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iiumorous flcpartmcnt 1 " ^ CK Mr. Peaslee on Gos&ip. How rm.fh truth i> th< t<- K* llu|<." (|M'I ! ?l OIh ?J <iu!ilM \ <ailUO?J.sf>\ <11 ^ * t.*- .stoi . Mi.it <#i*2 Mm* |5?*h*-'s ria?i to . .1. ifO to It.' j?OOi till III" Soiili: >U> tl?-| >*<li yoT ti' i iiikIii') ;iw:?) IlOW lol ^ lo.st i' ai ! now h?-"> thmw??l In-1 on III tin- town. i h' .il'l >h- took on UHInl i w f<< n lii? ?-;nrif?J /> ) avv;i>." ^ .>li. I*. ;?>!? * ? mill lao wolf an Tj, i*liu*-i ustolii'*1 look o! illsi^nst. I 1 Wii.M giv you tfii- iip-n that *l??-i | was any tiuth id it?" h' ii.iki-'l .'it liiM, filthily -nouuh. "VY* II." saui Mi <Suiim .. "in\ wi!*SIS tol*l im- that sh? h*ar*l it "iVi-i t? ? iti l'i| hi >, .iii*l that t'liup* i'.s lolhs t*?l*l tln lii that t .'l* In Kills >anI that >oii j. toll! Iillil "hunt it. So I thought 1*1 ^ i oin*- t*i voii ami timl out il 'twas so. in l.s it?" "\o!" sanl .Mr. Ivashi- i-xpiosi\il\. 'It aih't - not a woi*1 oi it." Th?n, .. th as In- noti(**l th*- hlufik aina/a-lin III <<l in his lininl. In- ii-li'iit* !. "I alii t hlauiS*| in' \oii lot it, t it** itIn- sanl. "I*ut I on want von to si-i- how litth- it tahi-s to .. th start anythiiiK. I lol*l t'h-iii Kills that I mi l .Mis' IIii Ih- riilili' out this moid- . in" with Tlia>?-l 'ioo'lw.n out on Union*! towar.l th* pool larin. Ami list Kii h* i a.is* I hn ii-l <<oo*iwili happi-lls to ^ l*> a s'h'i Uiiali. ami tiny till mil ilown tlii- pool iioos* ioa*i. all tins stoi v's not ^ I *11111 lip III I III lis." Ill"I siiiiiiK" 111 m?-*i Mi. iilium-;. \ n w i ah I \. V -*...* Ill, * hat : 11111 s tails III* I.. Ill I ml." * *:> U I' wi'llt oil Will Ml). "..I I |(1, 111110 l?r. I.> iii Ii made H|? his Mind I ac that li'-'d got to Inn- a la w boss. I aii'l linin't have tunc to 'to tin tia'l- ||u in' tor it himself. I,|( Tli' doctoi." Caleb explained. I alius dime ii wInto boss. ami it'?l *?"'14.x mi it was a suit ol trade-mark ,or|#ti Iiiiii. So whon Im ha?l to go away h?r I a month, his ohl hoss h.ol gut iilnmt I ^ won- out, ho uxkoil Kill North to K' t I 111111 another hoss against tin- tlnio hoi got hack homo. 1j,.. "'Vnu'ri a bettor judge ol ii hossI ^ than I am. Kill." tin- iloctnr says ,0|u( him. 'The onl) thing I fool lik> 4?lv" I -fi, in' s|iociiil d'reotioiis 'limit is lot )?u|f.|( to ?it olio as in ill llko this 0110. loi I n color, iis )oii can.' I ,.,j "Mi lil.o itM have worked out all I (j,. light H Kill couhl havo stii>oil ami I (|l "loniloil to I ho trailin' himself, hut ii I t||( lay or so alter the doitor loll. Kill I ^ liail to go away lor tin wintor with his wife, 'count ol In-r health. Hut 11||( i "loro h?- \vi nt ho charged his hrotlior, I who wits goin' to look altor his li\'r> I ;|Sj stiihlo, all ahoiit what tho doctor I ( wanto.|; hut Ins hrotlior. seemingly. (r, didn't really uiulorstiiml how '"" Ion ticulai tho iloctor was ahoiit ii whit' I |-0( hoss. "In ahoiit a Wook Kill's hrnthci I trailotl ami got ii kin.I ol iron-Kin). I ami that olio Im swapped lor a ivl ro.'iii thiit hail some white hairs on I f,-? Iiiiii. hut not many, l-'roiu a roil roan I Xj. 'twa'n't hut ii stop to ii real Im) hoss. I az| ami thou ho changed tho hay lor a I (||| chestnut. Just ahoiit tho time I |k|. iloctor Kft hack lie not a clianco to I w>(. trailo hiin lor a young. nice-gaited 1|u. hoss, hlack iis a crow. Ami that wasl u, tho hoss ho loil out lor tho iloctor lot look iit. I t,f "Whon the doctor lln'ly sonsoil that I ra( it wa'n't any joke ami that was roally I ||i} hts v/hiit' Itusg; tor ihih::ii'i 'sfcdidn'l L.|y know whether to be mail or not. but|(,al iit tho end ho just fetched a sigh ami I |)|( told Kill's brother to hitch him tipamll|)4, take him homo. I mi "Kut w hen ho was ready to stiiit lie I says to mo, 'tthsorvo the r*. dt. |"'iis- I lit*,' s'ho. 'It's like gossip in thisl,|)( town?you can start with the truth I wt| iind havo it falsehood in live times I ^, tollin' it. Ami you can start with a|,(> white hoss and have a coal-l.lack one I in live trades. IM know which is tliol most ri'iiiarkiihlo,* ho says, and wont I oil. Kut. lust and last." concluded Mr I IVaslee, "I've thought 'of that a good I niiiny tunes."?Youth's Companion. I Dr. Hale's "Club."?The sexton tu I nisi Kdwiird Kvorott Halo's church suffer-1 An oil from that convenient form of deaf-1 wa noss that prevents a man from hoar-1 da; ing what ho does not wish to hear audi wa enables Iiiiii to hoar what he docslsav wish to hear. Occasionally, wlioiil sweeping the sidewalk in front of the I church, some stranger would ask hiiiil if for inforinalion. and Ins usual answerlyoi wiis ii wave "f tho hand. "I'm totally! bey deaf, totally ib'iif. You will have t I iisk some one in the churcli." I sic. It often happened thiit Dr. Hale, in wh the midst of ii busy day. woukl liml the luncheon hour at hand and an im- hio portant appointment still nnmet. It pec was his custom to invite his caller in- the to Ins study and ask the janitress to thi make an oyster stew. The sexton resented l?r. Ilale's informality. wei The time came for a new siKtt to he am plaeed on the front of the church, and pat l>r. Hah- and the assistant imstor | a were standing: in the vestry aisle ilis- sus cussiitK just what the wording of it tre should he. To their surprise the con- K\i versa lion was suddenly interrupted by |,ai the deaf sexton who stood far enough -| away to make doubtful the ability of a 11 a normal person's overhearinK what m \ had been said. "I'll tell you what to |:,n, put on that sian!" he exclaimed. -sj,| " Vome in' K\ cry body welcome! Meats served at all hours of tlto day |nt, and niyht!'" aro "All riyht." said l?r. Hale quickly. ,lla "That's what we will ?lo. I've always < wanted to call this church "The Kxeter c'lub'!" lavittlott l?aily Mail. n;u sor Not That Kind.?The wife of Hen Sir Horace Sinith-I'orricti. who is en- I w Kugcd in addiny to the comforts of