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j yorkvilleJenquirer. iaatmp 8MP4wmT, , ? anwa f! = 3 JM'S 4?rTl( froiMtiini ?(th< |l?litira!, ?<|ial, Sjriinltoral and Ctmntfrrial JntfrtsU of lh< ftojl*. i ""'olV"pV"'?'c"'"c' est ABL[SHEDi8?sf""|i york, 8. c- fri day j ji^ija^y4,lin8t ~ . no^ THE V TRi By WILLIAM M Copyright, IS 17. By William Mel CHAPTER XXIII In Th# Dead Of (fight. While Kuxiak slept that night the wind shifted. It came roaring across the range and drove before it great scudding clouds heavily laden with sleety snow. The howling storm snuff ed out the moonlight as ir it naa oeen a tallow dip and fought and screamed around the peaks, whlrlir^ down the gulches with the fury' of a blizzard. From durk till dawn the r>>ar of the wind filled the night. Iiefore morning heavy drifts had wiped out the roads and sheeted the town in virgin white unbroken by trails or furrows. With the coming of daylight the tempest abated. Kuslak got into its working clothes and dug itself out fr?m the heavy blanket <>f white tnat hud tucked it in. Ry n<*?n the business of the town was under way ngaih. That which would have demoralized the activities of a southern city made little difference to these Arctic Circle dwellers. Roads were cleared. ]>aths shoveled, stores opened. Children In parkas and fur coats trooped to school and studied through the short afternoon by the aid of electric light. Rusk fell early and with it came a scatter of more snow. Mrs. Selfridge gave a dinner-dance at the club that nighi and her guests came in furs of great variety and much value. The hostess outdid herself to make the affair the most elaborate of the season. Wally had brought the favors in from Seattle and also the wines. Nobody In Kuslak of any social importance was omitted from the list of invited except Gordon Elliot. Even the grumpy old cashier of Macdonald's bank?an old bachelor who lived by himself in rooms behind those in which the banking was done?was persuaded to break his custom and appear In a rusty old dress suit of the vintage of '96. Th??" grizzled cashier?his name was Robert Milton?left the clubhouse early for his rooms. It was snowing, but the wind had died down. Contrary to hi8 custom, ho had taken two or three glasses of wine. His brain was excltejl so that he knew he could not sleep. He decided to read "Don Quixote" by the stove for an hour or two. The heat and the reading to-Aflkgetheq^would make him drowsy. A^^MfrWgd. of tho-haok h?- '<** himself . ^^Woras rooms, and locked "Trie door. Hft stooped to open the draft of the stove when a sound stopped him halfway. The cashier stood rigid, still crouched, waiting for a repetition of the noise. It came once more?the low. dull rasping of a file. Shivers ran down the spine of Milton and up the back of his head to the roots of his hair. Somebody was In the bank?at two o'clock In the morning?with tools for burglary. He was a scholarly old fellow, brought up In New Englnnd and cast out to the uttermost frontier by the malign tragedy of poverty. Adventure offered no appeal to him. His soul quaked as he waited with slack, feeble muscles upon the discovery that only a locked door stood between him and violent ruffians. But though his knees trembled be, neath him and the sickness of fear was ? oi-inninr his heart. Robert Milton had 1 e? -Kf'-o - ? 1 In him the dynamic spark that makes 2 a man. He tiptoed to his desk and v with shaking fingers gripped the reI volver that lay In a drawer. I The cashier stood there for a moI ment, moistening his dry lips with his I tongue and trying to swallow the | lump that rose to his throat and I threatened to stop his breathing. He braced himself for the plunge, then slowly trod across the room to the inner, locked door. The palsied fingers of his left hand could scarce turn the key. It seemed to him that the night was alive with the noise he made in turning the lock and opening the door, k The hinges grated and the floor 1 squeaked beneath the fall of his foot * as he stood at the threshold. Two men were in front of the wire A grating which protected the big safe H that filled the alcove to the right. One held a file and the other a candle. Their blank, masked faces were turnm ed toward Milton, and each of them K . covered him with a weapon. *"" W-what are you doing here?" quavered the cashier. f "Drop that gun." came the low. Bfc. /'sharp commnnd from one of them. WW Under the menace of their revolvers I the heart of Milton pumped water ln8 stead of blood. The strength oozed I out of hlin. His body swayed and be 5 shut his eyes. A hand groped for the I casement of the door to steady him. J "Drop It?quick." Some old ancestral Instinct In the J bonk cashier rose out of his panic to f ^destroy him. He wanted to He down I quietly in a faint. Rut his mind ast sorted Its mastery over the weakling ? body. In spite of his terror, of his ^ flaccid will, he had to keep the faith. He\was guardian of the bank funds. ? At kll costs he must protect them. ,0f, Hfs forearm came up with a jerk. Tw<f shots rang out almost torcther. Jh The cashier sagged back against the 7 wall nnd slowly slid to the floor. % The guests of Mrs. Selfridge danced 4 well Into the small hour* The California champagne that Wally had brought In stimulated a gayety that ' was balm to his wife's souL She wanted her dinner-dance to be smart to have the atmosphere she had found In