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Scraps and /acts. Li se ? The Gorman invitation to neutral li correspondents to go to the western in front to witness the big offensive to be t;, commenced on that Jay nas. after all. .n no bluff. The off< n.-.vi ' ornmencj on Thuis'lay on a tremendous s< ale. -- H<-r?- are the liritish casualties fur r' the week ?tiding March 21. up to tin- !<' <!< v. lopiie M ol tin big battle; Ollleers l! killeJ or died of wouinls. T'J. n.cii killed or of wounds. ?;!: ; officers !l wounded ?,i mi.-'Miig. '.'10; men wound- "J <i 01 iiiiwin;:, 2.G.-.7. Total. s. After aljOUl live Jays' debate, the fluted States senate has agr? ed 0> a Vote of is to Is ?o ra:>! tie ft ice of wheat to If '.e a bushel. Senators fa- ' voriiig the increase gave 111 ii barrel as the present prici of Hour with wheat it about 2.20. all J arituej that ' tie |2.i'l price of wh?-Ut would not |>Ut the pri'-e of Hour beyotel 11.' or I i 2 j?? Se?uot.tr> Houston of the departlie lit of aut Icillt'ite. in a i ? nt statilie nt, Je< lured the food piodu'tloli of "" tie- < outiti> - farm.- and gardens must ti t... Ini-n-uuil. In Shite of tie !urK? |ir<?lu>'tton in many directions in Houston said, the /. situation i? no! iKiliif.?i tor) The suj<I * J y nf wliiiit 111 this rial mil and in Hi'" Miirlil is iiM<li<|Uat> Ownii? I't short i r?i|<s iu iin-i i ilniii years. the res* rxes of a numler of important eoinmodities li.i v l>fi-ii Kimitly Whether In*' xxai continues or not. tin demands of tins country. because of tin- in*-r< aS'-'l population. aid of tin n* els of Kutope, will In nroat; ami tln.-y ' will *>i.iiiiii* iu I** ai'<at lor a con- * N|||? I,|I.|. |H I io*l. \ 11 alt* I" |H lie*' I*'- , turns." Tli' 'i* i mans have a cannon tliat will throw a t* it-nu ll sh* II 7'i tilths. That is on*- ol tli*- start Inn: dexcloptm-nis ot tli* |Kist l* w nays ??n Sat untax liiu stalls I can to tall lit I'arts at intervals of every titt**n iiiitiui*'S. They trill st XXIth I'.'II t tupiak* like |.IIXXer. ami * rented const* i nation. <^uitc a tllltl'tr* I ol ||* n|*|e \x * I * killed. Tli*' n soiin* ot tin- stalls xvas at first a p mystery. * in*- theoiy ha*l tt that a uiiii eiii|*laci iiieiit lia*l l?< < ii surr*'|itiou.-lx set iii* I -oiiiexx h* is w ithin tli* l'l?ncli I in* s. A stoiy spit into < lieulatum that tin IT ? ii* I* lines hail I 11 III Ok* II. Solll*' |i*o|*|l* thought til*' . shells x.'ie Iii mi: In * *1 Iroiii a Inn airplan*. ami others thought it was an aerial tot |.* *lo. I >is|iatch* s *n Suinlax ' trout I'aris sax that III** t:ixsterioiis I; l*i:* nun lias n* n local*-*! in tin- front ail St tiohain. xxi-st ol l.oah ami . actlx I.'.' kllolii* t is. i.r a|*|ilo\itiial* Ix 7*! tilth s Iioiii I'ai is. Tin exact iiatur* ot th*- nun. Iuixxix?r. lias not vet li*< n as*-* i la iii* <1. |.' Si**-ret tinures of the Itritish a*l- j, niraltx on suhiuarine losses ate! xx or I* I shl|ilitiil*liiiK xverc mail*- |>ul*lic l; hi Washington l*y the lirltish etnliassy. They stioxx that from tioth enemy ae- **i lion ami marine risk on January I, I: Ix. allicil anil neutral shi|*|iillu ha*l lost Mine*' tli*- war I Han I t.SJ7.r>7" ' nross t?*ns. white shi|* yar*ls outside ol tl the central powers were turtiinn out ti.tiii'l.Jifi tons. These figures, hum xx itlihi'ld, are now made |*ut*iie. an a'linirnlty iiieuioraiidum says. In-cause today they xxill not stimulate the ' enemy, ami lo calise tin v will impress m ii|*oii tli*' |M'*i|i|e th*- m-ii'ssitx of unit- 1i I a* tn*n in niakiim mn**l losses h\ *-. . .. . i. a' Nunui.i in ??i i in* uimim ii* lolls toliil of losses. thc> ?lo nol Hp- I'1 proacli tlx claim <>l' ihc '.cumins, end is Willi J.r.vt.oini tons of cm-iiiy ships ,, a.l.lcil to the ollt |>I|| ol the Will* period, the ml loss to world shlpptriK, e\e|il- " sive of tliat of t.el'tiiany and loT allies. is only 2,tS32.2!t7. Kurt h.-r red net ton in the eonsuinp- ol lion ol' wheat was tusked of the public .. by the food administration Saturday night. that the scant supplies avail- -v able before the next harvest may be i< stretched to meet the needs of the army, domestic consumers and the ;il- ^ lies. Kvery American ts urged to cut Ids average ration of wheat by jo per cent, winch would reduce the to- tl tal normal consumption of 4J.otio.Ooo bushels a month to 21,000,000. That gives a ration of not more than.ope and one-half pounds oY'wheat products weekly for each person. Flour gl sales will be cut to one-clghth of it .,| barrel for ii town customer and to one-uuarter of :i barrel for a country customer. that retailers stocKs may dp distributed t<> as great a number as it l>osslt>!i'. The wheat content of s, imkers' hreai! will be reduced to 7f? l?er cent on April 14, which increases 1,1 hy live per cent the amount of sulisti- " tutcs that must be used. Sacrifice in n| the wheat ration will entail no hard- |( ship in the opinion of food administration officials because the supply of '' potatoes, corn. <tats and milk is ample ol to maintain health. The aid of 73t! daily newspapers n have been asked hy Secretary of I Alitor ,,| Wilson in mobilizing farm labor. They will be branches of federal employment service and a member of the staff on each paper will he made a II federal aaent. The newspapers asked ,j, are those in towns of over 20.0'tO population. "There is no more worthy ' demand than the farmers for help to tl produce the nation's food. Secretary s< Wilson says in his letter to the news- |? papers which follows: "There is no more worthy demand than the farmers for help to produce the nation's food The postmaster general has an- d; tliori/.ed rural carriers and post mast- t, ers in rural communities and smaller ... towns to aid the employment service as labor agents. Itut over luu of tin- *" :tl? Alueriean cities a bow ?O.UOt> )" population have no public employ- v, inent oftlcer and in many such offlc?s there is no special farm service given. " Tin re is hardly time to o|ien and train the needed ofllcers. In this finer- ov getiey I am askinh the patriotic help p of the 73K dally newspapers of the cities, to establish co-operative farm '1 labor agencies. The pi m of organizu- to tion is outlined m the attached memo- in random If your publication feels that it can give its very great influence to this campaign, may I ask that you ail- s" vise me. naming your active labor at agent?" ,K ? Railroad labor disputes in the tu- W tore will he settled by a system of adjustment committees, one for the four leading brotherhoods, one for shopmen. and possibly another later for m clerks and other classes of employes, th acting in conjunction with the railroad administration. IMreetor tleticral MeAdoo has approved the general plan. ' > drafted l>y W. S. t'arter. Ilroetor of 11< the railroad administration'* division jn of labor. The conimittees. or ooards. . will i>ass on disputed uitestions of St1 wages or other employment conditions, to and their decisions will t?? iin.il. They |ti will include rcprcscntatlxes of b-th . labor and railway executives. and the J system will replace the railroad wage ' commission. The board having juris- th diction over the brotherhoods of en- sh ginoors. lirenten. conductors and trainmen. probably wall consist of eight members, with one appointed by the to chief of each brotherhood and one cc railw ay executive appointed bv eat It W( of the three regional directors ?