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Scraps and iact?. pn w - Interest paid tK?- American gov- u i nriient by the Allied countiies on a wnr loans now amounts to about $10.- ti 000,000 monthly, and within a year Is r expected to i-aeh $;o.000.000. This S has |,> vn dis. losed I..* treasury depart- I meal orfli-i.il* Approximately $11'?.- I ooo.ooo in interest has le-i-n | aid so v fai o> th? Alll?e. t I finish loir-.a in Palestine uiidr-i 1 command ol 'leieial Albany, atlai i.rr ' tie Turkish positions on a trout of 1?: ' rmles m September 1!>. The Hntish * ( rose through the Turkish lines !#< twi-Hi Kafata and ttie sea and pushed forward for a distance of twelve mil' s. Three thousand Turks w? re taken prisoner by fgeneral Allenhy's fori eS The main Turkish forces ill . Palestine are now being closely pursued b> the lilitish. The eJiValr.V pushed through the Turkish float and was advancing in the rear ol the Turkish armies in the direction ol Nahlus Another body of cavalry was advanc. n.it iii a northeasterly direction toward lalafula ami lleisaii to intercept the Till ks to the north. (In Wednesday, (leiieial Allenhy's right wing attack d west ol the Josdan and occupied Kl Mugeir. In u cemetery near laemy. jusi within the 'icrman lines, previous to the attack of Mcptember li, American tioops have discovered tier man ma hint- null m-sts beneath the concrete pedestal of a large cross. The tiirmuris hud dug along the center of the foundation and constructed machine gun positions at three places facing i toward the French lines. The cemetery Is on a hill commanding a view of the country to the south, and the { ( erinaiis assumed that if an attack was made the cemetery would not be subjected to artillery lire- When the Fran? o-Arnerieun offensive started, the ' tJermaiis held the machine gun nests in the cemetery as long as possible, but were compelled to retreat. So hurried was the enemy retirement that several machine guns were found in the cemetery by the Americans. The cemetery was not hit by shells and the cross still stands. Ship tonnage actu.ill.\ delivered to lie Kioci ti'iicy Fleet corporation so lai this >>ar amounts to l.sll.uoo i tons, witli j.'j.'ai.iiuii tons laiiriclicl. ami k'els laid lor l.lHu.mi'i. i,< iieial Manager i'lez of the Emergency Fleet cor|Miialloii. giving thes? ligures lo tin senate committee last Friday, said dellvciies tin lie month of Scptciiihcr prohaMv will reach I'Mi.ihiu tons. Mr. I'i< /. lo|i| the committee that the government plant at llog Island is expected I" piiidui twenty ships tins year. < fa I h' low the tllllillicr called for ill tie 011;. i mi I pi "gramme lie said, however, that I he output would he increased 'Hi per cent when the plant was fully supplied w it h skilled men.It'-plviiig to charges that llog Island i has In en a haven for slackers who -l lo lb. atttiv draft. Mr. I'll'/. s;iill hi' onlil mit liiul :iit> basis fin Kiii h a iii liii lii.i!.,'. I'Ut that ' plans an mm nil foot tu |i|nli-rt the yanl against impositions of that char- | acli-r. Mr. I'h-z described sli ps taken against sl.ii lv is in ?a!l.'. 4 ??? vard. hi* 8a.ii), had discharged one thousand iiii*i* as lii'in^' slackers. ami other yards hao l? n active against unpos tors. ? The outbreak of Spanish uitlueiizu at li\i additional arni> training camps was atinoiinccil Friday night. h\ Surgeon Iii-ni nil tiorgas. making a totiil ol nliio cm nips in which tin disease has l.i in discovered. The total limnhrr ol c.'isi'K ri poi'ti ii trout all e.'iitips up to noon Friday was 9.313. with It deaths. The greatest niimhi-i ol cases. 6.:>n3, was reported from <"amp I> \eiis. Mass.. while ('amp Lee. Va.. has I."J11 and Camp I'pton, N. V.. CO-. Camp De\ i ns also reported 13 new i eases of pneumonia, which medical of- | liters believed resulted from the inlliieii/.a. The caiups Included in Fridav night's announcement with the number of cases at each were: Camp Cordon, I .a., 13s: Camp Syracuse. X. Y., 64; Camp Humphreys, Va., &6; Camp Mcrritt. X. -I.. IN-: and Ciimp 1 Lewis, Wash.. 11. In res|M>nsc to re- i quests front Surgeon (icnyml iilue oi ; " - (lie frnhttr?hmttfr service, licalMl au- . thorities in many states are sending word ;ts to the development and spread of the epidemic. Two vessels with influenza aboard, were quaran- . tilted at X?w|Hirt News. Va.. and in ' all parts of the country steps were 1 taken l.y health ol'llccrs to check the spread of the illsiase. ? Between 300 and 400 negro civ- : ilians. headed by a score of negro soldiers front Camp Alexander, attacked the second precinct police station at Norfolk lust Saturday night in au effort to rrwue the two soldiers arrested by the police on the charge of robbing the cash register of a photographer's studio. More than half of the windows of the station were smashed by flying bullets, bricks and bottles be- , fore the officers retaliated by opening tire with pistols and riot guns. Ten negro soldiers and civilians were shot 1 down in the exchange of bullets before i the arrival of reserves front the central station and naval guards gave the police sufficient manpower to qudlthe rioters and arrest the ring leaders. Police Sergeant White was the only i officer Injured. He was struck in the , temple by a bottle. The crowd hurled paving stones at the ambulance carry- 1 ing the officer to the hospital, par- ' tlally wrecking the vehicle. Several | of the wounded at the hospital are said to be in a precarious condition. 1 The trouble was precipitated when the 1 oftlcers clubbed the two negro sol- i diers arrested on the charge of rob- , bery. They were resisting arrest, urged to the act by companions- The 1 crowd quickly swelled to a mot) anil followed the officers to the station. | which is located in the negro district. ? While a hundred French veterans stood at salute the fourth Liberty loan honor flag was raised on Saturday to ' the top of the treasury building, where i it will tly throughout the loan cam- . paign which starts next Saturday. It was the first public display of the ban- ' ner, which is similar to the emblem of ? the third loan except that it wears ] four instead of three blue bars on the Interior field of white. Secretar" Mo- 1 Adoo. front the south steps of the treasury hoisted the banner while a ? throng of government employees and , representatives of All'ed nations cheered repeatedly for General Pershing. 1 France, Kngland. Italy and the other i Allies. Moving picture cameras ground 4 off films, which will he displayed soon In theatres over the entire country. The soldier* who took a prominent part in the ceremony include members ?. of the French Foreign legion, who f are to tour the country during the J campaign. Referring to the fourth loan. Secretary McAdoo said: "Wo are ' prepared to tuake any expenditure of blood that may he required to do this ?i great Job for civilization and humanity. and because we are willing to spend 1 our blood, we are willing to expend * what Is of far less consequence, every ^ dollar of American treasure we now have or that we may hope to have from now until eternity. We are resolved to liberate Belgium. France and > the other oppressed people of the t earth. We are resolved that democrti- . cy and freedom and civilization shall ' not perish from the face of the earth, t and that no German kalsar nor any t other kind of despot shall ever again _ be permitted to menace the peace and civilization or the immortal principles s of righteousness, of Justice, of law and c order in the world." ? Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, arrived last Friday from a trip to France and England. "It was 1 the United States whose counter of- t fensive led the way to driving the , Germans 50 miles to the rear." said oonotAr Thia humiliation nf t hp 1 Gorman military by the fresh troops -s of America has filled Germany with 1 a sensation of wonder and terror. a The spirit of German monarohs and the military captains has been shat- 1 tered by the knowledge that the poo- v pie of Germany have awakened to re- t alixe that Prussia has brought upon Germany the weight and power of v America, which means tha ?md of v German domination and the d est rue- t| tlon of what was the hope of the Oer- . man people?a great commercial and J scientific people in what was a pence- 1 ful Germany-" In these words Sen- s ator Lewis, personal envoy of the ? president to Great Britain. Prance and the battle front summed up the ' changes in Germany's morale wrought I by "America's answer" through the a crusaders under Pershing. Senator Lewis, who escaped death and whose return was delayed when the trans- 1 ort Mount Vernon was torpedoed 200 ules off the French coast, while he ran aboard, is enthusiastic over the lanner in which American troops are equitting themselves tn the face of he enemy. The president's spokesnan in the senate saw the rulers of ome of our Allies and the commandrig generals of the armies at the front, '"acts of transcendant Importance vt-re revealed to him. ?ne of the hings he learned, he declared, was hat the nerve and confidence of the Jerman people are crumbling through 'ear inspired by the indomitability >t the American fighting man. ?!k \|orhviH% tfnquircr Entered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER tats Sow, sow, sow; am) then sow some more. There is but one thing to <lo about the bowls, ami that Is to buy them. I'ntil this price lixing matter is s< tle<l the best thing the farmers can <lo with their cotton is to hnhl to it. I;< Mr. Ilickson, we believe, had -oho i injt.ition as an anti-Hleasite. \ I so, it appears. that lie was not much >t an admirer of Mr. Wilson. The Americans in France have put [ op into tlie British and French. Even King lieorge ol England has declared iiat in identical words. What isneed-d now is mure |m-|> in our ow n people. Herbert Hoover says that 1919 will see the close of the war. Of course that means that the Hermans will be onyuered next year. otherwise, the war will hardly come to an end during that period. The Hermans appear to be too busy to help the Turks in Palestine. Now that the Americans amount to so mu< h on the western front, the British ue able to handle the situation in the near east with a great deal more satisfaction. The Hermans vcrv well mulct stand .?> this time that ii they retain niiylung at all after the war except tlieii own native land and that under a purely d< muriatic form of government. I hey will have to do still greater lightdig than they have liecti doing. Y?-s. it is late in the season, max he i.tiu. i?it ii O Iiegi. 1 garnering ii mi t .. .s not too late tot nut shells, and > ;iro|M" diligence and perseverance it is If to tind thousands ot po.wds >f 11 ii it pits that will help t.-incndously in tmanufacture ot churcoil tot gas n.asks. Tlif way to end tills war the quick st is tor everybody to light their hardest anil to do it right now. Apprehension on account of sons tind jrothyp in Cran^g is a.^^'jBte of effort. Those hoys are there to conquer or lie. If we fold our hands over the situation they will die; hut if we work ind tight like they must work and Iglit. they will conquer. At last (ienetal C'rowder litis been i ought to a ruling under which he lolds that news gatherers for bona liile press associations are entitled to Ii fi ned elassitiealions by reason of heir activities 1 icing necessary to the successful prosecution of the war. We have never been able to see how this oulil lie otherwise; hut the thing does lot go far enough yet. What is the ise of gathering news unless linotype Iterators are available to put it in VIK'? t'leinson college is warning the sinners ot upper South Carolina not lo deceive themselves with the idea [hut their altitude is going to protect hem from the ravages of the boll weesi I. V.... ..uloKllul,^! ?S,.? k II. 11 IIU0 UCVI1 COkUi/IICIIVU tliuw htiv oil weevil ean flourish at an altitude >f from l.uuu to -.000 feet above seaevel in lower altitudes, and as a matter of fact there is nut a great deal of -outh Carolina cotton being raised at in altitude of as much as 1,000 feet. York county has no cotton land that s that high above sea level. As to whether or not Metis will be aken will depend upon what Pershing vants to do. He is now twelve miles iway. Of course he does not think >f attempting a direct assault, for to lo so would mean the loss of probably lundreds of thousands of good Amerian lives to very little purpose. But \merica is capable of concentrating nough guns to literally blast Metz off lie map. or rather out of the earth, ind if necessary that will be done. It s said that the civilian population is tlready leaving the city in a panicWith regard to tixing the price of otton. we have come to the conclusion that it is about the only thing to e done under the circumstances. Eith r that or absolutely put a stop to the tumbling in cotton on the exchanges The exchange gamblers are using the rirc-tixing proposition to bring about ta li violent changes of price that the >w ner of the cotton is hardly ever able o tell where he stands. But if they are ;?>;ng to lix the price of cotton we uggi st that it w ill be about the l ight hing to tie it up with cotton goods, lust give raw cotton a price that will our the same relation to cotton goods hat it bore when raw cotton was sellng at 10 cents a pound, and we will be wtisfled. That would mean about TO ents cotton If a drafted man Is entitled to exinption under the law ho should claim ho same. This is not a matter of l>inion: l>ut is a matter of fact. For no to refuse to claim exemption hotild ho ho entitled to it is as repretensible as giving a false answer to iny question in the questionnaire. The >rineipal difference is that there is a ray to detect other false answers, but here is no way to detect this. It is ery well understood that many men cho are entitled to claim exemption lo not do it. either because of intense utriotism or a fear of public opinion, tut neither of these considerations hould iaar a deciding influence in the natter. The government has good oasons for all the exemptions it has irovided for and it wants all men who re entitled to those exemptions to laitn them. If a man thinks be Is enitled to exemption, let him. say so. I and then it will be up to the exc-mp- J tion board to pass upon the case. Any man who has been exempted by the exemption l>oard has met his duty just as fully and completely as the man J who i as passed. - . C We agree that the Jury that found Kev. Mr. Hickson guilty could not F have done anything else than find him guilty. If the writer had been on that V Jury he would have felt bound to agree to that verdict. But still we are J unable to believe that Mr. Hickson has been or Intended to be disloyal. We V believe he