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Scraps and facts. r, w *1 ? K'I 'MipI Kane. a rich New Vorker, n is amusing himself gambling with war a m.nlug* stainps. His game i.s to match fi anybody who wants to plav with a war t> Havings stamp. If he loses he pays with another stamp. a?<i if he wins ti the losei pays the price of the stamp I an<! keeps it Kane <ioes riot make anything cither way. hut h?- helps to " sell a good many stumps. The poll' e a lo not inte rfe re with the game. (J A total of 4 47 casualties in the American expeditionary force iri Krance was announced Tuesday by the j.war cp-partment. Of this number Is were killed in a< tion and 36a wounded in action. The rest died of disease. The casualties cover a period of oneweek The announcement was made following receipt of a cablegram from ieneral Pershing, saying that his censorship regulations were not intended to suppress casualties. No addressees, however, were given. Senator Stone of .Missouri, cnair- j until of the foreikn relations committee, was stricken with paralysis Wednesday, while riding in a street ear en route to his office in the eapitol at Washington. The senator was removed to the senate office huildink. where rneiiical assistance was summoned, ami later was taken to his . home The attack affected the senator's left side. He was about to fall when two other pussenkcrs on the car ' cauKht him. A physician who made a a hasty examination of the senator dei lared while his condition was serious, it was not critical. The Times sa>s that the new Man j I'oWer Hill, the tirst readink of which was moved by Premier IJoyd Oeorkc hi the house of commons Tuesday, provides not only for raisink the mill- I tarv ace to fifty hut also the imme- , Mate withdrawal of exemption from men in crudes I and 2 within the present irtilitary ake limits, with the " exception of those enkaked in vital national work This will brink elergymeii and other ministers of relikion wit inn the orbit of service acts by the offer of non-combatant work and the " r<-seindink of the disdslon that men r shall not be sent to serve abroad before they attain the ake of nineteen. From the heud'iuarters of the Aim-rii-an Kxt?editlonary force In t' France came this Liberty loan cable (. messake from 'Sen. i'ershink: "Kvery dollar subscribed to the Liberty loan is a dollar invested in American man- n tiood. Kvery dollar subscribed as the ? result of self denial means partnership in the hardships and risks of our men m the trenches. Kvery dollar subscribed will confirm the determination 11 of our people at home to stand by its |, army to a victorious end An over- ,, whelmitik subscription to the Third l.ihcrty l/inii will tie a patriotic ex- 11 pression of confidence in our ability a as a nation to maintain all that we ,-i hold dear in eivilixatlon " Three and a half years of war have caused an increase of $111.TWO,- . mo.mm in the public debt of the twelve Icadink warritik nations, ac- ' corditik to tahulatlons made by the u Federal deserve board. < if this, $72,4ija.mm.iiiiu represents the debt increase of the Allied nations, and $20,- " ::mt.mm.mm that of the Central I'ow- a - - -? rl* I. . . I **?(<?.?( Ctiitno iL.tit inniiei'oil ! I since the ruuntry entered the war Is Kiven as $6.r?r.o.o<ift.00<t. the standing J.hi. 31. (treat Britain up to Feb. 16 showed ail increase of $24,178,000,000. i including S7.027.ooo.000 advanced to n the Allies and doinitilons. Russia ranked second with S20.2S1.000.000 last s Sept. I. and France third with SIS.- p 62S.o6o.niin last Jan. I. The United States was fuurtli and Italy fifth with S3.KK4,ooo.ooo. (ierinany's war debt 1 reported last l>ecenibcr was $24,243,iinn,ooo. and Austria-HunKary's at the n same time S1S.033.OO0.0O0. f, .lames M. Keck, former assistant United States attorney Keneral. declared in New York, a few days ago In an address that he was violating no 11 pledge in stating that the British d casualties in the battle_of th?Somrne ^ last year numbered 5o6ToO"t) anil that , the French lost 240.000 men killed at Verdun. The Held east of Albert. where they are battling now, is prob- c ably the greatest graveyard in all the |, world, he continued, "and never before in the history of warfare has ' heroism reached such heights as In 6 this year of mix. I was privileged to g spend four days with British forces on t.( the West front and I saw them in action. I have witnessed the French sol- '' iliers and I have been among the Brit- I' isli and French people during their e greatest hours of trial. They do not t. boast, they do not promise, they do not cry and whine. If it may be call- " ed boasting, the French people have made but one declaration 'they shall tied pass.'" Representative Dyer. Republican, ? of Missouri has introduced a bill to curb lynching. The measures ask > "that every person participating in I* such mob or riotous assemblage tl shall be liable to prosecution, and up- p on conviction to punishment therefor, according to law. in any circuit court of the United States having jurlsdic- P tion in the place where such putting p, to death occurs." A county where the ,| crime occurs shall be subject to a forfeiture of from $3,000 to $10,000 '* for use of the dependent family. "If r< such forfeiture is not paid upon re- vv covcr.v of Judgment therefor, such ... court shall have Jurisdiction to enforce payment thereof by extent or levy of 11 execution upon any property of the ir county, or may compel the levy and collection of a tax therefor." Negligence bv officials shall be punishable s< by imprisonment for live years, $f>,000 c< line or both. Jury service is denied every person who has participated in lynching or expressed an opinion in favor of it. ti Fifty million dollars is being asked tl .?# ...,oo !?* I 'htiipimttl HlirlAV of I. the shipping board. for development of I'lincrclo shipbuilding. The plan Is to establish at once five government 'I yards, two on the l'acitlc and three In a the south. Sites for the plants already are under consideration and will be announced shortly. Three in the a south probably will include one al- s; ready planned for Wilmington. N. C. Transportation facilities and easy- excess to ceiuent and sand will govern t In* selection. The first vessels turned n out by the government yards will be p 7.r>0u-ton tankers, both because of the w shortage of oil carriers and because in the present stage of concrete ship c development the board is more confl- o dent of success with the tankers than it with general cargo craft. As yet. con- ... crete ships are admitted frankly by experts to be "a gamble" because the VN behavior of such a vessel under load a In a heavy sea is unknown. Mr. Hur- j, ley and *Jeneral Manager Ptez of the Ktnergency Fleet t*or|>oration. hold 0 that in the present emergency every n possible means of adding quickly to v\ the tonnage available for war purposes should be utilized, tlreater chance of success is expected from the w operation of concrete tankers, because o the liquid load will constantly seek a level and not entail the strain on the ship that a solid load would do in a heavy sea. ? Transportation of American troops to Franco is already proceeding at the t) accelerated rate contemplated by the speeding up me;isuros taken after the , hat tie of Plcardy began. Acting Sec- 11 retary t'rowell makes this statement. ai hut will give no details. For military w reasons the extent of the increased ,, troop movement has not been made public. Following the conference between Secretary Baker and Allied of- a tleers orders were given under which a w British official statement was issued s. saying that American forces were to .' he brigaded with British troops in or- 1 der to h;isten American participation ai in the war. Officials explained that jw the process to be followed was similar to that adopted in placing American troops in the front lines with the French for training. It has been es- w timated that thirty days training of 0, this churacter. with American battalion units assigned with the British organizations. will fit the new-comers o< for active duty at the front. All divi- ei sions now moved from this side are composed of men who have had several months of preliminary train- ei ing and who need only final instruc- bi tion to take their share in the fight- tl ing. The training process will be . quicker with the British than with the French, it is believed, because the tr language difficulties do not exist It A as :n<ii' *t?