Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 16, 1918, Image 2

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Jtaap* and farts. ? A man and a woman wore killed and four other employes, three of them girls. were seriously Injured at the Frankford arsenal, l'hlladelphia. last Thursday, when a detonating fuse exploded. ? Thirty convalescent sailors from France arrived at Fort Mcl'herson last Thursday. Fifteen were white and fifteen were negroes. Three <leorgainx, Privates I^aeron Hall of 'Iraham, Abraham Stuart of Onancock, and Thomas Murphus of Fayettevllle. were among the white soldiers. ? Marine corps, officers and men. now number An announcement last Thursday from the marine headquarters says that since July 1, 2.260 enlistment isijs-rs have hi-en received at headquarters and it is estimated that 3,000 are pending at recruit depots. ? Men who fled to Ireland from Kngland, Scotland and Wales to escape military service, received notice last week that they must report to the military authorities for medical examination with a view to their induction into the army. The men are given a week to comply with the order. after which time action will he taken against thorn. ? William H. Caughlin of Chicago, a marine, kille<| in action in Kmnc** on Juno 11. was only 16 years old according to his parents. Ho misrepresented his age in order to enlist and was in Krancc before his parents know wh' had hocomo of him. no is liollevod to ho tho youngest American soldier thus far to give his life for Ills country. ? The most destructive hailstorm on record for tho eastern section of North Carolina exerted its greatest violence around Holly Springs last Friday, at a point 16 miles west of Kulelgh. doing greatest damage over an area about eight miles square. All crops were completely destroyed. Corn and cotton were stripped, leaving only short stalks. The hailstones were of a very large size and fell to a depth of over 10 Inches, in some places it was sufficient to impede the progress of trains, (lovernor llickett lias ordered a state agricultural expert to visit the scene and advise the farmers as to what can he produced. ? In recognition of the valiant services of the American troops when they stopped the Herman rush on I'aris In the second '(tattle of the Marne, capturing Hois de Rellcnu. routing the Herman machine gun nests and establishing themselves in commanding positions on the Marne sector, the French authorities have officially changed the name Hois de t>..ii4.uu to Hols de la Brigade de Maine and have onleml mi nuipn changed accordingly. A par Is dispatch of July 3 said that the general commanding the French army in the Hols de Uelleau region had announced that the wood hereafter would lie known as the Hois des Atneticaln. ? August A. Husch. son of Mrs. Adolphus Hush. lost Thursday declared the statement of Alfred S. Hccker. deputy state attorney general of New York, that the Husch family had purchased $1,000,000 of lierm.'in war lionds, to he exaggerated hv half. "It Is true," he said, "that I bought $500,000 of the bonds through a local trust company about two years ago. I bought $100,000 worth for myself and $100,000 worth for my mother. She knew nothing about the purchase until two weeks ago when she returned from Cei-many and I told her about it. If I had had the least intimation that the money was to be used for Herman propaganda I would not have invested a cent." ? Dispatches of the past week indicate that the French ami Italians have been making tremendous progress against the Austrlans in Albania The Austrlans overrun Albania many months ago and seemed to be so strongly fortified that they had little fear of lieing again disturbed during the war. The French n ? , hsu/Oaea. lUJrfTng tiu i from one position to another until now It is beginning to look as if they will have to clear entirely out of the country. Vienna admits that the Austrian lines have been withdrawn to prepared positions in the rear, and the Allies claim that the retirement of the Austrlans is so rapid that it looks very little of being a rout. ? I-lent. Ouentln Roosevelt. the youngest son of ex-Pcrsldent Koowvelt, brought down his first German airplane hist Thursdny afternoon In a flght north of Chateau Thierry. Lieutenant Roosevelt. With three other pilots, was Aylng at a height of 5.000 yards eight miles Inside of the German lines when the machines hecame separated. Soon after. Roosevelt saw three planes which he thought were his companions, and started to join them. He was closely approaching the machines from the rear when he saw his mistake, for the planes were Germans. Roosevelt Immediately opened fire, and after fifty shots penetrated the fuslllage of the nearest German machine and It wvnt Into a spinning nose dive, falling through the clouds 2.000 yards helow. The lieutenant is certain it must have crashed, for no pilot voluntarily goes Into a 2.000 yard spinning nose dive. The two remaining German airplanes nttacked Roosevelt, hut he managed to make good his escape and returned to the field, himself and his machine unscratched. ? In vetoing the J28,000.000 annual agriculture appropriation bill because I of its amendment Axing the government guaranteed minimum wheat price at $2.40 a bushel, the president Informed Congress that he did not believe the farmers of America "depend upon a stimulation of price to do their utmost to save the nation and the world at this time of crisis." The president said patriotic spirit of the farmer has been "worthy of all praise and has shown them playing a most admirable and gratifying part in the full mobilization of the resources of the country." He added that the bumper crops they have raised this year have relieved "the food anxiety of the nations arrayed against Germany with regard to their food supplies." Congress was further informed that the President did not believe that such inelastic provisions as contained in the bill could be advantageous to the producer and customer because they established arbitrary levels which are quite independent of the normal market conditions. The administrative method in fixing prices, he said, has been entirely satisfactory and should be continued. A fixed minimum price of $2.40 a bushel, the president said, would Increase the price of flour from $10.50 to $12.50 a barrel, burden of $$S7,000.000, this year on the customers. Such an increase in price, he said, would force a similar increase in Canada, thus enlarging the whole scale of faanctal operations in this country by the allied governments and affecting practically the entire world. ? Immediate nation-wide prohibition is absolutely necessary if the extra 100.000.000 tons of coal a year needed by the country in its war on Germany is to be mined. Fuel Admin I st rat or Garfield has been inronneu by the National Coal association, representing bituminous operators producing 400,000.000 tons of coal annually. Dr. Garfield Is understood to have laid the association's recommendation before President Wilson for his consideration. In a statement Friday the association said In the opinion of a special committee of Its members from virtually all coal producing sections of the country which has Investigated the question "the country cannot haw both booze and sufficient coal this winter." "The liquor traffic," said the statement. "Is curtailing coal production and