Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps ami fact*. ? ftlch New Yorker* are amusing themselves hy auctioning off, in the interest of the Liberty Loan fluid a (jerman helmet that was captured at the second battle of Ypres. The game provides for the sale of the helmet to whosoever buys the largest amount ol bonds The successful bidder then returns the helmet to the committee to be auctioned off again. J. 1'ierpont Morgan first took the helmet for J50,000. A rich woman next got it for S 100.000. on Monday it went to itoberl K. Mel>oiiald for f Zii'f.'i'i't. A.m tin- linal phase in the si-arch for the missing naval collier Cyclops the navy department has announcer] numerous ho.it < reus are heing landerj hy warships to question llshermer aloriK the coast of the West Indian islands near the rout<- taken hy the collier when she sailed from the Barhard oes nearly two months ago. Vol one of the many vessels engaged In the serar-h has reported th<- finding ol wreckage or of any other clue thai would aid in solving the mystery. Navy officials admit that the time is drawing near when they must formerly give up for lost the hig collier with nearly 3'm persons on hoard. Tin satisfactory tesiill ol tin first stage of the fourth great hattle ol Ypres, which is a tr<-rn< ndous setback for the (P i mans. says a London dispateh, enhances British conlhh-nee ;i> to the future id tlertiiiiny's hig offensive. It is still help veil hy many experts that 'lerinany originally intended this northern attack as a mere di version, hut it has entailed such heavy losses, with a disproportionate gain, that the (ierman high lotnmand was compel!) d to extend it in a way outside their plan. That the real attack will In- delivered to tin south of Arras ami on a scale greater than anything yet attempted is the opinion holli here ami in I'aris. The 'ierinan attempts have entirely failed and the mutual lire heing held, with Ulltliense losses inflicted by the allied forces, which arc numerically inm-h inferior Iiiit the crisis i.s tar from |?asscd ami there sin* still anxious ilsiyn ahead, Contracts for 1.025 freight and passenger locomotives, the largest single order ever placed in the history of American railways, have be? n let by the railroad administration tc the American Locomotive Company and the Italdwin Ia>eoniotive Works The entire order represents a cost ol about $110,000,000 or an average price of a little less than $60,000 for each locomotive. The profit to manufacturers who will divide the work about equally will he between 5 and 6 per cent less than half the rate of protlt reported in the original bids. Six newly developed standard types of engines. with heavy and light sizes ol each type, were ordered. lieliveriet will begin in July. Tin* new engine* will hear only the initials "IT. S." and identifying numbers, and will he virtually the lirst lot of engines to he owned jointly by all railroads under government management. About 200,000 tons of steel will he required. ? Assurances that congress had nc intention of interfering with the cotton exchanges of the country ii they conduct their business legitimately. Is given by Senator Smith of South Carolina. chairman of the senate interstate commerce committee in a letter ti President Ceorge Shutt. of the New York cotton exchange made publii Wednesday. In reply to a querry from Mr. Smith asking if congress planned to take any step to regulate exchanges, the senator wrote: "There is no intention or desire to interfere with thcotton exchange as long as their operations are eontined to reflecting the actual and legitimate relation of prices toward the actual cotton handled. They are regarded as very vital and necessary instruments in cotton trading so long as they observe this rule, but when they heroine simply a gambling resort, when prices fluctuate violently from a day to day reflecting nothing but ranje gambling, they cease to be any beoJflt and become a dan^ "TTPPountrtenOTe to'commercer.' ? Herbert Hoover said in a speec in New York a few days ago that I the government had allow?*d wheat t take its untramiuclcd course, flou would now be selling at from thirt to titty dollars a barrel. This wool have caused the poor to pay in suf feeing iuid the rich to |my in prici One of the results would have bee rioting that would have caused Idoo to flow in gutters in congested cell ters. He |?ointcd out that before lb lood administration took charge tlou went to $16.7.'i u barrel and one resul of thtN was to badly disorganize tli economic life of the country. Th Allies, in order to give way for tli shipment of troops to France, hav Cic.-n no fid ner cent of their food i111 ports, iijuI Americans. by consent in to a reduction ot 30 per cent in tltvl consumption of cereals have innil room for more shifts and more sol titers. From the present outlook ther is a promise of a wheat crop thi summer and fall of SOO.OOO.OOU to ihio. 000,000 Itushels, and the difference be tween this outlook and the outlook o last year Is the difference bet wee ] plenty and famine. ? A heavy German attack launchei Tuesday against the Americans in th vicinity of Villers-Uretonneux was re pulsed with heavy losses for the ene my. The German preliminary bom bardment lasted two hours and thei the infantry rushed forward, only ti be driven back, leaving large number of dead on the ground in front of th American lines. The German bom bardment opened at 5 o'clock in th afternoon and was directed especial); against the Americans, who were sup ported on the north and south by th French. The tire was intense and a the end of two hours the Gerniai commander sent forward three bat talions of infantry. There was hani to hand fighting ull along the line, a a result of which the enemy wa thrust back. The struggle, whicl lasted a considerable time, was e\ treinelv violent and the Americans dis played marked bravery throughout. 1 was the first occasion in which tin Americans were engaged in the bi| battle which has been raging sinci March 21 and their French comrade.' are full of praise for the manner ii which they conducted themselves un der try ing circumstances. The Anier lean losses were rather severe. ? A Blowing tribute has been pah the American soldiers in France by i French of lice r in a letter to a friend which was published a few days ag< in the Paris Temps. The letter a: quoted by an official dispatch fron France said: "Infinitely interesting ii our contact with the American troops They have occupied the sector Imme diatelv beside ours. We have seet him at work and could form an idei and it should be told and retold tha they are marvelous. The American: are soldiers by nature, and their of ticers have the desire to learn with a? enthusiasm and idealistic ardor ver; remarkable. There Is the same spin among the privates. As for bravery activity and discipline, they are mar' velous. They absolutely astonished ui one morning of attack. The cannon ude. suddenly becoming furious, hai just thrown me out of my bunk. N< doubt about it. it was a Verdun et tack. Taking time to seize my revolvei put on my helmet and gathered ui several documents. I descended to th? streets. When I arrived there thej were already tiling by with rapid, easydecided steps, marching in perfect or der to their fighting positions. It wai fine. Their