Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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icraps and facts. 'lovi-rnmi nt ofticlals found an 11!i' it mtill in l>-KiiiKton county, near < iusioii. l.iMt Tuesday The still was of L"> ttallons capacity an'I is sai<l to have 6?-?-n in operation for six months. Ten radons of whisky ami .*> Gallons ol la w as seixod. '"am|i Si\ni, March h: l.i<ul. ''ol. VV. W'. la VMS. < omiillilider of tin 1 Hi'' Humlieii ami filth Aniniunitiou Tiaiii. t "a|ils. Cunt I ol t 'oiii|iuny A. Canty ol ?ompan v i", ami t'niter of <'oinpuiiv <i ami 1'irst Lieutenant lM<ol>> ol Company A went loilav to ila aitilh ry iiiii^i 101 a week's instruction there, on their return another i lei a 11 ol live olliecrs will 140 for a like Jrt i io<l. The personnel ol t hi Aiiiliioiutioli Train is now classed as Ul'tllhiy leserVeS ami lot the |mst several months the oiticers have l.een study 111:4 various artillery problems. Two hiimlieii ami lil'ty-live flights into Ceiniaiiy have been carried out by ifritish aviators ami only ten machines have la II lost. James Ian Macl'her.son, |<arli:iiiientary secretary ol the wai olliee, aiiiiounci <1 in answer to a luestion in the house of coriiuions ic .1. .......1.,,., 1|?. results of recent :iii nmls iiitu * > i111;111 territory. More limn ;i ton ot Imiiilis were iirn|i|>ei| hi M.'iiiiiIh-iiii. M.iiill is. In- ailileii. l'y altiiikiiia in da>livbt eontinueil Mr. Mael'hersori. it h;nl la-en possible to emu i-ntrille upon objects of actual militarv olijeets. Durum the nluht rsiiils. te mi nl. Ibitish inaelilties h;i<i ifsieiii|i.i| to low altituile ami tlre?| at iin blights. trains ami railway stations. i in ntiea oei-asimis tie ISritish airiiien hail attaekei) i-tn-iny maehiiies alrawn up hi aiidomcs, prcparatorv to itiat:iiiK honiliiiiK mills into Km lire. Incomplete returns from the senatorial |iriniiiry in Wisconsin Tuesday show a no k and iieek rare hetween i'on Kress man Irvine U I .en root and ./.inns Thompson. for the Republican senatorial noiiiination. Is moot hehilars to the element of his party that is stioiiirh for the prosecution ot the war and Thompson is known as l?iKolb lie's candidate. Returns up to yesterday car I .enroot Us.rRtj votes or "J.Ril ? more than Thompson. Joseph K. I>a\ is, the 1 lemoeratie candidate had .M. 17.1 votes, and Victor Iterher. the Socialist candidate, under indictment for ulleKetl violation of the espionage act. had : {*;.?; 1 f. votes. All the litturcs are not in yet; hut the probability is that I .enroot will win over Thompson. There has lieen a story that RerKer wollld withdraw before the general election ne\t month in favor of Davis, the I lemoeratie candidate: but tbis Renter eiilpba t iiallv denies. lie is running as a Socialist, claims that his indictment was a political trick ami savs that tic will certainly run in unMineral civet inn. Washington. March : American farmers were tuila> uritiil to tile afliilavits fur deferred classification for their farm tiamls in a statement hy the I'nilecl States em|>lo.vnient hureatt. The service warned ttiat If farmers failed to follow tliis advice they should not complain if their farm hands are taken in the lo w draft of approximately tin,una men who will he called to the colors. Immediate action alone (his line was re<|iicstcd of all farmers hy the employment service to help allay the critical farm labor shortage whieli now faces the nation. "The local drift hoards," Director John It. liensmore said. "Iielnjf .judicial hodics. cannot defer the call of such mcri unless the- farmers employing them support their claims for such deferred classification wl'h aflldavits. It is therefore very important that farmers immediately execute and tile such affidavits with the local hoards." Provost Marshal tSeiieral c'rowder has ordered that men engaged in farm production who arc listed ill class I of the draft and who are within the new quota to lie deferred until the end of the quota. ? The supreme war council id' the allies have issued a statement condemning Cermaii political crimes against the Kussian anil the liouinun^^^^huv^ieoj^lemuljriqmilngjmacknow^ ^^^i^agl^acrtniuiy^lJeaci^reaTTes^VrHr i?t..m ?mi also declaring: "We are lighting and mean to continue tiKhtiiiK. in oiilei to ttnisli unrc tor all with this policy ol |>1 iiliti<i. anil establish in its place the peaceful reign of orMani/.eil justice." The British foreign olllce has issucil a statement i-niIn??l\IIIM a protest ot the entente premiers anil loreiun tuinisters iissenilileil in liomlun against te.rnianj's ait inn in the name of tlerman peace towaril the Russian people. The protest coueludes: "I'eai'e is loudly advertised hilt iiiuler the disguise of verbal prol'essioii lurk the brutal realities of war ami the untempered title of a lawless force." Meet i UK Of tile supreme war council anil important political contereiices iiiuler the presidency of Premier l>avill l.loyil < icol'Kc. Were hehl in IhiwniiiK Street Thursday. Friday and Saturday. They were attended by the premiers ot France and Italy and other ministers with their military and expert advisers. ? American military observers have reached the conclusion that (Sertnany's constant massiiiK of men on the western front is for defense, and that the loiiK-heralded Teutonic offensive never will materialize unless it develops as a defensive measure auainst the jrrowitiK pressure of the allies and American line. This view, held for weeks by some olllcers. is expressed otlieially in tile war department's weekly review of o|H-rations at the battle fronts. Fresh Iierman divisions are reported arriving in the west, the review says, and the density of the enemy forces has nearly reached the point where congestion of lines of communication may interfere with llexiidlity of maneuver. The review records the tlrst unassisted American assault upon the tiermans, the trench raiil at dawn of ti tin- enoinv was driven out and >iis position penetrated for a distance of 300 yards. The Americans now are in the trenches alone the allied line at live different points and are reported constantly active. ItcferritiK to Secretary Maker's arrival in France, the review says lahas had interviews with the principal French authorities and is ahout to undertake a careful ins|iection of American schools, trainiiur areas, rest camps and sectors at the front. ? Fifty persons were killed and irreat material datnaye was done by bombs dropjK-d by allied airmen when they raided t'oblcnz. (Jcrmany. on March 12. according; to a neutral traveler, who arrived in London last Monday at the llairue, the Times says: "The people believed the raiders were Americans." the traveler said. "I was in the neighborhood of a liift munition works at Mulheim (north of (.'oldenz. and also on the Ithine) at ten minutes imst noon when suddenly ult the factory whistles started blowing and the sirens wensounded. Many women rushed from the works for the bomb proof shelters, while passing street cars were stopped as the crews bolted into houses. Four or five airplanes were visible in the clear sky. Presently some one exclaimed: 'They are Americans!' Another ............ ilnii.i: -The Anieri. cans are tomlnir!' A Putrhinan 1 knew rushed up to me and said: 'Pidn't I tell you the Americans would come sooner or later!' I cannot say whether the machines actually were American hut the striking thing was the evidence that there has been general skepticism whether American airplanes ever would come and equal fear of them when they do." The neutral traveler added that although the machines merely passed over Mulheitn on their way to Coblenz, it was not until four o'clock that the "all clear" signal was sounded. ? After being turned down three times by the army and navy. Leopold Strauss, son of Hen jam in Strauss of No. 56 West 112th Street. New -York, went to France with the Presbyterian hospital unit, and there, according to a letter recently received from him. he at last pot a chance to do his bit. He did it by offering himself, with two others, as a subject for inoculation with trench fever germs, so that the American medical men might seek a cure. The inoculation consisted in taking from soldier patients "cooties" or "chats," as young Strauss calls them, and placing them on the anus of Strauss. Twice a day for twenty minutes each, during a period of four weeks, these trench vermin were thus permitted to "feed." Then came the observation period to see whether the subject had contracted the fever. It developed in Strauss, but he modestly \ I Kays that his companions, nurses and officers praised him too much for his sacrifice, and that he should have been three times as sick to deserve all the good treatment accorded him. He I describes his illness as chiefly feeling "miserable in every muscle and a few bones sore." The fever, he says, eats one's tissues away, but evidently he was cuieil of it. for he writes of being up and vetting stout, though not yet out of the hospital. "And." In- adds, "I sure teel great." iTr \|orhviUf (fnquircr. Kntered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Olasa. YORK. S. C.: FRIDAY. MARCH 22. 19918. The "War <"yolopedia. a Handbook <>f Heady Itcfwncc." issued bv the committee on public information, is the most valuable publication of the nature indicated that has been gotten out up to this tune. The price of this book is only !'.* cents, and people who want t>> be in a position to find out about subjects connected with the war. will do wall to make this small investment The War t'yclopedla answers almost every question that can be asked about war matters. Itussia has been torn to pieces many times during the past two thousand years, but somehow she has always managed to net herself together again. Her condition may seem hope I< ss now: but it has many tunes a[ pea red more hopeless before. Ill the liKht of Itussia's past history, whether taken as a whole, in f#t?0 year periods, or for only the past I ."ill years there is every reason to believe that she will come to herself again: but what eom-erns us most now is, how soon. The best mall we know of for governor of South Carolina is Hon. John I,. Meljiiurili. unit we ilo not know of any who are half so deserving of the plaee. Mr. Mel-aurin has aeeomplishcd more good for South Carolina anil the south ilurin,". the past half dozen oars than any other one man we know of, ami if he shollhl be made governor of South Carolina, he will aeeomplish a good deal more. Mr. Mel-uurill is a eonstruetive statesman who cannot only foresee the best things to be done; but who knows how to do them. druggists of tiie county who have not yet procured license from the clerk of the court, are conducting business at their own risk just now, and that they will eventually have penalties to pay is absolutely certain. Clerk of the Court I sign 11 has been so advised. We are giving out this information on our own account. Clerk I-ogan showed the editor one of those cheeky instructions from the authorities above, "advising that there is no authority to PTTrj^rnSTTut'to gel your | county paper to print this," or word? to that effect. We are printing it not because we feel that we ought to but because we feel that out of self-re | sped, If fur tin oilier reason, we should iunore all sueh sinIV. lint still <lriiKKisls and photographers probably know thai iKnorance of the law is no excuse. I 1 | In one mail yesterday The News ami Courier received thirty-one letters lieKuint; for space for one thiiiK or another. It was not an abnormal mail but a spare moment suKKested that the letters be counted and Weighed. They came to I" 1-4 ounces.. The postage exclusive of seven unstamped communications from the A..i. rnm?iii amounted to 44 cents. If all ?>f these communications hail been printed today there would be no room in the News and Courier for anything else. As a matter of fact, none of them was printed and the mystery to us is how it pays the various agents of propaganda to send ou< such matter. The tax upon the postal facilities is out of all proportion to the revenue return; because every letter of this sort requires just us much time and care in its handling as a really important eommuuicntion. There was talk some time ago of stopping this misuse of the mails. Some of us thought when the postage rate was raised a cheek would be put to it. Thus far there is no Sign of anvthing of the sort.?News and Courier. Kvery newspaper in the country Is having just about the same experience in this connection as the News and Courier, and most of them look at the matter just about as the News and Courier looks at it. In addition to those people who nre always bombarding the newspapers through the mails, there are also many who eonte In person with the I evident impression that all they have to do is to dietate to the editor what they want the paper to say and if they do not know how to say what they want to say. they expert the editor to say it for them. Not long ago a visitor who had something he wanted the paper to tell about boldly informed the editor that it was of more interest than much of the stuff the editor was printing. The editor eoneluded that that might be true; but when he suggested that if the visitor desired a paper more to his own notion, he might do as the editor is trying to do?publish a paper of his own. the visitor did not seem to see IIIV I'iUIIV. Another visitor hu pros ted that if the eilitor would do more in the way of exploiting certain people in the way certain people wanted to be exploited, these t>eople would give him more business, and when the editor came ! bitek with: "Yes. if we should be more liberal in the exploitation of these people, they might give us more business: but what about the much larger business that we are getting from other people, without such exploitation?" But after all. what is the profit in "chewing the rag" about these things? It is the publisher who has to carry the responsibility, and who pays for mistakes. He has to pay for doing things he ought not to do. Just as he has to tsty for not doing the things he ought to do. His lot would be lighter to be sure. If the public had a more intelligent comprehension of the basic principles of newspapering; but if he bimself is lacking in the knowledge of those principles, or fails in their steadfast