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0 W i.immjJ UflBI.-Hitil ** '? > r.-j* Lm*?BBII^3 L3 i3su?3 cehi- weekly. * ' l. m. grist's sons, publishers. gt jfcunili) jUirspapcr: ar'or the promotion of the political, Social, Agricultural and o'ommercial Anterests of' the jpeopty. ter^^^^opt.EfivkNcent8^nc^ ESTABLISHED 1855 YOj i IC, S. C.. KRT.I )AY, I )TX 1EMBE I J 2, 1921. _, NO. 96 VIEWS jVND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED UP BY ENQUIKER REPORTERS Stories Concerning F9lks and Things, Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading, "No, we have not decided on what we are goir*; to do next year," said a ( leading Yorkviile supply man to Views, and Interviews yesterday. "The fact is we don't kndw what we want to do. We know, of course, what we would like, to do; but we do not know what wt | can do. We would like to go into next, ' year in the belief that the boll weevil ' is not going to amount to anything and; 1 that cotton will be a big price the next ! ' fall. Nothing I can think of would suit us better. IJut my good common 1 sense tells me that while like every-^ body else, especially the farmers, we are willing to take our part of the risk 1 of drought, excessive rains, hailstorms,, ' trifling labor and all that, 1 am not going to tako too much bhances on the I,' boll weevil. He's a gentleman we can- j ' not calculate on, and 1 am not going ' to try it. The man^vho wants to put j 1 in a heavy cotton crop will have to do ' it ut his own risk." Constitutional School Tax. Heard two men the other day talk- v ing about the constitutional school ' tax, and one of them gave it as a rea- { son why it would not do to raise the assessed valuation of local property,I . because the effect would be to make f York county pay more school tax than j some other county foP tin: benefit or ( the state at large. The other man di'l r.ot know any better and therefore ac- ^ cepted the statement as a fact with- f out challenge. ' j As a matter of fact both men needed ( a little instruction on the subject; but , as Views and Interviews did not feel:, warranted in breaking into that parti- i (J eiilar conversation, he had nothing t??I v say. However there may be others j who are mixed in this matter. All the constitutional three mill ^ school tax that is collected in York ^ county for instance, is distributed in York county, pro rata, according to enrollment among the common schools. ( For instance, on a report of enrollment in all the schools of the county?enrollment of the common school class ^ ? the county bo-ml of education divides the total filial by the total number of pupils and th'-n apportions to , each school district the amount of r money to which it is entitled on a , basis of enrollment. : j Although the school tax does not ( enter into the proposition the party t had in mind, still this party was hit- ^ ting at another proposition that is of, ;| very great importance. That is the j assessed valuation of York county property in relation i? \tie nrsosscu , valuation of other counties. If York > county property is assessed at a high- < or valuation than Chester county, for instance, then York county pays more | tax in proportion to what she ought i to pay than does Chester county. Registration, and Voting. I They were discussing in the sheriff's t office the laws, with reference to regis-'i nation and voting, and in connection i with the qualifications for voting one i of tlum asked whether the treasurer ( could he required to issue a receipt for ( poll faxes paid until after the taxpayer 1 had p-fjd all otln r taxes. I Tile question W?l.S suggested hy thai I provision of the law v.hiHi stipulates | as a pre-requisite t<> voting, "and slia'l | have paid six inontlis before an idee- | tion any poll tax tin n din- and puya- i lde." | ( Some of them could not see why a ( man could not pay his poll tax at one | time and his otlar taxes at some other time, so after dispute, the matter was j referred to Treason r Neil, lie put it | up to Views and Interviews like this: | "I am unnhle to liml any aiithorit.v in | the law for the issuance of a receipt for | poll tares alone if the taxpayer is liable for other taxes. 6f course, since \vc make up the hooks hy townships, making si parale charges on .account of ; the taxes in inch township, if a tax- < 11-?