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* ~ " ISSUED 8E?I-WEEKL^^ _ I. k. orist's 80HS, PubU?h?r?. } % 4am''s <51fn'sjiaper,: 4?r thi; promotion of thij political, Social, Agricultural ami (Commercial Jntcrcsla of thi; Jkopty. j ESTABLISHED 1855. ~YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER^S, 1914. ; NO. 85 ON THE FI v Newspaper Correspon in English INCIDENT OF BAT! ^ Soldiers Have Accustomed The ?Children Play in Valleys Fly Overhead?Fighting Gi The New York World of last Tuesday, prints the following story from a staff correspondent in the field: "I have Just spent a night in a British trench on the river Aisne, when ninety men turned the attack of a thousand Germans into a rout. As they turned and fled for the cover from which they had advanced, the British machine guns turned loose on them from the side and made the German casualties not less than a hundred, as we could see the next ^ morning. There were over fifty more bodies between the trenches than there had been the night before, and many of the less seriously wounded had undoubtedly got away. "It was a night of horror made almost unbearable by the stench of ^ the unburied dead between the trench~ ^ es. How the men in the trenches were able to stand it is more than I can understand. In the morning a haystack to which many had crawled for shelter caught fire from a shell f and their bodies were burned, but the air was fortunately still and the Germans had as much of the odor as we did. In fact, they must have had more, as the haystack was a little nearer their trenches than ours. Wounded Burned Alive. "There were wounded out there too ?men who had been lying for four days within fifty yards of their lines. It had been impossible to rescue them even at nif.ht and some of them were | ^ probably still alive when burned. One man who had been wounded in the stomach and had fallen into a swoon from weakness was roused by the heat and walked back to his own trenches. t "He was almost starved, but nearly well. Going without food and water had saved his life and his wound had healed. Not a shot was fired at him. "This attack was merely one of dozens of similar night affairs which took place along the whole British line of twenty miles on the Aisne. They continued for a month and during that time the British lost very little r ground though the cost in lives were over 10,000. As the Germans were usually the aggressors, their losses must have been between 40,000 and f 50,000. and may have been more. "The British loss in the night attack I witnessed was one dead and five wounded. The five were wounded by rifie fire and the one man killed was almost blown to pieces by the explosion of a shell from what the British soldiers call a 'coalbox,' on 0 account of the black smoke it sends up. "The explosion was so close to me that 1 came to a realization of what had happened, though I was lying in the bottom of a five-foot trench covered with so much dirt that I could hardly free myself. This trench is about four miles north of the Aisne and east of Soissons. It had been gained the month previously at great cost and was being held only by splendid and continuous acts of courage. "The Germans were intrenched less ^ than a hundred yards away and had plenty of cover behind them, while the British had only saved themselves from annihilation by digging themselves in. "They were holding the steep up- | a ward slope with their rifle trenches near the top of the steepest part of ground that lay between them and the Germans. They gave the Germans the advantage of impetus in charging the trenches, but, though they had made six previous night charges, they never got more than half way before the steady fire became too much for them. Getting to the Lines. "It was only by a series of accidental circumstances that 1 was able to get so close. For two weeks I had been trying to get to the firing line, without ^ getting within more than four or five miles of it. During this period I had frequently been under cannon fire and had watched both the French and British gunners at work, but had not been able to slip up close enough to see the men in the trenches. "This time 1 tried a part of the line that 1 had not previously attempted and crossed the great plateau to the south of the Aisne by a small road - that finally brought me to a point just above a small village almost directly opposite and overlooking the Aisne. | and still held by the Germans. Following the road through the fields, I crossed the main Soissons w road and gained the road over the hill without being questioned. On this hill, which is in reality a small wedgeshaped plateau, laying between the Aisne and Vesle rivers. I could see the l:ritish artillery lire and the bursting of the German shells. "I knew this plateau would be patrolled. and hardly expected to be able to cross it. but chance favored me. There were two roads, one of which was occupied by a long line of motor trucks going forward with supplies and the other empty. "German spies, who were thick in this section, must have indicated the wrong road to me. as there were no shells falling on the road over which they were