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# ^ I8Slka> 8BIP"WMCK.T. l. m grist s 80s8. pubii.hfr? ! S <J[a.aiIg Jlrirspnprr: /'or the promotion of tht political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial interests of lh( People j TERM,^^SC* *l"??'iinc*?wanct established 1855 YORK. S. C-. TUESDAY." JUNE 4. 19187 NO. 45 | "Bride oi ? By VICTOR I ! A ROMANCE OF THE 1 FIGHTING ON! 1 FIELDS OF ~ Copyright l>y \V. ilMMMUIUMIIUflliailllllllllllllllllllllllllllMI ( HAlTKIi XVI. y Kv? n as In- kisM-?l h? r in nturn In* t,l k!iw tii< startl?-<l Klaiict- that fast la-hind her. and. following it with hos eves. lie saw ;i tall figure in uniform -merge from tin- recesses of the ori* w Iha-; and again he stood face to face with Kelleilnaii. Khanor released him and stood. still clinging to luin. at Ins side, la i hand t, drawn through his arm. The eontrast il( Itelweeli the two men Was exlraor- |(j ditiar>. K< Herman looked as n la- had just stepped into his uniform; his |, gloved hands, his adjusted helt. tla- M 01 eases in his tunie were thos? ol- the fashion-plate. Looking at Mark la- saw ,| a dirt), grimed, almost unrecognizable figure, with uniform that hung ahout n him in great tatters, Notches and 01 stained with hlood. s| "Vou said la- would not conn- hark?" m oried Kh-anor. "You see he has I'oine |(l l.aek. What have you to sa> more?" w "Vou misunderstood me, Kh-anor?" 11 "I understand you now for the lirst |? time in m> life. I liked vou. Majoi ar Kelleiuian. I trusted you and I he. lie vial in vou. When yriii told me that ?>| vou were working to get Captain Wal- (-i laee his reeug nit lull I was glad, and proud oi vou hutli. and happy. What m did you do?" ' What did he do?" erieil Kelh-nnan hi furiously. "Why should vitu l>eli< ve hi ?-vil things of me, liecnuse la- said them?" "He never spoke one word against lr you!" "When the d< eisiot, has alreadv hei-n m made hy an impartial eourt, anxious to U clear .? soldier's character. 11 that vv< re w possible ? w "Because I Imvt a woman's instinct. i.? Major Killer man." ai "Knoutth of this." lnter|>osed Mark. it. "What art- you doirut here, sir?" Ik Hi- snapped tin- Inst word out in irony so hitter that Kellennan wineed. in "So vou've rlicatt'il tin- liriiuc party. 1'rivate West on!" he said, with Ids iij habitual sneer. to "O. call inc Mark while you're about ta It," answered Wallace, "Or please remember that I am no longer under' iv your command, nor a soldier in llie'tu American army. Technically I am a ' yc; dead man. Major Kellennan, and dead j men?" | fo "Toll no tales, eh?" responded Kel-1 sj lerman savagely. "Well. here we stand I ar ?? A..c.... .* . .. rant plain speaking. It is not my busi- tlV ness to place you under arrest. But, if a I do so. you are aware that your life in will bo worth about tlvc minutes' pur- Hi chase. So go, Mr. Weston, or Wallace, or whatever you call yourself now. Co lui ?if Miss K lea nor here says the one th word that will set yon free. Co?ami so in this confusion you will have a reasonable chance to escape, with those In ready wits of yours." th "The one word?" Kleanor gasped. "The one word 'yes.'" rescinded |?i Kellennan. lei "I will never beeome your wife. Ma- se jor Kellennan." "So you told mc th" other day. after M lending me to suppose that it was your h.'i intention." nnsweied Kellennan easily. "Stop. Mr. Weston, if you please, and to let mo finish. War doesn't leave muni m sentimentality in u man. We know what lit**- is worth, and we know that tli life's a matter of bargaining. When we gv wern in Ameriea I might have accepted my dismissal. Kleanor. lint here we 11 three stand under the naked heaven, gr like ants on a hill.' All artificial dis- p; t hut ions have fallen away. I'v< loved you for many months, Kleanor. and I ee want to marry you. That's the hald so truth of It. In order to |iersuade you, I am willing to lit this gentleman is- as ca|te- to facilitate his escais-. even to (>l make our marriage dependent on my hi success. That's fair. Isn't it? And. what have yon against me? Is it my as fault that he was court martin led and sentenced to death for striking an of- IV fleer T* The man's i ffrontory took Mark's 01 breath away. "My answer." res|>ondcd Kleanor steadily, "is 'no.' And even if you could send him to his death it would still be no.' ticca use he himself would wish ^ that Itut you can't harm him. Something convinces me that all the harm that has conic to him has come from w you. And it tells me, too. that your > IMiwer has ended. 'Xo.' is my answer." w "And yours. Mr. Weston?" asked f: Kellerman. looking at Mark. pi Mark, unable to reply. |Miinted to- w ward the opening of the recess. Kellerman turned and strode toward it. u Then he turned. t! "There's one thing more to say." he is said. "Your action in dismissing ntc. tl Miss Howard, savors of the romantic p| drama Your life has been a romantic e: one. with a certain high-strung Ideal- tl Ism in it. due to the circumstances of hi your upbringing. It was that. I be- hi lieve, which made you think it your f? duty to follow your adopted father's y\ unit to the front. I think you ought to w know who you are. Your father died on the hattieneni oi Kiniiiiru. no ? fugitive from justice. He was the gi notorious Hampton." it Mark uttered a cry. He sprang: to- a< ward Kellerman. hut Kellerman dealt < i him a blow that sent him stumbling h among: the brtcks. w "That's a lie. Kellerman!" said Col - H onel Howard quietly. a The old colonel's eyes were wide d open. He laid his hands laboriously upon the edge ot' the brick wall and. H with a great effort, raised himself to h his feet. t; That's a lie." he repeated. t< "It is no lie. Colonel Howard. You p told the whole story to Captain Wal- fi lace In the hospital tent. Never mind v how I know. I know." i "You damned dirty spy!" said the t old colonel. t "A confession." answered Kellerman v blandly. "Your wonts were strong ones. Colonel Coward. Deny them if fl you can. You said, 'A thousand years s of hell wouldn't atone for that crime.