the time has come to eliminate It If there is to be the substantial Increase in coal output the war programme demands. The Natlonal Coal association is Informed that the conclusion not only Is the Judgment of the operators but is con f \ eurred In by Frank Farrtngton. presIdent of the United Mine Workers of ? K. * mertoo, for the state of Illinois." A MxJi iWiy of ttl report of the assocLasumhseclal committee said: "Basing ttasl nb- entirely on eoonomlc and HE Ma opinion -da, the committee un' St patriotic groaunqnallftedly bettevw X, aaimously and >ihltion for the peK, that national protbteolutety necesIrHfr* rtod tof the war A nthts or any g'-H ..: nary to mako MWtrev. other plan for inrrra.seJ coal produc tion. A comparison of records c production of mines in wet and dr territory furnishes ample proof of th need of prohibition." A. It. Hnmiltoi chairman of the committee, .mad this supplemental statement: "Th committee feels that the drinking ethos become so rainisint in the minin commuiiiti< s that its complete eliinl nation is lundatnentalh necessary i the effort to speed up tin- mines sul flciently to tfet the 1U0.UM0.0U'; addi tional tons of coal this country wi ros|iifre this year. It .is now up t conirress to make a eh-ancut choic Is-tween booze lor tin- minim: coir munities and coal for tin war ami tl public." (The \lorhiillr tfnquirn Entered at the Postofflce at York ? Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1918. We can raise sheep In this county we use the necessary labor and mtell jfonee. And sheep raisinj? ov.:tht to 1 as profitable here as anywhere, espi eially with wool over a dollar a poun Since the tax commission r.rtd tt state board of tax review tire about tl same thins?, there is very little rease to expect that there will be any relii from that tremendously increased lar assessment. W. P. Pollock has entered the rat for the unexpired term of Senator Til man: but as to whether he is real after the office, or after the scalp < Mr. Please, as was the case four yea ago. has not yet appeared. It is pivttv trcni-ially conceded thi the appointment of Christie Renct w; purely a case of aivimr it to li friend, lorn rdlcss of how the hen tie misrht mire. Rut of course what ai virtues in some people are onlv vic? in others. What Lloyd tSeorKe said of Knsdari early in tlie war that she must d< cide between booze and victory. appl>init with equal force to Aineric There are those who claim that boo: adds to production; hut in no ea; has this claim been borne out by tl facts. Liquor drinking brinirs the ii dividual to a cureless indifference ( everythinir worth while, and it hi the same effect on nations. Tl quicker this count r> docs a wax wit | liquor entirely I no Poller lot till. As to where it is going to break 01 or who is going to load the niovemen we tire unable to |?re<liet; l?ut as we si it, it will sooner or later be nceessai to augment the decreasing labor su| ply in this eountr.v. This augment: tion will probably he effected by tt importation of labor from the West Ii dies, or perhaps from China or Jtipai It see^s Kuoitv bur solat this counti burdens t h: are wpHMHBvHwUhout uddUior al labor from sc^hewhere. r ? i Candidate it ice is reported as sayii that bis campaign speeches ou::bt be published free. Candidate Rice not |ieeuliar in his views on this su ject. There are many?very niai people who think that their speech and other propag. Jida ought to published free. Wc are not prepared say that Candidate Rice and these ot er people are wrong, on the contra they have our sympathy. But niai years of eX|K>rienee iu the puhlishii business has never taught us how t free publishing is to be done. In t ease of all the publishing we have ev done somebody has had to pay. Ai that is true of Mr. Rice's matter ah If he does net pay thori it will be i to the publishers to pay, and the ma ter is to be decided by placing ll burden upon the one who is supikisi to receive the greatest benefit. Senator Mdaiurin is out in anoth statement to the people of South Ca oltna in which he reiterates what I has previously said about Hlcasc at Cooper, and in which he calls espec al attention to the loud manner which the Columbia State and otln newspapers have ignored what wj said about Cooper. Somehow. Mr. Mi Laurin fails to realize that tliei ntere of the Columbia State is solely i elect its candidate, and things ths might be very reprehensible, as tl acts of an opponent are not to be cot side red when they are the acts of tl State's candidates. In other word the Columbia State is not here for i health, or its constituency, but solel for itself. That is Columbia jouma ism of these modern days. General March on Saturday stati that there are now 1,100,000 America troops in France, and that about 90 000 of them got across last week, t says that original plans contemplate only one army in the field by Januai 1 next; but now it is reasonably ce tain that there will be at least tlin armies in the field of front 225,000 i 250,000 each by that date. The fir army, the organization of which is n< yet completed, is to be commanded I Major General Hunter Liggett: but tl names of the commanders of the o:h< two armies have not yet been announ< Pjirh nf fht? :irmv rnriis rnn ntunders is to huve the rank of lieutei ant general. It is Intended thr.t tl American army shall be established c the right tlank of the battle line. General Enoch Crowder startled tl country last week by dee'lining a pr* motion to the grade of lieutenant ger eral. The promotion was in a bill th: was sure to pass congress; but Genen Crowder asked that it be stricken ou His reason was that he did not care t take the reward that belonged to otl era as much as himself. He said th: the credit for the success of his depar ment rested largely with the splendi volunteer service of all the local dra boards throughout the United State The common thing these days is f< every man to take everything tin comee his way without a suggestion < obligation; but rather with a feelin that he is not getting quite all that coming to him. General Crowder is big man. and he will get what is con ing to him. Again comee a repetition of the stt ry that General von Hindenburg ha been dead since May. All of the prei associations, Including tl* Associate Press, have handled the story withi the past pnr days. An Arasterdai newspaper, the "Las Nouvelles," is no' quoted. It says that there was ";-F " Lsi - stormy Interview between Hindenburf ,f and the kaiser in May in connecUot > with the drive on Paris. The kaisei did not agree with what Hindenburt was trying to do and proposed plans 01 '' his own. Hindenburg was very angrj because he believed that he was riglv '' and the kaiser's plan meant ruin. Ai g tie- result Hindenburg suffered a strokt of apoplexy, from the effects of whlcl p" he afterward died. As to whether th< " story is true or not has not been abso lutely established; but there are som< " reasons for believing it is true. It ii ? certain that German plans have no '* been progressing so favorably sine* ' May as they progressed l>efore: but th< " allies, of course, may have something to do with that. t The scheme of requiring a petitlot > iroin the voters as a prerequisite t< -allowing the Democrats of a township to designate their preference fo township supervisor by their votes it the primary, had its origin in partisan