Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 26, 1918, Image 2

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Scraps and tafts. r! ^ h ... - - h -- It i.i reported on what se< rns to be cl good authority that tiermany has math- I: demand on Holland for the right o! b tiaiimt of Herman war materials u thiough Holland on threat of occupy- \ mg Hutch ports in case th?- demand is b< refused. ? t'aj.'.ain Baron %on Bichthoien. tr??- '* lan.ous < h i man aviator, has !> n Kill- 11 il. Beutor's correspondent at British w headquarters reports. The captain was " hi ought down iii tin- Sornine valley. " Ilis hoiiy was recovered and will Is- I' buried with military honors. Since 'aplain Boelke was shot down in Oc- ^ tol#er. BK, Captain von Hiehthofeh a has been tin- most prominent and sue- s, -is!ul lii-rman aviatoi. On April >. tin- i rinaii war otlicc announced tiiat ' In- had achieved his 7Sth aerial vie- * tiny, although in this, as in previous :i citations, lie was not credited ex- 11 plicitly with having brought down an w Allied airplane. Captain von Bicht- " Imli'ii tir.st came into prominence a.s leader ol I he "living circus," a .s?juad- ? i on ol lii-riuan aviators which fought '' hi .1 peculiar circular formation tol- v lowing each other around so that in ' ca.ie one was attacked the next fl>er could sweep the antagonist Irom the m iear. Ueceiitly Kui|*-ror William con- / ferred upon him the order of the lied ' Kagle. The Americans sustained more than two hundred casualties in that ? light with th<- (iermans northwest of Toul last Saturday, and it is prohuhlc that these include ahout IsO prisoners. The tierinans are hclievcd to have lost between 300 and 400. The Hermans attacked the Americans in considerable lorce, something like 1.J00. tint- } iiiimliered, the Americans gave hack until they could he reinforced and t then went forward driving the j iermans la-ton- tlxm. The ficriiiaiis ] claim that they accomplished the pur- ; pose for which the raid was made and I tired without heitig observed by the \mericans; imt the French and Americans agree that this is not true. They say that the (Iermans were driven kirk with heavy losses. Alter It was all over the Americans were in the t><>- ~ sit ions they occupied when the fight lagan. In tlieir ottieial report, the (iermans say somewhat conceitedly ' that the Americans suffered more than a otherwise for lack of training and cx- f perlence; hut even the (Scrmans ad- j out that the Americans fight with effective fury. The Itritish navy made a tre I lit* minus aii;i*'K aginum ....... mat ill*- liases at Zeht ugge ami tistcndlimi tin- la Igiau coast nil last Tuesilay. I Tlie attack was |>1 a i i 1 on a l.-ug*-| scale, miller a plan which coiiteinplat- I ' I III*- Mowing up of the mole at /* -|< luugge, ami til*- Mocking ol' the clian- I mi hi Hi*- liarhor at fisteml with ships! loaih'il with celllellt. Several large oli- I solete cruisers were saerifleeil in their atti'inpteil hloekatling pi im i ss. It was I ? known, of course, that t h<- enterprise1. was of a desperate nature and that! hut few of the men engaged in it could I '' hope to esca|M- ileath or capture, am) I n only voliinte*-rs were used. Then* wrrr I (1 more volunteers than were needed. I The attack was made under artilleially I" produced fogs ami sonic of the attack - I ing ships wcic sunk hy Herman hat-| leries. hut nevertIn-less several de-l tachinents of Itritish marines wen-1"' landed ami tliey sueee?-*led in working I ^ considerahle havoc ahont hoth '/.* 1|-' hrugge ami Ostend. Iteturned Itritish- l,i is claim that the undertaking was! worth all it cost and that trememlous I " damage was done. The Hermans ad- I p mit damage to th*> mole at Zehrugge, I hut gem-rally discount tlu- importance I , of th<- damage wrought. I" ? A telegram to the Wolff hurcau, the I semi-oMicial (Serman. on last Sunday! stated that the attack against the! American positions on hoth sides of la Selcheprey, thanks to careful prepara-Js tlon and the co-operation of all arms,! was u complete success. The telegram!'' says: "After an effective artillery I w l>re|Ktration which caused severe ene-11. my loss?-s, the (Sermans stormed Anter- I lean positions Over a front of two and l's a ha|f kilometers and penetrated to a 11' iTep'th W t'&o kilometers."" SPiChepfey }a was taken hy storm and was found I s| full of American dead. Hitter hand-1 to-hand righting ensued around dug-!1'1 outs, vantage points and cellars whose Ie; occupants were killed almost to theL.) last man. Severe hand-to-hantl light-1 ing also occufrcd ahont dugouts in I 10-nneres wood. Here tin- American Is casualties were especially heavy. Dense lit eolnmns of enemy reinforcements were 17 discovered north of lieaumoiit and al- I so heyoud liernecourt ami were hadly I mauled l?y our destructive lire, l-'ar- I titer Mick, the Herman airmen treated |T enemy reserves tilling up the trenches! in Jury wood and attacked them wlthltl machine guns, while our batteries 11" worked fearful havoc in the closely fill-1(., ed trenches. After dark when tin- one-1 ' my's defense works and dugouts hud r' heen destroyed and blown tip, we 1.1; evacuated the |>osition according to I p our plans and unobserved by the ene-|| my. Our losses were slight, while! > those of tin- untrained Americans were I most sever*-. We eapture?l live otll-11< cers. ?>ne doctor and 17X men as well IXN as machine guns." ? Sugar for domestic and preserving 1 this summer will M- distributed under I a modIth-d certificate system by which!4,1 each consumer will he required to sign 1st an application for the amount need?-d. I lv Adoption of this |ilan was announced! this week hy the national food admin-11' 1st rat ion with the explanation that its|'r purpose is to make sure that hotnela eanners may ot>tain sufficient sugar t?> I f|. preserve perishahh- fruits, and at the! same time to place a check upon any I" who might try to ohtuin unreasonnhle I quantities for household consumption. I It is considered necessttrv to cheek I consumption chiefly to guard against III temporary shortages which may result lIM from withdrawal of more vessels from!, the CiiMiii trade and tin- ndministra-1 tion prefers the method adopted to thelf* card system used in other countries, let detail dealers win ne proviueu >> state I-Vderni administrators with , irrlillcnti's to ho signed hv the con- ,r sinners. Kach ccrtltlcntc must ho ro- ai turned within one wook after it is sign- ,,, oil to tho state federal administrator. . ? Amorioa's oontrihutions of food to ,tho civilian populations of tho Allies ' increased ononnously during March, g t'omntcrco statistics show that exports of meat and dairy products amounted to $111,392,226. as compared with $4..- s< 951.12" in february and hroadstuffs o| sent abroad wore worth $65,295,279 tl which was $11,000,000 more than the preceding month. Kxports of cotton and mineral oils decreased during the s< month probably to permit tho greater e< shipment sof foodstuffs. In the nine w months ending March 31. a total of 3.744.S04 hules of cotton has boon sent 111 abroad, compared with 5.053.SS1 bales "Hl in tho same period last year. Ship- al motits of mineral oil in the same periods wort- 1.9S5.399.2C9 gallons and 2.u69.SS0.269 gallons respectively. In nine months. 