the New York ca be rets. If everybody talked at once, she felt they were having a good time. If nobody listened to anybody else. It proved that the affair was a screaming success. Mr* Wally was satisfied as she bade her guests good-bye and saw them pass Into the heavy snow that was | again falling. They all assured her I that there had not been so hUsrtous a | party In Kustak. One old-timer, a V trifle lit up by reason of too mudh I hospitality, phrased his enjoymeat a little awkwardly. i , ^ i UKOX 5JL cLEOD RA1NE. .eod Raine. "It's been great, Mrs. Self ridge. Nothing like It since the days of the open dance hall." Mrs. Mallory hastily suppressed an Internal smile and stepped into the breach. "How do you do it?" she asked her hostess enviously. "My dear. If you say It was a success?" "What else could one say?" fionnvipvp Mnllorv &lwavs Dreferred to tell the truth when It would do Just as well. Now it did better, since It contributed to her own Ironic sense of amusement. Macdonald had once told her that Mrs. Sel fridge mode him think of saying, "Monkey sees, monkey does." The effervescent little woman had never had an original Idea In her life. Most of those who had been at the dance slept late. They were oblivious of the fact that the Btorm had quickened again into a howling gale. Nor did they know the two bits of news that were passing up and down the main street and being telephoned from house to house. One of the items was that the stage for Katma had failed to reach the roadhouse at Smith's Crossing. The message had come over the long-distance telephone early in the morning. The keeper of the roadhouse added his private fears thnt the stage, crawling up the divide as the blizzard swept down, must have irone astrav and its occupants perish i'd. The second hit of news wns local. For the first time since Robert Milton had been cashier the bank had failed to open on the dot. The snow had not been cleared from the walk in front and no smoke was pouring from the chimney of the building. (To Be Continued.) THE MARRIAGE RECORD Numerous Licenses Issued During the Holidays. The probate court was quite busy during the holidays. Here is a list of the marriage licenses that were issued: Dec. 7?M. H. Johnson and Beulah Patterson. Dec. 8?Ralph Bost and Lillle Buff. Dec. 10?R. N. Buice and Minnie May Fowler. Dec. 10?Fred L. Smarr and Aline Klrkpatrlck. Dec. 11?Frank Barber and Lizzie BKxBer.' euiomr ?? * Dec. 11?Samuel E. White and Mamie Parks, colored. Dec. 12?John Barber and Josephine Pratt, colored. Dec. 13?Jas. (1. Collier and Rose Simmons. Dec. 13?Lewis Lloyd and Dulcena Nichols, colored. Dec. 13?Clifton Xeely and Mary Jeff Williams, colored. Nov. 28?Thos. Xewett Edwards and Minnie Ola Wllkerson. Dee. 13?Sam Brown and Lucinda Taigler, colored. Dec. 15?Eula Good and Willie Lowry, colored. Dec. 15?P. C. Pasour and Minnie Wallace. Dec. 16?Everett Clark and Pearl Klstler. Dec. 16?John Gardner and Flossie Lawing. Dec. 17?Guy M. Pursley and Elizabeth K. Sealy. Dec. 17-?G. D. Bell and Josle E. Rush. Dec. 17?J. L. Snipes and Belva Johnson. Dec. 17?Oliver Love Newsom and Minnie Irine Strait. Dec. 17?Henry Duncan Dunlap and Pearl McCants. Dec. 18?Walter C. Williams and Sallie Rodgers. Dec. 18?Charles S. Dorton and Lula Canupp. Dec. 18?David Davis and Belliza Boyd, colored. Dec. 18?Joshua Withers and Beulah Crockett, colored. Dec. 18?Samuel SprlngB and Florence Withers, colored. Dec. 18?Willie Reld and Bertha Riser, colored. Dec. 18?Herbert Small and Cora Sadler, colored. Dec. 18?Joe Banks and Estelle Cherry, colored. Dec. 18?John Wallace and Mary Boyd, colored. Dec. 19?Tom Sadler and Purla Simmons, colored. Dec. 19?Arnett Young Lesslle and Martha Ellen Oates. Dec. 19?Junior Lee Smith and Eva Mae Belk. Dec. 19?James Simpson and Bessie Moore, colored. Dec. 20?John Rodgers and Paufenta Davis, colored. Dec. 20?Luther C. Wright and Margaret 8tames. Dec. 20?George Smarr and Laura Berry, colored. Dec. 20?Willie Clark and Lewie | Brown, colored. Dec. 20?Luther C. Wright and Aiargiirei ouiiucv. Dec. 20?L. L. Wallace and Edna Cohn. Dec. 21?Leonard Woods and Ola Grier, colored. Dec. 21?Brevard Clawaon and Mary Knox, colored. Dec. 21?John Wtlaon and Maxgle Poag, colored. / Dec. 21?Waddell Miller and Alice WhlUock, colored. Dec. 21?Fred Crawford and Alice White, colored. Dye. 21?Claud Blankenahlp and Louise Patton. Dec. 22?Johnnie James and Mishle Edwards, colored. Dec. 22?Sam Parana and Reola Franklin, colored. Dec. 22?George Williams- and Julia Guy, colored. Dec. 22?Rob Tate and Bmte Starr, colored. Dec. 22?Willie H. Bennett and Beatrice Bandera, colored. Dec. 22?Johnnie Roeehoro and Marie Bttrtl* colored. Dec. 22?James Humphries and Eliza McFadden. Dec. 22?W. W. Smith and Manira Hickman, colored. Dec. 22?M. A. Johnson and Eatelle Swain. Dec. 22?Bryson Taylor and Hattie Hicks. Dec. 22?Jeff Enlow and France* Chambers, colored. Dec. 22?Richard M. Willis and Ella Moore. Dec. 22?Lonzo Estes and Mary Carroll. Dec. 22?Roy Wallace und Nettle Starnes. Dec. 23?William White and Eugenia Montgomery, colored. Dec. 23?Macklin C. Summers and Lillian D. Harrison. Dec. 24?Albert Williams and Daisy Rivers, colored. Dec. 24?Simon Barnett and Mary Doll, colored. Dec. 24?J. H. Shilllnglaw and Lizzie Craig. Dec. 24?Mack Dunlap and Ix>is Jones, colored. Dec. 24?Ralph E. Crawford and Ethel Blggers. Dec. 24?John Garnett Lawton and Agnes C. Hunter. Dec. 24?I. W. Parrish and Annie Dunlap. Dec. 24?Clarence Taylor and Lena Bowers, coiorea. Dec. 24?Otis Latham and Clio 13. Jones. Dec. 24?Sum Crawford and Sarah Hurt, colored. Dec. 24?Floyd A. Hutchison and Mattte Belle Gryder. Dec. 24?Willie L. Williams and Pearl J. Hood, colored. Dec. 24?John Curoton and Mary Green, colored. Dec. 24?Manual Dunham and Eugene Woodards, colored. Dec. 24?Harry McGinn and Johnnie Hunnicutt. Dec. 25?James S. Williams und Eula E. Carothere, colored. Dec. 25?Sheppard Murphy and Mamie Jones, coloredDec. 