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CHAPTER V.
A Sleigh Ride Party.
The day after his triumph at the
Tourist club was one of inner conflict
and discouragement for Reginald Nelson.
He was himself astonished at
the place which Joy Graham had taken
in his life, and he wondered what
the subtle charm was which seemed
to bind his life to hers.
ok? heinnM to another man," he
said to himself sternly. "I have no
more right to seek her hand than if
she were married already. And," he
continued groaning, "what is wrong
with me? Am I going mad?"
At first he thought he would drop
all connection with the Central church
and give up both the choir and Tour'
1st club in order that he might not be
compelled to meet Joy Graham, but a
strange fascination drew him to the
scenes where he knew he must suffer
Languish of heart
"I promised Dr. Rutledge that I
would sing in the choir," he said to
himself decidedly. "I will prove myself
a man by attending both choir
practices and the meetings of the
Tourist club. 2 shall make a friend
of Vivian Derwent, and Joy Graham
will never know the torture that she
has caused me."
Accordingly, during the next few
weeks Reginald and Joy met again
and again, but he studiously avoided
her as much as he could. Joy Graham
was greatly grieved at his conduct,
and she sought to be more
friendly than ever.
"Why are you always smiling on
that Englishman?" asked Roland
Gregory sharply one evening at the
close of a meeting of the Tourist club.
"I did not know I had been smiling
on him so very much," answered the
^ girl innocently; "but I was Just now
thinking what has gone wrong with
him the past few weeks."
"Vivian will soon take the broken
heart out of him," said the other
sneeringly. "He is dancing attendance
on her night and day, and poor George
Caldwell is distracted/'
"How rudely you talk, Ronald," responded
the girl, with a sudden catch
in her breath. "I did not know he
was dancing attendance on Vivian or
any one else."
"They are all talking about it," said
her companion. "He escorts her to
the dormitory on every possible occasion.
I think myself he Is making a
fool out of Vivian."
Long after midnight Joy was lying
awake, carrying on i. conversation
with herself.
"No wonder he admires Vivian,"
she said to herslf. "She is such a
bright, cheerful girl, and he needs
just such companionship as hers, but
I some way cannot understand why
he avoids me as he does."
Thomas Marchmount, the editor of
the Bronson Courier, had noticed in
the "copy" of his city reporter an account
of the address of Reginald at
the Tourist club. The account had
I been written up for the reporter by
Joy Graham, and she spoke at some
length of Reginald's arrival in Bronson
and of his splendid address dn
London.
"This is the young fellow that Mr.
Graham spoke to me about," commented
the editor as he read the item.
"I must have an interview with him.
He will probably be able to give me a
good account of the situation in England,
and I know that many of my
readers would appreciate a good article
on that subject just now." Accordt
ingly, he wrote a note to the young
Englishman asking him to call at the
Courier office. Reginald responded
with pleasure.
"I am much pleased to meet you,"
said the editor. "Mr. Graham has
been telling me about you."
"I crossed in the same boat with
Mr. Graham's family and with Mr.
Townley," responded Reginald, "and
they advised me to begin life in Bronson.
and I do not think I have made
II uiiBianc.
"What are your plans?"
"I wish to enter the newspaper
world at the first opportunity," replied
Reginald promptly. "I think I will be
able to succeed best in your own profession."
"Have you ever tried the newspaper
work?" inquired the other.
"Just a little," Reginald answered
smilingly. "I did some amateur work
for a London paper."
"By the way," said the editor. "I
wish you would give me an interview
<on the political and social condition
of England at present. Would you be
prepared to do that?"
I "Certainly?at once."
L Mr. Marchmount began asking
I Reginald a number of questions in
I regard to different aspects of English
life. The editor was surprised at the
readiness with which Reginald answered
his questions.
"What do the English people think
of the Welsh statesman. LloydGeorge?"
Mr. Marchmount asked
du-ing the interview.
Reginald answered at once in a tone
of enthusiasm: "He is a great hero
of the common people of England at
this hour. They hail him as the Garibaldi
of England. His popularity and
influence are growing every year, and
he is proving htrnseir tne great modern
statesman of Europe."
"But he is often bitterly criticised
by a portion of the English press,"
interjected Mr. Marehmount.
"The aristocracy fear and hate the
man," responded Reginald, with a
gleam in his eyes. "No man knows
better than I do how bitter is their
hatred. The yfeel that they are in his
I power and that he is stripping them
of their ancient monoplies and privileges,
and they fail to understand that
he is really saving England from revolution
and destruction."
At the conclusion of the interview
Mr. Marehmount said abruptly,
"Would you be in a position to accept
a place on the Couriery staff at the
ay Came to Town j
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DER CORKEY ^
Ply Co. |
first of the year."
"I certainly would," answered Reginald
enthusiastically. "I am engaged
at the railroad office for no definite
time, and a few weeks notice will be
sufficient in case I desire to leave."
"I will need a city reporter at the
beginning of the new year," said Mr.
