Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 24, 1918, Image 4
tumorous ^kepartmrot 1
All Thoro But th# Pop.?Mother wax If 01
out. ami Sister Sue was putting on her
heat l/louse. so six-year-old Hohhy had
to entertain Sue's youn? man. Ah is
the way with his kind, he began to
ply the unfortunate caller with <juestions
Coi
"Mr Hrown." he began. "what is a j(
IKipinjay ?" . a
"Why?er?a popinjay is a?eh? ^
vain bird." -j
"Are you a hlrd. Mr. Hrown?" wtj(
"No. ot course not." ,u
"Well, that's funny. Mother said you a|.u
were a popinjay and father said there (j;n
.0...1.1 ..i,(.hi vour heinir a iuv
urn) Sue jmiid thin* didn't seem to he fl(i,
much chant-*- of your poppin', :*n<l now ()M,
you Hay you ar<-n't a l#ir*l at all."? .
I'ittsliurgl) Chronicle-Telegraph.
No Chances.?A rlerk was s?-nt to M
call on Mr. <' . tin- meanest rich . j,
man in th<- town, to try to induce him * M
Vj
to purchase a hurial plot in the new , y
* eineti-ry. * M
In half fin hour h<- was luick again. . j
"Couldn't get him?" asked the man- * K
ager. . y
"No," said t he clerk. "He admitted M
th?' plots were fine <in?-s, hut he said . j
if Ik- bought one lie tnif^ht not Ret, the K
\alue tor his money in the end." . y
"Why?" asked the manager. "There's 0 ,
no tear; the man will die some day, |
won't ho?" <?lli
"Yea," suid the clerk; "hut he says
st?*
hi- might !>* lost at sea."?I'ittshurgh c
Chronicle-Telegraph. j j
Mm
An Unfair Advantage.?A I'eahndy j*'*
girl, writing to her Canadian sweet- johi
heart in Km nee. in<|iiir*'d in her last ^ |
Utter: "What kind of a man Is th? Mrs
censor who reads all my letters and J- J
your U tters to ine and signs his name Mrs
'Opened hy the censor?""
The censor added ft foot-note in hei
sweetheart's last letter, describing
himself, and now the girl doesn't know Mr.
will-tiler she Is in love with the cetlSOl' |j"
or her old sweetheart.?I'eaUodv Cast- i>m
L'
J.
A Camouflaged Will.?An old fellow Slix
on his death lied, in making his will,
iiiiii iinin il to his lawyer: "Anil to 1411*11 no*
P
of iiiy employes who have hern with j^n
mo twenty yiars or inure I heipa-atli Mrs
?2.000." JJ'm
"llolv smoke! What generositj !" Mm
w
tin- lawyer exclaimed.
"So, not at all," said the sick man. Mm
if..
"Vmi nee. none of them have hern with jjj
me over a year; hut it will look good Mi*
in the |ia|M-rs. won't it'.'"?Liverpool JJjjJ
Host. Mm
, m , Mm
" ~ |^| |H,
Impressionistic.?Whistler once un- pjaj
<leitook to got it lellow artist's work J- J
w
into the nutuinu salon. He sticeeeded, u'
and the picture was hunt;. Itut the Or.
painter. going to see Ills masterpiece y '
wltli Whistler un varnishing day. nt- Rati
tend an exclamation of dismay. j j
"(iood heavens!" he cried, "you're J. i
exhibiting my picture upside down." |^u
"Hush!" said Whistler. "The coin- Yor
K l
uhttee refused it the other way."? q .
Huston Transcript. M.
Dr.
' ' Clin
An Impossible Amount.?Some ne- p. (
groes were discussing the death of a jjj
small darkey. C.
The cause of the disaster was clear
enough to" one of the men. ' ' |M|n
"Pe po chile died frum eatin' too |?f^*
much watah-million." ho explained. c?r
One of the others looked his doubts. J- ^
"Huh." he grunted scornfully, "dar j. !
ain't no sueli thing as too much watuh- j- ]
million." Ynr
"Well, den." remarked the llrst, "dar :{;
wasn't entifT hoy."?Life. Mr*
. ? Met
Ma<
He Knew the Place.?"Now, hoys." Mr?
said the teacher in the juvenile Sun- C.
day school class, "our lesson today p'*
teaches us that if we are good whih H. 1
here on earth, when we die we will go
to a place of everlasting Idiss. Hut W.
suppose we are had. then what will
laecome Of US?" Mi*
"We'll go to a place of everlasting c?
hi 1st or." promptly answered the small J. 1
hoy at the pedul extremity of the {^'"J
class.? Hrooklyn Citizen. St
_ Mini
' Mis:
Bristled Right Up.?"Miss Jones," Mr*
said the hostess, "permit me to intraduce
Mr. Hogg. author of those do- Mr.
IlKhtfully clever poems you must have Jjjf*
read." >Mifu
"I ain ftlad to meet Mr. Hogg." said ^
Nil IT?
the young woman. "I'ardotv the ques- Mist
tlon. hut is that >our real name?" shni
"Certainly." said Hogg, bristling up.
"Old you think it was my pen name?" yj
? Huston Transcript. Sulu
Hard on Fingers.?One day after j- ^
the hrakeman had been explaining the yy _ *
scenery one of the passengers whis- L, T
tiered to the conductor: yjsc
"Conductor, can you tell me how that
hrakeman lost his linger? He seems to p
he a nice fellow."
I'That's just it, ma'am. He's so ohliging
that he just wore his linger off
pointing out the scenery along this
line."?Chicago Herald. "
Close to the Brink.?The foreman of
a construction gang was walking
along his section of the railway one M(/t
day when he came upon an Irishman *
lying in the shade of a fence. Eyeing taS
the man with a stern smile, he said: v
"Slapc on. ye idle spalpeen, slape now
wr1
on? So long as ye slape ye've got a ^ '
job. hut when ye wake up ye're out '
of wurrk." coni
, T
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ii waKoni ig uutjr
Today I bought an alarm clock. j ^ J
It lias a very loud ring.