26?David Campbell and Georgia Parker, colored. Dec. 25?Carothera P. Cousart and Jennie Mae Barber, colored. Dec. 25?Ernest White and Carrie Lindsay, colored. ' Dec. 26?Ashley L. Cornwall and Angelyn C. Carrigan, colored. Dec. 26?Walter D, Dunlap and Beatrice Milbollen. Dec. 26?Henry Estes and Sallie Peggans. colored. Dec. 26?Giles Wilson and Rosa Worthy, colored. Dec. 'it?Happle Rainey and Drubelle Dunevla, colored. Dec. 27?Walter Brown and Hannah McDanlels. colored. Dec. 28?Walter Page and Mary Johnson, colored. Dec. 28?David Haines and Ma rail King, colored. Dec. 28?Clarence Long and Lcath-f C -Roberta.* colored. t Dec.^ 2 a?TTarence fftrioou iTn7T Laura Feemater, colored. Dec. 29?Arthur BurriB and Mery Williams, colored. Dec. 29?Thomas M. McCarter and Maggie A. Barnett. Dec. 29?Bennett Bolton and Gertrude Kennedy. Dec. 31?Carl Ingram and Lula Walters. FEDERAL GAME LAW. Laoey Act Migratory Bird Law Being Generally Observed. Violations of the Lacey act, relating to Interstate shipments of game, are becoming fewer each season, there being only 45 cases reported for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917. The majority of cases were for the interstate shipment of wild birds, game animals, and hides of fur-bearing animals illegally killed or shipped. Four cases were for knowingly receiving game illegally shipped in interstate commerce. In one of these cases a fine of $400 and costs, the maximum penalty of $200 on each of two counts, was Imposed. Thirty-two cases were disposed of by the courts, resulting In 29 convictions and the Imposition of fines and court costs amounting to $1,522, and In one a Jail sentence of 30 days. Twenty-two of the cases reported were for illegal shipment of quail from a number of the middle western states. Louisiana, and South Carolina are now the only states that permit hunting for market. ?* 4 - At__ T ..... . -4 aAva^fMr Tnat pan 01 me ??<> ? Interstate commerce in game makes it unlawful to ship or transport in interstate commerce any wild animals or birds killed or shipped in violation of the state, territory, or district laws. This includes the interstate shipment of skins or pelts of wild animals illegally taken in any state. Packages containing furs, when shipped in interstate commerce, must be plainly marked so that the name and address of the shipper and the nature of the contents may be readily ascertained by inspection of the outside of the package. The federal migratory-bird law, under which seasons for the adequate protection of migratory birds are prescribed. Is now generally observed. Reports received from game and flsh commissioners and others give evidence of a very marked increase in the number of wild waterfowl and shore birds in most of the states since " * a(r?Atlvp March 4. 1913, and that wild fowl have become unusually tame In spring and thousands are breeding In localities where they have not nested for many years. The consensus of opinion attributes these greatly improved conditions to a general observance of the federal regulations abolishing spring shooting. For administrative purposes the United States Is divided into IS districts, now. under the supervision of IS migratory-bird law Inspectors, who, with the assistance of 1SS federal wardens enforcu the regulations In connection wtth state officials. During the year SOS. cases of violations were reported, which makes a total of 359 eases to date. The violations reported by no means approximate the number that have occulted, as It is often Impossible under the law to secure evidence sufficient to ooavlot _ X.... Cool miners of the anthracite region of Psniiflvaiita. agreed Monday to forage tha usual Now Tsar's holiday In order to help the ?oal situation. WAR CENSORSHIP Tblngj Accoopltted Sboeld Net Bo . Censored. t , PEOPLE (AVE A MOOT TO 1001 Distinguished British 8?ld'er, Form#rfy a Csnsor, Now Visiting in ths United States, has Qivan Out a Talk in Which h? Makes it Clear - * *- - " o 4 L.; _ ? AKout Iinii nfl nnimi wwrnsuuiiy Public Opinion. N'cw York World. What should & war censorship be like? Should it be an institution that keeps from the people of a nation news which is known to that nations fighting men?and to the enemy?or should it be an institution that gives to a nation all the news it can without at the same time making public anything which may be of value to 1 the foe? In the opinion of the man who was Great Britain's censor during the first year of the present war pnd who now Is a visitor to this country?Sir Frederick Edwin Smith, the attorney general of England, and a veteran of the early fighting?the censorship of any nation will find it the most successful policy to let the people know every possible aspect of what has been done, while, of course, withholding information as to what is going to be done In the way of military or naval action. "Tell what troops have been