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' u'Mr $ ? . . * * . * ?* f YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. i: m aaisT s sobs. Pnbliahm. 3 Jamilj JJurspaper: Jfor the promotion of the political, Social, Agricultural and (fommerriat Sntrrrsti of lfct fcopl<. | umu con. nvc am kstakijshku 1855 YQRKTS." cT TIIESDAY'APRTL aarTui8. NO. 33 niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiii j "Bride < ^ lly VICTOI 1 A ROMANCE OF TH I FIGHTING 01 z FIELDS C r < '<>!>> I liy miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiii CHAPTER IV. Ari'l tyifirs passi-d. and Marl Wiilhii'i' jrri-w Kisiyi anil oldor, an< limn- f?t anil dlspirlti-d. with lorn? al ii-rnatuiK intervals of resignation w la n In- took lil?- as In- found it am was satisth-d. Hut he always cami out of these into l?ri?-t periods of 1111 list, with tin- sense that In- had awak i in d iioiii somi- li'thai'Ky that win .i.M.i.in " ins soul as tin alkali and tin winds of I hi- plain* hail Hwnniil hi: Ian- ami taki-n tin- last particle o! hit south away. Now in Ti-xas, now in Arizona, nov in soiii" loin 1> I.or.hr post in tin Iri-i'/.iiiK northwi st. In- remained a flip tain. Hi- hail no friends in Washing ton In timi? in lout; tunc In- wouli icjn-h his iiiajority, no ilouht, to he re In m.I soon alter, ami waiiillc, witl stout olil majors nl his own nfje, tnli oriiati clubs in aiin.\ renters not i|uit< so tai removed I nun civilization. Ih looked upon this pros|s-i-t with ironica liatii nce, ami now ami then nski? himself tin- unanswerable i|iicstioi wh> In- hail letiiaitii-U in the army. Kh-anor was mown up ami ilomicilci pei mam-nt I > in Colonel I low aril's tow i house, ami In r h tteis hail mown iiion nifi-i-i|in-iit ami perfunctory, until tln-i arrival lH-came a i|iiarleij.\ aiTair in stc.-ul ot a monthly event, ami not nl ways that, either. Ami by ami by tin- feel in t; cairn over .Mark that it ever he were to Iter attain tlu-re would remain no coin mon link between them. From doubt ittK his Inline he hail conn- to ilouh himself, lie lloubteil whether till- lies it lib- hail not blunted him, hluntci his liner instim-ts, ami made bun unii for social life?ci rlainl.v rendered hin until tin- tlx- Kuardiuiiship ul' a youn: Kill. Itut that he hail roliniiilishtd to Col in I I low a I'll -KrinlKiiiKly nnrom IMiiiiiisinKlv. Never in any of his lot t? is <liil ho put forward tin- shailov of his foriiii'i* claim. Tin n, swiftly, ami unexpectedly i liaiuo turned anil beckoned liim. II rami' in tin- form of a letter Iron *ol. Ilow-.nil. the first in two yean 11 own nl hail, in the past, ripeateill; ti ii-il in imlui'e Mark to take ndvnnt.UK1 oi opportunities that he luul put lie fori him. hut Mark hud refused stubbornly ? |- -on ft I Hr.yniijoi UJ niw?-hunJit?<u iiiunniii Howard did not know, thi underlying idea in his own iniml. tin sense ol subdued i;ineor against (In man who hatl robbed him ol' Klcanor i'oii|>lt'il with lliu sense of sacrifice thai la* might withdraw all his claim: oil the child. Now, however, llowartl made om more attempt. "I want >ou to think this proposh lion over as t|iiiekly as possible." In wrote, "not lor my sake or yours, Inii hecaiise your duty is to take the joh With war with tlermany in plain view to the initiated, there are great things titling in Washington, ami I've lieei offered my oltl post at the mohilizatiot l|e|iartlllellt, Wlliell lias lieell cnlurgci lieyoiul all knowledge. Your work ii the west is hetter known than yoi think. Wallace, and we want you here Wire if you can. and come I?> the tirsi train. This is ol'licinl. so don't wail for divisional notitlcation. which may take days." The letter readied Mark in one o his pi'riods of helpless despondency Impulsively he wired back, accepting regretted as soon as the message hat been dispatched, but packed his suit' case, turned over the command to tlx senior lieutenant, and took the trail for Washington. As lie went east the years seen to f ill from hrin like a dream. It wa, a lio/.eii labyrinth in which lie set-met to have I" en wandering; he seemed ft come to himself with a consciousness of years wasted, but of years of uctioi ahead. Colonel Howard gazed curiously a i. 1? ?!., hint as tu- rose trotn (lis ucsk hi in\\;ii olltee and grasped his hands. "I should never have known you Wallace," he said. What he was thinking was, "C.ooi Lord, how the >ears hiive ratrn inti him!" "Iton't think that your work has lu i-n imiwPKnltrd," ho said, after ; few minutes of desultory chatting. "1 lias been, and I know that recognitloi is coining to you in the fullest meas ure. You iire to work under me here it's a t?ig scheme that we are pre lulling. my hoy, and only Kellerman iind I and yourself, will lie ae?iuainte?l will all itie details, outside of the depart mental head. You remember Keller man?" Maik hodded. trying to pierce to get her the pictures of the past. "We are working out the mohilua tion plans tor the tlrst contingent, at ter it reaches France," Howard con tinned. "It's it bigger scheme thai anything we knew in the past. You'l net as my sutiordinntc iind have an in tinuite knowledge of the details?a sor of understudy, in fact, but with a goo< deal of initiative as well. And if wa comes, its it is sure to cotne. we'll In sent over on the Hint transport, to pro paro things fo~ the troops. Ah, Kel lormnn, hero's Wallace, newly arrive to take over his duties." Mark saw not the slightest change ii Kellerman since the days of the Cut>ai war. Kellerman was Just as florid ni ever, just as burly, with the same rath er sinister way of glancing: his hlacl hair was unthinned and unto: 'ho< with gray. He had borne the >ean rutvh better than Mark. If Kellerman reciprocated Mark': feelings, he showed no sign of it in hi: cordial handgrip. "We were glad to get you. Wallace.' he said. "You'll excuse me for a mo ment, I'm sure." He drew Colonel Howard aside li conversation, while Mark twirled hi. fingers and looked out of the window Into the busy hive of the capital, am tried to make himself believe that I was all true. if Battle" | it itorssKAf I E AMERICAN ARMY | I THE BATTLE- ? IF FRANCE. | \V. G. t'hupmaii. 