Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 23, 1918, Image 2

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Scraps and facts. ;:ru rni Kr ? Official figures received in Wash- tfu ington show that the Hritlsh empire. |,., on April 1. ha'l 7.r?oo,ooo men in army j .1 ami navy service. Kngland furnished *it 4..130,000. or 60.4 per cent of this sol total. The liorninions und i.'olonies furnished 13 1 si lit <3oo.o0o? aid :j#, Scot la ml 630,000, one for each 7 1-3 3.1 of her population England. in pro- .-a i?ortion to population, has one in 7a op in service; Wales, one in 10.3; Irelaml, 1 one in 36.3. ami the Irorninioiis one in ho I.*.. Africa. Iielia ami other depend- jtoo/ iov hove furnished 1.000.000 iahor- _ ers and specials Troops from Knulund | and Wales, constituting "0 per cent of the men on the lighti ig line, bore " > v l<er <eiit of tbo casualties. Scotland, with s per on! of the tighter*, bore 10 l?er cent. Tin- boiiiiruons and < 'clonics, with It per rent bore % per cent of the <:.*i sua Mien. Irish troops, representitiK ? per cent of the lighting forces, suffered ?; per out of the casualties. ? In :i i ablcgrani telling of 'Jeiman losses, till Iteiiti'l i Ol respondent at A I til t isli h< ui|i| i.a iters ill I'r.ili'' sins' In the i (jiirse hi tin lighting oil April II tin the Ifoinarin Uossignol front <H four companies <.t a regiment of the m Herman 214th division lost an aver- W age <>f a." per cent, lii tie- first attack ? III Meteien three tiattallOIIS of file S|sf 'iceman reserve division were reduced to l.-.vs than a cninpaiiv strength :ipiece. In tin two dots' fight im* east of Straxeeb' sjy battalions of tie- fml 'b-rinan division, representing Hue thirds <>f tb total <livlsiotial infantrt ^ vtreni'th. suffered considerable toon I than a'l M r < ? tit easnaIties. Tin- ' ' ><1 #?f t^if 1111) Mr* ?n iMvuliin a? tfonve Kirllse on the niclit of April ' " i' was wliw d out. Three battalion" " of tl.e -'nil Itavorloi la-?< i ri-jjnii of \Y: t|?.pi,. cortis in the atta'1' a? Man* 111 till, were vii cut up that tie e are Htdil I'' to be beard i.f in ' ? oi-eeot battle |to?li the fib re<"'"'' \t I division anil the 3;?n,| division viifti-a j|( disastrous losses. . rig 'hatiges In the present method of ;(|, having and pa vine for cotton will be s(-| eonsideri-d at a meeting in New York Mat- t of represent inff *" southern shippers and hankers In N'etv fm Kn gland. N'etv York and the south. s;,i Th?* plans for the conference as out- , in...,I 1,v th.. Vatlonal Association of 'utton Manufacturers. include a genci I ef I*m- viliifillun ? "h ? rat view to fnrthorinir the opportunity the n,, movement holds out for the development of a broad morket for neeeptani'i', lioth foreign ?n?1 domestic. If America is to continue to tip the il|> world's moni'V market after the war. |la. In order to more pvpiiIv distribute the financial burden of <-arrylnir cotton. 1,1 members of ttic association have suitgested a plan unilcr which each mill st; wonM arrange with it* bank to accept for its ilrafts ilrawn at nlnetv da vs . against shipments of cotton, paving u the hank a small commission for ac- "" ceptance and releasing cotton at once sii to the soinner. In this wav it was cxt?lalnc?l. the mills would he able to . spin eotton before actually paving for " It. as the accepted drafts would dis- III. count rcadllv In the market and he acceptatde at federal reserve hanks. ()l| ruder tin- classillcation of men for selective draft service. I'rovost Mar shal tleiieral t'rowder has advised the senate military coinmittce that a|iproximately two million will lie placed l,,M in class one- from which it is expect- rri ?d all future calls will he taken. These ,_j two million, according to i!en. t'row?|er. are exclusive of between 5110,0110 and one million more annually, it is re; estimated, who will he made subject yj, lo military duty under the hill now in . congress subjecting to registration 1 youths reaching their majority, from the -.oOO,000 men in class one--nearly p(< 20 |ier cent of the total registration in (..(| the country?and the additional number secured by the new legislation. 1,11 Jen. Crowdcr has advised senators we that it is improbable calls will go out- nu side of the highest class. Of youths -j ' "- h.'.r.y: 21 years old,. utidyy the new ( legislation It is believed that af Ichsl w 90 per cent will he placed In class 1. lei I 'Inns for the new draft. 'Jen. Crowder Vj, has advised the senate coiniuittee. arc somewhat unsettled by the house amendment to the senate bill, chang- shi Ing basis of i|iiotas from state (iopii- an lations to ttie number of men in class I. which would give credit to states for all men previously furnished, by "" voluntary enlistment or draft. O|iora- rc.< lion of the house amendment, accord- ,..t| Ing to (Jen. t'rowder, would cause much iiic<|iuility between states in the 1 u - new draft. __ * ? Armenians deported troin central sl' Turkey l?? Syria and others who are sit i?.i.... I..,,.., 'I'lH-kish ooorcssion ion- ,.s It (, liltii<- to arrive in l'nli'stint* in great numbers to lake refuge in tlit- regums occupied l>> the Itritish -S|' In the to't'k after KiiNtfi' ." ,500 niu- p,.i gees reached Jerusalem. A hospital x and an orphanage have liccn o|N*nt*<l liy tho American committee for Armenian and Syrian relict and are al- : ready taxed to capacity. A celebration, sta such as the Holy l.aiid has never S(>| witnessed before was held on Kaster. ' TI.e' various Christian sects cave ' ? pieJkcs to the Itritish governor geiicr- I al to Imry their ancient strifes and oh- |,,i serve Kaster together at the Holy places in Itethlehem and Jerusalem. '* They met in perfect concortl. Kour 11 n' thousand Jews held an open air meet- cot ing on the Mount ol' Olives and listen- j?., ill to addresses by represontat ives of " the Itritish /.ionist commission. Stephen Trowbridge of the American committee, has returned to Jerusalem (.x< from Jericho where lie spent Kaster. .v "1 found many old friends anions tho " Armenians deported from central Tin key." he said. "They reached Jericho it in a state of exhaustion, having come | in h> way of Ks Salt. Their gratitude in. receiving their llrst rations was pa- "" Ihotlc. Cod bless America.' they said. al| 'Your kindness is the first we have ex- sta perienecd in three years." Some of l..l| them asked. 'Where can we enlist'."" |K); latan workers throughout tho country were instructed Sunday night ' by the treasury to redouble their ef- "c forts to make this a banner week, and 'I if |>ossildo to raise the total ot sub- sut setlptions from $1,371,000,000 obtain- .. ill in the lirst half of the period, to 1 near the three billion dollar minimum m;i goal. Hen<h|iiarters reports show, the to campaigners were told. that only tin about t.ono.000 persons huve sub- lilx scribed so far. and this is only one- wil lifth of the 20.000,000 subscribers which it is hoped to enroll. Apparently only one in every 15 adults has bought bonds. The third loan campaign apparently is proceeding faster ligl than flie second, for when the sec- jnj. ond was half over, only about $800.