ma wounded Itritish soldiers ill Knylish pod hospitals, tells an amusing?and affoctitiK story of a soldier who had wit just recovered front a severe wound, and Fceiinir ill and very homesick, he last went to headquarters to obtain leave dov of absence. "I haven't seen tn> wife r| for more than a year." he said in a most dejected manner. "Why." said the colonel to whom run he had applied. "1 haven't seen my wife for nearly two years!" hin "Well." said the soldier, earnestly any and respectfully, that may bo, sir. am but mo and my wifo aron't that kind!" wli The furlough was immediately granted.? I/Ondon Standard. wa: hot When Scot Meets Scot.?Tho British fro commandor. Sir Douglas Haig. is a Soot, and his staff is composed for tho Lai most part of young Sootohmon. If wo I g boliovo the Washington Star, t-von tho Thi sont: ios boforo his ijuartors aro Soots, am Sir Douglas, coming forth ono morning after breakfast, was saluted Th< by a strange sentry. noj "Who are ye?" ho asked the man in the his broad Scotch nccent. 1 "Fine, general! An' hoo's yersol'?" flni the flattered sentry answered with the hearty politeness. liri 1R0WNING AUTOMATip RIFLE ' r the Top Gun With Which Ameri can^are to Be Provided. The latest American contribution t< ?rfare. tin- Browning automatic rifle officially introduced to congress Wednesday at a dernonstratioi iged in .1 remote valley in the hill .it surround Washington city. Fo than two hours the air was lillt-i itli ih? snarl arid crash of the firing n.itois and r< fircsentatives ofieratini new a. 1 [ions for themselves unde e direction of a s<iuad of officer otn the machine gun schools a rmgtield, Mass. High army officials, including As itant Secretary t'rowell, Major Uen ddlc. acrng chief of staff, and i ore of officers from tho-'ifritiHli en?-h. Italian and H< ,-lgium mission itched tin* demonstrations with keei l e rest. -"Dummies" Shot Up. Tln-re was tin target practice, al uugh .1 line of figures .shaped lik< n was hattcred to pieces by th< ii.nl of tt-n gunners. Members u tigress also scored repeated hits, ul ough it was the first time any ci em hat) handled a weapon of thi araeter. A> to tin* perforiiiiim-e of the tei ns used, there was not a sloppagi jin malfunction, despite the faint hundreds of rounds were fired * 'tie soiled f'-t,*i.. the schools hai \er sei-n tin* guns before the pre his Saturday. Wln-ii ^ring with the automata b-s was opened, two iirownini a\> machine guns were put int< lion. Thousands of bullets were sen 'earning across the valley to set tin ist leaping on tin- far hillside. Agaii ere was not a malfunction and tin monslralioii was completed with at hii'ition of the .simplicity of con -action, of tile guns being tlis tinted, taken apart and reassemble! peatedly in a few minutes* time. Army to Use Them. These two guns have been selectee the ordnance bureau of the win pa it men t tis the weapon will ib-h the army is soon to be equipped ie automatic rillts used came fron tories where the actual productior a <iuantity scale has already startVl'itlim > iii-ittoo <if' iciu.L'c Imn. ills will liv delivered every day am misiimls every week. They arc to In c "ovcr-thc-to|?" kuiis of tomorrow llii- Krench Chauchat is used bj lu ll .uid American troops today. A 11-com missioned ofdcer of the demstrating di-tachincnt. who with hi> ostants has been drilled with ever) l>o of weapon used by the Allied ops, including the Chauchat, tin ly prototype of the new ritle, spokt r the whole si|ti:id when he said: "That's the finest gun in the world.' Preparing to Fire. When the invited guests arrived at range they found twenty men >m the school, commanded b> ijor J. S. Hatclier, busy tilling magines and belts. The ten rilles wert packed ami the visitors were astonnil at the lightness of the terrible a pons. They weigh fifteen pounds uled with twenty rounds, all ol m il can be tired in a breath. Kail in." came the order, and ten the men stepped into the front iik, each carrying his rille and about i waist a heavy web belt, the pocki of which butted with magazines rrylng twenty rounds each. Behind 11 stood his ammunition carrier, alsc It.'.I and with two cross belts swing: from his shoulders. As the little column swung away yard the range, the rille men swunu ir guns up to a shoulder its they mid an ordinary single shot weapon tlie tirst glance there was nothing show the extraordinary deadly !imeter of their equipment. HIS EXPERIENCE WITH GAS tails of the Recent Attack on Americans in France. I'he lirst detailed story of the Gerin gas attaek, which killed live lerieana and aent til to the hospital a told to the t'nited Press a few ys ago by Private K. I. Hatlo. who a slightly gassed, while trying to e a eoinpanion. Private Hado Tells About It. 'The stulf has a funny effect, even it tloea not get >ou. ao if 1 rumble I'll set me right, won't you?" he ;an. 1 feel terribly dopey and want to i'p all the time, but anyhow, here's at happened: 'The Itoelie allowed us all day he I our range down line, lie dropI sheila lirat in the front, then in rear trenches. We felt that sonieng was coming off. It was raining and the trenches e mighty wet. Then it stopped I the moon came oat. In the early t of the night it was quiet. Between nd ? o'clock a listening post heard pieiuus activity in the German lie I lea and passed along the alarm, crybody at the post signalled for a rage hut the wires were cut. Then there was a terrilic blast and ash across No .Man's Land. 1 wis he post commander's dugout. Shell dod within ten feet and exploded, intering the door. Gas and high explosives poured i> the trenches. The cry of 'Gas' si* as everybody grabbed their ?k. One man in our dugout couldn't his mask on. I can't recall his ue now. He fell to the tloor In a t of tit. I got my mask on quickly. Then rcstled with him trying to put his sk on. In the tussle my mask slijiI and I got a little. The other man was clean crazy li pair 1 was unable to hold him I he dashed out of the dugo4it. The t 1 saw of him he was running .n the trench." 