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?rrap$ and ? It ha* been officially announced In the British houw of commons that the 'lermans have ceased their submarine attacks against passenger vessels. Attacks against transports, naval vessels, and all other ships pertaining to war. continue as opportunity presents. -- Announcement has been mad** in the British bouse ot commons that since the beginning of the war British troops have taken 11 ? enemy combattant prison* is. including :Pi4.-IJ 'leimans. There are S'.'wO <jeriiian combattant priscineis in the I rut. .| Kingdom at the present time. It has he.-n annoiiii' <1 that vac'ination against pneumonia is available now tor every officer, enlisted man ami civilian employe oi the arm?. Tt.< vaccine, which is said to have pro\i-d to pi<\<nt pneumonia following influenza, is being product d In ...|.|||\ nil.Ill the till c* llOli <>i tIn arniv im-ilii-al si-hool. Its x li-nsivi- us<- is ixpiitnl I" tnatii iull\ loui-r tin rmiiils r of )-:?s) s ?>i pm-u1110111a in (hi- ariu> this winti-r. Itaitiri.il in\estit-at'iiti slmws that : in |>11 si'iit biitliii ak of iiitlmn/.a ilms nut iliffir fioin othi-t i|iii|?-inii's nf tinsatiM malaiiv, (hi- hitflur mortality luti- tin_r <1 id- to si-i-onilarv int?-?tion. William I lav is Fisher saul in tin hniisi hi' commons last Tm silay. I! ailvisiil thai In- saw no reason to ln-luvi tlii- spri-ail of tin- ilisiasi was lino to inulnutrition of thi- |m oph- ectii-rallv. W ii>l<- tin ) #si ni tin- ih atli raif is i onsiili'ialili*. hi- sahl. it is not as Kiiiit in l.oniloii as in Vienna. I'aris ami olIn r |ilai'i-s. Mi ilii-al authorities ami hai terioloeiial i-xis-rls ot tin- Iioiiki- til' ('ointnotis on Tm-.silay or- | ih riil a ri'Si'i'iri h into thi- ransi-s ami natiiri' of tin- ilisease. It is hoped to truce ami destroy thi- microbe. Cotton lurking costs more than it j liil In-fori- tin- outbreak of tla- war. Tin- iull- lor decades has Im-i-ii to |itiy from to to So nuts |?-r hiimli-riil liounils. Tin- department ol am ii ult it-*- announces that tlw pi-evailine prices fiaiil for pu-kiliK futtoil this vi-.-ir atv liixln i than v. i In for--. A stati mi-iit in tin- nionthly crop report savs: "Thi- i-otton specialist of tla hiil'iau ol i t'o|i estimates has made an invi-stination into thi- prices paid for ( liking I'otton at tin- o|?nine of the si-ason. In a liiimlii-r of tin- states pn-kine is wi-ll advanced ami the pun s Kivi ii an- proliahlv what tln-v will average lot thi- si-iison. Whi-ri* pii'l.inv hail ma |? yun litcuri'S given an- th?- prol-alih' opining prii-i-s. It rs possihh' that lali-t on. hii-ausi- of tin- scan-itv of pii-ki-rs in sunn- of the stati-s. pi 11-its w ill ailvani-i-. The follow inn ail- 'thi- Hint' s ohiaim-il 4 |m-i |imi pounds of I I'otlon, ini-liiiliiiL* short ami lone I'nt ami sea island): North Carolina. $1.IS: South Carolina. <1 nr.! Florida. $1.31: Alabama. Mississippi. *".!ifi; I.miisiana, ' $1.01: Arkansas, Texas. $1.25: Tennessee. $|.3I; Oklahoma, II 57; California, $2." ?A total oi s.stit? applications lot sect I grain loans were npprovcil l?y tinbranch ofllrc of the foiled Sfati-s de ( ailment til agriculture at Wichita. Kansas, ami $2.n25.2t!2 was loaned to the drought-stricken la litters limn ttie 45.oiMt.oiMi emergency i'iiikI provideiI hy the presiilent. These loans were Iiniiteil to .CI an acie tor not to IM'ltsI l'<0 aclis. alci Wile tlllllle Oil l> to rartners whose creilit was exhausteil |?y reason of two successive crop failures on acomit of drought. The money was for the purchase of sod tor fall plant ins?. At the customary rale ol seeding- 2 to 3 pecks of wheal per acre in the ilry counties this loan was sufficient to purchase enough si eil wheat to sow more than a million acres that otherwise inirrht not have been sceileil. M. Kstahrook, chief of the hurt-ail of ernp estiinutes. anil assistant to the secretary of agriculture, was in charm* ol the Wuliita of lice which] served the southwestern territory- | Kansas, Oklahoma. \ew Mexico and Texas. A report of loans made in the northwest i.gion throe I; the th?imrtmcnt's branch -r.fflce at (treat Kills. Montana. in charge of Professor (5. J. Christie, now assistant secretary of agriculture, w-lll be issued soon. ? American long range guns began tiling on Umguyon. 23 miles northcast of Verdun last Monday after-1 noon. The American long range lire is also being directed availed tin- vital Vole de Itoeade on the railway line tuiralleling the front. The Her-1 iiiuiim are dc|?endcnl upon this rouu i to shift their troops and supplies from one point to another. The calibre of the gun may not he announced as yet. hut the yrnii can shoot many miles. The weapon is said to ho infinitely more formidable than the l*in' gun with which the Hermans bombarded I'aris. though its ranee probably is not so great. The big guns were ready some time ago. but could not be used because bad weather prevented the necessary support of aviators. The use of these long range guns have been awaited eagerly ever since the Americans advanced to a |M>mt from which the guns could reach the vital railroads, for days the guns bad been on the American sector maneuvering for good positions from which they might successfully bombard the Scdau-Cai ignaii Montmedyl.oiiguyoll line. Tile cutting of this line, toward which the Americans have been pressing constantly, would mean the virtual collapse of the entire Herman front to the thiteh border. Kvcti to Interrupt the railroad intermittently would be a huge gain, since most of the Herman relief divisions sent against the Americans have been brought in over that line. In his communique for Saturday, delayed in transmission. Heiicra! Pershing noted thai the battle being taught by the first American arm to the north of Verdun entered that day upon its second month and roivported that, in the first month, besides inflicting heavy losses u|k>ii the enemy in killed and wounded, the Americans there captured 20.000 prisoners, over 150 guns, nearly 1,000 trench mortars and several thousand machine guns. The dispatch follows: 'tin the Verdun front yesterday evening the enemy extended to the west side of the Mouse his efforts to wrest from our troops the gains of the preceding days. In the region of Hantbeville. after artillery preparation lasting half an hour, he attacked our positions between the Hois des itap|h's and the Hois des Hathcvillc. Alter sharp fighting lie was repulsed with heavy losses, our lines remaining every where unchanged. North of the Oise our tloops have organized I ho ground won in yesterday's I* h o I attack and aiv now established in positions on the Hois des llourgogne. Oil both sides of the Meuse artillery tire continued very heavy throughout the night. The battle being fought by our lirst ann> north of Verdun, which todav enters upon its second month. is continuing with Incessant severity, frequently rising to a pitch of extreme violence. On the entire front of ".'5 miles, the enemy is opiKising our successful attacks with a determined resistanec. made necessary bv the great importance to htm of this sector and made |>ossihle only by the constant reinforcement to his hard pressed divisions, besides having inflicted on the enemy severe losses in killed and wounded, we have captured on this tront since September 26 more than 20.000 prisoners, and in the course of our advance, over 150 guns, nearly 1.000 trench mortars and several thousand machine guns have