Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 19, 1918, Image 2

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"th.'li' ha' l.i ii mm i n an a sua It a s iii i i a run i. lm. m. a." ...nl iinu s tin- Sua r?l ia t.iil llni liavi' in-, ii iii 'h'liiiau a larks l>\ all nl' 1.1 artllli'i'v til *. 'i'll is ilir lust install..' in which ll \til> iii alls liavi- lain ii pail iii a In llial altark " Tin- l-'ri nrh an- a pull |m'iip|.. luil tui that \ri\ u asuii ili< In iml wasti i uiiipliui. ills, all'I tin pra l.sr ut llii' p.ut laki'li In tin- A tui* Iran lira\\ turns iii this art inn may I lak.ll rxarll) .'ll its lari' Valllr. "V liav.- pri sish lit l> waillnl tin- pru| nut tu . xpi. t |Iii* Alilri'iraii assislan In ih'Vrlnp Its till! Valllr ral'lv. Ii w tu n Vim i ii a ilui s il.n lup Iut mil tail pu\vr|- wr plan- tin Hunt nil wh ll rail arruinplisli. W'r must rrlili ii lirr that thr AiiU'i-iraiis arc thr rt|ii nl' thr (irrmalis ill prii.lik anil rnrl'K ami thrir suprrinrV in pujitilatiun. til. t. iial i.'snurr.s ami mnthnwit." 'i'hr i nitial Stairs i-mphiyiin-nt sn \ n*f will i i \ ii pun rarli lurality so i; as | rt iss 11 i In Sllpplv i in lal.nl' nrnh i'm' pln.luriim til. Inn.i mips tills sun tin t. It ntltris air rr.|ilil'i'?| llii v w l.r ohtainril Hum thr surplus nl wurl is tu iii.hist rial r.-nlrls. Iii thr innl 11 v-11 till! .iii.i i list i i >111 lull nl lint hushed up if handler would cive he $500.0'*'* with which to pay her hu? hand's debts, etc. handler. wh classes <it labor. tlir farmers will hat tile I idlest III operation til t Iti SI i \ ll wit hunt i \|ii'iisi* to t In insilx i s. I'n palatums lm seiidlti:: special a Ken iiitu \ 1111 '.iiuliii.i iiiul \ irmiu.i. tl first states tiiakiim ur?i lit appeals fi assistance in reel nit ina inrm uurUi'i will' announced today 11 > ,\. I.. ICill'l hi.in. i'liii*i ut tlw tarm service ilivisiu 'I'lii mi v ii i will :i Isi aiil in sti |i|il \ ii labor for tin- siittar liii't ilistrii't in fo Ulailo .1 III i till' CottoH Mil lull III till iii |Hi ia I Valli > ut fnlil'ornia win Kt'uwi is report shortaye ol lin n. Mat M.aii.iiis lutini'ih i-iii|>liI'm- sin wink li.i\ - lit11iiiiI tu their ttalit I.mil In iaiisi' ut misunderstanding n ^aiilnn: tin- draft law. Increased n tui'sts lm iiii it aru i \ | ii it ii I 11 mil tl cast ami New Knulainl as tin- scasi progresses. Tin1 central west appareii l\ is lii'tti'l' ell' tul i.ii iii Workers tll.'l other sectiuiis. <1 iii tu tin- smaller nun ln-r ut lactones, limine warns tli; Ai r | ill Ih*11iti tin laitn lalmr are cj I n vt eil to In- a tin ll fill aid in the "hai lo tile I.illll" lllo\ellli III. falls lor lie iii soltlc Sections c.tl iv otiers ol $:>." 1 >.' <? a month with hoard, lodaina at washinu lor sinalc men. and a hotis garden, fuel and a cow tor tnarrlt no n. Spartauhtii'K. Kehrnary II Tl most realistic approach to .u-tin warfare \ct staK< d in till period < trattntiK of the Twenty-sen ntIi d vision occurred al fund' Wadsworl shortly before J o'clock yeStet'dil moriiinu in the trench area of tl . >1111. vvlien .1 detachment of tl Thir.l battalion of (hi* i?7th infiiiiti attack. ?l tin* trenches occupied 1 tin* other detach tu.nt ?>f tin- sail unit. Tin1 Third battalion of tl li'tth was concluding tin- end <>f i hour detail in th. Innrhis win tin- attack was mailt*. In th. assail ami tin* .1.1. use l?l.ink cartridg. were tire.I. sigtt.il rockets ami st; shells used amI all the thrills all excitement of real war w.rc c |.en. ttce.l It was known that ; some lane during the 7- hour tleta the assault was to he made, hut tl exact hour was of course tinkiiow tti the defenders of the trenches came. how.\cr. following only short while after a rain and thuti.li shower had tilled the trenches wit water and swollen all the strean and drains in the area t<< lloo.l stag The struggle was real and earne and of course in the hattle that rai e.l a vast atnount of mtld was a eel Ululated by the men start' olticel and many of the foreign otlicers wet present acting as umpires. Today tl Third battalion is resting aftei t! strenuous ?xcrtton of the inch! an devoting such energies as they hat reserved towards eliminating tl store of mud from their clothing an equipment Mrs. II II Ilirs. Ii. a | rottittici woman of Atlanta, and J. W fool a real estate dealer. Were commit!, to jail last week oil the chargt . having attempted to blackmail A; tl fandler. tin* millionaire mayor . city According to Mayor fan. lor. he had met Mrs. Ilirsch son nnuiths before in connection wit Kc.l fross work. She accosted hii on the streets of Vtlanta on Fehruai t and asked him if she could con to Ins otlice. Supposing that In proposed visit was with reference I the same business he told her ye A few days later she came and aft. some conv ersation she presently > ! claimed that there was a man at th window A window washer, the mat or suggested. No. he was a w. dressed man. the woman persiste< The mayor look intently out of tli window for some moments and whe he turned his head it developed ,th; the woman had removed her hat an cloak About that time a man th; the mayor afterward learned to 1' fook. came into the room. Th mayor immediately g*t up and wet to the office of his son and told hit about the affair, l-ato-. Mrs Hirsc had a conference with Forest Ada! a friend of fandler. and gave him t understand that the matter would b claims that th* whole affair was t! fcla'krr.ali. had the woman and man arrested and told his story to the arand Jury Mrs H'.rsch and ?'ook n were held in the sum of 15. COO each ?h? \torhrillr tf aquirrr. > i -j 1 Kntered at the PoMofflce at York as f ; Mail Matter of the Second Class u YORK. S. C.: " ' TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1918. i'. i" . I,, ri.l'nl MllltJl IS ! Ul> HU\ till? ' ; Mia* in iv - i t ?|. 11 that .iiL'r<>v will ' T|?*? ittl'tlipt tn tlx tin- |>M< nf tittnli '' i Mi. prijt m , I, i iu "I'll. Vim-ritans on tin- wi-sti-rn '' limit I... v - I III . .irililiv I. Mm III u .1 i-vt i ythiiu: i-v-i-pr i massi-d i ,i. -liiV. .in>t th*\\ an t? I a.? Ii.-iiu- nliMn-ls Tii Irv tin II llafpl .it tiial -s I- , m , \iii nt tin- ni.ly tliiiiL' an- al.|?- \ ,, t., t;?-t nut ..f all tin- ii|iiih:i> ui p-a- i 1 \iik Mm! -.i. have !? - n rcailihit. is tliat \iiii in.- has L-nt in tmht it out s .:Mi t.;i>i-ln-t. shells and hiillets .1 i _ Mi " ,,, It has ill i:IIII In Imik llki- tin per- , i - tiiaiianev i.t I'amp <i|i in- is a i|iies- t tinii ui n?a -1- atnl tin- t'hailntt. pin. " pit an- in-w iii a strut tu liv tin- mails I II tin 'liarlntti- pi nplii i-iiiiii- ai rijss t I ill ii;;lit. tin- i-aiup will iiiiiam. i I I l! xvas stated on tin* I loot ill tlii | ;|i Ih.iim tlii* other 11.i> th.it tln-re is tin j t* !?;isnn.ilili. proha In 111 > of another v |t" draft before next Mai or .lull'-. \W | iii- iihIiih'iI ti. think that is ahum , I ' ? ! v Tin i mi.In i<iii> niiilcr "a 11ii'h t h-- , proposed soxxs already rail in il tn aii ii In- lit nut tu the boxs ploxide that ( I tin- ho.xs must In- tin iiiIhTs iif till I'm rliili.s .ami alsn that tlu-i mlki h ' i,, ikrii tn luiik after tlii- sows iii ai ls ni'ila n<- - with Hist i net inns fnun tin , 'k "Ii iiisiui i xti-iixnhi workers ii , ^ l The shippinn board has In en vi-r> 1 lllllt h i Itlliai rassi il b> a strike of till' ^ , i a r|"-lllei s -iinl jolliers ill eastern ii- ship yarhs. more particularly New ^ ' York .1 iii I Italt iiiiore The issue is 1 partlx -i uiaiter of wanes; hut more ,i iar?i l> I ho ni|il?