Murchmount, "and 1 think you are
just the young man I want"
Reginald went home overjoyed.
About the middle of December Vivian
Derwent called at the freight office
to see him. She and Reginald were
now warm friends, and he felt a freedom
in her company which gave him
relief during those days of struggle
us he was trying to kill out of his
heart his devotion to Joy Graham.
After the greeting were over Vivian
began enthusiastically: "Oh, Mr. Nelson,
a number of the members of the
Tourist club are going on a real trip
tomorrow night! My father and mother
want me to bring out a sleigh load
to our home and we will have a supper
there. Can you come?"
"A sleigh ride?" said Reginald, perplexed.
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, I forgot you never had a sleigh
ride before!" said the girl, laughing.
"We get a big hayrack and put a lot
of hay in it and then fill it up with
robes and furs, and we pile in and
have the Jolliest time. You will come,
won't you?"
"I will surely be glad to go," said
Reginald. "I have been wanting to
visit your home and meet your father
and mother."
"And they are Just dying to see
you," said "he girl. "I have been telling
them about my Englishman."
The next evening a gay party left
Bronson in a large hayrack on a sleigh
ride to Vivian Derwent's country
home. It was a rare winter night,
with a clear moon shining in silvery
splendor and the twinkling stars glowing
like patines of pure gold in the
azure vault of heaven. In seating
themselves it had happened that Vivian
and Reginald sat opposite Roland
and Joy, Reginald being next the
driver. "What a glorious night for
our ride!" said Joy, looking up at the
radiant moon.
Just then a shrill whistle sounded
through the night air. In the distance
could be heard the thunder of the limited
express from New York to Chicago.
For several miles at the point
where the sleigh party was jingling
along the wagon road paralleled the
rails, and Reginald noticed that the
driver took a fresh grip on the lines
with which he controlls his double
team.
"There it comes!" shouted Vivian.
"Look, Mr. Nelson, look!" exclaimed
Joy Graham excitedly. "Does not
that make a great sight?"
Reginald had been watching the
horses closely, anxious to assist the
driver if possible in case assistance
were necessary, but at Joy's exclamation
turned to see the oncoming train.
Roaring like Niagara, the electric
headlight blinding them with its
gleams, the great mogul engine, with
its long train of Pullmans, was just
behind them as Reginald turned.
"Whoa! Whoa!" the driver of the
hayrack was shouting in excited tones
to his startled team.
The only words heard were the
cries of the driver. The whole
company sat still looking forward at
the plunging horses, while beyond was
the red light at the rear of the limited
express were fading from view.
The four horses were now running
at full speed. As far as the eye could
see the road stretched, straight and
/broad, but the driver knew there was
a sharp curve a couple of miles ahead
where the road crossed the railroad
track, and he struggled to regain his
control. Reginald Nelson arose to his
feet and climbed up on the drivers'
seat.
"Give me the reins to the front
team," said Reginald, getting a firm
hold with his feet on the footboard
of the driver's seat. He reached over
and grasped the lines controlling the
two front horses, leaving the driver
free to manage the second team.
The frightened horses seemed to
know that a strong hand had taken
the reins as soon as Reginald grasped
them. "Steady!" he shouted, pulling
stronger and stronger on the heavy
leather hnes. "We'll soon quiet them
now," he said to the driver as the
horses slackened a little in their mad
pace. Half a mile further on the two
men were able to bring the teams to
a full stop, and Reginald climbed
down to his place under the robes
Kooi/1 a n T*\a??ii'aw f
"Where did you learn to drive wild
horses?" asked Joy Graham, drawing
a long breath.
"That was jolly," responded the
Englishman. "It makes me think of
my boyhood days."
The visit to Vivian's home proved
a decided success, and but one discordant
note was sounded. That occurred
when Roland Gregory in a general
conversation about Bronson
affairs, said:
"This fellow Allan Rutledge is going
too far in stirring things up. Now he's
going to bring that mountebank Billy
Sunday here. He'll regret doing that."
The closing words were spoken with
a frown and a threat.
(To be continued.)
? Greenville News, April 29: Fret
Myers and S. Cross, who stated while
here that they represented the Co
operative Furniture company of Chari
lotte, have been arrested in Laurens
and charged with operating a lottery,
i They have been released upon bonds
of $50 each and are sumomned for
trial soon. One Oreenville woman is
known to have Investigated the opera^
tions of the men while here, for she
applied to the police department to
ascertain if the scheme was all right.