* v Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll r, f Battle" J {OlSSEAU E AMERICAN ARMY |' rHE BATTLE- | FRANCE. | (i. Chapman. S iiiimiiiiMiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiim h oil si!i*l 'it was c-alrulati-d. cold- " luoilril ililihi-raiion." You said. ' I m* v is' against liaiii|>toii was absolutely lovi-M. lie was to huVf In-oil haii-.l ' < soon is w< captured Santiago. lie 1,1 as born rott-n. He sold I.is country > pay his gambling debts.' And you ill.si him by tin- worst name out* man b in call another. That was why yon ii'il to |? isnath- Mark Wallace no* to lo|>t I lain |>lt.It's c hilt). I.ihc latin I. j. ke daughter." |. J It- swung round upon Khanoi, am! , >i thf lits>t tinif sffiiit t| to los< Iiij. || If-control. 0< "That's who von an-'" hf cih-d. ''I tit- |, iild ol a \\ i t I? lit tl traitor, who worn- ,|, I in tin war it I'.trlint lit with I'olou I ;i| ow-ard ami fin-, a malt without honentangled with a wit It-ln tl woman iv, who soltl our st l ifts. And that is an--your itdoplt d lather, who you |,; \i- ami revere. spied on liiitt ill lorn, niched hint, road his |f|ti-r.s, w til ( ) iroiigh his pockets. sliai.tl hint. Iia|ta him. Iiroii-tht him lo his th soils :ll ol iitlopitil you." t| Kit am.r sla,f.i ifil toward tin nil- |, o l. In i arms rais. <1 imploringly, ami ;ij -it-il in a choking voice: m "Say it's iiirtim ! Only say that il'a itrin!" 1.1 "It's a i la in in 11 lit-," saitl tin colonel: p, i in. i. was not ihf h-asl coin a lion m his viiici', ;l, "Tell nit' the truth!" In "lt'? tmi*, then?it's more or |< < n. IK-." s:i ill Howard wearily. in "It's nut true!" xliont? ?! Murk ' It'-, iiiilnf. Colonel. tin' man's fan hail ' it practical!.* Mown away. Mow <|o ,| Know that it was llani|itoii who pi us willi I til* oliiM? tl might have rj en another. We don't Know for sun-. , nl w can't Know. I've nevi r hcliese.l I woiililn't e\er dare to let myself p, lievc it." ih "You found his pa|ters," said Kellcran. ,1, Nobody answend him. Ch anoi went p. i to Mark and raised her white fare ,.| his. "Tell nie what you think. t*ap- S(. in Mark," she ]deaded. II, And once more Mark was mute, sin p, ad his face as if hy inches. She t|, rued toward Kellerman. "Now will til go?" she asked. j;( Kellerman saluted her with mod; |>, rinality. "I'll go," he said. "Iiiil he's ?a icnt his chance. A spy's daughter ,,j nl n finv'ii?l e entrance to the recess. Tncy hore stretcher. 'l*ropped up in it. swathed i;,| a Moody clout of bandages. was s(. nrt Icy. in "There In- is!" he cried. isdnting his iin! in triumph. "I knew he'd come is way. He's here, sir!" he cried to ||? me one outside the Ol'ilice. The stretcher hearers set down their .,s irden on a led ire of the wall. Into p, e little place strode the general. f0 Ills apis-aranee there excicised a sj, iralszing eflfeet upon them all. Kelrnian was the lirst to recover his ,p If*possession, lie saluted stiffly. .,t "This man." hi- said, pointing to ark. "is the prisoner who was to p, ive hceti executed this morning." ;,t The general, without a word, strode v( ward Mark and clasped him hy the p, mil. hf Kellerman gulped and moved toward tti e entrance for the last time. The jM neral turned. al "Halt, sir!" ho commamloil. "Colonel ;,| award, will yon have tin* pxidiu-ss to s| > to the tnan on tho?why. I I?-g your Vj irdon, colonel! Not badly hurt?" in "Nothing much, sir." answered the ilonel. attempting; to make the pas- pj *e. e, The general save him his arm and f,isisted him. and. when lie stood still. |j( need one arm about him to steady nl in. I,i "Do you recognize that man?" he iked. The colonel stiffened: Kellermnn ^ II hack against the wall. "As I'm a living man." cried Colie| Howard, "it's Hampton!" (To Ite Continued.) Id VICTORY IN THE CLOUDS I.i fonderful Work of the Italian Alpini. Among mountains trt.oitu feet high xv itti precipices of jagged roek and ||; opes of unmelting ice and snow. xv rites an American com simndent tj. om the Italian front, the Italian Al- 1( ni have opened then fourth yeai ot ^ ar with a neatly finished victory. ,-t The most dillieult pait ot the whole ^ irmldalde Italian mountain line is OI ie place chosen for this attack. It , j so dillieult that before the war n) 10 Alpine club would allow only Icked members to take |<art in its ;1| ccurslons there. Yet. for all this, ie Alpini. roped together, with rifles. t( tints and hav< rsasks slung on theii aj icks. and climbing with hands and ?'t. have conuuered Monte 1'iemnn. [onte Zigolon and practically the hole ot Monticello pass. I, In forty-eight hours of lighting thc> ,|, iptured nearly l.oon prisoners. 1? tl ur.s. fourteen trench mortars. ?f r( lachine guns and took two complete p ... 1-1 ?ol.l. n-,m The usillt IS the ,1 ream has lost the heights Irom which n e dominated Valcamonioa. to the est. which lends to Edolo and toward f, itvscln and Yaldijtencva. to the east, tr lone a broad hlshway stretch in.c n own to the plains. fi Under tne jnost difficult conditions S] talian artillery supported the attack, f, ut the success of the dnrlnjr under- t| lUInc was due to the individual de- tl u-mlnatlon or the Alpini. climbing 0 atlently and lal?oriously for hours, n rom foothold to foothold, until they f, /ore near chough to the fortified n ock aeries of the Austrlans to throw f< heir l>ombs with one hand while f hey dlung to the face of the cliff .ith the other. o The action was like that of flies a Ichtlng on the side of a loaf of white f urnr. Sometimes crawllne. an Alpini a .ould lose his footing and his lettered p n_.iv fin*! its In.?t n-stinar placi". .i/Kii f, 11 |.< |?,w iM'Kint.' tK roi lc. S'lif; t!( iiist nun iiarl'cil t};o In Aiis'i itinx v/fiiiM m-h nut from h< ir rn.'iiil t acil. mittics The rnn- ; |.