in combat. Tell how they have fared. Tell any Individual or collective deeds of heroism they have performed. Let the people know Just what their friends and netghbors who went out to fight for them are accomplishing," said Sir Frederick last evening In an Interview with a World reporter at the Hotel Plaza. If th? Enemy Knows, Why Not Frionds? "Provided, of course," Sir Frederick explained, "that we are morally certain this Information is already In the enemy's hands, which is bound to be the case in any action where prisoners have been taken or where the enemy has had an opportunity to learn the identity of those who have fallen. "If the enemy knows what units were involved in a battle, certainly the people at home should know. "The morale of a nation at home is quite ns vital a thing to be maintained as the morale of an army at the front. And to my mind the mo rale of those back home may best oe kept at a high point by complete news of their armies." ; Sir Frederick wished to have it understood that he was not criticising the British censorship?which has broadened considerably in recent months?nor the American censor, ?ii.^ m en i?^ but was merely offering upon re^ quest advice from his experience and Judgment. "There are two things involved In the morale of a nation at home which may be greatly aided by letting the nation know as much as possible of what is going on at the front," he continued. "One is the consolation it obtains from learning that its fallen men went to their end gallantly fighting, at some certain place and against some certain unit of the enemy?if that can be told. Then again there is the inspiration the news- of a battle, victorious or otherwise, provides, the patriotic emotion it creates, the ?idded recruiting of those able to take a part at the front, the added resolve of those behind to do their share. By all means, I say, let the nation know what has been done. England Mads Mistake. "A censorship should not merely say 'our troopB' did such and such a thing. They should say what troops, and where, and how. England, I think, made a serious mistake early in the war by simply saying 'our troops' in the reports which were allowed to reach home concerning the fighting. "That allowed the Impression to got abroad?as it did?that the Canadians and Australians were doing all the fighting, and that the Englishmen were being held back, whereas *h? truth is that 86 per cent of the casualties In those early days were suffered by the men who went right from England to the front. "But the British censorship has now broadened materially. If we do not give the exact identity of our units (and frequently we do give that), we at least say "our West country troops' or 'our Lancashire troops.' or whatever they were. "After I had left the censorship for othqr duties, I learned of a battle in which two friends of mine had gone to death fighting most gallantly. I wrote of this to the viceroy of India, whose friends they were also. Tet their names were censored out,of my letter. That, I insisted, was silly. "I opposed the policy of entire secrecy from the very beginning. But opposed to me were the traditions of other years and other wars. However, I am glad to say that conditions now are much better in that nespect One Time For Silence. "Of couree the identity of units sent to the fighting front should not be made public before they have been in combat The enemy, by learning of what forces have been despatched forward, might figure the strength, the disposition, or, as the military exi perts call it, the 'ordre de batallle' or line-up, of our armies. This they should never be allowed to learn. But > in the matter of an action which 1s over and in which the enemy Is nat' urally In full possession of the facts, I believe the censorship should Immediately allow the people at home > to'know all the details." Again 8lr Frederick Impressed upon I the Interviewer that he did not wleh I to be In the position of criticising or I offering gratuitous suggestions to the United Statee censorship, of the workhm of which he knows absolutely nothing, bat ho Colt olroagty about lotting the general public know what had boon dona sot only to heighten the civilian morale, but u a matter of jaotloii to (ho iglothwi and ftitodo i of tbo lighting mm. . ' "Tho i>oopte it Jffi* joihooa mm? not bo inrt h it detail of jfrrar happenings." he said. "For tance, not long ago seventeen V Jorla Crosses were awarded to Brit I josval men for their work In sinki German submarines. First, the fa of the award were made known. Ii er the names of the men were pi r ltyriied. But the names of their vess srere not given out, you see. becai tfrom those names the enemy mi( possibly glean some Information as 1 fow the \"-boata were being | i down. The navy, though, is a difT I?"