Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 15, 1918, Image 1

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YORKYILLE ENQUIRER: ISgTOHBCP gMK-WKKKLT. L. M. GRIST'S SONS. Publiiheri % ^jamili) Jleirspaper: J[or the promotion of the po!itii?l, Social, ^grieultnrat and (fommerrial interests of th$ feoptj. JTEI SINGLE COPT, mi CENTS. ESTABLISHED I8SS YORK, S C.. KKLDAY, MAKCH IoT UIIH! NQ- ~~ ! "OVER TI I By ARTHUR G An American Boy Who ( Years Before I '*o|i>right, I?y Arthur fiuy K rilAlTKJ: XVII. |S( Out in Front. I .s| A'ter t?a Ut-uPnant Stnn-s of oui w s<:'*'.loii <am?- into th<* dugout and in- w fort.n-d inn that I was "for" a ruroniioiPriui; patrol ami would c-arry six j, Mills ho in hs. j| At 11.30 that night tw? lv< mi-n. our u Inuhn.iiit ami niysolt w?-nt out in , front on -i patrol in No Man's Lam). u \\V iruintil around in tht- dark for ., aho.it two hours. Just knot-kin" ahout | - ? ?- ?-. i. ..L...iii r,,r looknm ror iruuuu', on ui< i..... . Sl lloelie KuiklliK parties tn see whatlol they wen- dOIUK. I p, Wound - in tin.' murium? we were ,j i n *full> piekuiK nur way aliuut thirty n yaids i;i front of the ieriuan iiarlieil ()| ?vii'i. a in ii ivi' walked into :t itoelie eoiiiinic imity nearly lliirty strong. V( Then I lie musie started, the tiddler i in I liis liill. ami we puiii. m ( 'mlitum in tile il.irk witli a bayonet 'j> i.s not very pleasant. The Hermans took it on tin- run, Ian our offieer was j(l no iioviee at tin- name anil didn't fol- |,t low tIll-Ill. lie I'aVe tin- order "lloWII on the Kloutul. lillK it elo.se." lust in time, too, heeau.se a volley w sl.imtiieil o\? r our heatls. Then in low S: tones we were tohl to separate ami of i.awl haek to oiii In lulus, ejieh man ot on his own. I.i VVe eonhi see the Hashes of their p; rilles in tin- darkness, luit the lailli is |ti were noinn over our heads. h; We lost three men killed and one | wounded iii the arm. It it hadn't l?een le rur our uiiiiTrn *iuick iiimitniK whole patrol would have probably in Iwiped out. , After about twenty minutes' wait we ti< went out again and discovered that at the Hcruiatis had a wiring party work- Hi ing on tlieir I>ailied wire. We returned in to our treiu hes unobserved with the of information and our machine guns immediately not busy. re The next night four men were sent Y< out to ho over ami examine the <Jer- at man liarhed wire and see if they had I*a ut lanes through it; if so. this presaged an early morning attack on our S\ treuelles. I'I i if eoiirse I had to he one of the hi four si leeted for the Job. It was just like sending a fellow to the under- 'h taker's to order his own eoflln. -sa At ten o'etoek we started out. arm- th ed w><h tiiree bombs, a bayonet and revolver. After getting into No Man's Tt ^^^^-J^H^wj^^^jimrated^CrawIini^roui^oi^ Fj five feet at a time, ducking star shells, with strays cracking overhead, I U reached their wire. 1 scouted along I" tins im-h by inch, scarcely breathing. w I could hear them talking in their trench, m\ heart was pounding against lit) ribs, une false move or the least ,,s noise from me meant discovery and " almost certain death. After covering my sector I ?|iiictly crawled liack. I bad gotten about half way when I noticed that my revolver Ki was missing. It was pitch dark. I " tinned about to see if I could tlml it; M it couldn't be faraway, because about u three or four minutes previously I had ?;l fell (lie butt in the bolster. I crawled around in circles and at last found it. I'rctu soon I reached barbed wire. s:l u| and was Just going to give the password when something told me not to. *M I put out ill) hand and touched one of the barbed wire stakes. It was iron. The Itritish are of wood, while the M liftman are iron. My heart stopped beating; by mistake I had crawled '11 back to the Herman lines. I turned slowly about and my tunic."'l caught on the wire and made a loud tli ripping noise. A sharp challenge rang out. 1 w sprang to my feet, ducked low, ami tan madly back toward our lines. The ' Hermans started tiring. The bullets were biting all around me, w hen bang! I ran smash into our wire, and a sharp j challenge. "'Alt. who coiucs there?" rang out. 1 gasped out the password. and. groping m> way through the lane w 111 Hit* wirt*. tearing inv hands and ^ uniform. I tumbled tnti> onr trench and was safe, hut I was a nervous ^ wreck for an hour, until a drink or ^ rum hrouKht me rouml. hi t'HAITKIt XVIII. ,, Staged Under Fire. ^ Tlirii- tlnys after the incident just relatetl our company was relievetl j from the front line and carried. We |tj stayed in reserve billets for about two weeks when we received the wel- jl( come news that our division would p<> s| hack of the line "to rest billets." We j(| would remain in these billets for at sj least two mouths, this In order to be restored to our full strength by drafts ^ of recruits from ltliphty. jj Kveryone was happy and contented j, at these tidltiKs; all you could hear \\ around the billets was whistling and sj sum mi;. The day after the receipt of tlm order we hiked for live days, mak- |t inp an average of about twelve kjlos per day until we arrived at the small s| town of i ' u It took us about three days to pet S( settled, and from then on our rushy g, time started. We would parade from s.t:. in the morninp- until 12 noon. (1 Then except for an occasional bullet f) or bripade puard we were on our own. For the first four or five afternoons I 8, spent my time in brinplnp up to date tl my nepleeted correspondence. n Tommy loves to be amused, and be- v inp a Yank, they turned to me for u somethinp new in this line. I taupht o th?m hew to ultch horseshoes and this ! game made a great hit for about ten p days. 1 hen Tommy turned to Ameri- 8 ca for a new diversion. I was up in the air until a happy thought came to o me. Why not write a sketch and break l Tommy