Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Straps and j?art$. .. ?' ,i,. - M, ? Major Malolm Marion of Chest?*r, who lo?t hix commission in the army some time ago when it was tlis- ->? covered that South Carolina had >> more than her share of commissions M? in the judge advocate's department, _ has heen iclnstated with the commission ot captain. He will he assigned 71 to the command of a company ot the line. ? A call tor 1,5-11 white selectmen and 1.0'JU negroes has been sent out Ei l?> (.'apt. It. K. Caj-wile, otllcer in charge ot the selective service lobulations in South Caiolina. The white men are to entrain during a a-day period beginning Jul> 15 and the negioe.s during a a-day period beginning 4 Jul> 10. The white men go to Camp ^ Wads worth, at Spartanburg, while the negroes come to Camp Jackson at Co- M I umbra. S ? Alexander K< ii nsky, former ciu- -j Vinluiial premier ol itussia, has ai-| ? rived in l*ondon. loiimr Premier | Kt-n nnKy is on his way to America. I !! ' ri-ui'hi'il iamdon incognito tour I (lays ago. Since tlicn lie lias moved | about quietly, though busily, contei1 ring wltli pioiiuiieiit itussiaiis in Kng- I land over the necessity ot Kntontoj allied assistance in itussia. Kerensky | ' expects to go to America in a week | "i or ten days. Kx-I'reimcr Kerensky has I of been in lAiiidon tor several days. 1114 .| has kept in retirement, however, and J tew Itussiaiis have been aware ol Ills I airival. Ills health is bad and thosi I who have seen him say he has gone I p| through remarkable adventures in cs-1 ri raping from Itussia and in his jour- | II" ) to Kliglalld. The presence Ol .M. I Kerensky in l>oiiooii, ol course, is I m known to the llritish go.ei nnieiit us I it is impossible under the present I strict pass|s>rl regulations lor any I alien to enter the country without thcl'" goverunient knowing ol it. lot ? A special correspondent of thel<> Philadelphia ledger, tells a story of aim private from Creek, Tenn., who is ln|,.( France with the Americans. This fel-l low was somewhat of a squirrel hunter |;" In his Tennessee home an<l could pickl" them off with a rille bullet through thels, eye at almost every shot. During a I recent attack by Americans on Hill J 1IU, ids captain had sent out two I separate details of three >ik-ii I'I each, to "get" two Hun machine gunsl i( Out were Hanking the American posi-1 (|| lions. All tW?|\4* 11)4*11 (it l III- | WO ?|?tails were either killed or woundeil. 1' Thin Tennesseean begged to try his lit hand and wanted to go alone. His captain told him to go to it and wished u linn litek. The private wriggled away through the grass and crawling up the :i1 Hide of-the hill got in a position that in suited him and began (licking off tlx ,, "s?iuirrels" at the machine guns one at a time. It wasn't long before the 11 Americans had the suns. ? The first transatlantic journey through the air to furnish what it calls vi a scini-dirigihlc instead of an Kuglisli ,, enghied airplane, neeording to the latest (dans under consideration, says a " Washington dispatch. The new emit o has heeu ufferiil l?y a middle west r, cor|M>ration, wiiidi agrees to furnish . whiit the.v call u semi-dirigilde that * will surimss the Zeppelin In size, '*< speed, carrying capacity and general ti serviceability. All details ol the w sti(M i-alrship are guarded, ln-eause if it does anything like what its invent- 11 ors claim it will he a tremendous war II machine. They promise a speed of s, "o to loo miles an hour and a carrying capacity of six men and thirty ' tons of cargo, and say they* are aide 'I to exceed these specitications. They - say they will use tin* route, not curing us much about the uncertainty of weather conditions as the airship folks. (Sen. Hrancker in t; his suggestion of an over-ocean air- w ship fllglit adopted the rout via the Azores and Portugal. These tsople say they will make Ixmdon liy direct '*i flight and that they will deliver let- nt ters in the Knglish capital in fourteen |.< hours and have thein in the hands of . the men in the trenches thirty hours after they are mulled In New York. I'" ? Ill S-epeScKA? th" houae of com- F mons on Monday, "Premier "LidytfTsi Oeorgo said. "Enough Americans j( have arrived to satisfy the Allies and to dlsnp|K>int and ultimately defeat 1,1 our foes. The number arriving since at March SI, has been morv than satis- rj factory. It is an amazing piece of . organization which has enabled the bringing of such vast numbers of ni first rate American troops to France." v; ? President Wilson will deliver a Fourth of July address at Mount Vernon. Vu.. in connection with a " celebration In which representatives of tl all allied nations will participate. Ar- ( ; rangciucnts have been nuide for im- S( posing international ceremonies at Washington's tomb as a part of the programme for making Independence f? day this year the most memorable in |? history. In oiticlal and diplomatic <1 liar ters th- president's address is 1,1 awaited with profound interest as it tl Is believed he will take occasion to p; make some important pronouncements w concerning war problems. Foreign born citizens through their national a: associations and societies have made oi elalsirate plans for celebrating the ;l| Fourth, and at their request the prcsi- .. dent has called u|K>n the nation to join with them in observing the day as it ui never lias been observed before. n ? Regulations for carrying out the in new restrictions upon sugar consump- ? tion by commercial users, etTective on July I, were made public Wednesday by the food administration. The new restrictions it has been announced, will M apportion the l,t>U0,000 tons of sugar tii in sight for the six months l>cginning July 1 on the basis of three pounds per ' capita per month in order to supply " the needs of the allies and of the at American troops. The apportionment s< is about double inc cumcuiovo -no-- u ration of Kngland, France and Italy. Commercial users of sugar will receive their supply under a certificate system, ea No manufacturer, wholesaler or retail- tv er will be jiermitted to sell sugar to any one except householders unless a certificate issued by the local food adininistrator is presented. Retailers ar may sell not more than two pounds at tii one time to a town customer, nor five pounds at one time to a country cus- ';| tomer. Candy makers, soft drink and soda fountains, chewing gum, choco- st late, cocoa, tobacco, flavoring extracts. t>|| invert sugar, syrups, sweet pickles and wine manufacturers, etc., will be al- 4-0 lowed 60 per cent of their normal sup- va ply. Commercial eanners of vegeta- |j, bles. fruit und milk and manufactu- ,j( rers