>f the railroad administration, reoi oscntlnc ,il the management. The metho<l of " selecting the eighth number will be in determined later. Th-? railroa 1 wage ,,, commission probably wili not -report its recommendations for wage mcrcas- 111 cs for a week or more. It has been >'? understood for sometime that in- oti creases for virtually all classes will be jH advt>eated by the commission, with proportionately higher raises for the u: low paid classes. There appears to be SI no doubt that the claims of unorgnniz- m ed railroad labor, such as clerks and a 0( large part of the maintenance of way men will be recognized in the commission's report. ov ? The tidy sum of one billion dollars ar was added to the war budget Thurs- la day when President Wilson signed the $500,000,000 railroad control bill and f the house passed the $500,000,000 war finance corporation measure. The ex- 01 tra billion brings the total money n;i needed before June 30. up to $S,655.- f> 000,000, this sum including $3.1 ?" th 000 that will bo required for the redemption of treasury certificates. Al- ca though Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo will not finally determine the amount of the third Liberty loan until he has conferred with federal reserve board officials and chairmen of several w loan committees a fairly accurate pt line on the treasury needs was available from the daily treasury statement. Secretary McAdoo will calculate on approximately four and a half wl Uion dollars revenue of all kinds, ailuble between now and June 30. nis includes such items as the prent working balance of $355,000,000; !.315.0)0,000 estimated receipts from come taxes, excess profits and other r.i s. $200,000,000 from the sale of lditional war livings stamps. $500. m.o'iu from a new issue of tr< usury . Tiiir nte.s; $75/'00,0o0 irns' ellau'Oils ceipt* and about $43.'<?"".Ou'? in cusniis receipts. Subtracting this four id a half billion from the $3.655. ii) needed on June 30. the reguireii nt is si+n to be roughly Jt.l'.O.m.i.oiio |t is known, however, that (irotary McAdoo will ask congress ) authorize a larger Liberty loan than i.it The treasury .still has more than ::.Mt<?.noy in bond authorizations ? Ib.ut. but the intention of the see et irv. accordiriK to his statements is i ask for a large enough authoriznoii to carry him not only through th htrd loan, but through the fourth as '< !!. Treasury ofiicials predicted uttfticlully tliat tlie thir'l loan would be l(OUt I ."..noii.OO0,000. rv jrhriUr inquirer. ,'ntered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORK. S. C.: TUESDAY. MARCH 26. 1918. It .tj>i'<-;irs the I'.olshevtk peace xvas nt pi ; Ii?it rather roti.ph ! - sttri}?l? Tin- tP-imans are now ednilMstii;;. their no ins nvi-r tinTi as Jii-i i!il\ as I'ossihle. The Swiss un\ < i nim-nt not lonif aeo rip reil tpMi.rttni nas masks ami this Hive is tal.en to meaii that Switzer ml feels that (ii nnaiiv will not hesi111 to run met- In-r it it shall n|ipear i the interest of tieminnv to tnake II- atteliljit. Those people u ho think to llOlllfO ih ial ineoiiie ami war tuxes as they a\i In en iloiittum state ami euiinty iM s. an- playiiiL' with a v< r> ilanen.us |.reposition. The I'eth-ral uovI'liment in eils tin- money ami it means usiness. The |irosecuttons that will il.e Jilaee alt.r April 1 will III- some. I tllLf to l.e relllemliereil. It seelileil imjHissilile to eonc'eive of a- lireakimr of tin- Kritish lines hy .. i.. ...........i I..W ,,( ti?. ,\in-rt iilit;ny hii-ii jit Washington believed ut' such ii tiling would he seriously Itcmpted. Hut now that tlio tliintr is I ii ii actually accomplished, there no ID 1*1 ' room tor doiild or arguicnt and. furthermore, then* is not iindi .nisiitirotion tor Idiinm. Sales oi woi so villus stomps, soys on ilicial statement. have run os high os t.uuii.iMio o iluy. Ttils omount proidos tin- treasury with ahout one iitl) of tlie entire oiiiounl now hcing spi-in! -11 liy tlio notion for war. "hile $3,000,000 is only 3 cents u day >r every man, woman and child ie country, tlto entire ccA of the war hut 3o cents y *. capita a day. ?. mi | ? m 1 ffe \nsiiatciiVs .Tom L?..Joirdu not ive any evidence of panic or dernorli/ation. On the contrary, the jieoplc re said to he calm and confident, hey llnd Kreat pride in the manner i which tlie Kritish soldiers have been lauding their ground ana Inst the lerwln hninv tlerinan forces, an'd they idleve they will will in the end. The pinion of tlie military as reported in ie press is that the future of the rinan offensive will mean the end f the war. On the other hand, howier. there is no surest ion that t.erian sueeess will settle tlie gteat issue Anglo-Saxon supremacy. Tin iv is a very serious situation In )? state of Wisconsin just now. In-. ell, if tin- utti'i'iiiu'i'S of prominent adcrs are to be takon at full value, tore is it possibility ??r civil war, or ittcthtiig \er> much like it. In the rtmarics. |.t moot, designated its the meal Ueptihlictiii candidate, defeat I Thompson, the l.al-'ollctte candlite. I?y about l\500 votes. He had a itai vote of t>y.r?l?2 to Thompson's ?!. Victor I.. Helper, the Socialist iadulate, polled ;i".0u3. Merger and hoftipson together i ml led 31.300 more >tes thiin I.enroot. It is considered asonably certain that in it threo-cor red rac? between the Socialist. Dent ratic anil Itepuhlican candidates, the hotu|>soti vote will go to Merger and eet him. Kft'ort is now being made i act either the Democratic or Itepuh an candidate to withdraw antl it is it considered that even that will itsire the defeat of Merger. Democrats id I.enroot lb-publicans say they will >t submit to Herger representing J 'is. onsin In the senate. There is ;t probability that Holland ay be forced to declare war against < I'nited States and the Allies heuse of the taking over of her ships ' Knglatul anil the I'nited States, idlattd had a million tons of shipping I lilted Slates and British jiorts that e could not use because of inability yet cargoes for thciu. Both (treat rituin an.I tIn* United States had ohibitcd the further shipment to aliamt of goods and commodities at would l.o of use to licrmany. The ips were idle and useless, (treat italn and the failed States offered furnish Holland with certain nessities on condition that Holland mild allow the use of the ships for a ir rental. Holland refused to aeeept. is reasonably certain that she was timidated into the refusal hy Oerany. The ships have been seized uler an old precedent with the uiiiMi in.linir ?hat the owners are to be mpensated and such ships as may lost arc to be replaced after the :n. Holland' is angry at the seizure, to has to be. If she were not. Geran> would charge her with a breach neutrality. It is not improbable at Holland may declare war. In any ent it is expected thnt if the ships o used to carry provisions to Holn?i. the Germans will blockade the utch ports and prevent the ships ottt coming out again. It is pointed it that this may bring about serious ival operations. At any rate the utch people are in a desperate situa>n. and what the outcome will be nnot be predicted. Benefit* of Association. Commerce makes friends and the ?