I think I will call it the Star Spangled "V
I tanner, ^
Kor every time I hear It 1 have to
,, and
get up. ?lturr.
_ to I
Hard to Picas*?"What la your dog's gun
name?" sine
"I don't know yet." replied the pa- oo I
tient man. "I am still experimenting, troi
I have tried nearly all the dog names I I"
can think of and he doesn't answer to en
arvy of them."?Washington star. Her
ed?
True to Life?Wife?"I dreamed last wit I
night, dear, that 1 was In a box party into
at the theatre." sucl
Huh?"Oh! That explains why you whi
were talking so loud In your sleep."? mill
Boston Transcript. T
1 > vati
This Never Happened.?"Ha. will you
give rae a good licking right now?"
"Why this. Lemuel?"
com
"I'm going to sneak off and go swim- )cnl
mlng, and I don't want to be bothered j
with the future."?Cornell Widow. of (
Tha Boy Was Hsp.?The Honorable ^nr
?"My boy. do you realize how great for<
is the solemnity of on oath, before, you ??c'
commit yourself?" fc
The Boy?"Why?why. yes, sir. I cf '
cad died for you last Sunday."?'Widow. flun
e i rati
.WA speech never heard in a church beei
?"You see It was this way, judge?" not
i
HE GREAT RED CROSS T,
oey to Help tbe Mission of
Mercy.
a
STERN DISTRICT MAKES SHOWING ;;;
+ ^ ^
ltnbutions Pour in From All Sides
at
r> Amounts Both Large and Small f ^
nd the List Continues to Grow in .
h?
.ength.
'h?- publication of the list ol thus. ^
u ov. rsuliscrilrtsl Voikvilh 's <(iiota
thi' |je?j Cross (unci at the rails ,
lij
ur.il th<- courthouse steps last l-'ri'
ai
flight has ?1cVo1o|hiI that ijiiitc a (Ji
nla-r of names and amounts hud
n These nanus have sinee j,
n rt |MTie.l to Chairman Marion nn?l j
inclmlfil in tin- following: ..,
, A. Bonejr $ 5 00 *
lint Pearl Wallace - 5 00 "i
[i? Annie Wallace 5 00 * j,j
onnom Spencer 5 00
Ira. A. M. Grist 5 00 ?
ias Rose Hunter ..... 5 00 * .,|
Ira. C. F. Sherer 5 00
lira Sarah Grist ? S 00 * t!
ias Sarah Carroll 5 00 *
L. Hoaaton 5 00
velyn Shieder 5 00 K*
?hn Steele Brice . 5 00 mi
liaa Myrtle Hall 3 00
liaa Virginia I'laxcu 5 00 ' 1
liaa Maggie MeCorkle 3 00
S. Brice. Jr. 5 00
obert Brice 5 00 <?*
'illiam Carroll 5 00 ni
aniel Shiedcr 5 00 (^
nchiilinu $3,001 |ireviousl\ neknowl;vil,
tnnl $05 :is nrknowlcilgoil stliovi'. vs
suliseri|it ions ;ii tin- fiMirlhouse lips
aggregated Sl.Osr,. to whirh has |>,
ri- In'I'll aihli'il tlio following: w
H. Brice $ 16 00
. J. E. Jnhnum 25 00
a Ella Neely 10 00 ?,t
E. Lowry 25 00
n Williforil 25 00
W. Love 5 00 ki
It. Lav* 5 00
. Geo. Williaina 5 00 1 1
I. Carroll 25 00
'. Williorn . ... 10 00 .,
. M. E. Nichols 100 00 11
nk James 5 00
a Gladys James 6 00
L. Cannon . C 0#
la Bros 100 00 or
C. MrCorklr 5 00 .
and Mrs. Jno. R. Hart 25 00
Kendrirk 10 00 <.l
H. Miaire 160 00
n & Savings Bank 100 00 1'
? White 10 00 :i
a Anna Lewi* 10 00 .
E. Johnson 10 00 "
h & Allison 10 Oli \\
nn Wallace 50 oo
S. Willis 5 00 u
a Maggie Glenn 10 00 tf
N. Moore 25 00 ..
. Wylie. |>. c 5 00 1,1
i. P. N. Mrs)re 10 00 ti|
s Isabella Clift 10 00 ,.
. Quinn Wallare 25 00 '
, J. L. Williams 5 00 in
I. Witherspoon 10 00 .
i. I. It. Witherspoon 15 00
i. W. W. Jenkins 5 00 tn
i. W. B. Wylie 10 00
t. a e i.. r. nn "I
>i AUh Sanders 5 00 t*si
I. Riiht. Wither*|ioon 10 00 ,
< Wilhcr*|Kinn 10 00 '
. Janr White 5 00 t i
J. M. St roup 10 00 ?
n Maude St roup 5 00
^born Stroup 5 00
V. Tate. (aililitional) 50 00
W. Fernuvin B 00
C. 1>. Owen 10 00
W. M. Kennedy 10 00 1
v. Lnwry 10 00 hi
Levy B 00
ft Brirc 0 00
Kirhnrdtion 0 00 >%
II. Starr 25 00
J. Ramsey 5 00
H. O'l^ary BO 00 v<
is Roth 25 00
k Drutr Store B0 00
C. Allein 10 00 t It
E. Wilkins 25 00
E. Mexico 6 00 ?
W. G. White 40 00 |?
iton Bro* 10 00
7. Black B 00 1n
LnKun Moore - 15 00 yt
and Mm. H. T. William* B 00
E. Spencer ? IB 00
ta Ma**ey B 00 In
Be-sie Sandifer B 00
* Ella Cody " *?*W
Sal lie Wray - 5 00 pi
irlotte St. Baptist S. S. 37 50 .
inon Mill Union S. S "5 00
G. Enloe B 00 t|
E. Carroll 10 00
E. Stroup ... B 00
d. Ferguson 20 00 T
A'arren Quinn 10 00
k Hardware Co 25 00
K. Iionati - 10 00 r?|
W. S|K-ck 5 00 .
i. M. L. Carroll 25 00
-ri* F. Cobb - 10 00 u
:korcll & Hnrt 100 00 .