5 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin I When Kt-lli'nnnn h;i?l cone th<- colonel invite.! M:irk to sdt down, find I launched into business. "I must toll you that it's a prettv ' stilT jol? that we're tackling, Mark." 1 he said. "To begin with, we're a sort '* of nucleus of tin- whole organization. We're in touch with every division. - We have to have the whole thing at our lingers' ends?and it's mainly a r" matter of ships, animals, and trans14 port. And. to cap the climax, you can 4 imagine what a nest of intrigue and, espninago Washington has become in ' these days. And. as neutrals-ostenslbly neutrals?we can do nothing to - put an end to it." lie stretched out his linger and ' pointed toward the big safe between tiie windows. 1 "Any one of some two hundred pa' pers there, Mark, would give a valu" able clue," lie said. "Kvery night, when work is finished, your task will be to ' open the safe, take out the inner case ' containing these documents, add those on which you have been working, including every waste sheet and every ' scrap of the day's blotting paper, and ' have the day |?orter convey them. ' under your personal supervision, to i tin- strong room, win-re you and either the general, myself, or Kellerman. - will place them in the safety vault. In the morning the same procedure is rei' versed. And thut is why I insisted ' on our getting you. Mark. 1 knew you. and I don't know the hundred of other - otlicers of impeccable character whom' t we could have secured. We can't run 1 ' 'Pl.f.l'u uhl riss?, -?< <! , 1 it Imd to be just you and Kellermnn t ami I. Wo li.ul our lesson in tlit* bid i days, you know." ' Ho frowned at the remembrance, and then answered Mark's unspoken - question with another. "Where are you staying, Wallace?" "At the Congressional." k' " W? II, I want you to eonte and stay with us us soon as we're settled. We've . rented a house in Massachusetts circle, and move in on the lirst of the month, i Klennor ami Mrs. Howard are still in L New York, hut they're coining here in r j ill Knit ten days' time?just as soon as i*!l can got the house ready for them, i' I Kleunor is dying to see you, and Mrs. . I Howard has the pleasantest remem? )of s-outho. A ad ,r,>w Tm going" to take you to the brigadier." The short interview with the head of the department confirmed Mark's . impressions as to the businesslike na. turo of the plans of the war office < Mark went home. He was resolved, although he hail not told the colonel. not to become his guest?at least not unitms he found that he couldn't take up lus life again where he had dropped it. years before. And then?but l what was the use of speculating? He . went home to the hotel. ' lie was surprised to tlnd how easily ' lie seemed to tit into his environment > when he donned his long-neglected i evening clothes and went down to the t dining room of the Congressional. Alt most the tlrst Idee he saw was that of i a man of his class; within u few min * ic..n?.... umitiul Jit the t it inner table with a merry party of old t friends and new acquaintances. And > the years had slipped away from him. On tiie next morning when he took I up his duties, it was with the sense that he was no longer a stranger. . Washington was ready to extend her I welcome to him. At the army club, to which he wits isisted by Colonel p Howard, he found himself, much to his surprise, often the center of a respect till audience, eager to hear of the work i of tiie army in the forlorn outposts of 3 the west, lie discovered, too. with i surprise, that he was by no means as > unknown as lie had imagined liimkcll 3 to lie. i Then there were invitations that hail to be accepted, receptions and dinners; t yet through it all Mark waited for the f charmed day when the house in Massachusetts circle was to be ojien. ed, displaying the princess of his imagination. the little child of the h 111 I side, the schoolgirl, grown into tin ) image of his dreams. (To He Continued.) DELIVERING THE GOODS i . Americans in France Insist Only Upon ; their Duty. Commanders of units who imrtici. initial in the several days of lighting i last week in company with the French in the Aprcmont wood sector, writes - a correspondent with the American army, are finding it difficult to pick - out men who especially distinguished themselves in the operations. One - commander said that every man acted like a hero and it was hard to choose - the most deserving eases. One of the i most popular men with the soldiers on I tills sector is the Rev. Pes Valles. a - Roman Catholic priest of New Hcdt ford. Mass., who is living with the 1 men in an unofficial capacity, he hnvr lag come to France as a representat tive of the Knights of Columbus. When the attacks began Father Des - Valles braving the dangers of shell and I machine gun fire went to the casualtv clearing station near the front line i to administer to the wounded. He asi sisted In dressing the injuries of the s soldiers and gave each man a word - of cheer. He handed out cigarettes to { the men who smoked. 