loves his country as much as any man, and we believe also that F he wants his country to win over the Germans. It is very easy to under- C stand how a man of Mr. Hickson's temperament would say the things he S 1 ' - ? u-- 1'' onH utill it xaiu me way ne euiu ui??, ...... is difficult for those who know the old V gentleman to believe that he could be actually disloyal either to his country E or his God. Mr. Hickson is a headstrong man who expresses himself h forcibly, unhappily with too much force sometimes, and that has gotten \ him into trouble- If Judge Woods had believed that Mr. Hickson really meant what he said in the sense that c is suggested by the unfortunate words that were used, he would have, no c doubt, given the old man the full limit. Hut, after all, there is a lesson in this trial and conviction, and this lesson is that people will do well to bri- t die their tongues. It is the business of j each and every one of us to put In our t time and efforts?our whole time and v efforts?in whipping the Germans, .and after peace has been restored we will . be at liberty to express ourselves fully _ as to such things as may have im- . pressed us as not having been what , they ought to have been. (if course no one is so foolish as to 1 think that newspapers ale not neces- * <ar> in the conduct of the war. No- 1 !>ody is foolish enough to think that a * war could he waged without the help of newsiNipers?sueh a war as this, v nn.li.r. I Iflll nPWK|M|X'r 111 *' II in; ..... stand the most insuperable difllcul- i *ics in the way of regulating the mat- ti ei- of deft rred elassilieation oil ae- * olint "i ne\vs|ia|M'i' work, lini' t ion - t ble arises out of the fael that no other f business or profession is ineumbered .villi so uiaiiv amateurs. If all the ^ people who think they are. or have j een. new spa [? r men were exempt I roin niililnrj sei \ice 011 that account. : air army eonhl not possibly be half as | big as it is?not unless about HO pet- .1 vent of the "newspaper men" would s waive their right. And about the same \ rule applies to many so-called newspa- ; m is. The country lias been tilled with >j amateurish publications that never deserved or won public recognition, but , which took themselves as seriously as s :f tins were unquestionably the real j thing, and official recognition of them would have been ridiculous. I tut now ; newspapering is pretty well relticed down to brass tacks and even many ol the sure enough newspapers ^ that jvallj deserve to live are going , to be compelled to succumb because of ( tin impossibility of securing labor and , materials necessary for their continued ; production. , ALLIES PUSH FIGHTING. Continue to Make Headway Both in the East and West. VTfth the violence Of the operations on the western front In Franco con- { siderably diminished in intensity, the f Turks in Palestine and the Bulgarians . and their Allies in Macedonia arc being put to the test. But nowhere thus f, ar ha\e they been able to hold back, or even to coiinteraet, the onslaughts j of their foes. In Palestine the Turks seemingly ? are in the process of being crushed; n Macedonia the entente forces are ^ dri\ ing sharp wedges for considerable ^ distances into the enemy fronts. In Franco and Flanders, where there H has been any lighting rising in im- v portancc above tmtrol encounters the v British, French and American troops j have kept the upper-hand and nd--Ill, ...I their resoeetive lilies. Transcendent Interests Our transcendent interests, for the j, moment at least, are the operations of . the British (ieneral Allenby's forces in Palestine. Here, in less than four Jays the British have swept forward ' in the center between the Itiver Jor- ' dan and taken the famous Xazareth, while their wings closed round in a 1 . wilt enveloping movement and nipped k within the maw of tlie great pinccr t all the Ottoman forces in the coastal sector, the plain of Sharon, the hill u region in (lie central and also west- ? crn Jordan valley. Meanwhile to the j northeast the friendly Arab forces of r the King of lledja/. has cut all the railway communicntion in front of the (. lleeing Turks and are standing a ? harrier to their escape by way of tin ? eastern plains. t More than IS,000 Turks had been t, made prisoner by the British and guns H in excess of 120 had been counted when the hist reports from General 0 Allenby were received. In addition ? great quantities of war stores had been t captured, and still others had not t been counted owing to the rupidity of the movement. It is not improbable that within the bag. the strings of which have been drawn taut, closing the mouth, thousands of Turks arc enmeshed. Many * of those already made prisoner. Ilee- c ing in disorder, literally walked into n the hands of the British, not knowing their lines of retreat had been cut off. p Although the Turks at some points c offered considerable resistance to the British, at no point were they able to stay the advance, even on the famous tleld of Armageddon, which the British army swept across and occupied Xazareth to the north. In the operation of sewing the enemy within the sack, the airmen played an Important . role, vigorously bombarding the retreating Turks, inflicting enormous casualties on them. The losses of Gen. Allenby are described as slight, in comparison with the importance of the movement carried out. Italians Join the Fray. In Macedonia the Italians have Joined the fray with the British, French, Serbian and Greek troons and are hard after the Bulgarians and their allies, who are being driven northward through southern Serbia. Between the Oerna and Vardar river, although the Bulgarians and Germans are sending re-enforcements the Allied troops have continued their pressure. The Serbians west of the Var- a dar river have crossed the Prilepe- c Ishtib road at Kavardar, which constitutes an advance of more than 25 miles into their once-held territory. ? To the east of Monastir the Italians have begun operations in the famous tCerna bend and have taken several , positions, while between the Cerna and the Vardar the French also have met ii with successes. e On the French front, the British north of the Scarpe river, advanced their line on a two-mile front, while I east of Epehy. lying between Cam- d brai and St Quentln and at several n other points on this sector In strong fighting they "aptured German posi- 8 tions. On that part of the front held 1< by the French there was little activity 0 except by the opposing artillery. < which at times was heavy. s On the Lorraine front the Ameri- a cans have carried out two successful raids against the Germans and taken tl prisoners. In addition, some casual- a ties were Inflicted on the enemy. Sev- ^ eral guns were also captured. ? Forty-seven negro selectmen leave g Chester this week. ti LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS . M. St roup?Tell* of the arrival of additional styles of Irvine Drew ahoea for ladles, and also of other fall and winter goods, linton Bros.?Have seasonable groceries for your table. Wheat ship stuff for fattening hogs is best. Buy groceries for cash, irst National Bank. York?Gives you five rules for saving and invites you to do your banking at the First National. Ifrigley--Urges you to buy fourth Liberty bonds, help win the war. and chew Wrigiey's chewing gum. See page four. . O. Pratt. Sharon?Has taken up a heifer. Jersey colored. Owner can have it by paying expenses. 