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V , f -' ... I ' -** '*' <V* ?_A_L12.t 9 1 4AA4 wwDiunwi m IOVI. NO ARMISTICE NOR PEACE AT PRESENT I ATROCITIE8 ON* LAND AND 8EA MUST FIRST BE PUT TO AN END. MEETS APPROVAL OF SENATE 8enator Lodge, Chief Critic of the President, Expresses Great Gratification at Decision. Washington.?President Wilson has answered Germany's peace proposal witii a decision which not only fulfills the expectations of supporters of his diplomacy, but also dispels the fears of those who predicted that he would substitute victories at arms with defeats at diplomacy. -No peace with kaiserism! Autocracy munt go! No armistice can even bo thought of while Germany continues her atrocities on land und sea; one cannot be considered unless it is fully dictated by the allied commanders In the Held in such terms as absolutely provided safeguards and guarantees that Germany's part will not be a scrap of paper. Tbis is in a few words is the president's answer. If it docR not bring a capitulation which may be more than unconditonnl surrounder, allied tflplomats und American officials believe it may cause a revolution in Germany. The dispatch of the president's reply was followed by the Issue of this formal statement at the White House by Secretary Tumulty: ".The government will continue to send over 250,000 men with their supplies every month and there will be no relaxation of any kind." Quite outside of the 'formal phrases of a diplomatic document that was President Wilson's word to the world that he had no thought of slopping tlio fighting at this stage. The senate chamber rang with applause of senators as the pr< ident's answer was read a few minutes after ft had been announced at the state department. Senator President's chief critic, issued a statement expressing his gratification at the president's decision. Opinion at the capltol and throughout official Washington was unanimously in approval. FIGHTING ON WESTERN FRONT IS CONTINUED WITH SPIRIT C London.?Tin. British, French and Relgian forces in their new drive against the German positions in Belgium have captured Roulers The Evening News says it understands. The newspaper says an advance of five miles has heen made in Belgium by the allies. Coutrai is threatened from the north. The advance continues. CAMP GREENE COMMITTEE HAS NOT FILED REPORT 4 Washington..?The following army order was made public: "A board of officers to consist of Col. John W. Barker, general staff corps; Col. Frank McC. Gunby, qunrtermnster corps; and'Col. Goorge W. Winterburn, general staff corps. Is appointed to convene at Camp Greene, North Carolina, at 10 a. in., Oetolier 7. 1918. or as soon thereafter as possible. to ascertnln and report upon tho suitability oif that camp for a larger garrison and to mukc recommendations ns to character of troops to bo sent there and as to the class of ex tent of training practicable. Upon completion of this duty the members of the befhrd will return to their proper stations. Such travel as may he necessary to be performed by the nonrti in connection with their duties in necessary 1n the militur>* service." The hoard has returned here hut has not made its report to the secre tary of wdr. SOLEMN WARNING ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH LOAN Washington.?President Wilson Issued this statement on the fourth Lib? erty loan: ' The reply of the German government gives occasion for me >o say to my fellow oounlryraenf that neither that reply nor any other recent events have in any way diminished the vital importance of the Liberty loan*. Relaxation now. hesitation now. would mean defeat when victory seems to be in sight." SIMMONS SAYS PRESIDENT HAS SCORED ANOTHER HIT Washington.?President Wilson has made another hit in reply to Germany. "The President is following the wise course in dealing with the German governmTit." said Senator Simmons "He will let the generals in the field dictate the terms of an armistice. 