-te reeiiKllltlon of < llillotHSIII. Tile president is trymn lo ( k' adjust the mailer II. ~ V i \ei -ordmn to i.|mrts from Swit/.er is Intnl. the th-rman people alt rather more i oiii i-rneil ahoiit Hiiuh-nhurii's '(i threat* in ! ilrixe on tin- western front a than ale the A titer leans The "Ser" matis look iii-oii the dnxe as involvIIIK a til liieinlolls slaughter of llien. j k-,. ill-l thex -In not xxant auxthinn of ^ >le the kind. ui 1 * " t i- Arilint ?!uy K.tnpx. author ol' '?iver , :,l the Top." is tixink to net hark into i iI '"fii I'leiil"*- s*','v,'d as a maehine r ;Vi Kfij n..'* f'te British army until > i-| tie was ihca'paeitatou from wounos n and dtseharneil. He still lacks a nreat y -leal of la-inn xxliat he onee xvas; hut | . lie does not think lie has "done his p i. hit" lie xviints lo no lo the front f dl a nam with the American armx and u In- has olYered to the president. The n .1. president has tilth nil Ins re-examina- .. ,i inin. and if it in possible to l< t liitn n in . u.ihi. he will he re-enlisted. a t.N ' * ' . S 1( Tin* 'split-lot! 'Iran is eomiiiR in ,| in for extraordinary praise just now. \ s. >i\ wooks aiin it lookoil as if all ottr li tii-si roads ha<l roiio to ruin and the.v i ltr never would In- Rood attain. Itut tin- c I tti-tii-ral testimony is that tin.- roads p 'are RcttiiiR rich! attain. Tin- drau is t what has -loin- it Tho different town- v j, ship supervisors ha\o I puttiiiR in 'I full work and Rood work, and tin- f roads are now in pretty Rood shape | ,, Tin- split-loR drat; is a ureal instt- p a tut ion ospii tally when it has a Rood t I - township supervisor behind it II in m , t in W" llaVe Very little definite infor- ' v. illation of die food supplies of I ? us- s sia. hut we are nnahlv to believe it 'I jj| :s possible that any portion of Kussia i,| ran Iiave a ennsidcral?l?- surplus of e. food il'ter more titan throe years of I such wai as has lieeti devastiit 11 I'iutope No country on earth I. {, II ever been bettor supplied With food v than was the t'nited States throe a t .. i. years aRo. ;gtd it slitnds to roiison It and coin in ?t i sense that the drain lias "s ' v been heavier upon all Kuropcaii conn- u ., tries tlian it has boon upon the t'nit- s ll y ? ? States iv f . J], There is ;i Rood deal of talk about is tlte possibility of separate ponce with Austria: hut vve find it ditlieult to see h 1 how suelt a thniR is coniinK about. In a ,, tile first plaee. vve helieVe that Alls- a id triii hclonRs to Uertnany and would p * ' not dare enter into a separate pcaer |< (l if site vv.inted to do so. Then, in the n a- seeotld plate, we do not see exactly n how vve are RoitiR to ai-ratiKo for a p separate peace with Austria until p Austriii iiRrees to rivc up the terri- tl li tory that is elaitnetl by tht- Italians, o >s We 1 1'tlltl of < olirse. hut tllt'll. it t would nut In- riuiit I li There were live fatalities ?n the 1 rs _ rt, aviation fiehl at Fort Worth. Texas. s ie last week It is tile largest list of J " fatalities that has occurred during any one week sinee the hcpinninp of o ie the war. and it is shockinp to the ^ i?l whole country. From the standpoint v, of percentage. however, the list is I it not nulte so shocking as it appears I1 ^ otherwise. There are more than a s ,i thousand livers in the air earh day at s a For- Worth, and the average mint- a her of milis they tly is more than ' Jiin.iinti? equivalent to four nines ? I! around the earth. tl in ? * h x For several weeks dispatches front 1 ie n >r abroad have been uuotinp German s lo newspapers as having tixeil last Fri- o s. day as the day on which Hindenburg ' had scheduled his forthconiinp at- r ,0 tack on the western front. The day n went by. however, without the de? b '11 ' ' 'Itlf l-'K'l U.tfilkt!?? lit. |0 toni|?t at advance. .lust why. of " ii course. is not known: but in some s< it quarters there is a feelmc that there r' may l?e more or less hlutT in this (*' ,,, tuueh threatened offensive. It is re- h le memhere.i in this connection that t< 't last year about this time. inste;ul of " waiting for the Allied offensive, which r_ he knew was coming as soon as the o weather cleared up. Hindenhurg pull- ui e ed back his lines for many miles to , r si ground that was more of his own c, o choosing. There is no telling. but p tat another move of the sem'- kind tight develop th:? spring Negotiation* that have been in pr<>ress for hiirr.e we-ks between the 'nitc-d State* and sot way have rot i t rt,.?.n oncluded. Norway furnishs to ilermanv quite .1 lot ?<f iron orr.-i other product?, and 'I'Ttnary un.ishes various products to N.-r,'a> Norway gets initllv necessities roiii America. The I'm ted States has ' 11 proposing to furnish Norway .*itJi everything she needs provided .'or.v.iv will .(Hit sending anything to iertnany. Norway is willing to agree iot to send anything from th< I'm!d States to 'leruialiv; l.ut she. dell lies to agree Hot to Send io t own ?1... t.. 1 a.tin:. 11 v ms to unit trad lit' with C. rmany would equivalent to ItOlllK Jllto war, alld this she > nowilium to do. K\*-ry reader of The Knqmrcr who i,is not already invested ill someKovniment loaii should realize that it is us or h?-r duty to do so. Then- are hose v. ho cannot huv l.ilx rty hands. ut there are very few who cannot >uy thrift stamps and those who arc iliaIde to huy bonds should at least >u> ttirift stamps. It requires only .* cents to huy a thrift stamp, and ixteeu of :h?se thrift stamps are exhanyeahle tor an interest-hearinp inestment. It then are any who feel hat this investment proposition is no omcrii of theirs, they are due to do oliio more thinking. It is the Marred lutv of ovt ry indivnlti.il to help tip* ovet iiiia nt in this (treat war and eery man who iieuh-cts to help the ;oveminent m-aleels a sat red duty. The most damn-roils slack* Is ill Ins country are the alde-hodied m*-n ml women who will irrt work. Tinmis and yotinit men are uoimr t? th* font. They ar? riskinu their all. minding their 1 i\ And 11?*-> are I'orkini; ton those hoys at tie front. n<l those hoys preparing to go to he front working as they never rolke.l before in their liv.-s -vvorkug tniteh harder than the folks haek tome I'nless th* |'h* haek home tork. work long nol hat-! the work if the hoys at the front will so for lothillg Those ho\s will he slatiuhtreil ami like sheep. Not only that we will lose everything that is dear o us --self-res|K*et. liberty. everyhim;. So it is up to the people haek mine to work iml to make every lacker work We must work like the iovs 111 training are workinu. anil we nust tight slaekers of ev. ry dcseripiolt like we expect those hoys to light he <iermatis. t'ntil recently the railrotols of the 'Oil It try have hail till arraiiiteiiieut villi many smaller newspapers tinder ihirh they exchanged transport.'!lion or advertising space. The value of Mileage that wo.ihl he issued to a M-wspaper was supposed to lie has I upon tlie value of the newspaper's ulvertisiug space. 