> ! \V]I * lias property I I III II' 'I i'l t M'M nil townships, sln.ii'd nsU for In: | 1 i 1 ?l in juiy |i.iitirul.ir township. 1 | riitlM ;i11<i wuilil give it I" 11i111': lull 1 ? don't how I roiiM tike liis in.ill. \ . for it | < 111 in x iilolir ; i ml leave tin I ml > illlee of till* t: X' S llllp.lid oil til"' I"" lis. | "Itii; us I s? < il," .Mr. Nril < < iiliiiini!, ";i poll titX rrrri'lt would In- of no v.ll'ir ' anyway, heeause iind. r tin,' law. the managers of tin- ? Irrtion, l fori- allow - , in ; a voter to east :i l.iillot, must r- iplire proof of the payment of nil titx< s. iinluding poll tu\, assessed and colketihle lor the preecdin:. year." Then iinotli"t of thus.- pi-, sent ?-:tlit d iitteiilion to tin- faet that a voter entile t lawfully, use :i suite ri gistr ition i ?-rtili.-iite within thirty da>s sifter iis isstiiimv anyway. IN- might manage in i. mu:iiei|Kil e'vetion, where h" votes or ;i tntinieipiil registration eertifieut.e: hut where ;i state eeriifientc is re. i wind it is no good until i: is thirty days old. However, it voter eannnt lawfully proetir* :i iminieipul registration eertili until he lias exhibited proof of H;e | : t \ > 11? fit ";i : 111 illhl < ??llllt\ tsi.V ;11141 ?I j1.11 11!i ii u ill" ni? > < sir. Finest There Is. I> \ 11 !:ii'uv IJi-v. II Wilson. . AU*0>nm ll.svilh? If y?m ihm'l y<?u 11 - i 11 I II" " |i.c ?n- i.| <"li\-"'l" church d<?wn there, and he just tits the place to perfection and that moans; a whole lot, for those McConnellsvillej folk generally are some people. Rev. Mr. Wilson dropp d into .the ^Tlieo of the superintendent of education Wednesday' to luiy some school books. He was accompanied by his two little boys, both of them fine looking chaps. Views and Interviews happened to he in at the time and there of course developed ;i pleasant exchange of activities, during which the general subject of McConnellsville came up. "We have a fine community," said Mr. Wilson, "one of the finest of which I have any knowledge." Views and Interviews did not question the statement, because he knew it was absolutely true. "You and Mr. Carroll should drop in ?n us some Sjinday," Mr. Wilson went >n, "and we will show you a fine Sunlay school, and the liveliest Christian Endeavor organization you ever saw." "It is generally understood that you lave a good one," said Mr. Carroll. "Wyatt A. Taylor said once," Mr.| Wilson stated, "that the McConnells- j rille Christian Kndeavor jsociety was1 he last in the Cnited States." "< ?f course," suggested View* and | Interviews. "Why not. You have old established families of good people who! tave been long and consistently work-* ng along this line, and of course you j tave made trenyndous progress." "You have sized tlieni up all-right," eturned Mr. Wi'son, "and that rcninds mc of another thing. Of eq.ur.-f ou are aware that the common oharictcristie of o!d established communiies is snobbishness. That is one of the irst things that an observer of, cnowlcdge and experience thinks of in, oniiectkm with such a community. Hut want to tell you that tlmre is nothing if that kind to be noticed in McConlellsvillc. or in Olivet congregation. Taken altogether our people arc legi.'i- , nate heirs It) all the pride that is a!owable, lieeatise of long and honorable amily records: but there is not a more lemocratic community to be found mywhere. livery individual is taken in liis own in 'lit.-:, ami nobody assumes uperiority on any other cotisiderntion. i | t is a most d'-lightful community." "I don't hesitate to say," commented "jews and Interviews, "that you have , iaid a liigln r triiiute to McConnellsi'le even titan that paid by .Mr. Wyntr l. Taylor." _1 OUTPUT OF THE GINS " I fork County Figures Much Ahend'cf^ , La:t Year. Tim Department of O nun ? brough the Ilureau of the Census, an- , lounets the preliminary report 0:1 rot- . on ginned by counties, in South Cuvoina, for the crops of 1021 and JOJO. : trior to November II. The total for lie state was made public at In a. m.. ilonday, November 21. (Quantities ; re in running bales, counting round as | mlf bales. I,inters are tu t included.) 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I II <|i;i|-|;i!l!nirK' Mi.:'Ill .".S,171| ">iUilt<T I7.7!M -! I. ! !! I 'IIi'111 ! I i,'-' I I i\- i 11 i. <?: i.