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KI? "TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, ANO IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THB HAY: THOU OANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN." By STECK, SHELOR & SCHRODER. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, .WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1010. Seed Irish Red Bliss and Seed Pc $2.50 Per Bu, C. W. ?? J. E. WALHAI IT PAY6 TO Bl KK K SOLDIER ROYS ARE HELD. Youngsters Were Homesick and Had j Started to Now Jersey. Four young soldier boys from New ' Jersey bnvo been spending several days in Walhalla "visiting" Sheriff j Mose at the county jail. The young .men voluntarily "interned" them- j selves to tho Mayor of Westminster-! last Thursday after getting off a train .' at that place. Just what their status ' is, from a military point of view, we dd not know, but it is presumed that j they are absent from camp without ' leave. They are from Camp McClel- 1 lan, Anniston, Ala., though their j home is New Brunswick, New Jersey. ' They are terribly homesick, and it is 1 supposed that this homesickness got ! the 'better of their judgment for the moment and they started to "beat lt" ! tor home, walking or riding as chance frowned upon er favored them. Reaching Westminster on a freight train, they got off, went to a shack occupied by an old negro, who sold them a can of poaches for ton cents, and this the four ate, partially allaying their hunger at tho time. Officers Mitchell and Dalton, after as certaining from the Mayor of West minster that he could see nothing he could do for the young men, brought them to Walhalla to await develop-. ments, in care of Deputy Sheriff B. R. Moss. Efforts were at once made to get into communication with the of neera at their camp, but not until Monday was there any response to the message sent.. The reply to in quiries stated that some ono would come for the young men. An officer is expected to-day and will accom pany the young men to Camp ?Mc Clellan. Their names are Fred Journey, Edward Carrigan, Myles Garrigan and Earle Buckalow. The four were boys together in their New Jersey home and volunteered for array service some 18 months ago. The Garrigans are brothers. They are fine young fellows and have made a most favorable Impression on all those who have met them, and thero is universal regret that they have in all probability gotten themselves into trouble with the military authorities. Citizens of Walhalla have been uniformly kind to them, several hav-. lng come to the jail and taken them for auto rides into,the country. As their names indicate, they are of Irish descent, and in rellgldn Catho lic. Rev. Murphy, of Greenville, who was in Walhalla for services last Sun day, was notified ot their prosence and predicament, and on Sunday morning ho called for them and asked permission to take them to service at the Catholic church. After service PEOPLE'S (H. Faj is now in thc Ivestcr Store R it is desired all customers call ?f|??? EAS' Be prepared for next S new Snoes-all the latest and We have a beautiful Hr Goods, etc. We can please you and f to wear, H. FAY Potatoes. i Irish Cobbler >tatoes, ? 65c* PerJPcck. BAUKNIGHT, ?LA. s. c . IY FOR CASH. he took thom to the Busch House to dine with him. Since the young men have been at the county jail they have been treat ed ns members of the Deputy She riff's family, eating at the family board. The young men express great de sire to go to France for service, but the long wait on this side without leave to visit home has proved a hard ordeal for the youngsters. Whem they reached the Sheriff's charge they wer*e very hungry and ate as though no meal had ever tasted quite as good as that prepared for them by Mrs. Moss. Young Buckalaw in particular is still very homesick, and he expressed himself most pathetically, yet un consciously so, Just before retiring the first night they were detained in "Walhalla, when he was heard to re mark, more to himself than to the others about him: "dee, if my mo ther knew where I am to-night!" They are a Jolly set of youngsters whom even a bad plight could not altogether depress. In tho streets about tlie jail and on the Court Houso square they ployed ball and otherwise amused themselves within hearing and sight of the Sheriff or others who have connection with county or military affairs of extraor dinary nature. Enemy Allens Taken. Charleston, March 23.