Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 26, 1918, Image 2
Scraps and /acts. Li
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? 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.
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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.
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