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+* (4 ? ii t lti x 6 x ht ? l7u J f 1 1, I (({ y y y. ,'[ + it +; iY'+{'r .FI ..t a-1 I' Iti. S' 7"h.Nr+. 4 , tl } t tti. . Y lf t tlr i to I A f ,t K" Y ! ' {f },. t, .f .( { 1 f..'. ! '. .. t. { .>lrr , i " ,Fr . 1 } t "3 74{ f "'Si ?)" ; X,\i i t :1,. f...', r{.l . ! - , . ti + r f t. Li c r ' ly> +' t , i c } 1 t Ila 1 0. { "."PICT KENJ C,0QPTT4 CIKENS S.ENTif T11E , Irl Qa9 NOVEMBER 269 0906o Established 1871-Vol F PRESIDENT LSO ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRIP ARE GOING FORWARD WITH NO HITCH.. APPARENT. AMSING HEADS DELEGATION" -Passage Will Be Made In -Liner Now . In Use by the Government as a Service Transport Washington.--There were no de :vdopments on the surface in the lrlparations for President Wilson's trp .to France and for America's rep reSentation at the peade conference. 'Arrangements are going steadily ahead, however, and an announcement of. the peace commission's personnel with the program for the journey may be. expected at any time. Members of the senate -who attend *ed. the White House conference told their colleagues of the president's de termination to stay In France indefi nitely or until all of the greater issues arising out of the war have been set tled. Hew long this may be no one Ventures to guess, Re the president wl1l take wtih him a full executive staff, prepared to transact aboard ship or at the American embassy in Paris, virtually all business of the White House. In additon to Secretary Lansing, who is to head the American delega tion to the peace conference, and Col onel House, Elihu Root and Justice Brandeis, generally believed to have been selected by the president for 'membership, speculation upon a long list. of names has centered upon only .one for the fifth place-that of Secre tary Houston of the department of 'agriculture. He is being suggested persistently In official quarters. Navy officials let it be known that it is planned to take the president and the delegation across the Atlantic on a big passenger liner now in use by the government as a transport. A dreadnaught and a flotilla of destroy ers probably will be convoys. OVERTHROW BOLSHEVIKI AND CAPTURE OF KIEV REPORTED Washington. - Overthrow of the bolshevik regime in- the Ukraine and the .ejture of Kiev by cossack troops friendly to the all-Russian government as reported from Copenhagen, opens the way, in the opinion of officials here ,for important developments in Russia. While no change in policy, either political or military ,has been .made by the United States, it is real ized here that the holding of the Ukraine by forces friendly to the as sociated governments and decidedly hostile to the bolsheviki opens a path directly into the heart of Russia eith er for the dispacth o troops or of supplies for the relief of the demobil ized civliari population. CONSOLIDATION OF POSTAL AND WESTERN UNION LINES Washington.-Consolidation of the services of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies, under government control, was announced by Postmaster General Burleson, ef fective December 1, next. The following order was issued: "In order that the telegraph facili .ties may be used to the fullest extent and the transmission of messages ex pedited, the telegraph systems shall her~after be operated as one, and ef fective December 1, 1918, all telegraph .~ offices shall accept for transmission all, classes of m'essages now accepted by any one of them at the prescribed tariff rates." MORE THAN '100,000 PEOPLE WANT JO GO TO EUROPE -New York.-@fore than 100,000 per eona have app*ed eince the armistiee was silgped for perntission to go abroad, according to customs officials here, who announced that no passports for. foreign travel woukd be issued ex cept in case of necess'ity. TENTATIVE PLANO TO FLOAT $8,000,000,000 MOR E BONDS .Wahington. - Secreotary McAdoo and meinbers of the capita-l is~ues committee agreed that. 