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Scraps and .facts. ? In a sjx?<h l.ifor<* th?- I'lint'-rs* sortMy of I."talon lust Fri'lay niicht, J Jowl li'hiv, ?h?- Hritisli j.i ini'T. saiiJ: "I hav?? just r?-ti.rn?'i from I iiinii', hIk-ic i rn?-t a Kr?li' ti stati-sllian who ha?l t.is-n at thi- t.attli- ft out soon att. i an -nKUifi-in-lit wh?T? itsAni? ii? aris iouat.t. Il<- was lull o! ;nliniratioii. not tn< i?*l\ for th?ir suj.?io valoi, I.ot ttrainiil skill with whiih tin > woikiii iiliil 1 I t?- I thi fit?. 11is i-ls.it ot tin- i oniloi't ol thi- Aitn-ri' an trooj.s, a ilivision w l.ii h hail I. ri in artion tor tin- first tun., was i.iii- o! tin most tif ouiatmi: things that I tiuv. hiar<l. \Vi- know that wtnn th'.v aj.jM-ar in tin- Intth lin** thoy will lijjht in a wa> worthy ?.f tin- ki?at tia?litions ot ttu-ir jjriat fount r\." - Aiin rn an inon ami wotin n attai h - \.... . I. :.ii y. m. i*. ,\. units I IV HI. ..... ... with thi- Fi?n?h troops played heronj?uits in tin- recent litnat east and wist lit Soissons .mil onCarl Lyttle, of Noitli I'.look laid, Mass., is believed to hav?- sai l itii i il his life. I.ytth-. who is 3.'$ > -iirs olil, is officially it ported missing. Amid a rain of gas sta ll* la wi-nt into a ii-itain hurtling village to iasi'ija M-fiiKH's aft'-r tin- troo|?s hail come out, ami lias not ha< n so n since. V. M. C. A. workers stayed with tla tioo|>* 1 iil11u tla roar guard lighting, gathering and distributing supplies. Women workers |>ai ta ularlv distinguished Ilieinselves. i ina. .Miss .Malta Hi iron of Cincinnati. a sister-inlaw ot formal I'rasidant Talt, rrmain d in a hut serving food and i-offai- to tlie soldiers until tile Village was sit on lira h\ 'ioriiian shells. Miss liana I .oh a oi i 'ineinnat i, only hit a hut at Soissons a few hours lietotv tla Ijertiians entered tlie town. Saveral V. M. A. iii< n are .suffering from gas poisoning and shell shock. < Ma man was woiilah-d l?y shrapnel. With tla double |>lll|sisa of increasing tla- niiiol?-r ot man available lor military set vice, and ot insuring lairar administration ot the selective IraIt law, I'rovust Marshal <l> m-r.-il frowder has telegraphed governors of all states, asking iniinediata re.investigation of tla- draft classification lists every wlicic. Class 1, already exhausted in some localities hy tla re(icatcd calls, contains L's.7 per cent of all the registrants according to the uational average. I>ut percentages in the l.r.uo local eXe|il|itiotl hoard distill ts vary most materially, both up and down from the average tlgure. |{y "slacker marriages" and ungrounded ? otiistrial or agricnl ela lilt <>l riKin turn! exemption. liiiicriil I'ltmiliT lieves. souk- registrants have im|msei| 111 h in I tii' IMIHI<11<<I local hoards 1<< scats- service. wltil** in other districts :<n :i|<|i|l(';ilion <?l' tin* ii-unla lions Ims hi ell |M'l-|lil|lS Stricter t lilt 11 is illtl'llli< <1. The Kiivcrnuis un<l tie appeal agents :<r<- asked to investigate ami U|xui evidence. to ask Ik>aliIs to reclassify iiK'ti. Assistance of tile pithII:' t lii-outrli supplyiuir Itil'oimat ion to IIk- hoards also is ask<'<|. It is with tin- gradual exhaustion <<l class 1. tin skilled larm laborers whom tin hoards have Ik a allowed to |<la< < at its hot tom will have to go to cantonments. Tln-re will he no change in tin- policy ami thf only relief it is |?t-? <Ii<-twill i'oiiii' from imlorsi m< lit of the "work or lit;lit" orili-r generally. ? Steps to stabilize tho rotton trade mill |ii<-v<-nt umliK' hardships on th<' manufacturers ami ilistrilnitors |s-ndintc completion of price fixing ingot iations tinv<* lit'i-n taki-n at a conference Ik twi-i n tin- |?ri<-<--lixin.tr committee oi tlii' war traili- I man I ami tin- war ser\!? < committee of tin- national council of American Cotton Mniiufncturcrs in Washington. I'lider a tentative plan outlined to In- o|K-rativi' if tIn- ncgntiatlons for a price agreement an- con?*lii<l< <I. prices on all sales made on or hi-iini- last Satnnlay for delivery previous to next January 1. will remain as shown in tin- sales. Trices on all sales made on or after June x for dellvery silhsei|l|ent to next Scptcinhcr 3u would f??- suhject to revision to ac< ...in, agreed llimi) hy the CfHtl nun - - rw _ price-fixing and mannfacturers' coinitiittOn all sales inntli' lor delivitv after next January 1. the prices agreed ii|Min t>v the committees are to lie the prices regardless of the fact that the sales may have I teen made previous to June x. It is understood that all prices for so-called spring. litt'J. business will he subject to revision. "The plan." said the war trade board's announcement, "contemplates that manufacturers" prices on staples shall be on the same basis of cos' and protlt to the government and their IISll.'il civilian outlets. It Is further expected that manufacturers will agre? to devote a uniformly large proportion of their productive caimcity to making staples." ? Kvidence that the government regards the concrete ships as having imsscd beyond the stage of experiment to become a practical and etlicietit aid in the country's transportation system has been given in a statement by Unshipping board showing that no less than live different branches of the government contemplate building concrete vessels. ('hairman Hurley soon will place contracts for 21 more concrete vessels. In addition to the Is alivady let, making a total tonnage ot 2SS.500 ordered by the shipping board. .Most of the new ships will lie 7..VMIton tankers and will be built in Motive government yards announced several days ago. The inland waterway commission is asking bids on 21 concrete cargo barges of *>oo tons caimcity. while the navy dc|?artmcnt has let contracts for 12 concrete barges of foto tons each for harbor use and the <iuartermaster's dc|?artmcnt of the war <!< Pa intent has advertised tor bids on iwi'iilv-lwu tugboats OI iv-iniorc.'u mni'ivli'. Coin*it'll1 l?:iran be built in one-fourth of tin; linn :in<l jit one-fourth tin1 cost of steel barges. while concrete ships complete cost only half as much as steel vessels. "While concrete shipbuilding is well orgaju/.cd." tin- stateincnf quotes It. .1. Wlir. head of the de|nirtnient of concivic ship construction, "the only limit on the capacity to produce concrete shifts will lie the limit of the machinery and equipment. There is no reason why we can't turn out hundreds of thousands of tons a year." ? The Herman I'-boat campaign off the Atlantic coast of the I'nited States cannot be kept up for any length of time, in the opinion of Archibald Hurd. the ilritish naval writer, expressed in a statement issued a few days ago. Mr. Hurd lielloves the opera t ion? were undertaken in the hope of weakening the work of the American navy in Kuropc.nn waters and of intimidating the American |ieoplo. "There is no jsissibility of the enemy maintaining a lone continued campaign off the shores of tin- I'nited States which would require a large number of l'-boats." Mr. Hurd said. "The Oiesel engine gives a greatly increased radius of action to big submarines. Hut New York is easily 3.50?