in as an actor? o One evening after "lights out." when you are not supposed to talk. I imparted my scheme in whispers to the sec- n tion. They eagerly accepted the Idea I of forming a stock company and s! could hardly wait until the morning p for further details. After parade, the next afternoon I tl was almost mobbed. Everyone In the a nIE TOP" HJY EMFEY Jot Into the War Two lis Country. mpy. ttetion wanted a part in the proposed ketch. When 1 informe<l them that il ould take at leant ten days of hard ork to write the plot, they were bit rly disappointed. I immediately got usv, made a desk out of biscuit tins i the corner of the billet, and put u|i slim "Empy & Wallace Theatrical o." About twenty of the section, pon reading this sign, immediately pplied for the position of office boy. accepted the twenty applicants and lit them on scouting parties throughut the deserted French village. These irties were to search all the attics for iscarded civilian clothes, and anyling that we could use in the props f our proposed company. About live that night they returned tvered with grime and dust, hut loadI down with a miscellaneous assort ? ?l.l?.. a.n.li.t- tl... Sllll hey must have thought that I was iinK to start a department stoic. iKinit from the different things they ought hack from their pillage. After eight days' constant writing i iinpletcd a two-act laree comedy hicii I called "The Diamond I'alace iloon." I'iMin the suggestIon of one the hoys in the section I sent a proof the program to a printing house in union. Then I assigned the different irts anil started rehearsing. David i-lasco would have thrown up his mis in despair at the material which had to use. Just imagine trying to aeh a Tommy, with a strong cockney cent, to impersonate a Bowery ugh or a Southern negro. Adjacent to our hillet was an open Id. We got hiisy at one end of it id constructed a stage. We secured e lumber for the stage by demolishg an old wooden shack in tin- rear out hillet. The tlrst scene was supposed to repsent a street on the Bowery in New i?rk, while the scene of the second t was the interior of the Diamond ilace saloon, also on the Bowery, in the play I took the part of Abe vltch, a farmer, who hail come from unpkinvillc Center, Tenn., to make s first visit to New York. In the first scene Alie Switch meets e proprietor of the Diamond I'alaco loon, a ramshackle affair which to e owner was a tinancial loss. The proprietor's name was Tom vistein, his bartender being named item Up. ATteiwneeting a! e. 'l'orti and Klllem ?i tiersuaded hhn to buy the place. 'aising it to tin- skies and telling ondrous talcs of the money taken or the bar. While they are rnlking, an old Jew mied Ikey I'ohcnstcin comes along id A Ik* engnki'n him for cashier. After igaging Ikey they meet an old ml hern negro called Samho. and on the suggestion of Ikey he is enijii'd as porter. Then the three of lem, arm in arm, leave to take pos ssion of this wonderful place for liich Alio has Just paid $ti,0in?. (t'urlin.) In the second act the curtain rises i the interior of the Diamond I'alace loon, and the audience Rets its first lock. The saloon looks like a pig-n. two tramps lying drunk on the >or. and the liar tender in a dirt \ lirt with his si.-eves rolled up, asleep itI) ills head on the liar. Knter Abe, Sauilio and Ikey, and the in commences. One of the chat actors in the second -t was named Hroadway Kate, and I id an awful job to break in one of le Tommies to act and talk like a oman. Another character was Alkali Ike, an rlzona cowboy, who just before the ose of the play comes into the saloon id wrecks it with his revolver. We had eleven three-hour rchearss before I thought it _ advisable to resent the sketch to the public. The whole brigade was crazy to itness the tlrst performance. This rformance was scheduled for Friday iglit and everyone was full of anticiition; when bang! orders came trough that the brigade would move 1 two that afternoon. Cursing and lindlng was the order of things upon ie receipt of this order, but we loved. That night we reached the little vilige of S and again went into rest lllets. We were to be there two eeks. Our company immediately got usy and scoured the village for a lituble place in which to present our rodiiction. Then we received another lock. A rival company was already estabshed in the village. They called temselves "The How Hells." and ??O.I?,l "ItliL-Ilt V ? Ill I'll it nnvivu fhat Hup?-s?" They were iho iliviona! concert party. We hojH-il tlu-y all would lie soon i ltlighty to give us a chance. This company charged an adinision of a franc per head, and that ight our company went on masse tn e their performance. It really was nod. I had a sinking sensation when I nought of running my sketch in oposition to it. In one of their scenes they had a aubrotte called Flossie. The soldiei hat took this part was clever and tade a line appearing and chic girl i'e immediately fell in love with hei ntll two days after, while we wen n a march, we passed Flossie witl her" sleeves rolled tip and the sweat ouring from "her" face unloading hells from a motor lorry. As our section passed her I yelled ut: "Hello, Flossie: Blighty?What lopes?" Her reply made our love di? ut instantly: "Ah. go to h?1!" This brought quite a laugh from th? larchlng column directed at me. nnd instantly made up my mind that out ketch should Immediately run In oposition to "Blighty?What Hopes?" When we returned to our billet fron he march. Curley Wallace, my thetrical partner, came running over t< m<- and said he had round a swank; place in which to produce our show. After taking ofT my equipment, am followed l>y the rest of the section, tout over to the building lie had (tick ed out. It was a monstrous barn wit! a plat jrtn at one end which wouk make an ideal stage. The section go' right on the job, and before night hac that