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Scraps and facts. ? Cfuentln ftooaevelt, eon of former president Itoo?evelt, wa?' Kiil?-cl In the C'hateau Thierry aector last Sunday wlu-n he was shot down In his airplane. His cousin. Phillip. who wax tn the trenches, saw hint when he Jell; hut was not certain as to his identity. Mrs. Theodore lioost ve|t, Jr., has <ahle?l Col. lioosewlt iroin Paris that it has not !< n definitely established that fpientin is dead. ' en. Pershing has included in one id his reports tacts to the effect that on last Monday American troops completely annihilated an entire 'leiman imitation. A battalion consists ot 1, wo mi n in the I nited States army and peiliai?s about the same in the <rinatr army. At any rate, this battalion bad crossed tlic .Maine opposite the A met leans, and the Americans drove it hack to the rtver bank, where every man was either killed or captured. President Wilson has agreed to the list .nt 1,1 ins ix-rsoiia! stenograph cr. Charles Sw iii, ami tin- young man will join tin- aiin) aviation service August 1. S Weill h;v> ri'IKilUil lh?; president's speeches ami written his letters lor more than live years. He lias lain eager to get into tin service ever since the war started, hut until now the president wiuld not approve. Secretary Tumulty's stenographer. Warren Johnson, also is nhout to join the army with his chiefs "oiiMcni. ? TIs- work of enrolling 1,000,000 women ol tin- I'nited States pledged to sell one-hulf of the fourth Jaberty loan of $6,000,000,000 was begun In Chicago last Monday, at a conference of representatives Iroin parts of the country under the auspices of the national woman's l.iherty loan committee. "No new dresses" was a slogan offered by Mrs. Klla Flagg Young, who in the absence of Mrs. W. II. McAdoo, chairman ot the national committee, presided at the conference. "I have not had a new dress for the liast three years." "No new hat ornaments," said Mrs. A. S. italdwin ot San Francisco. "No new clothes for the ciiildren or as few more as possihle," said Mrs. Krank A. Yanderlip, member of the national committee, who explained that her own children me dressed in tiie blue denim of French (icasaiit's smocks. The women leaders of the nation emphasized that they must become fashionable to aid the new loan so that they might better the record in the last loan when 4o per cent of the total sales were .... ? Andrew I tonal' Uw, liritish chancellor oi the on Monday night, ili'Si'tilHil to tlic liou.se of commons the progn >s of the lighting in Frame during the day. 11 ? ? i.s tin dispatch ttiat told the story: "The enein> attiiek early this inorning on a Iron! id ninet\ kilometers, pretty evenl> divided east and west ol Ithcims. The eity itself was not attaeked. West ol lihcims the tierinaus penetrated on a I rout of 30 kilometers (22.3? miles) to an average depth ol from lour to live kilometers. South id the Maine, by a brilliant eounter-atlaek, the American troops drove the enemy back and took a thousand or more prisoners. Hast of Itheims the i tiemy has In-en heavily repulsed and has suffered a complete cln-ek." Sir Walter Knneiuiun said that the house would wish to offer congratulations not only to the French hut to the American troops, who had justified themselves, not for the lirst time, on a critical occasion. Before reading the communication, Mr. Itonar Ijiw said it had reached him from the front shortly before 11 ok-loi k. "I may add," he said, "in addition to what 1 am going to read, ttint the prime minister has been in telephonic communication with lieudi|iiarters and the report given him as coining from tlcn. Koch is that he iH well satisfied with the results of today's lighting." ? When the Uermun artillery preparation started on the night of the 14tli, sava a disnatch from the American up tin* streets of Chalons. iTcaT&Iy and miles from the front. The French rt-?i plied with an equally powerful tire, ami everything for many miles trembled until dawn, when the (icrman infantry came over. The advancing waves were of great density, giving the hundreds of French "5s a |K>int blank target. At the same time small centers of resistance composed of French advanced isists o|>encd tire with machine guns, which did tcrrillc execution. These isolated detachments held up the enemy masses for several hours, giving ample time for their comrades guarding the line of resistance to organize and bring into play all their means of defense. Then they retired slowly at times being compelled to tight strong bodies of the enemy who had succeeded in passing their positions. Lieutenant Tranchard, with L'f> men, was caught between the French and Herman Igirrages and remained lighting half the day. lie then cut his way through the enemy's lines at the point of the bayonet and received the legion of honor on the tteld. The perfect execution of Hen. Houraud's defense plans prevented the enemy from making a breach at any |M>lnt on this sector, although during !M hours the Herman crown prince sent three incessantly renewed waves of his best troops forward in the determination to get through to Chalons. ? The continued absence of i.tinfull throughout nearly the whole of the cotton belt, together with excessive temperatures In Texas and cool weather in the central and eastern portions, made conditions generally unfavorable for rapid advancement of the cotton crop in most of the belt, says the national weather and crop bulletin. Issued Wednesday for the week ending July 16. "Cotton continued to deteriorate in central, western and southwestern Texas, where dry, hot weather persisted, but it is still in fair to good condition In the northeast. iuu! const i>ortU>ns of that state. The crop Is looking well in most parts of Oklahoma, and showers were beneficial In Arkansas, where good growth was made. Ha in is needed in lioulslana. and some shedding Is reported from Mississippi. The crop continues In good to excellent condition east of the Mississippi river, but growth was unsatisfactory in much of Georgia, on account of the cool nights, which was also the case in the Carolina*. The continued dry weather, however, was beneficial In cheeking the activities of the Ih>!I weevil." ? Straight to the United States senate. Madame Hotchkarova, the leader of the Uussian battalion of death, carried her plea for Kussia last Monday. She st>oke to a number of senators in the marble room, and said to them: "Kussia can be saved. Sending 100.000 allied troops into Siberia would rouse the peasants to tight for freedom. More than 500,000 Russian troops would spring to arms." The fearless woman leader was wearing khaki uniform, her sword dangling at her sble. Her decorations blazing upon her breast. Her straight, black hair, bobbed boy-fashion, accentuated sharply the broad outlines of her Slavonic face. "All the real heart of Russia hates Germany." she said. "The peasants want Germany beaten and thrown out of Russia. Russia cannot do It alone. Won't you help? Will you let me go back to Russia without a word to the people that America is coming? Russia Is bleeding to death. In twenty years Germany will ' have Germanized Russia. German intluence is not now rooted out. Germany will make war on you. and she would dominate the world if she was allowed to ? 