Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 05, 1918, Image 2

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TIioiii.-i--. K -ii?in K>. and Cordon. ' Iin>. I ?> iiioi I .lis. m.I ?"11:111 11? f. < ?KI:iIioiii i I'.-llison. 111111 <> I II Hi;-II. low a. ui'l If >i. low.i. If. (ill I >11 .ill- Tin- Iioiis. I'i-vi is. >1 its ..a Ii..ii .. fill I III III. ?!. > .III.I voted. Jll to lo l.-.iv.' Hi.- i 11.--iim>kiiic |?o\v?-i iii Iln |.ri'-i'l< ill".- hands Tin- Iioiis. nisi. i. v. i-. .I n . Ii on iln- |?i-..\ isioii limitit?u cov.tinii.nl operation after 111. vv.n nil.I I'V ;i villi of Jllii lo ll!?'. ii stoicI tin- two-venf lilnil. Til" In?il?i' il.-i'line*I. l.v n vol.- ..I l.'t.'S lo |'i. lo exlelnl C"V ft tllio lit > olifrol nil. I tin* war until eoinsrvss "shall tluTe. ft?-|- provide." S.-nnioi I .a l-'oll.-tie was tin* target of a series ol prol.nl.lv tin- most I>itt i attaeks ever llred at an Vtuerii an legislator at M.-nlison. \\ is.. M"ii lay. Stale S<nator Henry in a seath iiirC 'leiiolllieeineiil likened |?i l-'olleiie's attitude toward I'resident W ilson's war winning programme lo .Imlas's attitinle tovvar.l Christ. The ih-liate was on the question of adopt vrt* ' *ttt- swi^iyWi,-. / ? ?? pie of the state of W'iseonsin always have stood and always will stand squarely heliind tin- present war to a sineessllil end. We eolldenin Senator Cohort M. I .a l-'ollette and all Others who have faih-.l to see the ilclit.-oiistn-ss of our nation's eniise mid have tail..I to support onr coveliitii. nl in matters vital to tin- vv limine of the vvar. And vve ih notm.-e any attitude ot ut tela nee of theirs whielt has tended to unit, sedition amonc III' I - pie ill i>i:i i'iiiiiiI r\ : i ti> I tn injur- wis ..Usui's 1st it' li;illl?? In li>l< I In - I'm prol?li*s i.l I In* i-:ii t li." Kramis .1 111*111-\. sp.rial eoUnst-l liir tIn* l*Vi|i till trade commission, minis legislation ih.it will enable him It. iii after tin* Swift. Armour. Mortis. Wilson iiinl I'lnlahy I'aekitm eonipillus Vol lnim aKo In* Iii-oiikIiI out thai tin- |iai'ki-rs learned in a.l\am*i* ili.it Hoover was lo ho a|>|.oiiit<*.| oil I In food i i'iiiiiiissioii ami lin y immediately wont ahotil sot iiriiiK tin fill ployiiii*iit .*r i i-i'lain of th< ii* Paul ini-ii as tloo\i*r's assistants, iln* nu n to serve ostensibly without compeiisaIion. Ili'in v. is rrilain that tin- paeki rs have In i*n tixitty: meat |>ri* vs at whatever they wanted I'or it least livi* years ami I ii rin t: tin* war In* says in. \ ha\?* ln-. ii rohl'iim tin- Anieri -an in* 'I'll' rinhl ami left. llr is sure that if In- ran net liohl of rrrtain paper*. in tin* t-ifi* of lli'iiry Vn ilcr of i'liieuno. :itti*rni y for tin* trust. In* ran roiiMrl all Illr paekers II* wauls authority to <l<al with tin* sitti:iti??|i umlrr an amrmlnirllt to tin* rspioiiaKr art t'onsunirrs of roal in provnlinn this spium ami stinitiirr for tin next u mill's furl rri|uii'rim Ills will l.e lunitril l>> thr furl ailininistratiy.il in tlirir purchases strictly to ilirir needs. I In uiakiiit: this aniioiiiirctiimit. I'm I Ailiiiinislrator i.artlelil sai.l all local furl rotllllllttrrs will l.r ilistructcyl to srr that there is 110 lioaflillfr. 'I'll, fuel a.Iniiliistratioii has a.lx is. il all i onsuuirrs 10 bemn as early as April I to lay in thrir in \t winters' supplies. If the nilvlcc is followe.1 oftlcials he* llrVe there will he >u. liiarkvil roal ear coiiKestioii on the railroads next winter ami that no coal slmrlate will oe< nr. The fuel ami railroad administrations have ahoilt yoluplited their plan for distribution of coal l.y zones ami when finally approved, as it probably will he this wiyk. it will lu* put inly, operation 1'inter the plan the ey.untry is .liyided into twenty or more proilueint districts, each of which will supply a particular coiikuuiiiik zone. Many complaints that the coal now sy.t.l is of an inferior quality have ? iiw*.>.i iiio *iilimiiislr;itHiii ITO pare orilcrs to operators. providing that eo.il shall ! cleaned and rstalillshtllK (.T.IlllS I'a l is. hVbruury k'?!: A thousand hostages have hi en torn from their homes 11> tlic loriiiun art ill. i\ authorities in tin- north ot 1-Yanoe ami sent to tin- llot/.miiidcu oati)|>. Thoso| hostages hiiir Ihm'Ii selected from among thf notal.l.'s and include e.luliitril and rrtltti'd girls. I.'llomnii' l.ihte. on tho ant horn v of a ivlialdoj witness. <\poses the inlatuous treatment to whieh these women have been subjected at tin- Holzinindeii camp. Thirtv women hostages. having refused to make suks. were shut in a shed without lood or da> light. They remained there from August 13 to September IS. 1S17. and would have starved had not food lieen smuggled in from time to time I > ehnritatde hands. They were forbidden an> artiele of toilet from 4 p. m.. until midnight. As they refused to capitulate, their mattresses and bed cov. rings were taken awai and tlnallv their woolen underwear. Their martyrdom was cut short b\ a providential visit to the camp bv a delegate from the Swinish legislation at ltrussels. They were released one hour before his arrival. but he was informed of these revolting rai ts. ? The momy cost of the war to the I'nitcd States still is running near a l>illion ilotlars a month. Dt>spitt' oflicial forecasts of steailily increasing ex|N>ndituiV!i 'torn month to month, the government's outlay in February, uminling to a treasury statement is- j sued recently, was slightly less than in either January or IVccmher and would have ben approximately the same if the month hail been as Ion? as other months. Kxpcnditures amounted to S1.002.S?S. 0S. of which twothirds or I66.S.400.000 was for ordinary war expenditures and $525,000,000 was in loans to allied governments. Cor responding expenditures were $1,090,j 000.00 j In January. $1,105,000,000 In December and $952,009,000 In November. The net balance In the general fund ua? swelled to $1,073,000,000. above the billion dollar mark for the hrst tjm< >in<? th<- middle of IJeretr.: bv the inflow of $253,000,000 from si,J. m i < rtdi'iiti y of indebtedness of lie i .ii- r.* Oin Miiik. which will el,,., today. The total cash as. o: tf,. government are li.iiuf.Mjl.. W he >. include) $-,.401.13.",..",Oti told t ; silvei and the i>ti lance of r>< _' 11 i.il tiftid. I'oi revenue. the i titi.i nt si.ii |w telyinu mainly on l,ieiowji|s through tie- |,il,< ft\ loans I I It Ifjeat, S of indebtedness as the v ? t.,\ dollars have not as yet be. II to (oil II) tiotll Ifl'-ofie and excess ! f.iolits taxes. ?^?? fit? \(orferiUf inquirer. Kti'ered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. ? J* YORK. S. C.: TUESDAY. MARCH 5. 1918. In tiji.i ?.i l.t-ina r.-.| r if mi t Ik* ii..i i hue st as heretofore ii is up t?> th?south t<> 11 Ij fwil tin* entire eountry. \.. ..i.iiim to reports in The State, tin .it;, authorities ??l t'oliimhia, are inahini; :. 11. -1 i in in**.I \v:ir against the iriuinuts of tin- fit*. hoth male sin?l I. in..I. . II tins.