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Straps and Jarts. ? r The total strength of the Allied r forces on the Archangel and Ser- n blan fronts Is 369,465, according to t figures given by Stephen Plchon, the 1 French minister, In his address to the <5 chamber of deputies last Thursday " night. The figures as to nationalities j were given by the foreign minister as X follows: Archangel Front British 13.- t 100, United States 4,920, French 2,345, t Italians 1,340, Servians 1,290, Russians a 11.700 Total 34,765. Siberian Front * British 1,600, Canadians 4,000, United t States 7,500, French 7,600 Italians 2,- t 000, Servians 4,000, Russians 210,000, i Poles 12,000, Roumanians 4,000, Jap-[s anese 27,000 Czecho-Slovaks 55,O0O. K Total 334.700. The total forces of the 11 allies on the various Eastern fronts. M. Pichon stated, was 850,000. This " total was divided as follows: French , 140,000, Tlusslan8 190,000, British 140,- 1 000. Italians 40,000, Servians 140,000, Greeks 200,000. The Eastern faints ol- * luded to by M. Pichon presumably take In the Balkans, Asia Minor and ; probably the Ukraine. ? An immediate call for 60,000 volunteers for service In Europe has been prepared by the war department. As an Incentive to enlistment the men j will be offered early duty in France as j a relief for men in the expeditionary j forces who wish to return home. Enlistment in the special force will be i for three years. The men will be concentrated at Camp Meade, Md. and probably will be sent overseas in con- . tlngents 1,000 strong. War department officials expressed confidence that no trouble would be experienced in raising the 50,000 men or an even greater number If necessary. The bulk of the men are expected to come ( from recently discharged troops, es- i pecially those who after having been < drafted and trained were prevented j from going overseas by the armistice. Opportunity to see service in Germany, it is thought, will lead many of these to enlist. A number of officers, probably ten to 12, will be sent over- ? seas with each increment of 1,000 ] men leaving Camp Meade. These will ( be used at the concentration camp to give the preliminary traintng necessa- 1 ry to whip the men into casual organ- * lzations and make the required exam- i inatlons. On arrival In Europe mey , will take the places bf officers eligible for discharge. * Herding 14 persons. Including sev- t eral women patrons, Into the lavatory t and the vault of the West Side branch of the commonwealth State Bank in Detroit, Michigan last Friday afternoon, six unmasked bandits robbed f the institution of $10,000 in cash and unregistered Liberty bonds, which of- 8 flclals say may exceed $65,000 In value v Fifty thousand dollars in currency had t been removed from the branch to the , main office only a few hours before the hold up according to J. C. Mc- ? Causey, president of the bank. The L hold up was one of the most daring j in recent years. Two of the men stood guard outside the bank while four 1 entered with the man at the head I waving a sawed off shot gun. Charles s H. Mooney, cashier, and Paul Maullick. his assistant, were ordered from their cages and with aeveral patrons were forced to stand with upraised r " bands while the bank vault was being rifled. The two bank attaches were c then ordered into the vault together c with four of the patrons and the big c steel door closed. Eight other persons { including several who came in after ' the bandits entered, and among them f two women each with a baby in her j arms were ordered one by one into ( the lavatory. The bandits then gathered up all the currency in sight and ( x escaped in a big touring car. I New amusement taxes, which go t n.M]i fail heavilv on < UHV CiitV/ v T?... , theatre ticket brokers, and will raise j cabaret admissions. In addition to the ordinary tax of one cent on each ten cents charged for theatre tickets, newsstands, hotels or other brokerage agents dealing in theatre tickets are required under the new revenue law to pay 6 per cent of the excess 1 charged by that agency above the . usual box office price, providing this } excess is more than 60 cents above the box office charge. The excess is 1 figured on the box office charge, plus ( ordinary tax and the brokers pay the < tax. A tax of one and one half per cent on each ten cents or fraction J charged as admission to cabarets is 1 levied this year, instead of one cent I as provided in last's year's law and 20 , per cent of the bill for food and drinks is to be considered for admission, if 1 no specific admission charge is made, l Club dues and initiation fees exceed- ( ing $10 are taxable at ten per cent. . Transportation, insurance and stamp taxes also go into effect today. The 1 new law lays a tax of 3 per cent on ( freight charges, approximately 5 per cent on express charges, 8 per cent on pessenger and Pullman fares and 8 per cent on oil pipe line charges. For j telephone or telegraph messages on which charges are between 15 and 20 cents, the tax will be 6 cents, and if 1 the charg< is more than 50 cents, the t charge will be 10 cents. i United States Senator Calder of 1 New York, announces that he has , written a letter to Secretary of the , Treasury Glass calling: his attention to ' the depreciation of recent Issues of I liberty bonds and urging the secre- ' tary to cable President Wilson advising that a special session of congress be called at once, so that the situation might be remedied. Senator Calder expressed the opinion that until this was done it would be impossible to obtain popular subscriptions to forthcoming loan, thus necessitating the taking of bonds by the banks, a situation which, he wrote would have the effect of limiting credif for business with Injurious effects upon the country. "All subscribers to war bonds at all times are entitled to lndentical terms," Senator Calder added. "The price of liberty bonds today, selling at a discount of 6 1-2 per cent. Indicates that the victory bond or note must yield a greater rate of interest than former issues. If justice prevails, the holder of old issued should obtain, at least for life of the new issues, the same rate of income. If this is done, the public, I know, will respond again to the call for funds. "This fact should not be lost sight of ?Secretary McAdoo requested the people of America to borrow all funds possiDie 10 Duy oonas. i ne nuge iuuus made by banks on liberty bonds show how well the people respond. We ' can hardly expect a like condition to < prevail when we know the collateral i value of the loans has depreciated , 6 1-2 per cent" The start of the United States , navy's attempt to cross the Atlantic ocean on a heavier than air machine 1 will take place on the first clear day i in May, or as soon thereafter as the fog belt which now envelops the New- . foundland coast shows signs of clear- " ing, according to a statement issued 1 last Saturday night by the Manufact- 1 urers Aircraft Association which claims , to have definite information from Washington. The United States ' weather bureau is gathering all avail- 1 able information from the North At- ] lantic region and from this data mA/lA fA?. Wa m.i/1 < \.IICLI kO at t UCIUf> uiauc iVI IUC f>UIUance of the aviators. Observations on the surface of the sea submitted by naval and other vessels, and records obtained by test balloons provide the . basis for forecasts as to weather con-' ditions probable early in May. The < navy Is placing little reliance on fav- . oring winds because at the altitude of ; 2,000 feet, which is expected to be the . average on the trip across, available 1 data shows that only eight days dur- < ing May and then only for a quarter j of the time, is there a strong wind bearing to the east. Each of the two J or more N. C. type of boats with > which the flight will be attempted, a will carry a crew of five men, consist- t ing of pilots, mechanics, a wireless operator and possibly an aerographer. ( No newspaper men or photographers a will be carried because of the desire to j utilize all available space for gasoline and lessen the extra carrying capac- 1 ity. During trials at Rockaway Beach > this week one of the N. C. craft arose from the water with 26.000 pounds of gross load: whereas at one time 22,000 was thought to be the limit. This leads navy experts in charge of the flight to believe that sufficient gasoline could be carried for a non-stop flight Mother ships, especially outfitted to the care and repair of flying boats will be employed. It is stated, to guard ag&lnst possible disaster should one of the planes encounter severe torms. Destroyers also will be used o form links In the safety line. Very ittle food will be carried by the seadanes, the necessity for this being1 renoved by the use of destroyers and nother ships. It Is definitely known ho trans-Atlantic section of the navy n charge of the flight has prepared In letail several plans, but the one to be elected will not be made known until ust before the start is made. Each dan calls for a separate route, alhough all designate Newfoundland as ho point of departure. It is officially innounced the distance between Rockiway and Newfoundland is 1,300 rtauical miles and from Newfoundland to he coast of Ireland 1,680 nautical niles. Permission for the flight to itart and end In waters of the British lominions has been obtained from the British and Newfoundland authorities. ?hc ^gorkwille inquirer Entered at the Postofflce at Tork as Mall Matter of the Second Clans. TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919. There was all kinds of difference of >pinlon as to the original cause of the var: but there is very little difference >f opinion over the main question at ssue in adjusting the peace. In 1914 when there was a two years' tupply of cotton on hand, there was plenty of argument why farmers :ould not expect a fair price in the ace of the demoralization of a world var. Now, however, when the world, >y reason of four years of deprivation, s hungrier for cotton than it is for >read, and the surplus is not sufficient o stretch over until the next crop, hose old arguments fall to convince. The Columbia State solemnly inorma us that the trouble with its tate-supported local high school is not vith the student body, the president or he faculty; but with the trustees. To >e sure, since it is mainly a local in titution, why should the trustees not ?c selected from among: local people? n that event, of course, there would >e no longer any pretext for ^tate sup>ort; but Did we hear somebody croech? According to the Associated Press, l returned American who was recently a prisoner in one of the Villlsta amps, quotes Villa as saying that In asc of the Invasion of the United states, he would shoulder a rifle and ight side by side with the Americans. \.s to why the Associated Press should onsider this kind of stuff Important :nough to print we do not quite see; nit we have an idea that in case of he invasion of America, there are ?nough Americans to take care of the nvaders without asking or accepting iny help from Villa. Secretary Baker has declined to accede to Senator Chamberlain's request :o permit the publication of Colonel \nsell'8 reply to Gen. Crowder ift conlection with the court-martial controversy on the ground that such publication would not subserve any good md. It will be remembered that Col. \nsell has been pointing out the rank njustice that American privates have >een suffering on account of the brutil disregard of their ordinary rights :>y tyrannical officers. Col. Ansell has seen holding that men charged with )ffense involving their liberty or their ives should have the right to present heir defenses to tribunals organized )n a basis of reason and justice. The "Big Four" delegates to the ?eace conference are said to be in the lir as to what to do next, and it is eported by the special correspondents hat they are anxious to wind the busnesB up as soon as they can with as ittle friction as possible, 'mere appears to be no longer any reason to nelieve that they are going to do any.hing like what they started out to do. The first step, the one that was most mportant to England, the taking of the German navy and merchant ma-lne has been accomplished. The idea >f isolating Germany by erecting Pound as a bluffer state on one side and i Rhenish republic on the other side, las developed complications that jetm to spell failure. It has been eviient that the Germans will not stand for a Polish corridor sixty miles wide to the Baltic sea and including 3,000,)00 Germans and the city of Danzig, [nsistance of the proposition will break ;he armistice. As to how much indemnity to demand has been another hard nut to crack. It is suggested that if the amount should be fixed beyond Germany's ability to pay, the result would be to turn the government over to Bolshevism with very serious danger of its spread to France and England. On the other hand to demand Loo little will bring the Allies in ridicule. Besides the touchiness of the Germans there is a very delicate situation between the Italians and the different people who inhabit the eastern shore of the Adriatic. It is pretty well undersood that the British empire having gotten about everything it could reasonably expect is not in a humor to furnish armies for further lighting, md there being nothing in any of it for America, there is very little reason to expect a great deal more activity from this direction. France is not in i position to go it alone even if should so desire. Taken all in all the outlook is that England and America are ioing to do all they can to patch the tv hole thing up as soon as possible. A considerable amount of international interest is centered in the case )f Capt. Edward G. Chamberlain, of iun Anionic, Texas, who is undergo n,5 an investigation before- an Ainercon court martial in London on account of alleged scandalous conduct in ying about certain alleged feats of prowess in aviation as the result of vhich he received high honors to vhich he is not entitled, it was during he progress of the war. A story went >ut to the effect that Chamberlain who vas in a nearby American aviation >ase visited tin British aviation squad on at Toquin. During the visit some crman airmen appeared, and securng permission from the British oflljcrs In charge. Chamberlain went up r. a British plane and brought down everal (lermnns one after another and performed various other remarkable 'eats. By reason of the Btory Cham erlairi was decorated and promoted; sut a'terwRrd it was officially stated >>* the British that the alleged inci f dent was without any foundation in fact; that Chamberlain never visited the British camp in the manner alleged; that he did not go up in a British airplane with or without permission and that he did not bring down any Germans in the manner stated. So far, the court martial proceedings, have