Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 03, 1918, Image 2

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Straps and /arts, f o - a ? It is estimated. according to a s I-ondon dts:<atch. that the German losses in killed alone now reach a total j of nrfhre than 2.000.000 and probably j approach 3.000.000. The figures were ' given out after a study of tabh s of j tier titan and AlJJed losses which have j been published. i I -- A table compiled by the bureau of j ihu? the ourchaslnff pow- | IOWUI , ouvf<? _ t*r of one dollar In July. 1918. as com- < pared with July. 1913. five years prev- i mux. hjfd xhrunk to forty-five cents In I Washington and Baltimore; fifty-seven 1 cents In Philadelphia; fifty-nine cents i In New York and Chicago, and sixty- i three cents in San Francisco. During the five Intervening years the cost of food Increased 85 per cent In Washing- i ton; 84 per cent In Baltimore; 77per < cent In Philadelphia; 68 per cent in i New York; 69 per cent In Chicago and 58 per cent In San Francisco. Comparative figures also show that food prices have increased materially in a month In June, 1918. the same food that could be bought for ninety-eight cents in Washington costs SI in July. In other cities figures are about similar with only slight variations. ? A proposal to stabilize the price of cottonseed and its products on a basis of $70 f?er ton f. o. b. cars, for the seed, has been put before the food administration. by a committee representing state directors of markets and agricultural commissioners of the cottongrowing states and members of the farmers' union. 'The effort of the proposal would be to make the price ot seed vary from $61 to $73 in carload lots, depending upon the yield of lol^." a food administration statement tonight said, "and the price of meal would range from $57 per ton in Texas to $53 for the eastern section. A meeting of cattlemen has been railed to consult in the matter." The prices suggested are baaed on 1917 figures, it was said that the objis t of fixing, ir adopted. wouiu bo to protect "both the cattle feeder and the need producer from the highly speculative market that row threatens the Industry." ?Applause for President Wilson at a public meeting In Germany Is reported In a dispatch from Prance, showing that the violent campaign, against America Inspired by the German government has fulled to silence all elements In sympathy with the professions of President Wilson. The dispatch says: "The Intensity with which the greater part of the German press is prosecuting a campaign against President Wilson is proof that it has been ordered and organized by the official services of the Wdhelmstrasse. Wilson is presented to all as a hypocrite and ultra-imperialist, who is not taking seriously the principles proclaimed by hltn in regard to the league of nations, and who at the bottom of his heart has only one sincere wish, and that is to annihilate Germany. Theodore Wolff, in the Berliner TagIdatt, and Mmnillian Harden in the Zukunft. who are not participating in this campaign against Wilson, are rare exceptions. Among the masses the peuce ulms of Wilson ttnd a much more favorable reception than is gen 11 - ? ...........ll..... t??. (!? ?. eruiiy nii|i[n'ni-u mi uiuhik IV man press- , ? Gifford Pinchot. in an address l>efore a meeting of farmers culled by the Federal hoard of farm organization. said the three great tasks before the country people of America are to help jjfin the war as speedily as possible; to grow such a crop in 1919 as the world has never seen before, and to waste no time. "The farmers have not had Justice." he continued. "For the last half century they have been content to sit in the background and hold their peace. They have not stood united?divided they have fallen. If the old divisions and weakness are allowed to ( continue there will be as little Justice in the future as in the past. But if we get together, if we demand with one 1 voice, as the wage earners do. what our position and our services rightly entitle us to. and no more, then no man and no combination of men In America Is strong enough to keep It form us. We do not ask for more than Is properly ours. We raise no issue of class against class. But we do demand that the men and women who feed and clothe this nation shall have a voice in its affairs in reasonable proportion to their numbers and their , power-" ? President Wilson has been told by Director McAdoo that successful op- ' oration of the railroads demands that deferred classification be given most , railroad employes, and that those actually taken Into the army service , should be conserved for military railway service in France to lessen the I drain on personnel in this country. Mr. ( McAdoo conferred with the president, more than an hour, and submitted ' many reports showing how railway shops and train operations have been very much hampered recently by I the drafting of necessary employes. , The railroad administration hopes to , have Provost Marshal General Crowd- ' er establish a rule providing that the request of a railroad executive for de- j ferred classification of an employe , shall act automatically to prevent immediate drafting of the employe- The ' railroads' programme for employing I thousands of women to replace men | taken into the army will be directed ( by a woman. Miss Pauline Goldmark of New York, who today was appoint- ' ed manager of the railroad adminis- i trafion's womons' service section. , ? William D. Haywood, "uncrowned , king" of the Industrial Workers of the World, und 14 of his chief aides in the 1 conspiracy to overturn the American war program, were senicnceu 10 < twenty years in the federal penitent!- , ury at Levenworth, Kan., by Federal Judge Landis at Chicago last Friday. Ten-year sentences were imposed upon S3 of the organization's leaders. fiveyear sentences on 23,'one year and one day on 12 defendants and ten-day sentences on two others. Cases against Benjamin Schraeger, Chicago ^writer, and Pietro Nigra. Springs Valley, Illwere continued. All sentences on the four counts in the iifclictmcnt will run concurrently. Finos ranging from $20,000 on Haywood and his chief atdes.down to $5,000 were imposed. Ninety days are granted in which to file a bill of exception, and a stay of seven days In which to petition for ball. "It is not the closing chapter in America's biggest criminal cases." said Frank K. Nebokcr, chief prosecutor. "We are confident a new trial will be granted," said George F. Vanderveor, chief counsel for the defense." In times of peace you have a legal right to oppose, by free speech, preparations for war. But when war has been declared that right ceases forthwith." wiis lilt' t'UUll a iivKiiiK miutrixa. ? In the campaign which the Red Cross Is conducting to enlist 27,000 nurses by Jun. 1, the Atlantic Division, composed of New York, New Jersey and Delaware, leads tn actual enrollment. Of the allotted 6.708, 45 per cent, or 2.600 have enrolled, leaving 3.10S to be secured. The central division, of Illinois, Michigan. Wisconsin. Iowa and Nebraska, has filled 68 per cent of its quota, having enrolled for assignment 2,311 graduate nurses. This division must secure 1.629 additional nurses. The N'ew England States have assigned 1,360 nurses, or 41 per cent of their allotment, with 1,968 nurses to still be recruited. Pennsylvania and Delaware have tilled 60 per cent of their allotment, of 1,302 nurses. The Lake Division. Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, has 43 per cent, or 1,205 of its 2.784 nurses. In percentage of quota of nurses enrolled by Aug. 1. the Pacific division. California. Arizona and Nevada, leads the other twelve divisions. with an enrollment of 8S9 nurses out of a quota of 1,036- The mountain Division of Wyoming, Utah, Colorada and New Mexico is second, having supplied 221 of the 264 nurses allotted. Five other divisions have supplied from 60 to 60 per cent of their quotas. The southern Division. Tennessee, the Carolina?, Georgia and Florida has supplied 383 out of the needed. 1,371 called for. The Gulf Division. Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, on Aug. 1. 384 nurses or 37 per cent, of an allotment of 864. ? All along the western battle front the Germans continue to give ground before the entente Allies. Dally the trend of events accentuates the insecurity of the German lines and the Inability of the German high command to hold back the aggressors. Where1 only two months ago great salients rejected Into the Allied front, o heae have either been flattened a r in the progTeaB of being blotted out nd in some instance* the Allies them- a elves have driven in wedges that se- t iously menace the enemy. With the t ifarne and I'icardy sectors now virually all reclaimed the wings of the >r?-j*-rit Allied offensive are moving in a ' nanner that bodes il Ito the Germans. I n the north the wings of the Lys sal- ] ent southward of Ypres gradually is ( e nding under voluntary retirements, ind the pressure of (Jen. Haig*s forces. ' following the fall of Keinmel the i \llled line has been moved further , Forward until it now rests almost up- | >n the Mstaires-La Bassi-e road, less lhan seven miles southwest of Armen- 1 li< res. By the wiping out of this salient the menace to channel ports has l?ecn overcome. On the southern wing. north of Soissons, the French and American troop* are continuing their progress notwithstanding the violent opposition of the enemy. The villages of I>eury and Crecy-au-Mont have been raptured and, crossing the Ailette, a footing has la-en gained in the woods west of <"oucy-le-Chateau, through which [Kisses the railroad line running from '"hauny to Laon. I^arge numbers of prisoners have been taken in these operations. (Thf \|orhriltf (Enquirer Entered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Clasa. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1918. The only things that cun stop British tanks are mountains and rivers. The tanks cannot climb mountains, and of course deep water puts out the lircs. The Germans are always looking to put rivers between themselves and the British tanks. There was pretty general observance of the request of the fuel commission lor the voluntary saving of gasoline by cutting out Sumiay pleasure riding. Some (icoplc forgot tin request ami some did not know of it. I'nless the I icoplc, however, voluntarily put a stop to unnecessary motoring they tnaj look for stringent regulations in this regard. Thcie i.s no way to escape registering on September 12. ami there is no use for anybody to try to escape. All who tried to escape on June 1917. have hoon caught and most of those who tried to esea|M' on June 5. 191V have lieen caught. Quite a number failed to show up on August 21: hut they are all being run down. No one hut an idiot or a fool will try to ettuh the September 12 registration. The national prohibition hill whieli will stop the sale of all intoxicating beverages from July 1 next until aftet the demobilization of the troops, is expected to become a law this week This disposition of the prohibition iiuestion is regarded as an unsatisfactory compromise, in that it seents to contemplate im idea of getting all the I revenue out of the liquor now in hand, while leaving things in shape for another big drunk at the close of the war. One of the notable events of last j week was the giving up of Kemmel | Hill, in Flanders, by the Hermans, i Phis laill utis won from the British :md French by the Hermans last spring tit tremendous cost, and it was considered a most dangerous tnrcat to the not distant chaimol. Tlx* Herman: evacuated it last Friday as quietly as Itossiblc, but with considerable losses. The abandonment of Kemiuel Hill is regarded as removing the last threat of further advance to the English channel. Spread the word everywhere to all between IS and 21 and all between 31 Mid 4.1, that they must register on September 12, the day fixed by the , president. The time is short, very i short, because it is necessary to complete this registration work at the earliest possible moment. There are to be no exceptions. Everybody must register and that is simply all there is to it. Ignorance will not be taken ( is an excuse, and those who know enough to know should spread the I word among those who do not know enough to know. .Men liable to regis- , [ration who fail to register, will likely Iraw prison tenns -from which there will be no escape by tines or otherwise. Of course this does not apply to j those who are already registered. i The fuel administration has not oriered the discontinuation of Sunday j joy riding. It merely requested the Mopping of the unnecessary use of 1 gasoline on Sundays. Hut js'ople who 1 ire wise will do well not to draw any ( tine distinctions between orders and I requests. This country is in the war i usiness now. Civil laws are still in | jperation to be sure; but any one of ' hem can be altered, amended or re- i pealed by the scratch of a pen in the 1 lands of the president. As a matter ( if fact, the president does not have to < rouble himself. All that has been divided out among various departments 1 md individuals. wHo have charge. This inti-Sunday joy riding suggestion has rome down from the fuel administra:ion in the nature of a request. Disregard of the request means perempory order, and then it will be difficult , :or anybody to use an automobile on Sunday without a permit, even at a ( 'unecal. ' The Hritish tanks have proved an | infailing thorn in the side of the tier- ' nana, more especially as to the break- ' np up their machine pun nests. Jt is he custom of the Gemuuis while contacting a retreat to protect their rear ' ?y means of machine pun squads. and , efore the advent of the tanks this , proved very effective indeed. Nests of nachine puns, stationed in shell holes ] >r in other points of vantape, were successful in holdlnp back on-cominp : nfantry withbut a preat deal of ditfi- 1 niltv, and infantry has been unable to idvance except at preat loss. The ommon practice of the Germans is to I vork their machine puns like demons tntil the infantry actually comes upon he crews, and then the crews undertake to save themselves by crying "Kamerad." Sometimes this works uid sometimes it does not. To meet his situation the British now make lse of the tank, which has no difficuly in running over machine pun nests md killing the gunners right and left vlthout giving them an opportunity to surrender. Machine gun companies lo not relish this kind of thing at all. nore especially the opportunity to cry camera*, when they no longer have an pport unity to kill, and as a defense J .gainst the tanks, the Germans have tdopted an enlarged Mauser rifle that he y intend to have sufficient power s o jienetrate the tanks, But the rifle loes not seem to have worked very b veil. In the