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"Wo Rot to tiitht liko Holl, hoys; xvo'ru outuunihoroil live to one." xxoro ?? ttiw..L.'.s' '.viiiUai - J ttux-^a.ntajm jit .tJu; American coui|iariy in Kriday's rtiiil Imfore ii sholl fragment struck him in tlio hack ol tin- Inail. killing tiim instantly. The captain organized a platoon xx hen tin- liiTinan Iminhardincut hi-uan. ordering the men to iloii tlioir masks xxlicn ho ilotooioil gas > ..Ilex ol Hllflls. l-lt. r. iiiiuiik llll* <-( ?*? ^ w|iinll till' ?-; It ll r.nkiliu ilitiill.lt 11HI > slmwi'il it was lush i*\|iliisni*s, tin . | t; ili timk nil Ills mask Hi* Ills' Ii*stiI tlm .illl|us|iln ii* atnl tli?-ll. satisln <1 that it was tint ilanm imis. |? i i 1111 I his tin n In unmask. Win n tlm hniuhatilim nt i ? asi*i| ami tin* i*inmv tlllrw a hatTuKo ai'l'nss tin* liork nl >111 sain iii iii* i a|ilam nall/i il an atlank was illiliilllnlit. Iln nr.h liil Ills iiii'ii fnrwaiil In \ullil Iln* I'lniil Inn*, awnitlim tin* ili l mans w Iln wnrn tin II nrnssirtK tin* harhml wiiv. It was lima that In* was k 111?- I. A .\lissuiiri nor|inial, w lin work * ! a lislit inaolilliui: ii ii. altii' lliiii i-l In i - li.-ul l? n kill I or woiinilml hnsiih hint, till In* lulu* snll' was Int. has hi*??n rt-niimtiiniiili-i! I'm* a iiuilal Irmii nuiiitriss. < n*imain's I hnals an imw sunk a* last as iln > an* h nit. Sir lain timlih s has ln11ii liii 11 Iln hnllsi nl nnliililnlis. This i-lTiitm iiiimlii ram Ikiiuii aramst I hi* suhmaiiim is Iminv nnliilin Ii ii wuh llm lull ami Vital in n|n ration nl tin Ann ual! navv. tin* first lull I nl l In* aillii'ialtv .aihhil. llr ii |n*ali'il his i*? i-i*i?l stall lin at thai "Iln iiii nai i is In hi hut nut niaslir ii." thiiiiany. In- ass?*rlnl. is sri-ally *\a imi.itinu allhil sIti11| :I)u lnssrs ilin in siihinaI'liii* warlan. In mn* ninnlli. In* aihli-il. Ilns rxacuni'almil aliimillli'il In Tn |m r i ml V I I mat's i ham rs nl iitiiiniii; 111 'in tin- north Atlanta*. tin h.mm I ni iln North sra. iiii* oin* in lout ni tlvi*. Sir Krii* ih-rlaiiil. "Tin in o|n*ialion I" twi i ii tin* Ani'-rinaii ami Itiifisli a.ivns is as mai |u|*linl as (Misslhln. Vim-man ollit'i rs an wiukinc in nvi*r> si-nlinti of tin* :nlmirallv |? rsnam I. VII ranks liavn 1 ',1* *.si.. .1 .III,I r I al ll lull' nl all. Tin ?:i\.il \\;?11. is inereusiliulx in tun lax or. \\V liaxo established :i trans-ehanncl surlaee barium' to ? ! struet submarines. ????|?1??\I iiiori ill.m In" patrol boats in this work." Tlio ailiinia It \ liea?l said a roilltmartial inxestiuaiion hail been orderinto tlio roootit tionium destroyer raid on Itovi i Hi- :itiin111t-ti that the anti siiliinaI lllo eatllpaiutl ill tin- Mediti i ianoaii was frauulit with ?lnlit-iilties atiil, therefore. not as siireessfol as in other waters. Inionnatioti of depredations ot a tlertiiaii raider known as the Wolf, xxltieh has lioi ii opera! inm in the I'aeilio ami Inilian mvans ilnrititr the past iuhteeii months, oatno out last week with the stramlinu ol the Spanish steamship I cot /. Mettdi. off the eoast ot' IVuinark. The Spanish ship, itselt a prize oi the Wolt. hail aboard about pill IH-Ople. the |iilSSellUel S :i till eii ws of xarious xessels that the Wolf h.ul eaptui'eil ami sunk. There were a nunilier of Anieriean |?assotijjers. Tin W'oll' hail on hoaril a liyilroplane. ami this was estensix K useil in the eat it lire ot its vietinis. The plan was to sail oxer the xietini with the hxiltoplaiio. <1 top a bomb anil l oinpi I surreiiiler. When a shi|i xxtuilil surrender. the Wolf xvouhl taki off the passenux'i's anil all the supplies it xxatiteil ami sink the ship. Prisoners ... 1...1 l .... ,l... xv. .li ....til ilw.e I,,.. came too numerous, on the capture of t)u leotz Metuli. the prisoners were sent aboard with a prize crew. Tin* Wolf then went its way anil sent the prize crow to to to make its way home with the Igotz Mendi. \fter a fearfully dangerous an?l distressing voyage up by Ireland antl down th< coast of Norway the I trot z went ashore on the coast of IVnmark. The members of the prize crow tried to conceal the fact that they had prisoners but without success. All the prisoners became free in IVnmark and they will yet home as best they can. ? Major ilon. Peyton March, formally took over his duties, as acting general of the staff last Monday. There were no formalities, tlen. March devoting his tirst morning to the regular session of tlie war council recently created by Secretary' Baker. loiter in the day the senior army officers on duty in Washington assembled at the department and were presented to their new chief. Before he saw. his officers. "Sen. March in brief conference. with the newspaper correspondents expressed again his absolute confidence in the ultimate victory over the German forces. "There is no pessimism at the front." Gen. March said. "The boys who are doing1 the fighting se have r.o lack of confidence. Of course ^ there are many things to worry* the rn< rs at home; but the boys in the ra *: t.- }. are not worrying." The na " fiint shown by American troops in w| f;i i?*?j. fights." at th< front. said, showed that thev were s' |< oiii.nu forward iri a most encouraging ,n W a and V.? It J l? J<-KI > absorbing their Mttam.tig ii: tnotlern warfare ind tnak- o ing j.' it'i-al ijh- ??f it mult r fire. The .' rai.i! look**d fdease.J as he referrt-'i o, it,. iii< :t|ent of th' atlemf'ted '<?r- is a.ir, .nd on the American sector fl wt i ii Mat with so vigorous a. r?-|ni:. ' a-n. March iias only admiration f'.i iht- French army and the w ;at;' o: France What their spirit is. rii la S.I'.I, tail Olllv I" Milll/t'l one , . ho iiis -a en what France is doing. V! "{.|eii'iit| response of the women to tin t-ountrv s need particularly itn- 'o i.mi. in* women .11 running nj tin l.ii~.in.ss ami the farms. In- saul. w.?ii -r:i!I .unl ju-iiriinnt, nleasini; Mi* it men folks for ?IuTy in tin* arni> naniiis? Mo* inva*l?*r. \ flic \|orhrillf (inquirer. ICnt?red at the Postofflce at York as .Mail Matter of the Second Class. al \\ rn YORK. S. C.: it, FRIDAY. MARCH 9. 1918. Tl In |i 'i'** in hi | ;i iun tor tin* t It 11 I l.iln-rtv . In li.nll i.s In I.* II|M*II<-<| Apl'il ,J. It'l iiIl.'ii. iif Mil* Fountain Inn '' T: mil', has Ih'i oiim* assoeiate editor ' ' i tin- ?Jr?-? nv 11U* I'iimIiiioiiI. Mr. .in Hi n is urn oi tin must miaiiuil ami ^ unl p* iu|i lit 1111 i:i I writers in Snntli .. .. ? ' . tOllllU. .XllitOSl <-\ < r\IIIIIIK lie I?I xxiit.s is ui.ith whil'. and tlii' editorl:il page nl tli* I'ndmont. already i s i-ll? lit. will heroine jiiiiii-rinr. The ' iiinlri;i ii. 11 iilt is that Mr. xmilleti will ' , I'M - litinin ili? I>til?ltiaiii of tin- Tri n mine. fn III) \\ ' 1111 _;: 11 01 i s|.i.ii?I? lit ol I'I lli?