1 "He's as game as they make them, s and every inch a soldier," said a dough boy, while other soldiers spoke < of the inspiration furnished by the j priest. Another popular man Is a young * banker of Springfield, Mass., who was - pressed into service as a stretcher bearer. He was the smallest man in i the outfit and after several trips be? came so exhausted he was unable to i hold the stretcher. He refused to 1 give up and had his companions tie t the stretcher to his wrists with rope so as to enable him to bold the v SOLDIER LIFE AT SEVIER Z advi Correspondent Writes About Matters man Tbaf Appeal To His Interest. chap HIE MERITS OF THE NEW ENFIELD soldi Proficiency With the Bayonet?Men ' T) Who Fight Help to Finance the Fighting?Captain, Who Would a Sermon Preach, Dismisses the Matter With a Declaration the Truth of ,U' Which None Can Dispute. a m (Passed by the Censor.) I than - . '. - r- n<|,A J I Rive camp sevier, April 10?i nc uuusiu the ritle used by the Americans in the min' trenches over there as well as the other Allies, has been distributed to 'K't'r infantry regiments at Camp Sevier. he ^ and the soldiers here have about hls 1 mastered the mechanical intricacies of in 11 i he new pieces. The Enfield Is an Eng- ^ lish ritle, considered by ordnance ex- su'1' perls the greatest battle ritle known. It stru is longer than the Springfield which cum tho troops here have been using, by come three inches and it weighs about rt,'u n pour ! more. It is u stronger gun nuSi :tnd all round is better adopted for the ^ * grim work at hand. Distribution of Iri*s' these titles is an evidence of the fact " I hat some of these days niuny of the "oth boys who have been working day in r?'' and day out to get into training will *5un' have the opportunity to put that train- man Ino into nraetice over there. stretcher on the journey froin the front line to the dressing station. Twice in twenty.four hours an American company has assisted French | troops in a neighl>oring sector to regain trenches temporarily taken by the Hermans. The company was led by a captain which took his troops over the top in the face of the most violent machine gun and artillery fire. Each time he succeeded in driving out the I enemy and inflicting heavy casualties and then strengthening the positions. A most pathetic story from the American lines is that of a young corporal who was wounded fatally after fighting for four hours. A piece of shrapnel struck him in the head. He had a grenade In each hand. Hiving them to his companion, he said: "I guess I'm done. Please write to my < mother and tell her how it happened. Hut there?take these grenades and i for Hod's sake don't waste them." 1 The corporal fell in a faint and died in a hospital the next day with- ] out regaining consciousness. At one point on this sector there j was a space of only 15 yards between the opposing trendies. A day before j an attack, the Hermans threw into , the American trench a card. It read: , "What are you? Canadians or A lis- j Italia its?" "C'otne over and find out," was the reply thrown back by tin American soldier. . One lieutenant in a listening |?ost with a small party of men was cut | off front the remainder of tin- platoon in Friday's attack. He tried to send , up rockets to signal an American liarrage but lite rockets failed to work. A private then volunteered to run ( back with a message, lb passed through three lines of barrage lire without being harmed and delivered , the message. The American gunners laid down a barrage immediately and saved the lieutenant and his party frotn the hands of a superior force of the enemy which was headed in their direction. NATION WIDE RALLY President Asks Everybody to Get to | Work on April 26. The president has issued tile follow- 1 ing Liberty Day proclamation: "Hy the president of the United States ( of America?A proclamation. "An enemy who lias grossly abused ( the power of organized government | and who seeks to dominate the world by the might ol the sword, challenges the rights of America and lite liberty and life ot all the free nations of tlie earth. Out brave sons arc facing the lire of battle in defense of the lionoi and rights of America and the liberty of nations. To sustain tin-in and to assist our gallant associates in the war, it generous and patriotic people have been called upon to subscribe to the third Liberty loan. t hereto, c: i. Woodrcw Wilson. president of the United States of America, do appoint Friday, the -tith day of April, 1'JlS, as Liberty Day. On the afternoon of that da> 1 re?inest the people of tin United Slates to assemble in their rcsiiective communities and liberally pledge anew their tinancial support to sustain the nation's eause. Patriotic demonstrations should he held in every city, town and hamlet throughout the land under the general direction ol' the secretary of the treasury and the immediate direction m the Liberty loan committee organized by the Federal reserve banks. Lot the nation's response to the third Liberty loan express in unmistakable terms the determination of America to tight for peace, the permanent peace of justice. "For the purpose of imrtieipating 1n ' Liberty Day celebrations all employes of the Federal government throughout the country whose services can be ' s|tared may be excused at 12 o'clock ' noon Fri lay. April 2ii. "In witness whereof, 1 have here- : unto set my hand and caused the seal ' of the United States to be atllxed. 