-; I ?ii rj; 7.'?"-. ".',27' v< i !: ' i':'."7i All '!' > ii ?;si.?;j7 IM:: * 0>i1111. Xovi'mbi'i" I!": Tin* Sntilli Carolina l/ni uo < ' \\'< mil V vn is in.v. 11j.i \i:.i:iii i;.l p: | . ;-j*; ion for IutiiichiiiK iln ii'.'i- fur slat? I l Ir.iiiin iii ?-: rry < ( 1'n |.. * < -: i "i llm Shcpjiard-'JVwitcr . I'l-rinlly I : - ci| li_v I'nty ' . . 'I i s I ? i- h i |-ni\ i?!t-x i . i ii i . v. ' .i 'i 1 ' si-all aiiiii'uiH'ial*.' si.-ite funds t nui'.ch ti > f funds til 1 \ -li: l> li s ! "!>. ? i loll \\ iI Im . id; ?!? ill' > I lir 1 ! JL' It i.' l iliiri' !< ] 11'\ i-if l:.ini>- !'H < i . yih; t ill lilt IM'UViriliKH lif till* : i i ".I this Tin Sin piisiiil-TnwiH'i' ' I v I'TOVidi* IH?.|U\\ ftil* in: Mi. i l " iu-l Uflit.ji i,f \ "ii;it; \vi?i11' 11 i i j ! "i in; !f. liii.ili'S I.-i\ mill; .'I ilit'i.ii': .nit i ; Mil \ : II >.1 \ . \. In. I I fli > in iii hi i In- |:111.*!11 i:; yn ... i . mtlillii-r hi >i.us liit: n . i^in'I. . im.' ' i\ Iliilii'l ls li:is I.. # it - i-lt i ti-I ; ; li .... : . . 1 WEST ROAD LOCATION Important Question Requiring Inteliigenl Consideration. WOULD UNWIND A WINDING W!.\D Savings of a Few Months Now V.'oufd Tlirow the Town of Yorkviila Out of! the Line of Travel and Itrtpocc Untold Inconvenience cn Future Generations. Editor Yorkvillc Enquirer: * in, you uiiow iii'' space m ,\>'iii paper 1<? call the attention of the peop'e of Western York to v.bat I consider a very prove mistake they arej making i:i sittintr idly and allowing "tie or two men to say where tlie West ! road sliall lie located? I am aware of the fart that the law J Rives the county supervisor and commissioners the right to s; y where they I shall work the chain gang, but the law] also says they shall build a north.: south, cast and west road with tin ; pang. The north, south an V east roads have Imwh built; but tIfe West road will never be built if they follow the survey tliey have mapp d out for it. I think the law says the county scat! (York) shall be tin- starting p< int for these roads. The north, south ami east roads began at the center of York; but the West road wi I begin on" and one-half miles up the north road. Just think what a round about wa> ?-- 1- -.< fi.L-'o rVo.lf li.v ,1 IIIU |JI !?i?n; "i. n n ^ . wv .? ... ship will have lo ro to rot t<> the county seat. A man living*, say five mile: south from Sharon is within eleven miles of York eourthousc 1>\ a straight road. If he travels what is bcir.y built for the West road"lie will po fourteen n|i oj j.>3 oj I'vini t[i uu>j--u:o pen eourthousc. Then win n he a !s rtndy to start home h> will travel one ami! one-half miles din- north, which is in the opposite direction from hi- lame, before ho turns in the direction that li wants to yo. I Know they say tlvy ran littilcl the' load they have mapped out clasijcr than they can build the shorter route. Hut after th y e, t it btiilt,.will it be what the people want? I don't b. '.icy it will. This loail may he and m> iouht will he tin d for Kciicrulions, a:i' I don't consider it Rood judgment t<> force the traveling public, espeeial'y I he people of U'cshTn York, to travel three and on -fourth mii< s extra each ui'ip for lla next hatch- d c.f years in r Itl- to i \ I 'i.- t i iu .i:.if o ! . months work. In ether wont-, wlrit is a ft w months titn to tiio chain jany in comparison to tin convt nit net tnd expensa of thousand* of people for maybe hundred-; of. yea: ? (live Western York Jut proportionit' time of the yanif ami tin y can leiild <1 r<?::d ax straight a.-; u Iiti<* can lie drawn fr-nt Veil: to Sharon. "They will ask you what is tin- e and ope-1 fourth miles of good r< ad for an automobile.' I say it is about ten minutes time, lost, but 1 want to ask; what in thrce ami one-fourth inii' > to th noor man who has to c-v?t that dis I;i!i< with i>M "Alike ami Meek'.'" I m.v it is mi" hour's lmit. Not mi!; !Hi hour hut if li" i-onios t<> to', a .ml returns ho will lose two hours, on ominjr ami oim Kuiiur. Tin- < :tia tiin li t driwrs i f '>1(1 "Mis an<l 11? > !