Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 19, 1918, Image 2
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.
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