->i that the new plana call >i more extensive tradlps scheme , ith the British army than has been n<- eas? with General Pershing's orig- 1 t.tl fore< Th<*r?* probably will be no I ?tempt to set up a purely American I ir<e within the British ranks, as has ( en dune with the French. The ,m-rlcan.- are to be withdrawn when rained ami turned over to General '#r-hinsf as a part of his army. t'r ^iritrillr (fitquirrr. Intered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second ClaBg. YORK. S. C.: FRIDAY. APRIL 12. 1918. Tin- l.on<l of I he government is a oml oi sviiiiaiith.i anil i o-op? rat ion iimng tin- |KO|ilf. man run no more run away from us luty than he ran run awav from lis shallow. This war is <hhng gom! in that if is turning Americans* Ioser together for uiii-rli'n. M<-n ami women an* never I their lu-st exrept while serving each t her. Alma-jean I loops have at last arrivi| on ?l.. Itritisli Mont in upon i*|-il.ie iiuihers ami the\ will ligure in the i-poits from now on. Yes. York county farmers are going a huv homls. Many of them have aleaily hollaht ami others will buy. "ork county farmers have sufllcient utelliKeiiee to appreciate the responihilitv that confronts them. The Itritisli government ha vim; conisleil evi rythiiiK for w hich Irclaml as aske.l as to home rule, there is o longer any reason why the Irishlen shoiilil not give their service in war that means as much to them s to anyhoily else. The leal success ot the Liberty ..... .i.......i.li: in,.,n the small sllhscrili is. Tlp-re will he plent.x of IiIk to I'onii' in; IiiiI it is tin mini i of snlisi'i ilii'is Unit will count ion- than tin- ;imount. It is importnt that tin- whole pie eouie into lie ureal movement. 11 we went into this war hccuu.se iertuans elainieil the narht to assassiate American citizens on the hiKh i-as. ami elsewhere. how can we make eace with ieriuany until we have < invoiced her that she must never iiore ilare to assassinate American itizens? The issue is one that does ot admit of compromise. It must he utiuht to a finish. The president has under lonsideraon tie idea ol stahaliziiiK prices ol omrstie necessities. includitiK cotton isjds uoolcifs, ma n il fact ures._ clothHK. shoes, hats. etc. More than SO adiitK cotton manufacturers of the otintry have made representations lokitiK to the estiihlislunent of presnl and prospective relations with the o\i rniiiciit. At the present time the overnment is takiiiK ahout tin per rut of the woolen output and the tibllc uliout >< per cent, nitil tin' rii-i' situation is badly in need of tearing up. It is undi't'stooil that the uttiiii situ.ition will lie taken up imleiliately nltcrw'iird. IVople who say they are not eont'l'lteil about the war been use it does ot affect them are. we are sure, peaking thoughtlessly. Among stteh eople are some who during the pa at tiroe years have, for the llrst time t their lives, been able to net out ol ebt and net a little ahead. These poole do not seem to realize that their noil material fortune is been use of te war. more than anythtntr else, and >r that reason alone, if for no other ason. they should help sustain the or. Hut that is not the main point, he Amerienn citizen who says he has a concern as to America's fortunes i this war has no business in Amerii. He is too cowardly to light hitni'lf. and he is too mean to help his [nintry tight. The South Carolina food admitiisration is calling ujion the people of lie state to substitute us far as possi!? potatoes, either sweet or Irish poitoi's for wheat. The idea is to use lie perishable food before It spoils nd noes to waste in order to save the j ss perishable food, which we can just s well do without. Wheat is necestry for our soldiers in France. The . uestlon is whether we will cut the heat and let them have nothing, or bother we will eat perfectly good orishablo foods and let them have heat. The question also in the cirumstancos is whether we can enjoy ur wheat as in other times, or will choke us going down our throats, lie war of the American Revolution , as won by sweet potatoes. Marion I ml his men and Sumter and his men ad little else for weeks at a time, and j xcept for the work of Marlon and his i ten and Sumter and his men there i ould have been no King's Mountain r < 'owpens. Lot us therefote leave , heat alone and live on potatoes and ther such foods. At the same time, ' .??. let us remember to produce poitoes. While doing all we can to present ' le importance of the third Liberty win to our readers on our own aeLiunt. it gives us great pleasure to i . knowledge the valuable assistance e are receiving at the hands of 1 rominent and influential business i pople and leaders ot the best thought 1 ml sentiment ot the county, fit course ! e know that what The Enquirer > iys on this subject makes more or ' ss impression upon all who read 1 ml think just as does what othei ( rople say. Hut The Enquirer alone tnnot impress this important mat r as it can ami is being impressed ith the united practical help of oth-s who have so earnestly and vigorisly joined in this campaign. What ir different leading business and oth people are saying in their adversements. speaks for itself; but in tch case the importance of what they tve to say is further emphasized by le fact that they are willing to volntartly pay their own good money for le dessimination of their messages. 11 of these advertisers are doing ivha' they arc- asking other people to Jo. buying third Lil?erty loan l?onds. ltd we are sure that hundreds and hundreds of York county |#eop|e will hee.i their most earnest appeals and lO likewise. Roads. The suhje. t is very tiresome to some people. The roads, themselves, however, are tiresome to everybody. As a matter of fact the roads of this country are a most serious reflectton upon our people. The desire for comfortable, handsome and expensive homes is fairly well develop"! hereabouts. There are many people a ho rejoice in such homes, and very few people who do not desire them. Then- are lots ot doless jwople however, who will continue forever to desire h.mdsome comfortable homes; !iut who will never makf a stand toward trying to get them. It is a credit to tiny man to own a line house, and the actual builder of sii' h a homo is entitled to especial and particular credit. The builders of ni<-c homes are people v.h.. i-,.