L J. H. Witherspoon 25 00
R. Simmons B 00 t i
Moxellr Inmnn 5 00 ,,
E. Boney - B oo '
I. MrCnw 10 00 ;i
L. Ranibo ? 5 00 , .
A. Stnll B 00
E. Hall 5 00
J. Herndon 25 00
ert Herndon 10 00
s Mary Kant Herndon 10 00 s<
ph Herndun 10 00 f.
I. Younttblood 10 00 1,1
1. Barnwell 5 00 oi
[iloye* Cannon Mill 15 35 .
t Annie E. Thomassnn. Union
rhool District ?..... 5 00
i Norwood Baker 5 00 ,,
* Kate Cody 5 00
. C. Black 5 00
? Alice Clinton 5 00 .
B. Lowry 5 00
and Mrs. Jno. Miller 5 00 or
. C. E. Spencer 10 00
? Rehts-ca H. Spencer 5 00
? M M. Latta 50 00 el
:. Wallace 5 00
i M. Grist 25 00
x-llancous under 85 7H 50 |if
ron District to May 21 2*1 75 C|]
Filbert School District. j,
E. Geltys 5 00
B. Keller 5 00 sl
tcriptions under $5 12 00 iti
Miller School District.
i. Shannon $ 5 00 ...
?. Feemster 5 00
C. Robinson 10 00 "1
'. Galloway 5 00 o.
B. RulT 5 00
ellnneous under $5 26 00 "
ROM COLONEL TO PRIVATE
or
s on Zapata's Staff and is Now at
Fort Slocum.
v York World.
ol. Chile con Onrne, formerly chief
iplinarian of a bandit army, has '
red his sombrero for a steel hat. n
six and three-eighths, has abjuredwine
cactus for regulation tine cut.
accepted :t reduction in rank free- m
ind without undue influence and is , ?
r at Fort Slocum whetting tip a w.
y ugly looking bayonet to engage in oa
world's greatest bandit hunt as a t.j,
imon or garden variety of hunter. mi
he colonel is now Private William ;S|
ris. formerly a Tepano coW-punchr?f
Stirling, Tex., late hotstuff to ?y
t peerless gentleman. Chevalier ar
ata of Somewhere in Mexico. He
sted front Krie. Pa., after resigning Gl
rank and its uncertain emoluments ar
fluidic lease of existence in order ti<
>e "in at the finish" of a bigger
10 than that which no nas pinycu ca
0 old enough to grip a calico l?ron- wl
by the Unci's ami look around for su
ible. ^ po
rlvato Harris, however, wears up- dl
his chin no frowning heard of wi
voles 01 Mars, but inward search- an
-and several Mexican gentlemen
!> searching proclivities tried to pry re
1 his interior with rude knives and Sr
It appurtenances?he has a liver oh
eh is emphatically not as white as pr
< either. at
he late colonel and present pri- th
i is merely a moon-faced kid of sti
nty, with pale, watery blue eyes, vi
iy hair and an ingrowing reti- th
re regarding himself which is typ- sk
of the man who acts rather than th
sts. Hut. despite his modesty Iwck en
dm is some record. That Private do
rls thinks a bigger record Is be- fu
him is evidenced by his present go
ipation of a Fort Slocum barracks de
>r he was down in the "bad lands" t?
dexico with a "bad man" known to bl<
e as Gen. Zapata, an earnest but de
ler amateurish bandit?and he had Pa
i there so long that his name was ho
even on the selective draft list in till
iilintf as a prospective soldier for
ride Sam.
Trifles Did Not Worry Him.
Such trifles as remoteness and iniKibdity.
however, are no har to one
iiiipped with watery blue eyes and
zealous disposition. Stirling was
it her remote from Hen. Zapata's
aijifuurters when the colonel-innbi;.
o conceived the brilliant idea ol
andoning the long-hoiion-d steer for
ie long haireu .Mexican bandit. So
- left his boss, IJig Jim Hubbard,
inciter, "llat on the lot," as they
ly in circus parlace, and betook
imself to the "bad lands," where
>r some four years i?ast he has had
nple op|s>rtunity to cultivate kini
Karten bandits at close range.
"I went down in 1S?H," admittid
llo.i lu "flor mn/'h f *>n!
njuirj at Fort Slocum, recently,
i'es, J enlisted with Zapata. You
re, J had been reading some hooks
i military tactics and I had an
a 1 could in-lp drill the men down
icr?. 1 was wrong. In the first
ace. the Mexicans don't enlist?
ley just ride in and join the out lit
id after they have eaten up all the
?od grub, they smoke a cigarette
id then start in to play "fan tan."
jiiu- soldiers. 1'laying a Chinese
unhling game with a Mexican game
cards was one of the things about
ilitary tactics I hadn't learned in
ie books. Well, drilling a bunch
ke that is like trying to teach a
heel barrow to sit up on its hind
gs and beg for a lump of sugar,
i fore they got their weapons they
ouldn't drill so long as the "fan
?" game was going or they could
etil a rooster and teach him things
) self-respecting chicken ought to
tow about the London prize ring
lies.