1 had no idea the President would agree to any peace parley with the present German rulers. He demands that the people of Germany act " / V . * I m Till? 1 ilJu . general fayolle General Fayolle is in immediate command of the French troops that are taking part in the contest for control , of the forest of St. Gobain, which protects Laon. I I HUGE SACK IS BEING FORMED; I i | OUR ARMIES ArtC STEADILY PRESSING GERMANS BACK TOWARDS THEIR BORDER. Americans Have Almost Wiped Out; Argonne Forest as an Enemy Position of Defense. j The men of the once formdiable J German ariueis holding the Hinden-| i burn line from north of Cantbrai to 1 St. Quentin are facing eastward, dc- j I feated and in retreat. Their backs are the targets for the ! Hrtiish. American and French troops who bitterly fought hem, step by step, out of supposedly impregnable defenses and now nre harrying theni across the open country toward the German border. Nowhere is the enemy attempting a stand in force, j True, the German border is yet u ! long distance away, but the past two days of chas<* have materially decreased the width of the area separating the invaders from their own Rhine line. LeCafeau. the important junction point 12 milea southeast of Cambrai, represented the point of deepest penetration by the allied troops. The British were the masters of it. All along the front, however, the Hrtiish. American and French have been steadily pressing forward their infantry forces, aking numerous towns and villages, while far in advance of them the hoof-beats of the ravntrv Imranu ! ???? mingled with the roars of the whippet tanks and the staccato barking of the machine guns inside the movin;; forts. Meantime the French and American armies on that part of the line running from northwest of Kheitns to the Meuse river are still pressing forward in the converging movement with the armies in the west and gradually are forming the entire war theater into a huge sack. The Americans continue slowly to advance up the | eastern side of the Meuse. while west j of the river, in conjunction with the | operations of the French, they have j all but obliterated the great Argonne . forest as an enemy defense postiion. CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE TROOPS CAPTURE BUSIGNY With the Anglo-American Forces I Southeast of Cambrai.?It was Tennessee and North and South Carolina I troops who captured Uuslgny after ! overcoming tf?nly slight opposition j They then went forward, j The Rritish wer* well to the east of Monnechy and Trotsviller. Northeast of Cambrai. additional { important gains have been made. The ; | Germans in his section arc offering ; hard opposiiqn with their rear guards, j 1 Hu this may break at any time as it j did to the southeast of Cambrai. ? TO PREVENT TURKEY FROM SEEKING SEPARATE PEACE. Rome.?The impression in Italian j diplomatic circles is that one of the principal reasons for the German and Austrian movement in the direction of peace was to prevent Turkey from seeking; a separate peace. Turkey was told it is understood that following the i new German chancellor's speech and I armistice proposals that there would | be formed in all entente countries, and j especially in America, peace parties. FIRST GREAT AIR RAID IS MADE BY AMERICAN AIRMEN Washington -Word of the first great American air raid against the German camps north of Verdun sent a thrill through war department officials although no official repeat had been received to furnish details of the exploit. So fur as could be learned, however, the participation of .150 machines in this one enterprise murks it' as the greatest air offensive yet un- [ dertaken ~n the western front in point, of the air forces employed. 4 For FORT MILL 1 PEACE TERMS ARE ACCEPTED BT FOE ANSWER IS APPARENTLY FAIR BUT SNAP JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN. GREAT DANGER POINTED OUT This Latest Turn in Events May Cause Slowing Up on Sales of Liberty Bonds. Washington.?Germany's reply to President Wilson's inquiry, intercepted as It was being sent by the great wireless towers at N'auen and forwarded here in an official dispatch from France, declares Germany is ready to accept President Wilson's peace terms, evaluate the invaded territory as a prerequisite to an armistice and that the bid for peace represents the German people as well as the government. Although on its face the text of the German note seems to he a complete acceptance of President Wilson's terms, the peope of the United States and the allied countries should he cautioned against accepting it as such a compliance of the president's demands as will mean immediate cessation of hostilities. As President Wilson was in Now ' York and reserved comment on the, note, his views cannot be stated now j