- 1. polls 111. I irate the i.tiii.l .on.lit ions, an.) we have no r. ax.n to a-Miine the eontrary. I"olni.it.in has lie\ . r l.. en eiiKa-i-'I in a l.elt.r work. Senator Tillman says lie will not make in .n ine euinpuiirn for ro-eloct.oli to III' Senate this suilllller, hilt 11 1 i- i * - - 11* thi Will i i': i > > in- I"..I-.. I tr v.s|> i|i< r> 'I'll.ml; \<m. si-nator. Tin | ml v i-rl i-iiic rsil is ul' i In- lii'ilKi'l* iil't* I timst reason.thh* ami vvi- ilnli't say il boastfully, l?ut with a iinasuri- nf l-iiili. tin- rln-ntili- is tin- ln-sl ir Smith i'milium. W a wail ro|iy. ialTimv l<i ilitcr. What in- vim i-liarmim for tins oiii-V Tin- )ini;iiisilinii in aim ml tin* draft law mi as tu ma In- it a|i|ilv to the vhiiiiu mi n lii-i-utnint; ul asm lias lint vi-t In i n ran mil into i-lTrrt: I >n t it will |iroliali|v In- mailt- i-ffi-rtivi- within tin iii xt few mi i I.s. This is liulit ami |iii.|iii si i i ii i it -11 so that it seems tu us that tin- failure tu |>\ii11- lot* this -nutim-iiirv in tin original law was mainly a 111: 11 r uf ovi-rsmhl. All r--|Miiis lift to this time indicate that tin i-niiii?;iIivi-l> raw Aim-riran ir?ni|is an- provins: in i-wr.v way tin* -11 i a I ul i in ma n v "s traim-il veterans. Vim i n ans have raiih-il tin- (ii-rinnn in in In s ami tiiTiimht liai-U jirisom-rs. ami when the <iii|-iiiaiis liava- siniuht to i a ul Anu-rii-aii trcnrhrs they have 'nilinl thnsr tli-nrhes ilefi-lliU'il liy Itton who an- not afraiil. It has lieeii ?-iiiiiuiotil.v supposed that -; Mini iii-i'i- <if i tu- railniails I > iIn- k<i\< riiiiii nl. jurisdiction in all damayo cases auainst such railroads has fallen to the Federal courts excbtsivcly. Federal Judge J. Walter Kvans. of laaiisville. Ky., however, has In Id 11 itTi i ntI\. lie says the jitrisdiciinn ni the state courts has not been materially ilistnrlieil, and incidentally In- m?s on to say that since congress inr the direction of the railroads to flu war department and not the treasury |i'|iarllileut. the ofllee of Mr. Mr\ - Ion as ilircctor-gcncral of the railri ;i-In. has no standing in law. It has lieen sit if test eil that the ereat hate tin Hermans have home for the Kritish all aloni: will probably be transferred to the Americans. Well, what of it? The Americans are not cxI-actim: tin- Hermans lo receive them wiili dinners and dances. The Americans are expecting the (lerntans to make it as hot as they know how to make it. and otherwise the Americans would be disappointed. The fact of Hie business is that the Americans ni\i- in mind the idea of making it sonic hot for tlte Hermans. And we venture that after the Hermans have made a few special efforts m the way of showing unusual disapproval of the \nicrleans, they will have a plenty. Now comes the re|Mirt that Austrian troops have invaded the new republic of i'kraine. At tirst it was stated that tin- A list nans would split with tin- Hermans before they would renew the war with tlte littssians. or any part ot the old Hussion empire. It is explained that the present movetlli nt into I'kraine is tit the reipiest of the Fkraninns who report that without Austrian help they will be ttnabh to export their food products into Austria and Hcrmany. Hut Austria is still tied to Hcrmany and she is 1.01m; to In- tied to Hcrmany until the 1 nd. She is afraid to think of try in:: to separate herself from Hcrmany even if she desired to do so. \\\ J. Hrjiin wjis prevented from in.ikins a prohibition speech in Canada last Thurs.lay niKhl because of disorder in tin; audience. Mr. ltryan w?nt to Toronto l?v invitation and delivered several ail drosses in the afternoon. but when he attempted to speak in a big auditorium at night, hoodlums in the audienoe made so mueh noise that he couhi not be heard. The management offered to put the hoodlums out of the hall: but Mr. Itryan declined to permit anything of the kind. Ho said that the interrupters did not include per cent of the people present and if this sm.ill minority insisted on keeping the majority from hearing, he would not have the minority ejected. Newspapers that get a large portion of their revenue from the printing of whisky advertising, said that the interruptions came from returned soldiers, but it was a noticeable fact that none of them wore wearing uniforms. Mr. liryan says that the interruptions were arranged in advance of his coming, and that the importance of the incident lias ben very much exaggerated. We are receiving propaganda matter from the Swift & Company I'nion stock yards. Chicago, intended to counteract the effort of Francis J. Honey's exposure of the methods of the |mckers. This propaganda matter consists for the most part of clippings from various newspapers and periodicals that seek to discredit the motives of Heney and make it appear that he is working for notoriety. We have not got space in the first place to print such stuff, and if wc did have space we would not print it. for we are of the deliberate opinion that there are no more conaciouslesa profiteer In all America than these same meat packers. They have the business of robbing the producers down to as fine a point on the one hand as they have the business of robbing the consumers on the other hand. It is a common thing for. thieves to howl out ; against and vilify the people who bring them to book and in this light look uj>on the efTorts of the packers to discredit Mi. Honey only as i another circumstance attesting to their own gudt. The Germans are said to Is- making overtures through the Swiss Ked Cross looking to an understanding by ( which both sides will agree to Uiscon- i tinue the use of poison gas because it 1 is in violation of the rules laid down at the Geneva convention abolishing , cruel and barbarous instruments of warfare. It was the Germans who 1 Si rviecunio Will Menu tnc lienor.i ?i aril witli tin- understanding that It' l?racticablc the classes will !? return I alter the war. A |?iir of rwhI (classes thus | resented to the (coveriunent may he the means.of sinking a Oerman sal.marine cin<l it may ho the means of savins an Ameriean ship ami A merles 11 lives. York eounty owners of serviceable (classes van make no better use of them than to semi I hem to "l-Tnnklin D. Roosevelt, are Naval observatory, Washington," by parcel post or express. The ordnance department which has 1 been under such severe criticism during the past few years because of its refused to adopt the Lewis machine kuii as the regulation machine gun of the t'nited States army, appears to have been vindicated. There Is no doubt about the fact that the Lewis i (can is a wonderful weapon, and it has i done terrible work abroad both for the Hermans and the Allies; but as the J oisuJ'. iii ijxa?. i/ysf. aL-WishJ; week and the testimony of British and French officers who have been in service on the western front with the l,owis (fun. it in evident that the Browning (can is all that was claimed for it. The Browning gun is made in two models. One model has the appearance of an ordinary automatic, and weighs about tifteen pounds, and is to be used for offensive work in going over the top. The other weighs thirty pounds, is mounted on a tripod and is to la- used for defensive work. Hither gun will tire regulation rille bullets as rapidly as the gunner can pull the trigger, or it can be handled so as to send out lead and steel in a continuous stream at the rate of ten shots a second. It is said to be less complicated than the Lewis