fallen into our hands." ? Production of American aircraft has reached a stage where it is being iimited practically only l?y facilities for transporting the planes to Franco. The production of l.ii>erty motors during the month of October reached a stage of 1.000 a week, a goal which had not been hoped for before December. The latest official compilations show that since June 1 approximately 2.300 fighting planes of ail do scrlptions have been smppeu 10 inc American forces in Krance. When it is realised that none of the lielUgfronts at any one time since the beginning of the war. has had more than 3.500 planes actually in service, the significance of the American production of 2.500 planes in five months l??comes apparent. These 2.500 planes Included nearly 150 heavy bombers and the remainder were planes of all classes, including observation machines and day l>om!?ers. Reports hom all the production centres show the r? suits rapidly growing. The American forces have Peon moving so tapidly during the last few weeks that it has been found necessary to give up some of the transportation space which was intended for airplanes to other material, hut within the next few weeks the lull movement of aircraft is expected to la- in swing a : :.in. As a matt* r of tact, reports . how that there are more American ai:planes awaiting shipment at iioints of embarkation than can be loaded, it. siieaking of fighting airplanes, the s'ngle seated planes in which are fought the spectacular duels of the lair. are not included. These- types {are changing so rapidly that officials] |say it will never 1?* practicable to I l.uilt tln-m elsewhere than almost lie battlefield. All the American built planes, however, are fighting plains, armed and equipped to take ' are of themselves on the duty for which th'-y are designed. -4 jl.?lilin.lt., i^tVAIlis.it' V ur ciu|uuu. Kntered ;it the Post office at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1918. There Is plenty of water in the ground now, and just as soon as the ground will plow well will be the time to sow wheat. Although the Germans are still putting up a stiff tight against the Americans northwest of Verdun, there is no doubt of the fuel that they are steadily growing weaker, while the Americans are growing stronger. it is believed in Washington thut while the original purpose of the tierman armistice proposals was to gain time for the strengthening of the shattered army and restoring the morale, events have taken a course in tiermany that was not calculated upon. It is thought that uncertainties of the situation have aroused the German people to a point that has put the military in the background, and that events are mow rapidly driving nwara |ic?vf Hcrmuny very likely will lie naked to give up all her liig nuns, and submit to the neutralization of the Kiel canal or the dismantling of the fortifications of Helgoland. Also she will be required to surrender to Allied occupation Met/., Strassburg and Coblenz. These will be conditions precedent to the armistice she is seeking. The peace terms are to include the complete surrender of Alsace and Lorraine and Prussian Poland. It is believed that Kngland will demand that all of Hermanns colon its be given up and it is proposed also that the Herman navy and merchant marine he divided among the Allied nations in proportion to the shipping losses that each has sustained. The cotton market situation is like this: With the I'reiieh mills destroyed, the Herman and Austrian mills turned into munition factories, and the British mills short of labor, and unable to get raw cotton in sufficient quantity from America, and the American mills unable to spin half the crop, the latter are in a position to buy raw material almost at their own price and charge their own price for ihe manufactured product. That is about what they are doing. There has never been such a world hunger for cotton goods, and if all the mills could get busy?all the mills that were in operation before the war?even the prices that are at present being received for manufactured goods would soon force the price of raw cotton to something like 50 cents a pound. There is not nearly so much jubilation in America because of victories over the Hermans its there was in Herniany because of victories over the Allies. As a matter of fact, we have not seen or heard of any disposition to throw up hats, or anything like that. 11tnt wo :iro not stirnrised. The Atner ican people have known all alone that they had a hie task that they would have to attend to. They never had any idea but what they were going to do the job: but they were more or less uncertain as to how lone It might take. They do not yet know how near they are to peace: but they do know that they are making progress. And after the job is complete, the American people will still probably have too much serious work on hand for a great deal of jubilation. It has been semi-officially given out that as a condition precedent to the suspension of hostilities Austria must agree to the use by the Allies of such of her railroads as may be desired by them, and also she must obligate herself not to use her armies in the effort to suppress revolts among the nonAustrian peoples included in the empire. These propositions apply only to the armistice. Peace conditions will go a great deal further. Austria will be required to withdraw her armies from the Balkans and renounce all claims to the country she formerly took from Italy and which has since been inhabited by Italians. Possession of the Austrian railroads and an unobstructed right of way through Austrian territory will enable the Allies to go into Germany through a back door. Lieutenant Elliott Springs, son of Mr. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, and grandson of the late Captain Samuel B- White of Fort Mill, is making a record for himself in France, that is reflecting glory on the people at home, and the county and state from which he hails. In fact his fame is becoming world-wide. He is a member of the British Royal Flying squadron, and is bringing down enemy planes with a frequency that has already put him in the "ace" class, and good fortune continues to rest with his skill and courage. In a recent statement given out by the war department, at Washington. Lieutenant Springs was mentioned as having brought down nine enemy airplanes between September 9 and September 22. and In a letter to his father, the young man says that he thinks he has also brought down six other planes behind the German lines for which he has not gotten credit because of inability to establish the facts by the evidence of witnesses. While it is certain that aviators frequently send their opponents down behind the enemy lines, they do not get credit in such cases unless the circumstances are such as to admit of absolute proof of the destruction of the fallen planes or 't the death of their pilots. In a recent issue of the Official Bulletin, published at Washington, young Springs was ^ credited to Lancaster. Pa. L'nder conditions where the cotton q mills were able to handle all the rawcotton as fast as it was needed for ^ consumption, we would be content to leave prices to supply and demand, j L'nder present conditions, however, we are not at all sure that right and Jus- t tice do not require price fixing. It is not the farmer who is making the abnormal profits off of 30 cents cotton. 