-. They are the people who contribute to the building up of the entire country. I tut a progressive constructive people cannot continually remain in their homes. They must minute with other people, socially, commercially and industrially. and such mingling calls for means of intercourse. This means roads. The facility with which business may he transacted depends largely on the character, uuality and reliability of the roads. Indifferent roads are not conducive to business developments, they are not conducive to progress. The roads of this country, are better than they were twenty years ago: but they are hardly more creditable to present day conditions than were the roads of twenty years ago to conditions of the old days. The country has progressed considerably because of better roads, but the people are not yet doing for the roads nearly as much as the roads are doing for the people. We are dodging our responsibility as to the roads, and our conduct is no credit to us. To be sure the man who builds for himself a handsome home is to he commended. It shows that he Is not content to remain on a common level with the more doless. Ilut while the realized desire for a good home speaks well for the man who has achieved it. he must not stop there, for it is not permitted of men who would continue to desire commendation in well doing to rest on things accomplished. The building of homes must be followed by the building up of country, and then is no better way of building .... Ihun !.? ?hn htlihlinff f? f I ' iiiads. Thi'i'i' is no better barometer to thi' progress and advancement of any people than the condition of their roads, and there is no better way to advance the progress of any people tli.hi by means of building roads. We have made some start in the direction of road building?some little start, l/'t's go down after the proposition and build some sure enough roa ds. Politics vs. Statesmanship. , 'JUflViblieiJ senators started a big flurry Tuesday" for the removal" of' tleorge Creel as publicity director because he said in an address on Manila \ : I will be proud to my dying day that my country was inadequately prepared when it entered the conflict. To have been prepared would have given the lie to everything we our I...II.......I In .....I .n ....... nil' ..v..I.I the position before the world." Some of the senators denounced Creel its a traitor and others wanted tci know what the mothers of the boys who are going to the front would think of a man who was glad their boys had not been previously prepared. It is it ticklish subject; but we do not mind saying what we think of it, and that is simply this: These iiepuhlicans are simply indulging in artisan politics at a time when such polities is worse than murder. They are liddling while Home is burning. We would not have said what Mr. Creel said the way he said it; but we ilo not see anything unpatriotic in it. and we do not think the Republican senators who make believe they are so shocked, see anything unpatriotic in it either. What Mr. Creel means to say its we understand him, is about like this: "(iermany. like a malevolent thug, with murder in ids heart, practicing daily with a pistol in order that he might the surer kill his victim on the first convenient opportunity, has for half a century been prcimring herself for the subjugation of the balance of the world." and Mr. Creel is proud that his own country has never been guilty of any such practice or desire. Mr. Creel has a right to feel proud that his country has never occupied such an attitude. So far as we are concerned, we regret that the L'nited States was so illy prepared as she was to go into this war, and we think it an everlasting shame on American states manship that such was the case. But iu dealing with such a serious matter, we want to be frankly honest. If the issue of compulsory military i service in preparation for war had i been raised five years ago. we think ( we would have opposed the proposition to the limit of our humble abili- 1 ly. We are speaking now as we saw things then. We could hnve argued that there was no danger except from (iermany. and with four thousand miles of sea between us and Germany there was no need for fear, as the whole world could not come across the oceans and whip us on our own i shores. But we do not see it that way now. With flying machines and submarines, i the situation is different, and it is i-ns> to see that had we not gone Into i this war when we did, Germany, after overpowering Russia. Krnnce and later Kngland, could and would have very i easily come over here and reduced us i to subjection before we could have ' got ourselves ready to flght. But after all. everything those Re- I publican partisans are saying about i ['reel is little else than an arraignment of themselves. The Republicans had control of this government for I sixteen years continuously preceding i the breaking out of this war. They t saw or ought to have seen the rapid I and steady growth of German mili- i tary and naval power, looking forward < to the destruction of human liberty t throughout the world, and they should t have put this country in a condition ' jf defense. If these Republicans had t t>een possessed with the courage of < patriotism along with the vision of i statesmanship, commensurate with i the power that was theirs, Mr. Creel < ?ould not have made the speech he lid make on Monday, or If he had i made such a speech under the con- | iitions that now exist, he would in- ) leed be guilty of treason. i It is the Democratic party that has ] made such preparation for war as has been made and It is the Republl- i an party that is responsible?not ' taving made adequate preparation ? >efore. I ?? building them, the better it will In 'or our food supply and for the prosperity of the county generally." it? EXTRA PENSION PAYMENT u_ There has been considerable confuog sion with regard to the exact meaning of ihe recent act of the general ason seiablv with regard to the payment ol pensions after the death of the pen y, sioner. Clerk of the Court Ia>gan has l?een making inquiry of the comp^ troller general as to the facts, and the comptroller general advises that the legal heirs ol a pensioner whc LOCA^AFFAl RS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS She rer t Quinn?Ask you to buy a bund. H? he government and thereby help the pi eminent to help you. They have bought. (.lover Cotton Oil Co. Give* no .ce tb- Si urday. April 13th. will be its last gmnii day this teuton. J. V\. L>ob?on Offers three up-stairs rooms his residence, for rent. Building lots i West Madison street for sale. H. L. Summit;? Wants to sell his home i has; Jefferson street. Six rooms, panti etc. See him at once. K. P. i'ropst. Yorkville No. 4?lias Sug Imp eane seed for sale. Also barrel of ni molasses. Teachers Newport School?Invite the public an entertainment at the Newport school tl Friday evening at 8.3U o'clock. Southern Manuiacturing Co., Chester?Nee 35 more girls in its sewing rooms. Nil clean work. Yorkville Cotton Oil Co.?Wants more cles second-hand bags; no objection to nc patching. Last ginning days. M. L. lord. Clover - Sells Goodrich and U. automobile tires. Prices right. Carroll Bros.?Have top dresser for grain, a suggest that you buy a mowing machine 1 fore prices advance. McConnell Dry Goods Co. Have men's bl serge and worsted suits at SIS. You men's silk lined suits at 135. Double B clothes for boys, I3.H5 to 310.50. Star Theatre Gives its programme for I morrow and Monday. Two new- serials begin soon. Carroll Supply Co. Ask you to see them