passing, and shrapnel was bursting over the other. I knew 1 would be turned back if 1 attempted to follow or pass the motor trucks, so I took the other road and crossed the entire plateau, a distance of probably thr?e miles, without encountering any cavalry patrol, some of whom I could see a mile or less away. ^ Shrapnel Burst All Around. ^ "Shrapnel broke directly over the road, both before and behind me, but not nearer than 200 yards and too high to be effective. On the wooded descent from the plateau to the Aisne I passed under and rather near to a battery of RING LINK dent Spends a Night Trenches. n^ToF THE AISNE mselves to Continuous Fighting While the Shells from Artillery Des on Night and Day. big guns, which sent their shells shrieking over my head into the German lines. "I stopped for a few minutes to watch them. After each was fired it shrilled in my ears until the sound died away to a whisper. A moment afterward I could see the smoke rising where it had struck, and then the sound of bursting reached me. It looked like pretty accurate gun Are, as the attempt was undoubtedly to drive a German battery out of a slender neck of woods about Ave miles away, while the Aelds on both sides showed how perfectly the gunners were geiung meir marri. "On the Aisne itself it was quite peaceful. Shells were passing over It, but none falling on the peasants who were working in the fields, and there were few soldiers about. Some stopped and spoke to me, but I knew I was safe from them. The average 'Tommy' never questioned me. In fact, I walked along the side of a hayrick on which soldiers were bringing feed forward and by keeping close to it covered most of the distance up the narrow valley to the advanced position held by the British. "The nearer I got to the actual battle line the less difficulty I seemed to encounter, and finally I turned off the narrow lane I was following and cut across an open field to what looked in the distance like a rabbit warren ?the dugout shelters with which the British soldiers have protected themselves. Near German Lines. "There is something almost quaint about the spectacle. I approached it late in the afternoon, and it was quite still. Even the cannonading had ceased. I walked across the Held without even drawing a rifle shot. If I had known I was within 200 yards of the German outposts 1 would not have ventured there, of course, but the Germans evidently did not shoot at me because I was in civilian clothing. "Just below me was a little hamlet beside the watercourse, and there even children were playing in the street. On that account 1 did not suppose 1 was anywhere near the line. 1 noticed there was hardly a roof intact in the village, and that two buildings, one a stable, had been blown to pieces. "But I had seen so many towns in that condition that it did not mean anything in particular to me. When 1 had crossed the field soldiers lying there in little dugouts in uneven rows greeted me without any show of interest until I spoke to them. Then some seemed mildly surprised that 1 spoke English. It was not until afterward that 1 knew these men had been so worn out by being constantly under fire that their nerves no longer responded. "To one side in a rather more expos ed position than others, it seemed to me. there was a slightly more commodious shelter with branches on the ground. On them was lying a lieutenant smoking a cigarette and reading an illustrated London Weekly. He invited me in and asked what I was doing there. "1 regret to say I had to tell him a lie because I knew how stringent the rules were against correspondents. 1 fancy he knew I was lying, but he let it go at that. In a few minutes a shrapnel shell whistled over our heads and sounded so close that unconsciously I ducked my head, but the lieutenant did not, and the few men I could see from where I was sitting did not either. "Some of them who were asleep did not even stir. It burst just past the village but was too high. The lieutenant explained why the men seemed so indifferent. They could tell by the sound that it was going overhead and their nerves had become so used to the sound that they no longer reacted as mine did. I happened to see the night attack because 1 talked to the lieutenant until dark and then it was too late to travel. "I was too likely to be shot by a British sentry, and he agreed I would better spend the night in his dugout and did not seem to think much about it. "Shortly after, when the men had been well fed with bully beef, jam and coffee, they relieved the men in the trenches. This they did by advancing under the shelter of a small grove, out of which their trench ran about eighty yards in an uneven line. It was a wide commodious trench, and the men pushed along to the end without being exposed. "I told the lieutenant I would feel safer in the wood. Finally he let me go into the trench itself. To be more correct, I did not object. I was among a number of new men who were the last to enter the trench, and the lieutenant kept near them, talking reassuringly. "When the tight actually commenced he exposed half his body a number of times, for the moral effect, 1 think. 