"Alter they got a rille it was worse,
y that time they had a large grudge
.uiust some other so-called soldier,
llirr on acount of the fan tan game
because their rooster was weak in
ie knees. So the first lighting most
I hem did was to hide out behind a
ielus or a wild rubber plant or take
shot at another of my men. I
gun to get peevish myself. How
us ( to get all that good book stuff
inking? I made up my mind to
y. I was just a sergeant then. The
st time I drilled a squad and broke
. iww.L- ?? u'illi ii lolill I
' iii* i *?i r\ iifeiit ?? ?
iillivan rooster totik a poke at me
tlit' ribs with his knife just after
mill: 'At ease!" Then they made
? a lieutenant. The next time they
uck me I was promoted to lie a
plain. The third time I was knifed?
d Zapata came around and said:
nod morning, colonel! How do you
el?'
Wondered at Title.
"I wondered," said I'rivate Harris,
low I got to lie a colonel, and asked
m. 'Any man,' says he. 'that can
and three knife wounds from his
\ n troops is entitled to become a
ember of the general stall'. Mesides,
hi have good ideas about military
seipline." Then he looked over al
nee graves where the men who had
Iped to promote me had been
tried. That's the way I got to he
died 'Col. Calif.* Calie isn'l chilly,
)ti know."
"Did you lead the troops in any
ittle?" Private Harris was asked.
"Ywx-wdtfb*.'.vJJ,JJtxvx ttaA, :ise,"
said Private Harris, rubbing
dwii the groove of Ills bayonet, "for
it-re was quite some shooting, and
t such bad shooting for Mexicans,
hey got me three different times
ith three different bullets, but none
them amounted to much. After
ie third one, I got a ne\vspa|ier
Inch wasn't any older than a man
know who is still voting for Horace
iveley. It was the first nVwspajier
I seen in a long, long time. I rend
little about tills W'ill-hell-whnt'ss-naine?"
"Willielm?the kaiser?"
"You said it. Then I said to nty>lf:
'Why play penny-ante when
leiv's a big table stake game goin'
P." And so I went to Krie and
gncd up."
"What do yon think of the army?"
rivate Harris was asked.
'Well, there ain't so many roosters
this army as there was in the last
ie I was in." he returned, "and then
hi drill a little too. I ain't got my
otlies yet. but when I do?"
ll?- did not finish the sentence. The
dishing of the bayonet was now
unplftcd. Private Harris returned
to its sheath after a careful inaction.
Then he wiped the jierspition
from his forehead.
"Mister." he complained, "you had
e plumb scared when you roni|x-d
on me thnt-a-way a while hack,
ared worse than all the pennyite
battles I was ever in."
"Why were you frightened?"
The moon-fared kill with the waty-blue
eyes passed a freckled hand
rough his thin sandy hair.
'I thought you was a spotter and
as goin' to git me canned out of a
g-lnr army." said he. naivety, "(tee,
I hate to go hack to chewin' cactus
tor this here good tlnc-cut!"
Why We Are At War With Gerany.?Stripjied
of all linguistic
moiiftage tin- real cause of the great
lr which divides the world into two
nips, the (ierinan on one side and all
rilization on the other, is an eleental
conflict ?>etween two antagon:
to. Irreconcilalde concepts of life.
The German has liased his wh^le
stem of thought and all his standds
of conduct upon a creed that
cognizes no interest as sacred and no
ligations as Minding, save as these
e in furtherance of Teutonic nmhi>n.
To the Hohenzollern thought there
n he no right that is incompatible
ith the divine right of the German
pcrrnan. The fundamentals of our
ilitical economy and of our ethics
flfer from those of the kaiser as
idoly as Christ differs from Nietzche
id l.incoln from Bismarck.'
Xictzsche declared that what we
cognize as the blinding power of the
rmon on the Mount is the greatest
stacle ever placed in the path of
ogtvssive civilization because it is
variance with the biological law
at gives dominion to those that are
rong enough to take and grants sur- 1
val to those with the sharpest teeth,
e hardest claws and the toughest i
in. But we hold that there is some- '
ing more mighty than might, more <
during than the thirst for blood and
>minion. And because this is the
ndamental of our faith, under the I
idance of the God of Peace we will I
fend it with the last ounce of our I
?asure and the last drop * of our t
>od. and prove that the God of our 1
votion is a mightier God than the i
igen diety who has formed an un- i
ly partnership with the modern At- 1
a of the Huns.?Paragraphs. t
DANGER IN GERMAN PEACE
Paris Pastor Says Rols of Violsnce
Must b? Overthrown.
German lust for world domination
has evoked fpim I'as tor Charles
Wagner of 1'arls, author and one of
the world's hading exponents of "the
simple life," a message to the American
people in which he warns against
a German peace and declares that "to
go on leading a quiet life when iniquity
is flooding the earth is to heroine
an accomplice of iniquity." The
message makes a special appeal to
pacifists.
Doctor Wagner was invited recently
by the national committee on the
churches and the moral aims of the
- l.? o *A... rxf ?k?.
war HI mum* a iwui v/i mr i
States for the purpose of Inspiring
churches to more effective patriotic
efforts. His health prevented hint
front accepting anil he sent his ".Message
to Americans" instead.
"All religious and moral motives
unite to make us the defenders of
right." the message reads. "There is
neither excuse nor escape; the man
of violence must be overthrown if we
would again lead a quiet and free
life. If we offer peace, he will In- our
master. The world will l>ow before
Goliath if he dots not encountei his
David. Hut that shall not be. The
spirit of David is making steady progress:
it is winning the nations. They
understand the only way to save the
liberty of the world is to say to violence,
'Halt!'