of medlcims, explosives ami glycerine will be allowed sufticient for ,'1 their necessary requirements. Hotels, la restaurants, clubs, dining curs and ull ^, public eating bouses who take care of . , 25 or more persons may purchase ." three pounds for each ninety meals in; served. Bakers will be allowed "0 per in cent of average amount used during |M, June. 1918. Any attempt to accumulute stocks prior to July 1 will be con- a strued as hoarding, the regulations ci; stated. va ? Announcement by (.ionerul IVyton ca C. March, chief of staff, that there arc ju, 12,000 marines in France, emphasizes again the fighting qualities of the members of this famous branch of the fit service. The "Iuiithornocks" or the MO "devil dogs" as the Hermans have lately termed them, have been In action many times since they arrived at the front line trenches and st; have rendered splendid accounts of jn! themselves. The only effect of their baptism of fire has been to give the outfit a new esprit de corps which be " ' - Thae I mi rivals anyinmg in n? n^iui <. .,? . .... haw a casualty list that totals 1.093. j0) which tncans that one out of every twelve marines has given blood for co the cause and that practically all IW have been up against the "real thins;." an Hut the outstanding feature of the . casually tlgurcs is the fact that a ' real, honest-to-goodness marine is as a" scare* in Germany today as a healthy so meal of corned beef and cabbage, and .,p this despite the fact that the enemy has concentrates! some of his best an troops time and again before lines th held by the marines for the sole pur- sh pose of taking prisoners. Under the j01 heading of "missing, including prison- . ers," there are two lone "I*>ather- ui' necks" listed, and their brethren at to home and no doubt abroad are at a loss to account for the fact that they were captured. They point .to the figure "two." however, with pride for <*c It shows what a match the average LI "soldier of the sea" is for his Hun adversary. Another feature of the first overseas outfit Is its health. Only al1 sixteen have died of disease. The th my ?-x petitionary for?*?s list 1,2W as n/f of out of O of 000 - ^ fl Still ,infith<.r font** or In thr* <"ir?c i* tbt- 5? tbo foot *hr%* ^ r?u?rb i.oM r?n?l HjtHn" In notion fbov f not rooVU'?w. Tho fj'mroc tnjBtlfr ' t onlv sir bavo hoop VUlrd in a*- * a ????????? ;i he \torhviUr (fnquircr. r? itered at the Postoffice at York aa 1 Mail Matter of the Second Claas. n a " FRIDAY. JUNE 28. 1918. t -I V Am the result ot Hen. Crowder's n classification order it is stated ' lat ii.lO.OOU men have h<< n taken out 1I<1<11<1I class' s an<l plan <1 in lass 1. II 1 ^ 1 <1 Not withstanding the decline of " easure and sight-seeing travel in Eu<pe. there are considerably more inericans over there this year than r iual. A French senator a few davs ago a a<l<- public tin- statement that tin posing armies are now ot al<out ( iual strength with virtually 7.t)hft.'MMt n '<11 a side. lie thought that tin intra I (towers may have tie- mlvant- ( ; to the extent o| several hundred ( lousand men hut that America will on overcome this advantage. ( 1 The ilictnm of the t'olnmhia State int whoever believes there was \ and in the primary is a tier- ( an, reminds us <>f the penalty of a taler that ilans Christen Anderson vs on those who are ilonhtlnl of his t dry tales. About the only reason j can assign for the State's anxictv nont this matter of belief in tin ( itegritv of the lltl'i primary, is that ? f ho|M-s to liandlc the itils pritttarx ( 1 the same manner. Mr. Ucnr fei? nrotptilful to Ml*. HoO r>r that the regulations with reference i ? the grinding of wheat, recently i?r??lulgated hy the food administration, , tight not to apply to the south. His . nanus are that the south, especially t ates like South t'arollnn. have no el- t tutors or other aiTangenients for | taking a commercial eonnnondity of j heat on a Ittrge scale, and conditions t i this section are so different from lose in the regular wheat growing ! elions. that rules that are pi rt'ectl* i roper in one ease are totally inadouate in the other case. f i One of the most surprising things | it It which we come into daily con- i ict in connection with the Knropan t ar is the general iguoranee with retnl to Hie fact that Ktigland is .. iking an> |?art. I'eoplo generally, or lost of tlie people seem to think, that I ngland is hardly doing anything and : te most that is heing tlone is hy the \ rench and Americans. Now. the i rcnch are not to be discounted in the c Ightest In this "thing. They hnvt" \ r>ne noldy and are still doing nobly; I lit those who discount Knglund's hicvcments are making a most se- ( oils mistake. Since the beginning of * ie war. Kngland has put nearly eight i lillion men into her armies and tin- \ V. and she shares an eipial number of ien and women working in the milItion factories and elsewhere behind lines. I'p t?? the present time. . ngland has actually lost on land and t a about i',5011,001) men. or about as , lany as the t'nited States has raised ( >r her armies up to this time. There : is never liri'ii any discount on the LChtini; qualities of tlu- Itritish and , icii' should lie no sucl) discount now j \cc|?t lor the Itritish the ticrtnans , oiild have wi|M'd out France lone :o, and except lor the intervention x America, the Itritisli would proli- ( d\ he \\i|M'd out I?v this time. I tut v tigland is still a tremendous factor ^ this wai and Americans have a irht to lie thankful that they are goe to have Itritish help for unite a hile yet. " ^ s At Itamlieic tie other day. Senator ' cl.'iuriii said: "I venture the asser- 1 mi that there is not a man in the ' ice for governor who can discuss ie oucstion of tinnnce intelligently 1 id I challenge him to do it." The 1 nator is exactly right ahout that. 