gun, less liable to get out of order, and more | easily handled. These guns are promised from now on at the rate of hunIdreds a day and perhaps thousands a week. The stories that the Lewis gun was rejected by Gen. frostier because of personal antipathy to the inventor sounded very bad; but now the ordnance department appears to be fully vindicated. According to our understanding with regard to the matter, the necessity for government control of railroads entile about through the conduct of the railroad management of the country. This railroad management was not ci pin I to meeting the demands of the wiir situation because of several conditions. One of these conditions was that too large a proportion v L - *I"<? '? " fAfnlu h.'wl lifnn Ul UH' VJt inv .V..UO ....? absorbed by the management through various avenues of high finance. This absorption included money that should have been used for upkeep, operation and equipment. The interstate commerce commission, the princi|>al responsibility of which is to hold the taxes the railroads would levy on the public within reasonable l>ounds. or at least within definite bounds, not being willing to allow the railroads to go on the public for money that had already been frittered or filched away, there was nothing for the railroads to do but throw their task upon the government. The ability of the government to manage is obvious. The main question in congress the other day was whether the government jhall be allowed to do what the railroads themselves had not boon allowed to do?go on the public to make good the working capital of which the railroads had been deprived through private management. The question as to how long the railroads should [continue under government control after the war was merely incidental. Congriss has fixed the time at two years. Now. two years after the war we may look for the private managers to be moving to get the railroads back. They calculate that before that time all the properties will have been completely rehabilitated by the government. and there will open up a newera of fat picking, which will probably continue several years before the physical and financial condition of the roads will have again been reduced to what it was a year ago. The interest of the people will demand that since these properties, are frequently brought to the vorge of ruin by incompetency, not to say worse, and now fostered at public expense, they should be continued in the control of the public. As to whether the peo pie or tne rauroaa manipulators win win. is n matter of prophecy; but as wo sco it now. the railroad manipulators arc going to have every advantage in the contest. MERE-MENTION Of the $100,000,000 given by patriotic Americans a year ago for Red Crom work. $87,000,000 have been spent. A campaign to raise a second $100,000,000 will be made during the week of May 6th Three negroes were lynched at Delhi. La., Inst Tuesday, following the killing of i a white farme:* on the Sunday pre liist institute! th<* use of poison &h*. ' and thousands of British and French went down boiorc.the horrible stuff at VI ires in 1915. Kxcept for the heroism of the Canadians on that occasion tiie (Jcnnans, i?y means of their poison, might liave won the war. I'oison uas took the Allies completely by surprise: but it was not a great while before the Allies had not only learned how to meet this form of attack; hut had found a gas that was stdl more deadly than that of the < CcMiuins in that it was more difficult ' to distinguish, cither front color or odor. The (icrmnns have suffered more from this gas than have the Allies. As to whether it" Is really a tact that 'hrmany has squealed in regard to this matter, we are not prepared to say with certainty: hut if they have squealed, the fact may he ( taken as an exhibition of gall to say the least of it. The I'nited States government is badly short on llrst-class field glasses ?binoculars. Previous to the war <Irrmnity had about monopolized the iiianiil'actiire of Held glasses along with litany other things, and our tremendously increased navy is short in its supply. The possible need had not bun anticipated. There are in the nav> many ships both large and small that are not adequately provided with means to discover the periscopes ot submarines. As one means of supplying the deficiency, the navy is calling upon American citizens who have good binoculars to turn them in to the government. The government will not receive these binoculars as gifts exactly; hut when they are accepted its obtain safe conduct to Germany of the former German Ambassador Count von Luxenburg. The annual meeting of the United Confederate Veterans is to be held in Tulsa. Okla., In September, instead of in June. The dates having been changed on account of war conditions. A plot to release German aliens confined at Fort Douglas. Utah, and destroy public buildings at Salt Lake City, was discovered Friday when Frank Dimok. a German, was arrested by the Salt Lake police. Soldiers at Camp Meade stood lo lose $40,000 deposited in the state bank at Odenton, Md., and citizens of Haltiinore made the amount good. The money was endangered by the defalcations of the president of the bank. ON THE FIGHTING LINES Summary of Outstanding Events in the News of Yesterday. Itussia has bowed to the Teutonic allies. The Bolshcviki commissioners sent lo Brest-Litovsk have signed the treaty of peace presented by the UerJ mans, according to an official ^latel ment from Berlin which add wW.i*V 'I 'I ''I ll'l filling have ceased. It was reported on Saturday by the Bolshcviki commissioners they were about to sign the treaty. This report was telegraphed to Lenine ana irot7.ky after the delegates sent to Brest Litovsk had met the German emissaries. There is little Information available as to the details of the meeting between the peace delegations. hut the Holsheviki said they realized that any further delay would mean more onerous conditions and they would sign the treaty without further discussions. While it is understood that all the Teutonic allies have signed the formal treaty ending the war with Itussia, it is said that the economic and legal phases of resuming peaceful relations will be taken up individually by each country. The German Socialists have bitterly attacked the peace treaty with Russia. In a debate in the reichstag there were charges that Germany and Austria already are quarreling over the spoils of war that the real truth of the situation in the east is being kept from the German public. While Rerlin says that the German invasion has ceased, Austran troops have occupied three more towns in L'kraine and have captured three divisions of Russian infantry, as well as the staffs of two Russian army corps. Attacks by the Germans in various sectors along the French front have featured the official reports from Paris for the past couple of days. In one raid near Rhcims the Germans occupied a small iiosltion, but were immediately ousted by the French. In other engagements the French beat off their assailants. So further fighting has been roported on the American held sectors near Chemin des Dames and north of Tout Semi-official German and Austrian statements say that peace