-Otto Krause and Elsa Yendrltschek, two German enemy aliens, were arrested to-day at the Pine Forest Inn, Sum merville. Agents of the Department of Justice decline to comment on the case, although reports say that these people are suspected of being con nected with German plots in this country. Both of them came to the United States just before the out break of the war. Elsa Yendrlt schek's father is a captain in the German army. Seven other em ployees of the Pine Forest Inn also registered as enemy aliens some weeks ago. Tho prisoners have been brought to the Charleston county Jail and will be given a hearing before tho United States Commissioner here. It is intimated that important devel opments will come out of the caso. The prodigal son gets the fatted veal, but tho prodigal daughter is ucky is she gets a plato of cold hash. be STORE, ronsky,) oom, 212 E. Mainstreet, and and see us in our new place. 1 JtYIVe ?unday with a new Suit or I most up-to-date styles. ie of Ties, Notions, Ladies' it you up in anything stylish QNSKY, a, S.. C. GERMA NH BOMBA Kl) PARIS. Now omi Mighty Gun Vnc<\ at Dist^ * anco of 70 Miles. Paris, March 23.-According to the latest report? the long distance ?cannon which bombarded Paris this afternoon was tiring from a distance of 120 kilometers (approximately 74 Vfc milos) and was located about 12 kilometers beyond the French front. Shell Every 15 Minutes. A dispatch flied at 4.15 p. m. an nounced that Paris had boon under bombardment for eight hours, shells of 240 millimetre, or about 9% Inches, falling in the capital and sub urbs at Intervals of 15 minutes. Ten persons were said to have been kill ed and 15 Injured. The shortest dis tance from Paris to the front is 62 miles. Anny Officers Surprised. Washington, March 23.-The long range bombardment of Parts by a Gorman gun presumably 62 milos off, announced as a fact to-day In the Preach capital, dumbfounded Ameri can ordnance officers. The 22-mlle bombardment of Dunkirk by tho Germans more than a year ago had set a retord and ordnance officers of the American, British a?d French corps freely conceded they never had .dreamed of a monster gun with a range of more than 30 miles. I Some offlsers frankly questioned 'that sheila from rifles or cannon ac tually had fallen tn Paris. Others sought explanation in new devices or secret gua emplacements in the ad vances from Paris. No one of them wanted to know that a gun had been invented by tho Gormans or any on? else which could throw nine-inch pro jectiles 60 miles. Pieces of shelh bearing the marks of gun rifling seemed to preclude the Idea Oif an) I ordinary airplane bomb. It was Bug 'gestod that monster airplanes mount lng guns might have boen used, bm no one has ever conceived the possi bilities of carrying n nine and one half Inch weapon in tho air. Some offieors conceived the possi bllity that in the outskirts of Parii there might be a hidden gun. I was admitted that lt would have n< military value and eould only be i weapon of terror. If the German experts have evolv ed a wholly new type of gun not de pendent upon the same mathematica factors that govern ordnance every where, officers hero think lt hlghl unlikely thnt .they would employ I for an Isolated and meaningless at tack of Paris. It might be, some officers thought that a continuous dropping of me dlum caliber shells on thc city wa part of a hope for breaking the apiri of France by some mysterious vlsi tatton. A bombardment of Paris at a disi ance ot 62 miles appeared to most c the ordnance officers so much a con plete surprise that they found lt dil Boult to talk about. Big Gun Finally Located. Paris, March 24.-The Genna "monster cannon" which has bee bombarding Paris has been locate In the forost of St. Gobain, west c Lnon, and exactly ..122 kllometei (approximately 76 miles) from th Paris city hall. The gun bombarde Paris during the greater part of Sui day. Tho day was ushered by loud e: plosions from the 10-lnch shells, an Immediately the alarm to take cove was sounded. This occurred at 6.5 o'clock and many persons sougl shelter, but greater'numbers of thei appeared In the streets on their wa to tho churches, which were almoi as well flllod as usual. Tha womc who sell palm loaves on Palm Sui days, did their usual thriving bus ness. Shells Every 20 Minutes. At first tho shells began arrivi? at Intorvnls of 20 minutes, and ll detonations, considering the Sundi calm, seemed louder than those < Saturday. Their power to dlstui the equanimity of tho populace, ho\ over, seemed less, the people rofu lng to bo distracted from their Sui day habits to any great extent. For thc benefit of that portion i the populace which had beon led hellcvo tho Germans had brok< through tho line and were bombar lng Paris from nearby positions, semi-official noto was issued durli the day. Thoy warned the peop against believing pessimistic report />. ? ' '"?:>.