brought very little light, except that Major Maxwell the British officer who was in command of the squadron admitted that on meeting Chamberlain in the Officers club In London last January, he had asKea I him: "Are you not the fellow who stole one of our 'Camels" at Toquln?" And also It came out that when a United States naval officer had undertaken to Investigate the matter, he reported that while he was satisfied of the substantial correctness of Chamberlain's claim, he could get no sworn testimony from any of the British officers for the reason that should any of them admit official knowledge of the affair they would be courtmartlaled for having allowed, the American to use one of their machines as he is said to have used it. Of course as to whether Chamberlain is telling the truth or lying it is impossible to judge from the circumstances and in view of the well-known procedure of such tribunals, whatever the courtmartial may do about confirming or refuting Chamberlain's claim, the public will still not be any better satisfied. Illustration in point is to be found in the case of those two deserting Hardin negroes, who were given honorable discharges after they had been dragged from a hole under a horse stall. There Is absolutely no question of the guilt of the accused, among those who know the facts, either in or out of the army; but the situation was this. If the negroes had been convicted of desertion over a period during which the records showed what they were being paid for faithful service,, there would have had to follow a courtmartlal of the officials responsible for the records, so to avoid the unpleasant alternative of sending the company officer to Leavenworth, the negroes were given honorablp discharges Of course to do tfyis required lying; but this does not appear to have mattered. Cotton Growers vs. Wheat GrowersSuch demagogues as Governor Allen of Kansas, to the contrary notwithstanding, there is no good ground for antagonism between the cotton grower of the south and the wheat grower of the northwest. On the contrary, the interests of these two classes of producers are identical, and instead of falling out with each other, they should make common cause agmncsi. me umcicm commercial and financial interests by which they have long been exploited. Instead of quarreling with the wheat grower of the northwest, for instance, it is the more sensible thing for the cotton grower of the south to study the means by which the wheat grower has won temporary success and do likewise. Up until a very few years ago the wheat growers of the northwest were as much slaves of the Republican party as are the cotton growers of the south slaves to the Democratic party. The northwestern Republicans were fed up with partisan antagonism against southern Democrats, and the southern Democrats were fed up with antagonism against the northwestern Republicans, and while the two were cultivating bitterness each against the other, both were despoiled of all the surplus they were able to produce. It was not the Democratic party that fixed the price of wheat, nor was it the Republican party. It was the Non-Partisan league. The members of the Non-Partisan league are for the most part farmers, large and small, Just like we have In York county. The average Non-Partisan leaguer is a man who has 160 acres of land, a couple of horses, a wife and several children, a few cows and pigs, and who puts In from ten to twelve hours of good honest work every day for about 300 days a year. Under wise leadership this man was told that instead of being monopolized by individuals or corporations, railroad and shipping terminals, elevators and other public utilities of that nature should belong to the public just like schools and churches, and the way to break up monopolies of this nature was for the voter to go at candidates for . public office like this: "See here, I don't care whether you are a Republican or a T"k~ T am ncninnt thin mO L/emuciai, muv a ui*? *?o... nopoly, and unless you are against it too, I'll not vote for you." Representations to the contrary notwithstanding, when the war broke out there was no profit to the northwestern farmer in growing wheat. He could make wheat, it is true, and sell It for something less than SI a bushel; but he was in exactly the same position of the southern cotton farmer who made his 1914 cotton crop at a cost of about 10 cents a pound and was offered 6 and 7 cents for it. So when the war came on the wheat grower did not say that he would not grow wheat at the prevailing prices; he only made it clear that he could not grow wheat at those prices. Through his organization he was able to put the matter up to the powers that were in a way to make them realize it, and that is why wheat was stabilized at S2.20 a bushel- And it is fair and Just and right now to say that except for what these Non-Partisan leaguers did, there are many readers of this editorial who would have suffered more privations than now have place in their memories. The wheat growers have not gotten any more than was really coming to them and the cotton growers have not gotten anything like what the wheat growers got; but that i9 the fault of the cotton growers rather than of the wheat growers. The cotton growers vote for Democrats because they are Democrats, without a thought as to whether those Democrats could do for them if they would or would do for them if they could. These Democrats have had it in their power to see that the cotton growers got a fair profit on all cotton they produced; but knowing as they did that cotton growers have few leaders who know their rights and still fewer leaders who woyld seek to enforce those rights, have done practically nothing for the cotton growers. It is still in the power of the cotton grower, however, to come to his own. The wheat growers have no monopoly, at least nothing more than a temporary artificial monopoly. All the world can grow wheat, and as soon as the present crop is taken at the present guaranteed price, the wheat of the world will be available ak. whatever price the world is willing to pay. The cotton growers have a sectional monopoly and as soon as they lsarn to condition thsir political support on a fair profit to the producers of th? southern cotton crop thoy will some to tholr own. BOLSHEVISM IN HUNGARY. How the Working Classes Have Taker General Charge. Following the practice put Into effect by the Russian soviet governraeni at Moscow bankers In Budapest have become figure heads while sovlel clerks administer the business. Rente no longer are paid to landlords but tc the government, which is represented by the jablotors. The stores have beer nationalized and the heads of factories have been replaced by those elected b> the workmen. The banking business is being handicapped under the new regulations. Nc one is allowed to draw out more thar $100 except in the payment of salaries A check must be signed by all th trustees before it is submitted to a bank where it is honored on the con dition that the trustees or rne lnsmution are shown to be employees. During the period In which Inventories are being: taken all stores are closed except for the sale of food and drugs. Thousands of refugees are traveling toward Vienna. All are deprived ol their belongings at the frontier if they attempt to pass tho border without being searched. Members of the wealthy class have resolved to tarry in Budapest and await events. Cour