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Straps and ?act$. ? The war savings campaign made u new record Wednesday with $4,1 recorded at the treasury tor tin- day's receipts from stamp sales. 1 lie previous high record was 13.yij.O'jo. 'i'n> total receipt?* are 413'i. iio.'JOV. in lavoiahJy repotting a bill to impose drastic penalties on disloyal acts, the senate judiciary committee has adopted an amendment by Senatoi I'oiiidextei, of Washington, prescribing imprisonment for 2V years and Jlo.'io'i lute for "whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause ol the licrmun empire or its allies in th?- present war or by word or act oppose the cause of the Lulled Slates therein." Senate and house conli lei-s have work on tin- agnculluial ap|n w|>i lalioii kill, willt little iiiosjiiil ol an agreement to tin- senate amendment increasing the government guarante*, on w m-at Irom t- -*> to fl'.ati per bushel. It wan tentatively aiiiiiii to have lln- huusc managers report a uisugrccincnt on the uiiicudtm nt, ami ii tin- house again rejects it, senate leaders thought tin- senate would recede, avoiding a deadlock on the measure. ? As a result of l lie Lug tier man drive, it is pruliublu that the Salonica front on which there is an urmy of bMii.ti'i'i men will have to he abandoned. The tax on Allied shipping in keeping their men supplied with arms and ammunition is something tremendous, and in addition these veterans can he used to better advantage in Krunce. The transfer of the Salonica army, it is estimated cannot call for much more effort than is required to keep it supplied. ? The schools of the stale are about to luce u shortage of teachers, uceoiding to a letter sent out by \V. II. Hand, high school inspector, to tinschool boarus of the slate. .\lun> of the men teachers have entered the service, others have taken up other lines of endeavor. Soun ?i the women have abandoned their prolession tor more lucrative employment and others are awaiting the chance to take up other work at largei salaries. The only remedy seen h.\ the high school inspector is an increase in tin salaries of teachers. ? There came a story a few days ago that the White Star liner Celtic was in trouble. The next day. Wednesday. the dispatches said that tin Celtic was safe in port. Then- were no particulars; hut it is assumed that the Celtic was struck by a torpedo and managed to get to port before sinking. The Celtic is one ol the biggest ol tin- ocean liners, about "Oil feet long and Jti.UiMi tons burden. It "* I |,..| ,f IS KIU'II will I I Mill IIU3HIUh<vi< ...... .. (licit were any troops on board the Isiet was not known. As to where the iVIllv ran into troiilile. ol course, is not stated. - Alfred J. James, a Itichinolld county. tia., farmer, was killed one day last week on the t'aitip Hancock artillery range, about twelve miles front AuKusta. James's house was about 4no yards front the line of lire. iuartls warned him and his sons, who were working in a Held of their danker, and the sons went elsewhere. Mr. James went over to the range to investigate the shooting. This was in the early morning. That afternoon at about ditrk, his body was found within a short distance of the target, with a great hole between the shoulders. He had been struck fairly by a shell and the hole it made was about six inches in diameter^ ' ? There was a sudden and marked decrease in the losses to British shipping through mine or submarine in the past week. The admiralty reports that only six British merchantmen of I.600 tons or over and seven under that tonnage were stink in the week ending March 30. Five llshing vessels uJso were sent to the bottom. The admiralty statement continues: "Fifteen British merchant vessels were unsuccessfully attacked by submarines. The large vessels reported sunk includes one sunk during the week ending March 16 and the smaller vessels reported sunk includes one during the week ending March 23. The arrivals during the week ending Murch 30 were 2,4 16 and the sailings 2,370." The losses to British merchantmen through submarines and mines in the past week are less than one-half the losses in the previous week, when 2S merchantmen were sunk, 16 of the vessels over 1,600 tons. The uditiiral ty report for the preceding week showed the luitu of 17 vessels, while for several weeks prior to that the weekly loss was 18. ? Further information regarding the losses suffered by the Gerninus In their offensive and on the German attltude toward the Alsatians as revealed by secret documents seized on prisoners is given in an official dispatch to Washington from France. The dispatch follows: "On April 1 the Germans withdrew from the front four divisions that had suffered severely. To the depleted divisions mentioned may be added the following: The First, the One Hundred and Nineteenth whose companies are reduced to 10 meg; the Fourth, the Sixth, the Fiftieth, the One Hundred and Ninetyfifth and the reserve division of the guard, which lost 25 per cent of its men. A regiment of the Twelfth Division had been reduced to less than 800 men. The Fifth and Forty-fifth Reserve Divisions v ere reduced more than half. The Alsatian contingents, three-quarters of which had been until now used on the Rastern front, appear to give great concern to the Germans, according to secret instructions found on prisoners. It is forbidden to use Alsatians and Lorralnlans in the first line and in patrol duty. These precautions show conclusively how little trust the Germans have In the inhabitants of the provinces which they claim for their own." A French dispatch received In Washington on Mondav says: "After eleven days' offensive, during which the Germans have recklessly pushed forward their attacking waves, one may gather a fairly accurate estimate of their losses. In the first place, it has been possible to identify nearly 100 of their divisions since the beginning of the offensive, more than ten of which were twice engaged. Some divisions had to be relieved at the end of the first day. having lost more than half of their men: such was the case of the 45th and the SSth. The latter lias been nearly entirely wiped out. Among those that have suffered the most are the 5th. 12tli. 28th and 107th hii'lolnnu uu u-ell AQ ttlA 5li ( PrUS elan Guard), the 16th, the 21st and 26th Divisions of reserves. In the second place, an enormous number of corpses were found ' on the battle- , field. and the prisoners on being Questioned acknowledged the extent of the losses of their respective units. To i conceal from the German people the heavy sacrifices that their offensive methods required, the Germans are sending most of their wounded to Bel- 1 gium. It Is not an exaggeration