> miles from the nearest Herman Imse and the return journey means a matter of 7.0th) miles apart from the mileage involved in chasing merchantmen so there is no reason to anticipate any such developments as have Iteen seen in Kritish waters. As soon as aircraft of suitable types arc available they can be used in escorting ships off the coast in association with such surface vessels as may be available. hut I am afraid this method of hunting submarines will prove unproductive for the simple reason that only the very largest are able to operate so far from Herman ports. They will probably best be combattcd in the nar rvw wain? nujiirnu u? uii.h orn.iiu through which all such raiders must | pass tinless they issue from the Mediterranean which is possible though1 unlikely. The number of such large submarines the Hermans can build and man is limited. The losses during the last six or seven weeks have exceeded the resources of the Herman yards." ? Dispatches tell of the wonderful fighting of American marines in and around Chateau Thierry on the Mame front. The Hermans had taken the town at the southwest extremity of their recent drive. American marines were sent in to run the Hermans out. They did it. This was on Wednesday. The marines went forward with an unreslstable rush, attacking the Hermans with rifles, machine guns and bayonets. The streets were littered with Herman dead, and then the marines routed them out of houses and killed them like rats. Such of the Germans as were left retreated to high ground northwest of the town, back on the main body which had been re-tnforced by three new divisions. On Thursday, assisted by the French, the manias n in!' niiuih'-r t'-nili'- <i.ivi Tti?* > 'Iidsiijh stooif as l<-ntr as ' f:< ' iinM: t-.it war forc? <1 to K'ive wa; t|,?- AnmI'uns and Ki?-ni h followin ti.'in a dislatm >>' mail* two tail* '? ! a -triil*- front Th* jfio'jn i\a> 11 . i?>v*f.?i with a :i'l. At ?!! i-oint th?- Ana l irai iai.i? njrfiri a ?>:njiati\ or ' r:i;ir aririi: li'trf .inifotms; l?iit tf.? .had asSluail'r 11,at 'la r* ? f I tu la i. in '! \ i< inil". an-l v.'-ti' or. a!1 'i ila hi. v. ij.aia '><?' > man oi th> i j \< ? j.i a t? u aiio w. taia n prison*iin* ili'iiil Ckiikiii luii! thirty.two I*.: 1-' liol' s through linn. Th?* l'r?-ti? too;. J'i'i |.I jyon. I w a ti* i tf'i A hi* rirat tin., oil' t : 11.' 11 ' I. 'J'!" !<><?' . i: If \m* in ans fia*.' not In" I i *. : i I I'O' it i*. Known 'fiat 11\ wn- sin.*f Wound* d A til'lira ns tah* n to t! 'If ssina stations w<i*- still loll ot fiu'1 ami otil'. anxious to ; ! hark at ti 'iinniis. Tli?- Kr* tn fi ari said to I aoina litnallx wild ot'i til.- i'-nil. u on: of tfn- A til' i ira us. i flu ilorhrillc tfuquirci Kntered at the Postofflce at York ; Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY. JUNE 11. 1918. Why say we can't buy (lidsc w .-.ivillus st.imps ' Wc'ii' lint to. < >ut- hoys at the front are n ( ount:nu the < o-t to tliftiis-i'ivos. Thi why shoiihl tvo count the cost? When the I toys come hack, t Kreatest thing we will have to ti tlii'tii will Is- ahull! our contrihiilio to the Iteil i'loss anil our purehas of hotels ami war savings stamps. It is nothiti': luit reasonable toloi tor le av> i-asiialta s anion:: tie \tm't cans as the result ol tlte recent litth ii". Il is in it lo !? < \|?i : ! that Hi' :ni light :is our tin n :m lighting wit Hi iin-iii riir-' h?'!iv> lossi s. What would itiii* of Ihosi' Amcrici marines who li? 11I lull- ii11 lii rni: Ii a?l al I'haliaii Tlnii.\ tin- ! h? r ?la say aliout a man who roiilil not Iim inoni'V on a war savings stamp hiiy tin- imiIridges'.' 'I'h?' ii< nn.'iii raiders ar?- a lilt liuil'i' polite ova i on this siih- than l lo would |m> oM-r on the oi h? i siilo. Tl is | ii i 11- natural. Ill tin- \ 111 of t capture ol a sill.i:i:.rin< i w. the i> u outrages that rl'i'W lll.'iv have to a unit lor, tin hotter lor it. "II' I only lia.l tin army norps ihosn American marines." ;i Fretr general is ipiotoil as saying. "I won ask nothing uiori'." Aral lie is prohn ly nulit for up to tin- present timet I American marines have shown ther selves to he superior to anything ti iliriuans have. The tiertmins have at last begun recognize the presence of A merit" troops in their official reports. tilTici reports early spoke of the capture American*: hut it was not until in Satui'ilay that the Americans were e lieially recognized as a factor in t' battle line. The report speaks of se era I attaeks hy French. Jlrilish ai American regiments having hrnk lowii to the north-west of t'hate; Thierry with heavy loss. There is every reason to expect tli the next heary : ttsck of the <iertua will he attains) I In- Americans. Tins to In- intertill from the headway tli the Americans have made at t'nntigii t'liaiiteau Thierry ami other points, is simply necessary for the (Scrum to undertake the crushing of l Americans if they can. The Amcrici high t'ti.iimaml understands the situ tioii thoroughly ami experts to he < hum! when the rushing comiiicuci Just when the lierma.iK will attein :i move in force iigiiinst the America is not iletinitely known. It can not iletinitely known very far in advum It is safe to assume, however, tli the casualty list will lie somethli fearful, .and it will not he made up e tirely of Americans. Theoihuv ||. Price the well knov cotton merchant and till round lina ..f V..M. Vfu-k linii :<eeetiti'il :l lull lion uinlcr IMm'tur ilencral McAd .is actuary of thi' railroad ndmiuistr lion. As "artnary." it will l>?- the du of Mr. ITico to compile and unaly statislirs and makr reports coiner inn the various economic prohlet involved in railroad opi ration. il I'lice is an ideal man for just th joh. lie is fully eoinpetent to meet : r<s|uireineuts and he will delight in Not oiilv thai his work will he of tl uiv.itest praelieul value in that I ma> he depended upon to figure dov to the \eriest niceties the exact cost operation and upkeep in all depot motifs of railroading and show tl director gene rat the way to litany in proveinents and reforms. There is a noticeable tenden" among people of this section to hecon too sanguine at times about the prol able length of the war. They are ii dined to overestimate the important of a small local success and to niagn fy it into a big drive. While there nothing surprising about this tendem it is all wrong. The fact of the math is the ( crniuns are still superior totl Allies in numbers, ami they have tl added advantage of operating from tl inside track. While all the Allies ai coniidcnt of ultimate success, noluu has an> hopes ol ticking the (iermai this year, and some very experience officers think it may take years i complete the job. Kverything now d< ponds upon the spied with which sufficient number o' American trooi can be mobilized in Franco. The military intcllirence service urging before congress the passage < a bill to impose the death penalty c individuals convicted of lynching. I addition to the prosecution of tJi lynchers it is promised to pur ish county or local officials who fail t enforce the law and to impose heav tines on communities in which lynch i ?* !?? rvi'oit r TKo lnoiclfit i . it i c 11 rPo as a war measure. Not withstand in so-called states rights involved, w sincerely hope that the legislation wi he put through. There hns been to much of the lynching businef throughout the United States and is time to call a halt. If there is n other way to stop it than through th power of the Federal government, the let it he stopped that way. Need for More Corn. The growing corn crop in Tori county is not nearly as large as It wa at this time last year. This statement is based upon th' - judgment of numerous farmers with > wiiom the editor ha* Talked and there c" i.> no ieaa.a to question the correctness o: it. ' !.. i.- not n-aiiy .1 * inin-ii coin plain..-"] .1* lli-.re oJS-ll to he, anii 1* M-p> slio-lid oc taken to make up lot in-. snoilage 110?