Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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trap. ??4 Sm. : B ? Germany lost 198 submarines dur- ^ ing the war, according to statistics on " this branch of the German naval ser- ^ vice published In the Berlin Vossische ?' Zeltung. This number Included seven ? submarines Interned in foreign ports and 14 destroyed by their own crews. ? More than 3,000 sailors lost their lives ? in the submarine sinkings, the statis- 1 VimiQQ riH ftth- ^ lies snuvi, triiuc acfwui .... era lost their reason and had to be ! committed to lunatic asylums. * ? Lieutenant Kurt Voegel, the German army officer, who was sometime t ago convicted of complicity in the mur- j der of Karl LJebknecht on the occa- j * sion of his arrest for political agita- , tion, and sentenced to two years' im- r prisanment, has escaped. It is assert- ] ed that his escape was made possible ? through the connivance of \Vhr Minis- j ter Noske, and that he is now in Hoi- t land. Noske's agents have provided him with money with which he in- " tends to go to Argentine. ' ? In his address in Savannah last Sunday. William Jennings Bryan declared he expected not only to see a ' saloonless nation, but a saloonless world. "I am sorry the president made ; the recommendation to congress regarding the lifting of war time prohibition." said Mr. Bryan. "I don't believe he would have made it had he been in this country. I don't want to be understood as criticising him for being in Paris. I doh't think we would have had the league of nations had he not gone. Don't worry about his recommendation. A Republican congress won't follow mm wnen ne goes ngiu, much less when he goes wrong-" ? J. Austin Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the house of commons Thursday that the . present Indebtedness of the British Government to the American government is $4,260,000,000, while the var- ' ious American departments owe the ] British departments, roughly, $210,000,000./ The. chancellor said that dollar securities, including Canadian securities, now held under the treasury de- \ posit scheme amount to just a little . more than $500,000,000, most of which has been placed as collateral for loans in America. In addition to the deposit, Mr. Chamberlain added, securities to . the value of $106,111,000 had been purchased by the treasury. Most of these 1 were sold however. 1 ? The first units of the 81st (Wild I Cat) division to return home from i France, the War department has announced are due at Newport News June 7, on the battleship Missouri, 1 I sAmnonloo "R? IT wnicn unnga u wpo . , and G of the 306th ammunition train. The vessel also has aboard the third corps artillery park and three casual companies. The 317th field artillery of the "Wild Cat" division is due also at Newport News June 9. on the battleship South Carolina. Two casual companies are included among: troops on the ship The Huron, due at Newport News June 7, and the Kentuckian, due at New York the same flay, are bringing troops largely of the 90th division. The Susquehanna, due at ( Newport News, June 7, is bringing 12 convalescent detachment': headquart- ' erg and medical detachments, compan- ] ies A to D, 551st engineers; headquar- , ters company; medical detachment . companies, A to F, 322nd engineers: three casual companies, 14 casual of- > fleers and base hospital No. 111. The ( Federal, New York, June 19, is bring- t ing a few casuals. ? Having proclaimed Gen, Felipe Angeles ~t>.a provisional presidenj, and himself as secretary of war, General Villa has started a new revolution In Mexico, with the avowed purpose of putting President Carranza out of office and power. The movement is a . very formidable one. General Carranza has asked the United States to permit him to move Mexican troops through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. This Is In accordance with an old arrangement between Mexico and the United States. The United States, however, is not as close to the Carranza government as it was to the Diaz government Acting Secretary Polk of the state department, has informed Carranza that he can move his troops through American territory if he will give satisfactory guarantees that there will be no interference with the person or property of American citizens. ?? It is not thought that such guarantees can be given. Felipe Angeles is said to be quite acceptable to the American government for president of Mexico. Angeles is a full blooded Mexican Indian, about 45 years of age, and a _ graduate of the Chapaultepec military academy, the West Point of Mexico, and- the St. Cvr artillery school in Prance. ? The flying boat NC-4 completed Its i epoch-making voyage across the ocean j last Saturday, by landing at Plymouth, England, the original destination. Aftter leavli* Portugal, Commander Head . was forced to go down into the sea off the coast of Spain about ninety miles away. He took the air again at 6.27 < Saturday morning and made the flight t to Plymouth, about 700 miles, in a j little less than seven hours. On their arrival at Flv the NC-4 circled * around the spot Trom which the Pil- i grim fathers set sail for America 300 ^ years ago, and then settled down into the harbor. The Americans met with a a rousing and enthusiastic welcome at a the hands of the British, who took t them on a war vessel and showed them r the most cordial attention. Later Commander Read and his crew went a ashore, where they were met by cheer- t ing thousands, and the mayor of Ply- j mouth greeted them with the following: "It is with profound gratitude v that I here today on benair 01 uia < Plvmouth. from which the Mayflower e sailed 300 years ago, welcome you after your tremendous and wonderful flight over the. waters separating us. I 1 think I can speak with the voice of t England in expressing great admiration for your achievement and in welcoming to these shores our American cousins." < t ? The suffrage amendment, the peace 1 treaty and legislation for the return of i telegraph and telephone lines to private s operation are subjects expected to hold the center of interest during the pTes- 1 ent week in congress. Meantime work a will continue on the routine appropra- t tion bills and on many collateral sub- t jects that are in the hands of the commitees. The resolution of submission of " a suffrage amendment to the states, al- i ready adopted by the house, comes up j today in the senate. Its supporters, claiming to hold pledges for more than 1 the necessary two-thirds vote, will seek f a roll call as soon as possible. Oppos- i ing senators have indicated they will c nnrtlamontQ rv nhstfloleS. S 11U L UllCl (/VOC p(4i J ,, and advocates of the amendment are predicting that by tonight woman suffrage will be. a past .issue, so far as congress is concerned." Debate on the peace treaty with its league of nations covenant, begun almost as soon as the extra session assembled two weeks ago, is to continue with a possibility of action before the end of the week on some of the many proposals dealing with the subject Senator Johnson, Sfc Republican of California, opened the discussion yesterday with a speech for his resolution asking the state department for the complete text of the treaty. Senator Borah. Republican, of Idaho, another league opponent, was also on expected to speak during the day and other senators on both sides are fcnown to be preparing to take part in the debate. ? The Rhine Republic was proclaimed last Sunday in various Rhine cities. The population welcomed the event with satisfaction and expressed the hope that it would put an end to the * * - J _ a .. .