13 1.. TKl? 4as nooahA, uviiimair ivuacna. 11110 to uiv ^ojvi.wlogical moment. You must lend your aid to Russia at once. Don't leave the Csecho-Slovaks In Siberia to their fate. If Russia perishes, so will you. If you do not assist us now. you are not our friend. I beg of you. send men and guns. Rconomic aid will be useless without military aid- I have been here two months now and 1 have made this same appeal to every department of your government. I received no response. You people seem to treat this matter coldly. 1 want your help. If I cannot get it I will go back and try to see what we can do alone. But we need your help desperately. Send the 100,000 men. I will throw my friends with them. Because Russia knows that back of me there is no political controversy. The peasants will not fear for they know me." Senator Thomas, of Colorado, asked if Madame Botchkarova would oppose or welcome Jap anese assistance in an expedition. "l|; would welcome it," she said. "If there , were not too many of them. I should think one-third would be a fair Jap- 1 anese proportion in an expedition." . Ti t woman commander said she was . unite sure sh< could raise DuO.OOO , Russian troojw in and around Valdivostok, if an American force of luo.uu<i were lauded 1 here as a nucleus. | "Then more and more would gather." , site predicted. "For the heait of Hassia has not |>eri:;iicd. She is proi trute only Ik'C,'iiis< ol the tia-.-ndier> oi 1 liie men higher up." She assailed Kerensk\ for weakness. lie was , a man without a will," she deel.ire?l. Win did not h arrest th> traitors ' Ijotiine and TrotzskyWhy did he ' not stop their pro-'lcrman propugan da. She ended her plea with: "'live ( Russia a chance to show her strong heart stUI heats." (The \JorkriUc (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York aa Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, JULY 19. 1918. If y?>u have not enrolled, enroll now, today. That mistake as to the date on whteh enrollment closes is a natural one. Although the situation in France looks stood, it is very wi ll to ictm-mher that t is still quite serious. Hut after all, how could we expect the people of the state to he interested in a campaign like this? Hut even if there is nothing especially attractive about the ticket that is offered to us, we should vote all the same. How any individual can expect to get recommendation for ' iinself through the demerits of somebody else, it is iiflieult to see. The American troops are new and untrained; hut nevertheless they are delivering the goods, as the Hermans .tic finding nut t ? their very great astonish llll'llt* The war industries board has suggested the possibility that it may he necessary to ration the consumption of tobacco. This comes about because of the rapid decrease of imported stocks and the necessity of supplying the requirements of tiie tilled armies and of our own army from America. American tobacco consumption is 7 1-1' pounds per capita per annum. There be times when there is need lor men in the lead; but accord iAg to the newspaper rc|>orts. those who unaspiring to the highest elective offices, state and national, are comporting themselves in a manner that not lie creditable to child"-*--** sue seems to be, . wvorcV* for, or what ha\ nvers. ? nyeva.I aa ourf J* n!oTc"ror. ft IsT tno- fori 'took HI*what you have to say yoiirseii "*mm do you approve or disapprove what some one else lias said. The state is badly in need of another Tillman?a Tillman of other days?to restore politics to man's size. The ltolshcvikl government is protesting against the occupation of the Murman coast of Itussia by Itritisli ami Americans. The .Murman coast extends far into the Arctic circle. While Itussia was in the war immense quantities of military supplies were landed at Kola on this coast. There was no railroad connection with the interior at that time and the building of a road was commenced. When itussia broke down hundreds of millions of dollars worth of supplies had been landed; but the railroad was not yet completed. It was to protect these supplies that the Itritish and American troops were I ! >?! ? 1 It K.ill?i>...l ,?f tbot the liolshevlkl protest is at tho instance of the Germans. That Great Britain or the United States will pay a great deal of attention to the Bolsheviki protest is not likely. "Christie lionet, are you going to vote for Itlease?" "Huh, vote for Itlease nothin'! Xo deeent mail would vote for Itlease!" "Hurrah lor Christie Henet. lie's the man because he won't vote for Itlease." "T. II. I'eeples, are you going to vote for Itlease?" "That has nothing to do with this thing. I am a candidate on my record ol service, not on the merits or demerits of an> other man." "lie's a Itleaseite and disloyal to his country, because he won't express himself." Now, is this kind of thing not calculated to make us feel proud of our country?this condition under which a man is qualified or disqualified according to whether he is going to vote for or against some other man? Why any kind of an idiot might be elected to otticc on that basis. Withdrawal of McLaurin. The withdrawal of Mr. McLaurin from the gubernatorial race furnishes very little cause for surprise, and in 1 view of the shape his campaign has taken there is little cause for regret. We would like to have seen Mr. McLaurin governor of South Carolina, and at one time we had great ho|ies that he would be governor: but these hopes have not been entertained since i early In the campaign. That Mr. Mcl-aurin is. In our opinion the most thoroughgoing statesman of his day and generation in South ! Carolina, we have said time and again, and we do not hesitate to say it again, j We think he has done more for the people of South Carolina during the < past ten years than has any other one ' man in tile state, and we think he is capable of doing; a great deal more if he had the opportunity; but now that is ail off. Mr. McLaurin had two great ends in view. One was to better the economic condition of the people of South Carolina through the establishment of a just and equitable financial system that would guarantee to the producer his due enjoyment of the products of I his lal>or. The other was to break ! down and dsetroy the factionalism . that has so long operated against the , best interest of the state and bring all ' patriotic people together for their ' higher welfare. He was fully capable of accomplish- < ing l?oth of these ends, more so than i . _.r. > iny other man of whom we have any knowledge: but in spite of the unselfish patriotism of his aims and the splendid intellectual equipment he ] was aide to bring to bear, his purpose was ?] feated b> iiis own mistakes. Mr. .Mcl^aurin's mistakes were > pui'ly technical. What he had ae- ( otnplislied and what he was capable ?i accomplishing in the improvement I eeonomic conditions, were cngag- . ing the attention ot the [s-ople of the -tale to a greater extent than the ;n hie\etiient ol any ot her one man of ^ his day. All tin- people knew hint, and all who were riot directly inter- 1 i sted in isdities, were