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- Col Koomvelt underwent a vor
severe operation in a X< w York hospi
tul last ue*k. There wt-n- abac-sues I!
ooth oi his earn and ins condition Ma
regarded as very serious- The under
-landing is tiiat h?- is vir> much ini
Moved, an i is probably out of dang'-i
The general assemhh has under
taken to materially tiKhten up th
|uart-a-month law so as to pre en
ah us* s Hen-after the applicant fo
li<|uor must make his appli<ation >i
fore the judge of probate in js-rsor
.iml the Judge of probate must b
satisfied that the application is bon
tide 'inly 10 cents is allowed as
fee for the application and then- ?a
to- no charge for the affidavit.
The liodles of -II of the mlsslfl
Mitiins of the Tuscania disaster wer
Mash'd up last Thursday on the Ins
io?-ks J"? miles from the scc-n'- of th
torpedoing. .Ml were Americans an
their hodies win- mutilated lieyon
iei ogmtion A pathetic feature Is tha
although all the victims wore tags, n
I'ientitii-.'ittcin numbers had he*-n put o
th< in bei-ati.se these Americans had ni
- ..wuiirti, .1 firm
units. Therefore. there i.s no way t
identify them ami 'h?\v will !>? huric
tn one grave
lea nl Sola-ting. < st? waril o
tli?- Butch liner. Nu-uw Ainsterdai
which arrival at ail Atlantic t>oi
Thursday was held in it'H.IMV t>ail i>y
t<?|fial commissioner on a charge tha
la a"? lii|itci| to smuggle mail into tli
I'nitail States. One latter whieh Soli
i itig |H anal to have admitted la- trie
to hide in t)a- smoking room ot th
ship. was pivtu nti ! in evidence. I
was iinoli ii|i ot a series of disconnect
I si litciiccN aial showed that a lunula
ot jha sons had participated in its pre
( aration. federal agents declared I
was evidently a code letter.
a. W I la w ley. si'Hiiik I'astor i Cum
mH's literature m Washington, wa
sent to jail last Thursday in default c
a hoiul alti 1 a hearing he-tor
t lilted States t'onnnissionei Becker
diti- under the espoiuage act. charge
with discrediting the allied cause an
i s i ! 'I * in 11 y Illicit > honds. 1 law let
laiins that he is from New Vorkan
had he. n in Washington several da>:
and leih nil olfleers have heen work
mg on Ins ease, resulting in his aires
\mong Ins statements, according t
testimony ot J. S. Kuykcndull, secretary
ot tin- local exemption hoard, iva
one that money invested in lila-rt
honds. prim Ipal and interest yvotiKI >
lost, \nollier was that ministers n
tin- I'rotestant ehurehes are acting a
a d?*co\. leading young men on > > pel
suasion to tln-ir death. "I cannot an
would not it I could." replied flawh
to th>- .pjc-.tu.li nl whitli'i or not h
could liiillish ImiiiiI.
An altcmpt to enlist ji .piarter ot
...iiiii.u skilled workmen in its shipyar
voluiitcii reserve will l>i- made tlii
week ! > tin* eim-i-geiiey llect corpora
tinn through sliitc councils of dcfcnsi
Tin* Mi'i k has lu'fii designated as rcg
islralinii ivi'i'k in every state. Tin* |<iir
I.iisi in establishing the reserve is t
ereale a I><mI \ nt skilled workers w h
ail lie railed nn lor service III tile shi|J
yards as they are needed. Tin- classe
n|' workers especially sought are arc
lylene and eleetnr welders, ashestu
workers. blacksmiths, aiigli-suiitll:
drop-forge nu n. Ilangc-turncrs. fur
nare men, lioileruiakers, riveter!
l earners, ship carpenters. dock builder!
i hi|i|" is and ralkers, electrical work
is. electricians, wire men. crane ope
iitois. Initially workers, laborers, lofts
no ii. template inakeis, machinists an
marluiie hands. |iaintcrs, plumber!
pip< litters, sheet metal w orkers, cop
|H-rsmiibs, ship litters, structural iro
W Hikers, electors, bolster Up. celllenter
and nam- iip-ii.
ViiK i ii iin < .titles need no more pa
lot living than do soldiers In th
Iri nches io n. IVrshlng has told th
Wit ' di partllleiit. \t the reiplest c
Si cjeiai y linker a bill has been pre
pond cutting oft' the 00 per cent in
nasi in base p;iy the Hying men hav
I a-en receiving. A cuttle from CJei
I'crshing reads: "For the reason thii
? linn?m ?hr a-intio'i-aeuioa J
no more hazardous than duty wit
combat troops, and involves notion
like tin* hardships endured by troop
which occupy trenches, repeal Is ret
iimmi-ndi-d as early as imssihlc of law
proviilum increased rank and pay fc
iua11Ileatio'n as junior military avia
tors, military aviators, junior militar
aeronauts, military aeronauts and fc
any other increased |iay for cummin
in aerial Nights. Such law-s are pre
diictive of improper balance in ran
ami pay and result in injustice to otlu
arms and are no longer necessary i
order to get personnel, as was the ens
when passed unit aviation was in ex
perinicntal stage, lien. Foulois is i
full accord with the recommendation.
As previously stated the Amcri
i .-in survivors of the Tnscania disas
tcr were landed at widely separate
places on the Irish coast. Some wer
lauded un the const ot M-mwim.
party of It:! Americans wore lunde
on a barren part of the Scottish coas
They made the shore in three lif
hoots some fourteen hours after th
sinkiiiK of the big slup. As soon a
they were aide to make known thei
whereabouts a Hritish trawler wa
sent to bring them to a more eont
fortahle Irish port. I'pon the at'
rival of the trawler, however, the ot
tteer in command of the American
seeing that tlie little ship did tu
carry enough life boats to accotntno
date the Americans in case the trttwl
er should Ire sunk try another sitbuia
ritie. refused to allow his men to g
aboard. Another larger vessel. t>rc
\ nled with ample life iroat room wa
sent for the Americans and they wer
taken to a place of safety and com
fort.
I'resident Wilson on Friday signei
the "tiarahed" hill, one of the most re
markuhlc pieces of legislation eve
enacted b> congress. In signing it th
president officially gave notice that th
Faded States wants to know all ahou
the mysterious machine invented l>
the Armenian-American, tlarahnd T. h
<iiragossian. of Itoston, who claims t
have discovered the means of conccn
trating and directing free energy, i
such volume that, properly developer
it will relegate into the realms of use
Icssness such present-day neeessltle
as coal, steam boilers, engines an<
water power. The bill provides tha
Mr. titrugossian shall nominate tiv
eminent scientists to examine th
"tiaralied." The names are to be sub
milled to the secretary of the interio
for approval. When the secretary e
the interior has approved the coinmis
sioii named by Mr. (liragosslan th
members will meet at a place to h
designated try the inventor and ther
lie will demonstrate the machine.