- . " 000,000 had been subscribed. The out- ,l standing fact of the third camp;dgn so bri far Is the liherut outpourings of sub- ar? script Ions from farmers and other ^ residents of rural districts, and the comparative slowness of big city com- ' * ?rtf t he ha' mutinies. r rum ? ?? country, there are coming multiplying nui reports of enthusiasm In small towns , , ami heavy over-subscriptions. All the states which have gone over the top "U' and won honor Hags are largely rural. I*1 In the Atlanta district, 160 towns and fn, counties have over-subscribed. Al- . though actual subscriptions reported 1 by banks in the district are only $11,- ' 000.000, heavy subscriptions in Chatta- pyl noogii. New Orleans. Jacksonville, KIX Montgomery, will become apparent . . this week, and indications are that * Birmingham has already exceeded its nia allotment. bet ? (1 round has been broken for the largest powder plant in the world for 1 the United States government, says a Q, Washington dispatch. Within two , months the daily output will be from sOO.OOO to 1,000,000 pounds of smoke- coi less powder, and the plant, which is as being constructed in nine sections will . be three and one-half miles long and one and one-half miles wide. It will " cover live and one-quarter square hai miles, or 3,360 acres, and will have a working force of more than 25,000 f men. Koch of the nine sections is capable of turning out an excess of cor 100,000 pounds of smokeless powder grt every 21 hours. The plant will cost the government $75,000,000 and the ,>u' builders, when their task is completed. no' will have received a profit of exactly $1. The story of the awarding of the *'? contract is a real war romance, which shows that the business men of the country are willing to forego profits for patriotism. Colonel Samuel Mc- , |. Roberts, formerly of the National City f bank of New York, and now in charge of the procurement division of the 4nance department, is the man who h< t over the ileal The war depart- t]t nt's contract Is with the DuPont iglneerina Company, organized by e K. I DuPont INemours com- n< ny, of Wilmington. Del., for the sole it. of building the plant. The - of the plant is at a point in the litli. selected especially with referto raw materials. I'pon cornple- Wl n. and pr?-s<-nt plans call for the be- s| ining of operations in May or the ,, 11v part of June, the DuPonts will erate the plant at wliat is deemed >eii :nod<>t prolit. The government l i wever. reserves the right to cancel ,\! <ontr;i' ts for powder at uny time. t(| 1^^* 01 he \larhvillf (fnquircr. J,1; CI itered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. ?'' PC ' ar YORK. S. C.: .x TUESDAY. APRIL 23. 1918. ?a hi I'resident Wilson one day Inst week >k a i i'I?- throuith i lii Whiti House " muds in a itritish tank anil S"cre\ l>anills took a short tliylit ovei ishinv'oti in a naval airplane. , ^ , ey I'liose Texas ami Alahatna is-oph 10 have lesolveil to abstain entirely >:n the iisi ol flour are showing tho ht spirit. The southern people are ' le to rut out wheat with lull little i-ih-nial ami virtually no hardship. id sinee there is no i|iiestion lit' the t that every ounce ol' Hour thai is red for the Allies brings victory that ah closer, it would seein that in i ieans would tinil it a pleasim Vl iher than otherwise to save as milch ui as possible. m . "I The eljrarette til-mt is not to be held as an example for emulation; but is worth more to the country just 1 w than those of his traducers who ve not purcliased even a thrift imp to hi lp prosecute the war. Kvi ounce of manufactured tobacco. .. ... In let her consumed III Cltpiretlcs or lerwise. nays more or h ss tax to pporl Ili)' war. As small as is tin " dii the riwirrlli' smoker deserves, is greater Hum the rnilii of flu- |i( in who is not willing to lend his vi'i'illiM lit so miirli as the price of a cc rift stamii. J pi Those Xmnicnn peo|ilc who have to ked up a notion that tlie tierman iiple are not hacking up their govintent in this war are very hadly on staken. A report front ISerlin says g< it the eighth tierntan war loan has o'tieil a total of 11.550,000,000 marks, mey tsilks in (lermany as well as A America. Nohoily can In- lorced to i<l money like that. The Herman Li ttple are putting up their money lieuse they helieve they see the opporiity to dominate the world, and if J?"' do not want to he dominated we t|, ist put up our money too. tit A i VV.tv srrmtr pnssr?< an Iw- ^ sting hill relating to silver. It pro- in les that 350.000.000 of the 456,000,- in > silver dollars held in the treasury ( ill he taken out. melted into hullion ^ il used tor the settlement of foreign ta ide balances. The measure provides I" sli ilhei that the silver certificates rep- ,. (ii <rnting these silver dollars shall he lied m and that licglontll IP-serve w les stiall he issued in their stead; w h> that Hie treasury purchase new ver hullion to the amount of the nt ver melted into hullion. the pi ire has- til to he made at the rate of $1 an ?' lo nee. When this war commenced vj ver was worth less than 5o cents in; r ounce. " ? . nt A Record of Honor. 0, heps liave lii-en taken lo make a p< ite-wide honor roll ol all the suit- A' itiers to the third Liberty loan in ... \v( nth Carolina. ar hi. \V. ICobertson. chairman of the w; icrtv loan eentnil committer, lias *v< he I nested the hankers ol this county (,(| il of the other counties to picparc tei nplete lists of all suhscriplions colli- ('d r through their respective instituns. The county chairmen arc urged to en reise (lie most scrupulous care In :i" ing the correct names and initials ()|. all subscribers, find also to see to that no single name is omitted. J"' i is ilti' pui'iiusi' hi tlu* stall' com- J^1 I tee In have all subscribers listed in j|, ihalietical order and |Misted in the frs te capital in Columbia, and dupli- ?l' e copies ol' each count.\ lists will be tlj <ted with clerks of the court and lie Igcs of probate as well as in pub- I libraries of the various counties. The reason ol all this care is to en- jij. e the preservation of the record for ore generations when it mat be a 'J*' tier of importance to descendants jj, know thai their forbears did what ye ?y could in helping to establish the th erty of the world in accordance th ;h the principles ol civilisation. The Fighting in France. th There litis been a lull in the tierce h' litiliK in France and Belgium dur- ,pj ; the past few days; but this is not << ten to mean anything other than a ef breathing spell while both sides 'u preparing for renewed and fiercer arts. ,n The British, with inferior numbers, co re been able to hold back the ISern hordes in a manner that has ^ imanded the highest admirtition. eo J during the past few days they be re been reinforced by French anu J" I Americans; but to just what exit is not known. The Hermans are described as occu- is lug positions in a great basin of low lunds. while the Allies hold the ;her ground around, and the Her- ca ns must make desperate efforts to or ter positions which cannot be held they are. fe There is a very general expression wl expert opinion to the effect that ^ n. Foch is now ready to make a jj inter attack on the Hermans; hut th to this, of course, nobody pretends ch know how, when or where, tiecause is evident that Hen. Foch would fri rdly advertise such information. fr< There is no use trying to deny the 'Vj all t that the Hermans have made isiderablc headway during their ni at drive, and it is possible that ca y may make still further headway: o< t the fact remains that they have he accomplished anything like what >y set out to accomplish and ail the ies feel that there will be a turn in go situation before many more days. . m . sh The Price of Cotton. by "rom our viewpoint, the onslaught the exchange gamblers on the price in> cotton is one of the most re pre- Ri I nslhlo ofTr r.c-* of the-- war up to this Tla-i i- is no reason in this onslauyat. < sense in it ami no justification for J While it i? the- cotton exchange irnM'-rs who arc* cJoin,*? the- actual tji I. of eli-pre-ssing pri'-e-s. if is the inm is l>e-hin<l th?ir. who a re re-ally sponsible-. Tlon- has m.-ve-r I"in time In tinstoic of cotton manufacture \\he-n mirh-an spinners have rnueh- more on?