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Scraps and .facts. |,u, i" Majoi Augustus I'. 'iardne-r. of the,w Ore* Hundred urel Twenty-Arm lnfan- j rr try (Se?*ond * e-oririaj de*<j at Camp 1 n Wh?-?-l? i. Macon. ijix.. on last Monday;'' ar'. moon, of pneumonia, after a brie*? ** iliie*ss. Major Gardner was a morn- ; o r of congress wi.?*n tf??- war broke* out P arol had represented the Sixtfi Massa-jsi fmsetts iji.sti ot r ontinuously for flf- t! t?? ri v.ars. I! was one* of the* first Ju ? orii>i< ss.*ri"ii to ?> ! the* inevitable entry i ri of tin* I'nit.'l States into ire- war. and'a was on<* of th?- first to raise his voice" v in fn voi o! ' n,< rin^. Irri fried lately up- : >n Tt.e ! - laiation of war fn- resigned | ms * at and soot'fit an opportunity for f -a*r. i<*e. lie was appointed a colonel by *. . son ot fits pievinus military train- t <iit*: hat soni'* tt'i*i*ks afro ho applied fi?r aii-t secnied i(i motion to a majoi ship :>i 01111 * i Tha' fa* in it; tit have more ac- * live s?i-.iii witfi th< men. He was at- ( taeK?*d v.itli pneumonia last week and; <!ie?! ait* i an illne-sa ol three days. II* was : son-in-law ot Senator I?di;e Massachusetts .. I t mil d I lonald. noted j . .. .. . :.,.i i.. rsoi.al friend ate! | t??i is: );<! ! <>t it v. ii| j.11 J t Wu li s'.i I'.ii!-. TufS'lsiv n.L'lr M'l"ihiil'l who v..i> I'nitiii ,<?;itt in :i -n:il ior tlii- north"! it T'-xa.s listii'-t. v..11 .'anions lor his i-ofiiiol i r Mo most i:i?- i hiii.ti it i- of ( M"\ ; honJi i aii'l It x:?v i in ( Ml' i "ll. I: l.'l I I'll "I l '"I Hi.us. I : .i.'i .m i | i-i -on il ri-i'ii h' Ii'.i- * ' > ol I'ii nt U 11.-ot.. .M t> .1..11 1 I fie. I" 'ii fin fiii ?) l>> th" liitti-r as! ii. "I Mi' hoi ' li.'i li 'listi a t of '! t.i> ,. i -. I j"'|sotiiis ii'.'ii Iioat'l of ill* i-i'-i'l. hi Mi | t.'i..!1.1 wa> horn in K< io|" i '" ir.ti. M - i *s {'pi. S? |in '..I 1 II" .\:i? |'|>i>IUt"i| !"! .' I i ii.I Si.ih ? marshal foi Mi" tioilh'ii 'I ll.'* "I "|'i xas il; l?s7. 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In t| ! * in"" .1 no I \i 17. ivMit-n tin- tlrsifi t I III I" all:" "ftf' I.K Til" .I'llllllllsII a I lull *s .|||.|"'|I S' ins to nssllf" Its i i'.iiii'i 1'isi ill" Til. loll atcl'.'s Willi Mi. i. . . nt i i iitnfii. ii?l ilions i?i I'mmi t M.usli.il ihininl t'row dor. "iln'i I' I'llllllliMr itliil. I. I's llill'iiiltlri'ii l>\ ? liaitnmli i * 11 >i in In-11 * 1111 ill Mil* |i-?|lHsl i.f tin- u.i i i|. | ..i i tin. tit will sii |.|ili* ' m Mi. ?11. ft l.iu t.i lu .k. it wiirk ' ..I'll- lin>|. i . |.||.||i|..iis? till! Iiim- ill-. ), < I J i I I I||I' Would |I. I'llllt furlough nt: ii.itn.ii.il .mill ii....|.< f..i Imriisi work nt nt In ?- ci\ ili.in iluty. atiothor Would Illlltll.it.' >'||. til \ . i lull pnpul.i- l Hull fl.'lll I..INI. l'| I'll ll-lllll t lllll till ll.lt iplotiis l.v making Ml.' liUMS fill ;ii li .stiit. . Hi.* titinit?-> >>t" iii.mi nviiil- iil.|i' iii i-l.'iss mil*. ' i 'Mil- I'.'Miliitiuli gl\ lug tilt' f'"li l il ' tl.nl.- i.iiii iihnskiii .liri.'t : ii I lioi'tt > tn \ sii|n'i\Im' iiii.l ii'Knl.iii' tlii- |i|ihIii? turn ml .listi 11>i|tii.ii i.| I'l int |i:tpi'i has In i ii r.'j.Tt.'.l In Mi.' si'tiiili' afti-r tIn? iitiini111.? iiiii.'iiilnii nt |ilai*ing i'ii i |.|.\\..| iii til.' I'l'i'M.I. lit li.nl Ino n ill'. fiiiti'il 'I'll.' tin.-il vuti- was tn ;ii'. Aiiii' tin- vol. Si'iiutor Sinitli i.f I \il/.i|iii, who has Iii i iti* nt' tin- rvsn- ;i hit inn. ii ii in >ii it. i<l In- woulil runt iiiiif , 'tints to Iisivi1 tin' government take lv nit |.;i|.i'l', II.' s;ii.I In* would ;l liav.' tin- hulls*, iiiloft ami si-ml t 'uitf a similar message in a j ?ia/a-hanged form. Inning thi' ?!? ta.'ks win' mail*, mi t Infill Imth liy Di'iiiiK'iatii' and . iran siMiaturs. Si'iiiitor Kimv 1 it Ini-oiiipiihrnsilili. iiml "v|- ' r:,nti its |nti'|.iisi'," No institution :i Iiun inoi'i- loyalty tu thi- gov- , r.'iiiL'.t'u?n tin- press, hi- said. ad?l- ^ "" as the newspapers seem mi - t i ill. "The - ITUn e tin y :tVe "iriciiiicil i<> t oppose it." Senators Hardiim an<l ( Hitchcock. ttoth newspaper owners, also oppose*! the measure, the former 1 le< l.irnic that it wouhl only hinder ' tlo- importation of pulp from Canada atnl einharrass the publishers. Senat*o, Kimc ami Kernald aruued that it >\;is n**t a war measure hut :t hill to turn private enterprises over to the ( Koveriilllellt. while Senator Keeil classified it as a "?lis?raee" to the senate ami Senator Sinoot asserteil it ' wouhl prove ih*' area test censorship t vet- imposed, i i|i the linal vote, "7 t I Vimx-rats and live lb-publicans suppotted the resolutions ami 12 Demo- ' rats ami 21 Itcpublicans opposed. The federal trade commission is now pre- i paruiK In tix newspaper print paper prices umh r an aKreomeiit reached bv the manufacturers with the commission and the department of Justice. . Nearly halt a million men from * Ileal Hritain alone are to he re- ( criiitcd into the Hritish army at the arliest date possible, ami it is proliable that many more will lie added I to the number m the coiuini; months. | These will comprise the younger men. ( wh** up t** I Ik* present have been exempted because of their employment ' n industries essential to tin- war s*-r- i vices This announcement has .just , been m.oh' iii the house *>f commons hv Sir Auckland f.cddcs. nntiister of 1 national seivtee, whose statement of f tin- noveltitin ill's man-power pro- ; pi is. i Is was replete vvilh interesting v details of Itritain's strength In the strunule into which she means to ' throw In r lull ri'iniuri't's The niinish r M't forth tit** status ami tiwls of tin- Hntsli lighting and munitioning forces attil 'In- nirasurm tin* gov ruim-nt is taking after aKrivniriit \\ 1111 most of tin- labor leaderi for reit iittmi-tit from the olassos of skilled workers wlio were promised ? vt n11 tiou w Iii-ii conscription was adopted. The eiiiplre has enrolled T.fiUO.UtlO lighting and labor battalion forces during the war. according to the statement of the minister, and now has more than t.noo.tnm enrolled, but needs more men to hold its own attains! the enemy until the A inert an strength is available He praised the spirit in wltteh the labor leaders have met the government, but regretted that the amalgamated society of engineers had remained outside the mill n m e. adding. however, that the invitation was still open to the members of tins soeiety. He paid warm tribute to tin- work of the women and deelared that some of the young men among the million exempted workers apparently considered themselves a privileged elass and threatened to hold up by strikes the building of .lindanes and ships. "If they do." he ew Sainted, "they will meet with a such blast of hatred it will surpilse thetll." Although the peaee pour|?arleurs between tin- Ibdshevikt and the Teutonic allies have been resumed at Hitst-Ijtovsk. the peaee by agreement seetion of the Herman populace and some of the newspapers continue their expressions of dissatisfaction with the ambitions of the Pan-Germans. and the terms that have been adv.meed by the German delegates at h lirciit-Litovsk as the basis fur .1 peace. ? Amsterdam dispatches announce that e an understanding has Iwn reached ? between the political and military parties in Germany on the basis of the " Kussi.in program of non-annexations o or indemnities in the east and leaving to Field Marshal von Hindenburg. in case of a German victory, the liberty ? of dealing with possible annexations ? in the west, but the evidence tends to h show that the factions are still at v odds. It is announced that Chancel- P lor von llertlmg is to he permitted to deliver his delayed address on tier- h many's war aims to the main commit- w tee of the reichstag next Friday. Adding to the political strife in Germany I: and Austria comes the