<" ;.m lift wear "ii luttuiicliilv 11.1 in :;oin this l!:? * : :vi one-iourih mis will in t' :i years til!:", |?.iy tin* tlilT"i< : i in rush <- ! building tii<- divert . "I. If ilistars <">uutx noihiiiK. \.i." ' ' let the ] ample of north-western York no l>/ (i.isttiiii't ami those joiithivt tern York by Alei'mmoU ville, to rent-It York? Tin n :!?i"'iitT ? i ?!' He ir :ir i ments Is this: "We have to connect With s i" "i i id": out I", a ili town v.ii! t??muiM ?h? i? r J I <> t h" low it I: mil titi I h 1111 i i :" : i * We'l if til. i i : i li ulli in I;" ttuimnt, I say ili i.?iinir> p? mivhi in hii t" t I.i tout ami ,M* < '"iiiii 11\ i'i ami "llirr Ji'.ii - ami stop wiieli tin ;-.i i there .- nil 11 .: i inn iin- !"V, a of York has .mi. nit reh nt >.in; 'I it . ! l"C ah . Kill I. ! : doTl'l ' ' ii.iii,- i.. iI nun Ill I' ..II- . . ... ;trtTiiin ri. I know k li : i w I" fellow. . Nut I . ' know >!: ii.is hi' "12x12" fellow*. ii you i uc h nil : ;i| i* 1 hi III I!. ' I V I I .1 III tho i it will ii? *i" ji'it ami iiM-i I the IVi : i*i ul i a : |>*iini Jhi ofli' i i) il* ' i iii'. I i.iii'i 111*111 : i ii il iii - i i I . . !. if ill;; a i mimI (: ! ii f: r11 York (< im:i. tor i :i*.i i t. Wli.-'i I ?Vi.ul i Willi I I.IW . ' I \. in.nl, I ri, i . -ul ii i u i 11' iii s I' I wihi 'I *;i * .1 ; l .1 , for 11" \V? l r ul. I iloii* li' Ii- \*i t * ]n .m;. who will I'.-fvH ilti ro.il uiifl vim will hi ' tw !i Iji |mI.. f > i* il i:i iucoiu "nil nt i' v. i!i nv lor ii. hi. i: Iny will jurt i' i lilt ft* thought, : ;! Milt lie hi i ' im > '? I . hi . tcrent. l i iiiil .\l. 111:?i:tii. Vork No. 1. Nov. 30, l.'.'l. COMING OF FOOH Gtner.ili :icoo c.f o.! A fir. -i Will Visit ;;t GrsC'iwo*.!. (- .1. N..V. ?V ? iO I.1 ! : i; v. iii v. < !r?-< :i nni! hi; In . iiiln i ! . ,i i : tl ' '; i y Mill ( i . v I : i' I-I" ' ' 1 ' 'i i' . v i ' 1 ! I !.! "li ll'lllll I' l' Hill . I m j Morris <*. Lumpkin, who was assured hy both Franklin D'Olier, former national i ritnnt iruler of the legion, and Hanford MacNi?er,* present legion eommiinder, that IWurshal Focli would make only one stop intSoiith Carolina and that would h<> in Greenwood. Jlis special train will reach Greenwood, at 4:25 p. m., and j he will remain in ! Greenwood 30 mittutes. I .. i..,? Ik- ?rai. < M?Y<-I IIUI V in.jfci II...1 ..|,.? I.I.IJ ...... fl< <1 Greenwood that ho and his staff and as many of the state oflleials as possible will be present to welcome the great French generaIissimo in bohalf of South Carolina. Invitations will he sent to all governors attending the conference of governors at Charleston, just previous to the visit of .Marshal Foch ti? Greenwood, to come to (Ireenwo d on the occasion of his visit. Greenwood is already in a fever of preparation for the marshal's visit and tlnnsamls arc expected from all parts of South Carolina. Many Legion Members. Morris C. Lumpkin, state legion commander, h i:: notified the local post of tin- Am'uiean Legion t,hat hundreds of i? gi< naires from all over the state will come. Col. Mjpiro Johnson of the famous Johnson's* engineers of the I lain how division! has notified the local legion post fihat lie expects to come and bring every legion man in Marion county if possible. Col. Holmes I!. Springs of Grctnvi lo also declares that Greenville lcgionuircs are prcpaiiiur to c??me to welcome Marshal Focii in larxc numbers. A nu-etiiiK.of officials of the Southern, l'iedmont ?V: Northern, C. W. C. anu H. A. L. railways will be held here tomorrow at no.,n to discuss the numl>er ofv special trains necessary to handle the crowds coming to Greenwood on December !?. The police department is making preparations to take care of the parking problems l>\ sec tiriiitr vacant lots wherever jwssible tit he us?d by the thousands who arc expected to conic by auteniobi'e. The American Ivu'ion has hcjjun steps to 1> cunt the raising of rates by hotels and restaurants, os many \\ii?? come will If ob'iso d to stay overnight here. Marshal Kuril's special train will he met by a delegation of notables, iriil the marshal and aides conducted to the eent< r of tl?I> business section of Greenwood wheiv from a platform decorated with the Stars and Stripes and the French tri-co!or, Governor t'oap. r ar.d othor^distinfirulshcd leaders -in South Carolina will forma1 ly wr-Ieom" the corr-fcjwidor of the allied irmit ; to South Carolina and to Green wond. A iinhiue programme is hcinir worked out, the details of which havenot hei n announced. Turkey and Qua?!. Marsha! l-'och will lie tendered a turkey dinner, prepared as only South ("a;-" ina cooks enn prepare it, Owinrr to the fact that he can be here only r,A rninut s. a arch is being1 made for lb" largest turkey in this section which i'!!l be prepared with cvcr> other dish that goes to make an old Southern turkey dinner complete, and pi :c -d on his special train. Greenwood p irtsm- 'i also plan to supply the - ?r U.HJ, fit: 'i i i i i .w .. mi 11 ii.... ...... ;i Jar*. quantity of fircenwood quail. (li'cciftvood will lie decorated as n.? other town has be n docorated In Uiis s c?ii??n lirfn i', tlm. iti charge of arngo: i' rit declare. 