- Means have been found to mak
troop transports unsinknlile by subma
lines, according to a statement mad
m New York last Saturday night b
William I.. Saunders, vice chairman o
tlie naval consulting hoard, in ai
address at a dinner of the fniverslt
of Pennsylvania alumni. Mr. Saunder
said that one of the ships recent!
commandeered by the governmen
"now lies at an Atlantic port and ii
nch shatre that she can not Ire sunl
by an exploding torpedo. 1 can con
cetxe ot no reason why this informa
lion should be withheld." he adder
"On the contrary. I believe it is wel
that the enemy may come to realiz
the time has been reached when Amer
loan transports are ready for the trans
liortation of our troops which that on
emy can not sink. This ship ma
have a hole thirty or forty feet ii
diameter blown in her side, and sh
will remain afloat. Such a hole should
waterlog but one-tenth of the honey
. .xmluwl nirficht
? All of the American survivors o
the Tuseania, with the exception o
about one hundred who were too sicl
to travel, were promptly landed a
two camps in Londondery countj
Ireland. Some of the men wer
brought by boat and others wer
brought by rail. On hearing that th
Americans were coming in specia
trains, thousands of Irish farmer
gathered along the railroad line t
see them go by. Some of the Amerl
cans had cash in money bcitc arouni
their waists: but most of them wer
penniless. However, that seemed t
make little difference. The generous
hearted Iri?h gave them everythinj
they asked for without money ant
without price. British Tommies pull
ed off their coats and put them 01
Americans who were without coats
American officers were generall;
the heaviest looeers. ah of them los
the kits in which the greater part o
their uniforms were kept.' Miss Jean
Olgelvie. a member of the American
Red Cross from Xew York, was
* anions the first to reach the men
J with cigarettes, money, clothing and
- food. She was the first American wort
man they had seen since leaving
s America and they were tremendous
Iv clad to see her. Quite a number
- of Red ''rose workers were on hand
r. with relief
; ?hf \IorhnlU (Enquirer.
e Entered at the Postofflce at lork as
a Mall Matter of the Second Class.
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I YORK. S. C.:
*' TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1918.
" The one thiiiK that Is all desirable
J is to K< t the American people down
I to a realization of the fact that we've
Kot to win this war and the sooner
" we win it the better.
i
' The killing of the prohibition bill
( does not so much mean that Smith
. Carolina is againsi prohibition as it
d means that Smith Carolina's representatives
have never been made to
realize that it is their business to
s
n-pn#s?*nt Smith Carolina,
e i 0 i
(j It looked very much last Saturday
tl as if the house of representatives was
l. going to pass a bill that would shut
'' off the rations of people who will not
work. That is the way It ought to
I. be People who will not work ought
o not to ho allowed to eat at any time,
espisdally in times like these.
S
v The man wl i thinks that America
* is primarily lighting for anybody flue
. than America has it all down wrong.
I America is fighting for the highest
v ideals that have ever actuated any
great nation in any tight. American
victory will redound to the benefit of
|J tin- whole world, and will establish
s liberty forever. Victory will leave
- American supremacy undisputed nny'
where in the world, and American
supremacy means nothing so much as
o the supremacy of human liberty,
o . ? m i
In the last hours of the senate,
s
Senator Heamguard succeeded in
is getting up Representative Bradford's
* bill proposing a constitutional amendI,'
ment to provide that no county
should incur bonded indebtedness ex
cept upon a vote of the people. The
vote was 1!? for the hill and If
,1 against it hut a two-thirds majority
s. was necessary and the hill was kill*
ed. The Idisi of the hill to put all
" end to the ability of a retiring legislative
delegation to saddle a heavy
v bonded debt on a county for any
c purpose.
e i ? i
'' Americans need have no fear that
. any other nation will over rob them
e of the fruits of victory after those
' fViniu h:ivn lieen won. America seeks
!*. l>n|V th>' triumph <?f right. of truth
h unit Just it***. She wants them for othg
ers as well as herself. That America
18 should seek to enslave the world or
K any part of it is as unthinkable as
>r that America should allow the world
* or any part of it to enslave Iter. When
this war is over the world will be
K ruled by right rather than might, bei
cause America with her might will
k continue to stand for right.
r , _ t
n
ic The general assembly was unable
- to adjourn last Saturday night bcU
cause of differences over various
items in the appropriation bill. Among
these items was $50,000 that the send
ate wanted for the council of defense,
e while the house was willing to give
hut $25.01)0. The senate wanted
, *25.00(1 for a sanitary barn at Wine
throp. and the house was unwilling
0 to agree, and the house wanted to
cut in half the senate's increase of
s *12.000 for the South Carolina Unl
versify. The conference committee
gave it up just before midnight Sats
urday to take the matter up yester>t
day morning.
Now that the matter of appropriao
tions for naval yards, coast defense
>- and the like have come down to a
8 basis of strict business and common
* sense, with the pork barrel consideration
reduced to a minimum,
il Charleston is coming to her own.
- The urgent detieiency bill carries an
* appropriation of about $22,000,000
for the development of Charleston as
t one of the most important naval bns}'
es of the entire country. The work
q of developing Charleston as a naval
. base will In* pushed as rapidly as
n possible, and the result will have far
' reaching efTcct on the entire south?
east.
il ?
While It is ijuite possible that the
Hermans may he able to sink an
- American transport occasionally, if
'' they think that hv so doing they are
going to intimidate anybody, they
e have another guess coming. The
e Americans are hardly the kind to be
? Intimidated. They did not want to
go into this war, it is true; but they
? know what they are In for. and now
since they are in through no fault of
y theirs, they would rather be in than
f not. The reason the Americans are
" in is not difficult to define. It is sufs
ticicnt to say that they are in to esy
tablish their independence; but a
1 shorter and more comprehensive explanation
than that is that they are
. In to win.
fj The senate came very near to passe
ing a resolution to submit to the
- people the question of calling a con*
stitutional convention. A two-thirds
\ majority was needed for the passage
n of the resolution; and it failed by
? only two votes. The ulleged motive
of those who desire a constitutional
convention is to arrange for a bij
ennial session of the general assemf
bly; but the real purpose is most likeIt
ly to make more easy the cutting up
} of the state into smaller counties,
e This was not emphasized. But whethe
er one consideration or the other,
^ this is a very unpropltlous time?now
s when the country should be giving
o every thought to the prosecution of
the war?to go into the very serious
? work of revising the fundamental law
0 of the state.
|j Berlin has announced the conclu.
sion of a separate treaty of peace
1 with Ukraine, a large division of
' southwestern Russia which, since the
t revolution, has erected itself into a
f republic, the independence of which
is still disputed by the Bolshevikl.