first place it does not >uneture the tank and in the second i dace the tanks run over these rifle ri-tts and smash the guns into the aith the same as with the case of machine guns. The Germans have ^ tanks also; hut they do not appear to he neurit so effective as the British ^ Utnks. ' m ' I Professional Nurses. Just as it is now obligatory upon every young man to become a soldier, it ? Is a serious?very serious question witn every young woman possessed of the necessary qualifications of youth, health and education to seriously consider whether she shall become a nurse. To be sure, all the young women of the country are not needed as nurses now and they will never be needed in that capacity; but in view of the urgency and extent of the present demand, the question is seriously up to all of them. The matter Is well worth considering. It is worth considering from many standpoints?from the standpoint of usefulness to the country, present and future, and from the standpoint of individual usefulness as well. The profession oi nurse is n high and noble one on its own account. It affords opportunity for usefulness to humanity, both in a limited sense and in a broad sense; but that is not all. < It is a fact that in hundreds of cases * the services of efficient nurses are really more valuable than the physician's under whom they work- While it Is not presumed of course that the nurse ' is ever supposed to presoril>e or be more than an assistant to a physician, it is a fact that faithful nursing saves many a ease that woflld otherwise be lost. Hut there is another important fea ture to this matter. A multiplication of nurses means a multiplication of knowledge of hygiene, if not of medicine, Among the people. It means improved health conditions and far less need for physicians. A trained nurse in a family, whether as a mcmlM'i' of the family or one of the heads of it. is an invaluable asset, anil we do not hesitate to say that eveiy woman who becomes a trained nurse, whether she ever becomes a wife or not, is provided with invaluable ei|iiipn.ent in helping to take cap of hersell and ol those around her. America has made very considerable progress in the training of nurses in the past twenty 'ears compared with the twenty years previous: but still America is so fur behind in this regard that she can hardly be assumed to have made a start. While the need of the war has been made the basis of the present call for trained nurses, it is not to be assumed that this pressing need is by any means the first or the most important. Indeed the war is only an incident that has emphasized both the need and the lack of nurses. The need is for the future as well as for the present, and if the war shall be the means of multiplying many times ovor the number of women who shall secure professional training along this line to the extent that the war results in more nurses Just to that extent even the war will be a blessing. All those young women who arc now thinking of i|iialifvirg thtmselves as nurses have under consideration a most splendid purpose, and few of them w ho actually carry out their purpose will ever have occasion to regret the step. NEW ENROLLMENT DAY. Men From 18 to 21 and From 31 to 45 Must Register on September 12. All men from 18 to 45 years of age in the continental United States, except ' those in the aruiy or navy or already ' registered, have been summoned by President Wilson to register for military service on Thursday, September 12. Machinery of the provost marshal i general's office was set in motion to . rarry out the second great enrollment ' under a presidential proclamation is- 1 sued soon after the president had sign- I ed the new man power act extending , the draft ages. The bill, completed, was sent to the White House for the ' presidents signature Saturday soon i after the house and senate had con- i vened. t I It is estimated that at least 12,778,758 men will register this time, compared with nearly ten million on the i first registration of men from 21 to 31 < on July 5, 1917. Of hose who enrolled now it is estimated that 2.300,000 will be called for general military service, ! probably two-thirds of the number I coming from among the 3,500,000 or , more between the ages of 18 and 21. . General March has sa'id all registrants culled into the army will be in ! France before next June 30, swelling < the American expeditionary force to , more than 4,000,000 men expected to win the war in 1919. The last to be called will be the youths in their 18th 1 year but those of that age who desire ' and who have the necessary purification may be inducted into service on Dctoher 1. for special techical or vocational training. Itcg'stration this time will be conducted as heretofore by the local draft boards. All federal. State, county and ! municipal officers are called upon to < aid the boards in their work to preserve order and to round up slackers. All registrants will be classified as ijuicly its possible under the ques- I tionnare system and a drawing' will , be held at the capitol to fix the order ( of registrants in their respective classes. The provost marshal general's estimate today places the number of men ' under 21 now in the army at anoui 245,000 and the number of those from 1 32 to 45 165,000. < | [ I ? Creation of a "period reparation," , during which the Allies may collect , from Germany in wealth and in personal penalties some measure of damage for the untold horrors that have come into the world in the wake of ruthless Prussian ambition for su- ; preme domination, is recommended by Maurice Leon, authority on internat- , lonal law. says a New York dispatch. , This period of reparation. it was suggested by Mr. Leon, should extend for fifty years to strike a balance with I the fifty years, approximately, in i which the German people have been voting for the war budgets that put ' Prussian military leaders in the posi- ?' tion in 1914, where, filled with confi- 1 dence by the duration and extent of ' their preparations, they ignited the 1 tdaze that set the world afire. Mr. Leon i said that public sentiment in all I America had been swinging with 1 increasing momentum of lata toward < a conviction that no terms of peace I will be satisfactory, to this country which do not provide for the trial and 1 punishment of individual Germans, ' high and low. who are responsioie ooin generally and specifically for the Ions ' lists of atrocious crlines that stain i the German record In this war. | The penalty of the Prussian leaders. < from the kaiser down, who have dl- \ rected the German campaigns on land < ind sea and who are responsible In the j first instance for all the horrors that \ have been perpetrated In violation of t the commonly accepted laws of na- c tions. In Mr. Leon's opinion, should be t extermination- The guilt of those who I shall stand accused when the Allied t irmles shall have made good the pow- 1 ;r of civilization to enforce Judgment t should be determined by joint military r tribunals of all the Allied nations deal- ? ng with all the accused on the same \ tooting, Mr. Leon said. c LOCiU. AFFAIRS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS handon Hotel?Will pay suitable reward f return of an old fashioned ear rise, loot i Sunday. !. C. Guy, Lowryville?Offers Abruzsi rye ae for sale at 13.60 in five bushel lots. Low price on larger quantities. F. Jackson. Clover?Has two Jersey bu and several heifers for sale, 'ork Furniture A Hardware Co.? Wants supply you with all lands of automobile i cessorics of best qualities, herer A Quinn?Are showing a good line enameled cooking ware. Ever-ready oil ca Teas. Hog and dairy feed, i. W. White-sides A Co, Sharon?Can save j money on overalls if you buy now. Fall lii of dry goods, shoes and notions now in. good line of school supplies. 