'hen he asked: Where was I when I left off?" You were telling about the man ining down the trench." oh. yes. but that's all I know about i. Before I liad a chance to do thin? the Hoehe cut loose with >ther hatch of gas. It got some o escaped the first. Then came the German barrage. It s plain hell. It lasted nearly two jrs. They poured everything on us ni the front to the rear. Everybody stuck in the dugouts, ter. I came out of the dugout and ucss I took ofT my mask too quickly, e gas hadn't cleared and?here I Our boys behaved fine through, ere wasn't a sign of flinching. The ct time it will be our turn to get Boche." rhe United Press later learned the sh of the private's story regarding man running down the trench deous with pain and suffocation. He ran bare footed through the communicating trenches across the fields ' and roads to a village more than a R< mile away. He dropped unconscious. J He is believed to be among the dead. Dead List the Same. be ' The official casualties are the same jn 1 as the I'nited Press of Wednesday. One jn s additional gas victim was brought in r late Wednesday. ^ ' Hut two of those in the hospital will { ' probably die. They have only, a fight- ^ 4 ing chance. The others are expected r to recover. * An Idaho private was the only one ?? ' able to talK. His case was slight but 1 his story was interrupted repeatedly c 1 by heavy coughing which passed as L he said. "Dopey land." 'n 1 i m i nt TO fcKAUIOAIC. LTnv,nmu. s Al ' Correspondent Thinks Participants in Mob Law Should be Disfranchised. ha News and Courier. >a To the Editor of The News and Cou- ve L her: Another lynching of a negro in la; this state brings again to the lore the oft recurring question of law en* forcement. The laws of the state are ca now unfavorable to lynching. I'nder (h the law a person who actively partici- a| pates in a lynching bee commits murder. Frequently it is murder in . its ^ most cowardly and brutal form, for u the reason that one defenseless man ^ J is attacked by an armed mob. The C(| poor negro does not have even a sporting chance lor his life. The fact that the person lynched is considered as deserving death is be? h? side the question. It is entirely irrele- ( t' vant. In former times in thickly set- ^ tied communities ot the west vigilance committees found it necessary, in their judgment, to administer what they m) termed swift justice to objectionable ',a citizens. In most of such cases, how- of ever, the accused was at least given ''l I a reasonable chance to show his innocence. in case he fuiled to do so he was executed in an orderly manner, fo I There was 110 molt. Only grave of- Ft lenses received the attention of vigi- wl lance committees. It was not exactly tic lynching, but a sort of rough and in ready justice administered tinder cer- ch tain restrictions. The so-called lynch law of the south ar is entirely different. It is the fury of Ui I an irresponsible mob, often visited u|>- ac on a wretched, defenseless negro for a |>u trivial offense, sometimes, no doubt. cr u|ion the innocent. 15 There is nothing wrong with the 1 law. The difficulty is with law en- uf forceinent. Through cowardice or im- ?i ' proper influences juries, with one ac- 00( , cord, refuse to convict a man accused t>a of lynching or mob murder. This nt. spirit ot lawlessness among juries na is so great that it is often im, possible to get a conviction in a common ordinary case of plain murder. Thus the spirit of lawlessness is made to increase. No doubt then- are now fewer homicides in r?r this state than there were twenty W( years ago. However, the abatement of the li((tior evil is more responsible for this condition thun respect for the of law. In fact, in murder cases, at st< ' least, mob and jury continue to have ru a profound ami far-reaching disrespect po for the law. ' The statute providing that the widow 'n | or heirs at law of t he person murdered ' by mob violence shall have the right de _ to.sue for, damages the caunty-la which- &? ; the lynching occurs has apparently had P? no effect in discouraging mob violence. w< Among ignorant, piejudiced and vicious po people lynching has lost none of Its lie popularity. th< What are we going to do about it? 1 Something should nc aonp, ano inai re quickly. foi Many years ago dueling was a grow- toi | ing evil in this state. It was effect- pl< ively stopped by a law providing that to any person who participates in a duel fui shall be disqualified from voting and wi from holding public oftlce in this state. Why not apply this proved efeffective the oath of office and the oath There is no constitutional or other rcason why the law should not declare ' that any person who takes part in. or aids or abets, a lynching shall be dis- ' franchlsed. In order to make the law ap effetcive the oath of office and the oath rei of the voter required in primary and se^ general elections should be amended Te so as to require the officeholder and ha voter to swear that he has never taken a part in a lynching and was never pres- ha ent when one occurred. This would flc< disqualify a great, many people in lin South Carolina from holding office or an voting. However, the statute could be An so worded as to apply to the future pel only. ' It will lie argued that a person so Br lawless as to participate in mob inur- Th der would not hesiiate to swear false- W< ly. Such a person would not dare Da to swear falsely, for the reason that W< his political opponent or a partisan cai neighbor would not hesitate to show Br his disqualification for office or chal- titl lenge his vote, or prosecute him for jol perjury in case he swore falsely. The yoi parti.san In politics would remain si- WW lent in a prosecution for mob murder. th? The jury would fall to convict of the Br heinous crime of lynching. But the J partisan