Ukraine has long been known as the
greatest wheat raising section of Europe.
and the Germans are said to
have been building hopes on the
peace as a means of getting food; but
it is claimed that the wheat supplies
ot the Ukrualn have been exhausted,
and that there is nothing to spare.
The Bolshevikl is still lighting the
Ukrainians and it is not yet certain
which side will win out; but the assistance
of Germany on the side of
the Ukranians will have heavy weight
in the balance. The Ukranians number
more than thirty millions souls.
It is an old tradition in the British
navy that when a ship becomes helpless
and is about to go to her doom,
tho sailors in case it is a man of war,
and tiie soldiers in case it is a transport,
come to attention, steel themselves
against all semblance of panic
ami meet their fate like men. This
was actually the case when the
Victoria was sunk off the coast of
Tripoli in lMill, in collision with the
Camperdovn. And before that, in
1N M#. when the L'nited States warships
Trenton, Vanduliu and Lipsic
went down in u storm in Samoa harbor
there was a record of cool courage
and manhood of which the country
has ever since been proud. Now
comes the information that those
American soldiers on the Tusrania
last week acted the part of men. and
soldiers. They had only been in service
a few months, most of them: hut
nevertheless, they faced death, unllinchingly
and did not fall into panic.
Indeed it is said that they ?ing
the "Star Spangled Banner," and not
a man of them squealed. When these
men go on the firing lines they will
give a proper account of themselves.
The Germans having lots of tine
marksmen among their sharpshooters.
have been giving the Allies quite
a lot of trouble with their snipping.
There are good marksmen among
u-ltiuk or>.l 1'ri.ni'h bill good
marksmen among the British and
Frenc h art* not so numerous as good
marksmen among the Germans. But
according to dispatches, what the
American sharpshooters are doing for
German sharpshooters is a plenty.
There is no lack of marksmanship
among the Americans. The Americans
shoot as well as the Germans,
and if any difference, considerably
bettor. Not only that. Americans are
ver> fond of the game. It is reported
that for some days after the
Americans began to occupy the first
line trenches. German snipers were
very busy and they were also very
annoying. From distant trees, bushes
and shell holes they sent well
aimed bullets into the American
trenches and many of those bullets
gave very great annoyance, some
coming uncomfortably close and
some wounding or killing. Rut the
Americans took up the game from
the beginning and they have made
distant trees, bushes and shell holes
so unhealthy fur snipers that snipers
are not nearly so busy us they were.
The bouse has passed a senate resolution
extending from February 12 to
April 12 the time in which soldiers
may apply for war risk insurance. In
Uur-nui.uUme_e-actv soldier-- nv-Usued- $6,001),
payable to himself or designated
relative, at the rate ol $25 for
240 months. Originally every soldier
was deemed to have been insured for
1 *?i? il.?io fAll.twImr V?i? ontrv Intn thf*
service up to February 12. Thut time
lias now been extended to April 12,
and hereafter each new drafted man
will be insured for 120 days, unless
he takes out insurance in the meantime.
Jf he fails to take out insurance,
v.ithin 120 days of his enlistment,
or before April 12, he will forfeit
his right to insure at all. The
maximum amount of insurance that
can be taken out by any one soldier
is $10,000, and we want to make this
request of every parent of a soldier
under whose eyes this will fall. See
if your son lias taken out $10,000
worth of insurance. If he has, all
right. If he has not, insist that he
does so at once. It is to the interest
of the boy to do it, and it is to the
interest of the parent for him to do
it. The premiums may be taken from
the wages of the insured or the parent
if he or she sees proper, may
help to pay. The premium rate on
a $10,000 policy is very smull, ranging
from $72 a year for 21 years of age
to $M a year for 31 years of age.
Kvery soldier should be insured.
Pay.
Along with all this agitation for
food conservation and the like, there
is another matter that should receive
attention, and that is?
Pay.
People who buy and sell food and
other things have to pay, pay, pay,
and unless the people who depend
upon them pay, they cannot pay.
The groceryman who sells food
accommodates the folks to whom he
sells as much as the people who buy
accommodate the groceryman who
sells.
If the customer pays the groceryman
who sells, then honors are even
1 /?<? ? *?a. Kuf 4# 4Kn AiiirtA.
ami inuisa van (tu, uU> u u>v v?^..
mer who buys fails to pay the groceryman
who sells, then the groceryman
who sells gets where he can no
longer buy and the whole thing comes
to u stop. The way to guard against
an outcome like this is to?
Pay.
- Credit is u nice thing, and a useful
thing: but, it is net a very good
thing unless it is also regarded as a
sacred thing. Very few grocerymen
have hard feelings against people who
buy and fail 1.0 pay so long as they
are unable to pay: but all grocerymen
have a right to have bad feelings
against the people who buy groceries
and then use the means with which
they should pe.y for those groceries to
buy other things.
It is all right to conserve food, it
is all right to economize in every
way; but Just as no man can lift
himself up by his bootstraps, no
groceryman can continue to do business
unless his customers pay, and
if customers do not pay, they will
find in the end that they have not
only hurt the groceryman?ruined him
perhaps?but they have hurt themselves.
As matters stand now it is the man
who does not pay who is rocking the
boat, and the way to steady the boat
is to?
Pay.
? Hobarl Bobbins, 21, shot his fosterfather.
James F. Meloche, to death
in a Charleston barbership Friday.
The killing was done with a supposedly
unloaded gun. A coroner's Jury I
exonerated Robbina.
LOOkL AFFAiat,
MEW ADVERTISEMENTS
J. A. Marion. Referee?Give* notice in re case
of Annie S. Good vt. Lee Cowan Good and
other*. Reference to be held March tih.
Yorkviila Cotton Oil Company?Will pay a
bushe for good, tocnd shelled corn, delivered
at the mill. Gocd. second-hand sacks are
wanted.
J. M Stroup?Talk* about the good qualities
of Royal tailoring for men who want tim-~
thing belter. Quality, fit and style buiftinto
every garment at the right priee. )
McConr.ell Dry Goods Co.?Quotes priee* on
seasonable dry goods for spring sewing.
Your dollars will do double duty. It want."
you 10 take advantage of prices.
First National Bant, Sharon?Urges farmers
to gryw bigger crop* of foodstuffs and offer*
its hrlp in any way that a bank can help
G. W. Whiteside* A Co.. Sharon?Calls attention
to their shoe stock and tells you its
pricei are right. Ready to help farmers in
securing seeds for spring planting.
Tirzah Ginnery--Will operate it* ginnery on
Fridi.y. February 15th.
J W. Dobaun?Ha* three acres of land with
five building lots and three house* facing on
West Madison street, for sale.
L. R. Williams. Probate Judge-?Give# notice
that Mrs. W. H. Sandifer has applied for
letters of administration on estate of W. If
Sandifer. deceased.