announoement 0 f the resignation of the Hungarian 11 cabinet, due to the conduct of the " war. Failure to obtain adequate sup- " port for the military programme is given as the reason for the resignation of the ministry. The situation between Russia and Rouniania ap- <1 parently is growing acute. On de- g mand of the American ambassador ti and the head of the other diplomatic w missions, the Bolsheviki authorities lj have released the Roumanian minis- t: ter and the attaches of the Rouman- n ian legation who were arrested Sun- d day. The council of national com-11< mini oners of Russia now has sent an al Itirnaturn to kouniarra calling for v immediate release of members r f the fhdshevtki arrested recently .n g lo.mania. A rupture of relations c ith Itoumania and "inos* energetic n ulitary measures" are threatened for t on-eornpllance within J4 hours. Kx- > i-pt in the Italian theatre the mil: - t ii v activities are still confined to a in.ill affa.is carried out bv raiding t at ties and bombardments of var.ous t i-< tors. The a ustro-rjermans hoth in o h< mountain region of northern Ital> r rid around the lower f'iav- river have < 'lade vicious counterattacks All the i Harks were without result. Again i lo re h.is li' en ' onsiderahle aerial a<-. j i\.'v .n this region in which five i Hem', airplanes were sent to earth I our hv Jtrl'is!. and Italian aviators 1 rd tin othei hv anti-aircraft tint- I cries i t ?V ilorhvillr tfnquircr. 1 i entered at the Fostofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. ( VORK, S. C.: FRIDAY. JANUARY 18. 1918. Th< acii-ult oral producers >:ot their I and in [in M\ well last y?-ar: hut this at it will I> iiecessarv to hroak all funis Tin publishers of liorlin newspapers I iav<- found it necessary to double the a n ash? d for single copies lata use of > la s-an-itv ol pajM-r and tin- increas I iist production. i 11in Monro's idea of the probable end 1 I Ha war is Ilk"- this: "When ' it tart" <1 I thought it would In- over in liout two months, and it has lnin unknot that way over since. It looks ' hat way now." .Iu<-t ;is the tii<-n who hiivc gone and i ! going to tho 1'ioiit will have to put ' ortli every effort in their power to j >\?ii-otri?- tin* enemy. those of us who , - -tit:*in iM-hind must put forth every efort iii our power to uphold the hands ' >f those who go to the front. It is all right to depend upon the ' :ov? i nineiit to do things, hut it will he , i serious mistake to think that the ' [overnment has any good way of ae- ' omplishing anything hit; except hrough the eo-operation of every indi- . idtiul eltizell. i The i Ion nans have issued an edict < n which they threaten to shoot as 1 pics at tutors caught dropping' literaure behind their lines. The Allied i i via tors, however, realize that there ' mist Is- some catching before there is j inv shooting and therefore they con- ( mite to do all they can to enlighten i lie < h-rtiian soldiers. 1 The only objection we have to sub- ' Hitting the proposed prohibition j uneiidment to the people Is that we ; onstder it entirely unnecessary. The ' icople of South Carolina have voted for J rohU^jJ^oij every time they have ever , nut a chanee, amt^teyare"stronger for " t now than they have ever been. We ice no reason whatever for troubling hem with this question again. With everybody else in practically very other line of business making . reim-ndous prollts. we do not sec why my body should object to the prollts .hat are coming to the farmer. If lu re is anybody in all tne ianu wno '(lines nearer the actual earning of ev r> cent that conns his way than Iocs the farmer, we <lo not know who t Is. An Associated I'ress dispatch tells of i movement in Itoston having for its ; d.jeet instruction of a large number if hoys in colliding. The plan is to select olfice hoys and others who give ironuse for Illness lor the work, and tract ice them a course of six weeks or mire in theoretical and practical train- 1 ng. As we see it, this is a sensible 1 ilea. It seems to us that there is an nereasing number of boys all over the 1 ountry who are growing up in ignor- ' mce of how to do anything useful in tn> trade, and consideration of such a . atuation can l>ut bring uneasiness as | o the future It is plain enough that j lieit- is always going to be need for ( isciul trades and unless somebody tits hemsolves to carry 011 those trades it s difficult to sec how the people are ' o tie supplied. 1 To Fi* the Price of Cotton.?"I J i.ive heard." said Senator K. I). Smith | inlay, "that a lull lias been intro- I bleed in the house the purport of ! vhicli is to restrict dealings in cotton j >> federal legislation affecting both 'rin s and the manner of trading. 1 know of no belter method of ' urtlicr .uiding to the distressing con- , lition in reference to the price of cot- 1 on than such an attempt. In spite 1 >f tin attractive prices of 11"IS the j vorbl is now in the midst of a cotton 1 amine, it does not seem reasonable, ' hoi t fore, that production may be inTeased by embarrassing the producr. r "Cotton now. on the basis of the ' aw of supply and demand, is no high- , r in price than it probably would be c ustttlcation of this statement may ho mind in tlie prices obtaining in 1 1 1. Aci'onlini; to official statistics the world's consumption of American coton during the war period in round umbers is 14.000,000 bales annually, 'he production of American cotton or 1013. 1010 and 1017 averaged round 11,000.000 bales annually. It ? hardly reasonable to suppose that he production of this absolute necssity would be increased by hasty. IIIdvised and embarrassing legislation. "Kixing of the price of cotton would f all other commercial articles. , The bill with regard to which the oiith t'arolina senator has received ., iijuincs was introduced by ltepnrntative Sabath of Chicago, a Itepubcan. It was an old bill of a pre- J ious session proposing to tlx the rice of cotton, and the Illinois mem- S or took it as the basis of an effort i> strike also at the price of wool. : riting the words "and wool" after *. ho word "cotton" everywhere the ' ittcr occurred. Mr. Sabath is not . no of the leaders and his bill is not i lought likely to get very far.?Washicton special of January 15 to Xcws nd Courier. " a 1 ' s ? Pneumonia caused /49 of the i3."> eaths reported ame/ig the national uarflsmen and nut Anal army men -aintng in this cc/intry during the eek ending January 11. The week- a report of the d/tsion of field sanl- N tion. made public last Tuesday d ight. shows thai guardsmen died n uring the wee/t. as compared with c 19 the week #efore. and 147 nation- t< I army menu* against 167 the pre- v ious week. Eoth th- hospital ad- J riission and non-effective rates in the uard and national army camps inreused during the week. with pneunonia generally prevalent Among H he guardsmen there were 343 new ases of pneumonia, and .n the na- , ional army 340. The meningitis silution continued to improve both in he guard and national army, while L asles continued to decline in most f the camps. Epidemics of German Jl neasles and mumps prevailed in tnun.v amps, with scarlet fever increasing n the national army and decreasing j n the national guard Camp Dotiidian. ' 'kl thorna. led the guard camps J n the number of new cases of ineuiiionia, with and ?'amp iVheeler. Ceorgia. was second, with j 17. Camp Travis. Texas, headed the lat'onal arrnv camps with new cases f pneon.on'a with 07. against 7J the T veeg before Camp Pike, Arkansas, vas second, with 41 cases, and Carnps >e. Virginia, and Taylor, Kentucky u. 'III'M.IIH f. in i|?s? IVSil I ltd 11 um ti' > wide and 1!J liu'hrs deep, ami i\ leet s.x niches hiKh. shall ! pro.nhd with a urtain hanging from In i<i|> in front to within three feet t| I the llour, ami shall have a suita- ,, ?P shelf on w III' h tin voter eatl pre are his ticket. ? Sei 'J The polling places shall he j| >lovidc<l With a la hie for the man-j igers. The polls shall he |>rovnle<l I .villi a guard rail, so that 110 one cx-!