Before the poli>-e could investigate
the matter the men were gone and it
was dropped. There are said to be
many others who were solicited and it
' is supposed they secured a club here,
as they have succeeded evidently, in
other places. Whether or not the
business is fair and above board or is
a "skin" game, pure and simple, is
not known, though it is likely this
phase will be found out at the trial, if
the men stand their trial. Their plan
of operation was explained by one of
the members of the "clubs" organized
as follows: "Fifty people, generally
women, were Induced to .loin a club of
fifty, agreeing to pay 2E cents each
week. Every Saturday for fifty weeks
a drawing would be held in Charlotte
at which one member would draw a
piece of furniture alleged to be valued
at approximately $15. The successful
club member was exempt from
further payments. At the end of 50
I weeks, it will be seen, each member
of the club would have received a
piece of furniture at a cost of varying
from 25 cents to $12.50. It is said
that they had succeeded in organizing
several clubs, when some of the
members became suspicious when it
appeared that a drawing was not being
made for each club. A canvas of
the mill villages of Laurens disclosed
that 84 members had not received a
prize. How many clubs were in actual
operation and how long each
club had been running has not yet
been ascertained and will have to be
brought out at the trial, but the
agents showed the names of five persons
to whom they had delivered
prizes. The men disclaimed any intention
to defraud and denied their
proposition was a game of chance.
After the bond had been fixed up.
collection from club members was resumed,
it was said.
GENERAL NEW8 NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From All
Around the World.
A serious bread riot is reported
to have occurred at Trieste, Austria,
Thursday. Several rioters were killed
and 300 wounded.
Twelve hundred bridge builders of
Chicago went on a strike Friday, because
they were refused a raise of
pay from 68 to 70 cents per hour.
A Washington dancing school proprietor
was fined $10 last week because
he refused to admit a United
Slates soldier in uniform.
Philadelphia last week voted 85,-1
972 to 8,772, to Issue bonds for $6,-1
000,000 for subway and elevated rail- f
way lines.
The steamship Chaco left Philadelphia
Friday for South American
ports with $3,001),000 worth of American
machinery and ammunition.
Captain Willlcm S. Benson, commandant
of the Philadelphia navy
yard, has been appointed to the newly
created office of chief of naval operations.
Mrs. Reginald Brooks of Boston,
has fallen heir to an estate of $300,000
in England, by the death of Capt.
Hon. G. H. Douglas-Pennant, who was
killed in the fighting In France.
The importation of champagne into
the United States, according to a New
York authority, has declined 66 per
cent in volume since the beginning of
the European war.
Miss Sally McAdoo, ycungest
daughter of the secretary of the treasury,
christened the United States coast
guard cutter Oiwipee, launched at
Newport News, Va., Saturday.
Admiral Senes and fifty-two men
of the French cruiser Leon Gambatta,
torpedoed by the Austrians last week,
were buried by the Italians at Cape
Lueca, Italy, with military honors,
Thursday.
The Canadian minister of militia
says that there are 200 factories in
Canada engaged in the manufacture
of gun shells for England and the allies.
The orders for war munitions
are said to total $175,000,000.
The publishers of the Menace, an
anti-Catholic paper published at Aurora,
Mo., are to stand trial in the
Federal court at Joplln, in June on
the charge of sending obscene matter
through the mails.
Two carloads of liquor, shipped
from Cincinnati, O., to Charleston,
W. Va., billed and packed as furniture,
have been seized by the authorities
because they were filled with liquor.
Several arrests have been
made.
Ten persons killed and $2,000,000
property loss resulted from a fire
which burned over twelve city blocks
of Colon, Panama, Friday night.
Twelve thousand people are rendered
homeless.
Pierre M. Looker has been sentenced
to one year in the Federal prison,
Atlanta, for misuse of the mails.
Looker's scheme was promoting real
estate sales by mail and he and his
partners are alleged to have cleaned
up $1,000,000.
The Florida legislature has passed
a stringent "package" liquor law. The
bill provides that no liquors of any
kind can be sold in a licensed barrooms
except In sealed packages. It
also prohibits the sale of beer and other
liquors in hotels, clubs and cafes.
French and Belgian cardinals, archbishops
and bishops, according to a
Rome dispatch, have united In an
appeal to the pope to abandon his
attitude of neutrality, maintained
since the beginning of the war, and
declare himself in favor of the allies.
Hunter Brooke of New York, well
known business man and clubman, 47
years of age, committed suicide on the
grave of his father and mother at
Media, Pa., Thursday night. He is
surv.ved by a wife of a year and an
infant child of a week old.
Secretary Daniels has under consideration
the idea of transferring the
German ships Prinz Eitel and Kronprinz
Wilhelm, interned at Newport
News, to the League Island navy
yard at Philadelphia, to give the men
of the two ships cooler quarters during
the summer.
The Westinghouse Electric Co., of
Pittsburgh, Pa., is reported to have
closed a contract for 1,000,000 rifles at
$27,000,000 for the allies. And it is
also reported that the Baldwin Locomotive
works of Philadelphia, are
negotiating for a contract for war
materials that will total $10,000,000.
Philip T. White, a well known club
man of Brooklyn, N. Y., former sales
manager of the Masury Paint Co., at
a salary of $10,000 a year, last week
confessed to participation in the
holdup of a messenger of the paint
company who had (he pay roll of the
concern. Both White and the udge
trying the case are members of the
Mystic Shrine, as was also one of
White's accomplices.
Jtfi' Marriage may be a civil contract,
but some men act very uncivil shortly
after the contract is duly signed and
sealed.
FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS;
As Traced In Early Files of The,
Yorkville Enquirer.
NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY i
i
Bringing*Up Records of the Past and !
Giving the Younger Readers of To*
day a Pretty Comprehensive Knowl*
edge of the Things that Most Concerned
Generations that Have Gone
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.
129TH INSTALLMENT
(Wednesday Evening, May 11, 1864.)
Death of Brig. Gen. Micah Jenkins, l
The ink was scarcely dry in our I
pen, when we were again called on <
to add another link to the sad chain I
of events transpiring on the field of I
battle. The gallant Jenkins has fall- (
en in the prime of manhood, amid 1
the clash of victorious arms; in the" '
midst of the battle, like Henry of
THE HOMES OF
Photographic Evidence <
York C
This photograph of a handsome 1
a number that The Enquirer has had e
provement that is being made along t
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CLOVEK GRAI
This handsome building was erec
$10,000. It is constructed of brick, a
ment last year was 180. The district
dollar, and the state contributes aid t
trustees are Dr. E. W. Pressly, Jas. J
the teachers are J. W. Shealy, Cammie
agan, Anna Lewis, Elizabeth Wils
Navarre, his plume was still to be <
seen, but alas, the fatal shaft was t
uped, and the brave soldier fell anoth- i
er sacrifice on the altar of his coun- c
:ry. It is sad to learn that he was i
killed by one of his own men, mistak- 1
ing him for the enemy, but the acci- i
dents of war are inevitable as the <
decrees of fate. Another young wid- <
ow and orphaned children are left (
Wltnout ineir naiurai proieciur, anu
the country mourns another of her
most gallant defenders.
' Weep. Albln, to death or captive led,
Oh! weep, but thy tears cannot number
the dead,
For a merciless sword o'er Culloden
Bhall wave:
Culloden, that reeks with the blood of
the brave."
Gen. Jenkins was born In Charleston
district and a graduate of the
state military academy. He came to
this place after he had carried off the
highest honors of his class, In 1855,
and In conjunction with Col. Coward,
also of the army In Virginia, established
the Yorkvllle Preparatory Military
school, which had met with
unbounded success until the breaking
out of the war, when the principals
took the field In person, as well as
many of those who had profited by
their instructions. The gallantry of
Gen Jenkins ensured him rapid promotion,
and thus on the eve of his
being made a major general, we have
to chronicle his untimely end. He
was about twenty-six years of age,
a gentleman of high tone of character,
and a strict diciplinarian; nevertheless,
he never forgot the duties
he owed to his men, and if he
was harsh at times, he felt keenly the
necessity that required its exercise.
He was much esteemed in in
his private character, while as a public
man he was always foremost In
every effort to maintain the good
name of his chosen district. Though
many have fallen in this fight, few
will be more missed by his brother officers,
while his men will still remember
many a kindness, and overlook his
errors, be they many or few.
Gen. Jenkins was a consistent
member of of the Protestant Episcopal
church, in which faith he died,
and in whose promises his relatives
and friends feel assured of his glorious
resurrection.
(Wednesday Evening, May 18, 1864.)
Our Dead and Wounded.
The body of Brig. Gen. M. Jenkins j.
was received at Columbia, and lay in e
state at the arsenal, under charge of )
the state cadets, as a guard of honor, j
last Sunday, preparatory to their re- ^
moval to Summerville for interment, t
Col. Miller was burled at Richmond; j
Lieut. Col. Bookter, though badly j
Wounded, we learn is doing well, p
Col. Coward of the Bth, is slightly ;
wounded, and expected home. The
lists of casualties come in slowly, (
though many reports which we do not r
publish, out travels them. So far the a
killed bear but a small proportion to r
the wounded, they are mostly very t
slight. In our next paper we may f
have full accounts. In the meantime, j
we will publish only what we deem a
reliable. c
12th Regiment, S. C. V. p
From a private letter received in
this place 011 the 15th inst., we learn
the following casualties in Companies j
A and R: ?
Company A?Wounded: Lieut. J. -j
A. Watson, in the left elbow; jj
Pratt, severe, in the right lung and t
shoulder; W. F. Beard, slight, in
breast; John L. Ravies, flesh wound in 5
SLlf of leg; Currence, In hand,
little finger off; Doster, in hand,
Samuel Jackson, bruised.
Company B*?Killed: Lieut. McKnight;
Calvin Whltesldes, wounded,
since dead.
Wounded?Rufus Whltesldes, flesh
wound, In leg; T. Blgham, severe
flesh wound In right arm; Arrowood,
slight, in arm; Hagans,
slight, In arm.
Married?On the 10th, instant, by
Rev. R. A. Doss. Mr. Thomas K. McKnlght
and Miss Mary Miller, all of
this district.
FOREIGN TROOPS IN EUROPE
Characteristic! of 8oldiers Being Used
by the Allies.