and none of his official family here in Washington cared to speak for him. Should President Wilson finally decide that there is enough sincerity in Germany's proposition to transmit i? to the allies, as the German chancellor requested, it should be borne in mind that Great Hritain. France I | and the other entente nations must he ' | taken into considernion for decision : as to whether an armistice should : he granted or whether discussion j I should he undertaken to carry out the I details of the application of President ; Wilson's peace terms. The greatest danger facing the people of the United States, officials suid : here, was that they might hastily consider Germany's proposition as the unconditional-surrender which the cobelligerents demand nd relax their efforts to continue the victories at arms and carry over the fourth Liberty' loan. On every side in official quarters ! j it was stated fha this view of the situ: ation could not he placed before the i public too srongly. i __ SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER \ SAYS LOAN MUST BE TAKEN j Washington.?Secretary Baker re-! j the message that the Liberty loan i must go over the top" whatever the : result of peace proposals. I This was the only comment the ; secretary would make in the peace, I overtures. His own explanation of I his trip shows that it was taken to, j pave the way for war on a greater1; j scale. "The army has done and is doing i all that a proud and grateful couni try could ask," Mr. Baker said on j reaching Washington. "And the time ; has conie for us to put in every ounce j : of our strength to assure its complete j j victory. The people at home have a , ! solemn responsibility for their share i i in the final Result. 1 "The Liberty loan must go over the | top! Its success is both our message ! of gratitude to the hoys who are bruv- | ing war's worst perils in defense o: j I our liberties and a message to Her-; many that our people at home are as resolute as our soldiers are brave. "Whatever the result of the peace ! proposals, the war department must proceed at full speed with men and . supplies, and the people must sup- ! port the army until the boys are hack with the fruits of victory safe and assured. If every American could have seen our hoys in khaki as they stormed the Herman trenches, assail ed shrapnel, high explosives and machine guns, he would he eager to sub- ' scribe his all to the Liberty loan, the ' success of which after all Is the meas- ; tire of our support of the cause. PROBABLY 500 ARE DEAD AND MANY THOUSANDS HOMELESS! Duluth. Minn.? With probably 500 ! persona dead. with thousands home- ! less and without clothing and with j property damage mounting far into millions of dollars, whole sections of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota timberland are smouldering. Are- , stricken areas. The bodies of 75 victims lie in Duluth morgues. Hun- I dreds more along tlie roads leading j to Duluth and Superior lay where they j fell when overtaken by the fire. ACCEPTANCE OF REPLY MEANS LOSS OF WAR FOR ALLIES Washington.?Acceptances in any degree of the German reply to President Wilson's note including lite granting of an. armistice means the j loss of the war for the allies. Senator , Lodge, of Massachusetts. minority ! louder and ranking Republican of the ; foreign relations committee of the senate, declared in a statement. The i note as received unofficially Is not a surrender On Germany's part as Sec- j retary McAdoo and others claim. ^ i Vfh' .* " % ;T I i T Ml , a C., THURSDAY, OCTOBX 1 MRS. G. A. WHEELOCK I \ .li^- $:??& ^HRMHS ? Mrs. George Alexander Wheelock, chief yeoman arid champion recruiter for the navy. 10.000 PRISONERS CAPTURED] TWENTY-THREE DIVISIONS OF GERMAN TROOPS DEFEATED AND SEVERELY HANDLED. % # Heavy Losses in Men, Guns and Munitions by Enemy Mark Entire Campaign. London.?The whole of Cambrai is in British possession. Field Marshal ( liaig reports from headquarters. The j Canadians were tlie first to enter the town. In the greut defeat inflicted on thel Germans 10.000 prisoners and from 100 to 200 Runs were captured. The statement says: i "We inflicted a heavy defeat on the J enemy between St. Quenin and Or.ml>rai. taking over 10.000 prisoners and between 100 and 200 Runs. "No less than 22 German divisions' were engaged on this front; they were , severely