(' ept as Itefi matter plovide.J shall ap- j, roach marit than live feet to the moths in which the voters are pre- a airing their ballots. a See. !?. The tickets shall hi' print* li tl n elear white paper 111 the usual ,t 11.inner, hut shall have a eoupon at ' lie top perforated so as to he easily h lacheil. I'll the eoupon shall he l>rint<>t "iiiheial Itallot." "t'lub- ?. vVai?l?No. The nuinhcrs 11 hall run seriatim for each dub. I1 I'here shall he alt per eent mere hal- a ots than there are voters eiirolleil at p aeh polling place. Sec. 4. The managers shall he reipntisihle for all hallots furnisheil. iV'hen a voter presents himself he vh;i 11 he given a hallot, proviileil lie ' s a native citi/en of the I'nited States, t! >r if he is a naturali/.cil citi/.en he w must show Ins naturalisation papers (g cfore the man.mors shall give him i hallot. Tie vot?r shall forthwith v retire alone to one of the hooths, ami $ kvithout iimltic ihlay prepare his hal- p lot hv scratehing out the names <>1 . he eamlnlates for whom he does not are to vote. No voter shall remain M n the hoot It longer than live 111 in - a ites. After preparing his hallot. the p lOtcr shall present himself to the manaKer. His ballot must be fuhteil 11 Midi a way that the number can ho ti ieen ami the coupon can be readily a letached by the managers without in . mv way revealing the printed por- " ion of the ballot. If tho voter is not >t hallciiged, and takes the prescribed p >ath. the manager shall tear off tho omwin^^put it on tile. stamp the bal- ^ Pol. and 11k,j voter shall deposit' his a ticket in the box and shall imme- S diatcly leave the polling place. If it j voter shall tnar or deface his ballot, . lie may obtain one additional ballot upon returning to the manager in a L'hat'Ke of the ballots the ballot so marred or defaced, with the coupon attached. The manager in charge of the t'idl list shall change the number of the ballot on his poll list, and place the defaced ballot on a tile. No voter shall lie given a second ballot I until he has returned the tirst one f witli coupon attached. ? See. No person shall be allowed within the guard rail except as here- 1 inafter provided. If a voter can not read or write, or is physically dis- I aided, and by reason thereof did not I sign the enrollment book, be may tip- ? peal to the managers for assistance, ( and the chairman of the managers ? may appoint two of the watchers rep- ! resenting different factions to assist ? him in preparing the ballot: Provided. > After the voter'* ballot has been pre- V pared, the watchers so appointed shall I immediately go behind guard rail. See. >. From the time of the opening i>f the poll until the announcement nf the result and the signing of the utlicml returns, no person shall he admitted to the (>olling place except the managers, duly authorized watchers ind challengers, the chairman of the t executive committee or member of the p executive committee appointed in his . dead to supervise this polling place, persons duly admitted for the purpose ' t>f voting, police officers admitted by g the managers to preserve order or (l enforce the law; Provided, however. That candidates for public ollice voted 11 for at sm h polling place may lie pros nt at tin- canvass of the voters. I See. 7. If the watchers or officers of ii the law who are admitted to the poll- a ing place by the managers shall inter- u fere with the managers or obstruct >i I ho voting, it shall he the duty of the ^ managers to suspend the election un- jf lil order is restored, or as may la- h provided by the rules of tin- party. ' \"o person shall he allowed to ap- 0 |>roach polling places within one I1 ll(mm feet while polls are opened. " See. s. I'pon the close of the election managers shall account to the executive committee for all ballots delivered to them, and make the following eturns (a) The numher of official tallots furnished to each polling pre inct. (hi The number of official bal- 1 ots spoiled and returned by voters. ici The number of official ballots re- c timed to the executive committee. f< [dl The number of official ballots b tetually voted. ci Sec. !?. That all acts and parts of w icts In contlict with the provisions ?f this act ;?re hereby repealed. 0< Sec. 10. That this act shall co into a ffcet upon Its approval by the gov- b >rnor fl ? . d To Save Frozen Canned Good*.? tfJ during the past cold weather we feel jr ure that quantities of fruits and egetnbles have been frozen, and that musekeepers are anxious to know Just rhat is the effect on the fruit and also i hat can be done to remedy the mater. So we feel sure that the house- ^ nepers of the state will be glad to :e? the following Information, which w las been given to the home demon- "< tration department by Miss Ola 'o?ell. special assistant in home lemonstration work. Washington: "In regard to frozen cans. Jnrs and tl lottles, I will suggest that you ad- \ ise the county agents to instruct their j lub members to thaw out the conaim rs very slowly and carefully in V( old water. Do not use warm water, ci f any of the cans are bursted from Dhe expansion of the frozen product hey may be opened and the product a cheated and canned and sterilized. tc "here is danger of broken glass in T are and bottles which are broken by h| reezing. "Canned products which have been m Mowed to freeze and thaw undergo I Si change which affects the texture'ax omewhat and causes loss of flavor, ut the products are good for food f they ure handled as stated above." at p< ? Leon Sturm of Berkeley county. nd Rose Edwards of Winston-Salem, i. C.. have agreed to a plea of second egree murder, following arralgnlent at Fayetteville, X. C'., on a harge of murdering Angelos Monis. a Greek restauranter. of Payette-, 1 ille. on December 3. eporrc-'l .'4 uti?I J4 new cas?-a. rt-sH-i ti . vl>. Th?- wwk tu fori- i 1 1 *n ru-vv cusr-s at <'amj> !> *. i * NEW VOTING LAW. t Will Leave Every Man Free to Ex* ^ press His Own Choice. The house last Tuesday by an overvIn lining majority passed |.||| pro. nliiiK for the u>e of what if virtually lit* Australian ballot system at priu.iry leetions. Thi* voter vasts ballots iii'bT < auditions that prevents any* *n* but himself fr?.m knowing how i*. \ i.toil Kle*-ti?*n ivnrkiTu an.I heel* is ali- set at naUKbt Tin bill pass I it- - oii'l read Hit: by a vote that! n.liiatis its tin..I passaK*- by th**| I**iis** IJei is tJ|4- t* \t of th< invas- j ?r*- as it now stainls. .-irttoii 1 I'hat there shall be iuj,. \ i > primary eleetion in this state i r**vi*le<l at esich pollinu precinct one!., until foi each Ioo < n rolled voters. I I'll* booths sluill In- made ot wood, i dieot tin'tal. *>i any othci suitable m. LOCAL ATFAIRS, ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. " ugh G. Brown and J. G. Beckham?Give Douce of the dissolution by mutual content of the firm of Brown ? lieckham. Vi C. Wilborn. Mayor?Colli a public mo ting Y< to conn tier the question of itreet improvement. Courthouse on Tuesday niga*. . N. Miller. York No. t?Wants information 5? leading to recovery of "Pat." a pointer dog. T. jk Evans. Rcc. Sec.?Gives notice of a maI.cious slander being circulated by one Noyes p] Monroe in regard to Neil's Chapel Burial p' A J society. H Koddey -Is looking for an experienced manager for a lodging house at Great Fails. \v B. Bell and L?. Neely Watson?Call on par- a ties raving claims against or owning estate of D. A A. Watson, deceased, to settle with thetn. . T. Smith. Adtr.r.- Requests parties having I) claims against or indebted to estate of I). J. f-j Smith, deceased, to settle with him. . he York Motor Car Co.