"It appears more clearly every day,
by the acts of our enemies, that they
are endeavoring to achieve a worldwide
domination. The.v cover the
falseness of their designs -with the
eloak of pity. It is in the name of
God that they want to impose their
tyranny and make everything give
way and bow before them. What we
have to face now is a fonrful attempt
to reduce mankind to slavery by
usurping divine power itself. When
they have covered the earth with
blood and ruins, and contrived a
wholesale corruption of consciences,
they show us in one hand a glittering
sword, and in the other an olive
( ranch,, the symbol of peace.
"Who are they, those who are proffering
peace? They nr?* the men who
let loose war, believing they would
surely conquer, who violated the
treaties they themselves had signed.
who ransncKeo unonenaing countries,
who pillaged and burned towns, who
dealt ruthlessly with the civilians of
the invaded countries, including the
aged people, women and children.
They need i>enee In order to profit by
their booty. Those who are offering
us pence are a highly organized gang
of highway robbers who have secured
enormous plunder and want to keep
it under the cover of treaties.
"You men of peace, are yon the
men of such a peace? Is It the peace
of brave hearts, of honor and Justice,
or truth, of brotherhood? No! It is
the shameful ponce of surrender under
threats, of connivance with evildoers,
a peace which means the forsaking
of the oppressed, crimes unpunished
and the triumph of the lower
instincls.
"It is agninst such a peacd that we
ought to make war. Never has a
more sacred duty rested' .with, the
men of any age, iron are
ready to enchain liberty inbodyand
^pirit. Peace under these conditions
means acceptance of the Prussinn
military system in trade, industry,
education, in the language wo speak
and the prayers we utter. Look at
Poland; look at Alsace and Lorraine!
Is it for this thnt the Pilgrim Fathers
left everything? Is it for this
that Washington and Lincoln fought
the good fight? Is It for this future
the American mothers wish to rear
their sons? No, a thousand times
no! With such a possibility hanging
over us like a threatening cloud, no
pence is possible. Every upright mnn
ought to say:
" 'Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise.
Ood help me!'"
FENDER OF FLAME
New Horror Used by Germans in
Offensive.
Cerman frightfulness in the form of
a fiery furnace of liquid tire which
moves in front of the advancing
troops, a great lake of flames, 75 feet
wide, has been used against the allied
troops in the recent offensive. So
Itowerful and terrible has been the
heat that entire platoons have with
* r* II iiwii) in mv iiiiini.
That is a part of the story which
William II. Levis of 1'hlladclphiu.
brought home from France. In addition.
he told of the unbelievable cruelties
and torture which had been inflicted
on allied captives to create terror
in the breasts of their fellows l?ehind
the English and French lines.
"These tales are only too true,"
said Levis, who returns to aid in
raising $100,000 to help feed and
clothe French children orphaned by
the war. "Canadians and Scotch
Highlanders," he said, "have been
taken prisoners and crucified before
the eyes of their comrades in the
trenches. They have , been hanged
head downward, with their throats
slit, and left in this manner to die
like cattle."
Mr. Levis said French and British
ottlcers, when they learned he was to
return home, told him to give his
people a message for an army of 5,000,000
men and 10,000 airplanes as
speedily as possible. '
"The recent offensive was a terrible
time for the brave allies," said this
pilgrim. "The enemy used flaming gas.
and in addition ^advanced under the
protection of a forced flame extending
75 feet in front of them. This great
mnoo r\f fl rr> uimnlv rrtnltod t> finV
troops who ^iad to stand against It.
"One French division that came to
the aid or a British corps was virtually
exterminated beneath the fiery
blasts of this lake of fire, but they
held the Germans back and turned
the tide of battle in that position.
They really saved the day."
Mr. Levis, who, is at the BellevueStraford,
said American troops in
large numbers have reached the
front, and that their self-reliance,
dash and coolness under fire not only
have won the admiration of Tommy
and the poilu. but actually have endeared
them to their cousins overseas.
"The French morale is wonderful."
he said, "and their spirit can never
he broken. The first shell which dropped
on Paris from 'Bertha,' the big
gun. which was seventy-aix miles
tway, aroused nothing but curiosity,
i wgnt to see the hole made by it. and
isked the poilu what it all meant.* 'La
mystere de Paris,' he smilingly replied.
meaning a motion picture play i
which was making a great hit in the <
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theatres of the city. i
"I'resldent Wilson's message anil I
the presence of our brave lads in :
France have cheered the entire na- i
tion. It certainly will take another i
year before this war is i nded. and <
perhaps many years longer than |
that." . 1
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PLATINUM I
Story Of A Large Shipment's Jour- '
ney To The United States. <
Think of the preciousness of plati- 1
num!
For war purposes it is well-nigh in- '
dispensable. Just for one item, "tanks''
could not be operated without it. They
express company in Petrograd refused
to accept the responsibility. Nobody
would accept it except F. W.
Draper, who was persuaded that it
was "up to" him.
There were one or two obstacles in i
the way. One of these lay in the fact .
that, where the Siberian itailroud i
passes through Manchuria, there were I
tribes of bandits which, if they knew '
that' the platinum was passing
through, would not hesitate to hold I
up the train* or to hold up all trains
until the right one arriv d.
Dr. Draper said: "Put the platinum
in boxes big enough to make it pos- 1
sible for one man to pick up and 1
run away with a box." It was the
best safeguard he could think of. All 1
of the stuff might have been put into
one box: but it was packed in nine
boxes.
A private car was thought of, but
rejected. It would draw uttcntion. Instead,
three adjoining compartments
on the Siberian Kxpress were secured.
Arrangement having been made that
the platinum was to be placed at the
disposal of the United States government,
the seals of the American em- ,
bassy at Petrograd were placed on the
with a courier's letter.
The latter was necessary to evade
the inquisitive revenue ofllcers, who,
wanting to know what was in the
boxes, might take samples of the
platinum. And if they had taken samples,
there would probably have been
no platinum left when they got
through.