handled. "The result of this action is that the troops have been enabled tt> ad- [ vattce on the whole front between the i Soinrne and the Sensee and are making ; rapid progress eastward, capturing! rear guard detachments of the enemy, "The whole of Cumbrai Is in our' possession. The Canadians entered the town from the north at an early, hour while at a later hour English troops of the third array passed thru the southern portion of the town. "Since August '21 the British first, third and fourth armies hove broken Jjl/ough the whole elaborate series of d>~cp defensive zones built nn ^-ita successive belts of heavily fortified trench lines, including the entire Hin-; den burg system on a front of oVer 115 , miles from St. Quentin to Arras. Having penetrated ibis battle area to a {lepth of between .10 and 40 miles, our troops are now operating far beyond and east of the Hindenburg defenses. "In the process of these operations ' and since the date mentioned we have inflicted very heavy losses on the ene- i my in killed and wounded and have' taken over 110.000 prisoners and 1,200 | guns." SURRENDER OF TURKEY MAY BE EXPECTED ANY MOMENT London. The surrender of Turkey within the next 48 holfrs will not sur-! prise well informed quarters in Lon- i don. The Evening Standard says. The British authorities, it adds, are in pos-1 session of information showing that a process of disintegration exists in Constantinople. INFLUENZA HAS SPREAD TO ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY Washington. Spanish influenza now has spread to practically every part of the country. Reports to the public health service showed the disease is epidemic in many Western and Pacific Coast States as well as in almost all regions east of the Mississippi river. Its spread also continued in armV camps, the number of new cases reported being greater than on the day before. ? I fAKLY REPLY IS EXPECTED FROM KAISER WILHELM Washington.?An early response to I Wilson's note of inquiry to tl e Oer- . man chancellor is expected by ! American officials. While realizing ' that an nnswer to the three pertinent questions put to the prince of Baden will be very difficult if the original ' proposal of the German government i were not sincere, officials are confident that internal conditions in Germany and the exigencies of, the mill- j tary situation will force speedy action. ITALIANS CONTINUE ADVANCE DESPITE STRONG RESISTANCE Rome. ? Italian troops pushiug northward in Albania entered the city of El Basan after crushing stubborn Austro-liungariaan resistance, the Italian war office announced today, j The Italians are continuing their ad-; vance. The text of the statement reads: "Albania?After enemy covering parties had been repulsed and numer- ' ous prisoners taken our columns occupied the heights east of Muriklana. 1 , ?.. ? ... " 0 LL T SB 17,1918 II. S. TRANSPORT IS DASHED TO PIECES TRANSPORT <OTRANTO COLLIDES IN NORTH CHANNEL WITH THE STEAMER KASHMIR. A TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIVES Of 699 Solderis Aboard Doomed Vessel, 372 Believed to Hdve Been Swept to Death. A Brtish Port.?A large number ol American troops have been lost as the result of the sinking of the transport Otranto in the. North Channel between the Scottish and Irish coasts in a collision with the steamer Kashmir. The Otranto after the collision was dashed to pieces on the rocks off the south Scottish coast with a probable loss of .172 American soldiers. Three hundred and one men were taken to Belfast by the British destroyer Mounsey. the only vessel which made an attempt at resell* in the terrific gale when the Kashmir, another vessel in the convoy with the Otranto. rammed the Otranto amidships. Of the f.on American soldiers on board the Otrxinto. 310 were landed. Seventeen were rescued alive at Islay. leaving 372 unaccounted for. MORE THAN 100 WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE MURDERED Dublin.?Of the 1F>0 women and children aboard the steamship Leinster when she was destroyed by a German submarine, only lf? have been accounted for. Several of these have died since they were brought to port. London.?According to the latest estimate. 