1 have been told that the casualties among the British officers is out of all proportion to the other losses. They must be if many show the reckless courage of this one. "It was a little after 9 when the engagement took place. By this time 1 had become quite accustomed to seeing in the dark and could make out the wood held by the Germans. That also explained why it was impossible to gather in the wounded after night? the distance is so short it did not grow dark enough. "All at once three shells one after another fell rather near, and after an interval of a few minutes three more. These were 'little coalboxes' making holes in the ground about four feet in diameter and three feet deep. Tlie second three seemed very near, and the lieutenant, sensing uneasiness among the men, stood upright beside the trench and said in an easy voice. 'They have not fuund us yet, have they? "He had hardly finished speaking when one fell that did the damage. My sense of hearing was already numbed by the sound of the others. I remember I was sitting on the bottom of the trench when it came. The man killed must have been standing up, as the piece of shell which struck him tore through his left side, all but carrying his arm and shoulder away. None of the others were scratched. They were on the bottom with me. "We were still dazed when we heard some one say: 'Look out for them now.' But no more shells fell for a few minutes, and by the time they recommenced we were too busy to pay any attention. I only remember that there were more. " 'There they are, there they are,' I could hear soldiers saying in boarding school whispers. I peered out cautiously and it seemed to me at first merely as if the shadow of the wood had deepened. Ths Germans Come On. "All along our line I could hear the rustling and rasp of leather and an occasional click, but I could also hear the air pumping in and out of my | throat. Then I could see the shadow coming closer. "Steady now, wait," whispered the lieutenant, and the whisper ran down the line. "It kept running through my head that I had done something like this before. My mind groped for what it was and hit upon that fact that I had laid in the grass while stealing apples as a boy while the farmer walked close behind me. It occurred to me that that would be a good thing to say when I wrote about it, but the thought harassed me that I had read something like it before. "My mind refused to do anything i*??# ?"" AciMAcl u-hofhor T shmild mention it and then 'Let them have it,' I heard. I think one man fired just before the words, but I am not certain. "For the next twenty minutes it went on. Out of it I retain just two pictures. Just before the lieutenant gave the order to fire, the German line seemed to stop.' It was quite compact, just as I had been told by everyone who had ever faced it that it would be. For an instant the dark deceived me into thinking it was drawing back. Then It came on?I was going to say it rushed, but it did not. Its movements seemed to me astoundingly slow. "They fired as soon as we did and I dropped down and out of sight. As I crouched on the bottom of the trench I wished for a rifle too. I tried to decide what to do if the Germans carried the trench and marvelled at the amount of sound. 1 did not know until afterward there was a machine gun in the wood. "Of the rest of the night I have very little recollection. I know the firing stopped, and I looked out and saw nothing but the dark. "There was shelling all the morning over us mostly and beyond the village. I learned later they were shelling a few motor buses coming up. One shell knocked the carefully built haystack over at an angle and, stopped by the impact, exploded. In a few seconds came the flame and after that the terrible sight of the bodies burning. "It took quite a time to burn, and it was all in flame before the man with a bullet through his stomach got up. He appeared suddenly, as if he were a salamander coming out of the flames, and he looked all about him as if he did not know where to go. I think some one called out, and he went staggering down the slope. "I was so excited by the occurrence that 1 lost my caution and followed him down wnen ne was uiaen iu me j village. When it was too late I realized there was nothing for me to do but get away. 1 need not have been disturbed, however, for no one showed any inclination to stop me. "On that main road from Soissons when I thought 1 was safe from interference, I was stopped by two French gendarmes. They finally accepted my explanation that I was going south for a train, and as I was out of the tiring line anyhow, and afoot, they let me go." Correspondents Captured Towns.? The war correspondent's life in former days was not wholly made up of adventures that called for daring and resource. It had a good deal of humor ous relief, as these episodes from the London Weekly Telegraph will show. When the British army, with Lord Roberts at its head, was drawing near Bloemfontein, and it was known that, contrary to expectation, the town would make no opposition, two enterprising correspondents?Air. Gwynne, of Reuter's Agency, and Mr. Patterson, of the Sydney Herald?rode