'the committee abhould conthn indefinitely intsune ions of s'uperviaing proposed Issues - 'of stocks end bonds for capiital pur. posdti, as a measure of rationing oap. ital 'In preopavatiln for future war loans. At 'tlje sake 'teme it became knoawn that Itho ti'easury plans tenta tively to float about eight billion 'dol, tam more securities during 1919. M'ADOG TO RETIRE TO PRIVATE LIFE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION TO PRESIDENT WILSON. OFFICE IS TOO POORLY PAID Rumors Rife of Political Ambition May, in Part, Explain Action of President's Son-in-Law. Washington.-William Gibbs Mc. Adoo, secretary of the treasury, di rector general of railroads, and often discussed as one of the presidential possibilities of 1920, has resigned his office to return to private business. President Wilson has accepted his resignation. Mr. McAdoo will give up the treas ary portfolio as soon as a successor has been selected. He wished to lay' down his woik as director general of railroads by January 1, but will re main if the president has not then chosen a successor. Upon the new secretary of the treasury, whoever he may be, will de volve the task of financing the nation through the transition period of war to peace, which probably will include t least two more Liberty loans and possibly also a further revision of the System of war taxation. Letters between President Wilson nd Mr. McAdoo, made public wtih the announcement of the resignation, live Mr. McAdoo's reasons for leav-" ng the cabinet solely as a necessity Cor replenishing his personal fortune mnd express the president's deep re Iret at losing his son-in-law from his' >ificial 'family. TOTAL OF 59 SUBMARINES HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED London.-Twenty more German sub taarines were surrendered to Admiral 'yrwhitt, of Harwich. This makes a total of 59 submarines thus far hand-' 3d over. There would have been 21 urrendered but one sank during the might. The correspondent of the wireless service with the British naval forces says that just before noon a cruiser ,ame into sight, followed by the Ger nan submarines and a German trans )ort. The transfer took place In the marbor on acocunt of the heavy sea unning. The majority of the subma ines were large and nearly nil were ied with wireless equipment. When the Germans arrived it was ioticeable that the revolutionary ele nent was decidedly present. Some of he officers had removed the Prus sian eagles from their caps and re laced them with a sort of red badge hat recognizes the authority of the ailors' and soldiers' council. The nien took very little notice of any hing their officers said to them. One hbouted: "No officer-no kaiser." $500,000,000 REDUCTION IN NEW WAR REVENUE MEASURE Washington-Reductions aggregat *ng $500,000,000 in the yield -from the mew war revenue bill were made by he senate fin~nce committee in re vising the measure downward to the six billion dollar total for 1919 pro posed by Secretary McAdoo. The lecrease was confIned principally to .he tobacco, luxury, semi-luxury and )ther special and excise schedules. Among the more important decis ions were elimination of the luxury mchedule proposed in the house bill evying 20 per cent onm costly articles rf clothing and other merchandise and estimated to raise $184,'795,000; alimination oif the house tax of two cents a gallon oni gasoline; estimated to yeilld $40,000,000; reduction from 10 to five per cent, or about $200,000,000 in revenue, in rates of nmany articles classed as semi-luxuries, and a re duct Ion of about one-half in the house rates on tobacco, a cut of about $54, 000 in revenue. EX-KAISER ENTERED HOLLAND SIMPLY AS PRIVATE CITIZEN Paris.