\, helore it is loo late, [ >) 1 Tin.it- '.nil i>v occasion lor ' onsitlm er..oi? ic^icl oar lue matter. ' it... ,na tit* hist momII* ..U' l Aimnu , ei-t-.-.c. tnv Wat In-.-ic uas a tigorou: < tn aiiojia, aiiipaigil uvvr this Wlion . ?. 11 l?j ui0>. wUiyiijil) as to t? ? imp-<: e.tiit ol looclslilit*. litis twill it. i'Utiiit iin-i iiuuia result.'- ill mat tin lit t'lUii... fiiuiuiii) piouucci uioi'e tuou mulls tlal'ilto last >t.al' tilall dui'ill{ ]. nii> pi. v leili.S yeai ill 11* iiintui y. tv.ln tiie .?<areiiy oi il.eat ill tin ..111 .ill'l 1 ill till I t'aSlllg st in 1 lit o noui, lliKi it not been lor tile e.\tl< in'-.1.. in ui people last spring liter ...1. .iii.i.- 111 ! >* Mill"! ii.? ..I:. ?IKill people UUriliu llli p.IS as winter. it m \>.ij important to lcinciiibe it.i ( til. tin'a , e\i v|it lur the lou< l'uii.'i itul.oti work ttiiti price lixuik i titttii ni .til Kiini." would he slill lur llli I nut III tilt- IVili'Jl til people of or J uinaii mteaiis 111.ni it is now. Js it is will in u member, howevci * tii.ti 11 fnmi is siiini-, or non-ex:sten l]: * govt-rniiK lit will tint be able t luanit.till pi i sent contlilions. I'lir demand on our fooil supplies i _ growing stronger an<l stronger ever; lay ami t!ie su|i[i|y in sight is not ii proportion tn that demand. It i.n important tiiut our farmer fit u,,,w oit-ry l.w,l ,1 of corn they t.r able In grow, ami it is important thu en , ... tin urn-age In- -on r< -used t<? mar. tiiiii-.s what it now is. Tin re is absolutely no danger o ho . . . .. lamina I no iinnh enrn tiiul many poo I'll . ... pie w Ini are m>w m-gleeting to plan mrii while there is still time fnr tii matin ilia of a <-rnp are going to re mot Ibis lii-glt-ct. Anyelus for Victory. i Tln fe is a grow nig .sentiment for th adnptinn or establishment of a na I,, tioiiai "aniielus" fnr victory. Tin- angelus is t: form of pra.ve parti, ipati il in by a whole eoininuni in ty at a given signal. hi The earliest reeonl of sueh an itle; i\. sn fai its our knowledge goes is to h 1(| fiHiml among the aneietit Jews, wh ,u bad a enstoni under which at a lixoi noineiit of the tiny every man. womui and * 1111.1 throughout all Israel wouli l( slop siidtlenly in whatever oc? npatio or employment and fervently utter i ^ prayer to liod for the speedy eomin I of the promised Messiah. The praetiee has followed a t dihereni times by different religiou s. eis and it is not iinkiiowii at tli pivsinit day. ?f Kre.|iient mention has been mad ,-h of late of a little town in Alabatm 1,1 I lie people <d' whieh da il.v, i.t th - i.i.il sinn their work o II. ......... ... |U. whatever ilu'> may be doing. and offc ii- prayer to Hod. ii,. Tin- idea is a beautiful and inspirit! one. and we see no reason why i should not at onec meet with univorso endorsement. If it is to be accepter ,n however, we hope it will go beyon n' an.\ suggestion we have seen. t'p high above us all. so high tha ihvr comparison Is not to be* mens ured. is the Lord of Lonls. th ,H" King of Kings?the Almighty (lod. II v* has given us a clear and unmisak able elmrt for our guidance?what H ''n would have lis to do and not do. \V 1,1 have not been following this char and lor an> ol us to claim othcrwis is positively absurd. There is nothing that any of us en ns do that is hitter than to reeogniz i !od and to humble ourselves la lor '' him. not. so iniich by way of scokin ' x 1 our own t mporal comfort and con " venienci- as because He is high, hoi "'s and just, and we should seek to b 'u likewise. 111 It scents ineonecivable that all tlii sorrow, misery and suffering coul have eome upon the world except a punishment for the sins of the work Ambit' tli.it is true, it is equally incon be eeivable how wc are to escape a c. tins sorrow, misery and suffering, ex rig '' t liroiigh complete v pen to ne of what we have been doing, an the accept.nice of Hod's law in hot spirit and action. hi |^.( us have the angelus. Let u a- imx. mi .hi hour at which the whol a- nation ma.\ daily look to Hod, the an "o th,ir of our being, both in supplier a- lion and in praise; but don't let u l> adopt ijus angiitis merely as an ox zo periment i<> serve a present purpos 11" for <?ur <in<| is not a tioil to be a|j "s |H.;ise?l by flattery. If the angclus i to be established at all, it must n< lie only for the war; but for all tim? jt and we must live it .as well as s|H-ak |i tie ' ! ' The Game of Politics. ()f Keeently published eorres|>ondeno t- between Tillman and Manning show ;,e that all is not pleasant between th 11" governor and the senator. Semitor Tilltniin makes it appea .y that governor Manning has bee 10 guilty of a little camouflage in thn I,, while pretending to be hands off wit regitril to the senatorial race, the gov rf. crnor was :i 11 the time trying to gc j. Tdlinan out of it iind Ixwer in It wit! js the hope of beating Hlea.se. .v Mr. Manning it appears sought t pr make the administration at Washing u, ton believe that the election of Bleas ie would upset the wiir plans of the Unit ,t. i'd Slates and about the only way o re preventing sueh ;i ciitastrophe was b ly shelving Senator Tillman out of th rave and putting Mr. I>over in. t'0 Another tiling that is worrying Mi [.. Tillman next to the |H'rtid.v of Mi a Manning is the terrible loss that th !'SI farmers are to suffer by reason of Mi hover's having thrown down th js chairmanship of the committee on ag riculture. and the additional disaste n that would result to the state tlirougl n the loss of the chairmanship of nnva affairs which would come tnrousn in defeat of Mr. Tillman. 0 Mr. Tillman thinks that Mr. Leve y should remain in the house becaua Iv*. is chairman of the committee 01 agriculture and Mr. Tillman shouli remain in the senate because he ii 0 the chairman of the committee 01 U naval affairs. While Mr. Leve: o amounts to very considerable in thi 88 house, in the view of Mr. Tillman, nei 11 titer Mr. Lever nor Mr. Rlease couJc o e amount to a great deal in the senate n because either of them would have t< start right at the foot and it woulc require years and years bfore the) could become important figureheads k through length of service, s Maybe there are people who are impressed with this kind of talk; bul p , frankly we are not. It is true that ii would be a long time before either Lrf-ver or Iilea.se would become chairman of the committee on naval affairs or of any other important committee; i i but either of them, if elected, would i soon be making as much noise in the senate as Mr. Tillman is making, or , has made',for a good many years past. liut knowing Mr. Tillman as we do. i we do not think he is so ^nuch cons K illed about saving this naval affairs . hairmunship of the state as he is for ? saving it for himself. And by the - same rule we are inclined to think that ; Mr. Tillman is less concerned about . Mr. lever's keeping the chairmanship of the committee on agriculture for tin benefit ot the farmers, than he is L. about the proposition that if Mr. Le, vcr should hold on to his chairmant ship of the committee on agriculture . the chairmanship of the committee on > ? i ft* won LI La that miinh m/,r^ t .secure for Senator Tillman. It is a fact that Tillman helped .Manning beat HI ease, just us he had , previously tried to help Jones beat 1'.lease, and he drew great applause . for both efforts. They were shrewd moves both of them and they fouled lots of people who ought to have known that in both eases Tillman was ' working not so much for Jones or 1 .Manning as he