ahead of the column with the object of being the first to enter. As they approached Bloemfontein, the sight of these heralds of the British power caused such alarm that women and children lied in terror, and a couple of bicyclists fell off their machines and held up their hands in token of surrender. Preceded by scurrying inhabitants with cries of "The British are coming!" they entered the town with the air of conquerors, and were received by the mayor, Landrost and other officials, all tumbling over each other in their eagerness to be the first to offer their submission. And it was by the two correspondents, shaking with internal laughter, that the rulers of Bloemfontein, were escorted to Lord Roberts's headquarters, to make their formal surrender. Mr. G. W. Steevens was Mr. Gwyn ne's companion cm iininnci ui-i-unuMi when together they were the lirst to enter Volo during the war between Greece and Turkey, in 1897. So anxious were the citizens to capitulate that, at their request, Mr. Steevens drew up tlie proclamation of surrender, which the mayor read to tlie inhabitants from the balcony of the town hall: and when the Sultan's troops made their appearance, it was to learn that the town had been peacefully "captured" some hours earlier by a couple of war correspondents. JF" Experiments in France have demonstrated that the best signals to be displayed fr<>m the ground for aviators are Arabic numerals in white on a black background. FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS As Traced In Early Files of The Yorkville Enquirer NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY # Bringing Up Records of the Past and Giving the Younger Readers of Today a Pretty Comprehensive Knowledge of the Things that Most Con 1 r< 4: u...... ccrricu UCIIOI ?nvno uiai iiavw mwiiu 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. EIGHTY-EIGHTH INSTALLMENT (Thursday Morning, Sept. 5, 1861). Cavalry. We have been requested to give notice to all persons desirous of attaching themselves to a troop of cavalry for special service in this and the ad i wkmii "**mr President Poincare paid a visit to soft hat) inspecting some of the hard joining states to meet in Yorkville on Saturday, the 14th instant, to take steps toward the formation of such a company. * From Lightwood Knot. Camp Johnson, Lightwood Knot Spring, Sept. 2, 1861. Dear Enquirer:?Since our last but little has occurred worthy of special note. On Friday the first regiment was organized by the election of R. G. M. Dunovant, colonel; Dixon Barnes, of Lancaster, lieutenant colonel; and Cadwallader Jones, major. The regiment is composed of three companies from York, three from I-.anca.ster, two j BERLIN WOME f :' y jg ^BKw^^SBs * 4?|HK F ??r.. v? .< : v .> teoio n v < '? si <i>: Jijone^ii Scene in Berlin showing the chil Frauen Unterstuetzungs Vereln (Berl from Pickens, one from Fairfield and one from Richland. It is possible, however, that there may be some change in the organization as some of the companies have not the full complement of men. The "Palmer Guards," the "Campbell Rifles," and the "Indian Land Guards," were all mustered into the service on Thursday last, and all have the necessary number of men. The colonel has appointed \V. II. Talley of the "Cedar Creek Itilles," adjutant of our regiment. Several of the companies in the regiment are programing fairly in the IT" i ..in.an soldiers and others in lie; jbptuied from the Russians. drill, and with instruction for another I month, if it shall be absolutely neces- r sary, mipht be placed in active service. As a matter of some interest, we subjoin a list of the different messes in the "Palmer Guards": Mess No. 1?S. M. Wilson, L. Koes- p ter, Jacob Flach, R. Timberlake, B. P. " R. Henry. S. R. W. Paris, S. W. Watson, Jacob W. Doster, E. C. Price, W. C T. Trnylor. Mess No. 2?M. C. Ross, C. D. Owinn, W. E. Gunn, R. Latta, H. M. Gwinn, J. M. Gunn, G. C. Greer, J. A. r Hall. J Mess No. 3?W. E. Adams, S. W. j Aaams, u. n.. v. uurrence, a. i\. jaca- r son, W. B. Jackson, W. E. Jackson, J David Jackson, John W. Lawrence, W. M. McCully, J. N. McElwee, W. C. j Pursley, James A. Watson. ? Mess No. 4?J. C. Chambers, R. S. * Chambers, W. R. Sims, W. C. Creps, ? G. W. Pearson, Augustus A. Moore, W. t F. Beard, E. M. Murphy, W. E. Lewis, v E. H. Hollbrook. Mess No. 5?J. S. Plaxico, R. M. 0 Plaxico, J. M. Shearer, James R. b Brown, J. E. Burns, W. A. Burns, E. A. ? Black, R. N. Whitesides, John L. ^ Davios, R. M. Allison. v Mess No. 6?D. W. Moore, N. M. c T PC1NCARE VISITS HIS '' . aoi .,. .-.v........ &*? ,:,-, >. his army on the battle front recently ai fighting soldiers of France. Sandifer, I. N. Clark, R. Coonrod, Dan- q iel A. James, J. J. Tomlinson, W. G. p McDowell. L. G. McNeel, J. H. Craw- 1< ford. R a Mess No. 7?E. Hefner, J. F. Barber, ^ J. E. Feemster, G. R. Roach, W. A. I Galloway, J. M. Galloway, S. R. Pratt, r ? , .. .. r W. B. Pratt, J. 3i, uraKeneia. Mesa No. 8?