1 ty :m order front tec-retarv MeAdoo. the arrangement tas I it-en revoked, and existing innriiets eaneelled. Naturally there litis >een more or less dissatisfaction on in- part of some of the newspapers m account of tin- secretary's order; nil there is no sense in that. The icwspapor advertising either has alue or it has no value. If it has to value *TWero "TfTno'Veason why" tTie overnmciit should pay for It with riiiisporta.tiou or anything else, and f it litis value, thtit value can best ie measured in cash. of course, tow that tin- railroads are under overnmcnt control and the clement f competition is gone, there is no hoc need why the railroads should dvertise than why tin- postolliec Imuld advertise. There are hi the oitigs of the railroavl much that inolves tin- kind of news tliiit it is the itisuicss of newspapers to give to heir readers, just as there is in the omliict of the postollice. Xevvspacrs that uri> newspapers will give his news without any thought of ranting it paid for as advertising, 'hey will do it for their readers, not or the government or the railrouils. hit newspapers which are newspaers and whieli have eoiilidenee in heir htisiness eharacter. are nol ikely to give over that which cost hem good money to produce free of liai-Re to salaried government otllials to make it that much easier for aid salaried government ollieials to raw their salaries. This is our view; ut at the same time we do not want I a he understood as suggesting any Tot est against t lie temporary or even crmancnt abolition of tliis system aider which railroads and newspa>ers have- been exchanging transpor-l :itioii for advertisinR space. In our lew the system is wroiiR, vicious ml ine<iuitahle. We think that railoads should pay for advertisinR pace, if they need it. oil exactly the ante hasis and terms as other users f advertisinR space, and whether this ystcm is ever a'lopted or not, we icipe the old system has been abolish-j d forever. The Russian Peace. Notwithstanding all the talk there las been of peace between Uermany nil the rkraiuc. and the withdraw1 of Russia from the war, the remrts that continue* to come from Europe make it evident that there is o peace, or anything like peace. The Bolsheviki government. unable o uet tierman.v to agree *to the ernis it desired to establish, wlthrevv from the peace conference withlit signuiR a peace pact. r'ollowing his step it was given out that the lolshevikt had ordered the demobilisation of tlie Hussian armies, and liis seemed to leave a situation, the olution of which is more or less puzling to (Serinany because of various duplications. While the Bolsheviki was holding ut to secure the acceptance of its iet proposals, the Hermans went head and made a separate treaty .ith I'kraine. Tlio people oi wie "kraine were generally out of symathy with the Bolsheviki. and the tolshoviki still considering I'kraine uhject to the sovereignty of their overnrnent. were resentful at the etion of the Germans in considering hem on an independent husis. The Germans did not seem to care nuch what the Bolsheviki thought of he I'kraine treaty: hut the trouble ins now broken out in new places, 'he I'kraine as recognized by Germany includes a large part of Rusian Poland, and the Poles not only f Russia but of Germany and Ausria. looking forward to the time hen their ancient kingdom will be estored. are showing excited resenttent that is cause for uneasiness in oth Germany and Austria. The old Russian army included a lumber of divisions of Poles and these 'oles are said to have placed themelves at the disposal of the Polish ng? ney at Warsaw to help break up he I'kraine arrangement. Austria, isturbed at the excitement among er own Polish subjects, is reported > have notified Germany that she lust not take any steps against orthem Russia without Austria's pproval. The Bolsheviki is still operating gainst Finland, which is in a serious ate of insurrection, and the whole tuation is so mixed up and complilted that it is-almost beyond comrehension even in Europe, to say nothing of trying to understand It on this side of the Atlantic. MERE MENTION An explosion occurred Friday on tht I battleship L'tuh in which an officer was I killed and several sailors were seriously injured Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, former Kurdish ambassador to the I'nited Stat<s and one of the best known Kurdish statesmen and diplo*mats. di- d suddenly last Thursday ir Ottawa. Canada .... l.ieut. Col. Richaid C. Marshall. Jr.. has been placed tonjiorarily in charge of the cantonment construction in place of Col. I \V. Littell. who has been promoted to a hrigadir in the army ?ltailwaj mail clerks ol S. A L. railroad hav* received an increase of twenty per ceni in pa> ...Agricultural experts and state entomolofists Irom nine southein states and the District of Columbia met m Ja K.-on. Miss., last week to dismiss the new cotton pest?the boll worm?and decided on a vigorous campaign m an effort to check and eliminate It. The states represented at tht conference wore Alabama, Arkansas 'ieorgia. IjOUisiatiu. Missouri. Mississippi. Florida. Texas and Tennessee An appeal to O.UOM young college wonun to enter the training camp toi nurses which opens at Vassar college I'ouglikeepsie. X, V.. June J4 has beer issued ><> the alumnae recruiting corn inutil III i.Ml l-Vil lii'. IU H I oi nn- ..u..v warning lias been given Houston aini Fort Wnr'h through Congressman Mariftt that vice conditions said to i-xisi in tlx- vicinity of Camps Logan ami iiuwic mast )> ameliorated or the so|. dii'is will In- removed, according to advici's from Washington Fire ir Ja? ksuiiv ille, Fla.. Saturday morning destroyed property valued at JJli'i.Oou Joseph Jacobs. an Austrian by Idrth: but a volunteer in the I'niteil States army recently brought to Caiuj Mrccne at t'harlotte, from lVnilsylvaiiiu is in tin- Mecklenburg count) jail awaiting internment as an eneinj alien. Me is charged with threatening officers in Ills command and having stated that he would shoot to kill hii officers before he would tire on his own nationality tie- rirst action he was engaged in The first contingent oi \iiieriean soldiers in the trenches ir France have been relieved for a briel rest Two bandits at Cleveland tiliiu on Friday altcrtioon held up am robbed Leslie J. Sadler, cashier of tin Cottage Creamery company of iL'.Stni ir currency and in checks. The) made good tlieir escape Canning club members and junior extensioi workers from thirty-three states opened a live days' conference in Washington. Friday Jake Sigc-ro. ;i negro sought near Sandersville, t!a. by Sheriff Knglish on a warranl charging him with failure to registei for military service, fired from ;i deserted cabin where he was locatei Saturday. The sheriff's deputies iired on the negro, killing him instant ly J. \V. Mcllaniel chief of police of Thoiiiaston. Ma., is under arrest in Macon. Ma., charged with kill "V . -i..., i,.< M..W..II ami lib mil; ,-nri si.n, Lloyd Howell ..Mori* thai 10.rum Herman ami Austrian prison . is released recently hy the* Uusxiui cmuiii'iI of workman's and soldiers delegates in smaller liussian towns an* in danger of starvation lain NorthMilYi' of Knglsnd, has ai'ieiitvi the position of dim tor of propaganda ui -neniy vountries while continuim lus position on the American mission Tin- l*niie?l Sla,t?