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Scraps and .facts.
Judge John J. McClure, i-ne of
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esteemed citizens, died at his home
last Monday afternoon, aged 92 y.rnrs.
Judge McClure had been in failing
health for some time. The funeral services
were held at Purity Presbyterian
Church of which he was a member.
at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
and interment followed at Evergreen
cemetery. Judge McClure was born
in Newark, N. J., and was reared in
Chester. He was graduated from
Princeton University, class of 1846. He
studied law and was admitted to the
South Carolina bar in 1848. Judge
McClure was a captain in the Confederate
army and was president of the
Bank of Clover for many years. He
served as magistrate here for ten
years. Judge McClure is survived by
two sons, J. C. McClure and J. H. McClure.
Orangeburg, March 24: Returns
have just been received from a carload
of hogs shipped cooperatively by
farmers in Orangeburg county. The
prices received were very satisfactory
and over $400 was saved to the farmers
by this method of marketing. This
shipment was made under the supervision
of farm demonstration agent
L. S. Wolfe, and otner JiKe snipmems
will be made from time to time. This
will assure the farmers a steady market
for their live stock and Orange burg
county hopes to continue to lead
the state In the production of hogs.
Orangeburg, March, 24: Sale of
the drainage bonds for Cow Castle
drainage district of $175,000, was held
here today. There were eight bidders
and the successful bidder was the
Planter's Bank, their bid being filed by
Mr. H.C. Wannamaker, vice president
the bonds being sold at par and bringing
$175 premium on entire issue
bearing interest at 6 per cent. This
district comprises about 4S.000 acres
of land located in the southeastern
^ section of Orangeburg county. This
project will open a vast area of very
fine land which has been in a large
degree too wet for cultivation.
Washington, March 25: Reports of
an increasing seriousness of the situation
in Hungary led to an opinion expressed
today by an official of the
state department that "the time had
come for the Allied nations represented
at Paris to take a definite and firm
stand against bolshevism." little
news of an official nature was received
at the state department during the
day but dispatches from Paris indicated
grave apprehension was felt
there as well as In Washington over
the situation. Representatives of the
united States in Vienna reiwucu wday
that the food administration had
one or two agents in Budapest and. it
was stated, there might be other
Americans there. These advices said
there was no ill-feeling toward Americans
or British in Budapest, but p
strong feeling of hostility was being
manifested against the French. This, it
is believed here, is due to the occupation
by French of the neutral zones
between Czecho Slovakia and Hungary.
and Romania and Hungary. It is
believed here that probably the French
members of the inter-allied mission
in Budapest have been interned, as
has been reported in news dispatches
from Vienna, but doubt was express*
ed as to the inclusion of American or
British in the internment order.
A dispatch to the Neue Frie Presse
of Vienna says the British-French
mission at Budapest, ^consisting of
246 men, has been disarmed and that
a wireless message has been sent to
Nikolai Lenine, the Russian Bolsheviki
premier, announcing that the entente
missions have left Budapest.
The message added: "French troops,
filtered by Bolsheviki, have been disarmed
by us. Mutinies have occurred
in some French regiments." The
phrase 'the entente nations won the
war, but lost the peace may come true
if they continue to trample underfoot
and dismember the defeated nations,"
says the Neue Frie Presse. The executive
committee of the workmen's
of Oerman-Austria. replying
to the proclamation of the Hungarian
proletariat, says it, too, is "of the
opinion that after the collapse of imperialism
in Germany and AustriaHungary
the imperialist victors are
our chief enemies. If the Paris conference
seeks to offer violence to entire
nations and violates the rights of
self-determination, it will meet with
determined resistance from the working
men. Unfortunately your appeal
to us to follow your example cannot
be complied with, for the entente has
cut ofT our supplies. We would starve
before the Russian Soviets could help
us. We, therefore, are in a worse position
than you, as we are completely
dependent upon the entente."
? Senator O. W. Underwood, of Alabama,
addressing the Birmingham
Kiwanis club at Birmingham last Tuesday,
predicted financial disaster and
possible renewal of warfare if the
peace treaty is too long delayed. "We
are all glad that the war is over, but
we are not at peace with the world,"
said the senator in part. "I do not
know how you feel, but I do know
that I do not sleep as well as I would
if peace was signed. Three powers
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trol the things with which war must
bo made, the United States, England
and France. Europe is a seething volcano
and there is no telling when it
will break loose. Every day we put
off the signing of the treaty of peace
widens the chasm which the world
may be unable to bridge successfully
with the small scantling it has left
from the war. When we first signed
. the armistice the world was war
weary and the world was ready for us
to dictate the terms of peace and end
the tragedy, but every hour's delay
between the armistice and peace
brings further away from that psychological
hour that struck November
11. Now I trust that some agreement
between the Nations for the permanent
keeping of the peace will be
reached, but if this peace treaty is
not signed soon the volcano of war
may break loose again and the.three
powers named will have to be the big
policemen, but I do not want to see
this country engaged in the role of
policeman, if it can possibly be
avioded. If this scantling which now
bridges the ever growing chasm should
break, it may mean a national debacle
and financial disaster. It is not
fn? 11 a now to nuarrel over small de
tails but first let us have peace and
let us convert our swords into plow
shares and return to the peaceful
walks of life and let us do it quickly."
Twenty-six thousand men of the
Twenty-seventh division, which was
trained at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg,
passed in review down Fifth avenue,
New York, last Tuesday. It is
said to have been the most remarkable
procession that this city of great processions
has ever known. The Twenty-seventh
division was made up
mainly of New York troops and people
were there from all over the state
to take part in the occasion. It is estimated
that fully 3,000,000 people
lined the street. The "grand stand"
extended fcr two und a half miles from
and along Central Park and accommodated
more than 60,000 relatives of
the soldiers. Another grand stand
And with 16 000 wounded sol
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dlers from the hospitals. General O'Ryan,
the only major general of National
Guard who went aeross with his
men and brought them back, was in
.command. At 10 o'clock those far
down the avenue heard the faint notes
of a bugle. "New York's own" was
on the march again for the last time
together. Through the marble arch
the city raised in recognition of the
deeds of Washington, drawn by eight
black horses, came a black caisson,
covered with the Stars and Stripes,
upon which rested a simple wreath.
The catafalque symbolized 1,972 men
"killed in action" or "died of wounds."
Behind it marched a squadron of
toroivo honor men. bearing a huge
banner, upon which blazed a star of
gold for every man who had fallen.
As the crepe swathed gun carriage
moved slowly past men uncovered and
women sobbed, unashamed. But the
funeral hush was quickly broken.