\V. H. Cairnes, W. H. n Lindsay, J. W. Lindsay, J. M. Lindsay, n T. E. Rurris, S. W. Robinson, A. R. ^ Lockard, J. P. Davidson. Mess No. 9?I. L. Parker, J. Mc- t Keown, N C. Goudelock, James G. v Love, W. H. Lowry, J. S. Montgomery, j \Vm. Lee, Jeff Estes, John Estes, R. ^ Jenkins, George McKeown, W. P. Mo- t N FEEDING CHILDREN 0 j _ a l i: UiImi* *'nr tho f' uren 01 men wno are uguuu& mi w^o *c in Ladles' Relief society). Cullough. a Mess No. 10?Wm, II. McCorkle, L. M. Grist, John T. Parker, I. D. Wither- J spoon, Richard Hare, W. D. Miller, H. IG. Jackson, J. S. Wright. k Captain McCorkle has appointed the ^ following members non-commissioned r officers of the "Palmer Guards:" Rich- p ard Hare, orderly sergeant; W. Dixon ^ Miller, 2nd sergeant; W. F. Beard, 3rd " sergeant; J. K. Burns, 4th sergeant, e Corporals?David Jackson, W. C. Cups, ii I>. W. Moore, J. W. Lindsay. Letters ^ intended for members of York eompan- p ies should hereafter be directed to the s care of Col Dunovant. L. M. Grist. ^ (To he Continued). c c " I rlin examining a peculiar machine gun j! fi IS TOLD BY OUR EXCHANGESj lews Happenings In Neighboring j Communities. i ONDENStD FOR QUICK READING i Jealing Mainly With Local Affairs of Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lan- ( caster and Chester. t Gastonia Gazette, Oct. 20: Police- J nen B. W. Craig and S. B. Brimer and j deputy Sheriffs J. R. Beam and J. M. 1 Cendrick captured a 60-gallon still tiday evening near Stanley, in the L tasture of the Garrison place. The of- f leers' heard that the still was there or 1 n the community so they went in * earch of it. They found the still but J t was detached from the furnace. 1 Several Jugs were found near the still, J hough none had any whisky in them. 1 'he colored man on the place, Luther 1 iherrill, was arrested and placed in a he county jail. Sam Mauney, colored, a k'as also arrested. He acknowledged ? hat the still was his property. He. 1 oo, was placed in the county jail. Both e * /Innl.ino ii-nrn roloaao/Y nn ^ i iiiror ucii IMCO mi v i vivuovu w?? ionds, Sherrill's bond being $100 and launey's $200 The South Fork Japtist association will meet on 'hursday of this week, October 22, idth Macedonia church, in Cleveland ounty. The First Baptist church of TROOPS^ ^ .. .. .. iM -*/ id Is here shown (bearded man with lastonia will be represented by the astor, Rev. W. C. Barrett, and the folawing lay delegates: Mes3rs. H. B. loore, J. M. Shuford, C. L. Chandler nd J. W. Aycock. The association will e in session until Saturday. Rev. Mr. larrett will return in time to All his egular appointments for preaching ext Sunday Mr. A. L. Guy a ^ell-to-do farmer of the New Hope| leighborhood, died suddenly Saturday doming at eight o'clock from heart ailure. Mr. Guy was apparently in is usual good health and there was o premonition of death. He was at he woodpile cutting wood and fell fhere he stood, dying instantly. Dr. Jat Orr, of Belmont, was summoned ut death had come some time before he physician arrived. After examinalon, Dr. Orr pronounced heart failure F SOLDIERS > -ft ft &&&&&&&& o & o~o mmmm itherluiid, being fed by the Berliner s the cause of death Friends of lr. Rufus M. Johnston will regret to ?arn that his sister, Miss Julia Johnton, continues quite ill at St. Peter's lospital, Charlotte, where she has een under treatment for some time, ier condition is exceedingly grave, so luch so that there is little hope of her ecovery With Mr. C. L. Chandler residing, the Democratic campaign i>r 1914, opened in Gaston county, Satrday night when the various county andidates, with the assistance of othr speakers and a goodly audience met 1 Bradley's Hall at 8 o'clock and disussed the issues of the campaign, i ome lf>0 or U00 voters were present to I? ear the various candidates and others u peak. Those present were evidently 1 temocrats or supporting the Demo- c ratic candidates, because as each 11 andidate arose to address the audi- ^ nee he was received with enthusiasm. lot only so at the beginning of each d andidate's address but also through- e ut each one's speech applause and k heers were frequent The entire d own of Belmont was shocked last r iglit when the news spread that Mr. J leorge \V. Howe, manager of the G. M. lullick company's business, had suf- f ered a stroke of paralysis at his home v ere. His entire right side is affected r nd he has almost entirely lost the 1' nwer of speech. There was practical- 1' f no change in his condition this ' lorning and it is considered very r rave. Immediately after he was k tricken Dr. N. A. < >rr was summoned " nd soon thereafter Drs. F. L. Gibbon f nd Leonard, were called from Char tie in consultation Mr. Richard 11 irigg died Saturday at the home of c is son Mr. D. A. Grigg, in West Gas- 1 inia, aged X8 years. The body was e 'l-'"?