'ork Furniture A Hardware Co.?Has too big a stock of linoleum and offers it for a few days at a reduced price. 'red M. Allen. Executive Secretary?Keeps on telling you about the big Gaston county fair October 8 to 12. to which you are invited, arroll Bros.?Have lime, cement and roofing. Now is a good time to buy a wagon or buggy. and save $10 to $25. tar Theatre?Marie Walcamp in a jungle serial tonight. A mystery drama Wednesday. 'The Devil's Prixe." Thursday. 'orkviUe Candy Kitchen?Has lemons, apples and other fruits. Fresh layer raisins. Fresh suited peanuts. I. A. Dickson. Yorkville No. 1?Will appreciate information leading to recovery of an eat ray bull dog. r w.?.c [ouM-icecper. c?iv ?......... .. keeper. willing to leave county, (or seven months. Good pay and board. rork Motor Car Co.?Urtres you to buy war stamps and also to buy Ford parts from it. Don't start on a trip until you are "fixed" with tools, etc. !. W. Whltesides & Co.. Sharon?Especially invites 'he ladies to see the new fall and winter goods while they are fresh. "linton Bros.- Have a mule, wairon and harness for sale. Mr. G. W. Martin of the I'oint sor. ion. says he heard the first katydid on lune 22. and the first frost seems to lave come on time, ninety days aftervard. Quite a number of people reported 'rost in different parts of the county >undav morning, but nobody seems to hink that there was enough to do any larm. The statement in the Clover letter art Friday that Rev. A. A. McLean vas going to Oklahoma, was added by he editor. It was incorrect. Rev. dr. McLean goes to Lenoir. N. C. Miss Susan Pursley of Clover N'o. 4. vf 11 celebrate her one hundredth lirthdav on December 29. if she lives intil that date and her numerous relitives and friends are looking forward vith most pleasant anticipations to hat occasion. Miss Pursley is now in irst-rate health. Mr. H. B. Mi-Daniel of Smyrna, who vas in Yorkvillc yesterday In attendince on the meeting of the Assistant a.*gal Advisory hoard, of Local Board <o. 2, said that the outlook is that the tcople of his section are going to sow ill tho irrain they can. People who ;owed wheat last year ami followed it vith peas, are arranging to again sow vheat as soon as they can get the ;round in fix. Just as a mutter of information to hose who may lie interested, we will itate that the price Of typewriters lave gone "out of sight." New, stnndird machines that formerly sold for lao now bring $110, and rebuilt mahines that sold all the way from $20 o $5*i. now range in price from $50 to >80, and difficult to obtain even at lie higher figures. The government as taken over many of the typewriter actories, and much of the skilled la or that has heretofore been used in lie manufacture of typewriters is now ting used in the manufacture of variiu.s kinds ol war munitions. So far as The Enquirer is able to father, there is nothing new in the alti&tion as to the price qjEftfiotton ginling. Mr. Stevenson is right in the iropositlon that a ginner may gin for ess than $3.50 if he so desires. There s no law to prevent. Mr. Elliott, the tate food administrator, however, has lot withdrawn his minimum price if $3.50 for ginning and $1.50 fur lagging and ties. As we underitand it, as a mutter of fact the ;Inner can charge less; but we do not inderstaml that he will receive the anction of the food administration in luing so. He cannot, as we undertand it, be prosecuted; but as the vhole matter stands we would not adise anybody to deviate from the trices that have been fixed. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The locul lied Cross chupter on ast Saturday shipped three boxes conaining 500 garments. ? Mr. J. Q. Wray has resigned as sulerintendcnt of the water, light aud tower department. ? Yorkvllle is asked to contribute ,800 pounds of old clothes to help ;eep the destitute people of Belgium hrough the winter. ? There were only a very few autonomies on the streets of Yorkville last lunday, and so fur as has been retorted none of them were in the Joy iding class. ? There was a full attendance in the ourthouse yesterday of the members if the Local Advisory Hoard, recently i... Vn 2 Th?v lijiuiiiau uj anie in answer to a cull from the L?oal Board. After full and explicit intrusions from Chairman Brice as to tow to proceed in the work of filling iut questionnaires, they signed the lath of service, and were duly constiuted with the authority necessary for he discharge of their duties. PROGRESS OF REGISTRATION. The county board of registratipn las completed Its round of the county in account of the 1918 registration, md the figures up to last Saturday ag:regated 2,724 for the county, by pretncts as follows: Bethany 74 Bethel - 78 Blairsvllle 88 Bullock's Creek ? 44 Clover - - 200 Coates's Tavern ? 29 Ebenezer 1 47 Filbert - 74 Forest Hill 57 Fort Mill ? - 175 Hickory Grove 153 Lesslle 54 McConnellsville 82 Newport 21 New Zlon 87 Ogden 30 Rock Hill 776 Sharon - - ? 81 Smyrna 48 Tlrzah - 72 Yorkvllle 455 FRUIT PITS AND NUT SHELLS. Tho army is calling for fruit pits ind nut sheila with which to make harcoal for pas masks. This material makes the most valuable charcoal known for the purpose. It requires about seven |>ounds of ruit pits and nut shells to afford sufIcient charcoal for a pas mask. Here s the kind of material that is wnntd: Prune pits, plum pits, appricot pits, each stones, olive pits, cherry pits, ate seeds. Brazil nut shells, hlckoryut shells, walnut shells, butternut hells. We need these now. Before ?aving them with your grocer or othr collecting agency they should be horoughly dried in an oven or in the un. I'nder no circumstances deposit ny other pits or shells." The Enquirer has proposed to print he names of all who volunteer to act s collectors, and so far the following ave volunteered: Clinton Bros., Yorkvllle. Children and others are requested to ather up the material descril>ed and I urn it over to the volunteer collect- | or*. ?The Enquirer will be pleased upon the report of the volunteer collectors to acknowledge each seven pound collection turned over to him. There are thousands of pounds of such material going to waste in York county that can be made available If people will get busy. Let it he remembered that each and every seven pounds of this material that Is cathered up and turned over to one of the collectors may he the means of saving the life of one of our brave American soldiers. ABOUT PEOPLE Private Boyd Hope of Camp Wadswortb. has been visiting his family in Yokville. Lieutenant Choate Quinn came up to Yorkville from Camp Jackson, on SundayCapt. Joseph E. Hart of Camp Sevier, visited his family In Yorkville, Sunday. Lieutenant Colonel E. W. Pressly of Camp Sevier has been visiting his family at Clover. W. L KodJey and J. H. Miller of Hock Hill. Ic training at I'lattsburg. have been made second lieutenants. Yorkville relatives have received information of the safe arrival uv. of Private James L. Branch. Mrs T- F. Cartwright of Winnshoro. (8 visiting the family of Dr. A. Y. Cartwright in Yorkville. Mrs. W. O. Raw Is of King's Creek, X. C, is visiting her daughter, .Mrs Carl Stroup. In Yorkville. Rev. Dr. Thomas M. Dowry of Memphis, Tenn., is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Miss Lesslie White of Yorkville, was taken over to the Fennell inlirmary at Rock Hill yesterday