artillery will be and al ready is of the first order." ? The organization of the war fl. nance corporation which is to have s dominant influence over the business of the country for the period of the war, was completed by nomination ol directors by the president last Monday He also named the seven members ol the capital issues committee, which, under the new act. Is to supersede the committee which has been passing on issues of securities. The nomination!: were as follows: To be directors ol the war finance corporation: William P. G. Harding, of Alabama, for a term of two years. Allen B. Forbes, of New York, for a term of two years. Eugene Meyer. Jr.. of New York, for a term of four years. Angus W. McLean. of North Carolina, for a term of four years. Nominations to be mem hers of the capital Issues committee were Charles S. Hamlin, of Massa hunt's. John Skelton Williams, of Virginia. Frederick A. Delano, of Illinois: James B. Brown, of Ken: tijoky, John S. Drum, of California: Henry c. Flower, of Missouri; Freder: k H. ?Joff. of Ohio. All of the nominees are men of hit; affairs and large 1 responsibilities, and the president is .-aid to have stone over practically the i entire list of eligible men to make his ' -ejections, in the realization that the dire'-tors of the war capital issues committee will lie clothed with great ' power for good or evil In directing the : business of the country in war times. | Flic -Marhrillr tfnquircr. i Kntered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORK. S. C.: FRIDAY. MAY. 3. 1918. It appears after all that Mont Kein mi* I was not ttu- right key. The ' in -enville N* \vs says the moonshiners an* now making "11<inor" from cotton seed meal. There were -l.f.oO.fjiOO subscribers to flu* tilst l.iliertv loan. y.'iOO.OOO to the second, ami so far then- are more than 12.0<M),0n?j subscribers to the thinl loan. Tillman, Hb-ase. I.ever, Dial. Mnhaffey. all for the I'nitcd States s*'iiat*-. Who salil that the political campaign wonhl not in- interesting this summer? If there is any comeback in the Kussians now is the time for them to muster such recuperative powers as they might possess?now that the tiermans have every available man on the Western front. We have felt a lot of symiKithy in lie- |<ast lor Ireland because oi what we thought was Itritish oppression: t>ii* now since Ireland is apparently opposed to taking her share in upholding the liberty of tin- world. We are beginning to fear that our sympathy has been wasted. The idea of voluntary service as opposed to compoison service is very nice from a sentimental stand|Kdnt: hut we do not lake much stock in the voluntary Idea. No. we do not mean that we discount the volunteer. He has our highest respect. Hut tin- man who objects to conscription on the ground that he 1 should not he deprived of the privilege ' of volunteering and then refuses to . volunteer. while he lm.<? the opportu' nlty, looks yellow to us. We believe ; in tin- conscription system as against the volunteer system, because the I conscription system furnishes oppori tunity for those who are willing to 1 do their duty and compulsion for those , who would dodge their duty. > There comes a story to the effect that. American Ia;cua are using wfcit is known in this country as the shot 'J trun against (iermans in the trenches y There is nothing absolutely detlnit r about the matter; but the stateuien > has been printed. The story goes tha shoilly after the Americans went int .. the front line trenches, lien. I'ershini a put in an order for lO.iiou shotguns '' and cartridges loaded with buck t. shot. Whatever Pershing asks for h r gets. The guns went forward, am ' the shotguns were issued to the mei in the trenches along with their rlllet A shotgun loaded with buckshot is i e terrible weapon up to one hundrcv " yards. In some respects it is nior ,. deadly than a machine gun. Thcr e have been numerous reports ol lb terrilie slaughter that has been in s llietcd on the Uernuuis in their raid - on American trenches. Of course thi may he due to rittes, machine gun> grenades, etc. Hut ill view of thes< rei>orts it does not take a great dea j of arguing to make people at hour holievc that there might he sotn foundation for the stories ahoti l'ershing and his shotgun. The Overman bill to give the presi dent practically autocratic power ii the conduct of the war has passed th< senate after a long debate. Absolute ly and unquestionably the Overmai bill is contrary to all previously settlei American ideals, and that Aniericaj representatives should be slow to accept it is quite natural. Hut we mus remember that American ideals weri never cut out to tit existing conditions Those who have most to do with thi shaping of American thought huvi never foreseen a situation like thi present. Never before in the hlstor; of the world lias a war of nations be p , come so literally a war of peoples i Germany set the pace in this direction " and Great Britain and France wen compelled to follow. It has been t< j their loss that they have not been abb to follow fast enough. The Unite< , States has lost less time than eithei ' England or France but it has beet s because the I'nited States has had th< s fullest benefit of the experience o , Great Britain and France. But how " ever unpleasant such a situation maj be to us. the logic of it is not to b< t denied. The world has always recog s nf/ed the absolute necessity of th< strictest obedience to military authori ; ty in armies, and now since the people t at home have come to be recognizee * as of as much military* importance ai * the army itself, how can it be pos. sible to handle these people to tin 1 best advantage of the army excepi * through arbitrary authority? j Employees of newspapers, no mat > tor in what capacity, are not entitled . to deferred classification in the draft Provost Marshal General Crowder in! formed the New York state authoritiei , last Thursday. By this decision he re. versed a recent ruling by a Syracust exemption l>oard which held that a reporter was a necessary assistant in a ' necessary industrial enterprise. "It , appears that registrants engaged aj k employees of newspapers or engaged , in general newspaper work," the provost marshal general's order says, , "are not engaged in an industrial enterprise within the meaning of the law | and regulationa"?New York World. ! That kind of talk gets our goat. i Of course newspaper employee should not be any more exempted from service in this war than anybody else. We say that on the theory that no individual is indespensable to any industrial enterprise in whatever capacity. There is always somebody to take his place. And when It falls to the lot of a newspaper man to go to a , the war, he should go. There are s , very few of them who would want to t do anything else. but if there is any one industry that ? is more important than the newspaper t in the conduit of the war we would i i like to know what it is, purely as a t matter of information. by the help of the newspaper, the I; , government secured the registration of i all the young men in America between a the ages of J1 and 31 in a single day, t and without the help of the newspa- 1 pel's, they would not be registered a until now. ? by the help of the newspapers the t government secured the Inauguration