* ? Ixo.mrL !?? /...unlet. I >??. toitU/il t taptist church, Cleveland county, for 5 urial Sunday. Among those who at- n ended the funeral from here were Mr. ). A. CJrigg and family, Mr. J. D. Klott, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Elliott and ! Ir. and Mrs. C. L. Cirigg A negro n oy named Mauney, who lived between J lessemer City and Cherryville, was t illed hYiday, when a tree he was cut- v ing down fell on him, crushing his life A ut almost instantly. The boy was g bout fourteen years old 1'rof. C. g \ Beam, principal of the Castonia a tusiness college, has added a very at- . ractive feature to the advantages of 1 he school in opening up a dormitory I or young ladies who are students in fi the college. The dormitory is a large ten-room dwelling located on West \irline avenue beyond Highland street, ind Mr. and Mrs. Beam live in the juilding. Rooms for light housekeepng will be rented to students at a very easonable charge thus enabling young adies to greatly reduce the cost of a justness education. ? ? * Chester Reporter, Oct. 19: The runor current here Friday, that Mr. Will fongue, of the Rossville neighborhood tad been drowned at Granite Falls, N. I?., the day previous proves to have jeen incorrect, though Mr. Yongue did 'all into the stream, and succeeded" in iwimming out only with some ditflcul;y, owing to having his overcoat on. At a meeting of the executive :ommittee of the Christian Civic League of Chester county this morning, a esolution was adopted assuring the trand Jury of Chester county of the :ommittee's most hearty support in he effort now being made to rid the rommunity of liquor clubs. The unawful sale of liquor within the cor>orate limits of the city of Chester, l 1 so gambling, was likewise aiscussea, ? md the officers of the law were as- j ured of the league's support and back- j ng in any effort to suppress these j !Vlls. On motion it was decided to in- j rease the executive committee of the j eague to thirty, and regular monthly ( neetings will be held hereafter At t i meeting of the congregation of the <; "irst Baptist church yesterday morn- ? ng, Rev. H. A. Bagby, D. D., of Liber- j y. Mo., was called to the pastorate of a he church to succeed Rev. W. E. e rhayer, who recently resigned to be- t ome pastor of the First Baptist s hurch of Sumter on Dec. 1st....Mar- e ied Sunday, Oct. 18, 1914, at the Eu- e eka Mill, Mr. H. E. Alford and Miss j lay Dennis, both of Chester, Rev. T. ?. I. Roach officiating Thirty-two c nembers of the Chester County Boys' j. 'orn club attended the meeting at the c :ourt house Saturday, and twenty- , hree of the number brought along r Hair "hoot ton onra" tn ho IllHfrpH Mr - V. R. Elliott, of Wlnnsboro, district e arm agent, was present, and after adIressing the boys on the subject of g :orn production and giving them much iseful and valuable information, pro:eeded to judge the corn. Mr. W. iwann Robbins, of Lowryville, was iwarded first prize, and Mr. Jonas ^arpenter, of Smith's T. O., was secmd. Both exhibits were of a very ligh order, and Mr. Elliott was imnensely pleased with results. Mr. Eliott stated that there was fully one lundred per cent improvement in aeection during the last two years, and his was visible not only in the winiing exhibits, but in all twenty-three if the ten-ear selections. The corn of he two winners will be exhibited at he state fair in Columbia, ne .t week, dr. Robbins, winner of the first prize, ixpects to make 105 bushels of corn in his acre, which will be a recordireaker for Chester county. A meeting nil be held later at which full reports vill be handed in by all of the mem>ers, and prizes awarded for yield, itory of crop, profit, etc The Rev. S. Rogers and family of Rock Hill, >assed through the city this morning in their way to Arkansas to visit relaives. Before returning Rev. Mr. Rog>rs will attend the meeting of the A. *. P. Synod in Little Rock the first veek in November We understand hat Mr. Pierce Love and family, of dcConnellsville, will move to Chester ihortly and occupy the Latimer house >n Columbia street. * Chester News, Oct. 20: County Sujerlntendent of Education W. D. Knox s the proud possessor of the only copy n existence of the minutes of the first neeting of the elders and deacons of Bethel Presbytery which convened Aurust 2nd, 1860. Mr. Knox has an invaluable library of the early history of he Presbyterian churches of Chester :ounty Master Wallace Tinsley, he son of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Tinsley lad a miraculous escape from death Yiday afternoon, when he was struck o the ground in front of his home on fork street by a mule. The animal luickly passed over, not touching the ittle fellow with his iron-clad hoofs, ind pulled the buggy over him without ouching him The Peoples Bank s now in its new building opposite its ormer home on Gadsden street. The irchitect was Mr. J. S. Starr of Rock Bill, and the contractors, Messrs. Love !c Owen. Taken from any view the ront is a pretentious and stately lookng one. It is made of Indian limeitone and the style of the front is coonial One of the most remarkable ases ever brought to Magdalene hos?ital was that of a three-weeks-old >oy, Charley White, son of Mr. and drs. John White or ADDeviue, saturlay, when he underwent an operation or appendicitis. This morning the roungster was getting along nicely. The patient was brought here by Dr. Vm. Simpson. The mother was unable o come. There were other complicaions in addition to the diseased ap endix, making the operation a most lelicate one. Rock Hill Record, Oct. 19: The large rolic hall which was planncxl several rears ago in connection with Johnson lall at Winthrop, for the enjoyment if the students, but which