unfairness. The county convention had |Kissed a resolution instruck ing the executive committee to providi for tin- recommendation of townshij I su|H-rvisois as the treasurer and anI ditor are recommended. The partisan chairman had two or three friends ' among the township supervisor! whose ability to secure the recommendation of a majority of the voteri of their resjH-etive townships, was doubtful and he batched up this litth _ evasion of tie- law in the interest oi those friends. The Knquirer protest'f d at the time and it has been proj. testing ever since, not in the interest of anybody, but on account of the unfairness of it all. We believe thai any man who will deliberately viola t? d. on* law that he is honor hound to uphold. will violate any law, and we df not be|lev? that any man who will doliberately violate any law on whatevei te pivtext. Is worthy of the confidence o: ,n his fellow citizens. ef id CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICES Full and Frank Appraisement of th< Men Who Are Offering for th< Governorship. I After spending three weeks with th< l>* candidates for state officers, I feel thai cf I know I hem as well as if I had madi rs tliein. Most of them are good fellows wasting lime to make a holiday fo foolish Decide. Few of them will be elected to oflicc it FSw of them would know what to d< . uith an oflice if they had it. Let me introduce to you the eandl 's dates for governor, n Here is Cooper?tall, dark, hand some as a < J reek god; a winnini s frankness, a Hashing smile, a coek sure poise of near-arrogance tha eonies of the conviction that he is at easy winner, id Here is MeLaurin?the lithe bod; and Hat back of an athlete; a grea shock of snow-white hair, a llashinl ls blue eye, the deep-cleft, cattle visagt a. of a statesman. Here is Iticharil?a suave gentle !(, man who plays the- game coldly; thi face and tiearing of a statesman wh< was picked while yet a wee bit green i Here is l'eeples, with the Jolly all ? and swagger of a Tammany poli tieian? a little too light for draft worl IS ami a little too heavy for single har i<' ness; a little fellow who puts on m h airs, and makes a clever set speech. Here is Kethca of the Peace Ship? bald and commonplace; a man to es caii- notice in a crowd. He talks pa t riot ism and waves the flag, t. Here is Duncan, the j erpetual candi ,0 date lean, bland and hungry?a mut soured on life ami full of venom. Here is Deschumps, fat beyond be lief and bald at the dome? a man ful i. of weird phrases, who lives in There are seven?count 'cm. l?ei us forgive them seventy timei seven. it. No one of the seven is winning vol v os. The die is cast. The lines are fac . tional. There are no issues. MeLaurin attempts to get away fron factiotjal lijirs Ml ft. hjgher level, bu the people will have none-*fr""fc ft talks to them of the state warehous and of the dream of state Insuranc ** and a state bank, but the people car lo not conceive of the inherent benefac is lion of these things and resent the el p. forts to make them think. When h speaks of making cotton a fluid asse they brighten up for a momen es They know what a fluid is. and the he think he has discovered a way to mak to liquor out of cotton: hut when h . compares his plan to a bond issue the resume their nap. He has the misfor ry tune to possess brains in a state tha ny is rather suspicious of brains. One he favored a ship subsidy and rldicul isl the free-silver fallacy. Time ha ' e vindicated him, but South Carolinian he live by prejudice through a generatioi er Two generations of compulsory educa , Hon would make his platform a win tier. At present he has little chance. Cooper was elected when he cam jp out for Manning against Iilease afte t. the lirst 1U16 primary. He could g , about his affairs and win. for he I hacked by the anti-lilease machine. H is hated by the Iilease people, for the have been told that lie promised t support iilease In the second priinar l'r of is 16 if not himself a candidate, am i- they Pelieve it. rne mease people ur a minority, however, nntl Cooper i , governor. He is sane and safe, and rcgulai and if he does no great good as gov in ernor he will assuredly do no grea ... harm. 1 did all I could for him in the lira ,Ji primary of 15*16, and have never quit forgiven him for coming out in Man sl ning's favor after some of the dirt; things the Manning crowd did to him He was a wiser politician than I, how " ever, and will this year get the rewari ie for his regularity. He is doing one thing in this cam paign that makes me admire him. H lc is looking the voter straight in the ey s, and telling him that taxes can't b re IS duced. of course I know that taxe . can be reduced, but if he believes tha 1* they can't, it is a tine courage tha prompts him to tell the pc- pie so. one of the most popular planks ii his platform is his Idea of opening tin d doors of Winthrop and Clemson col in leges to all worthy poor, and creatini a state fund from which the poor ma; " borrow necessary expense money, pay ing it back after beginning to drav d dividends on the education. He woul< r% have no competitive examination fo ' entrance. r" It is a tine plan, but by the time tha ;e South Carolina is sufficiently enllght to ened to spend the necessary million . for new buildings to house the thou sands who would take advantage o It, there wilt be no more poor. >y Bethea doesn't count. He will get i ie few thousand votes that should go t< Cooper and that is all. The platforms of Richards and Pee pies do not matter. If they were th( j. two original wise men uie) wouiu kc i- none of the antLBler.se vote. If the: w haci no platforms, the Blease voti in would he divided between them any way. Peeples is stronger iu the low coun try. Richards is stronger up here. I le it appears that the vote may be divid >- ed almost equally, then Blease wil i- probably get word to the boys to bacl lt Richards and let Peeples save himself Next week, if this darned cold o " mine gets any better, I will tell yoi t. about the other candidates?di yar< t0 full of them, fearfully and wonderfullj j made.? Fountain Inn Tribune. lt President Has Control of Telegrapl t- and Telephone Lines.?Congress or id last Saturday nLght granted President Wilson's request for authority to tak< over and operate telegraph, telephone 8- cable and radio lines. By a vote of 4< >r to 16?the minority all Republicansit the sennte adopted without amend f ment, the house resolution grhntlni sninh nriaror for tha neriod of the war * All attempts to amend or modify th< is administration measure, which passec a the house July 5 by a vote of 221 to 4 i- were defeated at a session lasting until 9 o'clock Saturday night. Amend' ments by Senator Watson of Indiana >. to exempt telephones and press wlrei ^ from the resoluton were defeated, respectively. 41 to 20 and 29 to 21. Ax B amendment by Senator Gore of Oklad homa. Democrat, to limit action ren garding telephone*! to long dlstanc< aire? was voted down while an amendment by Senator Reed of Missouri, dew signed to Insure unrestricted public a use of facilities, was twice rejected. t X.OCAL ATFAIRji, l w rf NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8 f The Planter* Bank. Sharon?Pnhllshas a stata. . went of condition at tht eloa* of boalnaa* on ' June 29. It abow* asset* of flZ2.120.7D. G. K. McCarter. Smyrna No. 2?Una a good, 1 (rat milk cow for aale. - Ward Mitchell. Bock HiiJ No. 1?Want* to adl I a mare male, about seven year* old. ? 