'e doulit whether, exec pi Mr. Mc- ' uirin. there is a man in tin- race who 11 in tell off hand the difference hewn a legal tender note and a Fedal reserve note. Of course any of v icm can got the information later on id he pii pared to answer hv the a lie they net here. Hut it was heuse Senator Mcl-aurin understood 1 lance and only because lie underood finance, that lie was a hie to se- ' ire for the farmers who produce ittoil the henetit of the peculiarity " iluahle nualties that cotton has as a '' piid security, which valuahle quail's had hecn previously cnKiiiteil to c limit hy everyImhI.v except the rnier. It was also because of his s low ledge of finance that Mr. Mc- 'i uirin was able to reduce the rate of ' ? on his eotton. Th?' I'aot of tin- t isiiH-ss is tlmt Mr. Mol.nurin has nays boon a thorough-going linan- tl il ox|H*rt. fully a bio to tako a?l- ' ntago of over> o|>|H>rtunity that g mo his way in that lino, and what g is driving at now is to give to tho * ople of his stato generally tho Itono- g of sorno of tho advantages ho has a long enjoyed individually. o t< Tho uppermost problem with Allied g ttesmon now is tho solution of the a tor-allied iiolitical leadership as tho g tor-allied military leadership has si on solved. Tho Allies did not make ii uoh headway against Germany so v\ UK as the separate armies of each p untry were tiruler in<lo)>en<lent com- h *nd. There was no unity of effort ti d with Germany in a position to tl a) with them separately they were g I easy prey. It was President Wil- tl n who first proposed the putting of i? I Allied armies under one command n id who led the way by tendering a e American troops to the leader- n ip of General Koch. There was a u : of opposition in Kngland, but the b pa won for there was nothing else do. Now It is a question of one litical leadership, a lejulership that d n blaze the way and take binding b tion. This leadership lies between tl oyd George and Woodrow Wilson. T oyd George has the brains and the b ility but England cannot command q p fullest confidence of France and k I specially Russia. Xobody can do lat but Wood row Wilson and only he cause of the unselfish purpose with hich America entered the war. He ould i<?- in a position to send a 'hino>Japnnese army or a Japanese riny into Russia against the Germans. without in the least straining lo confidence of the Russians. The < riowli dged responsibility of Woodi>\\ Wilson would be a guarantee to ie Russians that the Japanese would ot undertake to hold any territorial dvantage that they might gain in Cussia. The most serious objection r> united leadership is assurance that l will not be continued alter the .ai', and tie re is reason to believe io\v that such a thing might be rought about. Messrs. I'aul C. WhitlocK. woru n. Vood and others interested in the use of" tin- lower grades of cotton have ion a victory, according to infonna- | ion received l>.v Senator Simmons tolav. Tlie cotton goods section of the tar industries hoard notified Mr. Sitnnons that it had recommended that lie army, navy and marine corps drop II stipulations as to grade of raw (tutorials. anil have stipulations Irawn solely on the results of the Inished articles, including cleanliness I fabric, ti nsile .strength and eon-1 (trneiion. ? Washington corres|>ondnce to Charlotte (thserver. For fear that we have not been nilieieiitly clear in what we have alead> said on the subject, we want to ay it again. Dispatches concerning this subject re being worded so as to convey the dea that there lias been a great vicor> for somebody, and as we sec it, t is a victory for n set of thieves. Daily in tin* game after the governni'iit be^an giving orders for immense liiantities of cotton goods. there was i stipulation that only the best grade if eolton should be used on governin nt orders. t if course that sounded good. Who vunts our soldiers lo have anything nit the Inst'.' Nobody. As tin* result of this policy, tin- derm nd of the spinners was for white -onon only, nml stained cotton was eaten down in price. It is a fact that some mills, unable o set white cotton at the moment aid white cotton prices for stains: at steadily and surely the price of stains went down several points a and under wldt< cotton, and sill the tains available were bought tip at the OW prices. While stains were being beaten low n in price tlie spinners worked linost entirely with their white colon. .and now sifter .all the stsiins have II bought up and the white cotton isis been consumed, the government s brought to otlicially acknowledge lint the stains are as good as any. This wsis true sill the time and nommIj knew it better than the spinier*. The whole thing looks like n careiiily thought out plsin to take the sinner's stained cotton at a reduced rice .and then after the cotton was n the hands of tin- spinners to get he best price for it. There is nothing wrong with the spinners getting the top of the mark t for goods made of stained cotton. localise these {roods are as pood as my; hat there is something wrong vith the manner in which the prolnccrs wore euchred out of their stain d cotton at a low price when that otton was as good as any of the est white cotton. If the farmers were to he htamed 'or the stained cotton there might he mine excuse; hut it was through no anil of the fanners that the cotton vas stained. Everybody Register. Mi 1'tiuse of the overshadowing im orlaniv of the war, there is less inerest in county (mlitics than has evt hi-en known, and the people need o he punched iip a little on the suliect. No. we have no s|H-cial candidates o elect, no axe trt" grind, no sellish merest in the matter or anything ol h<- kind. So far as we are concerned, we voiilil just as lief see a quiet eam aigii as any other kind, and whoever iliall he elected to any of tile ollices. ve shall accept the result without a iiiirmur. I tut let us remember that this tint > if nominating and electing otllcers is nmeihing we cannot neglect. It is he business of tin- whole |s-oph- ami t is desirable that the whole people larticipate. Only Democrats who shall have egistcred their names on the club oils will he allowed to vote in the iriinarx election: and whether those k-mocrnts are few or many they will nake the nominations. The dull roll hooks are now open t the various precinct clubs and they fill remain open until Tuesday, July ii, on which date they will he closed gainst further registration. No matter whether the voters are nterested in the situation or not. it s tlx- (liltV <>l ill! Ot llicm hi i|neti ? hemsolves to vote In the primaries. IVople who are indifferent now liny have occasion to regret that iniftVrenee. Washington In War Time. The spare avnilnhlc in the last isne of The Kmiuirer was hardly suficient tor all the oliservations nnd n press ions of the editor's recent trip a Washington and this is a conInnation of the story. It is pretty well understood that he president and all the public buildtgs ami other public places are uarded as they have never been I uardeil liefore. lint there is no! (Miial ostentation about any of this Harding. The passer-by the treasr> depiirtment sees no sign from the utside that there would lie anybody !