4S.9S4.492 pounds of cot- " ton seed oil have been exported, less |;i than one-half of the 102.017.29S i>ounds (1 exported in the tlrst nine months of the Inst fiscal year. tt ? A sensational climax to the pro- tl lonired trial of 32 persons charged with ti conspiring to foment revolution in In- .t| ilia was furnished in San Francisco, last Tuesday when Unm Chandra. Hin- " du publicist and revolutionist, was shot h to death in Federal district court by w Ram Singh, a former employee and fellow defendant. While Singh stdl ,s pressed the trigger of his automatic ft pistol he. too. was shot and killed by p, United States Marshal James B.'Holohan. The trial started November .'0, and the case went to the jury Tues- I' day night. Before that Ham Chandra si had diverted to his own use proceeds e< from property which Ham Singh had turned over for use in the proposed revolution, is said by Federal officials to ti have prompted the shooting. The trial tj since the opening has seethed with excitement and animosity among the defondants. The United States district n< attorney. John W. Preston, had finish- ? ed his closing argument, which Mrs. Preston was present to hear. Just be- 01 fore the shooting. Judge W. O. Van h Fleet, announcing that he would pi charge the jury in the afternoon, had left the bench and entered the chain- ai bers and spectators and lawyers rose p to leave the room. At one side of the S(. Ig?r sat the defendants, clustered to- . gether and at the opposite side, by the 1' jury box. Marshal Holohan watched n' proceedings. Ram Candra rose and le started across the room. Ram Singh eI also rose, raised his pistol and began firing. Ram Chandra staggered for- a' ward and fell dead before the witness bi X A Jiair. At the same moment Ram Singh th II. Holohan, a man of great stature, ad shot once with his arm high over is h'-aO. so that the bullet should th k-ar nearl-y counsel. The shot broke tj, am Singh's neck, ijftlcers who have . e? ri on duty since the trial opened i.nicuiale|> blocked the exits. Judge an Fleet hurried back into court and zc i-gan an investigation which develop- K< il. he sain, that Ram Singh had ol<lined his weapon during a brief rei-ss in the morning session when he andered out into the corridor lor a v lomerit. investigations Tuesday night in along many lines, including the ossibility that other defendants knew i advance ol the shooting. Santek ingh, a defendant, was interrogated rid at the afternoon session, he was ,n urrounded by deputy marshals. At" ef ingh's tlist shot spectators, defend- (lj fit's counsel and others in the room larted for cover, overturning chairs ml tables in their flight. Soldiers and 's eputy marshals rushed to all exits c< rith drawn revolvers. Itam Chandra jj( as perhaps the most widely known lindu in America after the departure t Ins associate. Har Dyal, who jump- tu il bail when arrested on charges ol m iolating neutrality and tb-d to Switzi land. -s| the \lorhvillc (Enquirer. ;r; ki Intered at the Postofflce at York aa ?' Mail Matter of the Second Claaa. th th shifter " "I YORK. S. C.; o> FRIDAY. APRIL 26. 1918. j. kememltcr that today has been es>v< ially designated by the president w nd the governor for extraordinary eforts in behalf of the Third Liberty ,i! ci oan drive. (j 1 1 w The t'.roenvillo Piedmont tells of a w irecnville woman who supports two ^ hildreii on ii total ineome of |7.f>0 a s(< reek and who has purchased a $50 csi abortv bond on the installment plan. w ?h you slackers! .Mr. McAdoo says not to be a 2f> < nt patriot when you can be a $5,000 q, no. That is good: but if you cannot e a $.">.iH'0 or $lou patriot, at least io a 2f. cent patriot. It is largely a K' natter of ability, of course: but the ||J nan who does all he can is doing as ntich as unvhody. W m , 1? I'luler an amendment to the KedorI reserve act passed by the house last hi v'cilncsdiiy. national luniks in the hi 'edcral reserve svstem would be ail- . hi liorised to engage in fiduciary bust- |M ess in competition with trust com- lit allies regardless oi state laws to the th rintnir.v. Such business is done bv he hanks now where state laws do ot forbid. Declaration of war against Turkey ml Itulgnrin is under tin- serious con- M ideration of the senate. When I'resl- l" eat Wilson asked for n declaration of ar against Austria, lie did not Inlude Turkey and Bulgaria because, he st a id. they did nut stand direetly in the JJ' ath of the Cnited States in its war cnThttTTlie r.hrrrtrf-rmTrtres.- Nfftt "the"" ] Ituation is licginning to look differ- Wl lit. and among other things, it is ileulateil that if the t'nited States de- j., lares war against Turkey and Htil- re aria. < ! recce will he of very ureal as- a' Istanee in the tight. The president, J* owi'ver, is not yet ready for war with (;< uikey and Itulgnrin. **t to in tiovernor Manning has vetoed the ai imiI hill passed at the last session of Sl1 in le general assemhly to require the y( oluinhia Street liailway eonipony to <>j nrry the sohliers to and from Camp 7 aekson for 5 cents each way. On ^ anuary 1 ai7. Mr. K. W. Itoliertson, |a resident of the street railway, prom- si< ted in a letter to the Columbia chainCO er ol commerce that if the camp was (j, waled at Columbia the street railway in ould transport the otticers and men *''' l the same rate charged in the city. !p| ?-wit: five cents. Cpon the location re I" the camp and the completion of the te treet railway thereto, the street raild? ay began to charge two fares to the tu imp and two fares back. Mr. Toole to Produced and secured the passage of ta bill to establish the original agreelent. Governor Manning has vetoed ie bill. ya . m 1 1 in lion. I>avid It. Coker, chairman of la ie state council of defense, has issn1 a stirring appeal in behalf of bet- j>j r |my for school teachers. He sets lr >rth that people with su.'tleient edit... he itionnl ?-t|iiipitia-nt to i'?' wonn wnue __ ? school teachers are now eominatul- |ls IK much hcttcr jiay in all other lines, th nil that the intra mount importance of jj1 juration demands salaries that will nalde the teachers to live. The mat- lie -r is ot very great importance, much dr renter importance than most jieople \ilize. Hundreds of thousands of ar juthern people lost their educational al pportunities during the Civil war and he te years immediately following, and jj is not with much exaggeration to ,|t ty that the south lost more on ac- wl ;>unt of that thitn on account of the h| ar itself. We must not have out ed- m rational system paralyzed as the re- at nit of this war; inn we must sustain un ml develop it at whatever sacrifice. fo m wl The nietropolttian newspapers and ,,j lie magazines of nation wide circu- ha ition have been setting up a continu- (n,n us howl for many months past gainst the new postal regulations in ca ne war revenue law, which regula- J* t?r ons go into effect on July 1. At the ar] resent time, as for many years i>ast. th ic cost of newspaper postage is regu- he Tl ited altogether on a basis of weight |a| f pafiers without regard to the disince they are carried. After July 1. the loi irther a newspaper or magazine is to p carried and the greater the amount S{( f advertising it contains the higher pr - - 1. ...Ill 1.. tkn* Bl it* yusuimr. \ *ut* i tvuu win uv utuv CO lbacribera with more distant address- r(, i will have to pay more in post- po Ke than they now pay for subscripons and the enormous circulations of te newspapers will be greatly curtiled. In all this the metropolitan pwspapers and the magazines affected YV je calamity to the nation. They mi aim that the