York Supply Co.- TelIs farmers that it is up
" essolra? ?h^i pffint HOMxihlgk anil
W IIKHi W ? ?
lu-tn forth the merits of the Palmettu brands
of fertilisers.
Hickory Grove- Will present an amateur
minstrel at the school auditorium on Friday
night. 15th. and invites the public. Admission
to all. 15 cents.
Clinton Bros. -Special?Two cans tuna fish.
25 cents. They have cabbage, red onions,
buckwheat, mackerel.
Ferguson & Young blood Can supply those
who want ther.i with Appier and red
rust proof seed oats. Garden seeds and
farm hardware.
Star Theatre-?Presents an interesting programme
of "movies" for today, tomorrow
and Thursday. "The False Prophet" today
Buckeye Cotton Oil Co.- On page four tells
you why it is economical and sensible to
feed your cattle on lintless cotton seed hull-.
Miss Mary Cartwright- Invites ladies interested.
to see her in regard to joining a
class to learn RkI Cross bandage making
Representative Bradford has again
been appointed n member of the house
committee on printing.
The fuel administration decided Sunday
that yesterday would be the last
of the heatless Mondays.
York county is expected to buy $1.042,440
worth of war savings certificates.
The apportionment for the
state is *32.932.900.
County Food Administrator J. ! '.
McKlwee has turned over the food
administration of the eastern part of
the county to Dr. J. H. Johnson of
llork Hill.
A good horse, belonging to Mr. Boi>
Smith of the Cotton Belt section,
dropped dead in the road last Sunday.
The cause of the animal's death
was not definitely ascertained.
Winthrop college has established a
quarantine because of measles and to
prevent against the possible introduction
of spinal meningitis. No one is
allowed to come and go except in a< cordance
with strict regulations.
Mr. M. S. Carroll of Filbert No. 1, a
breeder of line Plymouth Rock chickens,
sayp the demand for pullets is
urea tor than he has ever known. His
supply has already been exhausted
and he says he could have sold
hundreds if lie had only had them.
The heatless Monday programme
was on last Thursday suspended in
the states of North and .South Carolina.
Georgia, Florida. Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, and the outlook is
that there will be a general suspension
of it throughout the country by
next week.
R. M. Anderson of the East View
neighborhood, was in Yorkvllle yesterday
He said thut he sowed .|^'i
acrea-of oats in September j
acres more in November. Hl?nuvember
oats were killed out completely
and he is going to resow as soon
as he can. His September oats are
doing tine. He said also that h has
a tine prospect for a wheat crop.
The pleasant weather of last week,
especially from Wednesday on. permitted
the picking of more or less
cotton in different parts of the eoun-1
ty. The lields were still too wet un
. r..~ uniiifgntnrv work alOIIU
Ut'llUUl IVI ? _
this line; but this was overcome in
part by taking bolls from the stalk,
carrying them to a dry pluce an?l separating
the lint there. It is estimated
that such cotton is worth about HD
cents a pound.
Mr. R. F. Milhollen of the Alt. Hollysection,
was in Yorkville yesterday.
Alt. Holly is not a town or even a
village: but it is a wonderfully tine
neighborhood and the people of the
neighborhood ar very proud of it. Air.
Alilhollen says that Alt. Holly is the
greatest neighborhood in York county,
and while The Enquirer lacks the
nerve to go quite that far, it does not
hesitate to admif that it does not
know of a better neighborhood anywhere.
The idea of requiring the farmer who
already has corn meal to buy some
more in order to get his share of
Hour has been abandoned. The food
administration ut Washington has revised
its ruling so as to provide that
the farmer may obtain from the miller
a certificate showing that he has
had ground a quantity of meal within
a specltied period, and on the
strength of this certificate, the grocer
may sell the farmer an equal amount
of flour.
An inquiry from th: president of a
"War Relief" society in New York,
brings evidence that the letters of
James D. Grist to The Yorkville Enquirer
are attracting attention abroad
as well as locally. The object of the
letter is to obtain Air. Grist's exact address.
The writer, who is a lady, explains:
"All of our members were so
delighted with the reading of a letter
in The Enquirer signed James D. Grist,
that I have been instructed to ascertain
this soldier's address in order that we
might show especial attention to the
company to which he belongs. There
are about sixty members of our society.
We are knitting and sewing under an
arrangement whereby we are at liberty
to place most of our output where a.
majority of the members preier ana
we have decided that we would like
some of it to go to those boys from
the mountains."
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Aiken of Theater,
visited friends in Yorkville, Sunday.
Miss Kate Brown, visited her sister,
Mrs. A. M. Wallace in Yorkville,
this week.
Miss Mary Perry of-Columbia, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Putnam
in Yorkville.
Mr. Paul T. McXeel of Richmond,
Va.. spent Sunday with friends and I
relatives In Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Kennedy of
Rock Hill, spent Sunday with Yorkville
relatives and friends.
Miss Ruth Crosby who has been
u-nrklne for the oast several months)
in Charleston, has returned to Yorkville.
Miss Ethel Burns, who is teaching
the Newport school, spent the weekend
with the family of Mr. J. EL Burns
in Yorkvllle.
Dr. John I. Barron of Yorkville.
was taken to Columbia on last Friday
for treatment for rheumatism,
following an attack of measles.
Mr. William Moore, formerly with
the postofllce us city carrier, has
taken a position with the Loan A
Savings bank of Yorkville.
Messrs. John R. Blair and rjA
%
McKoown. county demonstration
agent* left yesterday for Clemeon
college, to attend a meeting of agents
of the state. They will be away several
days.
Mr. Kelley Inman of Bullock's
Creek, was right badly hurt last week
by a falling tree. He is getting along
as well as could be expected, though
suffering u good deal of pain.
Messrs. J. M. and J. E. Stroup and
Kev. J. L? Oates went to Charlotte yesterday
afternoon on a short visit to
Mrs. Patterson, Mr. J. M. Stroup's
daughter, who is undergoing treatment
in a Charlotte hospital.
Miss Mary' Herbert, who has been
teaching the fourth grade girls in the
Yorkville Graded school, left Saturday
for her home in Orangeburg,
where she is to be married Wednesday
to Mr. Frank Razor of Camp
Jackson.
Mr. R. R. Allison. Jr., formerly of
Tirzah. but more recently of Belmont,
.>. Ildt lllg ICVCUli; IVlUUiVVIVU IM
the I'nited States signal corps, has
been ordered to report for duty at an
Atlantio port. It is expected that he
will be going across within a short
time.
Sergeant Choat Quinn was up from
t'amp Jackson last Saturday on a 24hour
leave, to visit the family of his
father, Mr. Felix Quinn. in the Hethany
neighborhood. Mr. Quinn now
wears three stripes In the chevron on
his arm, indicating that he is what
is known as a "top" sergeant, the
virtual commander of his company.