1 "Done in tin District of t'oliimbia. ' this eighteenth day of April, in the ' year of our Ixtrd one thousand nine ' hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence ol the United States of ' America, one hundred and forty-see- 1 ond. ' (Signed) Wood row Wilson. ' "lly the president: ' "Kobcrt Lansing, i "Secretary of State." I i m i < SUSPICION OF THE GERMAN 1 I Columbia Committee of Nine Inve&ti- 1 gating Illegal Liquor. ' is German money bringing liquor to 1 Columbia to debauch the soldiers? i Is German money paying the law .vers who defend those who import I li?liior Illegally? < Are those who are imjiorting liquor illegally in the pay of the German government ? ' These are some of the questions f which the "Committee of Nine" is > asking the grand jury of the county i to answer. I The "Committee of Nine" is com- i posed of several score of true blue I Americans who are co-operating with I the government authorities to Im- i prove conditions in Columbia and aid ! in every way in the suppression of all i tilings evil that will impair the effl- t clency o fthe soldiers. It has the aid i of government agents along certain ] lines and has been of great benefit to i the government authorities sinee the ( establishment of the camp here. i ll has uetermineu 10 ass me srana i Jury to make n searching investigation into the liquor traffic in Columbia. both that which is imported illegally and that which Is Imported t' rough liquor permits obtained from the judge of probate. The committee does not feel sure that all prescriptions are given in good faith, and it wants the names of the physicians who are giving the prescriptions to be made known to the grand jurj at least and to the public if necessary, and the good faith of their actions established. The grand jury will be asked to act as promptly as possible. N. H. Driggers is the foreman of the grand Jury. Ninety-one of the 100 inmates of the Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men. have subscribed for Liberty bonds. One man subscribed for two $100 bonds and was asked if he thought he could carry them. "Sure," he replied, "all I will have to do is to speed up my broom machine a bit" . ' ' * New bayonets have been Issued "u>1 dong with the new rilles and like the s'cel lilies they are a decided improvement aver there. ICnglish and French of- *hat licers and non-cominissioncd officers in their dally lectures to classes of l'ow ^ Idlers drawn from all organisations eni here, lay great stress on the import- 1 awe of the bayonet in the fighting ,he over there. The soldier in the trenches KOin I hey say, who is not an expert at par- >'ou rying and thrusting with the Ufcyonet for" Is simply out of luck. The new bayon- 1811,1 ets are longer than the bayonets wro> I hat were attached to the SprhMfleld Tl rilles and are also as sharp as any k'101 knife or stllleto. Soldiers of th0 "Old V8X Hickory Division" are expected to do capt urcat work with the new knivas and 84)111 i here is no doubt that tljey wilL Day wou ifter day of hard practice has paused and the majority of them to becom^ won- conf ilerfuily efficient, and most of khe fel- kite' lows simply refuse to believe ti* Fritz enoi can have much if anything oiw them It when it comes to fighting with a bay- "apt imet. ( very A devilish soldier who was discus- brie; sing bayonet fighting the other day "1 suggested that probubly Uncle fkun "but would equip his colored soldier^ with mot razors instead of bayonets since their see >....wiiinf venn111 eome more natural. Sum We of the 30th can't state ai a fact "1 that this will be the case, sLwe we to s haye no nejjro soldiers _pree V goin The work of eliminating . top phyiically and mentally misfit which has (nto aused the medical end of the Division tjme to worry and made them tear their tiair during the past several months, thou ias about been completed. There are jt,ss i??\v in the division comparatively few men who are not as near to physical ... l?erfoction as a soldier is expected to jjpvt >e. and the reiiuirements for a soldier ,m(1 ire <|Uite "stitT," to use a slang ex- , l>ression. Although there will of :*ourse he some of it to do, not much ^ time will be available at the front to no devoted to men who complain each ?j naming of tlie headuche or toe ache u >r this ailment or that. Therefore the wm limination of the invalids on this .,, dde. , is ci During the first Liberty Loan cam- at IKiign soldiers bought hundreds of lo" thousands of dollars worth of the lionds. In the second campaign the ? | iggregate for the military ran up into to ' the millions. SoIdlers were allowed lo purchase bonds and pay for them a monthly installments. For Indance: Private Jack Rutledge desires to purchase one Liberty Loan bond. ti The sum of per month for nine mjn, months and $4.75 for one month Is leducted from his pay eaeh month in an(j urder to i>ay for the bond. During the iecond campaign there were thousands jn t if soldiers drawing thirty dollars n ,.om month who invested as much as half pe s their pay in bonds and there were put it hers who went into it even deeper. mus If the civilian population buys bonds tj,ey luring this third campaign in any- gate thing like the proportion that the.en- th,! listed men are going to buy, the loan will be oversubscribed by hundreds of aver millions. Verily soldiers are willing vari' ind more than willing to put everything that they are and have into this a8 0 light against the Huns. sion Coui Believing and with good reason, too, that their stay at Camp Sevier is not And ;oing to be so long as It has been. Ban: soldiers here are beseiging their com- J*?" manding officers with requests for fur- j}er| oughs and passes home for a few days ?