a i oi its hcatlcss days in less than \ hours notice, and without the help of t the newspapers the heatless days could not have been inaugurated at t all. < By the help of the newspapers the t government has tloated three Liberty I loans and without that help the first 1 Liberty loan would not yet have been t tloated. t If the registration was not neces- t sary to the conduct of the war, nor the I s heatless days, nor the Liberty loans, 11 then the newspapers are not neces- i sary; but otherwise it would seem r that the contrary is the case. t We venture that Gen. Orowder i reads the newspapers every morning t before he drinks his coffee, and every t evening before he takes his tea, and I we venture also that if he was asked us to why he dots this he would give xi as a reason that he might be better f fitted for the conduct of the war. > ' By each mail, we are receiving pub- f licity matter from some one of a * dozen different governmental depart- ' ments?army, navy, treasury, post- ' office, regional reserve banks, etc., all 11 claiming as their object the conduct ' of the war. atid how all or any of this stuff would be of any use unless it is ' published we fail to see, and if there x is any other way to secure publicity 1 for it than through the newspapers, ' we are at our row's end to know how. j 1 According to our View, we have u not the slightest objection to Gen. " f'rowder or anybody else saying that there is as much reason why news- | pa|>er workers should go to the war as anybody else. We believe Just that; ' but as we have said, when Gen. Crow- v der or anybody else says that news- s papers are not necessary In the con- j1 duet of the war, "It gets our goat." ;i * i Americans in France !l How many American troops thrrf are in France we do not know; but it | is reasonably certain that there are i lots of them and it is absolutely cor- ^ tain that lots more are on the way. ( That there are as many as half a ji million Americans now on the firing f lines, we do not think would he n ? wild guess. We hardly think the ,, number is less than mm, necause lioth the British and French are ( counting the Americans as an im- { portant element of strength and an- ? less there were at least half a million f of them they would not he consider- | ed as counting for a great deal?not as numbers go in the British, French t and Gorman armies. > As has been stated previously, the a Americans are not fighting on the fir- 8 ing lines as separate units. They are c lti^jr.1 .the.-Rrltlah .and - French, and for this there is good rea' son. Also this goo<l reason is without c reflection on the Americans. 1 The American soldier has got all t the courage and go that any soldier u has any business with. In these qualg itics he is not inferior to either the British or Frer"*K* but he has not - had a great deal of experience yet e and it will lie a bit dangerous to risk d him too far as to the quality of steadia ness. At least that is sound military ' opinion, and whether this opinion is it correct or not. it is just as well to exil ercise due caution, especially where e caution will do good rather than e harm. e That is why the Americans are be. ing brigaded with the British and s French. s But this brigading with the British !. and French does not mean that the e Americans tire under command of for1 eign officers?not a hit of it. o The American regiment consists of c three battalions of l.l'OO rifles each or t 3.600 rifles. The British battalion is the same, and the French battalion is virtually the same. Now, what has been done is to put a full American battalion between two British or French battalions, making the British or French regiments each two-thirds British or French and one- ' hint American. j That is the way the British managed with their Canadians and other * colonial troopa, an?i that is the way t the French have been managing with p their colonials. The idea is that the unseasoned 1 Americans sandwiched in between e seasoned British and French will. j e through the example furnished by the seasoned troops, stand as steadily as e any of them. y And the Americans are going to do : . just that. They have been doing it. J But that Is not all. After two or J ' three battles, the Americans will bc, come as thoroughly seasoned as the s troops with which they are brigad- ] ed. and they will need no more ' ' steadying. 2 Oiven such a matter as a year of 1 campaigning if the war lasts thnt ' long. British and French will profit by being brigaded with Americans, i And if the Hermans last until our > full army arrives they will not last j for a long time afterward. Civilization In The Scale. I >' i ^ The great battle in Northern France [ and Western Flanders continues to | a rage with varying fortunes for the I Hermans and allies and with but little ' , absolute certainty as to the final out- , j come. < Adequate conception of the extent of this battle or its importance is dif- , , ticult. if not impossible. As to how I t many men are engaged is not known? not exactly: but both sides have ( thrown all they have in the scale, and < there is no question of the fact that 1 I it is the most terrific conflict that has , ever occurred in the history of the : J world. 1 The battle lines, roughly speaking 1 > extend over a distance of about one < hundred miles from Paris, north \ through France and Belgium to the i coast of the North Sea. The most acI tive parts of the lines are from Arras ' to Amiens, about thirty miles south and from Bethune, France, north to r Langcmarck in Belgium, another thirty miles. The southern part of the line up to > near Ypres in Belgium extends I through a hilly country, and from Ypres to the sea the country low. : flat and swampy. All along the line the allies have been and still are on the defensive, and the Germans who are on the offensive have been hurling themselves p igainst first one point and then mother looking for a place to break hrough. The hardest fighting has been at <oyon on the southern end of the batle front, at Mangard opposite Aniens, at Arras in the centre and in he vicinity of Ypres, up in Belgium. When the big offensive commenced ate in March the British were defendng the line from Arras to the north Mid the French were taking care 01 he lines to the south. The Germans >egun by directing their attacks first iguinst the point where the British ??d French lines came together and hen alternately against the British md the French, hoping to find somewhere a weak place at which they :ould break through. \ The earlier efforts of the%5ermans vere crowned with considerable success. not to the extent of breaking hrough; but in the way of driving iack both the British and French over ong fronts. After a week or two of hese operations it became apparent hat the Germans were too strong for ither the British or French under leparate commands, and then it was hat Gen. Foch was made commandern-chief of all the allied forces, this lew situation being ushered in when Jen. 1'ershing turned over to the 'rcnch general all the American 'orces at his command to be used as lie Frenchman saw proper. Tho fritish followed the American lead. With the constitution of Gen. Foch ls commander-in-chief of the allied orces, the fortunes of the allies beran to improve?not instantly but rraduaily. This was