> to develop commerce is to bring ople in relation with each other. The strongest, best and most prosious communities are those in liich the people are brought Into the i closest business, commercial and so- 01 cial relation. o No man should live entirely within p himself. He does himself an injustice ti and he do?s injustice to others when u he tries it. -Such a condition was t r.ey.-i intended. g Nine-tenths of the pleasure conn<cte?i with the |>os session of any su- a ]?< i,or article or knowledge arrises out t of, the abilitj to share the enjo>ment t ot that arlieh or knowledge with oth- c eis. t The larger the circle of any man's 5 friends and acquaintances, the greater e the varictv of human qualities within s tie ian?? of his enjoyment, and the I gr? atcr ids pleasure and satisfaction s in life. There are too man; p< oph who are li without adequate realization of the ti truth of these principles, and w ho on t that account are deprived of the i \vl?l? i- and fuller IP'*- to which they arc* I entitled. ?j I'copli' echo a it* accustomed to live ton largely within themselves should f spread out and got in closer touch c with others. If it Ik- true that it is I more iilcssed to give than to receive, t those who have not that with which t to give need not he discouraged. They \ should he content to yield the greater bh sM dni'ss, for the time, by receiving, t from those who have to give. Then aftir that they may experience similar i blessings by giving that which tuts I been given, to those who, like they i were, hav?- nothing to give. f Things as They Should Be. t it is no part of tin- Piedmont's husi- j to ss to defend or malign the administration oi Governor Manning. 1 The Piedmont does not concern itself r with lite fortunes of an admlnistra- t don. but nit her with tin* good or ill an j administration has accomplished. M? n and newspapers who have for- 1 feited their individuality and sunk i their identity in a definitely hound po- , litii-al organization known in this state as a "faction," either lend their blind support and approval to tin- Manning ' administration regardless of its faults t and extravagances, or else condemn . it utterly regardless of its virtues and , the good it lias accomplished. ? Sinn Mr. .Manning has been in of lice the state lax lex > has hccli in- j creased imm ij to 0 1-1' mills. Whether j this increase Mint just I* he i-harpil to All. Manning or to tin- members of the lam-nil assembly is a question not x inirklv iliviiliil. To be lair to l>oth. (J ono is safe in dividing tlio shaino or ^ honoi liotworn shorn. Tin' defenders of tiiis Increase, hav- , ing no oilier argument to support tln-lr . ilofonso, assume that all criticism ' .onus from men ami newspapers who J, are adherents of the opposing faction, j. They know that this assumption lias , no lomiiiation in truth; they know that ,, intelligent men of all factions resent ( tills iinjustillot) Increase, hut there has , mown up among the anti-Hlcasc men v ami m \xs|mpcr organs a hiihit of hel- , lowing "I'nclean!" whenever opposition or eritieisin is heard. I Among that class of isoplc who do absolutely no thinking for themselves, then- is a sort ot snobbery that lends them to take their opinions readymade from tin* class of South Cnro- (; linn society that owns hank stock and has no atipicintnucc with overalls. As a result, all that is required to keep tin in in line, to discourage ' thinking and prevent criticism, is to 11 let it lie known that he who suggests that the unti-lib-use ruction is jess 11 than perfect is himself a Hlcascitc anil n therefore beneath the notice of "nice" 1 people. n This policy?this t raffle hi""; in an v absurd hunvATi ne.iKtiess?may avail '.V. % Vie silencing of criticism for a . time, but eventually the most timid v conformcr will begin to ask ques- j tions.?Greenville l*iedmont. C That, in our deliberate opinion, is an ? accurate "dWK.'fipftPinyf 7fe7aOrut5ftr po-" litical and social conditions in South * Carolina; but where Is the satisfnc- a tion of realizing a deplorable social a and political condition so long as there ' s no one to point the way out? ,, "Kventually." encourages the Pied- r niont, "the most timid conformcr will ?! bi gin to ask questions," but what an interminable time it may be until j "eventually!" I We do not exactly approve the I lllng at the "class of South Curolina 1 society that owns bunk stock and has ? no acquaintance with overalls." it is j hardly to be denied that there Is some- t thing to that suggestion: but the |j figure is not entirely adequate. ) It is too true, all too true, that there j are too many contemptible snobs in South Carolina?too much of the shah- *by genteel?too little realization of the ' fact tint no man can receive satisfnc- f tory consideration unless he gives sat- 'J i. fai lory consideration: that those who expect justice must do Justice. g Hut all South Carolinians arc not y snobs, by tiny means, nor are till South I Carolinians political simpletons. There " are thousands and thousands in this ? state who do their own thinking with- 7 out asking any odds of anybody, and vote their convictions, regardless of narrow factionalism. They are willing p to do their part in advancing the best b int. nst of their state as they see that d best interest, and who, before they 'J give their allegiance to any candidate ? or would-be leader, must be shown. t Mon than once the people have gone wild after some blatherskite who hud J1 one wa\ and another won support i( through piomise rather than perform- d once, but if our judgment is worth ^ anything along that line, there will be ^ It ss of this kind of thing in the fu- 7 lure than there has been in the past, n ? h The Big German Drive. While of course nobody could predict c with reasonable accuracy boxv many C men might l?c killed, wounded or cap- J] tured on either side, or how far the n drive might continue before it was d halted, tiic general result of the big jj German offensive ttiat was started last ^ Thursday was fully anticipated hy the p Allies and by the Americans. p It has been conceded all along that * either side could break the lines of the j, other at any given point, provided It p was willing to pay the price. All the t military experts among the Allies ad- r mitted in Advance that the British lines could be broken; but at the same time they also held that the Germans g could be driven back with counter at- tl tacks; that they could not hold their P gains. c It will be remcml>ered that Hinden- ? burg gave out a week or two ago that a he could break the Allied line at a b cost of 300.000 men. ^ The proposition is not difficult to e understand. The opposing forces face a each other along a line extending from " the English channrl to Switzerland. d On each side of this line there are v several million men?Just how many is 8 not known to anyl>ody except the com- ? inanders of the opposing forces. Each c commander knows about how many c men he has; but he does not know 8 the exact strength of the force on the 11 s other side. j, in places the lines are thin and In c other places the men are massed In b considerable numbers. Through air- jj plane observations the opposing com- p| mandcrs have approximate informa- a tion as to the disposition of the enemy troops, and are able to dispose of ^ their' own forces accordingly. f | It la not difficult to understand bow a . - A. : - as ne side or the other, having resolved n an assault, can bring to bear on any art of the line forces superior to nose immediately In front. In such an ndertaklng he has every advantage, hat does not< hinge upon the contlnenctes of chance. Of course it is understood that onl. comparatively few men can be staloned in a line of narrow trenches: hat at best a trench system can aroinmodate only a lew thousand men o the mile: that necessarily where 00.000 or one million men are to 1m ployed along a front of 20 miles or ucb a matter, they must l>e massed ?