negotiatlons between the Central powers and Kouinania are "progressing favorably." One of the demands made by the Teutons was that King Ferdinand of Itoumania relinquish his throne to-hfs brother. Prince William of Hohenzollern. German troops are reported to have been sent into Finland and it is snid that the Aland Islands are being used as the base of operation. The Aland Islands are under guard of Swedish troops sent there by arrangement with the Uusslan factions. Priceless treasures of art in Venice have been gravely damaged by Teutonic air raiders, who api>eared to select historic buildings and monuments as their targets. The casualties were very small. ? A vigorous policy for the suppression of anarchists and all who advocate sebotage and other forms of lawlessness has been announced by Secretary Wilson in orders to immigration officials In the northwest to proceed immediately to arrest aliens guilty of reading such doctrines. Even though they may not have committed any overt act they will be detained and reportted. The secretary's action was in answer to requests from employers and civic organizations of Seattle and other cities that the department undertake the wholesale internment of Industrial Workers of the World, who were blamed for industrial unrest. particularly in the lodging camps. Mr. Wilson held that membership In the I. W. W. organization was not itself cause for arrest or deportation, but that alien industrial workers or any other aliens who preach overthrow of the government by force, assassination or who an? in any other manner subject to deportation and under the immigration laws should be taken into custody at once. The department stands ready to support the roundup of anarchistic agencies by supplying funds to obtain additional quarters if the Seattle station proves inadequate for interning them. Order* for the suppression of radical propaganda by aliens are regarded by officials as the final step in the government's determination to put a stop to extremists who seek to Interfere with the prosecution of the war from motives sincere or otherwise. Citizens of the United States who preach anarchy will be handled by the department of justice which brought about the arrest rest of scores of I. W. W. in the na-i tionwlde raids last year. As chairman of the president's mediation commis-slon, he investigated the unrest of the lumber camps and saw mills last fall. vloua Senator William Alden Smith, of Michigan, has announced that he will not be a candidate for reelection for the term beginning next March. He has been In congress for twenty-five years and says he wants to spend the balance of his days looking after his newspaper Imperial Potentate ovenshire of the Mystic Shrine, announced in Charlotte. Friday. that the annual convention of the order in Atlantic City, X. J., this year will be confined to business only, .,n account of the war .Count Minotte. son-in-law of Louis Swift, millionaire meat packer, detained as an enemy alien, is now being held by the department of Justice and will probably be interned for the period of tinwar. instead of being deported The two thousand employes of seven duck mills in Baltimore, doing government work, have gone on a strike to enforce u demand for "100 j.er cent" union labor . The annual report of the Du Pont de Xemurs Powder Company of Wilmington. I>el.. shows a profit of g49.llif.952. or 16 per cent on a capital stock of g24 ?.U'jo.ooo. Secretary McAdoo has announced that the third Liberty loan rampedgn will be opened on April 6th, the first anniversary of the declaration of the war by the United States. The amount, terms and conditions of the loan have not been announced as yet Mrs. Mary Thompson, a woman strike leader of Chicago, has been placed in jail at Cumberland, Md The food administration announced that there will not be any more meatless days until April 15. Mutton and lamb may be eaten in an states until lhat date Attorneys for Thus. J. Mooney. sentenced to death in San Francisco, for participation in a bomb explosion there, will not appeal his case to the California supreme court, hut will appeal to Governor Stephens for executive clemency in behalf of Mooney .... A St. Louis, Mo., loan appealing for deferred draft classification. quoted the following verse from Deuteronomy, 24.5: "When a man hath taken a new wife he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business; but he shall be free at home for one year and shall cheer his wife which he hath taken." .. A report by Director General McAdoo shows that on account of the war the travel to and from Washington was 128 per cent more in February than it was in February of last year Exports of grain and cereals from American ports showed a steady increase during February. The lirst week the exports totaled 83,658 tons, while those of the last week totaled 174,874. The total shipments for the month were 553.429 tons Major George L. Peterson, formerly paymaster general of the North Carolina National Guard, charged with embezzling $7,000 of state funds, is to be tried in the superior court of Wake county. X. C., during this week. Peterson was formerly stationed at I'amp Sevier. Greenville, S. C ...The Argentine government has asked the British minister at Buenos Ayres, to laOCAl*. AT W AJLRSi | NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Committee?Announce* that the "Delphos Minstrels" will give an entertainment in Yorkville on Friday night. Watch Friday'* i.ai?-r for fuJIer announcement. Robert McCoy. York No. S?Will pay for information leading to recovery of two estray black ii.are mule*. Strayed off Sunday night. L,.a.n and Saving* Bank Want* you to know that it i* interested in the plans, problems und prospect* of it* depositor*, and want* to help you in any way it can. W F. Jackson. No. 7. Yurkville- -Will appreciate information as to whereabout* of an stray horse mule, j S Mackorell -Offers hi* home on King's Mountain street, for sale \\ H Keller. Admr. Gives notice that on April 3 he will apply to the probate court for final discharge as administrator of the < -tate of P. B. Parish, deceased. I.ucy Hums. Teacher- Invites the public to a t/\ supper at Brandon school on Friday | night. March Mth. j K Jackson. York No. 6 Suggests that you i.i-e a first-class calf when you raise one ;i: all. He has a thoroughbred bull, j K. Jackson. York No. 8?Can supply egg* t..r ha'rhing from Rhode Island Reds. Cornish Indian Came* and White Plymouth ltnek hens, at II per setting of 15 eggs. Man?:R.v Publishers -Announce the early [ . i.iisaiinn of an interesting book. "What Aii* the World." Special price for limited :?.e. tl per copy. J. .are Enquirer Office-- Wants to buy 1.00U bundle* of good fodder. Henry Watt*. York No. 1 Ha* registered Poland-China boar for service. Also Jersey bull for service, fee. tl. IKnry Watts. York No. 1--Has pure bred Poiand-China sow and several other aows. for sale. W. Williams. Food Administrator for |>i?trict No. 11 Gives notice to Yorkville issiple in regard to the census of flour on band. I'ate expires next Friday. I |:. Williams. Probate Judge- Gives notice -hat Mr*. Virginia M. Brat ton haa applied :..t letters of administration on the estate .,i N. B. Bratton. deoea*ed. J F. McElwee. Food Administrator for York C..unty Give* information . 