to estimate the total of their losses at be- | tween 275.000 to 300.000 men." ? I'nder orders cabled to the war department Secretary Baker has dl- ; rected that in future all Information concerning American forces in France | will be made public only from the i headquarters of the expeditionary ' forces. Information about troops at home will be given out by the war ; department as in the past. Major Gen. < March, acting chief of stafT. made the , following announcement: "The war department has been notified by cable 1 that Secretary of War Baker has pre- ' scribed the following rules for hand- 1 ling publicity of matters pertaining to , troop movements and operations: "First, all matters pertaining to events 1 persona policies or operations here > (France) will only be officially given ] out from the headquarters of the , American expeditionary forces in France. Second, similar matters affect- 1 ing forces at home will be given out at the war department." A prcpoa that General Pershing publish a dai communication for his sector has bet under consideration, but there hi been no announcement of Its adoptlo The activities of the American tore brigaded with French and Britis ttoop* probably will be covered in t) official statements issued by those go' erninents. General March refused comment on the announcement fu ther than to say that it was is?u< upon direct order of the secretary < war and "will be carried Into effe at once." Jit? \(orkrillf tfnquim Kntered at the Postofflce at York Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORK. S. C.: FRIDAY. APRIL 5. 1918. The Germans thought to eat the t'hristmas dinner In Paris, and rami hi that they thought to spend All Fool's day there. Hut Paris is n for Hermans yet. Members of congress are notv lool ma forward to adjournment on Ju la. As to whether adjourninent w he possilde hy that time will depei on the sincerity and zeal of the coi gresstnen in pushing their work. There conies a suggestion fro Washington to the effect that win 'jell. Foch strikes his hlow at tl Hermans, the Allied Meets will all hit the enemy at some point not > divulged. Whatever else ifltk) lie said ahoi tla- Hermans, their soldiers light ai their noii-comhataiits hehiud the ||n< I>11 y houds and work. Herman I'righ tillness, however, is something horr Me, too horrihle for realization or < i pression; hut nevertheless, the ligh lug and working Hermans are fi better than the non-tightinc. 1101 working Americans. And now the senate has inform; lion that Heruian spies are gettii in their work at Atiieriean gas mai faetoiu-s. Senator Thomas of t'oli nolo, declared in tile senate a fe da>s ago that L',9011 masks in a shi| meiii oi fi.inio showed evidence of ha1 ing heen puiicttired so as to tual them unsafe. Kven at tin- factor after defective masks had heeu Sep; rated from the good ones, a re-exam nation of tin- good masks sninvt'ii in; they li.'ut been punctured before tin picking. Chicatiu breathes an aspiration join tin* galaxy of cities which Ita* grown ^rcal and virtuous unit "work or quit" town ordinances. Tl "work or quit the city" ordinani will In* wholesome if they art* wholi soiuclx enforced. If they apply toll holm without money and pass ov the hobo with a big bunk uccom they are likely to do more harm tin good. The peoph* will submit to ai luw uitiiin ihe bounds _of, reason tin is impartially applied. A law" iha't not impartially iipplied may deep the chasm between social classes at lend to dissolve the unity of the 111 tion. If rich idlers and poor ones c; lie set to work together every Imm will rejoice except tin* idlers.?Oroya State Journal. That is right. "\ isihle means" support does not cover the quest it now. A rich idler can In* as nun of a nuisance as a poor idler. Tl thing now is to have all able hodii people busy producing something. Irvine S. I .en root. Republican, h been elected t'nited States scnat from Wisconsin, over Jos. K. Davit Democrat, with Victor I.. Berger, S cialist, idling up a big vote. Alter l.ei root, the regular Republican nomine had defeated Thompson, the I-t Fc lette candidate, the Democratic lea crs in Washington and clsewhei made a \ igorous drive for the electii of Da vies, Democrat. on the ground supporting the war policy of the ai ministration. The Republicans of Wi consin bitterly resented politics that kind, on the ground that Lenro is as loyal as anybody, and the allegi reason for calling on the Republica to vote for Davios bad no more su! stantial excuse than the desire for pa tisan advantage. Berger, the Soela ist candidate, running on a platfor of immediate pence, polled a hea' vote. Austria has started what is belt designated in this country as anotli "peace offensive." Fount Czernin, tl Austro-Hungarian foia-ign ministe made a speech a few days ago which he declared that peace nogotii H"rt * ?** tn ? uhol't tin before the beginning of the reeent h offensive. He said that Promt Clcnn ncean of France, had ai proached him throuh an intermedial and made it clear that ncgotiatioi would be entered into on a basis the restoration of !he Alsace-Lorrait provinces to France. This being in possible from the Austro-Germ: stand|>oint. the negotiations dropjn and the big offensive commence Premier t'leinenceau has denounet Czernln as a liar. None of the A lied powers are taking any stock Czernin's professions. They a agreed that pence is impossible on basis of the present situation, ar that there can be no peace with tl Central powers until they have be* defeated. Let's have the senatorial race i the merits of the men and the di rlsion of the people rather than t the stupid claim that because ot man has always been there, he shou remain there always. South Carol nians generally understand that r jne man is indispensible to the cot United progress of the county, stat nation or world. Why, they know thi even the death of Kaiser Willlai ind the whole Hohenzellorn fami! would not necessarily aflfeet the pri gross of the great war. and whi Soum C arolina may an in ner srm torial election is not point; to ha\ my material effect on the world ?wt either. The idea that keeping Til man in the senate is necessary to tl progress of the war, is as absurd i lhe idea that the election of Dia [llease or Lever would make any mt [erlal difference in that regard. Tl main Issue in the senatorial race lot so much whether Tillman, Bleas Lever or Dial shall enjoy the hon< tnd emoluments of office, as t .vhether good citizens of South Care inn who do not now receive any moi v al consideration at Washington than squai enemy aliens, shall have the same the ] right and privilege as other people, agali " saliei es It gives us satisfaction to know Th >h that congress is at last taking prop- to th ie er note of the work of German spies man tfl and oi people who by word or deed the J r- seek to incie and propagate disloy- ji i(l ally. We have no patience with and the < jjj no sympathy for the man who coil- and < tinues to discuss the right or wrong ed e: _ ot America's attitude to the war. and to ? especially do we abhor the man on fresh American soil who would say or do Th anything to weaken the hand of our lies country. Hut right here we desire to men as have it understood that we have no front sympathy with acts of n>ol? violence goini against alleged spies or German of 1< sympathizers. 