Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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??OUR HOYS" GAME TO CORE. Men iii Krane? Toko to WW Like Ducks to Water. With the American Army In Franco, Nov. 28.-Tho development of the men of the (list American con tingent in France in tho science of war wan described to-day SH truly re markable by tho general command ing the division. "I have been in tho army since I was a boy," he said. "During that tiino I have observed many Ameri can'and many foreign soldiers, but never in my life have I seen anything equalling tho men now herc* When my division landed we had shock headed boys by the hundreds. They wore clerks, mechanics, day labor ers, farmer boy?, old and young, from every walk of lifo. Sonic spoke English and sumo did not. There were Poles, Bohemians, Russians, .lews and (?entiles. Hut lu this short time they have heroine first-class sol diers, euergotlo to tho extreme, and have fallon into the ways of army life as never thought possible "They aro game to tho coro and their ono Idea ls to boat tho Germans, and give thom a good beating. There Isn't a streak of yellow in the whole lot, and their morale, even in tho trenches, Is line. "Hero is an example: Ono night recently an olllcor called ^or volun teers to go patrolling In No Man's l.and. Ile asked for twenty men. Thc- whole company volunteered on the spot. Twenty woro picked and lapip black was provided for them to put on their bayonets so that the light would not shine on them, nar ing tho blacking one prlvnto who had been lu tho army for four months stopped a moment, turned to a com rade and said: 'Gee, If I can run this into ono of thoso boches 1 bet he'll get blood poisoning, and 1 hope he does.' The boy know tho place he was to patrol was extremely danger ous and that be might be a casualty within :t<> minutes. "At another time I had just passed a lino of soldiers walking along a road in the rain when I came across ? ono who was hatless, mud-covered and limping. I stopped my automo-1 bile and asked him what was the matter. The soldier stood on one foot, the other being injured. Ho nal nt e. l and said his horse had start ed to run into a stone wall, so he threw him down? but fell under him. That's tho spirt* we ore potting Thc ma. was '.ad v hurt., hut Oven thal di-! u oi uta ko him forged lils I 'nilling tn' ?i tfixt wooka. ..| wN i rotu roi og uj I bat limo from the hospital, where I saw a few wounded mon. Some of tlie men's proudest and most valuable posses sions on earth aro bullets and pieces of shrapnel which thoughtful sur geons saved for them. Rivery man wanted to exhibit the cause of his wound. Their thoughts were all about recovering, rejoining their roglinenls and netting a chance to pay hack the enemy in bis own coin." Navy to Operate Merchantmen. Washington, Nov. 2H. - Naval ope-I ration of all American merchant i hips engaged In the trans-Atlantic service ls planned by the government lo safeguard vessels traversing tho submarine zone. Tho proposal has the approval of Secretaries Raker and Daniels and will bo adopted by the shipping board. The plan is to operate tho ships with naval reserves, enlisting Into tho service tho present officers and men of tho merchant fleet. Those who do not wish to enlist would bo shifted to tho South American and Pacific trades, although officials be lieve the great majority are ready to enter the navy service. Naval operation of the mendiant fleet ha.s been talked of since the United States went to war, but here tofore the shipping board has ob jected lo naval crows for any vessels (thor than transports. Officials of the board finally have been won over, and at a conference to-day with war i nd navy department oflicials they indorsed the plan as tho best method of getting and keeping trained and disciplined crews. It will be formal ly adopted, probably next week. McCrady to Aviation Service. Columbia, Nov. 28.-Edward Mc Crady, assistant State highway engi neer, notified the Highway Commis sion on his return from Atlanta to day that he had passed the examina tion for entrance Into the aviation branch of thc United States service. He is now awaiting hiK orders to re port nt training school. Mr. Mc Oradj is tlio eleventh employee of thc State Highway Commission who has entered various branches of the f-erviee since the declaration of a state of war. Whenever You Need a Oeneral Tonic Take Grove's. The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Oeneral Tonic because it contains thc .well known tonic properties of QUININI? and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 60 cents. SINKINGS AGAIN MCI: ll KAW. Vow Large Vessels Moro Thun Ko ported IA?H? Week. London, Nov. 28.