\ luili I'n ?.i|.|.iii in-.; Tori-is re litnhintj up to join tin in. wmiM hurl li'in pntn.p f<> di'iihi rati, ih striirion. Suofi-ss inn in-* ii u-on in ?h? rh'-nmo in tii- l.i"rn-M mountain linttl<* o!' la i ;iiii|i!iKm. Muf. iriitiK have 1.1-1 ri until w r:io! win- . l>.'it!iloiii"l hy the rn-inv. So -riaT an- t!?.- i.mtint'iins ifitni-iii tiifit it tno\ twntv-l'rttir o irs lou r itii- \lt>tiii t rnl ttiki-n one i-ijfhl to lisi-nvi i :i cavern in liiep ui-ic naoihei lipi Austrian*, cue hi w I oi') tt. re woiunli-!. while c n st ware <lrunk from tin- c.-<.nt? pt.^ i' a stove-in ca.sk of lira nil y. FIGHTERS OF THE AIR ritish Select Thei' Men With Very Grrat Care. How .Joes tin Hritish air ? rvlcn ni. nut Isiiiii its thousands ul aii'lin it ;>ai ti' iilai iie-n wl.u are i1-stin.il I iiiiiiic tin >tar "lluliii is" at tin* out i"li:s '|i.i->ti<>n was p i! to an tic iai il l- .tip ministry in London y lip- Associated I'ii'ss coni-spon i.t in an interview. Merc is his 11.- v. f "Ti e pilot Willi IS destined to |ty the i.irh -seateil inai him s of the air I'tiri'v "discovered' almost as soon as he is li.-eii l.apti/e.l in tin- air. "To l>. .in witli In must have passu) Haiti physical tesls with 1 |>< r ni iesult. Many wise men. doctors nl ornanizois sit in conclave over esc tes's. The. ih-linc feitaln fac. us that L<> to make up a 'perfect' I mail - perfect siaht. aire twenty-four its c.|ui\a|ciit in physical make-up, t.?o.l l.wln ir i.r iron.) hiinils. ollick ;nn, keenness. eonliibnee. It is odd >u iiineli emphasis is placed on ;i nn's hands by the examinees. who Mill* there is lis inili'tl difference iw?*t-ii flying si scout .*inil an ordii*\ ni.'icliini* :is there is between ri?lg ;i thoroughbred :ir<1 :> cart-horse. From the Jump. "Some mi n show their destiny from n* lirst inonieiit of training. Men ?? I hiII sinil Itisliop promise well irlit from the sin it: they revel in i-linsr new stunts ntnl tricks of their vn. long lie fore their heavier headed cthren lupin lo attempt the thinss| at snv safe on all modem machines. "Other men l*e*_*in slowly, and llnd imsehes through sheer j.lnel. in I ird work. Ilavinp pone over the isinnel to pilot a placid artillery nervation or photographic mae'iiai ey give a pood account of themselves tin* first scrap they pet mixed ii"ir.: eri after thev look for and seem in i ioy liphts. An observer in lbs or. "is I report casually remar!:? that lot So-and-So is 'always wanting io ekle the Huns instead of 'akir.p allographs or ranging puns." and. larters wl.l.V, recommendation vhich n.ls him in a ipeclal post-pradnate i ool or aerial punnery for training what the airmen call 'flrc-eatinp.' "Here tie meets the HU'll?aees they II ihem in France?who have been uititig in single-seaters and who are sting >.' have been sent back for use instructors. Tin* public knows lit about thes" post-graduate schools r young eagles: the work Is intense and thorough: the science of air :hting is taught by stapes up to a glee of perlection almost unbcliev le. "To the airmen who fights, such ings as tactics and deflection, tangos i I sights, iiiiist come b> instinct. The mil fighting man. it is generally be ved. is born, not made. He inust ive I til* < 1111 c K ''ram hum win unui io hands with tho judgment of <-\ ricneo. He mnrt havi keenness, and so luck. Ho must lovo Mho game,' liinuuh it is not necessary that ho ioiiIiI havo ho< n a sportsman, or a lohtsman or ,i racing motorist in his v-war da\s "It is the general opinion atrtono lots that a sootit fighter who has miplotoil a inon'h on tin* wostorn out has passed throuch his prohaiin ami will *? good for a long timo iloss hail luck or tho laws of chanro imr him ilown." His Bible Saved Him.?William It. 'ilson. a nineteen-year-old soldier of owoastlo. I'a., is in a hospital in the ar of tho Amorioan sector in l'icard\ Hiiilly recovering from a minor oiiml. writos a correspondent. A Hio nn?l a small trench mirror, which was accustomed to carry in his loft oast |>orket. deflected a Herman i.arpshooter's Indict from his heart. Acoordimr to Ids filonils. Wilson, ho is an orphan, had Peon in the ihit of reading the Wide daily, He i^ imr in ?lie roar linos last Sun iv with iiis Hihlo ns his only com>rt. Ho was ordered to the front no. whoro a sharpshooter's bullet llii) him. Comrades who carried Im off found that ho was suflorin tly from a flosh wound in tho/broasi. tanks to his Hihlo and the trench lirror. thromrh which the hnllot passI. A second hnllot struck him in tho nn. hut this wound is not serious. Wilson says ho is coin? to present i*> Hihlo to tho United States as soon * ho is discharged from tho. hospital. No Two Females Alike?Old you evr notice that women hardly over >ok alike and that men unite often n? The theory of evolution explains lis remarkable state of things. The - ason Is found in the researches of rof. I*. C. Hunnett. one of our most istinsruished scientists. He had delonstratod that the female of almost very species has more points of dif?rence with her sisters than the inlo has with his brothers. The felale Is invariably colored differently rom the male, hut in the majority of peclos the mother animal looks dif >rent in one detail or another from tie mother In the next lair. Cnrrying his principle down thromrh the grades f life. It is found to ho true of butteries in exactly the same manner. The emale butterfly is pursued by the tale. She flies through swarms of he r fllows. hut no confusion can lose h< r rom her lover. The same necessity exists among ther Insects and nmong the lower nlmals. While man has lost his need or It. the principle still holds good nd nature keeps on varying woman's ihyslcal appearance. I OUT OF THE LOOT AGO Old Personal Letter Possessed ol Local Interest. YORKVILLE ~AS IT WAS IN 1872. Some References to Things in the Past History of the People of the Town. County and State that Will Prove of