Subdued at first, as though the throngs
were reluctant to break the churchlike
stillness, came the sound of cheers,
Higher and higher rose the shouts
until they blended in a mighty roar.
The wounded were coming. The
thousand motor cars in which they
rode made up a heart-wrenching cavalcade
which seemed to have no end.
Empty sleeves and turned-up trouser
legs, crutches and bandaged heads
told of men who had looked Into the
land of shadows from which the corncades
they left "over there" will not
return. But on the young- faces, some
drawn and haggard from suffering,
there was no sign of grtef. They
laughed and cheered and stuck in their
hats the flowers that women tossed to
them. Beneath the arch rode O'Ryan
and Tils staff. Behind them swept the
doughboys of the Fifty-fourth brigade.
On their backs were overseas packs
a ad gas masks were slung at their
hips. "Topping the rifles bristled a forest
of fixed bayonets, giving notice to
the world that this was no peace-time
parade.
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Entered at the Postofflce at Tork as
Mall Matter of the Second Class.
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1919.
The roads that we have are costing
a great deal more than good roads
would cost.
There is a serious state of revolution
in Egypt against the British government
The old ruling class in the
country wants to get control again and
to that end it has Stirred the Egyptians
to take up arms against the British.
The British are in the attitude of
desiring that the Egyptians have selfgovernment
to the utmost limit; but
are not willing that the country be
turned over to irresponsible plunderers
who will not regard duly established
civil and property rights'
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The trouble with the peace conference
at Paris is that it has no boss.
Until somebody takes charge of the
situation and directs things, the conference
will never get anywhere. And
of course the longer the conference
delays finalities the more mixed up
Europe will be. That is no prophecy.
It is merely the rule of the past.
Following more than one world war
the delegates sent to patch up peace
piddled around until the people forgot
what they had been ngnung aooui.
Kansas has 10,000,000 acres of wheat
from which she is expecting: to harvest
200,000,000 bushels of wheat, worth
$650,000,000. The south last yfear had
30,000,000 acres of cotton from which
she gathered approximately 12,000,000
bales, which at 35 cents a pound would
have been worth $1,400,000,000. Since
the cost of producing cotton is at least
Ave or six times the cost of producing
wheat the profit to the wheat producers
of Kansas alone is more than twice
the profit to all the cotton producers
of the south. Yet Governor Allen of
Kansas says the cotton producers of
the south are grrecdy and grasping.
Reports of a very alarming nature
have been coming from Budapest during
the past few days. They are to
the effect that the Bolshevik! have
overthrown the conservative government
of Hungary, perfected an alliance
with Trotsky and taken charge
of things generally at serious menace
to the established order of things in
Germany. It was reported that the
French troops in Budapest had been
disarmed, and that British and Ameri
cans were Deing Kept in a state ot suspense
as to what might happen next.
The French commander has sent word
that the story of the disarming of his
troops was without any foandation in
fact Just what the real conditions in
Budapest are nobody on the outside
certainly knows; but there is reason to
suspect that most of the reports have
been manufactured out of the whole
cloth in order to influence things at
Paris.
It is beginning to dawn on the
public that whether rightfully or
wrongfully, General Pershing does not
stand high in the estimation of returning
soldiers. Of course it may be that
many of the soldiers consider him all
right; but nevertheless, there are many
who speak unkindly of him. The common
complaint is that Pershing's militarism
is rather too decidedly Prussian
in its nature. The common soldier
in Pershing's view, so it is said, is
not made of the same superior stuff as
is the commissioned officer and the
commissioned officer thererore, must
have nothing to do with the common
soldier except in a very official way.
It is said that Generul Pershing has
been insisting upon the treatment of
tl.3 men as if they are deserving of no
consideration. Of course it is quite
possible that the commonly prevailing
estimate of the general's character and
policy is wrong; but one way or the
other the truth will eventually be established,
and the public will size
General Pershing up accordingly.
The student body of the University
of South Carolina has unanimously
passed the following resolution condemning
the action of any member of
the student body giving out any information
to the press concerning the petition
uresented to the board of trus
tees last week:
"Be it resolved, That the student
body of the University hereby expresses
its regret at the publicity which
has been given to the petition which
it recently sent to the board of trustees.
The publication of this petition
was not authorized or desired by the
student body and is genuinely regretted.
We hereby condemn the action
of any member of the student body
who may have assisted <n giving this
petition publicity. While not retracting
any statement originally made in
our petition, we wish to go on record
as strongly disapproving the widespread
publicity which our action received." The
State.
As we have repeated, "Boys will be
boys."
Maybe the trustees gave out that
petition, as they certainly had a right
to do.
But if the boys did not give it out
and did not want it known, why are
they coming out in this statement reaffirming
all that it said?
This is aside from the fact that experienced,
prudent adults do not sign
papers connected with public matters
unless they want those matters known
to the public.
The whole world has united in the
condemnation of secret diplomacy
anyway.
The attorney general of North Carolina
has struck a blow at the warehouse
bill just passed by the legislature.
by declaring that the section
which levies a tax of 25 cents a bale
on all the cotton in the state, in order
to support the law, is ur constitutional.
Of course something like this was to
be expected. Any fool knows that
there can be no successful warehouse
law without money, and a blow at the
money-raising feature of the law is a
blow at the whole proposition. We
have not seen the North Carolina law,
nor the attorney general's "opinion."
We presume, however, that the law
assume that inasmuch as the warehouse
system is for the benefit of all
cotton producers, all cotton producers
should be taxed in equal proportion to
support it, and the attorney general
has got off some such stuff as that if a
man intends to sell his cotton without
warehousing it, he should not be required
to pay the tax. The principle
is about the same as that which was
involved in tne tacucs 01 private warehousemen
in South Carolina, who,
when forced to meet the pace set by
the state warehouse, undertook to
point out how the banks gave as favorable
treatment to cotton stored in
private warehouses as to cotton stored
in state warehouses. Our own opinion
about the North Carolina proposition
is that the private interests that have
been dominating the cotton trade for
their own benefit are opposing the
state warehouse because they fear that
it will soon deprive them of their pie
and give that pie to the farmers.
Unreasonableness of Southern
Farmers.
It is to be hoped that the cotton
farmers of the south will read and
ponder what Governor Allen of Kansas,
has said about them in connection
with their efforts to get a fair
price for their products, because a
careful reading and thoughtful study
of these are calculated to show the
cotton farmer his real position with
regard to the general economic situation.