>? v.- ? "' 'V v\?-. ' "Thu French front is intact," said tho note. "Any assertion to the contrary is a lie." 'Die bombardment or tho capital ended around 1 o'clock, and as late as 3 o'clock no explosions had hoon heard for more than an hour. The "clear signal" was sounded at 3.30 o'clock. * Although during tho earlier hours of the bombardment the pholis arriv ed on 20-mlnuto intervals, later .in the day they bogan arriving every IB minutes on the average, and some of them oven fell 12 minutes apart. In military circles the belief was expressed that tho Germans wore us ing two long-distance guim. The Matin says the position of one of tho guns wnB established in the St-, flo bain forest, which would place it somewhat farther south than had been believed and in the wooded area. This position would bo about 70 miles from Paris. I?arl8 Street? showed Animation. During the early hours of the morning traffic in the streets of Paris was shut down or curtailed, but before noon both the subways and traniways began running again. In tho afternoons the streets of the city showed great animation. The comment of the French press this morning was about evenly divid ed between Ibo big gun which ls bombarding the city from back of the Gorman linos and the terrific bat tle raging on the British front. The tone of the continent on tho bombard ment was of astonishment at tko feas ibility of the performance. As to thc battle, a favorable ending of lt it confidently expected. ; Admiration for German Feat. . Tho newspapers do not concea their admiration for the mechanlca feat of the Gormans In constructing their new weapon, but speak passion ately of the useless barbarity of th< bombardment. -, The Matin says it is consoling ti note that tho number of victims i small, but lt asks for reprisals o German cities. Prof. Paul Painlove, former pr? niter and president of the Acadom of Sciences, told The Excelsior thu by using tungsten in the fabricatio of tho projectile, the tungsten shell would be of about half tl\e d?amete of steel shells of an even weight, an that therefore tho atmospheric r< sistance would be less, this accoun lng for tho extremely long range. H also touched upon the possibility c a propeller being employed on til projectile. Alfred Cairns, In Tho Figaro, a ludes to the making of the gun as groat mechanical feat, but points oi that as a military factor the woapc ls entirely Inefficacious. The Petit Parisien comments c tho bombardment as an extremly m nor incident aa compared with tl gigantic battle in progross on tl Dritish front. Le Petit Journal sa; that Jules Verne had foreseen th gun and it declares moreover, th it is a French invention. "More thi a year ago," it adds, "wo discover? tho secret of firing our cannon mo than 100 kilometers. The secret ll in the greater suppression of the t mospherlc resistance." The Echo do Paris declare t bombardment is designed to givo t impression that Paris is within t range of the German, guns. It ls political cannon, tho newspaper saj Confidence tho Password. Premier Clemenceau's ncwspapi Le Homme Libre, asserts that t password of tho hour is "confidence "Germany," it declaros, "has wif ed to make it a complete offensive all fronts, tho land, water, and i fronts, ns well as the 'front of t rear.' Wo aro facing an enemy w Wishes to end it as soon ns possib That snits us. Every shell that fa into Paris drives deeper into us t confidence in an ultimate victory." The newspaper, Lo Journal, sr the gun is of 240 milllmoters calli and of Austrian manufacture. It a very delicate piece of machine which must be handled by exp mathematicians and gunners, I newspaper adds, as the loading a ..ointlng is a difficult task. It deda each shot costs about $4,000. "T ls a new conception of our enemlc tho newspaper comments. Tho ordnance experts were i ready Inst night to commit thc selves as to whether tho sholl wa sort of aerial torpodo driven by p i pellors, whether an Inner projet j contained in the original shell is lonsed by an explosive after the sholl has traveled a certain distance from tho gun,.or whether the original pro jectile itself reaches its destination, proie lcd. perhaps, by au explosive of a force hitherto unknown. In Saturday's bombardment 2 1 shots in all woro lived, from 7.20 a. m. to 3 o'clock p. m., a sholl dropping ovory 20 minutes with monotonous regularity. The bombardment pre sented all tho characteristics of a bombardment by heavy arti Uer y ( thero being regular Intervals between tho shots and tho shells falling with in a restricted area. Enemy aviators who flew high over the city during the early hours of tho bombardment regulated the firing. HoiulMmllUCnt Interrupted. Paris, March 25.