> dispute his entrance. All the ates to the White House entrance re either locked or guarded. The uards are uniformed policemen, who land behind closed pates. The force 1 sipht would not be sufficient to ithstand a formidable rush; but the reliability is that ample precautions nve been taken apainst such a connpency. I walked ertTirely around ne White House prounds but did not o in. Visitors, however, can pet Into He butldinp without difficulty. There s a puard at the Washington monutent. Just what he is there for i m not sure: but I assume his busiess is to prevent cranks from writlg their names on the walls or possily from blowing it up. Before you can enter any of the epnrtmental buildings you've pot to e vouched for. It has always been Hat way to a greater or less extent, here are guards at the doors, polite; ut nevertheless firm. They make no uestion in the case of people they now; but people who are unknown must have proper credentials. In- J aide there are Intelligence bureaus, or at least people whose business it is to give any desired information. La The heads of departments are all 1 busy men: but not especially difficult pj of approach, by people who have le- 1 gitlmate business. The general rule j-J is service in the order of arrival and i business is transacted with celerity ^ and despatch. I 3 Just now the hotels of Washington are crowded as they have seldom been 1 crowded except on inauguration or *'j other big occasions. This is espeei- J ally true of the larger hotels to which Jn, strangers from a distance would feel < warranted in going alone. It frequent- L' ly happens that rooms arc not to be t had until after hours of waiting, and P'1 it is not uncommon for people to run | over to Baltimore forty miles away to < get accommodations for the night. I-'or an ordinary room in a first-class ho- J tel tlie charge is from three to four J dollars a day, and more desirable L. rooms art* much higher in price, i neani j it intimated once or twice, however, that there is more or less humbug about the scarcity of hotel aceommo- ' ilations; that the managers, like many K other jwople, have fallen to the pro- ! titeering spirit, and even when they have rooms to spare, they give waiting guests the impression of being f,? the subject of especial favors. As to how true this is i do not know; hut j?. I have known of such things. es ar tin my last previous visit to Wash- co ington, the city was pretty well I'lled ha with liquor saloons. These were to he |y i Mind on almost every block in the pi business part of town, and th'.y were ? putty well scattered about elsewhere. t.(| It is not that way now. Most of the jn drinking places have been changed to citing places. Hut the city is not dry m by a good deal. There is a good thai of tigering going on over the city, ^ especially in the hotels, practically all of them. The porters and bell hops w ill furnish liquor at from three to live dollars a pint, and beer at u do'- ar !ar a bottle. They get their supplies fl from Haltiinore; but it does not up- -p< pear that business is especially brisk if? The common testimony of residents is n< that there has never lieen so little iiri iking in Wasmtigton. It Is a rare thing to see a drunk man now, and b< the city is said to lie cleaner and bet- tfc tor than it has ever been. U| * * ' /? Hut the state of Virginia is not fool- * ing anybody in its efforts to enforce rfa the liquor laws. While sitting In the smoker of a I'ullmaii coming down from Washington last Saturday b night. I Ilea id that Virginia officers' J n_? |P W'ciV on un* mini ivvnni, un n. " "* [rfc. of every grip, not only in the l'ull-K mans hut In the day coaches. It was C . lated half a dozen grips were seiz-fft <1 because they shook as if they con-. 2 tained whisky. Investigation develop-: ed that the story was true. The oflieers remained on the train all the E way down to Danville, and took a: ^ number of grips over the vociferous ^ protests of the owners. I learned that iL this was a common thing, esiiecially |L on Saturday nights. The I'ullman t conductor told me that so far as he ^ knew no effort hnd ever been made to seize the grip of a passenger who Hj was going on through the state of E rg'.??, sHho?jflbJUi.-j:ii cers talk as If they have the right td ^ seize any liquor they might find In Virginia, and the probability Is that ? the matler-.will fully lie tested In the ^ courts. A passenger on the train snld ^ he knew of a case recently where an olflcer shook a grip, decided that there was liquor in It, hunted up the own- ^ or and demanded that he open It. The owner of the grip refused to do anything of the kind and defied the of- * litter to either break the lock or seize llie grip. The tetter did neither. There was quite a lot of feeling over ^ the matter among the passengers. Snme or them crew pretty hot. and . ' - ?... - yj others took It nil as something of a (| joke. U! * ... . . ui IToiu the general nppearance of g{ things, es|?oelally since Washington has gone dry and the government has realised that the liiiuor traffic is a *j source of danger and weakness In the w prosecution of the war, it would seem ^ that'old John 11arleycorn is ahout on his last legs. THE VICTORY ON THE PIAVE 11' at Big Fight Promises to be of Great Ad- '-l vantage to the Allies. Although Austria Is continuing her 'r efforts to make her people believe that her defeat on the Piave was really a ( victory, the allies generally are very ^ much pleased with the results of that rt, afTair. n( In the early stages of the offen- ((J sivo, the Austrians were suecessful in taking several mileB of Ital- ^ ian territory to the west of the Plave t1( river; but later the Italians pushed the Austrians back and not only recap- ^ tured the guns and munitions that had n( been taken: but recovered most of the w Italian prisoners. The reports from Rome Insist that the losses of the Austrluns in killed and wounded and prisoners were not less than 200.000, and Vienna claims p< that the Austrian losses amounted to . Se 150,000. The Austrian claims, how- aJ ever, are not taken seriously by the | Allies. th Dispatches of yesterday say that jn when the Italian troops penetrated j_j the former Austrian lines on the east j. bank of the Piave. they came upon D; thousands of naked Italian soldiers, ^ who had been trken prisoners by the t, Austrians, robbed of their clothing, H. and abandoned in the retreat J The tremendous sue.ess of the Ital- \y inns over the Austrians has brought \V into still more serious consideration & the question of a drive toward Vienna. There are many military experts who j. believe that if the allies will devote a J. major effort in this direction they will soon be able to put Austria out of the war and bring Russia back into it; but V. if these plans conform to the ideas of JGeneral Foch, no Intimation of the r. fact has yet been given out * J. The Austrians have been driven T. from the west bank of the Piave; but g" it is not understood that the Italians F< are continuing a general offensive on D. the east bank. r. E. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8 ? ? The campaign meeting for state j offices at Bamberg last Tuesday was jj too large for the courthouse and it r, had to be held in the open air. The attendance Is estimated at five hundred or more people. ? Major James Lide Coker, one of 1 the most prominent and useful citizens of South Carolina, died at his home in Hartsville, Darlington coun- >'e ty, last Tuesday, aged 82 years. Major ml Coker was a veteran of the Civil war. m. He built the town of Hartsville with schools, colleges, railroads and manufacturlng enterprise. ' ,QCAJU AFFAIRS. I NEW A0VERTI8EMENT8 m (Jul Savings Bulk?Points out the only ray in which you can cat ahead?{produce, unserve. cava. utical Statement?R. A. Cooper says he canl0: reduce taxes. and John L. McLaurin says ? can reduce them. ustein Bargain Houaa Says it U growing nid invitee attention to a variety of goods ind special prices. Men's blue a^jrta. 6vc Conneil Ury Goods Co.?Today opens up its mid-summer clearance sale, and invites .oU to take advantage of reduced prices. jj. Stroup?Talks about doUung for the i.sn who would be wail dressed. He has ne clothes for the man who would drees well, -st National Bank. Sharon?Urges you to iiuy War Savings stamps today and help tour boy and your country to beat the Hun. u. K. Logan, C. C. C. Tie.?Gives a notice nat should receive the attention of owners ,( any place of business other than corporaions, in Tork county. H. Grist's Sons?Will furnish millers' eerihcates at the prices quoted. Rnllor Mill. Knu-linir Gaeen?Suik lll?K?" " ?? <e?t? that you have your old wheat ground nto flour before new crop cornea in. E. Spencer. Attorney?la prepared to make arm loana on long terms, 3, 5. 7 or 1U years, II 6 per cent interest. T. Crawford. Chairman Board of EQualizaion?liivea official notice of increaaed as es?ment on York county lands. K. Williams. Probate Judge- Gives notice :hat Mrs. R. P. Jackson has applied for fetors of administration on estate of R. P. larkson. deceased. ir Theat.*?Today presents the "U. S. Cavil ry at Fo.*t Meyer," a drama and a comedy. Vengeance -nd the Woman" Saturday. J. Castles. Prop. -Opens the Piedmont Mineral Springs hotel on July 1st and invites he public patronage. Cottages for rent. The latest sugar regulation of the r.,l administration reduces the conniption to three jKiiinds |>er month r capita, find limits single purchasto two pounds for people in town id three pounds for jieople in the mntry. Con iters are allowed to ive 25 pounds per month per fami, the same to lie purchased on nlges of good faith. Acknowledgments are being recclvI for the cigarettes sent to soldiers France last fall. 1? M. flrist's >ns received two cards Wednesday orning, each acknowledging one of e kits of tobacco. One of the cards signed by Charlie L. Skinner, and ads as follows: "Thanks very much r cigarettes received through Amuan lied Cross. Am wounded and n being very well taken care of." h? nUii'f I? stiirncd liv Ktliel Kandle. istmarked at Paris, June 5, an?l ads as follows: "As flu- hoys are >t able to do so. 1 want to thank >u for these cigarettes, which are a al joy to the hoys. I am in a field ispital." The Enquirer is advised lat these cards have been showing 5 a few at a time during the juist w weeks. That is an important notice that lerk of the Court Jno. |{. I.ognn is ring to the owners of mercantile isiness and industrial enterprises toty. At the last session of the gener> assembly there was passed an act hlch has previously been noted in he Enquirer, requiring that the own or owners of all business enterpris in the state register with the clerk I the court the names of the contms under which they are doing isiness, and their own names. This spiles to mercantile establishments, ipair shops, barber shops, and everyling of that description. There is a gistratlon fee of one dollar to lie lid to the clerk. an<l failure to regter means severe penalties. The law >es into effect July 1. thirty day rule which provldfarmers could have ground A 'or ^elr own use no more jmsgrow fT wrmrr -xnan would "Tie quired for their families for a period F thirty days, has lieen suspended by ie food administration, and regulaons governing the grinding of wheat ?ve b^en laid down in a bulletin ist issued. I'nder the new regain ons, farmers a re permitted to draw telr year's supply of flour from the lilf or in exchange for their own heat, but for the present they must raw only for a three months' period, from the time of grinding to Oeto?r 1. They should not draw this otn mills in excess of twelve pounds ' flour per person |>er month for use ' their households and tenants, and ley should continue in respect to the ? of substitutes on the present basis iitil such a time as the general subitute programme for the whole umtry shall be changed. This means mply that farmers who have grown telr own wheat are expected to use heat substitute's, with wheat flour, ie same as heretofore. The wheat ills of South Carolina are being notied by the food administration of ie new regulations effective immediel.v. Mills must not grind for farm's more tlian enough wheat to supy the fanners themselves and their milies and tenants from the date of -hiding to October 1. The amount ound should be estimated upon the sis of twelve pounds per person r month. Under the new rules, in gard to wheat substitutes are ended, mills must not deliver any flour farmers unless they sign the pledge ird. agreeing to use one pound of ?ur substitutes for every pound of air used. Bakers, retailers and the neral public are not released from e regular programme, already anuinced by this new regulation, hieh applies only to farmers who ive grown their own wheat. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY The following venire of thirty-six tit Jurors was drawn yesterday * to rve during the second week of the iproaching term of circuit court, hich convenes on Monday, July 8. e Honorable Ernest Moore presid e, C. Gourley Bullock's Creek R. Barnwell York E. Fincher Catawba L. Hogue King's Mountain las. Ballard Catawba uman Youngblood York G. McMackln King's Mountain A. J. Campbell York E. Moore King's Mountain . A.