% Established in 1891.
AIDES THREATEN
OFFENSIVE MOVE
SPIRITED ACTION MARK PRACTI'
CALLY EVERY SECTOR OF THE
WE8TERN FRONT.
AIR FORGES A?E VERY ACTIVE
America and Alliea Control Entire
Western Front?Superior in Guns,
Men, Shells, and Planes.
As the allied world has, day after
day, read the official reports from the
allied and Teuton war offices in the
hope that some inkling of the real situation
would present itself, the realisation
has come home that the AmeriPflna
Vronrh Rrll I aVi Pol vlnn ntwl
Portguose troops are maintaining
their control over the front running
from the North Sea to Switzerland.
Artillery fire, at some points growing
in intensity, is reported, but the allies
have held their own and their raiding
parties are everywhere busy in the
enemy's trenches. The long expected
and confidently awaited German drive
has not materialized and the allies
threaten to start an offensive of their
own at various points against the Teutonic
legions.
There is hardly a sector on the
western battle line which is not being
marked by spirited actions, but Verdun
and the Vosges regions are apparently
Btorm centers where big
events may develop. At Verdun the
opposing arltllerles have been thun
doring ror several days, especially on
the right bank of the Meuse.
In the Vosges mountains, the artillery
fighting is reported to be very
heavy, although no infantry actions
have been mentioned in the war office
statements issued at Paris and Berlin.
One of the most encouraging fea%
tures of the war new.s may be found
in the fact that the Belgian army, reorganized
and ready for battle, has
taken over the important coast sector
in Flanders. This part of the western
front has heretofore been held by the
French, although British troops have
made their apppearnnce there at various
periods. That the Belgian army,
which is said to be excellent in morale,
has freed the French and British
forces for action elsewhere on the
front demonstrates that the past winter
has been one of constructive work
on the part or the Belgian and allied
army staffs. The latest official report
said that attacks by German shock
troops huve been repulsed by the Belgians.
100 AIRPLANES IN ACTION
ALL DRIVEN BY AMERICANS.
in the headquarters or one or the
American aviation centers, Secretary
Itaker Inquired If all of the host of
aviators sent first from America were
first to complete their training in
Franco and if all of them had been
commissioned. The chief of the aviation
told the secretary that all of them
had not yet. because of reasons which
he explained, had no chance to take
their final training.
When the secretary's train come
into the aviation region, the sky was
darkly overcast and the clouds were
of a blue gray color, which the aviation
observers say constitutes the
finest background for seeing air work.
Many monoplanes and bi-planes
awaited the secretary's arrival upon
the field; then with a rush one after
another took the air until toward the
end of the morning, a hundred ma
chines were In flight and every machine
was driven by an American. Individual
aviators practiced maneuvers
used in combat, such as reversing the
director of the flight by turning edgewise
upon one wing, or spinning in
nose-dives. Then there were evolutions
in flotilla formation of fives,
after that In squadrons of 15.
"With all these machines in the
air," remarked a French officer, "we
see no more than a tenth of what
America has in this one school. You
will soon have no more need for
French Instruction."
"THE FINISHED MYSTERY"
^ HAS FOUND ITS FINISH
Washington.?Because "The Finished
Mystery," a Bible study textbook,
described patriotism as "a certain delusion"
and a "narrow-minded hatred
of other peoples" and war as "a work
of satan." distribution of the book
-'as forbidden by the department of
Justice, acting under the espionage
act. Thousands of copies of the book
have been seized In many states, but
It was not until recently that the department
prohibited its distribution.
WANT $2.50 FOR THE
' NEW CROP OF WHEAT
Washington. D. C.?Western senators
renewed their fight for a higher
guaranteed wheat price, citing the
ability of farmers to make more
money raising other cereals, shortage
and Increased cost of farm labor and
vital necessity of Insuring adequate
wheat supplies. The debate was on
Senator Gore's proposal to increase
the price for the 1918 crop to $2.50
per bnshel.