^AfotHnw <n thp painrui unccrunmj ... Rhine provinces regarding the Allied nations and Germany. The new gov- 1 governt is headed by Dr. Dorde n. It I has been installed provisionals at t Welsbaden. Dr. Dorder addressed a message to the different governments 4 and to the peace conference- The < Frankfort correspondent of the Berlin j Tageblatt, writing In anticipation of t Sunday's developments, explained that subcurrents have been tending to tear this district from the empire. There are two. The first culminated recently in negotiations witfi the French general, Mangin, having been agitated for 1 weeks and months by the leaders of t the Centrist party headel by Herr r Frohberger," editor of the Cologne Volks Zeitung, who was born in Alsace a and educated in France, and the head h * of the German branch of the Orclor of d the White Fathers?which is the second v line of Jesuits?who visited Switzerland in 1918 and went on record as e AflFyw ' .j' f" f lying that the outcome of the war c lust be a Rhineland republic, consist- t isr of Alsace-Lorrane the Palatinate, thenish Hessla and the Rhine provices. Even before the fall of the r lonarchy the project was common 1 ilk In Cologne financial circles. 'The j econd project, Involving Herr FToherger and Herr Kastert ard Herr 1 ^uchhoff. who resigned from the es- t embly on Saturday, was a plan to ere- ( te an independent Rhine stale within he empire, with the same rights as ther German states, which would act < s a barrier between Germany and t ^Tance. France was supposed to be . rilling to grant important concessions, ncludlng the renunciation of the Sarre 1 errtyopy, a long occupation of the < Rhineland and possibly a part of the ndemnlty. The movement was sufficiently serious to worry the governnent and cause it to issue warnings. . 3remen and East and West Prussia Lre now talking of combining into an ' ndependent state. The" same trend is i :o be observed elsewhere. ' ||?krilte $nquiro1 Entered at the Postofflce at York as ' Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 191*9. The Germans surely understand that ( the Allies have more than fourteen ( points. i It makes some difference whether . the Germans sign or not; but not a i great deal of difference. < i > , 1 In a speech to the Welsh division at < \mlenes last week, Lloyd George said 1 that if the Germans failed tc sign the peace treaty at Versailles they would 1 lave to sign at Berlin. "We are not going to give way," declared the prenier. ] ? * i The food administration on last Frl- ( lay announced the cancellation f all i ules relating to the cotton seed ' adus- ^ try, and withdrew price regulations j -egarding cotton seed products. One i effect of this action has beon to put 1 ard substitutes in line for an advance i n price. j If the Allies do not turn the Turks >ut of Europe and give Constantinople to the Greeks, we will be disappointed. We fear, however, that this ,vill not be done, mainly for the reason hat each of the great powers of Europe feels that If it cannot control Constantinople itself it would rather hat the city remain in the hands of he Turks. Pianist Paderewksi, premier of Poand, says there is no truth in the sto y of ill treatment of the Jews in his jountry, and promises to ask Presiler?t Wilson to send an American :ommission to Investigate the matter, t is to be hoped that Paderewskl is :orrect, but the country will be better satisfied after a confidence-compelling nvestigation. Yes, the Eighty-flrst Division will de>ark at Charleston, or we will "he very nuch surprised. Because there are so nany South Carolinians in that dlvison that is the proper thing. But of :ourse a ripple of doubt is being rais!d. That is necessary for certain pur>oses. For instance, our senators must ippear to have some influence in the natter, and word has been sent out hat there is a probability of the Eighy-flrst being debarked somewhere 1 slse. That, however, is only to em- t >hasize the Influence of our senators ' n changing a situation that really did ' lot need to be changed. ? i m i i That is a strange story of Alvin C. * fork, the man who killed twenty Ger- ? nans and captured a whole battalion, * ncluding a major and two lieutenants. \ :t is a strange story and a story that ' s difficult to believe- But there Is no loubt of the truth of the story, it ieems. York brought in the prisoners md the men who were with him swore o the details. The'whole world is trenendously impressed with the story md none are ableto explain how such a hing was possible?none except York, ie insists point blank that God was vith him through it all. Of course here are those who will believe evirything else in connection with the xploit except York's explanation of it. 3ut why not accept that also? Surely V*lo man fu wnrthv nf hplipf! Up to this time the Poles" have not ,iven much evidence that they are eally fit for an independent governnent. Their idea of restored Poland eems to be the re-establishment of >rivilege over the people who work, vnd the maintainance of a nobility hat will have arbitrary power and auhority over the struggling masses. The Jealousy of the Poles over the su>erior intelligence and industry of the lews has already brought a number of nassacres of these more or less defenseless people, and there are many ndicatlons that the Polfls are itill a long way from fair appreciation >f the spirit of this democratic age. Their idea of liberty is the liberty of he few to oppress the many. The figures have never been given o the public in detail; but nevertheess it is a fact that a larger propor:ion of American war munitions and mpplies, including articles shipped to Europe and brought back, and articles sent to points near the border after it vas found that they would not be needed in Europe than in any other jart of the country. As to what is gong to happen within the next year or wo nobody knows; but there are hose who believe that the government it Washington has present and future lesigns against Mexico. There are , nose wno imnK nun i? ii<i> Jeers agreed among the European powers even before America entered nto the world war, that America may lave a full hand in Mexico aifd conrol America on down to the Panama :anal. N'o such plan has thus far been >penly avowed; but it does not appear it all improbable that there is more han-inere fancy in the proposition. Is it not about time to quit this argument as to whether the railroad or he automobilists are responcible for he constantly occurring tragedies at ailroad cross.ngs? To be sure the rcponsibility lies somewhere; but that s not lessening the number of tragelics. Under the laws of th:s state, < rhero rr.ilroads cross each other on c ven grade all trains are required to o ome to a dead atop. As an ellmina- ] ive against so many fatalities, It pould be very well to make the same equirement as to crossing the public Tl lijjhways. It would be a tremendous lamper to traffic; but It would be referable to so many such horrible ragedlea as that of last Thursday aft>rnoon. But still better than this ^ vculd be to abolish grade crossings sntlrely. Tho expense of such aboil- ^ Jon should be divided as equitably as pos&ible, of course; but the main point R ,s to secure the abolition of grade ;rossincs. A E An unpleasant flavor that was that ?rew out of the recent flying boat ^ across the Atlantic; but which, hapSi pily was adjusted in the right way, developed in connection with a suggestion from one of the rear admirals that Commander