1. C. Wiley, Chair-nan?Invite* the public to a patriotic meeting to be held in the court4 house tomorrow evening. Farewell to negro soldier*. j K. S. Kiddle, Supervisor?Presents a statement 1 of disbursements of Bethel township road 2 funds, up to July 1st. > E. L. Stewart--Offers a good Ford automobile for sale at a bargain price for cash. ' K. Meek Barnett, Yorkville No. f?Has two graded Shropshire ram* for sale. Star Theatre?Tonight presents "The Biasing , Sea." a drama in three parts. "The Woman In tlie Web," on Tuesday. J York Motor Car Co.?Will re-charge your storage battery on your automobile for only $2. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offer* 300 pairs of r ladies' oxfords at 98 cents a pair. SevantyI two ladies' skirt*. $6 values at 13.98. Loan und Saving* Bank?Call attention to the fact that its business relations with its patrons are strictly confidential. First National Bank. York?Urges you to save in every way you can and especially your * money against the time you will need cash. J. M. Stroup?Is fully prepared to take care 1 of the wants of shoppers who need to buy odds and ends of wearing apparel. Mantone- Take it to build up your physical strength. J1.00 a bottle, i Thos. W. Boyd. County Supervisor?Publisher* . disbursements of county commissioners from January 1st to July 1st, 1918. 4 4 All candidates for county offices f must file their pledges on or before noon on Wednesday, July 31. The county campaign opens at McCon' ntllsville on Thursday, August 1. t The Rock Hill Herald reports that ' a iiostolfiee is to be established at ' ("nrh.Titt ror the benefit of the people . living there and In the immediate r neighborhood. Carhartt is In Ebe. iko Southern ' nezer lowiumii bridge over Catawba river. > Magistrate J. F. Wlngate haa informed Tiie En?iulrer that it is ConJ stable Allen who is deserving of creds it for getting advance information on the cock tight that was to have been ^ pulled otT on Catawba river on the 1 Fourth of July. 8 i, It is understood that the Marketr ing association will endeavor to secure the establishment of public platj forms to be |?resided over by public weighers at the various cotton murk ets of the county. The public weigher is a badly needed institution ; tluoughoul York county. ! THE CIRCUIT COURT The case of J. C. Mobley against the t Itock Hill Candy Kitchen took up all i of last Thursday and resulted in u i verdict for the defendant. I'arts of Friday and Saturday were t taken up in the hearing of cases arls> ing out of a contested election in school district No. 29. The contestants alleged various irregularities. i After hearing aftldavits and testimo n> along with arguments of counsel, ' Mr. Walter Dunlap, against the vali. dity of the election and -Mr. John Ft. - Hart in support, the court took the matter under advisement with a promise to render a decision later. t I'pon the convening of the court yesterday morning it developed that . two members of the venire, E. F.. Phll1 lips and J. C. McElroy, had not been found because of absence from the county, and the following were excus, ed from further attendance: \V. A. Stine, W. H. Keller (for one . day), J. F. Adkins, J. \V. Lesslie, Ft. I'. Hoyd, S. N. Craig, Felix Ftoblnson, H. J. McClain, D. A. Lee, J. R. Barn! Well. * ' ^ ' t The following.*- extra venire was ^hlf^ivn from tjhe five mile box:-' ie W*. ^ikcrgfison. D. B. Ferguson, N. - ? 71?T-.|_, I r> TV/.L-. If, ?*>. hiac'K, sj. ri> uiviuiuii, *. v. *^?v? son. C. M. Miller. "J.- A.. Tate. J. L. Morton. Jos. G. SassL, B. P. Marley. S. W. Garrison, K. \V. Boiles, W. E. ~ l?nnd, P. P. Morrison, J. '5. Dickson. . It. J. Brown. J. M. Starr, I. J. Jones. J' The first case taken up ; yesterday " morning was that of D. J. Cllne vs. * the Southern Railway, for $40,000 damages for alleged personal injuries. . Mr. J. II. Poster for the plaintiff, and * Messrs. McDonald & McDonald for the " defense. e * OFF FOR WADSWORTH a s Anorher squad of twenty-six York j. county white men left for Camp * Wndsworth. Spartanburg, yesterday morning, taking the train at Yorke ville liy way of Hlackshurg. r There were several hundred rela0 lives and friends along with a cone siderahle number of Yorkville people y at the depot to see them off, and all 0 of them were in the best of spirits, ? eager and anxious to get Into the e service. s In obedience to notice served upon them by the local board, forty young ' men appeared In the courthouse last t Saturday, and when Chairman Price called for twenty-six volunteers the * required number answered as followsKlwln Uw Adams. Arthur Campy bell Rarnett, James Elbert Brakefleld, ' James Luther Branch, Sumter Alexj ander Branch. Prancls Lewis Beard, Ernest Love Clinton, Joe Craig Peem: ster, William Boyd Hope, Isaac Ede ward Harper, Hugh Gordon Jackson, e John Ardrey Ixnvrv, Robert Gerard - lawranri' .lames Walter Norman. 9 Robert Pearl Nlvlns, Clarence Chalk 1 Pratt, Tom Harris Roberson, Baxter 1 Harnett Roberson, John Robert Shlllinglaw, Parka McCaw Sherer, Wal1 ker Lee Stevenson, John Nlnoe Sane dlfer, Guy Hall Thomas, David Chris" ley Wood, Lee Robinson White, Jos. ? S. Fa I lea. After congratulating the young men " on the patriotic spirit with which k" they had met the call of their country, 1 Chairman Briee instructed them to go r into an ante room and select their leader. 1 After a few minutes of deliberation they returned and reported that they 9 had selected Francis Lewis Baird. " The young men were dismissed un* til Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock when they returned to the courthouse 1 to be duly inducted into the Amerl3 can army. I LIQUOR DEPOT LOCATED 1 The arrest last week of S. M. BagL* * f gett, express agent at Pinevllle, N. C., - William Ftnley, express messenger on the Southern train between Coj lumbia and Charlotte via Kingville, . and William Frank of Rock Hill, Is 1 about to expose the source of large ^ quantities of liquor that have been ? more or less In evidence about Rock j Hill. Fort Mill and Charlotte of late. 1 The first of the trio arrested was '* Express Agent Bagett of Plneville. There was In his office a big trunk , full of quart bottles of whisky. Each 1 Itnt tip W A Q mnrlfAfl U'ith tha nantA t a different Individual and addressed ? as If for parlies living in Pinevllle; . but Investigation disclosed that there > were no people In Pinevllle to corre spend to the names on the bottle*. - About the express office were other I boxes and cartons that Indicated that . considerable quantities of liquor had i been distributed through the same of1 flee to various places unknown; but . presumably Charlotte. Fort Mill. Rock Hill and other points. Raggett was arrested and taken to Charlotte where . he was bound over in the sum of i SI,000 to appear at the next term of the United States court. i Flnley and Frank were arrested . afterward and brought before United . States Commissioner O. W. & Bait i at Yorkville. Flnley was released o* . a S300 bonds and Frank on afMtbesM . both to appear before the United > States Court to explain away presumptive evidence of violation of the - \ .... ^ _ a- . '* amendment to the prohibitloi l|U'. ' jt has been known for quite i while that liquor waa coming: more o u?8 freely into Rock Hill. It waa no rem rally known where It waa comlm from and just everybody did no know from whence it was to be had It was no secret, however, that th price waa out of sight. Several month back live or six dollars a quart wa the common price; but of late ten am twice dollars a quart has not bee: unusual. There are those who think that th men arrested last week know ai about the local liquor traffic, especl ajh the two express men. the agen and the messenger. It is believed b some that these last two had to d with most of the liquor that wa coming into Kock Hill. There are oth ers. however, who say that there ar still other sources of liquor, and tha even if these are responsible for larp, part of the supply, they are nc responsible for nearly all. As to tha' however, the officers who brough about the arrests already made ar still working on the case. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Luclle Clinton of Edgmoor, I visiting Miss Lena Willlford in York ville. Rev. B. F. McLendon is to begin series of meetings at King's Mountaii ?N. C., on nc*i nuuuiiy. Miss Kunlce tirlst of Greonvllle. vii Ited the family of Mr. W. D. Grist i Yorkvllle Sunday. Mrs. Geo. P. Jenkins of Gr?....woo< is visiting her father, Mr. R. B. Klddli on Clover No. 2. Mr. J. S. Gladney of Atlanta, Ga., I visiting his daughter, Mrs. C. W. Cat roll, in Yorkvllle. Miss Leon Brymer of Rock Hil spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. I Ferguson at Clover. Mr. C. Eldred Dobson of Pensacolf Fla., 18 visiting his father, Mr. J. V Dobson in Yorkvllle. Mrs. James M. Willlford of Edg moor, is visiting her son, Mr. John i Wllliford, In Yorkvllle. Mrs. Talmadge Atterson and Mis Florine Youngblood of Yorkvllle, at visiting friends In Cotumbta. Mr. and Mra J. M. Bigham of Hunl ersville, N. C., passed through York ville yesterday on their way to Cheste Private S. Earl Grist of Camp Jack son, spent Sunday In Yorkvllle with h parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Grist Mrs. J. R. Cannon, who has bee spending some time at Green Park, J C., has returned to Yorkvllle. Mesdames J. R. Logan and J. S. Sar dlfer and Miss Sarah Carroll of Yorli vllle. are spending some time at Plet mont springs. Privates Brown Balrd and Mac Ferguson of Camp Jackson. spent Sut: day with relatives and friends at Clc ver. Mr. G. Foster Grant of Yorkvlll left yesterday for Newport News, Vu where he expects to secure emploj mont in the shipyards. Mrs. Sue Caldwell of King's Creel has received news from her son, Sei geant R. Harry Caldwell, to the efTci that he has arrived safely in France. Mr. F. C. Woods, Rev. B. II. Waugl and Misses Mary and Sarah Wopds t Yorkvllle, spent Saturday at Cam Jackson with Private Win. S. Woods. Dr. S. Howard White, son of Dr. V O. White of Yorkvllle, haH passed a necessary examinations and will g into the navy as assistant surgeon. J. C. Hayes, who has been a mem her of the Rock Hill police force fc five years, has resigned his posltto to take up other work. Prof. Joseph A. MacLean, former! of Yorkvllle, and for years in chars of the music at the Agnes Scott Ir stitute, is In Y. If. C. A. work i Camp Gordon, Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. John Warren Quln went to New York last Thursday an spent Saturday with their son, Thomt l^fcjlnn. Mr. and Mrs. Qulnn returns ^JYorkvlllfl this afternoon. ^^Kses Mary Swann ShererT^Jgg De.JSherer and Margaret K. Wllllfoi were among the York county gradua nurses, who recently successful passed examinations before the sta examining board. Captain John R. Dickson, former of Yorkvllle, now with the Americf Expeditionary Forces In France, hi recently been assigned to command German prisoners of war. In a lett to his brother. Meek Dickson, he sa; he has learned of the capture of Phi Ip Hunter of Yorkvllle, and he e: presses the opinion that Philip is n suffering any special hardship excei of course, loss of liberty. Capta Dickson was expecting to get In tout with Dr. Hunter. LIQUOR CRAZED TERROR The family of Mr. Wnlker Goforl on the Plnckney road, two mill southwest of Yorkvillo, had a terrif: ins: experience last Saturday nlgl with a drink-crazed marauder wl hung around the house for a cpiarti of nn hour, threatening to kill ever; body on the place. Mr. Goforth had been working 1 town that nlg^it, and the trouble ha reached its height Just as he wt approaching home in his buggy, a< companled by his son. Flashes in tt dark, accompanied by reports of shotgun from the direction of h house brought information that som< thing was wrong, and whipping h horse into a gallop he lost no time I getting on the scene. Upon getting into the house h found his little thirteen-year-ol daughter standing guard with a shot gun, and between sobs she informc him how Grant Barnett, a whil neighbor who lived about a mile an a half down the road, had come to th house cursing and yelling and sweat ing that he Intended to kill her fatht anfi all the rest of them. While h? mother had gone to the back door a a good place from which to run wit the children, she had fired five shol out of the window in the hope < frightening Barnett away. Barnet instead of running, had stood ther shouting at those in the house to shot and be damned. Mr. Goforth took the gun and wer outside to the house of Ned Strait. nt't,iu lauuici uii i ic ^iacc, auu inc to get Strait to go after the sherif Strait, however, had already bee threatened by Barnett, and was bIoi to move. Then while Mr. Gofort was looking for Barnett, Barnett en tered the house of the negro, made bluff of drawing a pistol, took th negro's shotgun and marched him u the road saying he was going to tak him Into the heart of town and kl him. About this time two young men, . C. Lathem and D. H. Jones, cam along In a Ford and at the request c Mr. Goforth, they turned around an went to Yorkvllle after the sherif After what seemed to Mr. Goforth an his people was an age: but whlc was really only a short time, hardl more than a quarter of an hour a most, the light of two Fords showe up a few hundred yards from th house and stopped. Mr. Goforth did not see what hap pened; but what did happen was this Upon meeting the first Ford. Bar nett stepped to the side of the roac pointed the gun he had taken fror the negro and told the occupants c the car to stop and get out Jone* who was driving, brought the car t a standstill, and Lathem, leaving th car with a catlike jump, landed o; Barnett with his gun. The gun wa discharged In the struggle and with i quick Jerk Lathem had It in his pos session. The next Instant Deput Sheriff Qulnn, who, with his brothei the sheriff, was in the following cai pinioned the arms of Barnett fror behind and with the help of the sher fi Mia man was quickly overpowered Barnett Is a big man who weigh more than 200 pounds, and younj lathem who took the gun away fror Q him weighs probably less than 140 pounds. a On searching the prisoner the sherr iff found in his pocket a bottle labeled t "Beef. Iron and Wine," in which K there was a small quantity of moont shine whisky. I. When questioned about his escapade e on Sunday morning. Barnett said that a he did not remember a thing about s any of it. He is being held on at least d two warrants, one sworn out by the n sheriff and one by Mr. CJoforth. ? WITHIN THE TOWN - ? The candidates for state offices I hold their York county appointment in o Yorkvtlle on Wednesday