-Tho long range bombardment of ParlB was rosumed at 6.30 this morning, but was inter rupted after tho second shot. After a brief interval two more ?hots wore fired and tho bomnardmont was again suspendod at 0.30. Hope to Silence ii Soon. Paris, March 25.-lt ls hoped that the big gan which ls shelling Parts will soon be silenced, Bays Figaro, which points ont that the gun which bombarded Dunkirk two years ago was soon put out. of action. Tho French newspaper says that French airplanes have been hunting it since Saturday, and tho fact that lt has stopped firing is duo perhaps to their arrival. Military authorities are con vinced that the Germans are using two guns. .j? ?j? ?I??!? .I??!*?!?*!'' .J,,l* "I* "I* .J. THE JUNIOR RIOI) GROBS. .$? The members of the Junior Red Cross will make a house-to-house canvas for tho purpose ot collecting discarded garments, clothes, shoes, etc. These garments must, not be so badly worn MB to be lin usable, nor must tho shoes be worn out. Out grown clothes and clothes that havo been laid aside will be most accept ive. These garments will be sent to Now York for distribution among the refugees in Bol glum and France. Egg Hunt for Juniors. Tho moinbe.ro of the Junior Bed Cross will have an egg hunt noxt Sat urday, March 3Otk, on*the high school grounds, in th? afternoon. All the children are urged to attend this hunt and help the Junior Red Cross fund. A small charge will be made tb each child participating In the hunt and enough eggs for all will he assured. Remember, Saturday, March 30th, In the afternoon, and ask your mo thers to bring you. It was my pleasure and privilege to say a few words to the Junior Red Cross members at the high school auditorium la?t wcok in regard to the work that is expected of them. I cannot urge too strongly the neces sity of immediate action on tho part of the Juniors to help swell tho funds for the Red Cross work. Another drive for a second Red Cross war fund is scheduled for May 20-27, and we do not waut lo fall behind on our quota. The generous response of the American people to the demands of the Red Cross elicited unstinted praise from the British government. The American Red Croes raised in one yoar $100,000,000, while the British government has only raised $50,000,000 during the whole period of the war; and this hundred million was a direct gift of the American people in answer to tho urgent appeal for funds to carry on war relief. The Juniors had their share in this, and they can continue to have a share If they \*ill lend their efforts to the work and co-operate with thc local chapter. A iy assistance that the members of tl J Walhalla chapter can render to the Junior members will be gladly rendered. If at any time they want a notice published In the paper, if thoy will communicate with me, I will gladly see that it finds space. Mrs. J. A. Stock, Chairman, Finance and Publicity Committee Walhalla Chapter American R. C. Rev. Kinard to Johnston. (Greenwood Journal, 25th.) Tho resignation of Dr. James D. Kinard as pastor of Immanuel Luth eran church was accepted by the congregation yesterday. Ho goes on tho first of June to Johnston, where ho will.supply throe churches, with a total membership of about 800. This samo charge was served by him for eight years, a number of years ago. The local congregation endeavored In every possible way to persuade Dr. Kinard to remain, but he told them that he had definitely decided to go to Johnston bocauso he felt lt his duty to work in a larger field of use fulness. Fairview Union, No. 85. The regular meeting of Fairview Farmers' Union, No. 85, will be held at tho school house on Saturday af ternoon at 1 o'clock, April 6. Let every member be present, as there ie business of Importance to attend to, and this will be the last meeting un til August, 1018. J, lt. McMahan, Prosidont. GF1?MAN DHIVK CONTIMIT. Allied Losses lu Territory ?ntl Mat^ rial? Aro Houvy. (Kirai reports of the German driva against the Allied forces will be found oe nogo 2.) No? York, March 2 1.