existing nationalism as been built up and cesnented by ce ublications of universal circulation ha ad with the localization of these pa- ^ ers the country will be reduced to 0f ctlonallsm. purcochiallsm. and misun- w< erstanding. But somehow we are ot especially impressed with the al- st> ged disaster involved In the threat- Gt ted calamity, not yet at least. So far i we have seen, there is to be in era- taj trgo on the co-operative efforts of be ) " , ic pre? associations their orld-wide service and to our mind lis is <1 greater factor in nationaliza#n than is the universal circulation ' any one periodical or any group ' periodicals. Just how the new me system idea of postal rates is ring to work out in practice we are A prepared to predict; hut we feel itirely satisfied to take our chances ith it along with the others. Names of Bond Buyers. The Knijuirer is trying to print the lines ot all the purchasers oi honds York county, and it it fails in tinfoil it will only he because of inulity to get the information. Our reason tor printing these names because we consider that the list intairis an honor roll oi those who lieve iii the righteousness of their >untry's cause and who are willing > hack up that cause with their oney. Of course people who have plenty of irplus money do not deserve any ?-<ial credit tor investing the satin l>onds, because there is no better in sttnent that they can make, and they io\v it; hilt if these people do not jy bonds, it Is fair to assume that lere is something wrong with thein: lat they do not appreciate the obllition by which they are confronted, that they are not in full sympathy ith the cause of the country to which ley owe all they have. The jM'ople who deserve the greatest edit for buying bonds are those who not actually able to do so: those ho have no surplus money for instinent, but who are willing to back ) their country's credit with their vn credit?those people who will jrrow money at 8 per cent to carry a curity that bears only 41 per cent. eople like this show the spirit of iiiericanism of the right sort, the sort hieh is really anxious to help and hich makes no excuses. Hut whatever the reason lor pubdiing the names of these bond buy's now, there is no reason to doubt lat the time will come when the list ill be a roll of honor throughout the hole nation. There will be it time hen many people will be proud on icir own account that they have doended from people who answered the ill of their country to uphold its hon and establish the liberty ol the Olid. BIG BATTLE RESUMED ermans Again Hammering at British and French. Tin- ticrmans have resumed their rat offensive against British and ifiifli in France anil Belgium after hit weeks of preparation. The battle was resinned on last 'ednesday morning and otlieial rents from Field Marshal llaig credit I the Cirmans with having made a tin of about one mile toward A lines, it did not admit of another retireent by the British, lint few details of the new battle He been received up to this time; it the understanding is that furious ;>itiiiK is In progress along both ie liritish iind French fronts, and the suits promise to be of great importlee. MERE-MENTION Representative Tilson of Connectiit, in an address in the house on onday, discussing gas and tire for ie by the army over there, said: "I innot tell you the formula or the efct, but I wish to assure you that the nited States has a gas far more deructive than any yet perfected by e (icrmans I'remier Orlando of aly, in a recent interview, in disc us ng woman suffrage for Italy, said: .Tie flrne Is Tfpe to-"extend suffrage to omen. 1 hope the present legislature ay possibly grant it Lawrence . Mills, postmaster at Bacon, Del., is tting along in years and wants to sign the postmastership, but is unilo to do so. because no one will aept the office The war depart* eat is considering a plan of hiring [>rman war prisoners to the several ates at a nominal charge per man, r road building purposes Herat) Meugenaurer, wife and daughter, e under arrest at 1'ontiac, Mich., on ispicion of being connected with the urder of Augusta Steinbach, 11 .New ?rk girl, who disappeared from Royal ik. Mich., more than a year ago 'he Win-thc-War-for-l'eace" convenm, to convene in Philadelphia on it too is ready: uarauea ih reauy: id I am ready," declared Giragossli this week. "We are only waiting r the completion of the machinery tiich Garabed is to set in motion." Direction of the army's aircraft ogramme hits been placed in the inds of John D. ltyan, copper mngite, railroad man and financier nernor Gardiner of Missouri, has ndered the senatorial seat made vant by the death of Senator William Stone, to Hon. Champ Clark, speak I'lft.v American enlisted men id non-commissioned officers are on eir way from the Freneh front to lp in the Liberty loan drive ie German minister to the Netherads and the Netherland minister to trmany have returned home. This oks serious; but the exact meaning it is not known The government is decided to take over all raw wool ared in warehouses and pay the price evading on July 30 last The itlsh admiralty has decided to dlsntlnue Its weekly reports of subtna,ie sinkings and to issue such rerts monthly instead. - British casualties reported during e week ending April 20. totaled 12.8, divided as follows: Killed or died wounds: Officers, 575: men. 1.639. bunded or missing: Officer* 2,173; ?n, 7,981. The casualties reported for la week are approximately half as rge again as those reported the preding week. Although heavy fighting s now been in progress a month the ts have not begun to approach in :e those of last year in the months active operations when the British ?re on the offensive. There is no pans of determining how far the sualties now being reported reprent losses In the fighting since the rman offensive was started. In the veral weeks preceding last week, ten 8.129 names were listed, the tots had been running no higher than tween 3,000 and 4,000. LOCiUu Atf yAIRt, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Clinton Bros. ?List a lot of specials in eerie* lor tomorrow, Saturday, "i^r things to eat.'' J no. K. Logan Suggests that you have you screen windows and doors made now whig the material is on hand. Bewiring. star Theatre -Offers a varied programme tot today, tomorrow and Monday. Last episo4 Bed Ace" comes Monday. Carroll Supply Co. Says it is the place to ae cure nitrate of soda, top dresser, cow feed nurse feed, and other things. McConnell Dry Goods Co.- Says it it goini over the top with lots of merchandise a under market prices. 1 red L. Smarr, Bullock's Creek?Has Duroc Jersey boar for service. W. H. Barnett. Clover No. 3?Has a gt** fresh milk cow for sale. B. B. Ferguson. York No. S?Offers two phu mules at a bargain. C. L. Spencer, Attorney?Is prepared to nego tiate farm mortgage loans in amounts o 33uu to llu.OOU dollars at 6 or 7 per cent. W. F. Stevenson Announces his candidac for the Democratic nomination for oongreas subject to the action of the Democratic par ty in the primary election. W. U. and A. M. Grist-Present reaaon* wh; you should buy Liberty loan bonda today. City Pharmacy. Clover?Suggests that you kil bugs on your Irish potatoes with Stonecy pher's bug poison. 