Towers be ordered to supplant Lieutenant Read at the Azores F and continue the flight to Plymouth. Pl It will be remembered that the famenmmmced at Rockaway Beach, Nev.' York, with Commander L Towers in command. Lieutenants Bellinger and Read were in command of K the other two machines. Read had bad luck between Rockaway and St. Johns, and got in after the others. F Then Bellinger and. Towers had bad luck at the Azores, failing to quite 3 make the trip. Then a rear adm^*al took the' position that as Towers was the ranking officer he should take si Read's boat and go on. That mi^ht be all right in accordance with military or naval usage; but it would not begin to square with the great civilian sense of the fitness of things, and Secretary Daniels promptly and rightly turned b It down. If Read had been deprived ^ of the honor he had won, even though h the winning were due largely to the Q elements of luck, instead of being p proud of the great achievement, the a American public would have simply tj been disgusted. T ' ' e; The reported attitude of Senator h Dial with reference to Federal appoint- g rncnts is to be commended rather than ii :ondemned. The reference is to the o< announcement^that the senator will be T willing to take responsibility for ap- si pointments, etc., rather than have that responsibility diverted to members of e die house. The constitution provides A that appointments be made by the Ci president with the advice and consent ^ jf the senate. In the case of local ^ itate appointees, the advice and con- jj r\t the senate means the advice ind consent of the senators represent- ^ ,ng the state directly concerned. Just B why the responsibility and authority k jhould be vested in senators and not g lHrided up amongst the congressmen g from the different districts Is not clear, n especially in the case of local ap- g( pointees. For instance while Senator t( Dial is as well qualified as anybody a else to look after all the Federal ap- n pointments in the congressional dis- j; :rict In which he lives as is the representative of the house 'from that district, it is hardly to be assumed that the same condition would apply to the ^ various other districts. But ctill the p senator and not the house members ire responsible for postofflce appoint- g nents and the like, and Senator Dial a deserving of credit for being willing " to assume that responsibility without 21 trying to shift it off on others. It is julte natural to assume, however, that p jach member of the house, having jj more influence in his own particular . ilstrict than the senator has, will have E tnore or less sayso in designating who ' ' * - TT'oH. shall be appointed to cue vunvuo >w. jral positions in that district, m , S( V The long sustained difference be:ween some of the cotton mills and c heir operatives, called by one side a 'lockout" and by the other side a 'strike," seems to have been settled on i basis of "open shop," for which the nill owners say they stood all the ime and with which the operatives ire perfectly satisfied, for the reason hat in their opinion it was all that :ould be expected at the present time. The difference had its origin in the virtual reduction of wages by the mills # indcr the management of C. W. Johnton, known as Highland Park Nos. 1 md 2, and the Johnson .Manufacturing jompany. The reduction consisted in he abolition. ^>f the bonus tlio mills lad been paying and clipping two days i week off the running time. At that ime the demands for yarn had dropied off and the mill mapagfement :laimed that continued operation neant bankruptcy. The mill operatives epllcd that during the previous three e] >r four years the mills had made as e] nuch profit as could reasonably be ex- jj jocted in ten years, and they could s< nore easily keep on running unm me lituation grew better, than the opera- ^ ;ives who had all along been working Sl for only a bare living, could bridge Y >ver the situation. The difference that r' leveloped led to the calling in of the a American Federation of Labor, and w ;hat brought up squarely the union la- 1( jor question which practically all of ir :he southern mill3 have been fighting w for years. Before they could secure b >mployment operatives were required C) h :o declare that they had no sympathy ~ with the union and that they would q lot hereafter affiliate with It. This be- tl :amo the Issue and it led to the pick- ^ iting of the mills to keep non-union men from taking the place of union sj mm. The issue was finally decided by b i tremendous pick-up in the yarn and ? :loth markets. The rise in prices gave P promise of a renewal of the golden fi jtream in greater volume even than is formerly. To keep the mills closed ^ jnder the circumstances woufd have h meant tremendous losses. To let them si iown easy Governor Bickett wrote a t( a letter in which he set forth the ina- n lienable right of the organized workmen to work, and that opened the way for re-op:ming of the mills on an 'open shop" basis. The situation from j l.he standpoint of the union labor op- ti ?ratives, has been set forth by Mr. Marvin L. Ritch, the attorney for the striking operatives, as follows: Mr. p Ritch stilted that "a complete settlement had been arrived at with the r< - *1 fVkql CI "hadwick-HosKins mms, a,m. w.~.. joth union and non-union men will ^ resume work there Monday tnorning. b \mong the agreements made were ol hat there shall be no discrimination, p non-union men will receive the same ^ jpportunities in the mill and the offi- f( ials will receive committees from o; >oth union and non-union operatives n it any time it may become necessary o discuss matters, Mr. Ritch said tl hat at "Highland Park mills, where 01 he fight had been severe and acute," ,( ertain "particulars must be worked ?ut before a settlement is reached." 1e expressed the belief that these n technicalities" will be straightened rl >ut at a conference between the mill fflcials and operatives this afternoon. sl LOCAJL AFFA?R6, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ioft. F. McDow. Chairman?Urges all interested to attend meeting in the court house next Friday night to consider proposed bond issue for improvement of school facilities, rtt National and Plantehs Banks, Sharonwill be dosed Thursday. Patrons will bt governed accordingly. rst National, Loan A Savings and Peoplei Bank?Announce that they will be closed Thursday to attend bankers' meeting of 6th group of fifth district, in GalTney. -ustees. District No. 3?Give notice of eleo tion on matter of special levy for school pur poses, to be held June 21st. oper Hospital, Charleston?Has a number o: vacancies in its training school for nurses Address Superintendent of Nurses. . J. rarrott, riioerc?n^nu w ecu uukkj and harness, corn, oat* and pea vine hay. . N. Stephenson?Offers milk cows for tali or exchange for pasture cattle, rank Erwin, York No. 1?Warns all person; against employing or harboring his son, Wil lie Erwin, aged 14 years. at Theatre?Serial and comedy today. Ses sue Hayakawa in "T^e Temple of Dusk." i drama, on Thursday. E. Johnson?Will pay reward of $5 for re turn of bunch of keys, lost Saturday. Hi; name is attached to the keys, srmers Hdw. A Supply Co.?Asks you to se< it for what you need in its line, eoples Bank A Trust Co.?Says it has mon than 400 patrons on its books and is appre dative of the business that is being givei to it by people of this community, an A Savings Bank?"The bank for th People," invites the banking business of al newcomers. Does strictly a banldrg business irkpatrick-Belk Co.?Invites