*Stlnrs Catawba K. Lucas Catawba F. Black King's Mountain F. Phillips Fort Mill nlth Gordon Bethel E." Edwards Broad River \V. Summerland Catawba S. Glenn Bethel . R Keller York . D. McElroy York K. Plexleo Broad River F. Adklna York W. Lesslie Catawba P. Boyd Catawba J. Alexander Broad River N. Hogue ? Broad River N. Craig Ebenezer B. Collins Catawba >lix Robinson King's Mountain A 1 l.V.r-1 At, 11 C. Barnett Ebenezer A- Grant Bethesda M. Brlce York N. Stacy King's Moutaln S. McElroy York J. McClain King's Mountain 3race C. Thomasson King's Mt THE 8ELECTIVE LOTTERY The national lottery machine was t In motion again' in Washington sterday for the purpose of deterining the places of the 741,500 young sn of the United States who were gistered on June 5 In the draft There were only 1,200 numbers to be drawn yesterday against more . than ten thousand last year. 1 The first capsule was drawn by 1 secretary Baker. It contained No. J 246. Gen. Crowder drew the second j capsule and other dignitaries of his 1 ottice followed, after which the- re- J mainder of the capsules were drawn by a lady clerk in the office of Gen. Crowder. The number 24C docs not get anyIkmIv in York county as the York 1 county numbers do not run so high. . While it was attended by the same j ceremony, the drawing this >ear is i not fraught with the significance to i the nun affected ns was that last j year. The order in which the num- j hers are drawn simply determine the j relative position of the men at the j bottom of the class to which they will i be assigned under the classification j system after they return their qiies oil them. 0 However, young nun without dependents not engaged In an essential industry will he placed at the bottom of Class 1, ami as the men now in that class soon will be exhausted they undoubtedly will be called within a few months. Those placed In the deterred classes are not likely to be ' called nt all, certainly not for some J time, J ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. Robin Drem of Charlotte, is 1 visiting Miss Rita Wltherspoon in 1 Yorkvillc. 1 Miss Hleeker Beamguard of Clover, has gone to Chicago, where she is t-king a special course in music. Miss Catherine Walker of Roanoke, Va.. is the guest of Miss Margaret ? Kinley in Yorkvillc. > Mr. John White-sides of Sharon, has volunteered in the regular army and is now stationed at Port Thomas, t Ky. I Wardlaw Thomson, son of f. J. .? W. Thomson of Winthrop colli.,!-, is | now captain of a comjmny at Camp ? Sevier. Mr. John A. Dobson, formerly of * Yorkville, has volunteered in the coast f artillery and is now located at Camp | Johnson, near Jacksonville, Fla. ( Dr. W. M. Kennedy left yesterday for Columbia to attend the meeting of the State Dental association. He i expects to return tomorrow. j Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Byers of Sharon. | have announced the marriage of their daughter. Miss Klla Lee. to Mr. S. 1 Claude Iloiiiiicid on June jo. i invitations are out for the mar- i lingo of Alexander Pagan Manna, | formerly of York county, to Miss Sallie Sims, the ceremony to take place In Atlanta on July 10. Miss Kunice A. McConnell. formerly I of Yorkville, Imt for some years past 1 a resident of Kirmfngham, Ala., has ( answered the surgeon general's call for twenty-five thousand trained ' nurses. Miss McConnell Is a register- i ed graduate nurse of Itmg experience | and of the highest standing. .1. It. Cook, live-year-old son of J. S. Cook, who lives on the northern 1 (fitskirts of Yorkville, was hadly injured last Sunday by being kicked in the face by a mule. The little fel- , low's nose was broken as was also a cheek hone. He was taken to the IVnnell infirmary where the broken bones were set and the wound dressed. lie is getting along as well as could he expected: hut is still in a very bad way. YORK COUNTY MEN AT SEVIER Second Lieut. Lylcs Ijove, son of Mr. It. It. I<ove of Yorkville No. 3. who received a commission after attending the third ollicers' training camp at Camp Jackson, and who for several weeks past has been stationed at Camp Sevier, has been ordered to , Little Hock, Ark., for special instruction. " fiTST""fftff 6aulden, Wag- " oner Joe Kiddle and Private Campbell Sandifer, York county boys, who are members of Company "A," military police at Camp Sevier, have been spending the past week or ten days in target practice at the great rifle range within the confines of Camp Sevier. The period of practice for members of Company A, military police, was up Thursday and the men are again on their old beats looking after law and order at Sevier and the city of Greenville. Supply Sergeant Hamford Garrison, a native of the Philadelphia section of York county, who since last September, has been a member of the 323rd infantry, has recently been admitted to the fourth ofliccrs' training camp at Sevier. Sergeant Garrison is an old Cletnson college man and he therefore had much practical military experience before entering the army. That he will receive a commission as an otlicer in the urmy is assured. Sergeant W. T. Slaughter, llsth infantry. who lias been ill at the base hospital at Sevier during the past three months with pneumonia, jaundice and pretty nearly everything else in the medical lexicon, has been dismissed from the hospital nnd placed in the casual battalion at Sevier. He has been found to be unfit for service overseas and while he feels keen disappointment over the fact, still he is resigned to his luck. Sergt. Slaughter will in all probability be sent to a government hospital in New Mexico within a short while, in order to recupernte from the ravages that pneumonia made on his health. He is a son of Prof \V. T. Slaughter of Hickory Grove. Mr. Kclix McClain. a York county man, who for a numl>er of years was a resident of Clover, Is now employed in the ofllco of the constructing quartermaster at Sevier. Mr. McClain is contemplating moving his family to Greenville. They are now ; at Gastonin. First Lieut. Thomas \V. Huey of ' Hock Hill, who, since last fall, has 1 been stationed at Camp Jackson, Co- | lumbia. has been transferred to Camp Sevier. * Friends of Joo J. Enloe, a native of < York, who is well known over the , county, will be interested to learn that he Is now a "Y" worker at Sevier. He is in charge of a Y. M. C. A. 1 tent erected for the purpose of look- ing after the wants of negro troops | stationed at Camp Sevier. CHANGED TO CLASS 1. ( Pursuant to instructions from Gen. , Crowdor. the local boards have been ( making complete revisions of all the ( deferred classifications with a view , to getting back as many ns possible j of them into Class 1. Local Board ( No. 2 for York county, has swelled its ( class 1 list by 76 names as follows: , From Class 2 to Class 1. , "Order No. Name. . 77 Will Dunlap. 79 John Thad Howell. 149 Newton Whltener. I 190 Joseph Roberts. ] 214 Robert DeWitt Hambrlght. . 457 Waddell Rol?erts. 478 Theodore Ernest Sturgis. 512 Richard Lee Queen. I 684 Wylie Burris. 695 Ebenezer Berry Faulkner. 776 Sumter Hardin. ^ 838 Benjamin Hames. ( 895 William Witherspoon. 