*s <l??stroyei Taylor was luutK'hcri ? t the Mare J? land yard. Saa Francisco, Friday The Vessel was Sti per cent complete four months after the keel was laid This is a navy yard record for speed? const ruction Kdwurd Wheel, con victcd for Killing two men in a. payroll robbery, and Harry Liadrun, whi killed a policemen, were hanged or the same scaffold in Chicago Friday .Persons who participated in tin recent strike in tjertnany have heei given heavy sentences. (?tie man. s metal worker, was sentenced to t: months' point I servitude. A boy o 17 was given two years for distribut ing leaflets urging women to strike The women of the Dominion u Canada are to be given full sufTruft within the next few months. OCCOtfl ififf tO'&PVrL'Zf>\W: ?'i \j~.9 Wool in the grease sold at at\e tion in Hoston on Friday at prV ot ranging from Mt cents to $1.10 .1 pound. These prices are equivalent to Sl.'.M to 12 a pound on a scour. <1 basis It is announced that Iht Turkish parliament has approved plans for building a bridge a cms* tin* llosphorus and another for digging a tunnel under it to conned Kiiropean and Asiatic Turkey One hundred' and sixty-three German olliccrs and Seatuun Were last week transferred from Glouchcster, X. J. to Hut Springs. .V. for internment until the close of the war The food administration at Washington litis notilicd the brewers of the country not to make any further contract* for malting barle> until-rules for theii buying can be promulgated. Kvery year s?2.ooii.imiii bushels of barley art consumed by the beer brewers. The shutting off of this supply means prohibition of beer making and drinking as soon as supplies now on hand are eonsumed Four hundred and eighty-two persons of Alleghany county. Pa.. including Pittsburgh have pledged themselves to buy wai savings stamps to a total of tl.oni each Paul Helming, a naturalized American, ind ex-foreman of the gyroscopic depart nun t of a Brooklyr factory, charged with treason, in thai he tampered with torpedo gyroscopei intended for the navy, was acquittei in the Federal court last week hocause of lack of evidence . A severe earthquake destroyed many buildings and damaged hundreds o! others at Amoy, t'hina, Saturday Hobby McLean, professional skater. broke the .world's record at Igiki Placid. X. V.. Saturday, by covering a half mile in one minute and livi seeonds Genera! Sir William Itoheitson has resigned as chief of thi British imperial staff, and has le-oi sueeeedeil liy General Wilson <"ar Klschner. a i-hemist, and a menthol of the I'nlted States geological survey, has been arrested in San Fran eiseo as a dangerous alien enemy. H< is charged with being implicated it an alleged plot to blow tip a I'ritisl cable oftlce in the Hawaiian islands Many thousand unnaturalized Germans failed lo register during tin registration period and now Federal oiicers are hunting these up for the purpose of interning them until the close of the war The Salvador Army 01 me i nncu mjiics now run fout women in the American froni line trenches for war work of the Salvation Army. Thcs< women are equipped with Baa masks, steel helmet? and revolvers. Profit on Wheat Mill-Feed.?Elimination of re-sales of wheat mill feed within the trade and the fixing of rensonable limits of profits l.y lookers tommission nn n und jobbers have resulted. it has been announced from si two-day conferenet in Washington between representatives of the industrx sind the food administration. Retailers will be requires! to exact onl> si fair and reasonable profit through control of their supply from licensed dealers. The amount of this prolit will be determined by state administrators. I'nder the new regulations brokers in wheat mill feed may not charg* more than 25 cents per ton brokerage: commission agents may nol enargo more than 50 cents per tor for sale, delivery and collection, and wholesalers and jobbers may nol char bo more than a reasonable advance over the average bulk price at the mill plus brokerage, and other foes and freight and costs of sacks. Because of the shortage of wheat mill feed, fiarties holding contracts made prior to February 15. will be given until March 15 to fulfill them. ? Columbia. February 17: Kenk LeBrande. a car repairer for the Columbia. Newberry and Laurens railway. this morning about 7:30 o'clock killed his superior. Joseph A. Rowland. assistant foreman of the local shops of the railroad system, by shooting him six times, according to eye witnesses testifying at the corj oners inquest here this afternoon. Rowland fell dead after the last shot. More than 10 shots were fired frorr the revolver in the hands of Le grande. it was sworn. N'o motive foi the deed other than Jealousy at th< recent promotion of Rowland couh b - given. I^grande, who was lodge< in jail immediately after the shooting was charged with the deed by th< coroner's jury'- ' LOCAL AFFAIRS, n, new advertisements b Loan and Savinys Bank-Want you to know ' that many progressive farmer* appreciate wI the advantage* of connection with it. and v. ,n'> ites you to become a customer Ktrkpatrica-Belk Co. ?Announces the coming w | or. Saturday of a icpresenia'ive of Strousc * Bru.. with a full lint- of sprint; tailoring ,ample*. You're invited to see them. J. M roup?Reminds you that yurdeniny I time is almost here and that he has Kerry's warden seeds, and alts. farn. ar.d yardeniny al I tools. Cnion sets. Ci Jatnes Bros. -Exjiect a carload of mules to- a. morrow, and two more on Kriday of this ;ll week, and other car* next week and want 1 you to see them for mules. ' Committee Announces amateur minstrel j*r- 0 (ormance at Sharon school auditorium next tl [ Kriday eveniny at * o'clock. The public is vt I invited to attend. Buckeye Cotton Oil Co.--On pa ye f?ui tells of . the advantayes to be derived by feediny the ' 1 Buckeye lintless cotton seed hull* to cattle. Sl Kutnani 4 Huey Have then teed yrindiny I machine in oiwratinn and solicit your feed yrindiny a? well as corn yrindiny. They , will shell your corn free, and will buy your . corn in the ear. * ! T B. Glenn. Munayer Gives notice that the ^ > Tirzah yinaery will be in operation Kruiay V J K Allison. Kiny's Mountain. N. C. Wants jf a buyer for 7T acres of land, part of the Col. ^ Allison lands, one nule north of Tirzah . K. C. Allein and M. K. Cobb. Cashiers Give notice that the two local banks will be \ closed on Kriday. Kebruary Washiny- K 1 ton's birthday. w Kirst National Bank. York Wants you to re- (| I member that its service to you is not de| pendent on the size of your account. It solicits vour patronaye be your bankiny bust lies* Ii i or stimll. it j Tiili?