afternoon, to be operand on for appendicitis. Pj-i vate E. E. Dickson of Camp Jackson, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs- E. A. Dickson, on Yorkville No. 1, Dexter L. Kambo of Erskine college, Just buck from Plattsburg, spent Sunday visiting his parents, Mr- and Mrs. D. U Rumbo, in Yorkville. Corporal Lindsay Devinney of Camp Jackson, spent Sunday with the family of his father, Mr. R. L. Devinney. on Yorkville R. F. D. Xo. 4. Lieutenant Gist Finley of Camp Sevier, catne over toYorkville Saturday night, on a visit to his mother, Mrs. D. E. Finley. Mr. Haskell Dulln of Itethel, who has been at Plattsburg for the past five weeks, is to receive a commission as sofomi lieutenant. Frank Clinton of East View, has returned from Plattsburg. where he has bfon for the past six weeks, lie failed to secure a commission on account of his youth, he being only IS years of age. Corporal Jas. D- Grist of Camp Sevier, spent Sunday in Yorkville with his parents, accompanied by Mr. Stanley Ryan, the well known Florida newspaper man, director of Y. M. C. A. publicity work at Camp Sevier. Ren'. Robert G. Lee, professor of Latin at Furman university, Greenville, a native of Fort Mill township, delivered an interesting educational address at the First Baptist church of Yorkville, Sunday morning. Mr. S. D. Riekenbaker, who has been tmmmer in Yorkville with lis family, left far Chaster last week to accept the principalship of the Chester high schools. Mr. Itickcnbak r is u school teacher of years of ex>>erlenc" and stands high in his profession. He had ctuite a number of very flattering offers for his services for the school year just now beginning, and chose Chester because for a number of reasons he preferred to go there. Df. J. D. McDowell of Yorkville, has t>een commissioned a major In the United States army. When the doctor Went up for examination some time ago, he was told that a captaincy was the best they could do for him, they were afraid. He was not hoping for UM than a first lieutenantcy at the tJFLond he felt good over it. When cetved a commission last week majorship he was very mucrr - ur rinsed; but many of his friends were not They know that Dr. McDowell Is not only an agreeable gentleman, but a most capable medical man, and If all the major doctors eomo up to his standard. Uncle Sam has nothing to complain of as to the efficiency of his medical corps. REV. HICKSON CONVICTED. Kev. P. C. Hickson. the well known Haptist minister of Oaffney, who was indicted son e time ago for violation of certain provisions of the espionage law, was tried in the United States district court before Judge C. A. Wood and a jury last Thursday and Friday and convicted on two counts. Mr. Hickson was represented by Messrs. J. K. Henry of Chester, and J. C. tuts of Spartanburg, and the jury in the empaneling of which all the talesmen front Cherokee county were excluded, was made up of the follow T. W. Boss, foreman; J. It. Caskoy, I), s. Gibson, Ltonuk- Eidson, \V. E. I.cslie, T. A. Barron. W. K. iiendrix. M. It. Fuller, W. \V. Robinson, C. W. Riailes, 1.. >1. Clyde, \V. M. Harvey. There were seven counts in the indictment, which was based i>artly on things the defendant was alleged to have said to Individuals and partly on things he was alleged to have written and published in the Baptist Courier. 1. That it was wrong for the United States to be at war with Gcrmuny, and the whole propaganda was a money-making machine; that Woodrow Wilson was nothing short of an infernal scoundrel and that he was getting his drag; that by declaring this country in a state of war with Germany and bringing the people of the United States into such a bloody conflict, Woodrow Wilson should be assassinated. I Tactical reiteration of the first count. 3. "Woodrow Wilson ran for second term on a peace platform, but was for war all the time, and no sooner was he elected than he showed his colors; that Woodrow Wilson was for war all the time and should be assassinated; that the Bernstorflf matter was all newspaper lies; that the English were shooting the Seln Feiners down by lining them up against a wall and shooting them without any regard for anything that was right: that he. F. C. Hickson. was surprised that intelligent men would take the newspaper and read it and believe what is said in it about the submarining warfare Germany was waging against the United Stntes. 4. Practical reiteration of the third count. 5. Alleging a threat against the life of Woodrow Wilson, was withdrawn. 8. "My country, right or wrong." never have come from anywhere but hell. "When the flap of my country is never sacred except when used as a red flag in the hull pen to tease the beast to fight. and patriotism is defined, to compel mo to kill my enemy. I demand the right to insult the flag. and declare myself a traitor." 7. Practical reiteration of the sixth count. The indictment was substantiated by the testimony of a number of witnesses. although from proposed testimony that was ruled out os well as testimony that was allowed to go in it appears that some of the remarks grew out of heated verbal controversies based upon political and other differences. The jury convicted on counts 1 and 6, and found not guilty on the other counts. Defendant's counsel gave notice of a motk:> for a new trial: but this Judge Wood, after hearing argument, refused on the ground that he felt that the verdict was in accordance with the facts presented. The court treated the aged defendant with all possible consideration, and before passing sentence permitted him to make a statement, which was quite dramatic. Mr. Hlckson said that his article In the Baptist Courier had been misunderstood, and that he had had no intention of dishonoring the flag of his country. On the contrary he held his country and his flag in the highest regard, much higher regard than most men hold them, and he said that he had always "labored for the welfare of his country and his church. So far as the sentence about to tie passed was n concerned, he was indifferent, because ti his feelings had been so outiaged by ^ the harges ma le against him and his conviction on those charges, that the . future had become blank. If he could have a say as to his sentence he would 11 have something that would end his S misery the sooner and if it were in the * pow? r of the court, he would prefer a ' sent- nee of death hv shooting. s. Dr. H'ckson was sentenced to six *months in the Federal penitentiary in ? Atlanta, and after the sentence was pronounced bis attorneys gave notice s of an appeal to the t'nited States court of appeals. j l> GASSED. BUT NOT LICKED. a Half frozen, half starved, burned by b a high explosive shell, hit by a spent ^ machine bullet, and badly gassed; but a again getting in good shape, and hoplng to be with the American army at * the taking of Berlin. That is the past experience an3 i present status of s*tark M. Slaughter. 