-\ than elm inn; the- past lew year*. | tfian thf> are- making now. ami if n il- is such a thin-,' as hrins satls il with i-noiish, it looks like- the-v lie III tei^I.e satisfied. It is all right for the- spinne-rs to Ir about the heavy taxes the> are i.viiiic: I'Mt 111* |?lain Knglish of it is iiit th?-v are n.'illy deserving of small - lit in this ri'ranl. B> n-imon of ii- unusual conditions, there is no nger any foreign competition of f-on<|i|i-ncii, and \meriean spinners have > field alone to chart;'' what they ill and th?-y am not fooling ansbodv ion! doing just that. Net profits of hundred p<-r cent or more, have heen id still are the rule rather than the eeption. and when the government kes 5ft per cent of this, it leaves the ills with twice as much as nnyliody Ight to lie allowed to make off of iv luisiiiess. I,et it he remembered itt it is not the mills; hut the public at pays the high prices the mills nre larging that is putting ur> the tnon for these excess profit taxes. To people who do not know any tier the clamor of the mills for the ting of the price of their products by e government sounds like genuine it riot ism; but it involves nothing of e kind. The game is to have the ices of manufactured goods fixed by w. and on the strength of that to at down the price ol raw material an extent that will leave the mills i-tuall\ as much prollt as they have vii getting. The man who will he hurt by the a ration is the cotton producer. There e those who claim that he is greed> ul wants loo much. We deny the large, lie is entitled to as much olil for his cotton as is the mantlet umt or anybody else and he is not -iting it by half, lb- is not getting much profit now as lie was getting 1914 U'lorc the war commenced, flirt> cents cotton will not l?uy for in any more of such commodities as e necessary for tlie conduct of his isim-ss than U cents cotton would iy then. The cotton producer is paying exss prollts taxes and the like in eipial o|K>rtion with the spinners, and also is paying the tremendously high ices that the spinners are charging r their output along with everybody i?e. Just what the remedy I'or the whole [nation is. we do not know: hut for le thing we believe it would he a aid move to put the screws on the uuMers on the cotton exchanges. MERICANS REPULSE GERMANS vely Fight in Sector Northwest of Toul. American troops northwest of Toul ive been engaged during the past w days in another fierce clash with e Germans, and although (iceman ofial reports claim the capture ot 1S3 net-leans and twenty-live machine American reports indicate that e Germans have bet-h repulsed with avy loss to the enemy and say nothg about any such enemy successes. The Germans began their latest atck lust Saturday morning on the inerican and French lines. The atck was preceded by heavy artillery e pa rat ion, including a storm of irapnel and gas shells, and then the -rinans to ttie number of 1,2IM) or ore came forward in successive n\es. the Americans meeting them ith artillery, rltle and machine gun "e. Although the Germans greatly outuubered the French and Americans, e French and Americans held their ound tlrmly until they were at last reed steadily back on the shell-torn ii ,.r vu,i,.|,,.ii,,i<v which ttic Gel uiis were able to occupy for a .short no. American reinforcements cume i without tlchiy. and the Hermans ro then forced buck over a distance a mile and a half to and beyond the tint where they had entered the nerican oat posts. The attack was against French us II as American lines and the French id Americans fought together. There is a considerable amount of bayonet jrk included in the fight, and in this ith the Americans and French provsuperior to the enemy. All of the rrain that the French hud been forcto give up temporarily as well as I that had been given up by the norieans was recovered. American rcfiorts have it that the omy suffered heavy losses in killed id also a few prisoners; but sny thing of the loss of any America# French prisoners. As sodn as Information of the atrk on the American front became lown to the American troops buck in e rear, these troops began begging eir ollicers to lead them into the ty in order that they might have tin port unity to go up against the Germs in the open. Some of these .iops were shortly afterward able to lp push the Hermans back. The town which the Hermans had ken temporarily was retaken by the nericans in bloody hand to hand toting. The equipment of the Germans inL'ated that they expected to hold the nerican lines indefinitely: hut in all ey were not permitted to remain bend Sunday night by which time e Americans had regained all that e.v hail lost. Smith on Price Fixing?Denial that e war industries board contemates the tlxing of prices for cotton, is made in a statement issued last nirsday by Senator Smith, of South irolina. The statement follows; "The cotton market is being absotely demoralized by those who take ivantage of certain rumors as to the ice fixing by the board of war inistrics and by the introduction in ngross of certain bills as to price ling. "The war industries board has no iwcr under law to fix the price of ttun, and I am Informed by a mem -/ ?,.?iv. thut flrine of the Ice of cotton has not been dlscussI and no effort In that direction is ntemplated. As to the bills introduced, there no probability whatever of any of em being seriously discussed, much ss passed. "No bill fixing the price of cotton n pass this congress unless prices i every article of commerce In inerica are also fixed. "It is a serious thing to be interring with our great export articles hilst in the midst of this Ltiberty >an drive. If this procedure keeps ?, it may be well to have some actional legislation looking toward e further regulation of cotton exlanges." - The streams of wounded Germans om France and Flanders, says the untier correspondent of The Amsterim Telegraaf, continue so great that I the hospitals, monasteries, convents id schools, not only in Brussels, but any towns, south of the Belgian pital, are filled to overflowing. The prmans have requisitioned private >uses for hospitals. Shakeup By Earthquake.?All of uthern California and a part of stern Arizona and Utah were badly aken at S.SS last Sunday afternoon an earthquake which wrecked rtually all the buildings and realnces in Hemet and San Jacinto, two land towns 46 miles southwest of verside, California. - ? ..v., ir~ i Promises to be a rather busy week of jury trials, provided of course, there shall develop no hitch that will result ill a sudden breakdown. ' The folio wing jurors were excused I by the Court: K. L. Staerer. K. E. Bold, ?Ut> inond Whitesides. H. L. Bennett, J. It. Watson, Win. McCloud, C. O. Siinp son, Sidney Friedheim. '1 he lollowing extra venire was 1 drawn to complete the panel: John M. Williiord, J. B. Love, J. F. McEl' wee, B. F. >nuth, \V. J. l\ Wylie, J. ; O- Wray. J- -W itamsey, O. 1. Sanders, H. E. Ferguson. J. E. Jackson. E. W. . Sanuifei, E. Meek Dickson i The tiist case taken up yeateida? morning vvas that of Miss Olive Ferry against Mrs. M. A. Miller?Messrs. | Duniap w Dunlap and Wilson tc Wil! son. This vase involved an accounting , over tht sum of $500 which the plain| tiff had paid to the defendant under an alleg-d arrangement whereby the i defendant was to give tl.e plaintiff ana her sister a home during the balance ot their lives. Because of a later dis1 agreement there was a termination of the arrangement und the suit involved LOGAj^ AgfAia 8. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Scar Tncwtre?H*h interesting programme,for oday. Anotner ^ixjd picture for Thursday and a third one for Saturday. New tenais. J M. Mroup -talk* about correct furmimngi for men. including everyihing neceaaary for cumfuilable and aaliaiactory men's wear. L-mn and >aving* Ifank -Suggezt* that you put your dollars to work instead of letting '.belli be slackers or luaiera. It's saving depg.in.cnt pays iuui per cent interest. Kn vpai r.ck-Belk Co.- .Says that day by day it is better prepared to serve its patrons. Tuda^ it invites attention to big lines of iadies abut waists at pleasing prices, ri st National nana. York--Puinia to the ad' vol:.ages tliai comes to him who practices ccoitcmy. It wants to serve you in banking. John L Carroll. Supt. Ed.?Cites notice that the regular spring examination of applicants lor teachers' certificates will be held in th< courthouse on Friday, May 3d. Miss Elliott yuinn, Principal?Invites thr public to tne closing exercises of Tirzah school next t'riday evening. Coot bird, Ciover No. 1?Warns all persons not to employ or harbor bis minor son, Eruesi Biid. wno left home without consent. A. E. Burns Smyrna No. :1?Has a fresh Guernsey milk cow lor sale. J. H. Saye. Secretary Gives notice that tfcf Democratic clubs will meet for organization next Saturday afternoon at 2 to 4 o'clock. York Drug Store Can supply best varieties of watermelon and cantaJoupe seeds and suggests that you plant good patches o\melons. Shceifr A Quinn Want to supply you with s good variety of cornfield bean seed and tells you to plant plentifully. Dry beans. McConnell Dry Goods Co.- Donates space te urge you to do your duty in the matter of buying Liberty bonds now. Merchants of Rock Hill- Extend an invitation to shop|>ers throughout the county to visit Rock Hill next Thursday to take advantage of "Dollar Day" bargains. See page four. First Baptist Church of Yorkville?Adds lti voice to the arguments already made that it is your duty to buy Liberty bonds. Page 4. The national food administration hits adopted a ruling strictly limiting the"retailers' profit on sugar to one cent it pound gross. Thrift and war savings stamps will he accepted at full face value in payment for linnds of the third Liberty loan. We will take nine thrift stamps for a year's subscription to the Vorkville Kiuiuirer, and to any subscriber sending in as many as three subscriptions at ll'.Jfi each we will give three thrift stamps and one additional thrift stamp lor each additional subscription. The Hawkins family was on the .1. T. Siimmerlord place only last year instead of about three years, as was understood from the testimony of old m:in Hawkins. rim uiiiiuj im?-?? the J. Chambers place the year previous. Reports from different s'-ctiops of the county, north, south, cast and west during the past few days, arc to the effect that the rains ol i-'riday, Saturda.v ami Sunday have done a tremendous amount of damage in washing up the freshly plowed lands. The watercourses generally have l#oen full, hut up to this time there have heon no reports of serious damage to any of the bridges. An act of the general assembly approved February 12. 191 s, requires a license of $25 a day from all carnival aggregations or tented shows, other than circuses, for each day they exhibit in any county, regardless of such license as may be |mid to cori>orate towns, the said license to be collected by the clerk of the court for each day or part of a day that the show exhibits. The license is to be paid over to the county treasurer for use for ordinary purposes. Nation-wide interest Is being centered on the tolal eclipse of the sun which will be visible "next June from east to west over al breadth of 70 miles, beginning at Orlando, Kin., going through Jackson, Miss., Denver, Col., to Portland, Oregon, and of course, it will be visible as a partial eclipse in every section oi the I'nited States, approaching nearly a total eclipse throughout this immediate section. The eclipse will occur June 8, illXI HgUICd (111 I.nil IIK'OU.UII, ... era time, iik used in tYiix locality, the eclipse will Is-Kin at 5:36 o'clock p. m? lucking two seconds, and the middle of the eclipse w ill lie 6.36 o'clock, lacking ten seconds, and it will end at precisely 7.3J o'clock. Astronomers have ti^uted eclipses with such precision until even the second can lie computed for hundreds of years ahead. Coming .as it does in June, the eclipse In this section will lie almost the eountcr-parl of that witnessed in this locality in 1S99, when a total eclipse occurred. However in 1899 the eclipse occurred in the morning and the fact that it will come in the afternoon this year will make it apiiear as though the shades of night really come twice on one day. GRAND JURY COMMITTEES following are the committees of the grand jury as arranged liy that body last week: County oftlees?It. M. Brat ton, Brooks Intnan, ('. H. Sandifer. Chaingang?J. J. Hoke, J. K. Scoggins, J. T. Walker. Courthouse and jail?J. K. Thomas. .). F. A. Smith. .1. C. Burge. Koads and bridges?It. K. I* Ferguson, J. K. McAliley, J. M. Taylor. I'ubllc schools?M. I-. Smith. J. It. Duncan. C\ L. Kennedy. County hoine?J. D. Hope. it. K. Love. It. M. LAudsav. GOING OVER THE TOP Mr. B. N. Moore, chairman of the York county Liberty loan committee." reported subscriptions of the county up to yesterday amounting to $319,150, out of a total apportionment of $149,100. The amounts as reported from the variot s local divisions were as follows: Itock Hill and vicinity $318,100 Fort Mill and vicinity 34.500 11I-' ?rwl viclnltv.... 5.600 niciwij vnwtv ?? ? Sharon and vicinity 9.100 Clover and vicinity 23,350 Yorkville and vicinity 2S.500 Total $319,150 HERE AND THERE The department of agriculture ha* announced that a large consignment of nitrate of soda has been received at the docks at Norfolk, Va.. which will be shipped to southern farms at once. The director-general of railways has given orders that the nitrate be given right of way so that there will l>e no delay in delivery owing to congestion. Because of the heavy rains of Friday and Friday night there was some uppr?*hension in Southern railway circles as to the safety of the temporary bridge across the Catawba below Catawba Junction, owing to the rapid rise of the river Saturday afternoon and night. A work' train was sent to the river to take such measures as might seem necessary for the safety of the bridge. The river began falling in the early morning of Sunday and during the day had fallen as much as ten feet, leaving the bridge without material damage. The new iron bridge that has been under construction for about a year ha.) not yet been completed and it will probably, be eight months or a year before the new structure can be put into service. 1 CIRCUIT COURT The circuit court resumed work yesterday morning. Judge C. H. Prince presiding, and started in for what * I V " < 'ul'i&k um 1 l|| { | - ' S - | the uispo.