931 Willie Lee Stewart. 1127 John Gilbert. ? 1156 John Henry Bailey. \ 1186 Adam Minter. t izzn ?autf Aiiucrwu. 1326 Albert Williams. 1337 William Orr Sparrow. 1368 Jackson Hambrlght Hardin. 1410 George Oner Thomson. 1426 Clinton Burrls. 1456 William Ellas White. 1472 Duffle Wright 1493 Cleaches Austane Royster. 1496 Sam Collins. 1523 John Wilson. 1550 John McDaniel. 1553 John Love. 1586 Lennard Woods. 1537 Edward Home Shlllinglaw. 1597 Ben McCaw. 617 Monday Otis Latham. 643 Robert Meek Hope. . 711 Samuel Smith. 719 Peter Smith. 723 Walter Brown. 7S5 Joe Watson. , S48 Amzl Gaston. 892 John Richard Rrown. 1 CAO Waddell Roberts. c From Class 3 to Class 1. i 216 Freddie Clark Brandon. ) 229 Van Smith. , 417 Walter Anderson. 0"6 Henry Freeman. OSS Elijah Champion. ' 157 Frank Hardin. 1 225 William Paul Dunlap. ( 296 Harry Armstrong. 402 Brown Thomasson. 774 Alaska Alexander. 1 562 Joseph Campbell Warren. j 635 Roltert Glenn. --e V.I kionaom M3 1 turit?-tt Wiiiiains. sTS Thomas Arthur Nance. i From Class 4 to Class 1. 191 Moffatt Mason McKnijrht. 358 Benjamin ltrison. ! 3sS Jamii- Prank Ashe. , 48| Ernest Bozenian. 502 Davo Armstrong. 037 John Gray Bryan. 806 Albert Anderson. 876 Harris Bratton. 008 Robert P. Allen. 049 Tom Blair. 197 Noisy Burr is. 256 Bidie Alexander. 313 John Bratton. 461 George Btirris. 632 Alex Archie. ' 075 William I?eroy Adams. 835 Reginald Pant Bankhead. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Step up today and buy some war i." vings stamps. Kverybody should olp today to swell the list. ? It seems to us that if those ladles an afford to put in their time at that >ooth opposite the courthouse in the iale of stamps, the people can do no ess than buy some of those stamps. The ladies have so far sold close to 1500 worth of stamps and today they Might to run the figures up to $1,500. Hut these ladies cannot sell stamps inless the people will buy. ? A number of Yorkville ladles are i?rv much interested in the work that s being pushed by Miss Klizabeth 11. Kelly, umler the direction of the Chililren's Bureau at Washington, In the Interest of child welfare. Miss Kelly made an address here last week , and being a good speaker and thoroughly familiar with her subject, what she bad to say has appealed strongly to all Intelligent mothers who heard her br who heard of what she had to say. For a good many years past the government has been spending thousands of dollars In the conservation and Improvement of hog life, horse and mttle life, and indeed all kinds of domestic life having relation to material wealth; but it Is only just now beginning to give attention to the most Important of all?human life. It is a fact that as a rule the children of this country do not receive as much intelligent attention in Infancy and early childhood as do the colts, pigs and calves. They ..re loved, yes, but thut does not cover the case. What farmer is ?t that does not keep close watch on his young calves, pigs or even chickens, and try to remedy such obvious defects as will interfere with their proper development? And how many people are there who give almost no attention to the development of their children? It is common for parents, through ignorance, to leave defects of nose, throat, eyes, ears, fha* ""WIT ble in infancy to develop InuPraronlc misery. Thousands of children who ought to live to three-score and ten die before they are 12. Of co- rse the public is not entirely to blame. In the absence of systematic public effoit, properly financed, there is no way for the uvcruge parents to get really competent expert advice and assistance in looking after their children as they should be looked after. While such parents may realize that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, they have no way of knowing how to go about prevention, and as a rule do not being their efforts to cure a defect until that defect has about done all the harm it can do. Miss Kelly discussed all these things in a most interesting and eloquent manner, giving numerous facts and statistics that has put those who heard her to thinking as they have never thought before. The immediate object of the campaign is the organization in each community of a board of experts to carefully examine, w? igh and register all children under 6 years of age and advise parents of defects and tendencies that will need remedial attention. LOCAL LACONICS Good for Filbert. The War Savings stamp allotment of Filbert school district No. 21, J. J. McCurter, chairman, was 14,400. The district reports purchases to the amount of $5,200, of which $1,045 was taken by negroes. Next Call From York. York Local Board No. 1, is to send II wniies anu 03 mains iiiiu ill'- nn vice during the week beginning July 10, and Locnl Hoard No. 3 is to send 36 whites and 37 blacks. The whites are to go to Camp Wads wort ii and the blacks to Camp Jackson. First Cotton Blooms. The first cotton bloom of the season [ ante to this office last Tuesday from J. T. Miskelly of Yorkville No. 3. Mr. It. J. Davis of Clover No. 3, has sent i bloom plucked Tuesday, and Mr. It. J. Morrow sent in a bloom that was plucked June 36. Campaign Assessments. The sub-committee of the Democratic party of York county charged with the task of arranging a schedule of assessments on the candidates Tor various offices, met this morning ind agreed upon the following: House of representatives, 130; proDate judge, $40; treasurer, $50; auJitor, $50; superintendent of education, $35; county supervisor, $35: county commissioners, $10: township :oinmissioners, $10; magistrates In Bethel, Bethesda and liroad Itlver. 17.50; magistrates in Ebenezer, Fort Mill and King's Mountain, $10: magstrate in Catawba. $15: magistrate in i'ork, $12.50. Moonshiners Soizs a Still. I lock Hill Herald: Billy Peters, the well known constable of York. Is now >n the lookout for the parties who itole a still from ills premises the >ther night and as he is being Joked :o some extent on account of the :heft. Officer Peters Is determined to ind the outfit. A few nights ago the nonstable located a still In eastern Ifork township and seized the outfit, rarrying the still to his home until a nore convenient time to deliver same :o the county. He found no one at he place and has no way of knowing who the moonshiners were. But a light or so later, someone entered his )remises and made off with the paraihernalia necessary in "making" of :om "licker" to places unknown. .. . -V....' Vv.