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THE *OET KILL TIXEST :?. B? W? W4IMrOBI> - - Miter?dlhiailMai 1 * c VMonrnoR Mini: Oar Taar.. ..... 11.26 uiiMtki .at m? Times Inritas MiitribatiMi on llTsiabMct' bit does not mrree to publish more than 20O words 1 tnr subject. The right is reserved to edit /err communication submitted for publication. On application to the publisher, advertising rates are made known to those interested. rslsohons.locslandlonedlstance.Ho.il*. Entered at the postofflce at Fort Mill. S. C.. as ail natter of the second class. THURSDAY. OCT. 81, 1918. The Same Lying Germany The Germany of today is the Germany of 1871. It is the Germany of 150 years ago. It is the same lying, hypocritical bloodsucking, world-looting Germany of thieves and murderers. In the Fortnightly Review of February, 1871, there is .a story of the atrocities committed by the German army in its invasion of France, which might have been written of every advance made by the German armies in France and Belgium since August, 1914. That stat ement shows the nature of the German beast, that tiger nature which Secretary Lansing has said which has committed crimes which even to recount "would sicken a tiger." Here is what was published in the Fortnightly Review of 1871 as to the way in which the German armies carried their ruthlessness and frightfulness into France at that time: "For six months one-third of France has been given up to fire and sword. For 300 or 400 miles vast armies have poured on. Every village they have passed through has been the victim of what is only an organized pil lage. Every city has been practically sacked, ransacked on system; its citizens plundered, its civil officials terrorized, imprisoned, outraged or killed. The civil population has been contrary to the usages of modern warfare, forced to serve the invading armies, brutally put to death, reduced to wholesale starvation and desolation. Vast tracts of the richest and most industrious districts of Europe have been deliberately stripped and plunged into famine, solely that the invaders might make war cheaply, irregular troops, contrary to all the practices of war, have been systematically murdered and civil populations indiscriminately massacred, solely to spread terror. A regular system of ingenius terrorism has been directed against civillians as horrible as anything in the history of civil or religious wars. Large and populous cities have been, not once, but twenty, thirty, forty times, bombarded and burned, and the women and children in them wantonly slaughtered, with the sole object of inflicting suffering. All this has been done, not in license or passion, but by the calculating ferocity of scientific soldiers." This is the nation which now comes and asks of President Wilson "a peace without humiliation," "a pleasing peace.!" This is the nation which professes to have overturned its government aftd democratized itself to the point that it can meet the ae mand of America and the Allies on that point. That statement from beginning to end is a lie. The German government has not changed. The German people have not changed.. The German army and all the military powers have not changed. Caught in a , trap, believing that it can bring about confusion in America and among our allies by these efforts to secure peace, Germany is carrying on exactly the same lying 1 hyprocricy which Frederick the great carried out in his campaign of robbery and murder and duplicity which has furnished the foundation, as Secretary Lansing said, for German diplomacy for 150 years. j j We have quoted freely from , Secretary Lansing because as s the official spokesman of the na- < tion, he necessarily, ve believe. J oiced what President Wilson hen knew and felt. Under such circumstances is it < weeible to conceive that Presi- ' lent Wilson can stive any answer j whatsoever to Germany other ( ;han a demand for unconditional < rairender and a punishment that i will make it impossible for cen- ' uriea to come for any other 1 >lack-hearted, rotten-hearted na- , ion to bring such woe and suf- t ering upon the world? Any man in this country or in , those of our Allies who seeks to ] save Germany from punishment. who seeks to bring about a peace for Germany without full punishment for the criminal leaders and full reparation by indemnities for all the sufferings and sorrows of the world, will be a traitor to humanity, a traitor to civilization and a traitor to Almighty God Himself. On to Berlin, and death to Germanism.?The Manufacturers Record. What the Americans are Doing. The Americans in a few days less than a month, have liberated more than 45 villages and advanced to an average depth of 10 miles, freeing 165 miles of territory. In the offensive the Americans have captured more than 20,000 prisoners. The Americans attacked on a front of 20 miles from the Argonne to the Meuse and the advance has been made in the face of almost insurmouiilable airncuity, aue particularly to tne nature of the ground, which is covered with hills, deep ravines and woods. In addition, the Americans had fronting them four organized systems of trenches?the Hindenburg line, the Ilagen position, the Volker position and the Kriemhilde position. They have forced their way through all these lines. Ahead of them lies the Freya position, which