was for himself. He u better than any one else saw that ({lease had acquired the leadership of the Reform party, and that Mease's s rise meant Tillman's fall. That was y w >i> Tillman made his bid for the Anj. ti vote in 1'J12, and it is the reason whv he came to the aid of Manning in I'.if'i. S ? i e latest by telegraph Including Most Striking Developments in News of the Day. International Press Service, f Washington. June lo.?Hoover today - declared that retailers who give short t weight, misrepresent qualities, or engage in other trade practices, are guile ty of profiteering, and upon conviction - t'hex will be punished. Paris. June 10.?Assaults in new Herman drive between Montdldier and .Moyoti continue with great violence and they have progressist to a jmiiit n e few miles north of Compiegne. French and Americans have gained further ailvantage on the Xoyon-Mnrno front, taking prisoners. Heavy light in pror grcss along French right tlank, with severe losses lo the enemy, the French having captured live hundred prisoners. !l Paris. June in.?It is estimated that e the Hermans have used 205,000 men in () tin present drive, which now ap|?enrs to have been halted about ten miles l' north of t'ompcigne, the evident oba ieetive. Two hundred and lifty <!er,1 mans have been taken around Rrussiers. ii T m , j! GERMANS BEGIN NEW DRIVE. Attack Over Twenty Mile Front Between Montdidier and Noyon. s The armies of Crown Prince Rup; ' preeht of Havana, again are hitting tile allied line in a new offensive, with Paris apparently their objective. ' I Set ween Montdidier and Noyon, over ' a front of about 20 miles, preceded as e usual by a heavy bombardment with r shells of all calibres and with noxious gasses, the enemy's first maneuver evr idiltlv has in view the bending back of tW allied front toward the town of K St. .lust, on .the northern wing, and . toward the railroad Junction of Compt-ignc, on the southern Hank, getting astride the Oiso river and driving I, southwest toward the French capita). The French troops are resisting the impact with their usual valor, but the Hermans on their right and In the t cento rhnv^bfifiii able to penetraljj^ajt i. line foFowitainV ranfifog-froPcCTI^J. thirds of a mile south of Montdidiertb 1 relatively two and a half miles at Res0 sons-sur-Matz, in the center. Thence - to .Voyoti. however, the allied line is0 holding strongly. If success should rest with the enemy on the new battle 0 front it possibly might badly affect the stability of the line of the defenders . from the Oise to the Marne and compel a falling back westward from the < ?ise to the region of the Amerne, n northwest of t'hateau-Thierry, in order e to straighten out the deep salient that P would then project, eastward with the Soissnns sector as its apex. B The allied commanders, it is nssert ed. were not taken unawares by the y new offensive, on the other hand they e had anticipated, since the failure of the army of the Herman crown prince to gain its objectives between Soissons is and the Marne and thence on the ,1 southern part of the line running to liheims, that the Herman high com" mand would decree unother maneuver I- to the north and preparations accord ingly were made. H The lighting is of extremely sanguinary character and whether it will be conllned to the area at present afe fec-tcd remains to be seen. At last acj counts it had not spread north of . Montdidier to the village of Cantigny, which tin- Americans are holding. Com pa rati ve quiet prevails in the s region of the Marnc and on that portion of the line in Flanders held by tin- Kritish there have been no occur * rcnces of interest, according to Field - M:usli:il llaig's latest communication. s The only attack reported in the French communication in the region of Rhelms was delivered by the Germans, who e siilTered serious losses, but gained no i. ground. MERE-MENTION >t Orvelle t\ Enlield. Socialist enndi" date for congress in Oklahoma, has ' been convicted of trying to obstruct tlu- operation of the draft law, and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. V Lexington, X. c\, jury on last e Thursday returned a verdict of mans slaughter in the case of J. tJraham Hedge, charged with the murder of J. K. Deadrick in Hedge's home on March lit. Judge Adnnts gave Hedge an inr determinate sentence of not less than one nor more than four years, and the convicted man was released on a t bond of $J,*iOO. pending the appeal of h his eas?v to the supreme court . The American Tanker Herbert I.. ITatt, which recently escaped from 'l Herman submarines on the high seas, h reached Philadelphia safely with her cargo of oil The Imperial council. Ancient Arabic Orders and Nobles of 0 the Mystic Shrine, will hold their - national convention of 1919 in the cltv - ..I- U.ISnnnnnlia Sm> M.lnpv l!ol,Jr has announced the adoption of what Is known as the "quartermaster standard f type "B" as the heavy cargo truck for > use of the army in its departments e requiring such trucks What at lirst reports last Thursday api>eared to lie an Indian uprising near Henri cttn, Okla., proved to lie merely a meeting to discuss tribal affairs ' t'aptain Owen and crew of the British steamer Harpathian. torpedoed and * sunk by a Herman U-boat, about 90 e miles off the Virginia capos last Wednesday morning, were all picked up by the steamer Palmer and landed f at Old Point. Vn., last Thursday night. ti It was announced in the British I house of commons a few days ago that 457,000 tons of ham and bacon have been received in England from the United States within the past r few weeks "The Americans fight B like tigers and even the wounded are proud of their wounds," said a noted f rcncn general a iew aays ago _.... 1 !t is stated that the entire American s force taking part in the second battle n of the Marne is to be decorated by the French government Oen. Koch has r given out a statement In which he says e that battles are won in the end only . by armies that operate on the offenj sive. ' ? Amendments to extend the army ? draft to all men between the ages of 1 IS and 45 were offered by Senator . rummlns of Iowa. and Senator France of Mnryland, last Friday, ' when the senate military committee l>egnn consideration of the $12,000,000,. 000 army appropriation bill passed by the house. The committee decided to 1 hold hearings or the bill, and Secre1t tary I taker will appear next Monday. XaOCAlt Vc . thi NEW ADVERTISEMENTS f?' lutkpatrick-Ueik Co. Is showing a new line ad ui iadje? neckwear in voile, organdie, crepe |n. ae rOiue and ueurgette crepe collars. -o eta. . u lu ll.Ja eatu. lirst .National Llank. York?L'rgvs everybody to Cop the leaks in personal expenses and *" put ilie savings in war savings stamps and "1 ,nritt siainps. It is teady to help you save. I j. M atioup suggests mat you dress com- to lorlabiy and neatly and at tbe same ume ^ei ecuuouiicaiiy. He uas the clollung, trie un- 1 Oerwear una tbe s raw bats. C; Uj*ii and Savings Liana tells you that you will be pleased Willi its service whenever *. you become on< t its customers and it in- Wl' viles you to do your banking business with it make it your tuianciul headquarters. Vorkvilie Cotton Oil Co. Is now ready with . overnauled inacmiiery to make good tlour lioiu your wneal. It also turns out a hrstciuss grade ol corn meal. J. A. Marion, Chairmau -Publishes additional *'' r^-d Cross subscribers in amounts ot less "V man <5. See pages three and lour. U. l. Sanders Amiuunees himseit as a can- 5'" didate lor the othce ot probate judge. *'* Tnos. W. Hoyd, Supervisor Oilers a rewaid J*1 itii f.,r ihe arrest and delivery of Avery ... Haw km* anil Wash Hurlowe, w lute, escaped convict* -<35 each. <{, Kcv. J. M. McClain. Clover- lla* a plug mule V,lor tale at a bargain price lor quick sale. y." J. C. Wilborn, Ma>or Issues a proclamation jj relative to the War Stamp drive which begin* on next Friday. >j(J VS. B. Moore. Chairman Western District? Give* notice of time* and place* where War Stamp rallies will be held* on Thursday and g,. Friday nights of this week. 0 Mill People's Store --Wants to buy Irish po- jj tatoes and cabbage and will pay cash for same. y, Standard Oil Co.