In the first place we will remark
that if Governor Allen knows what he
is talking about, he is deliberately
misrepresenting the situation, and if
he does not know what he is talking
about, he is very careless with the
name and reputation of a people who
have contributed more to the prosperity
of this country and received less
benefit from that prosperity than any
other people in it
As to whether 35 cents cotton is
equal to J3.25 wheat we are doubtfulReally
we do not think 36 cents cotton
is more than $2.20 wheat; but anyhow,
Governor Allen is badly misled
as to the price of cotton. The people
of the south are not getting; any 35
cents. They are not being offered
more than 25 or 26 cents, and if they
would show a willingness to sell at
that, the price would be quickly beaten
down to 10 or 16 cents. That is,
the price to the farmers would be
quickly beaten down to those figures;
but the price to those people the Kansas
governor wants us to clothe while
he is feeding them wich $3.26 wheat,
would still be from 50 to CO cents a
pound.
That is very nice talk about the
Kansas farmers trying to increase the
wheat yield so that every one may
have bread; but nevertheless it is a
fact that so long as the people of the
south are compelled to buy $3.25
wheat with even 35 cents cotton they
will have very little with which to buy
anything else, not excepting the cotton
cloth with which they expect to be
clothed, and 'of which they require almost
if not quite as much as the Kansas
farmers. If Governor Allen had
not put the matter as he did we would
have assumed that the main reason
why the Kansas farmers were trying
to increase their wheat yield -was not
so much to feed the world as it was to
get that $3.25 a bushel, and we are
not yet convinced of the incorrectness
of such assumption.
Every one who is at all acquainted
with the economic development of
these United States knows that during
a period covering three-fourths of the
history of this country the cotton crop
of the south was responsible for 90
per cent of such balance of trade as
resulted in our favor in our dealings
with the whole world. It was southern
cotton that brought British and other
European manufactures, including
irrtr. ctooi hardware, crockery, porce
lain, agricultural implements, locomotives,
stationery engines, firearms, cutlery,
paper, books, steel pens, and
practically everything else we needed
to this country. It was southern cotton
that brought our earliest supplies
of gold and silver, and made possible
the development of our national resources
in this direction. It was
southern cotton that built the great
cities of the north, and that opened up
and developed the state of Kansas, and
notwithstanding the tremendous
wealth and prosperity that has been
created throughout the north and elsewhere
on a basis of southern cotton,
the people who have been producing
the cotton have realized less direct
benefit from it than have the people
of any other civilized portion of the
world.
The people who have been raising
cotton have prospered more during the
past two years than ever before. We
will admit that; but thy have not
prospered like the people of the east
or the people of Kansas. And neither
have they prospered because of the
high price of cotton, for cotton has not
been nearly as high as other thingsMore
than from any other cause, they
have prospered because the food administration
shut them off from buy
ing that $3.25 wheat ana other rood
products and made them live to a
larger extent on what they could produce
at home.
Not long ago the treasury department
announced how all the eastern
and northwestern regional reserve districts
had oversubscribed their quotas
of treasury certificates assigned to
them in anticipation of the Victory
loan, while the southern banks fell
short. If, in addition, to what we have
saved by raising so much of our own
food, we had been able to sell our cotton
for the 35 cents the governor of
Kansas thinks we are getting, we
would at least have been able to buy
our sl\are of those certificates.
Of course it has never occurred to
the governor of Kansas that way; but
it ought to be evident to him that if
the people of the south had been get
ting our share of the wealth they have
been creating, the percentage of illiteracy
that runs so high In the south
as compared with the balance of the
United States would not be nearly so
conspicuous. But so persistent and industrious
have the people of the south
been in creating wealth for the balance
of the country that they have not
been able to educate their o&n children.
What Governor Allen looks upon as
an organization to retard production
is only an effort on the part of the
southern farmers to get the price of
cotton up to where it will buy J3.25
wheat, and it strikes us that his alarm
over the situation arises from a fear
that if the southern farmers succeed in
getting what is due them for cotton
the wheat farmers of Kansas will not b.
have quite so much with which to buy '
pianos and automobiles. w*
If we really believed that there was x.
one particle of sincerity or truth in c
what Governor Allen would charge '
against the farmers of the south, we A
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don't believe anything of the kind. We J- 1
are impressed only by the shallow hy- Q1
pocrisy of it all, and although we are 0
not living in great hopes that the c
farmers of the south will ever help Fthemselves
as they easily could if they i
would, we continue to find comfort in J.
the fact that cotton is still as it will al- *
ways be the most important money A%?
crop the world has ever known. a
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS T
Attorney General Wolfe has given 1
out an opinion giving his interpreta- Jar
tion of the act passed by the recent a
general assembly attempting to regu- y
late the sale of tonics, bitters, drugs, Fir
medicines, toilet articles or com- a
pounds Containing alcohol, if the alco- r
hoi contained in such compound or f
preparation is in a .greater quantity R.
than is necessary for the purpose of a
extraction, solution or preservation of c
such preparation. General Wolfe in Jhis
interpretation throws doubt upon *
the application of the act to flavoring a
extracts. "This section,"' he says, G.
"does not specifically name extracts" s
and he declares after given the defin- a
ition found in the United States phar- Cit
macopeeia of an "extract" that "It is *
a question, therefore, whether or not <i
the term 'compound* can be made to Su
include extracts, whether or not the t
act as a whole can be so construed." c
He declares that he does not construe J
the act to require that a certificate
necessary for the purchase of tonics, *
etc., to be taken by manufacturers Fai
from wholesalers or by wholesalers t
from jobbers or retailers. f
Columbia March 26: The 113th '
field artillery, Thirtieth division, which Mc
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arrived at Camp Jackson rrom overseas
yesterday, will be completely 1
mustered out of the service by the end Aof
the week, according to a statement
today by Col. Albert I>. Cox, of Ral- *
eigh, its commander, Colonel Cox said
that atl least one-half of the regiment <
would receive its discharge Friday, he Rf
hoped all of them on that day, in any
event all the men will receive their
discharge by Saturday. The unit consists
of 42 officers and 1,264 men and >
is composed of North Carolinians. f
Officers and men of the regiment
were busy today arranging for final Qu
discharge. A large number of the men dif
were given their final physical examination
and the company commanders .
and clerks were busy preparing final j
discharges and putting the records of 1
the regiment into shape. The men
are not letting any grass grow under
their feet. Throughout the day the
enlisted men were visiting the can- !
teen at Camp Jackson purchasing
dress suitcases to put their effects into
preparatory to the exodus for their J
home towns. The men and the officers
are jubilant over the prospects J
of seeing their kinfolks in the next few
days, and they are talking joyously of
the "Old North States." ;
? Columbia State, Wednesday: Appreciating
the benefit to be derived
from the bureau for child hygiene,
xne unamuer ui v.<uiuniciuv w* vkvo?v.
has raised a fund of $1,600 to defray
the expenses incident to the establishment
of the institution. The state will
supplement the fund with $1,000, which 1
will give $2,000 for the establishment,
equipping and manning of the bureau.