* i "li:ii l- sioii .\in* riran li;is il lli.'it ,j.j lii>n is :i I.in.I ol mill* islanding I"'- . in tw.in t In- . i ii 11 -1 :|<;i s> ! in. m ul' the so si.ill- tli.'il il tin- Tilliniili ;i I) llttll lit *< :ii'III <lui s lint tilki' w II with tin poo- j.j I'll. < *nii*;i i ssiii;iii l.i sir will make :iiiiki'iii. iio ill ui his ?s<iiilii|;i?*v. II hits ).< n iiii.h rsloixl for sonio lime that ' iiism r slim a l.rxir has hoi i strongly ,t| a si roils ol -iit< ring tin* li?'hl for tho (|1 si nat*' atni la* max yet deride to do so. ?*.t ' * ' ni r.iiaiis. oi stall Ha nts oontaim-il in ?r:vi l. l. giaiiis to different soliators. S? natoi la wis of Illinois, has tahon oi l asimi to ti ll t la* s* iiati that there alt i.- no -.ii i'*t trontv liilw'i ii tin* (' ii it - . to il Stat* s and .l:i|>an with reference to Japan's luituipiition In tilt* war. .la- ^ pan, In* \plainoil. is in tin* war ho- . ansi- of a tnatx with Kllglalld. and is tin* :111> < I Kllglalld onlx. Tho I'nit- ()j. . I Stahs has no understanding with v-j Japan as ) operatinns in Siln-ria. and has said iioitlmr xra nor nay with regard to tin inatlor. Whatever Japan , max do xx ill ho w ithout regard to anx understanding xxilh tin* I'nitod Stall's XXI ' * in ...Xyong.4;ic..i,m*ihi|ii iiiini jiut j^.* latvn liiantitios of cannod goods last failure inanx who still have oonsidcrahto -j. storks on hand tiiul xx ho fool sumexx hat discouraged ahout lindilig a market. As xvo see it. then* is no ^ inid for disooiirtigoinont along this W( lino. Iiifoimation at the present time |it is that tin federal goxeminent is in tin. market lor mole callIIoil tomatoes. corn. string In.-iiis. than it lias j(( In. n :i I ?|. in procure, a a. I people who hav. surplus | mi lit it i?*s id sin It goods ... ina\ n>l assiiiiil that tInwill tiinl a j( I market tin all lin y care In ilis|Misi' of j|( ami al good prices. j Tin ii- is v. i'v little ilellnite ami |ir |nisiii\i' information as to what Itus aa can it will do with regard to tieai'e. ^ Tlii- Colsli. vik representatives have in slum <I iln CiTinati peace terms an lit roiii|iiilsion. Init tile treaty must ' he ratilieil In lore it is effective, ami ^ it is lioul.tlul as to whether it will he iatiti. il. Tin re are imlieotions that ' J the Colshevik government will l?e overthrown. The liussians ol all , . ill; i lasses art saiit to lie organizing to resist (oriiiaii invasion to the east, ami the luohaliilitv is that there will be .St, olisiileralile hlooilslleil helole l|lllet IS , til llllallv restOI'eil. , til Mr. Iloover has lifted the hall on ,U menl i vi pi lie desires the eontiliuis am-, nl heethss Tuesilavs and porkJs| less Saturdavs. The people are in\V( formed that at other times they may ^ eal as milch meat as they want to eat. lie explains that the saving that tin- Amerieaii people have effected by es refraining from the consumption ef | meat as rei|iiired. has increased the supply of meat sllflieient to allow all . ti< that is neeessary for the eoiisumption ^ of the allies, and that now eating of in meat will result in the saving of w heat. It is still necessary to save as much wheat as possible; but accordmg to Mr. Hoover there will be very ^ little further restriction in the Hour problem. . " ' eri Although war savings stamps are tit being sol i in considerable quantities, Wl it may as well be confessed that the sales are not in conformity to the de- p, site of those who instituted the plan, tp The ma n idea of the w?ir savings f. among the workers with small in- ||( eonies. It was hoped that the bulk of eo tli,- sales would In- in the form of ta thrift stamps, at -3 cents each, that tlnsv thrift stamps would be converted ou into war savings stamps and later the p,, war savings stamps would be convert- ar ed into war fixings ccrtiticates. The rn plan was to prevent the wasting of j8 small amounts, to encourage the sav- ou mg of small amounts, and to interest the greatest number of people in sav- ba nig. I'eot le w ho. are working in the interest of the war savings campaign th should use their best efforts to Induce to investments in thrift stamps. m sy Senator Tillman's announcement of lit his candidacy for re-election is to be w-i taken as a matter of course. To be fa sure, he said in 1914, that he would Ja not seek another term; but nobody i took that any more seriously than he ph intended them to take it. He will not Ja attempt to make a campaign, he says, tu He gives as a reason that he will be th of more service to his country attend- th ing to h s duties in Washington. That w< is another proposition that is familiar th to those who have been here a long time and who have fairly good memo- tlu ries. There are people, pretty good ci< people too. who don't think that the wi nator amounts to a great deal in asliinirton?who think that the afIrs of th?* country, including the ivy. would wag along about as usual Ithout hirn as with hirn. There are tn? |s-ople who think. too. that durg th? progress of i campaign, the nator would make a better show in 'ashington than lie would on the unip. Cut it is all tin- same. There nothing surprising about Senator llman's candidacy. He has a right run it ii< wants to and if tin people utit to re-elect hitri that will la* all ght. At the same time, however, we e inclined to the deji that if he is >t re.e|ected tliinis will continue i go along about as well as they l\"e been going. Samuel ?lumpers stated before the ew Vork legislature the other day in i argument against the ratification of ie |>rohit>itioii amendment to the institution that piuhildtion was the i use of the <ollai.se of liussia in ie war. Mr. lionip.rs failed to cite iv facts to sustain his assertion, and e are not informed by what lit lid. The story of a Russian correlondent of the Ixindon observer jumls rather more plausible. This orv is to the effect that when the :ar issued his ukase against the use alcoholic Honors for beverage purisc.s and followed that ukase up with rict police enforcement, millions of ussians found out that they could do ucli better without vodka than with and were pleased with the change, lie Kerensky government decided not interfere with the prohibition of lilor: but there was a letting down in w enforcement and secret vodka stiller!es sprainr up everywhere. I'eoe went to drinking again ami ini?iscd drinking led to Increased dis ler that led to the overthrow of < Kerensky Kovernment. tine of c first acts of the Bolshevik ivernment was to declare the czar's 'olnbition ukase mil ami