-iiion of the remainder ol the 1 lOuu. WITHIN THE TOWN 1 ?The voluntary prayer service in ' behalf of Divine guidance and assistj ante for the Allies in the great world struggle, continues in the Presbyterian church this week. Iieginutng each evening at tt.10 o'clock. This sendee is non-denominational and all who do' sire to attend are welcome. ? Maekcy chapter No. 15, Royal Arch Masons, has purchased $l'50 worth of the third Liberty loan and Absolom Cody council, Royal and Select Masons has purchased $100 worth of the loan. This is in accordance with resolutions adopted last Thursday night. ? The Yorkvllle-Chcster automobile line has not been doing as well as it ought to have been doing. There is fair patronage on some days: but not so much on other days, and upon the whole not enough to warrant its continuance'?not unless business grows better. That the line is of importance anybody ought to lie able to see. It is Important to Yorkville, important to Chester and important to the country between. It would no doubt become profitable in the course of time; but until it does become profitable It will need the help ami encouragement of all the people interested. Private individuals cannot justly lie expected to Invest a considerable amount of money In building up a business like this that trould have so little protection after having been built up. ABOUT *PEOPLE E. A. Carroll of l*'ort Mel'herson, Ga.. is visiting relatives in yorKviiie. Mrs. It. H. Caldwell of Atlanta, (in., visited relatives in Yorkville last week. John K. I^ogan, Jr., of Yorkville, has heen commissioned as second lieutenant of infantry. Miss Sallie Craig of Itock HMI, visited Mrs. J. L. Williams in Yorkville tills tysek. Meech Stewart of Camp Sevier, ' Greenville, spent several days last week with relatives In Yorkville. Rev. and Mrs. \V. S. Patterson of I-ancaster, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. St roup in Yorkville. Corporal James D. (Irist, Co. K 119th infantry, Camp Sevier, has been transferre<l to the quartermaster corps, National Army in Greenville. Mrs. U. M. Hratton, who has been spending several weeks with h? . brother, Dr. C. S. Hratton, in Palestine, TexaA has returned to her home i:i York'lle. '"" Kif^aMTmYrVTrTtohinsOTi of Vorfc - viih% b. mrmwr ui vu. u, ii.?n fantry at Cainp Sevier. hus been transferred to Co. A, lixth infantry. Camp SevhJr. t Friends of Private A. Saye Plt*xlc?? of Sharon, a member of Co. K. llSGi infuntrj, at Camp Sevier, Greenville, will be Interested to learn that he is recuperating after an o|M-rution for a serious eye trouble at the base hos pital at his camp. Information has been received hei to the effect that Lieutenant liaxter l . liiddlc, formerly superintendent of th Yorkvllle (traded schools, -who ha a been in France with the American expeditionary forces, lias returned to Ununited States, and passed through Gastonia yesterday on his way to Atlanta, Ga., he having orders to report at that ptace. THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY Official notice has already been given of the fact" that the Democratic party of York county is to be re-orgunlzed on the tlrst Monday in May, following preliminary proceedings to be commenced next Saturday afternoon. All the members of the party interested, and that ought to include nil, are called to assemble at their res|>ective voting places on next Saturday afternoon between the hours of and 4 p. m. The meetings will be called to order by the respective precinct chuirinen, or in the absence of the precinct chairmen, provided there is reasonable assurance that he is not coming, organization may be effected in accordance with common usage by electing a temporary chairman, and being governed by the will of the majority as to permanent officers. Each precinct club is entitled to elect a president, secretary-treasurer, executive committeeman and one delegate to the county convention for each twenty-five votes or majority fraction of twenty-five votes cast in 1 <11 c inc nrtfi innum; o. The county convention will elect n new county chairman, secretary, treasurer. state executive committeeman and two delegates to the state convention for each representative in the general assembly?ten in all for this county. The county convention also has the power to instruct the county executive communities as to rules and regulations governing the party provided such rules "and regulations are not inconsistent with the state constitution of the party. THESE BUY BONOS The list of l>ond buyers published in the last issue of The Enquirer included those only in Rock Hill and ! the country surrounding. The lists , below include additional purchases in the territory indicated, and all other purchasers, the names ol' whom were procurable up to last Saturday night: n?v*r and Vicinity.?Mrs. Nancy Rebecca Hortun. M. L. Smith. B. C. Adams, Ralph 1 Webber, R. M. Dulin, J. E. Bcamzuard. Rev. 1 W. P. Grier. G. D. Flannagsn, R. L. Wylie. M. B. Neii. W. P. Boyd. Mr*. J. Meek Smith, 1 J. Meek Smith. W. P. Smith. W. H. Sparrow, Mrs. Hattie L. Preaaly. J. Clyde Ford, J. P. SifTord. Mrs. M. A. Doraett, J. W. Summerford. S. J. Clinton. Rev. A. A. McLean. O. A. Neill. Miss Minnie Robinson. R. M. Robinson. Mias Annie M. Jackson, C. M. Dickson, W. B. Riddle. W. B. Stroup. T. K. Jicuos, a. J. Matthews. Miss Addle Matthews. H. L. Wright. Blanion Stacy. J. J. Nichols, Mrs. Elisabeth Smith. V. C. Stroup. Miss Fannie Moore. T. J. McNeely. W. O. Stroup. E. C. Jackson. I. J. Campbell. Jr.. Mr*. Mary Briaon. Knox Stacy. W. I. Briaon, Miss Bessie Adams, Miss , Claude Smith. R. R. Cappe, Mrs. A. E. Barnett, A. H. Barnett, W. B. Falls. Est. O. W. Nickel!. H. B. Faulkner, A. J. Qninn, Key. J. M. Mr Lain. Mrs. J. Boy Grayson. J. Boy Grayson. W. D. Lefalie. F. C. Brandon. J. M. Bigger*. Fax* * Rodlalll. J. A. C. Lore. Hkkery Grsrs and Vicinity?Jeffreys Smith. Edward W. Smith. W. a WUkerson. Dr. & N. Milter. Mrs. B. N. Miller. L. M. Allison. J. a WUkerson. B. G. Preaaly, EL J. Cnlp. Mettle llttlejohn. cot, J. K. Allison. Mrs. Ora K. Wilkereon, W. B. WUkerson. J. L. Plaxico. Dr. W. t. McGlIL Miss Mary Shannon WUkerson. Miaa Bella Smith. T. W. WUkerson. J. M. WUkerson. C. a Moonhead. M. , A. Bood. W. a Moan J . M . A C B. MeOU. , T. E. WhHeeidaa. W. L. Whltasidea. J. H. j Quia*. Mrs. Oeo L. Leech. W. W. OmIIm. G. a Oohb. Mrs. Wtaahee a Klrfcy. Bar. Bale 1 ? ? - A Kanm Mr*. John A. McGill. H. F. Stevenaon. J. N. McGill. T. G. McGill. J. Meek McGill. Mia* Belle McGill. MIm Mat tie McGill. MIm Lou McGill. Mn N. M. McDitU N. M. McDill. Mr*. Kilt Seowin*. R. T. Bridge*. Mr*. J. L. Plexico. S. C. Wilkerton. T. A. Wilker*on. M. J. Wilkeraon. Mita Eula Wilkenon. Mia* Lena Wilkenon. P. M. Caldwell. Mr*. Minnie C Qui mi. Sharon and Vicinity.?J. L. Rainey, Mr*. M. A. Rainey. R. B. Hartneaa. R. M. Mitchell, W. T. Hartne**. J. N. Ruaaell, Hugh LeRoy Feriruaon. J. R. Blair. Rev. E. B. Hunter, Mr*. Ola B. Hunter. Mr*. R. L. Plexico, Miaa Jo&ie Lee Saye. Mr*. S. A. GilAllan, Mr*. Mary C. Inman. Mr*. P. B. Kennedy. C. L. Kennedy. Porter B. Kennedy. J no. A. Mr-1 Alilley. H. E. Hood. J. C. Kirkpatriek. M. L. I Ho->d. Dr. W. B. Arrowood. J. S. Rainty. \ orkville and Vicinity.?J. S. Alexander. W. H. Alexander. Mm* Carrie Lee Alexander. J. Prank Ashe. Abnolom Cody Chapter. S. E. Alkin*. A. L. Black. Arthur Lindsay Black. N. S. Black, D. E. Boney. M. A. Bludworth, J. M. Brian. W. G. Brown. W. B. Burns, Mr*. K. M. Bratton. J. M. Bigger, Will Clinton, Ernest L. Clinton. Sarah M. Carroll, Hamlet Carroll. Jr.. D. C. Clark. J. D. Clark. J. T. Crawford. J. P. Carson. Mr*. W. R. Carroll. Mr*. J. R. Cannon. Ashlyn Lowe Cannon. James William Cannon. 