-hind the trenches to a distance everal miles. In uti attack like that which was numbed b> the Germans last Thursla>, the advance is preceded by must errilic artiller> tire. In this instance t is said that the Germans had thejf >ig guns placed onl> liftcen yards ipart over a distance of inuny miles. As to what would be some of the effects of so many guns in action at nice, must be left to the imagination, 'or one thing, the trtncli systems in ront would oe quicKiy pioweu up anu he wire entanglements l>y which they vcre protected would lie swept away, xcept for short stretches here and here. The defenders of the trenches are mt all killed l?y the preliminary artiler.v fire; l?ut they art left with little irotection. Then comes the garrison roin the enemy trenches, re-inforced o the limit ot the capacity of those renehes. They go forward in a wave n the face of artillery, infantry and nachine gun lire, and it large per con* >f them are mowed down: hut hy now he attacker's reserves are coining on n wave alter wave, and the defendng i serves art meeting them with all lie artillery, machine gun and rifle ire that they are able to bring to bear. Assuming that the morale and rntitle of the contending forces are anyhing like equal, and that the nttacl.'eis onstderally outnumber the attiiekod. 'r< sh waves of attackers continue the turge forward, one after another, unit the attacked ntust give hack upon e-inforcements if there are tiny to he lad, and otherwise they must surender. That hits I?ee 11 the history of preious l>ig offensives and such was the iffenslve that was commenced list Thursday. As to the exact outcome of It all, hat is a matter that is still in douht. U last accounts the liritish, French nd American military experts were hsnlutely confident that they were all if.ht. They calculated that within the lext few days they would he able to oiled siillieient forces to hnrl the cviuans hack, and if they succeed, his. probably the greatest battle the voild has ever known, will result in Titian defeat. otherwise the war will he indefinitey prolonged. ? P?AI I kl A fcl C (iffy auu I n LAnULinn iicng ? Hon. K. K. Verner of Oconee, is to i|i|)ose Fred Doniinick for congress. ? Former Governor Mease has ,,nlounecd ttint he will olllclally open his ampaign for the I'nited States sen.i'e t Manning on March 30. ? Coal const inters in South Carolina re olliciaily warned that unless tiny t once begin laying in their supply if coal for next winter, they will probbly not he able to fill their rctpiir.ncnis. ? An official list of two hundred Vtuericans held prisoner In Gernianv vas made public from Washington Saturday. The list includes two South 'aroltnians, Eugene Hoykin of Anderlon, and Jesse Wallace of Chesterfield | ?AsoMier-w<mt -ftr- xffe & lcket window in Greenville last Frilay night with some bills In his hand tnd asked for a mileage book. The gent at the window laid the book out or the soldier's signature, whereupon ),? or.1.11^^ ?r.r.U it ....a Mr. orvnv Tho itv police :iml tho nillltniy police invo Minn- boon looking for that sollior. ? Seven men were injured, one of htm )-erhaps fatally, last Thursday, vlien a 4.7 gun exploded at the Hog Jack artillery range. The gun was icing fired by Battery K, 106th heavy hid artillery', A defective shell is lupposed to have been the cause. Tho :un was blown to pieces, particles of t being picked up more than a quarcr of a mile distant. Only one of the njured men was taken to the base lospltnl at Spartanburg. The others eing eared for in the regimental hoslital at the range. ? A bill that will probably pass has icon introduced ill congress to change be time of the meetings of the U. S. list riot court in the western district as oliows: At Greenville the seeond Tuesday in August and the third Tueslay In February; at Rock Hill the ourth Tuesday in November and the econd Tuesday in May; at Greenrood the second Tuesday in Septem>er and the second Tuesday in March; t Anderson the third Tuesday in Ocober und the second Tuesday In January; and at Spartanburg the lost 'uesday in January (equity court.; ? Members of the house committee n military affairs have been informed iy the war department that steps are >eing taken to eliminate causes of lisputc over the application of the elective druft. A compromise as to uturo quotas was tentatively agreed ipon. while assurances were given hat the bureau is "weeding out" nonomhatant officers appointed from raft eligibies. Congressmen had prorated that the plan of Gen. Crowder, s proposed in pending legislation, to etermine the draft quotas of various listricts according to the number In 'lass 1. was not in accord with the irinciple of the selective draft act. 'hey feared it would allow discrimiation. A proposition was laid down >y the war department to let the quons be based on the first four lasses, eliminating Class 5. which inludes those exempted from service by iw. This met with annroval of eon. ressmen. At the department the belef was expressed that this would ecessitate using married men in some istriets. Vigorous protests were inde against the appointment of ofcers eligible for service under the raft to department "bomb-proof" rovisions. Gen. March said the delartment is planning to eliminate all .ho may be found unnecessary. Vholesale reduction in rank of many i expected. Congressmen threatened o make a fight on appropriations for he pay of such officers. Information eeelved went far to satisfy members . ho have complained. ? Describing the progress of the reat offensive that was Jaunched by he Germans on Thursday, the corresondent of the^London Dally Mail sent lis paper the following: "Along a onsiderable part of the front there .as a series of redoubts about a mile part, each redoubt being held by a iundred men. somewhat on the priniple of the blockhouses In South .frlca, with formidable belts of barbd wire around them and a strong rmament of machine guns and trench lortars and provisioned for two days, ill of them did valuable work in elaying the German waves of adance. They were surrounded and ubjected to a terrible fire, but all eld on during the first day of the at hck until late in tne anernoon. The iermans suffered most from the mahine gunfire. No Man's Land conisted of a first wave of two companies, marching almost shoulder to houlder, with light machine Buns. A undred yards behind came two more ompanics, closely followed by a numer of machine guns. Next after an iterval of two or three hundred yards, a ma the light trench mortars, and he battalion staff. Again there was space of two hundred yards and hen across prepared exits from the ierman trenches the field artillery rove out Into the open in columns, rming into line of battle as soon s possible." i ' - . . *1 locai* affairs. NEW A0VERTI8EMENT8 Star Tbeatiw?On Tueaday, April 11th. will present "Red Riding Hood." in five reel*. J M St roup?Invite* special attention to a "ne? line of trunk*, suit case* and handbag* t ha: have ju?t arrived. Loan and Sating* Bank?Insists that you try the experiment of having a laving* account with it. It P?y? * l*r t*n: on saving*, p \V. Love?Say* hi* thresher will be in operation tomorrow for the last time thi* teas,,n Conn early. J E. Johnson?Has a one-horse wagon and leather harness for aale at a bargain. MvC.wnell Dry Good* Co.