void and Ill) till' 1111111 III anoilMICII nil INI responsible element of Russia was on on a lug deliaueh. What followis now general information throughit tho worhl and a calami I oils ohi-t lesson to all Americans. Kxeept r the use of alcohol, Russia would obahly still be standing her ground, le experience of the ukcs, and coinon sense teach that liquor never has rved a good purpose, .lust now the ain thing that the Russians are getit; out of their vodka is the supine indifference it is giving them honor, decency and patriotism. Fill man or a people full of liquor and I that they care for after that is ore liquor, to get which self-respect, ntily, country and everything else ay go to tile devil. Japan and Russia. There has developed a distasteful d iMTplcxiug problem as to what is be done with Siberia. Japan has all along had ambitious signs against the Russian provinces northeastern Asia: hut has not been de to carry out those designs because the quiet hut lirm opposition of the rioiis great powers. While Russia was yet one of Ducat powers, helping to resist Herman agression, she was the recipient of unense stores of war supplies, which re piled up at Vladivostok awaitg shipment, on the trains?Siberian riTriMlrt". * 1 1 " This was tho situation at the time of e Russian collapse, of the tremendous stores of supplies ost of them came from the I'nited ati-s hut many millions of dollars urth of them, including more cs ially guns, rilles, cartridges, etc., ,nio from Japan. Rut few if any of the supplies had en paid for. The congestion of the supplies at ladivostok arose out of the fact that was impossible to transport them to Russia over the one single trackI. badly equipped Siberian railroad. Since the signing of the expected arc by tlic Bolshevik government, id tin- spread of civil war throughout ussia. Mie Hermans have been pushg their way in the direction of ladivostok. They have been able to i it with tin- help of small Herman tecs co-operating with various Rusui elements that ale opposed to the ulsheviki regime, and whieh is willg for anything rather than the pernio nt establishment of Bolshevik iwer. II is evident to people who underund the situation that if let alone. p Germans might ve ry easily orKanhe ? whole ol' Siberia under lb-ran ilireetion and control. That Japan should feel that if there a change in the sovereignty over beria that sovereignty might just as l-11 come to Japan is quite natural, tore is certainly nothing unreasondo about the suggestion that Japan ould be most bitterly opposed to the tablishment of German power in is quarter of the world. And in spite of tho all important cessity of holding down the amtions of Germany by whutever eans that may be necessary to atin that end, the allies cannot be peeled to contemplate witJi satisction the prospect of Japanese imination of this territory. If it were practicable and reason>lv possible to furnish allied co-opntion with Japan in taking charge of e Siberian situation, nothing else nuld be thought of. But just now. > one of the allies other than the aited States is in a position to even ink of such co-operation, and the aited States, though in a much oetr position than any other of the al s. is not now in shape to spare any nsidcrable force in such sin uncorking. Japan with an army of nearly 2,O.t'OO men already organized, equlp d and trained, w.ith ample naval id transport '"acillties, and 6,000,000 ore potential soldiers to draw from, remlv to handle the situation with it any trouble whatever. But still the situation presents em>rrassing problems. There are among the Russians ousumls and thousands who belong the best and most intelligent eleents?and who are in the fullest inpathy with the armies of the al s; but who at the same time do not lint to see any part of old Russia II under the domination of the ipanese. Complete allied acqulescense in the in to oppose German aggression with .panese armies, might very easily rn former allies to enemies and ere is no question of the fact that e deflection of these former allies auld be of very great assistance to e Germans. For Instance suppose the most inlentlal elements of Russia should dele that their interests be in alliance th Germany against the former al lieu. Russia is now whipped and demoralized. maybe; but she still has millions of men. millions of supplies, etc.. and under German organization ; and leadership, she might become * most annoying factor. According to dispatches, Japan does not want to do anything that will embarrass the allies and if she goes into Vladivostok and the country surrounding. she will go only for the purpose of doing police duty, establishing order. and taking charge of the military supplies that have been piled up tie- [?jrt ol Vladivostok but not paid for. That sounds very well; but to the Russians the proposition would prob.i.iv l... ni. motf assuring than to the allies is the claim of Germany that slu is pushing into Russia mainly tor the purpose of putting ilown anarchy. Trie I'nited States government has had the whole matter under very serious consideration for quite a while. What is going to happen nol>od> can tell with certainty; hut it is very probable that there will he some active military operations in northeastern Russia soon. GENERAL WAR SITUATION Summary of Conditions as They Appeared Yesterday. I?ate reports from Russia indicate that tin- Bolshevik! government probably will not keep its engagement with the Germans to ratify next Tuesday the peace compact agreed upon at Rrest-I.itovsk. The evacuation of ( I'etiograd by the Molsheviki government and the (lopulace already has been begun and Trotzky, the foreign minister, has announced that the lead- ] ers of the revolution are prepared to fall hack even to the I'ral mountains, which separate Great Russia from Si- I beria. and proclaim a holy war in or- ' der to circumvent the plans ol the 1 Genual s to make the revolution tin- I SUCCeSSfUl. ii sci-ins evident that the Germans have nut >ft ceased their operations against tin* Itussians, for Kryletiko, the iklshcviki commander in chief, has sunt a protest to the German com- 1 inandci asking whether all steps had l?een taken l?y him for a cessation of , hostilities. A like message was dis- , patched to the Austro-Hungat inn eotninander. The reason for the latter communication, however, is not ( apparent for the forces of the dual monarchy are known to he hent on : clearing Utile Itussia of Bolshevik!, ' in order to carry out the compact to < aid the I Iranians in establishing , ami maintaining their newly formed republic. ' Whether Japanese troops are to in- ( vade