The
SERGT. MAJ. FLORA SANDES
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Sergt. MaJ. Flora 8andes, who waa
wounded while fighting In the 8erblan
army, receiving therefor the 8erblan
V. C. medal, photographed while selling
programs at the war exhibition at
Burlington house, London, in aid of
the British Red Crosa.
dutchIhips aretakenover
VESSELS WERE TAKEN OVER
MONDAY, MARCH 18, UNDER
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Her Plea of Germany'* Submarine
Menace Availed Her Nothing?
According to Law.
One million tons of Dutch shipping
which will be used in sending supplies
to the armies of the allies or in transporting
troops to tnt war tones, were
taken over by the United States
und Great Britain Monday, March 18,
thus relieving in great measure a dire
need of the countries at war with the
Teutonic allies.
Holland's hesitancy to come into an
agreement with the United States and
Great Britain which would permit ol
the use of ships flying her flag, many
of which are now lying In American
and allied ports, no longer is to be
tolerated, and next Monday, whether
she be willing or not, the vessels will
be taken over under the provisions of
[ International lanw and put into uses
| which are highly essential to the sue|
cess of the allied cause.
Holland yet has time to acquiesce
in the demands of the United States
and Great Britain and sanction the
use of her shipping, but her plea of
Germany's menace no longer will
avail, and there is to be no modiflca!
tion in the decision of the United
States and the allies to seize all Dutch
vessels in their respective ports
throughout the world and use them.
Liberal compensation is to be awarded
owners of the vessels and all their
rights will be safeguarded. In addition
the export of foodstuffs to Holland
will be permitted and coal by
which Holland mav resume her inter.
rupted trade with her colonies will be
guaranteed.
Washington (deleted).?A million
tons of Dutch ships, now held in ports
the world over, through Holland's fear
of Germany's threat to sink them il
they venture out. will be brought into
the service of the United States and
Great Britain on March 18.
Unless the Netherlands government
braves the menace of Germany's
pressure and voluntarily accepts an
agreement under which the ships
would be put in trade, the United
States and Great Britain will take
them over under international law,
availing themselves of a sovereign
right which Germany herself has hitherto
exercised under the same author
Ity.
OAS PROJECTILES ARE
BLOWN TO PIECES
Pour groups of German gas project
In addition to the group of 200 projectors
already discovered and likewise
blown to pieces by the American nrtillery.
Probable German plans for gas
attack on a comparatively large scale
against the American positions north
west of Toul have thus been upset.
The new group of projectors were
discovered from aerial photographs
taken by American observers In
French airplanes. The effective action
taken against them was due to the
rjulck work of the observers, the Intelligence
officers and the artillerists In
turn.
GERMANS TO GET SOME
OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE
London.?German prisoners of wai
are to be distributed over areas which
the enemy's aircraft are subjecting to
attack in their raids, according to
The Evening News. "This." says the
newspaper, "is being done because the
allied governments have learned that
prisoners of their nationalities in German
hands already have been sc
placed In all towns which the German
government considers likely to be at
tacked."
* ' i > V*f; 4 ^Mr*r yk. -J.
FOR'
FORT B
STRONG RAID MADE
UPON AMERICANS
PERMISSION NOT GIVEN TO PUBLISH
THE NUMBER OP
CASUALTIES.
APPAREN1LYAFTER PRISONERS
Purpose of Raid Was Quickly Accomplished:
Was Aft,er Information
from Captured Americans^.
After a terrific artillory preparation
large numbers of the enemy crossoi
No-man s-i,and on the extreme rlghi
of the American sector, northwest of
Toul. Apparently the purpose of the
raid was quickly accomplished and
only a comparatively small number
entered our lines. Permission has not
been given to mention the number of
casualties.
This raid, like most of the others
carried out all the way, from the sea
to Switzerland, was designed to gather
Information by means of taking prisoners.