It was necessary to bribe the car
porter in order to persuade him to
allow the boxes to be put aboard the
car. The precious consignment, with
Mr. Drnper in charge, got away from
Petrograd and reached Vologda, fifteen 1
hours to the eastward, 'mere demobilized
soldiers tried to take possession
of the train, and afterward detached
the engine for their own use.
At the Manchurian frontier the '
customs officials were very insistent 1
upon seeing what was In the boxes.
They were bluffed off, )y>wever, with
the letter bearing the embassy seals,
and at length Vladivostok was
reached. There the platinum was deposited
in a bank, safe for the time
belqg. Hut, owing to censorship difficulties,
Mr. Draper was thereupon
obliged to go to Japan and wire New
York for instructions. It took eleven
days to get a reply.
Arrived back in Vladivostok, the
rest seemed easy. Ilut the ship on
which Mr. Draper had engaged passage
for himself and his platinum, instead
of sailing on the appointed Saturday,
was delayed by pump trouble
for a couple of days, and finally, after
starting, turned back to port, owing
to more trouble, und decided to wait
until the next Saturday before leaving.
So the platinum had to be carted back
to the bank.
On the next Saturday, however, the
steamer actually started on her voyage.
and Mr. Draper, landing nt Yo- ?
kohoma, was able to place the platinum
in the hands of an American
express company. It was safe at last,
and In due course reached the United
States.
SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUST
Strange Insect Of Most Mysterious
Habits.
There is something wierd, uncanny
In a small insect that all at once appears
in countless numbers from little
round holes in the ground, live a
few short weeks and die, while their
larvae burrows down in the earth,
and nothing more is seen of them for
the space of seventeen years.
It sets us to wondering If we will
be here when next they emerge from
their underground vigil. The date of
their coming can be as accurately predicted,
as the reappearance of a comet.
It seems strange that it
should take nearly a decade for the
larvae to develop, while the adult ins'ect
only live? a month or so at mos*.
In their case, nature seems to have
reversed her usual course, giving
practically the allotted span of life
to the childhood of the insect. In the
southern states, the underground life
of this strange being Is shortened to
thirteen years, instead of seventeen,
the mild climate seeming to hasten
their development by four years.
Some doubt and confusion has
arisen from the fact that in certain
localities they appear at shorter intervals
than seventeen years. This
is explained when we learn that the
insect appears in different broods, and
two broods may overlap or occupy the
same territory. But It has been proven
beyond a doubt that the under
their machinery.
A tank, one should realize, is a
crude-looking monster outwardly, hut
its insides are a complex of elaborate,
brightly polished and skillfully constructed
mechanism. ,
Now, think of the fact that SO per ,
cent of the world's platinum supply (
comes from the L'ral Mountains, in |
Russia. Also, that the Oermans, from
this time on, are likely to control this '
resource.
You will then be able to appreciate I
the value of an idea that struck certain
American mining engineers a i
while ago, when they plainly saw that '
we should nlmost inevitably be drug- 1
ged into the war.
Two of these engineers, Lieutenant '
Stines and F. W. Draper, undertook
to get together a lot of platinum, lieing
in Russia at the time, they managed
to collect it in small quantities?
though this was done in competition
with German agents, and there was
more or less incidental danger. For
German agents do not stick at murder
or trilles of that sort.
Eventually, however, a quantity of '
platinum representing a market value
of about $2,100,0'?0 was collected and |
deposited in a bank at I'etrograd. The
next question was, how to get it to
the United States.
The representatives of an American
ground life of tho larvae is never loss
Ljgin seventeen years in the north,
.n?l thirteen yon is in tho south. Tho
lift'.-ri nt broods that infest this country
have all been tluly Identified and
tlnssiticd. and the time of the ap(s-aranoo
of any one brood, can !*
positively foretold. The first record
:>f the locust was made by the pilgrims
at Plymouth in l?>3t. ami one
jf the quaint records of the time has
this to say: "A numerous comj>anj
>f dies which were like for bigness
[o wasps and bumble-bees, they came
r?ut of the ground and did eat up all
croon things and made such a constant
yelling noise as to make all the
ivoods ring with them anil nearly to
leaf the liearem."
From that time to the presi nt : lull
roods haw Um chartered as ao.mratcly
-as the riffs anil hidden rocks
in ocean highways, and |i*riodicit>
ind distrilnition have attracted the
mention of state and federal governuti
nts. It would Is- interesting if we
'oulil know how man* thousand years
tin locust ante-dated the Indian, and
for how many ages it has h*<cti apiwaring
ahout six times in a century.
Tie numlier of broods makes it possible
for ever.* year to he locust year
In sonic |K?rts of the United Stntis.
As regular as clockwork the swarms
irriw on schedule time. At this time
the little locust children that have
liocn indoors for seventeen years, hegin
to move upwards, and hy liiinIreds
and thousands, make their dehut
or. the stage of action. With ;m rring
instinct they till seek to go
higher, and swarm up fences, posts,
treis. brushes, weeds. |?iles?anything
that is above the ground, where they
have lived so long. They usually
leave the holes from sunset until
ihont ten o'clock, very few coming
nut later than that, and those that
iiv belated wait patiently until the
next night. After they have been out
for an hour or so. the skin on the
hacks hi v.ins lo split, and one can look
in and see the adult insect actually
'nking form. In ;i few minutes a
locust, as tender and flesh as a new
leaf. ami t In1 color of ore am ami with
I wo big roil >-? s, pulls itself out of
the old skin and crawls up a little
higher on tin- hush. At# this stage
four orange iiIroI wings begin to unlold.
and in half an hour or less, the
rapid I \ developing pupa has heconte
' full-grown, perfect locust. ready to
enjoy to the fullest the few weeks of
life doled out hy nature as its share.