35 cents can. J. M. Struup -la showing a line of new style in Stetson hats for men. priced at 33.50 U 15 each. Full line of straws. New cap*. Loan and Savings Bank?Insists that yot need a bank and gives reasons why you di need one. Subscriptions to the third Libert! loan clone on May 4. R. H. Sullivan, meteorologist in Co luntbin. calculates that the meteor o last Tuesday evening came to withit 75 or 100 miles of the earth. Clover's Liberty loan allotment wir $29,100. The people of the town ant vicinity have already subscribed $37. vicinity have already subscribed ovei $43,000. Mr. B. P.fLllly advises The Enquire! that the statement that he had givei uti his jitney line between Clover am Yoikvillc Is a mistake, and that ho I: still operating tho lintChester, Great Falls ami Hlackstocl have all raised their lull apportion ments tor tin- Liberty loan and ("lies tor county as a whole is over the top Honor flags have la-en received for thi towns mentioned and for the counts Mrs. J. T. Sninmerford writes tha the Charlie Hawkins family had onb I<een on her place during the yen I'JIS, ami has not made a crop then The small crop referred to by the olt man Hawkins was made hist year i at all. Mr. D. B. Wallace of No. 1 York ville, sold it hog Wednesday for $97.Ci and applied the proceeds to a $101 Liberty bond. There was nothing re tnarkaide of course, nliout a man )ik< Mr. Wallace buying a Liberty bont under existing conditions: but thinl of selling a single hog for $97.t>0: Messrs. W. H. Crook and J. H. Silt ton of l-'ort Mill, were In YorkvlllI Wednesday trying to secure an ad' justment of tiie damage to l'hiladel | phia Methodist church which was struck by the heavy windstorm tha passed through that section sotm months ago and which was insured it the Farmers' Mutual. Judge Prince has been running thi court for most of the time during th< past two weeks. The fact of the busi ness is he has been running It all th< time. He does not stand for unnecessary foolishness on the part of lawyers or other court officials, and lit will not allow waste of time. He'it rather gruff in his manner; but pofiI five and Impartial, and cverj-^A I seems To like "Thin becaJP^Wey^W that he knows his business. Mr. John Harshaw of Guthriesville has a story that goes one furthei than the recently published story aboui the owl that took charge of a hen nesi !./.??n "??H5ncr r?r? t ho offM lilifl h\ ;i >" 10, unuiT llir uuspara \j i me ague to Knforce l'eace, will be preiled over by former President Taft. Chicago restaurant proprietors, >n Iron ted with the alternative of cutig out either liquor or cabaret dancg in the places of business, have deded to cut out the liquor business and tain the amusement feature tie German-American Alliance, which cently decided to give up its chnrr anil cease to exist, after undergog investigations by congress and the partment of justice, last Monday rued $30,000 worth oC. securities over the Delaware branch of the Amerin Red Cross Berry Soyes, a gro. who on last Saturday shot SherMcUride to death near Lexington, 'iin? was hanged in the courthouse nil of that town on Monday by a ol>. The sheriff sought to arrest the 'gro for violation of the prohibition w "This property commandeerI by the emergency fleet corporation." as the sign discovered by some f>00 liludelphia householders on their ont doors last Tuesday morning, las. M. Schwab says he needs the uses for shipyard work The war id nnvv departments at Washington lvc made a very notable decrease in e number of 'officers" assigned to e two departments who are physicallit and within the draft age. The lis of the "swivel chair officers" have en filled by women and men above aft age Hastings-on-Hudson. a ew York town of good size, hasn't a an in the town who is liable for my service at this time. They had I enlisted before the present draft came effective "Oarahed," the re energy invention of (lambed (lirrossian. which, it is claimed, w ill proice "unlimited heat, light and power Ithout expense or labor for fuel." is mi eased and ready for work, says a iston dispatch. "The testing com first week he visited Delphos and Cotton Belt. He was at Santiago on Monday night, at Bethany Tuesday night and had an engagement at Bethel last night. I At Santiago, Messrs. John R. Hart and Thomas F. SlcDow made interest[ ing and impressive addresses, and Mr. Moore, as is his custom, explained r the ease with which a bond purchase s may be financed and the superior status ol these bonds as collateral security at the banks. At the close of the meeting the party took more than a dozen applications for bonds. [ There was a much larger gathering at Bethany. The meeting was held in . the church and nearly all the seuts were filled. Mr. Moore presided and at i his request the proceedings were opened with an appropriate prayer by Kev. i \V. 1*. Grier, the pastor. Hon. A. L. Gaston, field chairman of the Liberty loan committee in the Fifth congressional district, was the principal j speaker of the occasion. He delivered i, a masterly address that was enter taming as well as instructive and that not only furnished complete justifies' tion for America's entry into the war . but left no question of the duty of every individual American to support his government to the limit of his ability, i There were also brief but appropriate ? addresses by Thos. 1". McDow and John H. Hart, and a few remarks by J \V. D. Grist, after which Mr. Moore 9 added his customary explanations as to / . <111 r?,< . ....1i..?tir.rw fro- lu-.n.lu etc. In all twenty-two applications < were taken, and several others have come in since. It was understood last night that Mr, Moore and party were to meet a I gathering of the people of Bethel at , the school house; but up to the time at which The Enquirer went to press it was not practical to get any detlnlte * information as to the outcome of the , meeting, except that it was reasonably certain that Bethel would not be found wanting. i ABOUT PEOPLE r Master lidward Smith Gordon of i Yorkvllle No. 6, has pneumonia. I Miss' Delia Stewart of Smyrna No. , a, is visiting relatives in Yorkville this week. Sidney Sherer of Camp Sevier, spent the last week-end with relatives and friends ut Sharon. Mr. J. J. Thomasson and Mrs. Ada Thomasson of Charlotte, visited relatives in Yorkville this week. Mrs. S. L. Garrison of Port Mill Is in the Presbyterian hospital in Char r | lOlltf, 1UI irruiiuriii iui }>ai uijdiu, Airs. C. \\\ Carroll and iluuKhlrr ol Yorkville, left yesterday to s|>end some ' time with relatives in Atlanta, (ia. Mrs. K. K. Gillespie, who has been 1 in the Fennell infirmary for treatment, i has returned to hi r home in Yorkville. Mrs. VVood and Misses Martha and Klla Wood of Darlington, visited Mrs. O. 10. Wilkins in Yorkville, this week. 1 .Miss Sarah Ixne has taken a position * as assistant to Cashier (tartness in . the First National hank of Sharon. Miss Keola Younghlood, who has I heen teaching In Cherokee county, has returned to her home on Yorkville No. * ? for the slimmer. Mr. It. G. McCaw has been confined . to his home in Yorkvlllo during the , past several weeks with a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism. liishop Guerry, of the Diocese of ' South Carolina, spent several days this i week in Yorkville. Whilo here he was I the guest of Mrs. W. F. Marshall. > itev. K. E. Gillespie and Elder W. I. , Witherspoon of Yorkville represented the First Presbyterian church at Bethel presbytery, which met at Howling Green, this week. Mr. R. C. Allein, cashier of the First National bunk of Yorkville, who has heen off on a vacation extending over several months, has returned to his work very much improved. The condition of Mr. J. Andrew Wil > kerson, whose serious illness at hi?