'nterest to the Pads of families in regard to the census of fi..ur in he consumers' hands. Information must be in hand before next Saturday, 9th. pa I'lantirs' Bank. Sharon - Announces that i- is now ready for business and solicits the a. count* of farmers, merchants, business and professional people. J M. Stro'ip-Talks about the slow arrival of -l-ring good*. Many goods have been on the way two, three and four weeks. Some of the sprir.g goods already in. J.o.'C* Bros. Ask you to sec them when you are ready to buy mules or horse*. They say they ran supply your wants. Star Theatre Will have a four reel drama toils* and an extra five-reel special feature, S|?-l!boiind." tomorrow. Ymk Drug Store Suggest* that you use Kre-..-Pip a?ut your premise* for disinfecting, deodorizing, etc. Good for destroying vcr in 01 mi Kinus. Yt.rk Furniture Co. Wants to supply you uitli all kinds of automobile sundries, including ires, tubes, urease, oils, gasoline, i. ?V. Wh tesides & Co.. Sharon Urge you to plant a good sized garden and sow sprint; ..his ami raise more corn. Corn and field hold seeds wanted at market prices. But few of the fanners are aide to report :i great ileal of plowing .since last fall, and now is the time when i i ryhody needs to lie busy. Locomotives marked "U. S. A.." are making their appearance on some of tin railroads. It is understood that the) were manufactured for the Russian government before the same fell into the hands of the Holsheviki. All sufcscribers to The Knquircr who have not yet paid their subscriptions will remember that the price is now <- a year and that after March 16, the price will be $2.25. All names not paid on or before March 16 will lie promptly discontinued. HERE AND THERE One of the negro selectmen who wt nt to Camp Jackson from locul board No. 2, told not long ago of his observation of the treatment of the negroes down there. "If a man had sense enough to try to mnke good in the military way and showed signs of progress. It was all right. All the oflicinls are anxious to make good soldiers out of every man who has the making of a good soldier in him; hut when a negro was inclined to he lazy, ^.nse and backward nbout work, it Kf. Y"" drV and t)f?a. stevedore at Norfolk, New York or Baltimore, most of them have gone? that Is, the no good ones. All thp best negroes, all that are worth their salt, are being used in the line, where they promise to make good soldiers." WITHIN THE TOWN ? Kgg.v are now being offered at 25 cents a dozen against 50 cents a month ago, and the probability Is that prices will go still lower. ? The effect of the offerings of "dog tail" colton on the market' during the past few weeks has been quite noticeable in all lines of business. Business has never been so good at this same season of the year as during the past two months. ? There was a pretty fair sprinkle of people in Yorkville yesterday, not withstanding there were no auction unto* he either the sheriff or clerk of the court. The people came on account of various business errands, some with county officials, some with the merchants and some to buy or trade live stock. It was a pretty good day fot business. ? It i* difficult to conceive of any one thing thnt would contribute more largely to the general commercial development of this town than the establishment of a cotton platform to be presided over by a public weigher. The idea of leaving a matter of such importance as this to the discretion and control of individuals is simply absurd. ? Mayor Wllborn has appointed the following delegates to the Southern Socialogical congress to be held at Birmingham. Ala., April 14 to 17: Jno. It. Hart, J. A. Marion, W. D. Grist, H. K. Neil. T. T. Walsh. A. Y. Cartwrlght. M. L. Carroll, W. B. Moore. E. A. Hall. John E. Carroll. J. G. Sassi. J. R Cannon. J. E. Mahaflfey. The congress has been called for the purpose of aiding the government in meeting the urgent demands of the hour In regard to health, food, and labor. The government departments are operating with the congress. ? The Are department was called out in a heavy downpour of rain yesterday afternoon because of the tearing up of n telephone In the home of Mrs. W. H. Herndon o nWest Madison street by a bolt of lightning. The crash was heard all over town and each individual thought it was at his own front or back door. The Are alarm following made lots of excite ment and hundreds of people moved to the supposed centre of danger until it was learned that nobody wai hurt and the property damage was slight. The fire department acted promptly and was on hand with a good force in short order. ? There are perhaps a number of l>eople in the town and in the country immediately surrounding who are prel>ared to do garden plowing and who will do that kind of work. Also, perhaps. there are a number of people who want plowing done in their gardens but who do not know anybody who is looking for that kind of work. In order to bring together the man with the plow and the man who wants plowing done, we make this proposal to all who are doing plowing: Turn in your name and address, and the price per hour that you want for work, and we will print a list of all names furnished up to 12 o'clock next Monday. Those names furnished before 12 o'clock Thursday will be printed In next Tuesday's Issue. There will he no charge for this sendee. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Minnie Cody of Yorkville, Is visiting friends in Williston. S. C. Sergeant A. Knox Qulnn of Camp Sevier, Greenville, spent Sunday at his home in Yorkville. William Benfleld of Camp Jackson, I ' pent Sunday at hli home on No. 3 Yorkvllle. Mrs. R. J. Mackorell and son, John ^ Campbell of Yorkville, visited rela- , tives In Lancaster, last week. Lt. Col. \V. \V. Lewis and Capt. J. . E. Hart of Camp Sevier, spent Sunday with their families in Yorkville. Mr. Thomas \V. Quinn of Charlotte. C( spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. p, and Mrs. John Warren Quinn in York- K; ville. T Mrs. D. E. Finley, who has been ii spending several weeks with her tl daughter. Mrs. J. D. Brown in An- li dersun. has returned to her home in Yorkville. a< Dr. J. J. (llenn left last week for jj Kort Oglethorpe, Uu.. to begin his du- J ties in the medical corps of the I*. S. " anny. ? Mrs. E. W. l/ong and Miss Wilma )( Quinn ot Charlotte, spent Sunday in ^ Yorkville with Mr. and Mrs. John t( Warren Quinn. Miss Maude Miller of lialtimore, ar- ci rived in Yorkville, Thursday und will ei be in charge of the millinery department at Kirkpatrick-Belk Go's again. <; this season. tl Mr. Johnson Cameron of Yorkville a No. 3. has letters from his two boys, h John and Will, both in France. Will's d letter is dated January 19 and John's e' February 9. Both like it tine. w It. G. ltatchford of Yorkville No. jJ 3. and W. L. Barron of Rock Hill. T have been drawn to serve as petit c' jurors at the next term of the Federal court which convenes in Greenwood ' on April 8. u Mr. A. J. McCarter, of the Santiago ^ neighborhood who has been suffering 'Q from paralysis since last fall, is not improving, and there seems to be but ^ little reason of hope that he will ever be better. He Is in the 82nd year of a his uge. ^ Wrning to the Associate Reformed w Presbyterian from Montgomery, India, 7 Miss Mary E. Lesslie, said in a recent y letter that she had had no mail from c, America in six weeks. From her let- e ter also it appeared that whole wheat p fiour was scarce and hard to get at Sl Montgomery. 