Kast of Luneville our patrols have
explored part of the German trench
which our artillery forced the enemV
to abandon. Patrols proceeded laterally
until they established contact
with the Germans. Our reconnaissance
and wire patrols found snipers'
posts, listening and nests from which
machine guns had been firing on our
lines. The artillery attended to all
these posts. The German positions
have been so uncomfortable at several
places that they now are trying
to regain a foothold by connection
shell holes. Our troopa have been
Bubject to an extraordinary heavy artillery
Are. More than 240 shells,
which make craters 20 feet deep and
; .10 feet in diameter, fell in one seci
tion of the line. In another section
btateries have been shelled heavily.
More gas shells have fallen in both
the Toul and Luneville sectors, but
the larger number in the former.
500 ARMY HORSES OUT OF
726 WERE POISONEO
Ten Thousand People Join In Remarkable
Demonstration.
i Covington, Ky.?A crowd estimated
at 10,000, which included men. women
and children here, participated in a
markable demonstration of patriotic
i protest against what Is believed to be
pro-Germnn propaganda in Covington
as exemplified by.the poisoning of 500
i of 720 government artillery horHes
shipped from Camp Grant, Illinois for
an Atlantic seaport.
Ten thousand others were unable
to get near the field outside of the
stockade of the Covington stockyards
' where lay the carcasses of hundreds
of animals and the steadily diminishing
number of survivors of the poison
plot.
Emotions of the throng had been
aroused to ft high pitch of patriotic
! fervor when an interruption from a
| man giving the name of Richard
. j Schmidt, 23 years old. nearly brought
it about his lynching. As it was. he
was severly beaten before police locked
him up. The mass meeting of protest
was held under the auspices of the
Citizens' Patriotic League of Covington.
The meeting decided to send a
, memorial to congress calling upon the
congressional law-makers to enact a
law interning every enemy alien within
the borders of the United States and
making more stringent the laws governing
all seditious and traitorous
acts.
, I An investigation of the poisoning of
[ he horses is being conducted by fod,
eral agents.
1 Acquire Egyptian Cotton.
London.?The British and Egyptian
governments have decided Jointly to
acquire the entire Egyptian cotton
crop beginning next August. A commission
has been appointed to take
control of the regulations.
' MESSAGE CABLED FROM
THE HAGUE TO LONDON.
!
The Hague.?After a cabinet coun|
i ell lasting into the night, the government
cabled *o London a message
which, according to reliable information.
probably will lead to a satisfactory
conclusion of the shipping difficulty.
An Amsterdam dispatch said
it had been learned on excellent auth
,A_ ,t_. .. ^ . . __ . - .
i?rnv inai me luircn government naa
ii
accepted the demand of the entente
' allies relating to the use of Dutch
ships in the danger zone.
COL. J. C. L. HARRIS. OF
RALEIGH. PASSES AWAY
Raleigh.?Col. J. C. L Harris, one
of the organizers of the republican
party in North Carolina, former chair(
f man of the state borad of agriculture.
t | former president oft he board of trus!
tees of the State College of Agriculture
and Engineering, and former ad,
jutant general of North Carolina, died
( here this morning at the age of 70
j years. He Is survived by a widow
and IS children. Two of his tu>ns are
In the mllltaiy service.
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6EN. SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON
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Gen. Sir William Robertson, who rasigned
as chief of the British general
staff, has been given the rather unimportant
command of the eastern part
of England.
PLANES HAVE LIBrRTY MOTOR
FIRST ONES THUS EQUIPPER ARE
TRIED OUT AND ACCEPTED
BY DEPARTMENT.
Advanca Guard of New Craft Being Delivered
or Uae in Submarine
Hunting.
Washiugton.?America'* first fighting
seaplane equipped with Liberty
motors has been tried out and accepti
ed. It was learned, and a number of
; the craft are now being delivered for
the use of the naval air Bervlce.