* ?" "WiClii. Sir Frederick feels that the Ame can people will be informed of wl their troops do on the French fr< if the matter is left in the hands , their commander. "Qen. Pershing, that splendid s aw whose acquaintance I am ht jLJby having," he said, "will, I i I ft/ be as broad as possible in t IJ /of allowing to become known I feats of regiments which go to bu up national pride and regimental ti dltions?and of individuals, whi quicken the pulse of all the fello citizens of the individual." Sir Frederick Edwin Smith is a u Sturdy. brown-eyed, smooth-fac Englishman, who looks ten years li than the forty-flve which "Wh Who" ascribes to him. He went < with the Oxford Yeomen early in t war and earned the rank of maj He was knighted in 1915, and pi moted from solicitor general to attc ney general. He is an Oxford mi an author and lecturer, and a d tlnguished writer and speaker up legal topics. His mission in this country is round up for British service t many British subjects who are re dent here, yet subject to conscrl tion by their native land. With h is his brother, the Hpn. Arthur Smi of the house of commons, who aiding him in this work. Sir Frederick departed last nig for Washington to consult with 1 ambassador. CONTROL OF COTTON PRICES Mr. Hoovafs Representative Thir Price Fixing Shall be Universal. Commerce and Finance. (X. Y.) The Philadelphia Public Ledg publishes a dispatch from Washin ton upon this subject which we cjuc In part as follows: "Any attempt to include cotton general price control will awaken t forces which obtained its climinati from the food control act at the it session. Senators Smith of Sou Carolina, and Hoke Smith of Gcorg will lead a tight against any effort control prices If they believe such 11 tlon would force prices down. In t house there are a score of southe members who would talk indefinite against such a course, t "inferences among southe already have disclosed th ^lity^conixoPillP Iphe :Sth~oft cotton grower Is In the ability of 1 representative in congress to forest unythlng savoring control of cott< If general commodity develops c< ton will be included. The southe members will not be able to stund c for their pet product against conti of everything else entering Into da human consumption. "It is recalled that the southe members were favorable to inclusi of steel and Iron, hides, wool, copr and other commodities in the fo control bill, but when an amondmc was offered to include cotton, nurri conferences were held and an agrt ment reached to confine the bill food, fuel and feeds." In an interview published In t World last Sunday, Mr. M. I. Roqt Mr. Hoover's personal representatl' and one of his chief lieutenants, quoted as follows: "In my opinion there must be ui versal price fixing power. You ca not take a segment of a circle a call it food and fix prices for tl alone. If you leave the farmer, ! instance, in a position to say, 'It is right for you to fix the price of tot but what about the higher prices I my farm machinery?'" "Would you fix a retail price too "What's the use of letting the i taller take all the profits?" asked R Requa. "In my opinion we must the prices of the basic commodlt and then we must fix a different in each trade operation down to t ultimate consumer." As to the available supply of nec< saries, Mr. Requa said: "It cannot be made too clear th there is a plentiful supply of necess ries for this country and for its alii There need be ho question of thi Our difficulty is not with the supp A great many people are given saying that the matter of prl( should be left to the law of supj and demand. I think that is proba ly the most cruel, inhuman propoi I can well imagine, because It wot leave the poor where they could r get what they actually need to II and the rich could get anything th want "Furthermore, I have little patlen with the men who Insist on sayl that the price of food is merely economic question. I know pcrfec well there are a lot of people in tl city who are not getting enough eat, although as I said before, have plenty In this country for o own needs and for our allies." Rim SMd Good at 1,000 Yaars Old Rice grown 'lirectly from grains c thousand years old will bo served 1 emperor of Japan, when he attei the autumn manoeuvre: of the Japs ese army In Shlgaprefecture this t The ancient rice grains were fou inside a wooden image of Valsravs in a little Buddhist temple in the \ tags of Iwame. Vaisravana is the god of wea and his image hod become so old to need repairing. In the course doing this there was found ins the Image a flaxen bag contain! the seed and a paper with the folio jing instruction in ancient Chini characters. I "This image has been carved ithe peace of the world. If any one a later generation open it, he dm pot in hew need." Worn the artta Kyle of the carving and the tea tlons relating to the image, its I sisaits wm* the aeede were W rears eld, They were planted a rteMad a goed wuu - V t WOULD END THE WAR : ish ' GlragosslM's Claim Is To Be Cob* i It' sidered. Jb- ? ? congress practiallv unaninous ? fht ~ " v ; to The Armenian Inventor Either Hae ? >ut Something or He Has Nothing?If er_ He hae What He Says He Has it p Will End the War and if He Hae T Tj_ Nothing it Will Do no Harm. p lat Correspondence News and Courier. 5nt I Washington. Dec. 31.?Congress Is " be true, but it is felt, that, voucnea 18 for as he Is by many of the best ^ citizens of Boston and by Represen- 1 ' tatives Olney and Tague, and having lis made upon the committee on patents and upo^i all others who have heard him the impression both of remark- 1 ' able intelligence and entire sincerity, 11 the country would be doing a fool- ' 1 * hardy thing not to find out what there 6' is in his idea. If there is nothing In 11 It the country will lose nothing, and >er if there is success in it the Inventor P1 K- should have proper protection, provld- Ul >te ed the rights of the government to :I1 use the Invention freely nre reserved. 81 i" The house committee on patents re- ?