--I* offering extra ^.asj value* in voiles, suit*, skirts. silk dresses. waists, etc. ?: s Craig. YorkvilJe No. 2?Ha* registered Hampshire boar for service. C. C Latimer. Chester?Want* to rent his V i* room. opposite Travora inlil. Rental price i* low. Brooks Inman- Offers hatching egg* from exi-ep: tonally good pens of barred Plymouthp.rk hen* at $2 and >3 per setting. William Drakeford. Norman Walsh?Want tc j. velop your kodak film*. Good work and prompt attention. J\.jest Stnitti--Wants to recover an estray oi olen f-male shepherd dog. Collar No. 124. H \V. Brown?Invites the public to an enterv.-nmcnt of t<unnside school, at Bullock*! ( reek, next Friday night. W. Williams. W*. M.--Gives notice of ,-iiecial communication of the Masonic lodge, in- Tuesday evening, at h o'clock. J. K Gardner. Belmont, N. C.?Want* a renter f.-.r two-hone farm in Clay Hill section. H< ?.ll rent cheap or on shares. CI"-.or Transfer Co. Gives its schedule for transfer trips between Yorkville and Rk-Ii Hill. Fj'tr round trips daily. York Supply Co.-- Has rewived a car of If jvr cent acid. Has a full line of garder Mi-ds. Peas and cane seed wanted. Ft rguson 4 Youngblood -Wnnt you to rentene U-r that they arc headquarters for fecdstulT fur horses, mules, cows. pigs, poultry. Carroll Pres. -Suggest that you plant more po. ntoo* to help out the food supply. They car furnish the seed. Clinton Bros. ?Call attention to a variety ol new good* that have just arrived. Thej want you to try Crisco. York county's share of tin* niril school fund this year is $4,400. Dr. I. J. Campbell of Clover, is now state executive committeeman foi YotK county. The McLendon meeting is in full swim.' in Chester, with la rue crowd.* and growing Interest. Philadelphia school won two prizes from the School Improvement association instead of one. One 01 them was $.".n lor the greatest improvement during the year and tin- other was $.' for ma bint; reports of twelve regular monthly meetings. Mr. August Kohn ol Columbia wmi is devoting his time and attention tu food conservation is urging the more extensive use of Irish potatoes as a substitute for llour. The point Is that Irish potatoes are comparatively abundant at the present time and that they should he used while they may to save the move imperishable commodity. Rural letter carriers receiving $1. 2tm a ><iir or lews art' Kranun an increase of 2o per cent l>.V an amendment tentatively nilih d to the postal increase Itill in tin- house last Satin<iay. Mural carriers whose routes are more than 20 miles in length would also receive aiMltlonal eonipensatton of *2i a year for each mile more than Jo that they are required to travel cell day. The house still has the hill uiuler discussion. The Cotton Celt school. Miss Kdllh Mctiill. prinel|>al and Mrs. \V. S. Cain and Miss Susie Wh,itesides, assistants, has set a eommendahle examide In he purchase of thrift stamps, and sc far has to its credit a fund of tlti. ar average of one 25 cents thrift stamp for each of the 73 pupils. At present the Investment stands In the name ol the school: but the teachers are tryins to work out a plan under which eacli contributor will be provided with a . thrift card carrying the exact arnounl I of the contribution of each In the form hit thrift stamps. There are a good many people who have more canned goods than they need to carry them into the next erop of fruit and vegetables. Some of these folks have never thought of It In uny other way than to carry the surplus into another year. This is not good, policy, If it can lie helped. All canned Mint lire tint likclx to lie coil sunied at lionn* should he sold for cash. Absence of labels may be a drawback, but that ran be overcome with written labels giving the contents and the name of the packer, the latter as a guarantee of good faith. Ordinarily local consumers nre not inclined to pay as much for superior home canned stuff as for inferior foreign canned stuff. That Is another obstacle that should be overcome with the help of the grocer, acting as the Mutual agent of producer and consumer. The producers will do well to put the proceeds of the sales of surplus canned stuff into war savings stumps: but whether this is done or not. the conversion of local food products into local cash will bo the better for all concerned. Better for the public because it will keep that much monov at homo, and better for the producer because it will furnish that much in; centive for more packing this summer. FLOUR AND POTATOES. The following is from Mr. August Kohn, of the Food Administration: "The Food Administration announces that they do not approve of the contracts that supply wheat without substitutes, and that the promise to buy substitutes should not be accepted. but tliut they should uctuully be bought. "If there are any sections in the state that are not supplied with flour, the Food Administration may be able to supply an over-plus of flour where there Is a dearth of it. "In the same way communities that arc not supplied with Irish potatoes at a reasonable price can be put in touch with wholesale dealers who can supply them at $2.50 to $2.60 per hundredweight F. O. B. Columbia, or $3.?>U 10 ?3.ii> per oaK 01 one nun<Ired am! fifty pounds, upon request." HERE AND THERE "AI1 along this year," said a local merchant to Here and There yesterday. "trade has been as good as It was In the fall and even a little better. We have had about as much business as we have wanted to do. There was some signs of slacking last Saturday. Therefore there has been very little complaint about prices. When people saw what they wanted, they took it. On Saturday some of them, especially negro women, showed an indication to want to buy stuff that is m?w 20 cents and 25 cents and the old price of 10 and 15 cents. But still trade is very good." When Lieutenant Malone of the provost guard at Camp Greene, came over to Yorkvllle not long after a soldier who had gone A. \V. O. L...he asked Sheriff Quinn if this was the same Yorkvllle that had been a military port In the early 70's. Sheriff Qi.inn told him that It was the same place. Whereupon the lieutenant informed the sheriff that his father had at one time been stationed here. Sheriff Quinn took Lieutenant Malone down to the Rose old hotel which had served as l>arracks for the garrison. ---I ?"