**e? Power Co.. Mailin. N. C. Want* to v employ -}oo negro laborer* for the llndin Aluminum Works. It ulfcry good uiik? ami other considerations. I< I York Hardware Co. Say* that it rannot solve a t the problems of *hip sinking* and rising < prices, hut wants to supply your hardware 0 ; wants at reasonable prices. York Supply Co. Is anxious to help York l. I r .unty farmers to make bigger crojis and to > that end talks about the fertilizer* that the tl farmers will need to make bigger crops. a \V. E. Keriruson Says he is on the job of try- '| ing to supply his patrons with foodstuffs to j. , help out your menu on w hi-atlc** days. A .! ' list of new arrivals. > Star Theatre Present* today an interesting ' > series of dramas in moving pictures. One a it I two risd play, and two one revler*. as well v as a new* picture feature. |, a |( ' A game of basketball between BecrT sheba and t'otton Belt at Beorslteba last Thurstlay afternoon resulted iti I to 7 in favor <>f t'ottoii Belt. The postoffices and banks will ^ 1 l><- glad to t? II you anything you want k I" know about the thrift stamps anil 1 ' they will sell you one for a quarter. , A correspondent from Sharon writes v , that the correct scute of the recent ,, t Mopewell-Blairsvillc basketball name ,, was 12 to t. anil that there was a 2 p [ to 1' game at Blairsvtlle last Friday. Mr. W. W. t'iistles hits been appoint- il i ed on the Broad Kiver township o i board of equalization instead of on 'I the King's Mountain township board, v a* erroneously stated in The (-Inquirer ii of last Friday. t WITHIN THE TOWN ^ i - The sugar situation has been re- t . Iie\etl through the reeeipt of more p i or less abundant stocks by all the local grocers: hut the rule which lint- (j its to ten pounds, the quantity that ^ I 'fun be sold to one purchaser, re- . I mams in force. C I : PRODUCTION OF FOOD a ' Hi-cause they foresaw last sprint; v that unless they put forth extraordi- ^ jiar> i-tTorts in the production of fo?nt * throughout the year. I hey would he " " hungry this spring, the people of this 0 ' section went into food production as 1 [ they had never gone into food pro- ' I net ion before. ' ~t Fortunately there has been no se- f' riotls shortage In York county up to " this time, and there is no immediate ^ " threat of such shortage: hut any in- " y dividual of reasonable discernment r t can see that if it had not been for (| , the extraordinary energy and fore- " j -ight of our own people, we would ' now he suffering considerable privat ion. t, | As intelligent and as ait I t as our -s j people are. it is hardly worth* While j; take this food matter up again iK t j^Ws time. They can see very clearly ^ - ?"?nt. us was' the" ne^eisuy [ unit, uo u>0v... ? ?? " for increased food production at this p time last year, that necessity is far 0 more urgent now. and as great as tj was the extra amount of food raised w , during last year, that supply must be j, I largely increased this year. a , The people of this section did ? splendidly last year: but nine out of f, ten of tin m see very clearly that ^ they have got to do a deal more this ^ , year. r< i, CIRCUIT COURT l? V [ The only ease of importance that f| i came up for trial at the term of the ti court of common pleas last week jjj J was that of Mrs. Cora Innian vs. Jno. M . A. laitta mentioned Friday as having n been taken up the day before. 11 The suit was brought b> the pluin- ^ tiff, the owner of the land above, to ,, I compel the defendant, the owner of p I the land below, to clean out the o stream running through the lands of a the defendant, because of the dam- |> age that was being suffered by the II i lands of the pluintitT. n The plaintiff set up that logs and e , driftwood that had been allowed to t; , accumulate by the defendant. and ti t wire fences that the defendant had tl , built across his bottoms to make them e I available for pastoragc. had collect- u . ed the driftage from above to an it . extent that water sogged and ruined a a considerable part of the lands of tl f the plaintiff, and the plaintiff de- p manded damages in the measure to which crops were alleged to have P , been lost and her lands had been g , rendered unfit for cultivation. tl The defendant claimed responsi- if bility for tin* conditions complained ' . of, setting forth that the stream hail it , been filled up from sand and driftage o I coming from and through the lands H . of the plaintiff and from the lands h . above. t! The case attracted more or less in- si , terest because of the extent to whieli <> , it involved the law requiring the re- *1 ! nioval of logs, rafts, etc.. from si streams, and because iilso of the gen- fi I oral precedent involved as to uheth- n er the owner below could bo com - si I polled to clean out his stream at tin- -Sl , instance of the owner above. t< . The Jury took the papers Friday n , afternoon: but did not reach an h . agreement until after 11 o'clock, and w brought in a sealed verdict next ? , morning. It found for the defend- " , ant. T s It is reported that the jury stood " six to six on the tlrst ballot and the w agreement was reached only after ' considerable argument. n J. A. Marion ami J. H. Marion rep resented the plaintiff ami G. w. s. Hart and \V. B. Wilson. Jr.. repre' seated the defendant. ^ ABOUT PEOPLE. > n Mr. <\ It. ?iilluni of Yorkville. h spent Sunday in Columbia. si i Mr. Pinkney Smith of Yorkville. o I left this week for Newport News. Vu. d Mr. Reese M. Roark of Cherokee * county, was in Yorkville last week on business. P | W Lieut. G. C. Met'elvy of Camp tj Greene, Charlotte, spent Sunday with friends in Yorkville. i Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Quinn went I over to Camp Sevier Sunday to visit ci ; their son. Sergeant Knox Quinn. g Lieut. Col. W. W. Lewis. 115th au' fomobile train. <'amp Sevier. Green' ville, spent Sunday with his family in 11 Yorkville. w Messrs. Lonnie and Lewis Brandon 'j 1 and Dave Cameron of Yorkville No. 4. spent Sunday at Camp Sevier with ^ relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Marion of ai , Chester, spent Saturday and Sunday . in Yorkville. visiting the family of u their son. J. A. Marion. Esq. ei Mrs. Annie Hughes of Yorkville P No. 7. was railed to Orover. N. C.. ai Sunday on account of the death of f< her sister, Mrs. Mattie Turner. P1 Mrs. J. M. Hemphill and son. RobcrL who have been spending several lr J weeks with the family of Mr. Robert w Witherspoon in Yorkville, have re> turned to their home in Chester. I Private Gower Slaughter. Held ar- 1. tiliery. Camp Jackson. Columbia. fc" spent Sunday with the family of his father, Mr. \V. T. Slaughter, in Hick- 8t orv Grove. John K. Benfleld of the Delphos n? elghborhood. has been up from amp Jackson to spend a few days tth his parents. Mr. and Mrs D M Pn enfield Mr. G. W. Whitesidtrs of Shaion. | as in Yorkvilie last Friday, after jiu aving been confined to his home jat ith throat trouble for ahi-i t two i.,u eeks. jei Mr McCain N chois Yorkvilie. ter ho is studying dcntistrv 1.1 Atlanta, to nderwent an operation a few days to ito for appendicitis. Although Ins t u ndiuon was ijuiU serious at last . >< ccounts. he w.ts getting along as a ell laj s could he expected. A Yorkvilie friend of I .lent. Ha\tei t,i' Kiddle, fornierl> superintendent o tie Yorkvilie Graded school, and now Xx< ith General Pershing in France. r? j j' :l rived a letter from him las. v\.ek. tn' Lilting that he was ^uite well hi I reing much service. Friends of Mr. Phil Moore, formrl> of Yorkvilie. will he interested to am that he is now in the I'nited tates army, being a member of 1. ll>th infantiy. 1'iimp Sevier Mr. Vr loore holds the rank of sergeant and jj,| i held in high esteem h> the men of Il;1 is command. |m Mr. T. J. Xit-hols ui No. 6 York- to ille. ivlrhrated his Ti'th birthday on wl 'ebruary ?. Some younger friends va 'ho wero a little* skeptical of his he- be ig that old, being misled by the ease tin 'itli which he carries his years, were pc eniinded that he servid as a soldier all f the i *011 fedcl'acy durum the last lal ear of the Civil war. ar Mr. ts. K. Kendriek, for several years "" ast overseer of carding and spinning :l t the Cannon mill, Yorkville, left last na aturday to take the superintendency sil I a mill for the White-Williamson ^ ompany at Saxnpahaw, X. C. Mr. *r itiidricK was held in high esteem by tie officials of the Cannon company. s well as by all his fellow employes. 