-. i home in Yorkville. has been noted. . seems to be improving slowly; but he / la not yet entirely out of danger. ^ - KfiUrofiTWCTrtfs-anil refatfeew -vt-o'eter Wylie have received post cards from him during the pust ten days, post' marked "Somewhere In France." He r was formerly employed in the Firsi I National bunk of Sharon, and later in t a Charlotte bank. He enlisted for the aviation service, but he is now in the [ infantry. ' HERE AND THERE There are quite a number of beau' tiful small grain fields between York,,:n" f'lfttioi. omniia thorn (hnaA All , the B. X. Moore, F. C. Kiddle and T. ' F. Jackson farms, are especially fine. There are <iuite a number of peoph* > in Yorkville who refuse to hi* con. vinced that that meteor of Tuesday was not an airplane. They insist that they heard the noise of the propellors. and there is one man in the courthouse who says he saw a man and woman in the airplane and heard loud talking'. " There are others who are convinced that a shrapnel shell is the only solu. tion of the mystery. "We have seen , many meteors," they say; "but we have never before seen one leave a trail of smoke in its path." They are not convinced by the explanation that all meteors leave a trail of smoke, but ' the smoke can be seen only under such ' favorable conditions as existed last r Tuesday, with the meteor between the observer and the setting sun. York county has roads and roads and some of them are very rough and " inake very disugreeable' traveling, especially in fast going uutomobiles, or rather in uutomobiles that would go 1 fast if the roads would permit fust driving, but it might make us feel 5 more comfortable to know that all the bad roads ure not in York county. A trip to Charlotte by way of Castonia t and Belmout will prove to any one who takes such a trip that Oaston and ' Mecklenburg counties have rouds that 1 will contend with York county for "had road" honors. The best road, however, between Yorkville untl Charlotte, is in North Carolina, from the state line on through Castonia and east of that . town for five or six miles. The rest of ; the way: well. It Is just a road. Treasurer H. E. Nell was among those who went up to (iastonia from ' Yorkville last Tuesday night to hear Hon. Win. Jennings Bryan speak. I Treasurer Neil is a great admirer of Mr. Bryan and takes advantage of ev1 ery opportunity that presents itself to hear the eloquent Nebnaskan in his lectures. Mr. Bryan's subject Tuesday r night was "Our duty to our country ! and our Cod," and Mr. Neil was de, lighted with it. One point made by Mr. Bryan that he was especially , struck with was that it is characteristic of professing atheists to put in I their time asking questions without , ever pretending to answer questions. "Let an atheist undertake to answer . the questions I will ask him." said Mr. . Bryan, "and 1 will drive him crazy." j Also Treasurer Neil was wonderfull> Imoressed with the power and logic of . Mr. Bryan's argument In favor of woI man sufTrage.fbut he has not commit. ted himself on that question yet. The I treasurer eame back from tiastonla > with a little grouch, or it so seemed I from what he said in the presence of Here and There. "When you are llst. ening to a man like Mr. Bryan," he j , said, "you want absolute quiet. Thenwere people in the audience who were evidently afflicted with bad colds and when one of them coughed, it seemed | that it was catching with the others. If I I had l>een aware that those North Carolinians were in such shape as '.hey were, I would have taken along about > a half bushel of cough drops for disl tribution at the front door of the lec) ture hall." METEORIC PHENOMENA The shooting of a meteor across the ' western sky from north to south and r leaving behind a gaseous vapor that r continued to mark its trail for a half hour afterward was a remarkable i sight that was witnessed by hundreds I of people of Yorkville and from all over York county last Tuesday evening ? between twilight and dark. It was witihln a few minutes after 8 > o'clock. To people who happened to ' be facing in the direction of-the mete or'a course there appeared a ball of Are. apparently the sire of an orange. | tlllU urftail .iruuift VII vi.v ? on- * ? the hen along with its own eggs, as re lated by Mr. Garrison ol the Edgemoor section. Mr. Uarshaw gets his story from B. 1\ Curry, substitute car' rler on Guthriesville It. K. D. route. A negro man on this route has a cat with a bunch of kittens and amon* the kittens, sucking the mother jusl like the kittens, is a young rabbit which the mother cat brought in froir the Held on a foraging expedition. According to Mr. Hurshaw, young Currj saw the sight himself; but was unabh to say whether the rabbit is still living. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The voluntary prayer meeting continues at the Presbyterian church every evening at 6.10 o'clock. The attendance continues good. All who contean welcome. ? "Show your colors," says Mr. O, E Wilkins, president of the First National bank. "Qualify yourself to wear a third Liberty loan button and weni it." Every purchaser of a bond is entitled to a button and a ting. The button should be worn at least until aftei May 4. ? The following selected men fron Ixjt al Board No. 1 left for Camp Jack son on the Southern railway thL* morning: Hugh Carroll Robinson Robert Ross Brown, William Mcei Faulkner, Charlie Martin Dixon Edgar Claude Hope, John Jacksor Thomasson, McElwee Monroe Stroup. CIRCUIT COURT Of the large number of cases on th< calendar awaiting trial, none of them were ready when the case of Daniel McKen/.ie, administrator, vs. tht Southern Railway and Holler & Hailej was concluded yesterday morning, and Judge Prince discharged jurors from further attendance. The case of Miss Olive Perry vs Mrs. M. A. Miller which was being tried when Tuesday's issue of The Enquirer went to press, resulted in a verdict for the defendant. In the case of Daniel McKenzle, administrator. vs. the Southern ltailwa> and Holler & Halley. the jury found for the plaintiff against Holler & Halley in the sum of $t,250 and was unable to agree as to the liability of tht Southern railroad. So far as tht Southern railroad was concerned, a mistrial was ordered. The court on yesterday heard arguments on exceptions to the report ol the referee in the Turkey Creek drainage case. The referee's report had sustained the Turkey Creek drainagf commission in every particular, and Judge Prince announced yesterday morning that he would uphold thf constitutionality of the drainage act in every particular. FARMERS AND BONDS There are people and newspapers who have been claiming that the farmers of the country have been showing Indifference toward their obligationi as to the third Liberty loan; but these people and newspapers do not know what they are talking about The farmers are as deeply interested in the success of the third Liberty loan as anybody, and considerably more interested than most people. Any one who has doubts about the correctness of this assertion will do well to get in touch with the farmers and learn the truth for themselves. Mr. B. N. Moore, chairman of the central Liberty loan committee for York county, accompanied by little parties of speakers has been holding meetings among the farmers at their school houses. During evenings of the I a mile or two high and traveling with | the speed of a shrapnel horizontally j.