--Fourteen. Brlt IHII merchantmen of 1,600 tons and over, und seven of less than 1,000 tons, were sunk by mines or subma rines last week, according to thc weekly admiralty statement Issued this evening. This is an Incroase of four vessels in the larger category over tho number reported sunk in the Inst week's report. The admiral ly statement follows: Arrivals, 2,058; sailings. 2.122. Iiritish merchantmen over 1,000 tons sunk by mine or submarine, In cluding one previously, fourteen; un der 1,000 tons, seven. Fishing vesesls sunk, none. British merchantmen unsuccess fully attacked, Including one previ ously, eight. Last week's admiralty report an nounced the sinking of seventeen British merchant vessels--ten of more than 1,60(1 tons and seven of los.s tonnage. Tho week previously only one craft of 1,000 tons and over and live of loss tonnage wore sent down. Italians I?ost Two. Lome, Nov. 28.-Italian shipping lost i's duo lo submarine attacks dur ing the week ended November 25 wore one steamer of more than 1, 000 tons, one under that tonnage and one small sailing vessel, it was officially announced to-day. French Loso Four. Paris, Nov. 21).-Three French steamships of over 1,600 tons, and one of loss wore sunk by submarines yr mines during tho week ended No vember 25. One fishing vessel was lost. Thrco steamers were attacked unsuccessfully. Legislator to Itcsigii. (Greenville Piedmont, Nov. 28.) Capt. Oscar K. Mauldin, who re cently received a commission from the officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, this morning announced that he would offer li ia resignation as a momber of tho Greenville Icounty legislative delegation, to which posi tion he was elected last year. This action was necessitated by his assign ment to a captaincy In the 55th. reg ular Infantry, stationed at Chlcka hnuga Park, where Capt., Mauldin will report for his military duties not later thftn December Ifith In rioting in. purpose lo resign lils legislative position, Cap! Mauldin ii for med L?.?% county chairman that ne nib! resign immediately hut foi the removal of Speaker Hoyt from the State, making tho ofllce of Speak er of the House vacant, and leaving no other officer to whom he could properly tender his resignation. THAIN OFFICIOUS AT SEVIE1L Camp to Open January 5-Clemson Cnn lOnter Thirty-Eight. (Greenville News, Nov. 27.) The officers' training camp will open January 5th at Camp Sevier. T. lt. Hanson, of the War Depart ment, arrived yesterday to explain tho methods of selecting enlisted men and officers for this school. The membership is limited to 1.7 percent of the total strength of the command. Tho North Carolina College of Agri culture and Engineering will be al lowed to enter 24 men in this school and Clemson Colloge ls to enter 38 men. These college men aro to be selected by the college authorities and must have taken the military course offered at these colleges. Some of tho Instructors will be rt'e lected from tho 30th division and some will bo sent here by the War Department. No provision ls made for any civil ian, other than the college students mentioned above, to eptor. lt ls planed to have the most competent and able men only entered In tho next school. According to the provisions made, the number of mon in the training camp .tl Gump Sevier, counting the college students, will be approxi mately 521. . Chance Shot Killed Two Americans. Wita the American Army In France, Nov. 29.-The killing of two American soldiers and tho wounding of llvo others several days ago, al ready reported, was due to a heavy German shell which hit a loaded am munition wagon. Some of the men were on tho wagon and others were nearby when tho shell, which was a chanco shot, struck. The wagon with its cargo was blown up. Some of the wounded are In a serious condition. All of thom are in a hospital. Illown to Piece? by Explosion. Memphis. Tenn.. Nov. 27.-Joe j Wesson was blown to pieces at tho ! United Stntes aviation field near hore when a blast of dynamite exploded j undor a tree bc was removing from tho Hold. A M ICHICA N sri : A >ISI II r SUM?. "N _I_ Probably Many Los? Lftves--Fun?M.?* ly German Vc?sel. London, Nov. 27.