beginning to tppreeiate bin) at his true worth. As the situation stood all Mr. Mel.'iiirin luol to do was to canvass the , state, county by county, talk sound laisiiiess doctrine- to tile people, and have his enemies anu opjjuncnis iu russ, abuse, vilify and misrepresent :?s in licit as they might choose. He . would have I>een elected governor as swie|\ as there was an election. Cut the tirst tactical mistake was inad< last winter. When Mr. Mellaril) let loose his open letter against ' I Slease and Tillman, he not only failed to injure either Chase or Tillman: hut for th<- time being he divided the minds of the people who were interested in him from the things he was ( aching to factional polities, the thing for which he has such great antipathy. This hud ahout ipiieted down when tie campaign opened and still Mr. M< Igiiirin had a line chance to win: hut again lie ruined that chance with another letter similar to the first. There was wry little use in that \llll-I'.h-ase-t "ooper letter. If it Were a fact tp.it Mr. Cooper was trying to injure Melgiurin by the use of a secret loiter, ami it is not clear that he was not, Mr. Mi Igiiirin should have left the matter to the |m ople and they would have taken care of him. because of the worth he had already proved himself to be to tlliill. The best wa> to have accomplished lie destruction of factionalism was for Mr. Mclguirin to have gone on and secured his elect ion to the governorship. and made good his promises. If Iu colilil have iloile for tile |M'Oplc what he said lie could do. reduce their ia\< s. and still further improve their rniiottiic condition, and we neiieve ne could have done ImiIIi of these, Hull tact ioiiulism would have fallen to tile ground l.eeanse of its own rotten I'll i iliiy. We silieorely regret tile unfortunate outcome of Mr. Mclgiurin's candidacy, ami now that lie is no longer to l>e looked to to achieve the things for which In* stood, wo are at a loss to Know where to look for the advancem> tit of those things. MERE-MENTION Al mill, former American league |iiti her and iini|?ire of Lynchburg, Va., litis I wen tentatively ticcejited for oversctis work with the V. M. (.'. A \ young man named (iodwin, an insurant e agent, was'arrested tit Salisbury, X. hist Monday by Captain Kosler of the local police, as a deserter because lie paid no attention to his oucslionnairi ami other notices from ,4awv rnmeiit. t'ainii llreeneollicials nt\o i* eg,ptain Hosier for (Jod\ gitation to change the name wh Itbuuurck. X. Dj? received added impetus last Mtfntlay whoft it was found that the name on the Northern I'aeittc railroad station hod been obliterated Members of the Montgomery, Ala., labor unions will decline a holiday on lgtbor Day this year and will give the day's pay to the American lied Cross Food products and |taper bags to the value of approximately $3tl,tM>u were destroyed by tire at the Seliginan-Mnrx Wholesale ?irocery, Montgomery, Ala., last Monday. \ number of Jews wore condemned to death and executed last Monday at Khcrshon. t'kraine, for hiding grain, according l?t a re|tort which ilie state department characterizes as more or less circumstantial The lirsl shipment of the 15o hut hospitals which the American Ited Cross has liuilt in the I nitcd States for use in the nu small American camps throughout Croat I'ritain, arrived in Loudon last Monday Arthur CJuy Km |? ?. willi'.,,. ...... ...? ? sen luici's, :in<l iiutlior 01 "Over the Top." has Ih'cii commissioned as captain in tin' National Army, and he will be assiKTi.d to tin- adjutant general's office. Moti' walnut wood Is ncednl for gun stocks and airplane proin-llcrs and tin- bureau of .aircraft production has again called upon all persoiis who have an> of this wood, cut or growing, to sell it to the sawmills holding goveminent contracts The Japanese battleship Knwachi, of 21,l.'U tons displacement, blew up in Tokoyama bay, I'm miles northeast of Nagaski, on July 5. Five hundred members of the crew lost their lives. Vale university is bequeathed ricarlx Ji'ii.iKiO.litin by the will of the late John W. Sterling, a New York lawyer, who graduated from the institution in 1st,I. and died a bachelor on July a. litis Mill stocks of newsprint paper showed virtually no improvement during June, according to the Ftderal trade commission's monthly report of the industry Fred Thomas, third baseman of the Itosto'n I ted Sox team, last Tuesday enlisted in the navy as an apprentice seaman at the Milwaukee recruiting station. William, 7-year-old son 01 .Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Corder of Winston-Salem, X. t'? accidentally shot himself last Tuesday with a 38-calibre Smith Wesson pistol. Death resulted in a short time. The little fellow found the wen (Kin in a trunk and was playing with it President Wilson will forego any vacation this year, iT'innining in Washington till summer. .. liritish iliers bagged nine German airplanes last Sunday There ure now several thousand American troops operating on the Murman coast. In northern Russia Three hundred Italian prisoners have recently reached their homes in Italy after making their escape from Austrian prison camps Vhe shipping board has announced that thirty additional ships have been ordered from thirteen shipbuilders of Japan, bringing the total number of orders placed In Japan up to fifty ( ivciau iuuii prives jumpeu o per rem iii the United States from April IB to May 15, according to estimates of the bureau of labor statistics. Boiling beef increased 32 per cent: corn meal, 30 per cent: milk, 26 per cent Herman street, Camden, X. J? has been renamed Pershing street The war finance board has agreed to advance $20,000,000 to the Bethlehem Steel corIHir.it ion for the enlargement of Its deel making plants. The London Daily Mail has renewed its offer of a prize of $50,000 to the aviator who first flies from America to England London banking circles and commercial men are confidently predicting: that the war will be over by January 1. The Austro-Hungartan war minister says that more than 500,000 Austrian war prisoners have already returned from Russian prison camps For attempting to obstruct the sale of Liberty bonds and war savings stomps and for unpatriotic references about the tlag. Private William McKentor, a conscientious objector at Camp Meade, Md-. has been sentenced to serve ten iears at ha.nl labor. McKentor Is a 80 ialist of the. Rolshevik type ?Henry Roth, a wealthy brewer of Brooklyn. X. Y.. was dVowned Monday while surf bathing at Neponsit beach. He iva8 66 vears old Forty army aviators at Mineola, L. I., have filed applications that they be considered first when pilots were selected for the Initial transatlantic flight General LTowder has issued a call for 399 11mted service men for cooks and bakers. Selective service men may volunteer up to July 23, for this service. N-traftr- - .' ..'I-; .. LOCA1. AFFAIR!, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS fcfenry K. Merritl?1? announced u a candidate fur the office of county commissioner of lurk county, subject to the will of the voter* in the Democratic primary. I. 1. Davidson. Yorkville Mo. 3?Haa pure bred Duroc-Jersey pigs for