The nurse who will be employed in
connection with the child's bureau is
Miss Clara Curran. She was formerly
connected with the Red Cross as a
nurse arid is now in Richmond taking '
a special course in public health work. 801
Mrs. Ruth Dodd, directress of the
bureau for child welfare, recently es- Va
tablished by the state health depart- 3
ment, said yesterday that a health cen"- i
ter would be established at Chester, a a
complete children's clinic will be ar- ye,
ranged, and that a model piece of work
will be done. Birth restriction will Mi
be stressed, instruction will be given wi
midwives and classes for mothers will vii
be established.
The nurse will go on duty in June wj
and during the summer will devote her ae]
attention to baby welfare and tuber- ar
culosis work. In the fall medical In- w{
spection of school children will begin. rie
The clinic will be equipped so that eye be
ear and nose examinations may be pa
made and a dental chair will also be
installed. The Chester chapter of the vi?
Red Cross' is cooperating with the ha
child's bureau and the outlook for the be
work is unusually bright in the opln- <n
ion of Mrs. Dodd. bp
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Navy has Thre? Hundred Destroy* ca
ers. With approximately 300 destroy- 'r<
ers to be in commission by the end of sr
the year, the navy department is working
out plans for the peace-time ed
handling of this force. The first suggestion
made was to place 200 of the A*
ships in reserve, but it is now learned
that a movement is taking shape to- m'
ward keeping the entire force in active m(
commission, even if it would be neces- so'
sary to put a large number of older
battleships and cruisers in reserve to is*
obtain the necessary personnel. Ar
Officers who favor keeping the de- W?
stroyers in full commission, believe
the training received aboard these .
vessels by both officers and men would '
be more valuable than the same ex- ?
perience aboard the large shipa.
Those urging the reserve project,
it was indicated, believe a conserva- eri
tion of personnel can be accomplished be
ln? this way without laying up an in- nj;
creased number of big ships. In re- '
serve a destroyer would carry a crew
of about 40 men instead of 100, and '
if 200 destroyers are laid up it would Fe
release 12,000 men. an
Against such action it is argued the coi
40 per cent crews are not sufficient av
a. vnconlc in do
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good shape, much less to give them th<
frequent try-out in cruising. If any thi
element of the service is tox be re- us
duced it is argued these new destroy- rel
ers which form virtually a new arm of
of the fleet, dq,e to their increasing '
numbers and speed and the expanding fui
use for them being worked out by pri
naval strategists, should not be the av
ones to suffer, but rather the old mi
cruisers and battleships. The latter mi
are now regarded as obsolete except Th
for very special services, such as the th<
convoy work. et<
A considerable number of these old- sol
er ships are now employed in trans- $1,
porting returning American troops. It fa<
it possible virtually all of these will Th
be put in reserve when that work is an
finished . Th
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Poindexter Says the League Will fj"
Never Do. Senator Poindexter, of P8;
Washington, republican, addressing the
business men's club of Cincinnati .
Wednesday night, declared the pro- if.
posed league of nations plan was "ut-. "V
terly intolerable," in whatever form
it may be developed, and was unac- /
eeptable to the senate and the Ameri- .
can- people. He said "union of action " '
and cooperation," was highly desir- .
able if it did not involve "surrender .
of the independence and sovereignty j
of the free nations of the world." '
"Under the constitution of the P
league of nations or any constitution .
based on simplar principles," said Mr. ..
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I'oinoexier, mt? uuiuuum; ?nu ov>?
determination of the individual na- ,
tions would he absolutely destroyed. 1
In other words, while pretending; to p
preserve liberty it would by this very
act at once destroy the liberties of the
world and set up a monstrous military ,
despotism in its place. f
"Europe with its community of in- ^
terests may feel that it can control (
the proposed league of nations and .
undoubtedly it can; the United States, *,
however, with a different set of inter- Hj!
ests, having paid the fearful cost of ?
its entry into the war against Ger- ? *'
many to preserve liberty, would make . '
a monstrous mistake now to surrender
that very liberty to a different c<
form of world government in the
shape of a league of nations with au- s
thority and power to enforce its de- an
crees upon the United States. C01
"The plan proposed, of a league su- on
perior to and alien from the nations '
over which it is to rule, with indepen- ser
dent power, and authorized to use ret
force, is utterly Intolerable in what- boi
ever form it may be developed. th?
.OCAJL AFFAIRS, th
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. jjj
B. Ferguson Will appreciate information is
;ading to recovery of a loat bull pup. of
Iter D. Benfield Will be at Sharon tomor- gr
ow and wants to buy poultry. gr
C. Dunlap, York No. 3 Has a m ile for sale ly
heap. Weighs about 1,000 pouids. th
A. Carroll, Clerk Calls a meeting of Cedar he
lamp, W. O. W., for tonight. of
B. Clark, York No. 6 Advertises for a ge
cage hand or cropper. Wanted at once. ni
D. Hope, Sharon Can supply you with pure d<
'orto Rico seed potatoes. 32 a bushel.
H. Waugh, Pastor Asks the male members ipi
f the First Baptist church to meet at the fr
hurch Sunday afternoon. ei
H. and J. Howard Jackson, Clover Give a(
lot ice of dissolution of Arm of Jackson
Jros., by mut' al consent.
J. White H ,s lost a ladies' hunting case n)
:old watch end will appreciate its return to
["he Enquirer office.
a Greene, Principal Invites the public to r
. box supper at Forest Hill school house on
text Friday night.
. t u i. f
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lery goods, including shapes and veils. Thin j(
tats made to order. "Lids" for children. a]
nes Bros. On page four tell you that they
ire expecting to receive more mules this a]
veek and give a reason for large sales.
st National Bank, York Says money is its '
tock in trade and it is always ready to fur- j
tish money to those who need it. See page
our" ei
J. Reynolds Co. Explain some of the rea- .
ons why Prince Albert is a favorite tobac- ^
0 for smokers. Page four. ..
B. McCarter, Filbert No. 1 Can supply you .
vith garden seeds. Also asks the ladies to .
ee his line of trimmed hats. .