-' he ported Just before the Christmas re- ui on cess a resolution providing for a test tr ist of Oiragossian's Invention, protect- tl th '.!1B his rights nnd giving the govern- ei ia, ment the privilege of using the lnven- ? to tion for its own purposes without bi tc- charge. cl :he After several hours' of vociferous rn objection from a considerable minority Ity, which did not want one man sin- f( gled out in this way while other irn inventors have to go the usual and r< elr tedious process through the PA tjin - var\w he fight came on ordering the resolution I p| A _ ? ??V?A /Kulolnn r\t thifl holnffL, Ill" IU H vuic, lire UIODIUU V. ..... ? tx all 162 yeas and 16 nays. In recognl- 8l >n. tion of this proof that the advocates Jt- of the resolution had a sufficient ma- c| rn Jority, there was no roll call on the n] tut passage, which was viva voce. Only rol three South Carolina members were ily present. Two of them. Messrs. Nlch- a( oils and Domlnlck, voted yea. Rep- Jr rn resentattve Byrnes voted nay. All of on the five North Carolinians and eight ,.| icr Georgians present voted yea. w od What Will Wilson Do? r? (it There Is no question about the sen- p ?<l ate's stand, ns that body has already sl "e_ passed a similar resolution. The only to thing in doubt is the president's attl- tt tude. He pocket-vetoed the similar he measure which was passed toward the la. close of the special session last fall. ^ k'c. That is to say, he did not sign the jj Ib resolution before the adjournment of a] the session, and that killed It under al- the constitution. n- The president's course is explained ^ nd by some as having been due simply ( tat to lack of time to look into the ^ for merits of the proposition. According | all to this argument, the executive would id. have vetoed the resolution outright If 1 'or he had come to a definite opinion of 4 an unfavorable nature. ?" However this may be, congress Is ' c- going to put the "Garabed" up to Mr. *j' Ir. Wilson this time In the mildest of the ^ tlx session, and then he will either have ' ies to veto It or permit It to become law ial without his signature, which It will ol he do If he does not return It to congress w within ten days of Its transmlBs*'. to >s- him. The pocket veto operates only J at the end of a session. 01 mt In Its report in favor of the resolu- t( ta- tfon which the house adopted and es. which will probably go to the preslat. dent by agreement of the senate be- dl ily, fore long, the patent committee of d: to the house makes these Interesting ob- w ;es serrations on the difficulties in the el ily way for American Inventors: w b- Edis?n Quoted Effectively. sal "By granting the opportunity to c< 'Id Mr. Giragossian to demonstrate the a: i?t practicability of his invention or dieve covery as provided by the resolution 0 e>' the government would be at no expense whatever, and would be_requires ed to grant only what every sane, k ng unselfish person would gladly grant, an viz: The exclusive right to make, a tly use und sell the same for all purtils poses, except use by the government y to for Its own purposes, we "Mr. Giragossian has been led to u ur insist upon the plan of protection set out in the resolution because of his familiarity with the experience of A others. Mr. Thomas A. Edison, referne Ing to the {latent laws and procedure, A :he In May, 1916, said: ids " 'Unhappily there is absoluate cer- Y n- talnty that under our present patent UL lswt the poor qctu ox u iuouuh ^ nd would never receive any reward for ins It. I have never made anything oat 11- of inventing. The money that keepe all these men busy la the works T 1th here I got from manufacturing and 1 as'have long ceased to expect anything V of | else. I suppose I Invent as much as-/ Lde; ever, but the path to the patent office T ng isn't so hot with my footsteps as It w- used to be.' T see Prof. Dolbear, of Tufts college, spent twenty-three years and many for thousands of dollars litigating to esof ( tabhsh bis' right aa Inventor of the aid telephone, but Befl procurred the pa- a tic tent. -Mir. Laogley's experience with h J the aeroplane la remitter to sfnwt tl ma everyone. Quoting from fnwgrsaa oi Mf'man Church's atstsmsnt before the d adJ committee: a " I *"wm we treat hha (film?oMe^) 4 9 of determined that a test shall be made ^ of the claim of Garabed T. K. Giraol Russian of Boston, that he has made a ,n* discovery or invention whereby it is lm possible to obtain and use energy he without limit, except the capacity of he machinery to receive it, and without d "d cost except that of repairing the 'a* wear and tear due to the machinery's / ch operation. w* If Giragossian has done what he himself believes, and what he has >11. been able to make a great many members of congress also believe f88 that he has done, it will be a com- 1 o'8 paratlvely simple matter for the Unl- 11 >ut ted States to end the war without ' he waiting for millions of our soldiers " nr. to get to the firing line in Europe. ? "o- Ships and aeroplanes could cross and >r- recross the ocean without stopping for ?n, fuel, and nitrates for fertiliser or 84 is- munitions could be produced in abun- b! on dance anywhere. Give Benefit of 0?ubt. Of course, most people here, as ^ they would be elsewhere, are Inclined si- d to be skeptical about Mr. Giragosj1'" sian's ability to demonstrate his mysm terious claim. It sounds too good to ' . . . . i> s we did Dr. Loomis, who discovered tireless telegraphy, and who, in 1869. n this very capitol, asked for an opportunity to demonstrate his work, nd who, some five years later, died rlth hia secret for want of encour gement from the government?" "If Mr. Giragosslan can prove the ractlcabllity of his discovery or Inention. the quick termination of the 1 rar is assured." 