place rigged out in apple-pie order. The next day was Sunday and aftei church parade we put all our time or a dross rehearsal, and it went tine. I made four or five large signs announcing that our company would opei ' up that evening at the King Course tin ' Fifth theatre, on the corner of Atnnu ' street and Sandbag terrace. Genera admission was one-half franc. First ten rows in orchestra one franc, ant ' boxes two francs. By this time out ' printed programs had returned from lamdon, and I further announced that on the night of the first perforinanct a program would lie given free ol charge to men holding tickets costing a franc or over. We had an orchestra of seven men and seven different instruments. Thb orchestra was excellent, while ' the> were not playing. The performaiieo was scheduled ti start at 6 p. in. AJ .1.15 then- was a muli In front oi our one entrance anil it looked like ;i Inn niKlit. W'c li.-ol two lioxes each accommodating four people, ami tin-si we immediately sold out. Tlo-n a brilliant idea came to I hey ('oheiislciu Why not usi- tin- rafters oM-rlu-ad. call tln-in lioxi-s, and charge two fram-s foi a sent on them? Tin- only diiliculty was how were tin- iiii-u to reach llo-si lioxi-s. luit to I key this was a im-rc detail. Hi- got long ropes and tied one ml around i-acli rafter and then tied a lot of knots in tin- ropes. These ropes would take the place of stairways. We ligurcd out that tin- rafters would seat alioul forty unn ami sold that nuuilii-r of tickets accordingly. Wln-n the ticketholders for the Poxes Kiit a glimpse of the rafters ami were informed that they had to use the rope stairway, there was a howl of indignation, hut we had their money and told them that if they did not like it they could write to the management later and their money would lie refunded: hut under these eomlitions they would not lie allowed to witness tlie performance that night. After a little grousing tlie.v accept cil the situation with the promise that it the show was rotten they certainly wotilil let us know nhout it during the performance. Kverythiug went love|> and it was a howling success, until Alkali Ike appeared on the scene with his revolver loaded with hlank cartridges. Itehind the har on a shelf was a long line of I tot lies. Alkali Ike was supposed to start on the left of this lino and break jilx^of Mio bottles l^y tiring at theny with his revolver. Hehlnd these hotties a piece of painted canvas was supposed to represent the back of the bar, at each shot from Alkali's pistol a man behind the scene would hit one of the bottles with his entrenching tool handle and smash it. to give the . impression that Alkali was a good I shot. I Alkali Ike started in and aimed at th< light of the line of bottles instead of (tie tell, and the poor boob behind the scenes started breaking (lie hotties an tiie left, and then the bosholders turned loose; hut outside of this little fiasco tin- iii'iToiiiiiinci' was ;i huge success, :itnl w I* decided to run it lor a tvwk. Now troops wi*ri' constantly coming through, anil lor six performances we hail tin1 'S. II. <>." sign suspended out siilo. (To be Continued). BEER, THE WASTER An Ohio Man Gives Facts Regarding Supplies Used in Production. From data at hand the oo::l consumed by brewers in Ohio in the year 11? 17 was 600,000 tons. There wen I.S.'IN.TI ii barrels of beer brewed. 11 it be eoneeded that lieer is not a necessity, then this vast amount ol I'Oal was uselessly consumed. The office of the fuel administrator of Ohio reports that it took a pound of coal to brew every pint ol beer in 1917. This means 1,200,0110,. uuii pints of beer, and at the average retail price of eight cents a pint pah! by the consumer would mean $96,ouo,ooo paid out in 1917 for a virtually useless beverage in Ohio alone. In addition to the enormous <|uuntity of coal consumed in this uselcs; luxury, we must take Into consideration that its effect upon the coal miners' efficiency greatly decreases production in the mines. Then we may add the decrease in transportation facilities because of the space required to carry the product and supplies. We lind from the latest -port or food conservation from Germany thai no beer can be bre'-ved anywhere ir the empire after April 1. 191X. for am during the period of the war. Germany brewed 1.000,000 barrels of beei last year, while our own I'nited States brewed 6o.M7..'179 barrels?more thai sixty times as much?yet Germany must regard it as an unnecessary. :i detriment, a destroyer of efficiency and Germany brought the brewery It i America. Kvery brewery in A merle* , camo from Germany (nanny an ex eoption), directly or indirectly, and ] mean by this the brewers are Germar in the first, second or third genera' tion. The great amount of grain brewet . into beer that could be used for foot I is startling. The amount of foodstuff: used to make beer In the 1'nlted State: . last year would make more than 11. , 000.000 ordinary-sized loaves of breac , every day of the year. There is n< , argument but that the "staff of life' , is a necessity; neither is there any bu that beer Is not a necessity. There I fore, who would complain if Ameriej ! did as Germany has done in limitini , beer, or who would not uphold th( president should he Issue an edic against the brewing of beer during thi . period of the war??Jesse E. LaDov I in Philadelphia Ledger, r ' " Dr. J. M. Munyon, known through out the United States as a paten t medicine manufacturer, died at Wes . Palm Beach. Fla. He was "0 years o > age. ; SUCCESSOR OF TILLMAN 1 Who will wio Tbe Juicy Plum? POLITICAL SITUATION IN REIIE*. I Correspondent of Charleston American Considers the Situation in the Light of Expressions from the r Papers As the Matter Stands up to i Date. Charleston American. Columbia. March 10?The antl1 Iteform press of South Carolina might " well be likened to a storm-tossed ' ship at sea without a rudder.. It can't ' right .Itself on any particular course 1 in the senatorial race. The majority ' of the anti-Keform newspapers have r never hail any love for Senator nil. 1 tnan, and they are sore and dis' gi untied because he wouldn't listen to them and retire. They want to take r up some one else, but they can't do r it with Tillman in the race. They have realized ull the time that they couldn't 1 win with Tillman and now that Till1 man has got into the running and disorganized them, they realize now that they can't win with anybody else. The ' whole tenor of their comments upon the Till man-Lever fiasco is a practical admission of this fact. A bound volume of these comments might appropriately he entitled, "The Hook of I-aim-ntations." 