They are the advance guard of a big
fleet which will be added to the forces
engaged in submarine hunting in the
war zona.
i A second type of fighting plane for
the American army known as "the
Bristol model" also has now reached
the production stage and a consid|
erable number will become available
1 during the present month. Still anj
other type, a two-seated machine, also
; is being manufactured.
Construction details of these planes
have never been published. It is
known, however, that the seaplanes
' are substantially similar to the British
flying boats and are equipped with
I two Liberty motors, which provide approximately
700 horsepower to drive
the ship. This is understood to be
] much in excess of the power used in
similar British craft and their performance
(a BTnocloH
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' tlonately better.
In this connection. It was learned
i that engineers of the aircraft board
t now have overcome the last minor
| defect of the Liberty motors, having
to do with the lubricating system. A
; number of motors taken haphazard
1 from the quantity production supply
I ha've been operated continuously for
many hours without any trouble developing.
Officials in close touch with progress
being made on production of
fighting planes in this country are still
satisfied that the output will tax shipping
facilities before July.
BOLSHEVIKI CREW 18
MENACE TO VESSEL
I
j Norfolk, Va.?Bolshevikism struck
! Norfolk in the shape of the crew of
'the Russian steamship Omsk and it
raged with more or less intensity from
11 o'clock in the corning in and out of
federal offices back and forth from
ship to shore until finally at a late
hour the whole c?owd of malcontents. 1
to the number of 49, were taken into!
custody by a force of 36 Norfolk pollen
acting under the personal direction ,
i of Major Ford and marched from the,
steamer to police headquarters where
they were locked up.
' BALLOON FALL8 3,200
PPPV- TUDCC luiliden
'
Temple, Texas.?Capt. B. H. Fournier,
of San Antonio, suffered a severe
scalp wound. Cadet G. W. Adams, received
a broken leg and Cadet K. M. |
Hawley sustained a sprained back
when the balloon In which they were
making a trial (light from San Antonio
fell from an altitude of It.200 feet near
Killeen, this county. Something went
wrong with the valve in the top of
the bag. it was said.
FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURS
ON U. S. S. VON STEUBEN
Washington ?A shell explosion on
the U. S. S. Von Steuben, which killed
three men. was announced by the
navy department. The shell exploded
while being flred.
The dead are:
Emmette Joseph Shields, seaman. I
Hannibal. Mo.
Valentine Przylakl. fireman, Buffalo.
N. Y.
F.rdeli William Martin, mesa attend,
ant. Philadelphia, Pa.
LL T
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1918
HAVE PEACE TERMS
COME TO BRITAIN?
LORD CECIL SAY8 THAT NO SUCH
PROPOSALS ARE BEING
"CONSIDERED."
PEACE IS OFFERED SERBIA
Holland in "Perilous" Situation, on ,
Account of Allied Nations Taking
Over Her 8hips.
That peace terms have been offered
Great Britain by Germany may possi- j
bly be inferred from several signiflcant
statements given out.
Lord Robert Cecil. British minister
of blockade, when asked it proposals
"had been received for a peace at the
expense of Russia" answered that "no
such proposals are being considered 1
or will be considered."
A little earlier an Amsterdam dispatch
quoted Field Marshal von Hin- !
denburg as saying that "the entente
has shown an unresponsive attitude i
toward Germany's peace intentions
and the great German offensive must
therefore go on."
Later General von Ludendorff. the
German quartermaster general, was
reported as saying: "Since the enemy |
is not inclined to make peace, we will
have to fight, and this fight will, of j
course, be the most tremendous of the
whole war."
Ludendorff Boasts Strength.
General von Ludendorff continued: |
"We are stronger than the enemy as .
regards men. material, aerial forces. !
tanks. Everything, in fact, of which
he boasted is standing in readinesB
on our side in the greatest abundance.
The treaty of peace submitted by
Germany to Russia at Brest-Litovsk. |
which makes Russia an outpost of <
the central empires, has either been
ratified by the ail-Russian congress
of Soviets or its ratification apparently
is imminent.