1 Secretary of the Interior Lane aproves of the new Garabed resolution. , hat fact is likely to influence the j resident. t MARRIED MEN AND DRAFT oca I Boards Must be Governed by ' C?mmon Sense. t Columbia, December 31.?Where ? le Induction of registrants under the r dectlve draft regulations Into the 1 illitary service of the nation will not eprlvc their wives or children of i asonably adequate support common t nse and sympathy should govern the t >cnl exemption boards In such reg- | trunts' classification in the question- t aire, says a telegram from Provost i larshal General Crowder. received y Governor Manning today, for anunilsslon to the local und district vemption boards of the state trough t'apt. Richard E. Carwile's nice. Not by Rule of Thumb. "Reasonably udequate support." lys the wire, "cannot be determined y a rule of thumb, but must be de- ' irmined with common sense and r .ntpathy in the facts of each indl- ' idual case." What would be rca- 'I inably adequate support in one s tse would not rule in another, says I te ruling, which states that the M resent classification is for the pur- ' ose of raising "our armies with a " linimum of hardship and suffering > those who are to be loft at home." Dead Lina Sst. / Sonic of the local boards of the -ate are aiiegeu to ue using mc rule of thumb" tn regard to regis anta married since the registration. r istead of using common sense and 1 Ding according to the plain Intent of * te regulations, they have set a dead * ne for matrimony, and, after that pried, all registrants are classittcd ' j unmarried, whether their wives re mainly dependent upon them for ' ipport or not. This sort of pro- 0 nlure, says those thoroughly famtli- 0 r with the diaft regulations, is con- 1 ary to the spirit, If not the Intent, of ( le new rules. These boards per- 1 mptorily decide that any young 1 lan married after May 18, 1917, Is to 1 e considered as unmarried and so 11 assifled. V. Crowdtr't Telegram. Oen. Crowder's telegram of today ( illowa: P "Sub-division A of class 4 in the :siduary class for registrants whose 1 or children we mainly dependlies to a widower whose children ( re mainly dependent upon him for ^ ipport. "If a registrant has both & wifo and ( llld, but there are such other com ion sources of support available that T le removal of the registrant will not ( eprlve the dependents of reasonable dequate support, he Is to be placed i sub-division A of class 2. "If a registrant has a wife but no ( lildren and there are such other ^ )ucccs of support available thut the moval of the registrant will not derive the wife of reasonably adequate ^ jpport he goes In class 1 us not beig included In any other division in le schedule. v To Clear up Doubt. v "Many boards seem to be In doubt a it to what to do when it appears that v le soldier's pay and war risk allowaccs will provide an adequate sup- ( art. See rule 1, page 24, and the c tst paragraph of section 71. Reason- e ble adequate support cannot be de- j, rmlned by rule of thumb but must t| e determined with common sense r nd sympathy In the facts of each In- a ividual case. What would be adcuate support in one locality or in ne set of circumstances might not e adequate support in another. The ( ucstion of adequate support must be etermined by the boards, after care ti ll consideration of the interests of t le dependents on. the one hand and f the government on the other and c ith the thought always in mind that ( te present classification scheme is ( esigned to raise our armies with a iinlmum of hardship and suffering ? > those who are to be left at home." t Carwile to Attend. I There will be a conference of state t isburslng officers under the selective t raft at Washington next Thursday. a hlch Capt. Richard E. Carwile, in large of the state headquarters here, t ill attend, was announced at the gov- c nor's office today. The purpose of the j inference is to explain and stand- a rdlze the intricacies 01 me uiiuuik- g tent regulations and laws throuahut the country. Revised to Date. [other and I went down to camp All in the merry May-time, nd saw the Service Soldierettes As thick as bees in hay-time, ankee Doodle, see them drill! Don't they trip it dandy [arching all in khaki kit. So neat and trim and handy! nd some made bandages galore And cooked with stoves and flrelean. nd some were in the wigwag corps. Or. doing stunts with wireless. E ankee Doodle, bless their hearts! Tankee Doodle dandy! II at work for Uncle 8am. j So willing and so handy! he Stars and 8tripe* and bugle calls They pouldn't be resisted! It simply had to do our bit, An/I an are both enlisted. ankee Doodle, kaap It up! J Yankee Doodle dandy,! ? he girls will help you. Uncle Sam. i In any way thafe handy! ? ?Life. < m I Statistics show that in practically rery city of the United States these a as been a decided tnereeee of crime i rooghottt the oountry. The cause 11 f the Increase is bald to he economic, I < as to the war. CiOaeh ef rlslenee. I? aeept rsfosey, Sew