--The Dutch legation publish ed a note containing a dleclaration by the president of The Netherland to the chamber of deputies, saying that the former German emperor entered Dutch territory after his abdication as a private personage. The note says the kindi of refuge granted to him is sim ilar to that given all foreign refugees and that 'the government could not make any exception on account of' his former potion. United War Work Campaign PickensCounty The United War Work Campaign closed on last Wednegday, November 20th, with Pickens county subscribing $15,182.56. Her quota was only $13, '100.00. When the quotas for each district were printed they were made on a basis of $16,000.00, but this was a mistake. These have been re-arranged on the new basis and are printed so that each district may know how neairly they reached their quota. The colored people have given most generously, having raised a total of $1,388.07 in this county. EASLEY TOWNSHIP. Quotas. Amounts Raised. Amounts Colored People Croswell ------ $525.00. $333.94 $ 167.25 Dayton ------ 350.00 134.00 60.25 Easley, --------2,800.00 4,701.03 324.40 Lerhardt --------612.00 755.00 110.00 Parr's ------------175.00 209.07 98.50 Cedar Rock...----- 131.00 165.90 66.15 Zion ------------393.00 69.50 Total-----.$4,986.00 $6,369.14 $826.55 PICKENS TOWNSHIP. Pickens Mill...- $618.35 Bethlehem------ 109.00 125.00 Wolf Creek ------$87.00 109.15 12.00 Town Creek,.-......350.00 42.00 Pickens,--------- 700.00 723.31 123.31 Glassy Mountain,... 87.00 100.20 Hagood,--------- 43.00 65.40 9.90 Twelve Mile,------ 43.00 91.85 14.00 Total,.-..$1,419.00 $1,875.26 $159.21 LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. Flat Rock --------$131.00 $.24.00 Iuhamah, --------109.00 109.05 Liberty, -------..1,890.00 1,907.00 114.00 Reunion,---------- 306.00 113.40 Mauldin,.._.---- 262.00 65.75 Roanoke, -------- 175.00 293.50 63.50 Total,-...- $2,873.00 $2,512.70 177.50 CENTRAL TOWNSHIP. Symmes --------$201.00 40.00 Tabor, ----------350.00 30.00 Calhoun, --------743.00 976.00 55.00 Central, --------- 875.00 1,230.71 40.56 Johnston,----... 1,015.00 521.66 37.50 Gates, ---------.105.00 121.00 Long Branch, -. . . 87.00. 88.45 Pleasant Hill,-1---131.00 39.55 Kings,------------ 65.00 Total,------ $3,572.00 $3,077.37 133.06 HURRICANE TOWNSHIP. Palestine, -----...43.00 57.50 Six Mile,--------131.00 139.75 Praters, --------- 87.00 Martin, -------... ----70.00 68.00 Mile Creek,------- 43.00 68.75 Keowee, --------- 35.00 82.50 Total,--....$409.00 $416.50 DACUSVILLE TOWNSHIP. Dacusville,-------- $175.00 $254.00 $68.75 Maynard,-------- 140.00 102.50 23.00 Mica,------------ 87.00 59.25 Ola,------......43.00 31.45 Total,------ $445,00 $474.45 , $91.75 PUMPKINTOWN TOWNSHIP. New Town,------- $52.00 $35.60 3olenoy,--------- 87.00 75.55 Ambler,----------- 43.00 51.90 Rock,------------ 43.00 34.45 Grove,----------- 87.00 95.15 Total,-.... $272.00 $2923.5 EASTATOE TOWNSHIP. 13ethel,....-.--.-$21.00 Shady Grove,...-..43.00 $24.0 Antioch,-.........---35.00 38.74 Hampton,..---......21.00 4.55 Holly Springs,-..43.00 56.70 locky Bottom,-...... 7.00 Eastatoe,-............65.00 Cane Creek,-........2.00 7.55 Montvale,..-...--.-61.00 32.35 Total,_-........$322.00 $164.49 GERTRUDE H. MATTHEWS, County Chairman. INDUSTRIAL PLANTS. .The mills and their operatives have played a wonderful part in this cam >aign. In almost every mill in the county every operative has contribute'dK one (lays wages or more and thereby put that mill on a basis of 1 00 per cent .Their patriotism and generosity is unexcelled. Glenwood Mill,..- --. $1,023.64 1 00 Per Cent. Pickens Mill,--.......618.35 100 Per Cent. Easley Mills No. 1. 1,148.50) 100OPer Cent) Esasley Mills No. 2. 595.00 100 Per Cent. Esley Mills No. 3 301.25 118 Per Cent. Alice Mills,.-------.- 495.2580PrCn Niorris Mills,--.......200.00 8 e et Issaqueena Mills,..... 