once for top #resser for grain. Supply limited. Act at once. Central Loan Coin, of York Co.?Urge you huy Liberty loan bonds liberally. It la i absolutely safe investment. First National Bank of York?Puts the out tion up to you. "Have you done your duty and urges you to buy Liberty loan bonds. I/oait and Savings Bank Points out that ran serve you in many ways in your businc atfaits. Have you bought Liberty bonds? York Hardware Co. Tells you that Liber bond* arc the foundation of victory in t war. Buy. See page four. F. I". Dalley Co. Points the way to neat a clean shoes. Use "3-in-l" shoe polishi See page four. First National Bank of Sharon Suggests th you feather your nest with Liberty loi See page four. W. E. Ferguson -Tells you that the light liberty must be kept burning. Buy Liber loan bonds. See page four. Clinton Bros. Give a list of specials for Si urday from their stock of "Good things eat." The crowd at Itock Hill Wcdnn day could not have Iwen less thsi five thousand, and It was pronnmy i much as ten thousand. It would hardly he fair to individi alize among the workers who ina< the l.iliert.v loan rally tit Itock II hist Wednesday a great success, fi till acquitted themselves most htint somel.v. There were two "I'ni'le Sam's" the Liberty partide in Itock Hill Wei ncsday. one imperson.ated b> W. Cherry. Esq., and the other by Docti Kinard of Winthrop. Moth impersot at ions were remarkably good. There is a very bad place in tl Yorkville-Rock Hill road just noil of Xewjiort. Automobiles and othi vehicles get over it with great dirt culty. The next worst place in I) road, but little better than the 01 mentioned, is within the corpora limits of Yorkvillc. Ex-Sheriff A. B. Suttle of Clevelar county. X. died last Saturday t a Southern train at Creenslioro, whi on his way to visit his daughter, Mr Charlie Forbes at fireenville. X. i Suttle was sheriff of Cleveland com ly for twelve years and was one < the best known and most highly ei teemed men in his eounty. He wt lit years of age. "So far as I know." said Congresi man Stevenson to the editor of Tl Kmiiiirer in answer to a question i liock Hill Wednesday. "I do not e: pect to have nny opposition for ri election to congress; but howev< that may be, of course, I am going 1 grff tfrtrfrEftpte 0* Vhf Fueil tViWm a chance to send me back or leave n out." WITHIN THE TOWN ? The dally voluntary prayer mee ings being held in the Episcop church this week are being well a tended and during next week I hey a to be held in the Presbyterian cliurr ? People who bought nitrate of sot of the government to lie delivered Yorkville, will take notice that tl first one-third installment on their 11 ?|Knne quoins is I'sinru'ii iu .mm here today. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Susie Wallace of Smyrna visiting Mrs. C. F. Sherer in Yorkvill Mr. anil Mrs. C. K. Sherer of Yorl villi, spent several days last week (JafTney. Mrs. Lawton Ash of Orangeburg, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I T. Williams, in Yorkville. Mr. H. B. James of Yorkville spending some time in western sto< yards. Mr. J. Y. Lucas has returned to h home in Yorkville after a visit to reli tives in North Carolina. Mrs. L). T. Woods has returned her home in Yorkville, after a visit relatives at Huntersvillc, X'. C. Mrs. Alfred Brown of Huntersvlll X. ('., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. ' Woods in Yorkville. Miss Kula Oaskey of Salisbury, I C., is the guest of Mesdames J. Y. Lt cas and J. I'. Pugh In Yorkville. Miss Annie Chambers who recent underwent an operation for append citis at the Fennell Infirmary, has r turned to her home on Yorkville R. ] D. Xo. 6. POTATO HOUSES While in liock Hill Wednesday, representative of the Yorkville Et iiuirer had a short talk with Mr. W. O'Neal on the subject of potai houses. Mr. O'Neal is the pioneer in Yoi county along this line. Along wit several otner gemiemen 01 hock xiii he set out early last summer to bull a house to take care of such potato* !is the farmers of the surroundir country would raise and bring in. Tl other gentlemen were called off i the war, and Mr. O'Neal went on wit the enterprise alone at an expense i about $1,000. It has been previously stated thi the capacity of this potato house wi 5.000 bushels. It appears, howeve that this is a mistake, that the capac t.v of the house is onl> about 3,04 bushels. Also while for some reasc or reasons, a good many potatoes wei lost in this potato house the percen' age of loss hns been nothing like tf 50 per cent that has been stated. "I have learned that there is good deal to learn about the prop* care of potatoes," said Mr. O'N'ea "and I know a great deal more tha I knew last year. I am putting thi knowledge into good use this yea and I am still learning. "I have no hesitation in assurir nntnln Viaii or. la n o/w> ?UU lliai HIV (A/U4IV livuat IO U ftW business proposition," he went on. ' am pleased with my experience so fa and f see more in it than I have y< been able to develop. And you ca any that the potato house does n< rail for an investment of $1,000 < anything: like it. Three or four hur 3red dollars Will give you a house I which you can store more than thousand bushels of potatoes, and :>ught to be a paying Investment c any plantation, whether operated s an individual enterprise or by the et aperation of several farmers." Mr. O'Neal said that he is arrang Ing to put out at least five acres < potatoes this year on his own accoui ind with fairly good luck, he expect :o have from 500 to 1,000 bushels < potatoes of his own raising. "There Is plenty of room for pota to houses." declared Mr. O'Nea There ought to be one or more | very community, and the sooner ou >eople can be Induced to take hold t died .liter wmnutr 01, i?g, uie ?rn^ titled to collect the (tension payment ' or 191 y. Comptroller Hernial Saw 101 %er's letter to Clerk Logan is as fob *l lows: s- "Heplying to yours of the 6th instant. with reference to the recent aei nd (>Jt8s?d Ity the general assembly, 1 beg to say that this act was signed by tht ue governor on March 9. 1919. I have BK referred the matter to the attorney ilt general's office lor an opinion, anil under the ruling, all pensioners dying to- previous to December 31, 1917. should to have their money refunded to this office by the clerk of court. It seems that the act is not retroactive: but unless the act is changed at the sesw sion of the general assembly in 1919, ?n u pensioner's estate will be allowed tc draw another pension in 1919. provided the pensioner died between thi " date of January 1st, 191 s. anil DecernIter 31st. 191S." n? Here is the act (tasscil at the re ...?Inn nf the irenei-al niiuemlilc he "Section 1.112. After the death ol any pensioner. whether such pensionnd <! tie a soldier, or soldier's widow, e*. the widow's child, children, or party with whom soeh deceased |>ensionet at last resided, shall collect the (s-nsion *" to whictP such pensioner would have ot tieen entitled for the year of the death ty of said deceased pensioner, and shall apply such sum so collected to the it- last illness and funeral expenses ol to such deceased pensioner: Provided, that if there he a legally appointed executor or administrator, the pen* s. sion shall he paid to such executor 01 administrator for the purpose aforesaid. provided that the said pensioner die after the payment of that year, the representatives or legally appointed executor or administrator of said deceased shall he entitled to collect a le pension for the following year for tht ill purpose herein mentioned." or ' HERE AND THERE. Mr. John Knox of Clover, told Hen in and There. Tuesday, that he had rel_ eently visited the artillery range neai . CJastonia. "I Just wanted to see whal ' " the hoys were doing. They have fine ["' guns and equipment," said Mr. Knox >- "and they know how to shoot. I told some of the hoys that there was only one thing needed to make the work le they were doing look like the real ill thing, and that was a few guns over al (>|. the targets returning the fire of the gunners who were practicing; hut they '* didn't seem to cure for anything like ie that just now." concluded Mr. Knox ie Mr. Thus. F. Jackson, the Clovei p. dairyman, has two or three ueres ol wheat just north of his home on the Yorkville-Clover road that attracU id the attention of the passerby. The wheat is about knee high and as rank . , green in color us wheat ever gets. "] tell people that I am not needing nl* trate of soda for my wheat," said Mr, I'. Jackson to Here and There. 