'After patiently waiting several | months to be drafted for service," says the Spartanburg Journal, "United States Senator It. It. Tillman has discovered that the people of South Carolina would not get to his number and accordingly has become a volunteer." The Journal admits "that there would l?e a po:isihility of .Mr. IJIeusc defeat- i ing Senator Tillman anJ thc)^ ure therefore bringing pressure to bear upon Congressman A. P. l/cver in an effort to have him make the race for i the senate." The Columbia Kccord, however, i which is as bitterly anti-Kofnrm as the Spartanburg Journal?possibly a little more so, if that could he possible?thinks "there would he real danger in a third man coming out." The "danger" of which it spool s is the election of Mr. Iileuse. I The Orangeburg Times and Democrat, u strong Tillman supporto*, calls upon Mr. Lever to stay out '}f the race. "If South Carolina send:. Con- i gressnian Ix-ver to the senate (should he run) sh? loses," says the Tim :s an.I Dcmuirat, "not only the help which i he can give as chairman of tl e ag- i rivultural committee but also 1itat of I Senator Tillman as chairman of the 1 .senate naval committee?she felln- i Mulshes two Important comn/ittce ' chairmanships for a minor committee 1 membership." i < Wouldn't Listen to Press and -'Aople. f The Urcenvillo News does ucJKy?x, j to.Wpit Tiy?f?A' tw.f h'tllT ' that "the entry of Representative Lever or some other strong third man is inevitable. Senator Tillman's announcement," suys the News, "that he will bo a candidate to succeed him self is no political sensation, for it merely conllrtns general expectation. For many months little doubt has existed as to the course he would fol- , low. What counsel, if any, has guided him, the News does not know, hut he has not hearkened to a respect- , able and inllucntial element of the press and the people. . . There has < been and will be considerable criticism ( of Senator Tillman's repudiation of | his declaration in ID 14 that he would . not seek another term. . . Few. have ( believed that Senator Tillman would i vuNS. Few deemed it possible that he | could go on the hustings and participate in the county-to-eounty cam- < palgn. . . . This system works well i enough when there is ntedioere uppo- i sition, but it takes on u formidable i aspect when the opposition consists of a veteran and expert campaigner who . already has a very considerable fol- i , lowing. If long-distance campaigning is successful in this contest, this will < indeed go down as the political year r of wonders." The Cieenwood Index thinks that , "without any retlection whatever -upon the other gentlemen who are also most f likely to make the race, ono of them , certainly, the belief now is that the . llnaI outcome, the second race, will b? I between Tillman and Mleasc. . . Con. gressman Lever is most too timid r about the matter. He is going to run, unless he changes his mind," thinks the Index, and says, "he might as well s come right out in the open and say . so. ... He hits many friends and I admirers in the state, but whether < enough to put him in the second race is a matter yet to be discussed. Mr. . Dial, of Laurens, is of senatorial size. I lie is a man of marked ability and force. He has the same handicap as i Mr. Lever, viz: lack of a sufficient l following right now to stick to hint i through thick and thin." I A "Volunteer," Despite Providence. The Creonvitle Piedmont, which has been pursuing somewhat of a mlddles of-the-road course for the past sevi eral years, says that "in 1912 Tillman got hack to the senate by a very close 1 shave. Neither of the candidates run. ning against him that year was a ' strong man with any hold upon the ' people of South Carolina. Even then - ?1? on IV unVfwl hi? hneon bv an elCV ' cnth-hour trick, whereby he secured 1 tho support of many men who never before in their lives voted for him. Hud a strong man been running 1 against .Ilman in 1912, the outcome 1 in all probability would have been 3 very different" The Piedmont says 3 that there has been no evidence of " Tillman's having been conscripted, and ' severely condemns him for violating 5 his promise not to be a candidate to succeed himself. "And there Is a t Republican senator, we forgot his name," says the Piedmont, "who has a 1 right to another laugh at Tillman. A * couple of years ago nilman made what purported to be a farewell ad1 dress In the senate. He announced * that he was serving his last term In r the senate, as he would never again be a candidate for membership id that body. A Republican senator snickered. - Of course he snickered. He hadfiervt ed In the senate long enough noi only t to know Tillman, but the avromge f senator. When he snickered Tlrman turned on him furiously and c|?tdld j I the Pharisee in the temple in his '1 uni holier than thou' attitude. In effect he said. 