*alh ind scores and score** of them are Chai leaving every day for a visit to the tiomefolks. In most instances a five chei lay stay Is allowed. It is a homesick (Mar soldier who returns to camp on the dxth day. though It doesn't take more ^iiic than a day or two for the most of Dor* :hem to get over it and back into the Edg vum-drum and hurley-burley of it/ill. With so much work to do and such o>eo, llversifled and all the while interesting (Jret work, one could not cherish pangs of lomesickness long. Hon Jasr The taboo has virtually been placed Ken >n the discharge of drafted men be- p1"1 _ Laui ause of dependent relatives. By a ecent order, no drafted man is now Lexi lischarged unless he can show that McC ?onie new status has arisen In conlection with his family since bis entry xew nto service. Up to a month or so Ocoi igo many soldiers were discharged >e cause of minority?being under RIcl .dghteen years of age. But now even Salu hough a lad enlisted under eighteen Bpai .ears of age, stating his age as aigheen at the time if in the opinion of wiH its regimental surgeon he is develop- Tori d to anything like the degree a man >f eighteen should be, there is no Mi retting out And most boys sixteen or Cod: leventeen years of age, would easily eral >ass for twenty-one after a few v nontha of this great army Hfe. tarn at t As well as I recollect I have stated Wed n a previous article that there is nop nent i very great deal of religions sentl- Ouai nent in evidence In the army. Of thirl I se each regiment has a chaph is supposed to l>e the spiritt sor therefor, but how could o hold close spiritual touch wl 0 others? The bugle blows I xh every Sunday morning and t (lain preaches a little sermon ty benches usually instead lers. That is about all there is lere is in a certain Infantry rei t a rough old captain an impet erratic, do-it-now kind of cha with a heart aa big as his het an so big and brave and genero 1 any one of his 250 men wot their right arms for him a lite. lis lack of religious influence h i worrying him for some time a ietermined a few weeks ago to t land at getting his men interest leir spiritual welfare, ist Sunday morning without co ng anybody in advance he i i-ted his sergeant in charge of t puny street to go down the line s. pull all the men out of bed a, lire them to come to the compa 8 hall, "for church," as he put It. le sergeant in charge (a big roui imun) was amazed. He had be hat company fur two years a dng like it hud ever occurred L . Xo reveille was observed It lay morning and consequent y fellows were lying on their cc o'clock in the morning serene r confidence of a morning's ext [? ?lng a good soldier end knowl it was his business to obey ord( lout question, the big Mick start n the line Sunday morning to f out, and he did: te-gosh, git up and out o' th' ht skipper's turned preacher and tor tell you mutts abo cussedness this mawnin'," he I led each squad as he entered t s iind turned cots and occupar ig side up. tie men of that company dldi - . 1. _ _ m t*. rp>,A,f Uffl iv wnai 10 niaKf ui 11. me} .. v d of course but the fact that t aln was going to preach w ething so entirely new that th ldn't have missed it for anythi the captain-parson had a fi negation, even the cooks ai hen police knocking off lo lgh to listen to what was going c wasn't any llowory talk that t ain made to them. He didn't ta long but on the other hand It w f and to the piont. i'ou men don't know it." he sa : 1 have had letters from t hers of most of you asking thai to it that you go to church eve Jay. Phere isn't but one way for I ce to it and that is to do a lit ichlng_ myself_to you and I e g to do if from nowl>n. lome of these days you aro gol the melee over there and i you were getting close to yo . Many of you are so careless ai ightless you never would do it u you were forced to do so, and going to do just that to you. Iny of you who say you don't b s in tJoil Almighty is a li 1 know it and you know it. UI right, that is about all I have this time: Sergeant , If y< >n't forgot it: lead in singing t psalm. am not going tp call on any men to pray this morning b; t do so next Sunday, ind by the way, the soldier th lUght in bed next Sunday mornli o'clock is going to get a weel inement to quarters. am going to look after you f< i as your mothers have asked r o, I am." Jas. D. Grist. ACREAGE ASSESSMENTS. it the State Tax Commissi Would Do To Land Values. lie state tax commission has il an increase in the assessed val a of the acreage in South Oarolir to that end it has worked out ine that applies to all the countl lie state. On Just wha. basis t mission has been working canr tnted now for lack of informatio It is determined that all lan t be returned higher in 1918 th were In 191", and that the aggn increase will cut quite a figure total value of South Carol! >erty as assessed for tabulatic following tabulation showing t age assessed value per acre In t rius counties In 1917, and the avt value at which it is proposed th lands are to be assessed in 1918, ifflcially prepared by the comm ntles 1917 19 evllle $ 6.60 8 6. n 4.12 4. erson 6.75 12. iberg 3.78 6. well 3.53 4. ufort 4.32 4. teley 2.14 2. loun 3.70 6. rleston 4.06 4. roki-e 5.22 7. iter 6.11 4. iterfield 2.82 3. endon 3.18 4. eton 2.11 2. ington 5.30 10. in 6.45 12. Chester 2.02 2. etield _ 4.82 5. field 3.48 3. ence 4.51 ' 9. rgetown 2.23 3. nvllle 6.18 9. nwood 6.38 7. lpton 2.49 3. ry 1.85 2. n mo t jhaw 3.44 3. :aster ........ 3.90 6. rens ? _? 6.60 7. 