Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 05, 1918, Image 1

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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. MMIOTP Sgl'WKKKLT. t. k ori8t8 soas. pnbii.hen } rfamilg jflftrsgaptr: .for the fromnfion o| the Jotitital, .Sttial, a.grieuUtjraI and fommrrtial Interest* o( the ITER" ?0 ?Net established 1855 . YORK, 8. C.. FRlTPAY,~ APRIL 5, 1918. - v XQ.~28~ "OVER T By ARTHUR I Ail American Boy Who Years Before Copyright. 1917, l?y Arthur Ouy I CHA1TEK XXVI. All Quiet (7) on the Western Front At brigade headquarters 1 happened ' to overhear a conversation between our t?. O. (general officer commanding) i . .. -.i. n.i?r Pivnn I ;UJ<] im- un iMiiiiiiia vuii?<iw?>%*v.. - this conversation I learned that we I were to hoinbard the (icrinan lines for < eight days, and on the llrst of July i the "hiit push" was to commence. I In a few days orders were issued to ' that effect, and It was common prop- i erty all along the line. 1 tin the afternoon of the eighth da> of i our "strafelng," Atwell and 1 were sit- 1 ting in the front-line trench smoking fags and making out our reports of the ? previous night's tour of the trenches, t which we had to turn in to headquur- I ters the following day, when an order I was passed down the trench that Old < Pepper requested twenty volunteers to t go over on a treneh raid that night to ' try to get a few (iermun prisoners for" I information purposes. 1 immediately i \oliinteered for this joh and shook > hands with Atwell. and went to the 1 rear to give my name to the officers in ! charge of the raiding (tarty. ' I was accepted, worse luck. t At !i,15 that night we reported to the ' brigade headquarters dugout to receive I Instructions from Old Pepper. s Alter reaching this dugout wo lined ( up in a semicircle around him and he i addressed us as follows: < "All 1 want you boys to do is to go ; over to the (iermun lines tonight, sur- * luise t.iein. secure a couple of prison- * ers, and return Immediately. Our ar.iii c.... i??> l- .i u..,.n,.n ?r t ( 111**1 > 11.13 IIUIIIHiUUCU III.II .in nun \JI flu* liii.* for t\v?. .1st>s :in?l personally I ' believe that that part of the German ' tr.-nvh is iinoc*.-upi.*?l, so just get a con- 1 l?h* of prisoners and return as quickly ' as possible." The sergeant on my right, in an un- 5 .lertone, whispered to me: ' "Say. Yank, how are we going to get 1 a couple of prisoners if the old fool thinks 'personally that that part of the 11 trench is unoccupied,?sounds kind of 1 fishy, doesn't it, mate?" ' I had a funny sinking sensation in 1 my stomach, and my tin hat felt as if 11 it weighed about a ton and my enthusiasm was melting away. Old Pepper ' must have heard the sergeant speak s because lie turned in his direction and ' in a thundering voice asked: 0 "What did you say?" The sergeant with a scarlet look on c . ?fticn find hte?Itneps?tmrrtTrtTT^r * smartly saluted and answered: a "Nothing, sir." K Old I'epper said: "Well, don't say it so loudly the next r time." ' Then Old Pepper continued: c "In this section of the German s trenches there are two or three ma- u chine guns which our artillery, in the (l last two or three days, has la-en un- ' able to tape. These guns command the- a sector where two of our communication trenches join the front line, and as the brigade is to go over the top to- 0 morrow morning I want to capture two ' or three men from these guns' crews, ' and from them I may b<- able to obtain ' locution of the nuns, ami our artillery ' will therefore he ahle to demolish them v before the attack, and thus prevent 0 our losing a lot of men while using these communication trenches to bring h up re-inforrements." a These were the instructions he gave a us: v "Take off your identification disks, u strip your uniforms of all numerals, t insignia. etc., leave your papers with t your captains, because I don't want the itoches to know what regiments are s against them as this would be valuable I information to them in our attack to- v morrow and 1 don't want any of you v to be taken alive. What I want is two t prisoners and if I get them I have a o way which will make them divulge all necessary information as to their t guns. You have your choice of two f weapons?you may carry your 'per- p sunders" or your knuckle knives, and a eneh man will arm himself with four a Mills bombs, these to be used only In case of emergency." p A persuader Is Tommy's nickname o for a club enrrled by the liombers. It \ Is about two feet long, thin at one end n and very thick nt the other. The thick b end is studded with sharp steel spikes, s while through the center of the club a there is a nine-Inch lead liar, to give 1 it weight and balance. When you get )i a prisoner all you have to do is just 1 stick this club In front of him, and p believe mo. the prisoner's patriotism t for "I)eutschland uber Alles" fades 1 away and he very willingly obeys the v orders of his captor. If. however, the d prisoner gets high-toned and refuses to s follow you, simply "persuade" him by ti tlrst removing Ids tin hat, and then? n well, the use of the lead weight In the s persuader Is demonstrated, and Tom- f my looks for another prisoner. fi The knuckle knife Is a dagger affair, v the blade of which is about eight tj inches long with a heavy steel guard a over the grip. This guard is studded s with steel projections. At night In a tl trench, which is only about three to s four feet wide, it makes a very har.dy " weapon. One punch in the face gen- v ernlty shatters a man's jaw and you c can get him with the knife as he goes down. tl Then we had what we called our tl "eome-alongs." These are strands of " liarlxnl wire about throe feet long, 1 made Into a noose at one end; at the t other end. the barbs are cut off and Tommy slips his wrist through a loop II to get a good grip on the wire. If the f prisoner wants to argue the point, why t Just place the large loop around his t neck and no matter If Tommy wishes II to return to his trenches at the walk, a trot or