* across the heavens with a slight dip vor to the south. Alter remaining visible turJ over what looked like a distance of UJJ , hail a mile, the tire seemed to con- to i surne itself almost as suddenly as it a< hau appeared, there came a distinct Via rumbling aud a long streak ot white cloud continued to stand over the n*r couse through which the meteor had f -j passed. .on, une of the most plausible theories ot meteors is that they consist of me- ^ talic solids, thrown off from heavenl> ^ '| boons. They travel with inconceivable velocity and as they approach the T j earth they are dissolved into constitu- p' j ent gases as the result ot the tremendous heat developed through fl ic- , *r tion with the heavier atmosphere. Tr" 'I he most striking thing al>out this r|' ' meteor was the long time visibility ot "j1"* its trail. 1'eople who had seeu numerous meteors remarked that they had never seen such a trail before. This is accounted for by the position of the sun. It had sunk behind the western Hhorizon, but its light was still lulling c" 1 on the path of the meteor, and brought H?1 out the white gases in strange retiet < '?< among the slightly darker clouds sur- M'*5 rounding. **'n Scores of people about Yorkville as K well us in the surrounding country 22: saw the ball of fire as it passed Kni through the heavens und hundreds Mrs watched the white clouds of gas in its Neil trail until these clouds were broken up Rob by air currents and until they could <ni, be no longer reached by the light of the l?v descending sun. r. ] Various theories were advanced. <?jm Some people were sure that It wus an airplane on its way to (.'amp Greene. pie. One man thought It was a shell from Mrs a large German gun. and another H thought ma>!te it was a stray shrap- [)r nel from the batteries at King's Mnt Mountain. \V. J. Cherry, Ksip. tried to l)ur see the head of the kaiser in the cloud. T and John R. Hart. Esi?., spelled out a message which said, "If you can't buy a bond, buy a thrift stamp." ? Dispatches from various points report the meteor as having been seen j over a distance of more than a hund- T: ! red miles from points In North Caro- " lina to lieyond Greenville, ami all along *r" the line there were people to connect **pit with some signal from the military training camps. Spartanburg says *" that the meteor burst into fragntents and its breaking up was followed by Pur three loud explosions. Pur Here is the way the meteor appeared pur to a corresistndent in S|mrtanbtirg: 'One of the most remarkable me- Tea teoric phenomena of which local sci- s?> enlists have any record, burst over A?ll - ... v .'.Innli M Ull.H COUIH) nun ?-\t-|llllfc ill ?. > ? unwn ? anil was witnessed I?> the soldiers at C. I Camp Wadsworth. Although it was K*n yet daylight, the Illumination In the Hoi heavens east shadows of every object. Lyr The shadows of electrical wires over- J. 1 head were suddenly outlined on the T. I pavement, and a red glow filled the Mr* heavens. Those who looked up saw Pom hanging a little to the southeast in J. ' the center of the sky, a floating white Siscloud, as if a shrapnel shell had burst W. and the smoke remained stationary. Three minutes after the bright flash J then- came the sound of three distinct lie. explosions. Many said It was a signal No. sent up from camp, perhaps a star I. \ shell they are trying out. and many a of the soldiers accepted that explan- vie at ion. At the office of the signal Aye corps it was said that no such thing w. had been undertaken, and that the gra cloud was too light to have been caus- a. eil by an explosion sent up from the nro earth. A short while after the explo- Mm slon reports came from many nearby c. towns of the same experience, show- q,|, ing that it hud been witnessed thirty JeHI and forty miles from Spartanburg. jan Authorities of local colleges say It was Joh a remarkable meteor. jac ? Jar J. I REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS R. The following transfers of York county real estate has been recorded Gm in the office of the county auditor j. since the last publication of tl.e record QUI ifb Tfro iki'<-u+r&r -> ^ Bethel. T. h. Allen to j. Calvin Jenkins, 22 jju, acres. Consideration 11,10(1. Smi Kmily A. Wallace, et al to W. N. D. Wullace, 1 lot and premises. Consider- wil utioil. son William P. Pryor to James R. Mil- Caii ler, 7!i acres. Consideration $500. A Betheada. Vic Mrs. 10stelle Ashe Wllscn to William IS. Ashe, 105 acres. Consideration $1,000. } L. Hanks Ashe to Agnes Ashe, 102 y ' 1-5 acres. Consideration $5. jf" Agues Ashe to L. Banks Ashe, 145 1-10 acres. Consideration $5. ? Bullock's Creek. John C. Kirkpatrick to William gon, Sanders*, 17 2-8 acres. Consideration w. 1217.1k. Kelly Inman to Allen Gill, 92 acres. Consideration $1,178.40. M. W. Latham to F. M. Pruett, 120 acres. Consideration, $1,668. Qi: Catawba. 1 Catawba Real Estate Company to am Alma Eugenia McKce, 1 lot. Con- ed sideration, $375. Hattie I. White, et al to Dr. W. W. Fennell, 1 lot. Consideration, $1,070. E. E. Poag to C. M. Whisonant, 1 Ro< lot. Consideration, $2,500. Foi J. J. Hoke to J. Wilson Moore, 138 r|C| 5-10 acres. Consideration, $2,248.40. John R. Williams to Catawba Lumber Co., 1 lot. Consideration, $200. ~? John R. Williams to R. K. McMan- / us, 2 lota Consideration, $100. pla First Trust und Savings Bunk of Rid Rock Hill, trustee to J. J. Hoke, 229 Em acres. Consideration, $1. die, Mary E. and Orrie A. Steele to Mrs. Ho Mattie C. Blake, 2 lots. Consideration, ('ul $215. ?tri Mlller-Roddey Realty Co., to Annie B. Barber, 1 lot. Consideration, $215. an< L. A. Pope to Charlie L. Williams, 1 ''a> lot. Consideration, $1,250. J**" Agnes C. Whlsonant, to E. E. Poag, ; ' half interest in 3 lots. Consideration, an, $1,372.60. W. G. Locke, Mrs. Cordle Carter, ,, , Mrs. Minie Williams, Mrs. Josie Culp, n' , J. T. Locke and Mis. X. I. Locke to J. I. " Locke, 31 acres. Consideration, $707.- Kil 34. 5 S. J. Kimball to J. E. Parker, 40.45 sal acres. Consideration, $1,658.45. ort< Mary Sadler Stevenson, et al to D. Hope Sadler, et al., 232 1-2 acres. Con- mo sideration, $15,000. Tui J. B. Johnson to C. S. Hough, 1 lot a j Consideration, $125. car H. T. Haile and Maggie H. Reese to the Eva H. Haile, 1 lot. Consideration, wa; $6,000. a t R. Brlce Waters to Harry EI Ruflf, 1 jur lot. Consideration, $1. tha Ebenezer. Catawba Real Estate Company to jU|' Dr. W. G. Stevens, 1 lot. Consldera- nn,i tion, $700. Isabella H. Wilson to Alexander Martin, 1 lot. Consideration, $200. Eva H. Haile, et al., to Maggie H. q Reece. 1 lot. Consideration, $875. jng Fort Mill. tie* J. L. Spratt to John C. Spratt, 3 2-10 18^ hamas i V\nal/lnm tinn t 1 flA w;'E Wmtallto J. M. Merritt. * Mary B. Merritt and Jossie Belk Mer- ? ritt, 1 lot Consideration, >660. C. W. McVeely to J. J. Bailee, 1 lot ? Consideration, >600. Sue E. Spratt to Mattie E. Steven a (j 1 lot Consideration, >150. W. P. Norman to E. R. Patterson, 2 lots. Consideration, >100. King's Mountain. y D. J. Blggers to J. L. Bolln, 44 1-2 c acres. Consideration, >465. y R. A. and Willie A. Jackson, to Q. c B. Petty. 