6.41 12. ngton 3.19 5. ormick 4.90 5. ton 3.61 6. lboro 5.83 16. berry 5.62 6. nee 2.92 4. lgeburg 3.77 7. ens 3.30 8. iland 4.75 6. da 4.54 7. -tanburg 6.66 10. ter 6.40 8. >n 4.66 4. lamsburg 2.39 3. < 6.36 7. ljor John M. Birkner of Car r. Deem In0', N. M., held as a Fe prisoner at Santa Fe on a char iolatfcm of the espolnage act, w id and feathered by 400 con vie he New Mexico state prison la nesday. Birkner. had been proa ly connected with the Nation nd of Nebraska for more th J nm. x AMERICA'S WORK IN WAR ne ,lohr Staggeriog Figures Id List Of Ac* he complistimeBts. to 9 ?o GREAT WORK FAIRLY UNDER HI How Great Army Wa? Raised in Unit,U ed Statee?What American Navy Wa? Dona. I lus Here are some o' America's ac- J lU complishments in the first year of ny our part in the war: The total estimated expense of the as t'nited States government in the first nd year of war, without loans to the ry Allies, Is 112.067,278,679.07. ed The army has increased from 9,524 officers and 202,510 enlisted men n. to 123,801 officers and 1,528,924 n. men. he Appropriations of $7,464,771,756.0f 4 8 have been made since April 6, nd :917, to the war department, ny The navy has increased from 4,.92 officers and 77,946 enlisted men, gh io 21,000 officers and 330,000 enen lifted men. Total navy appropriand <>ons, 33,333,171,665.04. ie- Available for aircraft production ist in 'he first year, $691,000,000. tiy Availuble for the United States ?ts shipping Hoard and Emergency Fleet in i'ori>oration, $2,034,000,000. ra The first American contingent landed at a French port 88 days afng ter war was declared, and went on the >rs litie for their baptism of fire 187 ed days after the declaration. ;et American destroyers arrived ut a iirilish port to assist in patrolling iy, European waters 28 days after the is declaration. iut Perhaps an even more impressive n- record concerns the government's he work in adapting the nation's induslts trial and economic machinery to the purposes of war. Today the govn't ernment operates 260,000 miles of re railway, employing 1,000,600 men he and representing investment of 317, as '>00,000,uOO. Eighteen months ago ey this condition would have been reng gurded by capital as revolutionary jll and alarming, although in the ultind mate interests of the public it has ng long been advocated by progressive >n. thinkers. he The treasury department has sold jk IJberty bonds, war savings certifies cates of indebtedness amounting to i 8,560,802,052. Id, Allotments and allowances to solhe diera' and sailors' dependents in Feh1 I ruary were $19,976,543. ,ry The government has gone into the insurance business, having issued ne policies for $12,465,116,500 to men tie in its armed forces on March 12. im Deaths in the artny, from Aprjl 6, T9I7,' 10 "Miir'cTf IT,""FromiITTausSsr ' ng were 1,191, of which 132 were in act's tion and 237 loses at sea. Casuur alties in the navy to December 31 nd include 5 officers and 139 men killed n- or died from wounds. I How Army Was Raised. The annual pay of the army now c' exceeds a half billion dollars. ar The cost of drafting the national army and the provost general's opert0 ations was about $10,000,000; cost ou per man accepted for service, $4.93. he Army hospitals increased from 7 to 63, and beds from 5,000 to 58,400; 30,000 more beds being added. I War prisoners and alien enemies numbering 2,040 confined in three at barracks In Georgia and Utah, "k Psychological examinations of 150,000 officers and men have been made. For troops in cuntonments, 1,000,-1* 000,000 rounds of ammunition bought, nc Of 63,203 candidates for officers' commissions at two officers' training camps, 44,678 were successful; a third series is now in progress, with 18,000 attendance. on Army medical training schools (n have been created with capacity of 21,000 officers and men, 16,000 en) ( listed men, and 6,000 officers already trained and graduated. a les Through a curd catalogue system 19,487 men have been transferred out of army divisions Into technical units to function according to individual, educational, occupational and military ds qualifications. Present average dally mall hanln died by the adjutant general is apna proximately 85,000 pieces. The signal corps hus sent thousands of trained pigeons to France. ;r. What Navy Has Done in Last Year, lat Here are some things our navy has done since April 6, 1917: There are four times as many ves18 sets in naval service now as a year 16 ago. 23 ig Nearly 73,000 mechanics and other 41 Chilian employees at naval yards 70 and stations. 3-j Pay of officers and men for first g- year of war, $125,000,000. 04 Contracts have been placed for 54 s49 vessels. X 7 More than 700 privately owned 80 vessels chartered or purchased. 90 The navy ration costs 4 3.8 cents m 1917, agatnst 37.648 In 1916. In the first three months of 1918 11 36 the navy paymaster cleared $185,74 000,000 for supplies and contracts. J? The paymaster general drew uu gg checks for more than $30,000,000 In 85 one day?February 23?for muni57 tlons. Total advertised purchases for 1915 were $19,000,000. gg Total weight of steel thrown by a 27 single broadside from the PennsyU ?? vania today is 17,508 pounds; maxlI 5 13 mum broadside of largest ship dur89 ing Spanish-American war was 5,99 (60 pounds. jg More than 11,000 manufacturers 25 bid for navy business. 32 Our 14 inch guns weigh nearly 95 tons and are 58 1-3 feet long, cost01 ing $118,000. 85 Six new authorised battleships are 67 designed to be of 41,500 tons, the H largest battleships In the world. Our 35,000-ton cruisers, 35 knots, will be the fastest in the world, their ?p speed equaling the fastest destroyers, d- During the year nearly 50,000 letge ters, many including detailed plans, as were received from the inventive gen:ts I us of the country by the naval const suiting hoard concerning methods it- for combating the German U-boats, si The navy has developed an Am>n ericaw mine believed to combine all the good points of various types of ?' ' ' *' '&* ..s' -id mines, and is manufacturing them in quantities. Xaval communication service opcrates all radio service; 5,000 youths are studying radiotelcgraphy at two naval schools. Mecical officers numbering 1,675 are members of the medical department of the navy. Navy maintains ......... . . . .. . j i -,uuu nuspiiui ut'us auu a.vuv iu o being added. Naval training cumps have a capacity of 102,000 in summer, 94,000 men in winter. During the year the latest type of naval 16-inch gun was completed for our new battleships; it throws a projectile weightng 2,100 pounds. Navy has in its possession now a stock