because the "rench general was able to back up iritish, French and Americans, whenver they needed backing up, by using tny one of the allied forces to rc-inorce the other. The Germans have the advantage n numbers and also in artillery as veil as in munitions probably, alItough the allies have made no comilaint on that score. The allies have ujhu Buvmiuinv in lAiiifj wii iik tnsive, especially as Ions as they are ibli: to meet the attacks of the oneny with adequate defending forces, nd the Germans are not able to disover and attack weak places in their ines. In all the earlier attacks, the Gernans made considerable headway igainst the allies and to that extent vero very much encouraged, notwithtanding that every gain was made it the expense of terrific cost in blood, tut within the past few days, especiilly since the taking of Mont Kemnel by the Germans, it has begun to ippear that the Germans have about ill they can handle and a little more. The Germans believed, and the alies feared, that the taking of .Mont Cemtnei would virtually put an end to urther resistance in the direction of he coast. Hut it seems that when the lermans undertook to follow up their id vantage a few days ago. Gen. Koch lad placed in their way a large force if British and French and the ndvance ras checked by literally carpeting the arth with German dead. It is known that the losses of the lermans during the past week have teen terrific. Some estimates place hese losses as high as half a million, ind none of the more conservative Igures are lower than 350,000; but vhatever the German losses, it is cerain that the Germans have lost much if their dash and enthusiasm, and alhough no one thinks that the end is et in sight, the spirits of the allies .re beginning to rise. The allies have been greatly trengthened during the past week, not inly by the arrival of American troops ipposite Amiens; but by the arrlvai of additional French and Brftfsn troops from the training camps, and although the Germans have brought forward additional troops In large numbers, the comparative strength of the opposing armies is now thought to lie more in favor of the allies than It was at the beginning of this last big offensive. Hut the end is not yet. There is no reason to hope that the end is even near. The Germans lire not nearly ready to quit. They will not quit un Ill nil nil nil I lull ill lull it n iiimuiiiivi.t hopeless, and they have not reached that point yet. There will be a lot more terrific lighting before the thing Is decided. It seems quite possible, however, that if the Gentians fail here, the great war will soon lie on the way to final settlement. GENERAL WAR SUMMARY Temporary Lull on Western Front, With Furious Outbreak in Prospect. Having been defeated with enormous losses in every phase of the lighting around Ypres says the Associated l'ress summary of yesterday, the Germans have attempted no further onslaught. Inaction prevailed Wednesday before the positions held by the British and French troops, especially those in the hands of the British, which it had been the ambition of the Germans to capture. Since Monday, what activity there has been in thus region was carried out by the British and French, both of whom have materially bettered their jiositions?the French near I.orre and the British at Meteren. On both sectors ground was captured and prisoners were taken. The pause in the offensive, however. apparently is not to be taken as meaning the end of the German attempts to crack the allied line. All along the front the big guns are roaring and shells of all calibres are ploughing the terrain and the areas far behind them, and fresh German reserves, to take the places of the thousands of men killed, wounded or made prisoner, are being hurried to the front. Indeed, advices from the British front in Flanders are to the effect that mother furious drive by von Arnim is in immediate prospect. Emperor William has been at the front delivering flamboyant speeches to the troops in an endeavor to spur them on to victory. Meanwhile British and French artillerists are sending a veritable rain of shells on Mont Kemmel the chief point of vantage gained by the Germans in the Ypres sector. Thus far the allies' guns have held back all attempts by the'enemv to reinforce his men on the hill, and If the good work Is kept up the hilltop is likely soon to prove to be a death trap for its raptors. Xothlr.g as yet has been vouchsafed regarding the inter-allied war coun-SI ...kUk . ^dIaud n \'/ir tallies which arc expected to bring forth decisions of great moment. Representatives of all the allies are in attendance. Great faith in the atdlity of General Foch and the allied commanders >n the western front again has been E-xpressed by M. Clemenceau, the h'rench premier. Returning from a rtsit to the front the premier said he considered the line stable, and that is a result of the steps taken by the rarioLs commanders it was outside the ealm of immediate danger. The fighting on all the other fronts, except in Palestine and Mesopotamia, ontinues of a minor character. In >oth the latter theatres, however, the British, have returned to the attack ind gained Important successes over he Turks. Progress Has been made lorth of Bagdad along the Tigris Iver and in Palestine several posiions have been captured and prison rs taken. German newspapers have taken anither tangent in their talk of peace, t is asserted by a Cologne journal hat Pope Benedict on Whit Sunday. Hay 19. will put forward concrete ofers to mediate between the warring actions. The reported intention of he pope is said to have had a sympathetic reception in Berlin. There s no confirmation from any source hat the pontiff purposes again to ofer hia sendees In the direction of eace. LOCiU. AFFAIRS, c new advertisements. First Nation*! Bank. Sharon?Makes a final argument for last minute Liberty bund buying It is up to you. D. M. Parrott, Clover?Is showing the new spring styles in Madame Grace corsets, new dress and apron ginghams, etc. Star Theatre- Will tomorrow have the first ] episode of "Vengeance and the Woman." The "Page of Mystery." 5 reels, on Monday. Clinton Bros.?Give a list of Saturday specials including many seasonable groceries that are "Good to eat." J- M. Stroup?Talks about his big lines of i dress goods, including everything from silks to calicoes, and gives the range of prices. * A. M. McGill. No. 1. Yorkville Suggests that s customers do the natural thing?visit his big 1 I store, see what he has and act accordingly. < Loan and Savings Bank?Solicits your business v and says you can rely on it to serve you ade- i uuately in any financial capacity. R. N. Plaxco. York No. 1?Has two fresh milk cows for sale. Good stock. J R. N. Plaxco. York No. 1?Can supply several r varieties of cane seed at 13 per bushel. v Box 15'.'. Yorkville?Wants to employ respectable white woman as a housekeeper for a small family- I D. C. Clark- -Says he has found a purse near y New Zion church, which owner may have j by proving ownership and paying for ad. | P. W. Love Regrets to inform his patrons , that he it compelled to advance ine price ror for ?uod sowing to tl a cord. 0 Siins ft Carter ft R. R. Hafner. Chester?Of- * ' for the Moore Jones farm. 143 acres, south f of Yorkville. for sale at $17.60 per acre. v Sam McCall. Clover?