1 He is making nothing like the profits the spinner is making. The spinner is able to sell all the stuff he can turn ^ out at almost any price he wants to ask. but the total capacity of his mills f can take care of only a part of the farmer's production, and the price of J the cotton that is used is being tixed by 1 that which cannot oe usea. ine iciuu Is that the farmer, as usual, is getting the worst of it. It would be better and ? fairer to all concerned If there was i some price fixing on both the raw material and manufactured product. The ? situation would easily stand that the price of the manufactured product be j reduced a little and that the price of the raw material be increased cnnsid- j erably. Close Kliavc for All. ^ If America had not gone into th^f thing Just in the nick of time, Great ? Britain, France and Italy would have been whipped. Nobody disputes that, and America t got in only at the very nick of time, for within another week, had not the j Americans stop|H<l them at Chateau Thierry, the Hermans would have been in I'aris. and the fall of I'aris would have meant the fall of France. With the fall of France, England would have also gone down, and with the fall of ICngland, Germany would have been supreme iti Europe. But could Germany have been content to be supreme in Europe only? No man of reasonable intelligence thinks so. 1 There would have still been left the ' richest, most prosperous and most de- ' '< useless country in the world, and ' what nation so Hushed with the intoxication of conquest as Germany would ! have been, and with no less conscience s than Germany's leaders had, would 1 have been able to keep Its hands off < such a rich and easy prey as the Unit- < cd States would have been? < Yes. the United States got in just in t the nick of time to save Kngland and I France and Italy, and the United 1 States is entitled to credit for that- j But there is another view of this | close shave that is of far deeper sig- < nlticance than the saving of England , ana irunce. Had the Cnited States been just a ( week or ten days later, the Cnited States would also have been a victim of Germany's lust for world domination. , i Gut of tike lhisl. We are printing elsewhere in today's < Yorkville Enquirer, a letter from Mr. ' W. P. Huuseal, associate editor of the ! Lutheran Visitor, and also we ure re- 1 producing the interesting document to which Mr. Houseal refers in the letter. ' Along about 1823 there arose a con- _ troversy as to the parts that were act- ] ually played by various of the partici pant commanders in the battle of j King's Mountain. , It seems that shortly after the war, j the Virginia legislature, in recognition 1 of the services of Col. Campbell, as commander of the patriot forces, voted to him a horse and a sword, the horse to be one of the best to be had and the ( sword the tinest that could be produced in France. The horse was procured ! and presented to Col. Campbell during ' his lifetime; but for one reason and ( another the purchase of the sword was i delayed until many years afterward; i when it went to Wm. C. Preston, Col. ' Campbell's grandson. j During the period following the war, t when so much credit was going to Col. f Campbell, there developed a good deal J of jealousy on the part of Cols. Sevier . and Shelby, and in connection with the 1 sword presentation Col. Shelby wrote 1 Col. Sevier a letter in which he alleg- j ed that Campbell was getting a great | deal more credit than he was entitled I to. He said in the letter that as a matter of fact Campbell had disappeared , during the latter part of the battle, t and did not re-nppear until after tin 1 British hud surrendered themselves as j prisoners. { These letters were of a private nature. written after Campbell's deuth In 1 1810, and were not made public for some ten or twelve years later, when they were given 10 me press uy u sun of Col. Sevier, who did not like the way that Mr. Preston was making it appear that Col. Campbell had been so nearly the whole thing in winning the battle. Mr. Preston came back at Col. G. W. Sevier, son of Col. John, one of the heroes of King's Mountain, for the rfianner in which he had reflected on Col. Campbell, and Col. Sevier went to work to back up what he had to say, with affidavits. These affidavits, mostly from Campbell's Virginia men, seemed to question the veracity of Col. Shelby, and that put Col. Shelby to work gathering affidavits from Tennessee and North Carolina men to establish what he had said. Reams and reams of affidavits were submitted on both sides of the question and many of them were published at the time. Shelby's contention was that not only did Col. Campbell disappear during the latter part of the battle: but that he did not show up until some twenty minutes afterward, when Campbell said to him, Shelby: "Sir, I cannot account for my conduct in the latter part of the action." t A number of officers and men under the immediate command of Col. Campbell swore that they saw him actively engaged in the battle at different times and that they saw him at the close still in active command. Col. Shelby and his witnesses all represented Campbell as riding a black horse, while all of Campbell's witnesses testified that he rode a bay horse during the battle, though his favoiiato horse was a black one. ? Of course after It was all over, the ( partisans of both sides were left to be- j llovp as thev chose. The affidavit reproduced from the c Lutheran Visitor was evidently one % that had been asked for and given In 1 behalf of Col. Campbell: but so far as a we are able to say, it has never before r been published. F F ' ' e ? The Conga ree river reached its 0 crest at 20.7 feet at Columbia on last n Monday. Broad and Catawba rivers t rose to 22 feet at Blairs and Chap- r pells, respectively, before they began 1) to fall on Monday. d LOCiUL AFFAiat NEW ADVERTISEMENTS <oan end Savingi Bank? Says it U sreil (qui] ped to render complete banking service go solicits the business of business men so others, whether large or small, laiotab*?Recommends one Calotab on the tee gue. with a swallow of water, as the ban c treatments for attacks from influensa. 'ork Furniture k Hardware Co.?Is showing big line of dining table and library table and invites you to come and see them. IcConnell Dry Goods Co.?Has lately reeeise ladies' coats, skirts, suits, and also men and boys' suits. iirkpatrick-Belk Co. -Suggests that you c your fail shopping now before there is fcfti rush of buyers of clothing, etc.. when real! cold weather makes it necessary. u'?