49 6-10 acres. Consideration, >1,488. W. B. McGill to Clover Cotton Manufacturing Company, 3 lota. Consideration, >1,200. Daisy Petty to O. A. Nelll, M 1-2 _ acres. Consideration, >2,116. the York. day J. C. Wilbora to Bertha Sanders, 1 ? lot. Consideration, >50. l>ar C. Frank Sherer to W. L Feemster. the 80 acres. Consideration, >1,400. un< J. O. Robinson to Mrs. Sarah M. Robinson, 1 lot Consideration, >1. ? M. C. Willis, Jr., to Wheeler 8. Wll- of i lis, 1 lot Consideration, >2,000. Uni Frank E. Smith to Harry C. Smith. Fo? et at, 36 acres and 2 lota Consider- Apt ation. Including lots and acres, >960. Mc G. W. Jennings to Elizabeth White. Rlc 1 lot Consideration, >626. vill . THESE BUY BONDS ollowing is an additional liat of c? k county bond buyers, supplt'iricn. { ; to the lists already published, and CI; lomplete as it has been practicable . , an nake it up at this tunc: iditional Subscriptions frees Ckur and re< niij : Estate of S. A. Glenn. H. P. Jack- tie John T. Matthew*. C. M. Rhyne. A. C. per. Harry S. Glenn. William J. Glenn. Ni l". Brandon. Sain M Grist, O. Lee Robin- Mi E. M Moore. W. W. Stanton. J. E. ndon, Miss Helen Brandon. F. M. Jack- sit T. A. McFarland. Mil* Lila Jackaon. T. ne Brandon. J. C. Boyd. R. B. Riddle. Mis* th ie Wood. Mrs. F. H. Jackaon. R. E. Fari*. rt. Allen, J. B. Crocker. J. Waller Smith. 1" i. McAfee. Mrs. Nancy Jane Riddle, Miaa Tl > Suinmerford. Miss Annie McCarier. ou a W. Pursley. W. Lee Getty*. Mrs. Ruth Adams, W. Grady Adams, N. A. Howell. . W. P. Grier. W. B. Woods. G. W. Adams. ' 1 . Addie Barber, Mrs. Osaie Turner. H. B. * ae. R. M. Turner. D. C. Turner. W. B. an*. Mrs. S. N. Brotsn, J. S. Turner, Mis* V. ie Enloe, N. E. Dickson, C. D. Deal, W. ' ' Dickson. W. G. Wallace. H. Y. Barrett. ^ C. Grayson. S. S. Whisonant. Mrs. J. A. |,t gepath. Will Nivcna, Miss Annie Dickson, I Janie Dickson. MIVs Burnie Drackett. sj, i Florence Long. Miss Alma Long, Charlie un dleton. Clarence Pendleton. ock Hill and Vicinity up to Monday. April hit A. W. Goodyear. C. E. Tucker, J. M. to ght. Mrs. J. M. Knight. Mrs. H. G. Leigh. Kl< . J. R. Byers. Roy M. Neil. Mr*. Roy M i'V I. Roy M. Neil. Jr.. 5. H. Johnson. H. M M ertson, Mr?. J. R. Shurley. C. S. WhisonWilliamson Grocery Co., J. M. Cothran, wl rrence Collins, B. Merritt. Sidney Parish. H. Snowdon. Sidney Friedheim, Dr. W. E. pson. Mr*. W. E. Simpson. J. S. Plexioo, % 11 . M. E. Plexieo, Eatelle Plexico. Milton lico, Corrine Plexieo, Haxel Hamilton, J\| . Burton H. Masaey, John M. Cannon. B. Masscy. Mis* Axilee Huey. J. P. Fletcher. Cu Chas. A. Mobley. Chamber of Commerce. . E. R. PartridKe. John J. Partridire. F. A. ilap, Jr.. Miss Mary Belle McMurray. Mr*. . 0. Flower*. Mis* Laura McAlpine, Mrs. R. Guard. E. R. Guard. Anderson Motor ipany. Nettie Wy*or. F. W. Woolworth o? lpany. Miss Mary White. W. C. Whitener. Kate R. Whitener, Miss Kate Whitener. vi K Miller. C. J. Allen. Miss May Antley. W. Rays. Mr*. E. W. Carries. B. W. Creed. ,|;l Miss Sibyl Comer. Miss Helen Reid DunMrs. Edward Fewell. Julius Friedhcim. (', s F. Bessie Gettys, Miss Mary Harrison. J x Lonx. P. M. Mayfleld. colored. Rev. Alex (|i tin. J. Roddey Miller, Jr.. Mr*. Alice sley. Annie Pursley. Ben Pursley. Guy ?-t| sley. Mayme Pursley. Rena Pursley. Willie yr sley. J. B. Reid. Miss Nell Reid. J. K. si ch. W. J. Roach. W. J. Roddey. C. W. S| num. I>. N. Walson. Winthrup Co I live Girl uts. H. H. White. Mattie While. W. H. ill tin*. Mrs. Fred R. Black. T. A. Barron. W. til Campbell. W. F. Corner. J. G. Dickson. J. Paris, J. T. Faris. Russell Fennell. Pauline nell. Julia Fennell, J. R. Getty*. J. M igh. J. S. Harper. Miss Ora Jordon, J. B. f"l in. W. T. Litron. W. M. Miller. Estate W. I# itiller. Laura B. Miller. Mia* S. C. Milling. Il;l d. Oaie*. Mr*. T. M. Oate*. I). C. Putnam. a? l. J no. H. Poag. R. S. Poag. Mr*. R. S. ?? K. Mini I>oroihy Partridge. W. P. Snwney. V1 T. Spencer. Mr*. E. P. Steele. Walter* nrer. M. H. Costner, S. L. MeCraven. A. J" Parsons. W. T. Nichols. Joe H. Steele. R. Kali*. Mr*. B. F. Merritt, W. B. Simpson. 1 E. Glasscock. W. Llye Boyd. W. S. LetMrs. 1>. M. Anderson. Chestnut Camp ' 1 ?2 W. O. W.. Mis* DeEtte Boyd. Hattie . Vhlte. dditional Subscription* from Yorkville and tu inity: Mrs. Belle McCaw Alston, W. A. til 'ock. Mason Bratton. Mrs. Mason Bratton. a* L. Bratton. Mrs. R. A. Bratton, Rufus of tton. Jane Love Bratton. Martha Bratton. ilt A. Barron. R. R. Brown. J. C. Bell. T. A. wn. J. E. Biggcrs. B. P. Barron. Jesse ill ire Burris. W. L. Baber. C. A. Boney. J. of Bigger. J. R. Cannon. Mary B. Crosby, umbus Blake, W. T. Davidson, S. T. Enloe. i" te Pari*. Iola Garrison, Margaret Glenn, j'1 ics Garvin. Lena Howell. R. J. Herndon. n Thomas James, William C. Jamas, J. J. 111 kson. Mamie Johnson. John E. Jackson, Mt1 lie E. Love. Lola Love, Mrs. J. W. Love. ^ B. Love. W. 0. Love, Hugh Jackson Love. < r E. Love. B. M. Love. Margaret Love, rye ret Marion. Julia Moore, colored, T. W. 'V >re, J. P. Moore. R. G. McCaw. J. L. Mr- 1 . Mrs. Lona McGill. J. L. McCarter. Mrs. ] , L. McCarter. T. E. McMackin. A. M. Mc- J I. G. R. McCarter. W. J. McCarter. Mary C. Robinion, W. ith, B. R. Smith. Irene ^ B. Wallace. Chaa. E. Williamson. V. E. {|i kins. Lula B. Wilkins, Harriet R. William- sa , J. Warren Quinn. J. L. Yandell. E. C. n. Mrs. B. M. Love. dditional Subscriptions from Sharon and inity: L. H. Good. O. M. Spurlin, George gj it. Richard Sadler. Miss Fannie Dowdle. Miss (p >ecca Saye. S. A. Gilflllan, T. H. Love. J. st Burris. Miss Mabel Burris. T. E. Burris, re Pratt Burris. J. S. Hartness. Miss Mattie etl e. Miss Sara Love. J. E. MrAlilley, S. E. n< ner. J. H. Sherer. d? dditional Subscriptions from Hickory ti< ve and Vicinity: J. W. Wilkerson. W. M. >? itesides. W. W. Whiteside*. R. E. Stephen- "> , Miss Calla Myers. Dr. W. A. Hood. Mrs. *i F. MrGill. Mr*. Reola Leech. w St in LOCAL LACONICS j,', rtlified for Commiasiont. 'ho following York county men tire jj ong those who have Leon announe- pr as qualifying for commissions at th Fort Oglethorpe training rnnip: hert K. Hass. 140 Johnson street, ,.fj ;k Hill; infantry. James it. Harris, hn t Mill; infantry. James R Kend- w <. Clover; infantry. (Jcorge W. jgs, Yorkville No. 8; infantry. Serve aa Inatructor. .n Associated I'ress dispatch ex- ca ins the return of Lieutenant II. C. Idle from France, mentioned in The nuirer of Tuesday. Lieutenant Hid - j4" , accompanied by Lieutenant II. J. meister of Vermont, reported to up Cordon at Atlanta to act as inuvtors. Iloth young inen luive licen m the trenches against the Cermans, I both wear service stripes. They 'n. ;e the distinction of being the tirst ?' lerican olficers to be returned from ra battlefield as instructors. l.ieuten- 0,1 Kiddle was formerly superintend- 00 of the Yorkville Graded schools. tri got nis commwHion wun ire nrsi - of officers commissioned from the cu lethorpe training camp. 1*6 led in An Accident. on fr. lA'e Roberts, aged 34, resident of lo isbury, X. C., son of Mr. J. N. Itolt- tic n, formerly of York county, now of (fr .veil, N. ('., was killed in an auto- an Idle accident near Salisbury last R< fsday night. Mr. Roberts went with t'< arty of friends to Kannapolis in a Pt" driven by a negro chauffeur. On R< return the car undertook to give re y to another car. and ran against sii elephone pole. Mr. Roberts was ined on the lungs in such a way t thut he died instantly. Other oc ants of the car were more or less " iken up; but none were seriously ined. The deceased leaves a widow v*' I three children. He is also survlvby six brothers and one sister. fh ' pr Casualties in France.?The follow- ou summary of the American casual- ~~ i overseas up to and including April h. are as follows: billed in action 268 killed or prisoner 1 .uieo ny acciaeni isi >led of disease 911 ,ost at sea ? ? 