'erguson A Youngblood?Suggest that you a vetch for early hay crop. They have F gham and Appier seed oats. Vulcan tt plows and repairs, itar Theatre?Gives a good programme Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday.' Wm. Hart Tuesday. Blue Ribbon feature on Wi nesday. lames Bros.?Expect a special car of rou and mares today. A carload received I Wednesday. See them. [tiouias H. Peeples?Candidate for short te in United States senate, makes a slatenw m the voters of York county. ' lomrd of Education?Give* notice that the lo Graded achool will open for the fall sessl on September 9th. >. W. Wallace, Filbert?Has a white trap i harness, new, for sale, frank Stewart?Will pay reward for return a lost coat belonging to lady, and one foi boy, if returned to O. H. Nidi's store, C ver. f*. R. Williams Probate Judge?Gives not that M. L. Smith has applied for letters administration on estate pf 11. L. Wright, ceased. fork Supply Co.?Urges every farmer to i a big acreage in oats. You'll need them ni spring. It has tbousards of bushels of * oats,?R. R. P. and Appier. Carroll Bros.?Are looking for a buyer foi good second-hand wagon. Have a carload new buggies, have Studebaker wagons, Em son mowers, etc. 'irst National Bank. York?Urges the impc ance of putting your money in the bank, it will work for you and the community. Clinton Bros.?Talk about groceries and es cially in regard to selling groceries for a and the advantages of the plan, ihiedes Drug Store- Has Mr. Mahaffey's n book. "What Ails the World," on sale $1.25 each; $1.50 by mail. Sec page 'our The vote for magistrate jn township was 117 for Johnson and for Boyd. Mr. J. E. Latham, candidate for h liervisor of Bullock's Creek townsh ;-a!l.s our attention to the fact that I X|?cn.4e account as tiled with the clr >1 the court was $13.50, instead ^27. The error was made in this offi Of 148,259 voters enrolled in Son 'arolina for the primaries now [irogivs.s, 70,506 were enrolled to vt it precincts in which the Australi allot law prevails and 71.753 were e rolled to vote at open precincts accoi ing; to the old way. The watcher sj tern of the law. it hius turned out, j fords the opportunity of designing c cutive committeemen to api>oint hei rs under the guise of watcheis a throws elections more in the jiower in,i:vi<iii;il? than heretofore.. Gasoline cards may be issued by t national fuel administration, and t 'request" that motorists erase the u d their cars for pleasure on Sunda nay he made mandatory unless t lirst few weeks show a general e HTxant'c. This was the indication 1: Saturday, as Fuel Administrator CJji lield gave no indication of modifyi fiis "request." It is the intention the fuel administration to build up {asoline reserve that will be shorta proof," it is said. Very likely the recent letter of > McAdoo, director-general of the ra roads to railroad men, enjoining coin sv to the (teople was necessary some parts of the country, else would not have been issued; but was not necessary in this pail of t country. The railroad men in this s< tion have always been courteous a considerate of the public?more than a large part of the public has <1 served; because there has been a jk L?f the public that has sought to ii pose upon railroad men because it a |iealed that they could not help thei selves. Government operation li served to correct this to some oxter but we are not able to see that t railroad people are less considerate ill who are deserving of considerati than they have always been. One of the boons to come out of t ivar is to be the stopping of thu sen ing of so much useless advertlsi natter, in the form of circular ictt? ind catalogues, through the mnl For years it has bee n the custom Ihe large mail order houses throug out the country, to send millions ofc ulara through the malls . to eve name that could be secured fr< whatever source. The thousands liquor circulars that used to come Yorkville to scores of people who ? not want them, is an instance. But jrder to lighten the burden of t mails and also to conserve the pai rnpply, the victory committee of t Emergency Aid of the government, h darted a plan to eliminate a lur part of this useless circularizing, iuggests that people who get this ki sf mail notify the senders that th ire not interested. If two notices not sufilcc to eliminate the nulsan 1'icn a notice to the i>ostnl uuthoritl will do the trick. YORK STILL LEADS. York county is still leading in t purchase of War Havings stam] largely as the result of pledges ma luring the spring drive. Kor the week ending August 10. Yc headed the list of counties with toi purchases of $18,090.50, amounting 15 cents for each man. woman a child of the population. The total purchases of York cour up to August 10 amounted to $5.33 j capita, or an aggregate of $277,893. Charleston county i'j heading the 1 of counties with J<>.09 per capi amounting to $541,7:^1.25 for the con ty. Berkeley is at the foot of the 1 with total purchases of $6,396.80?oi 27 cents per capita. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The bonks observed Labor d yesterday. ? There was some pleasure motor! In and through Yorkvllle Sunday; t lot a great deal ? "This delivery business is petti too heavy Tor us," said a local procer man to The Enquirer yesterday. "Ft merly we could pet a deliveryman I 13.50 a week. Now it means a doll i day or close to that. The delive expense is too heavy and somethi should be done to relieve It. Ji what is best I do not know. Pc sibly we might hit upon some mea for a joint delivery system; but as whether that can be worked out i ?an't very well tell until we make trial of it." ? That was an Important meeti that was held in the courthouse U Thursday afternoon, on the call of t "Mothers' Twentieth Century Clul The attendance, however, was small much smaller than It should he jeen. The Enquirer has not been i luested tb publish the proceedings, a: what is being said here is being sa >n the responsibility of this newsp >er. The subject under consideratl was the unsanitary and worse st< he indecent condition, of the ch Iran's closets at the Graded schc wilding. The trustees have not t unds withNrhich to handle the situ Ion properly. It will require an ou ay of several hundred dollars to p hings as they should be, and tl noney must be forthcoming from sor ource. It appears right now that pr -ate subscription is the most pracl ahle means. No definite steps ha' i, been taken; but something must be v< done and quickly. It Is not deemed s desirable to go into details at this time and through this means: but all j, or parents or the community will do well , 00 to inform themselves on the subject at a . once, and if information does not resuit in the speedy finding of a remedy then there is no use to talk any fur- '' Hi ther. ? ' HERE AND THERE h The rains of last week were pretty v ^ scattering. Some sections had abund- a ant seasons and others were left dry. 