-European cables to-day indicate that the grout Gorman drive against tho British has lost its initial effectiveness, if not itu florconess and power, and apparently is being checked by Haig's forces Al though tho official report from Ber lin announces tho capture of tho town of Ham, ton milos west of St. Quentin, no extravagant clnlms are made of additional territory or pris oners tnkon. Saturday's official an nouncement put tho fighting imme diately east of Hain, and the capture of the town itself means no great fur ther advance for thc Germans. The most interesting feature of tho Berlin news of tho day was the state ment that American troops oro fight ing with tho British. No word to this effect had been givon out either lu Paris. London or Washington, and to-day was without confirmation nt Washington. It ls not Improbable however, that American engineers, and possibly field troops who havo. had front Une training, are on tho British firing line. Latest figures on the enormous price the Germans aro paying in ?lives for their advance against tho British put their losses for tho first three days of hattie at ovor 300,000 men. The British estimate their losses at probably half tho German figures. Fresh Gorman Guinn. New York, March 2 5.-Tho Ger mans havo made frosh gains in their i tremendous drive against tho British line. Berlin claims that the Ger mans have captured Bapaume, tho key position between Arrns and Al bert. Berlin also clnlms that moro than -18,000 British havo beoa cap tured and over 000 guns. I Field Marshal Haig, while admit ting frosh German gains, does not. ; mention tho loss ?f Bapaume. He 'says, however, that the British have lost heavily in material, including a number of tanks. French Troo|>s in Battle. I France has thrown tho weight of ?her forces Into tho grent battle rag ing with unexampled Intensity on tho' I western front, ?id tho British and1. French armies are now battling to ' gother'against tho onslaught of tho 'common enemy In his desperate at 1 tempt to break through tho allied Une Tho British armies aro holding fast along tho Une of the Somme and i also In tho region north of Bapaume, Field Marshal Haig roports to-day. . The Germans, In their thrusts In tho Matter sections, reached tho British tronchos at only one point,?and there : t hey were Immediately ejected. Thole ?assaults elsewhero wore smothered by the British Aro with groat loss to ! tho enemy. I Cn tho Somme Uno bodies of Gor man troops which had succeeded in forcing their way across the river be~ tween LIcourt and Brio, south of : Peronne, were driven back to tho , easterly bank. On both sides of the (Bapaume the German attacks wero resumed to-day. The greatest danger point at pres ?ent seems to be further south, where the Germans apparently haye driven through the groat width of the region ?they devastated in retiring in 1917, , ns tho Paris statement to-day reports heavy fighting in the region of No lyon. This town itself is somo ten i miles to the west of Chauny, in tho i region of which Berlin yesterday re ported the repulso of Franco-Ameri j cnn reserves, but the German advance ?probably has been met considerably short of Noyon. j The wedge driven into tho allied line ls evidently a deep ono, how j ever, ns the French troops are report ' ed by Paris to bo contesting for the 1 heights to the north of the Oise with Important Gorman forces. The Oise ?on this part of tho front runs soutb I west past Chauny and passes to the ?south of Noyon. British Retreat Culled Masterly. Field Marshal Haig's withdrawal, previously planned In caso of heavy enemy attack, has been exocutod In a manner described ns masterly, and great credit for Its success is given to the small units which, sometimes out numbered eight or nine to one, clung lo their posts and Impeded the Ger man advance. Tho British havo made few counter attacks, but every ono attempted has been successful. Tho British efforts are conterod on with drawing as occasion /requires and permitting the enemy to wear him self out boforo tho British dofenso. Sunday tho fighting forces in tho north reached tho old battlefield of the Somme, and from which the Ger mans retreated ft year ago. On the northorn end of tho great battle line where the sanguinary strugglo has not halted for many hours, the Gormans have roached Chauny, an Important point on tho Oise river southwest of La Fere. Here, however, their advance has not been so great as directly west ot St. Quentin, where they have progressed more than ten miles. The British and French battle lines meet near Chsauny and the French lines along the Chemin des Dames and eastward. 1 toward Rheims would bo menaced If tho Gormans advanced as far as Com? peigne, on the road to Paris. (Continued on Fourth Page.)