neighbor would rejoice to hit have his opponent disfranchised or in- sti dicated for perjury. The jury might hei have backbone enough to convict of so ur< inconsequential an offense as perjury, mi These conclusions would lie well within pai the range of probabilities. The risk ma would be too great. The lyncher of eld the future would hesitate long before ly running the risk of losing his right to 1 vote or hold office. Under present 38 conditions the very enormity ^pf the act offense of mob murder protects him. Th The divided responsibility,, the improb- ha1 ability of a score or more of white An people being convicted of killing one rec negro all encourage the lyncher in the the belief that he will not be punished. oui On the other hand, under the pro- wh posed law conditions would be re- ha1 versed. The duty to vote is prized Foi as a right and a privilege. Hankering the for public office is a human frailty " few have the power or courage to cai overcome. Most people hanker in vain, yoi but nearly every one of them would be gre willing to give up lynching rather than Th gi*e up hankering. With many the she right to vote, not the duty to vote, is all highly valued. A man without this the privilege is a sort of political outcast, vie He loses influence In the community, spe The average voter wishes to continue dri to be regarded by his office-seeking Th friends as a possible asset fen the day eat of the election. He would not lightiy in ruti the risk of losing the right to coi vote. e thf Permit me to suggest through your pai valued paper that the proposed law be the considered and discussed. Let us work of up public sentiment in its favor and cat w I It" II 11IC gtuciai OOOCIUUIJ IUCCM W??- V..O uarv next perhaps some leglaUtlon on of the subject can be provided. 1 Hunter A. Glbbes. thr Columbia, February. 2C. W1 GENERAL NEW8 NOTES. icord of Curront Happenings C lected from Various Sourcss. One thousand Canadian girls ha en brought to Swissdale, Pa., to wi a factory, at that place engag building Liberty airplane engine An Antwerp newspaper says that irman courtmartial has condetnr death for cspionuge the Helgi >cialist Senators Colleaux and Lgr An explosive bomb was found amo me rubbish in a wing of the Fede lilding in Chicago, Thursday ue was found as to who put it the President Wilson has granted definite reprieve to five ot t groes condemned to be hanged I irticipation in the Houston riots 1; jgust. The largest cargo steamship am is been launched at the Vulcan shi irds at Vegesack, Germany. T ssel has been christened the Khir nd and registers 16,000 tons. Senator Fletcher has introduced II providing for the protection rrier pigeons during the period e war. The bill provides heavy pt ties for killing or detaining the bir The British hospital ship Glens istle, was sunk in Bristol channel submarine on Tuesday. So far ported there were 29 persons r< cd and there are 153 missing. The local food administration liladelphia, has issued a dras od rule restricting consumers to t' Hinds of bread per week. Failure iey will result in the issuance od cards. Stephen C. Face, assistant l>o: aster of Portsmouth, Va.. is unt il bond charged with emhezzhmt more than $10,000 of postal turn ice says he knew the shortage exit , but denies that he got it. A Tokyo, Japan, paper is author i nit* aiuiciiitrm mat jupau a Una are overrun with Cermun *P to are trying to find out the inte >ns of the Japanese and the Alll regard to Itussia. Siberia and Ma uria. In the twelve months ending Jan y 15th, the cost of living in t tited States advanced 25 per ce cording to figures compiled by I reau of labor statistics. The i ease was 2 per cent from Decern! to January 15. Assistant District Attorney Smi New York, says that a western illionaire recently lost between $10 0 and $500,000 at one sitting in mbling game in one of the pron nt New York hotels. He refused me the man or the hotel. ' Nfiss Marie Stewart, a conductors a New York street car, was beat two ruffians last week. The p: is arrested and heavily fined urt. The police court judge told t lsoners that women doing mei >rk would be protected. The* law prohibiting the shippi liquor into dry territory in tb ite became a law in Kentucky, Ke ary 28. A bill prohibiting the u ssession or manufacture cf oigsi tea in the state has been introduc the legislature. The Burnett "alien slackers" b signed to force slackeraintp t I I Hi Inn I illiilwpi il rtation, passed the lower hodse h ;ek. Secretary Lansing was o sed to the measure. It is not b ved that the bill will be passed e senate. The agricultural department nnsylvanla, is making arrangemer r the purchase of forty farm tra rs/t^help farmers in their spri iwing and planting. The only ct the farmer is to be the siiddIy el necessary to drive the machin len working for each individual. AMERICANS IN AIR SERVICE ive the Courage and Intelligence Become Experts Quickly. rhe American youth has a natur titude for the art of flying. It w sealed and is being developed . en aviation training stations xas and during the winter flye ve been turned out from them wi proficiency and in numbers th ve fully satisfied the American o em"8 and have proved almost star g to instructors from the alll< nles who are here to give tl lericans the advantage of their e: rience and of their knowledge, ["here are six American and 01 itlsh aviation station in the stal ie American camps are at 'Fo jrth, San Antonio. Houston, Wac lias and Wichita Falls- At Fo irth, the Royal Flying corps, up of young Canadians trained I itish officers, are in daily cornp lon#with the Americans in an ai nt*|'camp. A goodly number un^Americans also are enlisti th the Canadians and are receivii sir training under the direction itish officers. V regard for_ military secrecy pr >its relating the total number idents who have taken to the a re this winter. It reaches a fit : inai given greai comiorx iu u litary men