application, his lot is a sorry | one indeed. Potato Houses. Why can we not have some more sweet potato houses in the county? So far. there is only one, that at J Rock Hill, and as we understand it. this one is a matter of private enterprise. c That old-time method of potato hacks is little more than a relic of j barbarism. < >f course there tye some people * ? ? ;-?? tfArul It ir* If in A WHO nave IliOi IUIIIJ BVVM saving potatoes under layers of corn st.'iIks. covered with dirt; but that is might) uncertain and unsatisfactory * and expensive. The only sure way of going about a 51 proposition of tliis kind is in the building of houses on scientific prin- 4 ciples. v Anybody who wants to know ex- 4 actly how. can get the information from a county demonstration agent for * the asking. Mr. McKeown or Mr. Hlair will be glad to give the inforuiatmn to anybody in this county. Kvcn under present conditions it J need not cost more than twenty-five cents a bushel to produce sweet potatoes, which last fall sold at J1 a * bushel and over at digging time, and which are now in sharp demand at * $:i a bushel and over. A good potato house erected now * or this summer would prove a good investment for years. l**t the farmers know that a house is to be erected in which they can ^ store and save their product and they c will produce enough potatoes to fill it. Ilut unless the farmers know in ail- f \ a nee thai they stand a reasonable show of having their potatoes saved. they are not going to raise much i, more than enough fur fall use. c American Liberty At Stake. ( There is no other one thing more q important to the American people at v this time than that they should rea- t lize their peril, which is the shadow | of i lor man dominion, including the k ?..o? /.f t hi> Wflf America is potentially the greatest I v nation on earth. There is no possible! ilonbt of that. We have the resources. 11 we know how to use them and we arejv accustomed to do biK thinks in a big I, way. ?Siven that we understitnd what I, Is expected of us, and there is no 1 other nation on earth that can ei|Ual| us in any lino of endeavor. In military matters we are far ',e-|j hind, especially in training and ('x'I, perience: hut not in potential capacity. I ( That is. given an even start at arming I and pre|iaring. we would outstrip tlt?' I ^ whole world in the wind-up. And no| I 'I matter iiow iiiueli start the balanee of I the world may have had. with a rea-1 I I soioilde chance at preparation, we I would soon lie in tile lead. That is. provided, of course, we are|v aroused to the importance of the! task, the dancer with which we are!" confronted, and tlie disaster we must Is suffer If we lose. Stryehnine is a most deadly poison, I if administered in sufficient doses; I c bill in doses smaller than sufficient to I ? produce death, it is in many eases al' beneficial stiiuulent. I u As powerful as is tiio mighty Her-1 man empire, it is no mutch for AnicrUi I en. provided America puts forth herl' full strcnKth as the Herman empire! e is putting forth its full strength; but I' unless America puts foith her lull I s strength, the Herman empire nuty I easily prove too much for her. la Hermuny started this war to con-|f quertheTvorld, and she bud In mind It, the conquest of America as a part of I fi her programme, except she was not It calculating on tackling America until In she ha<l finished with the others. |p We are in it ill spite of ourselves. I ti We did not want to go in it. Her-1 r many did nut want us in it yet. Slielu forced us in it. not because site want-1 ed to luil because she had to. Kxcept||, for her resort to the submarine/tier-1 h many would have been defeated long 11, ago. For America to have submitted 11. to Henuany's submarine campaign h, would have been to surrender Ameri-I,, can manhood. That was but one re-1c suit. h Now American's very existence as al .j proud and independent sovereign na-n, tiun is at stake. We must maintain I our rights or lose everything we havel that is worth having. 11 And just ns America's all is at stake, I i all that America has must be thrown I into the balance, not in a long drawn-1 ( out, half-hearted way; but at thel , earliest possible moment. I s None who hold back are fit to bc|.t other than slaves, and nono who arel ^ worthy of being Americans will hold I ^ back. I " ' * ' I (. On the Fighting Fronts.?As a re- I ( suit of the action of the American and I liritish governments in requisitioning I., Hutch shipping in their waters, Her-I many may now be expected to begin a I heightened campaign of frightfulness ' with her I'-honLs, which doubtless will I n lie met by a more intensive program of defense against sinkings on thel" part 01 tni' aiiivs. All along the western front the p activity of the righting forces still has been held down to small infantry attacks and and artillery duels which f< on some sectors have been quite vlo- tl lent. To the French again has fallen p the task of lacing the fiercest infantry f fighting. In Lorraine the Germans delivered numerous strong attacks, but t< all of them were put down with san- h guinary losses to the attackers. At sev- n enil other points the Germuns also have endeavored to penetrate French c positions, but everywhere have been v beaten off,^leaving behind the men ^ killed or wounded. ' The American troops on the Toul sector recently have been giving the P Germans, and effectively, a dose of w their own favorite weapon?asphyx- tl iating gas. Four different sectors of the Germans were gas-shelled, and the quiescent attitude of the enemy o ujJbn all of them afterward indicated / that the gases had the desired ef- ? feet. ; On their part, the Germans have n adopted another new plan of warfare t which the American troops on the sec- e tor attacked described as "dirty work." This was the dropping from v an airplane of large rubber bails rniea 11 with mustard gas. None of the Ameri- j; can troops was injured in the attack. c Advertising Offensive.?The (lermnn ' headquarters staff a few days ago sent c out instructions to neutral newspaper t correspondents in Germany to go to |i the western front to witness the gen- . eral offensive about to be launched there. The instruction is regarded 'in 0 London and Washington as so much b camouflage, intended to hold the 0 Americans and Allies on the defensive in expectation of a big drive while c Germany continues the consolidation c and organization of her contests else- i where. There is a growing belief y among the Allies that if there Is an offensive on the western front, it will " have to come from the Allies. S m 1 r Final Report from Ginners.?Cotton I production from the last season's crop t was 11.285.SS9 bales, exclusive of linters. the census bureau announced on Wednesday, In a final report of gin- 1 nings. The (inters produced to March p 1. amounted to 829,019 bales. ? Ginnings by states included: Georgia 1,881,000 * South Carolina 1,235,000 n Sea island: j, Georgia 47,888 * Florida 37.300 * South Carolina ... 7,313 S LOCAL AFFAZftt,| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS rto. W. William*?Give* a list of several vaU uable farm* that are for *ale la York county. He ha* other properties. . S. Mackort'll. Admr.?