Siberia and put down the dis- ( order there and also make secure the great stores of all kinds that are in the harbor of Vuldivostok apparently has not yet been determined. Division in Japan. In Japan the political parties are , not unaiw,i\oiisly in favor of Japanese intvrvcipNi, the leader of the nta- ' joritv party in the diet, for instance, having declared that he and his followers are opposed to the use of Japanese troops in the eastern part of Itussia unless conditions there grow i worse and prove a menace to the stat- i us of the far east. Kouinunia is evidently on the point 1 of effecting a separate peace with the 1 Teutonic allies by meeting the hard demands whicn are to be expected in return for a cessation of the 1 woods into the little kingdom which nlv is absolutely isolated from the allie.wThe preliminary peace treaty has flbeen signed and tlie armistice exten td so that discussion of a form 'reatlmay 1 begin immediately. Anio h ejilef demands of the enemy ' Ion Of the fjobruju, rectincauon ?, . ine Hungarian-Houmanian border, economic advantages for the Central powers and aid in the transport ot troops i of the quadruple alliance through Moldavia and Bessarabia to Odessa. American troops now have taken up another position on the front in France and witli their usual businesslike < methods already have frustrated an attempt by the Germans to raid their trenches. The new position is somewhere in Lorraine. Altogether more than eight miles of trenches hre nowbeing held by Americans on the western front. Many Artillery Duels. From Flanders to the Swiss border artillery duels of more or less violence are taking place on various sectors an J here and there raiding parties of ( both sides are frequently in operation. The British have carried out success- 1 ful forays against the (Sertnnns east I ol Bulb-court and near Gens, in which latter sector the (icrmans for the past few days have been heavily shelling them. i Although the snow has ceased there has been but little activity on the chief American sector northwest of Toul. The men of both sides have kept to ( their trenches and there have been | only spasmodic exchanges of shells. (Serinan reinforcements continue to be sent up behind the lines in Belgium and France, according to Gen. Maurice, director of military opera lions ill me nniisn wnr uuice. ,\i [ present. he says, although the enemy has 16 more divisions than the Allies along this front, the Allied troops are numerically stronger and also hold the upper hand in rifles, guns and air- , planes, Imt that this superiority is diminishing. The major preparations 1 of the enemy for a big offensive are 1 now mori or less complete and the al- 1 lies must watch for the local preparations which signalize the approach of ' an attack. General Maurice said. Lenine is the Traitor.?That Nikolai Lenine, Bolsheviki prime minister, is deliberately attempting to deliver 1 revolutionary Russia into the hands of the Germans is the substance of high- < !y important communications received I in Washington from an unquestionable hut confidential source. The communication shows also that j Lenine is simultaneously trying to , arouse the Russians against "the militarism of the Allies." This last development in the ever J changing Russian turmoil is particu- ' larly significant in view of the Japanese threat in Siberia. The communication received -under ! date of February 25, is in part as fol- 1 lows: 1 "Lenine takes the stand that there I must be no agitation against the German military hut that agitation should < continue against the militarism of the 1 nations at war with Germany. i "He is using every influence to de- j velop the new peace treaty terms be. ??.i ,k? i spokesmen ordered in all particulars of non-interference with Germany. In Lenine, the government now sees the man behind the treachery to revolutionary Russia. In Trotsky, the foreign minister, officials here still believe is the spirit trying to keep the revolution alive and honored. The statement of the Lenine policy toward the invading Germans leaves no doubt here that he is playing with the Teutons. It explains many things that In recent months have perplexed Allied diplomats. Decorations for Distinguished Service.?Four decorations for bravery, service, or for wounds have just been authorized by President Wilson. A war department order designated them ( as "the distinguished service cross." "distinguished sendee medal." "war service chevrons" and "wounded chevrons." The "distinguished sendee cross" will be an appropriate design in bronze and a ribbon to be worn in lieu thereof. to be awarded for extraordinary heroism" under circumstances which do not justify awarding the congressional medal of honor. The "distinguished sendee medal" will be on bronze or ribbon to be worn in lieu thereof for "exceptionally merit ious sendee to the governm?*it in a duty of great responsibility." The "war service chevron" wllhbe of gold to be worn on the lower left sleeve and wdll be awarded to ot Beers and enlisted men for each six months sendee in the war zone. Charley Ross Montgomery. John Ad- hen ama. William Wilson Riddle. John lnV( White. Robert Dover. William Henry Hill, Will Adams, Clarence O'Farrell. A Joshua Hughes. Harry Clinton Alll- Jen son. William Hetherington, Robert nia Kossett, Clover Clyde Castles, l'aul th R. Curry, J. Calvin Floyd. Robert Baxter Hart. Henderson Jackson. Ran- or dolph Lindsay, Robert Cartwright Ad- cen ams. Sidney D. Minter. Walter Reid. j,ur Walter T. Hartness. Marshall ltawlln- . son. Henry Anderson. Arthur Carroll. ' Garfield Long, John W. Shedd. Walker ?iu? Woods. Howard J. Kngle, Lester tics Wade, Will Williams, Miles Herbert ^ White, George Galloway. Roddey Crome, Edward Grier Pursley. Lige ' Montgomery. Jessie Starr. James Per- cor ry. Walter McDowell. Lawrence A. 0f Iajvc. Anthony Allison. E. E. Falls. . Archie A. Barron. Jerry Williamson. George Green. Heyward Reid. Earl O. Blackmore. L 1?. Crawford. Phillip er Ross. Thomas Bailey, Samuel Powell. M. L Castles. George Lowry. Alec Jenkins. Alonzo Cromer. Rolwrt Emmet Brakefleld. Gilbert Hanna. Bratton the Lee, Moses Watts, Henry Grady Per- oil guson. Ace Grady. Morgan K. Horton. tl( LOCAL AFFAIRS, < , NEW ADVERTISEMENTS P. W. Love Will operate his cane seed thresher at usual place, on Thoraday. March 14th. S. N. Stacy. Clover- Offers early tomato plants uf choice varieties, at 30 cents per hundred by parcel post up to March 15th. R. M. Harnett. No. 6. Yorkville?Has registered Duruc boar for service. York Supply Co. -Requests parties who have purchased fertilisers from it to haul out the fertiliser as soon as convenient. Ham M. Crist, Hpecial Agent - Talks about the superior merits of Mutual Benefit policies. He wants to show you why. Star Theatre Presents its programme for today. tomorrow and Monday. Three reel drama and a comedy today. Mil) People's Store-- Invites your patronage and says it will give you lower prices. Cabbage plants tomorrow or Monday. I). M. Parrott. Clover-?Tomorrow offers a variety of ladies' waists at specially attractive prices. He invites your patronage. Clinton Cash Grocery Has Nancy Hall sweet potatoes for your table, and also has Irish Cobbler seed Irish potatoes. Carroll Supply Co. - Ask you to try Crisco for frying. It is said to be cheaper than lard, and better. Kirkpatrick-Hclk Co.