More or Less Interest to Many of the Older Folks of the Past Generation. John W. Hill, aged 83, now of Waterbory, Connecticut, was a boyhood friend of the late < apt. L. M. Grist. Mr. Hill'a father was a clock-maker, and rame to Yorkville with hi* family in about 1846 or 1847. Capt. Grist, then a boy of 12 or 14. and young Hill, slightly younger, became chums. They went swimming and fishing together, hunted birdnests, played ball and marble, and continued a .mill rnnni Hill'* family mined back to the north. Then the Civil war broke out, Grist volunteered on the aoothern ?ide and Hill on the northern aide. They were both participanta in a little fight at I'ort Royal; but neither knew that the other van on the opposite aide until *ome years later. Thin developed some yearn later. Mr. Hill's mother, then living in Waterbury, wrote to the postmaster at Yorkville to inquire about one of her former acquaintances. The postmaster turned the letter over to Capt. Grist for reply, and the result was a renewal of the old relations between Capt. Grist and Mr. Hill, the latter then postmaster at Waterbury. This renewed intimacy continued to Capt. Grist's death, and a few years later it was resumed between Mr. Hill and Capt. Grist's family. This last circumstance came about through mutual acquaintance with Itrooks Morgan, then general passenger agent of the Southern Railway, who had recently spent a vacation on a moose hunting expedition with a party of Connecticut people of which Mr. Hill was one. The correspondence between Mr. Hill and the sons of the late Capt. Grist has been going on ever since and with a recent communication, Mr. Hill enclosed a letter that was written by Capt. (irist some forty-nix yeari ago, and which Mr. hiii has pn<me?nrd ever ainee. Thia letter, of eourae, was never intended for publication, but because of a certain local intereat that aeema to attach, it is given below just as it was written: Yorkvillo. S. C? April 2Cth, ls72. Friend John: Your I'itvor. ?f:it<-?l tho 1st of Fobruir> hist, \v:is r? oelved tit the proper time. I delayed answering, on wailing tho movements of our "picture nuin" hero to furnish nio with some more vi? \vs of Yorkvillo. I httve seenred som rnl, luit have not tot all that I would haw hi-on pleased to have I aide to send you. I can prohaldy liest explain the locality of each plelmv by nutnliers. I'let lire No. 1?This is a residence iluated immediately opposite to the "old Codv Hotel" place, on the lot occupied by Dr. Crenshaw when you were here. Or il may have been oeettpied hv I. X. Cooper. I do not |>ositiV'dy remember which. I'let lire No. 2.?The right shows the top of the lull fronting where you residfd?the next the fence of Geotge \V. Williams, the next the fence of the, "old Cody hotel" premises, the next the fence of the place where Colonel Iteattv resided; the next the oros^ street, next the postolficc (the postoP I fleece.7? V- -- - ? ' *- . v?t|? better), next the "Enquirer" office; next a small office, next the residence of your humble servant and his wife and children. His Is the old Davis house, used in vour day as a whiskey shop?no whiskey in it now, however. The lour buildings last mentioned belong lo myself and my creditors (?). Picture No. 3.?First on the right? fence In tween the jmstolflce and the shoe shop mentioned above, next shoe shop, nex; Enquirer office, etc. Picture No. 4.?The rigid side nearest to you. shows you one of the columns which supports the piazza of the building in which your father had his shop, next the lane tending to the back lot of the old hotel (Gores'), next a brirk building, part of the hotel. erected since your day: next a store mom?the upper rooms of which ire connecteil with the hotel; next the ohl hotel proiier: next the store of WinJet Adnnis?old Col. Wm. Winget tind John Adams, the former is dead, tin latter is merchandising; at the same old place; next the old residence of old C'apt. John Blair. By examining a picture I sent you liofor! >on w ill lie aide to recognize and tin derstand the situation down to tie cress street. I'ictiire No. 4. continued.?(Ix-f hand side.) The first building Is 1o i *ited wlvre McKay had a shoe shoptue next, "New 'iroeery" is on th . anie lot t'.e next is where there wa . blacksmith shop in your day; tin " \t is a building erected on a lo used in yo'ur day for keeping "dio-.< ' I ogs in: the next lot is a vacant one. occupied in your day hv Dr. John H. ' Williams, it (tile house) was hunted ! down several years ago; nc!C the resi- ' It-nee of Ksquire Jeffreys, the man ' who kept candy for sale. You doubt- l.-ss have a vivid ricollecton of him. ' i-'or further description I lave to refer ' on to my previous letter -nil the pie- ' Sure heretofore si nt jou .bowing the 1 vii in It y of the cross strc-t. I'ictiire No. 5.?Shows ho building ' on the drover's lot. nearlyapposite the ' old Oore's hotel, and adjoitng tl.e lot ' occupied 1 > Dr. John II.Williams in * your day. I'hture No. f>.?Whechts carriage ' factory at the lower en of Main * street. ' rieture No. 7?llesiden- of It. T. 1 Wheeler nearly opposite to carriage factory and adjoining thtlarge lot? ^ grove ?w here Dr. Wm. Mire resided. a Picture No. S.?Fence i|front of It. Wheeler's lot. the next tl old Daniel James resilience. The Itses below have all been built since i>u left here. 9 Picture No. 9.?Depot 1 the King's u Mountain railroad, lowerjnd of Main st ret t. Picture No. 10?Stean.jtglne which a rives the Enquirer newpper press. * Picture No. 11.?Prlntli press upon 11 ..-Inch Enquirer is prlnte< These two '' ' .st pictures are quite inbinct owinc io the fact that the sur^nding light e revented the photograph from do- n i ts- better. It was also ^practicable R for him to place his carni at a prop- 11 er distance. Picture No. 12.?Reside of II. T. Wheeler from a differej point from No. 7 picture. Between yourself andhur mother. 