W. Whitesides A Co., Sharon Can supply
'ou with seed sweet potatoes and garden
eeds. Things to eat.
y Market Wants to buy 60 country cured 1
lams. Also wants fat beef cattle. Fish toIny
and tomorrow.
ir Theatre Fox feature today and a serial
omorrow. Fox feature on Monday. Serial
in Tuesday. tj
M. Stroup Invites special attention to a big
ine of trunks, suit cases and hand bags just a]
eceived. w
rmers Hardware A Supply Co. Tells you a]
hat if there ever was a good time to buy y
lour, now is the time and it has the flour +,
ind the price. Other things of interest. ^
Connell Dry Goods Co. Today and all next e,
reek offers a variety of goods at attractive
iriees. New goods coming in.
M. McGill, -orkville No. 1 On Saturday,
donday and Tuesday offers special prices on A'
1 variety of goods. New goods on display. O'
w
Company II Ls expected to reach
>ck Hill on next /Tuesday.
RETURNING SOLDIERS.
rhe Camp Community Service has
J-L - J * UM Vtnn A _
rrsjzsueu iium its ^uiuaiuia uvuuarters
the following list of recently
icharged York county soldiers:
White.
Love, Hugh Jackson Filbert
Hope, Wm Yorkville,
Campbell, Watson Rock Hill,
Holroyd, Chas Rock Hill.
McFadden, Frederick.... Rock HillChambers,
Thos Rock Hill.
Kuykendal, Clarence. Rock Hill.
McFadden, F. S. Rock Hill.
Klnkindad, C. M Rock Hill.
Kinsler, Brown Rock Hill.
Chambers, Brown Rock Hill.
Shugart,, Oscar Rock Hill.
Mullis, Harvey Yorkville.
Plaxco, Boyce Yorkville.
Thomasson, W- B Yorkville.
Pursley, Robert Clover.
Colored.
Massey, James Lesslie,
Roddey, E. M Catawba.
Long, Edward Sharon.
Blair, T Yorkville,
Sbbley, Willie McConnellsville.
Young, David : Ramah.
Robertson, Charlie Rock Hill.
Burris, John ? _Rock Hill.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Capt. G. C. McCelvey of Camp Jackn
is visiting friends in Yorkville.
Mr. A. J. McFarland, of Roanoke,
i uruint Snnriav with relatives on No.
Yorkville.
Seorge W. Brown of Greenville, was
visitor in Yorkville Wednesday and
sterday.
Miss Mary McElroy and Mr. Will
:Elroy of Clover spent several days
th Mrs. J. J. Jones on No. 3 Yorkle.
Mr. Sam Ratteree of Yorkville No. 1,
10 recently returned from overseas
rvice with two gold stripes on his
m, says he is glad to get back; but
>uld not take anything for the expejnces
he has gone through. He has
cn in the engineers for the greater
rt of the time has seen most service ci
connection with a replacement di- ai
iion to which he was attached. He s?
s seen fighting, plenty of it, and has 3t
en amongst the bursting shells and d<
range of the enemy's machine guns; cj
t has not been an actual combattant. si
lat, however, was not his fault, beuse
repeated efforts to get into the ti
mt line work were thwarted on the C(
ound that he was more useful else- b<
iere. But Mr. Ratteree has develop- c<
into very much of a soldier never- ja
eless, and he thinks more of the
nerican soldier than he does of any th
her soldier in the world. He is not Cc
ach of an admirer of the British, no d<
3re so than most of the American st
Idiers who have been in contact hi
th them. He is vexed with the Brit- w
l because he knows they know the h
nericans are the best soldiers who Cc
;re in Europe, and wont admit it. pi
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rnlln ADDADTIAMMPNT
RUM U runu nrr vn w ? ..
The following statement with refer- m
ce to York county share of the Bed
i\ road appropriation and what can g?
done with the same, has heen fur- d<
jhed by Mr. J. Roy Pennell, state ^
jhway engineer:
'York county's apportionment of st
deral money for building roads te
lounts to 188,687.93. Under present hi
ndltions, this money will become C<
ailable when York county covers it T
liar for dollar. When this is done, pj
b county will have for road building ot
b sum of $177,375.86, which it can o>
e on projects approved by the sec- ci
:ary of the United States department b(
Agriculture. ca
'With its apportionment of Federal at
J_ TtrViinh It milQt
nu? piuo cue 1UIIUO niiivii ?
ovide before the Federal money is th
allable, York county can build 8.1 ar
les of concrete road or about 50.7 ec
les of top-soil or sand-clay road, of
lese figures on milage are based on Pi
3 assumption that grading, culverts, at
will cost $2,000 per mile; top- er
II of sand-clad surfacing will cost st
,500 per mile; and concrete sur- th
;ing will cc st $20,000 per mile. If
lese estimates are based on averages H
d will not hold good for all cases, al
lerefore, the figures on mileage
ited above are approximations only
d are given for purposes of com- P>
rlson. P-r
'The above named types of roads w
3 used because they are typical. It ^
not meant that Federal aid will be a*
:en to building only these or that AJ
Iv these three types are recom- '.Sl
>nded. York county's apportionment J?
Feredal funds for road building el'
es not include the funds from this m
iree which can be had for bridge s*
tiding. The state highway commis- 0,1
n now has at its disposal for build;
bridges enough money to build ]y'
ictically all the important bridges
eded in the state. This money will nc
available when the county or couns
served by the bridges cover it dol- .
- - fir
tor cionar ana tne secretary 01 trie -partment
of agjiculture approves the 11,1
jject." nc
HERE AND THERE
rhe Rock Hill people are preparing tir
a big picnic dinner and barbecue
len Company H comes home.
Seorge Tj. Wallace, who was severewourvded
at the beginning of the sat
drive in which his battery of ar- dr
ery helped to start the Germans ck
home last June, reached his th
me in Yorkville last Monday morn:
from New York. Mr. Wallace had ac
;n out of the hospital only about w(
i days when he came home. One
t is much shorter than the other ~~
d it is being supported by a truss 'n
ttrivance- He is able to get along "e
ly by means of crutches. ne
rhe auditor was busy yesterday ~
iding out notices to taxpayers where f,n
urns have been raised by the local
irds. These notices are to advise tn
i taxpayers that they may appeal to -
e county board If they see proper to <
> so- There ?r* not many appeals, :
jwever. In most cases the taxpayer 1
lows his return was too low and he
n.. A A /x/1 ?A?.nn
vsiiiy aui j/i iocu ki mc iiiuuci aicucaa
' the raise, which he expected to be
eater than it was. There are not a
eat many of these notices, not nearas
many as there ought to be, or
iere would be if the township boards
id more time to go over things, and
' course the number of people who
it notices is much smaller than the
amber who expect to get them, but
>n't.