In a statement prepared by the National
Geographic society, there are
Borne timely facts about the colonial
troops now on the firing line in the
war in Europe. The statement says:
"Asia, Africa and Australlla have
furnished their quotas of men to the
firing lines in Europe. Among these
foreign troops that have most distinguished
themselves in European
warfare are the French Turcos and
the English Singhalese. This is the
first appearance of the Singhalese upon
European battlefields, but the
Turcos have been employed on the
white continent several times.
"The Singhalese are natives of
THE SCHOOLS
of Modern Progress In
ounty.
fork county school building, is one of
ngraved to show the wonderful lmhat
line in York county.
,
JED SCHOOL
ted several years ago at a cost of
.nd is heated by steam. The enrollcarries
an extra levy of 2 mills on the
o the amount of $500 a year. The
t. Page and W. T. Beamguard, and
Roddey, Annie Lee Nell, Mabel Flan?
on.
Ceylon. There are, strictly speaking,
ibout 2,500,000 of them. They are
jettled in the central and southern
livislons of the island. They are
nembers of the Aryan family by
anguage, but, in blood, they are a very
nixed race, though basically they are
>f white blood. They are descendants
)f colonists from the valley of the
Ganges, who are thought to have setled
in Ceylon about 500 years before
he birth of Christ.
"The Singhalese have remained a
itatlonary folk since the opening of
he Christain era. Their customs,
:ostumes and manner of life are much
he same today that they were more
han 2,000 years ago. In appearance,
he men of this people are peculiarly
iffeminate. Their bodies are slender
ind their features are delicate, Their
ire8s is womanish, even to the exent
of fastening their long hair back
rom the forehead by means of dainty
:ombs. The men, also, wear ear-rings.
Nevertheless, the Singhalese have
nanaged to cover themselves with
rlory by brilliant service on the fearul
battlefields of Europe.
"The Turcos are a French military
>rganization, not a folk. 'Turcos' is
he name which the French have ap)lled
to those troops that they have
'ormed out of natives of Algeria,
rhey are of Arabic and negro stock,
ind are among the best trained colonal
troops in the world.
"The Turcos were organized in the
Irst instance, as was also the case
vith the foreign legion, solely for emiloyment
in Algeria. However, France
>arly found use for them In other
ields. In 1859, the Turcos went
hrough their first European campaign
n Italy. These same troops won inernational
renown, when, in 1870-71,
heir desperate fighting proved one of
he most serious obstacles to German
luccess upon more than one battlefield,
tgain in 1884, the Turcos saw service
n the far distant French province of
?hina. The Turcos hay? always dlslnguished#
themselves In hardy enlurance
and In reckless bravery."
? Columbia State: Expert stoneutters
and finishers from Vermont,
mpressed with the quality of the
due granite quarried at Rion In Fairleld
county, and with the eligiblity of
Columbia as the site of a plant in
vhich it can be worked up into trade
orms and distributed, have arranged
o settle in Columbia and to operate
lere a finishing establishment. It Is
>xpected that the colony will be largey
augmented from time to time,
'romoters of the enterprise say it will
>e an important new Industry from
he start and will assuredly develop
nto yet larger consequence. Wofkng
quarters are to be erected at once
m Hampton street, between the South
Atlantic league baseball park und the
:as works of the Columbia Railway,
las and Electric company. Accomnodatlona
to be provided now will
uffce for a complement of 100 worknen.
A number of these have writen
to inquire about dwellings for their
amilies. An expert will arrive withn
a few days to superintend the contruction
of the plant. All the mahinery
will be driven electrically,
indrew Bernisconi heads the colony.
Xir The serfs of Russia were liberated
orty-four years ago by Alexander II,
randfather of the present czar.
neat* sft*ri? w ci c iiui oiavco iu uv
ought and sold?they could only be
ransferred with the land they tilled,
"he ukase of the czar gave freedom to
0,000,000 serfs.
OFFENSIVE OF THE ALLIES
They Issue Statement of Eitenslve
Operations.
ALLEGE HUGH MATERIAL ADVANTAGE.
According to the French General Staff
Germans Have Passed the Maximum
of Their Efficiency, While the
Allies are Just Now Only Reaching
Their Best.
London, March 27 (Correspondence
of the Associated Press).?The ninth
and tenth installments of the French
official war review, which in previous
chapters, has dealt with the German
effort, the using up of German troops
and officers and the material and
moral war sto^e of the German
army, deal respectively with military
supplies and concerns of the conflict
up to date as found by the writer.
The review points out that the chief
explanation of Imperfections noted in
German projectiles Is to be found in
the bad quality of the primary material.
It declares there is "a terrible
scarcity of rubber'" and that still
more serious is "the scarcity of copper,
which is iridlspenslble for the
manufacture of shells and munitions."
The same condition, it is asserted,
holds true of saltpeter and of the
nitrates necessary for its manufacture.
The review presents tables and
quotations from German writers to
prove the scarcity of food supplies
within the empire. It says:
8carcity of Food.
"It has been observed on several occasions
that the revictualing of the
German army has not been as regular
as that of the French. In the case
of the battle of Marne and in the
weeks which followed the German
prisoners were famished and declared
they had eaten nothing for several
days."