'I the 22-year-old-son of Prof. W. T. 1 Slaughter of Hickory Grove, who was J in Yorkville yesterday- . Young Slaughter went to France in October of I- 'ear with the famous v Hainbow D ^ion. in the same regi- fc nient with Wallace Marshall of York- b vilie: hut in a diceirnt coin|iany, ^ Slaughter was in Company A of the u Hath Engineers, and Wallace is in e Company B. Slaughter was gassed * last April, and alter lying in u French y hospital at the point of death for sev- t oral months, he was brought to Amer- n ica in August, and he is now convales- 1 a cing under the care of the experts in s charge of the military hospital at Fort fc McPherson. At present he is spending d thirty days' leave with his parents and J having a good time with his friends. t "Die," he said; "no I am not going t to die. The doctors thought so some 1 months ago, and 1 did not know for ? certain myself; but I have given out the notion now. 1 was down to a little over a hundred pounds in weight s for a time; but now 1 am up to ltiu. t and* 1 am figuring on being back with I my regiment to go to Berlin. Sure!" t Slaughter is a big, strapping fellow, 1 bright and intelligent in his eonversu- ?] lion, well informed on things military, u and absolutely certain not only *hat a the American soldier is the greatest 1 soldier on earth; but that America, if i: necessary, can handle a whole world r at arms. r The young man has been through a t terrible time, however. He, with a about sixty other members of his com- c pany, was overcome with gas on April r >i Ho was sent to a base hospital r shortly afterward, and underwent the tortures of the damned for weeks and weeks. The only possible relief was by means of a surgical operation; but he could not take an anaesthetic, because to have done so would have meant death- It was not until after he reached America that he was operated upon. The operation was a chance then. The doctors said it might kill him and that he would certainly die without it. He took the chance, and is now getting along nicely, in spite of a great red scar across the front of his throat. Young Slaughter is not at all disposed to brag about his experiences, or to talk at all except in response to questions; but he does not hesitate to tell anything anyone wants to know, if they will just ask him about it. That Is how lie happened to tell this stor> ? in answer to questions. On getting across to the other side, the Engineer regiment to which young Slaughter belonged was given a brief period of intensive training, and then it went over into the country near the St. Mlhicl sector, where General Pershing is now operating, to help dig trenches and dugouts and string barbed wire entanglements. Later it was put into regular infantry work and it engaged in frequent raids into Xo-man's land and against tho enemy trenches. One day Slaughter's company was caught in a double barrage. The Germans were shelling the ground iroin different directions, and the company found itself right in between. The shell fire included high explosive shells, shrapnel and gas shells; but nobody was thinking of gas at the time. All thought it was altogether a matter of high explosives and shrapnel, so they did not put on their gas masks, of ' course everybody was lying down during the shelling. That is the only way to escape being struck by Hying fragments. Shortly after the shelling was over, the men realized from the terrible sensation in their lungs that they ' had been gassed, and it was a long time before they knew much more. Some of the men died. Some time previous to this young Slaughter was badly scorched by a high explosive shell. "They will burn you if they, explode within forty feet - - ...? u- | *|tA? lui. ot til you, UU SKI IU, aim i& iiiv: wu.oi within ton or twenty fret they .ire J pretty apt to get you." ' At another time he was struck by a ' ricocheting machine gun bullet; but ' was not very' badly hurt on that occa- f1 sion. He did not go to the hospital ' either on account of the bullet or the x shell burn. J "When the Americans tlrst began arriving in France," young Slaughter sniit. "neither the liritish nor French seemed to care much about them. The British were arrogant and the French were thoroughly discouraged. But r very soon after the Americans began to make good the attitude of both the British and French began to change- j You could see increasing respect and consideration on the part of the Brit- ' ish and as to the French, when they got 011 the subject of the Americans, t they might start out with a reasonable amount of calm; but before they got 1 very far, they seemed to drift into a J kind of worship." s Asked as to what he thought of the situation generally, young Slaughter H said that the common conviction <1 among the French people is that the war will certainly come to an end by T next summer. His first experience with ? German prisoners to whom he talked, c was that they were proud and arrogant, certain that they would lick ev- f eryhody: but before he was wounded, even, he could seo how all that was t changing, and how the Germans did < not hesitate to confess that they were glad to be captured. The Americans, 1 he said, had raised the morale of the s British and French and had knocked the morale of the Germans all to * pieces. r Asked as to what he thought of the probable capture of Metz, young 1 Slaughter said the town would be In American hands within two weeks. f While there seems to be a common f idea to the contrary, the heavy guns r of the Americans are superior to anything of the kind in Europe, and T enough of these heavy guns are being ^ bmught to bear on Metz to do the business. He thought that the 1 taking of Metz would not give so much * trouble as the taking of Strassburg, about thirty miles from the American * lines; but he feels sure that what is * left of the German morale will be " shattered to nieces at these two places. s and that the end will come before this time next year. LOCAL LACONICS y Prisoners In Germany. The war department has given out a r list of 63 American soldiers who are ( Held in German prison camps. They C Include Krfd Roberta of Gafney, ami j Thurston MoSwain of BlacksburgAnother Call On York County. ( There Is a call for 20 more white men c to po from York county to Camp Se- J vier durinc; the five day period Ifidnning October 5. six from Local Board c Xo. 1. and fourteen from Local Board No. 2. The Third Primary. I; The third primary election to decide > the Democratic nomination as between A Messrs. Elmore and Osborne, is to be y held today. There have been but few li evidences of interest in the matter in o I this section. a Scholarship Awards. c Superintendent of Education Swear- v in pen not long ago announced Clemson f college scholarship awards. York f county boys are favored as follows: I Four-year scholarship?Hugh Egger s Robinson. One-year scholarship?-J. f Norman Walsh. One-year agricultu- e ?l course: S'nuph Blankenship. J. T. larrison, Conrad Hill. H. J. Harshaw. 