During the past few days Here and
here has run upon no less than four
lends and acquaintances with awoll1
Jaws, some complaining of "tooth;he,"
some complaining of "abscesses"
i the Jaws and some calling it "neuilgia."
And it has happened that In
at a single one of the cases in queson
did the sufferer seem to have any
:her idea than that his only hope of
ilief lay in the use of peppermint, oil
' cloves or some other such supposed
imedy. Not one of them seemed to
3 aware that the only sensible thing
>r him to do was to go to a dentist,
ad get expert opinion and expert
eatment. In some cases it might be
i exposed or dying nerve, the formig
of an abscess, which if let alone
leans torture and permanently injuous
results. But it does seem that
lybody ought to know that the prop*
thing to do in a case of this kind is
> go to the dentist. No, Here and
here has no commission to advertise
le dentist. All this is purely for the
eneflt of the man who is*suffering the
?rtures of the damned, and is hunting
uman sympathy as his only hope of
jmfort, only because he either does
at know, or is too timid to go to the
en noi.
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.
The Jury commissioners on last
[onday drew twelve grand Jurors and
lirty-six petit Jurors, the petit Jurors
> serve during the first week of the
pproaching term of the circuit court,
hich convenes on Monday, April 14,
ad the grand Jurors to complete, with
?e six drawn at the November term
Id over, the panel of eighteen that
in constitute the grand Jury for the
isuing year.
The Grand Jury.
The grand Jury is as follows, the
rst six being those who are holding
/er, and the remaining twelve those
ho were drawn last Tuesday:
R. M. Lindsay Bethesda.
J. C. Burge York.
C. L. Kennedy Broad River.
J. M. Taylor Ebenezer.
J. C. Walker Catawba.
J. K. Scoggins .Catawba.
W. M. McCarter. King's Moutain.
J. K. Allison ?Broad River.
R. L. McCleave Bethesda
E. M. Dixon York.
T. P. Dunlap York.
J. P. Adams Bethel.
R. L. Biggers King's Mountain.
J. T. Cornwell Catawba.
R. A. Burnett Ebenezer.
J. O. Neely ?Catawba.
R. S. Hannr Ebenezer.
E. R. Maloney Bullock's Creek.
Petit Jurors.
The petit Jurors are as follows:
R. H. G. Caldwell Broad River.
R. P. Jackson York.
W. J. Coltharp Fort Mill.
F. C. Walker King's Mountain.
J. J. Dunlap Ebenezer.
Newman Smith Bullock's Creek.
J. T. Mitchell Broad River.
J. H. Adams Bethel
J. B. Bratton Bethesda.....
R. A. Holler Catawba.
Dolph Freiheim Catawba.
A. M. Adams Ebenezer.
Nathan Feinsteln York.
W. R. Rogers York.
C. P. Curry Ebenezer
W. T. Beamguard....King's Mountain.
R. B. Dill Catawba.
G. H. Revels Bethesda.
J. L. Feemster York.
R. A. Ervins Catawba.
J. S- Glasscock Catawba.
F. M. Jackson Bethel.
S. B. Pratt Broad River.
J. P. Sifford ..King's Mountain.
J. Hope Adams ...Ebenezer.
Fred R. Black Ebenezer.
R. M- Mitchell Bullock's Creek.
I. H. Campbell Bethel.
E. C. Bigger Bethel.
J. L. Aycock Bethesda.
P. B. Kennedy Broad River.
G. P. Whltesides croau xviver.
J. N. Huey *. Catawba.
J. M. BrLce York.
J. J. Jackson... King's Mountain.
J. W. Darby Bullock's Creek.
FOR BETTER STREETS.
The street improvement plans of the
,ty council of Yorkville, contemplate
i expenditure of one hundred thouind
dollars on about four miles of
;reets, and the plans have the enarsement
of a mass meeting of the
tizens called for the purpose of condering
the matter.
There was quite a representative
irnout at the meeting held in the
>urthouse last Monday night. Every3dy
who wanted to go, was there, of
>urse, and that included many of the
rgest real estate owners of the town.
Mayor I. \V; Johnson presided, and
le principal business of the meeting
msisted of an explanation from Aljrman
E. A. Hall, chairman of the
reet committee, of what the council
id in mind to do and approximately
hat the cost would be, and John R.
art, Esq., legal adviser of the city
rnncil, gave an explanation of the
rocedure that is to be followed in
der to raise the money.
The plan as outlined by Mr. Hall,
mtemplates the paving of about four
iles of street, approximately two
lies on Congress and Liberty streets,
jssibly more, and the balance, some
iveral of the more important resi;nce
streets. The idea is to have
ongress street paved with concreted
- * " r* rvnrnvlrrtQ tol V
jpna.it at a ludi %j*. h-j/k*
i.60 a running foot, and the other
reets with approved and durable marial
suitable for the lighter traffic;
it somewhat less expensive than the
ongress and Liberty street paving,
he paving under the plan is to be
lid for, one-half by the town, and the
her half one-fourth each by the
vners of the abutting property on
ther side. The shade trees are not to
1 disturbed except possibly in a few
ises where such disturbance may be
)solutely necessary.
Mr. Hart, the attorney, explained
mt under the constitution as recently
nended, the prohibition against bond1
indebtedness in excess of 8 per cent
' the assessed value of the taxable
operty, does not apply to bonds isled
on account o; light, water or sewage,
and as the town has no outanding
bonds for any other purpose,
to taxpayers arc free to go the limit
they so desire, for this paving work,
o went on tc say, however, that
jutting property owners could not be
isessed until a majority of the quali- ,
;d voters had included the abutting
operty law as a part of the municiil
charter, and not even after that
ithout the written consent of twoirds
of the property owners along !
ly given section of street to be paved.
Iso, of course, there can be no bond
sue except with the consent of a marity
of the qualified electors at an .
ection to be called on a petition of a
ajority of the freeholders. Mr. Hart
afed that he was explaining the law <
ilv (>s the loirnl adviser of the citv
uncil; but he wanted to say as a citron
and i taxpayer that he is in favor '
the proposed Improvement and that s
proposed to vote #or it. t
After very little further discussion .
e meeting adopted a resolution enrslng
and pledging support of the 1
uns of the lity coureil, with virtually
i opposition.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
-There is coming a change in the 1
nes. i
-Good street paving lessens the fly I
lisance. 1
-Something the matter with the s
inking fountain at the courthouse. .
-Judge Frank B. Gary presides at '
e next term of the circuit court.
-The local Red Cross has been quite
tive this week collecting gifts of
)rn clothing for the Belgians.
- Garden activities, which have been
progress for some days, have been
Id up by the heavy rains of Wedsday
night.