? " niiifo o Int nf Infrvrmo _ tion about conditions as thcv existed here in the early seventies. Here is a story that was told Here and There not long ago. It comes second hand; but it is reliable, even though it is not practicable to name names: A certain tnan who lives in a pertain South Carolina town which Is not in this county, went to the collector to make his tax returns. The man was prosperous and the possessor of quite a large Income. He had figured his taxes with painstaking labor, and capie to the conclusion that he owed the government fl.200; but he was not altogether satisfied with his calculations because the amount looked so large to him that he felt sure there must be some mistake. The government expert went over the taxpayer's books and calculations and finally figured It out that the amount -... due was nearly $14,000. The taxpay- Ir er turned white In the face, and as the w awful significance of the thing broke . upon him. beads of perspiration appeared on his brow. That was In this ? state. There Is another case of a big 0 cotton mill corporation In a northern state, which had made money the like of which It had never known before. ** and the management, thinking it would get exemption for improvements, made large expenditures along that line. In fact it spent practically all of its sur- u plus on improvements. But when the i tax expert came along he advised as to how the improvements were not exempt. and with its surplus money gone 11 the corporation found Itself under the d I necessity of borrowing nearly a mil- ^ lion dollars with which to pay its j taxes. 1 THE COUNTY CONVENTION * T tic Democratic county convention 1 | to be held on the tirst Monday in May. * will consist of 16"> delegates chosen u from the various Democratic clubs on 1 a basis of one meml?er for each 25 ^ ' votes cast in the tirst primary of 1 i 1'JlC. * The dubs elect delegates to the * county convention on the basis indi- 4 cated at meetings to be held at their ' respective precincts on the last Tues- ' 1 day in April. c l The business of these precinct meet- 1 i ings is to reorganize by the election 1 of a chairman, vice-chairman, sec re' tarits. county executive committee int-ii anu oeicgai.es 10 wie ioum> inn- v . volition. On a basis of one delegate i for each 25 votes and majority portion thereof in the tlrst primary of 1916. the f representation in the county conven' tion will he as follows: Bethany f Jletiiel 4 1 Ulairsville 5 Bullock's Creek 3 Clover 15 Coates's Tavern 3 Kbenezer 2 Filbert 4 Fort Mill 14 1 Forest IIill ? 3 i Hickory drove h McConnellsvilie 4 1 New ]K)i*t 2 New Zion 5 Ogden 3 Rock Hill No. 1 ? 26 Ilo<k Hill No. 2 20 Sharon ? 5 Sm>inu 3 Tirzah 4 Yorkvllle No. 1 10 , Yorkvllle No. 2 14 Total - 165 ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Theo Young of Union, Is visiting Mrs. S. M. McNeel in Yorkvllle. .Mrs. A. CI. Hart of Churlotte. is vis- J iting Mrs. J. F. McElwec in Yorkvllle. t Mr. W. E. Hull of Covington. Tenn., fl is visiting his son, Mr. E. A. Hall in Yorkvllle. Mrs. George Foster of Greenwood, j is visiting her mother. Mrs. W. It. t Steele in Yorkvllle. 1: Mr. .\. Hall of Suranuc Lake, X. f Y., is visiting his brother, Mr. E. A. 1 Hall in Yorkvllle. I Mr. and Mrs. Barron Kennedy of Rock Hill spent the week-end with . I relatives in Yorkville. Lieut. Robert Lindsay of Camp | Jackson, spent the week-end with Ills .s parents in Yorkvllle. t Or. J. D. McDowell and Mr. J. It. t . Cannon, who have been spending sev- t i eral days in New York, have returned ( to Yorkville. Mr. Archie A. Barron of Yorkvllle. leaves tomorrow to Join a surveying C . party of the interstate commerce commission. t , Mr. Andrul Sherer who has been J | employed at u powder plant at New j, l Castle, Del., has returned to his home t t In Yorkville. e i Rev. B. H. YVaugh of Yorkvllle. was s taken to the Fennell hospital In Rock 1 -TftTf, -ir^rdky.-WTftBr# ihgHmmi'drgoiitg f" treatment for a throat trouble. /i Sergeant G. P. Berry returned to Cainp Custer, Michigan, Sunday after j| spending u week with his mother, Mrs. Hal tie Beiry, in Yorkvllle. H Information was received here Sat- n urday evening of the death in an At- h lanta hospital of Mr. Hill, the father o of Mrs. B. H. \Vaugh of Yorkvllle. o Mr. W. L. Williams, who recently c underwent un operation for append!- x" cltis at the Fennell Infirmary, has re- d turned to his home in Yorkville. p Information from Mr. J. R. Kennedy of Sharon, is to the effect that he is (, not n?urly so well as he was up to a few months ago. u Miss Lesslie D. Witherspoon of v Yorkvllle, has been appointed chair- c man of the woman's committee of fi York county to help push the sale of S Liberty bonds. s Mr. and Mrs. J. H. James who have ^ been spending several weeks with " Messrs. H. B. and J. S. James in York- '* ville*. left last week for their home in * Yadkinville, N. O. C It. (J. McGill of Hickory (Srove No. 2, who volunteered in the regular army t several months back, and is now locut- s ed at Camp Devens, Mass., has recent- t ly been made a sergeant. u A little child of Mr. Ernest McSwaln J was taken to the Fennell infirmary at a Hock Hill. Sunday, on account of hav- a ing swallowed a nickel, which became v lodged in the child's throat. The coin n was too far down to permit its removal li and it was pushed down into the lit- t tie fellow's stomach and the doctors t do not anticipate further trouble. s Mrs. W. F. Marshall of Yor.ivllle. on ? Inst Saturday received a letter from n her son, Wallace Marshall, with the r American engineers In France. The ? letter was dated February 24, and de- t( scribed the writer and Callle Plaxco, who is with him, as being in good health, good spirits and enjoying life. T Wallace said he had received the Yorkvilie Enquirer of January 4. on the date w his letter was written. Although he and t; Gallic both take the paper and get all p issues, sometimes one gets the paper j| before the other and both are so hun- K gry for the news from home that they ? read it together. "One of my near t< neighbors," writes Wallace. "Is a de- j; lightful elderly Frenchman, who has a a good, comfortable home In which C1 there is an open fireplace. We often f go to this Frenchman's house to cook d our food, of which by the way, we 8( have an abundance and of excellent p quality. If we should not happen to t< go to the Frenchman's, why he will tl come to us, and even after we have js been over there, after coming home at h night, he frequently comes to our v quarters to see If we are comfortable c or if there is anything he can do for us." tl it WITHIN THE TOWN k ? A party of nine surveyors of the j' interstate commerce commission were w in Yorkvllle this week. a ? .. .... s ? I ne lornvuie touon uu cunipuny ^ is still taking care of the ginning of j| such cotton as Is being offered. Thlr- o teen bales were ginned last Saturday. ? The ??its of clothes stolen from Kelly's pressing club last Wednesday v night were worth altogether about $60. Mr.' Kelly paid the owners for si their property. The burglar has not tl bees apprehended. v ? Yorkvllle people formerly set their a watches by the Carolina & North- w Western passenger train; but of late ^ this train seems to have no regular g, schedule. It is running anywhere p from two to three hours behind. 