1'eople who engage in and anything like this are worse than dred r silly fools. In turns like this hitter now k and unjust feeling may he created cond ? against the best people we have, eithe J Mobs act not mam judgment but feel- Th f nig. and it may easily be that mob the 1 which is ostensibly acting through estiir patriotism is really serving tfte Inter- the ests ot the enemy. Misguided Anieri- wour can mobs are capable of doing much 300,0' more harm in America than actual lossc - German sides, and nobody knows that era. ir better than the Germans. 130.0i ? ' lost I 1H Kate 1\ Hampton of New York, paun t writos to the New York Times that , t ' Senator Tillman in his Jay made the keynote 01 his campaign speeches. Th "General Hampton is too old! We is n< need younger men in the senate." . , Senator Tillman is ahout the age that . ' . Hampton was when he was defeated, ill We wonder if Tillman thinks now he will nl is too old for the senate. He is 71 aratt hut that is not too great an age for 8U|>j( active service. Neither was Hampton, who was 70. There is a differ- or><> 1 i nee, though, and it Is that Hump- derst in ton was strong and vigorous and his jS (0 ,M mind was clear as u crystal. Till- . man on the other hand is inlirm and ;i generally physical!) disqualified. even <o Hampton, when Tillman proclaimed cogn ,.t him "too old" was very active, where- xvj|. as Tillman is lagging behind. , . When he termed Hampton "too old" ,or lie would have done well to think of moti< ut his own routing old days. Hut then jng j ,,1 as now it was Tillmun first, regard- js is less" n When u man grows old he is en- "tsai titled to just as inueh consideration Th i- as lie was willing to show his super- p.j... ( iors in his .\outh and no more. . > . Tillman is not too old, hilt he is l" too inactive. Charleston American. infor lir The main point that .Mr. Tillman sides "* urged against (Jen. Hampton was 'a' <1 that (Sen. Hampton had no business of ?< leaving Washington to come down to wise; ' Aiken in opposition to Tillman and tins k the Reform movement. That was the waili 'k ground on which Hampton was de- on a J- I'eated. Among other things, .Mr. Mil w Tillman said: "We are the hoys who and a- elected Hampton and lie has no busi- that L" a ess telling us how we should con- not I < ' duet our domestic affairs." And that may is the thing and the only thing that days, t- Mr. Tillman Is up against now. He may i- went hack on the people who elected Hit lit l>iin mill 1111 v tin nut fool that tlle\ CI" CI ie . . mis is The Twelve Days' Battle. ^Col e. The big German offensive Into nfyali >r Pleardy, has come to a halt after 12 whicl ;o days of terrible fighting, and the situi ation is at a standstill with the Ger- rjeht -e mans holding about one thousand Cut '"I owf him any further allegiance. had, inter It is probably idle to hope that the other t? present great battle is going to end the u' war, hut it is not unreasonable to hope IT u. that it will have a tremendous effect p. i-s on future developments. As to just seveI !'* what the tactical purpose of the Ger- tjon mans was outside of completely w|tjj nt smashing the Allied resistance we do 1,1 not know, it would appear that the capture of armies at the northern end at ^ yean is of "the Afive; or the hrHatonyttrrtmihr " ^ n between the British and French at the (j )i) " south, or the taking of Amiens In the . |i( ,11 center would have disastrous effect on ^ ^ l.v the Allied defensive. It is hardly n. )n probable, however, that any of these _ Tues ? results was the ultimate objective of , of , . ,, . three the drive. The Germans could have hardly had a less object than the com- ' " plete annihilation of all the opposing ^ p I armies, and in that object they have ^ ^ failed. The fighting is still in progress, and it will probably continue for weeks; but there appears to be very noth or little reason now to believe that there *dty ^ will be anything decisive about it. And o" that is the point. The losses of the s(>rvi Germans have been something terri- teacl >e blc. undoubtedly far greater in propor- 1?d / tion than the losses of the Allies. rp||jj Whatever else may be said of the Ger- the ' ,0 man people, they cannot stand butch- the ering of their men any better than ^hm can any other civilized people, and It yion j is not difficult to imagine the ti^e- wee! mendous moral effect that this treof mendous failure of their generals is ot bound to have on them. If Hinden- Atla . burg and Ludendorf had won, it would W. t cd K \tavi have been all right, even if their loss- '' * ns on p I es had been twice as great; but the The r_ German people cannot remain indif- pass* l_ ferent to the price they have paid for Pun' m a mere temporary advantage, and as j we see it. from now on their confl- kille dence in ultimate success cannot con- of di tinue as strong as it has been. ^ * " * 1 push ?P At last there has been some detail- and ''' ed information of the part that Antorl- the cans played in the early days of the present battle. It was on Thursday help in afternoon, south of the Somme. The bond ' British forces had their hands full, mori ?e and there came a critical moment 'P when it was necessary to throw fresh er forces into an Inadequately defended go c I'- piece of line to stem the rush of on- towr r-v coming Germans. British reinforce.i .1 hre nvents were coming; hut It was cvi- serj0 of dent that they could not arrive in a sol ?v time. There was no time to lose, gust? - and a certain general hastily under ,n took the organization or an emer- to I d genoy regiment from various mtseel- hous *' Inneous units nearliy. Included among days Jd them were 1,500 American railway I- engineers, men engaged in building have in and repairing tracks necessary to ly fr re maintain the line of communication. Anie a Among these Americans were many >d who had previously fought at jam< 10 Cambral. They were not supposed to ville. be lighters; but they did not hesitate tlofn a moment. Eagerly they took the rifles that were provided for them and expe >n rushed out under the command of Fran ?