'There hasn't been anything put under thai f wheat except stable manure, and il shows what stable manure will do foi a grain crop." Mr. Jackson's dairy is now includes only thoroughbred Jersey cows. %*? I A Wil1itY???it avni'figupil thr opinion to Hero and There a day or H' two ago that the pig situation ha.* iii-en very much improved in the Mt Holly section of Catawba township 3* and he believes it is getting better throughout that whole section. He *\c had been selling most of hie exc^lfif"Sucfl as'^ouiiJ' he ntecgtl1(1 sary for his own use, and he has nol been demanding the. prices that could have been obtained because he fell they were loo high. He has sold pig.at $5 each, for which he could have t- easily got six or seven dollars or ever a| more, and he is of the opinion that th( . problem of the pig market is now swinging the other way: that whereat ff there was a great scarcity of pigs a h. few months ago. there now promise.* to be a surplus, and that prices will ,a soon decline very materially, in < private Pearson took the eye of th< in- Winthrop girls along with everybodj else, at Rock Hill Wednesday. He was t, undoubtedly the lion of the hour. One ' sweet and pretty young lady, to whom he had been Introduced, asked, "Mr Pearson, what about the aviation service?" "You mean the liyers?" "Yes,' the young lady replied, in a tone thai i indicated an interest beyond mere cu riosity, which, however, Mr. Peareor k- did not seem to notice. "Oh, they art in Hying over the lines all the time.' "Well, are they in much danger?' is "You mean from the standpoint ol a. comparative mortality?" inquired th? soldier. "Yes, that is exactly what ] k mean," said the young lady, with increasing seriousness. "Oh. yes, thej are killed every once in u while; bul they do not fare as badly as the Infanis try. The brunt of the lighting runs about liko this In the order named: Infantry, heaviest artillery, and avlato tion. The infantry has to do much to of ihe work, though outside of thess three, the other services do nol e, amount to much from the casualt) T. standjioint. comparatively speaking." S\ FIFTH DISTRICT BANKERS ' ,\ meeting of the Bankers of the j . Fifth Congressional District wsis one l_ of the features of the I.iberty Voar e- rnllv in Rock Hill last Wednesday. F- The attendance was very good, especially among the bankers of York ami Chester counties. There were representatives from other parts ol a the district. The meeting was held in the MasonJ* ic hall on the third floor of the Nato .. ...t Unnl, n> than UUI1U1 C-IUVMl uann uuiiuuip, U<p? ?MV*? were talks by Mr. W. J. Roddey, Hon k W. F. Stevenson, Hon. A. L Gaston, ol ^ Chester, and Mayor R. S. Stewart ol Lancaster. ,(^ Mr. Stevenson addressed himsell ?s more especially to explanations ol g amendments to the banking laws passlc e<l and pending, dwelling at some t0 length on an effort that had beer made to exempt from taxation such portion of the stock of a bank as may of be invested in Liberty Loan bonds. He said that a serious effort had beer lt made to provide for such exemption in the case of banks that were mem18 bers of the Regional Reserve system, 7' which the authors of the system were {- inclined to leave state banks out ir the cold. The proposition, however, m had been defeated as it should have r(" been, and he was satisfied also that Liberty bonds would not be exempted ,p In a way that would enable banks to escape taxation on their capital stock. J' He did not think this would be right. Banks do not get their Income so ' much from their capital stock as from 1that franchise privilege that enables them to concentrate and utilize the savings of the public, and under that view of the case it would not be right .5 to exempt the banks from taxation on i.t bonds except to the extent that the _ earning capacity of the amount invest?t' ed In bojids bears to the earning capacity of the remaining resources ol the banks. State banks he said have )r invested as loyally in Liberty bonds as i. have national banks and should be n accorded the same treatment. It is a true that state banks have the priviit lege ot getting into the reserve sysm teni; but they must have time in lb which to make the change and it ?. would be inexpedient and wrong to try to force them all in at once. Mr. Gaston urged the importance of >f investments in Liberty bonds, and his it address was impressive and instructs Ave. >f The most forceful and eloquent speaker before the association was - Mayor Stewart of Lancaster. His subL ject was the work of the state council rt of defense. He pointed out the serir lous situation on the Western front, n expressed the fear that Italy would i ' soon lie down as Russia has done, and intimated the possibility of England and France having to give up and leave the entire burden upon tht L'nlted States, In which event the wai will go on for years. He warned the bankers that there was much disloyalty and indifference in the country, and urged them to give the matter their , attention, to the extent of teaching and preaching the duty that rests upon every good citizen, and to watch i forsigns of disloyalty, which should bs^promptly reported to the department of justice. 1 Afrer the meeting, upon invitation of the local committee the bankers rei paired with visiting friends to tht quarters of the Elk's club over Reid & 'o.'s store where a delightful luncheon was served by organized ladies of tht city. LIBERTY LOAN RALLY There was a tremendous gathering , of York county people in Hock Hill . last Wednesday on account of tht ' Liberty loan rally. It was the bigI Rest crowd the city has ever seen, si . say many of the oldest residents, and I the occasion was a complete success f rnm nfiirf attinihioint ' The programme consisted of a great patriotic procession. considerably , more than a mile in length, patriotic ' speeches, earnestly and vividly im, pressing the danger, the duty and th* responsibility of the hour, and an exhibition drill by the old Catawba ititles, now Company H. 118th regiment at Camp Sevier. There were some disappointment!! to the committee, especially in that the- battery of Held artillery that had been promised from Charlotte, was i unable to get there because of othei | more serious duties, and because alsc I Captain Leslie Vickers of the British army could not be present: but these disappointments to the committee j were not notices! by