gallop. Frits Is perfectly agree- k able to maintain Tommy's rate of b speed. s We were ordered to black our faces c and hands. For this reason; At night. S the English and Germans use what g they call star shells, a sort of rocket t affair. They are fired from a large c HE TOP" GHJY EMPEY Got Into the War Two His Country. Empy. pistol about twenty inches long, which is held over the sandbag purapet of thi trench, and discharged Into the air inese sxar sneus attain a neignt 01 about sixty feet, and a range of fron fifty to seventy-five yards. When the) hit the ground they explode, throwing ant a strong calcium light which light: up the ground In a circle of a radius ol between ten to fifteen yards. Thej iiso have a parachute star shell which ifler reaching a height of about sixty feet, explodes. A parachute unfold: tnd slowly floats to the ground, lighting up a large circle in No Man's Land The official name of the star shell in i "Very-light." Very-lights are used :o prevent night surp4^ attacks on the trenches. 11' a star shell falls in rront of you,"or between you und the erman lines, you are safe from detecion, us the enemy cannot see you through the bright curtain of light. But if it falls behind you and as Tomny says, "you get in the star shell tone," then the fun begins; you have o lie flat on your stomach and remain ih.solutely motionless until the light of he shell dies out. This takes anyvhere from forty to seventy seconds. If you haven't time to fall to the ground you must remain absolutely it ill in whatever position you were in then the light exploded; it is advisihie not to breathe, as Fritz has an ye like an eagle when he thinks you ire knocking at his door. When a star hell is burning in Tommy's rear he an hold his breath for a week. You blacken your face and hands so hat the light from the star shells will >ot reflect on your pule face. In a tench raid there is quite sufficient eason for your face to be pale. If you lon't believe me, try it Just once. Then another reason for blackintr r'our face and hands is that, after you lave entered the German trench at light, "white face" means Germans, 'black face" English. Coming around i traverse you see a white face in iont of you. With a prayer and wishng Fritz "the best o' luck" you introluce him to your "persuader" or cnuckle knife. A little later we arrived at the eomnunication trench named Whisky itreet, which led to the tire trench at he point we were to go over the top ind out in front. In our rear were four stretcher bearers and a corporal of the R. A. M. C. QiTjrtfhr tt-ptlUL'lt I'UUtllinfWf meJTcTnes ,nd first-aid appliances. Kind of a ;rlin reminder to us that our expediion was not going to be exactly a picitc. The order of things was reversed, n civilian life the doctors generally oine first, with the undertakers tag:ing in the rear and then the insur.nce man, but in our case, the undernkers were leading, with the doctors railing behind, minus the insurance djuster. The presence of the It. A. M. C. men id not seem to disturb the raiders, beause many a joke made in an underone, was passed along the winding olumn, as to who would be first to ake a ride on one of the stretchers, 'his was generally followed by. a wish hat, if you were to be the one, the vound would be a "cushy Blighty ne." The stretcher bearers, no doubt, oping that, If they did have to carry nyone to the rear, he would be small ud light. Perhaps they looked at me rhen wishing, because I could feel an ncomfortable, boring sensation bewcen my shoulder blades. They got heir wish all right Going up this trench, about every ixty yards or so we would pass a lonev sentry, who In a whisper would iish us "the best o' luck, mates." We vould blind at him under our breaths: hat Jonah phrase to us sounded very minous. Without any casualties the minstrel roop arrived at Suicide ditch, the ront-line trench. Previously, a wiring arty of the Royal eng.aeers had cut lane through our barbed wire to enblc us to get out into No Man's Land. Crawling through this lone, our arty of twenty took an extendedrder formation about one yard apart. Vo had a tap code arranged for our movements while in No Man's Land, ecause for various reasons it Is not afe to carry on a heated conversation few yards lu front of Fritz's lines. "he officer was on the right of the ine, while I waa on the extreme left, 'wo taps from the right would be tossed down the line until 1 received hem. then I would send hack one tap. 'he officer, In receiving this one tap, rould know that his order had gone own the whole line, had been underfood, and that the party was ready 0 ol>ey the two-tap signal. Two taps leant that we were to crawl forward lowly?and believe me, very slowly? or Ave yards, and then halt to await urlher Instructions. Three taps meant, ,*hen you arrived within striking dlsunco of the German trench, rush it nd inflict as many casualties as postble. secure a couple of prisoners, and hen back to your own lines with the peed clutch open. Four taps meant, 1 have gotten you into a position from rhlch it is Impossible for me to extrlate you, so you are on your own." After getting Tommy Into a mess on he western front he is generally told hat he Is "on his own." This means. Save your skin anyway possible." 'ommy lores to be "on hla own" behind he lines, but not during a trench raid. The star shells from the German Ines were falling In front of us. thereore we were safe. After about tweny minutes we entered the star shell one. A star shell from the German Ines fell about five yards In the rear nd to the right of me; we hugged the round and held our breath until It iurned out. The smoke irom the star hell traveled along the ground and rossed over the middle of our line, iome Tommy sneeied. The smoke had otten to his nose. We crouched on he ground, cursing the offender under ur breath, and waited the roller that r generally ensue* when the Germans have heard a noise In No Man's Land. Nothing- happened. We received two taps and crawled forward slowly for five yards; no doubt the officer be- ; lieved what Old Pepper had said. "Personally I believe that that part of the German trench Is unoccupied." By being careful and remaining motionless when the star shells fell behind us, we reached the German barbed wire without mishap. Then the fun began. 