1 'rofessional deei?r 11 -s \ ;'! in- < ngag i to liav.' charge of d-<'or;i< ions. Twenty thousand !Vouch and Annie an liags have boon ord'T. d a:t I *T*.ii* -s mis of yard:! of tri> < ! ! Iqinliii" wi'l ho t.aught. 'I I- it: - x\v? re y-nl tonight I" 1:1:;. I 'IS of a'l lie |?l ill' iji.i I towns of S :Mi i'.i lira, nvMiiiei.: of emigres* . ii I senators from South Carolina and a eiiiiil.i r <>i iitln " le orni ioiil < ilizeins I South 'a, inviting liem to le- |'l eSellt. 'i ! ( . nlili* * it i"' II hip of (Jl'ri !1. i. ..I i: imbed in n ? ffoi I mate II \ i ..I of I.ir.aiaI I'oeli a memo. niId -oasion in South Carolina Wain, v. N'1. .ill., tie \i It of Mir.llli do I. '.i vol le to Soii'li '.irolinn has ill slat' I a linmn ?-I |.y ;-n dislinvm !i? I :i :.is .1 . file tiio.se in : r.e o! preiKiratioi , and even the ,t of lei. -tie (.111 i o| compare w . !I I ie le o f si IV of l!,e eoinlliatld r of all lii" a Wild urine.-:, they ; .y. -- t *> * 'I'!- ti t -v in' \\ r. it V.. V : ,.r t?'? 'pi.Jis, : m > i" ai re ! : rvieo of ' e I i ' ' S-'-l' lai'V of till * - I ' I . - ..... , .1 . in; |?! in t!'" Sp ii i. !.-.i: - A nwi !< It li v .1,- I ill " i uir tii j in \\ <ii ;<S : i'>11 > <i\ ;! ;*t?: Til* y hi'tiu.! in Spsil*; ' I i. x ami; : v tmr:m!i>'il v. : 'i ;!i;?'i>y>-:< i'l tin* I i !>i nivt I'-'. . :?VflV?l til;-! {!]> offi?'? ll.l' I :i litir l-'ly ? 1 i ; ! i1 !. Tii r!n < ;s v i'i"i' mad" v ;? : i\ it ilis.u l?v i!!|irn:i >>f a . a r !i>! ; : "?!? .i? i it i-; I -1 i \? i l?y i ' , . OM t I (' Hal .Vati.is: : Tin- ; M> J" t it"r- I It!. I,. I.\ I. ! >', !!> tn |\ ! ' a . ' . 11 t I. . -I . I:: . n il< nil tin ii r!: i ! nil ctuf. .I!> 1 . t 11.u s ui' rlin. tv.a parti) h. ) t S ' ill. 'ui .. ji; v !ii' ti noi ni t'i" i!: . ii t in . k ) iin.l . I . -.1 v. ! ii*li w.li I ! I.. ' i;. Ii | ,i.. i i.l It..- : nil) v i SURGERY ADVANCING ??? Many Amazing Feats Are Now Performed. 'LYES MAY YET BE GRAFTED IS BELIEF ^ i*aiA I rv> ni*a\/a ?v> am! U i c Q aam M a rl n In I Artificial Limbs?Bandages Are Being Discarded in Treating Wounds Surgical advances as 4he result of the great war will he comparativly as i groat as it was after the American Civil war and the Franco-Herman ' struggle. That seems now to he sure. For one example the Carrel-Dakin treatment for wounds, which kept them during the war in several Paris hospitals under a dripping antiseptic ' fluid, open and unbound, while healing, I has been proved and now is accepted j by the medical end surgical profession here as a vast step in advance of the Id method of bandaging and airless healing. Much larger surfaces can be treated in this way than could be by the old methods. One amputation, due to burns which, in connection with the I burns, left an area of more than three square feet of flesh quite bare of skin j or other protection has healed perfcet, ly. I am told, under this treatment, I without any bandaging whatever and i in li ss than half the time estimated as likely to bo necessary for its rei ' covcry. The achievement, therefore, of the j distinguished French surgeon Dr. 1. P.. ..Ma1 I. VI/V tt'nu V?<u won! ; .\u Ai.*i v ai n:i, ?iiu wito fsivuu uio ^icac chance l?y the Rockefeller Institute in New York, is likoly to be of vast importance to humanity, not only in the j ease of another war but in instances of industrial accidents, street injuries, etc. Wonderful Artificial Limbs. Notable in another way has been the advance which for a time was doubted but now seems generally to be ac, knowlcdgcd. made in Italy In the'eonslrurtion of artificial limbs. The ingenious creator of this scheme combines the arts of surgery and mechanics Jor the benefit of maimed men in such a way that perhaps it may be possible for a man who has lost his hand or hands, for instance, to move all the artificial fingers which will be supplied to him, at will, through an effort of the brain and with them to catch hold of objects, point, and so on, almost if not quite a.