3rd.. Carroll Brothers. Mi** Ella Cody, Dr. A. Y. Cartwright. J. F. Carroll. Miss Ruby Iteviney. R. L. Deviney, W. Lindsay Deviney. Mrs. R. D. Dorsett. T. C. Dunlap. John Demas. E. Meek Dickson, Robert Ensle. Nathan Peinstein. Miss M. P. Feemster. J. M. Ferguson. J. T. Feemster. Mrs. J. T. Feemster. Mary' E. Feemster. Willie G. Feemster. Harel Feemster. Erskine LeRoy Peems'.er. First National Bank, W. E. Ferguson, Miss Maggie Gist. S. W. Garrison. Rev. E. E. Gillespie. Miss Kate Gordon. A. M. Grist. W. D. Grist. Smith Gordon. Samuel Smyth Gordon. W. J. Gordon. Jr., J. M Hartness. R. B. Hartness, E. A. Hall. Miss Ida Hamell. Miss Mary E. Hughes. John QHall. George Henry Hart. Claod M. Jnman. James Brothers. Illian W. Johnson. H. B. James. John S. James, Mrs. H. B. James. Martha. J. M. A W. 0. Kerr. W. M. Kennedy. Mrs. Nirna C. Kenendy. Benjamlne Levy. J. E. Lnwry. J. D. Land. Bratton Land. Earle Land. R. W. Love. R. R. Love. Mrs. R. R. Love. John A. Latta, Latta Brothers, B. N. Moore. William S. Moore. Mrs. B. N. Moore. Paul H. Moore. Mrs. Paul N. Moore. Pauline Moore. Caroline Moore. Paul N. Moore. Jr., J. O. Moore. Maud A. Miller. F. E. Moore. Jacob Stephen Mackorell, Mr*. W. F. Marshall. C. Logan Moore. J. M. Mitchell. Mackey ? ? vi.. o a V I Warrpn Moore. Mis* Marie Moore. R. J. Maekorell. W. B. Moore. W. Bedford Moore. John Mar'on, Jr.. J. A. Marion. R. Leaalie McCorkle. Minnie McCorkle. M E. McCorkle. W. B. McCleave. J. J. MrCarter. Mr*. S. M. McNeil. Mr*. James F. Mi'Elwec. Mis* Mary L. McConnell, I R. S. McConnell. Mr*. M. I. McGill. J. D. McDowell. W. B. McGill. J. L. McGill. John J. McCarter. Mr*. Margaret C. McConnell. Thotf. J. Nichols. Mr*. Harry E. Neil. Mita Gladdy* Neil. Harry E. Neil. Rev. J. L. Oates. Martha Pogram. Alberta Pegram, J. B. Pegrani. Mr*. M. J. Pundcy. W. L. Pur*ley. John C. Plaxco. F. E. Quinn. J. M. Ramsey. Louis Roth. Mr*. S. M. Robinson. Mrs. Louis Roth, I.. Roth. Jr.. Annie Roth. D. L. Rambo. Charlie Ratrhford. pc.. R. L. Robinson, Jim Rice. pc.. Mr*. H. H. Ramsey. James Henry Riddle, Daniel C. Riddle. Ada L. Sanders. Mrs. W. K. Sander*. Mr*. J. R. Scott. J. R. Scott. J. B. Scott. Mr*. J. B. Scott, Helen C. Scott, J. K. Scott. J. H. Sandifer. T. T. Sandifer, R. A. Sandifer. Miss Bessie Sandifer. Mr*. J. A. Sherer, D. L. Shieder, D. W. Spencer, C. K. S|>enrer. Martin L. Smith, Mrs. J. M. St roup. Losslie Smith. J. G. Sasai, S. L. Steele, Mis* Annie Stevens, J. F. A. Smith, John L. Starr. Miss Alee Starr. J. M. Stroup, Mr*. W. A. Stoll, Miss Sarah Meek Starr. J. M. Starr, Mi** Bessie Thomasson. William Lo\e Thomasson. J. A. Tate. J. E. Thoma*. Mr*. Sallie D. Whiteside*. Dr. M. W. White. Miss Sailie Wray. Mrs. K. H. White. L. R. Williams, L. R. Williams, p. j., Mrs. J. L. William*. Mis* Willie Williams. Rufua Monroe Wallace. R. N. Whiteside*. J. B. Wal. lace. Mrs. W. B. Wylie, J. G. Wardlaw, E. L. Wood. M. F. Walsh. J. C. Wilborn. York Hardware Company. Mrs. B. Youngblood. The following 11st of Liberty bond subscription.* from Rock Hill and vicinity is in nddltion to those published in The Kniuircr of hist Friday: Rock Hill and Vicinity.?^). K. Williams, Mrs. R. B. Hamilton, Mrs. J. R. Copeland. Mrs. Paul Schultz. Mrs. Louis Freidheim. Miss Marie Fev.ell. Mrs. J. E. Sadler. E. R. Cherry, Mrs. S. J. Kimball. Phil Sandifer. Dr. W. C. Twitty. Miss Mary A. Roach, Lawrence Collina, Rock HTtl HardwR?~C&. Wr 'A. Graham, AH*e -ft M. McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. F. Spencer. C. W, F. Spencer. Jr.. F. E. Hull, Mra. F. E. Hull, Raymond Reinhart. John G. Barnwell. B. N. Craig, Mrs. Mary H. Moran. W. Boyd Roaeh. Eugene Hutchinson, Jr., Theodore Hutchinson. A. H. Moore, Mr*. A. H. Moore, J. S. Wright. Sain Barry. Walter Garriaon. Mr*. W. C. Micklin, Geo. D. Pearson, J. S. Matthews. John H. Steele. Mrs. J. H. Steele, Miss Eloise Steele, Mis* Florence Steele. J. A. Barber. Mr*. J. A. Barber, S. W. Barber, Mr*. J. B. Creigliton, Mrs. J. W. O'Neal. Mr*. J. K. Roach, Mr*. Margaret Campbell, Miss Josie Hall, C. N. Steed, T. B. Meadow*, T. J. Rahb. E. Getty* Nunn. G. K. Dicket, W. A. Douglas, A. C. Izard, Mr*. L. A. Pope. H. R. Tucker, Mr*. D. H. Brown. Earle Whisonant, T. L. I'arrish. Mr*. N. E. Taylor, B. J. White. Mr*. W. B. Meredith, L. A. Pope, Hi** Bunah L. Giles, Bus* Furniture Co.. Mr*. Jesse F. Mclaughlin. J. H. B. Jenkin*. Jr., Mrs. J. H. B. Jenkins, Jr.. Miss Mildred Adam*, Miss Beutrice Aduin*. Charles Best. R. H. Cowan. Jr., W. W. Crenshaw. Mi** Harriet M. Chrietzberg. Mi** Margaret Adam* Chrietzburg. Mis* Edna F. Coilh. Mrs. Helen A. Coith, Misa Clara DeVane. Edward Fewell. Mis* Anna Gaaton. Mrs. M. B. Hankins. Boyd Hull, Miss Pawnee Jones, Jas. A. Johnson. Jr., Dr. Jas. P. Kinard. J. J. Miller. Mr*. J. J. Miller, D. B. Mahaffey. Miss Floy Miller, Miss Marjorie MrConoughy. Garland Angernon Phillips, O. S. Poe, Miss Mary Louise Porter, Mr*. Perry D. Roddoy. Mis* Nan Roddey, Roddey-Poe Mercantile Co.. Mis* Anna Spence. Mi*s Emily N. Smith. Victoria Cotton Mill. Miss Clara Louise Voigt. Hitch School. Miss Minnie Clare YarborouRh. Miss Louise Yoder, M. N. Bagley. A. J. Berry. F. B. Black. Rev. J. J. Brown. W. N. Clinton. T. W. Courtney, Perry Ferguson, Sam Paris. S. M. Garrison. G. A. and W. E. Gettys, Miss Lynn Glenn. Miss Mary J. Jackson. Mrs. Catherine R. Jones, Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, Mrs. S. C. Mitchell. G. L. McKetler. J. M. McIlwain, Mr. and Mrs. McFadderr, D. B. McFndden. K. B. Phagan. C. W. Ratterree, P. M. Roach. F. H. Simpson. Mrs. G. B. Sweat. Miss Bessie Garrison, J. A. McFadden, Mrs. S. J. MrFadden. A. B. McFadden. K. F. Oates, Mrs. E. H. Garrison. W. A. Oates, Ed jJelton, eol./ LOCAL LACONICS Thrift Stamp Subscriptions. During the week ending April 13. York county bought $2,058.75 worth of thrift stamps, raising the total of the county up to that time to S21.987.Srt. Paroled by the Governor. John Currence, colored, who about five years ago was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary for killing Jim Lindsay, also colored, has Ireen paroled by tlovernor Manning. Lindsay, the negro killed by Currence, had been paroled by tlovernor Blease. Sentenced to Two Years. Wash Hariowe, wno was irieu liiai week in his absence and convicted of violation of the prohibition law, was arrested Friday and turned over to the sheriff. Upon opening the sealed sentence that had been placed in his hands by the court, the clerk found that Hariowe had been scheduled for two years on the chaingung. Correction. Through inadvertance in the report of the court proceedings In the last lsBue of The Enquirer, it was stated that "W. C. Hood had been acquitted of the charge of statutory rape." This was an error. Hood, a_joung white man, was charged with breach of trust and larceny, of which charge he was acquitted. It was W. C. Meeks, a negro, who was charged with statutory rape. His case was continued. Holp of tho School Children. The Peoples' National bank of Rock Hill has just entered upon a broad and liberal campaign to enlist the school children of Rock Hill in behalf of the sale of thrift stamps. Under the plan the bank has distributed among the school teachers of the city a large number of thrift cards, each with one thrift stamp attached, and the teachers are requested to give these stamps to such boys and girls among the pupils as will volunteer to advance 26 cents each and look to their own enterprise and selling ability to get the cards into the hands of others of the community who will pay for the initial stamps and undertake to All out the cords. To the boy or girl who thus distributea_the largest number of thrift stamps among the largest number of Individual buyers, the bank will give a large American flag, six by ten feet. Status of Nitrato Orders. Representative Stcvanson baa given a-'; out the following statement relative to nitrate from information printed from the department of agriculture: "To ( date 21.536 tons have been delivered | anth unloaded at Savannah. Charles- ( ton and Wilmington, and more than , lT.OoO tons have been shipped to the 1 farmers. On account of port conditions. the railroads have not been able yet to move about 2,822 tons for which ' shipping instructions have been given. 