of next week, s July 24. ^ ? Ever notice that drinking fountain t at the courthouse? There is hardly a a minute during the day during II which it is not being used by somebody. e ?Mrs. R. M. Bratton has been elected president of the local chapter Red Cross, vice Miss Mary Williams, resigned, and Miss Williams has been elected vice president in place of Mrs. <1. E. Wilklns, resigned. a ?Mr. J. M. Ferguson received last l. Friday from Joe Walker, colored, who formerly worked for him; but who is now n soldier at Hissah. N. C.. a young groundhog, which was quite a ..Ii.ln.il,. tn .nor... Vorlo-IIU u.nnlo e. It was the first specimen they had ever seen. |o ? The Yorkvllle chapter Red Cross and its auxiliaries is to receive 25 j per cent of the money contributed by I. them in the second war fund campaign, which money is to be used for the purchase of materials. About $500 r* worth of materials have already been ordered. ? The new town council has organized with the selection of \V. M. * McConnell as mayor pro tern. The street committee was organized with t. E. A. Hall, W. M. McConnell and J. C. [- I'arrott, and the finance and credit r committee with J. H. Carroll. J. M. j- Ferguson and J. W. Quinn. John R. Hart, Esq.. is town attorney, n ? A negro named Chess Lockrldge. aged about forty years, fell In a fit of apoplexy opposite the Shandon hotel last Saturday night about 9.30 l_ o'clock and died wiftiin a few minutes. He was a laborer on C. M. Inman's k place on the western outskirts of '* Yorkvllle. It Is understood that he had been in an appoplectic condition for quite a while and his deuth was u| not unexpected. "* ?There was an overflow congrega^ tion at the Church of the Good Shepherd last Sunday night, the occasion -t being the annual sermon to the local Masonic fraternity and special services It. in commemoration of the fall of the Bastlle? the Liberty duy of France. The attendance included many of the * local Masons, most of the young solII diers who were to leave for Camp ? Wadsworth yesterday morning and representatives of all the congregations of the town. Rev. T. T. Walsh, rector n of the Church of the Good Shepherd, and chaplain of Philanthropic Lodge y No. 32, A. F. M., preached the ser"l> mon, which was intensely patriotic, [j Mr. Walsh gave a brief but comprehensive review of French political hisn tory, showing the Inestimable contri1(1 bution the French people have made ^ to the cause of human liberty, and then went on to show from tbe.w-rdf ?I - .. ? Cla-r^ io'l and actloflB1 Oi"JMUg tarai mmaeu rd how and why it la the duty of ever; f* Christian to consecrate his all in mak ,'J, ing the world safe for democracy. I was a strong sermon?able, compre ly hensive and impressive. The praisi "t service included the singing of Amerl ^ ca l?y the congregation and the rendi tlon of the Star Spangled Banner 01 rs the organ, the congregation, of course '* standing. ( , ?J HERE AND THERE In Speaking of young J. C. Lathem -h who took away the gun with whici Grant Harnett was trying to hold hin up Saturday night, and who, by th< way, is soon to go into the Nationa army. Sheriff Quinn Bald: "That waj about as nervy a thing as I ever saw es What I might have done under the ... same circumstances, I would not liki , " to say; but I'll bet you this. Young M leathern will never be a prisoner o! 10 any single German. If they .get hin r at all, they will get him in a gunoral round-up, and it will not be un til after he has given a good accounl of himself. No one man can take him In Why, he wasn't the least bit excited 1(j either at the time or afterward." is Several thousand dollars worth ol war savings Btamps were sold lasl week, according to Mrs. M. E. Nich10 ols, the postmaster. The situation It a very different now from what it wat Is at first, Mrs. Nichols went on to explain. At first, for quite a while th? . purchases were mainly by a class ol people who are commonly understood In to have money to invest. Many ol these are still buying stamps; but they are no longer the only purchasers. Now, we are selling lots ol Id stamps to people who work for wages t- and they are coming in and calling 1(j for what they want with as much ' confidence and assurance as has here e tofore been the case with the largei d investors. Ie Mr. I. C. Grayson of Clover No. 4, came into The Enquirer office last ?r Saturday to advertise a pocketbook ,r that he had lost in Yorkville between the stores of \V. E. Ferguson and Dr, " D. L. Shleder. Later in the day he h telephoned to leave out the adver:a tlsement as the pocket book had been . found. It developed that the Under was Daniel Moore, colored, who lives t> in Bullock's Creek township. The e pocketbook contained 15.70 in silver >t and a certificate of deposit for $900 Moore promptly took his And to Mr. H. E. Nell, county treasurer, and Mr. it Neil communicated with Mr. Grayson, a The circumstance Is worthy of men. tion because of the fact that there are a good many people who would " not have bothered about hunting an n owner for that pocket book, iv A white man walked Into the office h of the courthouse of 'Squire J. W. _ Cobb Saturday, according to the a Charlotte Observer, said he had e bought a marriage license in York p county, S. C? and that since buying c it his promised wife had backed out II and skipped. He wanted something done so the license would not be regAa it ha Hn/1 luion rtin rrloJ g 'Squire Cobb pulled his glasses from over his forehead to his eyes and aftd er thinking "deeply" for a moment, r wrote the following letter to the judge j of probate of York county: "I hereh with return to your office for cancel* y latlon the marriage license between lt Nancy and myself. Please 4 make such entry on your marriage e register as will show that Nancy and I are not enjoying connubial bliss. _ 'Nancy flew the coop.' Keep the . change." 'Squire Cobb read tjie letter ,'m to his client; the man said he could not read very well. The letter apn' porently pleased the disappointed one, lf for he smiled broadly, shook the hand , of the 'squire, signed the letter and p left three cents for the justice of the e peace to mail it. He said he was not n worried about losing the womip. The s only trouble was he did not want it to ? appear he was married when he was not. He did not want back the dollar ' he had paid for the license, allowing * that for the probate judge to put hlra ' straight again on the marriage propon' sition. Discussing the other day the action L of the tax commission In raising the s assessment on practically all of the g farm lands of the state with the exit ceptlon of Richland and a few others. a county official (rave his opinion about like this: "Well, the commission. after a conference under the ~ electric fans of the capital, decided that they would have to raise some more money somewhere. One of them H suggested that the farmers are getting good money for their products n nowadays and it would be a good f? idea to put the increase on the farm- n ers. That struck the others about T right, but one of them suggested that tl i>efore taking action it might be very A well to take a look over the Rich- H land farms. This idea took and getting Into their cars, they took a ride d out into the country. They did not H see a great deal anywhere that seem- ? ed to make a noise like big prosperl- ^ ty, so they drove back to the state