tess Mary Karolyi, a cousin of Count Karolyi, who recently resigned as provisional president ol Hungary, is quoted as saying: "We have been reduced to 15 acres of land and one horse. It is better to have that than roam over the world homeless. We have got to live somewhere, so it will be here." There are but two classes in Hungary aristocrats and peasants. The republic seemingly Is more Russian than German. All estates have been appropriated by the government. American officials are being well treated by the Hungarian officers, and American couriers are allowed to .pass in and out of Budapest without hindrance. Telegraph service is restricted and slow. Count Karolyi's position has not been damaged by the new regime, according to political observers, who say he cleverly vacated his position as provisional president by shifting responsibility for the course of events to the Allies and then urging resistance against the entente which resulted in a union of the Social Democrats and the communists. The railway strike in Hungary was followed by the engineers leaving their trains at whatever place they happened it-- .- n ~ .1 10 De wnen me uirme was eaucu, Trains loaded with hundreds of passengers were left standing in the loneliest places. In Czecho-Slovakia it is reported that uprisings have occurred. . News of the Hungarian Bolshevism has spread rapidly and the revolution spirit in West Ukraine and Roumania is said to be increasing. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Mayor Zeb V. Davidson of Chester, has announced his candidacy for a third term as mayor. ? A Chester committee that personally counted all the houses of the town found that there are more houses or the lots than there are on the taj booka ? A large amount of cotton, approximately 1,400 bales, was destroyed by fire at Sumter last Saturday. The loss was In the neighborhood of half a million dollars, with insurance about one hundred thousand dollars less than that amount The insurance wm in outside companies. The origin ol the fire is unknown. ? Columbia special of March 29 to the News and Courier: A meeting of chairmen for the counties for the victory loan drive was held at the offices oi Edwin W. Robertson, Friday at noor to discuss plans for the drive. Mr Robertson is chairman of the campaign in the states of this federal reserve district and has just returned from headquarters at Richmond and from New York. Charles H. Barron state chairman, stated the object ol the meeting and asked Mr. Robertson to give some information as to the progress of the campaign in general Mr. Robertson gave some interesting 1 * * ahant Viz* hnnHt lecnnictu liuunuauvu auuuw and stated some of the inducements to workers, such as the offering of 85,000 German helmets captured by the Americans. Several thousand of these will be sent to this section and Soutt Carolina will get her Quota. Medals of honor will be given to the leaden in the drives. One of the most interesting pieces of information that he gave was in regard to the great battle film that is to be sent out. Mr. Robertson spoke with great pride of the work that South Carolina had done in the former campaigns and declared that the state will go over her allotment in this drive. In Richmond he found that the heads of four of the departments in the drive are South Carolinians, among them Albert Sidnej Johnstone, so well known in the state Mr. Barron made a feeling address tc the chairmen and said that there is Vela A rhfft ohniilH every rtaauu vmy 1.1110 uu>? have sentimental appeal. The sol* diers have given up employment, offered their lives, have" endured many hardships, the like of which we have never heard, and now it is up to America to pay for what they have achieved. They must not be called upon to pay a part of it. If the loan is not pul over, that is what it will mean. Foi the boys will come home and build up new business and have to be taxed or that business to pay for the war unless the people who did not go will put it over. As to the great film which Mr, Robertson mentioned, it will have as many thrills as the "Birth of a Nation" picture which was exhibited to such great crowds of people a few years ago. It is 7,000 feet, and requires an hour and ten minutes. This state will probably get three copies, to be exhibited free of charge. Three pho tographers lost their lives in taking this great picture, which shows every phase of army life from the draft, through the training camp, crossing the pond and then the bitter, bloody fighting in France. This state will also get three large tanks and several smaller ones, and Camp Jackson haa been placed at the disposal of the committee fn charge of the drive in this state. Hunter A. Glbbes made some explanations about the speakers' bureau and Mrs. Munsell urged the closest cooperation between the committees of men and of women. Among the chairmen present were three overseas men: Col. W. W. Lewis, Capt, John J. McSwain and Capt J. Lyles Glenn, Jr., of Chester. MERE-MENTION The war industries board has turned down a request of the newspaper publishers for a re-openlng of the investigation of the cost of news print paper and the prices being charged for the same -..Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board, has taken a position in favor of selling all the merchant vessels that have been built by the government to private individuals, iinHon n eontraet that will not permit the ownership of any part of the stock by foreigners The Canadian house of commons has declined to enact a daylight saving law to conform to that of the United States The British government has prohibited all exportations of gold for whatever purpose. Increase of 20 per cent in domestic telegraphic rates after today have been announced by the postmaster general It is reported that the Allies have demanded the immediate resignation of the soviet government at Budapest, and the election of a nation assembly for Hungary under the supervision of Allied troops The committee of the peace conference in '.vmpn.a nf thn mntter of selecting the official seat of the league of nations has decided upon Geneva, Switzerland.. The commission on responsibility for the war has solemnly condemned the violation of neutrality by the Central powers, and has recommended the trial of those responsible, including the emperor of Germany before an International tribunal Certain American missionaries in Bulgaria are being charged with pro-German sympathies throughout the war Orders made public by General March, chief of staff provided for a permanent army of 509,000 officers and msn. X.OCAJL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Farmers' Hardware A Supply Co. Say* It la constantly trying to improve lta service to iu sustomara. Sesaonsble auggaatlona. York Furniture A Hdw. Co. Invites attention to tba comfort* of your porch urban equipped with Vudor ahadaa, poreh rockers and aleo poreh swings. It has them. Loan A Savings Bank Wants you to know that it baa an efficient organisation ready to help you in business undertakings. Mrs. S. L. Steele la showing new hat styles for ladies and new georgette waists in very dainty styles. 