They generally appear in the latter
part of May. and hy the last of June
lhe> begin to die off. and hy July the
world is rid of them for another
seventeen years. The female locust
hardly takes time to see what kind
rd a world she has gotten into liefoiv
she starts out on a hunt for a suitable
place where she can deposit her live
nr six hundred eggs. Kor culling the
hark she is eiptippeil with an ingenIoiis
little machine consisting of three
si-isirated tilndes that slid)- Itnek ami
forth. Coin*; out on a twig where the
hark is easily worked, she slits a neat
furrow in the hark, arranges ahout a
ilozon eggs in a double row in the
opening. and keeps on tc|N-nfing the
process until not an egg is left. Kor
egg planting' purposes she prefers
frit ft frees, oaks and hickories? in fact
almost any Iw will answer the purpose
except the pine. In a few weeks
n>-u.T*a-.-rann-'.Vtyik
little ant, hatches, drops to the ground
and immediately burrows out of sight,
doing deeper and tleeper. it finally
locates near or under a rootlet, and
forms for itself a little chamher
w here it remains all by its>-If for
se' cniccn or thirteen years. It moults
four times while living underground,
lit** Inst change taking place three or
four years before it is due at the surface.
After it' has changed into the
pupa state the little creature that
has been content to live in the dark
so long, feels a new. strange impulse
lo ascend, and up it goes. 15ut so
rtltfwl iu if tii tln? 1mu> tli??t n.'itiii'i>
has Inirl clown for its guidance that
if l>y any dinner, it happens to reach
the surface ahead of schedule time, it
Iciiilds a little mild chimney over the
month of its hole and lives in that
until the appointee) time comes?A.
D. in fircenville .News.
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Folkes Knev
. WHEN got
IflZlMKl VYytwtiT,
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That*! tha k
/mwLI Ltk Lariaima. Jtu
anyotharcoOM,
W and year grocar
l^corm ^ Oat in Una w
1 VfcQWg drink Ltuianna
mix-tight, B&nrts
Importance of Aid to Russia.?Concluding
a Ions review of the present
political situation in the east, the
la>ndon Sunday Observer says:
"If the Central powers could secure
peace on their present basis
their subsequent position would be l?y
no means an easy one. Nevertheless,
that position would mean sooner or
later a new world war. It is life and
d'Uth for the Allies to secure in this
war the iicons!ruction of a free Uus
si;ui ii'ii' i in mil as |?i? mill as na>
the ezardom.
' Several tliinirs are necessary.
"First, a lull, rorganization ot India,
which now is >toinK on.
"Sivonil, a lirm touch with those
strong elements in Cassia which atv
anti-Herman to the death, however
socialistic and revolutionary.
"Third. President Wilson's attention
to the hurtling ;i|ipeals of men
lik. Savinkoff. Hourtseff and K? r.nsk\,
If he is indeed at hand.
"Fourth, some net ion l<> Japan. If
the Allies eoiil.I not secure a move !>>
this later irreat power as a mandator!
acting under a proclamation of
disinterestedness their collective diplomacy
would seem to he a feel.lt
agency."
The Herman commission appointed
to examine the decline in the hirth
rate in ilerniany has rcja^rtid a rec..nimcnilation
for the compulsory marriage
of tiernians liefore their twentieth
>ear is passed, aecoriliuir to a .lisp.itch
to the I sin. ion Daily Kx press
from Amsterdam. Financial assistance
would he eranled l?> the state, according
to this plan. which |>rovldes penalties
for those failing to rotnply. Provision
also is made for the punishment
of married couples who remain childless.
The Itritish local government
hoard has compiled a report, based on
Herman inform ,tion. which shows
there were 40 per cent fewer births in
taiii than in l!?13. These tiuur.-s are
compared with a decrease of lo per
cent in the hirth rate of Kngland and
Wales. The infantile death rate In
Hermany has hcen kept well down:
but, nevertheless. the report shows, is
*.'? per eent higher than in Kngland
and Wales. The infant mortality rate
in tlcrmany In 1!?n, it is shown, was
l,*l a thousand, as compared with 10S
in Kngland and Wales. The rates in
li'll for Prussia, Saxony anil Itavaria
were, respectively. 1(54. 173 anil 1 !*3 a
thousand. An abnormal increase in
Infant mortality during the tlrst
months of the war is shown by the
fact that in Prussia, in the third uuarter
of 1 ; 1 4. the rate rose from 124 to
112: in Saxony from 14'? to 242. and
in Itavaria front 170 to 239.
? Sumter county's lied Cross uuota
was *17.000 and the city alone, up to
last Saturday, had already subscribed
*34,000.
? The (Sreenvilje county .exemption
hoard has transferred to class 1 about
a hundred men who had previously
been classed .as No. 4.
"See 'Gets-It' Peel
Off This Corn."
Issives tlic Toe as Smooth as the I'alm
of Your Hand.
The corn never grew that "(Jets-It"
will not get. It never irritates the
llesh, never makes your toe sore. Just
two drops of "ilets-It" and presto!
the corn-pain vanishes. Shortly you
can peel the corn right off with your
II'* Wonderful to Urt "GeU-It" P**l Off Corn*
linger and there you are?pain-free
and happy with the toe as smooth and
corn-free as your palm. "(lets-It" is
the only safe way in the world to treut
a corn or callus. It's the sure way?
the way that never fails. It Is tried
and true?used by millions every year.
It always works. "<!ets-It" makes cutting
and digging a corn and fussing
with bandages, salves or anything else
entirely unnecessary.
"(Jets-It," the guaranteed, moneyhack
corn-remover, the only sure way,
costs but a trifle at any drug store.
M'f'd by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
III.
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| L~s B Warn;
pr*
e Olde Daycs
r Goode Coffee
sd fellow* of Ion g ago gathored a boot
i board for a saack and a mark, tbry
coSaa b# ya vary bast in ya land.