11 you will probably be at to under- w stand and remember ttiocatlona to ^ which I refer, and havlried to ex- ^ plain. Pather crudely apprehend. Now for something el?< I would send you a pic e of the old academy, but* It has not >n practlca- P bie for rr.e to get it. el i What you have to sat your letter ?? in relation to politics, cu-Kluxism, w the proper course to pursue in south, etc.. I ill pass over with sincle remark that I agree with ; in toto. I am conservative in ev ser.se of the word. I cannot say t I am eith?r a democrat or a repul can?there are things connected w each party that i appro\e of. and ih are thinps connected with each tha disapprove of. I am for the rij thouph the hiavens fall. The gr dilticulty is. however, to decide at times what is ripht. And you were ir the cxpedit which captured Hilton Head? Well was thereabouts, too. but on the oil side of the fence. I was on Itav I'o island in front of Hilton Head. WYH I remember that Saturday night November, w hen >our expedit reached the vicinity or Port Ko harbor. I was the oillcf r on duty w the guard on the beach. About eij o'clock ir. the evening I cast my < seaward when I saw a light, in moment another, then another, a another, and another: but to wl limit I do not now remember. I kn then. Nearly ten years have gone since that night. The next day w the Sabbath and what a grand a glorious day it was?the waters w? smooth, the sun was shlng bright and the very nir was peaceful and I tokened ponce. Hut how deceptive a pea in nces sometime are! In the a ernoon of Sunday, Commodore Tn nail with Ids "mosquito" fleet as was called, composed oi two or ttii old sienmbouls with a small gun each, steamed out and opened lire the L'llited States vessels. Soon was replied to, and it was not lo before, in slang jiarlance. he had "get up and git,".one of his bot pretty badly crippled. On Mond there were no movements on eltl side. Mondav night boats from yo fleet were busily engaged in reco inhering and making soundlni Tuesday morning four of your vessi race up within distance and o|H-n lire both on I'ort Menuregard on H Point and Port Walker on Hilt Head. Not much damage done eitner side. Wednesday, the wat .was very rough and no movements water was smooth and aiiotit 9 o'clo jour men were horn to ?|iinit?rs$eard the drums and saw your shi commence to move. First came t ^'Wahnsh," fllty-elght guns, next t ^linnesota, 37 guns, then tho Roanol Thev came In and gave Fort Heaui !gard broadside front larboard giti tnnd then from stern, and then sail ground?or rather steamed?and gave 'to Fort Walker in the same way. O Jguns replied and so the light cot Jim need. It was not long, however, li do re it was discovered that our ft Jwus beneath notice, and the whole r Sent ion was giver, to Fort Walker iilton Head. About three o'clock he afternoon It was discovered th >toop nhnn/l :> -'nay 1'oint, numbering about f {hundred, including infantry, cava Jind artillery, to "get up and gl foils order all obeyed with alacri iVbount sundown the whole comma jinovctl olT through the swamp m 'for which thnt countiy is famous. T next morning about daylight the tror reached Heaufort and getting in steamboat, moved up to I'ort Hot Ferry, tired, sleepv and hungry, ha\i lett behind clothing, blankets, coc ing utensils, eatables and everythl else calculated to make one feel eoi foi table. I luive never yet been able to u derstand why the commander of t expedition failed to send a gunhc up to Heaufort and bag the last one our party. It could have been done easily as falling off a log. I am gli hi' didn't do it, however. From Fort itoyal Ferry our commni moved up to Focotaligo on the S vannah laihoad and was engaged picket duty nt different points in t vicinity until the regiment was urde e<l to Virginia in the following Aprl On the lirst day of January, lsi my cuinpint with three othirs 01 n regiment, aril another S. C. regime had a skirmisl witli vain Iiiiiiiik in l! vicinitv of I'ort I loyal Kerry. A |hj tion of the troops on your hide ln-lom ed, I think, to Michigan?the maj was shot in the skirmish and subs iiuenlly died. He was shot l?y Joi M.-ssey, a son of old man Massey wh in your day. brought h?vf to Yoikvill The major alluded to, when shot, wi reconnoitering, and Mr.ssey siiot hi it a distance of three or four hui Ired yards. A single shell from 01 if the gunboats killed eight Confe< prates and wounded ten more. One i four men was wounded .and raptui d by the Confederates. He subsi luentlv died at I'oeotallgo. Hut enoug if this. It is not pleasant. I onl nention these things to show you thi I was in the vicinity of you at or ime. If I luid known it then, tiie at irehension of being captured woul lot have been as great as it was. Yo vill understand that what I have writ en is not with any feeling, section; >r political, but in order to tell you ( tome things you did not know, an vhlcli you would not object to I nade acquainted with. Should I at any lime again visit Net fork 1 shall use my best efforts to g nd see you. I hnvo no business i few York at present, but one cannc < 11 what a day may bring forth. In answer to your inquiry about tereoscope, I beg to say that I hav ne, and about seventy-five pictures. 1 have written hurriedly and ami reouent Interruptions. If it gives yo ny pleasure I shall be satisfied. 