-Beqaeeta parties ha?init claim* attainat estate of S. L. Davidtao. deceased. to present tbeni. and those owing the estate are requested to pay. L. M Deal. Exer.?Gives notice that on April Uu he will apply to the probate court for tinal discharge a* executor of esute of Jj A. Brown, deceased. rork Supply Co. Ha* 16 per cent acid and nitrate soda on the way. Will advertise the fact when it arrive*. Seed* wanted, liar Theatre Invite* attention to it* movie oroirramme for today, tomorrow and for Monday. tJrumas and comedies. 'arrull Bros. Ask you to see them for >eed potatoes, second hand wagon and buggy. for harrows and chilled plows. 'arroll Supply Co. Requests that before you buy disk harrows, drag harrows, corn planters. turn plows, buggies, that you see them. iirkpatrick-Belk Co.-Says that although it* stock of coat suits, coats, dresses, etc.. is complete, new goods are arriving daily by express. <oan A Savings Bank -Extends an invitation to people who handle money to do business with it. antes Bros. Have received several cars of mules lately and an especially choice car on yesterday. Another car to arrive Monday. '. F. Dajley Co. -On page four gives you reasons why you should use "2-in-l" shoe polishes. Black, white, tan. 10 cents. telly-Taylor Co.?Emphasise the good qualities of Luzianne coffee. See page four for particulars. ;. Lawrence Co. -Wants you to try "Gets-It" for that troublesome corn. It peels them right off. Sold everywhere. 25 cents. t The Broad river bridge between oik and Cherokee counties is not yet oiniileted. It is still worrying along. One of the quickest, easiest and bust eed crops for hogs Is sorghum. An icre of sorghum is suftlcient to feed i number of hogs, and enough acres f sorghum planted will save lots of orn. The bridge over Thlckety, between iaffney and I'nion was completed last 'uosday. and is now in use. The bridge ias constructed by the same contractus who are putting up the bridge over {road river between York and Chcro;ee. A bushel of clean cane seed should icigli tll'ty pounds according to a high uthorily; but many seeds are sold a a hall cleaned state in which they icigii as little its forty pounds. "Itut I you tio not get tlfty pounds," says liis authority, "you are not getting a iushel." The sale of thrift stamps is nothing ike what it shoubl be, and it is nothing like what it could be if a deteruined drive should be made. South 'urolinu has not yet gotten up to nore than one-lifth of the daily sales ho should lie making to reach her inota. Thirty-five cents a pound was paid or several bales of cotton in Itock (ill the other day but not a great deal ras offered at that price. Most of the miners who have cotton in the virility. figure that they should have a hare of the long profits that the mills re making. All clocks are to be turned forward ine hour on the last Sunday in ilurch. The president has signed a ill pussed by congress to that offeot utd it is tli? law. The bill is called lie. daylight saving bill. It contemplates starting things an hour eurlier 11 the clay and getting off an hour 'arlier at night. It is not so much v natter of saving duylight us it is o/ avlng artificial illuminutlon. Who will build a potato house? ff nybody, let us know, we will tell tile armors about It. We will ^et the itlo Touse LiWI3eF"TrTToueff-TOWWfiP tinners and the farmers In touch with lie jKitato house builder. That will lean that it somebody will build a icitato house, the farmers will ugree o till it, and puy "0 cents a bushel cut,.or soine other price to be agreed pon. Let's have, potato houses. Parties of four minute speakers have <een talking at the various schooloiimcs over the county during the past mv weeks. As a rule each party has onsistcd of three speakers, generally deluding a lady, and they have divldd up the work so as to cover food onservalion, I'at riot ism and Houseold economy. The attendance has enerull> been good, and the people ave been showing deep and intellient interest in the situation. They were in the sheriff's office ulklng about the new artillery range ver against King's mountain, and the uestion was how far it was from the mint where the guns were to be touted over to King's Mountain. Deputy iheriff Quinn said it was between five mi six miles. "Why, man. you do not now what you are talking about, iround the road it is at leust eight iiiles." "Hut," replied Deputy Sheriff luinn, "they told me when I was up here that they were not going to hoot around the road, bnt straight eroHH." In addressing letters to soldiers broad, it is desirable to give full ante just as is used on <|Ucstionaires, preceded by exact military Itle. such as "private," "corporal," sergeant." "lieutenant." etc., followed y official designation of command uch as "Company A. 121st Artillery," allowing up with "American Exj>edllonary forces." There is no need to ut France or England or any other jreign country on the address. In ict, this is prohibited. "American Ixpeditionnry forces" is all that Is ecessary, following the full name and ommand. The address should be rrltten in ink. Do not use a pencil, ind unless you are sure that you can . rite plainly, very plainly, much lafner that most people can write, it ,111 be well to get somebody to write he address for you. The Democratic clubs are to be rerganlzed on the last Saturday in ipril. The re-organizatlon will conIst of the election of executive ofIcers and the election of delegates to he county convention. Each club Is ntitled to send to the county conention one delegate for each 25 votes .r majority fraction of 25 votes cast - rtrit niHmnrv of 1916. The ounty convention will elect a new ounty chairman, another executive ommitteeman and nine delegates to he state convention to be held in Coumbia. The county convention is due o be called to order by the chairman f the county executive committee and icgins organization with the election f a temporary chairman. Then omes the election of a permanent hairman and the "county chairman." Tie present county chairman Is B. J. \Tiite of Rock Hill, now in the army, nd the secretary is Dr. J. H. Saye of lharon. The county executive committee is composed as follows: Bethel. I. U Johnson; Bethany, J. A. Raterree: Blairsville, H. J. Sherer; doer, A. J. Quinn; Coates's Tavern. D. \ Lesslie; Ebenezt-r, J. F. Williams: 'ort Mill. C. P. Blankenship; Hickory irove. W. F. McGill; McConnellsvllle, ?. M. Burrls; Newport, J. B. Swinle; Ogden. W. S. Percival; Rock Hill, . o. 1. W. B. Byers; Rock Hill No. '2. V. B. Wilson, Jr.; Sharon, Dr. J. H. aye; Tirrah, J. Mi Campbell; Yortp ville No. 1. A. L. Rlack: Yorkville No. J. A. Marion. The writing of a book is a bis undertaking. It means the expedience of brains and labor the lack of which few men know about. But that is not all. The publication of a book is a costly undertaking. That book on which Rev. J. E. .Muhaffey of Yorkville, has been working for nuiny months past, entitled. What Ails the World, will call for a big investment before the public can have the advantage of it. Mr. .Mahaffey will have to pay the publishers, a New York |concern, between Jl.Suo and Il'.ooo before the book will be in shape for delivery- As already announced, he proposes to give the book to those who help him to publish it at $1 per copy, and to others at $1.50 per copy. He will have to sell from 1,500 to '!, HOO copies before there will be anything for compensation in the way of his own' heavy labor. It is not to be understood that the appearance of the book depends iiisjn advance sales? not at all. The author has or can control the means to pay the publisher without help. But that is not the point. This book is going to be worth anybody's $1.50, and the people who lend encouragement and assistance to the author by advance subscriptions will not only be benefiting him: but will be doing a credit to themselves. W'e have no pecuniary interest in the matter: but we are privileged to suggest to people who desire to_ help in a good work?a work that they will be proud of is to not only send to Mr. Mahaffey their dollar* with their numes and addresses: but to go around among their neighbors and get as many others as pilS-HIIK' lu nu unrniinr. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Several units of clothes were burglariously stolen front Kelly's pressing club Wednesday night. THE SPRING HATS. Wednesday and yesterday were the days for the annual display ol' spring styles in millinery at the store of the Kirkpatriek-Helk company, and as usual, large numbers of ladies, along with a few men, were out to see what they were to he offered. ? Always in most excellent shape, us well appointed stores go, some extra touches had been put on for the occasion. and new goods of every description were artistically arranged In neat and attractive display. In the millinery department, presided over by Misses Maude Miller and Kate Cody, there was an exhibition of numerous pretty pattern hats and a most varied and attractive assortment of trimmings, well calculated to please and interest the numerous appreciative visitors as a whole. and appeal to the particular taste of t'lu h individual. Because of the unfavorable weather the attendance was not quite up to the highest records <>f past seasons; but still the number of visitors w; s large enough to justify the management in all the extra expense involved in such creditable efforts at showing the holies all the pretty things from which they have to choose. In keeping with these serious and sombre times of thrift and economy, there is very little of the elaborate about the new spring bats. Kverything Is unusually plain. There is almost ,io trimming?seldom more than a velvet band, bow of ribbon, or small ornament, and sometimes nothing. And prices, well, compared with form.eryears, they would seem high, "But compar^t! "with eVeryTftfinf'ltfhe," MeT clares Miss Miller, "they are low? very low." One of the prettiest hats on display was a leghorn poke bonnet. The crown was draped in turquoise blue Georgette, a French rose and blue velvet streamers, were the only trimming. A hat on display in the window was considered by many ladies to be the prettiest at the Opening. It was on the sailor style, made of shell pink Georgette, around the brim was a narrow binding of Fekin blue satin. The whole hat was hand-embroidered in pink. A large hut of gray Georgette, with transparent brim was a favorite. The crown, which was soft, was embroidered in blue. There was no other trimming. A hat admired bv everyone was a sport hat of white Itajah silk, with Milan hemp facing. The crown and brim were embroidered in white and the only trimming was a number of small buttons of the same material as the hut. A dressy hat of black horsehair braid, lined with blue mullne, trimmed in rose velvet and sweet peas. One of the new styles is the twotier hat, a beautiful model of this type was in silver gray. The brim was of Georgette crepe, and the crown was of gray rose petals, trimmed In a darker shade of gray velvet ribbon. Mrs. Steele Is showing a handsome line of hats, and the McOonnell Dry Goods company and Nathan Felnstein are also prepared to take care of their usual trade tin millinery. PRICE OF PIGS. It has been a good many years since pigs were scarcer than they were last spring and the situation had not materially improved in the fall. There were more pigs, but prices were higher. Now the scarcity is being relieved somewhat. The transportation of sows by the bankers promises to help; but people generally have also been buying on their own accpunt. As yet there Is no serious threat of over production, and If anybody thinks that the people tre not up on the matter of price, they have another guess coming. Mr. J. C. Wallace, the well known lightning rod man, tells a story in this connection. "Driving along with my son over in a dark section of the western side of the county," he said, "I saw six fine looking pigs following a sow in a pasture by the roadside, and remembering that a friend down in Yorkville had asked nie to pick up something like that if 1 should run across it, I decided to make some inquiries. "There was a little hut of a house nearby and cautioning my son, fckliaon. to let me do the talking and not to say anything. I drove up to the door. There were several children playing uIhiui the place, and I asked them about their fattier. " "He's oil" at work somewheres,' said one of the boys. "'Nobody el*e here?" " 'Maw's in the house,' replied the boy, and about that time a woman came to the door. " 1 want to make some inquiry about those pigs out there,' I said 'they look like real nice ones.' " 'Yes. they are right nice,' was the reply. " They are yours, are they?' ' 'Yes. sir: they're ourn?' " 'Well, wihat are they worth?what will you give a pair of them for?' " 'Don't know exactly. What will you pay for 'em?' " "Why. I do not know what they are worth and I don't want to put a price on your property. It is for you to do that.' "'Mr..Hardin over here has been selling some pigs only six weeks old at $7.50 a piece, and these pigs were two months old yesterday. They ought to be worth a little more than that. I allow." "That stumped me." said Mr. Wallace, "and I thought to change the subject away ftom buying pigs; but seeing a large sow walking about the yard, I made a remark about it. The woman said: "'Yes. she oughter been drapinsome pigs last Saturday, but she's gone over her time.' "Then the woman pointed out two other large sows In nearby pens and Indicated the probability of still more ( pigs. "Well, as the outcome of It all," ex- t plained Mr. Wallace. "I decided I wx>uld not buy. The truth of the < matter Is. I was expecting to buy pigs I at about )3 each, and when I saw that woman was right up to the minute as < to prices. 1 figured that that was no place for bargains. As to whether i pigs will be cheaper around there lut- > er on. I do not know: but anyhow. I thought I would wait." ABOUT PEOPLE. j Mr. A. S. Barron of Camp Jackson. Columbia, spent yesterday In York- I villa. Miss Claire Crosby of Yorkvtlle. left this week for Pacolet. where she has j taken a position. Kev. and Mrs. W. S. Putterson of | latncaster. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. ; M. Stroup in Yorkville. Miss Annie J. Ferguson of Savan- < nah. <5a.. is visiting, her parents. Mr. and Mi-s. J. It. Ferguson. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Heyward of Richmond, Vu.. visited the family of Mr. Hubert Witherspoon in lorKvine i this week. I Messrs. R. H. and S. W. Sherer and Hu?h K. Robinson and Mrs. B. H. < Horton and children of the Hlairsvilie ' section, visited relatives at Bethany last week. Sergt. and Mrs. M. W. Davis of 1 Chattanooga. Tenn., are spending this , week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. ; It. Ferguson. Mrs. J. C. Dickson of Yorkvllle No. 1. and Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Whitesides, Misses Ruth and Iaiulse Whitesides ( and Quay Whitesides of Filbert So. 1, < spent several days last week In Columbia. . Miss Bessie Howe has returned to her home in Rock Hill, after spending i several days in Yorkville. with her mother, Mrs. Jane E. Howe, who has been quite ill at the home of her son, Mr. P. W. Love. Mrs. Howe is much ( better. George Ferguson, son of Lewis G. Ferguson of Yorkville, is suffering i from a broken leg. About two weeks ago, while crossing the street, George | was knocked down by a bicycle. It was known that his leg was badly ( bruised: but the further extent of injuries was not known until Tuesday when an X-ray examination at the Fennell Infirmary disclosed that one bone was cracked nearly through and another was badly twisted. Dr. Fennell patched the young chap up and he is now getting along very nicely. Air. W. S. Wilkerson of Hickory (Srove No. 1, who was hurt several weeks ago liy a fall from J. W. lu'ech's 1 automobile, is still confined to his home and Is getting along only fairly well. The tendons were broken loose in the lower part of his left leg and he is still unable to walk with any satisfaction, even on crutches. On account of the very active life to which | he has been accustomed, Mr. Wilkerson is finding his confinement quite irksome. Speaking of Miss Kula Johnson, who had charge of the school at Luney, until called back to Arkansas on account of the Illness of her mother. Superintendent of Education t'arroll said yesterday: "She Is a most excellent teacher, one of the best I know. She worked up there at Luney for $60 a month, and could have easily gotten $75 a month elsewhere. In fact I know that she was offered $75 a month, but she said, 'No, I have a work to do right here and I am not willing to leave it.' Miss Johnson is a lady of initiative, has an intelligent comprehension of what she wunts to do and the ability to do it. She is lone of the best teachers I know of." Mr. T. T. Sandlfcr of Yorkvllle No. :i. went to New York last week to see his son. Dowry, who has been on the Mexican border for quite a while and who had been ordered abroad. Not having seen Dowry for some years, Mr. Sandifer was naturally anxious to give him a farewell greeting. The trip, however, was a disappointment. Upon inquiry at headquarters In New Jersey Mr. Mafldifer *fih toltfTfiaT KTB flChTf ' command had suited. Naturally he ' wanted to know when, but he was told , that that was information which could ' not be given out. Mr. Sandifer per- , sisted in his investigations, however. ' and from men of the same command , who had been left behind he got about tills: "They were here two days ago; but none of them are here now." Lowry Sandifer has seen quite a lot of ser- ' vice in Mexico and on the border, and has bet-n a number of times under lire. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real es- ( talc have been recorded in the otlice of the auditor during the month of 1 March up to last Wednesday: ( Bethel Towmhip. Elizabeth K. Davis to K. C. Brandon, 153 acres. Consideration, $600 (her interest). W. W. Alexander to S. W. Alexander, I 39 acres. Consideration $214.50. W. W. Alexander to W. K. Warren, I 079 acres. Consideration $1. ' Betheeda Township. Maggie Lindsay Burrls et al., to It. Al. Lindsay et al., 61 acres. Consider- I ation $5 and love and affection. Hester A. Turner to Marion S. Tur- , ner, 63 acres. Consideration $1,300 and love and affection. Samuel A. Crawford to J. Thornwell - " i.I.I?n Claw lord, ism ucres. i un?mi.oi.v.. $5 quit claim. J. Thornwell Crawford to Samuel A. Crawford, 95 1-2 acres. Consideration $500 quit claim. Mrs. Kudora L. 1'laxico to Edwin 1L Craven. 7-1 2-5 acres. Consideration $MOO. Arthur S. Rogers to Clinton A. Chandler and I'. Carolina Chandler. 50 acres. Consideration $825. Broad River Township. i T. E. Whitesides to J. J. Alexander, 14 acres. Consideration $561. W. S. Wilkerson to J. J. tiilttllan, 1 68 7-10 acres. Consideration $2,720. J. Mason and C. R. McGill to Mrs. M. E. Mctiill, 7 acres. Consideration 1 $600. J. it Cowscr to J. E. Westmoreland, 2 lots. Consideration no value given cross deeds. C. Ik Westmoreland to W. J. R. fbwser, 2 lots. Consideration no value ( given. J. Meek Mctiill to H. F. Stephenson. 117 acres. Consideration $3,000. Bullock's Creek Township. Florence McFadden and W. A. Haflier to S. B. Pratt, 15S acres. Consider- | at ion $600. .Vancy E., and Reola Mctiill and Mary Jane Whisonant to Sam San- , ders, 140 acres. Consideration $2,000. J no. R. Logan, C.C.C. Pis.. to S. B. Pratt, 185 acres. Consideration $600. ( W. 1- Hill to T. E. Burrls, 100 acres. Consideration $1,200. W. B. flood to S. W. Nelson. SO 9-10 acres. Consideration not given. Mary J. Blair et al to W. A. Calloway. 154 3-1 acres. Consideration $100 (their interest). , W. W. Thomson to H. Clyde flood, 91 acres. Consideration $375. i Horace L. Bomar to W. L. Thomson, 121 26-100 acres. Consideration , |1.800. Jno. C. Klrkpatrick to J. M. Love. 90 acres. Consideration 11,080. Catawba Township. ^ J. B. Johnson to E. R. Cherry, 1 lot. ! Consideration 81,250. Jas. A. Barber et al to J. A. Faulken- ' berry, 57 1-2 acres. Consideration ' 82.354.52. ' \V. H. Spencer to S. W. Ferguson, 7 1-2 acres. Consideration 8225. I Jas. S. White to S. W. Ferguson, 2 < lots. Consideration 8210. 1 Jno. R. Williams to C. H. Anderson, < 30 acres. - Consideration 81.100. O. N. Morgan to Jno. R. Williams, 30 I acres. Consideration 81.000. S. J. Klmbrell to R. A. Wilson, 59 85-100 acres. Consideration 82.633.40. t Mary E. White to Bunah Giles. 1 lot. < Consideration 8240. ? Jno. R. Williams, trus.. to Lee ; Vaughn, -52 1-4 acres. Consideration 81.200. J. T. Wllllford to S. E. WUIIford, i 97 1 -2 acres. Consideration 83.500. l J. T. Williams to Rev. Elsie Myers, < 71 acres. Consideration f2,582.90. i E. R. Partridge to Hamilton Carhartt Cotton Mills. 1 lot. Consideration 82,250. < Floyd Wood and Mary Thomas to A. -1 B. Sullivan. 20 acres. Consideration t 8900. ' ( Paul D. Farts to J. \V. O'Neal. X lot. ?onsideratlon $1. W. H. Cowan to A. C. Fennell, I , teres. Consideration $700. Dus E. Reid to L. F. Waldrop, 1 lot. ?onsideration $1 and other consideraions. , Jno. R. Logan clerk to William J. ?herr>. 7 acres. Consideration $1,275. ' H. C. Simpson to Florence S.- Lesslie. c I acres. Consideration $1 and love and j, iffection. s Jno. R. Logan. clerk to Jno. R. Wil- * iams. 55 acres. Consideration $1,152.50. 1 Jas. II. Withvrspoon to .1. W. O'Neal i utd D. C. Johnson. 