who know and con red with tt?o total advanceme ide by the men the number of a rants reported has been surprlsini small, it Is stated. "rorn all seven camps, a total men have been killed-in airplai :ldents up to early in Februar e British flyers at Fort Wort re lost far more than any of tl lerican camps. This high fatal! ord among the British it is said s direct restilt of the more streni i system of practice and drill ich they use. Twenty-six deatl re occurred at the two camps rt Worth, while Houston, next ! list, has had six. They kill more at Fort Worth b( ise they fly more," is the way ing aviation offloer explained tl >at difference in the mortality lk e British theory is that the m< >uld receive early instructions the different and difficult woi ;y will have to do in actual se e, while the American traine >nd a larger part of their time lling the fundamentals of flyin e young Canadians go into the a ly for flights that are forbidd* the camps of the United Stat ltroy. They are taught the spirai i dives and the loops that are rt of actual war flying and so it it if their mortality list seems o proportion to those in the oth nps, the British officers are n pleased with the accompUshmen the men under them. i [lie San Antonio station : has hi ee fatalities, Dallas, Wi co at ilchita Falls one each. ?co ai Whlchlta Falli had perfect recordi until the week ending Februar>* sec ol- ond when at Waco a pilot was killet in a collision with another machirn lVe in midair, and a cadet at Wichitx ,rk Falls lost his life when his machine ;,.j fell. s Several of the killed have beet a civilians and mechanics. In the earl; ' j days of the American camp at For Worth, a mechanic was struck by ; an propeller when the engine back tired There was a similar accident only re ng cently when a college student ex r"' amlning an airplane which hai landed on the campus of the Texai rt'' Christian University, got too near th< an propeller. He was struck on the heai he and killed almost instantly. At Den lor ton, Texas, recently an aviator frotr ist port Worth stopped in a flight ant was persuaded into taking a civiliat Kit as a passenger. The airplane hat ip- hardly cleared the ground whet he trouble came. The plane crashed, kill it'- ing the civilian and injuring the avin tor. All iivii&iui Hum Diiiusiuii r iciu 0, Houston, recently ran out of gaso 0, line a short distance from Buy City ,n_ and telephoned for fuel. An automo bile mechanic who brought the gas oline persuaded the pilot to take hirr 111 for a ride, and an accident resultet '"V ?the plane falling when only a few as hundred feet in the air. The mechan s" ic was killed and the aviator injured The San Antonio Field is said t< of be the largest in Texas. Balloon obl'c servation is taught there in additior kVO to flying. The students are inostl] ,0 men from the signal corps. ol Houston will soon have two fields Love Field, the camp now establish4t ed and a larger one already undei ler construction at the state fair ground at which has been loaned the governils. ment for training purposes. This -it- will be named Cump Dick in honoi of the first and only aviator killed al j() Love Field. It will be used chiefly as ncj a preparatory school for ground trainies ,n*n_ There is a rigid bun against visl0}) itors at all camps. At Love Field, r n. visitor caught with u camera was held until all the negatives were developed and showed that nothing ol a prohibited nature had been piche . . tured. ] An unexpected effect of the frequent presence in the air of the flying machines has been the almost *r ... , iuiui WIMW tho neighboring camps. Wild dovet ith which have heretofore l)een commor ?" flying In flocks in northern Texas are never seen within miles of :i a camp and in their northward spring flights the game birds, the ducks t0 and geese are conspicuous l?y theii absence from the skies, tte The boys in the British camp havi en made much progress during warn sir winter, so different from the snows in of the Canadian winter and are ir he the air almost constantly. Scarcely n's a passenger train enters Fort Wort! but it is welcomed by an airplane 01 ntf so and flights to the city from th< camp. 40 miles away, for social purposes are made every day. se, li- GREAT WORK SHE IS DOING ed Wealthy American Woman Devotinj HI Heraelf to Comfort of Fighters. How American women of wealtt !?_ and refinement are performing th< ist most menial tasks and undergoing p_ severe hardships to make the lot ol ,e_ the French soldier easier on the way I,., to and from the front is told graphically in a series of letter received fron mr?. u^iiiiuiu iiuuiiy, a iuik ouciety woifian and leader in Red Crew its work who organized a Red Cross canteen at a French railway junction She wrote with no thought of publlof cation but the letters?written to relatlves and released for publication b> the American Red Cross?tell their own story. On October 25 last, Mrs. Tiffany arrived at the railroad center "somewhere" behind the French front, to Four railronds converged there, she found, und more than 3,000 men a .a) day stopped over ut the station for as refreshments, which were procurable in in liquid form only. There were nu in other facilities for their comfort. T8 "I wish you could see our little village, so tiny and primitive?one at long street winding up a hill with the f. big junction railroad station at the ,t_ bottom and the church at the top: e(j and a stream winding under a bridge half way up, a stream which allows x_ the inevitable laundry to go on," Mrs. Tiffany wrote. "It is picturesque as llc all French villages go but rather too t(1 poor for beauty and there are no rt gardens at all, which is strange." ,0 Less than a month later, November rt 13. to be exact, Mrs. Tiffany told of j, the progress achieved in establishing ay the canteen. A rough addition had e_ been added to the station and dormitory and a recreation room had 0f been