-Has opened a new bar- \ bershop and solcits your patronage. s L. R. Williams. Probate Judge- Gives notice \ that Mrs. Annie Y. Lawrence has applied *, for letters of administration on the estate of . A. G. Lawrence, deceased Sligh ft Allison- Are conducting an automobile g&ragv at 1" East Liberty street, and s solicit work from automobile owners. lj McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Make the last call lj on boyg's suits at $3.98. Other seasonable <, goods for your consideration. . York Supply Co.?Advises you to repair your ' buildings with a new roof. It has galvanized and V-crimped roofing, shingles, etc. f1 s Charlie Dixon of Clover, wont off " to the war not long ago and before f he left he put all his savings, amount- r ing to about $1,000 in Liberty bonds. > That is the right kind of stuff. j; Prof. W. R. Koon. who has been i doing most excellent work as prlnoi- 0 pal of the Bethany High school durihg several years past, has been elect- t ed superintendent of the Clover Ornd ed school, and his many friends are 1 looking for him to do still better work ? in his larger field. t It has been announced from Wash- ^ ington that the Texas aviation fields , will be moved to Camp Greene, Char- i lotto. One of the principal reasons ' for the proposed change is that Char- J lotte is so much nearer to the |?oint j of embarkation, and troops may be c moved whh greater ease. Texas rep- i I eWnittUVIK ill nniBinw .... ....... ally opposed to the change, and may l>e able to defe.'it the announced plan. Rock Hill has exceeded her quota I on the third Liberty loan subscrip- 1 tion, and Mr. ('. 1-. Cobb, the chair- * man, has hoisted the honor flag over * the postotilce. The committee is now I working for a star in the flag. which > is to be had by doubling tin* subscription. The list of subscribers f heretofore published in installments is f this time furnished complete, and is j too long for reproduction in this issue h of The Enquirer, already filled be- ^ fore the list became available. The j whole county will be proud of Hock c Hill's splendid achievement. * ABOUUT PEOPLE s Mrs. W. K. Putnam of Yorkville, is ( visiting relatives in Onstonia. I Guthrlesville relatives of Corporal ( Marion Curry have received news of i his safe arrival in France. ? Miss Cora Clark, who has been visiting. fr^ds in Yorkville, left this I weo^Vj^Hklt friends in Clover and i xancPTST&h* - * Miss Margaret Finley of Y'orkville, has been elected vice president of the Junior class at Winthrop college for next year. Dr. and Mrs. J. D. McDowell returned to their home in Yorkville this - ? is-- in YVCCK alter spvuuiiis ouiiiv ...... New Orleans. Mrs. Robert Withers poon and daughter. Miss Rita, who have been spending the past two weeks in New York, have returned to their home in Yorkvllle. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The following names are to be added to the list of Yorkvllle (Irad- ; ed school pupils now in the national army: Howard H. Heard, Robert H. Glenn, Robert Floyd Dunlnp. ? Hoy Scouts who sell as many as ten bonds during the last week of , the drive are to get special medals, and many of the boys are striving for ; these medals. Several have probably ( won out already. i ? There is a carnival aggregation operating in town this week, and in j the presence of an act passed at the i last session of the general assembly, the sheriff proposes to collect a tax j of $25 a day, which license tax is payable over to the clerk of the court for i ordinary county purposes. I ? The First National bank is flnanc- j ing the sale of thrift stamps for the < Graded school pupils. Through Su porintendent Rambo, the bank is fur- J nishing all the thrift stamps the ehil- . dren are able to sell and the bank is ; being reimbursed for the stamps fur- 1 nished as the stamps are sold. 1 ? Mr. H. L. Summit has resigned . as local agent of the Carolina & North-Western railway, and of the j Southern Express company. The resignation took effect April 30, and on May l, R. M. Sammey of Lenoir, took charge. Mr. Summit has been with the local office for fourteen years i a: d has been agent since October 15, 1 1912, Mr. Summit has given very ? general satisfaction in the position. < Asked yesterday as to the reason for 1 his resignation, he said that the work had piled up to such an ex-ent that ? he was unable to keep up with it, and ' the railroad company would not give ? him help that be considered absolute- t ly necessary. He does not know what he is going to do, but said, "I will not bo out of a job very long, I guess." COUNTY CONVENTION A partial Hat of the delegates elected by the representative precinct clubs last Saturday to represent them in the county convention next Monday was published Tuesday. It has not been practicable to secure a complete list of the delegates elected by all the precincts; but since Tuesday the personnel of several additional delegations has been secured as follows: Rock Hill No. 1: G. P. 8mith, J. 8. White, D. Hutchison. C. L Cobb, J. C. Cauthen. W. T. Poag, T. F. Bell. D. C. Johnston, J. T. Givens, J. M. DesChamps, O. K. Williams, W. B. Byers, T. A. Moore, J. B. Fewell, R. M. London, C. M. Whisonant, S. T. Frew. J. B. MUler, J. E. Gettys, L G. Xunn, R. |C. Burts, J. E. Reid, John R. Shirley, Reeves, W. A. Pressly, J. B. Creighton, f J- J. Ranch. A Rock Hill No. 2: J. R. Stokes, 8. R. ? Spencer, Allen C. Ixard, H. H. White, , W. W. Miller. A. H. Bynum, J. B. t Sykes, W. R. Sims. J. W. Rawlinson, a K. E. Poag. H. M. Dunlap, C. K. t( Chrcltxberg, F. C. Poe, L D. Pitts, E. c E. Poag. J. C. Cook, J. O. Neely, W. B. p Wilson, W. C. Hutchison, H. E. Ruff, v Pride Ratterree. Ed. Fewell, W. J, p Cherry, J. W. Moore, Sid Adams, J. c N. Benton, J- A. Black. D. L. McDon- b aid. J. L. Phillips. E. B. Johnston, T. n J / m . k ). Flowers. T. G. Hope, Ira B. Dunlap, a L T. Quantz. O. S. Poe, S. B. Carroll, t Newport: T. W. Jackson, president: 11 B. Swinnie, secretary and treasurer, c f. A. McFadden, executive committee- t nan. Delegates. J. A. McFadden, * ames S. Faris. New Zion: <J. K. McCarter, W. A. 8 vlchols. \V. M. Wallace, James Mc- 11 vnight. * HERE AND THERE The promoters of the jitney line c ietween Yorkville and Chester have t riven up the undertaking. The reaon, of course, is that it did not pay. t ["here was not enough travel, and it t lid not look like it was going to be a vorth while to try to develop the r lusiness. This development will prove i i source of regret to a great many a <eople: but of course the regret is 1 lot extensive enough. Otherwise it c vould not exist at all. t Mr. J. Frank Moore, the Yorkville (lamcss maker, gave Here and There j n interesting talk on leather a dn> or r wo ago. Mr. Moore has been in the ^ usiness for many years, and what he ;l Iocs not know about leather is torn j >ut ot the book. He has a pretty ( :ood stock of leather on hand, enough v or immediate need, and it includes arious qualities and kinds. The old. 