special attentioi to its lines of voiles, lawns, etc., for ladies summer dresses. Thousands of yards ant beautiful patterns. Rightly priced. Irst National Bank. York?Says that havlni passed its fifteenth year of growth it eon tinues to grow and improve its fadlities ti serve its patrons. M. Stroup?On Friday next will have at hi store an expert on foot troubles of all kind; and invites sufferers to come for free advio and relief. tandard Oil Co.?On page four tells you. wh< you should have a Perfection oil stove ii your kitchen and ?hat it will do for you Ii the way of economy and convenience. As will be seen by the notices In an ther column there will be no banking 1 ? *?? * ? VA?.letr<llA AW QVflron HOT UBIIICOB III lulAimc vi <v.. uva hursday. The bankers of these towns ave arranged to attend the meeting f the bankers' association at Gaffney nd in order to be absolutely free t< ttend to the business of the convent on, will shut up shop <or the day here will be more or less inconveni ace to the public, of course; but it It ardly supposable that the public li oing to object, for if there is anybody 1 this country who is entitled to ai ccasional day off, it is the bankers here is nobody else who is more con* tantly on the job. Mie H. D. Marley Involved in the trac dy at Cohen's Bluff, recited in th< .llendale special published in anot^e olumi> was a native and former citi en of Yorkville, a son of Mr. B. F iarley, a highly esteemed farmer wh< ves just without the corporate liafei f the town. Mr. Marley had heanqjo' tie tragedy through the sheriff o tarnwell county; but when last ?eei new but little about the facts. Hii on, however, had gone down from partanburg, to get all possible infer lation and take such steps as m^b Bern proper. Mr. Marley has reasoi > believe that there was probably iqpr< t the bottom of the difficulty than^hi lere shooting of his son's dog ?b: iogg- 4^ THE MARRIAGE RECORD. ? Marriage licenses have been isdfc< y the probate court to the followiai ersons on the dates named: May 30?Lindsay Wilks to Sadie F$r uson, Rock Hill, (colored) May 30?Pink Sisk to Nancy VJllama, Clover. May 31?Charlie Harris to Rosatti litchell, Ebenezer, (colored) May 31?THornwell Seigle to Lotti< foil Hask, Rock Hill, (colored} May 31?Van Ross to Fannie Cham ers York, (colored.) May 31?M. Frank Dillingham t< !lla Jones, York. v DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE The following list of York count: Dldiers, recently discharged from ser Ice at Camp Jackson, has been fur ished by the Columbia War Cam] immunity Service: Thos. Hopper Clover John F. Kiser Smyrna Paul A. Barron Rock Hill Wm. P. Anthony Yorkville. OIlie Fish Yorkville Admiral Funderburk Rock Hill Thos. Quinn Yorkville John R. Parnell Concord Wylie Pruitt Sharon Frank Stultz Rock Hill Samuel Anderson Catawa Claude Smith Yorkville Otto Carmichael Yorkville Wrn. Hawkins Rock Hill Jesse Faris ' Rock Hill Robert Stephenson Catawba James Blair Bullock's Creek Wm. Sparrow Clover Thos. Sandifer York Francis Hope Rock Hill Wm. B. McChane York James Poig Rock Hill Wvlifi Rush Rock Hill John F. Stewart Yorkville AFTER MR. CARROLL. The General Education Board la aftr Hon. John E- Carroll, superintendat of education for York county, tc ecome state agent for its work lr outh Carolina. Dr. Jackson Davis, of Richmond a., and Dr. W. B. Caldwell, of Nev 'ork, who have charge of the entlr< iuthern division of the work, came t< orkville last Friday to see Mr. Carall about the matter, and put th? ase up to him. The salary offered to Mr. Carrol fas $2,500 a year, with an expense al iwance of $1,500 a year. The worl ivolves principally investigation ol ducational needs in South Carolina dth a view to recommending to th< oard where it can spend the vast eduational funds at its disposal to th< est advantage. Mr. Carroll is in very much of i uandary over the matter. The posi on is one of the most important ir he educational work of the state ardly second to the position of stat< uperintendent of education, and th< alary, not counting the $1,500 travel ig expenses, runs about $800 a yeai ver the salary that is paid by hi! resent office. Up to yesterday Mr- Carroll h:.d no ally decided what he would do. H< i very reluctant to give up his presen 'ork which though progressing satisictorily, is far from finished, and stil e is finding much difficulty in per uading himself that it is not his dutj j enter the larger field. He will probbly come to a decision within th< ext few days. WITHIN THE TOWN ? There were no auction sales yester ay, salesday for June. The registra on board was in session as usual anc .sued a number of registration certifl utes on account of the approachin* :hool elections in the Bethel anc iowling Green districts. ? The people of the country suraunding have a right to a first rate ompetitive cotton market at this lace. They have a right, too, to the epeal of that license tax on cottor uyers that was levied for the purpos( [ keeping outside buyers from droping in here and buying cotton in lots ? Miss Eula Mire Plaxco was the 'inner of the scholarship medal of?red by the High school department f the Yorkville Graded schools. The ledal of the U. D. C.'s for the besl aper on Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, was warded to Miss Eleanor Herndon, and le D. A. R. medal for the best paper n Ann C. Cunningham, was awarded > John E. Carroll, Jr. ? The Saturday afternoon crowds ave become quite a feature of the iwn's weekly routine. The average umber of visitors on an average day ill off considerably during the war ~peod, after the leaving of the drafts, impared with what It was before the immer of 1917; but now this average number appears to be steadily gaining i with the returing of the boys from i the army and the increasing interest in ' all the activities of life. But far the 1 most noticeable change in the routine ] | is the increasing number of people i who appear on the streets and in the stores on Saturday afternoons. These > come from the farms and th6 mills, and they give ttye town quite a cityj like appearance. At times last Satur' day afternoon the streets were almost suggestive of show day. Business of . all kinds was quite good, too. r ATTENDANCE OFFICER. Miss Belva Sanders, recently chosen ; by the county board of education as one of the two attendance*officers pre* scribed for York county under the prot visions of the educational act passed ' at the last session of the general as - sembly, went to work in the office of 1 the superintendent of education yes. terday. 