tl house for further discussion. I'nder f the refreshing influence of the fans and the ice water they evolved some- ^ thing like this: That since all pros- ^ perity has to come from the land be cause there to no other where for it to el come from, and since it is evident A that there is not much coming from Richland it must be coming from the h other counties; therefore we will raise J the assessment on the other counties. " and so the burden was placed on the acres of the farmers." l> LOCAL LACONICS J", Registration Slow. Mr. J. B. Barron, chairman of the county board of registration, said last Saturday that at the close of the first C two weeks of general registration on that day, less than seven hundred voters had been registered. He estl- jj mated the total number of whites eligible to registration as hardly less fj than 4,500. b York's W. S. S. Purchases. ? York county stands 9th In per capita purchases of war savings g stamps for the week ending July 6, tt and fourth in the total per capita t| purchases up to that date. The coun- v ty's purchases for the week were D $11,083.75, and the total up to date .] was $217,214.76. A The Cotton Marketing Aeeociation. n Mr. T. B.' Thaekston, of the state l> warehouse otflce, accompanied by De- . monstration Agents Blair and McKeown, on Thursday and Friday com- _ pleted the organization of local marketing associations as follows: Kock Hill?Ed Rawls president and James . S. White secretary. Gesslie?J. S. . Glasscock president nnd T. F. I>e8slie . secretary. Fort Mill?Edgar Jones president and J. L. Spratt secretary'Tirzah?T. M. Oates president, and ' \V. E. Gettys secretary. Clover?J .F. J: Pursley president, F. H. Jackson secretary. j. Scholarship Examinations. a There was one applicant for the v South Carollnu University scholarship " In the examination before Superlnten- {' dent of Education Carroll last Friday, " and fourteen applicants for the Clemson scholarship. Chas. B. Gwin tried s tor mt' university scnoioramp. me . applicants for the Clemson scholarship j? were as follows: H. J. Hurahaw. N. Horton, Hue E. Kobinson, Hennle Fudge, William Ballard, Clyde Foster. . J. T. Garrison. Jr., Stough Blanken- . , ship, Conrad Hill. W. L. Frew, J. Norman Walsh, William Love, Louis B. . Simpson, Gus B. Graham. Draft Men May Volunteer. s The local boards of York county have received orders to accept volun- J1 ? teers from the lists of men registered J I for the draft as follows: Mechanics, 1 wood workers and tradesmen of varl- " ous classes are wanted for the en- " gineers' corps. Registered men quail- 0 , fled for full military service may 1 , volunteer for this sendee prior to July 0 17. Men designated as "trimmers," " presumably for work in spruce pro- f ductlon In the northwest, are wunted ' . from the lists of classes one, two, three ? and four. Volunteers must apply to the respective local board prior to 0 July 24. [ ' Hurt in Collision. W. A, Vowell of Columbla^Js^^the c l ["SLnKen trr^rw?rt^^lH?rtn^froTn?' fractured hip as the result of a col- ! y lislon between a gasoline car and a work train late Saturday afternoon between Rock Hill and Catawba junct tion and Mr. Coburn, of Graniteville, - Aiken county, and Mr. Peacock, of e Aiken, who were riding on the motor car, were somewhat bruised. It * seems that the work train stopped - and the motor car following could not ! stop in time to prevent a crash. The , men were hurled some distance when ' the car was struck and were more or less bruised. Mr. Vowell was the only one badly hurt and his Injuries are not considered serious. Peculiar Tragedy. l James D. Miskellv. who lived on the l W. H. Carroll place, Ave miles south > of Yorkvllle, died last Friday morn1 ing while engaged in a fight with J. ? Barber Wallace. Both men were liv. ing on the same place and were using ? a barn in common. Both had proper> ty in one room of the barn, and when j one of them locked the room the othf er broke it open. This was on Thursx day. When the quarrel was rexxewed . Friday morning it was not long untM . they came to grips. Wallace was t down with Mlskelly on top, pounding . him. Presently Mlskelly's blows be, came weaker, and Wallace succeeded in turning him and getting on top. Frank Miskelly, son of James D. Mis' kelly, went in to pull Wallace off. ' Then it appeared that James D. Mls" kelly had ceased all effort and It looked as if he had fainted. Water 1 was poured In his face to bring him to; but it developed that he was dead. > Frank Miskelly, who with a negro f man, was the only eye witness, gave J his testimony In a straight forward, f unprejudiced manner, about as above. ' Dr. J. D. McDowell, who was the physician at the coroner's inquest, ' gave it as his opinion that death was probably due to apoplexy. Wallace ' had several scars on his face and head and there were some marks on Miskelly also: but none of the marks apiieared to be of a serious nature. Wallace, with the consent of the solicitor, was released on a bond of : $1,000. 1 ? In a speech at Wagener last Fri' day, as reported by John K. Aull in 1 1 the Charleston American. Governor Blease said: "Whatever I may have ! said, or whatever I may have done, ? the people of South Carolina know _ inai i nave never made them a prom- j ise that I have not fulfilled. I have ^ never said that I would do a thin* ? that I did not do It; I have never Bald that I would not do a thing and then " i o on and do It. That everybody i knows. And I want to nay this: That v.*hen I am elected to the United T States senate I am going to President 1 Wilson and tell him that here la an : American senator, and, whatever Is ? necessary to win this war, I am with him to the finish. If It be necessary, * In order to win this war, to break the ? precedent set by President Washing- ? ton in reference to a third term. I J shall tell President Wilson that I will ? support him for a third term, and ^ make speeches for him In any part of )r the American continent to which he ? may wish me to go. I go yet still " further, and will say to him, that I Z will raise a regiment now, or at any time In the future, If he deem it ne- ? cessary, or as true South Carolinians as ever went on a field of battle, and ? resign my seat in the senate and lead that regiment for the fight of the j: American people." In the same speech. Governor Blease declared himself un- , rjuallfledly for John O. Richards for ? governor, and he denounced McLaurin . and Cooper. Referring to the fact , that Cooper Is criticising his, Blease's, , Pfe.