7 Martin Wm. McCarter of Clover fi No. 1. has been inducted Into the mill- n tary police service at Camp Jackson, n through local board No. 2, on an or- s der from the secretary of war. Young c McCarter has been anxious to get in- p to the service for some time: but the ii local board having no authority to ti grant his desire, he managed after A considerable effort, to get the neces- 1 sary order from higher up. He goes t< to Camp Jackson at once. ti Lieutenant Joseph G. Nichols, who (l has been in training at Fort Leaven- a worth, Kansas, during the past few u months is visiting his mother, Mrs. ^ M. 13. Nichols in Yorkville, for a few * days before leaving for Chicnmauga, ^ where he has been assigned to an in- J1 fantry company. Lieutenant Nichols ' has been having a strenuous time of it out in Kansas, because of the weather, 'j which has been rather more severe *] than that to which he is accustomed: " but the training has hardly been as " strenuous as that through which he * has gone for several years at the " Lliaui'l. lit' Hflll lu rvixu.-iu.-. .. second lieutenant, but will take com- '' rnand at Chicamaugn, as first lleuten- rJ ant. He has no definite Idea as to J] when he will bo across; but Is ready for orders whenever they come. ' Mr. \V. S. Wilkerson of Hickory || ( rove, has been in bed for more than i a week on account of painful injuries ji sustained as the result of a painful fall from the running board of an || automobile. Mr. Wilkerson was at his s sawmill, about two hundred and fifty I yards from his home, when Mr. Joe c Leech, the mail carrier, came along In b his automobile, and Mr. Wllkerson pot v on the running board of the automo- g bile to go to his home. Just as the jautomobile rounded the house and as tl Mr. Leech was about to turn. Mr. g Wilkerson fell off the running board; but whether as the result of the turn A or a sudden attack of verdigo is not t known. Anyhow. Mr. Wilkerson got a a very severe fall, from the effects of n which he was unconscious for several p hours, and it afterward developed p Wat Vie whfcrt Wwfct 'mjrrrrtw-He * is now thought to be on the way to t recovery; but is still In considerable pain. J 1 LOCAL LACONICS [ Tearing Up the Earth. I Farmers who were in Yorkville ; from different parts of the county yes- \ terday said that the farmers were r plowing all along the roads. It looked , like almost everybody was busy. t Wheat Looking Good. Such wheat as was sown last fall seems to have stood the unusually se- t vere freezes much hetter than it was s thought possible. Most reports are J <iuite encouraging. t Sent to the Front. The following twelve men left Rock ;l Hill for Columbia to complete the j full (|Uota of local Board No. 1, in the I first draft: W. E. Poteat, Henry O. . Burrage, Calvin H. Collins, Fort Mill; Bud Ray, A. E. Landes. R. A. Jordan. M. J. Azer, C. A. Strait, Arthur L. Brown, Archie R. Jordan, Lewis Jan- j. nett, Rock Hill. j Not a Delinquent. .. . T latolv * ITOI. LiCIU) Ij. *uuuic, uiivu iuivi .. principal of the Sharon school, got c himself published on the roll of ^ Spartanburg exemption board No. 2. . The professor was somewhat jarred by ( the publication, and he went on the j. board about it. But it was not the t board's fault. I'rof. Moore has been in the navy for several months, sta- t tloned at Norfolk, Va? but he had not c Informed the local board of his enlist- t ment, and that is how he happened to { get the undesirable advertisement. The ^ matter is all straight now, however, j I'rof. Moore was here last week on t furlough, and he was aide to explain to the board Just how matters stood. a Tax Collections. v The big rush at the tax collector's office is over now. There is usually a heavy rush during the last days of December before the 1 per cent penalty goes on January 1. There is another rush during the last of Janu- l ary because of the attachment of the r 2 per cent penalty, and the third rush e comes during the last days of Fehru- r ary before the 7 per cent penalty goes r on in March. The pressure on the f receiving windows Is not so heavy t during these periods as formerly: but a the tresaurer's mails are always t heavy. All taxes paid from now to r March 15 carry the 7 per cent penalty and on March 15 all unpaid taxes go p into execution. J Eastern Teachers. ? The Eastern division of the York ^ Toorhnrt' njuwwlatlon held its l, March meeting In Rock Hill last Sat- c urday. Some sixty-five or seventy t teachers were In attendance. The q principal feature of the occasion was j, an address by Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, t president of Limestone college. Among t other things Dr. Lodge talked about |, the war. and he made something of ^ a hit when he said he expected that u when the flag was carried across the German lines In the final victory 0 drive. It would develop that the bear- c er thereof was a descendant of the ^ veterans who fought under General ( I,ee. The visitors were delightfully en- 0 tertaincd by the Rock Hill teachers. c Smallpox Situation. I Information from the little small- ^ pox epidemic out in the JJeersheba r neighborhood 1b to the effect that .. there have been no new cases recently, practically everybody having been vaccinated. Those who have actually been stricken with the disease are C getting along very nicely, and thanks fi to modern methods of treatment are h expecting to escape the old time pit- tl ting with which smallpox formerly li made its victim. One young man who n hod a pretty severe case has been ad- s vising his friends to be vaccinated, f "Be vaccinated on both arms and both t! legs," he says "and if there Is any other place about you that will be tl helped by vaccination, get vaccinated a there too." a v o ? The state highway department last 11 week turned over to the state treas- A urer a check for $128,941.SC. the amount collected for 1918 automobile G license plates. About 36,000 licenses tl have been Issued. h GENUINE 80LDIERS THE8E rssh American Troops Provs Thsmislvss a Match for German Veterans. The comparatively taw American oops In the front line trenches are jual to the best of CJermany's veterns. They are not to be frightened. >\ved. bulldozed, stampeded or whtped by shells, trench bombs, poison as. machine guns or raiding parties, hey die before they give wa> and 1 dying they take Hermans with lem. Those facts have been estabshed by the Hermans themselves. There were three strong raids gainst the Americans last week? ao along the Chemin des Dames and ie third In the Toul sector. All j iree were preceded b> careful prearation through heavy shelling with lgh explosives ana poison gas. ioi>wed by strong forces of veteran hock troops, whose business it was > t>omb the American trenches, ovcrpnw the defenders in any way they uuld and take hack as many prisonrs as possible. On Thursday there was a strong ertnan attack against Americans in he Chemin des Dames sector. The ttack was preceded by a terrific ail of high explosive shells. The ring continued until the Germans vidently thought lhat the Americans retr pretty well beaten and cowed own. Then the raiders came on. 