- Reminds you that the tinal date for securing automobile licenses for ISIS is February 1st, and offers K to help you in any way it can. ork Supply Co.-Offers to finance farmers , desiring to purchase nitrate of soda. It advises you to feed your sows and push your pigs. It has the feedstuffa. |{ irst National Bank. Sharon?Offers its ser- (n vices to farmers in securing nitrate of soda. Also invites you to become one of its customers and do husincss the bunk way. arroll Bros. Advise prospective fertiliser vi buyers to place orders early. They can fur- ]> nish you with what you want. But be early. arroll Supply Co. ?Is not buying cotton seed. It ran supply you with fertilisers as it has stocks on hand for immediate delivery. IcConneli l>ry Goods Co.? Has forty ladies' | fine coa's that it offers at very attractive yi prices less than wholesale cost. Coats will ,, in- higher next reason. ar Theatre Gives its moving picture programme for Friday. Saturday Monday and Tuesday, f three reel drama today, astings Seed Co.. Atlanta. Oa. Tells you ' that you can have half your living without ''"J money c.ist. Sis- page four. tv eily-Taylor Co. On page four tell* you that of l.u/ianne coffee is as pure as southern sunshine .. ii-t National Bank. York?Invites you toen- ' list in i> Christmas saving* club and also 1? invites the children to join. A safe way to A. save. Start today. so linton Bros. Present a list of specials for j,. your Saturday shopping. Gtxxi things to eat .^ that arc* in >c*a>??n. ,. irkpatrick-Helk Co. Is showing a lot of now ?' fleece-lined overcoat* that will insure your 'll being warm. Many good bargains in short tv; length remnants. r\ ?.an & Savings Bank Tells you to save your (M iinies and join its Christmas savings fund. s...?K tUi nipro that von hnvp VI Imh*ii holding buck. i J t.i At a recent meeting of the Win* J" lirop Alumnae ir. Columbia, a resolu* .| ion was adopted expressing it as the tli ense of tho meeting that women ^ hoilbl be represented on the board of 't rnstees of Winthrop college. ,,j The completion of the bridge over the 'atawba river will shorten the distance etween Itoek Mill and Charlotte by bout ten miles. The ltock Hill people re working to assure their being 011 In- main highway between Charlotte w' ,1*| ml Columbia. to Jack Frost probably killed more art ridges this year than did the guners. The closed season will be ap- {)|lied against the gunners from and vt fter February 1: but the open season ;l jr Jack Frost will continue for some |a ivo months or more yet. ttl Say, it is a fact that a thousand h< ales of cotton were lost in York coun- wi y as the result of that windstorm last nl reek, and Joe M. Taylor does not think to hat is an unreasonable estimate, it nl rould mean that York county lost ' ? 150.000 on cotton alone. Of course it m as wen nexi lu ou|?j.-i.-wim<- lu |jivr? iu!- ;(r ?n during the past few weeks; but to ith proper management and the like. ''' good deal of that cotton would have m een saved, and saved at a profit. iui Graduates of officers' training camps ^ et with their commissions no guar- jlr ntoe of permanency. It is stated p? roin Washington that several young J. ten who made a good showing st ii camp and were commissioned .'n hi dvuneod grades, have proven unsuV We Tl'U-h' Hlg' itrnve.l "iTTTTf#!1 ~ iome of them have been returned to his country and others have beet, re: luted in rank from captains to first 'h nd second lieutenants. I(' ar VITAL STATISTICS c? ot t'p to yesterday all the town and al ownship registrars of vital statistics J|l n York county, except the registrar or Bethel township had reported to ggrogates of births and deaths for tn HIT. The figures are as follows: Births Deaths \c lethcsda Ill 73 iroad River S3 33 cv hillock's Creek S2 33 'atawba 109 78 Ibenezor 97 " 76 ,'p 'ort Mill 78 56 m Ting's Mountain ..123 61 th ork 141 62 rn orkvilie ? 50 47 cc took Hill 244 182 |H Totals ? 1.118 568 (h . to CO OMINOUS WARNING. I Mr. \V. T. Heamguard, chairman of jp1 ho York county fuel administration. list night received the following If elegrnm from B. H. (lossett, state uol administrator, relating to the S() overnment's remarkably drastic fuel he rdcr. summarized elsewhere in this k' Li ?sue. m "Head carefully important order of eo \ S. fuel administration, published In a this morning's daily papers. Notify wl s iiuiekly as possible by phone or of therwiso all institutions, places and al mlividuals afTccteil by said order. Yarn of severity of penalties for \io- m ition. Imperative that the order be inpiicitly obeyed. You will report to "1 Ills ottieo by telegraph any disregard kr f the order. It is not within the th irovince of this office to construe the nr neaning" gc , do THE 1917 COTTON CROP (h The biggest cotton crop ever harvest- Pr nc d in York county was 49,000 bales In tu 911. nc So far over 26,000 bales of this year's mi rop have been ginned, and well in- he irmed experts of good judgment have do een believing all along that If all the an otton in the field was picked the crop ,in ould come close to 30,000 bales. Hut right now the prospects for 30,- su 30 bales are not as good as they were ve week ago. Then there was probably s.e etween 3.000 and 4.000 bales In the eld. The heavy windstorm of last Frl- en, ay night Is believed to have blown out -om 1,000 to 1,500 bales and the rain ha lat followed the wind beat the cotton c0 ito the ground and ruined It. n0 ye i , WITHIN THE TOWN bu ? There was quite a number of comlaints from town subscribers last Frl- wf ay morning on account of failure to as et their copies of The Enquirer. This as especially the case with the a lowniown suDscnofrs. ine inquirer in; ;?? three carrier bo.va?one for "up- *r >wn." one for "downtown" and the mj ilrd for the "Neely-Lockmore" route, he II have Instructions to put papers un- >'? er doors of patrons when possible. In?stis:ation develops that the downtown thi irrier made his round about 4.20 he clock. He had been on the job only week and had not been instructed as ? putting the papers under doors. here was no wind at the time he made Is round. The wind arose later and mr any of the papers were blown away. G. ome were spoiled by the rain. As far pu i possible those who lost their papers ere supplied with extra copies. Here- re; Jter the boys will endeavor to put the bu ipers under the doors, and it is hopI that subscribers will not be subject- cT I to the same inconvenience again. r ABOUT PEOPLE. ' J Magistrate T. B. Glenn of Ebeneser, yl as a visitor io C olumbia, Tuesday, 1 gd Mr. A. S. Barron of Columbia, is Til i ending a few days in Yorkville. Mrs. William McKeown of Cornell. visited Mrs. W. T. Moore in orkvtlle yesterday. Jesse Moore Burris of McConnellslle. has taken a position with the :>rk Hardware Co.. in Yorkville. The Rock Hill Herald reports the fe arrival in France of Lyle Whltner. B. Reid and T. A. Crawford. Jr. Dr. J. B. Kennedy has returned to inton. to resume his work with the resbyterian college at that place. Mr. J. M. Ramsey of Yorkville. as called to Springtield, Ky., this eek on account of the death of his icle. Sergt. John R. Carlisle of Camp odge. Des Moines. Iowa, is visiting is sister. Mrs. \V. M. Kennedy in orkville. Mesdaines J. \V. yuinn and J. rncst St roup of Yorkville. spent "ednesday in Greenville with Mr Knox Quinn. Mrs. J. M. Hemphill and son. me with the family of Mr. Robert 'ttherspoon in Yorkville. Mrs. Daniel Hey ward who has been siting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. obert WUherspoon in Yorkville. has turned to her home in Richmond. it. Mr. Alee l'ewell and family of the th-Shiloh neighborhood, and Mr. and rs. Ed Sh ill inula w have moved Into e John M. Williford home on East berty street. Yorkville. fieorge I*. Jenkins, for several years ist with tlie Roddey Mercantile commy of Rock Mill, has taken a position it>1 the Watson Mercantile company <reonwood. J. It. Roll. Ks<|.. of flaffney. was in nrkville. Tuesday, on business in con ition with the estate of the late D. A. Watson. Mr. Watson, who was posssed of unite a handsome competence, ft 110 will, and his estate poos to his ,-<> children, Mrs. J. H. Hell and Mr. , N". Watson. There- are no debts, and e transtei of the estate to the heirs ill be ;irv >mi>lishr<l with but small :p<-ns?