1 was scared stiff as it is ticklish work cutting your way through wire when about thirty feet in front of you there } is a line of Boches looking out into No Mun's Land with their rifles lying across the parapet, straining every f sense to see or hear what is going on t in No Man's Land; because at night, . Fritz never knows when a bomb with , his name and number on it will come , bursting through the air aimed in the direction of Berlin. The man on the r right, one man In the .center and myself on the extreme left were equipped , with wire cutters. These are insulated i ! with soft rubber not because the Herman wires are charged with electricity, i but to prevent the cutters rubbing < , against the barbed wire stakes, which i I are of iron, and making a noise ] which may warn the inmates of the trench that someone is getting fresh i , in their front yard. There is only one | way to cut a barbed wire without noise ! and through costly experience Tommy i has become an expert in doing this, i You must grasp the wire about two ( inches from the stake in your right i , hand and cut between the stake and < your hand. ' i If you cut a wire improperly, a loud twang will ring out on the night i air like tile snapping of a banjo I , string. Perhaps this noise can lie | hoard only for fifty or seventy-five ] yards, but in Tommy's mind It makes i a loud noise In Berlin. ( We had cut a lane about halfway I through tiie wire when, down the eon- I , tor of our line, twang! went an iin- s properly cut wire. We crouched down, cursing under our breath, trembling all ] over, our knees lacerated from the i strands of the cut barbed wire on the 1 ground, waiting for si challenge and s the inevitable volley of rifle fire. Noth- i ing happened. I suppose the fellow I who cut the hnrhed wire improperly I was the one who had sneezed about i half an hour previously. What we < wished hiin would never make his new : year a happy one. i The ofllcer. in my opinion, at the ' noise of the wire should have given the 1 four-tup signal, which meant, "On your 1 own, get back to your trenches as 1 quickly us possible," but again he must 1 have relied on the spiel that Old Pep- ' per had given us in the dugout, "Per- ( sonally I believe that that part of the * German trench is unoccupied." Any- * way, we got careless, but not so care- ' less that we sang patriotic songs or f made any unnecessary noise. During the Intervals of falling star ' shafts" we ckr rtfcd off with our wfre "cut- c ting until at last we succeeded in get- ' ting through the German barbed wire. * At this jiolnt we were only ten feet ' from the German trenches. If we were 1 discovered, we were like rats In a trap. * Our way was cut ofT unless we ran ' along the wire to the narrow lane we c had cut through. With our hearts in v our mouths we waited for the three- * tap signal to rush the German trench. ' Three taps had gotten about halfway a down the line when suddenly about ten f to twenty German star shells were c fired all along the trench and landed a in the barbed wire in the rear of us. J turning night into day and silhouetting " us against the wall of light made by c the flares. In the glaring light we 1 were confronted by the following unpleasant scene: r All along the German trench, at ' about three-foot intervals, stood a big ' Prussian guardsman with his rifle at c tlif nim, and then we found out why we had not been challenged when the man sneezed and the barbed wire had been Improperly cut. About three feet in front of the trench they had constructed a single fence of barbed wire and we knew our chances were one thousand to one of returning alive. We could not rush their trench on account of this second defense. Then in front of me the challenge, "Halt," given In English rang out. and one-of the finest things I have ever heard on the western front took place. From the middle of our line some Tommy answered the challenge with. "Aw. go to h?I." It must have been the man whn had sneezed or who had t Improperly cut the barbed wire: he wanted to show Fritz that he could die frame. Then came the volley. Machine guns were turned loose and several bombs were thrown In our rear. The Boches In front of ine was looking down his sight. This fellow might have, under ordinary circumstances, been handsome, but when I viewed him from the front of his rifle he had the goblins of childhood Imagination relegated to the shade. Then came a flash In front of me, the flare of his rifle?and my head seemed to burst. A bullet had hit me on the left side of my face about half an inch from my eye. smashing the cheek l>ones. I put my hand to my face and fell forward, biting the ground and kicking my feet. I thought I was dying, but, do you know, my past life did not unfold before me the way It does In novels. The blood was streaming down my tunic, and the pain was awful. When I came to I said to myself, "Emp, old boy, you belong in Jersey City, and you'd better get back there as quickly as possible." The bulleta were cracking overhead. I crawled a few feet back to the German barbed wire, and In a stooping position, guiding myself by the wire, I went down the line looking for the lane we had cut through. Before ^ reaching this lane I came to a limp form which seemed like a bag of oats hanging over the wire. In the dim light I could see that its hands were blackened, and knew it was the body " of one of my mates. I put my hand J on his head, the top of which had I been blown off by a bomb. My fingers a sank into the hole. I pulled my hand t back full of blood and brains, then I a went crazy with fear and horror and J rushed along the wire until I came to 1 our lane. I had Just turned down this c lane when something inside of me s seemed to say "Ix)ok around." I did f so; a bullet caught me on the left f shoulder. It did not hurt much, just s felt as If someone had punched me in t the back, and then my left side went numb. My arm was dangling like a rag. I fell forward in a sitting position. But all the fear had left me Q| and 1 was consumed with rage and cursed the German trenches. With my right hand I felt In my tunic for my first-aid or shell dressing. !? feeling over my tunic my hand came In contact with one of the bomls y which I carried. Gripping it, I pulled the pin out with my "teeth and blindly threw it toward the German trench. I must have been out of my head, because I was only ten feet from the trench and took a chance of' being ; mangled. If the bomb had failed to go tf into the trench I would have been a' blown to bits by the explosion of my a' own bomb. 01 By the flare of the explosion of the r< bomb, which luckily landed in their ei t ?'