sale. I. D. McDowell, Chairman?Calla a meeting of voters of school district Mo. XI to meet at John K. Carroll's office Friday at 11 a. in., to hear report of trustees ol said district. I. A. Marion . County Chairman?Gives notice that Democratic club enrollment books will close on nest Tuesday, July 23rd instead of July 30 as heretofore announoed. M. S. Carroll. President - Urges all members of Mew Zioii Democratic club to enroll on or before next Tuesday. K. E. Quinn, S. Y. C.?Gives notice of sale of certain real estate under execution for the collection of state and county taxes. Sale to lake place on salesday in August. Clover Drug Store- Offers a special bargain in 1'alm-Olive shampoo and soap at 60c; and also in 1'alm-Olive face powder and soap. McConneil Dry Goods Co. - lias just received a nf hovs' Double-wear suits in both worsted and serge at I8.50 to 110.00. Firat National Bank, Sharon -Indulirra in a little heart-to-heart talk with thoae people who do not do buaineaa with the bank. It wants your checking account. ( Star Theatre Today present* a special fivereel feature. "Vengeance and the Woman" on Saturday. "The Woman In the Web," on Tuesday. Good comedies. Loan and Saving* Bank - Reminds you that the third installment of Liberty loan payments is past due and urites you to pay at once. Ifork Hardware Co.?Wants to take your orders for re|iairs for your mowinit machines in order to have them when you need them. The state campaign meeting is due lien next Wednesday, July 24. The government on yesterday took | over the telegraph wire system of the nation. Thurston McSwain of Rlacksburg. is it ported among the "missing in action" in France. WITHIN THE TOWN ? An interesting series of services is being conducted in the Associate Reformed church this week, with preaching in the morning at 10 a. m and s.30 p. in. Rev. W. II. Lindsay of t'hnriotte. is doing the preaching. Tho^ attendance is (juite good, especially at the evening services. NEXT TUESDAY LAST DAY. All Democrats who fail to enroll their names on the hooks of their respective clubs on or before next Tuesday, will lie denied the privilege of voting in tlie primary. Heretofore it bus been believed that July 31 was the last day for enrollment; but this lias been discovered to In- a mistake. The last day is July 23. in... ....i..? ,.r ii?, h:iv tlint en rollnu-nt must be completed on or before the lust Tuesday in July; but the statute governing the matter says that enrollment must be completed on or before the fourth Tuesday in July. The statute of the state takes precedence over the rules of the party. The discrepancy in the dates fixed by the party rule and the statute has I only been discovered wjthin the twist few days, and Solicitor* \V. H. Cobb, acting attorney general, has Riven it as bis opinion that the statute must prevail over the rule. I.et everybody who has not already registered do so at once. SOLDIERS MAY VOTE Soldiers in the service of the country have a right to vote in the primaries and under the law, enrollment committees are required to make provision for their enrollment. The act reads as follows: . "Section 1 (enrollment of voters in United States service). He it enactMb by the general assembly of the staO orjtouth Carolina, That the enroHnragl coirfmUlee of each voting club In state shall,- before turning to VP county chairman the club roll forjftjrn et ion, enter upon a Jjt _tftc club loll the name of every qualrWd voter of the district known to lie absent front the district in the civil, military or naval service of the United States, and not qualitb-d to vote in any other club, together with his home address and bis last known address and the deimrtment of service in which he is engaged." itelatlvcs of the men who have enlisted can render a service to the enrollment committees if they will send in the names of those who have entered the army or navy. The executive coiiunittc< man from each district will be glad to receive the information. CIRCUIT COURT Practically all of Monday waa taken up with the case of D. J. Cline against the Southern railway. After the evidence was all in the court directed a verdict for the defendant. Tuesday and Wednesday were given over to the fourth trial of the case D. A. McKcnzie vs. the Southern railroad. In the action as commenced orlginally Iloller & Hailcy were joint defendants. At the last previous term of the court the jury found against Holler & Hal ley and made a mistrial as to the Southern railway. This time the Southern railroad was the only defendant. The evidence was about the same as In previous trial. The Jury took the paper Wednesday afternoon, remained out all night and had not reported up until yesterday at noon. On yesterday the court took up the case of I'endergrnss against the Southern railway, a suit for damages on account of the killing of Alex Pendergrass under a freight train on the yard of the Yorkville Cotton Oil company on May 30, 1016. The evidence wes all in yesterday when the court adjourned for the dinner hour and it was expected that the arguments and the judge's charge would take up the balance of the afternoon. MORE NEGROES FOR JACKSON Another increment of thirty-seven nvgroes from Local Board No. 2, left Yorkville yesterday morning for Camp Jackson, after <iuite appropriate exercises in the courthouse Wednesday night. The exercises in the courthouse weiv rather more elaborate than anything of the kind that has gone before. They were of the same general nature, however, consisting of slngln# and sjteeches and a sentimental quotation for and in t>ehalf of each of the drafted men. In order to secure money with which to pay expenses and with which to entertain the drafted men Rev I r> NVilcy, in charge of the affair, charged an admission fee at the door. This, however, had no discouraging effect upon the attendance. The courthouse was filled to capacity and the audience included uuite a number of whites. Seymour Carroll of Columbia, who had been selected as the speaker of [he occasion, failed to arrive and the principal speech of the occasion was iiuulo by Hev. G. \V. Jennings, who ilid not appear to be altogether pleaslhI with the programme. He said there was no need for a man like Carroll to make a speech as there were plenty of people at home who could apeak to the negroes better. He also criticised the charging of admission, saying that an occasion like this, like salvation, should be free, and the idea of making people pay to see American citizens as if they were a lot of monkeys struck him as out of place. He said that the Almighty's purj>ose In sending the war was, among other things, to elevate the negro to the full and free citizenship to which he is entitled. The names of the thirty-seven nerroes who went off yesterday morning ire as follows: Dave Armstrong, Charlie Anderson. Isaiah Adorns, Sam Archie, Claude Rurrls. John Brown, James Clyburs. 