-?Vn? have ahflllt 100 head , mult* at their barn and say they can ma the requirement* of almoet any buyer i mule*. They want you to ae* the nr. '. M. Stroup?Talk* about thoes. specially p viting attention to hit big stock, the style the qualities, the varieties and prioss of a kinds of dress and work shoes. I. D. Doraett?Will pay 45 cent* a doaen h eggs delivered at his restaurant, onathan Buice. Hickory Grove No. 1?Hag thoroughbred Guernsey bull for tale. lansfleW Gordon and Other*?Warn hunt* not to hunt or trespass on lands ovn^) controlled by them. They say they rae) what they say and mean you. L L. Steele?Wants to sell two ho rasa. m for farm or family use. iarahaw A Co.. and Love A love?Will m only four days a week beginning with ? week. Shannon A Plaxioo, Sharon?Want to buy t* good second hand buggies, if the price right. fcGill Brae.?Wilt operate their ginnery ? three days a week after this week?Thar day. Friday and Saturday. I. Worth Quinn. Smyrna No. 2?Haa a tto ough Poland-China boar for service. . dra. R. Moultrie Bratton, Chairman?Gives A formation regarding the distribution of ft Crass boxes for oversea soldiers. T. B. Glenn. Exer.?Calls on debtors and a* itors of Milua Hill, deceased, to make settl ment with him. lam M. Grist. Special Agent?Points out ll broad principles upon which the Mutual Ba efit Life Insurance company writes all of I policies. iV. E. Ferguson?Specialiies on coffees and h lately added the Chase A Sanborn line to t already splendid line of coffees and teas. ' fleiley-Taylor Co. -On page four gives mo reasons why you should use Luxianne raff in your home. Fort Mill Is showing up in most rj nnrkablc shape Just at this time. Tl loldiers from that town and commi itlty have the credit of having be* tlte first to break the Hindenburg lln :he strongest military position In tl world. Lieutenant Elliott Springs, native of Fort Mill, is winning inte: national fame as an airplane flghte ind (.'apt. T. K. Lee. another Fort Ml noy, is acknowledged as the most ei ici'l marksman in the world. l<c|N>rts from the oil mills over th itate, as well as over surroundir >tates. are to the effect that the di nund for meul from the fertllizi .ompanies is greater than the mil :an supply. The fertilizer coinpanie jf course, want the meal for ammoni Hid in the assurance that prices wl be no lower later on than they al tow, are tuking all they can get. Th dtuation would seem to indicate thi "armers who expect to use meal, eitl jr for feeding or for fertilizers, shou tot too long delay their purchase otherwise they might find themselvi lisappointed. GAS MASK CHARCOAL. .Miss Lizzie Wood of Vorkville No. icknowledges the following contribi dons of nuts and fruit pits, taken i Wood, McCnrtor & 1'resloy: Thechi iren of the Hed Cross, 300 pound Miss Sallie Lynn, 25 pounds. Miss Ai lie Brown, 25 pounds. Miss Mar Voungblood, 50 pounds. Miss Dali Wood, 50 pounds. Mr. J. A. Carroll of Filbert, maki the following additional acknowledi (nents: Mrs. W. X. Ferguson, < pounds. Mrs- W. E. Land, 25 pound Miss Mamie E. Williams, 44 pound Master Harry Sherer, 14 pounds, jk 3. B. Beamguard, 22 pounds. *1 Kate Brown, 40 pounds. Mrs. Mai fackson, 7 pounds. Mrs. W. G. Brow *econd contribution. 80 pounds of wa iuts. THE BROAD ON THE RAMPAGE Lots of corn and cotton has been d< itroyed in the Broad river botton luring the past week. The river was higher Saturday ar Sunday than it has been since tl treat flood of 1916, but not so high 1 en or twelve feet as then. The wati tell back almost to normal on Monds md Tuesday; but on Wednesday mon ng it was again almost as high as c Sunday. There was heavy loss to the farmei n the river bottoms all along Yoi ind Cherokee counties. The J. ' Smith and Emil Warth places on tl iver were heavy losers, and also tl McCluney place in Cherokee count icross the river from the York sid Mr. J. T- Smith had about a hundrt icres of very fine corn that promise i yield of not less than 40 or 50 busl Ms to the acre. It is ruined. M Han laittimorc lost both corn and co' Ion on the river. About 50 acres < oil on were ruined for McCluony. It is thought that all the corn thi ivas covered by water is ruined; bi he loss to cotton is not quite so heav Where the water got over the cotto t picked all the open cotton clea rrom the burs; but left the green ar racked bolls. The total loss to the river farmei -uns up into many thousands of do ars. MONEY ON DESPOSIT. While it has not been practicable i ocate the origin of the propaganc imongst the ignorant that It is unsai o deposit money in the banks, there 10 question that such propaganda hi seen under way for some time, ar hat it Is still having more or less e 'ect, although that effect is now beir svercome by the counsel of more inte igent people. "Not long ago," said a local banki :o the reporter, "a negro who had Ju wild his cotton, came into the ban jailed me outside and In the utmo jonfldence asked: "I have got son money here and I want to kno whether it is safe to put it in the ban [ hear that If the government don't g ill the money it wants in this Liben oan. it is going' to take what is in 4) >anks. Is that so?' I told the nesr sf course, it was not so, and tried i ret him to tell me where he had plcl vl up such a notion. He claimed thi ?everal people had told him about i tie had said: but he was afraid to si who because he might make a ml ake." "Maybe I was not as patient wll :hls poor. Ignorant fellow as I mlgl lave been," continued the banke "but after I told him that there was r :ruth In the rumor. I went on to si that if he had any doubt about tl natter he had better keep his mOni n his pocket." Asked as to whether he had se< iny signs of this lack of confldem imong white men. the hanker answe jd in the negative. He said that I lad some white customers who usual! eave their balances in the bank: bi who. not being accustomed to wrltli hecks, when they have money an >we debts, take their money out in tt 'orm of cash and use the money I hat form with which to pay the lebts. If there la anything over th? eave that on deposit." WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Communications have been receb d by Mayor Johnson and Fire Chl< .'artwright from W. A. McSwaln, stal nsurance commissioner, advising thi Governor Richard I. Manning had ii lued a proclamation asking all citixei if the state to observe Saturday, X< ember 2. 1918. as fire prevention da: f the suggestions given below ai arefully carried out it will material! dd in preventing flres, said the eon nissioner. The annual loss to the pet ile of the United States by Are is a$ iroximately $250,000,000 or near) ouivalent to the interest on M.000, 00,000 of Liberty bonds. A gret aany flres can be prevented by: 1. , horough cleaning up of all premlsei emoval of trash and rubbish frot twns and bam yards, such as leave ry grass, paper and scrape of ever I , description, then, keeping: clean. 2- B; a careful examination of every chim ney and flue. If any are defective pu them In g^>od order before the col< ? weather sets In. See that there I 4 proper protection under all heater 4 and stoves. 3. Remove all rags am scraps from closets, either sellini tnem w mc ucoici, ? ^mwni them in a metal can in some iocatioi a where they may not start a Are in caa i, of spontaneous ignition. 4. Remov all oils, gasoline, kerosene, and greaa * to some location that will be least dan * gerous to other property. 5. Fo storing waste that has been used ti g clean the automobile and other ma ly chinery. use a metal can or box in th yard away from the building. 6. Keel >' matches in a metal box where the can be safe from the children and rats " Use safety matches exclusively, If pos j. sible. 7. Before retiring every nlghl think?have I done everything neces Jl sary to safeguard the lives of my fam ily and the loss of my property from i ,r careless flre? If you are not sure, In spect immediately. 