'ou The N'eelv's Creek and Ogden sections f are among those which got no rain. % ^ 'Hius that second south bound tniin c ow passed here yet?" asked Here and ui- There of a negro woman in charge of 1 lrn a waiting room at Kock Hill. "No. c tor sir: it don't due till $.30," was the re- I ? P'J ed- --Following today's issue The En- 1 quirer will he delivered to local sub- t k" scrihers on Tuesday and Friday morn- ! **1 lne instead of during Monday and r Thursday evening, as for the past two tnt months or more. I ISPraiims Ul UIC ?**.? uuil u uuim/vi 1 f*1 of laborers have been induced away recently by unauthorized persons. Mayo:- Johnson has decided upon the organization of a local labor board to of have oversight of such matters, f * I lev. John A. McMurniy, formerly ?* pastor of Bethesda, was over in York ie, county last week visiting around of among the members of his old congred? pa'ion and other friends. Discussing with Here and There some of'the more ow inark??f changes in social conditions "2 as the result of the war. he of counu not'd the absence of the younp people . , between 21 and 31. and relnted an inof eident that hroupht the matter home er- to hint in a way nothinp else had. "I p. rformed a marriage ceremony not 'rt- loit-r ago," he said, "and it was an sol ? emn as a funeral. It is common for ' old |>eople to cry on such occasions; ^ but on this occasion the younp pirb we-e all crying too. 1 never saw that ew before. I told my wife it was because of the absence of the younp men. for if the younp man had been there, they would not have allowed those girls to tel ,,rv " 6'.i " COLLECTING THE RETURNS 11 The work of collectinp the returns i from a primary election is somewhat i 1'y different from what it used to be In the ' ''k obi days; but even yet It is not as sim- \ of pie a matter as it might look .ike to t ce- some. ' itli Before the advent of the telephone ' In the collection of the election results j >tc from all the precincts of York county an durinp the afternoon and night follow- i n- ing the election was the job of a cap- 1 d- tain, at least, if not of a colonel. It J s- involved the organized assistance of if- fifteen or twenty reliable helpers?men I 'X- who could be depended upon to do j -1- their work regardless of weather or ; nd other conditions, and many of them i of were required to ride fifteen or twenty ' miles. he On more than one occasion in the ) j)(. old days Tne lorKvuie inquirer nas | s|> ill as much as $">U or $75 in actual | 181 cash in collecting the returns from an ( ys election in York county, and even then t lM. the greater part of the work involved . was performed by friends who gave ; their services absolutely without cost. ut I hit these old days in which the colir lection of elation figures was such a n great feat have passed. Thanks to the telephone, work is now mainly a mat01 ter of organization. Reliable and in- J a telligent assistance is as necessary as ( B,. ever; but there arc few long rides or other serious difficulties in the way. I There were not so many names on < Ir. the tickets last Tuesday as usual, the | j|. count was completed without unneccs. iary delay, and with all correspondents acting promptly all the returns were in 1 i" by 11.SO. p. m- Tliev would have been . it in nearly an hour before except for the K time that was necessary In the count. ing of the two large Rock Hill boxes, : Jheth of which required a little more *f"l Work than any of the others. i nd 8peaking from recollection, without so a careful inquin- into the records, we j will say that the facility with which le" the returns from last Tuesday's elec- 1 irt tion were collected broke all records. ( ti- So far as we remember the complete returns have never before been col- ' lectcd before 12 o'clock, and often it ' n" has been daylight the next morning be- 1 ins fore the last box could be heard from. L|. Every box In the county was heard 1 . ' from over the telephone with the exception of N'ew Zion, and that was ' "I brought to The Enquirer office by Mr. I on M. S. Carroll, who made a trip of about nine miles for the purpose. This was in accordance with a previous arhe rangement, under which Mr. Carroll 1 ,d. was selected because it wa? known that there was no other certain way of get- , ting the box that night, and because it 'rs was known that he realized how much ' Is. uncertainty and suspense could be oc- I K*? flin n hconnp nf fl single Of t'UAIUUCU \fj VIIU W-- , h box- i There was trouble about getting the ir- Ogden box; but It was not due to any j T>- fault of Mr- W. H. Dun lap, who sim- . >m Ply could not get The Enquirer office , over the telephone. We know that he made every effort; but we have not | to been able'to learn why he failed. We ( lid would like to know. , jn We have been badly served bv the | local telephone office here in two pre- | vious elections. We had information | >er that the messages of our correspond- . he ents were made free to others, and in j some cases we never got them direct. ] "They were "relayed" at the central of- , k'?' flee and delivered second-hand, less . it freely, perhaps, than they were deliv- | iui ered to others who had no right to \ VK them; but there was no way for us to help ourselves, and we had to lump It. "? There was apparently as little regard j ce. of the property rights in news at the i les telegraph office: but there is no com- t plaint on that score now. I The service by the Yorkville "Cen- , trals," local and long distance, both | during the afternoon and night, was | -.imply perfect. The young ladles were j hl attentive, accommodating and efficient, ps. Instead of having any complaints to i do make we take pleasure in acknowledg- | lng surprise at the expert manner In i which this business was handled. We [ fit would have hardly thought such effllai clency possible, regardless of the most i j0 Admirable will to excell. I It has, of course, been a matter f i n" regret that conditions were not such as i to warrant the holding back of Tues- < it) day's edition of the paper, or of send- I k>V lng out an extra edition: but as that i was not practicable. the next best < 1st thing was to assemble the returns on i tii a public bulletin board ana teiepnone in- the figures to whoever asked them, which was done. I 1st 1 ?I.V ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 Miss Frances Pegram of Yorkvllle. ! visiting relatives at Lowryville. < Miss Estelle Shillinglaw. who has a>' been spending some time In the moun- 1 tains, returned to Yorkvllle last week. 1 n? Mr. and Mrs. If. L. Mitchell and ' Hi children of Yorkvllle, are visiting rel- . atives In Chester county. . ng Mr. Tom McElroy of Chester Co. j y- visited Mr. J. J. Jones's family on No. I >r- 3. Yorkvllle, this week. i '0|' Miss Pearl Shillinglaw of Yorkvllle I ,ar spent last week wfth her uncle near t ry Rock Hill. I n?