the- groat crowd of visitors because of other interest ing features that seemed to leave nc suggestion that anything could bt lacking. The street parade, which begar moving at 2 o'clock in the afternoor passed down Main street by the reviewing stand against iVXeal's oltic? ' across from the National Cnion bank along Itailroad avenue, out to Oakland. and on to the college. Thousand! ol people packed the sidewalks or either side, as far as the eye could . lake in each way, and the processior . as timed from the reviewing stand . was a full half hour in passing a [ given point. On the reviewing stand were Dr. D B. Johnson, president of Winlhrot j college, Hon. L. S. Howe, assistant . secretary ot the tu usury. in churgt . ol customs. Hon. W. H. Stevenson I rcpicsentative of the Fifth congresi sional district in congress, lleorge K I'earson, a survivor of the world fam, ed "i'rincess I'at" regiment of Cana, dians, that was almost annihilated al Vines in 191C. .Miss Katherine Synon ' of the National Women's Liberty lour J committee, Hon. A. I>. Gaston, of tht the Fifth district campaign, Mrs ' Alexander Long, of the service com' inittee, Mrs. W. ti. Henderson, of tht t ited Floss, Ira H. Dunlup, count> - .'iutiri.ian of the council of defense, C t L. Cobb, general chairman of local ' committees, and a number of othei ladies and gentlemen. > l)r. W. (1, Stevens was chief mar1 shal of the parade and had for hit 1 assistants J. M. Youngblood, S. J ' Kimball, E. E. l'oag, W. W. Fennell ' Alexander Martin, It. Z. Thomas, J. Ft Tucker, H. M. Dunlap, D. C. Johnson C. W. Kutterree, Hall Spencer. A. C . Fennell. Alex Willlford. T'ne formation was as follows: t Standard bearers, preceded bj binders; Catawba Hifles, Thirtieth | infantry band, Wlnthrop Scout girls Confederate veterans, U. D. C.'s Children of the Confederacy, D. A i lt.'s, King's Daughters, Carhartt and Tbwmh \\r~ r'lo PoH Prnoo r IToait tAliJUD, IkCU <IV>l?ewll t Liberty Loan committee, Women'i I Science league, War Garden. Boy's t Achievement cluli, Canners and Foul\ try clubs. Food administration, visit. ing bankers, merchant's bureau ant ! sales people, secret orders, Winthro; > 1'raining school, city schools, rura r schools, U. S. postotflce, cotton mills i representative negroes. i Each and every division of the pai rnde was most creditable; but amont I the most striking features were several allegorical representations. Lead, ing the Ited Cross division was Joar 'f of Arc on horseback, followed bj twelve ladles also riding horses and , carrying banners. "Liberty driving ' Hindenburg," with two soldiers keeping the German general in leash witl ' their bayonets made a serio comit hit: but the most tragic conception ol , the whole pageant probably was ti large float on which France. Belgiutr and other natives of civilized Europt | were bowing in humble supplicatior ; to Liberty. Each division carried ar , appropriate banner, and there wert many individual legends like; "Wc r offer our lives, will you lend your dol lars?" "Bonds or trondage, which?' ' "United we stand:" "Food for th< ' fighters!" "Buy a Liberty bond and ' save a soldier." ' The passing of the procession pro' vokeu constant cheering and applause 1 from the throngs along the sidewalk : and from the people on the reviewing stand. 1 At the college was another beauti! ful, novel and impressive sight. Tht t students were lined up the full lengtl f I L. oiiiM-lnir itfalt/U'OVtt fmm ui mr iuiis VU.....P, ......... the main entrance of the executive building to the froqt gates of the campus, facing inward, and on the steps of the main entrance, was a ! great animated flag of girls in red i white and blue. The speakers and esi pccially invited guests reviewed these sights and the disbanding pageant; from n reviewing stand that had beer erected here for their convenience, and ; after this review the exercises were L transferred to the college auditorium p for such of the grown folks as could ' be accommodated, and across the street in front of the college for the . more than a thousand children and others who could not get In range o! the speakers elsewhere. ' The college auditorium comfortablj . seats 1,500 people. It was more thai ; half filled with Wlnthrop students i These, however, gave way to visitors ' all but the seniors and juniors, wh( were to render America and the Stai f Spangled Banner, and after these twe > patriotic hymns had been rendered | the juniors gave way and left the j ushers to fill their places with more [ visitors until the hall was crowded with full seventeen hundred people , with other thousands still outside. I)r. Johnson introduced the speakers. They were Hon. L. S. Rowe. Mis; Synon, and Private Pearson. Mr Rowe had some very pleasant thing; to say of Rock Hill, of Dr. Johnsor ' and Winthrop, of Hon. W. F. Stevenson, and made some references to the ' duty of the Individual as to the Lib' erty loan, and Miss Synon, quite a ' pretty and remarkably bright and : earnest young lady, by the way, made ' a stirring address on the responsibili' ty of the women of the country with regard to the loan, and the war generally. She told how there was ' mourning in every home In France, 1 how the women were plowing in the 1 fields and how they had given up their ' rpen. and everything they have, and how they still stand as firm as a rock for the principles of liberty and jus1 tlce upon which the fate of humanity 1 is hanging. She urged upon all to think war, act war, and work war. and p to continue steadfast until victory is won. But the speech of the occasion was 1 that of Private Pearson of the "Prin! cess Pat." Private Pearson is a hand1 some, stalwart man, who. after passing through two years of the most terrible possible stage or tne war? most terrible because then the Brit> ish troops had but the illest of equipment, and had to stand against German butchers almost without arms and ammunition?was incapacitated from further sen-Ice by reason of an attack of spinal meningitia He is a man of about thirty or thirty-five, of fine education, and before the war was engaged In literary work. He is a good speaker, possessed of an exquisite sense of humor, drilled In rhetoric, and knows exactly how to achieve almost any "desired dramatic effect. He told how his splendidly I trained but poorly equipped i iuent presented a living wall of I and blood to German steel, and > they were cut down at the rate from 5 to 50 a day. and how on i day, the regiment, with an ori| . strength ot only one thousand. I two hundred men. He told in a that made his audience absolute!) r lieve that the soldiers didn't i i dying?that they gave up their t willingly, and gladly, only that I want to make the enemy pay highest possible price before the) In one o: his personal reminisce i of the early days before Ypres. he . how the Germans, in force of tlv ( six to one. lay behind sandbags forty yards away. While he wa; i sentry duly one morning ubout d > he saw the shadowy torni of a man stealing out ot "No Man's L through a gap in the German lir sandbags. He knew that fellow been scouting and that he had n . inalion about the Canadian stre | that would prove disastrous. Bee 1 Of the poor light and the poor 11 he was ufraid to risk a shot; , within a few moments he ohsi t the fellow juking along the treiv going from man to man. Only 1 flat cap would from time to time i up to a level of the sandbags a moved along. K\ ideiitly the Oct was telling what he had <lisco\ preparatory to a raid. Then the ' man having passed down one from the gap, started back to it to th? m.n oil tl.e othei side, ibid |>ass by that gap again, at. I ' attempting the iNtssage. he fmio duck low enough. "Souk thing hap i eu from our hues and th re was an er German in hell!" Here IVI l'earson digressed enough to e.