- Yes, the telephone, electric light
d telegraph poles would look better
they were painted and r.o doubt
ey would last longer.
- Looal Board No. 2, undertook to
dispose of the office property by competitive
bidding a few days ago; but"
the bids generally were turned down.
It is beginning to look as if it is necessary
to find some way of solving the [
problem arising out of the increasing '
number of automobiles being parked
along the streets. It is getting to be a
matter of room, and the problem is to
provide the room without discouraging
the coming of the cars.
Explaining further the act providing
for the assessment of owners of
abutting property in improving streets
and sidewalks, Mr. John R. Hart said
yesterday that the act makes provision
under which the assessed property
owner may spread the payment over a
period of five years. The amoufit due
on the street becojnes a lien on the
nrAnnrfv until nai/i an/i tVin tAWn
|/t V>/Vt V/ U?? V*l J/UIU, UrilU MIC bV " II
may use this lien as security for certificates
of indebtedness upon which it
may borrow money sufficient to take
care of the abutting property owner's
obligations. The property owner is to
pay the same rate of interest that the
town must pay.
There are a good many people In
this town who are heartily in favor of
putting down streets. They know that
the proposed improvement will cost a
lot of money and they know that they
will have to pay, because good and
necessary things are not to be had
without paying. These people, however,
are broad minded, liberal and
progressive people who understand
that the common benefit is their benefit.
But if any of these people think
that this proposed improvement is an
assured fact, they have another think
a-coming. All the people who are running
around talking as if they are
most willing to pay, and most heartily
in favor of the improvement, are not
to be implicitly relied upon. There are
people who love their dollars more
than improvements and who are incapable
of realizing that their dollars
invested in improvements will be more
profitable and productive than they
are now. There are people who simply
cannot understand how a dollar
invested in the street can make the
property before which it is invested
more valuable. But most of such people
realize that the really intelligent
and progressive spirit of the community
has absolute confidence in the
wisdom of the proposed undertaking,
and of course thev are not willing to
openly admit themselves in antagonism
to that sentiment. But let it be
understood that everything Is not
plain sailing; that the biggest obstacle
in the way of this improvement is
not whether the town Ja able to do it,
but whether two-thirds of the freeholders
are willing to do it
TRANSFERS OF REALTY.
The following transfers of real estate
have been indexed in the office
of the auditor since the last publication
of the record:
Bethel S. A. Reese to W. A. Cook,
22 2-5 acres; consideration, $560.
11. J. and M. A. Boyd to W. W.
Boyd, 96 1-2 acres; consideration;
$720.
Bethesda W. T. Hollis to Claude
EI Strait, 73 1-2 acres; consideration,
$5,000.
Broad River N. M. McDill to W. F.
McGill, 1 lot; consideration $3,000.
Bullock's Creek Emily W. Stevenson
to Thomas Jamison, 199 acres;
consideration, $1.
S. Q. Mitchell to Samuel Todd, 80
acres; consideration, $800.
Catawba Ira B. Dunlap and J. H.
Miller to Fannie Patterson Avery, l
lot; consideration,' $391.93.
John L. Poag to T. B. Jackson, 40
acres; consideration, $3,500.
W. C. Caldwell to Lula McClure, 1
lot; consideration, $150.
V. B. Blankenship to W. T. Fincher,
1 lot, consideration, $800.
F. E. Quinn, Sheriff York Co., to
W. M. and H. M. Dunlap, 1 lot; consideration,
$11.08.
Jno. R. Logan, C. C. C. Pis., to R. M.
and F. D. Calhoun, 2 lots; consideration,
$5,000.
M. E. Massey to Burton H. Massey,
146 acres; consideration, love and affection.
E. Thos. Mobley to Bessie Patten,
10 1-4 acres; coaoUferation, $200.
V. B. Blankenship to J. S. Collins,
1 lot; consideratioln, $825.
Roddey Merc. Co., to Maggie Barber,
18 acres; consideration, $125.
Thos. C. O'Dell to Leona M. O'Dell,
2 lots; consideration, $10.
Jno. R. Wdlliams and Jno. G. Kee
to Esther Carnes, 1 lot; consideration,
$40.
David Heath to E. E. Dacus, 1 lot;
consideration, $5,125.
1 txr i ~ n n
raui w urHiiJuii lu jv j . ?* u> lumui,
108 1-2 acres; consideration, $1.
J. W. and Mary G. Leslie to C. M.
Whisonant, 85 acres; consideration,
$1.
J. A. Shillinglaw to Bethel Baptist
Church, 1 lot; consideration, $150.
, Thorn T. Morrison to Ellaree S.
Graham, 1 lot; consideration $400.
Fort Mill Joe Hucks to L A. Harris,
1 lot'; consideration, $100.
C. F. Rodders, Jr., to W. L. Ferguson,
1 lot; consideration, $1,250.
Etta A. Watson to L. A. Harris, 1
lot; consideration, $3,500.
Ebenezer Paul D. Feris to C. L.
Faris, 1 lot; consideration, $300.
Addle E. Ferguson to C. H. Pitman.
2 lots; consideration, $350.
Hattle I. White, et al to W. J. Hinson,
1 lot; consideration, $275.
Mary S. Barnes to The Rock Hill
Land and Townsite Co., 1 lot; consideration,
$1.
The Rock Hill Land and Townsite
Co., to Mary S. Barnes, 2 lots; consideration,
$1.
Mary S. Barnes to the trustees of
the Wlnthrop N. and I. college of S. C.
13 lots; consideration, $10,000.
Rock Hill Land and Townsite Co.,
to C. W. Boyd, 1 lot; consideration.
$685.
J. J. Porter to S, C. Chapman, 1 lot;
consideration, $1.
Kings Mountain Harmon Alexander
to Jno. J. Alexander, 34 1-4 acres;
consideration, $300.
R. D. Hambright to W. L. Hope,
33 4-10 acres; consideration, $634.60.
\V)m. Stewart to Ernest L. Wood, 1
lot; consideration, $135.
Robt. J. Love to Jno. R. Love, 2451-2
acres; consideration, $7,365.
York Mrs. Annie L. Howard to
David Cameron, 26 3-4 acres; consideration,
$2,850.
H. G. Thomasson to John F. Simpson.
26 4-5 acres; consideration $1,150.
S. L. Lanham, to R. S. and W. M.
McConnell, 1 lot, consideration, $1,000.
D. L.- Shieder to Jno. S. James, 1 !
lot; consideration, $1,150.
Frank C. Riddle to Jno. Q. Hall,
94 35-100 acres; consideration, $11,793.75.