.k I nan, Ana Klo. Paallfi thpftW 110 his arms and fall backward, while his '* rifle flew Into the air. Another one wilted and fell forward across tin1 w sandbags?then blackness. M Realizing what a foolhardy rlskv thing ( had done, I was again seized with a terrible fear. I dragged myself <p to my feet and ran madly down the s< lane through the barbed wire, stumbllng over cut wires, tearing my unc- ^ rorm, and lacerating my hands and r legs. Just as I was about to reach *. So Man's Land again, that same voice ? seemed to say, "Turn around." I did g( so, when, "crack," another bullet d caught me, this time In the left shoul- T1 ier about one-half Inch away from the ^ cither wound. Then It was taps for nie. rhe lights went out. When I came to I was crouching in p i hole in No Man's Land. This shell 8t hole was about three feet deep, so that vi it brought my head a few inches be- ?.' low the level of the ground. How 1 q reached this hole I will never know. _ Herman "typewriters" were traversing F hack and forth In No Man's Land, tin- JJ millets biting the edge of my shell hole L uul throwing dirt all over me. r Overhead shrapnel was bursting. J. 1 could hear the fragments slap the ^ jround. Then I went out once more, .g, IVhen I came to everything was silence h ind darkness In No Man's Land. I Y ivas soaked with blood and a big flap from the wound in my cheek was innging over my mouth. The blood h 'tinning from this flap choked me. Out SI if the corner of my inouth 1 would tr> ind blow it back, but it would not "qj nove. I reached for my shell dressing R ind tried with one hand, to bandage C. ny face to prevent the flow. 1 had J* in awful horror of bleeding to death ^ ind was getting very faint. You would vt lave laughed if you had seen my P' udicrous attempts at bandaging with me hand. The pains in my wounded ihoulder were awful and I was getting Pi tick at the stomach. I gave up the Jmndaging stunt as a bad job and then ainted. When I came to, hell was let loose. ^ Vn intense bombardment was on. in"tKe"wIiole my position was decided-' y unpleasant. Then, suddenly, our e? larrage ceased. The silence almost Bi lurt, hut not for long, because Fritz W urned loose with shrapnel, machine jJ runs, and rifle fire. Then all along our r, Ine came a cheer and our lioys came D. ?ver the top in a charge. The first Y< rave was composed of "Jocks." They vere a magnificent sight, kilts Hap- , >ing in the wind, bare knees showing, ind their bayonets glistening. In the vi! irst wave that passed my shell hole. M >ne of the "Jocks." an Immense fellow. 9' Mi bout six feet two inches in height q umped right over me. On the right ml left of me several soldiers In coined kilts were huddled on the ground, dc hen over came the second wave, also R' Jocks." One young Scottie, when he ~ nmo abreast of my shell hole, leaped (^j nto the air, his rifle Bhooting out of his B. lands, landing about six feet in front ne if him, bayonet first, and stuck in the j*' rround, the butt trembling. This im- j}( nessed me greatly. Ri Right now I can see the butt of that HI run trembling. The Scottie made a ^ ompletc turn in the air, hit the vj] rround, rolling over twice, each time cii lawlng at the earth, and thyn re- CI nained still, about four feet from me, ,. al n a sort of sitting position. I called to th dm, "Are you hurt badly, Jock?" but vil 10 answer. He was dead. A dark red ** mudge was coming through his tunic j ' ight under the heart. The blood ran p( lown his bare knees, making a lior- -Hi ible sight. On his right side he caried his water bottle. I was crazy for E l drink and tried to reach this, but for ci he life of me could not negotiate that Gt our feet. Then I became unconscious. ^ Vhen I woke up I was in an advanced ^ irst-aid post. I asked the doctor If ? ve had taken the trench. "We took co he trench and tho wood beyond, all j? Ight," he said, "and you fellows did jjj our bit: but, my lad, that was thirty- H< ix hours ago. You were lying in TCo Sh dan's Land in that bally hole for a j'jlay and a half. It's a wonder you are y< ilive." He also told me that out, of jo he twenty that were In the raiding Ml arty, seventeen were killed. The of- j? iter died of wounds in crawling back ^ o our trench and I was sevtrely sa; rounded, but one fellow returned Sh rithout a scratch, without any prisonrs. No doubt this chap was the one M( rho had sneezed and improper!/ cut HI he barbed wITe. M< In the official communique our trench aid was described as follows: _ ^ "AH quiet on the western front, ex- |ai cptlng In the neighborhood of Oom- Sa necourt wood, where one of our raidng parties penetrated into the Ger- pj nan lines. " Hi It is needless to say that we had no P? HI ise for our persuaders or come-alongs. s we brought back no prisoners, and R< intil I die Old Pepper's words, "Per- Mi onally I don't believe that that part Sb f the German trench is occupied," will ^ I ways come to me when I hear some ellow trying to get away with a fishy ?v tateroent. I will Judge it accordingly. St (To Be Continued.) ^i Tc The army has moro than 100,009 Smiths," 1,600 Williams Smiths, 1.000 ^ ohn Smiths and 1,000 John A- Smiths, w t has 16,000 Millers, 6,000 Wilsons ?