^ well as he was able to before ho lost his arms. This ingenious plan entails a special operation at the time of amputation. By this operation tho muscles which control the thumbs, fingers, etc., are left protuberant from the stump and formed into loops. As the wound of tho operation heals these muscle loops are hardened and made unsusceptible to sensitiveness. Fingers and Thumbs Work. The new Italian artificial limb has lingers, thumbs, etc, so arranged that I lit 3* t* til UC IHMIM'U lll? Willi llivoii mun- . (1(? loops by cords. Thus the wearer j of the limb, who lias control over the j ntti. cle loops by means of his nerves j which are the subjects of his brain, j unite as lie has always controlled the : muscles, finds them again connected' with lingers, thumbs, etc. even though these be but artificial substitutes. Thus, by an effort of the will, lie is enabled l<> grasp things, open and shut his hand, bend specific lingers, and perform other movements of his artificial limb in such away as to make it almost as complete and perfect a servant ef his brain as the old, natural ' li; ml once was. Can Eyes be Grafted? That is sufficiently wonderful for: lie days writing, but it is by no means the most wonderful thing which I s been or is being developed by the ".. its in surgery who have been a nte l^by the tremendous need and the |>1 .iiIn 1 practice which the war supplied. The most pitiful of all victims of the war were those who lost their :a.iil through it, and there were many thorn .inds of them are, indeed; thevr m: be seen in sorry groifps in the various homes which have been osi;Mi.-lied for them in all the warring eiilii-s and v.ill be seen in evidence ui oil the street in any stroll which ?>ne may wish to nial-e anywheKe in Ku: ope. All sorts of splendid efforts have i a made to mob r somewhat more i? 1'T.il?!e than otherwise they might be ii>. ii" : i,f these unfortunates, but i tin s along ?iti announcement u hit h one must mention almost with i .i'i .I In'f 11h. being careful that it it it-; :n?i get in tiie minds of any blind Ik until it lias been proved out, be -at: it might rouse in burdened hearts ' in i s which if it should prove ineff< live, woiiltl be succeeded by very I i'ti r di;. ppointment. Ti: tremendous tiling is the : . :i. \i im at believed to have been 1". a Viennese I'rnfessor, Dr. M. K' i'.'.iin i. distinguished during the war for bis skit! in treating injuries j f the i and induced to make in: enitius t \perim?. ills by the magnitude to' tin lilintfed in the Austrian and (ierman aimies. The p! a v.hi h he i: said to have I i worked out Willi promising success was lirst suggested as a possibilit} it > \. irs. I 111 liner ii: s mill i'ir-i vio l: !y uriiiully :itt ni|itr<l. so far as I i vpi-ils in Paris, |iy anybody It i- i yi'-nraftiliB. Iir. Kuppanvi is said to liavo siic! ' full' -_i it . 1 livi* PVff, iiito 1140 heads of blind reptiles with complete success, and, after many failures, to have made a complete success in the case of one blind animal?a rat. The sensitiveness of the grafted eyeball to the touch of outside substances is said to have returned, in the cause of the rat, after the eyeball had been in its new home a week and sensitiveness to lierht after it had been there for about six weeks. Soon after the sensitiveness to light returned sight was actually restored as was clearly evidenced by the rat's actions. Besides this, really great advances have been made in the treatment of eye-injuries. The use of the electromagnet for drawing particles of metal out of injured eyes has been entirely perfected, and, while this had been used in the United States before the war, notably at the Cary steel plant, its use in Europe dates from the time of its utilization in the treatment of soldiers eyes affected by flying metallic fragments during the war. MADE A GETAWAY Penitentiary Convict Escapes in Mysterious Manner. Columbia State, Wednesday. After hiding out "somewhere" inside the state penitentiary walls gince Friday afternoon, Jack Fields, white prisoner, Monday night took advantage of the absence of the special guards who had been searching for him since Friday, and scaled the state prison walls, so making: good his escape. A board, a rake and a piece of rope, all mute evidence of the prisoner's escape, were discovered leading over the penitentiary wall yesterday morning. Tracks on the ground outside the walls were also found where Fields had dropped from the rope bqside the wall and then walked away to freedom. Fields was reported missing at the roll call Friday and since that time had been hiding somewhere within the prison walls, waiting for the opportunity to make his getaway. Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night the penitentiary authorities, working on the theory that the prisoner was hiding still inside the walls,' kept a special guard force scattered along the walls to catch Fields, should he come 'out of hiding and make an effort to scale the penitentiary wall. But no such attempt was made, and a diligent search of the penitentiary grounds having failed to reveal his hiding place, the prison authorities wai'fiucun.vlnced that Fields had already made his escape, Col. A. K. Sanders, superintendent of the penitentiary, advancing, the theory that the prisoner had concealed himself beneath one of the motor trucks operated in and out of the prison each day. The wall had been carefully guarded and no evidence had been found of his escape in that way and no sign of him had been discovered within the walls, so the p,,i Sanders thought, offered the only means of an exit from the prison. Guards Taken Off. Persuaded then that their man had already made good his escape, the prison authorities Monday night took off the special guards and Monday night Fields elected to make his attempt at a getaway and he succeeded. Fields went over the wall just back of the chair factory on the canal side, climbing up a long board and then hooking a rake over the edge of the wall to draw himself up to the top. The trip to the ground on the outside was negotiated with the aid of a rope, the footprints being found on the edge of the canal just beneath the swinging rope. There is no evidence of assistance being given the man either inside or outside the penitentiary, Colonel Sanders says. . Both the board and rake, without which Fields could never have scaled the 15 foot of stone standing between him and "the outside," could easily have been picked up in the penitentiary yard, Colonel Sanders says. How the rope was obtained, however, remains as deep a mystery as flic location of Field's hiding place within the walls. On Two Theories. For three days and nights guards searched every section of the prison and the missing prisoner was not found. Only two tenable theories have been presented in an effort to cletr up this mystery, Col. Sanders says, and both of these present diffl...iiiu.sj it has been suggested, the superintendent says, that Fields hid himself in the store room of the chair factory where it would have been practically impossible to find him. This room, however, was locked Monday night and there is no way known by which he could have made! his exit during the night to reach the prison yard. The other theory is to the effect that lie hid In the drain inside tlie prison yard, but this, too, seems unlikely as it is not thought that a man could stand the fumes, etc., of the drain for so long a period. The night, dark and cold, was almost .,,, t.sCane. ? America's sift to France to commemorate the victory of the Alarne, costing $USU,00ft which was raised tiirough theVree-will offering of four million individuals in ' the Failed Slates, will l>e placed at the Forte ( Maillot, near the Arc de Triomphe, in I'aris. ? The War Department is working on a plan to make Camp Dix. in New Jersey, one of the chief polo centers in the country. The sport will be promoted as a feature of military training, experts declaring it develops daring, courage, i|uicl? thinking and acting. \ BIGGEST OF THE GEK1HAM5 Hup StinneS Continues as tbe Han of the Hour. TO SOME A iftlNT TO OTHERS A DEVIL I, . : Master of Industry, He Controls the Nation's Cjoal, Iron and Stael, as - - aUa Dam1/? en?l Nsuutniniri. Outranking in importance the proceedings of ?the Washington Conference this week, including even Mr. Briand's diatribe against Germany aa an excuse for keeping the French ntition in arms; outranking interest lit the presence of, the reparations