completed while a reception e(j room to accommodate 1,1000 men was lg in course Of construction, of "VVc have red and white oilcloth on the tables, red glass carafes, and turo key-red window curtains, and always of flowers on the counter of the recrea,lr tlon room." Mrs. Tiffany wrote. It is the gayest, brightiest room you ever he saw. However, it only holds 120 j. men. Our big room is to have a huge nt kitchen and seats for over a thouc. sand men. g. "The dormitories are wonderful. I never was so proud of anything be0f tore. Two hundred canvas stretch?e ers for beds! We have a splendid y, fumigating plant and an incinerator h, and the place is a model of cleanlihe nesa. ty "All the men take off their wet Is and dirty boots, and we have good u_ felt slippers for them. There are two of big stoves in the room, two woolen hs blankets for each, an orderly who at wakes the men for their trains, good in shower baths and wash rooms. Altogether, when the big room is finished, p. I honestly think it will be a model of a what it should be. he "Last year the men slept In the ?t. road!" ?n However, the speedy transformation in was not effected without the expendl rk ture of great effort, Mrs. Tiffany r- summed It up by saying: i-s "Everything Is going awfully well in and the whole unit has been fine. No g. one should come for this work who is tlr not as strong as a horse and Indiffer?n ent to cold and fatigue. It is terribly es hard. The good it doee is enormous. Is. however, and more than repays one. a Tou never saw anything like the apis preciatlon and gratitude for the good ut we give the men and the price we er charge. We give them a whole meal ot for 15 cents, soup, meat, and vegets tables, or meat and salad, bread and compote. It is really good, too. I id thought I had a good many oceupaid tions, as I wrote you before, but since id then I have been particularly proud s of being a good cook." Mrs. Tiffany in another letter de1 scribes in interesting detail the rou? tine of the canteen's "night shift," i which she regards as more strenuous f than the day relief. "The station is always empty when 1 we arrive, but 15 minutes later it tills up as if by magic," Mrs. Tiffany says, t "This crowd keeps on pretty coni tinuously. It is never an overpower. ing rush, but a steady stream until - about 2.2o and sometimes until 4.30. The men buy their tickets at ttie tlrst 1 window and then pass on to the * counter where the food is served. Of - wurec inej art aiwu>? 111 a ururniA I hurry and push and shove each other as if they were going to get left If i they didn't But there is no reason i for it, because they don't come In for ? meals unless they have at least an 1 hour and usually they have a wait of > three hours. But that makes no dif ference. They act as if they had one minute in which to get and eat-their food. But all are good natured, and if the regular food gives out, they will cheerfully accept any substitute. "At 11.55 comes the big platform service which lasts about an hour. It was the one thing 1 dreaded before coming, but far from minding it now I enjoy it. It certainly is amusing and though on a cold or windy night it is rather trying, you feel that you are of so much more use, just because it is so cold and disagreeable. "Well, this crowd keeps on till after two, when we have our second plat' form service, but if the first train in thiu 1'iiiui i<i Info the nnnteen is fllll until 4.30 as the men won't trust " themselves to sleep in the dormitory r when they have only an hour or two to wait. "Then we get the dishes washed. ' the tables wiped off and the marmites r scoured and at three or four our 1 French volunteers leave us. The cook stays until six when the day ' cook comes on duty. At that time the day scrub woman conies and also one or two French volunteers, who 1 stay until eight and help with the 4 breakfast rush and cleaning up. We ' have to have the soup and the rug' out started and fresh coffee and cocoa ready to serve at six-thirty or seven but the scrubbing of doors comes in the day shift?the one that works from seven to three. And for us, at ' seven the night is over." ' "It has been very hard up to now; 1 but we are all very fit and well. 1 Fourteen or sixteen hours a't a shift have not been at all unusual, and 1 13 hours are habitual to me, but It f him lu-en so verv well worth while. ' Can you imagine feeding an average r of 3,000 men a day, a shifting population, Infantry, cavalry, artillery. "ia' rine?, chasseurs Alpines, engineers, 1 Turcos, Egyptians, Senegalese, and 1 today about 500 Annamites?" ' Mrs. Tiffany writing one letter is ' interrupted by the arrival of a train 1 loud of wounded. At the conclusion r of her duties she resumed her letter: ? "Four hours I have Just come back ' from the canteen. Such an afternoon! A great train of seriously wounded, which is tiring, as one hus to climb in all the carriages. The men adore cocoa. We get into the sanitary trains 1 and begin with the men who are well enough to sit up and handle tin 1 cups, and afterwards those who are \ AooJll to UIL-tfaeir heads .or ua* Ihelr f hands. Those, of course, we have to f lift and feed ourselves; as there are r usually between two and three hun dred men in a train you can see one > has to work quickly to get through. "The work is hard and takes a real vision and inspiration to keep on day after day. "1 have personally dressed und bandaged the frozen feet of 23 Senagalese in the last ten days; great ' huge blacks, they were, whose feet " were swollen three times the usual size. The station doctor brought us certain simple remedies for common hurts, und four of us took bandaging lessons at Neuilly. There Is a lot of) ' dressing. Sixty have been done this . week. The other day we had a sanl' tary train with two wagons full of i nothing but chest wounds?twentyi four men whose coughing disturbed others, so they were put together. "The dressings