. The chief cause of Russia's c collapse was hunger. Soldiers can- ]j lot fight when their wives and children are starving. a "Secretary McAdoo has given \ varning that transportation may be c acking in 1918, to haul food and a "eed to States and communities that ft lo not provide for themselves. Many p rattle have been sacrificed in the Irouth regions of the Northwest and he Southwest during the last few nonms, because railroad cars could lot be obtained as needed. Military a novements must have first considers- 18 ion, and military movements will be greater in 1918 than in 1917. The h irime question for the farmers is not vhat product will bring the highest irice, but what products will insure ^ ood for his family and feed for his ive stock, and the answer is: a ^ vegetable garden, a milk cow, a brood ow, a poultry flock, ample corn, oats, v teunuts, etc., and then as much cot- *' on or tobacco as he can cultivate veil. "It is the highest demand of pariotism ?it is the first requirement if living?that in 1918 every State, " svery county, every neightborhood, ivery farmer, be as nearly self-sus- a aining as possible. (' "For the South to plunge on coton or tobacco or any other speculate crop and to depend upon the orn belt for bread and meat will be d 'or the South to engage in a gamble vhich may cause privation to its pco- tl >le and disaster to the Nation. For ' \ iny man now to determine his busi- j coo ufjcionuna irom me standpoint d ?f profit alone, without regard to j he Nation's needs, is for him wil- H ully to profiteer in the blood of his c< ellows who are fighting in France or the preservation of the republic. S ^lo man can be excused for not tak- J ng his share of the responsibility. V "My whole life has been spent in he South. I know the Southern far- h ner. He will do his duty as he sees t. I am appealing to every man in <1 he South to make known these facts ?to consider it his business to mage t> hem known?and I shall have no loubt of the results. If they are not mide known in a way to impress the risis that confronts us, there may >e hunger in this bounteous land or mnger over yonder in Europe, where :> t will spell ruin for all that is worth I' vhile in America." - . i ii o MRS. CLAIRE BURCH JENNER t Mrs. Claire Bureh Jenner, wife of a Stanley F. Jenner, a prominent young v nan of Jacksonville, Fla. died there c >n Jan 5th and was buried in Ever- t' jreen Cemetery. ii Mrs. Jenner was the daughter of b Joseph Blakeney Burch, who died at t Peachland, N. C., in 1901 and the ? granddaughter of W. M. Burch of t Mt. Croghan, she leaves many rela- -1 tives throughout Chesterfield and An- s son counties. Her home was at Jef- <> ferson before moving to Florida. b Mrs. Jenner was only 20 years old o and wus married last March. With 1 her when death came, were her husband, Mr. Jenner, her mother and o tepfather, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bray; n her twin sisters, Misses Haze! and P Hallie Burch and a brother, W. B. c Burch, of Co. C., 2nd Florida regi- v ment, Camp Wheeler, Ga. s Burial services were conducted by r Rev. Welber Thompson of St John's c Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, Fla. t and the floral offerings were numer ous. * i t Break your Gold or LaGrippo with a few dosos of #49. TAX BOOKS CLOSE c m i ?? -? *?-?- - ? i ax dooki cioae marcn lbtn. Com- t mutation tax books close March 1st. i No taxes can be paid after these 1 dates. Executions will then be en- < forced, by order of the Comptroller 1 General. J. A. WELSH, 4 County Treasurer. 1 , .j 19 MR. H. D. TILLER Chesterfield was saddened last Thursday by the announcement of the death of Mr. H. D. Tiller at his home ;>n Main Street. t After suffering for months the end came quietly for Mr. Tiller in the bosom of his family. The funeral exercises were held at St. Paul church Friday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. B. J. Guess, assisted by the Rev. J. L. Tyler, both >f whom took occasion to say a word >f eulogy over the bier of the de >arted. Mr. Tiller was 73 years old and ?ad a record of four years service in he Confederate army, where he atained an officerrf rank. He was an >fficer in the old Chesterfield Rifles >ack in the ninties, when competiive drills were held with the Darngton Guards. Mr. Tiller had held lie office of Probate Judge of Cheserfield County for several terms with -tisfaction to all. lie was a consistent member of the ilcthodist Church and for years an cer therein and until the very last a/ took an earnest interest in church ;ork. In liis passing. Chesterfield has, r>st one of her citizens of the older ype, one who lived a life full of red it to himself and of honor to his amily. The funeral exercises were attendd by the local company of Confedrate veterans and the members of he local chapter of the Daughters of he Confederacy, besides a very large rowd of friends, who sadly paid their ist tribute of respect. Mr. Tiller is survived by his widow nd the following