'hey were met by French and Arnerian artillery fire and by streams of .merican machine gun bullets. The mericans remained in their dugouts ntil the proper time arrived and then hey fought like veterans. Several .mericans were killed and a number f Frenchmen were wounded; but the iermans. what was left of them, went ack without uny prisoners. But the heaviest attack of the week, nd the heaviest attack the Americans avc so far encountered during the ar. occurred early Friday morning, 'his was on the Toul sector. The iermans began shelling the Ainerian lines Thursday night with high xplosive and gas shells. They kept : up for several hours and smashed ections of the trenches to pieces, 'hen at about 6 o'clock in the mornlg they began a converging charge gainst a section of the line uhout a tile und a quarter long. It is usuined that they thought the Ameriuns. because of their previous exorlence with poison gas. were down t their dugouts with their masks on rying to get fresh air. But the .mericans were doing no such thing, hey were wearing their gas masks o be sure; but they were out in their renches awaiting the oncoming of the lermnn raiders. 240 strong. As soon s the German barrage lire lifted to How the attacker* to yet at the .merican trenches, the French anil .merican guns began dropping shells ,'here the German shells had been iilling, and American machine nuns egan sending streams of bullets at he approaching foe. Through It all he Germans came on and many of hem got into the American trenches, 'he Americans fought like demons .ith rifles, automatics and boinbs. Jnny were killed on both sides; but he Germans were driven back. In onto parts of the line a few American risoners were captured. An official c|>ort from Berlin so claims; but here were not many. At least ten lermnns were killed in the American renches, many more were killed In fo Man's Land, both coming and goig. It is not a matter of supiaise so. 'he dead' bodies, lots of them, were ring there to show for It. While the Germans were approuchag, a West 1'olnt captain took a ijuad of his men out into No Man's .and and occupied a shell hole. He alculated that the raiders would soon e driven from the trenches and he rould get some of them as tl.oy were olng back. His plans worked out. lis men mowed down a number of he returning Germans with machine una; but he himself was killed. There is a heavy wood behind the imerlcan trenches at the point where he attack was made. This wood was I moat swept away by storms of Gertan shells that had been sent over in reparation for the attack, und many ortlons of the American trenches flrtrWeWcitvetf'lfi *6y ore "Violence o? he Are. According to the statements of tmerican correspondents. If any Americans were captured they were lot taken out of the trenches, but vere men who had been stationed at istenlng posts out in No Man's land, rwo German prisoners taken by the Americans were wounded and another vus unhurt except for a welt that was nade on his hand by his American aptor when he sought to offer furher resistance after he had been capured. From the prisoners it was learned hat the raiding party belonged to the Sth Honorerian reserves, and that hey had been rehearsing the raid for leveral weeks in advance. One man xplalned that he had been unable to nmct any damage on me Americana >ecause as aoon aa he got Into the renches an American grabbed him by he throat and hore him down. He ind others had In their pockets Rusilan coins, indicating that they had >ut lately come from the Russian ront. Associated Press Account. With the American Army in France, 'aturday, March 2.?A plan of attack, ncluding a map of the American poItions, indicating every dugout, which vas removed from the body of the Russian captain which led to the reent assault upon the sector north-, vest of Toul. shows how completely he Germans prepare their raids?If. n fact, this was but a simple raid not laving as Its ultimate object the reention of a portion of the salient. The map goes Into such detail as o show every machine placement, very trench and every depression In he ground within the Amoricun lines. It the bottom there is simply a line Irawn, labelled "our front line." llong this line are five shaded porlons, each marked "nest." Four rehearsals were held for the ittack and the troops who made it vere specially picked from new arIvals of fresh troops In the sector, rhey were told that the Americans vere in front of them. Out From Their Nests. After the artillery had nearly eveled the American position, the Germans started out from their nests, ach of which contained 400 Infantrynen, one lieutenant and three pioleers to precede the infantry and ive to follow It. The two groups upon he American extreme right .went .round this flank and the group upon he extreme left carried out a similar novement there.' The two groups in the center had danned to attack directly, but the American defense changed all the dans. When they were met by the leavy machine gun fire from the Imerlcan lines they saw It would be mposslble to gain a . footing there, hanged their direction, and followed he other groups around the flank, "he duty of the pioneers preceding the nfantry was to clean up any wire hat had not been broken by the arillery, while the pioneers who folowed carried large quantities of exdoslves for the purpose of cleaning ip the dugouts. Official reports of the Interrogation f the prisoners taken by the Amerl aiin snuw uitti an ui iiitriu mu nut elleve Germany would win the war. )ne of the men told the Intelligence f fleers he presumed that the Amerians. like the Germans, did not want o fight, but had to. The officers uickly changed the German's vlewiolnt by Informing him that all of the roops In the attacked positions were olunteers. Thinks Germany Will Losa. One prisoner, whose home Is In ierman Lorraine, said he thought the atherland would lose the wax, but he oped not. He knew nothing about he Americana except that they were n the war, the German newspapers ot printing much upon the subject, he aid, and being slow In reaching the ront lines because of mail congesIon. This prisoner said he was convinced hat the recent strikes in Germany rere caused by a desire for peace, dding that all Germans wanted the rar to end. He was certain that an ffensive was coming, but did not beeve it would be launched before .pril 1. None of the prisoners had seen any ierman tanks, they said. All of Item added they were glad to have cen taken prisoner, especially by the American*, because they believed they wou^d be well treated. The prisoners' accounts showed that the sector opposite the American position was commanded by General Stalzniann. American Wounded Talk. The correspondent talked with a dozen ol the American wounded ill their hospital cots. Every one of them was anxious to tell ol some died ol heroism or other performed by his fellows, but displayed great modest> regarding his own exploits. One youth, whose