has only teen recently completed, was finally ipened on Saturday night and a hap>y evening spent by all. A number of iouthern songs were sung by a double luartette, also solos and recitations by lifferent students?then a grand march >y all, followed by dancing until time or lights to be turned off. The frolic lall is probably the largest of its kind n the south. It is finished in hard vood, mission style, and is very attracive. It was designed as a place where ill students can assemble for frolicing, linging and dancing, and as a place or holding all entertainments of a so:ial nature for and by the students... diss Minnie Williford will leave this ** \r,? urhnrP i i Liiernuuu lur muiiiuwuu, > a., nnv*v t ihe will enter a hospital for training j is a nurse T. M. Whisonant will { eave tomorrow for Montezuma, Ga., t vhere he goes to conduct a land sale t it that place. He will be absent until j he latter part of the week Miss n ?ila Guitner, general secretary of the j foung Women's Christian association ( it Madras, India, has been the guest of he association at Winthrop during the iast week. She spoke at the mid-week ervice Wednesday evening and again >t vespers on Sunday afternoon. Miss luitner is Winthrop's own representa- 1 ive on the mission field, her salary t leing paid in full by Winthrop stu- c lents, and therefore her visit has been if special interest and pleasure to all. r .'he association has just closed sue- 1 essfully a campaign for $1,200, an I mount in which at least 800 people lad a share. This money will provide . general secretaryship at Madras, In- ' liu, and also provide a half-share in a V ottage on the Blue Ridge association s grounds at Blue Ridge, N. C. The stu- ^ lents expect the cottage to be ready to . eceive the Winthrop delegation at flue Ridge in June Yesterday was i Promotion Day" at the Associated teformed Presbyterian church and a q ery interesting programme was caried out. Two very interesting and 0 ..l>.ful tnllru were mndp. one bv Dr. t 2. YV. Pressley of Clover and another t >y Mr. T. H, YVhlte of Chester. The f xercises were largely attended and a ;reat deal of interest shown by every a ne. Reports from each department of f lie Sabbath school showed very sat- p sfactory developments in that depart- . nent of the church, and the entire hurch was very much benefited by a he day's exercises. The music was xcellent and consisted of anthems by a he choir, pipe organ solo by Miss Jary Jenkins and songs by the pri- 11 nary classes. a tj Gaffney Ledger, Oct. 20: Mr. Claude p \ Humphries has purchased the Gaff- ,, ley Garage from Mr. F. B. Gaffney r., and will assume charge of the enerprise next Monday. Mr. Humphries, k'ho has been a mechanic at the Irene n I ill, is exceptionally well qualified p ive a successful administration of the a rage's business affairs and to giv U customers complete satisfaction ^ The canned goods of the Girls' a 'omato clubs to be exhibited in the 'herokee county booth at the state air in Columbia, were shipped Satur- 1 lay Tliat the Blue Ribbon carnival was exhibiting a number of fake lttractions was evident to many people, but waa conclusively proven when :he "Human Spider" was arrested by ;he police authorities and returned to per home in Charlotte, by the request )t her father. The spider, when out of ler web, was an attractive young girl who had been recruited by the carnival when exhibiting in Charlotte week jefore last The address of Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, president of Wofford college in Spartanburg, was :he feature of the rally day exercises >f the Epworth League of the Buford Street Methodist church Sunday evenng at 8 o'clock. Dr. Snyder, who talked upon educational lines, made a most nteresting address that was fully appreciated by his audience. Special nuslc by the choir had been prepared 'or the occasion, adding materially to he pleasure of the evening. Upon the inclusion of Dr. Snyder's address oficers of the league for next year were nstalled by the pastor, Rev. Q. C. .^eonard. The following are the new eaders inducted into office: Henry doore, president; Miss Sallle Alexanler, first vice-president; Miss Rosa Sallenger, 2nd vice president; Miss Vgnes Walker, third-vice-president; ""loyd L. Baker, fourth vice-president; diss Christine Baker, secretary; A. jouis Wood, treasurer, and Miss Alice Raines "Epworth Era" agent The ire department was called out early Sunday morning by a small blaze at he home of Mr. William Dobson on lace street. The Are originated from l box of ashes in the kitchen, but was extinguished by Mr. Dobson by the ime the iiremen arrived. The loss ustained was very small Apparntly the Blue Ribbon Shows which exhibited in Gaffney last week, played n "hard luck." Before leaving the city Sunday morning two attachment proceedings for various parts of the show iad been instituted, and several of the concession tent shows and the ferris vheel are now in the ground in the ear of the freight depot, while the re nainder of the carnival is in Camden xhibiting at the Camden county fair. Feeling that it would be best to lubmit to the regulations of the law, oe Bagwell, a young white