81 n ? At last Sunday night's service. Rev. a J. L. Gates, the pastor, announced that P the 'Associate Reformed church would P be open every afternoon at 5 o'clock e] during the week and until further notice for prayer. Those who feel so a inclined are invited to come in for a period of ten or fifteen minutes. P ? Mr. Sani N. Johnson of the Internal revenue department, was In Yorkvtlle * last Saturday helping corporation and |( ' partnership, taxpayers make out their g . w-zZ V; , .; icome and excess profits taxes. He as quite busy all day. during which e handled some- twenty or thirty ises. Mr. Johnson is. without doubt, ne of the most thorough-going exerts connected with the internal revnne department in South Carolina. ? With the setting forward of the ime for an hour. 6 o'clock will herefter come at 5, according to sun time, "he idea of the law is to save daylight, 'he idea is u good one: but it is not nandatory. As to how it will work will lepend upon the people, and one thing n which they can take a bund is in he closing of the stores. Some of tin tores would like to close at 5 o'clock o as to give the proprietors and Icrks time in which to cultivate ihe ;ardens and do other work. There ire other people who do not want to lose at 5 o'clock or even at 6 o'clock Phey are waiting for other folks to lose so they can remain open and jet such lloating trade as the others vould have gotten if they had remutnd open. There is plenty of time beore 5 o'clock to do all the trading of he day that is necessary. Regulation if this matter along the lines of jusice and equity depends upon the pubic. ? An A. \V. O. I- soldier from Camp ireene, Charlotte, furnished some diorsion last Saturday morning in the hape of a spirited race for freedom, dr. W. I? I'ursley came down from 'ilbert with a report to the sheriff hat the house of Arthur Sadler, eolired. had been robbed of about $15, .ml that an unidentified soldier had icen seen making his way in the dleetlon of Yorkville. l*|>on inquiry, he sheriff found at K. D. Dorset t's estaurant a soldier who was unable o show a pass and arrested him. On he way to the courthouse the soldier tarted to run down West Liberty treet, toward the jail. The sheriff ollowed and at the top of the jail hill ommenccd firing his pistol. "Of ourse I was not trying to hit hitn." x plained the sheriff, 'but knowing as did that Chief I.ove and Deputy theriff Cjuinn were at the jail, I bought to attract their attention." *hiof Luve came out of the jail, an?l ho sohlior broke into the fields to the Igbt. In the meantime a number of nt 11 who were cognizant of the situaion. joined in the chase. They In hided \V. L I'ursley, l'. H. Keller, Ualitor B. M. Love and others. l>* i?ny Sheriff (Juinn took the lead. After ibout a quarter of a mile the soldier vas about ready to give it up. Auditor ?ove was tlie first man to reach him. ie made no resistance. The soldier rave his name as "Marcell Yando"uiid lis command as "Coiiifiuny B. 47111 Inantry. Camp Jackson." but letters in lis pocket showed that he was Kddie *. foody. Company B, 35th infantry, 'amp Greene. Sheriff Quimi commaI hated with the provost guard at 'amp Greene and lie will be taken buck o Charlotte, lie had two $5 bills in lis pocket along with some other mall change. The understanding is bat Mr. \V. L. I'ursley will be e?itled to a reward of $5u for the captire of the soldier. LOCAL LACONICS Country Home Robbed. The home of Mr. \V. J. Mullinnx. of he itamah neighborhood, near King's dountuin battleground, was robbed list Friday night. The robbers enered by forcing the door of the klt?*?in and carried off flour, meal, ham. ugar and canned goods. Up to yeserday there was no clue as to who rrsfKiSted. jcaMj&a, irtillery Praotico. Artillery practice was commenced on he new range at tiastonia Inst Ssturny. and about fifty shots were fired t the target over against King's lountain. The shooting is said to nve been most excellent. The reports f the guns were easily distinguished ver the entire northern half of the ounty to several miles south of Vorkllle. Practice was in progress yesteray. killed by the Train. W. O. Ware, the oldest citizen of king's Mountain, X. C\. was killed at railroad crossing on Monday of last reek by a Southern train. Mr. Ware .as quite deaf, and the tragedy ocnrred while he was walking to his urm on the outskirts of the town, loine school children saw him as he tartcd across the railroad track with ead down and they sow him when he .as hit by the locomotive, which carled him about 50 yards. The deceasd wus 86 years of age. .?i M..i Food Administrator Hoover lias iiken occasion to correct un Imprcsion that has gained wide publicity hroughout the south in regard to the ise of cottonseed tneal for fertilizers. >Ir. Hoover stated Friday: "The food dmlnlstration at no time has made ny rules or regulations which in any ray restrict the use of cottonseed aeal for fertilizer." The food adminit rator gave it to be understood that he attitude of the administration is hat the crushing mills must give the outhern farmers u preference in the ale of meal over the commercial lixtures. It Is stated that farmers aay in this way. by purchasing the aw materials and mixing their own ertilizers. make a saving of from 20 o 25 per cent over the cost of the ommerclal fertilizers. 00 Much Rivalry. John T. Itoddey of Itock Hill, is not llllng to act as chairman of the counV Red Cross drive in York county, ecause of too much rivalry among he women workers. He has sent the overnor his resignation as follows: My Dear Governor: Owing to the inmse activity of the women of Rock 1 ill in the Woman's Service league nd Red Cross. I have decided that I annot undertake to act as chairman or York county in the next Red Cross rive, and would ask that you appoint ome one in my place. There is in the apers hen? every day from on.--half a a column of their news by one of hese orders, and some days both, iow, whether these suppers and teas oio every ween ny me u oman ? ,-vrIce league are approved by the coutill of defense, or what effect, what by onn> considered waste, will have on fie farmer, the mill man and others 1 the way of planting and preserving tod. of course, 1 cannot say: but I do now that I don't expect to be mixed p with anything where there seems j be such terrific rivalry, not at least here women are concerned. Factions nd friction, you know, will kill any mall town or cause, and Rock Hill >r a long time was free of such. I bought it best to notify you in plenty f lime to make another appointment." Sensible Talk This.?"Round up the agrants and put them to work. Eventon who does not produce, or have ome task in helping win the war, hould not be allowed to eat. Enforce he laws against vagrancy and there rill be an adequate supply of labor. "Swat the worthless dog and keep pig. Georgia has at least 100,000 -orthless dogs that ought to be killed. 'V? A?? AMA sAnsumr.iHi n *> si neA/lnoa nntVl ig. Many of these dogs are a nuiance. Many of them develop hydrohobla and the people are taxed to upport institutions for treatment of abiea. You are paying a dog tax fter all and didn't know It It la more rofltable to keep a pig than a dog. "If chickens Interfere with your lans to have a garden, kill the chickna "Don't kick because you have to sign ' card to get flour or some other food, r It were not for the government conrol you would be paying double the resent price. "The people of this country haven't i Iven up the luxuries yet to say noth- i >g of the necessltlea So what are you i icking about?"?Jackson. Ga., Pro- i ress Argus. ' v ,/ iir ^--a*?-tL^rfiuSfKJ.-'.jrjtr- - .