of supplies sufficient for the average requirements for at least one year. About 60,000 officers and men are engaged In coast patrol work of the navy. Several hundred submarine chasers. built since the war, have been delivered to the navy by 31 private concerns and 6 navy yards; many of these bouts have crossed the Atlantic, some In severe weather. JUST LIKE THEIR FATHERS Americans in France Maintain Traditions of the Race. If out ol' the toll, the sacrifices, and the conllscution of this war, you have not got a thrill, have not felt proud of the sort of men living about you, have not been stirred by the thought that the spirit of the men at Lexington and of those who opened the west and fought the Civil war, still lives?then you Bhould see the American boys go over the top, writes a correspondent from the American front. You should talk tc them upon their return. Your respect for what is in the heart and the soul of the man who left the desk next to you or for the man who moved out of your block to come over Here, wui Decome greater, and you will see that in the farmer ' boy you pass on the road you are pass- 1 ing a hero who has only to be put to 1 the test to show the qualities tlrst 1 displayed by his grandfather or great- ' grandfather who helped to build the * nation. ' It was after the big raid against 1 the German lines of March 9. The ' United IToss automobile was hidden ( away behind a building. It was wait- 1 ing for an Iowa farmer. He was sit- . ting at a vood table, writing out a re- i port of what had happened the night 1 before for his superior officer. His , lieutenant colonel call him "Chur- ' lie" und patted him affectionately on t the shoulder. The lowu farmer was Captain Charles Casey. His home is l in Veliska. His massive shoulders > were bent far over the table us he ? wrote a plain, colorless statement to I fhg -efftt't that he-umMiia men -jpft J their trenches at 6:05 the afternoon ? before; that all objectives were reach- k ed and that they had returned to * their own lines on schedule time. I It was whut would be called a "mln ; or operation" in a militray sense? * merely a raid. Hut this is a super- ? war, and during the brief time the I operation lasted, it was probably as I violent as Americans have ever seen. < How the men vaulted over the para- ' pet, how they dashed through a hell ' of Are, found the dugouts and trenches ' of the Germans demolished by artil- 1 lery; human flesh splaittered against < the side of trees and hanging from ' jagged limbs; how an airplane swoop- 1 ed down on them until the grinning 1 face of the aviator playing his machine < gun could be seen?all this has been 1 told. The boys who went through this are simple farmer boys again, though in uniform and in a soldiers' billet. The men who led them are simply ' Americans; such as live all about you. Captain Casey nnisneu nu n-iwn. The United i'ress machLne wan waiting ' to take him to a little shattered town 1 farther back of the lines, where he has a bare room, the plaster knocked from ' its walls In spots, the exterior knick- ' ed and torn. For a time it Is home?a J place to rest. "All right, let's go," and Casey -hand- 1 ed his report to the colonel, saluted and started for the door. "The boys were great, weren't they?" the farmer said, as the car headed for ' the open road. ' "It was the hardest thing I ever did ' in my life?that blowing the whistle that sent them over. I know they want- ' ed to go, every one of them. They 1 were spoiling for it. Hut to look out ' there, to know what they were going into?by George, It was hard." McLsndon'a Cheater Meeting.?A 1 total of 69 persons will ally themselves 1 with the various churches as a result I of the McLendon meeting; and this 1 represents but a small portion of the 1 good accomplished, as hundreds of * those who crowded fprward at different services to take the evangelist's hand 1 were already members of the church ' and were In that public manner going ' on record as consecrating themselves * anew to God's service. ' The meeting, in the opinion of many < ?the great majority,?was well worth ' while; and it would have accomplished 1 a vast deal more had It not been for I obstacles, mostly unforeseen. In this ? category we Include the indifference < and hostility of church people, which, > fortunately was confined to a very < small circle, but had Its effect no doubt ? in throwing a damper over the pro- i ceedings and being the means of hold- f Ing back many and away. However, i that is past and gone. < Evangelist McLendon came to Ches- < ter in the face of opposition in certain < quarters, but most of this was over- I come; and when he returns, as ne > hopes to do at some time in the future, he will preach to much larger audi- ? ences than he did on this occasion, as I he will be able to furnish accomraoda- i tions for all. and intimate acquaint- i anceshlp with the man has proven the rumors that preceded his visit to Chester to have been the concoctions * of evil-disposed or biased and dis- ( torted minda?Chester Reporter. The Texas court of criminal appeals < has reversed the trial court in the case \ of six Mexicans, condemned to death on charges of murder, committed in 111 ft, the outgrowth of a clash between ' Mexicans and United States soldiers. < The court holds that the trial court ' was without jurisdiction because of I the codstsoce of "a state of war." 1 v '<?