1 First National Bank, York Points out the fast that if you would save money while you can it will save you from want in the future. It offers its services as a helper. , 2. C. Wllborn Offers a wide variety of farm property, in various size parcels, in different sections of the eounty to home seekers and Investors. W. L. Williams Has a supply of Cleveland > big boll and Cook's improved prolific cotton i seed for sale, $2 a bushel. Oliver, care Enquirer Office Wants a buyer for a No. 6 Oliver typewriter, second hand. 2. B. Whitesides, No. 2, Hickory Grove Has a registered Poland-China stock hog. Tirsah Ginnery Will be in operation on Friday of this week. Miss Cora Neely, Prin. Invites the public to school closing and box supper at Mountain View school house next Friday night. T. M. E. McCarter, Clover No. 4 Has Spanish jack for service. Robert Lawrence, Yorkville No. S Is looking for an est ray black pig. 0. W. Hartness, No. 7, Yorkville Will have a cane thresher in operation at his home on Friday of this week. E. A. Hail. Chm. St. Com. Warns small boys ' against interfering with surveyors' stakes on the streets. Lummus Machinery Co., Spartanburg Asks you to let it quote prices on rubber belting. Lummus Machinery Co., Spartanburg Wants to quote you prices on automatic trampers, corn mills, oil engines, feed grinders, etc. Star Theatre Eddie Polo today in "Lure of the Circus. Fox feature on Friday and another next Monday. New serial coming. W. E. Ferguson Is giving attention to having the best of good things to eat. New arrivals in edibles. MeConnell Dry Goods Co. Has middy suits at |6 to $10. Oxfords for everybody. Wrigley The best in chewing gums several delightful flavors, all packed in sanitary wrappers. Page four. Reily-Taylor Co. On page four tells you more of the gjod qualities of Luxianne coffee. It is sold everywhere. Hie suggestion of Sir Robert BadenPowell, head of the*Britlsh boy scouts, that the millions of boy scouts throughout the world celebrate the signing of peace by a world chain of 1 bonfires, has been adopted by the boy ( scouts of America, has been announced ' by the national headquarters of the ' organization in New Tork. The 367,093 boy scouts of the United States 1 will light great fires in all sections of 1 the country on the night the treaty is signed and hold appropriate ceremonies. Fire will be taken beforehand , from the statue of liberty in New York i and the flame will be carried as far as 1 possible In lighting the beacons "of liberty," it was said. ) The Enquirer does not feel called 1 upon to advise the people of King's Mountain township what they should j do with reference to voting the town- < ship road bonds they now have under j consideration. It is the people of ( If Anntn In tnnmahln who ore x\ui5 a muuiikuiu wv ?* ?* ??.? managing the thing, who are to pay the taxes and administer the funds tf the bonds are voted, and it Is not our business to offer any arguments In a matter that they are fully qualified to handle tn themselves. . We have been requested, however, to say and we take pleasure in complying with the request, that unless those interested take it upon themselves to hustle for more signatures, there is a probability that the election will not be called. In matters of this kind it is not sufficient to leave signing of the petition up to the volunteer action of such freeholders as may be necessary I fill out the fequlred number. There are no doubt in the township many freeholders who are willing to sign ! and who have not signed for the sim1 pic reason that they have not had the : opportunity; but these are not apt to sign unless they are hunted out and i requested to sign. 1 * DDii/rn r>ki -rue MrsriiRV | nnni v t.u vn hi. ivimiiwh , The News and Courier of Friday < 1 published a partial list of the South 1 Carolina soldiers of the Thirtieth dl- ! 1 vision who arrived at Charleston on the Mercury last Thursday. It was not ^ 1 practicable to get the list In Its entire1 ty. The following York county names < were included: 1 Benjamin H. Ferguson, Fort Mill. < Rufus A. Roach, Rock Hill. 1 Carl Webb, Yorkville. George R. Matthews, Jr., Rock Hill. 1 Barron M. Whisonant, Rock Hill. Sam M. Wilker8on, Hickory Grove. r James D. Robertson, Yorkville. < Miles C. Hudson, Rock Hill, ( ! ^ WELCOME TO SOLDIERS. ( The city of Rock Hill is in a state of complete preparation to welcome ' the return of Company H today. , Flags and bunting are fluttering everywhere and a great Victory arch is ( spanning Main street, in the heart of j the business section. Governor R. A. Cooper and Con- < 1 gressman W. F. Stevenson will both be present and will both make talks. 1 The main feature of the day will be the parade, which will be led by Com- * pany H, of the 118th Infantry. Company H was formerly a part of the < First regiment, South Carolina National Guard, and was-known as the 1 Catawba Rifles. The city Are depart * rt/enioio nrhnnl children. < Ill C lib I V**J V4?IV?M.w, Confederate veterans, Winthrop girls, Red Cross and other local and civic < organizations will take part in the parade. ( Following the parade, the soldiers will assemble at Witherspoon grove, ' where a barbecue will be served. At night they will again be the guests of ' the city at a dinner given in the big dining-room at Winthrop college, and < the Winthrop girls will then hold a reception in honor of the boys who wore 1 the uniform, and later in the evening will give a play for their benefit. < ABOUT PEOPLE. ( Mr. Withers Grist of Columbia, spent Sunday in Yorkville with his sister, 1 Mrs. H. E. Neil. Rev. J. L. Oates, pastor of the York- ( ville Associate Reformed church, is preaching at Linwood college this week. Misses Ethel Williams and Leona Pope of Winthrop college spent the r week-end in Yorkville, the guests of t Misses Louise and Pauline Oates. t Mr. D. D. Branch of No. 3, Yorkville, t has a telegram from his son, S. A. s Branch, announcing the arrival of the I latter in New York on hjs return from c service abroad with the Twenty-sev- s enth division. Mr. Lindsay Thomas and family, of 8 Jacksonville, Fla., have been visiting 8 relatives and friends in York county. J They left last Saturday on their return * home. Mr. Thomas has been working 1 at ship carpentering last year, and 8 narrowly escaped having to pay in- v come tax. 8 Hu*h O. Jackson, formerly of Fil bert, now of the Fifty-sixth Pioneer j Infantry, a part of the army of Ger- t man occupation, has sent a copy of his regimental roster. Hugh has been in c the service since August 30, and has n been through quite a lot of severe j fighting. He has several times been (sprinkled with earth thrown up by t bursting enemy shells; but has never r been hurt y WITHIN THE TOWN. d With an attendance of 87, the spe- " cial offering for missions at the Baptist "j church Sunday school last Sunday was $102.80. , Stewart Bros., on last Saturday, _ bought from Jeff D. Whitesides a Red i Polled bull for $124.95. The bull c weighed 1,470 pounds. ti There has BeenVTpretty general I signing of thg agreement among the loeal merchant to close their stores at t! % I o'clock, which according to the old ime, is 6 o'clock. * ? The pegs placed by the surveyors ? n connection with the paving survey, rj lave been suffering at the hands of ? miall boys, who have been competing * vlth each other for the largest collec- ^ don. As tho removal of tho pegs In reives expense as well as annoyance, :he town council Is taking steps to pronn/4 fnnrn tVlA TSTQ V LL'LV IIIO CAim AlVUft VUV TfWJ ysome of the members of the street committee are talking, any moro of this * kind of thing will be followed by unpleasant consequences, not only to the new offenders; but to those offenders who have already been