In the tenth and last installment,
the writer says:
"Of the events of which a recital
has now been completed, It remains
to appraise the results of these six
months of war and to define the possibilities
which those results have in
store for us in future operations. It
may first of all be affirmed that the
fundamental plan of the German general
staff has completely failed. This
plan has been superabundantly set
forth by German military writers as
also in the reciting by the ministers
of war. It aimed at crushing France
by an overwhelming attack and at
reducing her to a condition of helplessness
In less than a month.
"Germany has not succeeded in
thia Our army is, as we have seen,
not only intact, but strengthened, full
of trust in its leaders and profoundly
penetrated with the certainty of final
success. Germany has not attained,
then, the essential obfe^t .which It
publicly set forth. But the defeat
which she has sustained does not apply
only to her fundamental plan. It
extends also to the various operations
which she has essayed to secure partial
advantages over us in default of
the decisive advantages in which she
had fallen.
Seven Big Defeats.
"To sum up the German general
staff has placed upop its record since
the beginning of the campaign, apart
from the failure of its general plan,
which aimed at the crushing of
France In a few weeks?seven defeats
of high significance, namely, defeat
of the sudden attack on Nancy, defeat
of the rapid march on Paris, defeat of
the envelopment of our left in August,
defeat of the same envelopment in
November, defeat of the attempt to
break through our center in September,
defeat of the coast attack on
Dunkirk and Calais and the defeat of
the attack on Ypres.
"The German army, powerful and
courageous as it may be, has therefore
succeeding in gaining the advantage
upon no single point, and its
forced halt after six months of war
condemns it to a retreat, the pace of
which may be accelerated by the Russian
successes, but the necessity of
which is now a foregone conclusion
independently of those successes.
"Against the extent of the German
defeat has to be placed that of the
French success. All that our enemies
have failed to gain we have gained,
and first and foremost confidence in
ourselves. It Is certain, and it could
not be otherwise, that at the outset
our troops and the country Itself still
remained under the impression of the
defeats of 1870. The victory of the
Marne, confirmed by the victory of
Flanders; the impossible barrier set
up against the most formidable effort
which has ever been attempted
'in the military history of the world,
have created a feeling of security
which grows stronger every day.
Needed Quick Success,
"Every one Is aware that In order
to gain the day against the coalition
which incloses her, Germany needed
a rapid success. This rapid success
lacking, her defeat is certain. If for
the last three months the French command
has not engaged in a general
offensive, It has had three decisive
reasons for this. The first is that ?
having time on its side, it intends to t
make its efforts only after it has as- f
sembled all the means upon which It f
can rely, within a more or less near ^
interval of time, with absolute cer- c
tainty. The second is that the exam- s
pie of the Germans at Ypres has s
shown us what may be the price of g
an offensive, but Insufficiently prepar- s
ed. The third reason is that the v
weather has been almost Incessantly t
bad. r
"We have seen that the French
army is strengthening itself every g
day In heavy artillery, in explosive |
weapons for the trenches and in projectiles.
It is known that the British j
army in France, which at first con- t
sisted of four divisions, is today (be- ^
ginning of February,) composed of 0
ten British divisions, two Indian divisions
and two cavalry corps, with
900 guns, of which 100 pieces are of
heavy artillery. It is known also that c
(J
the number of troops now with the
colors and being trained in England
is very large. c
The Belgian Army.
It is known that the Belgian army
which is reconstituting itself will a
shortly have six divisions of infantry
and two divisions of cavalry. It is jj
known that the Servian army, sup- s
plied with fresh material and ammunition,
la once again prepared to show
ita splendid qualities. It is known
finally that Russia continues to draw
upon the immense reservoir of her
recruits, having up to the present utilized
only the 20th part. These are
the reasons why the French command
has not hurried and awaits the hour
which it considers favorable. These
reasons based on precise motives,
which are to test, are entirely irrefutable.
"If then we turn to the future we
note that:
"The wastage of the German army
in all respects is greater than that
of the French army. The principal
cause of this is the superiority of our
artillery and the fighting methods of
the German infantry, which attacks
in closer formation than does ours.
It is now certain that the losses of
nnr adversaries are double ours.
"The possibilities of the German
army from the point of view of effectives
will go on decreasing more
and more. The German population
capable of bearing arms is in comparison
with the French population
In the proportion of three to two.
Now at the present time, landsturm
Included, Germany Is employing on the
French front a number of men representing
two-thirds of her resources
against one-third on the Russian
front On account of the Austrians*
defeats, Germany will be obliged
to strengthen her forces against
Russia more and more. The number
of troops opposed to France
will therefore continually decrease.
Our position will be improved by
this circumstance, as also by the
number of German losses, which will
always remain larger than ours, and
finally, by the large reinforcements
which the British between now and
July will send to the continent.
8hort of Officers.