Reports from Moscow are not clear
on the rituation, but it seems certain
that the bolshevik element has voted
by a large majority to affirm the ;
treaty. As this element dominates the
congress, the hard terms will doubtless
be accepted, notwithstanding reports
that Leon Trotzky. the mouthpiece
of the bolshevikl, is opposed to
their provisions and is willing to try
to reorganize the Russian army to
fight the German Invaders.
Holland stands In a perilous situation.
according to the German news
papers, wnicn are printing editorials. |
evidently inspired, on the taking over
of Dutch ships by the United States
and Grcnt Britain. "Drastic measures" j
are advocated if Holland "gives way"
to the allies.
FIFTY HORSES ARE DEAD;
RESULT OF GERMAN HAND
Covington. Ky.?Fifty horses are j
dead of poisoning In Covington and |
many more are expected to die out of
a government shipment of 726 horses '
from Camp Grant. Rockford. 111., consigned
to Newport News. Va. Dr. L. j
E. Crisler, veterinary surgeon, Corin
ct An i\PAn/Minna/i h a /I *L a' *l ?
...p vv/ii, vmiv/u.iv cu U1C HOC; lII u1 III w
animals to dun to belladona and
croton oil poisoning.
The consignment of horses reached
Covington In charge of Lieut. Frank
Lllley and 16 soldiers. Doctor Crisler
said he believed the poison had been ;
placed In water given to the horses !
'n Covington. Government authorities
were notified. An agent of the
department of Justice began an investigation.
Deaths of the horsrs gen- 1
erally are said to be ramifications of
German plots.
Bow to Germany's Will.
Washington.?The decision of the
allRussian congress of soviets at Moscow
to ratify the German peace terms,
announced in press cables was reached
after receipt of President Wilson's
message to the Russian people assuring
them that America would take the
first opportunity to help them regain
their complete sovereignty and inde
pendence.
TROOPS ENJOY SUNSHINE
AFTER WEEKS OF RAIN
After weeks of rain, snow, wind and .
murky weather there came to the
American front its first hath of gen'al l
spring sunshine. The skies worn
cloudless, and in the moderate temperature
that prevailed sweaters were
discarded by the men for the first timo
since last summer, while in the villages
where they are billeted and In
the cantonments in the training area, 1
the camps were decorated witn rolls
of bedding being given an airing.
REINFORCED CONCRETE SHIPS
Tn TA 1/ C I A n/>e
. w . n,M. L.nnuc f LMV^C
Washington.? Reinforced concrete
nhlps arnarently arc about to take a
large place In the solution of the ship- 1
building difficulty which Hen across
the path to victory over Germany.
Chairman Hurley, of the' shipping
board, telegraphed the builders of the
R.OOO-ton concrete vessel which was
launched successfully on the Pacific
coast to report immediately what
were tho prospects for laying down
additional bulla.
t ?
; . n 1?j :?7 : 7--SOME
CAMP SEVIER NEWS
Firing on the Artillery Range Will
Soon Beglr?Mom Gun*
Received.
Camp Sevier. Greenville.?The Second
Uiit talion of the One Hundred and
Fourteenth Field Artillery, composed
of Batteries D. K and F. and commanded
by MaJ. Horace Frierson, will leave
for the artillery range, 26 miles away
in the mountains. Battery E. from
NashvUle. Tenti., mounted, will take
along one full battery, four guns, of
three-inch rifles, while the other two
batteries will march to the range on
foot, taking two days to cover the distance.
After the Second Battalion, the First
of the One Hundred and Fourteenth
will go on the range and then the two
bpttalions of the One Hundred and
Thirteenth, each staying probably two
weeks. Brig. Gen. G. G. Ga'ley. commander
of the artillery brigade, will
move his headquarters to the range
and will remain there constantly while
firing is going on. By great good luck,
a second. battery of four three-inch
guns which had been expected arrived,
so that the battalions left behind
may continue their training uninterruptedly.