-Tho American steamship Acteon waa torpedoed on Sunday, a dispatch from 'Corn?;?a. Spain, reports. Twenty-one survi vors have arrived at Port Cnma[ri nas. Three boats with the reinainaor of the crew aro missing. Tewuty-Slx Americans. New York, Nov. 27.-FOP > -- !.' mon, Including 26 American clUxohs and five naturalized Americans, < 1 lu prised the orew of the . Apiern nu ? steamer Acteon,^*eported sunk Oft tho European coast. The London cablegram ma-i'' nv> j mention of United States naval gun ners aboard, nor do the names of ??) y appear In the records of the Uni ted j States Shipping Cominissionei hore. ! lt is assumed there were som.; on ! hoard, inasmuch as the v,e,SCs) was j controlled by tho United States Ship ping Hoard. Formerly the German steamer (Vd- j a mst u rm, of r>,000 tons gross, fae Ac- ; teon loft New York early In-October, j carrying government supplies for , Bordeaux, lt Is believed she 'AAS DH ? the return voyage when sunk. She ? was commanded by W. T. Johnson. The vessel was built In Germany 'ia 1909 and was seized by this govern ment after the war with Germany ho- j gan. Tho Acteon is the first of the ! seized German steamships to bo sunk while In American trade. Camarinas is a small Spanish ' town, 43 miles southeast of Corran i, j in Northwestern Spain, on tho M lantlc. No Word from Sixty-Three. Washington, Nov. 28.-SIx^-thu 0 men are missing in the three unac counted for boats of the Amii; an steamer Acteon, reported yestordjy torpedoed by a German submarine The navy's official report sayt ?ne J boat with 20 survivors landed a? ! Cape Finisterre yesterday, and ty?d? . nothing more to published act o . < . of the sinking. BANKS INSPECTOR EXPLOJi?VI S. Newspaper Man I/ands Good FedeiiJ Position-His Duties. Washington, Nov. 27.-V\ >l)uui\ Banks, of Columbia, the well-Ki.<"#\.-u . editor and former president cr the South Carolina Press Association. Ms j been appointed by President, VVll ?in I ii ic i : ..-'.'tin oi' . xplosives for t'.'C ' State nf South Carolina, Hccordlnajjxi Officiai information received bv'*rWV>'v. alor E. I?. Smith to-day fr? tnry ot tile interior Lane. The Inspectors of explosives fpr the various States obtain i au thority from a recent law creating ii ; new division in the bureau o nine-. ' of the Interior Department, r.ltl tho function of regulating the - lt, po?-' session and use of explosive.' its terms all who deal In o pofcsi explosives will have to be licensed and no license will be grant alien enemy or associate of enemy. Inspector's Duty, It ls the duty of the Stat, tors to see that the law on e\ doslves ls enforced, their function*, corres ponding in this field to thos>< of the food and fuel administr? tore In theirs. Also the explosive inspectors will investigate all explosion! ccur- j ring in their territory. Francis G. Peabody, of Chicago Federal head of tho now division, ls serving for tho nominal compensa tion of $1 a yearfbut tho State in spectors are salaried. licensed J eil to t n 1 an allon I Our Gorman Prisoner*. Two classes of German prisoner: are now detained In this country. Ono is comprised of sailors taken Into custody when the United States en tered the war; the other cousins of "alien enemies," civilians who have boen arrested and are now bein?--. indo under governmental regulations for various reasons. The principal detention camp ls al Fort McPherson, fla., where approx imately 850 war prisoners aro held; at Fort Oglethorpe, fla., tin ... aro 16"> allon enemies; at Fort Douglas Utah, there aro 517 prisoners of wai and SO interned Germans. Small detachments are now temporarily quartered at arm) posts throughout the country, but their numbt-r is rel atively small. Altogether there aro 2,36 1 actual prisoners of war In tho custody ol' the War Department and about ',00 Interned allens hold at the request of tho Department of Justice. It is estimated that Germany is now holding 150 sailors taken from American ships by com mere?- raiders and other Gorman vessels. liaising 'Taters In Georgia. - (Banks County Journal.) Joe Caudell, Banks county's chun pion Irish potato raisor, gathered lils crop last week. From nlne-ftenthi of an nero ho dug 350 bushels.: IUs rop In nil amounted to 650 bushels. Ile ls Rolling them at $2 per bushel. As lit takes only seven bushels to plant ! an acre, you figure out what ho ls i making on an acre of land. li Sggg - 5355- - ? j TWO-CENT-A-GALLON GAS. Iilvo"??' Wanted to Soil Out to Gor- I immy-Enjoined. , Mine?la, N. Y., Nov. 28.