Ind yon (fat today whan yoa drink
t try it. U h doaan't taste batter than
, yoo'aa got a raal "kick" coming to yon,
will rafand arary panny yoa paid for h.
ith tha thonaanda of good paopla who
i regularly. Boy aomo today, tm lb*
ry can.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. S. BRICE
Attorney At Law. w
Prompt Attention to all Local
Business of Whatever Nature.
OfUcc Opposite Courthouses
DR. WM. M. KENNEDY
? DENTAL SI KUEON ?
Office on Second Floor of the Wylie
Building.
Telephone?office, ?!?; Reeldenee 166
D. D. COOK
DKXTAL Sl'llUKO X
Clover S. C.
Office Over the Poetoffice.
Office Hours:
f.30 a. in. to 12.30 p. m.; 1.30 to 5 p m.
93 w ly
CARROLL SUPPLY CO.
I'KITT J MIS?
YOU WILL UK WANTING
FHI'IT J A HS NOW VF.HY
SHORTLY?LATER YOU MAY
NOT UK Altr.K TO GET THEM.
WE HAVE PLENTY ' >F ALL
KIXHS ANT> SIZES XOW-tYOU
WILL FIND THAT OUR
PRICKS ARE .11 'ST RIGHT?
HETTER UUY YOUR SUPPLY
AT OXt'K-SKK rs FOR JARS.
CARROLL SUPPLY CO. ^
CITY MARKET
WE ARE PAYING THE HIGHEST
CASH PRICES FOR?
EGGS,
CHICKEN8,
BUTTER,
Please bring everything you have to
Us and see what we will do for you.
IN SPITE OF SCARCITY?
We continue to keep a full and complete
assortment of the Finest Beef.
I'ork, Sausage, Ham, etc.
We are here to do our part In help- V
lng to feed the people and we are do- ^
lng It
CITY MEAT MARKET.
C. F. SHERER, Prop.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
-i? FOR SALE
1?. >1. Parreil?Place, 1 1-2 mller
from Clover; on Clover roud; HOC
acres; 6-r dwelling; 3 t-r tenant
houses. Will sell as a whole or ;n
I wo tracts. Priced right.
Six-Room llouso?On 63 ucros of
good land, on Howell's Ferry road, 3
miles from Courthouse
11H Acres Land -6-r dwelling, S-r
tenant house, 1-2 mile of Zion church
I " f ! IW^H
200 Acres?Of saw timber and woodland,
within mile ?f Zion church. Saw
timber worth price of whole tract
Two Vacant IxtU*?yOx3uo and lUOx
226 feel, on King's Mountain street.
Building I jo l?60x225 feet, on west
^ i. I.. u iriinm.
137 Acres ?7-rooin dwelling; 2 tenant
house*. Known us the Will Wallace
Place?6 miles south of Yorkville.
Level land.
J. K Kell Property?7-room dwelling;
1 1-2 acre lot on Kast Liberty
street, Yorkville.
Mrs. Ilauic 1 terry?Cottage on East
Jefferson street. Pour rooms, water,
lights, well. See me for price.
W. W. Ferguson's?House and lot at
Clover. Five-room house, lot 99x260.
Lot?Near Graded school?90 feet
front; 200 feet deep. On shady side of
the street. See me about It.
C. F. SHERER- Real Estate.
LIFE
IT CAN BE A 3UCCE8S OR A FAILURE.
WHICH WILL IT BE WITH
YOU? 7 ? ??????
Look at the men who are succeesf' I
in the eyes of the world. Ninety-nine
out of every hundred started a Bank
Account when they were young?and
stuck to it. A,
And now. look at the failures. Very f
few of them have a Uastk account now.
Not spanking of when they were young.
l'erhnps you think you have not
enough money to start an account.
Haven't you a dollar? That'r. till It takes
at THIS BANK.
Just try If for a year or six months.
If yon do not wish to continue It you
have lost nothing by the trial.
Which Will It Ba?Suecoos or Fal'uro?
IT'S UP TO YOU.
Bank of Hickory Grope
IIICKOItY UKCV&. 8. O.
WINTHROP COLLEGE
Scholarsmo and Entrance
Examination.
THK examination for the award of
vacant Scholarships In Wlnthrop
Oullexe and for the admission of New
students will lie held at the County
Court House on Friday, July 5 at 9 A.
M., and aiso on Saturday, July 6, at
9 A. M., for those who wish to make
up by examinations additional units
required for full admission to the
Freshman Class of this institution.
The examination on Saturday, July 6,
will he used only for making adinis
si on units. The- scholarships w.ll Uawarded
upon the examination held
on Friday, July 5. Applicants must
not he l< s? than sixteen years of age.
When scholarships are vacant after
July 5, they will-ffe awarded to those
making the highest average at this
examination, provided they meet the
condition* governing the award. Applicants
foi scholarships should write
to I'resident Johnson for scholarship
examination blanks. These blanks,
properly filled out by the applicant,
should lie hied with ('resident Johnson
by July 1st.
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition. The next session will
open September 18, 1918. For further
information and catalogue, address
President. O. B. Johnson, Itock Hill,
S. C.
St*?May 17-24?July2.
TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
ALL persons lndebteded to the estate
of Thad L. Carroll, deceased,
are hereby notified to make payment '
to me at once and persona having
claima against said estate are advised
to present the same duly authorised
within the time prescribed by law.
MARTHA ELIZABETH CARROLL
Executrix.
May 10, 1918 t St
LADIES " ^
YOUR Coat Suite and Skirts and ^
Waists should be Dry Cleaned. \\
We have In our employ a Dry Cleaner
Who Underatande Dry Cleaning
Does It Right Send Tour Dry Cleaning
Work to Us. Guaranteed satisfaction
or no Charge.
KELLY'S PRESSING CLUB.