fc tendency te < * GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Record of Current Happenings Collected From Various Sources. Thrift stamps are being given a? tips" In Chicago restaurants Harry F. Vovles of Chicago, has >een appointed master baker of the L'nited States by Food Administrator Hoover. Mrs. Mary Kennedy Is now an "allermnn" of Troy. N. V.. being the irst woman in the state to assume hat otHce. E. J. Obertveyer, traveling auditor >f the Lake Erie and Western rall oad. Is In jail at LaFayette. Ind.. as he result of talking too mueh. He is charged with uttering unpatriotic renarks against the government and 'resident Wilson. In order to encourage enlistment n the aviation service to man the housands of machines being built for ho army, the privilege of enlisting ins been indefinitely extended for his brunch of the service. All other iranches are subject to the draft. The American Medical association s to hold Its annual convention in 'htcugo in June. Mayor Thompson, rho is pro-tSeruian. was slated to nake the opening address. The doeors protested and tiovcruor lajwden if Illinois, has been subsituted. In Chicugo on Monday. Federal, udge Lnndls lined several uuai'k nedicine dealers $200 each for delauding the public. One of the [uacks advertised a remedy lor inomniiii, to be sent on receipt of $1. The remedy was, ' Lie on your left ide until you become drowsy, then urn on your right side until you fall isleep." BURLESON VS BURLESON. I Postmaster General Who is Rather Difficult to Place. Postmaster General Burleson may lot he two-faced, but we leave that o your judgment after reading the ubjotned extracts from two written tatements he recently made: In November he wrote thus about ostal employes: "1 feel It Is my duty as well us my ulvilege, to extend to each and every me of the postal employes throughmt the country my congratulations on ho excellent showing made by them In the matter of purchase of second dborty loan bonds.) At all times latrlotic, they have In the great crisis hrough which we ure passing, again nunlfested their Intense Americanam, of which there Is no doubt. Should another Liberty loan be lie essary, 1 am confident that they will inswer the call of their country'* iced in a* full a spirit of loyalty und latrlotism as they have In the past." In his annual report, made publicit December, he wrote thus: ""At mis ci iucai peiivia -m vut- inIon's history, it Is regrettable to tate that the organized postal emiloyes are making many selfish demands nnd Insisting that they shall lot be required or permitted to work n excess of the usual number of lours, also thut the salaries be permanently increased, although they re Justly compensated, receiving more than three times as much bj* hose fighting in the trenches. 'ostal employes have become bold ecause of this affiliation (with labor inlons) and have within recent years hreatened to strike. While trlkes In the postal service may be verted for the time being, yet they rill inevitably come, and the public rill then be brought face to face with most serious* situation?one which rill be a menace to our government." What more need bo said? The >ostal employes are among the hardst worked and poorest paid of govrnment employes. Their salaries tave not been raised in ten years ,nd today will hardly buy half a* nuch aa they would have a decade .go.?Greenville Piedmont. Motorcere end Typhoid Fever<?It vould scarcely be possible to Imagine wo things further apart or with less ipparent connection than typhoid fever md the automobile. And yet the latter s one of typhoid's worst enemies. This remark applies particularly to lur cities, where the death rate from yphold has been notably reduced by he automobile. The reason why is simply that In rttles the motorcar has almost en* Irely replaced the horse; and it is n horse-dropplngs, accumluated in tables and manure plies, that more han 99 per cent of all the bouse flies ire bred. It is open to anybody's observation hat nowadays there are few flies- In iur cities, as compered with a dosen ears ago. In residence districts they ire so scarce that some people have riven up the use of window screens. One stable will furnish a whole lelghborhood with flies; but expert k?e neav #Vtof UCIIkUl IMSUii/ two Jfiw?vu M-.? ? nsects do not ordinarily travel more han a tew hundred yards from the lace where they were hatched. In the "better" residence quarters here are few horses kept. Stables mve been replaced by garages. As result, the flies hare departed. The house fly is a notorious carrier >f typhoid. It is a frequenter of tilth, md carries germs of all aorta of Inestlnal diseases to the family kitchen md table. No wonder, then, that its elatlve elimination in dties has faulted in a great diminution of the t lumber of deaths (especially among nfants) from such maladies. Score one for the automobile!?Rene l&cbe. ' PALMETTO QLCANINOt tappenings and Events si Interest In teeth Carolina. ?"!?I rwra.ll V Mu ..ran mmA idmiral Beatty of tho naryr r#qu##<d Charleston merchants on Monday, tat to eeU flra works of may kind to nllstad moo. Tho oaflotod omo bosom# oonowhat rtotooa on Klpf trwt on Christmas #ve. 8umt#r county cMmm ars raaktas i yiyoroao pootoot s?twot a rnm nsadadoa of tho oooaty hoard of sonoMoooia f? ettrtkU tho work -.t if tho homo dm oaf i on na, rasatsy knd Inon?>?s hiMH pinto df tho njm bp eottsac oft t*a