1 but will do so very soon. The remaining 2,?m>U tons will be delivered to th* ' farmers very soon. Two ships, cartying 16.000 tons, will be discharged this I week at Mobile and Norfolk, and five j additional ships, carrying 26,500 tons. I ure on their way to Chili for loading. I and a sixth ship, of 7.000 tons, has been assigned for carrying nitrate, making a total of 72.000 tons, either delivered or for which transportation , has been arranged for this country. The detriment has assurances that , the remainder of the 120.000 tons con- , traeted for will come forward as | speedily as possible. War demand for shipping has been very great but it is \ now believed that the arrangements which have been made will enable the department substantially to meet all j orders received from farmers up to the | date when applications were closed, and It is believed that, in the absence , of unavoidable developments, all the ' nitrate contracted for will be secured and delivered. Any representations to the contrary are said by the department to be unwarranted and misleading " MERE MENTION \ Zurich. Switzerland, paper reports , serious meat riots at Vienna during ' last week. Ten thousand persons demanded meat, but only l.OOo kilograms were available. They demanded , horse ilesh, and when this wus not forthcoming they stormed the meat > stalls. Many arrests were made j A letter written by tieorge Washington in 1758. to Miss Fairfax, regarding his ' love for Mrs. Curtis, whom he later ! married, was sold at auction in Lon- 1 don lust week for $760 Miss Ruth Wasson of Binghumpton. N. Y.. has t been lined $4 00 in the Federal court i at Syracuse, on her confession that she | had been using the mail to defraud t two men to whom she had been I simultaneously engaged through the ' malls .Naval officials at Washing- < ton are promising that (Jermany's ' submarine menace will be wiped out ' by August and perhups by June ' Kdward Price Bell, I?ndon corres- I pondent of the < 'hicago Daily News, says that the belief is growing in Ung- ' In ml that the I'nited States may force ' the kaiser to seek terms of peace dur- 1 ing 1H18. He says: "Peace this year 1 is no longer regarded as Inconceivable, 1 provided means can be found to hurry ' large numbers of American troops to 1 fraiice. . ururc i. numu, ? 1st member of the city council of To- 1 ledo, <>., has been forced out of office ' because he refused to subscribe to the third Liberty Loan bonds Slight earthquake shocks extending over a period of several days has greatly ! alarmed the |>eople of the island of J Martinique. Mont Pelee, on the is- . land, erupted in May, 1902, and 30,000 : persons lost their lives, the city of St. , Pierre being destroyed The gov- ! ernment has taken over the plants of ( the Poach Magneto Company at Springfield, Mass., and Plalntield, N. ^ J., investigation having shown that the , company is entirely enemy owned. , The company manufactured a large , portion of the magnetos used on auto- , mobiles Five Austrlans of the . Lyttle colliery., at Pottsviile, Pa., who j refused to buy Liberty bonds last < week, were taken by the heels by fel- , low workmen and dipped into a steel , vat of heated oil and dyed an amber t hue that will not wash out soon , Mrs. Theresa Hengoeehea, wife of the j consul general of Guatemala, at New t York, fell out of a window in her apartments in that city Thursday and , was instantly killed Governor , Gardner of Missouri, has announced , TtTrrr-T.ff*?ntnn-he vsiH appolnt-to-Oopl. seat of the late Senator Stone In the t I'nited States senate, must be a man t who will "support courageously the r president and those in authority to the t limit in the successful prosecution of I the war." The American labor i mission now in Pngland, at its llrst t formal session with Pngllsh labor 3 leaders, bluntly turned down the prop- t osition that German labor leaders be \ invited to take part In the conference, x The Americans stood staunchly against i any meeting with representatives of i th<- enemy "Tell nie frankly if I t can continue for the next six months i in that devil-of-a-way existence I car- r ry on now," demanded Premier Clem- | enceau of France, of his physician, I last week. The premier added that | six months was all he wanted. His < physician told him that he was 900a 1 for more lhan six months Fifty u New York election officers, half < Democrats and half Republicans, have t been sentenced to jail for 60 days each V after they had entered pleas of guilty t to participation in primary frauds ' The department of labor has under- f taken the weighing and measuring of * all American children under the age of ' five years. The work will be under the t direction of the Children's Bureau of the department. The purpose of the J bureau is to take steps to save the ' lives of thousands of babies which die ' annually in the United States f Wheeling, W. Va., and Grand Rapids, Mich., are two of the many cities and ' towns throughout the country that 1 huve harred the teaching of the Ger- * man language in their schools Two J thousand Swedes throughout the coun- ' try are endeavoring through the ' Swedish legation at Washington, to J escape the military draft of the United ' States. A large portion of these have ' taken out first citizenship papers. ( Many have asked to be allowed to return to Sweden. This permission has been refused. It is stated that very few of the Swedes will escape the draft and army service if they are 1 physically fit The railroad administration hns decided to place orders c for 100.0Q0 freight and coal cars, In- 1 volvlng an expenditure of $300,000.- I 000. The cars are to be constructed 11 mainly of wood so as to save* steel, a Governor Pleasant of ixiuisiana, i hns appointed Walter Guion of Napole- 1 onville. United States senator to succeed the late R. H. Broussnrd, deeeas- c ed The immense number of- wound- 3 ed Germans arriving in Belgium are fllfing up the hospitals and public \ buildings to an extent that has made v necessary the requisition of private houses for their Accommodation, is a I feature of the dispatches from A muter- I dam The United States govern- J nient has completed an arrangement with .lupan whereby .lapan is to turn \ over sixty-six steamers to the United 1 States. 1 0 1 v Our Heroic Americans.-?-After the 1 heavy German attack of Saturday the American main positions northwest of a Toul remained Intact and Saturday '1 morning after a brief bombardment j the Americans attacked and drove the ' enemy out of the old outposfs which % they hod maintained, thus breaking . down an offensive which it is believed , was intended as the beginning of a German plan to separate the Americans and French. There was av comparative lull Sun- J, day along the sector northwest of Toul. ' The Americans engaged In the terrific hand-to-hand fighting Saturday, show- JJ ed the most daring bravery, stories of which are already being counted. As indicating: the violence or tne orfense, French ambulance men who c went through the famous battle of a Verdun declared that, comparatively \ speaking, the German artillery Are I against the Americans was heavier [ than In any single engagement on the c Verdun front at any time. a ? One of the Interesting develop- B ments of last week was the appear- c ance of 200,000 Italian troops in d France as a reinforcement of General a Foch's great army. There seemed to I1 be a common belief that the Italians t were too hard pressed by the A us- 1 trlans on their northern front to admit " of their being able to spare any con- a slderable number of men even from I that front. From leading Italian 1 sources, however. It is declared that f Italy has experienced no lack of men; t that the forces facing the Austrians a are ample; but in any event Italy de- c sires to take her place on the western front along with the French. British, t Portuguese and Americans. a : SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Dr. J. Adam Hayne, secre-tary of the state t>oard of health and state health officer. was elected president of the South Carolina Medical tssociation at Its meeting at Aiken last week. ? Kcv. Henry Harms. 