Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 01, 1919, Image 2
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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 <
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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
' ;