'at tanned leather, he explained, is till to be had: but it is very scarce, lodem chemically tanned leather Iocs not touch it in quality or dura- | lility. Very good harness leather may >e had at a dollar a pound wholeale; but calf skin, buck skin and the ike run up to something like a dolar a square foot, and more. Buck- ' kin, used by harness makers principally for whangs, is now exceedingly s carce, and difficult to secure at any t nice. Mr. Moore hits no trouble in il elling all the harness he is able to t take. . The thief who stole that money rom the ticket case at the Southern . ail way station In Yorkvllle, has not et been caught up with and there , ? very little ground for suspicion as to j lis identity. It appears that on gong to dinner between 11 and 12 c "dot k. Mr. MeCurr.v took his money i ut of the cash drawer, placed it in small canvas bag and locked it in , hi ticket case instead of putting it in he safe. There is evidence that the . hief got a piece of iron off an ex- u tress truck that was standing outside. . ,nd entering the ticket otllce through he ticket window, prized the ticket ase open with the iron. All the clr- E uinstances indicate that the thief was lot only familiar with the surround- | ngs: but also with the custom of Mr. \ Ict'urry in sometimes leaving the \ noney in the ticket case instead of t aking it over to the freight office and v lutting it the safe. The theft was 1 ommitted at a time when there is * nrely anyone about the passenger tat ion. YORK COUNTY BOND BUYERS I The list of bond buyers throughout ? he county has been considerably j welled since Tuesday's issue of The t inquirer and herewith is being pub- ( ishftl a list of those reported up to estcrday morning: * Sharon and vicinity up to May I.?Jno. E. v Mexico. J. S. Plexico, A. M. Grist, Miss Mary ' ianklioad. Mrs. Mary Bankhead, James R. . tank head. J. W. Feomster, A. E. Feemster, ' . S. Love, Jno. A. Shillinglaw, E. M. Bank- j lend. Mrs. Jas. N. Russell, Mrs. Pearl I. (l Prammel, W. S. Love. Junior Order Smyrna. ( i. C? Andrew Stephenson. S. A. Mitchell. t irs. A. G. Hafner, S. V. Aycock. Porter B. t lood, G. W. Whitesides, Mrs. M. A. McElwee. Irs. G. W. Whitesides. 5 Clover and vicinity up to May 1.?R. B. iummcrford. W. C. Summerford, Filbert No. J J Jr. O. U. A. M., J. L. Stacy. Dan Nevins, i P. H. Riddle. Mrs. Jane A. Thomas, I. L f irayaon, Mrs. R. A. Counts. Dr. Thos. N. c )ulin. Mrs. R. A. Jackson, Miss Viola Mc- k Parter, J. B. Ford. B. B. Brackett. Miss s Pun ice Gordon. J. C. Jenkins, Sam Wooten, ' I. N. Skinner. A. C. Henry. * Yorkville and vicinity ap to May 1?Mrs. C. 1 ? Moore. J. M. Love, Mary Latla. col.. Mrs. a V. B. Kerr. Agnes Love. Julia Lovs, Frances v C. T_ How., V_p_. V A? SeUaSxJJ McConnellsville, col., Mrs. Maggie L. Bui/is, Mrs. J. B. Mickle, E. C. Lindsay, J. M. Lindsay. S C. Clinton. P. M. Burris, Mrs. J. E. Brandon. W. B. Kerr, A. A. Burris, C. E. Porcher, S. A. Crawford, M. C. Allen, W. O. Harshaw. Lewis Latta. col., John Wylie, col.. John Jones, col.. Henry Hoguc, Mary E. Williams. J. W. Branch. R. E. McFarland, Lindsay Insurance Agency, Jos. R. Moss. R. T. Allison. T. F. McDow. Mrs. M. E. Nichols. Audry McGown Inman. Claud Carroll Inman, William Wright Inman, Rufus Monroe Inman, Cora Elizabeth Inman. Sallie Craig. A. S. Bcthea. A. L. Jonas, John Warren Quinn, Daisy Gist, Mrs. Annie Feinstein, John Steele Brice. Jr., Robert Wilson Brice, Adolphus Moore Brice. A. G. Brice, Mrs. E. E. Gillespie. E. E. Gillespie, Jr.. Lois Mclver Gillespie John M. Gillespie. Mattie Lee Gillespie. Isaiah Thomas, col., John Thompson, col., J. F. Adkins. G. P. Clark, Sam M. Grist, Mrs. Sam M. Grist, Annie Gordon, Hugh Parrott, Mrs. H. G. Parrott. W. W. Alexander. Mrs. M. M. Neety, Ella Neely. H. A. D. Neely, Mrs. J. B. Bratton. Col. J. B. Allison, Mrs. Nannie Allison. Sue Meek Allison. Suilie B. Allison, Mrs. J. C. McKcnzie. R. L. Wilkerson. Crust Breakers. J. R. Hart, sec., Lutie Jenkins, W. W. Jenkins, Thaddeus L. Carroll. Ernest H. Carroll, W. R. Carroll, Jr., Sarah Cathrine j Carroll, Marion Logan Carroll, Latta Massey, Robert Ward, col.. Dock Meek, col.. Col. W. , W. Lewis, Mrs. W. W. Lewis, Anna R. Lewis, Frances Lewis, John S. Lewis, J. E. Stroup. Mrs. J. E. Stroup. Jas. Ernest Stroup, Jr.. W. S. Hogue, John R. Hart, Mrs. Mary H. Hart, John R. Hart, Jr., Miss Mary . Hunter Hart. W. B. Kerr, Miss Lillis Ashe, | J. Frank Ashe. Miss lone Ashe. Mrs. S. A. Crawford. Mrs. B. W. Kuykendal, J. P. Williams. Mrs. Addie A. Williams, Columbus ! Blake, col., Miss Elizabeth Ashe, Miss Aggidel Moore. Miss Mary K. Williams, Miss Annie | Stephens. I. P. Boyd, Mrs: I. P Boyd. S. L. ' Courtney. A. M. Barnett, James E. Youngilood, Will Williams, R. B. Youngblood, Jos. 3. Wardlaw, Miss Mary E. Gettys, Rev. T. , rracy Walsh. Church of Good Shepherd, Mrs. | f. M. Stroup, J. E. Stroup. Quay D. Stroup, j Miss Maude Stroup, Clayborn Stroup. Mrs. IV. S. Patterson. Miss Annie Bell Carroll, W. W. Jenkins. E. B. Craven. John Jones, col., lohn Wylie, Lewis Latta, W. 0. Harshaw. T. | 3. Crawford. John F. Gordon & Co , F. H. | Surge. E. L. Latham. R. J. Brown. H. T. . Williams. * I REV, MAHAFFEY A CANDIDATE Kev. J. E. Mahaffey, pastor of Trin- j ty Methodist Episcopal church of , k'orkville, has announced himself as < i candidate for the seat In the Unit- I >d States senate now held by Hon. B. R. Tillman. J This announcement will come as ? tomethlng of a surprise to Rev. Ma- I laJTey's many friends and acquaint- j tnces, the more especially because f hey have not been considering him n connection with a political office; j jut there is no question of Mr. Ma- ' taffey's seriousness. He makes no | iretention, however, to a knowledge j >f politics as politics is generally un- 1 lerstood, and he cares nothing about c tuch politics. He believes that the g ime has come when the principles of t Christianity should figure In political I ilatforms. and he proposes to test the | natter In South Carolina by giving j he people an opportunity to vote for t ilm if they so desire. ( In a statement announcing his can- e lidacy. Rev. Mahaffey says: t "I make no pretense of worthiness r o represent this high standard of c tghteousness, but 1 believe that ray v Ife record does not seriously contra- a lict It As to my attitude toward t 'resident Wilson, the man of God who C las come to the kingdom for such a 1: Ime as this, I will say that through t he courtesy of an esteemed college n resident. I had the honor of deliver- h ng the first address In our state, aft- li r remarks by the chairman, support- f ng Mr. Wilson as the coming candi- f late for the presidency of the United t itates, and ?m proud of it to this day. t do not boast of superior fitness for b he office of United States senator at n time like this, nor would I expect n o be made chairman of an Important n ommittee, in fact I would not care Ji o have my hands tied by such con- h entionallty, but as a close and im- n artlal student of national and world p ondltions for the past >0 years, I c elieve I am capable of rendering a tl luch needed service to my country t< Jid thus to my Lord whose country his Is. reserved for 5.500 years to ful>11 the mission to whtch it is now oiled, and which cannot be met with he dead-weight inefficiency and hortsightedness of the p;ist. "We are now hilt to hilt in the tinal truggle of demon l>orn might against leaven born right, and 1 ant eonvinod that among other things essential o permanent victory, there must he ilso the mobilization ot the might of ighteousness. Therefore, in addition o the giving of our sons, our money. >ur food and every other material guipment. I shall advocate a new