< md 262 John J. O'Briens, of whom Jjj Ifty have wives named Mary. Titers .re 1,000 John Browns, 1,200 John ohnsons and 1,040 George Millers. *heee figures on Identical names are Ited by the bureau of war risk in- Y? u ranee as a reason why applicants or government soldiers' insurance, or or allotment and allowance payments tb hould sign their full name, ruthar th K?n fmly ST ' ... . j THESE GET PENSIONS " , cli lert of toe Court Has iouey On jfe Hand. mi du IE TOTAL FOI COUNTY IS $7,472 here are Four in Clate B, Twenty in ^ Clan C, Seventy in Cass C-2, Seven ^ in Class C-3, and One Hundred and b(j Fourteen in Class C-4. ou Clerk of the Court John R Logan co| as received York county's share of be ie state appropriation for Confeder- ajj te soldiers and widows of Confeder- glv le soldiers, and is now distributing it lit to the people who are entitled to wj icelvo it. The names of the pension- p0 8, together with their postofflce ad- (nj resses and the amount to which each br entitled, follows: Claw B-472 cal Robert Bums, Fort Mill; W. E. Er- ger in,-Yorkville; A. H. Merrett, Fort . Illl: W. H. Price, Rock Hill. h0 Class C?>48 of Wm. Brown, Clover; J. M. Cook, lh< Irzah; ?A. Dale, Clover; J. F. David- an >n, Yorkville; D, H. Dye, Newport; th< O. Glover, Point; John Green, Qa baron; S. J. Harvey, Clover; Bowman lerritt, Fort Mill; Wm. S. Moore, oek Hill; D. S. Peeler, King's Creek: Foa. Puraley, ;H. H. Sherer, lairsville; \V. A. Sherer, Yorkville; Se< ufus P. Starnee, Newport; J. Y. :arnes, ; J. W. Taylor, Rock Hill; . M. Thompson, Ebenezer; J. T. ' hompson, Clover; Jerry Walker, Clo- ,ov >r; J. J. White, Yorkville; John Da "ray, Valdora. Class C-2?$32 James M. Armstrong, Fort Mill; W. ?] Armstrong, Clover; W. H. Arm- . rong, Yorkville; J. J. Ashe, York- w" lie; Wm. Aahe, Yorkville; "Guion 1 olln, Smyrna; N. J. N. Bowen, York- i lie; R. U Brown, Buck Hill; M. S. , irroll, Yorkville; *Sherod Chllders, ?; J no. Clark, ;S. N. Dunlap, l)U' ort Mill; Jas. P. Epps, Fort Mill; H. 1 '. Fudge, Rock Hill; J. B. Fudge, j9rT oek Hill; C. Gardner, Rock Hill; W. Garrison. Rock Hill; G. A. Givens, co" oek Hill; D. S. Glenn, Rock Hill; ] R. Goings, Rock Hill; O. J. Guin, rnron; M. A. Hilton, Sharon; A. C. un, ugue, lorKvuie; james a. nuguc, nyrna: R. T. Howe, ??D. G. b01 owell, Hickory Grove; A. Hudson, of orkville; J. \V, Huntly, Rock Hill; ton P. Hutchinson, Rock Hill; S. J. ,0 utchinson. Rock Hill; Samuel Johnoil. Rock Hill; G. W. King, Rock brc ill: Lewis Lenier, ;J. G. Latham, wil luron; L. D. Lindsay, Yorkville; *T. tur . Logan, Bethany; J. R. Lucas, York- . He; John Mass, Yorkville; J. S. Meek, lover; Thomas F. Meek, Yorkville; ent obt. A. Merritt, Fort Mill; Robert nel Millen, Yorkville; *W. H. Mitchell, to ock Hill; A. W. Moore, Blairsvllle; T. McCameron, Rock Hill; Elijah tne cSwain, Hoodtown; J. H. Neely, Clo- pun ir; *J. E. Plaxico, Sharon; J. S. ugh, Yorkville; Jackson Ramsey, th? orkville; R. L. Rayfleld, Rock Hill: ' H. Sadler, Rock Hill; Pascal San- w,t ;rs, Rock Hill; A. K. Smith, Old me oint; W. I. Smith, McConnellsvllle; to i G. Smythe, Fort Mill; *J. S. Sneed, . ort Mill; Dallas Stephens, Rock Hill; r. A. Stewart, Rock Hill; J. L. rea ewart, Clover; W. T. Sturgis, Rock ver 111; J. W. Wagoner, ; J. A. West- he E*m Buiik Hill; A. J. White, King's smtr lTST wmta. ciaitra Fork; oses White, Hickory; W, W. White, itawba; W. B. Whltaker, Yorkville; of own Wilson, Yorkville; John wj, ithore, Balloon; R. J. Withers, arkville; L. T. Wood, Rock Hill; R. era Wood, Clover; R. R. Workman, it < Igmoor; A. W. Wright, Rock Hill; Mo D. Wright, Hickory Grove; D. N. se0 Bungblood, Clover. " Class C-3?$48 w" Cynthia Abernathy, Fort Mill; D. R. jnt irothers, Newport; Mary Ann Ham- eac lck, Smvrna; M. J. Hayes, York- the He; *H. C. Lilley, Filbert; *M. E. for inter, Yorkville; *Nancy Quinn, ark's; *M. E. Thomas, Filbert; artha L. Wallace, Yorkville; Mary Youngblood, Fort Mill. Class C-4?$32 Amanda Adkins, ; Lucretia Al- Sev rnon, Fort Mill; Elizabeth J. Allen, ack Hill; *D. B. Anderson, Fort r ill; E. J. Bailey, Rock Hill; M. M. t tyne, Fort Mill; F. J. Beam guard, oua over; T. C. Beckham, Rock Hill; L'nl J. Bennett, Fort Mill; M. M. Ben- acc itt. Fort Mill: Rebecca L. Black, fl , >ck Hill: Sarah 1. Boggs, Rock Hill; "C1' C. Ayers, Rock Hill; Elizabeth tbe >lin, Hickory Grove; Amelia Bryant, and >ck Hill; Emmallne Broome, Rock an(j 111; Sarah J. Burns, Sharon; *Hannah irter, McConnellsvHle; Sarah L. iton, Rock Hill; M. E. Careon, York- a*>'a It- u f Hill- Tji- nf ida Chambers, Yorkvllle; Brucy hur lilders, Hickory; Lutltla Childers, _ ickory Grove; Mary Cllne, Rock Hill; in E. Clinton, Yorkvllle; Sarah Col- T orp, Fort Mill; ?J. E. Craig, York- the lie; & A. Darwin, Blacksburg; V, E. aJll, ivldson, Clover; Emma J. Deese, ick Hill; M. R. Doggert, Ramah; N*. anc Dowman, Rock Hill; E. J, Downs, bee >rt Mill; L?ura H. Drakeford, Fort Aui Ul; Elizabeth Draflln, ; M. J. tea, ennan, Yorkvllle; Octavla Felts, . ?rt Mill; Nancy Ferguson, Catawba; l0>1 T. Forris, Clover; Mary A. Finely, par over; M. C. Gardner, ; Eliza 8tai irrison, Rock Hill; M. A. Ganin, (roi laron; Mary E. Glenn, Yorkvllle; >u C. Gorley, Ramah; Mary E. mo1 xgans, Yorkville; Lula G. Hand, tior ?; *S. B. Hane, Clover; S. E. Han- ers ck, Rock Hill; M. A. Harmon, Clo- T r; Alice I. Harris, Fort Mill; Sarah *rris, Lesslie; 8. S. Harrison, Rock 111; Rosa Harvey, Filbert; Ellen tlor endricks, Rock Hill; *S. E. Hood, Hei aron; M. M. Hope, Sharon; Jane Howe. McConnellsvtlle; M. E. Lon swell. Bethel; I. C. Hullender, anc irkvllle; Delia Johnson, ; Eliza and nee, Clover; Eliza Jones, Fort cor: ill; Rebecca J. Jones, Clover; M. E. m were. Rock Hill; Alice Kerr; Rock ? 11; Harriett L. Klmbrell, Fort Mill; bee irbara Klzer, Yorkvllle; S. J. Und- ccn y, McConnellsville; 'J. G. Maloney, 8itj aron, N. J. Merritt, Yorkvllle; fh? o UIIU. T> T-T Mills lne * J a, fli II ici I ViVTVI , AO. k*. >rt Mill; J. C. Minter, ; R. O. Inf oore, Rock Hill; S. E. Moore, Rock zati 11; Luclnda Mulltnax, -?; Sue ,.as, eCameron, Rock Hill; Olllle J. Mc- . . 