4S0 persons perished when the passenger liner I^einster was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The vessel carried fi87 passengers and had a crew of about 70 men! FOE STILL FLEEING FROM TALONS OF ALLIED HAWKS On the wings of necessity the Germans arc flying eastward from their old battle positions from Doui ato LaFere and northward from I^aFere to the Mense river. Their flight is toward some haven of safety from the talons of the allied hawks which everywhere are menacing them. Notwithstanding the advantages (hat are being achieved over the common eneniv at the battle front and the peace feelcis in the air. President Wilson, Secretary of State I*ansinR. Secretary of Treasury McAdoo and in fact, all of tlie high officials of the government are warning the American citizenry that the situation is still critical and that everyone .should rally to the support of the fourth loan. BRUTES THEY WERE WHEN WAR BEGAN, BRUTES NOW THEY ARE London. A. J. Balfour, the British foreign secretary, speaking at a luncheon given to a party of American editors. said: "We have to make a right peace and I do not think a right peace is a very easy thing to make. Our enemies are attempting to change their constitution hut appear to have no notion that what we call a change is not so much a change in the formal purpose of the governmnt as a change of hearts whereby that government is to he directed and animated." Mr. Balfour said the Germans had shown no material improvement in their dispostion during the four years of the war. , "Brutes they were when they began the war. As far as I can Judge, brutes they remain at the present moment." "One would have thought." continued Mr. Balfour, "that those who brought in America to their own undoing by crimes of this sort would have shrunk a little from repeating them at the moment when their fate is to be decided by America, perhaps even more?than by any other of tho co-belligerents." RAPID ADVANCE IS MADE BY GEN. DEBENEY'S FORCES With the French Army in France.? The rapid advance of General Dobeney's forces in close pursuit of the retreating enemy has brought them to the Oise where they are meeting with strong resistance. General Mangin's troops, after encountering lively opposition. have reached the Chemin-DesDamea in the region of Courtecon and have crossed the Ailette at Grandpoint. Chivy has also been taken. *"""** SOUTH CAROLINA MAN IS IN BOCHE STRAFING RAID With the American Army in France ?The first American aviation pursuit squadrdn completed its one hundred successive victory, which netted Hf* machines. Of these Lieut. Hamilton Coolidge of Boston, Mass., and William Palmer, of Bonnettsville. S. C., downed one between them and Lieut. Heed M. Chambers. of Memphis. Tonn.. and Lieut. Wilbert W. While of New Yo-k, got one each. A % IMES Office of the Country Treasurer ol York County. York. S. (\. Oct. 7. 1918. In compliance with the law. I here by give notice of the several levies 011 the property of York county, foi ] the fiscal year beginning January 1st : 1918. to wit: ! * Wftr < :?!<? inimnone CI rrttllo o.? dollar. ^ j- For ordinary County purposes, 5Vi mills on the dollar. For Constitutional School. 45 millt on the dollar . Fbr Roads. 2 mills on the dollar. Fcfr interest and Sinking Fund foi Courthouse bonds, \? of one mill 01 the dollar. For Catuwba River Bridge. 1 mil ! on the dollar. For Broad River Bridge, Vg of ont mill on the dollar. Aggregating 20% mills on all tin property in the County, and in addi Con to this the following Special Re vies for Townships and local schools , viz: t Catawba township. 1 mill for inter I est on township bonds; Vfc of one mill ! for a sinking fund for said township Ebenezer township. % of one mill in i terest on township bonds and V4 oi ; one mill for a sinking fund for saiil I township. York township, 2% mills for inter i est on township bonds, and Vi of on* l mill for sinking fund for said town | ship. Local School Levies. District No. 1 4 mills, special, 1 j mills interest on bonds. 2*4 mills sink i ing fund, making a total of 28*4 mills in Bethesda's part of said district ] 2ft V4 mills In Kbenezer's part of sai? j district, and 29% mills in Catawba'i I part of said district. District No. 2- 8 mills, making t total of 28% mills in said district. District No. 4- 2 mills making t total levy of 22% mills in said district District No. 5 2 mills, making ? ' total levy of mills in said district District No. 6?2 mills, mukinc : I total levy of 28% mills in said district District No. 7?15 mills, 'making i ! total levy of 2f> mills in said district i District No. X 2 mills, making i total levy of 22% mills In the Bethel ! part and 2i?Vfc mills in the York pari ; of said district. District No. ! 