1 Otl? Crome. Haskell Currence, John Erbr. Hezeltlah Graham. John Hall, Sidney Hlnton. John Llndaay Hall, Walter Jackson. Haskell Jlmmeraon, VCTJI Knox. John Love, Ernest Lee. Joe McDowell. Sol Moore. Hazel Moore. Charlie Moore, Jackaon McCaw, George Nance, Arthur Phillips. Jim Perry, Albert Robinson. John Rawlinson. Babe Rosehoro. Vess Jam?s Ross, Will Rice, lawyer Paul Sanders. Paul Sanders, Charles William Starr. Hansel Thomas. Jim Williams ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. Eliza Barron of Kbenezer. is visiting Mrs. X. J. N. Bowcn in Yorkvtlle. Miss Ix-ona Moore of Rock Hill, is the guest of Miss Irene Starr in Yorkvtlle. Mr. Lamar Glenn of Yorkville. is now at Clemson college jus assistant veterinarian. Miss Alta Kewell of Rock Hill, visited her sister, Mrs. M. K. Coblt, hen' this IVl'fK. I It. I'. Falls of King's Mountain, was reported among the seriously wounded in Wednesday's casualty list. Miss Esther Ashe, who has been visiting friends in Kidgeway, has returned to her home in Vorkville. John W. Wilson has taken the plat'e on the itock Hill police fori* made vacant by the resignation of J, C. Hayes. Misses Pauline Oates and Wilms Quinn of Yorkvillc, attended the Y. P C. I'. convention at Hickory Grove or Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. J. H. Micklo of McConnellsville, left last Tuesday to spend several weeks in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Mrs. J. I- Williams of Yorkvillc, ha> received information that her son Ganson Williams, has landed ir Prance.. Mr. Paul Caldwell and Miss Lula Caldwell of Lake City, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Courtney ir Yorkvillc. Miss Margaret Finley, who ha.' been visiting friends in Darlington ami Bennettsvllle. has returned to hei home in Yorkville. Mr. S. Earle Grist, son of Mr. Sam M. Grist of Yorkville, has been sent to the officers' training camp at Camf Gordon, Atlanta. Mrs. T. M. Caldwell and Miss Sarah Littlejohn of Gaffney, are the guest.' of Dr. and Mrs. Whitesidcs in McConnellsville. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carroll, Neil and Lucile Carroll and Mrs. .). H. I'arrotl and son. J. B., Jr., of Filbert, spent Thursday in Charlotte. Mrs. W. T. Moore and children who have been spending some tiim in Mullock's Creek, have returned to their home in Yorkville. Mrs. O. W. Hartness and children who have been visiting Mrs. Harvey Ferguson in Yorkville, have returnee to their home in Orangeburg. Mrs. C. E. Weatherly anil IttU daughter, Sarah, who have been vis ittng Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Grist h Yorkviilr, have returned to their hoint In Hennettsvllle. Mr. It. I.. Vincent of Hullock's Creet township, who was in Yorkville Wednesday, said that the people down thai way have been having good seasons all si long. Mr. C. E. Dobson, who has beer spending several days in YorkVilh with his father, Mr. J. W. Dobson, left yesterday morning on Ids return u IVnsacola. Kin. Itoek Hill Herald: Fred Setzer o India Hook, and Marvin Wallace o Oak Itidge, left this morning for Clem son college to attend the two weeks short course provided by the prizi winning boys in each county in th< state. These boys won the course his year, but same was postponed las summer. Two weeks from today Mack Jones of Hickory Grove, nn< John Latham of Sharon, will leave t< attend the course designated for thii ti-nmer. They won the course the ifet.Tgir .Greenville News, July 17: Stanle: Wyan. editor of the Camp Sevle Trench and Camp, published untie the auspices of the army Y. M. C. A yesterday announced the appointim-n ol James O. Crist, publicity man fo the reclamation division, iiuartcrmas ter corps at Camp Sevier, as assoeiat editor of Trench and Camp. Charle: H. Garrison of Greenville, now wit) the quartermaster corps at Camp Se vier, is appointed sporting editor o Trench and Camp, Mr. Kyun announc ed. Hoth Mr. Crist and Mr. CarrLsoi are men of considerable newspaper ex perience. Mr. Crist was on the staf of the Yorkville Enquirer at York, S C., before entering the military ser vice, and has written a number of ver; readable articles about the life of tie soldiers. Mr. Garrison was formerl; on the staff of the Greenville News He enlisted last year in the Creenvilli ambulance company, which was late attached to the sanitary train of tin Slst division. Mr. Garrison was re cently transferred from the sanitar; train to the quartermaster corps. EQUALIZATION PROBLEM. The dictum of the state tax com mission adding 45 per cent to the as sesaed valuation ot' York county farn land as fixed by the county hoard o equalization, will stand. This was th outcome of a meeting of \V. (J. Qucrr; and J, P. Derhatn of the state tax com mission with the members of thi county board of equalization in tin courthouse last Tuesday. The county board of equalization, i will be remembered, some lime bad decided that $5.42 was about right ai the average assessed valuation o York county land; but the state ta; commission raised this figure 45 pe cent and settled upon $7.95 as thi proper average ussessed valuation fo York county land. Under the conviction that the stab tax commission's figures were lnequit able beyond all reason, the boan sought to appeal; but pretty soot found that the state board of tax re view and the tax commission were no far from the same thing, and gave uj the appeal as hardly worth while. The meeting Tuesday was for th< purpose of talking the matter over at that the members of the equalizatiot board might come to a clear under standing of the commission's position The desired object was attained. Th? equalization board was convinced tlia' the equalization must be about rlgh so far as land values are concerned; but some of the members arc still I fittle dubious as to whether the lane owners are not going to be called upon to bear a much larger proportior of the burdens of the government thar is their just share. Messrs. Derham and Querry explained tlie procedure of the tax commission about like this: We have not undertaken to tlx an arbitrary assessment upon you; but we have arrivec at our assessment on a basis of youi own valuations. How? Why wewenl over the census reports made up frorc your own statements to the censul enumerators, and also we have beer over your record of transfers of real estate for a number of years past making due comparison between values as established at auction sales and values as established through transfers from one owner to another We have collected this same Information from every county in the state and the assessed valuation here established for York county are in as equitable proportion as it is possible to arrive at with reference to assessed valuations in other counties. The members of the commission explained further that while on a basis of the new assessed valuation, the levies as fixed by the general assembly will raise a great deal more mone> than will be required for state and county purposes, this situation will be taken care of by a flexible le;-y provided for by an act of the last general assembly. This act referred to, onl> applies to the state levy; but it is suggested that the auditor will be safe Id adjusting the county levy to the new Hi - ' Sfilfr-' ir'-V . .c - -V.v .i'vii requirements In the assurance that th legislative delegation will back him u in the matter. After hearing the explanations o Messrs. Derham and Querry. the mem Ihts of the equalization board adopte a resolution