11. Torkville; Elizabeth MpCaw, 01 1 >ck Hill; Anne E. Neal, Rock Hill; 1 rah E. Neely, Tlrzah; Mary L. Out- str* ; Laura J. Owena, Rock Hill; 80n rah E. Partlow, ; Susan Patter- ... 0. Fort Mill; Mary A. Pearson. eur rden; Ellen Perry, Fort Mill; Martha Prb tag, Rock Hill; Mary J. Poag, Rock wai 11; Jane Pope, Rock Hill; Margaret ^ rRock Hill; Martha Ralney, Rock 8. A. Roach, Rock Kill; 8. M. Uic >blnaon, Torkville; N. T. Roger* tha >ck HU1; Ellaa Sibley, Rock Hill; cist argaret SImmona, Rock Hill; L A.L 8tlt ilrer, Torkville; Mary L. Smith, _ >rkvllle; I* A. Sneed, Rock Hill; om< tchel Spencer, Smyrna; Margaret D. ultji eele, Rock Hill: D. M. Stewart, ! at 1. J. Stewart, Torkville; Rebecca ie~< evena Torkville; N. J. Strickland, >ck Hill; M. T. Summerford, Clover; Jl art ha Thornasson, Rock H1U; M. J. era unley, Torkville; Sallie C. Turner, any aron; Violet M. Wallace, Smyrna; ha Westmoreland. Hickory Orove: nth la Wherry. .Rock Hill; Marlah 17 bite. Hickory; Margaret White, Viol wkvllle; Mary M. Whltealdee, -?; the ie Whisonant, Rock Hill: M. A. Wll- the n. Rock Hill. . _ Dead. ln* , m , - A TOO MANY SLACKER8. of ; ??? tha J)owa in Bombproof* Not Conducive ene to High Morel*. II We have aeen the statement that Aui are areK between fifty and sixty are duand persons of draft age who ami e officers in the United States MB my who are non-belligerents, and la aai dthat tliia number does not lnide the medical men who are so ceaaary while war la being waged, this statement la true there is too jch politics connected with the conct of our military affairs. Because me United States senator or coneasman has what Is known as a uir he is enabled to place some end of his who is liable to draft :o a position from which he draws i pay from the government witht rendering service which is at all mmensurate with the salary which Is receiving. This is a time when men, especially those in authority, ould be doing their utmost to win s war and when they assist men to arc liable for active duty to get sitions away from the actual fightr ?hflv nrfk aldinir and abetting the Jtal Huns to win the struggle. We 3 glad to see that this matter has lied forth an Investigation In the late of the United States, and we pe that it will disclose the names the men who have been assisting ?se slackers to evade their duty d will result in putting a stop to sir activities In this reepect? ffney Ledger. SOCIALISM ON THE WAY. iretary Daniels Talks of Conditions After the War. \ now order of civilization will folk* the war. Secretary of the Navy niels predicted In an address before National Geographic society, In ishingtoh. The new order, said the secretary, I: Prevent profiteering. Provide free education, free medltreutment, free hospitals and free bile service to all peoples. Deal a death blow to indlvtduali in order that all men may live by operation, ie said in part: 'With the return of peace, national [>s will indeed remain and love of neland still grip the hearts of men varying climes a.'.d different gues. Wo may expect all nations accept the tenders of world-wide (therhood in the spirit In which it 1 be ter dered by the twentieth ceny after the war chivalry. Theree all the peace-loving nations must ,er into an international agreement ther to throw away their guns nor tic up their warships, but to make m one common international ice police on land and sea. Whatever any nation produces it is good will be made available hout profiteering to men and won in every other nation. Education all, medical treatment, hospitals for i i aged and Infirm without cost?the I tests of civilization?will be uni-j sal. Teachers and preachers will honored above captains of wealthl lvtpi<>M?flrMi4 psHIUIsns These will be some of the fruits peace that will bless the world en 'the parliament of man and fedtlon of the world' comes to us. And will come?let no man doubt that n and women in this gathering will the prophecy fulfilled In their day en 'no man shell work for money 1 no one shall work for fame, but :h for the Joy of working and for benediction which unselfish labor the others will give to this old rid which wilk be born again." SEDITION IN PULPITS 'ere Measures Promised Preachers Seeking to Weaken War Aims. ilsloyalty fostered by certain religisccts has been growing in the ited States within recent months, ordlng to department of justice ofals who have charge of enforcing espionage acts. Many preachers I religious .teachers in public speech I printed pamphlets, officials assert, urging the doctrine that war linst Germany constitutes murder fellow Christians and Is the great nan folly described in the book of relations. 'he department of justice regards preaching of opposition to the is of this particular war as sedition, I has acted accordingly, it nas n made plain. Several German and itrian preachers and Sunday school chers have been Interned for dlsU utterances, and many others, ticularly in extreme northwestern tes, have been warned to desist in criticizing the United States' live in the war. Several publicaia have been suppressed, and othare being investigated, he department also is preparing to it a recrudescence of pacific agitai by so-called "Intellectual" classes, rctofore this tendency has been ibated largely by ignoring utter? " nnivMiition to war in general I letting public opinion exercise Its rectlve Influence. For several nths tbe pacifists' movement has n inactive, but officials say that retly several organizations of unlverr men have been formed to spread doctrine of opposition to all war. ormatlon concerning these organllons is being gathered for use In e- their activities pass the bounds legitimate criticism, tecent court decisions haVe demonited the difficulty In convicting pers of treason under Federal laws, ter for disloyal utterances spoken or ited. or for physically obstructing preparation. As a result of the lslon of Federal District Judge ktnson at Philadelphia last week t the Philadelphia Tageblatt'a critln of the United States did not conute