has been reached at one point in the region of the Bantheville wood. The advance has been particularly difficult because the Germans have stubbornly resisted every foot of the way and have used more than 33 divisions on the 20 mile front. The enemy continues to make a formidable effort to hold this front in order to protect his great lateral line of communication running thru Hirson, Mezieres, Sedan, Montmedv and Loniruvon. This line is already threatened and should the Germans lose it, they will lose tl.eir main line of communication from Germany into occupied France. In addition the prisoners, General Pershing's men have taken more than 137 guns, of large caliber, numerous machine guns and anti-tank guns, a great store of ammunition anu much war materials including locomotives and railway cars. Since September 26 the Americans have fired more than 2,500.000 shells, the number at times reaching as high as 150,000 daily. The guns used included a great numoer of heavy ones, and also some captured from the enemy. American aviators and antiaircraft guns in the period since September 27 have brought down 230 enemy machines and 23 enemy balloons, despite adverse fiying conditions and bad weather at times. Bombing airplanes dropped more than 40,000 kilograms of explosives on railroad centers, troop con centrauons anu uiner pumi?> behind the enemy lines. May Cut Out Hunting. Continuation of the world-war will mean the elimination pf all hunting next year, in the opinion of local sportsmen. On account of the imperative demand for ammunition and explosives for army use, it is said that the government, in the event the war goes over into 1919, will cut out the manufacture of shells such, as are used by hunters, utilizing this ammunition for war purposes, and at the same time diverting a great amount of skilled labor in a now direction, where it will be of direct service to the government in prosecuting the war. The outlook for hunting in 1919 is not very promising, say local hunrers, if there is no conclusion of the war by the end of this year. Has Twelve Sons in Service. Twelve sons in active service is the record of R. H. Winslow, a negro preacher of Rayville, La. Eight.of the sons enlisted before the enactment of the selective service law and the other four we in the national army. Two >f the soldiers are twins, the last t\ ree triplets. "r vl y-j< ^ '.-. ;" .^<ir . ,< !> Skwt Local lteas. ? Nothing definite in the matter >f opening the Fort Mill school aas been given out for publication. The school board and local lx>ard of health have been called x> meet jointly thiB evening, however, and in view of the greatly improved condition of the influenza epidemic, it is expected that bhe school will resume work' on next Monday. It also is expected that services will be held in the churches next Sunday. C. Fred Rodgers, of this city, yesterday received a letter from his brother, William Rodgers, with the forces in France, saying that the latter had recently received a wound in the leg and was recovering in a foreign military hospital. Information received by relatives in Fort Mill is to the effect that Lieut. F. Murray Mack has lately been promoted to a captaincy, while Sergt. Frederick Nilhs has been given a second lieutenancy. These young Fort Mill men are both at the front in France. DEATHS. Died at her home in this city on October 18th, Helen Archy, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Archy, pneumonia being the cause of death. The burial was in New Unity cemetery. Mrs. Minnie Mclnteer died at her home in this city Thursday, October 24th, aged 34 years. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Sam Mclnteer, and several children, among the latter being twin infants. The burial was in New Unity cemetery. Mrs. Annie Kimbrell, wife of Mr. James kimbrell, died at her home in this city Saturday morning of pneumonia and was buried Sunday in New Unity cemetery. She is survived bv her husband. Spanish Influenza. The disease now occurring in this country and called "Spanish Influenza" resembles a very contagious kind of "cold" accompanied by fever, pains in the head, eyes, ears, back or other parts cf the body, and a feeling of severe sickness. In most ol the cases the symptems disappear after three or four days, the patient then rapidly recovering; some of the patients, however, develop pneumonia, or inflammation of the ear, or meningitis, and many of these complicated cases die. Whether this so-called "Spanish" influenza is identical with the epidemics of influenza of earlier y.ears is not yet known. Epidemics of influenza have visited this country since 1647. It is interesting to know that this first epidemic was brought here from Valencia, Spain. Since that time there have beer numerous epidemics of the disease. In 1889 and 1890 ar epidemic of influenza, starting somewhere in the Orient, spreac first to Russia, and thenc? practically over the entire world. Thr<iO A CQPO l.itap .... w mici mere was another flare-up of the disease. Both times the disease spreac widely over the United States. Although the present epidemic is called "Spanish Influenza' there is no reason to believe thai it originated in Spain. Some writers who have studied the question believe that the epidemic came from the Orient anc they call attention to the facl that the