>: .. . '.o EFFICIENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT Judicial Charge that Goes to the Heart of Civil Progreit. A striking charge was recently delivered to the ' grand Jury of York county by Circuit Judge George E. Prince of Anderson who instead of de HMTiiiK orvuuiu puuiiuues as is uime in some charges, discussed county government at some length. The bench can do a great deal to educate the people as to what sort of administration i>f their business they should have. What Judge Prince said illustrates this fact. From The Yorkvllle Enquirer It Is earned that his honor said that "the tupervlsor should be a good business nan, a man who understands roads ind bridge building and man who <nows how to get the best values for noney expended." He said that 'supervisors should be better paid han they commonly are: that. If they ire worth anything at all, they are vorth enough to justify their giving ill of their time to their dirties and wen at that could not give as much line as is necessary. As a general hing, supervisors are not efficient." ludge Prince takes cognizance of the act that, generally s|>eakiiig. county covcrnment is the weakest, most irresponsible and most inefficient in Amerca. Well-governed counties are in the ninority. There is u marked nnd crowing tendency in South Carolina, low ever, to establish business administration of counties, as numerous eouny government acts passed by the gen rul assembly in recent years attest. Mowiy ino jwopio an* coining to ino >olnt whoro they will roqulro that pubic business be administered as wonmtically and oitlclontly us private justness. A good supervisor should inquestionubly Ik> paid a good salary: lis work is worth it, and If he is ill Kild, he will llnd i more protltablo oc upation. The office of the superintendent of 'ducatlon, he declared, Is the most mportant in the county, and the superntendent of education should be the >est paid officer, "This officer should to a professional educator, thoroughly mbued with the importance of general nligtitonnlent and with an energy and nthusiasm that would keep hint everastingly at his work." This statenent Is in accord with a recent de laration of the State Teachers' Association. "The office of county superintendent mult te exalted in every way?by increasing the alary and the honor, by removing the poolion from politics, hy requiring professional luallfications, and by extending the rang* of election. In a word, this position must be me to which the ablest educator in the oounly will aspire and toward which, as a goal .he most ambitious young teacher will strive." The education of the people is now he most important business of the itato. It follows thut the tnen who Jlrect that endeavor should bo the in>st available trained men and that afarehi hrnnJiHjuull'fl guilip?MBK- ' d. The ahiest educator who can be u-cured should till the position. He houkl not have to l>c> n good politician o get the place. The best educators ire of the opinion that the office ihould be removed from the primary uid that it ahould be tilled by a coinx-tent school board elected by the x-ople. Tliia would eliminate the pollIctan who camouflage** aa an educator ind aeeka to 'politicate' hia way toward this position and the vote of the gnorant and prejudiced may determine who ahull be the county'a educational lirector. Some candidates for the oftiee have been obviously and notoriouay unlit. Kducatlon and politics ahould t*e kept entirely separate. The office if county superintendent of education should be appointive and nol^alectlve. ?Greenville News. ' MOBILIwINC'THE BOYS Berkeley County Gete Organization Weil Under Way. St. Stephen. April 17.?The United States Boys' Working Reserve ia being organized in Berkeley county under the udviaary control of the U. S. department or labor with Mr. S. H. Kdmunds of Sumter, as Federal state dldector, and Mr. W. W. Dixon of St. Stephens, as county director. The r*/umtv* nrirnni'ititlrtn (u ciia f/illnu/y* W. W. Dixon, superintendent St. Stephen school, county director. Managers?W. W. Altman, bank cashier, Monck's Corner; C. I*. liallentine, county supervisor, St. Stephen; J. E. Denis, attorney, Monck's Corner; IV. K. Funk, farmer and manufacture ?r, St. Stephens; J. K. Gourdine, merchant and farmer, l'incvlUe; \V. H. Harvey, farmer, l'inozsolis; L. It. Harvey, farmer, Monck's Corner; I'. B. Lockwood, editor, Monck's Corner; J. II. Marsh, superintendent of education, Chlcora; I*. It. Darker, farmer, llownean; Dr. J. I* Stroccker, druggist, Monk's Corner; W. I'. Russell, norchant and farmer, Russellvllle; J. ttussell Williams, capitalist, Monck's Corner. From what we gather, the ?county superintendent of education, will, with the co-operation of the trustees and teachers of the county, have a list of ill the boys In the county between the iges of 14 and 21 years, by May 3, [teachers' examination day). Then the board of directors are to divide them Into working squads or companies of from 10 to 20. These will tupply any deficiency of labor in the :ounty. For instance, when a section teeds farm labor in the growing of :rops, the boys will be called out for tervice and the same way about harvesting the crops. There will be orranized a baseball club in each squad f deemed advisable by the managers. Contests between squads will be had lb to which can hoe the most corn or x>tton and next fall which squad can ?lck the most cotton. The boys will je paid well for their services. This plan has been tried in Pennlylvanla, Nevy York, Arizona and If liven the proper physical material and noral support of the business element, t will succeed here. War conditions and the spread of :hrlft teachings will cause the closing >f 1,000 saloons in Chicago on May 1st. he opening of the new license year, rhls will reduce the number of Chicago saloons to 5,000. A year ago there sere 7,000 In the city. A blast of twenty tons of dynamite ?as fired at Blrdsboro, Pa., last Wednesday. displacing 400,000 tons of rock, rhirty drill boles 150 feet deep and six nches In diameter were made for the luge blast.