- On page four points out jui additional reason* why you should have a New Perfection blue flame oil stove in your c. kitchen. It makes the cooking easier. Ln Tirzah Ginnery Will buy cotton seed offered W" on the Tirzah market on Thursday. 13th. an K. B. McGill. Hickory Grove No. 2- Has fresh C. milkers and springers to sell or exchange $n for dry cattle. Mrs. S. J. Barry. Filbert No. 1.- Offers fifty bushels of corn in the shuck and about TOO bundles of fodder for sale. Trustees School District No. 10 Give notice that special tax election will be held at jj. Hood's store. Shady Grove District, on June :!7. on question of increasing tax levy. Hi Star Theatre Gives its programmes for Hon* .day night. Tuesday and Wednesday. The Kussian serial "The Woman In the Web," t'i on Tuesday. jn Sam M. Grist- Just jogs your memory about the fire insurance policy thut you ought to In have to cover your possible fire losses. ,j. F. C. Riddle. Sole County Agent -For the sale of Delco-Light. wants to tell you of its efficiency and convenience. Should be on ev- (.c ery farm. Makes work lighter. ^ The stands of cotton arc gone-rally got it); Init thorn is not enough corn for " next winter's needs. People who onn '' phint coin and who are neglecting to ' ' do so arc making a serious mistake. '' ni It is pleasing to note tli.-it Hon. \V. F. Stevenson luts saitl on the floor of tl tin- house about what lie saitl to the 1,1 editor of The Knt|tiirer during his re......t vi?it to Yorkville. We refer to his speech on the subject of tin* price of If cotton, fully summarized in another " column. Mr. Stevenson understands J this subject in nil its hearings nhout ns ^ well sis any man in congress, ami si Si great deal more thsin most of them. S1 He is not ufraid to spcsik tlw truth ahout the matter either. n The new passenger niton on the mil- * roads became effective yesterday by order of Director (Jeneral McAdoo. 1,1 The new rates and regulations are s< <|iiite interesting to the traveling publie. The Hat rate is 3 cents per mile '' for any distance. Rates on short lines A are slightly higher. The minimum I1 fare to any point is ten cents. To pas- J J sengers who board trains without hav- w ing purchased tickets the fare is 3 1-2 tl cents per mile, flat. For instance the ' straight fare front Yorkville to Rock "! Hill is now 45 cents. If paid on the v train the fare is 52 cents. There has d also been u decided increase in the excess baggage rate, but this will more ? \jS*?eehiJJy 4?'pj)ly to commercial travel- st ers and others wfio'have large"(tmotmfs al of baggage. Mileage books will be on J! sale as heretofore, but the cost will be p 3 cents per mile, the same its trip tick- o ets. Thrift stamps sell for 25 cents each, el Sixteen of them, pasted on a card, ti which will l>e furnished free, can be " converted into interest bearing war j. savings stamps, simply by paying the s few cents difference between the value ?'i of the 111 stamps and the current cost " of the war savings stamps. (This dif- n ferencc would be 17 cents in June, and 1 cent additional, for each later month.) War savings stamps can be J| bought in June for $4.17, and the cost ? will increase one cent each later w month they are bought. In July, the Sl cost will be $4.18. (in January 1, 1H23, the government will redeem every war w savings stamp you have for $5, which ' is the original price plus interest at 4 ))( per cent, compounded quarterly. These stamps are (lasted on certificates furnished free and they may be register- j ed. They are as safe as the United (. States. Thrift stamps can only be re- s deemed in war savings stamps. The latter can be redeemed at any time (. before maturity at the rate of 3 per \\ cent. H . A WITHIN THE TOWN ? Tim iirnlpnctoil meeting at the " Oliarlotte Street Baptist church, which ^ hail been In progress for a week, came Jj to a close Sunday morning. There were several accessions to the churcli (* membership as a result of the ser- n vices. tc ? Mr. H. K. Neil, manager of the Yorkvllle Cotton oil company, which L furnishes ice for the toyrn, said a few J.'-1 days ago that the icc situation is ^ growing serious. The military can- j, tonments, he said, have greatly in- In creased the demand and there has been jp but small Increase in the supply. j4 ? In connection with the flag-prcsen- J| tation exercises before the courthouse ? last Sunday night, Hcv. Dr. K. K. Oil- at lespie announced that there would be la a monster patriotic rally at the county ^ seat on July 4. This is in obedience to a suggestion from the national coun- H ell of defense. He stated that it Is de- ^ sirable that the whole county partlci- ^ pate as a county; but in any event hi the rally will be held at the time and place named. ? The eclipse of the sun was the big show throughout this section last Saturday evening. Hundreds of people J" |? viewed it through smoked glass and all with much interest. The eclipse v| commenced here close to half past six in o'clock and lasted ubout an. hour. There was a noticeable shadow over ** everything; but It lacked a great deal of bringing total darkness. The line l(, oi otality passed across the continent tn from the northwest to the southeast, striking Portland. Oregon, at 2.45 p. or m.. and piissing out over Jacksonville, Fla., shortly after 7 o'clock. j., w FIVE DOLLARS AND OVER It has developed that through one ^ cause and another there are still quite a number of subscriptions of and M over, made during the recent war fund ar drive of the Red Cross that have not been previously acknowledged. Our <{j offer to acknowledge these subscriptions in this column still holds good tn for the next week or two, during ,>e which we jfbggeat that subscribers whose names have been omitted re- N*. port the matter to Chairman W. T. ca Beamguard of the Clover district and H! or to Chairman J. A. Marion of the irkville district. We ask, however, te; it there be no reports direct to us, lo" r the reason that we have nothing m, do with the matter other than to knowledge such subscriptions as may y, transmitted to us through proper m* thority. vil The following previously unacou 1 edged subscriptions have been , orted by Chairman Marion: ,' ilrs. Elite Myers, 120: Miss Calls Myers, ; Miss Mary Jo Dickson. $5; J. S. Wil son ; Mrs. J. S. Wilkerson, 115; T. W. ikersou, <lu; J. Mason Wilkerson, $5; S. j| Wilkerson. <5; Mrs. S. C. Wilkerson, <5: C. y, Kirby and wife, $5; J. M. McGill, $5; J. Smith and wife, <lo; J. W. Leech and re. <10; W. M. White. 15; J. J. Hood, $5; ?* belle Smith, <5; J. L. Plaxico. 15; Bank .In Hickory Grove, <-'5 ; J. N. McGill. 15; N. of McDill llo; Mrs. N. M. McDili, <5; J. w, McDill, to; Mrs. B. G. Pressly, <5; Kev. G. l'ressly, <5; Dr. W. A. Hood and fanii<15; F. T. McGill <5; W. i\ Whisonant, C< ; Mrs. Emma McGill, to; J. M. and C. K. sc Gill. <5; M. M. Mcknight, <5; W. F. Mc- ill II, <10; J. P. Allison, <5; Wilkerson Bros., i; K. A. Foster, <5; Mrs. Carrie Watson, ; W. T. Dowdle, <5; Misses Eula and Lena sl ilkerson, <10; Hopewell School (play), <11.