1 ou can't read It I regret it. I sup ose you can?a printer and postmas er should be able to dead anything Remember me kindly to your mot?' r?tell her my eves are getting dimly hair and heard are sprinkled wi'.l ray and I begin to realize the far fuit I am getting old. Your friend, L. M. Grist. The graves of 100 naval officers an< ten, victims of the Lusitanla disaster ere decorated by the mayor an< merican consul and citizens o ueenstown, England, on Memoria ay. Ship captains arriving at Atlanth orts. are reporting that there Is ar temy submarine roving around ir outh Atlantic and Gulf of Mexict atcrs. ,t TEARS AT THE PARTIN you rrv Hard For ttie Soldier to Leave hat _ _ mi. Pet Dog. tth , 7; TOUCHING HEART TRAGEDY AT SEVI Sht * eat Wac Against the Rules to Take Di all Over There, and the Owner of T Animal Was Able to Touch His $ Ion perior Officers Very Closely E lt | He Failed to Win Out. I,f.r (Passed by the Censor.) |m Correspondence The Yorkvilla Enquirer. ()o Camp Sevier, May 2S.?This is i j story of a soldier and his dog and 1 sad parting of the two when a s. | I ration became necessary on account ith l'>e ca" Ior ,0 "somewher ju .Soldiers, like other people, are perfe Lf ly human and therefore, being humi " they love dogs and other pets of tl nil kind. A good many of them In d Uit ferent outtits at Tamp .Sevier hu t w dogs?bull dogs, collies. jkhmIIcs a l,v pugs and even "jailers." which tli as "lunagv to keep around their quarti nj somehow. Others make pets of sqii , rels and chickens and other anlini lv and birds. Occasionally one strikes )' company that has as its mascot p_ beautiful dog, and one outfit that is I( longer here had a black bear tied I a stake in the ojien. which cheerfu j, bore the goodnaturcd teasing and p? Vl. ting of the many that hapiiemd aloi on For aught 1 know, the bear went o\ on the creek with his outfit when it w? ho away some time since; anyway I do n? see him sunning himself on tl |u smooth ground whore he was wont bask and roll nnd rear ii|> on his hi legs and growl and groan when t wn|' was younger. Hut back to my story. One d some time back when It was comm here to see soldiers marching l<y p|H tlieir way to the trains for "Sum . where," in.v attention was attracted a soldier, who In addition to his hen on pack and his Enfield, was carrying 0 wee little lilt of n dog?a beautiful I , tie terrier of some brood unknown 0 me. I learned later that it was. 1 ^ wan carrying lus Lnneui in me prop cli position of "right shoulder arms," a _l he was making a brave attempt carry his other arm down by tds si ps (i in the proper manner, though at t ji(i same time he was holding in a lit' crook In his arm, his little dog and was easy to tell just by glancing his face that he was more interest IS. ( ( in his dog than lie was in his rl and would have preferred going the Client Adventure without 1 weapon rather than without his do; "Look at that tellow with the purj j exclaimed a friend of mine who w watching the moving soldiers alo 1 with me. "He can't take that d (n with him?not that way anyhow." t "I don't know about that; hut 1 . bet you he's calculating on it," I i ?Tf*. )ry to do." It.. The company halted when th ' reached the siding where the long li of Pullmans were stationed awaiti nd , , utj their passengers and the commni ,j)(i "rest," was given for a few niinul prior to boarding the cars. a Relatives of many of the soldiers ( that company, having come to 1 their loved ones farewell, crowd ng ^ around and were soon engaged In i n r terested conversation. There was ^ one there to say good-bye to the st diet* with the terrier and from t way he fondled and cuddled his liti I puppv, it was evident that he wasi . the least bit worried over the fa ,at o| After a bit he took one of the tt identification tags which were suspe {IN , ded from his own neck by a piece tape and fastened It to the lejithe ^ I silver collar his dog wore. He w evidently making sure of the dog's r a turn in case ne-should become sep rated from his |>et en route. After a few minutes' "rest," the o der to board the train was given ai ,j the various companies began to fl into the cars, the soldier with the di ,v being among them. "I nnbu thai- In I Iu liiin take the dog allright," comment) my friend, an<l I agreed. ir* Then a non-commissioned officer b "r gan chocking up to make sine that i ' " soldier had straggled hy the waysh ,n or had gone A W O L or somethin " nnd would thus Ite left behind. The non-com check?sl the soldi s with the dog as present and aceoun m ed for. and then his gaze rested ontl wee little bit of black and white 1; 10 ing on the seat beside Ids inastr just as cool and collected and satis 01 fled and happy at the prospect < '* getting away as the most enthusiast soldier in the battalion. *' I saw something was coming an ' v nudging my friend, we moved awa ,l from the warehouse platform froi ie which we had betn watching the t\s in the conch and walked toward tt (l open car window, u "Carlton, you can't carry the pu '* with you." the non-commissioned ol '' fleer said. "I am sorry: hut it can " be done. It is against orders and be sides we haven't the room. There's n e telling how we will be fixed for quar ters and that sort of thing at the en |V of this road, and besides, you won ? have time to look after the dog as h n should be looked after." He wn? perfectly decent al>out I that non-com was. * "Oh, come on, now sergeant," re e plied the man with the dog in a hurt pleading, fearful sort of tone of volci " 'The pup won't take up any roor " hardly at all. Why look; I can carr { him In my shirt." He took the littl " dog Ir. his arms and placed him insid ' his shirt to show how It could b ' aone. "I got feed for him," he continued " "and I'll find plenty of time to watel ^ after him. He don't hark loud enougl * to disturb anybody If that part Is wor rying you. and I have already aske< the fellows In the compartment wltl me If they had any objection to m; carrying him. I Just hate to go of 1 without iny dog. Yon know how mucl ' I think of him," he concluded. 