\| that he did not feel called upo i apologize for the assertion he made, for the ivasoiy that "if l.c ' not for these monsters, 1 am utuib 1 imagine why it should have ever > instituted." Hut the most impm part of .Mr. Pearson's address when he described the detenu condition of the soldiers for Ine 1 artillery, for luck of ammunition lack of entrenching tools, lb , how he had been compelled to ill under lire with u pick with one t ?"with one toothpick." Itch i back to the time he marched on! i Montreal to the plaudits of the p , lace, he emphasized the mocker such demonstration when he i himself opposed to a well armed { well equipped enemy while he his comrades had little else to [ with than tlielr bare hands. Itei.-i to the story of soldiers seeing ;> I ' on the battlefield, he said yes. soli , sometimes saw them but they | not the Kind that visionary sent in | UllSIS IlilU III lllllu lln i ..... t in the shape of a squad of sol I with machine guns. or butteries o : tille.-y pouring "5's at the rate i a minute. The greatest comfort can come to a soldier lying ii J trench so nurrow that he hardly turn over on his side without lltv J a bullet is to heat big shells fron own batteries behind zixzing t | head at the enemy. Some of t shells cpst $2,000 cash: but -the ' dlers do not count that cost?it makes them feel that the shells that much better. "They tell me j the -e bonds that are being ofTerei . good, that they are worth 100 ? , on the dollar. 1 never had any m and i do not know anything about | do not know whether the bonds \ good or not. and about that 1 am . concerned; but even If a stack of I that high are not worth the |>owd i would take to blow them up. I tell I" >.? ' thorn 111 i v nil villi nun consider them cheap ut the pric you will do your full duty hack \ the man will do their full duty yonder, loyally and cheerfully, to laying down his life without c ' plaint; but If you don't do your here you need not expect much ' him over there. In this war i man, woman and child is a sol evet the man up to eighty yeai , age and every one is either i<i , against us. If he is helping al can. by every means in his powe ' is on our side, and if he is not I ' ing, he is on the side of the enem j Private Pearson was frequentlj , terrupted with laughter and hand( j ping, and at times his*audience j almost In tears?part of it really in tears. After he sat down the dience continued to applaud unt j had made repeated acknowledgr , After the speaking in the audi I um, the Catawba Itifles gave a interesting exhibition in thrust parry at the bayonet drill. LOCAL LACONICS Our April Quota. i South Carolina's April quota ' selectmen for service is 1,973, of w I 458 ure to be whites and 1,11{ ' groes. York county is to sen whites anil 43 negroes. Six w and 21 negroes are to go from Dii ' No. 1, and seven whites and 22 r groes from District N'o. 2. i Liberty Loan in Fort Mill. ; The people of Fort Mill, town i township, are very much Interest! i the third liberty loan und the scriptions for the bonds has been general and liberal. Dr. J. Lee Si chairman of the Fort Mill loan i ' mittee takes this as an indication ! the Fort Mill folks are more ali\ I the war situation. The farmers o township are showing decided ii est in the third loan, whereas Ir ! two previous loans they appt ! more or less indifferent. The first > of the loan was ushered in with siderable enthusiasm, bells being and whistles blown. Practically ' of the Fort Mill allotment was t ? up the first day. Committees fron 1 ladles' organizations, led by Mrs ' B. Ardrey. Mrs. J. T. Young, M ' Susie White and Minnie Garrison ' been making a house to house car 1 in the town, and other committee to canvass the township outside ' town. i Big Find of Stolen Goods. Magistrate R. L. A. Smith of P I River township, went out to the 1 of Charlie Hawkins near Hie i Grove. Wednesday, to search I stolen goods. Charlie Hawkins ' his two sons were committed to ' last week, charged with having I I en into the W. M. Whltesldes f Magistrate Smith and party f Ifircm nnnntltioq nf atnlon enod?. f eluding clothing, hardware and i cellaneou.s merchandise. Some ol . stuff was hidden in the home, i . in outhouses and some under > ground. Some of it was identlfle " the property of S. B. 1'ratt of Sh< > some as the property of Shannc . I'laxico, also of that place, and i ' as the property of various other ' chants, From circumstances in I nection with the stolen goods . from other Information, it api that the stealing has heen goini for years. Whoever accumulated i stuff, presumably, of course, the cupants of the premises, had i stealing from whomsoever they < i whenever opportunity invited. ? In a speech to the British h i of commons last Tuesday, Hon. I 1 George announced the raising of ' age of conscription in the British t and proposed home rule for Irel 1 He gave as a reason for both pro| tlons conditions on the western f 1 the demands of the greatest batt the history of the world now in ' gress, which battle, he said, might ' for months. He described the wI as much for the benefit of Irelan for anybody else,* and said Ire must do her part. America, by pui her troops at the disposition of ' Allies, had saved the day, and An ca's help was to decide the war it 1 vor of the Allies. John Redmond other Irish Nationalists, raised vi< 1 protest at the premier's propositic conscription for Ireland, and said conscription could never come, premier, however, went on with speech, as though everything had settled, notwithstanding the clairr the Irishmen that the carrying ot conscription would mean war agi Ireland. ? A dispatch from Columbia qi Hon. John L. McLaurin as saying there Is no truth In a story tha has burled the hatchet with Hon. L. Blease, and that he will let I known within a few days as to wh er he will be a candidate for United States senate. The auth< upon which the dispatch was sent does not appear to be exactly clei regi- FIGHTING IN PICARDY flesh _____ Terrible Battle Continue# Without otu> Much Interruption. iinaJ The assaults of the ticrtunns against los' the British and French lines in north way . j,e_ ern France continue with undtminishnind ed determination, and although the lives cables are not surticientlj clear to *the **'Ve lo,nl'rehensive Idea of the exr go. sul ,fle situation, there is no noes rva8on to doubt the extremelj gm\c , l(,lj nature ot it all. Aineriean troops an- now rcinforo onTC I "1=? Mritish Hue in France along s on|t,u' greater i>ortion ot which tlltf tier* J|Wn mans are keeping up their strong uttler tucks hordes oi men and great ami" concentration artillery in assaults ie of fhat now uppurentjy haxe their oh. had Jcctive u; Northern France and Hellfor B'"111- " w:,s a happy lot ot men that ngth *XVUI>K into the sector chosen tor a use them. lark From the soutli ot Ypres in liclgi* l>ut' urn the region ot l*a Masse. in France rved "1'' ncw ofensne ot the tierinans is irhes "*'ing carried out with great d? sp< ration. with thousand* ot men under hob cover of unprecedented bombardments s j,t. of the allied rear lines, endeavoring to man I'lerce the bravely defended fronts cred Mritish and l*ortiigncs?? and now also at some unnamed |N?int " by the Americans. II it t>n several sectors of th< new :'0 had ,nl'c "attic "n'' a ' 'w deep salients I "jn have been driven l?