- Calls attention to its big line of silks, which promise to be popular with the ladies this summer. A good line for selection. McConnell Dry Goods Co. -Offer* a big assortment of good* for prc-Eunter buying. Many special prices worth consideration. E. K Dalley Co. Emphasizes the superior quality of "2-in-l" shoe polish. Sold everywhere. See page four. E. Lawrence A Co. Again call attention of corn sufferer* to the easy way to get relief. L'se "Gets-It." Sold everywhere. Page four. Roily-Taylor Co.- Reminds you that you will r.ever know the good qualities of Luzianne coffee* until you try it. See page four. Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. Say that wet Buckeye hulls make a |a*rfect feed. See page four for full information. Fertilizers are costing ahout 2ft per pent more than they cost last year. There must be si complete new registration of all the voters of the state after July of this your. "The flour question does not bother us Mullock's Creek folks," said Mr. H. J. Sherer of Hlairsville, Wednesday. "We have plenty of corn bread." The Gastonia Gazette says that the government has definitely decided upon I he use of the proposed artillery range aver against King's Mountain, and practice will probably be commenced ivithin the next two weeks. Every farmer will raise all the cotton he can of course, and he may be assured that he will get a good priee Tor it; but as things stand now. any farmer ought to be able to see that corn is a better money crop than cotton. In spite of the large quantities of molasses made in this county last fall. It is a noticeable fact that people who want to buy molasses must hunt it. The molasses do not seem to be hunting anybody. The lesson of the situation is that there should he more L'ane produced tills year than was produced last year. York county so far has purchased fl l.OT ft. 25 worth of war savings dumps, 21 cents worth for each man, woman and child. This puts York the third county in the state on a basis of |?>r capita purcnases. itcaiifort comes first with $1.13 per capita ami t'harlesto nsecond with 63 cents per eupitu. Hum berg and Lancaster are down at the bottom of the list, each having purchased only 1 cents worth of stamps per capita. Cherokee and Chester have each bought 6 cents worth of stamps tier capita. A single thrift stamp will buy a tent pole or five tent pins, a waist belt or hat cord, shoe laces or identification bigs; two will buy one trench tool or a pair of woolen gloves. Four thrift stamps will buy two pairs of woolen nocks or three suits of summer underwear; twelve wiil buy a steel helmet. One war saving stamp will buy one hundred cartridges or a cartridge belt or a scabbard for a bayonet; two will purchase two pairs of woolen breeches or two flannel shirts; two and a half will buy a gas mask. Three war savings stamps will buy an overcoat or two woolen service coats: three and a half w;ill buy three pairs of woolen blankets; four will buy a rifle. BIDDING FOR LOAN Five Idds were submitted in reference to a notice from the county board of commissioners of York county that they desired to borrow $30,000 from May 18 to January 8, and these bids were opened last Wednesday morning ot 11 o'clock. The Peoples National bank of Itock Hill offered to make the loan at 5 per cent interest and pay a premium of 5 per cent for the notes. The National Union hank of Itock Hill, offered to loan the money at 5 per cent per annum. The First National Hank of Fort Mill, wanted 54 per cent. The Loan and Savings bank of Yorkvllle, wanted 5.T per cent. The Citizen's Hank and Trust company of Itock Hill, proposed to discount the county's note at 44 per cent an condition that the loan lie left on deposit to be checked out as needed. The loan was awarded to the Citizens hank of Rock Hill. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Annie Hludworth of Yorkvllle. Is visiting friends in Lancaster. Mrs. X. J. X. Howen of Yorkvllle. visited her brother, who is very ill at the Kennell infirmary, this week. Mr. and Mrs. \V. I-. Moton and Mrs. M. A. Moton of Gastonia, visited the family of Mr. E. H. Moton on Yorkvillc .No. 1, this week. Mrs. \V. D. Glenn of Yorkvllle, was failed to Shelby, X. C., this week on iceount of the illness of her sister, Mrs. \V. L. Fanning. Little Edward Smith Gordon, sevenyear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Gordon of Yorkville Xo. 6. has been liilte 111 with pneumonia during the past week. Walter Hartness has just recovered from a case of smallpox at the Homo or nis miner, .wr. nmi nunacss. on Yorkville No. 7. His brother, ftoyd, is now down with the disease. Mr. John B. I'laxco of Yorkville So. 1. has received a card from his son, Callie, announcing his safe arrival in Krance. l.eon I'laxco. another son of Mr. John B. I'laxco, has been in Rrnnce for unite a while. Both are pleased with the situation generally. for|K>rol C. (!. Castles of Battery E, listh field artillery, Camp Jackson, has been spending a few days' leave ivith the family of his father, Mr. R. r. Castles of Smyrna. Corporal Castles, like most of the boys who have been In the service several nonths, has developed considerably physically and otherwise. He says he likes the service. PHYSICALLY DISQUALIFIED Local l>oard No. J, is still working an the physical examination of class I registrants: but is being hindered somewhat by the tardiness with which registrants are answering their notifications to appear. L'p to yesterday, 315 of the 599 class I men had been examined, 316 had heen found to be physically qualified, !5 were qualified for limited service, seven remained unclassified, eight had been recalled and 67 had been finally rejected. The list of those who had been finally rejected by reason of physical disqualification is as follows: Joseph Henry Howell, Robert Wlthprspoon, James Marion Workman, Clarence Craig Boyd, Clarence Taylor, " uni