8. Watch with i * careful eye every article of foodstufl r, lumber, cotton and everything essen k tial in the way of war material b n carefully keeping the fires down. * ABOUT PEOPLE [j Captain John I. Barron came u ' from Camp Sevier last Tuesday t ro spend some days in Torkvllle. '* Lieut. D. Edward Finley of the A1 u, Service Signal corps, in Washingtor Z is visiting his mother, Mrs. D. E. Fin ley, in Yorkville. r* Lieutenant W. S. Buice of Hlckor B_ Grove, stationed at Camp Jackson, ha ^ been promoted to a captaincy, and ha been transferee! to a camp in Alabantt d" Miss Alice Clinton of Rock Hil *" spent last Friday in Columbia wit ^ her brother, Robert Love Clinton, wh n. was in training at the university, an is who was transferred on Saturday t Camp Meade, Md. J2 Mr. Jean Paul Mahaffey having rc covered from Spanish influenza a re Camp Lee, Va., is spending a few day ? on furlough with his parents in York ville, before returning to his post wit the bureau of standards in Washing I- ton. je Mrs. J. W. Castles and Miss Jenni j. Lind Whiteside have returned to the! home in Hickory Grove, after !n month's visit to their sister, Mri e. Frank E. Whiteside in Paris, Texa: ie They also visited the Confederate re union in Tulsa, Okla., and report a de llghtful trip. r" Mr. R. C. Faulkner of Clover No. < ? who went to Camp Greenleaf, nea 111 Chattanooga, last Saturday to visit hi j. brother, Private James F. Faulknei who has been ill with influenza, re turned on Tuesday. He found that hi Is brother had had quite a severe illness [g but was slowly getting better. e_ Lieut James L Blair, for seven months past stationed at an army mod 8r ical research laboratory at Evermai Is Texas, has been transferred to th S, medical research laboratory of th School of Military Aeronautics at Cor ' nell university, Ithaca, X. Y. Lieu Blair recently spent a few days wit re his ratner, Mr. James i-- uiair, on r la K. D. No. 1, Shnron. st Dan P. Lattimore of Hickory Grovi is lying in an English hospital suffer ing from German gas. In a recent let Id ter to his father, he said the Amerl is. cans were giving the Germuns the de\ ,g il and then some. He was quite cheer ful as to his own condition, saying thr he hoped to be back with his compan within a week- He is anxious to be o hand to help finish the job. LOCAL LACONICS Cotton Ginning to October 18. B Joseph M. Taylor, special agent c . the census department, reports thri there were ginned in York county pric Jy to October 18, 14,620 bales of cottoi ' against 8,236 bales up to the sam es date last year. S; Influenza Quarantine. 'V The influenza quarantine has bee * raised over the state as the same ap jV plied to public gatherings, except 1 P TUS counties of Hampton, Coltetoi . Lancaster and Newberry. The quar ^ antine goes oft November 3, next 8ur {; day. Quarantine As to Schools. Speaking of the raising of the infk , enza quarantine by the state board i health. Superintendent of Educatio s" Carroll said yesterday that he hardl 18 felt justified in advising that all th schools be re-opened next Monday. H knows personally of several schools 1 ie which a good many of the pupils ar W down with influenza and in cases lik ir this trustees will have to act upo W their own best judgment. in Broad River's High Water. While no exact information has bee rs obtainable, parties from the vicinity t k the county bridge over Broad rive T. said Wednesday that the flood of Sal ie urday and Sunday reached up to with ?e in seven feet of the floor of the bridg< y. The new bridge is four feet highe e. above low water than was the old on id that was destroyed by the flood of Jul; id 1916. In the case of the July flood th i- water got up to the top of the bridg r. and the bridge was finally broken dow t- by the weight of the driftage th? Of came against it. Port Mill Roys Commended. at Fort Mill, October 30: A copy of flel y. orders issued by brigadier General I n. D. Tyson, U. S. A-, commanding th in Fifty-ninth brigade, which includes th ul troops from Fort Mill and Rock Hil has been received here and has bee rs posted In the window of the First Na 1- tlonal bank- The order was probabl issued about October 4, and is espc daily commendatory of the valor c the men of the brigade, the statemer appearing that these troops had at (0 complished what no other troops ha la been able to do in four years of har fe fighting, viz, breaking through th js main Hindenburg line. The order cor 1*? nnmmondatlnn In thp marl |(j ner in which the troops had pursue f_ their advantage in chasing the Bocht l(f for seven miles and capturing mor j_ than 1,500 prisoners. Information ha been received by relatives here of I er Murray Mack, who left with the loci company as first lieutenant to the el I, feet that he has received his commh sion as captain. Captain Mack Is th ,e youngest son of the late Rev. J. I w Mack and has for a number of year Ij been Identified with the Fort Mi et' Light Infantry. The same communlca ,y tlon contained the information tht |e Sergeant Frederick Xlms has receive 0 & commission as second lieutenant. to Fort Mill Boys In Action. Fort Mill, October 29: A letter froi Col. Thos. B. Spratt of the 118th ir 18 fantry, 30th Division, written Octobe iy 12, to his mother, Mrs- Sue Spratt. c 8* Fort Mill, contains the first intlmatlo L of the death of Private Eli Bailes i action a short while before the lett? |I' was written. Private Bailes was abot r; 22 years of age. and was a son of M '? and Mrs. J. H. Bailes of Fort Mill. H l>" was a member of the Fort Mill Ligl Infantry. His death is the first reporl sy ed of the young men composing thl organization. Col. Spratt's letter givt a most interesting description of th -e fighting in which his troops have bee r" engaged for more than a month. HI Je letter was written at the conclusion c ly five days and nights of contlnuou Jt fighting and his troops were to hav several days' rest. The local com pan ld went in with Capt. 8am W. Park: 'e Lieut. J- C. Dozier. and eleven set 'n geants as officers. Within half an hou Ir Captain Parks was wounded and short & ly afterward Lieutenant Dozler fel The command devolved consecutivel as the men were wounded, on Williar Nims, Tom Hall. Herbert Harris, Jo t. Belk, Robert Bennett, Charlie Bennet 8f Carey Patterson and DeWitt Burragi All of these men were sent to the hot it pital with the exception of Burragt y. but Col. Spratt states that none of th is wounds are dangerous. He says tha >. the casualties among the officers are fair indication of how they led th e men. The fighting was very bitter an \j some of the men received their wound i. in hand to hand fighting. Williar y. Mms had already been recommended y. for honorable'mention for exceptions ly bravery in a former engagement, am =rtn nmhablv receive a lieutenant' it commission. Col. Spratt states that h 4 has been In excellent health ever sine 4 his arrival in Prance: that there 1 n plenty of good food, but he misses i 4 comfortable bed and a rood light t< y read and write by. He states that the: i? f have moved forward at such a rapid I pace that the mails have been unable t to keep up with them and he has had 1 no mail for some daya He expresses 9 the hope that he will be able to spend s Christmas at his home here. 1 \ MERc-MEN7iGli 3 Thirty-two enemy airplanes were e destroyed by the British on Monday. e and ten were driven down out of cone trol. American aviators destroyed ' eighteen airplanes during the day r The British. Americans, French and 0 Italians had captured more than 15." 000 Austrians on the Italian front up e to Tuesday Paris is conlident that P both Germany and Austria must soon' y capitulate Austria, with a popu-; ' lation of 5,000,000. has furnished i * 336,000 troops. She has had 200,191, casualties of whom 64,431 are dead : * French newspapers say that the cap-1 " ture of numerous German tractors that 3 had been abandoned for lack of gas, I ' indicates the existence of a gasoline j 3 fumine, probably caused by the impos-1 * 8lbiiity of getting supplies from thej ' great Roumanian tlelds on account of: y conditions In Austria It is said | that so far us has been learned none of the 25,000 Austrian prisoners captured within the past few days, knew anything about German and Austrian v peace proposals A freighter of 0 13,600 tons, the largest ever built in the United States, has Just been r launched from the Philadelphia shipi. yards. y British Army Become* More IKiuoH era tic.?