1 The principal duty of the attendance officer?the basic purpose for which the office was established?is to look after the complete observance of the . compulsory attendance law. These ofi fleers will collect Information of all children of school age, both white and b colored, and see to it that they attend 1 school during the period specified in the law or know the reason why. Miss Saunders is an experienced i teacher and school supervisor, who takes an enthusiastic interest in the i work, because of a high appreciation - of its importance, and those Who know ! her personally and who are acquainted , with her record, consider that the , county board of education is to be cone gratulated on securing her services. By way of preliminary preparation f for the task before her, MIsb Saunders J is now engaged in studying the annual reports as filed by the teachers of the various schools, familiarizing herself with the attendance record of each . school and getting such other information as may facilitate her work. ' Under the law York county is entit tied to two attendance officers, each , at a salary of $1,200 a year; but so far only one selection has been made. There have been applications for the ? other position, of course, but as yet the ? board has been unable to decide up an 1 additional choice. -After familiarizing herself with the * school records as they are to be had in - the office of the superintendent of edi ucation, it is the purpose of Miss Saunders to visit every school house in the county, get acquainted with the true' tees, meet as many of the patrons as 1 possible, and compile rolls of all the children, from the cradle on through * the high school age. STOLEN BUGGY RECOVERED. Mr. R. Theodore Ashe has recovered i the Emerson buggy that was stolen f from his home on the Sheider place, - two and a half miles south of York* ville, and the thief, a negro by the > name of Bob Hope, was committed to jail yesterday in default of $300 ball. f It was Mr. Ashe himself who located f the buggy. He found it at Mt. Zlon i negro church last Sunday and the ne? gro who stole it was arrested by Joe ? Barnes, constable for Magistrate Craw> ford of Bethesda township. t Mount Zion is a noted place for an * annual negro gathering on the first , Sunday in June. The first Sunday in ; June is Mount Zion day so far as a " large portion of the negro population f is concerned. On the first Sunday in June they gather there from all parts pf the county and sometimes the crowds aggregate thousands. In the old days, when liquor was more plenti1 ful than it is now, tha annual gatherX ing was always the occasion of more or less fighting?sometimes of pitched battles, with stones, clubs, pistols and - razors. There have been a number of killings at this place, and several hang* ings on account of the killings. The meetings have been less disorderly 1 during tne past iew years, on account of the scarcity of liquor; but none the 3 less well attended. Last Sunday's gathering was up to ' the old time standard in point of attendance. The people were there from every section over a radius of twenty miles or more. They-went on foot, on mule back, in wagons and buggies and in automobiles. It was a tremendous crowd. f Thoroughly familiar with the char acter and traditions of this meeting, . Mr. Ashe went there on the lookout 3 for his buggy. Recognize it, why of course he could. There were hundreds of buggies there; but it was the first buggy he had ever owned, and why could he not pick it out from among hundreds? Anyhow that is what he did. After locating the buggy and making sure of it, he called upon Constable Barnes, who took it in charge, and Bob Hope, the negro who brought it there, boldly claimed it as his own. That was where Bob Hope fell down, because op the strength of the claim Constable Barnes took him along. There was a preliminary before Magistrate Comer yesterday. The testimony amounted almost to a trial, in that it went further than an ex parte showing. Bob Hope claimed that he had "bought the buggy from the buggy factory in Yorkville with the big oak tree in front o f it." Mr. R. T. Allison, proprietor of the place described, testified that he had not sold an Emerson buggy. Mr. Ashe told how he had identified the buggy. A certain nut or tap had been replaced with a tap that did not match the others, one of the spokes showed a slight split right at the hub, and at another place there was a slight bruise; also because it had L no head on it, one of the t&cks with which the tag of the retailers had 1 been attached, was still in the body of the buggy. Mr. O. W. Carroll, of Car roll Bros., who sell Emerson buggies, r testified that he had sold this particu3 lar buggy to Mr. Ashe; that when he * tagged it he found he had run out of the tacks regularly used for the pur3 pose and that he had used one head less snoe tacK insieau. 1 There seemed to be no doubt abodt the identity of the buggy, and it was ? turned over to Mr. Ashe. The bond of ' the negro was fixed at $300 and he was > sent to jail until the bond could be ar5 ranged. TRAGEDY AT CATAWBA. t Mr. Burton Massey and. family of Rock Hill, the family consisting of 1 wife, baby and stepson, were the vic! tims of a horrible automobile wreck at i Catawba Junction last Thursday aft' ernoon. A car in which they were 3 traveling was struck by a Seaboard freight train. Mr. Massey was so badt ly injured that he died within an hour, i his baby died an hour later. Mrs. Mast sey was so badly injured that the out come is still a matter of grave doubt, 1 and her little six-year-old son, Master - John Cannon, is suffering from a broken r jaw bone, the loss of a number of teeth . and other injuries; but the chances of 5 his recovery are considered excellent. The accident occurred at about 6 o'clock in the evening. Mr. Massey, accompanied by his family, was returning to his home in Rock Hill, from - a business trip to Marlon county. The highway crosses the railroad through i a rippn cut. which dips down and up . within a short distance of the point ; where the Seaboard trains pass under I the Southern through a deep cut, and .where for fifty yards or more the . driver of an approaching locomotive , cannot see an approaching automobile , and where the driver of an approach , ing automobile would have no means ( of detecting the approach of a train , except possibly by the smoke from the locomotive. This is the condition until the automobile and locomotive [ would be too close upon each other ! for either to stop. So far as is known no one saw the actual collision except Engineer W. D. 1 Ferguson, of the freight train, and the occupants of the car, and no one saw 1 the imminence of it?that is no one j [ who could have warned Mr. Masseyor Mr- Ferugson in time to prevent the 1 disaster. Marks of the wheels along the sharp Incline in the road down to j i the railroad track showed where Mr. i ? Massey had skidded for fifty feet in ] > the effort to stop his car, and the 1 tightly clamped brakes on the broken i up car itself showed the cause of the i skidding. There were forty-four cars i behind Mr. Ferguson's engine. It is ] down grade from Spencer, the last ] ? station that had been passed to the south, and the fact that the heavy train stopped within about 600 feet of the fatal crossing, bore evidence of the promptness and efficiency of Mr. Ferguson's efforts. Mr. E. B. Patton,' the R. F. D. Carrier, was nearest to the scene of the collision when the crash occurred. He did not see. anything; but he heard the noise and surmising what had happened, he immediately started for the home of Dr. Hill, the nearest physician. Dr- Hill came at once, and Mr. Paris, who runs one of the stores, having learned a little more of the extent fmiroilv tolonhnnpd for Dr. W. V/i H?v W1WBVM/I ... I W. Fennell, who responded at once, reaching the scene from Rock Hill, I nine miles, in less than half an hour. Mr. C. F. Sherer of Yorkville, who was in Rock Hill, when he received the news, came along immediately after Dr. Fennell, bringing Dr. Simpson and several other gentlemen of Rock Hill, all friends of Mr. Massey, and all bent ort being of as much service as possible. As soon as he got his train stopped, and before the arrival of other help, Engineer. Ferguson, his fireman and other members of the train crew went back for the purpose of learning the extent of the disaster, and rendering any aid that might lay in his power. Mr. Ferguson came upon the unconscious form t>f Mr. Massey, and with the help of his fireman picked it up and placed it in a more