WITHIN THE TOWN mil ? The postoffice is selling war reve- ,r>': nue stamps at the rate of about l.OOu be a year. v"l ? The expected entertainment of the wo Delphos Minstrels is not to take place th< as advertised because of the inability f,l? of some of the performers to tie pres- l'?l ent. ? ? The government would rather that a large number of individuals ^ would each buy thrift stamps than that a few individuals would buy a ^ large aggregate amount of savings cat sta mps. pr? ? Lightning smashed the telephone ral at the home of Mr. <\ M. Inman just lm, without the western limits of town nt>, last Tuesday. The bolt that did the ow damage is supposed to have been the w same one that wrought so much havoc va| in tne town. t.rI ? That little crash of lightning that ?ta was mentioned In the last issue of The w' Kmiuirer as having set fire to the rest- J"0 dence of Mrs. W. H. Herndon, did more th? damage than was known at the time cet the paragraph referring to the matter r''1 was written. It appears that the flash horned out transformers and put street ed lights out of business in practically " every section of the town, especially following the cables of the Piedmont 5^ Telephone Co. The total damage to 1 the town's electric system was close to Sl'OO. Superintendent Wruy, of the Water. Light and I'ower department, th? is not able to account for the damage hai unless it was because the lightning followed the telephone cables. Ba AUTOMOBILE TAXES. During the regular monthly meeting bai ol the county board of commissioners at lust Wednesday, there was some infor- Qj, mal discussion of the meaning of the q act passed at the recent session of the 0f Kcneral assembly for the distribution ty . of York county's portion of the Auto- syj mobile license tax. ' *or Mr. H. J. Sherer, road supervisor of |f.v Mullock's Creek township brought the yj. matter up. He wanted to know what j{.0 his share of the tax would be and how ca he was to get It. O. Mr. \V. \V. Miller, county engineer. Ho said that according to his understand- Qr( lag. the automobile tax wus to follow ( the ehaingung in those townships ^jc where the chaingang had graded roads. That is the county board of commls- *to sioners is to use the tax of each town- ^ ship through which there is a _chalngang constructed road for the dfrr- 0V( pose of keeping that chaingang constructed road in repair. sa) "If we had any chaingang construe- niJ ed road," said Mr. Sherer?"if we had our part of the east and west road, we . would not mind the automobile tax WQ going to keep it up; but we have no _.f roads built by the chaingang in our ( township and we want our part of the ^ automobile money for such roads as J we have. As it stands, we have automobiles and do not get any benefit of the automobile tax." "Oh, no, it is not so bad as that," 'KM said Attorney Mrlce. "I have seen every uutomobile you have in your ^ township here at the courthouse at one time or another, and they certainly get b,>t the benefit of a part of the road that on< is maintained by the chaingang." ow Mr. Sherer acknowledged the point; , but still he thought his township wus ' entitled to the tax from the automo- sitl biles therein. "It will amount to some tar $200 or more, and that will help to p(j drag the roads during the winter, he said." th(' Treasurer Neil said that York coun- Art ty's .share of the automobile tax the last half of last year' amounted to be- e tween $1,900 and $2,000 and he esti- Lei mated it would amount to more than j $4,000 this year; but it was agreed by ull that since the act did not undertake JO' any retroaction last year's automobile sqi tax was not affected by its provisions, t.oi "The only way to get at the exact , share of this money that will go to each township, said Attorney Brlce is in for each township commissioner to sa> take u emails of the automobiles in nis out township. He should get the license number of each machine, its make and ag< powier, and then he will be in a posl- Hn< tion to tell exactly how much money tha is coming to htm." t0 prl BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Cai Members of the township boards of cei assessors came to Yorkville yesterday yef after the returns from their various Haf townships and to confer with each other over the rather awkward situa- Dtion that has developed in the assess- ter ment question. cor It is very well understood that be- ver cause of the instructions from the P?' state board a good many people re- w" turned their property for taxation at '?" full market value and a good many t0 others returned it at very much the Ael same value as heretofore. ar> The estimates of necessary expen- the ditures for the year were made up are back in January, and the levy to raise wo the money to cover those estimates ^ was hosed upon a total assessed valu- Coi ation of about $9,500,000. ( As the result of the imperative in- the structions of the state tax commis- wa sion, many taxpayers of the county !y i have returned their property on a has- a t is of full market value. Others have car returned their property about the same nor as heretofore, and still others have wa made their returns on lower basis. In He the aggregate, however, it is esti- tra mated mat me assessment an n stands will run considerably over the $9,500,000. ' tol< With the estimates of expenditures fee made already and the tax levy flxed, the suppose the assessed valuation of the the taxable property of York county hea should run up to something like $10.- era 000,000 or $10,500,000, what would be Ing done with the extra money? What car does the county want to raise a con- up< siderable surplus for? York county era has all along been contributing rather car more than her portion to the state fro revenues. Why does she want to in- ma crease her contributions? flci All these questions received consld- loo eration at the hands of the township to boards of assessors yesterday and all wai of the members of those boards being run pretty well experienced by reason of 20 long serv ice were well able to cocnpre- sev d the significance of the questloi olved. A first the state tax commissi Handed returns on a has is of fi rket value, with the understandii t these would be cut to 50 per ce market value, which cut to 50 i it was expected to raise at>out t lie aggregate amount of taxes otofore. That was not the ex: *stion: but that is alKuit the sigi ince of it. Vhen the general assembly got I er the state tax commission, t amission came down to 4.' per c? actual market value. It did not t ly explain itself. It was not clt ether it expected the pro|H>rt> ow to return at 100 