Holly H. Barron was among the
soldier visitors from Camp Jackson
to Yorkville last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Barron is now engaged in
hospital service. He says he is getting
to like soldiering better than he
thought he could: but he would rather
be in the barracks than in the
hospital service.
Rev. B. F. McLcndon, who recently
underwent a severe illness in
Yorkville, has since been at his home
in Bennettsville. A note from him
last Friday brought the information
that he is still very weak and that he
finds it necessary to spend an hour or
two each day in bed. He thinks,
however, that he is recovering his
strength slowly.
MORE FINE PIGS 1
Demonstration Agents Blair and j
McKeown will soon have a very at- (
tractive offer to make to enterprising,
substantial York county bays who ure
willing to do their share in the rehabitation
of the hog raising tndust
try in mis section.
The proposition originated with the
extension work of <'lemson college,
hacked by the State Bankers' association.
and other business people who
are willing to risk a little cash in the
promotion of a most im|H>rtant interest
arc going In.
The immediate object in view is
to secure the scattering about over
York county of a number of purebred
registered hogs of approved
breeds, and to attain that, the bankers
and others are to furnish the
money and the enterprising boys assisted
by their fathers, are to do the
work, and get the benefit of whatever
profit may accrue.
Here is the idea: ("lemson college,
through Mr. Long, Is to secure as
many hogs as the business people of
York county will agree to pay for.
These are to be hogs of not less than
eight months old. They are to be
immune from cholera and they are 1
to be registered. Gilts are to cost
not exceeding $35 und bourn are not
to cost exceeding $30.
The business folks are to pay for
the hogs and the boys are to see what
can be done with them, under a contract
that will bind the boys to breed
-gUi?,ard giVfr?V) the owners two
sow pigs between 8 and 10 weeks old.
Upon the delivery of these two pigs
to the people who pay for the original
sow. the original sow becomes the
property of the boy who had charge
of it
If any of the original pigs die in
the hands of the boys before there is
any increase, and sucK death is in
nowise due to the negligence or other
fault of the boy, then the loss falls
upon the firm or individual who paid
for the pig.
Any boy who prefers to own his
pig outright from the beginning without
further obligation to the original
purchaser, will be allowed to do so
on payment of the original purchase
price. There is no desire on the part
of the contributors to the movement
to make any profit out of it, either
directly or indirectly. Their only concent
is to be of assistance in stimulating
interest in the raising of pure
bred hogs in York county.
The different concerns that have
so far gone into the arrangement
?Kn nnmltnr nf nio?u MUfh Id tn ?
pay for, at last accounts, stood as follows:
Bank of Clover 3
Bank of Hickory Grove 6
L. M. Grist's Sons, Yorkvllle 2
Bank of Sharon 4
\V. L. Hill & Co., Sharon 3
National Union Bank, Rock Hill 15
James Bros., Yorkville 4
First National Bank, Yorkvllle.. 5
Loan & Savings Bank, Yorkvllle. 5
t'itizens' Bank & Trust Co., Rock
Hill 5
First National Bank, Fort Mill... 6 '
The boys who go Into this scheme, J
of course, will be required to go Into 1
written contracts to be approved by J
their parents or guardians, and for
full and exact particulars, they should J
apply to Demonstration Agents >ic- !
Known or Blair.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? The Klementery Teachers' Instl- f
tute of York county (Sunday school) t
is to meet in the Presbyterian Sun- 1
day school auditorium on February ,
20. at 2 p. m. 1
? The garden plowing problem will 8
be up again soon, and It is especially 1
desirable that adequate arrangements
he made to accommodate all who may
desire work along this line. t
? After several disappointments, ar- J
rangements have been completed for t
the Instruction of a Red Cross class e
next week In surgical dressing. Miss 1
Mary Cartwright has charge of the t
organization of the class and ladles }
who are Interested should see her
about the matter without delay. The
charge for Instruction, SI per member.
Is quite nominal, und the larger
the class the better.
? Rev. Alexander Martin filled Rev.
E. E. Gillespie's pulpit In the First
Presbyterian church last Sunday
morning and in the evening preached
the sermon to a large congregation at
union services In the A. R. P.
church. The theme of his discourse
was the practice and profession of
Christianity, and his argument was
that if the Christian church falls
down in one particular more than in
another, it is in its failure to live up '
to the teachings of Jesus Christ its
King. The only way of salvation, he
said, was through the atoning sacri- c
flee of the Savior; but the man who
claims to have accepted that atonement
and who declines to follow the *
teachings of Christ is deceiving himself
when he essays to claim that his *
name is written in the Lamb's Book i
of Life. t
? The Ladies' Aid society of the '
Associate Reformed church have put 1
up a service flag showing that nine f
members of the_church are enlisted
jn the American army in defense of J
civilization. Before entering into his t
sermon last Sunday morntng, Rev. J. r
L. Oates. the pastor, took occasion to C
refer to the flag and to thahk and J
ommend the ladle* of the congreg
ion for placing It there. "I ha1
lever raid anything like this before
mnour.ced Mr. Gates, "but 1 want
lay now. that while this church mi
lave done some things that I am n
specially proud of. it has done mar
ther things of which I do feel proui
>ut of all the things it has ever don
here is not one thing that I wou
>ut above its contribution to the grei
ause to which our country' is con
nitted. This is a splendid building
if which any congregation might w<
>e proud, but I do not hesitate to si
hat if given my preference, I wou
-ather preach and worship God
hat old ram-shackled structure thi
ve have left back there on the rai
oad. with that service flair nailed
he door than to preach and worsh
n this flne building without this flu
say without hesitation that the:
roung men stand for the highe
deals to which this church can a
tire. It is not a matter of gilt ar
insel or martial glory. It is not
natter of personal ambition, at
nay be not a matter of deltberu
;hoice; but in sending forth the:
roung men. and others who will fc
ow when called, we are offering tl
>est we have and they are offerii
heir lives and their all, in defense
he sacred and eternal principles fi
vhich our Lord and Saviour died <
he cross. Of these young men at
>f the others that go forth with thei
i want to say that I honor and lo'
hem as true disciples of the fait]
hat their friends are my friends at
heir enemies are my enemies, ar
nay Ood bless and keep them in tl
ause to which they have dedicati
hemselves."
SERVICE IN THE NAVY.
"Yes, I like the service in the ni
y? I like it a groat deal more no
ilnce the country is at war and the
s plenty for lis to look forward
n the way of active work."
So testified Coxswain \V. T. Moor
if the Cnited States steamship Ar
iona. who arrived in Yorkville Fr
lay on a visit to his old home, aft
in absence of four years.