| Choat Qulnn, of Bethanv has been j if graduated from the officers' training ' n icamP M 8<K>ond lieutenant of artillery. . t* Corp. H. B. McGill, of Camp Jack- , n e I son Is spending a few days with the , I m11v nf Mr. J. C. McGill on Hickory < a ? Grove no. 2. , n? Mine Elisabeth Wllborn, of Yorkville, u,t left Saturday for Great Falls, where ho abe *111 teach during: the coming: seaX" son. I? Mrs. W. B. Keller of Yorkville No. 1, ve underwent an operation for appendl e citia, in tbe Fennell infirmary last nd week and Is getting along nicely. Jd Their home folks have been advised a* that Messrs. W. C.. C. J. and F. E. on Gaulden of Yorkville No. 2, have arrived safely over seas. J!" Mr. and Mrs. Wade Euart and chll!?' dr*n of Arkansas, are visiting the "e family of Mr. D. T. Woods in Yorkvllle. . UI Mrs. W. R Moore, Jr.. and little daughter of Yorkville. are visiting Mrs. ?e Moore's sistar, Mrs. Dexter Brown in j. Anderson. j. Miss Marie Pegram. of Yorkville, re left Saturday for Seneca where she ' *&&& N icvV-'V^ 'ill teach during the 1918-1919 seaion. Mias Bessie Pegr&m, of Yorkvllle. eft Saturday morning for Columbia, rhere she will take a business course t Macfeat-Bowen business college. Miss Louise Barron, of Yorkvllle. eft Saturday for Andrews. N. C.. rhere she will teach during the comng school session. Mrs. T. X. Wood of Yorkville No. 6. las received a card from her son. Da1d C. Wood, notifying her of his safe irrlval overseas. Private Baxter Robinson was up rom Camp Jackson last week on a lsit to his father Mr. R. L. Robinson m Yorkvill no 6. Mr. J. C. Robinson or YorKvine .>o. i. has been advised of the safe arrival iverseas of his son, Thomas Harris lobinson. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Renwick, who iave been spending several days with he latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. klcGlll on Hickory Grove no 2. have eturned to their home in Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. It. F. I'oag of Rook I ill. spent Sunday night in Yorkville vlth Mr. and Mrs. \Y. J. P. Wylie. on heir way to AVare Shoals, which place hey expect to make their home. Miss Eunice McConnell of Birtuinglam, AIu.. is spending a few days in k'orkville with her mother. Mrs. \V. H. klcConnell, awaiting orders for overleas Red Cross service. Mr. D. 1'. UcU'aters of Lesslie, was iischarge'd last Saturday, after successfully recuperating fioin an opc ntion for appendicitis which he unlerwent about two weeks ago at the Ynnell infirmary. Rev. and Mrs- H. Rabb, of Tipton, }., and Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McClellan, ind Master Hoyt, of Seaman, O. mot>red through from Indiana to Hickory I rove, last week. They will visit dev. Rabb's daughter, Mrs. S- C. A'ilkorson, and other relatives. Mr. Fred Allen, secretary of the lastonia Chamber of Commerce and )f the Gaston county fair, was in k'orkville yesterday, lie had been over i considerable part of the county in he interest of the fair, which he says s going to be up to standard again his year regardless of war or other .conditions. Mr. J. Brown Nell of Filbert, has ieen having rjuite a serious time of it n a Charlotte hospital because of an nfection that seemed to threaten the sight of his remaining good eye. The rouble was caused by an accident incurred while working in a machine (hop. His friends will he pleased to Know that his eye is improving and the langer to the sight of the orgun hits cussed. l.iul ,\vrl< wn* Chas. A. Thomwell, Esq.. n former citizen of this place: hut tor nany years post n resident of Rome, la. He is a son of the late James H. Vhornwcll, who was once a famous ^resident of the old South Carolina ad lege. and is a brother of the late Rev. Dr. James H. Thomwoll of Fort Mill. Mr. Chas. A. Thorn well was here nerely through the familiar old hoinng instinct, to he again among the amiliar scenes of youth and to meet lira in those who were left among those >c used to know, after an absence of forty-five years. He found some of lis former acquaintances: but most >f them were gone, and several ot hem he might have seen, he missed. Mr. (SeoripyJ. Steele of Lowr.vville and Mr. J. K. Ix>wry of Yorkville, were nnoiuf his former associates. WAR SAVINGS FLAG. Several hundred people from Yorkville, Rock Hill and various jKirts of the ounty, took part in a very interesting programme in the courthouse last Sunlay afternoon in connection with the presentation of the honor flag won by Vork county for heading the list in the ash purchases of war savings stamps luring the month of June. The features of the programme were in opening prayer by Prof. J. \V. Thomson of Rock Hill, a stirring patriotic address by Rev. J. I'. Tucker. [>astor of the First Baptist church of Rock Hill, a speech of presentation by lion. It. 15. Ithett of Charleston, stale ^ hair man of the War Savings Stamp ampaign. and a speech of acceptance In behalf of the clerk of the court by Herbert M. Dunlap, Esq., of Rock Hill. Mr. W. B. Moore of Yorkville. who was one of the county chairmen di the successful drive, presided over the proceedings. . The address of Dr. Tucker was a masterpiece of patriotic eloquence, carrying a lofty ami correct conception of America's attitude to the war, nnd splendidly voicing the national determination to carry out to the fullest perfection the highest resolve to which iny nation has ever been pledged. He declared that Americu was in the war purely on the side of right against wrong, and without n single ulterior motive or desire other than to compel that right shall prevail. In explaining America's participation in the .war, he completely discarded the logic of things material, and Incoked the spirits of LaFayette. Washington. Jefferson and Revolutionary heroes into a metaphor of thrilling beauty that told its own story in truth uid power. Outraged, enslaved and murdered Belgium, the assassinated Lusitania, the ruthless ravishment of devoted Fiance, the cradle from which arose the incarnation of freedom. I?iFayettc, who contributed so much to the establishment of human liberty in America. These awakened the re-ln nrnate spirit of the men of 1776, now spread from Atlantic to l'aciflc and from Canada to Mexico .and that spirit aroused to the danger of ail it had brought i* a existence In times past, romes fi resolved once for all to permanently finish Its task and establish the right for now and forever. He described the returned spirit of Washington contemplating the flag Lhat meant so much then, and wetting Its folds with tears of exultant joy in 'he rinli/atlon of how much better be had buihled than he knew. The speaker pictured the Hun as the devil Inearnate, the same Devil who bad been driven from heaven, and he irrued thnt the only way to make the Normans pood was to beat the devil iut of them. He fully realized that thus was a stupendous task; but at the name time he knew Ameriea could and would do it. and that the American fin;.', now flying from the Tower of [xmdon and from the Eiffel tower In Paris, would one day float over the kaiser's |>alace at Perl In, and wheref>ver it flies, now or ever, it has come to tie known as the symbol of liberty, justice and right. There were four kind? of people the speaker hated above all others. These were the pacifist, the pessimist, the slacker and the spy. The pacifist was riot pleased with anything. If we were not at war, he would claim that we nuprht to be, and since we are In war he claims thnt we ought not to be. The pessimist is sure we cannot do It. ind he is not sure that we ought to do ft if we could. The slacker wants the nther fellow to do the fighting while he is left free to pet all profits, and I he spy is the fellow who tries to turn everything to the advantage of tho enemy and who should be stood up before a blank wall and shot. There was some exquisite humor in Dr. Tucker's address and also much pathos; but its outstanding feature (res its deep and true patriotism, and the utmost confidence of the triumph jf right in the end. even though the |'l IV C OIIVUIU in' llir i CLO L AIUCI Rilll uui lar and the last drop of patriotic