-don record, he read a list of pardons that he had granted at the request of Cooper, and pointed out that Cooper Is trying to make capital * against him. Blease, for the very n things that Cooper had asked him to F do. o ? ? * P ? Senator Benet, named to succeed b the late .Senator Tillman, has been ap- JJ pointed chairman of the national ? banks committee. He was also ap- b pointed a member of the appropria- t] tlons, Cuban relations, expenditures in ? the navy department, five civilized c tribes of Indians, forest reservations, private land claims and the transportation and sale of meats committees, si Announcement of his appointments o was made by Senator Martin, major- It Sty leader. ti FIFTH BIG DRIVE ON erman Legions Sweeping Forward Againat Americana and French. ly International News Service. Paris. July 15.?The Germans this lorntng launched their fifth big of>nsire for this summer over a fifty tile front extending from the Chateau hlerry sector on the Allied right to te mid-C'hampaigne region or. the Hied left and including moat of the nes held by American troops. The immediate objectives of the rive appear to be the capture of helms, the forcing of a passage cross the Maine, the seizure of the halons-Paris railway and penetraon to the next lateral railway line iinning eastward from Paris. The fighting has been launched with tcoinparable fury; but up to noon the reach and Americans, though givlg ground at times, had driven the rremy buck and advanced their lines, .t one point the Americans retook a irge number of their comrade* who ad been previously captured and adanced their lines Into German terri>ry. This lust great assault was usherd in with terrific cannonading that rought tremendous quantities of gas hells and the fighting continues with he utmost fury all ulong the line. STATUS OF THE WAR Comparative Quiet With the Next Big Offensive Pending. " ' ??n/titlniu continue to nau wruiiici ?? rvvail on the greater portion of the attle front in France and Flanders nd the military operations are still ir below normal. Nowhere have there een any engagements ranking In imortance above trench raids and parol encounters. On several sectors, however, the big uns are constantly hammering away t opposing positions, particularly on he American front along the Marne ,-here the activity of the long range leces has Increased perceptibly; on he sectors held by the British near ilbert, Kemmel Hill and Ypres and ear Coroy, where the French face the neiny. As yet there is no indication that he date for the commencement of the xpected grand offensive by the Germans, the battle which it is thought . ill prove the greatest effort the enety has yet made, is at hand. The miliary observers, however, still incline o the belief that with u cessation of he rains, the drifting away of the low >ing clouds and a return of clear kics an attempt at u big drive or the ilerclng of the allied front will be lade. All apparently is in readiness in the Intente camps for any eventualities nd supreme confidence evidently preails among the commanders that the ten and guns the enemy will have to ace will prove an insurmountable airier to I'aris or the channel ports. The British troops in Macedonia ecmingly have started an operation guinst the Teutonic allies which may levelop westward along the battle rout and eventually conform with the uccesaful drive which Is being carled out by the French and Ituliuns a Albania. West of the town of kiirun, which lies on the railroad orth of Suloniki, the British have ellvcrod a blow against the Bulgnri ns which wan prouucuvo 01 gouu rvults. Details of the operation are lacking >ut it is not unreasonable to assume hat it hud in view the ultimate capure of the rallro'ud line running orthward from Uskub and the outlanking of the enemy lines northeast f Monastic Meanwhile in Albania he French and Italians are giving the nemy no rest, pressing him bock dally nile after mile over the trackless ountry and capturing strategic posltons and villages. The latest French fficial communication shows that the "rvnch troops have taken the village f Nurta and (Irainshi which brings heir eastern flank appreciably nearer nke Ochrlda. The morale of the Austrlans is delared to be extremely bad and surMERE-MENTION The premier of Australia in an address in London Friday, expressed himself as favoring a "Monroe Doctrine" for Australia and the south fiea islands, as a barrier against future (Serman settlement A Swiss newspaper says that a commissioner ?f an Austrian pacifist iwirty recently arrived at Berne, where he presented himself at several allied legations, but no one would receive him Under the heading, "Tobacco Market," Jerman newspapers now say: "Cherry leaves In great demand. Market _ Arm. Beech leaves irregular, targe lupplies offered. 1'rices fluctuating between 33 and 38 marks ((6 to 37) per hundredweight, according to quality." Nearly 7,000 cases of grip ure reported In the Swiss army and thp In:erned soldiers of Switzerland Reports reaching the Associated Press tre to the effect that the crops of Roumania are almost a total failure his year In a recent round up ?y immigration officers some 235 .'hlnese were arrested in the vicinity >f Philadelphia at the various ship ards- Nearly all of them will be de ywi M..ruuncrii iiii'iniK'ni Ol inr louse naval committee will soon liake a tour of inspection to the \merican fleet In European waters. ?.Out of 30,000 members of the >id National Guard of Pennsylvania, mly eight olflcers and one private are eft. The balance of the guard Is in he army A mission representing he Japanese Ited Cross, headed by 'rince Yoshlshisa Tokugawa. Is to ar Ive in Washington today. French wisonors escaping from Germany, say hat the Germans arc planning their lext drive against Calais, and that it vill start within less than a month. Mrs. Margaret Lelbach, 47 years lid. a German woman of Philadelphia, lommitted suicide Friday because of ear that she was about to be Intern>d.... There are now 28,500 worknen on the payroll of the Hog Island hip yard near Philadelphia. Keels lave been laid at the yard for 37 ,500-ton cargo carriers Chicago (ollce and Federal officers last week ounded up 8,000 slackers, or young nen without registration cards I dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt rom Vienna says that flour Is $4.50 . pound in that city John Wanamaker, the veteran Philadelphia merchant, celebrated his 80th birthay lost Friday British air forces iropped a half a ton of l*ombs on 'onstantlnople one day last week. Private Roy R. Mason of Gaines- / tile. Fla., and Corp. l>*e H. White- ' lead of Jeffrey. Ky., are both prison rs in Germany. They were captured n the fighting around Verdun bewoen April 14 and 18. They are Inerned at Camp Darmstadt 8uplles of white sugar were refused to oft drink bottlers, soda fountains, andy makers and other makers of so ailed less essentials in Atlanta, Ga.. ist Friday In an order Issued by Dr. ndrew M. Soule, state food admLnlsrator Private Roy E. Ferguson. 'ompony E, 405th infantry, stationed t Montgomery. Ala., shot and killed Is father. Jerry Ferguson. 45 years Id, at Peno, Okla^ last Friday and selously wounded LUltan OWr, 10 years Id. and then committed suicide. He ras 20 years old Manufacturers ettlng out material for the govern lent are prohibited from employing rlson labor and restricted In the us<f child labor under a new policy anounced last Thursday by the war Inustries board James H. Baughun f Washington, D. C.. a member of the .nVo??-? ?. P?J-"'- - _JV?o uKwiruiii, wnose airplane ran shot down July 1, died In n rench hospital on July 2. ? A disastrous hall storm cut a goodIzed path for a distance of several illes north and east of Hartsvtlle last 'rlday about 1.30 o'clock. A number f farmers had their crops riddled. Eseclally was much damage done to tdacco crops. The stones were of ungual size and fell for several minutes, lie storm did not strike Hartsville, ut good and much needed rain fell here. It is thought most of the tobao o losers had some insurance on their ^ rops. _ ? Mr. W. EL Hand, for many years tats high school inspector, has adapted the superlntendency of the Coimbla city schoola, vice E. H. Dreher, 'ho declined re-election.