- their brigadier to till a gap of the line K&ns >n of about 1,200 janis. The Germans 3 ).. to were being hurled against them in g0vei Id bodies, and it seemed inconceivable the . i- that they could hold; but hold they S*cr< 10 did. They did tremendous execu- ^ t- tion and remained right where they war e. were for many hours until reinforce- than it ments came up and it is admitted ??r ' in that they held their portion of the ly line as well as the British on the regis )- right and the left were holding theirs, rt These are the Americans which the Cai i- Germans in an official report, claim- carni e ed to have "taught a lesson:" but ^ ir since practically all of them were trine' I- finally retired in good order. It is as- that le sumed that the lesson was that even va,' * is engineers untrained as fighters are il. able to hold their own against the dang* i- best the Germans have. boys re mllea of territory acquired la puah, and the Allies lined up ist them on all sides of the big nt created by the push, ere has been *a good deal of talk ie effect that as soon as the Geroffensive should come to a halt, lilies would launch a great countrive. The idea was. and is, that Germans, more or less exhausted demoralized by their long sustain(Tort, would not be In a position rithstand vigorous assaults from i troops. e understanding is that the Alnow have about sOO.OuO effective tlghting the Germans on all s of the drive. Fighting is still ; on; but it is mostly in the form >cul attacks and counter-attacks raids involving from a few hunto a few thousand men: but just no offensive operations are,being uctfd on an extensive seaie oy r Hide. ere art* no definite figures as to oss?*s on either Hide?nothing but lates. The French estimate that German losses in killed and ided must be close to 275,000 or DO, and estimates of the Allied s in killed, wounded and prisonrun up to between 125,000 and uo. It is known that the Itritish large quantities of supplies at Bale and other depots; but the exof these losses is not known, e American troops, how many it known; but hardly less than jtj, are being incorporated with British and French armies. They be used among the Allies as sep unlftfcvbut their officers will be ,'ct to British or French superiwith Gen. Foch over all. The unanding is that the American flag be flown by such units as are enough to fly a flag, probably down to companies; but it is reLzed that the American oftlcers not have the same opportunlty idepcndent initiative and for pro>11 as would be the case if flghtis a separate force. However, it iid that there is no soreness or >polntment on that account. i' dispatches say that heavy artllducls are progressing along all ines. ami eonstant strategic iecements are going up on both The Germans are reported to igging in at various points, and ourse the Allies are doing like; but it is hardly believed that can mean another long period of ng for further active operations large scale. Iltnr.v observers in Washington elsewhere seem to be of opinion further extensive fighting canbe long delayed. Something big develop within the next few and again the present status continue for quite a while, ring the past several days weathanditions have been extremely and this no doubt, has seriously fered with activities that might wise have developed. MERE-MENTION re destroyed or partly wrecked i buildings In the business secof Atlantic City, N*. J., Monday, a property loss of $154,000 New York legislature has passed ill by which children 14 to If i of age are to be issuedwcntMtt UuTduring the summer vtitjjP Nine young women, dressed gulution army uniforms, all memof the National League for Wos service, left Lansing, Mich., day morning, each driving a vquarter ton truck, loaded with , supplies, for Atlanta, Ga. idph Schopke, a wealthy banker merson, Neb., was given an overof tar and" feathers a few nights because he is said to have told Cross workers that he owed ing to the United States The of Quebec has been placed under :ia! law because of rioting growiut of enforcement of the military ec act M. H. Hanson, a school ler of Euston, Pa., has been notiof the safety of his 5-year-old htcr at San Antonio, Texas. The I was kidnapped by Mexicans on Texas border two years ago, after burning of the Hanson home, in h Mrs. Hanson lost her life isands of deaths have resulted in golla during the past several ts as the result of a widespread pmlc of pneumonia. The scourge reading to Chinese provinces Margaret Hlrsch, convicted in nta, Ga., a few days ago with J. Jook, of attempting to blackmail or Candler, has been discharged ayment of a fine of $300 New York board of aldermen has ed a law making it a misdemeanor, shable by ten days' Imprisonment fine of $50, or both, to waste any of fond Six persons were d, several injured and thousands Bllars worth of property destroyed tornado which sweDt over a Dart [issouri, Wednesday A large i ball, made of steel and rattan covered with canvas, painted In national colors, Is to be rolled i Buffalo to New York city, a dise of 473 miles, to advertise and along the third Liberty loan 1 sales. The rolling begins torow and is expected to stop in York on May 4 As the reof local option elections held In ois on Tuesday, 150 saloons will iut of business. Some of the is voted to stay "wet," but all of dry" towns voted to stay dry e soldiers were killed and one usly injured by an explosion in dier's tent at Camp Hancock, Aui, Ga., Tuesday night The te of Massachusetts has ratified proposed prohibitory amendment he Federal constitution. The e ratified the amendment several ago Many Japs are leaving co by way of Pacific ports for n. It is understood that the Japs been called to the colors not on om Mexico, but from North rican countries, as well as from ral and South America. .The erstone for a monument to Private ;s Gresham will be laid at EvansInd., tomorrow, in commemoraof the first anniversary- of Amerientrance into the war. Gresham the first soldier of the American dltionary force to be killed in ce Senator Thompson of tas. has Introduced a resolution iding for the taking over and ition of packing plants by the rnment By an agreement of American Bar association with ;tary McAdoo, lawyers throughthe country will gratuitously astoldlers and sailors in collecting risk insurance claims Less 250 Germans have been arretted allure to register In the enemy census taken in February. More 500,000 German aliens were tered. rnivals.?Columbia is to have a val for two weeks to raise mon>r some worthy purpose. This is Be where "that pernicious doc' prevails that one may do evil irood may result: for if a rami a not an evil, what In the world e ordinary carnival Is the most prous thing for young men and of a town that could be deviied; la not supposition?it has been >d right here. In this town, umbla Is too big a town for cars. One of our neighbor towns? 