'o Help the Soldier*. ^ Mr. O. W. Ruff of No. 4. Yorkville. i the first man to bring in peach pits i response to the urgent call of the overninent. He brought in quite a enerous contribution of pits to The I inquirer office yesterday, and was in- u tructed to take them to the store of e 'Itnton Bros. "1 brought these for a r tarter." he said, "and I am going to t ring some more soon." J laving Sweet Potatoes. Demonstration Agents Blair and e i!cKeo?n are prepared to furnish a I a as for potato nouses that will aclu- t lly keep potatoes. The plans have v eon adopted by the government j no an recommended as being abso- t iitely good, provided the instructions j re iollowed. Houses may be built in t ny eapacitj of from 500 to 1,500 bush- t is. and at a cost of from (I'UO to $300. I is tilings go now about 5o per cent oi t he sweet potatoes raised in the coun- j i.? are lost from improper handling in t lgging and housing; but by the gov- f iiuneiit method of bundling and hous- a iig tile loss should not in* over 5 or 10 t K-r cent. I >aw-Paw an Intoxicant. Kock Hili Herald, Saturday: R. Mil- 3 iee Calhoun, proprietor of the Cal iuuu Drue company of this city, was { icfore United States Commissioner 1'. t V. Spencer Friday night at i o'clock, c n the charge of selling intoxicants to . soldier in uniform. The commission- r r held Dr. Calhoun under a bond of f 5uo for trial in the United States v ourt, which will convene in Greertille, October 1st. It uppeurs from r he evidence submitted at the prelimi- s lary hearing that P. K. Kowell, the j irivate soldier from Camp Sevier, who t uicided here Wednesday night, bought overal bottles of what is commonly mown as "Paw-Paw," at the Calhoun Irug store on Railroad avenue, and r hat he* became intoxicated by drink- I ng the "Paw-Paw." On these allega- 1 ions the charge of selling intoxicants ?. o a man in uniform is based, and 011 f he evidence submitted Commissioner 1 ipencer held Dr. Calhoun for trial ill i he United States court. I I lush of Cotton Seed. The fixing of the price of cotton g eed has resulted in an abnormal rush f o market. Because there is no possi- 1 ?le advantage in holding the same, it ( leing certain that the price will be no r ligher later on than it is now, the ten- i lency is to convert them into money i is soon us possible. The situation is ilready causing embarrassment in the g ower part of the state and it is prom- si sing embarrassment here. The oil i nllls cannot take care of the seed as ( npidly as they come in and none of > he mills have warehouse capacity < ufticient to take care of the entire j rop at one time- Also but few of the nills can make the money arrange- , nents necessary to carry all the seed f hat are being offered. In order to j egulute the situation to the best pos- j ible advantage, the food udministra- 1 ion Is asking that farmers do not load < heir seed on curs until the same have t inn sold. Also the farmers are he- j ng especially urged to avoid th< ' vastefulness that has been so common j leretofore. Farmers can contribute to , he relief of the whole situation by > hiding out how the mills are circum- 1 lanced as to storage room and hold- < G..IH *> utmVi tlmn n? it will , iiit the purchasers to receive them. | Everybody should realize In a tlnx ike this that each should work to the t id van tape of the other as much as >ossible. Suicide of a Soldier. t Private P. E. Rowell of Scotia. . iampton county, stationed at Camp t ievier, who was at Rock Hill attend- t ng Federal court, took his own life at < 0 o'clock Wednesday evening at the t esidence of J. H. McManus. coroner i if York county, by shooting himself in < he head with a revolver. Rowell hail t ?een staying at the McManus home t ince he arrived in Rock Hill two days ? ?efore. Mrs. McManus and B. R. Plan- i on, a government inspector, also a t loarder at the McManus home, were he first persons to enter the room in t vhlch Rowell fired the fatal shot and le was dying when they reached his t lde. ?J. M. Mangblood, chief of po- I ice, and O. C. Clyburn, patrolman. 1 vere In the patrol wagon in front of l he McManus home waiting for Row- t 11 when he fired the shot which ended > tis life. The officers had been to the I Vragon mill and found Rowell and mother soldier by the roadside, com- I ng to the city. The soldiers were i isked to ride with the officers and did < o. Arriving at the McManus home. Lowell told the chief that if he would I rait in the street until he could go to i lis room he would return and ride in- > o the business section of the city. The t ifflcers agreed and sat in the machine raiting for him until some one from I he house came out and told them that towel 1 hnd killed himself. Rowell i eft a brief note on the table in his ? oom. asking that his relatives be no- t Ifled. and saying that he was driven -v o the act on account of trouble with ? Ps wife. Tetters were also found t chich show that Rowell hnd probably t >ecn paying attention to other womenIne of these was from a woman in Jreenville. Relatives of Rowell. living t iear Augusta, wired Rock Hill under- , akers that they would claim the bodv, ^ chich was taken to Scotia Thursday , fternoon for interment, following an t nipicst by Coroner McManus. CLOVER CULLINGS. orrftpondrnrit Th? Torktlll# Enquirer l. Hover. September "1.?Mrs. rruns i ^ee of Chester, visited her father, Mr. V. T. Beamguard, here this week. Mr. Enis Jackson has entered King's nislnoss college in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Proadus M. Love of forkville. and Mrs. Waiter McElwee. dlsses Bessie Love and Lila Jackson pent Thursday In Charlotte. Mesdames Will Flanagan and Jane Thomas of Bowling Oreen, spent Frilay with Misses Eliza and Tda Adpms. Messrs. Herbert Smith and Oddls Tobinson left Saturday for Durham. . f. C., where they will enter Trinity ollege. Mrs. Tda C. Hardin left Friday night 'or an extended visit to Columbia and ifeColl. at which places she will visit ier sons. Mr. L. T> Hardin and Rev. rady Hardin. Mesdames H. L. Wright, CJ. W. Measnnts and- Miss Bessie Adams ipcnt Thursday In Rock Hill. s Mrs. J. Lean Adams of Castonia. t istied her parents. J r. and Mrs. S. J. ""llnton here this week. Miss Leila Russe'l of Winthrop colege. spent Saturday here. Mesdames C. H. Ferguson and Orr j Sparrow, and Mr. C,e<irge Sparrow, left ?. taturday for Camp Jackson, to visit j ela fives. { Miss Delia McCall spent the past c veek-end with Miss Winnie Brown on , Tnrkville No. 1. I Mr. Kelly Henry visited his brother. s Jr. Harry Henri', at Camp Jackson. , his week- j Mr. Macon Sifford. who has been in u raining at Plattsburg. N. Y.. has re- ( urned home and will resume his t tudles at the South Carolina unlver- ? itv in a few days. t The Gaston Fair.?Featured again t >y community fairs and by some In- ? cresting Innovations the fourth an innl big Gaston county rair win opi-n )ctober 8 and will continue through October 12. Executive Secretary Fred if. Allen Is now busily engaged In rettine his exhibits promised from Saston. York. Cleveland and Lincoln ounties rounded up. The "midway" vill as usual be a creat attraction, bit the fair itself will portray in exclient manner what the people of the ounties participating are doing to lejp win the war. From the present ndlcations the poultry show and the ivestoek departments will go far beond past excellent records. The leld crops exhibits will also be noterorthy of the women's departments, ncluding the canning and home demnstration clubs work will as usual be splendid feature. County Agent ohn B. Steele and Miss N'ell Pickens, ounty home demonstration agent, are working energetically to boost the big air in every way. The community airs will as usual be a great feature. ,ucia. South Point, Plsgah. Sunnyide. Landers Chapel communities of e Saston county will all be well repres- d nted. S GOT THEM ON THt wun. lilies Now Far Outnumber the Germans. Striking proof that the German man lower is fast crumbling came last Satirday in the announcement by Gen. ral March, chief of staff, that the lews from all battle fronts " was coninuously good and that 1,160,000 imerican troops had now been emiarked for overseas service. Just six months ago Saturday the inemy Hung his full military