\ ltev. H. -\ Mcls-ndon of Bennettslle, is ill at the home ?>f \V. I>. rist in Yorkville with a seven1 at< k <>f grin. Mr. MrI>-n<lon was at< keil while on his way home from liarlotte. ami stopped over rather in it run the risk of going any furirr. He is under the rare of Dr. I. Campbell of Clover, assisted by ss Mamie MeConnell, a most oapde trained nurse, and is doing very rely. I>r. Campbell promised yesnlay that Mr. MeLcndon would be I right within a few days. SECOND VISIT HOME "Herman spy hack again!" was the ay James Moore introduced himself ; he stepped into the office of the edir of Tile Kn<iulrer last Tuesday nftnoon. Jim Moore, son of Mr. W. T. Moore Yorkville, will be remembered as the inny sailor who. on his return from short period of internment in Berlin st spring, told of some of his advenrrs in the merchant marine service? i\v the ship on which ho was serving as torpedoed, with the loss of nearly I on board, and bow he was taken Inthe submarine and after cruising out for several weeks, was finally ken to Berlin. His reference to himself as a "Geran spy" last Tuesday was half comic id half sarcastic, along with a little ueh of contempt for the kind of peoe who deal in irresponsible slander it bout a though! or a care of how ueh harm they may do. or how much n m they may cause. After Jim had Id his very interesting story last unmer, he went hack to New York al joined his ship and resumed his rilous work in the merchant service, pon his return home a few days ago s friends told him of the slanderous ories that had been circulated about m, some representing him as having en sent to prison as a German spy, tf Hi ill w:i?i' what lie had ref' renee-to hon he announced himself on his vlsto the editor Tuesday. But the reader does not want to get e idea that the young sailor was iv much concerned about those stors. lie is too honest and generous for ivthing like that. On his own ac>11 nt he was amused and on account the people who had been talking out him he felt more or less disgust; it he was not taking the matter to art in any kind of way. "It is a fact, though, Jim." the editor hi hini "that there was a departent of justice man down here looking in up. because he catnc to see me, id got copies of the paper containing ur story. He asked me all kinds of icstions about you, and I told him erything he wanted to know." "Sure," quietly commented young oorc. "The country is at war. The partment of Justice is onto its busi ss, and it is not difficult to imagine at the investigation of a citizen who ay have returned from the enemy's >untry might be of importance. And 1 tween you and I. I might tell those ll.v lubbers who have been doing all at talking some things that would In- i rest them sure enough?and if they < mid only come and talk to me maybe would; but I have not time to hunt em up. They are not worth it. so t them go." Speaking of his adventures since he , ft Yorkville last summer, Jim said had made four more trips acrbss, it had not hnd any more narrow 1 ueaks?not on the sea. He said that | had been traveling between France, , lgland, Holland. Norway and the > ruled States: but had not seen any o.e l'-boats. He told of carrying ul up the Seine river, swapping it for 1 itler cheese and other nroducts hlch wore taken over to England and jolly times he has been having tread as well as In New York. "Well, arc you going back to the erchant service?" he was asked. "No. I don't think so." was the reply, low it might strike others I do not tow: lint I think I have done my bit ere. That is the way it looks to me iw. But 1 can't tell you what I am ling to do. The fact is I have never ine what I thought I was going to do. would think I was going to do one ing and before I got into It. I would id myself doing another. When I left re I expected to be a gunner; but it mod out that the quartermaster was it exactly acceptable, and so I was ado quartermaster in his place while took my place as gunner. It was lite a promotion, with more authority id more pay: but 1 am not going ek right away." "Hut you can't be content to quit," ggested the editor. "You, a kid not t eighteen with all that stock of evloft nrnl nJvf.nlnro to voiir rrorllt >u do not mean to say that you have < ough?" 1 "Knough. nothing!" Jim snapped ; ck half resentfully. "Don't think I , uld get enoush of what Is going on , iw do you? 1 have not done anything I t. and I want to do something. What rant Is to get into the Ked Cross nm lance service, I want a big anotor 11 ibulance with Jim Moore. Yoncvllle, ? C? painted on the sides of it, and 1 r mt that nmbulance to become known t the most useful, efficient and fearis in the whole American service.it1 lat Is what 1 want, and If I can get " chance I am going to do It?either ? at or help push up the daisies In t ance." Jim said that he would probably re- ?! nn about here for some weeks; but ' does not know. It will be three J ars before he con be drafted under esent laws, and in the meantime he e pes to have accomplished something c at will give him a right to feel that i has done his share. f LOCAL LACONICS { iw Mayor of Rock Hill, V. B. Blankenshlp has been elected lyor of Rock Hill by Councilmen W. 1 Stevens and R. L. Sturgls. ( ioI In Rock Hill, The fuel situation in Rock Hill, is t ported as being critical. There is ^ t little coal in the hands of con- t mere and none in the hands of deal- t l There is also but little wood on r nd. I d neral of Hop* Byers. Hope Byere of Sharon, who died in ? naval hospital at Newport News, r i?, last Saturday, was buried at j t |ron last Wednesday afternoon, a ? funeral was conducted with re- a ligious services and Masonic honors. There was a large number of people in attendance. The young man's death was due to pneumonia. He was taken to the hospital in an unconscious condition from which he did not recover. Concrete Road to Catawba. Rock Hill special to the State. Rock Hill. Jan. 15.?A committee from the Chamber of Commerce is now engaged In securing subscriptions to insure the building of a concrete road across the Catawba, rapidly nearing completion. The plan is to have one of the best stretches in this part of the country. The Federal government has agreed to meet half the cost of the work and the county, which had already agreed to sand-clay the stretch, has offered to put in as much work concreting as it would have done in sand-claying. It has been estimated that it will cost about $4,000 additional to do half the work and this is being raised. J. M. Cherry and Hamilton Carhartt have each offered to contribute S1.O00 to the work, leaving only $2,000 to be raised. It is hoped to have this amount In hand in a few days. The concrete roadway would be 16 feet wide and would be a model piece of road. When the newbridge is completed and the road finished the distance between here and Charlotte will be shortened by about ten miles. As this is the main highway lipfu i ?