Identified, and . whose cases are now being held under A advisement, ? ? The street paving proposition Is e purely a public enterprise, and more j than any other one proposition that E could be thought of will test the ques- * lion as to how much real public spirit there is in the town. Time and again v the town has been deceived into acqul- 8 sscing in various projects for alleged t public benefit in the furtherance of private ends; but this is not one of those projects. It will take quite a lot c >f money to do this paving work as it 0 ihould be done; but there will be no ? hardship on anybody. The town is In C the position of a house needing a roof ? >r a floor. The roof or floor may be * neglected, but only at the ex'pense of *' :he owner of those. ? The girls' basket ball team of the ? forkvllle High school defeated a team . pf girls from Gaflfney on the local court last Friday afternoon by a score of 14 8 to 10. The Gaflfney team was compos- * 2d or Misses Editn hitman, ?jess wh- kins, Mary Cree, Helen Austelle, Dollle c Mae Moore, Frances Wltherspoon. The a Zorkvllle team was made up of MlsBes ? Eleanor Herndon, Gay Alexander, *r Mary Bowers Mackorell. Annis Dorr G set, Minnie Thomasson and Elizabeth ? McGee, with Misses Dell Alexander and ? Bessie Hughes as substitutes' There A was a good turn out of people on the ? ride lines and while the spectators * were fair and generous, they naturally sympathized with the home girls and a sacked them, up quite enthusiastically. a Miss Marion served as refereee and jj supervised the game with impartial " 'airness. n n f MEETING OF CONFEDERATES. * There was a pretty full gathering of ^ the Confederate veterans of York f :ounty at the courthouse last Saturday pursuant to the call of Probate g Judge Houston, and also a number of F widows of veterans; but aside from * the recommendation of the present p pension board for re-appointment, f there was no business that seemed to d warrant the gathering. ^ Among those who came were several a from the eastern part of the county, p who upon learning that there was no t] Business of special importance in con- t< templatlon, returned home on the 10 a 3'clock train; but others remained to p lee it through and spent several hours c reviving old associations, etc. n Although a representative of The ti Enquirer made an effort to secure a q list of those present as a matter of rec- t, 3rd, the effort was unsuccessful for ^ :he reason that the veterans could net t( 3e gotten together long enough under :onditions suitable for the work. a Altogether about 85 veterans came a to town, and seventy-five of them as- 4 sembled in the courtroom to hear 8( some explanation of the new law by M John R. Hart, Esq., and a short talk e from Col. W. W. Lewis. Among these t( vere the following: S. J. Clinton, OlU's battalion. O. X. Youngblood, 17th South Caro- ? ina_- _ ? W- B. Whittaksr, Co. F, Fifth South *Carolina. f. W. F. Armstrong, Co. G, 18th South J Carolina. J. T. Thompson, Co. H, 6th South " Carolina. . t( Joshua Pugh, Co. B, 2d North Caro- a ina. ? S. P. Blankenship, Co. H, 11th North J Carolina. ? W. M. Barber, Co. G. 18th South b Carolina. a W. H. Sparrow, Co. B, 49th North ' Carolina. A. Dale, Co. A, 2d North Carolina, * > R. J. Love, Co. B, 12th South CaroUna. c J. J. Wllaon, Co. H, 49th North Car- ? ollna- u Robert Burns Co. B, 17th South c Carolina, v L. L Smith, LaFayett? artillery. u T. W. Scoggins, Co. D, 3rd Battal- ? Ion, S. C. reserves. " J. W. Lawrence, Co. A, 12th South a Carolina. n A. C. McKnight, Co. B, Palmetto a Sharpshooters. t] Jerry Walker, Co. A, 4th North n Carolina. ? T. B. Barnett, Co. H, 18th South 15 Carolina, ? J. L. Ralney, Co. G, Palmetto Sharp- " shooters. J. F. Carson, Co. C, GUI's battalion, li A- C. McGee, Co. B, 7th South Caro- F lina (visiting from Anderson.) w W. L Smith, Co. H, 10th Alabama. o R. C. Mlllen, Co. B, 2nd North Car- h 3 Una. n J. A. McGlll, Co. K, 17th South Car- a Dllna. 1: H. H- Sherer, Co. F, 17th South Car- h Dllna. p W. T. Hartness, Co. C, 17 th South n Carolina. y H. F. Horton, Co. F, 6th South Car- s: Dlina Cavalry. si J. R. Hogue, Co. C, 17th South Car- ii 41 Dlina. u A. E. Gettys, Co. F, Bth South Caro- h Una. & J. F. Davidson, Co. H, 18th South k Carolina. * J. J. White, Co. G, 18th South Caro- h ina. a John Law Jackson, Co. H, 18 th ii South Carolina. s< J. G. Latham, Co. F, 17th South n Carolina. v, Im B. White, Co. G, 18th South Caro- ti ina. % m W. O. Glover, Co. B, 6th South Car- n jllna. ? R. B. Youngblood, Dr. Jim Hunter's h :ompany. tl EJlijah McSwain, Co. B, 18th South 1< Carolina. 1 1< M. S. Carroll, Co. D, 3rd battalion, tl 3outh Carolina reserves. S W. G. Wilkie, Co. E. 67th North d Carolina. w J. R. Lucas, Co. C, Sixth South Car- o >lina. h A. H. Merritt, Co. B, 6th South Caro- c< ina. w A. W. Moore, Co. E, 6th South Car- b )llna. w S. H. Epps, Sr. t< Bowman Merritt, Co. B, Bth South g Carolina. e J. P. Epps, Co- B, 6th South Caro- k ina. tl Wm. F. Boyd. a J. M. Caldwell. Co. F. 17th South g F _aroiina. Jos. M. Sims. r< J. E. Lowry. p L. R. Williams. ri Mr. Hart explained that under the u lew law the pension administration is si aken out of the hands of the comp- g roller general and vested in a state yi >oard of pension commissioners, con- w listing of one member from each con- p fressional district, and a chairman, the h ihairman to receive a salary of 12,000 a i year. ? ui The amount appropriated for pen- oi lions this year is $500,000. Of this h imount the sum of $250,000 to be paid ji >y the comptroller general as hereto- T ore, and the remaining $250,000 is to rt >e disbursed by the pension commis- ei ilon; but as to whether it is to be di- g< dded among those now receiving pen- a< ions does not appear exactly clear. ly The act seems to contemplate the w nrollment of all Confederate veterans n the state, but that does not appear g; o be exactly clear. di The probate Ju'dge is now ex-offlcio |a hairman of the county pens.on board, n| nd that official has blanks that are vidently intended for the use of all jsj-onfederate veterans who may desire m o make use of the same. The appli- g, ations are intended to constitute an h( lonor roll, and read as follows: pi T"K. nnrioralcned RPDlios for enrollment un- in er the Act of 1919. I enlisted In Company fr Regiment of .... Battalion of ca ..... Captain ... on the re ay of 18 and served In that Qi ommand until the day of pc 8 I was discharged from the service at fc ........ .... on the ..day of ra 8 and was at that time a member of ol lompany Regiment of Bat- fo slion of ... My income and my wife's cc rom all sources Is in excess of 1500 ur -Is In excess of 11,000. The ralua- cr ?f all my and my wife's property does lit N y exceed $600 does .. exoeed gi 1,000. I ?u bora on the day of tl 18 _.. I reside at in fr ounty, S. C. I did not desert the service of lr als state nor of the Confederate states, lr ifhlle In such servise I received bodily Injury. 