-An or d?jr restraining Louis Enrlcht, a Get mah Inventor of a so-called substi- ! ? tte for gasoline, from disposing of .is product and rrom giving lnforma . ion regarding lt, was signed bore to day by Supremo Court Justice .Man ning. The substitute, which is de bared to contuln a great deal of wa or, and whloli brought Enrichi prom- ; i 'euee some months ago, is declared to be of value lu the operation of . vibmarlnes, according to a bill of 1 Particulars Hied with the complaint I lu which the restraining order was nsked. lt ls alleged the Inventor planned to sell his formula to Ger m?n y. Thls complaint was made by the National Motor Power Company, In- j corporal?TT, a Delaware corporation , vi presented by li. Y. Yoakum, rail-1 road director, a trustee. Enrlcht, j who ls 70 years old, and who was j born In Germany, ls alleged to have negotiated with "spies and represen tatives of the German government now In this country" for the sale of hi,j formula to Germany. Tho bill of : particulars declares that prior to j A merlca's entry into the war, Enrlcht proposed to sell his secret to Ger many for $1,500,000; and that on' November 12\ ho agreed to let lt be j sold to the United States government j for $500,000 cash and $5,000,000 al year for fifteen years, on condition that none of America's allies in the - ar should share the secret. The ' complaint continues: Offer Through Spies. "On a date unknown to the plain tif. Enrlcht fraudulently and traitor ously entered Into an agreement with the. German government through spiijs and representatives now in the Unitod States, under which agreement, for a large sum of money? Enrlcht agreed to withhold from the, plaintiff," who intended the for mula to be used by the United States, "all Information of this ingredient untO tho expiration of the war." The formula ls said to be In a vault at the First National Bank at Farm- j: . dale, which ls named as a defend ant under the restraining order. The i latter ls the first mbve in an injune-! Con suit begun by tho pallntlff. Tests of this "two-cent-a-gallon gasoline," as it was known at the ' .. u EnHcht announced Lis discov ery, have been taking placo bcioic ?.ho Automobile <'Ju?. ot the Unite.i HVafe't' and the complaint alleges that .?.o (a yon tor, during thpso toots, sui- . roptltiously added a valuable ingre- j lient, the character of which he re- ! 'used to disclose. Welcome to Brido and (?room. Bounty Land, Nov. 20.- Delayed. -Special: Winter is now qn, and ! overal line, fat porkers in this com munity have breathed their last dur ing the past, few days. Hov. 1. E. Wallace, of Seneca, preached to quite a good gathering at Bounty Land school house Sunday af jrnoon. Mr. Wallace has consented to give us a sermon every fourth abbath at tl.30 p. m. The puhlin ls . ivited to attend these services. The numerous friends of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gllllson extend to them uost hearty congratulations, follow . lg their nuptial union of hands and earls on Thursday, November 22d, ? il the Baptist manse in Westmin ; ter, the ceremony having been per formed by Bev. W. R. McMillan. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. S. M. Lfunslnger, of the C?neross section, 'tad is a young lady of rare intellec .tal endowment and charming per .mnlity. She ls accorded a most sln . ?re welcome into the Bounty Land community. The groom is one of our .tost substantial, upright and honor bl? citizens. May happiness and rosperity be theirs through life. A. W. Perritt, of Ware Shoals,?, -pent the week-end with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Per ritt. Mr. and Mrs. J, S. Entrekln vislt .d relatives at Easloy last week. Jasper Doyle left for Toccoa to :ay to Jiear a sermon from Billy Sun day. Mrs. L. M. Smith has been quite il for the past few days. Her con dition seems better to-day. Wages of Fghting Mon. The pay given American soldiers, compared with tho British Tommy, the French pollu, tho Italln Alpinl, the German boche and the other fighting men of Europe, seems hand some wages. Tho American socond e.lass private will receive $33 a month. French soldiers receive ex ictly $31.50 less, or $1.50 a month, rho Russian private gets 32 cents a month; the Austro-IIungarlnn troops aro given about 80 cents a month. Great Britain allows her fighting men $7.GO a month at homo, with an ad ditional allowance for service in Franco, Mesopotamia and othor for eign territories. Italy ranks second in generosity, allowing a monthly minimum of $5.83. Spain compen sates her soldlors with a monthly wage of $1.12; Germany has a wage scale, beginning at $1.05 a month; Japan's soldiers at home receive $8 per year, and Turkey grants her men $11 a year. \ Statement of the Condition of THE HANK OE WALHALLA, locat? d at Walhalla. S. C., at tho close ' 1 of business Nov. 20, 1917: ? Resources-- I Loans and discounts. . . .