-n (*h:irlntt<* :in?l ('nhimhi;4 if is ex|?ected there will he considerable automobile travel over it when finished. Every effort is being made to have this highway improved between the two Carolina cities and to make it the principal route in this section for autoists traveling from one state Into the other. Call On the Teachers. President Wilson has called upon all the school teachers of the country to give their assistance to the local board in systematizing the- draft. The president's letter is as follows. "The success of the selective service system has been largely due to the reliance that has been placed on the cooperation of all citizens in its execution. In the registration, the election otlieers of the several states were called upon to perform a specific task and they performed it unanimously and efficiently. Latterly. I have had occasion to call the lawyers and the physicians of the country to specific duties, and they have responded in a solid rank. The time has now come when the teachers of the country can perform a very necessary task, and I have no doubt that they will respond in the same manner. The process of classification of all men within the field of selection is nrocetiding raiud 1>\ It become* necessary to curry forward with this process, the making of a very complete index which shall accurately locate any specially <iualilled man among the ten millions on our enrollment lists. The local hoards are so overburdened with the work of classification that this task can not be put upon them, and yet the necessities of the nation require that it lie performed with the greatest possible dispatch and accuracy. This duty can he performed best by the teachers of the various communities. I'nder authority conferred upon me by fhc selective service law, I therefore call upon all teachers to present themselves to the local boards having jurisdiction over the area in which they reside, for the purpose of examining the questionnaires and tilling out the Index ea'da in accordance with more specific instructions to he Issued by the provost marshal general." ALL WHEELS MUST STOP Government Adopts Drastic Means to Save Fuel. All manufacturing plants east of the Mississippi river, and using coal for power and heat have been ordered to suspend operations today and continue the suspension until next Tuesday. In addition, all industry and business generally, including all normal activities that require steam heated buildings must close down next Monini'l for each Monday for a oerlotl often" weeks. This is with a view to catching up with a shortage of 30,000,000 tons of coal. The order has been Issued under the provisions of the Lever food act which provides a tine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment to correspond. Following is an official abstract of the order: "I. Until further order of the United States fuel administration all peraona selling fuel in whatever capacity shall give preference to orders for necessary requirements, "(a) Of railroads; "lb) of domestic consumers, hospitals, charitable institutions and army and navy cantonments ; "(c) of public utilities, telephones and telegraph plants; "(d) of ships and vessels for bunker purposes ; "(e) of the United States for strictly government purposes; not including orders from or ftir factories or plants working on contracts for the United States; "(f) of municipal, county or state governments for necessary public uses; "(g) of manufacturers of perishable food or food for necessary immediate consumption." The order further provides that on January 18. lit, 'Jo, 21. 22. 1918, no fuel shall be delivered to any person, firm, association or corporation for any uses or requirements not included in the foregoing list until the requirements included in the lists shall bave first been delivered. On the following days named. January 18, 19. 21. and 22, 1918, and also on each and every Monday beginning January 28. 1918, and continuing up to and including March 25. 1918, no manufacturing plant shall burn fuel or use IKiwer derived from fuel for any purpose except : "(a) Such plants as from their nature must be continuously operated seven days each week, to avoid serious injury to the plant itself or contents; "(b) Manufacturers of perishable food; "(c) Manufacturers of food not perishable snd not in immediate demand who may burn fuel to such an extent as is authorised by the fuel administrator of the state in which such plant is located or by his representative authorized therefor, upon application by the United States food administrator. "(d) Printers or publishers of daily papers may burn fuel as usual except on every Monday from January 21 to March 25. 1918, inclusive on which days they may burn fuel to <uch extent as is necessary to issue such editions as such papers customarily issued on important national, legal holidays and where <urh papers do not issue any editions on a holiday they are permitted to issue one edition >n the said Monday. "(e) Printing establishments which may burn fuel on January 18, 19. 20 and 22 to such ?n extent a* is necessary to issue current numwr? of tnnisszinos and other ouhlieatlons nerl idirally issued. "On each Monday beginning January 21, 1910. and continuing up to and including Moniay. March 25. 1918, no fuel ahall be burned lexcept to such extent aa i? eaaential to prevent njury to property from freezing) for the purpose of supplying heat for: "(a) Any buiineaa or profeaalonal office, xcept of fleet used by the United States, state, ?unty or municipal governments, transportsion companies, or which are occupied by >anks or trust companies or physicians or denials. "(b) Wholesale or retail stores, or any othir store*, business houses or buildings whatever. except that for the purpose of selling ood only, for which purpose stores may mainain necessary heat until 12 o'clock, noon, and 'or the purpose of selling drugs and medical lupplie* only, stores may maintain necessary teat throughout the afternoon and evening. "(c) Theatres, moving picture houses, bowing alleys, billiard rooms, private or public lance halls or any other place of amusement. "On the above specified Mondays no fuel hall be burned for the purpose of heating noma or buildings in which liquor it sold on hone days. "No fuel shall be burned on any of the foreMinn specified Monday* for the purpoee of upplying power for the movement of aurfaoe, levated or suburban cars or trains in excess >f the amount used on the Sundays previous hereto. "The order provide* that nothing in this orler shall be held to forbid the burning of fuel o heat rooms or such portions of buildings as ire used in connection with the production or listribution of fuel. "The state fuel administrators are author!td by the order to issue orders on special appliations for relief, where necessary to prevent njury to health or destruction of or injury to iroperty by fire or freesing. "The order is effective in all of the territory if the United Stales east of the Mississippi iver, including the whole of the state* of .ouisiana and Minnesota." ? The money of which Capt. L?wls iVhietler robbed the camp bank at 'amp Fynaton laat Friday night, aft>r killing four men, haa been found n the u<!illi rtf his tent. It amounted o $62,000. It develops that Capt. rVhlstler wau still enamored of a dl* qrced wife, who would be satisfied vith nothing except a great deal nore money than he could provide, ie robbed the bank because of h|s livorced wife. ? Mendel L. Smith, who recently esigned a judgeship to Join the naional army, is to be detailed as Judge .dvocate at Camp Wadsworth, Spartnburg. SOLDIERING AT SEVIER Familiar Account of Lift Among tha Private*. Hoe is iti* irat ctuord letter Co tin inquirer from Camp Sour. It not through rnUrttr morning after a bold-ap of about two dart. At top, bottom and on each page there la a rubber atamp bearing this legend: "JOth Dhiiioa, f. S. A. Paaaed January W. 1JI4." Signed by "W. B. Bowdotn. Capt. Infantry, U. R. C.,** and anderneath. the word "Centor." There are no ehangea or eraaarea.?Editor. t'untp StfVUT. tJrrvnville. S. O.. |unuuar.> *v. ? u uiu uuu ium auu ?> ?