11< State nature of wounds and other disabilities, t< iving condition of present health) w I have not been on the pension roll of South g: Carolina, nor any other state, nor of the Unit- A d States. tl . tl HERE AND THERE Jj "Just what put the Idea In my head, A cannot tell you," said one of the vet- Is rans who was here last Saturday, ei but while the old soldiers were gath- fi red In the courthouse this morning, g began taking in their general ap- A learance and counting the number o vho wore beards. There were just tl Ifty. Then I took stock of those who tl vore moustaches, and made it twenty- g even. In the whole gathering I no- u iced only two who were clean shaved." E According to the Charleston Amerl- a an of Friday, Sergt. T. C. Patterson, f Fort Mill, tells some interesting ft Arioo nf tViA Hlvlclnn Tt wo a on )ctober 8 that his company was or- ,r lered to go over the top for the first ^ ime. They fought a stiff engagement 9! or five hours and had two officers ?: tut out of action. Top Sergt. W. H. " lims took charge of the company and f eceived a slight wound while reachng his objective. Sergeant Patterson * tates after the fight three sergeants rere left with the company barrage, r' Jims and Patterson. One horrible oc- ? urrence he relates as having person- ~ lly witnessed. A wounded member f the company was crawling away 11 rom the concentrated fire when a ^ rcrman saw him. Seizing a grenade, r "potato masher," he brought it tl own on the skull of the wounded Lmerican, killing him. The Ameri- J* ans took no prisoners when that parlcular group was later surrounded. " iergeant Patterson tells of capturing german position where they found "J large quantity of champagne and j| nmense supplies of food. As the men l' iad not been able to secure food for lore than forty hours, this find was ? lost welcome. On one occasion d< 'atterson's company started out with J1 80 men and reached their, objective rith 40 men. This position they held ? gainst an overwhelming force for J1' wo days before relief came." * Those folks who have developed a T' ood, strong admiration for the ej 'rench as a people and as soldiers, rill, if they want the truth, do well to Q alk to the returning soldiers. The ^ Yench may be a pretty good sort, so g( ar as that is concerned; but it is evl- ty ent that they do not suit the Ameri- r< ajf4dea so very well. The returning imericans generally seem to have bout as much feeling against the Yench as it might be truthfully said, he Germans. The common attitude O award the English is respect, if not of dmiration; but in the case of the Yench, the sentiment is rather one of ontempt "I would fight the Gerlans again if necessary," said a re- tt im?H American soldier, to Here and 'here, a few days ago; "but If I have o do any more fighting I hope It will A e against those 'Frogs.'" Asked as 9 his objection to the "Frogs," he said: ^ Pshaw! they are so dog-goned dirty . nd so dog-goned slow, and they have o little appreciation of anything you cl o for them." He went on to say that ct 0 far as his observation went, that c, ras the feeling of the Americans genrally a feeling of disgust and con- P ampt Here and There does not propose to g, lentlon any names in this story that . 1 told to illustrate the attitude of the Tnited States army toward civilian ni .mericans not unless competent au- gi hority demands more facts, and then 8j he facts will be furnished- A young lan, formerly of Filbert, then of Gas- n' Dnla, was drafted into the army, and v< fter a very Incomplete and superficial tu ledical examination was sent to Camp . ackson. Before going to Gastonla this oung man had been under treatment t>< y several physicians for heart leak- ^ ge. The young man's father knew he ras not fit for service and immediatef set about trying to get him out* To i" hat end he employed a Torkvllle atarney, and the attorney began by Be- j? uring affidavits from persons acuainted with the facts, including at ;ast two physicians who had had harge of the case. All of the affldaits bore witness of the young man's x nfltness for the service. When the ttorney applied to the proper author- . :les at Camp Jackson, he was told z} bruptly: "I'll not consider any state- * lent from any civilian." One of the lJ' ffldavits was from a physician who 81 hen held a high commission in the ledical service. "I will look at that," M aid the officer, and he did look at it; ut he took no steps for the discharge lr f the young soldier, wno a iew weens iter was brought home dead. y Sergeant George Wallace talks most e iterestingly of his experiences in M 'ranee. There is a soldierly reserve in rhat he says, and to get him around 0j n the subject it is necessary to draw q{ im out a little; but ?ven at that he is w ot inclined to careless boasting or ex- ^ ggeration. He belonged to the regu- 0j ir army, it will be remembered, and h ie was in it from the first. He was se resent at the firing of the first cere- fa lonial shot, and he is the man who a anked the string for the first business hot. He did not make the latter a| tatement to Here and There; but the lformation came from other sources G hat are considered authentic. George owever, went Into the fighting In F< larch, and was shortly afterward ta nocked down by a piece of shell w rhich bruised him sufficiently to keep Tl im in the hospital a month. Shortly ei fter rejoining his outfit he took part a* 1 the defense of Paris. As already Fi tated, he was in the line that mid- w ight of July 14 when the Germans th re re started back to their own coun- ui ry from Chateau Thierry. That is hi rhen he received the wound that fi- ai ally put him out of the fighting, th tut young Wallace had seen a lot of tit ot fighting before that. He tells how ty hough the Americans took artillery ei \aanna from the French, it was not w >ng before the French realized that Ce tiey could learn from the Americans, hortly after his battery began to get own to business they struck a pace in rhich they easily fired two she is to ne from the Germans. "After we got Cc is interval," he says, "it was fun. We ould put In our two shots, take .cover rhile his shell was falling and then go ar ack and give him two more. Finally re got him. Yes, the French were as- A' nished at the way we handled* the . r.w. As for the small guns, we lit- , ..ally pitched the shells into them and ls ept them going a more rapid rate . lan the French had ever been able to ttain, and when we came to the big "e uns we opened their eyes again. The a 'rench were in the habit of getting p sady to fire, running to cover and ulllng off with a lanyard that would ys ;ach across the street. That procedre did not appeal to us. It was too ,,a ow. Our boys would load and the ce unner would yank her off with a lan- er a.rd not more than three feet long, hile the boys stood around ready to "j ut in another shell before the last one ? "' ad gotten fairly on its way. It was t01 little hard on our ears; but we got : sed to it." Mr. Wallace's description ml f the artillery standing almost hub to ?n ..k n.m- a Hia^nnnp of 75 kilometeres ist before the opening of the Chateau lu hierry drive, is very Impressive. By :ason of his wounds Mr. Wallace is ititled to vocational training by the T1. jvernment, and he expects to take Ivantage of It; but he has not yet ful- Co decided upon the line of work he ?aJ ill adopt. Sergeant A. Knox Quinn, late of in1 attery A, 113th Artillery, Thirtieth pyi vision, in France since the 13th of ^ ^ st June arrived home last Saturday 1 ght, accompanied by his "buddy" ;rgeant S. M. Torrence, of Davidson, I . C. on a visit to his parents Mr. and Co rs. John Warren Quinn of Yorkville. th? oth young men are in the pink of thl ?alth, as fit as fiddles, and as well th< eased with the world and all that is th< ?? oollont onlHforq ilint hack tei II ttO H? V Q(M*M*IV WW.V..W.W ? om victory in the most glorious lin impaign of which history has any inj cord have a right to be. Sergeants