children: Major V. J. Tiller and Mr. J. H. Tiller, ol leorg( town, and Mrs. Ben Pierce nd Mrs. Humpries, of Camden and Irs. G. K. Laney and Mrs. Mamie tritton, of Chesterfield. CHESTERFIELD, R. 4, No. 2. Farmers are now plowing right long, hoping that the cold weather i over. Mr. Will Johnson visited at the ome of Mr. J. I). Buskin Sunday af rnoon. Mr. Ed. Johnson visited Mr. Bille Wallace Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. John Johnson will move on Wednesday. Mr. B.C.Wadsworth went to Hartsille Sunday, taking with him Eddie ohnson, Will and Henry Johnson and ohn Goodwin. The Douglass Mill is out of fix at ie present. Mr. G. N. Clanton is building a litle at the mountain. Some of the Shiloh people visited t the home of Mr. J. D. Baskin Sunay. ' ELIZABETH Mr. A. B. Sellers was in Ruby Monay. Mr. T. A. Johnson and family spent tie week-end at the home of Mrs. I. F. Sellers. Mr. Earl Burch, Jr., has learned to rive his father's John Henry. Mr. John Welsh and Mr. H. W. [ancock were in Mt. Croghan reently. Mr. and Mrs. Japhus Moore spent aturday night and Sunday with Mr. aphus' uncle, Mr. Andrew Moore, of Wexford. sorry to report Mrs. J. S. Funderurk very sick nt this writing. Mrs. M. F. Sellers visited her lighter, Mrs. A. I'. Allen Monday. 1IXED FLOUR TO BE SOLD WITHOUT SUBSTITUTES Mixed Pours containing less than > per cent. of wheat flour may be without s':'>stit'it"s according to stufenient by the United States ood Administration today. Special rules governing the sales f other mixed flours containing more hun .">0 per cent of wheat flour to ny person, unless the amount of /heat flour substitutes sold is suflfiient to make the total amount to -* -e e nc: kvuil (lllM'Ulll Ul nui'll MIDHlllUU'JS, deluding those in mixed flour, equal d the total amount of wheat flour in he mixed flour. For instance, if ny mixed flour is purchased conaining 60 per cent, wheat flour and 0 per cent substitutes, it is necesary that an additional 20 per cent, f substitutes be purchased. This rings it to the basis of one pound f substitute for each pound of wheat our. The other exceptions to this basis f purchase, in addition to that of nixed flours containing less than 50 ier cent, of wheat flour, are those oncerning graham flour and whole; vheat flour, which flours may be old at a ratio of three pounds to five tounds of wheat flour; and a special exception, which may be granted ipon application showing the necesity, in the case of specially pre>arcd infants' and invalids' food conaining flour. Dr. L. H. Trotti, county food adninistrator announces that Miller's :ornmeal tickets have been received, hough an insufficient quantity. More ire expected shortly. These are to ?e given out by the miller when a :ustomer has cornmeal ground, or mys some. With this ticket in hand .he man is entitled to buy its equivaent of wheat flour. EXPECT ATTACK AT ANY MOMENT ! British Army Headquarters in ' France, Feb. 19.?The great German offensive on the western front may be expected to begin at any moment now, and as far as the British Vront ; is concerned the main thrust will be . made on the sector between Arras : and St. Quentin. "Tanks and a new mysterious gas" will be employed by the enemy in I the attempt to break through the allied line. Other attacks will be delivered further south. These facts have become known through captured German prisoners and from information gleaned in other ways. The plans of the German higher command are complete and after many week of intensive training of assaulting troops they are ready to niase me supreme and final effort 1 which has been advertised so widely I in the past weeks. * Field Marshal von Hindenburg and Gen. von Ludendorff appear to have realized that the old methods of attack in which a long bombardment is employed are too well known to pro- .. duce the results desired. According- o ly the German troops are being told that surprise attacks, such as were o used in Galicia last summer, at Riga y and again on the Isonzo, are to be e tried against the allies on the western 0 front. c Much stress has been laid on the / tanks and new gas to be b used, leaving the infantry little to fi do but walk through the gaps and s consolidate the positions captured, t German troops have been trained to p make long approach marches and then to storm enemy positions after s a short gas shell bombardment. Those a obstacles which the German artillery v has not obliterated will be crushed by r the troops or ignored. The Giyman infantry will rely on weight of num- '[ bers, masses of machine guns and mo- n bile batteries to finish the work be- d gun by the tanks and gas. Word has been passed out by the p German high command that few of 0 the allied troons will survive ?h?