1 shall be nameless here?Is too i In fact, there Is no town In tate. or any other state, of ithe size to have a carnival. : 'em out!?Newberry Observer. -V V I .y LOCAL AFFAIR! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS j S. Brio*. E?j.?Publishes hi* profeaaii card. Prompt attention given to ail I matter* entrusted to hi* care. Mill People'* Store?Will furnish ton I lants at 40 cant* per hundred. It wi all of. your butter and egg*. Xlill i'tople'* Store?Cail* a meeting of stockholders at the store this evening ;.3u o'clock. Pull attendance urged, j. K Brison. W. M. Clover?Gives notio extra communication of Alpine lodge, A. P. M . this evening. W. M. degree w H. H. Waugh, Pastor- Asks you not to fo the "Home Coming" service at the I baptist church next Sunday. Carroll Bros.?Have received a corload Studebaker wagon* and invite you to them if you need a wagon. S. Sherer. Township Supervisor?Publi report of road disbursements in Beth township. October 1 to April 1. H J. Sberer. Township Supervisor?Publi report of disbursements for roads for lock's Creek township. December 1 to Mi 31st. K. S. Riddle, Township Supervisor?Give statement of disbursements account road Bethel township, December 1 to April 1 Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Gives notice of st holders' meeting to be held in York. T day. April 30th. to consider increase of capital stock of the corporation, j. C. Wilborn. Mayor?Publishes notice of opening of registration books for munic registration of the town of York. B< will close May 2d. Clinton Bros.?vnu lupiiiy you wiuj m Hall sweet potatoea, and if you want t they advise you to move quick. York Supply Co.?Haa nitrate of soda. , can supply Nancy Hall potatoes for bedd Irish Cobbler seed Irish potatoes. Hickory Grove High School?Invites the I lie to commencement exercises to be in the school auditorium on April 11th, 1 14th. 15th. 16th. |^>an and Savings Bank?Tells you to whi attributes its steady growth and succesi a banking institution. I). R. Johnson. President?Outlines the things in store for teachers who attend next session of Winthrop College sum school, opening June 18th. Sherer A Quinn?Donate space for an a ment and reasons why you should tup the government with your money. F. F. Dalley Co.?On page four tells you to keep your shoes neat and clean. "2-in-l" shoe polishes. Sold everywhere Rei ley-Taylor Co.?Says that where Luzit "n-igns it pours." See page four. It it by your grocer. Star Theatre?Programme today includes six reel drama. "Fighting Trail" tomori "Red Ace" Monday. "Red Riding Hood' April 11th. York-Chester Transfer Co.?Solicits the tronage of traveling public between \ and Chester. Two trips each way per i Spot cotton is being quoted in N York nt 35.30. Some local cotton I been selling at that price within past few days. The food administration has s pended meatless days during month of April. There are those who will not aide to buy Liberty bonds; but v few who have any earning capac at all, who cannot but thrift statni "i he Winthrop quarantine has b raised at last and the girls are lighted at the prospect or again be aide to get to their homes dur week ends. Who will start a jitney line tween Smyrna. Hickory drove, SI roil and Vorkville? Such a line needed and must come sooner later. Wheat generally is looking gr except for the need of nitrate of sc very little of which has been avi able. As to what is interfering w the government programme Is clear. We have made arrangements send Tin* Enquirer to Guthriesvl Mct'onnellsvllle and Lowryvllle by jitney line so that hereafter our si scribers at these offices will get tf papers on Tuesday and Friday mo ings instead of Tuesday and Frit j^j??moons._ York county has fallen to seve place in the amount of Its per ca| subscription to the war savings sta loan. York's purchases now anio to a little more than one thrift sta for each man, woman and child 28 cents. The total subscriptions ported from this county up to Ma 23, was $14,815.60. The preparations for the I.iln loan demonstration in Rock Hill April 10, are being pushed on an tensive scale, and there is every r son to expect that the occasion i he well worth while. York cou people, of course, will attend in la numbers, and there is good reason believe that every county in the Fl congressional district will be rep sented. The Rock Hill Herald tells of young girl in that town w while working in the garden at home, was shot through the wrist a rifle bullet from some unknc source. It is assumed that the a< dent was because of the carelessn of some irresponsible small boy w in his fright over a deed that mi have been of much serious cor quence, kept his culpability to hi self. Judge O. \V. Buchanan t killed at Winnsboro some years i under just such circumstances, i many other lives have been snul out in the same manner. Still th are no adequate legal regulations the suppression of just such dang In a recent private letter, James Grist tells of a talk he had with French officer. The officer had s three years of fighting in France, eluding Verdun, and had come out it without a scratch. "1 would de ly love to write up my interview w him," says James D., "but of cou that would be out of the questior was very much Impressed with t officer, more especially because I lleve he told me nothing but truth. While talking to him th came over me a feeling that here a man who has seen so much of strurtion and ruin, and who has long stood in the very shadow death, that it would be impossible him to indulge in lying through r sons of vanity or otherwise. This fleer told me things in a way t made me literally see them almost with my own eyes." Information of the establishment an automobile line between Yorkv and Chester will be received by public with pleasure and satisfacti The need for such a line has been i for quite a while: but the appreciat of its importance has not been clear as it should have been, else line would have been established 1< ago. In addition to the throi travel between Yorkvllle and Chesi there is a considerable amount local travel to and from points I tween. As matters have been he tofore, there has been no way reaching Chester In the morning < cept by private conveyance, and p pie from McConnellsvllle and Gu rlesvllle have had no good way making reasonably quick round tr except by the same means. The jiti will facilitate and develop travel 2 also it will facilitate and develop caJ trade. There Is no reason to st pose that the management of 1 Yorkville-Chester line will need s outside help; but at the same tl we don't mind saying that the ent prise Is well worthy of the patn age not only of the business peo of the two terminal towns, but In I country between. THE CATAWBA BRIDGE The Catawba river bridge, bctwi Rock Hill and Fort Mill, is now pn S? tlcally complete, and although It has t not yet been formally accepted by the county board of commissioners. It will . be open for traffic on next Tuesday. ,tnf 1 fgal The bridge was complete Wednesday. all except the flooring connecting an approach on one side. This approach had not been completed best cause of the rejection of a carload of defective flooring. 