4 mills, making r | total levy of 24% mills in said district , District No. 10?8 mills, making t ; total levy of 28% mills in snid district. District No .11 ?10 mills for graded school. 1% mills for interest on school I bonds, making a total levy of 35',j mills in said district. District No. 12?8 mills for special school. 1 mills for interest on school bonds. 11? mills for sinking fund foi j bonds, making a total of 82% mills or j the property of ICbcnezer, and 3' | mills on the Catawba part of said dis trict. | District No. 12 mills, making r I total levy of 22% mills in said district District No. 14 4 milVc niakirfg ; total levy of 24% mills in said district District No. 1.7 4 mills, making t total levy of 24% mills in said district District No. 18 2 mills, making i total levy of 22% mills in said district District No. 17 8 nulls, making t total levy of 23% mills in said district District No. 18 2 mills, making s ! total levy of 22% mills in said district District No. 19 -2 mills, making i I fntill low i\f 4J ^ 1'- iinllo It-* U '1 and Kings Mountain townships' pari of said district, and 25mills in York township's part of said district. District N'o. 20- 4 mills, special tax. I mills for Interest on bonds, 1 mill t< ' retire bonds, making a total levy ol | 27^4 mills on the property of Bullock's j Creek and Broad Iliver townships' part i and 30 Vfc mills in York township'} part. District N'o. 21 S mills, special levv of 1 mill for interest on bonds and 1 ! mill for sinking fund for bonds, mnk in* a total levy of 30% mills in King's Mountain township's part of said dis trict. and 33',4 mills in York town ship's part. District No. 22 4 mills, making a t totul levy of 24% mills in said district District N'o. 23 X mills, makjng i< total levy of 2S% mills in sadi district, District No. 24 2 mills, making a total levy of 22% mills in said distrcit Distrit No. 25 2 mills, making n total levy of 22% mills in said district. District No. 21! 3. mills, making a total levy of 23% mills in suid district i District No. 27 3 mills, making n total of 23% mills in the Bethel town ^hip part of said district, and a total of 2f> mills in the Kbcnezer township part of said district. District .No. 2S ii mills for special levy, and 1 mill for interest on school bonds, making a total of 27*4 mills in said district. District No. 'JO 8 mills, making a total levy of 28 mills In said district. District No. 80 2 mills, making a total levy of 22% mills in said district. District No. :: 1 2 mills, making a total of 22% mills for the Bethel township part of said district; 24 mills for the Wbeneser township part of said district* and 26mills for the |-York township part of said district. District No. 22 -2 mills special tax. making a total levy of 24 mills for said district. District No. 8.8?4 mills, making a , total levy of 24% mills In Bethesda's part and 27'/? mills on fie York township's side of said district. IHstrict No. 84?2 mills, making a | total levy of 22% mills in said district. District No. 25 4 mills, making a ; total levy of 2d mills on Kbenaxer's part and 27 mills on York township's part of said district. District No. 26? 4 mills, making a total levy of 26 mills for said disrtict. District No. 27 Special levy ( 6 iff T IB r . t, t ... 4 " J f . <>?. . a $1.25 Per Year. i " f mills for school, 1% mills for interest on school building bonds, 1 mill for sinking fund, making a total of 2.V4 mills for said district. District No. 38?4 mills, making a ; total levy of 24\ mills in said district. " j District No. 39?4 mills, making a | total levy of 24-% mills in said district. District No. 40?5 mills special. 2% mills to pay interest-on bonds, 1*4 mills for sinking fund, making a total-i levy of 29% mills in said district. District No. 41?3 mills, making a 1 total levy of 23-% mills in said district. District No. 42?2 mills, making a total of 25% mills for said district". District No. 43?2 mills, making a 1 total of 22ai mills in Bethesda's part j of said district; a total of 24 mills ia ' Kbenezer's part of said district, and j 25% mills in York's part of said dis! j t riot. I District No. 44?4 mills, making a total levy of 24^i mills In said district. District No. 45?4 mills, making a total levy of 2t;% mills in said district. District No. 46? 