$290 102 09 1 Overdrafts. 29 6 19 < Bonds and Stocks owned . 1 bv tho bank . 7 500 00 Furniture and fixtures.. 1700 00 1 Banking house. 1500 00 1 Other real estate owned. 152 42 1 Due from banks and bankers. 102SS4 5S ( Currency,. 16689 00 ( (?old . .*. 190 00 ? Silver and other minor i coin. 1158 38 '< Checks and cash items.. 2089 10 j Liberty Monds . 30023 00 Total.$515185 30 ' < Liabilities- ! ? Capital stock paid ln...$ 50000 00 1 Surplus fund. 12500 00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and 1 taxes paid . 24007 15 1 Duo to banks and bank ers . 14614 27 Individual deposits sub ject to check . 231 156 55 Demand certificates of deposit. 1330 37 ! Time certificates of de posit . 105500 56 Bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed. 15000 00 Reserve fund carried on general Individual or savings ledger . 1016 46 Total.$515485 30 State of South Carolina, County of Oconee.-Before me came W. L. Vernor, Cashier of tho above named Bank, who, bein? duly sworn, says that tho above and foregoing state ment is a-true condition of said Bank, as shown bv the books of said bank. W. L. VERNER. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of November, 1917. (Seal) W. D. MOSS, Notary Public. Correct Attest C. R. D. 'BURNS, J. W. BELL, J. W. SHJ?LOR, Directors. Statement of the Condition of THE ENTERPRISE BANK, located at Walhalla, Bf C.. at the close of business Nov. 20, 1917: Resources Loans and discounts. . . .$130840 23 Overdrafts. 221 99 Bonds and stocks owned by the bank. 8000 00 Furniture and fixtures .. 1400 00 Due from banks and bankers. 63595 15 Currency . 4235 00 Gold. 1071 00 Silver and other minor coln. 384 01 Checks and cash Items. . 57 6 76 Total.$210324 74 Liabilities Capt al stock paid ln...$ 20000 00 Surplus lund. . . HROO 00 I Ui divided piolita, i c.'rea t. ex pen - ou and taxes paid. V?*02 o o j Individual deposits sub ject to check .. 996S2 52 Time certificates of de posit . 78270 94 Cashier's checks . 1272 32 Total.$210324 7-1 State of South Carolina, County of Oconee.-Before mo came Geo. Sea born, Cashier of tho above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing state ment is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of eald bank. GEO. SEABORN, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of November, 1917. (Seal.) JOHN F. CRAIG. C. C. P. Correct Attest W. F. HUGHES, A. P. CRISP, E. L. II ERNDON, Dlroctors. Statement of tho Condition of THE CITIZENS' BANK, located at Seneca, S. C., at the close of business "Nov. 20, 1917: Resources Loans and discounts. . . .$320747 02 Overdrafts. 491 14 Bonds and stocks owned by tho bank. 43000 00 Furniture and fixtures.. 1 00 Banking house . 10000 00 Duo from banks and bankers . . . <.. 140067 51 Currency."I . 32784 00 Gold. 1400 00 Silver ?and other minor coln. 1432 00 Checks and cash Items. . 533 25 Total.$550450 52 Liabilities Capital stock paid ln...$ 50000 00 Surplus fund .25000 00 Undivided profits, less . current expenses nnd taxes paid. 9467.57 Individual deposits sub ject to check. 34 4 389 72 Time certificates of de posit. 100600 76 Cashier's checks. 10998 17 Notes. and bills redls counted . 10000 00 Total..$550 IBO 52 State of So'i\h Carolina, County of Oconee.-Beforo mo came Sydney Bruce, Cashier of the above, named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that Who above and foregoing state ment ls a true condition of said bank, as shown by tho books of said hank. SYDNEY BRUCE. Sworn to and subscribed before mo this 2Otb day of November, 1917. (Seal) J. N. HOPKINS, Magistrate. Correct Attest W. J. LUNNEY, W. S. HUNTER, S. N. HUGHS. Directors. Steel ribbons are woven Into a new glove In such a way that Its In ventor claims that it. gives as much protection ns though made of solid steel, yet it is as flexible as leather. mm?. 3 "TO THINK OWN SKLF BK TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE THE HAY: THOU OANST \OT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN," By STECK, SHFLOR & SCHHODEH. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, >VEI>Mj^|)AY, DEC. 5, 11)17 New Series No. WM-Volume LXVIII.-No. .10.