20b' T"* special reason for having the ork! bridge opening next Tuesday Is to fawt cilltate passage of two batteries of field artillery that are due to be in of Hock Hill on Wednesday, provided there is nothing to Interfere with pre?hes vious arrangements. Work of macadamizing the river ?he? bridge road for the first mile out from "rch the bridge is now under way, and later the next three miles on to Kock j* Hill are to be concreted In accord aiK-r with plans aireaay puDiisnea. oek ^ ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Bonnie Plexico of Rook Hill, jpai >8 visiting relatives in Yorkville. ?k? Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Wolf of Wolfton, S. C., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. P. White In Yorkville. Mrs. Belle M. Alston, who has been Mao spending several months in New In*- Orleans, has returned to her home in tub. Yorkville. held Mrs. J. D. Singletary of Lake City, 2th. visited her sister, Mrs. H. T. Williams t in Yorkville, this week. | u Mrs. R. E. Shirley of Americus, Ua., is visiting Mrs. Thomas O'Farrell in rich Yorkville. j?! Miss Estelle Mclver of Oulf, N. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. E. rgu. Gillespie in Yorkville. Port Friends of Mr. James R. Wilson, . operator at the C. & N.-W. depot in U* Yorkville. who recently joined the navy, will be Interested to know he inne has been commissioned a wireless sold operator from the Harvard Radio school. Mrs. B. L. Jenkins of Sharon R. F. 0n D., has a letter from her son, Clarence H. Jenkins, who is a member of pa- Company C, 117th engineers, in fork Prance. The letter Is devoted mainly d?y- to personal matters; but young Jenkins says that if It were not for the censor he could tell some things that ''vv would be real interesting. The letlias ter is dated March 14, and it was retin. eelvod on April 1. UM. SECOND WEEK JURORS *i.- f/\l Inuring? vpnlrn nf n*?tlt lUTOTS was drawn last Tuesday to serve durlJ(. mg the second week of the approach,.r.. ing term of the circuit court: ,jtv C. H. Ferguson Bethel ' J. Clyde Ford King's Mountain ,s" K. H. Gwlnn Bullock's Creek i-en K. D. Xunn - Fort Mill ,je. R. L. Sherer King's Mountain J. K. Latham Bullock's Creek mg R. E. Boyd Fort Mill 1"* \V. M. Stowe King's Mountain J. P. Slfford King's Mountain \\r. M. Biggers King's Mountain R. M. Bankhead Bullock's Creek lia- a. L Purcell Bullock's Creek is W. F. Jackson York or J. F. Mitchell Broad River J. S. Matthews Ebenezer Raymond Hutchinson Fort Mill ,od, R- Bennett Fort Mill . J. A. Harshaw Bethesda '' \V. A. Gates Ebenezer a"" R. 1*. Dozier Catawba ith Sam'I H. Love Betheeda not T. B. Ratchford Bullock's Creek S. M. Barnett Ebenezer J. it. Watson York to s. A. Mitchell Bullock's Creek ille> P. A. Barron Catawba ' Wm. McCloud York C. O. Simpson Catawba u?- j. p. Givens Catawba leir W. C. Cornwell Catawba in- J. E. Burns ? York j.iv Sidney Frledhelm Catawba * J. R. Nell - York D. M. Gaston Fort Mill nth J* K Scott ...?..T.-.n.vr.'.. Yorfc}ltu J. E. Oates Catawba 3 EQUALIZATION PROBLEM mp Most of the township boards of asor sessors have completed therr work i?>. and returned their papers to the auich ditor; but at least two of the bonrds are yet to report. .v The county board of equalization will be called to meet either next on (x week or the week after, when such t>n problems as have arisen because of kV I j j misunderstandings and the like, will nty receive careful consideration. j, Auditor Love Is at tnis time en(n gageu on quite a task that has been ... set for him by Chairman Jones of the iftn state tax commission. That task consists in making an itemized statement of the number and assessed a value of automobiles, horses and ll?* mules, cattle, acres, etc. The object hor is to enuble the state board to get ,)y some idea of the comparative values iwn throughout the state. :c'" Last year, under the same instructs8 tions that have been received this rno, year, Auditor Love got up all this Information. He found that the aver1Be* age value of York county mules as lm" assessed for taxation was about $60. | vas Later he discovered that the assessed aso value in other counties ranged from , in(1 about $25 for the lowest to about , Ted 190 for the highest; but there was no j ere change In the other counties and no for change in York. ( cra- As to whether the statistics that the j D. auditor is now preparing will be uti- ] a lized In any other way than for the , een entertainment of the state tax com- , in- mission remains to be seen; but it is of reasonably certain that there will be ar- no raise in York county's assessed rith valuations for the reason that York irse is already high above the average. , i. I ( hi" TRANSFERS OF REALTY , L)f* The following transfers of realty 1 1 have been recorded in the office of < PTP _ ,14 , the county auaitor since me i<u>i ( 8 publication of the list up to yesterde . day: s0 Bethel. ,? Mrs. E. Anne Harper to \V. W. >or Boyd, 69 acres; consideration, $361.88. W. F. Warren to B. M. and B. R. Nivens, 97 acres; consideration, $2,hat 400. as Betheida. Clarence S. Bratton to Mason Brat?* ton. Interest in 442 acres; considers illc tion, $1,000. the Marlon B. Clinton, et al.. to William A. McGarlty, 80 acres; consideration, l0n- $900. felt Ware Farm to Dr. I. W. McLean, ion 208.1 acres: consideration, $12,480. J. D. McCants to Lottie V. McCants, t 60 acres; consideration, love and af- . the fection. Bullock's Creek. r "th John R. Logan, C. C. C. Pis., to W. ter, L. and J. 8. Plexico, 124 acres; con- ! 0f sideratlon, $266. be- Catawba. t rc. Gertrude C. Russell to S. C. Weston, a t 1 lot; consideration. $840. t Peoples' Trust Company to W. G. t P3t* Stevens and J. L. Phillips, 2 lota; * po- consideration, $1,S15. th. The Cottage Home Building ? Loan r * association to W. G. Stevens and J. ? of L. Phillips, 1 lot; consideration. $190. ips J. W. Anderson to Annie J. An- a ley derson, 1 lot; consideration, love and a trid affection. a lo-- Eva J. Hoyle to W. M. Carothers, e ip- L-9 interest in 110 acres; conaidera- r the tion, $400. 