comfortable position by the side of the embankment. Then he found the baby in the wreck of the car, which had been carried along on the cow-catcher. He could stand no more. His nerves gave way, he turned the baby over to his fireman and set down and commenced crying. Mrs. Massey had been first to be thrown from the car. She had rolled down a steep embankment and had been horribly mangled. Her little son had been thrown out a little further on. Dr. Hill reached the scene about the time the trainmen had picked up all the injured. He used his hypodermic where he considered it would be worth while, applied all possible restoratives, and (fid everything that could be done, nr nvmnell. l>r. Simpson, Dr. Steph ens and others came along shortly afterward, lending further assistance; but there was little that they could do except get the Injured people In shape for removal to Rock Hill. Mr. Massey opened his eyes some minutes after the arrival of Dr. Hill, and after he had received a hypodermic A friend was bending over him. He asked about Mrs. Massey and the children. The friend, realizing his desperate condition, said "They are all right, but you must be quiet" An expression of relief came into his face; but he said that he was suffering great pain and asked that something be done. While the doctor was preparing to administer another hypodermic, however, he declared that it would be no use; that his skull was broken and he could not live. He passed away resignedly. All of the victims of the wreck were shortly afterward placed on board the west bound Southern train and brought to Rock Hill. Mrs. Massey and her little son were taken to the Fennell infirmary, and Mr. Massey and the dead baby were taken to Reld's undertaking establishment. The funeral of Mr. Massey and his baby was held Frtday evening, the interment betl!ig in Laurelwood cemetery. The attendance included a large number of people of Rock Hill, and numerous friends from the country surrounding. \ . ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. J. S. Brlce and sons were visitors to Baltimore last week. Mrs. L. B. Wolfe, Jr. of Wolfton, Is visiting relatives In Yorkville. Mrs. DeWltt Brunk, of Sumter. Is visiting Mrs. M. B. Crosby, in Yorkville. Miss Mattie Mae Brown, of Greenville is Visiting Miss Ida Miller Quinn, in Yorkville. Mr. W. G. Flnley, of Columbia, spent the week end in Yorkville, with his mother, Mrs. D. E. Finley. Mr. Harry I. McCaw, of Columbia, spent Sunday In Yorkville with his siBter, Mrs. Belle Alston; Miss Hannah Edwards, of Darlington, visited friends in Yorkville last week. Major. J. D. McDowell, of Oteen N. C.,' spent several days last week with his family in Yorkville. Mr. W. D. Glenn, of Erskine college, Due West, has returned to his home in Yorkville for the summer. Miss Janle Wray, who has been teaching at Bethune, has returned to her home in Yorkville for the summer. Messrs. Rupert and Francis Reese James, of Union, spent Sunday in Yorkville with Mrs. O. E. Grist. Mr. Joseph Herndon, of the Alabama Polytechnic college at Auburn, has returned to his home in Yorkville fnr thfi summer holidays. Mrs. T. F. Cartwright, of Winnsboro is visiting the family of Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, in Yorkville. Misses 'Sue Meek Allison and .Margaret Cartwright, of Winthrop college have returned to threir homes in Yorkville for the summer. * * Miss Mary Henley Willis, who' has been teaching schdhl at Fort Mill, has returned to Yorkville for the summer. Mrs. W. B. Steele, who has been spending some time in Mayesville, has returned to her home in Yorkville. Miss Marion Randolph Bratton of Jackson, Miss., is visiting Mrs. Belle Alston, in Yorkville. Cadet Withers Adickes, of Clemson college has returned to his home in Yorkville for the holidays. Mr. Frank Hart, and sons of Columbia, visited relatives in Yorkville last week. Mr. W. W. Jenkins, Jr. of Spartanburg visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jenkins, last week. Mr. Charlie Ratterree, of Rock Hill, - J ?-?- T A Wot. VlSllt'U 1119 111U111C1, iUIO. u. /i. terree in Yorkville, last week. Mrs. J. R. Cannon and children, and Mrs. J. I> Williams, of YQrkville, leave for Blowing Rock today, Mrs. Williams to be gone two weeks and Mrs. Cannon to be gone for the remainder of the hot weather. Mrs. J. A. Ratterree has returned to her home in Yorkville after visiting with her son S. A. Ratterree, of Newport, Ark., relatives in the following places: Weldon, Paragould, and Littlw Rock, Ark., and also relatives in Oklahoma. R. J. Morrow, Jr., has gotten his honorable discharge after seventeen months' service with the American Expeditionary Forces, and has gone to work with his father, R. J.* Morrow, Sr., on Yorkville No. 7- He says he has had some good times and some tough times; but has no kicks. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wood, formerly of Filbert, now of Barnesville, N. C., have been spending the past week visiting relatives and friends at Filbert, Clover and Pisgah. They have charge of the school at Barnesville, and will spend part o'f the summer at one of the VnrtK pQi*nl{na oiimmor ophnnla fl.t Rfid Springs, N..C. Private Claude E. Smith, who has beery In France with the America^ Expeditionary forces since last October, arrived at his home on Yorkvllle No. 1 last Friday. He says that he has enough of France, and thinks a great deal more of the farm than ever before. He is ready to go to work now, he says; but is willing to go across again if the occasion arises. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Quinn, of Smyrna, have a telegram announcing the arrival of their son, Moflfatt, of the American Expeditionary Forces, In New York. Information was received here not. long ago that Moffatt had been in a hospital in France for some time past as the result of a fall from a motorcycle. He was engaged in carrying mail and the fall was the result of being attacked by a dog on the side of the road. So far as is known he is entirely recovered. General E. M. Law, formerly of Yorkvllle; but for the past thirty years a resident of Florida, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkvllle and Rock Hill. General Law is now the ranking major general of the Confederate ar- i mies. He is eighty-two years of age, and apparently is in remarkably good shape for a man of his years. Except ) for rheumatism, he said last Saturday, < tie has no cause to complain. Since 1 he left Yorkville thirty years ago, he bi has been engaged in school and news- ar paper work, and has not yet given up wi the latter. He still has an interest in fll a newspaper in Florida1 and -does more cb or less editorial writing. ? H Mr. E>aniel Whitener, of Yorkville, heard yesterday from his son, Walter rl J., of the American Expeditionary Forces, about whom he has been worried for quite a while. Walter writes that he has arrived in America and hi that his present address is Ward 22, 0< Embarkation hospital, Camp Stewart, th Ya. He has been suffering for some 22 time with a serious ear trouble and is a still suffering, but is very much 1m- a^ wMAirA/1 11a on Irs fVo >ia n nf V* <va rH T1 from home in so long that he does not I'i know what a letter looks like, and of a course he is out of money, because the kl army does not seem to have ever pro- to vided for the payment of men in hospital Mr. Whltener wired him some money yesterday. ^ * ? ui LOCAL LACONIC8 to S< Salvation Army Drive. C, Exclusive of Hickory Grove, which at has not yet reported, Mrs. J. R. Can- cc non has raised SI.211 cash on her st $1,000 Salvation Army drive apifor- a* tlonment, and the Spartanburg head- fo quarters has advised her that she has pt oustripped every other division in the hi Spartanburg district - tli Commutation Road Tax. ^ The commutation road tax is due n< and payable on or before July 1. It has tc been published in the papers that sol- oi dlers in the military service are ex- b< empt The acts, however, are not yet pi available, and the exact terms of the b< exemption cannot be stated. Treasurer ui Neil has sent for a certified copy of the M law, and expects to have the same m within the next few days- ei Will Do More Paving. jj Rock Hill, June 1: Committees rep- tc resenting the Chamber of Commerce w and the Rotary Club appeared before* b; city council at a special meeting of ai that body Friday night and presented oral petitions for permanent civic improvements, including street paving ' and extension of water and sewer tl lines. The meeting was attached by tl a representative number of the city's ^ business men, all of whom neartuy ? favored th^ improvements suggested, d. After enthusiastic discussions setting forth the value such action would be hl in increasing the growth of Rock Hill, a resolution was Introduced and unani- b mously carried asking city council to call an election on the question of is- n suing bonds In the sum of which $500,- 81 000 will be expended for street paving c* and 1500,000 for laying additional water and sewer pipes. The members of city council agreed to call the election P and books for registration will be ** opened shortly. If the election is car- s ried the paving will probably be started a during the latter part of the summer. " Gilbert H. White, consulting engineer, J5 has been retained by the city to super- r* vise "the work. He estimates that the b wosed bond Issue of $450,000 for cl street paving will provide sufficient funds for placing asphalt paving on y ten miles of the city's streets. , L 01 MERE MENTION. *1 si The Tennessee legislature has con- Cl ferred the title of colonel on Sergeant ^ Alvin C. York, who so signally dlstin- b guished himself in the Argonne forest 2; Of 320,000 soldiers brought-back w from Europe during the month of Ifay Bt the navy department brought back 300,900 Samuel Oomperr, president of the American Fedei&tlon of Labor, has announced his purpose to a visit Charlotte, N. C., on Labor day, the A first Monday in September. The tr famous Ninety-fourth pursuit squad- tl ron, commanded by Eddie Rickenba- Oi ker, reached New York last Saturday, h 1 s - w CLOVER CULLINQ8. Correspondence of 11m Yorkvillo Enquirer. P3 Glover, May SI.?Mr. and Mrs. Wlimott Mitchell of Spartanburg visited " Mrs. Mitchell's parents .Mr. and Mrs. V Z. M. Niell here this week. P Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Matthews left S Friday morning for Greensboro N. C. where they are visiting their son Mr. ' Joe Matthews. *J Mr. I. E. Whisonant who has been C working in Hilton Village, Va., has re- * turned to his home here. c' The Southern Power Company has P a force of hands here this week re- n Dairing the tower line from Clover to King's Creek. _ " Mr. Joe Barnett who is a member a1 of the senior class of thh Presbyterian J* college, Clinton S. C., spent a few d days here this week with his parents P Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Clinton. Among those who attended the Rural carriers association in Rock Hill y Friday were Messrs. D. M. Ford, Bow- ? ling Green, Wade H. Pursley and Wal- * ter B. Moore, Clover. Miss Lois Moore of Rock Hill spent d Friday night here with the family of * her uncle Mr. Walter B. Moore. Miss Annie Lee Adams who has been P teaching at Fort Jifill, this past year, P has returned home for the summer. w The Clover High School will hold its annual commencement exercises Tuesday night, June 3. Following is the roll of the graduating class: Misses w Ethel Adams. Lois Adams, Sara Glenn, Martha Smith. Francis Campbell, Mar- 11 tha Maxwell ? and Bffle McCarter, S Messrs Wilborn Ford.-Btall'. Slfford, ^ Knox Stacy and Ted Sifford. * T Miss Annie Nell of Charlotte N. C. c' is visiting the family of her brother d' Dr. M. B. Neil. w Mr. Ralph Webber, superintendent tc of the Hawthorn Mill and Mr. Henry F Grayson" foreman of spinning spent a *' few (lays this week in Boston Mass., e> and other northern cities. nj Mr. William Orr Sparrow of the P American Expeditionary Forces has S returned to. his home here. Q Dr. E. W. Pressley spent a few days 9' In Columbia this week where he made P> an address before the State Medical c< association. S1 Mr. James Page, Junior who has been tl in a Gastonla hospital for treatment ol has returned to his home here. " k: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. B. Williams a' of Llncolnton N. C., are spending the ?j week end here with their daughter R Mrs. Sam Jackson. 81 Miss Louise Smith, a student of 'n JJartsvllle college will spend the week n end here and leave Monday for Blue 81 Ridge N. C. . H SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. J] ? Lieut. W. F. Caldwell, well known st newspaper man, returned to Columbia 2f yesterday, after spending: more than a h year on the western front in France. s) Lieut Caldwell was with Company F, w Three Hundred apd Twenty-seventh jj Infantry, Eighty-second division. This r division arrived In New York a few w days ago and was sent to Camp Mills, flj Lieutenant Caldwell and a dozen others arrived In Columbia early yesterday morning and went to Camp Jackson, where they expect to be ? mustered out within the next day or " two. Before entering the service, P< Lieutenant Caldwell was in chage of P( the Columbia bureau of The Charles- N ton News and Courier and has many J"e friends throughout the state who will bE be pleased to know that he Is back. ?'Darlington May 31: Rev.? A. D. ? Cauthen, centenary secretary of the i South Carolina conference, returned , today from Memphis, where the secre-* taries of the Southern conference met W( and canvassed the result of the cen- j tenary drive. Mr. Cauthen wishes the *L, Methodists of the state to know that _ the South Carolina conference has been given the flag for going over the top . first. It was at first reported that ? Louisiana was the first to report her ? >..? i* tt'OH latw discovered 2?. ?JllUld laiocu uuv iv ???? -? jjjj that, a mistake was made and that the rr)( honor belonged to South Carolina con- mj ference. Mr. Cauthen said that reports to Memphis showed that his con- ,pj ference had raised without credits $1,399,370. Furthermore the South CaroUna conference leads in the percentage of over payment of allotment. pg ? Allendale, May 29: J. W. Hogg, th one of Allendale county's largest and pe most prominent farmers residing near j j Allendale, and H. D. Marley of Cohens T1 Bluff, Allendale county, shot each oth- ch er to death at the latters home this, pe afternoon about four o'clock, both dy- cu ing almost immediately. Only meager th details are obtainable tonight but it ag is reported that Hogg, accompanied by mi a man named Lewis, went to the Mar- eri ley house. Marley's dog bit Hogg, it As is said, and Hogg shot the dog, Marley 8t< It is claimed then opened Are on Hogg mi svith an automatic shot gun loaded with m? buckshot. Hogg fell mortally wounded^ sei 4 - f :y ' A it. drew his pistol, so It Is claimed, id shot M&rley to death as the latter eis running away. The buckshot inIcted a horrible wound in Hogg's iest. M&rley was shot four times, ogg. who is survived by a wife and ree children, is from one of the most omlnent