-Li'l-]I GREAT BATTLE IN PROGRESS British and Germans Locked in Osath Grapple on the Somme. What will probably prove to lie the greatest battle of the war up to this time is now in progress. It was launched by the Germans on Thursday over a British front of fifty miles, centering on the Cambrai sector on the Somme river, and has continued thiough Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Sunday and yesterday, with results not yet fully decided. The German attack is known to have l*oen a matter of long and elaborate preparation, and the attacking forces are believed to have included at least a million troops under the personal command of the kaiser and the crown prince. It is not denied that the British were fully expecting the attack, and were as well prepared to meet ll as could have been possible without lull detailed knowledge as to the exact locations of the heaviest concentrations of enemy troops, tin the contrary, it is assumed officially that the British never exacted to bo able to hold their from line positions in the face of the overwhelming numbers that would be thrown against them. Their plan was to hold the front luus as long as possible, intlict as much damage as they could oil the advancing hordes, and retire in prewired positions in the rear. There being no hope oi checking such overwhelming numbers on the tront lines, the strategy ol the situation was to draw the enemy as far as possible from his base, so as to make communication more difficult and give the British time to bring up re-infoivcineiits. A part ol the advantage thus gained is that the British communications m the rear are already organized over good roads, while the communications of the encinv have to he established over a torn up ami devastated country. There bus been on definite statement of British losses from olticial sources further tlian the claim that these losses are within motlerute bounds or even light. considering the number of men engaged and the extent ol tinoperations. The tiermans tell nothing of their losses; but claim to have captured 30.00a British prisoners and to have taken Con British guns. The British have not denied the loss of guns or prisoners; but state iliat very few guns were captured after tin- tirst two days; that most of their guns have been withdrawn in good order to tiie prc|mrcd positions. Their ofilcial reports, however, indicate that tinlosses inllleled on the Hermans have been very heavy. The Hermans claim to have advanced over a distance of about six miles, to have taken the towns of IVrroitc, Hani and t'lmuny and to have defeated the British third and fourth armies and portions of tin- l-Yanco-American reserves. Washington, however, lias no information that any \nieilcaii troops have been engaged up to this time and advancts tin- suggestion that it any Americans are really in tin- lighting, tln-y are probably engineers who may have been enveloped as at t'ambrai. Following is the Associated I "less summary of the general situation: < in tin- battle line in France the sanguinary struggle still is going on. with the British troops oil most of the sectors apparently holding their own. hut with tin Hermans at salient points still pressing forward. The town of Hhaiiny, southwest of St. tjuentin, situated on (lie road to C'oinpiegiie. the gateway to Paris, lias been occupied by the Hermans and. nceordtng to the Berlin ofiiciul communications. everywhere between the Homme and oise rivers the Hermans are pressing tlu-ir advantage. Throughout Sunday along the entire 50-mile battle front the fighting never ceased for a moment, and where Weld Marshal Halgs men were unable to withstand the terrific onslaughts delivered by greatly superior forces, ground was given, but always in orderly fashion. It now has been definitely ascertained that considerably more than a million Germans have been brought to the western front In an endeavor to crush the British army holding the line from the region of Arras to becomes increasingly evident that the enemy in his drive has met with opposition not counted upon and been unable to realize to the full his objectives. In addition to Chaun.v, the Germans are claiming the capture of both Pennine and Ham, and have increased the number of prisoners taken to more than 30,000, in addition to 600 guns and large stores of war materials. It is claimed also by the Germans that American and French regiments which were brought up to reinforce the British have been defeated, but no further Information than this mere statement has been vouchsafed. In their retirement, aceording to Berlin, the British are burning towns und villages behind them. This statement. however, seemingly, is capable of being received with reserve, as the Germans themselves, in their famous "strategic" retirement left little standing in the territory they evacuated, even denuding the country of trees. Gne of the mysteries of the offensive which now has been solved is that the shelling of Purls is being done by a long range German gun. This statement is contained In the Berlin official communication, and a Paris dispatch says that one of the guns has been located near I?ion, about 76 miles from the center of Paris. Throughout Sunday morning and into the mid-afternoon shells were dropped in Paris at intervals of from 12 to 20 minutes. Already the spirit of hoastfulness which pervades the (irrraan army iti times of success Is being strongly man ifcstcd. Field Marshal von Hlndenburg has complimented the German emperor on the "initial success" and the latest Gorman official communication is loud in Its plaudits of the German troops, declaring that the "attacking spirit of the Infantry could not have been exceeded." FIGHTING STILL PROGRESSING Offensive Not Yet Spent But Meeting With Stubborn Resistance. Postal Telegraph and Telephone. New York, March 25.?The German offensive continues to meet with stubborn resistance. lierlfn claims the capture of Hapume this morning. The French are reinforcing Hrttlsli lines. American positions are sustaining the fiercest attack that has yet been launched against them. Story of the long distance gun has not been confirmed and it Is believed that the ten-Inch shells falling on Paris are coming from aircraft too high above the city to be seen. This story Is hacked by the fact that shells do not s?*em to come with the force they would have if fired from a gun. Gastonla Gazette. ? Dispatches of Sunday and Monday froth the British army headquarters in France described the Germans as using from blio.OOO to 1.000,000 men in their assaults against the British lines. More than fifty German divisions had been actually identified by the British ami I ho Helf loh Kod t.eln/v..A u.iu ..? imu |>i muuci a i rum ai least half of them. Men who fought through the preat battles of the Somme, Flanders and Arras nay that they never before have seen anything to approach the awful srun tire of the present conflict. The expression "drum fire Intensity" loses its significance in this Instance, for there is not even an infinitesimal space between the explosion ns the thousands of guns of all calibres work to the fullest capacity. The losses on both sides were simply terrific; but the German losses an pe&red to he the heaviest. No reasonably satisfactory estimates could be made. Estimates of Saturday gave the British casualties as being in the neighborhood of 76,000 or 100,000 and the same estimates put the German losses up as high as 200,000. Many prisoners had been taken by both sides, but the battle was still going on in all Its intensity and there was no telling what might happen within the. next few hours. ? Five hundred selectmen from South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee arrived at Camp Sevier last Saturday. the flrst of a number of consignments that are to fill up the SOth division. -1 &SM .vv