10 'here is general regret in the mill vil- 11 ige because of his departure; but at ' lie same time all of his many friends Mi here as well as in the town generally, . re glad to know of his promotion to 1,1 ihat looks like a much more responsl- su le if not a better position than the >osition he has been holding. tu HERE AND THERE. That dog tailed cotton they are 'j' citing out now is bringing a pretty 1,1 ood price?from twenty to thirty J''1 cuts a pound. That is more than jj1 hey would have gotten for It if they 1,1 lad gotten it picked along in December **'' ,'hen it was due to be picked. It is ,n uore than any of those of the present s'"1 eneration have ever gotten for any and of cotton. It is tine, that thirty Ku tuts a pound, hill there is just one Ul rawback. The seed wont firing the Id market price or anything like it. K.1' 'here is a reason. Nobody would ' rant to plant seed that had been out ' - .. . . *.... it I thi* weatner ill! ?inier, ami a.-> ??>i In- ml ami meal value, it is just not lu-rt-. Tim only thing al?out tln-ni hat is as good as it was is the hulls. 'hey have not got as mueh oil in " hem as October ami November s?-e?l >y about 4 or .r> gallons to the ton That proposition for a partnership 'ridge over the Catawba river at VriKht's is dead for the present, and C< here is no probability of its revival or some time to come?at least not efore the next session of the general . sseinldy. The York delegation was !n Oiling to do about all it thought J1* fork county ought to do, which was "r o |?iy about 30 |ht cent of the cost J*." if the bridge; but the representative j" f .Mecklenburg would not conte to erins with the York delegation. He J itid some kind of a proposition to livide the expense on a basis of tax- . Ide polls: li'jt even that was not de- JP initc and clear. The position of the fork delegation was that it is desir- j11 blc to have a bridge at Wright's " erry: but since Mecklenburg will tl' lerive most of the commercial bene- e.' It, Mecklenburg should pay most of ut he expense. The various township boards of etl lualixntion have in prospect quite a crious tangle with reference to equal- ta King the returns this year?more so ca han usual. The state tux commis- ti< ion. it^ will be remernbered. made a wl ass at the proposition of having all A1 roperty returned at full 100 per wc L-nt valuation on a promise of cut- ed ng the assessment f>0 per cent. It oil ill bo remembered that it was pub- wc shed from Columbia that it was the ov uditors of the state who determined ha n this plan. Kut that was buncombe, IIv >r the auditors did nothing of the ed mil. At the recent session of the of t-neral assembly members raised a or i>w which at one time looked very fal inch as if it might result in the aim- m; tion of the state tax commission, soi i'hile that row was on there eante pr rum the tax commission a dec-lani- nu on for the adoption of a 41' per imt basis of returns. That looked a lie ttle like a compromise. People m< ere not certain as to whether it be icant for the property owner to re- hci irn bis property at 100 per cent a ith the understanding that it would sp e cut to 42 per cent, or whether it in icant the property owner was oxi-eted to make his original returns tir n a basis of what lie thought was in bout 42 per cent of the value of his ini roperty. Since the adjournment of go :ie legislature the commission has 101 lade it clear that the property own- as r was expected to return his proper- la' \ on a basis of 100 per cent, with re he understanding that the ctjualizu- foi on hoards would cut it to 42 per an ent. But that does not clarify the latter, (examination of the returns <|ti i the ollice of the auditor shows that th hile some people returned some of tn heir property, especially personal as roperty, at full market value, very pa i'W of them returned all of their ial roperty at any such value, and the en reut majority made their returns on foi lie same old basis, or on a less has- sa r. .Vow the puzzle is like this: The uunty hoard of commissioners huv- sb lg made its estimates on the same "tl Id basis, and the levy having been foi xed on that basis, and the returns so aving been made somewhere near hat basis, what if the local boards hould attempt to fix assessments upn a ion per cent basis? If they 0,': hould do this, and their order should n1' land, the county would raise three "r imes as much money as it has any eed for. Hut that is not all. With 11 onie people having raised their as- 01' E-ssod values on some things to close P*' > 100 per cent and others having Mowed values to stand as they were. ow is the board going to manage he dthout penalizing those who came en rest to making the kind of a re- wt irn they were instructed to make? i,u hese are some of the puzzles that n" he local boards will have to ileal 0,1 ith; but there are others, and just tnx ow It Is all going to work out re- an 'ains to he seen. 'hi * r.T LOCAL LACONICS Hai SCI ost an Arm. p(.( Mr. Dixon Lesslie. a well known uung man of the Neely s Creek comlunity, had the misfortune to lose is left arm last Saturday as the relit of a gin accident. The accident Th ccurred while Mr. Lesslie was eneavoring to adjust a belt. His arm , as so badly mutilated that It had ) be amputated. The operation was " erformed at the Fennell Infirmary ?r ith in a short time after the acei- nn ent. a" nil rei Fighting the Pink Boll Worm.?Agri- Hn ultural experts and state entomolo- ' Ists from nine southern states and r<d te District of Columbia met at ha ackson. Miss., last Friday to discuss | If* le new cotton pest?the pink boll An orm, and decided on a vigorous an impaign in an effort to check and cu liminate it. P? The states represented were Ala- 1 ama. Arkansas. Georgia, Louisiana. pa [issouri, Mississippi. Florida. Texas ou nd Tennessee. ho The conference adopted resolutions cm rging every cotton-growing state to tre riuct laws and make proper appro- tin riation for fighting the boll worm: crt athorizing the chairman of the con- ret rence to appoint a committee com- to used of one or more members from wa ?ch state Interested to aid in enlist- ar< ig full co-operation to assist those pla ho are entrusted with the work of th< lecking and eliminating the worm: ed [>posing state quarantines at pres- 1 it; opposing any changes in the on ime laws of the southern states af- dia irding less protection to birds, and to rgtng scouting work by Federal and ing ate authorities. ha] New Orleans was selected as the Ge ?xt place of meeting. rer WILSON TO STRIKERS An me ident S?ya Man Should Not Quit wit Jobs Until Adjustment Fails. P4' ('resident Wilson look u hand on r.day night m the eastern shipyard c ior strikes and issued a sharp re- ., ke iu William L. Hutcheson. presi- j.' nt of the Brotherhood of v'arp?n- \ sand Joiners, who after refusing l'.lV send striking ship carpenters hack , work pending action l>> the ship- j'' tiding lal'oi adjustment board, had \ed for a personal conference to the situation before the president. !ia In efTict the president declared il If Huiehoson did not want to ? .e aid ami comfort to the enelll> In ' iil?l send the men to work and j'a ivo a settlement of differences to i- adjustment