< >ne result of the war has been s to democratize the British army, and it i? regarded as practically certain , that after peace has been declared J Fngland will have a large standing army in which a large number of men . of birth and education will be serving in the ranks. Before the South African war the prixate was 'a man of no social aci # ii/x on fAiliiiMun *?ntrv to t'lHilll. I1C nuo ivi?iuv.?.. 't what corresponds to the American 8 "orchestra"'of a theatre, and was told - that his proper place was the gallery, h The rval democratization of the now '* army began when laird Kitchener summoned the whole people of Knge land to service in the kind's forces, ir With the calling of every class difa fen net s and social custe liecame ob(iterated. ft. Officers of the old regime contend >. tliat there can he no effectual military . discipline if officers aJid men fraternize socially. The other night a gen eral saw one of his officers dining at a famous I<ondon restaurant with a L private soldier. He took the officer r aside and expostulated with him on J his infraction of the army code. The j8 offleer's answer was, "The soldier Is .. my brother." Kngland today has many of her proudest sons in the ranks among: 11 them the Karl of Crawford, who Is l* ffervintr as a hospital orderly. Some 11 of these again and again have refused c eommissions. e ' Hailing Them With Tobacco.? " Americans, writes an Associated Press ' correspondent, now count among their prisoners 51 members of the second i, German iandwehr, who are the most sadly disillusioned men from the Ger man emperor's army. The men still I- are convinced that they were played a shabby trick in being taken prisoner, though they are quickly becoming recti onciled to their lot by their generous y rations of food and tobacco, n The Germans for several days had been coming unarmed out of their trenches, creeping forward to a point midway between the two lines where they had been given bread and tobacco by the Americans. Their donors, they >f told an American Intelligence officer, it wore crosses on their shoulders, ir The other day when they came over i, they were told that the next time, each ie man would receive five sacks of tobacco Instead of one sack. The opportunity was too good to be lost and instead of groups of three, four or five, n as heretofore, 51 men came in a group, > eager for the tobacco and food, n The Germans were hospitably rei. celved at the cuatoqmrjr'%MM*voub> split into small gronps anITrvtted to i- come to another spot where the distribution would take place. That spot proved to be the Intelligence office of the American division, where the land '* wehrs were lnrormea mat tney were prisonersy ' ' ie ?President Wilson replied last Mone day to Republican contentions that the n third of his fourteen peace terms is a e trade plunk l?y explaining that in dele innnriing the removal of economic barn rlers he meant to suggest no restriction upon Internal economic policies, but only that whatever tariff. high or low, the nation might deem necessary, n it should apply equally to all foreign >f nations. The president made the cxr, planation in a letter to Senator Simt mons of North Carolina, chairman of i- the senate finance committee, who had written to him asking for a stateir ment, because certain Republican e leaders arv attempting to make partif, san use of the paragraph. "Weapons e of economic discipline and punish;e ment." the president wrote, "should be n left to the joint action of all nations it for the purpose of punishing those who will not submit to a general program of justice and equality." He added that to inject the bogey of free trade, which is not Involved at all. was to attempt to divert the mind of the nae tlon from the broad principle of a durie able peace and that it was lamentable 1. that momentous issues of this solemn " hour should l>e seized upon in an ef - fort to bind them to partisan service y % 0 | >f Will Use Lower Grades of Cotton.? >t In line with the government's an: nounced policy to force a greater use of d the lower grades of cotton, thereby d stabilizing the price, manufacturers of e cotton fabrics for the army and navy >- will hereafter discontinue consumption i- of more higher grades than necessary, d using grades below middling. 's The cotton distribution committee ? announced Tuesday that this agreeis ment was made at a meeting of repre?. sentatlves of the army and navy, war tl industries board and the national counr ell of cotton manufacturers. >- Fabrics manufactured on govern e ment contracts will be judged by their i. strength, serviceability and suitability s for purposes intended rather than by 11 the grade of cotton used In their manl ufacture. This will apply also to goods it for the public. d m | Effect of Austrian Pence.?In addition to the tremendous moral effect n upon Germany if Austria sues for i. peace, says a Londorv dispatch, the r military effect will be of much moif ment. For it will mean the wlthdrawn al of eight Austrian divisions from the n German fighting front. The most Im i portant loss to the Germans will be it that of the Austrian artillery, which r. has proved of substantial service in the e retreat. it Although Germany continues her t- rear guard machine gun covering opIs erations with intense obstinacy, her >s military position is declining every ie day. It is believed here the German n government knows the country cannot Is go through another winter of war in if the face of the shortage in food and is raw material and of internal political e conditions. y . ? - ? *- * t*ti# v* Hood Danube in mawuu?.? ** <.? " the Warrior, Tomblgbee, Capaba and Coosa rivers rising rapidly, following abnormal rainfalls in the past 36 !: hours. Incalculable damage to crops in * the bottom lands along these rivers Is ? being wrought Reports from the Tus. caloosa district Warrior watershed eatimate damage there at 12,000,000, which will be increased as flood stages , pass to other sections. The Warrior " had reached a 48-foot stage Wednesj day night and was still rising with a ? crest of 65 feet expected yesterday, p Fifty thousand acres of corn have 5 been swept away in Tuscaloosa county ? and thousands additionally in Greene, 8 Sumter, Hale and Marengo counties. ^ The crest of the Coosa-Tallapoosa-AI, abama river system was expected by I, last night Washouts on the Alabama Great Southern and Mobile A Ohio 8 railroads have been reported, delaying ? traffic for many hours. 