'I am not like you fellows?when I say a thins I mean it and li\e up to it." Tillman can no longer rebuke that Republican senator if he again snickers." , "Franked" Campaign Literature. The Piedmont also says that Senator Tillman has begun his campaign with the use of official franked envelopes to carry his first political communication. "Does Senator Tillman expect free service from the national government as well as the newspapers of this state in his effort to succeed himself?" is asked. "He sent an address to the people of South Carolina and wrote. 'Hope you can give it publicity.' It came in an envelope to which no postage stamp was affixed. It was in no sense an official communication. As a candidate, he is a citizen, not a part of the legislative machinery of our government. Other candidates will have to pay postage upon all their mailed campaign com mumcuiions. postage is no smuu iiem of the campaign expenses of any candidate who has opposition, even though he presents his claims from the stump. Naturally it will be a bigger item of the expenses of a candidate who does not take the stump." The I'oluinbia State, usually the bellweather of the ilock, had not, up until today, sufficiently recovered from the shock of the crash of its hopes to say unytliing, but is probably utilizing fhe Sabbath calm today to try to get its wits together to put up some kind of a front. These extracts from newspapers which have always fought former Uovernor Rleasc and are opposed to him today, rellect the sentiment ef the inti-Reform newspapers; that Tillman can't defeat Klease, and that liis announcement, with the Lever statement tied on to it, somewhat us the tail to a kite, lias made it impossible for anybody else to defeat Klease. And in sorrow and sadness they mournfully admit it? not in so many words, but in effect us their lamentations show. Reform Party Solid and Confident. The Iteforni faction, which numbers a considerable majority of the voters of South Carolina, is lined up solidly liehind former Oovernor Klease. Even without the stampede in the nnti-Keforn) runks, tho Reformers were confident of victory all along the line in Ihe primaries this summer, because the people are tired of a mixture of autocracy and bureaucracy in charge of their state; they are weary of ring tnd clique control, which never takes into account the great masses of the lieople, and they are determined to make their state democratic in fact as well as in name, to have a voice in their own state government; to put an L*nd to extravagance in the expenditure of their money, and to obliterate % regime which, preaching a state wAtettnanb of dAt 'that Meida coft fSoXr i ~ S - ,, i i ; . gBBSB onu order, has practiced the most extreme, hitter and narrow partisanship In the entire history of South Carolina, and under which there hns been more lawlessness than under any previous administration since the days of reconstruction. And tor the first time in South Carolina's history, (the days of Scott and Moses and Chamberlain cxI \ n nnvornnr r.l,.nti.<l litinn n I "law and order" platform, has sent the militia to dominate an election, and to enforce the decree of a magistrate, over the protest of a sheriff, throwing mill operatives into the streets without giving them time to secure shelter from the hitter weather, and lias approved the expense accounts of a whisky constabulary for thousands of dollars of the state's money spent in red-light brothels, buying liipior, and in such like manner. The senatorial race will he narrowed down to Blease and Tillman, if Tillman is living, it now appears, and that Blease will defeat Tillman is a foregone conclusion?provided, the people of the state do not sleep upon their rights, as they did in 1916?In other words, If they see to it that they have a free ballot and secure a fair count. Dial Flays Tillman. Mr. N. H. Dial, of Laurens, the only other announced candidate, ' .1 gentleman of wide business rience and ability, but it does not appear that he can develop sufficient political strength to be a factor in the race. In n statement which he has issued (and it must be remembered that Mr. Dial is an Anti-Keformer, ami that the votes he secures will come from Tillman and not from Blease?that this year Mr. Dial and Senator Tillman are on the same side of the |>olitlcnl fence) Mr. Dial flays the Tillman announcement unmercifully. ne sn.va; "Six years ago Tillman was too feeble, or was unwilling to come before the people of the state, and. moreover, Ignored the voters by not writing a letter to the chairman of a single meeting. Furthermore, he boasted In the senate of his re-election in this manner. The same scheme seldom works twice. At that time he asked tho people to re-elect him, stating that he desired to 'die in harness' and that he would not again be a candidate. If he Is too feeble or unwilling to come before the people of the state he is too infirm to represent us In the senate. Senator Tillman claims that it would be a mistake to make a change now, because he is chairman of the naval affairs committee. "Rank Nonsense." "This is about the rankest nonsense one ever heard of. When he is defeated ex-Governor Swanson. of Virginia, a Democrat, succeeds him. In fact, it is generally reported that Swanson has been doing the principal work of the committee for several as__ -u.i ...kU n | years. Again, me ciminiiansm^ ?. committee Is earned only by length of service. Even under this rule six years ago Tillman was not accorded the chairmanship of the appropriations committee, to which he was entitled. We presume this was on account of Infirmity and because he was not able to attend to its affairs. The senate conferred this honor on Martin. J of Virginia, thereby breaking the time-honored custom. . . Besides, the people of the state do not believe in J life tenure in office. The world is rapidly retiring czars, dictators and autocrats. Tillman is a man of some ability, but his talents have been used to destroy and not to create. His dls position is to abuse and crush ai not to harmonize and build