- 1,1 ; W. M. 1'cnderKrass. <5; John Horton. <5: V ill Bobbins. <5; J. H. (juinn. <5; W. W. sties, <5; Miss Edith McGill, <5; J. E. , , OK'ihns, <5; Mrs. B. N. Miller. <5; Dr. B. . Miller <10; T. E. Whitesides, <5; D. D. " riirht. <5; H. L. Byers, <5; Saye Kamsey, ; L. J. Writiht, <5; E. T. Watson. <5; J. M irdin, <5: U. M. Burgess, <5; Jelf D. White- ;,i les, <5; J. B. Whitesides. <5; Mrs. L. Belle f. Iisun. |1U; Mis* Llbbie tJyers, #o; jonn a. , HJill, jr.: R. B. Motley. $5; W. S. WilrjMin. $51 ; W. B. Wilkcraon, IS; Mr?. W. Wilkerxm. In; J. Buice. 15; R. A. Brown, al ; Rev. Elzie Myers. $20; Mrs. W.^. Good. 15. Miss Georgia W. Witherspoon. IS; W. M. f;l .'Lend. IS; J. L. Moss. 125; Mrs. R. R. Love, v I); Miss Mary Moss. $25; Mrs. J. L. Moss. ; J. C. Burite, 15; R. E. McFarland. $10; II. Dickson. $5; A. E. Burns, $5: Hugh J. ill no. $5; Jno. G. Love. $5; B. F. Laney. $5; (' ill McDuniel. $5; H. B. McDaniel $5; HowJ Elliott. $5; J. Warren Moore. $5: Dr. W. aj Whitesiiles. $10; Mrs. W. C. Whitesides. I). T C PRESENTATION OF FLAGS .It The presentation of a regulation ^ in of the I'nlted States and a service H tg with SI stars, to the town of A nrkvtlle through the Women's Poun- '' I of I>efenso was the occasion of an teresting and Impressive demonstrami before the courthouse last Sun- e< ty night. ol The gathering was one of the largtt Ihtit has been seen In the town for j, ars. There were large numbers tl ' people from the surrounding cuun- ?" y over t^ distance of many miles, and seemed tlint the residents were prosit almost to every man, woman and j, lib). The participants certainly did i; hi number less than two thousand, * i>l an ac tual count may have shown . le total number to be three thousand * r more. The exercises were in the nature of " union service, partly religious xmd iiircly patriotic. Kev. Dr. E. E. Gil- ' spie presided, and the exercises were M pencil by the singing of "Onward ' hristian Soldiers," lead by Prof. D. ? . Itamlio. Itev. B. H. Waugh offered h raycr, Itev. T. T. Walsh read the r [-riptural lesson, sifter which the as- s' mlila^c sang the star Spangled Han- h r. and Itev. J. K. .MahatTey dellv- a red a patriotic address. Itev. J. Ib sites presented the Hag of the United ii Sates sind itev. Dr. E. E. Gillespie r resented the service flag. Both tlags n ere received in behalf of the town s y Msi.vnr Wilborn, sifter which the sis- v mbluge sang, "Ameriea" and "God f eve tiur Men," and Kev. T. T. Walsh l< ronounced the benediction. r Itev. Mr. MahatTey represented c merica's participation in the war as b urely a matter of principle to uphold h le right as against the wrong for il ghtoousness against sin. While he r ouli] not be understood as asserting ti lat tlie American people were all s ure and upright, he did assert with- t it reservation that the American iuse, judged by the standards of the ford of God, is just and right. He escribed America as having been set side by God from the beginning of | me as the one country in which He u ould develop a people who would I land for His truth,and righteousness, s ltd ifpjisserted hl? belief that Qod la _t ow iisiitg'VJit.H tfiV*salva-fe ? 0 fWa I t on of the worm, in pruui vi >* ? . urity of America's motive he pointed J at how we pledged our every dollar ul every life with the sacred promise | ; to retiuirc in compensation of our p forts one single thing beyond the es- p ililishinent of liberty and justice < lronghout the world. o In presenting the Hag of the United s tales. Kev. J. I*. Oates described the ti tars and Stripes as standing for high- r r and more glorious ideals than any v I her Hag on earth, and the only thing nit will be put above it was the ban- p or of the kingdom of Gocf. t Kev. I>r. (Jillespie described the o Service Hag" as a development of the x resent war. having its origin with a s tan in Ohio, who hit upon the idea s f white stars in a blue Held bordered v it ti red to commemorate his two d his gone to the front. He stated that e > far eighty-one men had gone into n ie service from this municipality?6k n hites and l.'i blacks, and read the list t< i full. Mayor Wilborn received the flags in i< idinlf of the town, with appropriate .1 ma rks. o Dr. (Jillespie announced that the a hited States Hag had been donated to p ie Council of Defense by Mrs. J. K. c annon and the Service flag by Mrs. s , M. Me.Veel. s The list is as follows: e Whites?Jno. Jenkins. W. W. I^ewls, s co..W. Williams. T.' S. Bratton. Ceo. h i'alker. I'erry Ashe. Jeffries Ashe, J. Ii . Allison. It. (Jlenn Allison. Itobert It, t llcin. Ilcnning K. Adiekes, (J. I'erey erry. Holly H. Barron. Walter T. 1 a iron, Renjainin I'. Barron. I'a ul It. .1 ration, Ceorgo ('. Cartwrlght. Thos p . Cart Wright. Brainard M. Dobson. J. p lillcr Drakeforil, ('has. lirison Klliott, p is. Knox Kwnrt. D Edr/nrd l-'inb v. p A Cist Flnley. Jas. I>. Cr'st. I .owls M. p rist. Itoht. H. Clenn. \V. Lee Hart, n arl II. Hart, Jos. ph K. Hart. Oliverlj art. Arthur T. H?rt. Philip W. Hun- ,1 r. Newton M. Hagans. Jno. Ft. l<o- v in. Jr.. J. It. Llndsey. Jr.. Itobert t ynch. S. Job l^a ugh ridge. Bratton ti owry, J. Wallace Mai shall. W. Iterr McCleave. Hal Mael orell. W. Bed- ? >rd Moore, Jr.. Jesse Martin, IJndsay v llskelly, Frank Ervin Moore. Itobert nkins Moitow, Joseph Nichols. Co- f) unbus B. Nivens, Roy I'hilips, Oscar s lexico, Callle IMaxeo. Is-on I'laxeo. hos. W. Qninn, A. Knox (Jiiinn. Jas. j. Quinn. Newton Frani.lin (juinn. Lu- p icr Franklin yii"i>n, .ini;o nooinson. ohert Sandifer. Campbell Sandifer. v unno Thomas. John Jackson Thorn- j, ?son, Oanson Williams, Geo. I.. Wal- t cc. E. M. Stoll. P. Pare White, .las. 8 oltert Wilson, Fred Ware, William T. oore, Jr. w Negroes?James Guthrie, Arthur ill. James Pierce. Charlie G. Sandi- . r. rtobt. r>. Wright (dc-eased). Paul ' 'right. John Walker, Joe Walker, am Woods. J. C. Gray. Iteuben Ranked. Wince Simpson. Eugene Sandl- ? r, Tom Coin. y ABOUT PEOPLE ' a Mrs. Joseph P. Brown of Anderson. t. visiting her mother, Mrs. P. E. Fin- t.( y, in Yorkville. j. Miss Annie Ashe of Spartanburg, is s siting her mother. Mrs. J. R. Ashe, tl i Yorkville. n Mrs. S. M. MacFie an?1 children of '' revard. N. C.. are visiting Mrs. J. R. she in Yorkville. Ii Miss Frances Adickes, who has hern aching school at Camden, has re- j' irned to her home in Yorkville. r Capt. Joseph E. Hart, casual hat tali- jj ). Camp Sevier, spent Sunday with .. s family in Yorkville. i, Mrs. W. B. Steele and Miss Rosa ti eele are spending several weeks h ith relatives near Greenwood. ol Mrs. J. S. James and family of York- ! lie. have gone to Galax, Va., where II ey will spend the summer. v Mrs. William Ashe and little son of ** cConnellsvllle. are visiting relatives id friends in Chester county. Messrs. A. J. Qulnn. Albert Quinn. R. P Gove and O. A. Neil of Clover, spent inday at Camp Jackson. Columbia. 'a Prof. R. J. Herndon of Yorkville. Is lining a cornet band of sixteen mem- ^ rs at the Baldwin mill, in Chester. Sergeant Glenn Williamson. Q. M. C. m A.. Camp Sevier, has returned to jp mp after a visit to relatives in Rock ol ill. 0I Miss Olive Smith, who has l?een w ichinp at Radford. Va., has returned her home in Yorkvtlle for the sutner. Lieut. Gist Flnley of Newport News. ?.. is spending several days with his other. Mrs. I>. K. Kinley. in Yorklie. -The Woman's college of Greenvt'le osed its 1917-191$ session last Tu?sy night with a graduating class of t>. Mr.'and Mrs. Henry Massey of Rock ill. and Miss Klizalieth Wllborn of orkville. left last week to spend me time in St. I-ouis. Mo. Sergeant Ghoate yjiiinn of t'ainp ickson. spent Sunday with the family his father. Mr. Felix (Juinu. in the ithany section. Friends of i'vt. Robert Qninn. 