> ef. _ fects of the tanks, the gas and the 0 bombardment and that German in- jr fantry will overcome speedily any re- 0 sistance offered in captured positions. Despite these assurances and the S) intensive training to which they have p been put, the German troops are ti frankly skeptical and are undertak- ti ing their task with no enthusiasm, ac- p cording to prisoners. They feel they j are going to be thrown into battle 0 to be used as cannon fodder and do t| not relish the prospect. It is said Gen. von LudendorfT recently addressed a body of infantry at Laon and asked how many men were willing to fight to a finish. Only t, five non-commissioned officers and r privates stepped forward. The oth- w ers declare their desire for an early r. peace by "arrangement." e, German officers, on the other hand, a appear to have the conviction they p will be able to break through by (( means of their secret attacks. ? Gen. von Hutier, who is reputed to ^ have laid the plans for the capture rr of Riga, has come to the Western front to assist in the preparation. The j, lessons of the capture of Riga have p been preached religiously to the Ger- ,, man troops. It has been pointed ouf f, that there a preliminary bombardment of four or five hours to cut the wire and demolish defenses was sufi't cient to give the Germans a firm footing in the Russian positions. The enemy troops have not been told, however, that the morale of the Russians at Riga was very low and that the German attack was a complete sui- { prise. t The Germans will find the allied ( morale at the highest pitch on the western front and their attack will be far from the surprise debited. The | allies are ready for a big blew and await with assurance the next move c of the German high command. , The German attack cannot be dclayed much longer. All information points to the fact that both German civilians nnd soldiers are keyed up to ( a hitfh pitch of nervous expectancy that the strain cannot endure for j long. They are waiting for the at- ( tack with feverish hope that the high ^ command can this time make good its promise. The German troops are ex- j pected to fight well. The coming battles will perhaps be ; the most sanguinary of the war and they will be the most intense yet t seen. But they will mark the beginning of the end, for if the Germans | do not break clear through the a'lied line?and they cannot?they virtually will be finished. The emper- t or is putting every ounce of strength into this great gamk'e and if it fails in the early stageslk., means the end of Prussian militarism. The allied forces have superiority ( in numbers, both in men and guns and no doubt is felt in this front as < to the outcome. MEN WANTED Men are wanted at once for the 37th Engineer Regt., qualified as electricions and mechanics. Registered ' men may be inducted into this regiment when qualified as above. CORP. B. P. FOSTER 1 Army Recruiting station, Cheraw.SJH. This Means Yc Your label ia pasted in ( It is not meant to be offensive not show your subscription p | Errors are always possibl | date please notify us promptl . ? A FAIRY TALE WITH A MORAI The following "fairy talc," whi< ? pertinent, to our case a'co, is cred; d to the Horton (Ken.) Headlight Once a farmer had 1,800 bushc f wheat, which he sold, not to 01 rain merchant, but to 1,800 diffe nt dealers, a bushel to each. A ft f them paid cnsh, but the far greu r number said they would pay latt i few months passed and the mar ank account ran low. "How is this' e said. "My 1,800 bushels of gra hould have kept rue in affluence u il another crop is raised; but I ha" arted with the grain and instead ave a vast number of accounts mall and scattered that I cannot g round and collect fast enough to pi xpenses." So he posted up a publ lotice and asked all those who ow< ini to pay quickly. Hut few cam "he rest said, "Mine is only a sou latter and I will pay some othi ay," forgetting that, though ca< ccount was very small, when 11 ut together it meant a large sum I ne man. Things went on thus. T1 inn got to feeling so bad he fell ov f bed and awoke. Running to h ranary, he found his 1,800 bushe f wheat still there. MORAL: The next day he wei 5 the publisher of his paper ar aid, "Here, sir, is tha pay for yoi aper and when next year's subscri ion is due, you can depend on n o pay it promptly. I stood in tl osition of the editor last night, ar know how he feels to have his hoi st-earned money scattered all ov< io county in small accounts." MEN WANTED Editor The Advertiser: The War Department has asked i ) secure men fnr ? ...... . V. Iinjivvtiuil Ui ur tance and munitions. These men ai anted for immediate service ar ust be qualified mechanical or civ ngineers?men who have made got nd not over 60 years of acre. T1 ay for this service is from $1200/ > $1,000.00 per annum, dependir pon the fitness of the applican ome of the ablest will be given cor fissions in the army. Letters of application giving ft ^formation, with two or more eu orting letters, may be sent to tl ndersigned and from there will 1 urwarded to the War Department. Hundreds of these men are neede R. E. HANNA, County Direct Bank of Cheraw Building Cheraw, S. C. PRAISES AMERICAN GUNS London Feb. 15.?The