716.11 100 Per Cent. $5,128.10 GERTRUDE II. MATTHEWS, County Chairman. THE HUNDRED DOLLAR CLUB. The followving is a list of those wvho subscribed One Hundred or more dollars to thie War Work Campaign: i8. P. McCi-avey, Lloyd H. Smith, 'C. T. Martin, W. M. Hagood, Mre. W. M. Hagood, John A. Robinson, Joseph L. Looper,GetueHMahws Commercial Bank, Gee od Mitthes, Pickents Mill, Galeywo Mills, Easley Mills No. 2, Easley Mills No. 3, Alice Mills, . .Norris Mills, Issaqueena Mills. EASLEY VICTORtY G;IRLS AND BOYS. In next wveek's issue we wvill print the names of the Victory Boys and Girls in other parts of the county. Have not been able to secure a list of the names, nor the per centages of the schools subscribing to this fund; INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE CAMPS RED CROSS FIELD DIRECTOR AT f CAMP JACKSON DID NOT A VOLUNTARILY RESIGN. WORK IS STILL UNDER WAY t South Carolinians at Wadsworth Are 'i Being Rapidly Discharged and 'I Returned to Their Homes. Camp Jackson. One of the most impressive services ever witnessed at camp was that of communion service, conducted by v Chaplain Roswell C. Long of the Fourth regiment. The service was I held, in "Y" building 138, and the a chaplain was assisted by the pastor t of the First Presbyterian church and . the staff of Y. M. C. A. secretaries c of the local building. At a recent meeting of the religious leaders of Camp Jackson it was agreed I that the observance of holy commun- I1 ion should be effected in each Y. M. C. A. building at least once a month. Charged before the general court martial with wilfully disobyeing the orders ot a superior officer, Private John B. Woods of Company K, Second 9 Provisional Regiment, was sentenced i to serve ten years in the United States disciplinary barracks at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., and to be dishonorably discharged from the service, as well 1 as forfeiting all pay and allowances now due him or to become due. A recent article announced that F. H. Gheen, Jr., late field director of the Red Cross, Camp Jackson, was compelled to return to his home at West Chester, Pa., as result of a ner vous breakdown. The military authorities deem it imperative that the erroneous impres sion caused by the publication of this article be corrected, lest it be used in the future to place F. H. Oheen, Jr., In a position where he might be a det riment to society. The military authorities, after full investigation, demanded his .immedi ate expulsion from camp. He was l dismissed by the Red Cross with the assurances that his services would not t 'be used elsewhere. Mrs. B. M. Boykin of the woman's I department of the Y. M. C. A. from Atlanta, was at Camp Jackson in the \ interest of placing some women Y. M. C. A. secretaries in Camp Jackson. The matter will be taken up with the military and with the local heads of p the Y. M. C. A. p Dr. Raisin of the Jewish Welfare has a been delivering a number of inter. ' osting lectures in the camp during the 0 past few days on "Jews in Many tm Lands" and "The Jew In Russia." The lectures have been highly enjoyed by t1 the Jewish soldiers and ohers. d Camp Sevier. -Instructions were receivedl from ba Washington by the construction qua termaster at Camp Sevier to suspend construction operations on the can'- j tonment building which were underv way for the 156th depot brigade here. I The work was held up until further lI advices. Other construction work int he camp), however, is still under way.' Nannie Smith, Roge- F~ord, Kathe Parrish, P. M. Taylor, Rose Edna 1Hil1, net'i hester, Marie Shirley, Hiendon Si Agnes Edens, R. TP. Thornton, Bernice] Willard Edens1, Alice Shanklin, Nesbit Hlagood, .Jack Hiagood, Carl Sinith, D~e' H~odg. ONE HIUNDRED) PER ( In the followving schools every child Easley High School, Glenwood Mill Scht School, Alice Mils School, Eaisley Mill 1I As Chairman of Pickens county, I chairmen andl their co-workers my deel untiring efforts. You have worked fail each subscriber we want to express our in I'rance wvill rejoice to know that in tU preciation of the sacrifices they have m have won. GERTRI MR. W. V. MARTIN EXPRI H~aving had some small part in pi War Work campaign to practically all ti desire to express my sincere appreciatio gratitude for the remarkable response n Everywhere they evidenced a mios merits of the campaign, a commendable wvhole, and the finest spirit of enthusiast In their liberality, despite the sev.ere ei they had just passed, incurr'ng loss of wva they have set the pace for the rest of th the proud position of leaders in real ger To the operatives in evcry mill of