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ESTABLISHED 1855. ~YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER^S, 1914. ; NO. 85
ON THE FI
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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
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Bringing Up Records of the Past and
Giving the Younger Readers of Today
a Pretty Comprehensive Knowledge
of the Things that Most Con
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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..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
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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
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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
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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
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IS TOLD BY OUR EXCHANGESj
lews Happenings In Neighboring j
Communities.
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ONDENStD FOR QUICK READING
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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^ ^
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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
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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.
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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.
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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?"