Irish Tim ti a leading article today says t ttacl: carried out by French infa ry in the Campagne January lilt hough on a minor scale, was of sor mporuince, naving for it objweti he elimination of a troublesome y ient. Continuing the newspaper sa> "The attack was completely su essful, being pressed home to t hird line of German defenses ai ielding 150 prisoners. "In this action American gu ilayed a part which the French, t nost expert artillerymen in Kuroy core quid; to praise. The Americ latteries effectively destroyed t ierman defenses in artillery prepai ion. "The incident is important as sho ng that already the American for( n the line have fully mastered t ntricate technicalities and exact < iperation upon which success in m< rn war depends. This is fuil tromise for the larger part which t American army is destined soon day on the western front. "The American republic has bee o repay the debt owed to the til cpublic of Europe." SCHOOL ELECTION State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield, To the Trustees of Macedo: School District No. 20: You are hereby authorized to h an election at the school house ab< named on Saturday, February 2 on the question of voting four i additional mills for the purpose defraying the regular expenses the Macedonia School. J. ARTHUR KNIGHT County Superintendent Education For County Board. ; - - * wjl.vv idaa xr*i auvawi;e ?? ? ? r i m thissquare to attract your attention. , but gently to remind you, if it does aid up, that it should be. v Hm I e. If there should be an error in your j ^ y=?j L INVASION OF RUSSIA 1 BY TEUTONIC TROOPS ch t- The Russian Bolsheviki government has capitulated and announced its MS u readiness, although protestingly, to , r- s't:n peace terms imposed by Ger w many. ; Nowithstanding this fact, Teutonic T,' troops are advancing eastward into Russia over a front of 400 miles, jn from Riga in the north to Lutsk, a n- scant 50 miles from the east Galican border, on the south. Apparently, ' thus far the operation has met with w no opposition. The northern reaches of the Dvina River have been crossed a l?y the enemy; the important rail" road town of Dvinsk whence roads JS ' run northestward in Petrograd and JH eastward to Smolensk, has been cap1 Hired, and Lutsk, one of the famous L>1 fortresses of the Volhynia triangle flH : and forming the gateway leading I eastward to Kliev has been entered 1,0 without Russians attempting to stay '? the foe. ^ The official announcement of the ,8 capitulation was signed by Nikolai Lenine and Leon Trotzky on behalf aB of the people's commissionaries of Mj Russia. It protests against Germany \l l( attacking a country which has declarII ed the war at an end and which is domobilizing its armies on all fronts, ' 1(1 but under the circumstances the govu" crnment regards itself as forced foru nially to declare its willingness "to " sign a peace upon the conditions "1 which had been dictated by the delegates of the quadruple alliance at vK' Brest-Litovsk." May Be Resistance. J The only indication that the enemy f will meet with hindrance comes in an ' * announcement by Ensign Krylenko, v r<" the Bolsheviki commander in chief. A " In his orders he instructs the Rus- ? 1 sians when they encounter German )(' troops to endeavor to persuade them J? I to refrain from hostilities. "If the "'.Germans refuse," he adds, "then you ~<T *1 ?.uo? unci uicin every possiDie relL" sistance." . ;3 n" As yet there is no indication from 3 (icrman sources concerning the full "^8 intention of the invaders but it has P" been assumed that in the north the lc> capture of the provinces of Livonia re and Esthonia is contemplated and that in the south, in Little Russia, aid 39 is to be lent the Ukranians in stem<>r ming the tide of the Bolsheviki move- -3 nu-nt against them. ^ Apparently, all is still chaos in Russia, with civil war in progress at .>? various points and the food situation , ? daily growing worse. ' DEATH OF MR. JORDAN i [" Mr. Bud Jordan, aged about 35 nt' years, died at the home of his father, !Ya v<' Mr. Lloyd Jordan, in the Catarrh hI community last Friday night of pneu- m s monia. fl r' Mr. Jordan had been employed re- H P* cently in .the camps at Columbia and 3 11,1 Jacksonville. He returned home '3 about two weeks ago and immediate- 4 n~ ly became seriously ill. His Dhvsi np cian pronounced the disease pneunoma, hut. later thought it resembled at! bled meningitis. A physician was I sent from Columbia by the State ra* board of health, who agreed in the diagnosis of meningitis. A blood w" test, however, confirmed the first "ps diagnosis, pneumonia. , lu ___ :o NOTICE OF COURT Court of General sesisons, spring "I term, will convene on Monday, March ht" 4, 1918, at 10 o'clock A. M. r< Grand Jurors, Petit Jurors and Witnesses take notice. ? u" I. P. MANGUM, Clerk of Court. rsi 1 THE BEST nin Of Everything J TO EAT j (4) At Lowest Prices A F. Davis Market jfl | Will pay high*at nurktl pric* ^ Ml t of ' for Hid**. S| ? * iipf