iind oi liberty bond issue?namely, hat we Methodists. Baptists, IVesbyerinns. Episcopalians. Lutherans and dl the rest, including many who are lot now in any ehurvh. unite in signng up a bond that will be negotiable it the treasury of Almighty tiod. a >ond pledging ourselves to live up to, air high profession and quit giving he lie to our prayei*s by our practice. "These and other things will be set ortli more fully during the campaign. have known ever since I can reitember that I had to preach and 1 exlect to continue it as long as I live, unl certainly none the less by enterng this larger iield. Men of South ' 'arolina. the best way to make the lUI'lll saif iui ui iiiw iui j m i" ?' h>n n earnest to make democracy safe for he world. I do not know how Ions It rill take us to sign up such a bond as : his. I am ready to sipti it now. If thers are in the same notion I should >e glad to hear from them at once." LOCAL LACONICS t Flag arid a Star. Clover is entitled to a Hag with a itar in it. The town's apportionnent was $20,100. and up to Wedneslay night the suhseriptions amountd to $3S.200. Hosiery Mill for Rock Hill. The Liberty Hosiery eompany of lock Hill, has been commissioned by V. Banks Dove, secretary of state, he proposed capital stock being $25.|0O. Petitioners are: J. C. Cant hen. \ I- Cobb and J. It. Creighton. .ight Frost A light frost was reported in dlf- 1 erent localities ytsterday morning. Surly risers generally saw it. and Mr. '. M. Hit Ml* of McConnellsville, said le saw e\ idence of it on the bridge at he railroad as he came Into Yorkille late in the morning. lullock's Creek Subscribers. i' v <:in..<>.i.. miii lulln li iart. Ksi|., spoke at Mullock's Creek Vednesday night in the interest of 1 dlierty bonds and secured suhscripious to the amount of $l,oUO, notrithstandtng the fact that practical- ' y all present had already subscribed. >ff for Fort Scriven. The following white drafted men re re sent from local hoard No. _ yeserduy for Kurt Ccriven, Ca.: t'larence ?ee Adams, Newton Moultrie Hiigans, toliert Lynch, (!ary Jot Laughridgc. Two more are to he sent to Camp ackson next Tuesday morning: hut hey have not yet been selected. Committee on Explosives. , Messrs. Sam M. Clist and Morris \ Cobb of Yorkville, and C. K. House if Hock Hill, have been appointed a i ommittee to look after the enforceaent in York county of the Federal aw as to explosives and they are alo charged with the duty of looking nto suspicious circumstances in eonlection with destructive tires. Also ( hey are to report disloyal or seditious alk that may be brought to their at- ; entlon. telling Thrift Stamps. The recent move of the Peoples' ' National hank of Hock Hill in which t proposed to furnish thrift stamps j or sale by the school children and 'ti.rwl n tirize of ? hie Ilair to the 1 trade making tin- largest sales of ilninps, hits evidently tended to give a remendous impetus to the sale of itamps in the city. It is reported hilt 2.700 certificates and 10.000 tamps. aggregating about $14,000, vere sold in one day and the cum- 1 mlgn continues briskly. . McConnellsville Makes Fine Showing. Forty-one persons subscribed for $4,*>50 worth of bonds at u Liberty loan meeting at McConnellsville last Monday night. The community had been thoroughly canvassed beforehand. and applications were ready to be handed in at the close of the meeting. There were talks by Kev. Dr. K. K. (Jillespie, Miss Lesslie l>. Witherspoon, Thos. K. McDow and It. \. Moore. Following is a list of those who bought bonds: Mrs. ('. L Moore, J. M. Love, Mary Latto. pc., Mrs. \V. H. Kerr, Agnes Ixive. Frances Love, Julia Love, C\ L. Moore, V. It. & S. A. Society, Mrs. Maggie L. llurris, Mrs. J. It. Mickle, K. C. Lindsay, J. M. Lindsay. S. C. Clinton. I'. M. Iturrls, Mrs. J. K. Brandon, Mrs. A. J. Hafner, Mrs. M. J. Shillinglaw, S. V. Aycock, Miss Mary K. Williams. J. C. Hmketleld, Aggidell Moore, Elizabeth Ashe. Columbus lilack, p. c? Mrs. Addie A. Williams. J. I'. Williams, Mrs. It. W. Kuykendall, Mrs. S. A. Crawford. Miss lone Ashe. J. Frank Ashe, Lillis F. Ashe, W. It. Kerr. K. It. Craven, W. E. Feemster, A. A. Iturris. C. E. I'orcher, S. A. Crawford. M. C. Allen. W. (J. Harshaw, Lewis Latta. p. c., John Wylle, p. v., John Jones, p. c? J. T. Crawford. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? The Chestonian moving picture thow at Chester was destroyed by [ire last Wednesday night. ? Rev. H. C. Nahcrs has resigned as iuperintendent of Kpworth orphanage ind the trustees of the Institution lave elected Rev. T. C. O'Dell of Rock ft ill, to the vacant position. ? Former Governor Blease and Andrew J. Bethea, who belong to the tame precinct club In Columbia were both elected to the Richland county Democratic convention. ? David A. Houston has been made president of the Columbia Farm Loan Bank, vice F. J. H. Von Engelken, who has held the position from the establishment of the bunk, and who is to take up work elsewhere. ? John K. Aull, in charge of the Coumbia bureau of the Charleston American, has been appointed court stenographer for the Fifth circuit to succeed W. H. McFeat, deceased. Mr. Aull has previously held the position >f court stenographer. He was also private secretary to Governor Blease. ? Asbury F. Lever, says a Columbia lispatch, hits formally announced his :andldacy for the United States senUorship and Hon. John L. McLaurln laving been communicated with over Innrr Hialonno tdlonhnnr> f rn m r'/i. uinbla, says he will enter the race or the governorship. ? August Geilfoss, a wealthy broker m?l a member of the German colony n Spartanburg, has been bound over o the Federal court on the charge of laving received stolen government iroperty from soldiers at the camp, rhe property Involved was $26 worth if meat and- canned goods. Two solders and a private have already been lentenced to imprisonment for giving he property over to Geilfoss. It ap>ears that the soldiers were in the lablt of taking the property to the lome of Geilfoss for the purpose of laving it prepared, and it Is alleged hat on one occasion Geilfoss went to -amp Wadsworth and took the prop:rty away In an automobile. The case vas worked up by members of the ( nllitary police, and when Geilfoss beame involved, he and \V. M. Floyd ( rent to Washington to see Tillman , .nd N'lcholls. Tillman and N'icholls elegraphed the district attorney and , Commissioner Gantt with a view of avlng them be conservative about 1 he matter. Their telegram to Comnissloner Gantt read: "Please do not and out indictment or have warrant ssued for Gus Geilfoss until you hear urther from us." The testimony beore Commissioner Gantt was such hat the commissioner felt compelled o bind Geilfoss over under a heavy ond. Mr. Geilfoss has issued a statelent in which he says that the testllony offered against him, that of a egro woman, was bought and perured, and reminding the public that e was not allowed to offer testimoy at a preliminary, requests a susension of judgment until the case omes to trial. He promises to show hat he was guilty of no wrong, tnmtionally or otherwise. CLOVER CULLINGS. Corrr?poo4?nc? Th? Yorkvlll* Eoqilrtr Clover, Ma> 1.?Mis. Jessie Oates and daughter. Miss Jennie of Chester, spent several days here last week with the family ot Mr. W. B. Stroup. Mrs. 0. L. Jackson and little