Mr. Moore is a son of Mr. W. '
lloore of Yorkville, and a brother
fitn Moore, the young fellow wl
lad the experience of being sunk 1
i submarine lust year and who mai
iged to escape from Herlln. aft:
laving undergone a short period <
nternment there. Jim was in tl
nerchant marine serVlce, hut W.
s a regular man-of-war's man, ha
ng served through various grail
rum apprenticeship, able seaman
oxswain. He completed his fou
. ear term last week and was di
harged; but immediately re-enlisti
ror another four years.
"Thought maybe you would ha'
lad about enough of it by this time
ibserved the reporter, when Inforn
>d that the young man had re-enlls
id.
"Ouess I would have had a plenty
eplied the young sailor; "but tl
ountry is at war now, and there
lothing for a young man of my a|
ind training to do but see it throug
io.. i?- nr, T pan'l ?nv thnt I like
'.specially. I got a lot of fine trail
ng, and learned a lot that 1 wou
lever have learhed otherwise; bi
ixcept for the vir I would have fe
hat I had done ariy "bit," and w'oil
lave been willing to go at somethii
>lse. As It is I am Just here to stl<
: out"
Conversation with Mr. Moore d
. eloped that there were some thini
le was at liberty to talk about, ur
here were other things he wua 11
it liberty to talk about. The thlm
le could not talk about, howevc
vere really of 110 s|>eclal interest
:he general public. For instance, fi
tome time past he has been in chari
>t a gun crew on a big cargo ves.s<
ind he is not allowed to give tl
lame of the vessel or the names
he ports between which the vess
s plying. Just why he 1b required
vlthhold this information, he did n
<now, and so far as that was cm
erned, it did not matter.
"N"o, I have never seen an enen
lubmarine, except two or three
hem lying up In Allied ports out 1
rommission. We are getting a pret
food stock of them on the other aid
>ut as yet I have not had the got
uck to run across one. I would li!
o see one, though. All of our crev
ire anxious to see one. We belie'
ve can knock It out of the water
!,000 yards or more, and we want
ry."
Coxswain Moore is every ln<
American and a very enthusiast
\m erica n at that. "Let them ta
ibout the British navy and the otl
>r navies all they want to." he saj
but we've got the best navy In tl
vorld. We've got the best ships, tl
>e?t guns and the best men, and th
s all there is to it. 1 Just belie'
hat if It had been American convo
hat had been guarding the Tuscan
he other day, the Germans would n
lave got her. If the Germans hf
rot her we would have certainly g
nc uermans. uui mou a?v nwn
ind more alert, and our captains a
limply not afraid of anything ado
vhether on the water or under It.
lave nothing.to say against the Bri
sh; but I do not believe they a
inythlng near the equal of the Ame
cans."
Asked as to how it is going to con
wt, young Moore said:
"We are going to lick 'em. 8u
ve are. We know what we are figh
ng for and they don't. I talked
German prisoners at Toulon. Some i
hem had been in America and cou
ipeak English. One of them told n
hat he was a naturalized Amer
an citizen. He went to Oertnany i
he breaking out of the war becaui
le wanted t6 be on the side of tl
nother country against England: hi
f he had thought America would e<
>r get In he would not have gon
fe made no secret of the fact that 1
hinka more of America than he do*
>f Germany, and he said that if 1
ould have had any idea of the way I
vould have been treated, he wou
lave allowed himself to be captun
he ttrst day America came in. I
aid that the German people as
ceneral thing have very little know
>dge of the real conditions outstd
ind they have no heart in Hghtlr
tmerica. They are being driven
t and if they were not driven th<
vould not fight at all."
LOCAL LACONICS
'lanters Bank of Sharon.
i ne nanienr duqr ui ou?ivu m
>een chartered, with a capital sto<
>f $35,000. W. L. Hill Is presiden
\ O. Burris, vice prealdent; Clyde ]
tatchford. secretary and treasurer.
Circuit Court
The circuit court convened ycste
lay morning, Judge Prince presh
ng; but there being no business read
he jurors were discharged until th
nornlng. and court gave its at ten tic
o equity business during yesterday
$pscial Venire.
The following special venire of pet
urors was drawn yesterday to fill 01
be regular venire, depleted from vi
ious causes: 8. L? Courtney. J. V
loforth, E. L. Woods, J. R. Kelly, I
. Ifackorell, W. B. McCleave. R. 1
? Montgomery. J A. Latta. C. .T.
re Youngblood
Sent to Reformatory. 1
t0 Orders were issued t>> the probate
court yesterday for the commitment
ot of Robert Holmes and Olaybourne 1
'J' Warner, two young white boys of cn
Rock Hill, to the state reformatory at 'l*
e- Florence. The boys had been con- un
,d victed before Magistrate Wingate of on
at Rock Hill, and the order for their of
n* commitment to the reformatory was
? issued on petition of their i>arents in *'
dl accordance with the statute made to *r
l>' cover such cases.
Il' I Cats of Smallpox.
in ~ vv
Mr. Harley Dickson is confined to ^
I his home on Filbert N'o. 1. about
tlve miles northeast of Yorkville. ^
with smallpox. The attack developed u ,
on last Wednesday, and at tlrst it was ou
g.
thought that measles was the trouble,
but on Saturday L>rs. J. I>. McDowell
and Jos. J. Glenn diagnosed the ease nt;
^ us smallpox. Mr. Dickson had not un
^ previously been vaccinated: but his
wife anil child were vaccinated at ?.i
Id
once. eo
u-1
^ Winners of the Syleecau Prizes.
,j. The winners of the prizes ottered tp,,
10 by the Syleecau Manufacturing com- do
,g pany for the three best essays on vvl
0f "Why a Family Should Own its Own
or Home," were as follows First prize ha
)n of $20 to Virginia Miller, second th
prize of $10 to Kdwurd Fewell, third "*r
mi
n prize of $5 to William Cherry, all of jn|
k-0 Rock Hill. The essays were handed ati
to the judges by number only, and '
?j the Judges knew nothing of the Iden- ^;|
jd tity of the contestants until after
they had made their awards. tr?
Ml License for Retailers.
All retail dealers in food who do re
any wholesale business whatever, in
food products, must secure license
from the license division of the I'nit- t.;,
a* ed States food administration at co
w Washington, on or before February
10 lf?. A retailer, for Instance, who
10 sells to unother retailer a dozen pack- \o
ages of oatmeal or a half dozen cans th
e" of tomutoes, to la* retailed, will be ^
subj?-ct to prosecution unless he shall .t\\
first have obtained a license for such on
er stilts. I-'1
? "Saw the Moon on a Croee."
T
' A Smith's Turnout correspondent of cu
the Rock Hill Messenger, (colored 1 J*?
writes that paper the following "Mr.