commission in Berlin, were the blazing headlines in type in the newspapers announcing that "Stinnes has gone to j London?Lloyd George wanted to talk things over with him." Stinnes stands alone, so writes Maximllllan Harden, Germany's foremost publicist. Never has such power, capital, boldness- and enterprise been concentrated in ore German. To the Socialists he is Satan embodied, tn StlnnsaliA the whole nation. To the pan-Germans he Is a Messiah, sent to avenge and save Germany. In reality, he is quite different. He is neither a devil nor a savior. He is I far from being a world benefactor like Carnegie, nor has he Harriman'a sceptic wisdom and majestic common sense. Stinnes has never given largely to charity, nor has he ever written an aphorism. Purposely Dresses Shabbily. He gets his eyes from his mother, an intellectual, artistic woman who Hugo loves tenderly. Stinnes purposely dresses shabbily. Albert Ballin, creator of the Hamburg-American Line, to whom I personally introduced Stinnes, only persuaded him in the last year of the war to buy a din- j ner Jacket. He despises luxury. He drinks only light dinner wines, does not snoke, and if he occasionally goes to the theatre it.is only for his wife's sake. He does not care for music or art, and smilingly admits that he never reads books, adding: "My business has enough claims upon my imagination." ( Stinnes resides at Mulheim-on-the- J Ruhr and leads a simple family life. He arrives at the1 breakfast table at 7 o'clock fully dressed. His workroom is scarcely larger than a cell. liut Htinnes aiways uisaains osientation and cares only for power. He was a great Industrial power even before the war and was regarded as having the boldest head in the Rhineland He was at Castein, an Austrian resort, when war was declared. He had never delved in politics, but had shared with his Rhine colleagues a distrust of the wealE, moody and ostentatious Kaiser. Was Adviser of Ludendorff. So Stinnes hastened back, to the Ruhr and sat telephoning for fourteen hours daily in his narrow study until industrial mobilization was ready. For four years thereafter ho was director of all commercial war institutions and confidential adviser of Von Tirpitz and Ludendorff. It was he who provided the cruisers Goeben and Rruslau with the coal which en- \ abled them to reach Turkey. It was he also who provided Italy wlth^coal in an endeavor to prevent her entering the war. The same was true of Holland and Scandinavia. Stinnes fostered all inventions that I were sumbitted to him, and enabled Germany, though blockaded, to continue the war by substituting iron for copper, nitrogen for saltpetre, soaked paper for munitions cotton, and even a coal by-product for oil. > He never learned to think politically and believed in the threat of force to break all resistance. He was sure that Beatty's Skagerrak Josses would force England to sue for peace and he smiled Incredibly at the danger of America's entering the war, having no idea of America's youthful and almost sentimental idealiam, nor even of her productive power. Stinnes thought America would not diminish I her war profits by mobilizing. j Had Stinnes's advice prevailed tho war would not have lasted so long, but he would only have consented to a peace giving Germany control of all raw materials necessary for her industries. This remains the ideal of the man who, though a national patriot, mocks at every suggestion of human feeling or the humanizing of a state policy as mere childish phraseolagy. ' Tli is man Stinnes's patriotism is identical with his personal advantage, just as it is with many great personages. Since the defeat his power has grown enormously. He is the master of great banks whose directors tumble when Stlnnes orders them to come I to see him at S o'clock in the morning. During the war Stlnnes manufac wirt'u cunnun uuu nuimuuiia, uuub foundations, new harbors, built up & trade In ore and oil and foodstuffs, bought lands and factories, hotels and houses, bought forests and created for [Germany a new type of super-busluessman. He now controls our coal, iron and steel, the Slemensschuchert Klcctrie Works, the Austrian Alpine Mountain Company, the Hugo Chemical Dye Works, textile mills, newspapers, printing works, paper factories, &c. Yet he has not reached the I limits of his power. m