I find the hardest i part. I can stand the wounds and the blood, but the face wounds are so much the worst for me. "As long as I live I shall be grateful that I have had the chance to i do this work. It is far bigger and more important than I had any idea i of." Sells fat work Mr. L. E. Standforci, Wac work oxen Buckeye Hulls that four of them got so fat I tm? UN' are not only concentrated rougl they are helpful also in that the best advantage and permit thei assimilated. Use Buckeye Hulli it easier to provide a perfectly than with any other roughage, much less. T# secure the best results and te der thoroughly tioalaa hoars he/ore wetting tbeai dewn night and warning this csaaet be deoe, vet dewn at I feed the hols dry, ass eoly half as i Book of Mixt aires the right formula for every comb bow much to feed for maintenance, for Buckeye Hulls sad gives directions to copy to nearest mill. Ds*. k The Buckeye Atlanta Birmingham Cres Amgaata Chariatts Joel I1 = <w)44ir)44ir>44W)44ir>?4 | 12.00 TWO DOHA! | Yorkville Cotton Oil Coi | For Several Hv | MUST BE SHELLED | Bring In the < ? BAGS WANTED. 3"* Wa Want All tha Good, Claan Second-hand Gunny 8aoka = that wa can oat during tha = Naxt Thirty Days, that will 8"" hold 100 Pounds or Oyar. _ Baga Muat ba Whola and 8ound; = but naat patching net objac8 tionable. j YORKVILLE C0TT( Wealth in Waste Products.?The war ia teaching Americans that the wealth in waste products is worth going after, and new industries are springing up all over the country. The wonderful development of coaltar products within a few years has stimulated interest in other lines, particularly in the lumber trade, and the waste products of the mills and the forest litter are now made into |?aper. or distilled for the alcohol content -and for the sugar, acetate and charcoal, which can l?e economically extracted and turned into protit uu iler tne magic wanu ?>i me ii'imutii i chemist. Cotton seed has been made to yield food values and oils, and the south liar established mills to crush the former waste which tilled the rivers and was swept to the sea. The peanut, too. is now doubled in value beiaus> of the oil extracted. The packing Industry Is making adrenaline from the suprari nal glands of sheep; still another source of wealth in spite of the declaration of a Chicagoan that his company utilized every part of the sheep but the bleat and all of the pig but the squeal. It has recently been discovered '.hat the materials used in dry batteries are not entirely consumed and can be recovered in the form of zinc and manganese salts, and a nianuf icturer figures that he can allow two ctnts apiece for exhausted batteries and make money. Potash is being recovered from molasses and from cement, tanning from the bark of the western hemlock, oil for making rubber substitutes is taken from tish offal, and the saline deposits of the western plains are made to yield magnesium sulphate and sal soda. ?Drug and Chemical Markets. NOTICE. TS hereby given to all concerned that the undersigned has been appointed lteferee by the Court of Common Pleas for York county, S. C. in the case of Annie S. Good vs. Lee Cowan Good et al., and that all and singular the creditors of the late Arm of L. H. Good & Co. and D. Lee Good, deceased, who was a member of the said Arm, are required to establish their claims against said Arm and against the estate of the said D. Lee Good, deceased, before me as lteferee aforesaid; and I do hereby Ax Wednesday, the sixth day of March, 1918, at 10 a. m., for the Arst reference 11) inc sain case, ai my vnwc lit tvi <1, s. c. JOHN' A. MARION. Referee. 13 t. 4t. Real Estate SOME REAL BARGAINS 1 The Parish Place?Sold. 2. The Finley Place?Of 197 1-2 acres; about 3 miles from Smyrna. Practically ail woodland. Let the wood pay for the place, and have the land free. See me at once. 3. The Jno. B. Plaxco (Dobeon) Place of 117 acres. This land lies right at town; has 10-room dwelling; large barn, etc. It will pay you to see me at once. 4. The M. C. Willis, Jr. Tract?of 27 acres. This land lies near town, and has 4 1-2 acres of alfalfa. See me at once if you want a Bargain. Lots of Other Bargains, Both in Farms and Town Property. Loans Arranged for Farm Lands. GEO. W. WILLIAMS REAL ESTATE BROKER Room 204, First National Bank Building Torpedoed and Sunk ? We see thla In almost -every paper we pick up. While the ships go do*n, Prices continue to go up. In both cases it seoms a very hard problem to control?the going down of one and the rise in the other. But, what we started to say is, That WE HAVE ALMOST A COMPLETE LINE OF HARDWARE At very moderate prices, when you take everything into consideration, and we will be glad to have YOU call upon US for YOUR wants. SEE US for Wire, Roofing, Plows and Points, Shovels and all Farming Tools. York Hardware Co. Phone 153 Phone 153 OUR ACCURACY QUALITY SERVICE GIVE YOU "WELL FITTED GLASSES" T. A. W. ELMGREN | OPTOMETRIST end OPTICIAN ' 1207 Hampton 8t, 1 Columbia, 8?uth Carolina I SSfi ? ( lley, Ga., has been feeding for over a year. He states i ; he sold them to the butcher. *?YF 3N3CCO LLS k nsse lage free from lint and trash but y carry the meal, corn or oata to k fattening foods to be properly i as we suggest and you will find balanced uniformly mixed ration And the feed will cost you very slop the aaribfa eder, wt tha holla l feeding. It is mi; ta da this by < far the next feedjay. If at aay tiaM east thirty mkmtea If yaa prefer Is such by balk as ef eld style hols. td Feed* Free iiiation of feeds used in tbe South. Telle milk, for fattening, for work. Describee r using them properly. Send far your ' Cotton OU Co, Degt. K emend Little Keck IfsspMi tsoa Mmeem Mas ISFORCORN $2.00 ] npany Is In the Market = mdred Bushels. ! AND GOOD QUALITY , 7orn At Once. FEBRUABY GINNING- | * Our Ginnery will continue in operation j i during February. [ m OIL COMPANY ^ i' ^ FIRST NATIONAL BANK StiAKOX. . . . S.XC ? Member Federal Kctene S>sutu ? GROW MORE FOOD CROPS? ! THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. ' and especially the Food Administration, in urging Farmers and Truckers and Gardners all over the country to do their utmost this year It* growing food crops of every description. It Is believed that the demand for foodstuffs will fur exceed the supply. It is therefore l'l' TO EVERY ONE who can to I'KOIH'CE MORE FOOD than was produced last year. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Is ready to IIELI' YOU in every way that a Rank cun help you to grow bigger acreages of Food Crops and Grow Better Crops. This Bunk, connected as it is. with Federal Reserve Bank System. is in position to finance your legitimate requirements and stands nlways ready to HEL1* YOU. Tell US Your Needs. * t* a n m%Tnnct At l: J. o. niLKinrioo, U/cusmer. Stoves and Ranges WE Jl'ST WANT to suggest to our Customer* and blends, at least to those who anticipate buying a? COOK STOVE or COOKING RANGEDO IT NOW. These urticles are steadily advancing?they'll certainly be higher within 30 to 60 days thun they are now. We have a good selection of Ranges and Stoves In stock and you can probably save money by BUYING QUICK. HEATERSYES. we have quite a stock of Heating Stoves, for Wood and for Coal, and It Is a fact that a Stove Is more economical thun an open fire-place or grate. M. L. FORD Licensed Undertakers and Kmlialiiiers CLOVER. S. C. Composition Roofing THAT OUTHOUSE. Barn or other building on your premises that is In need of a New Roof, can be cheaply covered and thoroughly protected with a First-Class COMPOSITION ROOF. We have that kind?First-Class In Quality?in One, Two and Three l'ly grades. This Composition Roofing Is an ideal rooting material for outbuildings?it lasts well, is easily put on and the expense is much less than tin or even good shingles. The time to apply a new roof is before It rains. You remember the Arkansaw Traveler? LUMBER. ETC. When you need anything in LUMHKR or LUMBER PRODUCTS, remember US. We always carry a line of almost everything In Rough, and ^ Dressed Lumber of all kinds as well as Shingles, Laths, Lime, Cement, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Stains, etc. JNO. R. LOGAN C. l.OGAN' MOOKK, Manager. TAX NOTICE?1917 Office of the County Treasurer of York # County. York. S. C? Sept. 17. 1917. NOTICE Is hereby given that the TAX BOOKS for York County will be opened on MONDAY, the 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1917, and remuin open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1917, for the collection of STATE. COUNTY. SCHOOL und LOCAL TAXES, for the fiscal year 1917, without peiiaity; after which day ONE PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made In the month of JANUARY UHi-urt PER CENT penalty for all payments mude in the month of FEBRUARY, 1918, and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH, 1918, to the 16TH DAY OF MARCH, 1918, andufter this date all unpaid taxes will go into executions and all unpaid Single Polls will be turned over to the several Magistrates for prosecution in accordance with law. For the convenience of taxpayers I will attend the following places on the days named: And at York from Monday, November 19th, until Monday, the 31st day of December, 1917, after which date the penalties will attach as stated above. Note?The Tux Books are made up by Townships, und parties writing about Taxes will always expedite matters if they will mention the Township or Townships In which their property or properties are located. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer of York County. MILL PEOPLE'S STORE CHARLOTTE 8TREET YORK, 8. C. This business has been organised on :o-operatlve lines, and duly lnoorpcr* itcd under the laws of South Carollnau It Is our purpose to give the best wd most efficient service possible to everybody, and we will appreciate all a the patronage with which we may be f* favored from whatever source. We sell for cash on as close profits is are consistent with sound business. We cater especially to the trade of :he mill people and the farmers; but give due consideration to all customers. We make a specialty of all kinds of Country Produce, Including Chickens, Butter, Eggs, Vegetables, Fruits, Cured t/oafs ata V>aU~ 1_ . --a s uvmwo, ?bVt, uciug Ul kUO IHTRCV wr hese things at all times, and selling .hem again at the present prices that ire consistent with good business. Give Us a Call. MILL PEOPLES STORE A. D. DORSETT, Manager. The Bank of Clover CLOVER. 8. C. EVERY BUSINESS DAY THIS BANK IS HERB TO SERVE YOU. That's Our business and our pleasure?Serving Other People? giving them the very best of Banking Service from the smallest detail on up to your most important financial propMltlon. DEPOSIT YOU It MONEY HERE it will be SAFE, and being on deposit lore will help you to protect yourself igainst careless spending?the dribbling away of money as money will Irlbble away when you carry It in ^our pocket. And then another service that this Bank will render you Is that It will keep a close account of rour funds?At least Once In Each llonth Tou will know just what you lave paid out by Checks and how nuch you have to your Credit, and then too the Bank Way Is the Correct Business Way. Come and see Us. JAS. A. PAGE. Csshisr. GARDENING TIME oaa ana run YUUK SEED. I have he D. M. FERRY line of seeds, which ire reliable and dependable."All sorts. Buy Onion Seta Now. I have them? 3?ck, |1i?; Postpaid, Pock, $1.25. GROCERY STOCK COMPLETE. It is always complete. You can always find something good to eat here, "or your dinner, I have Cabbage, Turtips, Potatoes, Beans. rURN YOUR FARM PROOUCT8 INTQ MONEY NOW? I pay $2JS to $1.(0 a bushel for your '% 3eas; 12.00 for Corn Seed. Better see ne at once. Some decline in Pea marlet?may go lower. The above prices ire good for two weeks only. J. D. HOPE SHARON - t. C.