1 The non-com was touched and fur f thermore he was embarrassed. I 1 could be seen that he wanted to favoi the man with the dog and yet he hat evidently been ordered to see to It thai : the carrying of such mascots was no i allowed. i "Well, you can speak to the commls> sloned officer In charge of the tralr about It," he said. "If he says yoi Bcni: carry him. why of course it's all riphl." "Car'ton" made haste to tied tin HIS oilieer. who chanced to hi- in the other end of the car. For several minute# he pleaded earnestly and thouuh one on the outside could not hear, it was irn evident from the expression on his face -md his p.'eadintc manner that he was impressing that otlleer with the 'SI8 int|K>itanee of the ?iotr and tryinp to *" make hint sis- just how had he wanted >u* l is pet to fio atom; and all that. Kindly hut 'Irttil> his request was refused. The ho> was at a loss as to what to do. It was nearly tittle for the irain l'10 to pull out. He came out on the * platform with his |H-t and \ainl\ lei>k M" ttl urounil tor *onu* familiar f';uv ot whom Iio might entrust. I<m th-. iv was e* none that ho knew. ct" Having heard a jKiit of tt anil know* in* lng sort of Intuitively what tho lad 1ftt was up against, my frh n<l nn?l I walk <! up nn<l asked tho trout'to. lVP With tears In tils oyos tlio t>oy told n>' of tho refusal to permit tho taking along of tho dor. . rs t It I n K a lot of that |?up." he said, ir- **Jta,I hint over since last N"o\etnl>er. ?'s 1 found hint in my tent one evening 1 n last fall when I came in after retreat. a I don't know when- he eame lrout or no notliing about hint exoept lie was lyto inir on my hunk, lie belonged to some "> visitor in enmp and evidently strayed >l* off I guess. *t?- "| took a liking to the little devil vl' and lie liked mo. I guess. Ever since 'n' then lie's either t-een sleeping on m> t'l I mil k or miller it and I come to look lat on liim as a sure-enough pal. to "Well, I can send him home." he nd sighed regretfully. "My sister will 'u" take eai'e of him for me ami he'll he Dure when I "nine p.iok some of these "> days. win >on snip miii noine lor (,n nil-'."' hi- asked me, and of course ! 0,1 replied lluit I woiilil In' ulail to ilo so. It>- Hi' pave mi' his sister's address ami her nam.-: Miss . No. Morev>" heail street, Charlotte, N. C., ami hell lore delivering tin dop into tny hands 'I* lie held it to his lifeast and kissed it ? like a mother would a child. He I took the dop to nt> iiuarters and K'r kept hln' durinp the niphl. Karly nd next a'.orninp ! eaped lilin and watered 1? hint and then carried him to the exde press otlive for sliipnieiit to CI a- lolte. he and I wrote a note to the sister till "H inp the storj nliout as I have written h It here. aI "Yoitr brother nepheted to tell me {,tI the pu|>'s name and I nealeeted to infld cptlre it," I wrote. "It niipht Ik- ap?n propria tc to rail him 'Sol.' because da really and truly, he is simply out of ?* lin k. He couldn't po!" .lames D. Orlst. as , , np THE FIRST STEAMBOAT op Some Question as to Who Really Built I'll the First Steamer, "c- As to whether John Fulton really much dispute. He certainly made it-} steam navigation practical, and that inc out;ht to bo glory enough, ng There is a story, curiously definite id, in detail, to the effect that in I'llD a tes steam vessel built 1 > n Spaniard named (inray was floated and on June in 17 of that year, arrived at llareelona. 'id from Oollbro with a cargo of wheat, ed it was a "side-wheeler" of I'UO tons' n- lairden and its engine was driven hy i no "caltlrons ol hoiling wnt< r" at a speed >1- of three miles an hour, or nearly, he t'nfortmiatelv, the story lacks proof. He The earliest exact account of this a't steamhoat dates hack only to 1SHG, ct. unite a while after the proldem of vo steam navigation was successfully n- solved hy Fulton. and it may lie what of we would call in these days a "pure r- fake." ns I tut undeniably there weir steamc boats before /niton. In 17X7. oik- was n* built bv Jonathan Hull?deemed need-: less to say, a "crank" and visionary I i- in his day?that was used in an exid periinental way for towing sailing, ships. An authentic drawing of It is has been preserved. It was driven by a wheel at the stern, ct The origin of the st'in-whe -l or fld side-wheel for driving steam vessels is obvious enough. It is simply a p* water-wheel, or mill-wheel, adapted i? for the purpose of propulsion. Ic 1 .ess than half a c-entury later John g- Fitch, a watchmaker by trade, put a steam engine into a boat that was er provided not with a wheel, but with ' t- twelve jiaddles, operated l?y the piston. to push It along. The craft made a >" measured mile, under test, at ?ight i r. miles an hour, off the water-front of I ' I'hiladelphin. I-ater on it covered i if eighty miles in a day. Hut the boat < If was doomed no better than a freak: i iiii r\niK ?? i'??rry on irw*i*x il. perlments ami Fitch. it was said, wan > driven by disappointment and poverty i m to suicide. I 'o There wore several other steamboats !? that antedated Fntton, whose tirst real i succvss (though not iiLs lirst boat, ? I' which was launched on the Seine near i I'aris) was a side-wheel steamer built I 't in New York in 1S04. It differed in f no very essential r?-s|iect from the * o Clermont of immortal fame, which < ' made its initial voyage August 7, r I 1S07, from New York to Allmny, at a ' 't s|M?d of five miles an hour?against 'I e the current of the river, Is- it observed. a 1. While the boat was tied to the dock s at Albany a man came aboard and s - paid his fare to New York (for the n t. return trip)?one would like to know li just how much it was. Fulton could h n have hugged him. As it was he took u >' the money with tears in his eyes, say- a e ing ?that it was the "first encourage- w e ment he had received for all his e labors." a The Clarmont made trips back and a I. forth between New York and Albany t< until, though patched and patched h ti again, she waa too decrepit to attempt b - another voyage.?Rone Bache. n 1 . ? . h i Official announcement was made on a y last Friday that 2K0.000 men will be w f called to the colors during June 24, ci t but it has not yet been determined to -b what camps they can be assigned, so the list of apportionments is for the t present '?elng withheld. The iiuota is Ij r based on. estimates of the space avail- w 1 able for the men in camps and can- B t tonments. If the rate of shipment of tl I troops across again is raised still more ol men 'may be called. In any event the a probabilities are that enough men will m I i>e called for special service to round I' the number out to 300,000. / "S THE TAKING OF CANTIGNY Detailed Account of Fine American Offensive. WHERE GERMANS LEARNED SOMETHING Pershing's Men Pall Upon Assailants With Knives and Bayonet*. Driving Them Back in Fierce Hand to Hand Work?Gas Attack Costs Foe Heevy Loss. With Antirioan Koms on the French Front, M;i) Jsi?