13th 156th depot brigade, Gamp Jackm. will resrret to learn that he Is now at the base hospital at the camp. Misses Frances and Isabel WitherHH>n of GafTney. visited their grandother. Mrs. J. H. Wltherspoon, in orkville last week. William I). Glenn, who has Wen atnding Krskine college at Hue West tring the past year has returned to s home in Yorkville for the summer. Miss Florence Cody, who has liecn I the Fennell infirmary. Rock Hill, traitm*nt. has returned to horj unto In Yorkville. Corporal Leo Mi-Carter, 317th field tlllery, Cain}) Jnokson. s|?iit Satur j and Sunday with the family o- his it her. Mr. Mack McCarter on Clovi r o. 4. Mrs. J. It. lVns of Clover, who un[>rwent a serious operation Jft the ity hospital in Gastonia, has returnI to her home and is getting along ? w? II as could lie expected. Lieutenants Robert J. Lindsay and homas K. Cart wright. 322nd infantry, amp Sevier. Greenville, sfient Saturly and Sunday with their parents in orkvllle. Henry Hrown. who has been in the nploy of the Southern Power Co.. in shevllle. X. C? and vicinity, for some lite |wist. is visiting relatives in Yorkille anil vicinity. Karl P. Steele and Thomas Mcllle eely of Lock Hill, were commisslonI as second lieutenants at the third Hirers' training school at Camp Jack>n, which closed last Friday morning. Hlakeley Plexlco. son of Mr. M. K. lexico of Yorkville. is a member of ie fourth engineers at a military imp in Virginia, near Alexandria, and as lieen promoted to the rank of table sergeant. A. Carroll Grist of Atlanta, is spendig a few days in Yorkville with the imily of liis mother. Mrs. <i. K. Grist. Ir. Grist has received a commission in ie aviation branch 01 mr i um-u tates army ami exts-ets lo leave tolorrow for Austin. Texas. to enter upn his tint ion in tin- flying service. Mr. J. It. Plaxco has a letter from Is son. John Plaxco. In Prance, ith Co. It. 117th Kngineers. The letL>r is dated May 21. Tne letter deals lainly with personal art airs, but con'nins some references to life on the rout. For one thing the young man eems to he a little dissatistteij because ie is too far behind the front lines, ml he don't like the idea of having o dodge- German shells without havrig an opportunity to shoot back. He emarks that a "straw lid" would be nore comfortable than his "steel Steton," but admits that there are times rhen the steel Stetson is more comortable. He tells of an incident not ung ago when his company had to un away from the dinner table heause of a shower of German shells; lit everybody took the incident in the icst of good humor, laughing and Jokng until the firing was over, and then eturning to "grub." 'There was not nuch damage," he says, "except a few cratches, some spilled soup and scatered mess kits." HERE AND THERE Kyle I.ove, son of Mr. and Mrs. It. t. l/>ve of Yorkvillo No. 3. who is with n infantry regiment at Camp Sevier, ireenville, has been commissioned a econd lieutenant of infantry, l.ieiienant I-ove mfiifhot?-Vftrk ounTj' -hoys who attended the third raining camp for officers at Camp ackson. York county friends of ('apt. K. \V. ressly, chief of the medical service, use hospital. Camp Sevier, will be Lnerested to learn that he has been rcomniended for promotion to the otllec f major and has received his comniision. Kntering the service last Sepnnber. Major Pressly's rise has lieen apid and a fitting tribute to his forth as a medical ottlcer. McConnellsville is-ople, ever among he first in York county in every pariotic endeavor, are contemplating the rganization of ii company of home ,,.....iu in Un, pummiinitv. The tiroisi it ion has not assumed nny tangible hape as yet: but in all probability rill witbin a few days. The greatest rawback to the proposal Is the dittlnlty in organizing because of lack of ten since so many from the McC'onellsville community have gone away a go into the army. First Class Seaman Ferry Ashe, who * visiting his mother. Mrs. John I!, kshe in Yorkville. has already made ne voyage across the Atlantic and for ught he knows may make another iretty soon. He has been in the medial service a little over a year and his hip has acted as convoy over. He pent several days in Ixindon and l.ivr|K?ol while on the other side, and he ays that commerce and industry, ustlc and bustle are going on in the >ig Knglish cities just the same as hough there was no war in progress. York county friends of Lieut. It. Ilenn Allison, son of Mrs. Nannie (>. dlison of Yorkville, will lie interested o learn that he is now attached to a inse hospital in I'aris. Mrs. Allison ad a letter from Dr. Allison last week 11 which he made known his present 'S'j.tion. In his letter he spoke of enen> air raids, etc.. over the city of 'aris; but left the impression that they id not amount to a great deal and .'ere little feared by the population of he great French capital and the miliary authorities there. Lieut. J. \V. Anderson, formerly rincipal of the MeConnellxvillc school. rho is now with Cienciai rersmngs ru-ccs In Franco, i.s getting along Icely nn<l is in the l>ost of health ami pirits. Relatives and friends in the IcConnellsville sort ion received letters rom him last week. the letters having een written al<out the middle of May. Tell mo news of the war when you rrito," he said in one letter. "We ardly ever hear a thin? bcarinR on he |>roRress of the war over on tills ide." MP. W. K. Ashe of McConnellsville. ho spent several days in Chester ounty recently, said that the Rreat ail storm through the (treat Kalis eetion last Monday aftenioon, was ne of the most destructive and the ridest In scope that has visited that m:ntry In years. More than 600 rlndow lights In the Republic Cotton lills at tireat Kails were broken out y the hall, hundreds of acres of cotton nd corn were ruined, hundreds of htckens and birds and even a few ows wore killed. "A well known mlniter told me." he suid, "that the halltones split many of the shingbs on he roof of his house, causing the oof to b*ak badly. Now. mind you, a reacher told me that." Charles Herndon. well known negro arber and leather worker of Yorkvllle. > anxious to join the army. Despite he fact that he Is 54 years of age he i anxious to get into the military serIce and is very determined to do so ' there is any chance. Despite his 54 ears. Charlie Insists that he is as trong and healthy as he was fifteen or (venty years back and judging from is appearance he is. He is anxious to litaln employment in the army as a ather worker, though he wants to enat no matter In what branch of serice he might be placed. Interested arties have written the adjutant genral of the army in Washington to find Lit whether or not he can arrange a lace for Charlie. Dave Cameron of Yorkville No. J, st week received a letter from his rother, John Cameron, who is with i American flying unit in France. "I in't tell you much about the war," rites John, "because I don't know uch except that our boys ore fighting ke the dickens and are going to keep i doing It until they are in Berlin and ? the other side of there too. If they ant to go." In his letter he related interesting experiences of his which occurred