1 lot. Consid?ra- . lion $7,150. Kast Rock Hill Realty Co.. to ilettie 11 K. Croins. 1 lot. Consideration $250. I Jas. II. Witherspoon to tl. H. < liven. ] I lot. Consideration $1,210. . Jas. H. \Vi:liei-s|K?on to I). II. I trow n. r I lot. $1,775. * J. \V. Westerland to Jno. It. Wil- : Hants, tius.. 1 lot. Consideration $1 j ind other consiileratlons. Titos. H. Davis to W. A. Hall. 1 lot. J I'onsideratioil $900. . t l?. C. Johnson to K. 11. Johnson. 1 t loi. t unsiui'raiiuii Ebenezer Township. Iredell .lon?*s. Jr.. to Manchester I'otton Mills, 6 1-3 acres. Consideration $791. (17. , Jno. M.. and William S. Kewoll to iiertrude I. Magginnis, 1 lot. Consideration $3,700. Bock Hill Land and Town Site Co., ' to .1. K. Spears. 1 lot. Consideration 1500. Jiio. It. Williams, trns.. to Mrs. l.iz- ' zle Carter Spears. S 35-100 acres and ' lots. Consideration $1,049.20. Jno. K. Williams to J. It. Spmrs. 1 10 65-100 acres. Coimlderation $525. Jno. It. Williams, trustee to J. M. J Cherry. 55 1S-100 acres. Consideration ' 17.491'.43. ; J. A. Quinn to S. H. Kaires. JO 4-10 1 teres. Consideration $25o. ' J. A. Quinn to It. I.oe Kalis. 33 fi-io ' teres. Consideration $550. ' Fort Mill Township. W. W. Bo.vce to Koxnua T. Boyce. , 113 acres. Consideration $1 and other * considerations. , l.eroy Springs, exor. est. Samuel K. , White, to Clemson C. Karris. 4 lots. Consideration $2S0. , J. H. Norman to Jno. W. (Iwin 3 , lots. Consideration $125. Brevard I). Springs to I. I- Kails. 37 , acres. Consideration $1,000. American Trust Co.. to J. I.. Spratt. , 159 1-2 acres. Consideration $2,400. , J. I*. Spratt. exor. est.. Mrs. M. H. i Wolfe, td Willis (!. Howie and Thur- | ntond M. Howe, 1 lot. Consideration j $905. , Jno. It. Ixtgan C.C.C. I'Is., to C. Kli/.a | lieth Ormnnd. 53 acres. Consideration , ,\. A. Yoiidk to A. K. Youna, 1 lot. | Consideration $500. I King's Mountain Township. M. K. Withers poon to K. L llnnna. : 57 acres. Consideration $730. W. It. Mcttill to A. A. I.ocJnIIiIk*'. 10- 1--' acres. Consideration $1,000. A. A. l?orkrid|?e to NY. Honner Mcllill, 3 lots. Consideration $1,100. Moffatt Mason McKniKht and Lulu W. McKnight, guardians to J no. M. Hartness, a! 1--' at;res. Consideration $1,S00. H. K. Neil and 1). M. I'arrott to 1 lliiKh t?. Hrown, exor, est. Mar.v J. Itrown. 1 lot. < 'nnsideratioti $1. J no. It. I.otran C.C.C. I'Is., to A. < i. 1 Ijtwrence, 1th ticres. Consideration , $3,000. i W. F. Logan to tl. II. Logan. in > acres. Consideration $lo?l-l interest. ' Annie K. Thoinasson and J. A. Tate, exor., to Mrs. Annie K. Thoinasson ami T. N. Thoinasson. Jr., 87 acres. Con- ' siderution $3X3.78. ( Annie K. Thoinasson and J. A. Tate, i exors., to W. I), and Joe It. Thotnasson, 137 3-4 acres. Consideration $751.50. ' Mrs. M. 1. Met>111 to J. 1). Smith. ' 113 acres. Consideration $3,530. W. J. I'arrott to H. (5. Hrown. 0 1-3 acres. Consideration $337.50. I Mrs. Kvelyn 1'. Cauthen et al., to J. i (J. Hall. 105 acres. Consideration $3,- i 135. I Nancy jt\ Adams et al.. to Nancy V. 1 McAfee, XI 1-3 acres. Consideration $1,300. William T. I'hlfer to P. M. Morton. 7 acres. Consideration $150. to W. -K ?WbH*. J teres. Consideration $150. < K. C. Jackson to J. H. H. Jackson. 5 1-5 acres. $7X0. .1. <!. Harnett to A. A. l,ockridge 30 1-4 acres. $7X5. * * 4""1- *- * 'Pk/,m?ollMn .? %.! I \ I rati1 to W. H. Thotnasson. t?4 ncim Vmslderatlon $383.7s. ! '. I'. Morrison to C. F. Slirrrr, Is icrcs. Consideration $720. York Township. Yorkvllle Building & Loan Assn.. to i. A. Marion, 1 lot. Consideration 12,000. Yorkville Heal Kst. Co.. trustee to P. M. Intnan, 10 1-4 acres. Considerition $1)443.75. .lanette 1). Herndon to J. S. liriee, i lot. Consideration $300. J. M. St roup to J. S. liriee, 1 lot. Consideration $300. NY. Wade Ferguson to Margaret K. McCorkle, 1 lot. Consideration $350. Andrew Atkinson to Mattie Atkinson. 1 lot. Consideration $1 her in- . tercst. ! Annie I,. Myers to Jos. (!. Dickson, 1 J lot. Consideration $1,200 her interest. , LOCAL LACONICS Philadelphia Wins Prize. 1 The Philadelphia, school has been 1 awarded one of the prizes offered by . the School Improvement association . for having reported twelve regular ( monthly meetings of the local School Improvement association between . March 1, 1017, and March 1, 101*. ( The Time Saving Law.?At 2 u. in. j Faster morning. March 31, all govern- J merit clocks will be advanced to 3 a. ' in. 1 The clocks will remain at this ad- J vanned hour until 2 a. m., Sunday, Oc- ' tolier 27, tfhen they will be set back one hour. The government clocks include the ' naval observatory Instruments, and all ( clocks in departments, railroad stations, etc. It is calculated that 1,- ' 503,313 railroad clocks must be chang- 1 ed to the new time. The law does not make it manda- 1 tory upon business to alter Its clocks, ' but as all legal and governmental ac- 1 tivities will be conducted upon the 1 new time scale, it is expected the ' change will be universal. Under the plan, there will be an J hour more available for work each ' day and an hour more for recreation. * The man who goes to work at 8 a. m., this week, will go to work at 1 (he same clock hour after March 31, 1 but the sun time will actually be 7 1 a. m. When he leaves his office at J 5 by the new scale It will really be 4 ' o'clock by the sun. Some of the benefits will be: Saving of 1,000,000 to l,5UU,wu? ions of coal annually. Increased food production. Fewer traffic accident*. Improvement in health due to fresh air and time for exerciiie. Speeding freight transportation. At present the London Stock Exchange closes as New York opens. New York and London stock exchanges will be open for one hour together. France and England now use the daylight saving plan. ? The Eagle Roller mills at Greenlille, were destroyed by fire on last Sunday with a large quantity of grain ind on Tuesday a warehouse in which !50 bushels of corn was stored was lestroyed by fire. ? The sentence of eight German prisoners who were sent to Atlanta In :onnection with the sinking of a German vessel In Charleston harbor have expired and the men have been taken :o the Internment camp at Fort Oglehorpe, (la. ? Mrs. Helen T. Converse, widow of .he late D. E. Converse, founder of Converse college, died at her home in 4|>artanburg. last Tuesday aged SO rears. ? One Marlboro county farmer of vhich The Enquirer has Information las cleared $80,000 on his last year's rotton crop and he will be liable to ibout $25,000 war taxes. ? In response to a numerously signid petition from citizens of Mayesvllle, Senator John I* McLaurin will deliver in address there on next Monday on Jie war and the cotton situation. / . . APPEAL TO PARENTS. 'athers and Mothers Should Back Up Their Soldier Sons. Here is an important communicaion. It explains itself fully. :uiti hose near and dear to the soldiers, specially mothers, wives, sweethearts ind sisters, should give It heed. The oldier belongs to his country now and 10 one should forget that fact for all nstant. To forget it means terrible possibilities on the soldier and huiuiliitlon and shame on those who lo\e Jim most und whom he most loves. I'he communication is from tJen. Falion, in command of tlie Thirtieth division ot the National army at t'amp tevier, and it is written not so much n the interest of the army as a whole is in the interest of the soldiers and heir people at home. Kvery word >t it is the absolute truth: IIK.