home is near Saxunnali, via., and who looked to be uot more than Is years old, told this story: "1 was in the front line when it seemed like every shell in the world started coining our way. Where the Germans got them is more that I know. 1 never believed that many existed. One burst near where 1 was. "A piece hit a fellow on the other side ol me who came from Texas. The corttoral picked him up in his arms and started with him lor a first ant station m tile midst of a perfect show cr ot dirt and mud which was being kicked up. 1 don't know whether he ever got tin-re oi not. "Uy that time 1 got Into a machine gun emplacement with another corporal. whose home is in 'Missouri, lcu\ uig my rifle outside. Things gol so hot we decided to try to get to a steel shelter at the end of a trench. His Rifle Blown to Pieces. "The corporal went tlrst, but a few feel away a shell exploited almost on him and killed him. 1 stepped out and saw thai my ritle had been blown to pieces. This left me defenseless, so 1 started in another direction hoping to .. <w ? nialnl hwnuM I knew tho Hermans would be around soon. Aliout tho same time a piece of shell hit me on the leu side, and down I went. A sergeant jelled an order tor me to go to a first aid station. "1 was just approuchtnK the station in the rear of two stretcher-beu<ing teams who were proceeding, bent over to escape, if possible, the tljing pieces ol shell, when a shell plumped down on top of the station, exploded, and wiped it out. A piece of rock hit me m the head. When 1 woke up some stretcher-bearers had me, hauling me over tile shell holes. "I've sure got to hand it to those men with tho Ked Cross on their anus. Tbej all worked like dogs in that hell out there. They seemed to have but one idea?to do their duty? and apparently cured nothing for their own lives while doing it. They wengame right to the core." Red Cross Men Wounded. In this connection it may be said that there are a certain number ol men who wear the Ked Cross whose names are--on the casualty list. An artilleryman from New Jersey described what happened in the gun pits. "1 was asleep in the dugout when the fun began," he said. "We ran out to the gun. The shells were ruining down all around. One shell hit near the pit and loosened the logs overhead. After that every time we tired the concussion brought down one or two lugs. .Mini, stones and pieces of shell came in at the front, l-'ivc spokes were knocked from one wheel of the carriage and the gun itiuz/.lc was nicked. Two or three men were slight Ij hit and laid awuv at the end of the pit while the rent of us kept on tiring. "Suddenly u piece of steel came through the gun shield which I was behind and hit mc in the shoulder. About thut time we were all curried to the dressing station, and here 1 am. I don't mind this wound, but I hope to the laird it gets well soon so that I can get back with my outfit." As to Fate of Comrades. All the infantrymen asked questions regarding the fate ot their comrades. Keen distress was displayed by all the men of the company commanded by the captain who was killed. One of them said: "tie was a tine officer, and believe me, he took cure of his men. Any one of the company would have gone through hell at his order. We will puy Fritz for that if we haven't already done so." ?A ttjuimi inull HUB Wlft IU Ull IBM 1 1 said that the last he saw of the captain he was kneeling alongside a spitting machine gun and blazing away at the Germuns with his own automatic pistol. "I saw him fall tint," added the private. The captain was killed by a gunshot wound in the chest. All the American dead now have been buried in a little gruvcyard a few hundred yards from the. s|tot where they fell. The German bodies also have been collected and buried nearby. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Control of the Mills mills of Greenville last week passed to Allen J. Graham and associates, at |775 per share. ? A Charleston coroner's Jury returned a verdict In the case of the death of Henry Johnson in that city, Friday that he came to his death at the hands of Maggie White. The twp negroes had an urgument over a dime and a piece of balogna sausage, when the woman stabbed the man with a knife. ? Governor Manning has returned from Washington with u statement that South Carolina probably will not be culled upon for more than 5.00U men for the next draft, and these will be provided by the different local boards at the rate of uboul 15 men each per month. lie thinks that each local board will have to furnish about 100 men by September. ? Greenville, March 3: In an automobile accident about six miles from here this morning. Julian Jenkins, 17 years of age. of I'elzer. was Instantly killed and Charles K. Nelson, I'elzer chief of police, was seriously though not fatally injured. The nccldcnt was the result of a tire on the car In which the two men were riding having blown out, causing the machine to turn over. Mr. Nelson was the owner of the machine. ? The food administration for South Carolina has received a report on the llour census In Greenville eounty from P. P. Oeattie, county administrator. Mr. Beattle reports that the census taken by the school district food administrators in Greenville county auuwcii inui consumers nud on hand 130.000 pounds of flour In excess of their needs for 30 days. Greenville Is the first county from which the food administrator has received a report on the result of the flour census. In his letter, Mr. Beattie said that the school district food administrators In Greenville county showed a great deal of zeal In taking the flour census, many of them making a house to house canvas in their school districts. ? Seventeen white men have been arrested In Barnwell county for lynching Walter Best, a negro, who killed William Wilson, a young white man, near Fairfax on Saturday. February 33. Five of the defendants were placed under bonds to the amount of 97,500 each, and the 12 remaining defendants at $5,000 each. Those whose bail was fixed at 97,600 each, were: C. H. Sanders, John Dunbar, O. B. Dynes, E. G. Connelly and Oscar Carlton. The 12 who were required to furnish bail In the sum of 95,000 each were: J. R. Blount, W. B. Sanders, G. A. Sanders, B. B. Best, 8. W. Domlnick. Leo Todd. Lawrence Harter. Grady Harter. H. H. Young, 8imms O'Neal. George Hogg and Frank Harter. The warrants were sworn out by Sheriff J. B. Morris before E. W. Holman, magistrate, "on Information and belief as to the participation by the 17 defendants in the killing of Best. Germans Claim Bio 8uee????Tnm. plrte huccpm In the attacks made on the American troops along th? French front is claimed in the German semiofficial supplementary war report relating to the fighting from March 1 to 1, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam. The report says: "Northeast of Selcheprey our storm # troops gained a complete success against the Americans. After a brief, strong preparatory Are our troops here penetrated the enemy's positions to a depth of 600 meters. They rapidly broke the American resistance, returning with 12 prisoners and two machine guns. "The losses of the Americans were extraordinarily heavy in the brief preparatory bombardment."