some time a fen while on some military mission. He was riding- a motorcycle along a road, he said, and chanced to look overhead he saw an allied aviator in conilgrt with a Han lller. The exchange of shots Istween the opponents was thi-k and fast and the danger of a stra <ot getting him on his motorcycle . ,iow, was great. "I was glad to get out of that danger zone, allright." he stiid. He did not tell how tiie battle cattle out. "Tins life over here is a man's job. allright." says voung Cameron in his letter. "Hut it is a great life." They were railroaders?one a conductor and the other a baggageman? |and were discussing the new passenger | rates. The baggageman remarked that he hadn't looked over the new reguI 1.1,1 r,? Muitiwised that Director icucral McAdoo hud gotten things just about right. anil that if he hadn't he, the baggageman, would tell Mr. MeAdoo to correct the rate* and reflations and >r? t them right quick. "There is only one thing 1 ask." said Baggage. "and that Is that all bicycles be charged an excess of and drummers w ho carry six or eight big trunks for advertising purposes be charged a cent a pound excess." "Well, it looks all right to n?e." said I'oiniuctor. "The only changes I would make, so far as I see now. would be to make the excess fare for boarding a train without a ticket, not less than 50 cents tlat, instead of half a ct lit a mile for the distance traveled, and then .1 would like to see a charge of $5 put on every lady's hat box that is carried into a passenger car. outside of that. I guess everything will be all right." LOCAL LACONICS Sent to Sevier. l.csslie Hood. colored, has been sent to ('amp Sevier. tSreenville, by the local board for the western district nt York county. Hosiery Mill for Rock Hill. .MacbiiK ry for the plant of the Liberty Hosieri company of Itock 11 ill. is now being installed, and it is ho|*-d to have Hie new knitting mill in operandi wit bin a short Unit-. Charged With Storebreaking. Henry MotTitt. a negro, has been J committed to jail by Magistrate (tlcnn " of Kbenczer, on the charge of housebreaking ami larceny. The negro Is alleged lo have broken into and robbed Matthews'* store .at Kbenczer several 1111' 111 11?lh". Red Cross Shipment. Tin- Clover chapter of the lliil i'iiw* on I;imI Fridfly shipped ;i box iif lii'n cot I on icnts to tin- central headquarters in Atlanta. This is the chapter's regular monthly allotment. In addilion to the allotment the chapter shipped during the previous week r?s pairs of socks ami nlsuit twenty sweaters. Found Physically Unfit. Five of the thirty-three young select men n*centlj sent to Camp Jackson from the western district of York county, ha\e heen found to physically unfit for military service, billowing examination at thocainp, and have I returned home. They arc Albert Carl Moose. I'aul I .ester Marshaw, Thaddeiis J. Clinton, Arhe Shackleford and I'cter rurcell. Misdirected Patriotism. Otis Davis, a negro hoy, being too young t" enter the military service of iiis country, and cherishIiik in his heart a ureal desire to do a hit to\4prd winning the war in some way. is allotted to have walked away with a suitcase from the Southern de|Mit in I lock Hill a couple of weeks or so ago. The suitcase was the property of a business woman who was in Itock Hill for a short stay and among other things it included $ '>' (? worth of Liberty bonds. Otis and the suitcase and the bonds were arrested June t. and the boy is now in the county jail here awaiting trial on the charge of housebreaking and larceny. Stevenson Tells It To Them?Speaking in the house last Friday, Keprcscn lillH I1 Wffl nouneed as untrue statements that cotton producers of the south are est aping taxation "because of influence in congress." Mr. Stevenson took a recent editorial in a Washington ncws|>apcr, which charged the cotton growers are not isiying their just isution of taxes, as Iiis text, and told the house that Wall street s|m'cutators would be pleased to see an overbalance of cotton on the market which would reduce the price of raw material and add to the profits of the manufacturers of materials from raw cotton. "The embargo rin shipments of cotton on railroads was followed by the calling of all loans on cotton by the banks," Mr. Stevenson said. "Cotton is becoming more valuable and the only reason for a desire to call the loans is to force a gullielcnt amount on the market to depress the price, which can only add to the .too per cent iirolit : 1 ready ln-intr made l?y the manufacturers. "The statement that cotton farmers esea|?e taxation lieeause of their "Intliienee in congress' is not true, it it means they are not burdened with war taxes. If the Wall street gentry desire that a specific tax lie levied on inch pound of cotton, on each bushel of wheat and on each yard of cloth, they would put these people in a different class and tax them specifically. That would be a |s>or return for the patriotism which they show in endeavoring to produce the things which the government says are necessary to win the war." Mr. Stevenson called attention to figures showing the cotton growers produced from August 1. to April 30. last, cotton seed meal to the extent of 1,'J 12,1105 tons and 'refined oil to the extent of 1,007,997.1 US pounds. Americana Awaiting Attack.?While the Americans in the Montdldler region of the new German assault had been subjected to heavy bombardment, no infantry attack had develo|s-d against them in the first phase of this new battle up to Sunday night. The Americans are waiting and ready for whatever may happen. They will resist to the utmost. After a night made red by the crashing guns, it was expected that the shock might come Monday morning at daylight, but apparently the Germans spread their shells over a considerably wider front than that attacked by the infantry. % SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS g ? William Cutler was killed bv 9 lightning in Charleston Friday afternoon. ? Clarence McColl has been appointed auditor of Darlington county, vice S. A. Hatched, resigned. ? Coritorol Thomas Muggins. Klloree, S. C., with the American forces In France, died last week of disease. ? ('apt. John Q. McManus, a Confederate veteran, of the Antloch section of I.mcaster county, died at his home last Friday. ? H. A. Wharton, formerly deputy fire insurance commissioner of South Carolina, died at his home at Cross Hill, Laurens county, Saturday. Th? Uniilk C.. 1 1 ' .... .-vi.... v.utI/mm ikiiuui lor mi' deaf, dumb and blind at Cedar Springs, Spartanburg county, closed its session Friday. There were six graduates. ? John W. J-angford of Union, hast been reported by Gen. Pershing as having been killed in action, and Dozier Wren and Abraham Stewart of Georgetown, are reported as having died of wounds. ? Private William D. Uoof, company H. Fifty-third pioneers, died of appendicitis Friduy morning at the Itase hospital at Camp Wadsworth. Prifbte Roors home was in Chester. ? Horace I* Bomar of Spartanburg, and David B. Traxler of Greenville, will oppose Sam J. Nicholls for reelection to congress from the Fourth South Carolina district. ? Mrs. Maud McLure of Chester, has received news that her son, Captain Thomas McLure has been Injured In France, having been hit by a Hun bullet. The extent of the injury is un- ^ known. ?fj. Crim Nixon, formerly assistant city clerk of Columbia, who is alleged to have defaulted with $19,129.51 of the city funds, has been arrested in Jacksonville. Fla. He was discovered In a military camp.