\lHJl'AITJ'KKS JoTII DIVISION* i'amp Sevier, tirecnville, s. t*. March l?, I SIN. Mitor of the Yorkvillc Kn?(Uirer: 1 am enclosing herewith copy of a went order published at these headoinrt.Ts It is reouested that you give He same the widest circulation, with he further request that exchange pairis published within the state will opv. The object in view is that parents, 'datives and friends of soldiers staioned at this camp will take the tnater uji and write to their soldier friends, strongly advising them to ivold leaving camp without an authorzed pass or furlough. The crime of lesertion is on the increase. It Is heteved that many soldiers leave camp vithottt any intention at the moment if deserting, but after getting home, 'emain away, frequently at the institution of those dearest to them, and vho ought to counsel them differently, <o long a time that they are afraid to eturn for fear of dire punishment. File extreme penalty for desertion in inie of war Is death, and. although his drastic punishment has not been meted out up to the present time, here is no certainty that such action may not at any time lie forced upon air humane government. It is certain hat many men leave hero because of lomesiekness. frequently superinduced liy doleful letters from their homes. It s the patriotic and humane duty of relatives to write cheerful letters to [heir soldier friends. We are in a druggie for our existence and anything that distracts the soldier's mind from his great task and adds to his illdens, and which can lie avoided, ieapordizes the lives of our soldiers ind the safety of the nation. Ilespect fully, s- I- l-'aison. Itrlgadier (Sciierul, X. .V, Commanding. The Enclosure. rir./vl'l^l'rtlt I r,K> IAMI' M-.VIKK, Greenville, S. l\ March I3ih, I<*|N. I General Orders No. 7.) I. 11 is n Well recoilli/isl custom of till' he nrrviw lo drop hs h deserter an enlisted null whii in ubm-m without leave for ten day*. 1. The practice in this rump. which was he announced iHiliey of this office, of waiting until an enlisted man had l*-cn altsen withiu' leave for thirty days la-fore dropping him is a deserter, will la- slo|i|aal. Hereafter an enlisted man absent without cave for ten days will la- dro|i|ied as a desert;-r. Ait escaiad uarrison prisoner alwent from his command for forty-eight hours or more will la- dropia-d us a deserter. Propping from the rolls does not esithlish the fact of d<*s<-rtinn. nor does it limit the time within which any offender may be barged with desertion, if desertion in fuct has jerurred. Under present conditions, however, it may tie considered good presumptive evidence ?f inent to desert if an enlisted man remains ab<ent without leave for a longer period than ten days, unless he ran establish n satisfactory reason for such absence. 4. Kneh company and detachment commander will read this order to every enlisted man in his command. By command of Brigadier General Faiaon: O. P. M Haziard. ? Ai'uffH em?war Mficial: Francis M If inkle. Major. N. A . Adjutant. MERE-MENTION Negroes ftiiiii tin- Ifuhaina islands ire to get passports In help harvest lie i to pa in Florida ii ih prohibit that till postuflh-e employes except postmasters down to the fourtli;luss, will got all increase of 15 per ,.ni i.ov- it . i ?i? ?i?.. Washington, l>. tills suit I tile Appuuuttox farm on which l>*e surrender J to (Irani to S. I*. Ferguson, who is o try to have congress convert it nto a national park .. Kuyard dray, t negro, whom- reputed age wuh ll? rears, died at l-uurel, l>el., Tuesday. Inhahitants of Petrogrud are caving the city in panic. Hecause of >oor railroad facilities und passport ed tape, thousands are leaving on foot mil in any kind of conveyance obtainible. None wish to remain to starve >r be caught by the Hermans tut rages by Holshcviki since the ratlIcation of the peace treaty at Moscow, ire reported from Siberia. Japanese Merchants are being attacked, but volintecr Japanese rc-infurccinents are eported to be on the way A tang of yeggmen made an unsuecessul attempt to rob the bunk at Zephyr rlills, Pa., Monday night. The lirst x plosion alarmed the town and the 'iti/.ens who Investigated, had a butle with the thieves. The mayor of he town was killed, und the gang enraped in an automobile Western lenators began a light in the senate on ast Monday for higher wheat prices. Senator ilore proposed to fix the inlniiiuin at J-.50. Senator Nelson proposed that the price be left open, ulegitig that price hxlng hud been u 'allure All pictures of Kniperor William have bi-en expurguted from he school hooks of Wuterbury, t'onn., >n orders from the local school board. The 25.000 employes of the Inernatlonal Harvester company arc to >e given a 10 per cent wage Increase in April 1 Confidential Informu:ion reaching Tokio, Japan, from 'hristiana, says that ex-Premier Ke-ensky of llussia, is safe at Christiana tnd has been there for some time \n attempt was made to wreck a paslenger train on the tiurlington road lear Aurora, III., Monday night. It Is telievcd the plot was aimed at soldier ipecials going to Camp Grant ilrs. Ann Ixiwson Herry, the mother of ilishop Herry of the Methodist church, lied in Philadelphia, Monday, uged 93 ears Herlln claims that 22 Allied deplanes were brought down on the Veneh-Helglan front last Saturday. Phey also elaiin that they brought town IX captive balloons and 138 airdunes during February The government has begun the preliminary vork of erecting one of the world's argent shell making plants at Port Vnn., N. J. The plant Is to employ I,(PHi workers A delayed dispatch ells of two violent munition factory 'xploxtuns at lju Courneuve, near 'oris. last week. Thirty or more p?-o?le were killed and many Injured. The :xploslon was caused by the careless Iropping of a box of percussion fuses >y a workman Two boys, aged 9 ind 12. were burned to death In their uther's barn near Uniontown. Pa., on Monday. It Is believed that tho boys vere drunk on liguor given them by a iirm hand who was also drunk, and vho set fire to the barn The agrlultural department of Pennsylvania ays that the farmers of that state told 5.796.414 bushels of wheat on the arms. It Is believed the farmers are lolding the grain for higher prices, lesplte the fixed price of $2.20 a bush* 1 Major Bohme of the Canadian irmy, now In the United States, ap>eals to American women knitters to urn their needles to the production of ocks. saying that there Is probably nore than enough sweaters, helmets, kristlets. etc.. now on hand, but that inless more socks are produced the toys will be barefoot before another 2 months. Baksr Under Fire.?\6Utlle Secretary iaker was returning from American ront line trenches last Thursday, a tig German shell burst within forty ards of the automobile In which he i-as riding. None of the occupants of he car. however, were injured. The ecretary is reported to have spent r learly two hours In front line trenches ad to have visited a listening post In to Man's Land. \