board and declined to xa' tiltii until he had done so. The president sent Ihis telegram to e union chief f'J*' etieral I'resideiit 1'iiited Brothci l,'s: hood of I'arpenters and Joiners of Wil America. New York 1 have received your telegram of ,,u stcrday and am very glad to not* e oxpressioii of your dcsir* as a wa triottc citi/en to assist m carrying ' the work by which w? arc trying r*-il save America and men everywhere F*?i in vvoi'k and ale five. Taking ad nt.iKe of th.it assurance. I fool it to tuy ?1 tit> to call your attention to lJu e fm-t that the strike of tin oar- j'K 11 tern in the shipyards is in marked 'n I painful contract to the action of i?or in other trades an<l places. Ships n<" t* absolutely necessary for the win UK of this war No one can strik< iliatllier Mow at the safety of the t:on anit of its forces on the other le than by interfcrinK with or obUCtillK the shlphllihllllK pro- (,|J amine. "All the other unions etmaKc.i in is indispensable work have aiircrd "I" abide by the decisions of the shipildiiiK waiit' adjustment hoard That iird has dealt fairly and liberally la th all who have resorted to it ot "1 must say to you very frankly .id at it is your duty to leave to it the lution of your present differences ^-ai th your employers and t>> advise e men whom you represent to ivru at onee to work petiditiK the detioii. "No body of men have the moral 1x11 till in the present circumstances of e nation to strike until every niethof adjustment has been tried to e limit. If you do not act upon sii is principle you arc undoubtedly vil ring aid and comfort to the ene- we y whatever may he your own eonious purpose. "I do not see that anythiiiK will he l.(>, ined l?y my seviiiK you personally Sl., itll you have iieteil. and aeted upon at principle. It is the dutv of the "KU vernment to see that the best po*>le conditions of labor are mainilled. as it is also its duty to s?'e to thHt there is no lawless and eon ''' ietii'eless profiteering and tlnit duly XVJ e kov eminent h;is accepted and will a" rtorm. Will von I'li-iipiTiiii' or win ii nl>st rii<-t " Wood row Wilson " *" "* K.I TO ADJUST LABOR QUESTIONS {' \ a of jmmiss.on Selected at th. Request of tin the Government. t'apital anil labor have naim-il the '',l e representatives t'ticli ivim' asked the government to appoint to outle a basis of relations lor the peof the war. First sessions of eir deliberations probably will Ik- ' I.I this week after eaell side lias lined one other man to represent ''' e public, making a board of 1J Announcenient of the personnel of *</ e men who were chosen by the na- ol >niil I'ouncil for industrial safety tin id the American Federation of Isi- on >r is being withheld until the ,.e- M. ptances of several of the men ask- Hi [ to serve have been received. The ail partment of labor is endeavoring to no polite constitution of the board in lie e hope that unrest would be allayI tw Stories of large prolits and exorlii- .. nt salaries in war contracts have yj; used an undercurrent of dissatisfac- |u, >n in the nation's industrial life on hich^offlcl;.'^-,regard yi'fr iinc.-.vir.c^ ... legations ol disloyalty made against (n| irkers by some employers have add- wa to the bad feeling Department bei trials say many of the charges del re unfounded, that the large turn- ?.|S er of workers at certain shipyards ve been due largely to impossible tin Ing conditions. A widely eirculat- tin story of If.O rivets being the limit be. work, or less than half the form- M\< amount, the otlieials point out. my lle.l to mention that inctlicient m.i inagement has left the men at me places without tools or com- . . essed air to drive more than that '! ' tuber. Fundamentals of the labor .piesm?hours, wages, conditions and ' L'tho.ls of settling grievances will discussed l.y the new board in the . pe of retiching an understanding in ' general way which can be applied eclfically to the varvinc conditions . all parts of the country. I nofficial suggestions for ronst-rlp>n of labor have not fouml response government circles according to wi ll . formed officials. The power of tin- !L? vernment to compel a man to work 0|) r the national safety, just as inucli K j to compel another umler the draft p',', w to tight for the country, is con(led, providing always that the en- ,or iced work is for the government (j|t d not for private capital. fo. The belief expressed in official ,i,., arters that the 13th amendment to t..lj e constitution prohibiting involunry servitude would protect a man ainst labor under duress of a com- ' nv deriving profits from a man's *>,<) ior but not against a work in a gov- |al] nment factory, where the result made ' r the public good and the national fety. tio 'It Is unthinkable" Louis ! '. I'ost. as- ('ul itant secretary of labor said It at a man should be forced to work thi r the private gain of any other per- 'hi n." the Coercion of Labor. Suggestions of coercion of labor reived official notice from the depart- j nt of labor liefore America's par- t|u ipation in the war was many months p,.; I. Such suggestions were termed r,.r nfalr" impracticable "and unpatric." In Secretary Wilson's annual re- gUi rta he took Into consideration jn e possibility that conscription might Wa come necessary and announced the 0(,} partment's policy as follows: gjl "It would seem?that Is. if workers < r, re to be conscripted for industrial ers rposes that the working opportu the lies to which they were assigned tiei ght to be commandeered, so as to wo ike such workers not coerced serv- av? ts to employers, hut employers of en f? government Itself." ?;0] Mr. I'ost said today that that deela- 1 tlon did not mean the department niu rictioned conscription but that if con- tioi riptlon became necessary it must be tioi predetl by conscription of industry. arc ? bi-t SAMMY AND FRITZ. V ley are Playing Each Other for ,uil Points in the Game. With the American armies in France, ter b. 17.?(lly the Associated I'ress)? Sec i American patrol having passed the hal st line of German entanglements ary d approached the second lino last i fht. was suddenly cut off by a cur- 76; it of electricity along the first wire cor e. def Instead of attempting an immediate the :urn to their trenches, which would wo ve meant certain death from elec- the icution or machine gun Are. the whj nericans clung close to the earth, the d later, when the electricity was lay t off. returned in safety to their to sitions. par It was a thrilling experience for the bef trol. A certain number of men set ; t from the American position in the pPr pe of encountering a number of the p|n emy at a point in the German in nches. They had succeeded In get- tha g through the first line and had tot; iwled on until the second line was $ latched. When they were just about the start under the second line there i a a bluish glow, and turning equ >und. they saw long, livid sparks am lying through the barbed wire of mo > first line. The enemy had turn- ma on a powerful electric current. 