per cent with t icrstanding that his valuation w Ik- cut to 4. per cent, or w het I property owner was to make I ginal return at 4J per cent?not u after the legislature adjourn .1 then the meaning of the tax coi ssion was understood. The tux coi usion meant that property shoi returned at loo t?er cent of marl lue and that township assess* uld cut to 42 per cent. It was ji same old thing. The tax cotnm n had not receded. It had 01 Iged. tut the township hoards of asses i understand their task all rig ey understand that 42 t?er cent ? actual market value of the pre y of York county is approximuh "iOO.OOO. They sire sure of this I ise it has been calculated that t sent tax levy on this valuation v se exactly the amount necessarj et the estimated expenditures ct year. A pood many propel ners have returned their propel ay alKive 42 per cent of its marl lue. some of them up to 100 | it. If the returns are allowed .nd as they are. then the tax i pts will amount to a great di I'e than will lie needed. Tin- tsi the assessors, therefore, is to * 100 per cent returns to 42 i it, and to raise the 20 per c? urns up to 42 per cent, and do it :h a manner that when they i ough. each township will he assei in about the same proportion was assessed last year, and the i sincnts of all the townships v iount in the aggregate to about t i.uOO. The township hoards iindcrsta at they have to do; but considi ; the way things have been mis it will have to be admitted tl ?y have got quite a task on th ids. LOCAL LACONICS sket Ball. Santiago defeated Mountain View ?ket ball last Friday on the grour Mountain View?35 to a. niniihing Pension Roll, rhe following soldiers and wido soldiers formerly on the York i'oii pension roll have been removed In d roll during the past year hy n i of death: J. VI- Cook, Joseph I'm . (Juyan Holln, Sherod Childers. la>gan, W. H. Mitchell. J. K. I1? , J. A. Stewart, J. S. Kneed, M. ton, Nancy Quinn, M. K. Thoin H. Anderson, J. E. Craig, S. >od, J. O. Maloney. oves Want* to Compromise, ieo. S. droves, the young Kin mntain wood speculator, has mr proposition to his creditors looki a compromise of his dehts on sis of 22 cents on the dollar, m hit -deitia wnruint to swnelbi >r 110,000 and if his creditors acc? can pay 22 cents. Otherwise, >'s, he will have to go into l>an >tcy. In his letter to his credit* declares that if it had not been I ? or three over zealous creditors uld have paid everything, es Near King's Creek, iopewell church, located on t ithern railroad about half-way I [ en King's Creek and Hlacksbu s destroyed hy Arc lust Friday eve ' at 5.30 o'clock. The fire Is su led to have been the work of i idiarles; but there Is no direct e> ice pointing to the guilty parti e original cost of the building w ween $2,500 and $3,000 and it w * of the most creditable of the neji ned churches In Cherokee coun barn belonging to Arthur Whll es, colored, and located a short d ice from the church was dincovi to be on lire a short time befc burning of the church; but tl was extinguished before it en us ;reat deal of damage. iter From France. >lr. \V. D. (irist has a letter fri in Cameron, of the 615th A? ladron, with the American cxpe? nary forces, in France. The lot! iated February 17, and was receiv Yorkvllle on last Monduy. Jo s he got across the Atlantic wit any mishap and enjoyed the vo * very much. He likes the count ?, he says, and although he Is awn t he is not the first Yorkvllle m get to France, said he feel# soi lie In the fact. His brother \V. meron is also in France. "I i ved two copies of The Ennuii iterday," he says, "and you ct ely bet that I have read both m through and through. Tell Jam Grist that I greatly enjoyed his l< of January 16, and I hope he v, itlnue his correspondence as we a y much interested in what is ha ting back home in the camps. I be glad to hear from any of t is back home whenever they ca write. If they address me *645 ro Squadron, American Expeditio - forces,' I will be pretty apt to t ir letters. I cannot tell where i , or what we are doing; but we a rklng hard and hope soon to be fray." iductor L. A. Fennell Killed. 'onductor L. A. (Gus) Fennell, Carolina & Northwestern rallwj s instantly killed at Gastonia shot after 7 o'clock last Wednesday wh itrlng of heavily loaded runaw s crashed into the caboose of -thbound C. & N.-W. freight whl s just on the eve of pulling oi was ofT duty, having brought I In in this afternoon from Chest I was going to Lincolnton to spe night with his family. He h 1 some of the crew that he w ling badly and was going back caboose to lie down. He had tie re but a few minutes when ivily loaded coal car carrying se I other cars with it left its moo several hundred yards away, ai ne at a great rate of speed dov in the freight The caboose w shed to splinters between the cc and a heavy steel car Just ill or 11. r enneii a ooay wbji uau ngled, and w&a extricated with d jlty. The body waa removed to ii undertaker's and yesterday se Uncolnton. Conductor Fenn s 46 years old and had be ininff on the C. & N.-W for abo years. He leaves a widow ai era! children. ns MERE MENTION. The war department Is considering on the idea of calling 30.000 youths. 1? 11" to 20 years of age. for a month's n*> training with regular troops in June M nt and July, with the view of increasing T *"r the reserve officers supply August Xorenburg is under arrest at Fond l)u a* Lu\ Wis., on a technical charge of be10' ing an enemy alien, he having failed "* to register :is an alien. He has four sons in the I'nited States army lo Millers of Wisconsin will soon begin h'" to manufacture "Liberty" Hour accordnt ing to specifications of the food adx" ministration . Boatiste I^ogarmasino ar of Downieville, t'al.. has Just com plot,l" ed a fast of thirty-five days. He fasts for his health's sake An official as British statement says that the Gerier mans dropped 1.4.S2 bombs in the lHS area occupied by British and French troops in January. The British aviain" tors dropped 7.653 bombs during the eil. month .The senate has adopted an in. amendment to the department of agriculture appropriation lull providing for $"50.01)0 to be used us prizes for Bd farmers in stimulating the production cet of food crops this year .The war >rs department has issued a call for 10.000 mechanics, chauffeurs and other l8t skilled workers for service in the ttviais tion section for oversea service Postmaster General Burleson has ree*-* - - that the tele HIlinU'lMlfU IV IVIIM.re- - phone systems of Washington be tak<s en over and operated by the governIn ment during the war to insure better service and more protection for the government's telephone service >P- The government of the I'ntted States f?ly is making plans to erect a J25.O0O.0oo ordnance station in France. The station will Include twenty large storehouses, twelve large shoi>s, 100 smaller .ill shops and other buildings The to L'nlted States supreme court has rendered a decision in which it allows ? the claims of Arkansas as against V Tennessee, in a Imundary dispute. rt> which had Its origin in a change of course of the Mississippi river during x a llood period Miss Margaret M'r Small. 