-.'i. ..J i>. STATE CAMPAIGNERS Mooting at Aiksn Wsdnwday Wat Quiat Affair. Aiken. June 26.?Taxation and the tvar were the main topics discussed ay the seekers for gubernatorial honors here today before an audience which approximated 200 persons. The auditors were well behaved and generous with their applause. John L. McLuurin, for governor, Octavius Cohen, for lieutenant governor, were the only candidates missing at the meeting. Mr. McLuurin wired that he had to go home to consult his physician. and would rejoin the party as ?ooa us possible. It Fighting For Reform. Major John U. ltichurds, the tirst candidate for governor to speak, said that he is in the race lighting for the "reformers" and he has fought foi them since list). lie claimed that tlieiv lias la-en a steady drifting of the government from the people to the "ring rule of the bosses." The speuker said that Mr. Cooper, like Mr. Manning in 191-t. is leading the tight of the claimants thut taxu tion cannot ne rruwru ?imuui mipairing efficiency of tho government. Muj. Kit-hards asserted that it can InJune. Although ho wan glad to say that South Carolinians to a man are behind the government in the prosecution 01 the war, suid Itobert A. Cooper, tinnext speaker for governor, yet he contended that the war was the paramount, the overshadowing issue lielore the people, not only of South Carolina, but of tin- entire Union, tie said that he is not just now converted to the cuuse of the Allies, that in 1914 he was profoundly sympathetic with the efforts of the ally belligerents to wrest world domination from tiermany. Mr. Cooper then gave concrete instances to show why necessarily there had been a gradual increase in tintaxes since 1900. "I do not believe your tuxes can be reduced." reiterated Mr. Cooper. He then challenged the other low taxation candidates to |>oint out what offices they would abolish if elected. In answer to the chaw that lie Is following in the footsteps of Dover nor ManniiiK. Mr. Cooper said, "1 have never stood in any man's shoes except my own. 1 tun not looking after nny man. I stand where I stood four years ago." John M. DesCluimps. the next speaker for governor, was somewhat petulent at the newspapers today. He lio|?ed in future eamimigns tliat the reporters will lie either paid by the state or the candidates and that they will give fail', unbiased accounts, not entering into any combinations or cllijues to eliminate any of the candidates. John T. Duncan, who followed, said that Mr. DesChamps "is badly mixed," that lie "supplies imagination where facts ure missing." He likewise |iaid his rcs|iects to other of the candidates and criticised them as creatures of the "system." "We know that victory will be ours," said Thos. H. Peoples, candidate for governor. In discussing the war issue he dedared tliut he believed every South Carolinian is a true |>atriot and gave an historical unalogy to show that they caine by their love of country naturally. "This is not a time for liolitics and politicians," said the attorney general, "but it is a tine* .for statesmen," and you want a man in the governor's chair who knows what the brotherhood of man means. "Our great president has said that we are lighting to make the world safe for democracy," said Lieut. Governor Andrew J. Bet^ga, the l?f iTlfrfif i ?r governor; "but we must keep deihooracy safe In South Carolina. I warn you, therefore, against the machine method in politics, signs of which tins already evident in this VIUU|AIIKII? I I IIIIIK lilt? |M*Opl<* ai l* competent to ?lo their own choosing without interferences. MERE-MENTION Dr. .1. A. It. Scherer. president of Throop College of Theology, I'assandenn, Cal., has resigned as a member of the state council of defense and made public a letter which lie wrote Secretary of War liukcr in which he explains his resignation by saying, "llecause of your policy In warning representatives of the conned, including myself, against freedom of speech in denouncing certain newglinpers." A London dispatch says that one of the principal objects of the recent visit of Foreign Minister lturian of Austria, to iierlin, was to persuade tin- German military authorities not to force the Austrlans into an offensive against Italy at that time, because of food conditions at home. Tin- Germans insisted on the drive and the world knows the result. Dr. August Midler of the food distribution department of Germany, told the food committee of the reichstag a few days ago, that instead of increasing the meat ration it would probably lie necessary to introduce "meatless weeks." The frontiers of Switzerland have been closed to deserters from both the Uertnun and Allied armies "Washington Inn," a new hotel built by the V. M. C. A. for I'nited Slates officers, has been *^1. uuiiii-ii nc|utur, Ijundon. The German reichstag this week will In* asked for a new war credit ot 15.000.0U0.000 marks ($3,750,000,000), raising Germany's war debt to $34,500,000,000 Cards found on German prisoners taken by the Allies, definitely promise the German fighters that the war will end on July 17. The cards were sent out from Herlln. Six men who registered as "horsemen and trainers" at Lexington, Ky., were on Monday sentenced to pay a line of $100 and costs and to serve sixty days at hard lal>or for violation of the state's compulsory work law Lieutenant Frank Bayle was in a balloon 4,000 feet above the ground at Fort Omaha, Neb., Sunday, when informed of his mother's death at W'ilkea-Barre, I'a The government sold 8,000,000 pounds of tobacco for more than half a million dollurs in Baltimore, Md? Monday. The toliacco was seized as the property of enemy aliens ...The shipment of meats and dairy products to the allies during May totaled $111,634,937, as compared with $46,405,706 In May of lust year John J. O'l^eary, on trial in New York on charges of violating the espionage law, has been released on $10,000 l?ond after Judge Hand had dismissed the Jury trying the case when he learned that one of the Jurors was under Federal Indictment. The trial had been In progress two weeks When Mrs. Sarah Brewer of Memphis, Tonn.. learned that her 18-year-old son had Joined the navy, she committed suicide. Draft Calls for July.?White and colored draft registrant* numbering 124,525 were called to the colors on Wednesday for general military ser\dce by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Mobilization will take place in July, starting with 27,000 white men on July 5. Wednesday's call, 'combined with that for 20,000 announced Tuesday night and various special calls, will remove from civilian life during July approximately 368,000 men. Quotaa for various states and camps to which they are assigned Include Georgia, 1,500 white for Camps Oglethorpe and Scriven. Negroes, 5,000 to Camps Gordon and Wheeler. South Carolina 1,641 whites to. Camp Wadsworth and 7,000 negroes to Camp Wadsworth. .. ... as --