8 ? i Turkey Out?London reports that o Turkey has agreed to complete surreny der and Is out of the war. PROBABLE TERMS OF PEACE. MI Br Allied Powers Ars In No Mood to ^ Temporize. ] New York World Staff Correspondence. v'l London. October 29.?Regardless of 'nl the stern warnings from the associated . powers that we are not yet out of the woods, and that until Germany accepts the armistice terms the end of the war is unassured, there is a distinctly optimistic tone prevailing today. The Paris conference is said to have Pr completed the armistice terms and is f now engaged with the principles on which peace terms will be founded t should Germany aceeept the armistice wj It is assumed that Germany will re- m, ceive the armistice terms and the c0 pence terms of the associated powers together, as it is pointed out that she jn is entitled to know what are the peace principles to which she is binding herself before she submits to an armistice expressly framed to render her abso- or lutely impotent to take up arms again. ^ This procedure will probably evoke , > - '"ill Imrnunil in ^nui'wm iium uivav America, who have argued that Hi many should first agree to an armts- tr tice placing her absolutely at the iner- ,(l cy of the associated powers and afterward be informed of the conditions of peace to be imposed upon her. th The present suggested procedure is the same in effect. the only difference being that Germany will know when |n signing the armistice what sort of peace hil she will be compelled to accept. qJ1 Should she refuse to sign the armistice j,., and fight on, she will do so with the knowledge that both the armistice and peace terms will become more strin- ,,t| gent the longer she continues futile (>v bloodshed- to 1 jondon Outline of Armistice Terms. ),., There is a report in circulation pre- ja dieting that the conditions of the ar- al misttce conform in the main to the 0f forecasts already made when Germany j,., first approached President Wilson to open negotiations. To afford absolute ,|, security the associated powers require in" that they must be drastic. )KI In addition to the bridgeheads over jn the Rhine, they are said to also In- |t>[ elude certain important towns beyond the Rhine to strengthen these bridge- fa heads. They are said to include the s0 disarmament and demobilization of the oa German army except so far as the ussociuted governments consider it necessary that the German government |,j should have an armed force sufficient iij to maintain internal order. j* The evacuation of Alsace-Lorraine is fU believed to be mentioned, as well as u, the closing of the Krupp works ut 10s- M, sen, secured by the presence of Allied military representatives, this condition nr also applying to other important ar- m mament centers in Germany. Foch May Demand German War l'lan* It is stated that among numerous (>r other conditions of minor importance u>i it is probuble that Marshal Foch de- |>r mands the surrender of the nrchievcs dealing with war plans of the German sii general staff. th Concerning naval securities rumor of is less busy, although It is said that in- *h ternment of U-boats In Allied harbors re has been decided upon, as well us de- nr mobilization of the high seas fleet, in ai addition to the right to use all the suit able nuval vessels for the gigantic task ,\i of mine sweeping around the British ? < Isles and the Mediterranean, and also tri for other purposes necessary for lenoi1, th while the temporary occupation of al Heligoland is included umong.the sjiec- t,ulutions. The disposal of the German niercan- Tl tile fleet obviously will be dealt with in ?| the peace terms. ?'< It seems to be thought here that I ; both the armistice peace terms and the th peace principles will be communicated *e to Germany almost immediately and fn an answer is expected at the end of the hi week. at However, signs are accumulating that the German militarists are striving desperately to galvanize the country into a war of national defense, which would complete Its ruin, and opinion is still expressed in military circles here that Germany will not accept the only armistice terms the asso- 1,1 elated governments will grant while m she is able to continue the fighting as at the priMMMt. ?t Allies Continue to Press War *' The associated armies and govern- at ments are taking no chances and are M continuing to press the war by every Pmeans until the armistice is actuallysigned. They rightly discourage un- ac due optimism, and the Versailles conn- A. cil is as busily engaged In arranging the intensification of the war on land sjj and air as preparing a peace. d? In fact, that Germany's foreknow)- sli edge of what is awaiting her from the air these coming weeks If she does not vi surrender is known as a powerful fne- te tor In inclining the people to long for an end of hostilities. bt lilt? AUDinau duiixuuci uiuii uui w ?discounted. for In Germany It has ere- m ated a tremendous wave of depression, bl and when, as Is now fully anticipated, Turkey follows suit, If she has not al- da ready done so. Germany's desolation vi will be complete. W< To fight after that Is not a war of national defense, but a war of national n< annihilation. It 1s not to the interest ar of the associated powers that Germany R should decompose under revolutionary da forces, and. while justice will be dra- Si conically enforced and reparation fully ar exacted, humiliation merely for the sake of Humiliation, which would be calculated to inflame a desperate re- w sistance. will be avoided. y? ALONG THE BATTLE FRONTS. b? TI Allied Forces Continue to Make Defi- f? nite Progress. Over a front ol' some 60 miles, from ]a the Urentu river In northern Italy, to ct the vicinity of the Adriatic sea, the it Austro-Hungarians are being violently m attacked by Italian, British, French st and American troops. th In the mountain region the enemy rii is resisting desperately and holding f0 his ground fairly well. Rut east of the ni i'iave river he is in flight across the to plains of Treviso, shaping his course over the same territory through which he drove the Italians a year ago and reached the eastern edge of the V'enetian plains. Already numerous towns have been *a liberated, 33,000 prisoners have been ? taken and large numbers of guns and Pr machine guns and huge quantities of stores have fallen Into the hands of * the Allied troops. Far behind the pr lines, Allied aviators are heavily bomb- *7 ing enemy columns In dense masses 9 which are in retreat over the badly * congested roads leading eastward to- ? ward the Austrian frontier. ^ Judging the situation from the rap- * id advance the Allies are making, :V it would appear that the entire enemy :{J front has been broken east of the i'iave *9 and that with the cavalry operating P' far in advance of the loot troops the _ enemy forces will be unable to reform ~ their battle line until the Austtian border is reached. It Is not likely that many of the Austro-Hungarians ure _ doomed lo capture or extermination by the Allies. On the western front In France and fa Belgium there has been a marked dl- w( minution In the intensity of the in luniry activity. .ahjrig me itnuan mif 2 there have been only patrol encounters and reciprocal bombardments, an- ? other attack on a front of about 7 1-2 miles between St. Quentln-le-Petit and Herpy. In the general direction of the s enemy's communication lines running p eastward from the old St. Quentin and rj Laon sectors and also with the pur- p* pose of driving a wedge Into this part of the southern battle line and thereby compel the enemy to readjust his front through Champagne to the 't Meuse. th Around Grand Pre. north of the Ar- d? gonnc forest, the Americans have ma- ot terlally bettered their positions in attacks against the Germans. The Belle- th joyeuse farm, which for several days in has been No-Man's-Land, now is vlr- & tually all held by the Americanr. East la of the Meuse there also has been con- E< siderable fighting, but it has r suited tr In no great change in position. wl The big American guns are contln- sh uing to heavily shell German positions far behind the lines and bombarding to planes also are intensively active in against troops concentration points, he In air fighting the Americans, Wednesday sent 21 German aviators crash- fa ing to the ground. Two American tu flyers are missing. In both Serbia and Mesopotamia the Oi Allied troops are still harassing the ne enemy. Serbian cavalry has Invited the Allies to send their fleets into south st of Belgrade. In Mesopotamia the itish advance has proceeded 150 lies up the Tigris river from Bagd. It Is reported that Turkey has inted the Allies to send their fleets to the Dardanelles and also to land small detachment of troops to superthe demobilization of the Turkish my. BRITISH PUBLIC IMPATIENT. 