20. is held by the court at t<> Jcannctte. Pa.. charged with the death of u pupil, 14. whose skull w;.s frac[.j,! tured. it is alleged, by a blow from sK a paddle with which the teacher was tit chastising the pupil John li. ier Wisbek. a (ierinaii banker of Ashle>. nt X. !>.. a Herman community, and a in former candidate for governor of ire North Oakota, lias been Indicted h\ a 4*. grand Jury on a charge of sedition. Mr ;i* is alleged to have said that batiks havi*. ing large holdings of laherty bonds .ill were not safe Hev. Homer W. <i. Tope, head of the Pennsylvania AntiSaloon league, said ill an address Mound day at Xorristown. that in four more ?i- years there would not be a saloon in ;,.,l the world The health cotiiiuisuit sioner of Milwaukee. Wis., stated eie Tuesday, that that city is now consuming 11.tutu pounds of horse meat per month and that the demand is growing Private Harry Uautnoti was given a \erdict of ITS,WOO in a New York eonrt Tuesday, against the Norfolk and Western railway for the at loss of his legs in an aceident at Lynch- \ ?|s burg, Va. The court reduced the ver diet to IKS.Oow. The soldier sued for 1150,000 .The judiciary committee of the lower house of the New York ws legislature by a vote of * to 5. has rerommended tho nitillcatiotl of the In* Federal prohibition amendment to the an constitution The total number oi :l. casualties in the tiKlit iH'lwwn Amerlcan expeditionary forces and Herman shock troops in the flKhtiiiK northwest T. of Tool on March 1, was three officers x- and nineteen men killed and two ofj.; fleers and nineteen men seriously wounded and fifteen men sliKhtly wounded?a total of 5S in all My K. a vote of S to 5, the Judiciary committee of the New York assembly has determined to favorably report a resolution rutlfyinK the federal profile's prohibition amendment. John K. Itediuond, tlii> noted Irish tmUonitllst leader, died in London lust Monday ns morning. By a vote of 63 to 33 n the Wisconsin legislature has pussed He a resolution censuring Senator LaFolifttte teMttJtf m the war ..."......The British armea mer'pt chant cruiser Colgorian, was sunk off hH the coast of Ireland a few* days ago k- with the loss of 66 men. More than <00 were saved. The sinking was done ' by a submarine torpeilo A tier'or man newspaper iigures that the Slberilie an situation will result either in an understanding between (Jerinuny and Itussia or between (Sermany and Japan. he , The American Battle Front.?AmerrF lean troops, according to information n" giveit out in Washington, are now lp* holding something over eight miles of n* trenches on the battle front in France, kl* although in an air line their frontage *'s- is only about four anil a half miles. aM This frontage is lluble to extend tit any as time to the regular trench allotment >T0 for an army corps. t.v. Irregularity of the trench lines is ie- responsible for their eight miles of length. They are laid out so that Hanking fire may be obtained along r- every part of the front. Strong points ire containing muchine guns Jut out for this purpose. The trenches also follow . closely any protective slope of the country and wander up and down hill. Tho American sector is understood to be a divisional frontage, which means that at least three divisions of >m American troops are there to give the ,ro necessary support In the depth for the I ., front lines. This fact has aroused / speculation as to who will be tcr selected by General Pershing to corned mand the tirst corps of his army. MaJ. (in Gen. Hunter Liggett is known to have acted in that capacity, but as yet the h* expeditionary commander has not >y- made any recommendation, l-y It is possible that the French system will be followed In the Amerl' can army so fur as the appointment iih of corps commanders goes. It is the Tie custom in France to select any one of the division commanders in a corps 1 ' and to place him at the head of the "e* corps. He retains his rank as divider sion commander, however, and In the m case of the American urmy that would o{ be a major general. jS Sears, Roebuck &. Co. in Bad With jH Trade Commission.?Sears, Hochuck r(, & Co. has been made the defendant p in a complaint filed by the Federal j trade commission which charges the ^ concern with unfair business methods. Sears, liocliuck and company with headquarters at Chicago, Is one of the biggest mail order concerns In the , n- country. It issues annually a voluinl- ( nous catalogue advertising hundreds of articles. The complaint charges the comire pany's advertisements as "false and in misleading especially with respect to sugar." These advertisements cause customers to believe that the concern, because of large purchases of sugar, 0f and quick movennmt of Its stock is able to sell sugar at a lower price than others, "whereas in fact Sears, Koe"t buck & Co. has been selling sugar at en a i088 a?d its offer to sell Is only of a limited amount of sugar." Limited amounts have been sold with other a groceries, ch The concern is also charged with ut putting out advertisements that repre.' sent the quality of merchandise sold by competitors to be inferior, er, The company will be given a henrnd ing April 11. j The head of Sears, Roebuck &' Co.. is Julius Rosenwald, member of the a" council of national defense and one of to the many business men working for en the government at one dollar a vear. a 1 V. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? W. P. Roof of Lexington has been nd acquitted In Edgefield of the charge of vn receiving money under false pretences. It was alleged that he had continued M to receive deposits for his bank after al he knew the bank was insolvent. In ?The total amount of the automoIIy bile license fees in South Carolina for If. the year 1918, turned in to the state . treasury by the state highway commU- pi a slon up to Wednesday, was $22*.022.42. nl ?Warren DuPre, a well known and ell prominent citizen of Spartanburg died en at his home In that city last Sunday . night He was the proprietor of a large book store and was also preslnd dent of the Spartanburg Music Festival organization.