4 mills, making a total levy of 26V4 mills in said district. District No. 47?2% mills, making a ' : total of 26 mills in York township's j part and 23% mills in Broad River's | part of said district. , rj District No. 48 ? 2% mills, making a ' total of 23l? mills in Bullock's Creek , and Bethesda township's part of sad *| district, and a total of 26 mills in York i ' i township's part of said district. *1 District No. 49?5 mills, making a I total levy of 25J5i mills in the King's j Mountain township part of said disi | trict. and 28% mills in the York town j ship pari of said district. ?. District No. 50 4 mills. making ? i total levy of 26% mills in said district. I! District No. 51 tl mills, making a ? total levy of 26% mills in said district. District No. 52 4 mills, making a total levy of 2<?,l mills in said district. District No. 5:1?5 mills, making a , t total of 2??** ? mills in King's Mountain and Hethel township's part of said dis<' trict. and mills on York town. | ship's part. ? : District No. 54. 2 mills, making a . total levy of 22% mills in said district i District No. 55 4 mills, making a . | total levy of 24'4 mills in said district, t District No. 50 2 mills, making a * I ' total levy of 22% mills in said district, t IMstrlct No. 57 4 mills special, mnki ing a total of 24% nulls in said rti?i trict. . 1 Also $1.00 on all taxable Polls, i; Also 50 cents oil all Dogs. HARRY K. NEIU I i Treasurer of York Count*. .1 " GREENVILLE COMMUNITY FAIRS II I i i War Carden Commission Fills Big i I Order for Posters and Other ' Appropriate Literature. ' ' / Washington..- Special The higgcrft county food saving campaigns in the I n i t ?,a CI...? - - > .-?.<?? * i* neing put on at , Greenville by .Mrs. \V. Marvin Will?1 moil, county homo demonstration , agent in co-operation with the national wnr garden c-ommission. Ten t community fairs are to be hpid in ; Greenville county and Charles l*athrpi? v Pack, president of the commission, i ordered sent to Mrs. Willinion 30ft posters and -.500 pieces of literature, j "Phis is a lugger order than w* t have ever sent into a county of simi; j lar population." said Mr. Pack, "hut I Mrs. Willinion outlined plans to us i* such an earnest way that we want tB> i | help in every possible way. f. "The commission is offering nation i ; al capital prize certificates for the hest canned Vegetables put up by a i war gardener and plans may be work1 ed out whereby this national recogni' | tion can be awarded to. blue ribbon ' winners in Greenville county." ' J The commission sent literature and 1 , its famous posters by .lames Mont"i gomery Flagg called "Sow the Seed* " j of Victory" and "Can the Kaiser" by Paul Verees. the Itelgian soldier wh* 1 ( was Injured in Flanders. The commitI sion has a demonstration garden of 1 : P.OO acres at Cump Dix where the ! value of "Food F. O. H. the Kitchen 1 Door" is demonstrated to the world. i There the soldiers raised food valued 1 ; al $".">."00 despite a late start. Ll Closing the Schools. I Columbia.- Kvery public school in i the city of Columbia, both for white Iatid negro children, will be closed ?a account of influenza, which has made ?j its appearance in the city. After consultation between the city i j board of health, the city school hoerrt , and \V. II. Hand, superintendent of I the city scjptols. it was decided that I it was expedient to close all the ij schools until further notice. Ileathwood. Olympia, Koae Hill and j a school for negroes, all of which are in district N'o. 4. have ajso been olo*j ed on account of influenza. Will Improve Fair. I Kishopville. The third annual T.e* count v fair will !?* i??i" ~' - iti msnr.pville November 27. 2X. 2f? and 30. ! Many Improvements have hppn mart* and the premiums offered this year arp Inrger than for the two previous years. The horse Show and races. aV ways a feature of this successful county fair, will offer attractive purses 1 ?v stock, poultry and women's and girls* be paid to the exhibits in agriculture, stcok, poultry and women's and girV work. The schools of the county wTB have large exhibits of the work of the scholars. All war work actlvties will be represented by booths and exhibits. The management promise, to surpass in every respect the fair of last year.