Constant communication
will be maintained between the rango
and camp by wireless
Again the report of the surgeon general
has shown that health conditions
here continue to improve. On March
1 the total number sick in the division
was 942. of which more than 70 per
cent., or more than 650 cases, was
mumps. Only 27 cases of special diseases
developed during the week,
there being 22 of venereal disease, two
of malaria, two of measles and one of
scarlet fever. There were three
deaths. For the first time in some
months there were no new cases of
pneumonia or meningitis and it is
hnnpH thnt hnth thoon l_jr?i?un.. K-???
permanently disappeared.
Planned to Destroy Themselves.
Greenville.?How six girls. on trial
at Rock Hill for immoral relations with
solders, formed a pact among themselves
to take ther own lives If convicted
and how the agreement was
discovered only when one of them attempted
to carry out her part of the
agreement prematurely by taking carbolic
acid, was related by federal ofdicers
who returned to Greenville. Tha
girl who took the acid, Minnie Men
1 _ i a 1 ' ? *
v-urry, i? impruvuiK rapiuiy. All SIX
were convicted and sentenced to the
state penitentiary. The pact wan revealed
by the sister of the girl who
took the poison. The girl had said
the day before that she was sure she
would be convicted and presumably
swallowed the add on that account.
The bottle containing the remainder
of the acid was found hidden in the
toilet of the railway station where the
girls had planned to drink it on leaving
Rock Hill after the tral.
Will Be Avenged Says Bethea.
Columbia.?Lieut. John H. David of
Dillon, who was killed in action on
the battle front in France, was a cousin
and close friend of Andrew J. llethea,
lieutenant governor. Mr. Bethea
sent a message of sympathy recently
to Lieutenant David's parents. Dr and
Mrs. J. H. David, of Dillon, in which
lie stated that America would give to
Lieutenant David and men of his type
a high and Important place in history
at*! that his death and the death of
other gallant fellows will he avenged
hy the blood and 'rensure of America.
Lieutenant David, who was a graduate
of the Citadel In the class of
1914, in said to be the first Citadel
man from South Carolina to fall in action.
He wbh the only non of his parents
and wan their pride as he was
the pride of all the people of Dillon
county and of South Carolina who
knew him.
Discovers Dead Alligator.
Saluda.?An alligator, six feet and
four inches in length, was found on
the bunk of the Little Saluda River
near Supervisor George Lang ford'a
farm. The discoverey wan made by
Jesse Cox. who shot the alligator
tlrrough the head. Upon examination
it was found that it was already dead.
How the alligator got into that section
no one is able to guess
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS.
In sending up the petitions of several
South Carolina Women's colleges
Senator Tillman said: "Of course, they
did not expect me to comply with their
request, knowing my attitude on the
question. I think the women will get
the vote in time, but It Is not a question
for the national government to
decide and any interference in Washington
in regard to the ballot is contrary
to my deas of constitutionality.
South Carolina's quota in the boys'
working reserve Is 4.000.
A Unlvorsitv of South Carolina ser
vice flag, resplendent with Its more
than 300 stars, will be hunt? In the
university chapel with appropriate exorcises,
March 29.
Hartsville was shocked when John
O. FclafWn. chief of pollde, a genial and
popular officer, was shot and Instantly
killed on the street near the building
in whch Is the office and plant of the
Pedigreed Seed Company by J. H. Gulledge,
oversoer of the farms of J. I...
Coker A Company, who surnederod
himself to the authorities and was
taken to Darlington and turned over
to SherilV Register
rs '
$1.25 Per Tear.
SON OF AIKEN IS
VIMY RIDGE HERO
, PRIVATE HENRY C. M'MICHAEL
RETURNS TO HIS QRANITEVILLE
HOME.
WAS WITH CANADIAN FORCES
Was Wounded Three Times, One of
the Four Survivors of His Company?Others
Lie In French 8od.