put across a big job in a big way, andl I thanks and appreciation. State Director, United War Work ri hcantonment buildings include a arge number of wooden barracks and mailer huts for the housing of the men of the depot brigade. Camp Wadsworth. Her'bert McCutchen died at Camp Vadsworth from pneumonia, follow tg Influenza. The young man was rafted into the military service a ow weeks ago and sent to Camp Vadsworth where he was taken Ill the ext day and sent to the base ho ital. South Carolinians, numbering more ban 1,000, who arrived in Camp Vadsworth two weeks ago under the ast draft call are being dischargedi rom the service and numbers of hem left for their homes in various arts of the state. Their discharges ead, however, that if the trms of he armistice should not be lasting, he men may be recalled and again nducted into service. Prisoner of Germans. Sumter-One bit of good news the rmistice has brought to a Sumter ounty home is that 'Herman Caugh nan is still alive. Several months go his name was printed in a casual y list of those killed in action. No urther information respecting the cir umstance of his death was ever re eived, but now comes an official tele. ram to his father stating that Her/ pan Caughman is still alive and that e had been found and released front German prison. He was a member f the American forces in Italy. Colonel Spratt at Home. Fort Mill--Lieutenant Colonel Thos. 3. Spratt, of the 118th intatnry, who as been in France nearly a year, ar ived at his home in Fort Mill. Colo iel Spratt embarked at Brest Novem. >er 6 under orders to proceed to the Jnited States and direct the move neut of a regiment of troops across he Atlantie. Upon his arrival his or lre were revoked and ho was given he privi!tge of visiting his home. It a needless to say a warm welcome ;reeted him here. Paroled by the Governor. Columbia.-Governor Manning has paroled C. K. Hardin, a prominent business man of Columbia, who was convicted of manslaughter here sey eral months ago and sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary, Har Uin was convicted of complicity In the Cilling of Lonwood Shaw, an 11-year id white boy, of this city, who was cnocked off a wagon and run over by Lutomobile driven by J. L. Hanahan, drurtat of this city, who was son enced to five years in the peniten lary. ERSAILLES IS PREPARING TO RECEIVE THE CONFERENCE Pards.---The ct-y of Versailles is pro aring to receive The delegates to the eae conference. The deliberatione re expecited to be held In the Grand. rianon part of 'the chrateau of Vew. miles, once oecupied by Marie An )inette. Th6i priceless apestries and furnt are, removed to a place of safety urine ',te course of hostitties, are D'w being replaceed. The ganlons are sing restored. Kettles of pauper tire carried by the nipanese~ soldiers. When hot waiter is tanted the kettle is filled tand the out l(de douased with water when it is ung over the fire and in ten minut-es he water is boiling. 'ine Hangood, Ralph Smith, Bernice Mlarv'in Rogers, Lanura Parrish, Ken nith, Martha Wall, Charles Wyatt, tobinson, James Taylor, Alice Bolt, Sullivan, Elizabeth Hlagood, Albert vey Bridges, James Knox, William :ENT. SCHOOLS. contributedl to the War Work Fund ol, Easley Mill School, Pickens Mill lo. 3, School. wish to express to all the township >est gratitudle for their loyalty .and hfully and wvon gloriously, and to Ippreciation. The hearts of our boys is campan we have shown our ap 'ide and the wonderful victory they mE)1 1. MATTHEWS, Co. Chmn. SSES HllS THANKS. cisening the claims o fths United ic cotton mills of Pickens county, I ni of the privilege and my heartfelt inde by- the mill employees. t. intelligent comprehension of the sympathy with the movement as a ni and patriotism in their responses. tidemic of influenza throtagh which iges andI heavy increase of experg~es, e country, andi placedi themselves in erosity. Pickens county I wish to say you wisqh to express to yo : miy personal Ver y sincerely, W. V. MART?. mpaign, Industrial Department,