im uinn and Torrence landed at New>rt News on March 18, and after a ag w days in camp and triumphal pa- go des in Raleigh and other North Car- th< Ina towns, reached Camp Jackson pe: r demobilization last Tuesday. They ed, iuld have come up to Yorkville Sat- ' day morning, but because of the tui owded trains preferred to take a let tie more rest and corns in with in \ reater comfort. Although a part of ie Thirtieth, the 113th was detached om that division shortly after rcachig France and did most of Its flghtig with other divisions. It got Its earest battle experience while attached > the French In the country north est of Toul, during the latter part of ugust and the first part of Septemer. This they look back on as a reat Joke. The French would take the jnerlcans up to where they could see ie German lines; but would not let lem open up as they wanted to do >r fear of developing a German ofjnslve at that point, the thing the jnerlcans were most eager for. But iter the situation became Interesting nough to please everybody, when In ont of Bernecourt the regiment bean to participate In the first allmerlcan offensive in the flattening ut of the St. Mihlel salient. After lat the boys went into and through ie Argonne forest Into the Wovre reIon driving the Germans before them ntll the signing of the armistice, lach of the sergeants In command of gun with a complement of eighteen Len. and working side by side, the icperiences of both were the same trough it all. They slept and fought 1 the rain and mud, ate together rhen they had anything to eat and tarved together when they were un ble to get food. At times they were ned up with big American naval uns firing over them from four or ve miles behind, while they, with rench 76's were shooting over their wn machine gunners and Infantry In ont. Several times they came In olnt blank range of great nests of erman machine gunners, and with ullets and shells cutting out the mbs and trunks of the trees like the ? reat Bethel hailstorm cut out cotton a Iks and cleaned them out After leir baptism northwest of Toul, hlch was In the trenches, all their ghtlng was In the open, and allough at times they were on the de>nslve, most of the time they were Ding straight forward, with the Gerlans on the run, and from informaon that they consider absolutely aulentlc, if the armistice had not been igned when it was the German Boilers were ready to come forward uner white flags and give themselves p by the thousands, notwithstanding le fact that many Americans were llled during the last quarter of an our before 11 o'clock of November L.. Only three men were killed In the ittery of which Sergeants Qulnn and orrence belonged: one died of dlsise, Ave or six were wounded and Dout eighteen were gassed. Sergeant ulnn took the Yorkvllle Enquirer hlle on the other side, and he and ergeant Torrence say that they and le other members of the company >n/l ovurv ennv until It wnjl worn Out. LOCAL LAC0NIC8 n the Way Homo. About 200 memben of the 113th ArUery, Thirtieth division, passed trough Torkvllle last Saturday over te C. A N.-W. railway, on their way Dme to points in North Carolina, ooepts Fort Hill Pastorship. Rev. jr. B. Black of Elizabeth City, . C., who was some time ago called to te pastorate of the Presbyterian lurch of Fort Mill, has notified the mgregation of his acceptance of the ill. ' etltlon Not Sufficient. The county board of commissioners ids that the King's Mountain townlip road petition lacks about twenty unes of the number necessary to le- r ilize the calling of an election, the lortage being due to the fact that a umber of signers are not registered iters. The act calls for the signages of qualified freeholders, and this taken to mean that the signers must i registered. Meeting of the Equalization Board. Auditor Love, having learned after : had called the meiqbers of the , , >unty board of equalization to meet i his office today, that this day had * sen appointed for the welcome of ompany H, in Rock Hill, re-called te notices and appointed the meeting ir tomorrow n/ ltrate Applications. Mr. J. F. McElwee, who has charge ' the delivery of nitrate of soda in ork county, says that up to this time te applications approximate an ag egate of 1,800 tons. Explaining the tason of such a large demand Mr. cElwee said that many of the farm's have gotten e n to the fact that nlate at the goi arnment price, mixed ith acid, wk oh is comparatively leap, makes t te cheapest and best rtilizer to be /'.ad. ascot of Company H. Charleston American, Friday: The her dog is "Jack," the mascot of ompany H, of liock Hill, 8. C. "Jack" as with his ccmpany down on the iexlcan border ind also is a veteran ! the battles of France and Belgium, e looks none the worse for his overas duties and ?i very proud of the ict that he has eturned to the U. 8. . <Jack," the boys say, has taught tlajor Fritz" English and a few things jout American fighting. ase of Frank Moore. It was stated some time ago that ormer Governor Blease had been re- ^ ined to defend Frank Moore, charged 1th the murder of T. R. Penninger. he statement ivas correct, with the cception that there had been no rreement on the fee. Subsequently ormer Governor Blease arranged ith John R. Hart, Esq., to assist In te defense; but Moore was unable or iwilllng to pay the fee required of ' m, and both Former Governor Blease id Mr. Hart have withdrawn from le case. The Enquirer nas lniormaon that efforts have since been made r Moore to secure the services of oth attorneys; but It does not know hether those efforts have been suessful CLOVER CULLINQ8.' irreapondenoe of Ths Yorkvill# Enquirer. Clover, March 29: Mr. J. A. Eaker id son Horlis of Cherryvtlle, N. C., cently visited his daughter, Mrs. D. , Westmoreland, here. Rev. L. W. Shealy of Chester will .'gin a singing school in the Methodt church here Monday night d The werk of installing a new soda untain in the City Pharmacy has sen completed. The new fountain is beauty and adds greatly to the ap arance of the store. Mrs. Robert Grissom was called to istonla Tuesday on account of the ath of her mother, Mrs. Cynthia ne Rhyne, aged 71 years. The deased had been in bad health for seval years. She took her bed five ?eks aes and suffered greatly up un her death. The funeral and burial is at Mt. Olivet church, near Gasnla. Mrs. N. V. Davis of Route 4 had the isfortune to lose a flne young mule last Saturday. The mule dropped ad to the wagon while hauling ferIzer. Miss Agnes Youngblood has returnhome after a visit to relatives at . x rzah. ^ Mrs. L. L. Hqxdln and children of ilumbia are the guest here of the mily of Mr. M. L. Smith. Mr John L. Stacy spent several days Columbia this week. Mr. M. L. Smith has traded his landler automobile for a beautiful 4 passenger Cadillac car. Bradford Knapp Talks Good Sense. tton farmers and business men of a south are in a critical situation is spring, Bradford Knapp, chief of 1 onice oi exienaiuu wurn, buui.ii, ui i department of agriculture told exjsion work forces recently in outing some of the difficulties of farmI in the south this year, and the portance of safe fanning. 'If the south plants as large an acree to cotton as in 1918 and has a od season resulting in a large crop. i possible danger to southern prosrity can scarcely be over-estimat- J declared Mr. Knapp. 'A well balanced system of agriculre is the best answer to this probn, not only 1919, but in any year peace or in war. The safety and ' ;