American blood. But he cautioned his hearers abundantly not to be too optimistic?not to expect the victory all it once and with too much ease, for It Is no light task in which the country is engaged. this ridding the world of the devil incarnate. Dr. Tucker's speech provoked frequent outbursts of applause, and several times he had his audience laughing heartily; but not for an Instant did his audience lose grasp of the great dea that stood out above everything ?lse?the high and holy purposes act lilting America and the unshakable determination with which that purpose will be pursued to complete and glo*ious Conclusions. Following Dr. Tucker, Mr. Rhett dresented tl)e flag in a strong and ipproprtate address. He congratulated * - ? the people of York county on the' splendid exhibition of patriotism they had made in taking such a high position among the counties of the state in leading this splendid investment to l?aek the boys at the front. He explained that the war stamps had been ap;>ortloned on a basis of >"0 per capita for the whites and $2 oer capita for the blacks, and that although York county won the flag she stIN lacked something like $340,000 Of having come up to her apportionment. There would be another drive in November, he said, for the purpose of raising the Imlancc and he was looking for York county to sustain and add to the reputation she had already established. Mr. H. M. Dunlap received the fl:u: in l**half of the clerk of the court, in a brief and appropriate speech, after which the meeting was adjourned, with everybody well pleased with the enure proKnuniac. FOR A WOUNDED SOLDIER When George L. Wallace, who was wounded in the fighting at the Marne. and who i? now recovering in base hospital N*o. 15, France, wrote his father. J. J. Wallace, of Yorkville, that he could use a little money, because he would not got his pay during his stay in that hospital, he had no Idea that tile suggestion would ever get to lh?? public. The Enquirer printed the information about the money simply because it believed that the people of York county would appreciate the Information; that they would be glad of the opporturity to satisfy such a small want a/, that from a York county man who reflected honor upon them at tlu cost of suffering for himself. We made no effort to raise the money from personal solicitation as we could easily have done, because we could see only a few. and others would have thought that we should have personally solicited them as well. The suggestion has turned out just as we hoped and exjiected, although from what quarter, we had no way of anticipating. Mrs. Sant'ord ltich of Clover, moved by the unquestionable merit of the case, has taken it upon herself to give her neighbors and friends an opportunity to join in. and lias raised a handsome purse of $28.50, which sum together with other amounts of $1.00 and 50 cents, making *30 in all. will be duly forwarded. The subscribers to ill's. Kich's fund, together with the amount subscribed by each, sue printed below: Dr. J. E. llrison $ .50 -Mr. and Mrs. it. L. Wallace :. .75 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Horton 50 Mr. and Mrs. W. I'. Smith 2.00 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carpenter ..._ 20 Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A,. Page 1.00 Dr. It. L. Wylie ...._ 50 Janie Dickson 50 Bruna Brackett 26 Emma Graham 25 W. H. Dickson ! 20 Mrs. S. E. Ititch 25 Mix. J. M. Camp 25 Ida liracitelt 25 Mrs. Rebecca Morton 25 Mrs. N. E. Dickson 25 Mrs. Nettie lamg .50 G. W. Sparrow .25 Sam J. Matthews 50 Monroe Justice 50 M. A. Enloc .". 25 Annie Dickson 50 Margaret Hedgputh 50 W. M. Griffin 50 Tracy Horton ? ?.? O. A. Neill 50 Mattie Wallace Jesse Camp - --5 Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Brackett 50 Addio Camp ? 10 Brownie Camp ? -10 H. Y. Barrett -5 W. G. Wallace -5 Mrs. M. E. Clonninger ? 2." Mrs. N. A. Wallace 25 Mrs. J. C. Turner - 50 G. M. Karris ? 25 H. D. Barrett -5(> Knox Long ? 50 H. D. Enloe 1.00 Joe Adkins .50 H. L Braekett ....? "37... . .25 J. C. Boyd 25 Mrs. Kannle Crowder 25 W. T. Karris 25 Mrs. C. S. Hedrlck 10 I .aura MoElroy 10 Mrs. H. 1\ Jackson 25 51rs. J. E. Beamguard 25 W. M. Barrett 50 Bessie Karris ? 25 C. J. Korbes 25 i'inckney Brown 50 Dora Bodgers 50 Miles Neely - .50 It. it. Capps 25 J. It. I'arrish ? 25 J. A. Korbes 25 Dr. A. H. .Neill ...? 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hambriek .... .50 Mrs. A. \V. Rodgers 50 Mrs. L. M. Wall 50 W. >1. Camp 50 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sherer 50 Neil Hedgpath 50 W. D. Kalis 25 Mrs. B. M. Melton 10 C. A. Harvey 5o J. C. Karris 25 Grady Clonninger .'. 25 A. H. Whitener 25 W. 51. Downs ? .25 Total $28.50 To the foregoing is to ho added: Cash. Hock Hill ..... $ 1.00 l^esslie Fee muter, Yorkville 50 Total - $30.00 LOCAL LACONICS Increase $1,500,000. While exact figures are not available, estimates based upon detailed information, promise that the taxable values of York county will this year approximate $11,000,000 as compared with $9,500,000 last year. September Court. Members of the local bar have taken up with the sotcltor the abel.tion of the September term of the court. It is probable that the term will be ordered off; but unless so notified through some official source, jurors and others will give their attendance in accordance with previous notices. Broad River 8. S. Convention. There was a good attendance at the Boad Uiver Township Sunday School convention at Hickory Grove last Sunday. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: G. \V. Whitesides, president; R. L. A. Smitb, vice president; Miss Emma McGiil of Smyrna, secretary, and Mrs. G. A * t From Local Board No. 1. The following white men left the jurisdiction of Local Board No. 1, last Thursday morning, for Camp Jackson: Edw. F. Biankenship, Thomas Burton. Roy G. Brown, Roy H. Boyd. Ed Bayne, Win. F. Craig. John Barr Collins, Geo. A. Cowan, Rone L. Davis, Oscar T. Green, Chas. Thos. Green, John Hammond, Otto H. Hahn, Tallie M. Hoffman, Boyd Hull, Clyde Ingram, Jas. H. McClintock, Springs McCoy, John W. Parsons, Jas. Robt. Stead man, AI Heyward Sturgis, Marvin B. Sullivan. Eddie T. Willlford. Wm. Ell Whltsell. For Camp Jackson Today. Thirty-two white men left the jurisdiction of I.ocal Board No. 2 this morning:, to he inducted into the military service at Camp Jackson: Claud Logan Moore, Ambrose Zero Bivens. Joseph Wylle Sims, Pressly Wldeman Boyd, Fred Alexander Drennan, Harry Hunter Jackson. Benjamin Bryant Purcell, Andral Dover, Charles William Hullett, William Neil Wallace. William Leroy Stephenson, Prentiss Quay Hambright, Arthur Jackson Roach, Fred Daniel Hope, Raymon Swann Feemster, James Adkins, Thaddeus Lamar Glenn, Robert Franklin Pursley, William White Jackson, Meek Everett Wood, Palmer Grier Sherer, Thomas Sumter Sandifer, Thomas Dugar White, James Glenn Blair, Lewis Neil Walker, John Freeman Youngblood, Robert Ewart Adams. Hope TorreMcCarter, .Walter Hudson. John Arthur Flanagan, Henry Broadus Jones. William Burt Howe. York Township 5. 8. Convention. The annual meeting x>t the York Township Sunday School association was held at Beersheba Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon, with a large attendance of the people of the community and representatives of seven of the thirteen Sunday schools of the township, Interesting talks were made by Mr. Geo. W. Williams, superintendent of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Sun bay school of Tork ville. on "The Work of the Superintendent. His Encouragements and Discouragements": Mr. It. C. Hurts of Rock Hill, "A Message From the County President"; Messrs. E. M. Williams. A. E. Hums. J. D. Smith. W. T. Hoamgunrd ;uid J. A. Barrett on "The Problems of My Sunday School." Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: A. M. Grist, president: Goo. W. Williams, vice president: Mrs. I Yeas Thoniasson. secretary and treasurer: R. E. Montgomery, member of nominating committee for the county association. A feature of the occasion ?- ?,.Me?tional sing was the t'XWiirni ing lead by Mr. K. M. Dli'kson. Off for War Service. liobert Love Clinton. Robert Speight Flanagan. Newton DcLooch Whiteside*. white, were sent out from Is>eal Hoard No. 2, last Sunday morning for instruction in automobile mejehanlcs at the I'niversitv of South Carolina. Samuel Brown Johnson. William Lewis. Jr.. Daniel Lero.v Robinson and Benjamin Wright. colored, were sent out front the same board at the same time to take similar instruction at the A. and M. college at Orangeburg. The following thlrtythive negroes left from the same jurisdiction iit the same time, to bo inducted into the army sendee at Camp Jackson. Columbia: Alex Archie. Wade Buchannon. Arthur Murris. Wallace Bratton, John Bailey. Clarence Curry. Samuel Itorsoy. Albert Klllot Ford. Robert Glenn. Anizi < last on. Rol>ort Hemphill. Jake Hackett. June Huston. Izake llowie, Andrew Joins, Thomas lyoc. George McCleave. Hen McCatv, John McCaw. Istuie Moore. Thomas Arthur Nance. Mack Rohhins. Samuel Smith. Sylvanus Thompson. George Oner Thomson. Louis Frederick Ward. Krnest Ware, Mannlo Wilks. Augustus Williams. John White. Holmes Wilson, Dtillle Wright. Willie Wilson. CLOVER CULLINGS. Coi n-pond<>ncc Thr Yorktlllf Knijulrrr Clover. September 21, The ft" t bale of the 1918 cotton crop was ginned by the Clover Cotton Oil and Ginning com ( any on Friday, August 20. the bale weighing 417 imunds. It was brought in by W. A. Cook and was sold to Mr. W. P. Smith for 34 cents a pound. MrCook also got the $5 in gold offered by the Hank of Clover to the seller of the ilrst bale of 1918 cotton sold on the Clover market. Mr. Robert K. Currvnce and family of Asheville, N. C., arrived here Saturday night on a visit to relatives and friends. Mr. Currencc drove through from Asheville, leaving there at 3.30 p. m., Saturday and arriving nerv ??. 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Miss Moll Neil left for Lowryvlll on Thursday afternoon, where she will tench school this year. Miss Annie Lee Adams left Friday for Fort Mill, where she v*4U be engaged in teaching this session. Miss Mary McCall. who will teach at Dacusville. Pickens county, left for that place .Friday morning. Mr. W. Oatos St roup of Camp Jackson, is spending a few days here with his juirents, Mr. and Mrs. W. It. St roup. Mr. and M:s. John A. Itatterce of Itethany. visited Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Clinton here Friday. Messrs. James I'ursley iuid Clarence Stroup visited Camp Jackson a few days ago. Methel presbytery will meet in Ebenczer Presbyterian church September 17. Mr. W. T. I team guard has been selected to represent the Clover Presbyterian church. Mrs. Itosa McLean. Misses Harriet and Martha McLean of liock Hill, visited Rev. and Mrs. A. A. McLean here last week. Miss Ixjuise Smith entertained a few of her friends Wednesday afternoon. Each guest carried her sewing and after busily plying the needle for a time, work was laid aside for dainty refreshments. The party was given in honor of Miss Annie Lee Adams. Mr. Ceorge McCarter died at his home at the Hawthorn mill village on Wednesday afternoon, August 28. He was about 56 years old and had been sick for the past four months. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. /.. Si. Nlell and daughter. Miss Helen, visited relatives in the Point section this week. Misses Mary Beamguard and Willena Neil are visiting Miss Kftle Thomas at Hamlet, N. C. Mr. W. A. Westmoreland has taken charge of the McCarter store at the Hawthorn mill village. .Misses Amanda Bolin and Eunice White, and Messrs. Pressley Holm and Ernest White of the Santiago section, visited Miss Dora Uodgers here Friday. Mrs. Fred Cat hey and children of C.aatonia. are visiting Mrs. Wade H. Parsley here, and also Mrs. U-e DavW on R. F. D. No. 4. Mrs. J. W. Sherer and children are visiting relatives at Filbert. Little Miss Ollie May Stowe of the Hero section, is visiting her sister. M i'm f )it S5nn ppntl' hi.m. Mr. Wade H. I'ursley, rural carrier on No. 4. Is spending a few days with relatives in the Bethany .?ction. Messrs. Hamby und Christopher Allen of the navy, who are now stationed In Charleston, are impending a few days here with home people. MERE-MENTION Aviator Lieut. Charles 1'. Hyde was killed near Dallas. Tex., Thursday, when his machine fell 300 feet. Lieut. Yerrnan, in the same machine, was badly injured Eoml Knopka has been arrested by the Swiss police on charges of sending German glrlB into France as spies to learn the location of the American headquarters General Crowder has given draft board doctors notice that they would not be allowed to resign from the boards In order to enlist, as they are needed for examination of draftees. Geo. W. Capps, a nephew of Rear Admiral Capps. U. S. X-, has been arrested In Philadelphia, charged with serving liquors to sailors. "Voluntary enlistments for the navy and marine corps have been abolished for the duration of the war," says Secretary Daniels of the navy department. He made it plain that men may be Inducted into naval service at their own request, following their registration under the new man-power act The peace with victory sentiment has "absolutely crushed" all efforts to promote an international Socialist conference at Berne, Switzerland, says A. M. Simons, chairman of the American Socialist commission now in France Eugene V. Debs, under charges of violating the espionage and sedition laws, has been refused permission by police authorities to make an address in Philadelphia. CARD FROM W. J. CHERRY. Made No Protest and He Is Entirely 8atiafied. Editor Yorkvllle Enquirer. In view of a statement printed in one of our newspapers, I wish to say mat i aid not nie a protest as to the decision of the Executive Committee with reference to the election of members of the Legislature, but merely submitted a view as to what might be considered a majority under the peculiar conditions of there being seven candidates and each voter casting his ballot for more than onehalf of this number, that is, for four-sevenths of the candidates. It appeared to me, as well as to some of my friends, that the parliamentary method of determining what was a majority under the rules of the Party might be to t*ke four-sevenths of the votes instead of one-half as a basis. While a matter of very little concern to me personally, I deem it due those voting for me to bring the matter before the Committee for their consideration and decision. There was no protest, for I did not know what their decision would be- There will be no protest, and I am really glad of the decision of the committee, which saves me the embarrassment of a contest with my very good friend Mr. Pursley, who will make an honest and faithful representative. Tours very truly, Wm. J. Cherry Rock ^111, S.C, Aug.,SI.