'Obabla That Thar* Will Be Demand or Immediate Release of Prisoners. London. Oct. SO.?That the immedie release of all British prisoners ill be insisted upon by the governent as part of the armistice terms is nlidentlv expected h< re. Sir George ive, the home secretary, announced the house of commons yesterday that o same conditions imposed on Buiria in this matter would be insistuton in any truce with Germany Austria, and General Allenby had en instructed to follow the same >!ioy in dealing with the Turks. There is plcnt) of evidence that itish prisoners have received worse raiment throughout the war than e others except the ltussians. Such a demand will be a very imirtant factor and it Is not likely that e Allies will show less ivgurd for eir nationals who are suffering in >rman camps. Events since the Goran peace overtures were launched ive not only tended to instill any .irii of conciliation, forgiveness 01 n'lency toward the enemy in Kritisli easts. The sinking of the Isinster follow I close on the Herman note. The amotion of Belgium and Freneh wns. for years under (lerman rule is opened what has heretofore he< n rgely a sealed hook of rumors and ithentio stories from truthful people Herman harharities towards the Ini hit ants have been flooding out. Finally yesterday's discussion in e house of commons of the treatent of British prisoners appeared to ive been about the last straw break* g the hack of British pnttcnec?pat* noe which the tommy generally ems to think has hern carried too i*. The Hermans have only theuiIvts to hlame that these revelations me at a time, so unfortunate for rinan interests. The topic was forced u|ton the house a strong demand by the puleic ?r rht ii|s>n the circumstances of what termed Herman blackmail in rosing to ratify an agreement drawn > for an equitable exchange of piiners unless the British consented to i outside that subject and give gunritees against the deportation of Berlins to China. Captain Craig, a member of toe use and himself an exchanged prister. told with emotion of his oxpei noes and the sights he had seen in the 1son camps. Suspicion is the word which still mmarlr.es the public attitude toward o central powers' maneuvers. Some the most important papers believe at Hermnny and Austria or what mains of the Austrian government, e working together. They Interpret listria's rush towards a separate ace as part of a plan?now that ustrinn military power is dissolving a to place Autrlan territory as neii* * :il ground In'twwn Germany nn<l e Allied nmiles, which may soon be ile nnd ready to march through AiisIn. Turkey's position Is not yet clear. He committee of union and progress iparently is still in the saddle at nudnntlnoplc. Tlie fnet that DJavid isha minister of finance. Is iwrhaps e must influential man in tin- ealdio't ms to show that Talaat I'asha. the rmer grand vizier Is still strong bend the semes an.I that Yotintr Turks id fSermnny yet hold the power. CLOVER CULLINGS. rrespondenee of The Yorkvillc Enquirer Clover, October 20.?Miss Maude oungblood of Gaslonia, X. C., spent e past week-end here with her other, Mrs. Xettie Youngblood. Lieutenant Joe Bigham, who has lent several months In France, but * ho is now stationed at Camp Funon, Kansas, as an instructor, spent onday here with his sister, Mrs. W. Grler. Private Hugh Love of Camp Jackn, recently visited his sister, Mrs. J. Jackson here. Mrs. J. T. Stowe of It. F. D. No. 1. tent several days here with her lughter, Mrs. Orr Sparrow, who l.s :k with influenza. Miss Eunice McCluin of Rock Hill, sited her parents, Mr- and Mrs. Walr McClain, here this week. Miss Uleeka Beam guard, who has len spending some time at her home 1 account of influenza, left Monday orning for Chlcora college, t'olunia. Mr. and Mrs. liroadus M. Love and tughter, Miss Margaret, of Yorkvillc, sited the family of Mrs. T. W. Mc-KIee here Sunday. Among those who attended the fuiral of Mr- Hope McCarter at Bethly, Sunday, were Prof, and Mrs. \V. Koon, Mrs. James Woods ami lughter, Miss Susie, Messrs. George >arrow, Andy Qulnn, Paul Hedgpath id Dr. B. G. Black. Xegro Soldiers Marooned.?There us considerable concern in Asheville sterday on account of 2,000 negro Idlers marooned in the Plsgah forest f high water and destroyed bridges. He soldiers have been at work in the rest for some months getting out mber for use In constructing and en- ^ rglng aviation camps. The floods of ? Bt week washed away bridges and it the negroes off from supplies. Also is understood that quite a number of ules were drowned. Just as the reams were getting down to where -? luinu in- cniMcu, ine wnirr organ ilng again. It was thought that the od suppllea of the soldiers was runng low, and efforts were being made re-establish communication. Hammering the Austrian*.?1The eat drive that Is In progress against e Austriana on the Italian front ithera momentum aa It goe?. Early tures placed the number of Austriun isoners at 10,000 or 12.000, and the test figures yesterday Indicated bereen 50,000 and 60,000, with a strong obabllity of the capturing of the eater purt of the Austrian army. All e Allied powers are In the drive and 1 of them are doing great work. The merican troops are principally from bio. Italians have captured the great jstrian supply base at Vtttorio. Hun eds of Allied airplanes are bombing e Austriana aa they retreat through e mountain passes, and the roads are uttered with dead men and war m.irlala. Special Jlotires. Special Church Notice. The quarantine having been lifted so r aa the country is concerned, there ill be preaching at Philadelphia next inday at 11 o'clock, and at Olivet at 9 A a'aIa/i!/ r\ m j. E. Mahaffey, Pastor. Clover Circuit. Services at King's-Mountain Chapel mday morning at 11 o'clock; at St. iuI at 4 p. m., and at Clover at 8 m. H. A. Whltten. Pastor. Chester Fair Dates. Since mailing out the Fair Bulletin, has been decided to again postpone e Fair, on account of the Flu eplirnlc and the conflict of dates with her nearby Fairs. November 12. 13. 14 and 15th are e dates definitely decided upon. Nothg will be eliminated from the proamme, which is to be the best and rgest in the history of Chester county, ach day will be full of Interesting atactlons. A large string of race horses ill be here for the week. The rings of iow horses will be the best ever held. The Exhibit building will be taxed full capacity. The new cattle buildg has been completed and a large >rd of cattle will be on exhibition. Free open air performances by two milies of Expert Acrobats will feare each day's exercises. The large sale of thoroughbred nernsey Cattle will take place Wedssday. November 13th. Fair Dates: November 12, 13, 14, 15. 88 f. t td l&t v. ...