up. Coi aider his treatment of Irby. Shell. Fa ley. McLaurin. Talbert and a numb of other men in South Carolina wl fathered his career. Contrast h spirit with that of General Humpto whose last words were, God bless 01 people, one and all. white and black.' Since the Tillman-l/over stab nn-nts, former Governor Blease has r< ceived scores of invitations to nial addresses in different sections of tl state. Hi' is outlining an itinerar which will enable him to reach u the voters, as near as possible. Le ters received from every county I South Carolina, show that the peop have rallied to the Reform stamiai with an enthusiasm which will swet the state. SPLENDID OFFER THIS. Hamilton Carhartt Tendon Splend Property For Hospital Purposes. Rock Hill Henkld. Hamilton Carhartt, who is at h home at Carhartt, has tendered the us of his lodge and plantation to tl government to be used as a hospiti station for soldiers invalided hoir from "over there." Mr. Carhartt's letter to Surged (iem-ral tlorgus regarding the inntti is as follows: Deur Sir: The writer owns about 1,400 acrt of beautiful rolling land, located t Carhartt station on the Southern rail road, twenty miles south of Charlott North Carolina. and live miles north < Itock Hill. Soutli Carolina, a map ? which is attached. This land extend for three miles along- the Catawba rl\ er in the foothills of the lilue Ititlg mountains. Something like one-half of this proi erty is under state of cultivation, an it has splendid outbuildings, fan houses, tenant houses, dairy barn, mul barn, cattle barn, together with a hoi of pure blooded Guernsey cattle, an seven saddle horses with full ci|iii| inent for riding. Tin- writer has his own temporal home, or lodge, on an eminence ovei looking the Catawba river. Nearli there is an extrn cottage for visitor and gardener's cottage. All of the? are in splendid state of repairs, an furnished throughout complete! Photographs enclosed. The thought has occurred to me thi the Southern soldiers, invalided hon from "over there" would much prefi to recuperate in the Southern at mo; phere and environments, which are t dear to them, and I now propose I turn this entire property, with all < |.?|An?|nM in tl United States government to be usi as a hospital station, without nr charge whatsover for the satin*. I will not only do this, but 1 will cor sider It a personal favor if you wi take this proposition under consldei y-d ^.qLthl J1*? yiriifc IIT ln/itlli'nj BkTnJ? pC my personal service in any capacil that you can use me without any con pensatlon whatsoever. If you deem worth while, 1 will come to Washing ton at my own expense for an intei View. My own home, or lodge, can I used as headquarters for the otlicei and superintendent of the place, nr extra buildings can be put up vei easily for hospital wards at locatior that would lie thought most dosirabl Tlie plantation is well supplied wit water from an urtosian well and fro natural mineral springs, the water < the lutter having been nnalized at! shown to be above reproach. The buildings are all electric light! and there is un abundance of electr I tower furnished from tin inoxhaustib supply from the Southern I'ower Ooti pany, one of whose great power stt tions is located nearby. The land that is not under cultivi tion is heavily wooded with pin cedar, juniper, maple, hickory, nr other woods, and are intersected wii foot and bridle paths throughout, ar all In all, It seems to me that th would make a most desirable locatic for a hospital unit. The writer also owns two cottc mills in the near vicinity of this proi erty, and if any of the, maimed or crij pled soldiers wanted to have emplo; ment, we would go out of our way i see that It was given them, and v would frely give of our time and mot cy to see that they were proper trained in the vocation of the cottf industry. Trusting you will see and apprecla this offer, and that I may have tl courtesy, of an acknowledgment i your convenience, I am, Yours very truly, Hamilton Carhartt. To Guard Girls at Camps.?The wi department has established a worm police force. With more than 1,500.0 men already In khaki, and millioi more awaiting the call, the depar ment has turned to the so-calh weaker sex for assistance in disposli of a vital wartime problem. Thousands of young women ha gone to the vicinity of the milita camps. To see that these girls a protected from dangers the depar ment's commission on training can activities has appointed &5 womi deputy sheriffs to do scouting and p trol work. In all parts of the count the women are on duty tinder supe vision of especially established glr protective bureaus. These women ore trained sociolog cal workers and so peculiarly equl ped for efficient sendee. Their dutl are Intensely personal in character aj are concerned chiefly with individua Although co-operating closely wl the military authorities and local p lice, they wear no uniform, badge distinguishing mark of any kind. "Often." says Miss Maude Mini chairman of the committee on pr tective work for girls, "the worn protective officers find girls In the i Cinuy or me camin who arc aiu(w.l by the presence of the uniform. Sor of these are girls who have answer advertisements and who arrive camp cities with Insufficient fund others are runaways from their horn In nearby cities and country towi A srirl resident of the town, who is dl posed to resist discipline, is taken her home by the woman officer aj her mother warned of her dang The officers also visit nearby amui ment places to discover young gi! who seem to need protection and see that local ordinances are obeye< Id SECOND DRAFT COMINU [? r- Plant Call for Nearly a Million Mor< t-r Men. io Eight hundred thousand men are U is tie called to the colors gradually durn. ing the present year under the second ir army draft, which begins March 29. " An announcement Tuesday by Pro[> vost