Aiken.?Private Henry C. MeMI hacl
of the Fifteenth Canadian RegiiHMit.
wounded at the battle of Vlray
Ridge and invalided home with an
mnorable discharge, has returned to
jraniteville. Aiken county, where ho
has lived since boyhood until six years
iK" wnt'ii lie iMiiereu me service 01
the United States army. Serving for
three years with the United State*
army, during a part which he was stationed
on the Mexican border?while
liuertn held sway over the destinies
>f the land of the Montezumas after
overthrowing Madero?McMlchael was
was discharged and in 1915 went to
Canada, joining n regiment of the Canadian
overseas forces, lie was two
years and three months In Europe,
seven months of which he spent in
England, while his regiment was undergoing
intensive training to fit the
men for the strenuous work of hand
to hand lighting with the Bodies.
Private McMlchael has a wonderful
story to tell. He has been through
the fire and though he came out badly
scorched he has the distinction of
j being one of the four left alive out of
his original company. Except for four
himself and three other comrades?
| all the brave Canadians of his company
who crossed overseas with him
and went Into action so fearlessly in
Flanders and Belgium lie beneath the
lilies of France.
Private Mi-Michael was wounded
Ihrnu llmiio i.% m? l_? .
i v\ itmvn in it? nun. t? u.r ai mo
battle of Ypres he sustained wounds,
which, being slight, sent him to the
hospital for only short stays, at the
end of which he went hack to the
trenches. For 18 months he was in
the front line. In the thick of the most
fearful fighting that the world has
ever known, in Fiance and in Belgium.
Then, at the battle of Vlmy Ridge, he
was shot down, and if the bullet that
tore through his face did not Incapacitate
him for further fighting, the
wound in his leg from which he will
never full, recover brought him his
honorable discharge.
Back home, among his own people.
Private McMichael has little patience
* with those who grumble because of
i the hardships the war has brought to
i them, for. as he says, he has seen at
I first hand what the people of Engj
land. France and Belgium are forced
| to endure and it is his opinion that
j tho people of this country?especially
of this part of the country?are today
the ntoat fortunate people in the
world. He speaks In torms of the
! highest praise of tho heroic endurance
J of the French people and of the un*
. dying valor of the French soldiery,
which, he Hays, must he shared with
ihe British Tommies and the daredevil
Canadian troops, all first class fighting
men.
Private McMichael is to be married
on Raster Sunday to the sweetheart
of his youth. Miss Burnett of Granlteville,
who has been waiting for him
through the years that he has been
campaigning along the Klo Grande
under the Stars and Stripes and while
he has been earning the king's shilling
In France and Belgium.
Teachers' Employment Bureau.
The act creating a bureau of registration
and employment for teachers
as a co-ordinate branch of the State
department of education has been
signed also by Governor Manning. Tho
machinery of the bureau has already
been put into operation and the Rev.
W. S. Stokes, reading clerk of the
State senate, has been placed in
charge.
The measure carries an appropriation
of $2,000 and provides that each
teacher enrolling at the bureau for
employment shall pay a fee of $1.
Profitable Patriotism.
Fort Mill.? An instance of reward
for faithful performance of dntv in re
sponse to liia country's call la shown in
the experience of Osmond Barber. Last
spring when the production of foodstuff
was urged he plowed' up a large
tract of his best land which had been
prepared for cotton and planted It in
corn. The production of cotton
throughout this section was much be
low normal but unusually good crops
of corn were made. Now Mr. Barber
has about 1000 bushels above his requirements
and selling at $2.25 bushel
Five Negro Tots Burn.
Mullins.?Five negro children were
burned to death in a tenant house on
the farm of /I. W. Smith, two miles
1 north of Mullins. Henry Hayes and
his wife, who were ths parents of one
of the children, a boy six years old,
and whose home it was that burned,
were on a visit to a sick neighbor.
When they left home a large open fire
was burning in the place. Shortly afer
10 o'clock Hayes looked from his
jpiKnnor n noune toward his own home
ind saw It enveloped In flames. Four
of the children were visitors.