in which they acceptei the action o( the state tax comrnis sion and instructed the auditor to pro cred with the work of putting farn lands on his l>ook at the valuation promised by the commission. It is understood that the increase assessed valuation applies only t farm lands. Other kinds of real estat are not included, and neither is cor Innate property. The state levy as tlxed by the gen era I assembly for this year is 9 1mills on the dollar and the count levy is 9 3-4 mills on the dollar. Th county levy is to raise about 390.00 for ail purposes, the state levy wil raise a few thousand dollars less. Th constitutional 3 mill school tax am the special school levies will raise ap proximately 390,000. While on a basis of the increase assessed valuation the flexible stat levy may be adjusted to raise th amount required, anil the exces over county requirements can also i> lirovidcil for, the amounts that wi i>c raised l>y the special school levie and the constitutional 3 mill tax wi necessarily lie much larger than the have I icon heretofore. LOCAL LACONICS { Another Call from Crowder. < ioneral Crowder has made anothf i call for twenty-six thousand whit legistrants to go into camp from Au ' gust 5 to August 9. Of these 800 ar ! to come from South Carolina and the will he sent to Camp Wadsworth. ' Sustains School Tax. Judge Moore has tiled his decree i the contested tax election case i t school district No. 29. The decree up i holds the result of the election, re 1 pudiates all suggestions of fraud the were alleged against the managers < j the election. There were irregularitie: ills honor declares. For instance, th box was not "locked" as the law r? i 11"ires; but it was securely fastenei ' and there was no intentional violatto of the law. There was nothing what ( ever in the evidence to give the slight i est foundation for a charge of wrong doing on the part of the managers. | CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR. 1 It Is a Piddle Over Somebody Else Loyalty. I The following is the Columbia Statt News and Courier uceount of the stal ' campaign meeting in Oconee count I last Tuesday. John O. Richards of Liberty Mil ( candidate for governor, before un Oe< . n??e count> audience of about 700 jhc pie here today in the auditorium of tli Waihalla graded school, declared h ' preference for Cole L. Rlease foi; tli [ lulled States senate and stated tin . he would vote for the former goverm in the August primary. The declaration of Mr. Richards wi 1 the result of an exchange betwec him and Lieut. Gov. Andrew J. Bethe another candidate for governor, wh ??( I ' III |l( I IIS * " 41 ... cither to indorse or to repudiate tf reputed utterances of Blease at Pi 1 maria on July 27, 1S17, in which t1 ; former governor is quoted as sayir that the blood of the American so ' diers slain in France will be on tl ? head of President Wilson and tl 1 members of congress who voted f< ' the war, as an unwarranted sacriflc * At the commencement of his speec the lieutenant governor requested M ' Hichurds to remi in on the stand as I * hud some questions to ask him. Fo s lowing a few preliminary remarks 1 - mini Hid wiLmJl ln-nwiftttMnMNi art 1' ed "1 ask Mr. Richards if he indors ' the sentiments of and the words e pressed by Cole L. Please In h speech at Pomaria on July 27, 1117' The question of Mr. He then was pri faced on the assertion of Mr. Iticl aids that the war is not an issue. M Bet hen said that he had not mat the issue, but it had been raised I Cole l* Hlcasc and by him alone at it was an issue. "l)o you mean to charge either d rectly or inferential!)'," asked Kiel aids, "that I am disloynl to my coui try?" Mr. licthea said that he mere asked the question to bring out tl Liberty Hill man's attitude on tl published utterances of Hleasc ur certainly did not charge nor sugge anything against his loyalty. "I believe every man in South Can Una," said Richards, "is loyal to h country and 1 believe if necessai every one of them. Including M dense, will bare his breast to tl enemy. I do not believe there is traitor in South Carolina. If yt want to bring up this kind of quei tion you should go to the right form the race for the United States senat I defy you to do it and you know yt " won't." With these words Itichnri - took his seat. t Repeating his former querry, Bet hi . said that Richards had not answeri his question. Richards then jumped 5 his feet, pointed his finger at the llet y tenant governor and said: "I want tell the lieutenant governor that have one son and three nephews in tl 8 service who have offered their liv< [ to their country. The lleutenai governor is in the military age and , want to ask why he has not donm the khaki?" < Stating that he would not stand f< s the insults and insolent questions . C the lieutenant governor any long* Richards left the stand and advanci * down the side aisle. As the Ueutei r ant governor turned again to tl E audience and stated that Mr. Ricl ards had not answered his questic yet. R. T. Jaynes, a Wathalla lawy. asked Mr. Bethea if any of the cand e dates for governor espoused the cau: of Cole L. Blease. The lieutenant goi ' ernor said that he did not know, bi ' read an account published In tl ? Charleston American of last Saturd.i . telling of the Blease meeting at \Va( , < ner last Friday in which Mr. Blcaj was quoted as indorsing the candidt 5 cy of Mr. Richards and which sal there was tumultuous applause whf Major Richards stated that the forini " governor would he elected to tl > United States senate. Mr. Bethe 1 stating that he took that as an Ir . dorsemcnt of the candidacy of Co L. Blease by Major Richards, sai ' "However, there is Major Richardi let him answer your question." "Whs I is wanted of* me now?" susked Rlcl t ards as he came hack on the stan< "Mr. Jaynes wants to know if you it : tend to vote for Cole L. Blease f< i the United States senate," replied tl 1 lieutenant governor. "I don't propose to let such a perse as the lieutenant governor or an > other man force me to declare mj i self, hut If the audience wants I know I shall tell them." said Richard There were several calls from the at dience that they wanted to know ho Major Richards stood. When Chaii ' man J. E. Hopkins put the question numl?er of the audience stood an 1 Major Richards told them he woul declare himself. He prefaced h ' statement by saying that Bethea wa 1 a defeated candidate for gov'esnor an s he wanted to injure Richards an | bolster himself with such tactics. H I stated that he had joined the rani of the Reformers in 1890 and ha stood unswervingly by those prtnc . pies ever since. He believed that th > government is drifting from the mas: ?