Marshal General Orowder of th* number was followed closely by an <e order for the mobilization of 95.000 te men during the live day period beginy, ning March 29, some 15.000 of them to ill be assembled under the second t- druft. Eighty thousand will be men in of the first drart of 6S7.uoo not yet le summoned into service. d Details of how the second draft is P to be applied will be made public later, after congress has acted upon proposed legislation providing for the registration of youths attaining the id age of 21 years and for basing state district quotas on the number of registrants In Class 1. In his first official is statement on the subject, however. Ceneral Crowder ;issures the country ie that no sweeping withdrawal of large il numbers of men at one time is conie templatod, and that care will be taken to avoid Interference with harvesting, m 95,000 Needed at Once. r The SO.000 men now called, it Is understood, are needed at once to till up divisions and other units scheduled s for early departure or to take the it place of men transferred from other 1- divisions to make up such deficiencies, e. Newly organized regular divisions are >f particularly short of men and houvy >f drafts on national army divisions t<> Is make these good have been necessary. - seriously interfering with the training ;? work of the national army divisions drawn upon. The call for new men >- makes it probable that no further ill transfers will be necessary, in The SUO.OOO men to be summoned le this year represent the number MTW (I sury to till u|> all existing divisions, to id create all the army corps and Held army troops to HII out the war machine for which the framework aly ready exists, and to provide a quarter r- of a million replacement troops. >' When they have been mobilized, s. which will not be completed before e the first of next your, there will be "1 moro than 4U full infantry divisions of V- 27,700 men each and all the additional units necessary. No additional diit visions of the national army or national guard will be credited this year. r although the program for the regular army, now composed of eight infantry lo and one cavulry division, may be en'? larged. The purpose of the war department u* is to complete the first Held army in France. Probably this will be com,y posed of five army corps of six Infantry divisions each. It has been estimated that with that force and its necessary auxiliaries at his disposal, r" General Pershing would be able to ft hold a 100-mile sector of the battle ^ 'frtliiu ro'ljvfr.g Otw straitmpqirfrraww man power during 1918 to that exl~ tent. What that would mean to France may be judged from published statements of French ofliolals that on r" January 1, 1918, the ltelgian army held about 15 miles of the western " front, the British forces about 105 1 s miles and the French about .'{50 miles, id PROMPT PAYMENT. is '(j Business Development Requires Busi* m ness Methods. The sutiject of credits In our tinan|(1 clal life should be given more attention. In our commercial transactions (1 all the terms and details are generally j(. definitely expressed and understood l(> and bused on sound business cxperlt ence except only the credit arrange( ment. Under the present methods credits are placed In open book accounts. the date of payment of which, while understood and definitely stated, j Is left wide open and in many cases the date of payment Is postponed and ((1 ignored. ls The open book account, with its m losses of Interest on overdue accounts, of waste and loss from bad debts, has been u defect in our business system m } and has made the cost of distribution from manufacturing to consumer unnecessarily expensive. t When a buyer fails to pay his bills /v at a spec!tied time he Is forcing th< seller to carry the account on his ly capital with no compensation for this )n in the selling price of the articles sold Each day that passes after maturtt> tf. means a shaving down of the seller's 1C profit. "A generous credit granting Ir at this country has dulled commercial rner regarding the importance of meeting obligations promptly." It Is well foi the business man, in considering th< value of the trade acceptance in Its ir relation to his own business, to bear ir in mind the bigger and broader view ani 00 not to limit his horizon to his owr ns affairs. t- The signing of a trade acceptance bj ed the buyer is no different In Its mora ig effect than the signing of the ordei specifying the kind and quulity of th< ve goods. In signing an order, whethei ry by letter or otherwise, the buyer obli re gates himself to purchase the qualif] t- and quantity of the goods specified ip the date of shipment and all the othei rn details: and in signing the trade ac a- ccptance he simply confirms the agree ry ment as to the terms of payment, r- Mr. W. F. H. Koelsch, president o Is' the New York Credit Men's Associa tion, says, in speaking of trade ac rl- ceptances and better business: "Thi p- general proposition of the trade ac ?? eontnnce is characterized principall; nd by its simplicity. It is strange that th> Is. great economic value and the timeli th ness of this movement have not beei o- more readily recognized by buslnesi or men generally, and bankers in par ticular." pr. The trade acceptance is a form o o- commercial paper, the use of whlcl en will do more to increase American fl rl- nancial efficiency than almost an: ed other factor, whereas the open bool ne account system is wasteful and tnef ed flcient. Competition has, in the las in few years, been extensive and seems b Is; be growing, leading often to unsouni es business methods, while the cost o is. doing business continues to mount; al is- of which emphasizes the necessity fo to better business methods and mor nd careful consideration and less waste, er. Besides, we are now living in th e- midst of most unusual condition! rls caused by the war, and too great em to phasis cannot be laid on the import L" aace to manufacturer and distributo illirinK inis pcnou, hi a prv|?cr *11111.1 and analysis of his own business > methods to make them more efficient and economical, and to put himself In > a position to meet the competition and business chanpes which will undoubtI ly follow the close of the war. Nothinc will assure this more than improve merits in our methods of extending; > credit. i Klimination of open book accounts i and substituting therefor tnide acceptances would reduce the nccessity i for an excessive amount of capital In use by manufacturer and jobber, and would save the interest on a larc*' portion of the credits outstanding now In the shape of !