"The capacities of the German
armies In the matter of regimental
organization, already Inferior to ours,
are becoming so still mora Granted
that our adversaries at the beginning
of the war had more cadres than ourselves,
the text books show that their
superiority in this respect was considerably
less than their superiority in
men. It was not as mnch as three
to two. Now it is an established fact
that the German losses in officers are
greater than oura We shall therefore
certainly have the advantage from
this point of view If indeed we have
it not already.
"Out of all these elements has been
born the offensive faith of the French
army and its leaders We have before
us two systems The one, the German
system, demanded a rapid success at
the opening of the campaign, a success
against France before the Russians
could come on the field; befdre
the British reserves could intervene;
before the economic trouble could
make Itself felt Hence the creation
in all haste of new corps whether or
not they could be kept up for a long
time. By predetermination the victory
was to be immediate. Now this necessary
victory the Germans did not
have.
Watchful Waiting.
"The other system, the French system,
consists, with the advantage of
the freedom of the seas, In maintaining
In good and complete form a
number of sufficient formations, and
In creating new onee only In the measure
In which they can with certainty
be kept up and suitably and durably
equipped with regimental organization!
"This system is arranged with a
view to a prolonged warfare. Of
these two systems after six months of
trial, which shall triumph? To put
the question Is to answer it. The Germans
can no longer oppose us with
forces superior to ours. They will
therefore not be able to do in the
future what they could not do in the
past when they were one-third more
numerous than ourselves. Consequently
our final victory must follow
by the imperious necessity of the
force of facts and figures. Our effort,
too, Is from now onwards directed to- ;
ward that offensive in which we shall
take our own good time and the issue
of which cannot be doubtful.
"Our recruits are being trained in
the instruction camps with a view to
that offensive. It is in view of this
offensive that from day to day our
stores of ammunitions, food and transport
are being increased. It is in
view of the offensive that our reserves
af telegraphic, telephonic, railway and
shipping materials have been constituted.
"It Is In view of the offensive that
the re-occupatlon of the Belgian, Lux- (
ihburg and Alsace-Loraine networks (
sf railway has been prepared for, and i
that a military commission, English, 1
FYench and Belgian, Is preparing to j
vork them. It Is In view of the of
'ensive that to our 10,000 heavy lor- 1
ie8 we have added, with the powerful
ild of our automobile industry, more
han 4,000 new transport wagons i
tince the beginning of the war. Against 1
ill this, which on our side is sure and j
Lvailable, Germany can offer nothing |
dther equivalent or analogous. 1
"The large resources in men, offl- j
:ers, material and munitions which j
the had at her disposal six months t
igo have been largely expended In <
he hope of crushing the opposed j
orcea under the effort of mass and j
'ffect of surprise, and they are to- I
lay scarcely sufficient after the defeat j
>f that attemDt to offer defensive re- ,
ilstance. The wastage goes on at the
ame time. Every further development
riven to the order of battle will re>ult
In a diminution of the general
alue of German armies and accelerate
he wear of them. It will also bring
iearer the moment when Germany
vill be at the end of her military reources
and incapable of ever regainng
her numerical superiority.
"After that moment France, taken
>y surprise In August by a premediated
act of aggression, will begin the
var in very truth with the entirety
f her forces."
The Reason Why.?"So you think
ill public entertainments should be
onsored."
"Yes. And I'd like to be one of the
ensors."
"What for?"
"So as to be sure of not missing
nything."
itiT A spinster may live to congratuite
herself on the number of times he
didn't marry.
TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES
News Happenings In Neighboring
Communities.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs of
Cherokee, Cleveland, Gaston, Lancaster
and Chester.
Gaffney Ledger, April 30: Tom
Humes, the negro who was shot four
times by Lewie Spears, another negro,
while a festival was in progress
at Zion church in this city, died Tuesday
night. Hames received treatment
at a local hospital for some time after
the shooting and had improved to
such an extent that he was sent to
the home of his mother several days
ago. He suffered a relapse a few
days ago, gradually growing worse
until death came Tuesday night
Tom Bonner, a negro man slightly
over middle age, died suddenly at his
home about five miles north of Gaffney
Tuesday afternoon. A physician
and Coroner R. F. Spencer were summoned
to make an investigation
which revealed the fact that death
had been due to natural causes. No
inquest was held On Mr. J. H.
Wilkins" place near Owens' ford, lives
a colored woman named Patience Edwards
who should have been named
Dauntless. Dost Monday, wnne digging
in a branch near her home for
bait for the purpose of decoying the
finny tribe she was attacked and severely
bitten on the right arm by a
mad dog. Seizing the dog, which
would probably wedgh nearly fifty
pounds, by the throat, she proceeded
to choke him to death. While choking
him she was lacerated severely
by the claws of the animal. Patience
is the wife of Edward Edwards, a
well known and well liked colored
mute who has resided in that neighborhood
for a long time. She is of
medium build and weighs about 135
pounds, but is possessed of unusual
strength as well as dauntless courage.