1 my York. ' * J. S. Alexander to W. W. Alex&n- ? ~ der. 83 acres; consideration, $2,000. p n,' H. Pearle Wallace to Will Young- l ,hp blood. 30 acres; consideration, $1,000. . Sallle Hall NeU to Martin Brian Hall. 631.7 acres: consideration. $4,765. , a *,n WITHIN THE TOWN J ic- ?The town clock was striking in g * * f- V. he neighborhood of right yesterday. * ? Oliver Louthlan of Torkvllle. fell ind broke his leg while wrestling on Al he Graded school grounds Wedneslay. ? People who would like to have ^ rardens are still handcuffed by the ^ lltticulty of getting the. necessary 1 ylowlng done. ? The county board of commission is held their regular monthly meetng Wednesday, but transacted no ^ jusiness ol special Interest out of the i(' >rdinary. ? guit talking "new" and "old" time. u) do to tied and get up by your clocks NV lust as you huve always done and A ?at by them too. There is but one 0| tind of time now and thai Is the line shown by clocks mat arc nmltng according to law. s| ? From April 1st. 15117, to April 1st, L91&, the local tire department has ti responded to thirteen tire alarms. One tl response was to a false alarm. The istimated property loss due to the w twelve tires was $11,5(10, nearly all cl if which was covered by insurance. m ? Because of the advance in the :ost of ammonia and other elements ntering into the manufacture of ice, di he price of ice is to be slightly high- es r this summer; but according to re- X ail prices so far announced, not so hi ugh as would be indicated by the ad- tl ranee in wholesale prices. m ? The time of the daily prayer 1,1 neetings at the Associate Reformed thurch has been changed to 6 o'clock c* nstead of 5 o'clock, the change hav- vl ng been made for the especial beneH of business people, a number of di vhom have ^pressed a dtsire to at- oi end. vi ? We respectfully suggest that the 1,1 own should not require license of any if the jitneys?certainly not of any c| or the present. All of these jitney J ines art- of business value to the & own in bringing people here who would not otherwise be able to get lere. None of these lines are inak- tl ng an Income in proportion to the tl nvestment, labor, wear und tear and " inzzurd involved, and they should be |(| ncouraged not only by the muni- tl: .'ipality, but by the business people ti n every possible legitimate way. tr Vfter the lines have been permanenty established on a reasonably pros- tl x>rous basis, will be time enough to hi consider the matter of taxation. ^ ? There is positively no need for my loafers or vagrants at this time. It is up to the town council to put a stop to loafing and vagrancy. The u. police should be instructed to go uftor s? every loafer and other idler and ask :nin what he is doing, who he is working for and for how much he is working. If loafers on the streets have nothing else to do they should be equired to work on the streets. There c? Is absolutely no excuse for nut workng in times where there is an abund- s< int demand for labor at fair wages, vv rnd no loafing should be permitted. \\ The responsibility for loafing lies not with the loafer; but with the muni- w :ipul authorities and the police. Ic ? We have Just one suggestion to W nake about municipal registration, d; ind it is in the interest of fairness and M lecency. Heretofore the plan* has been to hunt up and register the peo- hi pie who were known to be in sympa- J, thy "with "tho-crowd to which the yes- w Istrar belonged. Other people were registered if they came after certitt- vv cates and were able to meet every re- H ijulrement of law, except in some Ai-sn thou u-ora Hanififl VV? IftlOA' (' and can establish one case in which " Ihe registrar deliberately attempted to a refuse a registration certlilcate to a ti man because "he was going to vote di against us." Now, so far as The Yorkvilie Enquirer is concerned, it does not n propose to try to have anything what- W ever to do with this election except ^ the individual members of the staff tj* tvho are eligible to register and vote, p expect to do so. We know that it is C not the business of the registrar to ^ hunt up people and take their certificates to them. But since this has here- P tofore been done in a one-sided man- T nor. we think it shotild be done for ^ everybody and the town council f, should see to it that everybody who w has a certificate from the county al board of registration and who has paid his taxes, should be provided with a town registration certificate. *' al ? Si LOCAL LACONICS cl Prisoners in Jail. h The approaching term of the court sf general sessions promises to lie an A unusually short one. There are only Tour prisoners in jail awaiting trial, They are Pelzer Brlce, charged with idultery; Elliott Lock, charged with cj arceny, and Ozic Core, charged with * highway robber, and Roy Taylor, charged with forgery. ft Hail in Bullock's Creek. j There was quite a heavy hailstorm di >ver portions of Bullock's Creek townihlp, particularly in the Hoodtown Jjj tnd Blalrsvllle neighborhood last Tuesday afternoon. Later in the seaion it would have done considerable lamage, but as it was. it did little n, uarm except probably to the fruit f)( :rop. w Paying Out the Checks. ce Clerk of the Court Logan has al- 00 eady sent the checks to the people br mtitled to them to their nearest dl janks?some to Rock Hill, some to co Villi ?Amo t a UKarnn anmc tn Clover and some to Hickory Grove, w Vlso he has paid out a number of m :hecks from his office. The list of itf >enaioners entitled to checks and the ra imount to which each is entitled, will r* >e found on the first page of today's vi ssue of The Enquirer. ta a* ? fo To Spssd Up ths Draft.?Measures ?* HP o speed up the draft programme are ^ n contemplation and an official anlouncement is expected soon. mi The intention is to meet the emer rency in France. For that reason >00,000 called this year will be called nore rapidly than was previously >lanned. Arrangements to this end nfl ire in progress but no Suggestion that co he 800,000 figure be exceeded during his year has been put forward at the ** var department, Reports that the draft would be th aised from 800,000 men to 1,500,000 e* rere denied. ?? Officials do not regard it as posible that more men will be sent broad this year than the department .I ready has arranged to summon. th ven with additional British shipping *p nade available as troop transports. ?f 'here are now under arms here and to n Europe"~more than 1,500,000 Amerian soldiers. This number will have ?en raised to about 2,600,000 by the nd of the year counting drafted men, olunteers and special technical forces foi o be called. ' su ? Hon. John L. McLaurin has been ppointed a member of the state ouncil of defense on the recommen- ? ation of