-n wi 11it: prv^it- w iici c it uriuu^a tui - is becoming dominated by the claase . "I Believe Cole L. Blease is tt ' friend and hope of the poor ma of which I myself am one," he cor tinued. "and between Mr. Blease, M - Dial and Mr. Rice in the race for th United States senate, if God span ' my life I intend to cast my ballot f< i Cole L. Blease on August 27." As 1 ( turned to leave the stage Mr. Bethe reminded Major Richards that hi r original question had not been am 1 wered. "I don't propose to answer th ! insolent questions put by any sue thing as you, sir," thundered M I Richards, as he shook his flst at M r Bethea, who flushed up at the retor Richards then left the stage, i "I don't blame Major Richards fc ' not answering my question," M; \ - . - .:L.:.. e Bethea told the audience aa hia oppop nent left the building A large majority of the audience did f not appear to approve of the indorse ment of Cole L. Blease by Major i Richards and Mr. Bethea got a good i deal of applause. The other candidates - departed little from their set speech - es. The meeting tomorrow will be (t held at Pickens. W. J. C. 9 | ^ ! ALLIES BEGIN OFFENSIVE . ii o e Americans and French Drive Enemy Over Thirty Mile Front. International News Service. Paris. July IS.?The war otilce any nounced at noon that the French and e Americans had started an offensive ? over a thirty mile front, extending from Fontenay, on the north bank of J the Aisne, just west of Soissons, to - Bellenu Wood, immediately northwest j of Chateau Thierry. The French and . : ? <ll???jinee of t. .AIIH-IHUII9 iUiituiv\u ?. e two miles in some places, taking M many prisoners, tleltl and machine 1*1 irons. This offensive is northwest of s the present (ierman drive, which l?eII gan with a feint on the V?^ux sector. * switched main attack into the castem district , between Hheims and Argonne forest. GERMANS MEET THEIR MATCH r Fifth Great Drive Held Close to the c? Starting Point. The fifth German drive, which was y commenced during the early hours of last Monday morning, was definitely stopped within live hours after It was started. The fighting, however, is still n going on in the form of fierce local battles, some of them of great magnitude and while the situation looks most ^ encouraging for the allies, it is still too )f early to say what is going to be the outcome. s. The line of the drive wus over a ie , front of a little more than fifty milos, j extending from Villers Cotterets on the ' west to the Argonne forest on the cast In all some sixty divisions, or close to 900,000 men were engaged, and in every feature is the fiercest and most desperate drive that has yet been attempted. The attack was opened with a terrific bomburdment, said to be the t heaviest that has ever yet been effect* ed. An unusual feature of it was the use of large numbers of long range naval guns, placed back of the enemy te lines, and throwing shells for a disV * ?A a' nillfiH Into nllipfl territory. The French had advance informa1. tion as to the hour and place of the at}m tuck and opened with their artillery a >- full hour before the enemy was ready '.? to begin, thus causing heavy loss and it. disarrangement of enemy plans. it Tho allied line was defended by >r French, Americans and Italians. A IS section of the line was under inden pendent American command, and in a. other sections the Americans were 10 sandwiched in between French and 18 Italians under French command. )- The Germans had twenty or twentye five divisions east of Kheinis and ig about the same number west of 1- Rheims. In the sectors between te Rheims and the Argone forest to the le east, largely defended b" Americans, jr the enemy was unable to advunce at c. all- Four German divisions hurled :h against the towns of Slllery, Prosncs, r. Soualn and Massges, were literally cut le to pieces and one of them was annihiI luted. Most of this was done by the le Americans and French. Between mSnu anfl 9mm tt> flw?i es vanced several miles against the x- French and Italians; but at terrible ils loss, and later they were driven back ?" over most of the distance, e- By means of a half dozen or more h- bridges, the Germans crossed the river lr. Marne between Dormans and Reuilly, Je to the east of Chatteau Thierry, at a >y point defended by Americans. In the id advance of the Germans a number of Americans were captured; but within i- a half hour Americans advanced to the l>- counter attack and recaptured most of i- the American prisoners in German >" hands. The Americans made three 1,1 counter attacks one after the other, and drove most of the Germans back u' across thtf river. st Semi-official estimates of Wednesday placed the .German losses at not less than 1UO.OOO and although the Germans were claiming to have taken 18,000 prisoners, the allies were not ' willing to concede losses of anything like such a number. German prisoners " In the hands of the allies numbered 3,000 and of these more than half had been taken by the American t' Airplanes figured in the battle to a )t| larger extent than In any previous batlH tie. There were more than 100 low flying airplanes in one single allied ,a group. These dropped many tons of .j explosives on the German reserves In to the rear as well as on musses of troops j. actively engaged in the fighting and t0 did very* considerable execution. I Although the Germans are still atto tacking the allied lines viciously on both sides of the Ul.eims salient, whut nt gains they are making continue to be I small ones on Isolated sectors and are -d seemingly confined to the region along the Marne and immediately southwest or of Rhelms. of Eastward from the cathedral city (r, through Champagne, the French re;d port that they are everywhere holding i- the enemy and keeping their lines inie tact, notwithstanding the prodigious i- expenditure of shells by the Germans >n and the determination with which their er troops are delivering their thrust. Everywhere the battles are being stubbornly contested and where the >'* French and Italians have been, coml,t pelled to give ground it has been only ie after the infliction of extremely heavy iy casualties on the invader. The Americans nowhere have been forced to ,f* withdraw. On the contrary near Fossoy. near the bend of the Marne bell* tween Chateau-Thierry and Dormans, j, they have made further improvements in their positions. Like their French comrades in arms, the Americans also ' have been engaged In violent fighting I* with the enemy. Daily It becomes increasingly apparent thut the strategy of the German ,t high command In the present battle i. has foremost In Its consideration the j. blotting out of the Rheims salient and ). the straightening of the line eastward >r through Champagne t.iward Verdun. ie The hardest fighting of Tuesde ,* was southwest of Rhelms. where the enein mv i? onHnn enrino #n K^aoI# ... ..v ? wu uicaiv iiuuufii iy the hill and forest region, reach the r- railroad running from Rheima to to Epernay and force the evacuation of s. Rheima. i- In theae endeavora the German war w office aaserta that the German* have driven back the allied troops on the a mountain of Rheima between Mantenal |?