> tin- enemy, but tl to in the process the Germans nowhere p,,n. have been able to break through, the tin* merely bending back tindei the Ivate Brent pressure, I'articularly deep are plain w,'dgea northwest ot Armentieres and n to northwest of l?i Fasse?salients wind had seem to make certain the evacuution 11 is t"c Mritish of Armentieres. Ie to Mritish |M)sitiotis southwest of Arbeen nt?*ntieres. lying between the river ssive '*>s i,n,l Foi'be, north of Armentieres was along the live tulle front l>etwccii the ele'ss I'loegsteert wood and the Wytschaetcj. Messines ridge have been pressed for back by the Germans. Fast of La told ** ** F'iccnehy hill, the key to ju Hethune, has been tenaciously held by ooth *> ? Mrlttsli and the town of tiivenchy rring retaken. while to the north in the [ tl, region of Ypres the enemy's attacks opu- ',avc "cell decisively repulsed. The .. Mritish in recapturing tiivenchy made ound n,'arly a thousand German prisoners, and 1''"' 'atcst German ottlcial statement pnd asserts that between Armentieres and tight res the Germans have crossed rring ",0 IAs river and that north of Ar,?"i? mentlores the lirittsh lines on both 'Y sides of \\ aastcn-\\ :it lieton have been w > l*'n?'t rated. ^'x thousand prisoners and loo guns aiv claimed to have more token by the Germans in the , ' lighting hetween A fluent ieres ami l-i . 1 Basse canal. f 3o *1'H?- famous Vitn> ridge, won a year thai :,RO ,'u> Ganadlnns. is receiving a prodigious visitation of shells from German batteries, itinir While the lillttle in the north has . been in progress the lighting south of 1 . the Sotnmc. where the liritish are \ ' * aliened against the Germans. has . been rather subdued. Not so. howevnlv on ' sectors where the French ire alu' 'lernians are disputing the oceui1, iianey of the terrain. Furious assaults . and counter assaults have been going , on around by the board sets forth, etits tj?. |)(tnri| Hanpranl-Kn-Sante?it I "u* V'"!,K'' changing hands inati> ' times." At last accounts the French 1 ar? not alone held the village but also the '.n nearbv cemetery. :hem er it 1 1 x'"! MERE-MENTION and e. If The DuPont Powder Company of here Wilmington. Del., subscribed for $ ?.over aua.uau of Liberty loan bonds, to be even placed outside of Delaware, and . out- agreed to duplicate the total subduty seriptions of Delaware up <o an adof ditional JlT.OUO.OtiO, which is Delavery ware's allotment of the third loan Idler. Surgeon General Gorgua hus begun a s of weeding out of all reserve army medir or cal corps officers who are not lit for I he active service. It is estimated tliut r. he about 1,500 commissions will be rci?'lp yoked Tho American ship Lucia. >>' " the vessel that was pronounced "un'n sinkuble," and which left an Ameri "n" ,hr w"fkif r? h* ij^ai was arrived at a European port. Ttie iaiwas cja jpj not. encounter a submarine on 1 au* her trip over Because of short" age of labor in a local plant, ten nent. prisoners were released from the Jail l,or'* at Reading, Pa., this week on their most promise to go to work Rev. Vinand r,.,it Hell of Syracuse. N. Y., lias been excommunicated from the Presbyterian church by the Syracuse Presbytery. He was charged with selling fraudulent diplomas to persons which would enable them to enter Auburn of theological seminary French uviurhlch tors have discovered the location of i ne- the Gorman gun that has been bomd 13 hording Paris, and bombing by the hites French airmen has made the continuitrict ed tiring of the big gun rather unsatlsne factory A Paris paper says that Kola Pasha, who is under death sentence for treason, has made some Important admissions and that further an<l important revelations regarding Ger5d in man propaganda, may grow out of the sub- confession A patrol of American both soldiers was tired on by Mexicans iratt, across the ltio Grande, east of Fort com- Hancock, Texas. Tuesday afternoon, that Several of the Americans were hit e to uy a collision of airplunes at Kelly f the Field. San Antonio, Tex., Tuesday afnter ternoon, one cadet "was killed anil i the another seriously injured. The collared Union occurred at n height of 350 - day feet. Snow fell throughout N'ew con- Kngiand, Middle Atlantic and Central rung states Tuesday night and Wednesday. half m aken t the The Church and Bond#.-?The Asi. W. sociate Reformed church of Yorkville, lsses s. C? Is very anxious to impress upon have the general public of Yorkville and lvass vicinity the importance of buying 8 are Liberty bonds, und has fallen u|m>ii the newspaper advertising as the most effective means of reaching the public. Accordingly we find in the current issue of the Yorkville Enquirer the folIroail lowing striking advertisement, which iomc ix signed by various officials of this kory church: for "Whereas, our country, the United and states of America, is engaged in the jail world war in defense of liberty, huirok manity. justice, truth and right, the mill, principles upon which the Son of God ounil has established Christian civilization, in- m support 01 wnicn principles we mis- stand pledged with ull that wo have. ' tho "Thoroforo, be it resolved, some "i. That earnest, faithful service of the country in this most righteous underd as taking, is service of God. iron, "2. That with our young men offerin & ing their all, including their lives, it some is our sacred duty to give them all tner- the sup|?ort in our power, con- "3. That we pledge ourselves to buy and Liberty loan bonds and war savings tears certificates to the limit of our ability, g on and that we call upon all our fellow the citizens to do likewise." oc- And why Hhouldn't the church take been a leading part in financing a war ould which is lining waged for Christian freedom and liberty the world over? Ministers of all c.hurches offer public prayers for the success of the Amerliouse can arms. To get right out In the Joyd field and boost bonds as the Yorkvllle ! the brethren are doing seems merely irmy another way of practicing one's land, preachments. posi- In the Civil war the mothers of the ront, south labored by day making garle in ments for their soldiers and by r.ight pro- their voices were lifted up In fervent last prayer, ir as Very soon every person In America d as will feel keenly the nearness of the land present conflict, and when this Is ttlng true, it will not be necessary to &d' the vertlse bond sales. Every loyal fieri- patriot will seek out the banks handli fa- ing them and do his bit to the exand treme limit.?Charlotte Observer, ilent ? ? n of ? At the annual session of the Great that Council of South Carolina Red Men. The held in Columbia last Tuesday, officers i his for the ensuing year were elected as been follows: Great prophet?Cannon G. i? of Blease, Newberry; great sachem?D. it of w. Smoak, Greenville; great senior ilnst sagamore?R. N. Leonard, Union; great junior sagamore?H. C. Summers. Jr., Anderson; great chief of lotes records?R. L. Cromer, Union; great that keeper of wampum?W. M. Allen, t he Greenville. Retiring Great Sachem Cole Cannon G. Blease was elected one of t be the representatives to the Great Couneth cil of the United States. Mr. O. 8. Gothe ree of Newberry, was chosen to All the jrlty vacancy on the board of trustees. Unout ion was chosen as the place of next ir. meeting.