Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 01, 1918, Image 2
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? 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.
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