237 jo >ied of wounds 88 >ead civilians 7 c las. suicide, executed and unknown causes ... 46 Total deaths 1,749 founded ? 1.922 10 aptured 48 Ilsslng 39 aptured or missing: 1 Grand total 8,754 ^ ' m " Ei SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. Camp Jackson is to get 3,512 of 150,000 troops to be mobilized toThe members of the Charleston 10 have adopted resolutions pledging mselves to collect all claims arising ler the war risk Insurance law, hout cost to the claimants. Mrs. Sarah Foster McKlssick. widthe late Colonel h. N. McKlssick of at Ion, died at the home of her son, iter McKissick, in Greenwood, on ril 21. She leaves two sons, Footer Klssick of Greenwood, and Colonel in McKiarick. editor of the Greene Newa se CLOVER CULLINGS. -rvtptfodtac* Tb? YorkvllU Eoqulrrr I'lover, April 24?Miss Eunice Meliin of Kock Hill, spent the piist ek-end here with her parents. Mr. d Mrs. Walter McOlaln. Miss Maude Youngblood of Cast on la :ently visited her mother, Mrs. Net Youngblood. Mrs. Naomi Heatnguard of l-'illwrt ). 1. is the guest of her daughter, is. W. K. Wood. Mr. Ehhie Mutthews, who has a poion with the Southern I'ower Co.. ar (.'harlotte, spent a few nays nere la week with hi* parents. James Page, Jr.. had his tonsils reived at a hospital in (iastonia last lursday. and la at home now getting very nicely. Mrs. Minnie Moton of Charlotte, and rs. itoss Clinton of (Sastonia. s|? nt icsday here with the family of l)r. B. Nell. Anions those who heard the address Hon. William J. Bryan in (iastonia imday night were Mr. and Mrs. Walr McKlwce and children. Misses Bes Love, Annie l.ee Neill and Mr. W ill idiaill. Tom Kobinson of Camp Sevier, cut Sunday with his parents. Mr. d Mrs. Hugh Kohinson on Koutc 1*. The voluntary prayer service in bell of Divine guidance and assistance r the allies in the great world strugi?. continues this week. On Tuesda> ening the service was held in the ft hod 1st church. Wednesday evening the Presbyterian church. Thus it ill continue throughout the week at e two churches, beginning each even< at 7:30. All denominations are iu ted to attend. Mr. MeElwee Stroup, who has been ith the National I'nton bank In Hock 111, has resigned to enter a training mp on April J6. He is spending this yek with his parents, Mr. nnd Mis. . H. Stroup. Mis. Sam Pierce of Oostoniii. recentvisited her mother, Mrs. M. A. Dortt here. Lieut. Murshall Barnett of Camp ivler. spent Sunday with his parents. Mr. G. W. Sparrow was a business sltor to Columbia Sunday. Mr. J. Howard Jackson and Mestmes O. 1.. Jackson, W. 11. Hngnns. 1- Halles and N. A. Brown went !< a >luiul>ia Monday to see Mr. o. las- I ckson, who is conllned in a hospital * tiv. The Mutual Supply Co., bus purchusthe stock of goods of tl. \V. Sparrow id will move the goods to the new ore near the old mill, retaining the arrow building for a warehouse. Quite a number of people from here e attending presbytery at Howling reen this week. The Naval Raid on the Coast of anders.?Crews ol the ships which ok part In the rah] on Xeeltrugge i\e many thrilling stories of their Iventures, says a disimtch ol Wcd'Sduy Horn l>over, England. < hie ol em has described how, despite the et that the (iermans discovered Iheii esetice while they were still outside e harbor, they made their way in rough heavy giuillre, the Vindictive aching the wharf where she remainI for an hour and a hall. "A landing party was put ashore." e seaman said, "and we captured the riuun guns on the breakwater ami rued them around, tiring them on e German fortified positions. As far i we could see, there was not a place any military importance left?w> strayed u lot. "We had to leave many of our lumlg parties behind but they were taken f by motor liouts. "Motor boats destroy ed every floatg thing in sight, including two Geran destroyers and some submarines. Iiose of the binding party who reained behind to continue the work of nushlng German guns knew they ould either lose their lives or be taki prisoner." The crew of one of the British suburines which was used to destroy ic tie rtnan piers at Kechruggc during it* raid was rescued, according to u ember of the crew, by an escorting stroyer. Thf sailors said thut uftei ie deitroytr siipped the submarine at ^ ^ ents luter. Thf if objective and blew up. TfiFNai/w-t^ id tlic pier was IiImwii to piccfs. A Far-Reaching Law?Wanting was veil yesterday by Attorney (ieneral regory thai acts of sabotage or deruction ot any property which in Ik at suit in interfering with tin- war's mduct, now arc punisliiihlc under the w Federal sabotage act, and that I he 'INirtmcnt of justice plans severe aval against violators. The uct is oad in its application, said a stateent, because "it includes every poshle kind of supplies of a nature hich could he used by the I'nited ates Kovernment or any of the allies the prosecution of the war; it in tides not only the finished articles, it all parts und ingredients." "This bill," said the attorney gener, "practically protects urlicles and ipplics of every character, the whole oduct of agriculture of industry in e I'nited States. "The fact that the act of injury or 'struction was not committed to benit the enemy or for the purpose of unpering the prosecution of the war, ill furnish no excuse in a prosecum under this act." Wise Politics This.?Democratic ndidatcs for congress who have united on getting a letter from Present Wilson urging their re-election, ys a Washington dispatch, have en made nervous by information oin the White House thut the presint would write letters of Indorseent onlv in exe?utionnl oxiu,.u The president has Informed leaders congress that where two Democrats equal loyalty and Integrity are in u ce he will not take sides even though le of the candidates he a member of ingress who has supported adminisntlon measures. As a rule the presint intends to keep his hands off loI politics. It is believed the president will also discreet in bestowing indorsements i Democrats who may be opposed by yal Republicans in the general elec>ns. As a rule Republicans In coness have supported war measures id eliminated partisanship. Where a publican loyalist is seeking re-elecm it is hardly thought that the esldent voluntarily will ask for the publican's defeat, but will probably st on the expression of a general de- | re that the electorate shall return a J -mocratlc majority In the two houses. ^ -Congressman Sam J. N'lcholls says at he is going to tiring about an instigation of that Camp Jackson reel car matter. As he sees the matr now. the street railroad promised *e cent fares and did not keep Its online. He wants the facts to come it. AT THE CHURCHES TRINITY METHODIST. Rev. J. E. Mahaffey, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at . a. m. Morning service at 11 a. m. IHURCH OF THE OOOD SHEPHERD. Rev. T. Tracy Walsh. Rector. Sunday Services?Sunday school at .IS a. m. FIRST BAPTIST. Rev. B. H. Waugh, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at o'clock. Morning service at 11. renlng service at 8.S0. CHARLOTTE STREET BAPTIST Rev. B. H. Waugh, Pastor. Sunday Services??v.?i - o'clock. A880CIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. i\ Rev. J. L. Oates, Pastor. Sabbath Service*?Sabbath school 10. No other service. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. E E. QUlesple, Pastor. 8unday school at 10 l m. Morning rvlce at 11. Evening service at 1.10. \ r*