daughter. Nell, and Miss Kdith Jaekson are visiting Mr. and Mrs. <?. M. Flanagan in Clinton. Among those who attended the music festival in Charlotte hist week were Mr. and Mrs. \V. 1*. Smith. Mr. and Sirs. J. A. I'age. Mrs. J. Meek Smith. Miss Annie Lee Xelll and Mr. W ill Itudisill. Mr. I'aschal MeClain. son of Rev. J. M. MeClain. recent I \ graduated at a veterinarj collide in Kansas City, is spending a few days here with his l?arents. Mr. MeClain's class, which was eomposeil of Ids young men. have all volunteered their services to l iU'le Sam and expect to enter a training camp soon. " Iml.. All". Kawuru jirnuiiiuii ...... son of Itow land, X. C.. spent tho week-end here with Kev. and Mi*. J. M. McClaln. Mr. and Mrs. llull of Done Wolf. Oklahoma. are visiting their daughter, Mrs. A. A. Meiean hen*. Prof. and Mrs. Lcsslie Wilson of Cluster. spent tho juist week-end hi to with tho faniil> of Mr. J. J. Wilson. Mr. John T. Matthews of I^ancustor, spent a few days here this week. Miss Cora Clark of Castonia, is the guest of Miss Daisy (Slenn here. Mr. W. It. Moore, rural carrier on Clover No. 1. was confined to his home for several days lost week with lumbago. Miss Daisy Dale, who has been suffering with rheumatism for a long while, was taken to a Castonia hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Among the visitors to Castonia this week were Dr. and Mrs. I. J. Campbell. Mrs. 0. H. Ferguson, Mesdames M. It. Neil, R. 1- Wylle and Misses Klsie Pressly and Margaret l'arrott. Dr. K. W. pressly of Camp Sevier, spent Sunday here with his family. Mr. <.eorge Henry of Camp Sevier. *l>eiit Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Henry at Howling lireen. I L'lll knri V.. M i? in I (i* uui nsi'ii wi ?"? ? I, is visiting relatives here this week. Mr. C. It. Morrow has moved his family into the Pendleton house on Bethel street. Clover defeated Yorkvllle In a B?me id baseball on the local grounds last Saturday by the score of 19 to 7. Batteries for Clover: Wallace and Harvey; lor Yorkvllle: lajckridge. Ferguson and Cash. Itev. J. L. Yandell, pastor of the Beersheba and Hainah churches, will assist Itev. A. A. Mclaan in a meeting at the Presbyterian church this week. Services will begin on Frlda> morning at 11 o'clock and continue through Sunday night. The town has purchased a large hell to be used as a fire alarm. The bell has already arrived and the authorities hope to get it up ready for use within a few days. Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell of Bock Hill, spent Wednesday night with the family of Mr. W. W. Matt hews. Miss Belle Jackson and brother, Mr. John Jackson of Yorkvllle N'o. 6. s|wnt Wednesday with the family of Mr. W. B. Jackson. MERE-MENTION The biennial conference of Women's Clubs, now In session at Hot Springs. Ark., has announced the raising of $luo,oui) for use in paying expenses of American soldiers in France on furloughs home. The fund continues to grow The government has awarded contracts for $5,500,000 pairs of *hoes for soldiers .American shipbuilders delivered 50,000 tons of Hew shipping during the week ending April 29 and launched 41,105 tons more To settle a bet of $10 as to which could kill the most Huns, two Wilkes Barre, Pa., men have enlisted in the army and asked for quick service in France. They will keep notched-stick records of their killings and the one showing tse qipst notchyj on TfrtifnmJr hofne, will win the Bet *..... An Amsterdam report says that Germany has sent three more long range guns through Belgium for service in France, probably against Paris Commander Stabley Rosevear, a British "ace," is reported to have been killed in action April 25 with a German aviator. Rosevear had the distinction of having brought down twenty-two enemy airplanes Albert KefTi and Lewis Gerubcr, two Austrians, were arrested by Federal agents near Tia Juna, t'al., Monday. They were spies and were making their way to Mexico with important naval and army information of tho I'nited States. KefTi has been a sergeant in the I'nited States army The president of the German relehstag announced Tuesday that the subscriptions to the eighth German loan totaled $3,69O,OO0.0iXt, exclusive of the subscriptions of the troops at the front, which are not yet complete Waller Sprcckles, a nephew of Clauss Spreekles, the sugar king, was on Tuesday denied admittance to a sugar refinery nt Yonkers, X. Y., of which he had Ix-en general manager for sixteen years, on the ground that he ls an enemy alien, although a naturalised citizen Austria's "ace." Lieut. Heller-Sehoenalch, Is reported to huve been killed on the Italian front behind the Austrian lines. Only a few lays ago Baron von Richtohven, German's most fumous "ace," was brought down on the Western front A tornado of much violence swept over a small area near Danville, Va., Wednesday. Much property was destroyed and damaged. No Hues were lost Washington has information of the recent destruction of a whole train load of Skoda 30G centimeter guns for the Austrian army, together with a large supply of shells, by an allied airman. A captured guard officer told his captors that the ariman dropped a bomb on the train while standing at Wlencourt and a series of explosions destroyed the train and its freight. Also he said the allied airmen were greatly harrassing the Austrians behind the lines with their bombs and machine guns A Zurich, Switzerland. correspondent to a Rome newspaper, says: "The Germans are preparing for a final push. They are ready to sacrifice one-third of their men. Thev are determined to stake all on a great effort before the full strength of America materializes." Miss Agatha ltichrath. professor of German at Vassar college, Poughkeepsie, X. Y.. has been arrested on a presidential warrant, charging her with being a dangerous enemy alien. '"Itl/.ens of Moss Point, Miss., held a bond rally Tuesday night Two well to do citizens were reported as having bought no bonds. A committee was appointed to see these men. One of them was told he must buy t3,000 worth of bonds or leave town. He put up $2,000 for bonds. The other citizen was out of town. The committee was to wait on him on his return. ? There was a special term of the court in Barnwell last Monday to try Will Ferguson a negro, for attempted criminal assault at Allendale on April 15. Judge Moore presided. The negro was convicted and sentenced to be electrocuted on May 10. ? "The number of German prisoners captured by the British armies In France during March was 1.061, including 69 officers." says Gen. Halg. "In April a further 5,241 prisoners, including 136 officers, were captured. These figures are exclusive of the prisoners taken by the French." McLaurtn for Govornor.?The Benaettsvllle correspondent of the Columbia State called upon Hon. John L. McLaurtn last Wednesday night to ?now what he proposed to do In connection with the present political ?ampalgn. Mr. McLaurtn la quoted as saying: "Yes, I have been strongly urged by f* petition, letter and otherwise to become a candidate for governor or the United States senate this year. These ire troublous times, and while I am iot anxious to hold office a considerible number of my fellow citizens htnk they need my services and I sill give them the opportunity to vote or me for governor this year." / > * '"'.V . ' j < 1 -