the Marlboro county dele- sti ation in the general assembly. wi 40RE FIGHTING IN PR08PECT lliss Now Ready ior Another Giva or Take. Although the tighung activity along le entire front of the new Soiiiine lenitive remains alight, according to le Associated 1'reas, there still pretils the feeling that soon again hates on a large scale will begin, and itli the allied troops after the respite [ several days strongly arrayed in title formation and eager to test ieir strength against that oi the loe. rrom the Soinnie to the Oise river, ong that portion of the battle line hich bulges out toward Amiens, illy and lircsteuil. the big guns of the iposing side have opened in duels of reat proportions, and it apiKtrentl) is it unreasonable to assume that either de at any moment may tuke the ofnaive with their infantry in resump011 of a battle which ranks among le greatest the world has ever seen. Since the beginning ol the present eek there has been no marked v lunge in the alignment of the opposg sides from Arras southward to u........ ?*?.*. liirhtniir hud lili'lfswi f hti nguinary churucter ot the _pre\ ions iys, owing in part, no doubt, to the itreinoly bad weather conditions, either the Germans nor tiie allies xve been idle, however, for daily lero has been going on a reinforce* ent of strategic positions, both m lan and gun power for the coming igagements upon which it is coiifded so much depends for the clors. In the viciuity of Iumis, artillery jels of intensity have been revived i some sectors und in Helgium at irious points reciprocal shelling conmies. In both these regions, how'er, the infuntry has kept to the enches, except for patrols and re nnoitering purposes. An American i ctor has been heavily attacked with ts. in the Italian theater there still is i> indication of when the expected g battle between the Italluns und le Teutonic utiles w ill burst, but dally tore is increasing activity all along le front. Along the various fronts the allien of both sides ure keeping up u.lr iiitniisiv-K arttvitv. bumblnwr Ousi uns behind the lines, searching nut oop and transport movements and igaging in aerial eombnts. The French war office reports inure an 13 tons of projectiles having s>n dropped on Herman railroads id Noyau and also In the region of oye in the Arrus front. The Hermans last week did not pep up their successful submarine impuiKu of the previous week, havig sunk only lti British nierchuntmeii i against 38 during the previous ven days. In their operations {ailist the Italians three steamers of lore than l.Guo tons ami 10 sailing lips were destroyed. CLOVER CULLINGS irfvttpoiiileiitv Tli?* York* lllr Katjulrrr i'lover, April 3?Master Hugh Brl>n Furls of Bethany, spent the past eek-end here with the family of Mr. '. H. Sherer. Mr. 54eb Neill who has u position ith the Southern Power Company, iculed at Spartanburg, and Miss rillena N'clll of Yorkville, spent Sunny here with their parents, Mr. and rs. /. M. Neill. Mr. I>. A. Matthews has resigned is position as bookkeeper with the lover Cotton mill, and has gone to amp Jackson, to which place he TiBr-ptitisn yoniiuy by HUF Vocal Miss Bessie Adams, who has been orking in Bock Hill, has accepted a ositton here as bookkeeper for the lover Cotton mill. Rev. W. P. drier returned from linton, S. c? Monday, where he conuctcd a meeting last week. Mr. Walter McElwee has accepted , position with the M. L. Ford Furnllre Store. He began work lust Moniy, An evangelistic meeting began at le Methodist church here on Monday Ight. The pastor. Rev. H. A. .'bitten is being ably assisted by Rev. U. Hullenger of Starr, S. C. The M-vices ure being held dally, one at 30 in the afternoon and one at 7.45 . in. Rev. H. Hrady Hardin of Mcoil, S. C., a former pastor of the lethodist church preached here Tuesity night. L'nlon services were held in the resbyteriun church Sunday night. uve preach for them the Rev. J. R. . Major, who is the presiding elder >r this Methodist district. The subject as "What Constitutes a Christian?" rid was well delivered. Dr. John T. Matthews of I^ncaster, lent the past week-end here. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ferguson, Miss :>hnsie Stacy and Mr. Ralph Jackson Ltended Raster services'ht St. Mary's Linday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pleasants and illdren of Gastonia, spent Sunday ere with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Adams. Misses Minnie Garrison and Llllls she, demonstration agents for York >unty. made a talk at the schoolouse here on Monday afternoon. The lbject being "Substitutes for Meats." Mr. and Mrs. Tom Caldwell and aildren of Gaffney, spent Sunday ith Mr. and Mrs. James Miller on >ute 3. Miss Addie Matthews is spending a w days in Rock Hill this week. Mr. Andy Cook, who lives on Mr. B. Miller's farm on route 3, has veloped a case of smallpox. Lieutenant Marshall Barnett of amp Sevier, spent Sunday here with Is parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Clinton. New Liberty Loan Bill.?In record -caking time, the senate late Wed >sday passed the new Liberty loan II authorizing $4,500,000,000 mortar bonds, additional indebtedness rtiflrtites from $4,000,000,000 to $8,0,000.000. The measure alreatly has en passed by the house, and slight M fferences now will be adjusted in inference. It is possible even that the house ill accept minor amendments and ake a conference unnecessary. As proved by the senate without a roll II and after lens than an hour's rfunctory debate, all important prosions of the house measure were reined. All congressional leaders rro?* trial trie bill must l><- law bere the new Liberty loan campaign gins tomorrow, and it la hoped to nd the measure to the president toDurlnK Wednesday's debate, bhalran Simmons, of the finance comittee, said that with enactment of e bond legislation, all treasury eds could be met this year and that rther war revenue legislation would it be necessary until the session of ngress next December. Should the war continue for a long riod, and it becomes necessary to nd three or four million men across e seas, Senator Simmons said, the pense of the government would of urse be increased and there would .ve to be some increase In taxes. Keying to a question by Senator Lewis Illinois, he said there Is nothing In e bill to prevent the Allies from ending maney loaned them outside the United States If that is shown be necessary. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8 -Governor Manning has for the C urth time appointed W. H. Gtbbes j** ite game warden. -Judge Sease has upheld the contutlonaiity of the quart-a-month w. -Lieutenant C. R. Holmes of this ite, has been awarded the French ir cross for having captured a < . - . : < '