families of this section, arley is unmarried. -Capture of 49 Germans single inded at Consenvoye, France, last itober brought Private Felix Bird, of ie 132nd infantry, whose home is at 22 South Albany avenue, Chlq&go, distinguished service cross and the vard of which was announced last tiursday by the war department, rivate Bird advanced alone against dugout, captured the 49 Germans and Ilea a German officer who attempted escape. -Atlanta, Ga., June 1: Local mem;rs of the Commercial Telegraphers' lion of America, at a meeting here night ratified an ultimatum to the juthern Bell Telephone ft Telegraph o., threatening a nation-wide strike 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon unless rtaln telephone operaters are reinated before that hour. The workers isert the employes were discharged ir Joining the union, while the commy reiterates that only six operators ive been let out in a month and all lose for inefficiency or infraction of ties. Postmaster General Burleson is ordered an investigation but ilther side here had heard from-him might. The situation followed the -ganizing here this spring of a num it or telephone girls ana omer emloyes of the telephone company, who >came members of the telepraphers' nlon or of the electrical brotherhood, iost of them joined the telegraphers' nlon, it was said. Several of these mployes told the meeting tonight ley had been discharged for having lined the union. Union leaders said might a check showed seven young omen and two men had been let out y the telephone company for union stlvltles. ? The long awaited presentation to le Austrians of the terms under which ley may have peace-with the Allied ~ nd associated powers took place ves>rday at St Germaln-en-Laye, a short Istance outside Paris. The Austrians arned, however, only what they will ave to do from the military and polical standpoints and how their future oundarles are to run. The coat to lem financially in. indemnities and ? iparatlona will be withheld to be preented at a later date. Meanwhile a Dmmission of the Allies are going i rough the German counterproposals > the German treaty and it is elected that the reply of the Allies will e delivered during the present spelt, unday saw the council of four inctive; waiting the report of the cornilssiona Count von Broctadroff-Ransau, head of the defeated, continued > assert that the Allied terms can not e accepted as originally framed, delared them to be "more than the Gerlan people can bear." WHiether the llies are to make concessions remains >.be seen. German troops in Lett and dthuania are reported to have been rdered to withdraw to new lines in le Baltic provinces. British and Bolhevlk Russian warships again have ome into battle in the Gulf of Fintnd. Although the Bolshevik had the. attleshlp Petropavlovsk, a vessel or7 1,307 tons, in the battle line thejv ere forced eventually to flee to Kiontandt. ?** ? c w$ ? England's bill for transporting a illllon American soldiers across the tlantic in British ships is approxitately $82,000,000. This and x the fact rnt President Wilson advanced $6.* imj.oou oi nis special una?ana proably more? to the Czecbo-Slovaks, ere the two chief developments of bursday's hearing of Secretary Bakr, Gen. March and other war depart lent officials before the House millLry committee. The army approprlaon bill which failed at the last Confess was under discussion. "The resident assisted two of the CsecholoVak corpq," said Gen. March, "form loney at his disposal to the extent ot S,000,000, and I think he has given lera allotments since so that the zechs could get arms. The charge as to be ultimately against the C*eno-Slovak country "which the Allies roposed -to organize in Central Bu>p. It is a regular debt like any ther debt between nations.". This so / ir as is known was the first Inform Lion Congress has had of advances of. loney to the Csechs from the Pre sient's fund. The'British bill far transortation of American troops caused ulte a little discussion. Brig. Gen. [ines, director of transportation, said reat Britain originally asked $166* >r transporting each soldier to ranee, but the nost Anally was r.euced to 4X1:76. IWirty-flve million' ollars already has been paid. Conressmen asked if the general did not_ link the charge excessive, but he he- . lied he believed the costs of- trans, ortlng troops in .American ship* rould turn out to be higher. ? Howard Wllco? of Indianapolis on' the ibventh annual International weep-stakes race of 600 miles at the lotor speedway at Indianapolis last ' aturday, his time for the distance betg 6:44 21.76, Two drivers, Author hurman and Lonts Lococq and a melanlclan, Robert Bandlni were killed Vit, nnntmm* anH two others V ere Injured. As a result of his vietry. Wilcox wins & purse of $20,000. ifty thousand dollars were divided:* mong the first ten drivers. The oth* prize winners finished in the order amed: Hearne, Goux, Guyot. Alley e Palma. L. Chevrolet, Hickey, G. hevrolet, and Thomas, WHlcox and uot were team mates. Wilcox eajmed the lead as the cohtest aproached the half way mark and drove insistently throughout. He had two .ops, once for a tire change and on te other occasion to take on gasoline, il, water and to repair a lost stering > nbckle. His average was 87.12 miles i hour. All records of the Indianapos speedway were shattered by Ralph e Palma for the first 200 miles. Long ays in the pit, however, put the Italn driver almost entirely out of the inning and it was only by terrific >eed that he managed to finish sixth, e barely nosed out L. Chevrolet, uthur Thurman, driving a car be had ^assembled himself, was killed when Is machine turned over on the back retdh before the race had progressed i0 miles/ He was dead when found, is mechanician received a fractured cull, and was rushed to a hospital here he was operated on immedlateLouis Lecocq and his assistant, obert Bandini were burned to death hen their car turned over and caught i~C. Charlotte Cotton Mills Resume.? . he four cotton mills of the Chadwlckosklns company, closed down temirarily about a week ago because of issible difficulties growing out of the orth Charlotte labor difficulties will sume operation this morning' on the is is of the "open shop," in accordice with an arrangement made late st week between Authur J. Draper, esldent, and representatives of the xtile workers' union. According tto aders of the operatives, each of these . ills will have its complement of orkers present when the hour to ben work arrives this morning. The Ills are Chadwick, Hoskins, Calvine id Louise. Operatives will be resumed at Highnd Park Mills and the Johnston anufacturlng company's mill next onday morning, also on the "'open op" basis, according to announcepnt" from the management. These Ills were closed down forsa period of iout 15 weeks because of strikes, le announcement of President. C. Johnston was to the effect that ese mills will be operated on a sis of 55 hours a week, and that the y of operatives will be computed on e scale in effect at the times pf susnsion' of operation, when the factori were operating 60 hours a week. ie basis of pay of operatives of the ain of mills controlled by Mr. Drar has not been involved in any disssions between the management and e operatives, the matter of the manement's attitude toward employ- . ?nt of members of the textile work- , s* union being the principal point, i of the mills controlled by Mr. John)n, both the pay basis and employ;nt of unionized operatives were itters of dlscussRm.?Charlotte Obrver, Monday. / J ' * v' 3^ ? v.' '/ *. ' * "* > ^