treason, department of Justice :lals have abandoned hope of clasing seditious words as treasonable, least until congress passes further station. . pending bill would make It a FedI offense to commit sabotage against ' sort of Industrial preparation for war and would make it unnecessafor Federal officers to prosecute a tors under state Laws. Officials sa> y have been greatly hampered by lack of this law and are now urgcongress to expedite Its passage, jiother bill which the department fustics Is anxious to have passed is t Including women In tbe class of my aliens. t Is said a number of German and itrlan women in the United States considered dangerous characters I will be Interned as soon as tbe "enacted. ARMY GETTING IN SHAPE Thirtieth Division Nov Making / Good Showing. A GREAT LIBERTY LOAN PARADE The Question a* to Whoro Old Hickory Wat Born?Illiterate* Havo Loarnod to Draw Thoir Names.? Men From Everywhere Now in the Thirtieth Division. Passed by the Censor. CorTMpoodfBc* Tb? YorkillU Baqulrer Camp Sevier, March 31?When the 119th Infantry foes into battle over there probably sometime between now and this time next year. If Frits hasn't hollered " 'nulT" before then, practically every state In tho United CtntAi. 11-111 K/i I. ?Vi. ?in uc jc^irucmcu iu Lit to regiment alone. There are men In this outfit from California to Maine. There are even men who aro natives of Italy, Russia and other Allied countries right here in the 119th, and throughout thia Division there are of course scores and scores of them. States lines don't count In this war. I sleep in the same tent with a fellow from Tennessee, and I eat good army "chow" three times every day with an Italian on one side of me and a brawny son of Ireland on the other side while across the table directly in front of me sits a big husky Cherokee Indian who formerly lived at the Cherol'ee reservation near Haywood, N. C. My company was recently assigned a bunch of new recruits most of whom enmo from Illinois. In the company next to mine there is at least one native of Greece. Oh. some of us from pretty nearly everywhere are here in little old Greenville, getting In form to "fritz" Fritz! The close of each day's work shows an improvement In form. The mere fact that one soldier has been In the game three years and another has been lri it only one year, or eight months or six months, as the case may be, doesn't necessarily mean that the senior is setting the pace for the junior, either. By way of illustration: Company ? pulled off a company contost in drill in the manual of arms last Saturday. In the contest were men who as National Guardsmen have hoon under urms for nroetlonllv three years. Yet the winner In that contest woe a kid by the name of William McCullough, a son of Tennessee, who hud never had a Springfield rifle in his hands and probably had never heard of one twelve months ago. It is good to see that the harder and more strenuous the work of training, the more interest t\e men seem to take in it What this division lacks in knowledge of military training and tactics when it gets across the branch, will be more than made up t+*-in determination and willingness and ability to learn from practical appreciation. British and French officers und noncommissioned officers who are here with the division for the purpose of giving instructions, say that they have never seen a division composed of better men either mentally or physically than this division. Those officers too, have seen some fine specimens of manhood in the past three or four years which they have spent "In It." The "Old Hickory Division" the official name recently given the Thirtieth, has proven quite pleasing to the soldiers generally.? Since the majority of the troops of the Thirtieth come from North and South Carolina and Tennessee and each of these states lays particular claim to "Old Hickory" (General Andrew Jackson) the designation is quite appropriate. "What they call it 'Old Hickory Division' for?" a comrade inquired of me yesterday. "In honor of General Andrew Jackson of South Carolina, the only president of the United States South Carolina has furnished," i replied, little suspecting that any of the numerous North Carolinians of this organization were around. But one was around?a biff, red headed one too, and he Jumped on me: "No sich a thing," he said (explosive ommitted just before the word 'thing') "It's called Old Hickory In honor of General Andrew Jackson who was born In North Carolina." "General Jackson was born in Lancaster county, South Carolina, and his mother took him across the lino while he was still an Infant." I explained, "and everybody but the Charlotte Observer and a few rookies llko you have long since admitted the truth." "Not a word of it," replied the tarheellan, "I studied it in ray school history of North Carolina, and I remember that it was printed in black type, so there could be no mistake." "Yes, yes," I said "but Gen. Jackson himself declared In official documents that he was a native of South Carolina." "Aw, cut that out," chimed in a Tennessee sergeant. General Jackson might have been born In South Carolina or North CaroMna; but he was in Tennessee when lie showed 'em what a devil of a good soldier he was and It was from Tennessee that he went into the presidency." "That la true," I agreed, "but Gen. Jackson was born n South Carolina all the same." "North Carolina," repeated he of the doctored school history with the black type. "Oh, dammit," (rumbled the Tennessee sergeant as he walked away. "Well anyhow, Old Hickory must have been some soldier," said the man whose question had started tho coloquy, "and that Is tho main point." The school for the Instruction of Illiterates of this regiment which has been in progress for the past several weeks and which I mentioned in a previous article, came to a close Friday. It was well worth while since now there Is hardly a man In the organisation who cannot at least draw his name wberecs before It was eotab-< liahed there were at least >00 who could do nothing save make