1 rhe propellers quickly flattened out ed the ground, thinking they had been me covered and expecting momentarily rno hear machine gun bullets go sing- am ? overhead. Nothing of the kind 1 ppened, however. Apparently, the Sta rmans merely turned on the cur- bill it by chance hoping that if any bef lerlcans were within the entanglents they would be killed on the e or while trying to get out. The rol returned safely to the Amelia hr.es when the electricity was off. "he Germans apparently hu\ uig eovcred the meaning ot some ot American rocket signals, last night ised the Americans for a considere distance along the front to 'pare tor a gas attack. At riist the rtnans sent Into the air a rocket a certain color which is the A met n signal for gas attacks. Init the i\ was discovered so??n after tinops adjusted their gas masks. The Germans next sent a rocket ling for barrage by the Mneitcans. I thu American officers on obser;n?ti dut> in an advanced i>ost. *.-? . : whence the rocket came, si tit a ssage to the artillery in lime to vent it from laying down the tieeds shell tire. The command to lire s ready to lo given when the in mation reached tin- gunners thai enemy was responsible for the rage signal. Kxtremelx iitiick work s necessar* to stop the order to . for the American artillery has iched a high degrey of speetl ot tig into action. fhe Germans ar? coming t>? reali/o s. and they are not so free yyitb ir shells as in tile ?arl> days of v .... fi.. 111 o.-.Mlli:itlo|l of the line the I;iiikiiuk< ot the front. every le Kritz sends over mif shell iv In si ts "an armful" In return SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. John T. Slatti I Kayctti ville. N has heeii elivted saiitaii i>t the lllltll'ia i'llillllln'l Ol OoUltltl'tVe. August NdIiii ol Columbia has Im n pointed chairman of conservation I production lor South I'arolina. I>. i 'hrsti'i I toy. I ol ,\ iki u is lii'tn.K lit ti|nli i $5.UW0 I'oiul on thi' i haiyii violation of thv Matin White Slave Citizens ol ttratiKv I'Ut'K luivi 01 lit/ill a nw ivi' liultlla coui|iuiiy vvitli iilisttiu lit ot sixty-tivo. XV. iiiii, Jr.. is captain ol thi- company. Mr. A. v*. Kaufman, uiir ol tin- host own philanthropists ot Soutli Caio a. died at Ins holm- in Charleston, inlay. aged ~'J years. Jami's l>. 1 la vis. lor siMtcii yc.iis pel llltl lllll'llt Ol I it 111 .it ll>ll Ot (ill'I'llle county, ami a tailor 111 i-itiicatUMi >rk in lirci iivilli tlit it Saturdav aged years. Alt tile churches ol I ilecnv lilt mily wire I'rolilhiti'il lnuu holding vices last Sunday as pn million allist tin possible s|i| I'liit ot inula us diseases. -?ioveriior Manning has signed -uo tile acts (i.issi ii Iiv the ifceilt (tell il assembly. Among those ul stall de llilpol talli'i he has signed is olio owing wotiieii to practice law and Otlll'l lipt'Ullllg lilt' lllt'tMIII I..A ..... lilt -?'hcster, Ki'liruiir) I. Tin- Ilex .1 will f'urccll, Jr.. pastor t?l' farnit l esliyteriun church. Steele* 'l'a\riii. .. was today railed ti> the pastorate i'urity Presbyterian church li is flight lit will accept. lit is a liae til Hx-ii Springs. N. i'.. was giailn at from liaxulsiiii t'ltlli'iii' xx nil (lit li. degree ill It* IT, ami later a I iiuii Theological seminary, Kithiinl, Va. Itr is o.i years itl iiiir ami irrinl. Hi1 is said In l>r an uralui tl a s|tlrmlnl pastor. x'urj.uial K. 11. Hunt, Company "A" illl military l?t|irr, was ur.|iintril lore a general cum (martial at t'ump x it r last xxrrlx lor alleged violation tin 'J J til a it ir Ir oi war s|iecily ing al In- tl lit xx illl llilriit to rt.iillilil a leiy, shoot ami xxtiuiiil Lit in. t'liarlion Tripp oi tlir Mi-tiiral Corps. I'tup. III! ordered Liriit. Tl'ipp In slop Ills toiuoliilr ami xxhrii Ilir olllrrl' tlnl t oliry tin- ortlri ot tin- military poti i la li, lir stmt ami wounded liilii. (Ji.uiilex ille, February la. lieem lixr ami six liiimlrni operatives null ami women of tlir iirmiitrxillr uiulaciurnig company, one of (lir -gust rutton nulls in tlir state, an u strike lor u 20 per cent increase .. 1'H^ elmlill !! 'II 111.. ? .JBVJt iiL< mi W? Dm wuh made iiicciw^kJ by the Iking e?t of the u|icrutive*. Menir? of the Aiken county legislative legation liu\e appealed to the Milk i to uncertain if the mills tin* worki mi government contracts, ami it y are. to await a more opportune e to prcMM their claims. There has ii no disorder. A < omiiiittee ol t* was appointed today b> theslrik* ; operatives to confer with the mill magemeiil. I'olumhia. Keli. 17. Illdesciihly mangled and torn, the body ol A. Mrovvii. a white man, aged s found in the pump house at yster yards ol' the Southern rail* y ahout six miles hclovv i'olumhia s morning at ! o'clock hy lu> ither-m-law. J. It. Nichols Itrovvn s a niechanic in charge of the mpiiiK station and it is presumed became entangled in the iiiaehiuand was slowly ground to death i watch had stopped .at 11.25 and is supposed that the accident bapicd at that lime yesterday momThe engine, which hurtled fuel , ran until its source of powei re out. When It row n did not lite lin- last night Ills wife became vvord and sent her brother to look hint. When Mr. Nichols went into pumping house this morning he iiid his brother-in-law dead. Tin* eased leaves a widow and three Idrcn. How the French Do It.?More than uo shells of every calibre were inched hy the French batteries in : course of 15 minutes in prepuru* n for a trench raid northeast of urcy. northwest of Ithciius. A all party of infantry seh-ctcd for s operation went over the top at appointed hour hut not alone, for spirit of the French troops was h that many others, even orderlies, ompanied them across the churnground. Kvery trench was found leveled; > barbed wire had utmost disupircd, although a few of the shelters nained untouched. In these Ii nouns had taken refuge until the ^ tire ceased; they then dashed out an effort to llee but the attempt s futile. The German batteries. icrving their comrades were all led or captured, opened lire Indiaminutely upon captorH and prison tint virtually all were able to reach French lines. The French casuali were only one dead and aeven untied, while the (German around r which the engagement had tak place was thickly covered Willi rniun bodies*. rhe raiding party also brought back c-h desired and precious informsn regarding the Herman disposiiim in the vicinity of Fort llrimmit, amd which movement has recently >n observed. Vhere the Money le Going.?Dels of how various government de tments are spending money in the r emergency were disclosed yeaduy in a financial statement by :retary McAdoo covering the first f of the fiscal year up to Janu1. rhe military expenditure was S1.1,000,000 in the six months, as npared with the estimate* of war jartment heads that expenses for entire year, ending next June 3o. ulri be IX.790.000.000. Although rate of expenditures consouucntlv ? far under the early estimates, treasury statement shows the outis increasing rapidly, amounting J450.000.000 in December, as corned with $3*7,000,000 the month ore. \ similar relatively low rate of exiditures was recorded for the shipK board which spent $45,774,000 December, about $2,000,000 less ,n the month previous, making a il expense for the six months lit,022.000. Katimuted expenses foi whole year were $001,129,000. "he navy expenditures were about lal to preliminary estimates, ounting to $550,936,000 for the six nths, as compared with the ?-stited $966,160,000 for the year, "hese three departments accountfor the great bulk of the governnt's expenses. The outlay for st others was approximately the ounts anticipated. "he net public debt of the United tea was $6,664,359,097, about a ion dollars more than the month ore.