>ook accounts, as the i trade acceptance can be discounted at the bank, and, therefore, the necessity of furnishing the credit would fall upon the banker, whose function It is to sup ply and sell credit rather than upon the merchant or manufacturer.?By Robert H. Trenmnn. deputy governor N. Y. Federal Reserve Rank. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Record of Current Happenings Collected from Various Sources. Nine hundred eases of eggs arrived in New York, this week from Shanghai. China. A boy ami a girl. lt> and 12 years of uko. were killed in Philadelphia Sunday, by falling walls of a burned building. Two others were injured. More than 30,000 people gathered at Wexford. Ireland. Sunday, to pay their last tribute to the lion. John Redmond, the Irish leader. Cerinan airplanes bombed Naples. Italy, last Monday morning. Homhs were dropped on a hospital. Naples is 3&0 miles from the battle lines In northern Italy. More than fifty American soldiers were presented with French war crosses this week because of especial \\ meritorious bravery in the war on the Huns on the French front. Mrs. Lena Huilbert Ford, formerly of Klmlru, V. Y.. author of the populur song "Keep the Home Fires burning." was killed together with her son. Walter, In the Herman ;.lr raid on Isindop, last week. I'aptain Wm. Kedmond is a candidate for the seat in the Hritish parliament, made vacant hy the death of his father, John Kedmond, the Nationalist leader. He is opposed by Doctor White, a Sinn Flener. The Hritish Kovernment has Issued a safe conduct permit for Count von l.uxburg, former Herman ambassador to Ai'Kcntlna, but refused to grant such permit for a medical attendant, which had been requested on account of the count's mental condition. 1 Commenting on the prevalence of measles in Philadelphia, Health Dl1 rector Krusen, says that more children die ot measles than from scarlet and that when people realize that measles are not to be considered light1 ly, the deuth rate will be reduced to the minimum. General Pershing has requested the setting aside of llfty tons of cargo space per month for the shipping of books and magazines to the American soldiers in France. The American lJbrury Association has charge of the shipment of the hooks. After staying in their saddles for forty hours, a squad of Texas Hangers, assisted by volunteers, last week overtook a gang of Mexican bandits i and cattle thieves south of HebronVlllc, ami in the battlo that followed killed eight out of twenty Mexicans making up the band. PRECAUTIONS IN THE AIR What German Experience Hat Taught n?r nvmgri. Alcohol in regarded l>y the chiefs of the (ierman aviation service as an enemy to he avoided by lighting inen, 1 and its consumption is strongly discountenanced in an advisory circular 1 issued by the general In command of the tl>ing corps. This document which has just come into the hands of a correspondent of the Associated Press, asserts that alcohol is a hod heatproducer whose effects are very fugitive and its consumption may produce fatal results to un aviator flying at high altitudes. Other recommendations considered essential to the efficiency of the flying man advise hitn not to wash his hands and face nor shave just before a flight. On alighting after a voyage through the air the aviator is told to wipe his face and hands llrst with a dry cloth and then to bathe them several times alternate, llrst in cold water and tlu-n In hot water. The document is extremely detailed in Its advice as to clothing and general preparation for a flight. It tells the airman to wear woolen or silk underclothing, while his outer garments should lie of wool thickly lined with fur or wadding. An aviation suit of leather overalls should cover everything. None of the clothing should be tight lltting and If possible a sweater should be worn. AU i/. li.i/u and fi-et. which are parts " of the lioity moxl apt to suffer from cold, the underclothing should be of f wool or Hilk and the airman should wear two pairs of woolen stockings be* twoen which should be Inserted a e thickness of paper. Over these should be worn a pair of fur or camel hair V socks, and the whole covered with a e pair of large size leather high boots - lined with fur or wadded wool. 1 For the protection of the hands they s should be well rubbed with a protec tlve anhydric ointment, over which should be worn large sized but light f woolen or silk gloves and then another h pair of leather gloves lined with fur - or wadded wool. V The face should also be rubbed with < the same protective ointment as used - on the hands. A woolen or silken cap t covering the head, ears and neck as ? well as the greater part of the face 1 should first be put on and over this a f leather mask lined with silk or one of I canvas. Between the two head-coverr Ings there should be inserted several e thicknesses of paper and over everything a thick leather helmet. Goggles e must always be worn and attached to k them protectors for the forehead and - cheeks, while it is advisable also to - wear a thick woolen scarf for the betr ter protection of the chin and throat.