(H> the AwiK'ialnl l':< ss.i - t*hie? counter-attack!. made I > tin lii-rtnans to retake the terrain which they hail lost in I'icardy on Monday eonipletely broke down in the face of American artillery fire and th? heroism of our Infantrymen. All ttie yround won by the Americans on Monday remains in their possession, and they nie holding the lines strongly. A hea\y Crnnaii gas attack in the lamciille sector early this morning war repulse-! with comparatively heavy losses. Caught by Our Fire. The Hermans delivered their tlrst counter thrust at t'nntigny late yestcnlny in an olYort to regain the dcleltses which had be? 11 wrested limn tie hi in i'k morning along a two kilometer front. The drive was preceded l?y In a\.\ bombardment which !? gun at 5 o'eloek in the afternoon. Alter thirty minutes of artillery prc|>aralion, the Hermans advaneed. Imt were caught in an intense lire from tie Aim riean guns and yvere ap|>aieiilly fori*e?I to retire without liavim: eotne into close contact with the Anieriean infantry. Since then the enemy lias made additional attempts to drive the Americans from ttie village, hut without ay.-iit. The old fiertnan lines formed an nnjrle y\hieh has iioyv boon straightenoil out. Tile Americans have obtained high gn unit commanding a si i lion oi plateau-like eountry. This line now runs l.'ai to i'imi yards east oi I'antianv. The nearest Herman trench is several hundred yards east of where tIn- Americans have dim in. Penetrated Nearly a Mile. The Americans |n-notruled the Herman positions to a depth of nearly a mile. Their artillery completely smothered the Hermans. Several tires Imii nil r behind the (ifinnin lines. T\v< Ivi* French tanks supported the Aiiumifiin infantry. American aerial observers assisted the French in dl rifiiiii; t*?? artillery lliv. The artillery preparation la-Kan at 5.15 o'clock. one hour before the Infantry went over the top. The lines of AiiK-rlcans moveil forward in perfect order, the tanks in the lead. The Amoriean artllleiy did magnificent work. The blow woa struck In a mint. The ,-?JA*ntW did not have much to do, as the American artillery alrendy had prepared the way. A bright sun came out and shorn on the Americans as they dug in their new isisitions. Fierce hand-to-hand lighting occulted inside ('aiitiini.v, which conI.-lined many machine gun emplacein--nl.-. a 1-irgc tunnel and a numls-i oi caves. The tunnel sheltered a hundred Ccminns. The Americans hurled hand grenades like baseballs into these shelters. A strong unit of flame throwers and engineers aided the Americans. All the tanks returned safely. At s.1'5 o'clock the (b-rmtins began a miihii<iiix fii. dropping iwo slM'lls :i minute, most of them fulling hi :i ravine south of Cuntigny. < oiii|iur< <1 with this the American Runs (in <1 six, four or two shots u minute. The American barrage ntoveil forw.'inl one hundred >arils in two minutes Mini then one hundn-ds ynnls in four minutes. Tin lnfanti\\ followed with elt-ek-like precision. An ollicer told the correspondent that the Americans went forward stnillrgly. hut that at tin- same time their fuees I'cllocled the traditional American grit ami determination. As the Americans started out across No .Man's l?'iml there were man) jokes ahout "eating itoclie for bn-akfast." The Americans fought like old timers and they were otf the second Ha ollicers sprank forward and shouted: "Come on hoys!" Their Confidence impressive. Several ollicers. describing the scene it greed that the outstanding feature In tln-lr minds was the wonderful morale ol the nun and their absolute mnlldence in tlumsolvos. The (Sermons pour< d machine gun bullets all irouitd ttie Americans as they wenliggii.g in. Itut no attention was |?aid o them, as jokes and <|uihs were landed hack and forth. Tin- demeanor of the man wounded n the uetion was found siinilsrlv Iieerful when the coi res|>oiident vls1 <- ! the IMd hospital thin afternoon, 'or tin- most (>iiit they ww only 'liutitly wounded, nn<l they artiil like cT.oolhoys rclumiil from n Ki'inl day >f sport, smoking cigarettes, nigcrly elating their personal experiences anil .mghing loudly at the humorous Incllents. Lieut. fiponti' M. Itulh.-r. formerly n attorney In Indiana polls, who was lightly wounded in the leg. said that oing over the top was like a nanoi'tivre In the training camp hack onto. The- men were eager for it. le wild, and some of them romalne-d p In the trenches all night talking hout the approaching adventure rlth c.he. rful anticipation. "When we reached Cantigny," he dded, "It was only a pile ol hrick end tone. C>ui artillery had leveled the own. The German machine gun bul t? were huzztng ahout like humble e n. hut our fellows didn't pay any tore attention to them than If thev ad I* en confetti. M was the finestexmple of team work I ever saw. There as not a hiteh anywhere. The men racked jokes and sang, hut they were usiness-like In their work." Wished Folks at Home Could See Lieut. Albert E. Billings of Brookm. who also was slightly wounded, as on u cot adjoining that of IJeut. lutler. As soon as their eyes met ley clapped hands and greeted each thyr like long-lost brothers. "It was great show, wasn't it?" Billings lid: "Gee, I wish the folks at home Continued on Page Four.) /