Patience was sent to Columbia Tuesday
to be treated An event of
unusual pleasure and highly enjoyable
for those who participated in it
was the first outing of the Oaffney
Business Men's Piscatorial association
held Wednesday evening on the
banks of Broad river. The occasion
was a fish fry, the arrangements for
which had been made by Mr. Tom D.
Daniel, promoter of the Piscatorial
association. More than seventy-five
Oaffney business men Journeyed to the
selected place, about seven miles
from the city on the banks of the
Broad Just above the Dr&vo dam,
making the trip in automobiles
Irby Wright, an 18-year-old boy,
who lives In the Thickety section of
the county, was sentenced to serve
thirty days on the county chalngang
by Magistrate Wm. Phillips, Wednesday,
when he was convicted upon a
charge of beating his mother, Mrs. W.
H. Wright Supervisor John M.
Jenkins had a part of the county
chalngang busy yesterday unloading
from the freight cars a new road machine
which the county commissioners
have purchased. The machine is
a double scrape, so constructed that
the entire width of a road, up to thirty
feet, may be scraped at one time,
giving It a smooth rounded surface
and saving much time.
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Chester Rd|orter, April 29: W?
county board of commissioners voted
unanimously Monday afternoon, to
pay Mr. A. W. Hamby of Columbia,
the balance of 8208.68 claimed by him
in connection with services as architect
for the new county Jail, and also
voted to pay the Taylor-Waters Construction
Co., the sum of 81,498.52, the
balance due that concern with the exception
of 850, which latter amount
will be paid when a few minor alterations
have been made. The board
also agreed to let Mr. C. Y. Young,
deputy sheriff, have the use of the old
Jail property free of rent for the remainder
of the year in consideration
of Mr. Young acting as custodian of
the property, unless an opportunity
occurs to rent or sell the property,
under which circumstances Mr. Young
is to be given thirty dayB' notice, so
that he shall have ample time to make
other arrangements Rev. LL A.
Bagby, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist
church, concluded a ten-days'
series of meetings last night There
were a number of acoesaions as a result
of the meeting, and throughout
there was much interest. For the last
three nights Dr. Bagby used the story
of "the Prodigal Son" as his theme,
and deduced some telling lessons
from this noteworthy parable
The commission appointed by Bethel
presbytery at its recent meeting: to
organize a Presbyterian, church at
Blackstock, if such action seemed advisable,
met at Blackstock yesterday,
and conferred about the matter; and
a committee consisting of Rev. A. D.
P. Gllmour, D. D., and Mr. R. B. Caldwell
was appointed to return to Blackstock
next Sunday afternoon at which
time the church will be duly organized,
if the way seems clear. Blackstock
Presbyterian church, of which
Rev. W. S. Hamiter is the pastor, is
at present a part of Concord church
at Woodward, and the idea is to make
a separate and independent organization
of the Blackstock church, with
the two churches to constitute a
group of churches instead of one
church as heretofore. A special
train will leave here Monday afternoon,
May 3, at one o'clock over the
Southern railway for Charlotte for
the benefit of those who want to attend
the Chapman-Alexander meeting,
and will arrive in the Mecklenburg
metropolis at 2.30 p. m. Returning,
the train will leave Charlotte at 10.30
p. m? and will reach Chester at midnight.
The fare for the round trip
will be one dollar for adults and fifty
cents for children.
King's Mountain Herald, April 29:
Mr. W. T. Bradford of King's Mountain,
who committed suicide last
lYiday night, left the following, adiressed
to his wife and family: "I
have decided to leave it with you all
to get along the best you can, and I
Teel sure you will be much better off
in the end without me than with me.
My health is very poor as you know,
jr should know that I have consumption
ar.d have had for a long time,
ind can't live but a very short while
it best, and I think the sooner I am
>ut of the way the better it will be.
[ have made a will, willing all I have
to you and your heirs, after paying
ill the funeral expeusea Have me
juried in as cheap a plain coffin as it
8 possible to get, thereby saving all
rou can, as you will need it and I
will be just as well off in a ten dolar
coffin as I would be in a hundred
lollar casket Kiss the children goodjye
for me and tell them they will
>e better off in the end without old
?apa than with him. Hope Charles
md Thomas will try to do better than
they have been doing and that they
will try to help you along all they
jan. Do the best you can and don't
vorry about this rash act, as I am
jure it is best for all concerned. Goodjye
to all." Mr. James Brakeield
a Confederate veteran, died April
L9th at the age of 69 years. He was
juried at Elbethel, the funeral being
:onducted by Rev. E. O. Cole A
?. McCarter, road supervisor for
ving's Mountain township, York couny,
S. C., was In town Monday and
nformed us that his people were going
o build about three miles of 30-foot
land clay road connecting the Yorkrllle
road and the one to be built on
he old county line by Cleveland
sounty. These two pieces of road
vill connect a general highway of 225
niles from Ashevllle, N. C., to Coumbla,
S. C. Mrs. Will Putnam
>f Bessemer City, was burled here
Sunday afternoon. She had been In
leclinlng health for several months
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