Germans mention the disease as occurring along the eastern front in the summer anc fall of 1917. Auout the best remedy for the disease that we know of is to gc to bed, call a physician, and lei him prescribe for you. For the War Work Fund. The campaign for subscriptions to the Y. M. C. A. Wai fund will Legin Nov. Illh and close Njv. 18th. The allotment for Fort Mill township is $2,200 The territory will be divided up according to school districts, and the following have been appointed by the chairman of the Rncf. ern district of York county tc have charge of the campaign: C. S. Link, Fort Mill, section chairman. W. A. Roach, treasurer. VV. H. Ward, boys' campaign chairman. C. F. Blankenship, Gold Hill chairman. W. W. Boyce, Flint Hill chairman. L. M. Massey, Massey's school chairman. W. H. Jones, Sutton's school chairman. A meeting of these chairmen has been called for Sunday afternoon, November 3, for the purpose of making allotments and appointing solicitors. It is expected that Dr. D. B. Johnson, county chairman, and other prominent Y. M. C. A. vso l-ers will be pr. sent at the meeting and an invitation is extended to all those interested in the cause to be present. The meeting will be held, if permitted, in the Masonic hulL I NOTICE OF ELECTION State of South Carolina, , V County of York. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for State add County Officers will be held at the voting precincts prescribed by law in said county, on Tuesday, November 6, 1918, said day being Tuesday following Idle first Monday 1 in November, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualification for suffrage: Managers of election shall require of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to vote, the production of his registration certificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, > including poll tax, assessed against him and collectible during the pre* ious year. The production of a certificate or of the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes, shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Section 237, Code of 1912 ,as amended by Act No. 0, special session of 1914. Section 237. There shall be three separate and distinct ballots, as follows: One dimiot ior cnitea states Senator, Representatives in Congress and Presidential electors; and one ballot for Qovernor, Lieutenant Governor, State officers, Circuit Solicitors, members of the House of Representative, State Senator, county oflicers, and one ballot for all Constitutional amendments and special questions, each of the three said boxes to be appropriately " labelled; which ballots shall be of plain, white paper and of such width and length as to contain the names of the ollicer or officers and ques thm or questions to be voted for or upon, clear and even cut, without ornament. designation, mutilation, symbol or mark of any kind whatsoever, except the name or names of the person or persons voted for and the office to which such person or persons are intended to l>e chosen, and all special questions which name or names, office or offices, question or questions shall lie written or printed or partly written or partly printed thereon in black ink; and such ballot shall be so folded as to conceal the name or names, question or questions thereon, and so folded, shall be deposited in a 1m>x to be constructed, kept and disposed of as herein provided by law, and no ballot of any other description found in either of said boxes shall be counted. On all special questions the ballot shall state the question, or questions, and shall thereafter have the worda "Ye*" and "Xo" inserted so that the t voter may indicate his vote by striking I out one or the other of such words on said ballot, the word not so stricken out to be counted. Hefore the hour fixed for opening the polls, Manugers and Clerks must take ' and *uba<tihe the Constitutional oath. > The Chairman of the Hoard of Managers can administer the oath to the other members and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Managers elect their . Chairman and Clerk. Polls ut each voting place must be , opened at 7 o'clock a. nr., and closed at 4 o'clock p, m? except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. in., and close at 0 p. m. M lie Managers have the power to fill a va ancy, and if none of the Managers att -iid. the citizens can uppoint from ' among the qualified voters, the Manager.!. who, after boing sworn, can conduit the election. ? At the close of the election, the Ma i. gers and Clerk must proceed pub' licly to open the liullot boxes and count ' the ballots therein, and continue with* out adjournment until the same is com, pitted, and make a statement of the I rcsu't for each office and sign the sumo. Within throe days thereafter, the Chairman of the Hoard or some one designa' till by the Hoard, must deliver to the T Commissioners of Elections the poll I list, the boxes containing the ballots ? and written statements of the results of the election, j At the said election qualified electors will vote upon the adoption or rejec> tion of amendments to the State Constitution, as provided in the following Joint Resolution: ; a .loint Resolution to Amend Section 7 of Article VI11 of the Constitution, I Relating to Bonded Indebtedness by i Adding a Proviso thereto as to the ? City of Abbeville. A Joint Resolution Proposing an j Amendment to Section 14a. of article X , of the Constitution by Allowing the 1 City of ( hariestoii Through the City ' Council, to Assess Abutting Property for* ' Permanent Improvement an dto Pay for ' the Permanent Improvement of the Intersection of Streets for Curbing anil i leaving of Drains without the Consent ) of the Property Owners. I A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 5, Article XI of the Constitution, Relating to School Districts, by Adding a Special Proviso as to Greenville County. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section . 20, Article III of tljc Constitution, by In sorting after the'words "Viva Voce," l the Words Except by Unanimous Con ....J*, . . See Our f > ? Our Fall and Housefurnishings 1 invite you to mak< (Organs, Sewing Ranges, Oil Sto^ Wood Heaters, Grates for stoves a tresses, Pillow Cas er Beds, Sheets, B | Dining Tables, H Wardrobes, Etc. i I bile and bicycle T ????Young 6 sent." A Joint Resolution Proponing an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution by Adding Thereto Section 10, to Empower the City of Abbeville to Assess Abutting property for Permanent Im piQTOMiU. A Joint Resolution to H?id Artldb X (10) of tbs Constitution by Adding Thereto ? Met ion 17 to Empower Amy or All Incorporated Cities mad Town* to Assets Abutting property for Permaent Improvements. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 7 Article VIII of the Constitution, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the City of Orangeburg. A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend Section 17 of Article VIII of the Constitution Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness. A Joint Resolution to Amend Section 7 of Article VIII and Section 5 of Article X, of the Constitution, so as to Exempt the Cities of Rock Hill and Florence, from the Provisions Thereof. A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution by Adding Thereto Section 16, to Empower the Town of Pendleton to Assess Abutting Property for PermaImprovcments. Election Managers. The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said county: Yorkville?E. M. Dickson, James L. Moss, W. B. Kellar. Hickory Grove?J. K. Allison, S. C. Wilkerson, J. J. Hood. Piedmont?E. A. Burns, W. M. Smith, W. S. Cain. Bethany?J. A. Ratterree, J. W. Pursley, R. B. Smith. Forest Hill?R. E. L. Ferguson, F. G. I Cook, J. 1). B. Currcnce. Fort Mill?IV. M. Wilson, J. Lee Spratt, Fred Kims. Rod; Hill?J. B. Creighton, Jesse M. Moore, B. W. Creed. Coates Tavern?,1. K. Glasscock, T. F. Lesslie, G. A. Gettys. Ogdcn?I. S. Kidd, A. L. Neely, W. S. Percival. McConnellsvillc?J. T. Crawford, J. F. Ashe, II. C. Gourley. Blairsville?J. N. Russell, H. E. Hood, J. L. Mitchell. Bullocks Creek?J. D. Good, L. L. Dowdle, J. C. Steele. Bethel?W. W. Stanton, J. M. Ford, W. L. Adams. Clover?F. H. Jackson, Thad P. Clinton, J. L. Stacy. Newport?S. II. Hutchison, Craig Barnett, C. T. Jackson. Sharon?E. R. Shannon, W. H. Plexico, J. C. Hope. Tirwih?W. E. Gettys, J. S. Sadler, J. M. Campbell. Smyrna?W. W. Whitesides, J. II. Quinu, R. M. Stroup. El?ene*er?T. R. Black, T. A. Barron, . E. P. Steele. The Managers at each precinct named I above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure lntxes and blanks for the election from John E. Carroll, at the Court House at York, S. C., Saturday, November 2, 1018. W. B. WILSON, Jr. J. DARBY SMITH, . W. L. BOYD, Commissioners for Statu n?wi County Election. TAX NOTICE-1818. Office of the County Treasurer of York County. York, S. C. Sept. 17, 1918. Notice is hereby given that the Tax Books for York county will be opened on Tuesday, the 16th day of October, 1918, and remain open until the 31st day of December, 1918, for the collection of State, county, school and local taxes, for the fiscal year 1918, without penalty; after which day a One per cent penalty will be added to all payments made in the month of January, 1919, and Two per cent penalty for all payments made in the month of February, 1919, and Seven per cent penalty will be added to all payments made from the 1st day of March, 1919, to the 15th day of March, 1919. and after this date all unpaid taxes will go into executions and all unpaid Single Polls will be turned over to the several Magistrates for prosecution in accordance with law. It is my desire to attend different parts of the county for the convenience of taxpayers as heretofore; but owing to the exacting nature of my duties as a member of Local Exemption Board No. 2, I am required at all times to be within call of the office of the Board and must remain at the county seat. All of the Banks of the county .will offer their accommodations and facilities to Taxpayers who may desire to make use of the same, and I shall take pleasure in giving prompt attention to all correspondence on the subject. All Taxpayers appearing at my office will receive prompt attention. Note?The Tax Books will be made up by Townships, and parties writing about Taxes will always expedite matters if they will mention the Township or Townships in which their property or properties are located. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer ot York County. ?all Stock. Win ter stork of is complete and we s an inspection. 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