power gainst the British lines in Picardy in he great drive that was to end the kar in a smashing victory. Tolay he is lighting desperately to hold ho tottering Hindenburg line, the deensive system from which he struck hat blow and back into which he has ieen hurled. The side by side British. French and American armies have iroken definitely the German offensive lower, in official opinion in Washingon Already the American forces in 'ranee are more than half us strong s the whole German army and the ide of American fighting men toward "ranee Is continuing ui uu c?vn The situation on the various battle ronts was tersely summarized by Gen. Jarch Saturday as follows: "News during the week from all ronts has been continually and coninuously good. On the western front lur new line in Lorraine was quickly tubilized. The enemy has been huricdly strengthening his line of deense, the socalled Kriempild line vhich lies only a mile or two in front if the new line on a front of about 20 ntles from near Muizeray to the Moielle river at Vandleres. We are now en miles away from I'ontlans and welve miles away from Metz. Steady Progress Made. "In Picardy the British and French enewed their advance on the Camirai-St. Quenlin front toward the old tindenburg line. In spite of the conentration of the enemy forces deending this sector, the British have nade steady progress, and the enemy s reported to have lost very heavily, t is now officially confirmed that 10.?00 prisoners have been captured. "On the plateau northwest of Solsions the French have continued to orce back the enemy's best troops intil they are now within half u mile roni the Junction of the Maubcugc oad and the Chemin-des-Dames, and vithin ten miles of Laon, which Is beng shelled. "TJie reports in the press about the luceessful operations of the Serbian irmy on the Balkan front are correct. The Serbian army attacked the Bultarians on a front of 25 miles and irove them back about 20 miles. Ar. ording to official reports the British lave reopened activities In Palestine." The western battle wall has been cbullt by the Allied and American orces. according to observers in Washington. When the first American irmy swiftly trampled out the St. Ml liel salient, the last possuumy ui . erin.'in strategic stroke passed. The >nemy faces now a straight line from he North sea to the Swiss bonier. There are no salients to give an opportunity for Hank operations. Even I" the power of a counter-offensive ihoulrt be found, and military author!ies here see no chance of that, the German high command would face the ostly business of front attack. They lave nothing. It is pointed out, not a tingle strategic position to show for heir great drive. Fighting Day and Night. But it is more than restored offenlive line that faces them, ofilcers say\long the center of the great sweep )f the front, British and French irmies are storming ahead night and lay. harrying and harassing the bat,ered German divisions without rest. *? rshlng's men stand before Metz and Jon flans and against that new threat he enemy must gather reserves on his new front at the very time when very available reserve division is sorely needed to meet the Allied rush o the north. Signs of further withlrawal are manifest ulong wide secors. In payment for their lavish expendlure of lives in the abortive offensive, he German leaders have been compelled by formal decree to reduce the Ighting strength of every infantry init from 980 men to a battalion of <50. In no other way could the drain >e met. Every German battalion or company when at full strength must 'ace an Allied or American unit of the lume type which is at least 15 per :ent stronger in lighting men. There appears good reason to beieve that the German losses in pris>ncrs alone since the tide turned tgainst them in July would reach up oward 200,000 were the truth known. The losses in guns and other material lave not been computed. With this steadily increasing superiority in both manpower and war nuterlal at his command military auhorities feci that perhaps the most itriking assets Marshal Foeh has aclUired in his two months of swift and rictorious counterblows is the power o take the enemy by surprise ut will. Foch Has Forces. No longer need he wait for months >r even weeks to organize an attack of nore than local value. It Is now posilble almost overnight to bring up the iien and the mobile artillery for a hrust at any sector- Under the direc ion of the great r rench leader the vhole front virtually is kept In a constant state of preparation for attack. llut desperate as the situation must ippear to the enemy leaders on the vest front, as General March pointed ?ut Saturday, It is only the main theare of reverses for him. on every oth.r front the Allied forces are hitting iard against Germany's Allies. The Julgarian army in Macedonia has been >roken and disaster of an irretrievadc nature uiuy come to the army here. In 1'alistine Turkish forces have >een routed by the British. In Siberia ivents are swiftly shaping for the reitoring of an eastern front which will n turn be a front of Allied attack. In taly there is a flicker of activity vhich may mark an Italian drive igainst a foe discouraged and still exlausted from the Austrian failure ilong the Plave this summer. Military officials, both Allied and American, are very cautious in prciictions. They have been unable to :onceal completely, however, their trowing elation and there is no doubt hat many of them in Washington are ooking forward to new and greater mccesses before winter slows down he fighting. MERE-MENTION William R. WTeeler, Seth Corbett, diss Maud Corbett and Miss Maud lawyer were killed in an automobile :ollision with a Southern passenger rain at (iroenville. V. C... last Satur. lay Ten enlisted men of the oiiMt guard cutter Seneca, lost their ives on September 16, while trying to lave the lives of the crew of the tor>edoed steamer Wellington Eight Vmericans were killed when German iviators dropped bombs on a Red .'ross hospital in France last Wednesday night _.Jas. R. Mann, Jr., son if Congressman Jas. R. Mann of 1111lois, a victim of tuberculosis, commlted suicide in Chicago Thursday drs. James Amelia, 32, and her moth:r, Mrs. Ferdinand Jacobs, 65, were hot to death by unknown parties near Vllkes-Barre, Pa., Thursday By iroclamatlon President Wilson has lesignated Saturday, October 12th, as liberty day, that day being the anniversary of the discovery of America by 'hrlstopher Columbus In 1492 . Jr- Paul A. Lewis, director of the labiratories of Phlpps Institute, Philadel>hia, has succeeded In isolating the term of Spanish influenza. The germ b Identified as the Pfeiffer bacillus 2d ward F. Marchenet, an employee of he Curtias Engineering corporation, drplane builders at Garden City, L. I., i/n? arrested hv Federal nfflr-er* Frt. lay, on the charge of being in the emiloyment of Germany. Marchenet was riven away by his own family. in American soldier writing from France, says: "No matter how terrible story may seem, stamp it as true. Tie Hun is capable of anything desilcable." A dispatch through Amterdam tells of the killing of S82 perons in the explosion of an Austrian lowder factory near Vienna, a few lays ago. Most of the victims were romen Three officers and tweny-seven men of the American steamr, Buena Ventura, torpedoed on Mon[ay of last week, have reach Comma, ipain.