{ and north of Pourcy, the laat place be'' ing a scant Ave miles distant from the 18 Rheima and Epernay railroad. The 18 French official communication admits (! that the Germans hold the line west of I? ManteuU-La Foaae, about a mile and a e half south of Pourcy and relatively five 18 miles west of the railroad. It is reported that French reserves ' have entered the flgfiting along the . Marne and to the north of 1st Chapj elle-Mont Hodon they have recaptured a lost territory. The Germans also, as ie was expected, have brought up fresh A forces In an endeavor to press forward their project In this region. There is a r. veritable deluge of shells from the ,e guns of both sides along the entire >a Marne front. >r On the British rront in northern te France and Flanders the Germans are a keeping up violent bombardments on Is various sectors, using both gas and i- high explosive shells. Gas has been te used extensively on the Vlllers-Breh tonneux sector, where the British for r. several days have been delivering sucr. crnsful patrol attacks and taking prlst. oners. The Albert sector Is coming In for an increased shower of shells >r of all kinds. Nowhere, however, has r. the German command seen fit as yet to start an Infantry engagement If one is contemplated. In Albania the French and Italians continue to make progress against the Austrians and In the Italian* sector, up in the mountains, repeated Austrian attacks have been repulsed by the Italians. CLOVER CULLINGS Correspondence The Yorkville Enquirer. Clover, July 17.?Miss Margaret Tenipleton of Filbert, la spending a few days here with Misses Mildred and Margaret l'nrrott. Messrs. Will Kudiscll, Charlie Dickson. Mac. Ferguson und I-frown liaird of Camp Jackson, s|>ent Sunday henwit h home folks. Mr. It. K. Allen returned from Olar, Saturday, where he visited his sister, Mrs. James Chitty. Mrs. M. L. Smith, Misses Louise Smith, Annie Let- Adams, Agnes Youngldood, Addie Niell, Master Kdwurd Smith and Mr. Jatnes I'ursley spent Wednesday at Camp Jackson. Among those who are attending the Y. 1'. C. I'. in Hickory (Trove this week an' llev. W. I', drier, ltev. I*. A. St roup. Misses Martha Faulkner, Jean and Klslc Crossly, Made Niell, IVarl Williams and Messrs. Hoyeo Faulkner and Clarence St roup. He v. and Mrs. A. A. McLean and ehii.iren and Miss Kuth McLean spent Monday in Gaston ta. A protracted meeting will boffin in tin* Clover Associate lb-formed church here Friday morninir. The preaching will he done by Rev. I- I. Echols of Did Providence, Yn. Dr. I. J. Campbell and family and Dr. J. E. Prison and family are spending thlet week in the mountains of North Carolina. Miss Ruth Petty of the Fennell Infirmary. spent a few days this week with her father, Mr. \V. C. Petty, at Howling Green. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Adams, a recent bride and groom, of Gostonla, are s|H-nding a few days here with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. \V. E. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Dover of Florida. are visiting relatives here. Mrs. Roy Wagoner and Miss Jessie Nell left Wednesday morning for Washington. D. C. Little Miss Myrtle Campbell of Tl lazuli, is the guest here of her grandmother, Mrs. Emma Campbell. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Milton Hain of Greenville county, was lodged in Jail last Monday on Uncharge of shooting and fatally wounding his mother-in-law. a Mrs. Allen. ?Aviator William Plylor Is a prisoner in Germany and is held nt Camp Karlsruhe, the war department has been ;nl\isei|. I'lflel Is believed to ho Lieut. William II. Plylor of Kershaw, S. C. ? John Shelaskl and l>-roy Wilkin, two alleged deserters from Camp Sevier, are held in custody in Elizabeth, N. .1., according to a telegram received last Monday from the chief of f>oplice of that city by the police department at Roanoke, Yn. ? The cottonseed section of the food administration has directed William Elliott, food administrator for South Carolina, to announce that all price agreements on other matters affecting the price of the 1917-191* crop will expire with tin- dis|msltion of that crop or such part as an individual may still have in Ids possession, and lien no motHwrn ?i inn miiu wmi extend to the next crop. Now rules ami regulation* will 1m? announced Inter to apply to the 191S-PJ19 crop. All ililTerentials and margins of protit, zones and rules which have lieen estahlished will remain in effect until they have been replaced by other similar ruling*. Demand for Newspaper Conservation.?Preliminary economics affecting all publishers in the United States were announced last week by the pulp and paper si-ctlon of the war 15, (Monday). Few" of these affect the weekly and semi-weekly newspapers. but the programme as outlined by tiie board Is given herewith: On account of the shortage of materials, the paper situntion is said to lie so acute that the following economies are immediately necessary: Publishers are directed to discontinue the acceptance of the return of unsold copies. Discontinue the use of all samples or free promotion copies. Discontinue giving copies to anybody except for office working copies, or where required by statute law as in the case of ottlclal advertising. Discontinue the arbitrary forcing of copies on news dealers (i. e? compelling them to buy more copies than thev can legit hnntely sell In order to hold certain territory.) Discontinue the buying back of |mpers at-cither wholesale or retail selling price from the dealers or agents in order to secure preferential representation. Discontinue the payment of salaries or commission to agents, dealers or newsdealers for the purpose of securing the equal return privileges. Discontinue all free exchanges. Object to Barbarity?German newspapers are raising quite a pother over a story received in Germany from Switzerland to the effect that a large number of American troops have been supplied with sawed-off shot guns ror close fighting. The Cologne Gazette In commenting on the report. denounces Amcrica'H barbarism and assumes that tomahawks and scalping knives will soon appear on the American front. The newspaper warns the German troops that the Americans are not "honorable warriors." The Weser Zeitung says the barbarous shotguns have been served out not because they are likely to be effective, but because the ill trained Americans cannot use rifles and are badly supplied with machine guns. ? Gen. Pershing on yesterday telegraphed Col. Roosevelt that It had been definitely established that Quentin Roosevelt's airplane had gone down; but as to whether Quentin was dead or a prisoner of the Germans had not yet been established. ? American negro troops are helping I to hold the line against the fifth German offensive. They requested th<favor of being permitted to take over a part of the line of attack though they had been holding a piece of a French sector for the last three months without relief. AT THE CHURCHES CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Rev. T. Tracy Walsh, Rector. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11. TRINITY METHODIST. Rev. J. E. Mahaffey, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. J. L. Oates, Pastor. Sabbath Services?Sabbath school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11. Evening service at 8.S0. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. E. K. Gillespie, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morn In- ?? Evening service at 8.30. FIRST BAPTIST. Rev. B. H. Waugh, Pastor. Sunday Service#- -Sunday school at % 10 a. m. ^Mornin* service at 11. CHARLOTTE STREET BAPTIST Rev. B. EL Waugh, Pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 a. m. Evening service at 8.10. V