1>. D., president of Xvwherry college. Newberry. lias MVepted a call to the pastorate ol' the Lutheran church of the Hol> Communion. Philadelphia. ? Chester county went over the top lust Friday when it passed its <|Uota in the third Liberty loan drive and its ling of honor is now on the way trotn l.n hniond. '" * ? ?..1/ iliu I ra ni tevillo Manufacturing I'onipany, at Uranitesille, who hud Lit-cii on strike since walking out Tuesday, returned to work Thursday morning, following an agreement reached between the arbitration board, a committee representing the operatives and Mr. Phinizy, president of the company. Only about um -lifth of the operatives hud yult work, the others remaining at their jobs, and it is thought that the trouble Is now over and that the differences between the mill management and alteratives is in a fair way for tlnal settlement to the satisfaction of all parties. ? < i. J. Mryhr, conductor of the Lockhart branch of the Southern railway. was on lust Thursday arrested by J. 1- Adams, deputy United States marshal, and brought before William 11. Luke, United States commissioner, upon a warrant charging him with having made unfriendly remarks against the United States government. The warrant was sworn out by W. W. White of Lockhart Junction. Mr. Myer was released upon $500 bond to appear for preliminary hearing before Commissioner Lake at Union. Mr. Meyer, previously hearing several days ugo that a warrant would be Issued for him declared in writing his loyalty lo the government and expressed reih.ii ihurp mi 1,1 have been anv :?uch construction placed upon any remark he may have made. ? (iroonvillo News. Sunday: Former Sovernor t'ole L lilcuxe, s|>oaking to in audience of about eight hundred people in the Textile hall yestofrday itternoun, branded as untrue liitimaions that he had ever uttered a word vhich tended to retard the prosecution if the war by the bulled States. Mr. lilease said he has Invested in Liberty >onds to the extent of his ability, and lis remarks yesterday appealed to Unpeople who heard him to do likewise. ? The former governor had many Tiends in the audience, this tact bong demonstrated by the frequent and iberal applause given him during the -otirse of his uddl'ess. Mr. Mease reel rial to his offer to the governuient o raise :i regiment or a brigade of iiicil to go in training and Into active lervlce as soon after the training peri?l as possible. (Mlicials in the war lepartment, he said, would not allot, lim to raise an organization. Mr. Itlease said he was opposed to the i'liited States going into the war, and Or this he had no aiailogies to make. Vow that this country is in it. lie said. ? here is nothing else to do hut snpitorl he government whole-heartedly. The Ormer governor made no criticism of senator Tillman personally, but stated hat the ship-building plant at 'harloston was promised and all hul stahlishcd by the senior senator, vent to a Virginia city, and he gave lis hearers to understand that it In vere In the United States senate sucil idvuntuges would not grabbed away roni South Carolina, provided he hud iny voice in the matter. Mr. Mouse levoted little time to criticising affairs >ther than state. He reiterated the 'Xpression that the governor's olllce vas olitalned by fniud at the las lection. The only personal reference nn?le to Senator Tillman was that it he present senator will meet him on he stump this summer he would hand him his dose." "If he does not neet me in public," the former gov rnor said, "I'll hand him his dose any vay." Mr. lileuse said he had no 7 '---'""i hf , m ^ _! ord, adding thai his only wish was hat ho might be able to release some nore unfortunates from the pmltenlary. He made the charge I hat more awlessness exists now than during ids tduiinlst rat ion as chief ?N<s-uiivo of he state. From the general tenoi of Ilr. Hli-iiff'x address it was apion-ui lisit ho is not ii'lcasinK hts heavy in,rot, hut la awaiting tho opening ol ih itato county-to-county caiispniMii. "cirntor Cmrroor Hlea.se was the laM if live s|s-ukcrs of the afternoon. .\i orney General Thou. II. Peoples, who a aspiring for the oftiee of gov< rnor, naile a ringing talk, principally along itttriotic lines. Hla address was brief nil hrought forth considerable upilauae. Major John C. Itlcliaids. huirman of the South Carolina raiload cominlaaion, also a candidate for fovernor, atioke at length. He lauded Jri'enville city anil county for the iiart hey have played in supporting the government. Major Kiohards referred o the fact that he is the onlj man >vor elected to the railroad commission in the first ballot. Major Itieliards taid the tuxes in Soutli Carolina are oo high, and pledged himself to lower hem if |K?ssltile, if placed in the chief xeeutive's chair. An especial item for lis criticism was the appropriation for aw enforcement in the state, as made y the lust legislature. The peace ofIccrs of the various counties, he said, ire callable of taking cure of all reaches of the peace in their terrtory. Alfrisi It. Itichardson, former fame warden, now a candidate for ailrond commissioner, made a short alk a nil asked for the sii|>|iorl of the itlzens of this county in his race, lust before the audience was dismissd. Sheriff Hector advised everybody resent to attend their Democratic lull meetings which will he held soon. CLOVER CULLINGS xirnnpondenee The Yorkville Enquirer Clover, April 20.?The Palladium 'luh was delightfully entertained on rhursday afternoon at the residence of Jr. J. K. Hrison, with Misses Marraret Morris and Lottie Belle Kimril us joint nostesses. Aiier an interestng programme was carried out. deiclous refreshments were Ht*ned. Mr. J. Meek Smith returned Thurslay afternoon from a business trip to riemphis, Tenn. Miss Mamie McConnell of YorkvHIe. isited Mrs. H. L. Wright here this reek. Anionic the visitors in Hock Hill Vedncsday were Senator and Mrs. J. S. Beamguard, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. arkson and Mr. \V. N. Jackson. Miss Kaye Ford of Bethel, recently Isited her aunt, Mrs. Fred Jackson, lere. Messrs. f'harlle Dickson and McRIree St roup of Clover, will leave for a raining camp on April 26. B. I'. Lilly, who has been running i Jitney from here to Yorkvllle, has iccepted a position with Mr. Boss 'nnnon in Yorkvllle and Mr. Howard ackson will have charge of the Clo er-Yorkvllle jitney. Mr. Linden Gobel. who is in a trainne rumu in Tennessee, spent a few lays here thin week with his parents. Rev. W. P. Orler Is holding a series f services at Bethany A. R. P. church his week. The Rev. Dr. Miller of lard Is. S. C., is doing the preaching. Bethel presbytery will meet at Bowing Green Presbyterian church on "uesday. April 23. ? ' B + 9 % How to Rsport Disloyalty.?It has ome to the notice of the federal gents In Charleston, that many peo>le fail to report suspicious and dlsoyal acts or,manifestations of sym>athy for the enemy, because of unertainty as to the proper official to ipproach. It is very Important tl>at the governnent should have the- assistance of all Itisens in detecting enemy pro paganla or suspicious activities of Indlvldu.ls and you will do a service In notlfyng your friends that any communication addressed to "Intelligence Officer, leadquarters Southeastern Department, Charleston, 8. C.,~ will receive .ttentlon and be transmitted to the iroper official of the government for nvesti gallon. The names of lnormants will not be divulged and here need be no fear, on the pert of nybody, of getting Into trouble In aee suspicions prove to be unfounded. Informants should Indicate the naure and source of their information, a well as the time and plans.