%% and snow to the contrary notwith-1 standing, the training of national j guardsmen and drafted men goes on. and remarkable progress is being I made when all difficulties under which ; the authorities have been laboring arc J taken into consideration. Consider*!1 ablv more time during the past two; weeks has been devoted to itTorts to j protect against the ravages of the i weather than to training for the fray with the Germans in the future. lit fact almost the single thought of both ottkers and men has been to devise ways and means whereby they might keep warm by day and by night It has been managed. Nobody has suffered for a minute, although every officer and every enlisted man has been subjected to more or less inconvenience and discomfort. It is the hope and belief of all now that the w orst of the w inter is over and w it Inn a few days if there is a moderation, training will he resumed with renewed energy. That is. the linn will co on the drill fields again and turn out of their tents where they have been instructed in the theoretical side of I iii* j?ruir>Mun ai ??111 i?t hM-.u ??? get out on the tli'lil again when outran march ami slrl-ti-h anil exercise without danger ?*f slipping ami falling on the it-*.-. Wh< n otto gets out of the halut of "squud right" for aw hilt- he becomis real lonesome ami begins to |>lne for it again. Really "soldiering" grows on a man just like any other habit does. I'mlcrstnml. none of the drafted men are in love with it?not at all. but we don't di test it half so much as we did three months ago. And those in author.t> say. that we compare uuite favorably with the "regulars" and the "national guard," considering the length of time we have been In the artnv. There Is nothing complimentary in the remark It is fact, and both regulars and national guardsmen are generous enough to acknowledge it. When the drafted men first went into service back in September, thenwas soon disclosed ns between them and the national guardsmen, an illconcealed lack of respect, not to say contempt. The same feeling held between the guardsmen and the regulars. It never did come to the point where there was trouble between tintwo. Occasionally one would hear a national guardsman twit a drafted man with the remark that "Oh, yes. you wouldn't volunteer so they made you come." Usually the drafted man would come bnck with: "Yes, and the only reason >ou volunteered was that you didn't have a jot) outside the army and you knew blamed well that they were going to draft you if you didn't volunteer." Then the national guardsman would shake his list at the drafted man: ami the latter would clench his and a black eye and a "busted" nose would be the result. Hut that kind of thing didn't last long at Cump Sevier und now you couldn't tell one class from the other and hoth are beginning to feel that they have always been in the service together. A tist light or a quarrel of any description between enlisted men now is very unusual. The regulars will not tolerate it and then again the men themselves, even the lightest and most devilish among them, have come to a realization of the factt hat thpv nr<> horp for niirnnm- n sprimiM purpose, and there is no time for scrapping amont; themselves. Those who don't feel that way, are soon made to. I remember a little incident that occurred some time ago. There is a soldier in a certain outfit in this division named?oh. well, we will say Ed Mef'oo!. because thct name .will <io- as well as any other. Ed lives in Tennessee and he's as proud of it as are the other thousands of Tenncsseeans in traininK in South Carolina. He lives in the foothills and he holds a reputation back there of being about the best man physically in his whole section of country. Accompanied by i his record from buck home, he came to Camp Sevier with a company of Tennessee volunteers and lie was roek of the walk for several weeks. Though only a "buck private." he would flatly refuse to assist in doing the chores around his tent, and he did everything possible to make it miserable for his tent mates. The corporal of his s<piad looked Just like another buck to Ed. I have forgotten just how it all came about; but one morning a month or six weeks ago, Ed was awfully ugly. He slapped his corporal in the face and knocked his other tent mates about shamefully, and then, having tired of the role of "dadyrab" in his tent, walked out in the company street with a line of talk to the effect that he "was a sure enough helion when they got him started and any man what didn't like his looks, i wiiy iu ?|it'UK uui. I In n tent next to Ed's there hunks i a little runt of a fellow, who halls i from Washington county, N. He had heard all the rumpus and he had lieen listening to Ed for several days beside. It was getting on his nerves, J he said afterward. He walked up to the big fellow and 'biff." before I could write it. Ed was lying Hat on his back in the street with the runt on top of him beating a tattoo on both of his eyes with his fists. It so surprised the big fellow that there was no fight In him and In a pair of minutes the bout was off. Ed's face reminded me of the Hamburger steak they sell over In Paris in some of those Joints I wrote about once. The little North Carolinian shook himself and went hack into his tent without saying a word to anybody. Ed shriveled up In a knot like a York county 'possum, and went into his tent. Several men of the company had witnessed the bout and of course the news spread everywhere. The why of it came also. Charges of disrespect to a non-commissioned officer were preferred against Edward and the next day he was sentenced to serve ten days in the "Jug"' (regimental guardhouse! and to forfeit ten day's pay?$10. That settled Ed. He did his time and came back to the company street thereafter. Now he will eat out of any buck's hand. He has started out to be a real good soldier and is making fine progress. A big ( debate was staged in my tent last evening. The uuery was: "What made Ed McCool grow; was it the beating , Peepslght gave him or that ten In the Jug?" The majority was that Peepsight was the real cause of Ed's regeneration. With the exception of a few minor j articles perhaps, practically every c soldier in this division now has his full military equipment. There Is no lack of clothing. Every man has been ^ Issued a suit of "O. D." (Olive drab t clothing) a sweater, two pairs of rus- c set shoes and a pair of hiking shoes? r "hob nalla" we call them, because the s soles are studded with heavy nails. Every man has three suits of woolen H underwear, two woolen shirts, ftve H pairs of woolen socks and an over- r coat. In fact many of us since we ontor&H (ho oervtco hafo mnro r?lr>(hoo than we ever had before. Taken all j in all. we are better taken care of than e we ever were. We even have station- ( ed here for our convenience a man f with a little brass horn who is paid j $30 a month to do nothing save blow j that horn for us to get up and eat ^ .and drill and go to bed. He is on his c Job too. because he blows it at exactly the same time every morning, never minding the weather, and at the same time each night. None of us have the h slightest objection to the evening hour , for tooting the horn; but some of us ^ at least, if we had our way about It, f would move up the morning note an hour or two. However, It is all right. tl as It ts. One soon grows accustomed to anything In the army. ,, Jaa. D. Grist. 1 ' ii The Freeze artd the Birds.?Rowan b county hunters have reported And- t< Ing frozen covies of birds and what p has happened in Rowan has occurred si in all other counties in the "stubble" h belt of North Carolina. This Impels * the Observer to once more call upon n the game wardens to exercise the ut- P most diligence in giving the birds that have survived the freeze the benefit of all the protection the law prescribes for them. In late years pa it ridges have been growing even scarcer than sheep in North Carolina It is Just after a freeze that the blrd> are particularly at the mercy of pot hunters, and it is the tune when the game wardens must be up and doing ??'harlotte Observer. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Sam Hughey, a negro, in jail at Greenwood, charged with stealing liquor from the Southern Kxpress Com pans. and selling it. committed suicide ill the Jail bathtub Monda) night. ? The first ballot for insurance commissioner taken in joint session of the general assembly on Wednesday, resulted as follows: \V. A. McSwain, Newberry. 56: S. 1~ Miller, Columbia. >: J. It. Kulmer. Columbia, it; Hairs li. Coker. Columbia, 2-1: \V. A. Barton. Greenville. 6: Sam M. Grist. Yorkvllle. 20. ? Quite .. large number of Chester counts farmers met in the eourthouse there Monda.s to take steps toward seeurlng a part of the nitrate of soda that the government proposes to seeure for larnters of the south He* ' 1 ' '"II F,n..tliii, 111,. I .HUM* t?i 1,11 IN va iuii Mill-... - meeting could do hut little, and tin farmer:* will meet attain as soon as more tangible information is availalde. ? James Dial, Jerome l-'isher, Law renee Fair and Duller Moore, tile four negroes who were in the ear that killed t'hief Water Tender Sam lleatli of the I'nitcd States navy, in tSreenville on Xovimlier 26 last, were convleted last Tuesday of manslaughter. The three last named were recommended to merey. The reeommendation did not include Dial because he was tin- driver of the ear. The negroes admitted that they had l?een drinking whisky. The negroes were joy riding without ihe knowledge of the owner of the car. - t'ol. Kdward Me her, widely known lawyer of the t'heraw bar. was on last Tuesday elected Judgt of the Fourth Judicial circuit over Judg< Thomas 11 Spain, incumbent, of Darlington. and Jennings K. uweiis, Ks>|.. of I'enuettsv ille. Judge I W. liow man. of (iraiigehurg. was re-elected for thi' Kir*l circuit. He was opposed by K. J. Dennis. Ks?|.. u member ?t the house from Berkeley county. D K. II > it tick of Spartanburg, was reelecteil associate justice of the State supreme court lor a 10-year term, without opposition. Judge H.iyne F If ice, of Aiken, to the Second circuit, and Judge John S. Wilson, of .Manning. to the Third circuit. Neither was opposed All tile circuit judges were elected for four-year terms. - I'olumbia special of January la to News and Courier It dcVi loped ill the house tonight that some member was introducing bills in that body in the nnmc of the ways and means committee w itiiout tlie bills being lirsl presented to that committee. As such methods are contrary to the procedure of the house, a committee of three members of the ways and means committee, Messrs. Lite, of tirangeburg. I'ruui, of Kamberg, and Hemphill, of t'hester, was appointed to investigate and ascertain who was disregarding the rules of the house. I'ouipanioii bills were introduced in the house tonight in the name of the ways and means committee increasing the salaries of elective state officers, one of these provided that those ollieers receiving less than $L'.oou per annum are to receive an increase, beginning with January 1, 191S. of f.'.ou, and the others an increase of JJ 1-3 per rent. This last measure was to heroine n law on approval hy the governor. t>n objection by Mr. Idles, chairman of the ways and means committee, the bills were rejeeted b> the house, us they did not originate in the committee, as stated on their face. ? In presenting cases to the Federal grand jury for the Kastcrn District of South Carolina in Columbia last Tuesday morning, Judge Smith devoted a grcut part of his charge to those cases in which persons were inrtU ted fixiattei.TrHnfi ur*sel the wishes of the government as violators of the espionage act and whiskey selling. "In this colossal tragedy through which the world is passing we ot this country tire a little different from others of foreign countries who enjoy less liberty, and this liberty that we have enjoyed for more than a century has taught us many things that peoples of other countries will perhaps never know, tine thing that we have learned is that the 'liberty of law is not license.' uml we must earn our right to liberty hy showing that we can enforce discipline. It is natural in a time of peace to voice your thoughts as you please, but the most horrible and blackest traitor to the country is that one who attempts to make null and void the processes of law and the wishes of the government. For this reason the local enemies are worse than foreign, and he who attempts by false statements ind false reports to cause disobedience nf the law is guilty of a disobedience to the law. Those who undermine either or both arms of defense of the 1VUMII) ?> .-<11111 IIUIIK an Mt -111 UK liquor, setting up houses of ill fame or by word of mouth spreading disloyalty and discontent are only the l.i p.st of traitors and punishment dtould bo given accordingly." - Two bills were introduced last Wednesday?one in the house and one in the senate?to abolish the state tax -omtnission. The house hill would [ rente a state board of assessors, composed of 14 members, one from [>ach Judicial circuit. The members ire to be appointed by the governor on recommendation of a majority of iho members of the legislature from the said circuit. The board is to have ami exercise all powers now "onferred on the state board of equalz.ation and the. state tax commission, 'oinpensation Is fixed at |fi a day and ictual expenses for each day memiters of the board give to the duties hereof. The uuthors of the house dll arc Representative* King, Hamer, Hemphill and Duncan. A measure of iomrwhat similar im|iort has been ntroduced in the senate by Senator <helor of Pickens. The substitute for Ihc state tax commission, the upper house measure would create county [ax commissions, composed of three hiembcrs each, and a state tax comTiission composed of seven members. ?ne from each congressional district. Members of the county commlssion*rs are to be appointed by the governor upon the advice anil consent of he senate. Chairmen of the various ounty organizations are to meet in 'olumbia and elect the seven mem- ' ters of the state commission. The iiatp tax commission shall In turn a-lect Its chairman, who shall then to known as the state tax commisioner. Kershaw Wants McLaurin.?The folowlng Is from the News and Courier if last Monday: "Whereas, the grand Jury and leg!aative delegation of Anderson county lave requested Hon. John L. McLaurin o announce his candidacy for governir. we, the undersigned, take this net hod of expressing our approval of uch action. "In this great crisis factional politics hould not direct our court, but we hould place men of wisdom and expelence in charge of the Ship of State. "Daniel It&hon. merchant: L. B. Branam. member of grand Jury: J. 8. Iranham. farmer; E. E. Evans, farmr: J* W. Rabon. farmer: W. M. Kellv armer; J. A. Rabon, merchant and armcr; \V. A. Branham. farmer: E. W. tahon. farmer: A. B. Kelly, farmer; A:e Branham, farmer, and John 8. Raton. farmer, all citizens qf Kershaw ounty. ? Former Premier Calllaux of France, as been arrested at the Instance of h-emler Clemenceau of the present 'rench government on the charge of reason. It Is stated that the arrest ras made on the strength of informsIon furnished by Secretary Lansing. 9 the effect that In 1916 Calllaux was i direct communication with the Gerlan government through the German iterests in Argentine w^th a view to ringing about immediate peace beween Germany and France at any rice, so that business could be retimed. In view of the fact that Calliux is now under charges and will son be tried. Secretary Lansing will ot discuss the matter with the newsaperm.