their mark on the army payroll. That soldier whose courtship I used to assist by writing; his letters to his girl, is able to run the whole works himself now. He shows me a letter he has / - just written to "she" as he calls his lady love, every once In a while. I have never had the heart to ask htm i how he explained to "she" the remarkable change In his handwriting and diction, but it Is evident that a satisfactory explanation was made > since letters still come from the other ' end as often as they used to. Still I can understand, because a mere explanation Is a small .matter to a soldier. This soldier lad told me the other day that he was seriously considering asking "she" to become Mrs. K . For obvious reasons I advised him if he did, to make his request verbally Intst'ad of by mall. Candidly, the reason for my advice to him was that he might request me to assist In the writing of the great document and I am unwilling to be a party to it He doesn't look on the matter of a living for two on $45 per month as I do. And again r don't wish either he or "she" any harm. 1 The daylight saving law that became effective Sunday morning at 2 o'clock affects we of the army Just the same as other folks. It was noticeable this morning at breakfast affecting the appetites of several fellows who slept their time, having forgotten that breakfast was an hour earlier though at the same time. Getting up time in the army is now 4.30 instead of 5.30, and that of course, affects all of us and especially myself. Oolng to bed time or "tiips" comes at 9.30 instead of 10.30 and thnt evens up with the earlier rising hour. Taken altogether soldiers are well pleased with the new arrangement. Several of us, myself included, took our ilrst long hike last Thursday when we marched from Camp Sevier to Greenville and buck as a part of the Division parade through the city In the interests of the Third Liberty loan campaign. The distance to the city of Greenville from the camp is about four good miles and was covered going In about an hour, one rest of ten I or nueen nunuieo uem( lanen. iners | were some fifteen or eighteen thousand troops in the parade, every branch of the Division being represented. We of the infantry carried our "pig-irons" (soldier slang for rifles). The parade through the city was a march through the principal streets and past a reviewing stand occupied by General S. L. Faison commanding the Old Hickory Division, and a number of other notables, and then back to camp. My regiment was the first in the line of march and of course the first out of the city on the return trip. It was really an inspiring spectacle as column after column by platoon of khaki clad men marched down the paved streets keeping perfect step to the music that was furnished by .the, _____ bands of th'efrrespective organisations, while thousands of cheering people lined the streets. Somehow I felt as doubtless every soldier in that great parade felt that I could march forever by columns to the tune of that music. We had hardly gotten out of Greenville, on the return trip before a hard rain began to fall. Double time was given and we hit it up at a lively pace hut the rain descended still harder and In a short time every man-Jack of ua was soaking wet, the uniforms which we had scrubbed and pressed the day before until they looked like a model in J. M. Stroup's wtndow, changed to the appearance of the clothes of a tattered scare-crow I have seen in Wistar Keller's corn field. Naturally we hated that; but since we were "out of luck" wo took It good naturally and Private Buddy Green found satisfaction In the fact that; "well fellows, de officers' clothes got Just as wet as ours did and they got Just as wet too, so we should worry." Personally I didn't mind the wetting but that double time marching certainly did get next to me, due largely to the fact that It was my first long hike and I wasn't used to It. I was stiff and sore at reveille next morning and it took considerable determination on my part to tough Jt out and not go on the sick report with the hope of being marked quarters (meaning to lie In bed a day). But as a buddy of mine who Joined this army the same time I did explained it, "when I got In the fracas I determined to stand as much as any other man and I am going to do it" When one soldier puts It up to another soldier like that the second soldier would naturally hold up his end in spite of everything If he has any grit at all, wouldn't he? Jas. D. Grist. Germany's Proposed Polygamy.? Germany's openly discussed plana for polygamy after the war well deserve reprobation, thinks "The Living Church." but there is also a saying about "glass houses": "It is widely known that serious proposals are making In Germany, ? through pamphlets by officials, widely circulated, with no government Interference, to allow polygamy after the war, that the disproportion between the sexes created by so many years of slaughter may be equalised in part. It is not to be frank Islam, with four wives and unlimited concubines; but, upon consent of the first wife, a sec on a may oe taken whom position win be legal and her children legitimate. Not a new idea In Germany, since Martin Lutlier allowed the doctor of Hess to practice a similar use without his first wife's consent?provided only the bigamy was kept secret! "But I wonder whether people with scandalously loose divorce laws have the right to criticise this movement Conan Doyle and his comrades are doing their worst to establish cheap sad easy divorce in England, which is only consecutive polygamy; and our own laxity in that region Is disgraceful. What advantage has divorce over tolerated bigamy? From the purely secular point of view the advantage seems the other way. I noted, however. In a recent New York paper, a so-called 'marriage" performed by a New York Incumbent notorious for his anarchy in that matter, where the "bride" had two living husbands! Nothing has yet been announced as done by the diocesan authorities to vindicate the church's marriage law, either."