Kditor; I'lease allow me space in th
your pai>er to s{>cak of the great lal
wonder thut has occured In the
heavens. 1 >n last Monday morning -y
tie about X o'clock, on looking through
T_ my window, I saw in the eastern hortzon
the inoon rising, and as It rose
v" it was hanging upon a cross. Other mi
es members of the family were called
to that hey might see this wonderful co
r. sight. I am writing that others who 'J1
saw nay testify to the same." *'?
s- f n
Tennant House Burned. so
A tennant house occupied by Will wi
Hatch ford, colored, on J. L. Moss's m;
place, two and a half miles south of psi
Yorkville, was destroyed by fire last tit
). Suturday evening. The fire is sup- nil
posed to have originated from the Ai
fireplace us the result of the wind ge
blowing through an open door. The is
," little house was burned up before bn
le anything of consequence could be OV
saved. The loss was more than $200, ou
' including the building, personal ef- nil
?<' feets and HO In cash, belonging to lni
h. Ratchford. There was no insurance, wi
it Deacons of Bethel Presbytery.
t- The annual convention of the dca- co
Id cons of Hethel presbytery was held In fn
Rock Hill last week, adjourning Friday u|i
night. A number of deacons from Lan- of
'll caster, York and Chewier ctmntlea to-, j-n
id gether "with man y^ 01' tne '"TTHhtBtein if?i
1K were la attendance and the meeting dli
. was highly profitable. John R IXarron At
of Rock Hill, presided. The next meet- ho
ing will be held in Sharon in August, be
e- 1918. The new otflcers of the conven- (it
et) lion are: I'resldent, J. H. Saye, Sha- ia<
. ron; first vice president, J. C. Cau- nil
then. Rock Hill; second vice president, th
ot j. it. Barron, Rock Hill: secretary, H. sh
gs H. White, Rock Hill; treasurer, Mason t'01
,r L. Carroll, Yorkville. fo
to Fees of the Clerk.
or The fees of the clerk of the court
re for York county having netted only
H about $1,000 under the fee bill as
?1, revised by Senator Beamguard a year
ne ago, Clerk Ixigan has been trying to s
of get Senator Beamguard to restore
. the old schedule. Senator Beame
guard, however, takes the position 1
to that u trial of only one year Is not
ot sufficient to establish the inequity of th
n. the law, and has declined to repeul im
it. Clerk Logan has legal advice ap
that the fee bill as Senator Beami>*
guard sought to amend It, and as he an
of has beeti recognizing It for the past th
f year is unconstitutional In that the to'
statute clearly comes under the head )m.
t>' of speciul legislation where general
e; legislation would be appropriate, trj
"I*"!* T not vol fiwiflcd fill
)d ~
whether he will continue to follow
*e the present schedule or have it duly
vs tested in the courts. Many of his
ke friends are insisting that the statute lln
at be tested. co
tu Potato House a Success. an
,h Hock Hill Record: The writer Is .?!!
(c indebted to W. A. (lurrlson of the en
... Kdgemoor section for a sample of r
u^ elegant sweet potatoes which huve kl|
" been kept in the potato house here
' In Hock Hill, established last fall.
je There were 1,700 bushels put in this thl
at house, and they have kept fine, so ?
t,e Mr. Garrison informs us, and the re- <
y_ port Is that practically every one ?u
. who put up their potatoes In sacks ?
at home have lost them, which Is
ul an enormous loss of food at any y
ot time, much less at a war time like ,
this. The 1,700 bushels of potatoes th(
. are valued at something like 11.50 a v..
ttt bushel at the present time. Suppose "v
j there had been houses enough to ac- (.
. commodate the entire community? .J
" one can readily see what u great
proposition thiB is for our farmers In .J:
this one line. Let us have more or !
larger potato houses and see that ,
this valuable crop is taken care of. '
no
re Called- For Examination. on
y Local board No. 1, called out 100 W(
Glass 1 men to appear ut Hock Hill
.DJ on Saturday and yesterday for ex- ''O
ld amination. Out of the following list ?u
\e the board will endeavor to secure ?*<
the 36 men still lacking to fill the
at first draft, which 36 men are to be 1
** sent to Camp Jackson within the
next week or two: Jas. Carter, Leon- ar
ut ard H. Lucas, Wm. Axer, Samuel Pat- w'
Vm ton, J. R. Sullivan, I. W- Parrlsh. D.
e- R. Bienmann, Quay Dunlap, Charley k)l
ie Fewell, Cad McDaniels, Wm. Feath- K?
es erstone, Joe Duncan. H. Lorraine
,e Simrll, Shelly Pitts. W. R. Poteat, ga
1" ? ?1 tl, D tlf
, W. It. Diacxnion, rt. a. itammsvu, A.
L. Browne, Jno. L. Beet, Alex ho
Long, Jr., Alonzo Whltlook. Chaa. ha
Berry, Joe Williams, Dennis Wll,a
lionis, Dennis Arledge, Chaa. Jen- i
nings, C. E- McKlbben, H. C. Burrage, m(
e> Eugene Cranford, C. H. Collins, J. ?PI
W. Edwards, J. W. Lindsay, Henry no
t0 Agurs. E. K. Bobbins, R. Lee Davis, ?
s>* A. E. Lovelace, Bernard Ray, Noah oli
Smith, Jas. Seagle, M. J. Aser. E. L. h?
Scruggs, Albert Nell Adams, Will Gil- gu
more, Ernest Jordan, R. W. Robin- m(
son. Sep A. Lesslle, C, E. Williams, h
C. A. Strait, Jim Owens, Edgar Ken- '
aj, ningston. A. B. Robinson, B. R. N'eely. h
W. N. Roach, Archie R. Jordan, Jno. ,
W. Thomson. B. C. Blankenshlp, L. nt
t; H. Massey. Robt B. Morris, Chaa. P.
n Boulware, Robt. Weeks, Manly ,,
' Swearlngen. R N. Clarke. Abigail f.Y
Avery, Jules Rodden, Arthur Bolln, th
Wm. H. Walker, Arnold Harris. Jas.
_ P. Starnes, Alex Patton, Robt Wm. ,
Reid, John William Murray. Neal B. tKl
Polk, Luther V. McMackin, William J"
ly W. L'ssery, Jesae Milling. Jacob
i? White, Jr., Arthur Miller, Harris J,
Williams, Marshall A. Mlnter, John 7.*
,n L. Lyles, William Dunlap, Odell Dun
lap, Odell Rawllnson, Andrew Archie.
John Gaddy, Pronxle Wright Bishop
A. Hall. Clarence E. Kennett Jaa
Jt Hallle Ralney. Tom Blake, Oscar Pul- wl
it wiler, Lewis J. Arnett, Hazel Brown, as;
t- McNeely Nelson. Vernon H. Slstar, mi
rr Walter White, William Harris Lynn, th
" Edward Roach, Ebb Bayne, Will so!