man who ives in the Battle Ground section of he county, came to the city Friday norning and plead guilty before Magistrate William Phillips to a charge of lisorderly conduct. The magistrate Ined him $20. The specific offense with vhich Bagwell was charged was disurbing religious worship at the MaceIonia church. It seems that he and lome others had been imbibing of spirtuous and intoxicating liquors before ,poing to church, and upon their arriral at the place of worship they were n such talkative mood that the serrices were disturbed by the untimely :onversatlon Indulged in by the young nen. Warrants were sworn out for all if them but when officers went to lerve the summons Bagwell was not ound. Later, hearing of the proceedngs that had been instituted, and ealizing that he was at fault the roung man drove to the city, hunted ip the magistrate, stood trial, paid the ine and returned home. Bagwell told dr. Phillips that it was his first expedience with intoxicating liquors, and hat it would be the last. Lancaster News, Oct. 20: Mrs. M. J. 5erry and Miss Mayme Mackey have eturned from Baltimore, where the atter has been undergoing treatment, diss Mackey is improving and her 'riends are glad to have her at home igain after an absence of several "onths Rev. J. F. Hammond, who intll recently was pastor of the Second Baptist church, has moved to Kershaw 'rom which place he will go later to lis farm at Oakhurst. The Lancaster 'riends of Mr. Hammond and his famly regret their departure Special Fudge C. M. Eflrd of Lexington, ispretidlng over the court of common pleas, vhich convened here yesterday mornng. The only case that has come up or trial is that of Anna May Mcllvain and others vs. the Bennett-Ferjuson company and W. P. Bennet vhich is still in progress as we go to mess County Treasurer Hilton eports that the first taxpayers for 914 were Mr. Julian Lyles of White Bluff and Mr. G. F. Faile of Kershaw. Eighteen applicants passed the itate board of embalmers in Columbia in October 14, among them was our ellow townsman, Mr. J. S. Hollis, who las been with the J. F. Mackey com>any for a number of years. Mr. Holis is to be congratulated upon this ecognition of his success as an emKilmer At the meeting of the 'resbyterian Synod of South Carolina, leld at Union last week. Rev. H. R. durchison was elected one of the diectors of the Columbia Theological Seminary. Mr. Murchison is a graduate of this institution and has always leen active in its behalf... .Mr. Frank A. Thomas, of the Florida Publicity bureau, accompanied by his wife and wo sons, took lunch in Lancaster, Saturday on their automobile tour hrough twenty-five states in the inerest of Florida. They are making the fir. in a tSi* par. Mr. Thomas :arries letters of introduction from Jovernor Trammel of Florida, to the fovernors of all the states through vhich they will pass and also cards of greeting from Mayor McKay of Tam>a, to all mayors, while Mrs. Thomas las letters from the Daughters of the Confederacy to the wives of the governors. Mr. Thomas is an honorary nember of over fifty boards of trade, tutomobile clubs, the Florida Hortl ultural society and other organizaions in the "Land of Flowers." The rip he is making is said to be the longest continuous tour of the kind ever ittempted in this country. The itineriry will Include Boston, Cleveland, 'ittsburg, Columbus, Chicago, Milvaukce, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Miami ind other important cities. They car y with them 6,000 feet of moving picure films of Florida. One son, Mr. ^rank M. Thomas, Jr., is acting as plot and the other. Wilifred Thomas, ares for the Daily Log and reports he trip to the Tampa Daily Times. As he official representative of the Amercan Automobile association, Mr. rhomas reports the road conditions as V -1 from Augusta to Lancaster via Columbia and Camden. The French Turcot. The French Turcos, now fighting in Tnner Alsace, are native Algerian roops, with a record for dash and :ourage that dates back to the Crimea. They are an offshot from the famous Souave corps organized in Algeria by Vance eighty-iive years ago. There are four regiments of Turcos. md every man in them is a native Algerian. Three of these regiments are itationed in Algeria, but the fourth, mown as the Turco Zouaves of the mperial Guard, always has been kept n France. It doubtless is this Turco Imperial Jrand that is now facing the soldiers f the kaiser in Alsace. In the Crimea he Turco regiments distinguished hemselves by their fearlessness, perect discipline and marvellous endurnce. They added greatly to their ame in the Franco-Prussian war, estecially at the battle of Fraschwiller n a charge of conspicuous gallantry gainst the Germans. In the great review of the French rill> Oil Uir law v-v/u. ..v ist summer the Turco regiment was ccorded an enthusiastic demonstraion by the vast crowd that numbered alf a million persons.?New York Vorld. Her Classification.?Little Mary's lother was writing a letter to her siser one day, and Mary, who did everything her mother did, was writing also, is she began she looked up and sked: "Mamma, how do you spell "aunt,' he kind that ain't a bug?"