* McFVdden. Henry Gibson Msssey. of
3. Harvey Cloud, George Henderson. D<
AMERICANS IN TRENCHES.
ir Troop* Now Holding Front Lin**
in Lorraino.
An American general now command*
e sector of the front recently taken
er by our troop*. When the Arteritis
tlrst entered the sector It was
<!er the command of a French genii
commanding a certain large unit
the French arntx.
In turning over the s?vtor to the
nerican general on Fel?ruur> 5 the
cnch eoniniander Issued a general
iler in which he expressed complete
(isfaction with our troops and wan
nfldent that the sector was in good
nds and if attacked would defend
with great valor. The order titrng
the sector o\er to the Americans.
L'op.\ of which was communicated to
r forces, reads:
"tin February 5. the commanding
neral of American unit takes
ininand of sector. The com
nding general of French
lits takes occasion to express to the
nerican general, the colonels of arler>
and all of the American units
hich have been under his orders
mplete satisfaction with the way in
lieh American trooj>s have acquitted
cmselves of the mission entrusted to
cm. Their good will and their ardent
sire to excel and the rapidity with
ilch they have adapted themselves
life of the sector have brought them
r admiration of all. (Icnernl
inds over the sector with confidence
at it is in good hands and that the
nerican troops will organize it with
?tlu>d and the tenacity character!/,
c American genius and in case oi
lack will defend it with great valor."
Hue American artilleryman was kill
and live artillerymen were wounded
turday night by shell fire.
Till' Americans sprinnu-u Iiir n.v.,1,
nches with shrapnel all during the
y. There was considerable imtrol
tivity but no further clashes were
|x?rted.
The early reports of the encounter
tween the Americans and Hermans
iday night in front of the Amerin
wire entanglements have been
ntlnned. The enemy patrol cried
lamerad!" as they opened lire ami
ntinued to light. Yells from the
icniy as the American barrage fell
rifled the accuracy of the aim of
e Americans.
Five American soldiers are believed
have been killed, four are missing
d one was wounded when an Ameri11
patrol wus ambushed in No Man's
imi last Friday b> a superior fore- ot
ruin lis.
The spot will-re the encounter orrred
is an isolated one and re|H?rts
ncerning the casualties Inflicted b>
th sides are meager. Only one
nerican is known to have escaped
e trap of the Hermans, which was
id in front of our wires. The one
irvlvor, who crawled back to the
nerican lines, with a bullet in his
est, is unable to talk.
Our artillery Immediately laid a
irage around the ambushing Helms
and some are believed to have
en accounted for. The infantry acunted
for othei-s as It Is certain the
lacked patrol fought to a finish ncrdlng
to information trickling In
>m the front line. Our patrolling
Idlers were walking in front of our
re entanglements when a big eney
patrol that hail been divided into
irties which took up concealed posiins
opened fire at close range. The
ght was clear and the forms of the
nerienns made the best iiosslhle tarts
for the hidden Hermans. Thenno
doubt hut that the Americans
ttled gallantly until complctcl)
erpowered. The nrtlllory duel in
r si-ctor continued today. Scores of
rplanes were out observing and nuikg
photographs. The men In the line
-re thrilled by a number ot air duels
gh tn the sky over tlu ir heads.
A Herman statement confirms re
nt dispatches from the American
jnt tlint American troops hnve taken
> front-line positions to the northwest
T""' in nn.l mnund French Lor
lm-. )', defines their location more
mutely. "h5w?TL-f>itmii atiy*prw??dW
a patch from any source has done, the
nerican authorities manifestly wlthIding
exact Information until it had
en established beyond doubt that the
rmans knew where the troops united
by Americans. Xivray lies about
ne miles due east of St. Mihicl, where
e front south of Verdun makes a
arp turn eastwards. Xivray Is about
urteen miles northwest of Tuol and
ur miles west of Fllrey, a strategic
tlway Intersection when- heavy arlery
duels have occurred of late.
IN THE FIGHTING ZONES.
immary of Condition* a* Thoy Existed
Yesterday.
The military activity In the major
eaters of the war dally continues to
crease. From the North Hen all
jng the line In Belgium and France
d on the northern Italian front from
e region of Lake flarda eastward
ward the Flaw river, there have
en clashes between opposing infaii
f Ht various points and bombard nts
of extremely violent proporin
on numerous sectors.
Again American troops holding the
le in the region of Ht. Mihtel have
me into contact with the Oermans
d suffered u few casualties. These
n, operating between the lines, were
lhUHcaded by a superior force of the
amy. but fought valiantly against
eat odds until they were either
led or made prisoner.
Immediately the patrol was atcked.
the guns of the Americans In
e trenches laid down a barrage
ainst the Germans.
The German artillery again has ben
an Intensive bombardment or
Itlsh positions In the neighborhood
the Houtholst forest, north of
>res, and southwest of Camgral, while
dent duels are in progress between
e Germans and the French around
euport, in the Champagne, on the
rdun sector and In the Vosges. The
rman official communication says
pre has been increased activity
ainst the Germans on both sides of
e Moselle.
Except for several attempted raids
the Germans and Austrians on the
rthern Italian front, the big guns
both sides are doing all of the
>rk.
Much pleasure is being evinced in
th Austria and Germany over the
ccess of the central powers In efIrt
rr fi unnaratb ru<uf*A n/lth I hu
irulne rada.
Peace with the Ukrainians having
en aettled, the centra) powera now
e bent upon a cessation of hostilities
th Houmania. The time limit of the
imatum sent by them to the little
igdom demanding that peace netlations
be begun has expired, but
is not known whether Roumanla
ve a favorable reply or declined to
>at with the enemy. It is known,
wever, that the Roumanian cabinet
s reslgend,
Dakar's Weakly Report?Develop?nt
of Germany's ong deferred oflslve
in the west from the reconiterlng
thrusts launched during the
st week around Cambral and at
tier points is suggested as a possiIty
in the weekly military review Ised
Sunday night by the war depart>nt.
So far, however, in spite or
avy fighting, the department says no
tion of more than local character
s been recovered.
The review tells of the torpedoing
the liner Tuscan la. which carried
>re than 2,100 American soldiers and
tributes the relatively small loss of
e. estimated at about 111 men to
i fine discipline of the soldiers and
lclency of those in command.
Describing briefly the activities of
i American troops occupying a sec
* of the Loralne front, the departmt
says they have shown themselves
>11 fitted for their task and are reply
becoming accustomed to trench
irfare.
Saw Humor In It.?An ie?yiuhmf n
10 survived the Tuscan la disaster
ys that in the midst of the com>tlon
following the torpedoing of
e liner a large party of American
Idlers were singing a comic ditty
which the refrain was "Where
i We Go From Here."
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