M. Irene Starr to J. S. Mackorell, 1
lot; consideration, $3,500.
Frank C. Riddle to E. A. Dickson, ,
32 1-2 acres; consideration, $2,112.50.
S. *F. Ferguson, Jr., to B. B. Ferguson,
122 acres; consideration, $2,500. '
J. S. Mackorell to Frank C. Riddle, '
1 lot; consideration, $6,300.
Mrs. Nancy Euleida Stewart to Mrs. ]
Janie Dorsett, 1 lot; consideration, 1
$2,600. j
* <
LOCAL LACONICS 1
York County's Cotton Yield- j
According to the census report York j
:ounty ginned 41,281 hales of the crop (
>f 1918, against 31,388 bales of the *
:rop of 1917. The glnnings for the ,
state amounted to 1,267,135 bales of '
;he crop of 1917, against 1,578,569 '
sales of the crop of 1918. j
Will Build Masonic Temple. (
The Rock Hill Masonic Temple cor- J
joration has decided upon a plan to r
mild a handsome home for Rock Hill s
5odge No. Ill, by means of bond 1
ssues to the amount of $22,000. The J
dans contemplate a three-story build- r
ng, with store rooms and offices in I
iddition to the necessary hall, and it *
s expected that the earning capacity
>f the rooms will oe enougn 10 mure .
han pay interest on the bonded inlebtedness.
The banks propose to i
end the members money with which 2
0 buy bonds, advancing $90 on each I
1 100 bond and leaving the member to I
>ay the money back at the rate of r
11.45 a month. C
N. E. Morton Dead. v
Mr. W. E. Morton, former superin- l
endent of the Clover Cotton mill, died c
it his home in Shelby, N. C., on last J
Friday, after a long period of bad t
t .4
Si . ^ |
^ - . . . _..w -
health, aged 54 yean. Mr. Morton
was a native of Baltimore, and grew
up In the mill business in that city.
He came to Clover in 1889 and installed
the machinery with which the Clover
Manufacturing company began the
manufacture of Egyptian cotton. He
was superintendent of the Clover mill
for fourteen years, after which he
went to Georgia for a year. Then he
returned to Shelby and with a number
of men of that place built another
modern cotton mill. He retired from
active buslnesi about two years ago,
on account of falling health.
Coming of Company H.
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: The
transportation committee, J. W. #
O'Neal and J. E. Gettys, of the homecoming
celebration is to be congratulated.
They visited General Cole and
Colonel Parker at Camp Jackson yesterday
and General, Cole informed
them that orders from Washington
for the release of Company H, secured
through Congressman Stevenson and
"Gene" Hutchinson, were In his hands,
and that Company H, would certainly
be here for the celebration. Traffic
Manager McLean of the Southern railway
company visited the camp with
this committee and states the special
train will be in readiness to bring Company
H to Rock Hill soon after the boys
reach camp. General Cole and Colonel
Parker were invited to attend this
celebration and if possible come on the
special train with these men. At
least one military man and possibly
two have been secured. Governor
Cooper and Congressman Stevenson
have been invited to attend this celebration,
and both with Mayor Blankenship,
will make short addresses of
welcome to our men. The date of the
celebration cannot be definitely fixed
until Company H arrives at Charleston.
The U. S. S. Mercury, on which
Rock Hill's own are coming home,
will probably dock tomorrow or Friday,
according to messages received a
by relatives here from men on board
and indications are that the celebration
will be held the middle of the
coming week. From Charleston the
men will go to Camp Jackson. Company
H will be brought to Rock Hill as
soon as possible after its arrival at
the camp. The special train will leave
Columbia early in the morning and t
will arrive in Rock Hill about 11
o'clock. 4
CLOVER CULLING8. *
Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer.
Clover, March, 26: Miss Avon Robinson
spent the week-end in Rock Hill
with Mr. and Mrs. Roy "erguson.
Miss Edith Jackson, of Gastonia,
spent Sunday here with her mother,
Mrs. M. L. Jackson.
Mrs. E. W. Pressly left Tuesday to?
spend some time at Camp Sevier with
Col E. W. Pressly.
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Wylte and Mrs.
M. B. Neil spent Tuesday in Charlotte.
Senator and Mrs. J. E. Beam guard
attended the recital given by their
daughter, Miss Bleeka, at Chlcora college,
Tuesday night
Df. and Mrs. J. Wl Campbell and
Mr. and Mrs. Rosa Clinton of Gastonia
were visitors here Monday.
A call meeting of the Andrew Jackson,
U. D. C., chapter was held Tuesday
afternoon. The meeting was presided
over by the president, Mrs.
James A. Page, and several Items of
business were attended to.
Misses Garrison and Ashe, county
demonstrators, gave several splendid
demonstrations here Tuesday afternoon
in the opera house to a number
of ladies.
Will Erect Triumphal Areh. Rock
Hill Herald, Monday: Workmen yesterday
began hauling material for the
construction* of the triumphal arch
which will be erected near the corner
of East Main and Caldwell streets in
honor of the men from Rock Hill and
this section of the county who served
during the war. Very elaborate plans
designed %for the structure have been
worked out. The construction of the
arch is being supervised by Mrs. Lou's
Friedheim, chairman of the committee
on decorations, and Mrs. Burton Massey,
vice chairman, J. C. Byrd, & local
architect, is directing details of the
work. The arch will be built of brick,
timber and stucco. It is estimated
that its construction will entail a cost
of approximately $350. When completed
it will be brilliantly lighted with
electric globes; other decorations will
consist of flags of the Allies nations
and cedar. The arch, it is stated, is
not intended to be permanent and will
not be In the nature of a memorial.
It will stand for six months or perhaps
longer, as occasion demands. For
the small sum expended in erecting
the arch it would of course be impossible
to build anything permanent
An ideal location has been selected ior
the triumphal arch. It was at first
suggested that it be erected near the
depot, but this idea was rejected. The
site finally agreed upon will undoubtedly
meet universal approval, as it is
in every way one of the best that
could have been chosen, as the back
gTound is not only good, but the arch
will be in the heart of the city, which
New York and other cities erecting
such arches have found is the best
location.
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K. of C. Lose Contention. The
Knights of Columbus, acting for the
national (Roman) Catholic war council,
did not succeed in their attempt
to have no limit put on the millions of
dollars they might spend in supplies
for free distribution of the funds received
from the joint drive of last
November, according to a Chicago correspondent.
Instead, the rule adopted
by the committee of eleven,, on which
the national (Roman) Catholic war
council has proportional representation,
that all of the seven war-work
agencies stand on an equal footing in
the amount that may be given away
free, was sustained. This amount was
limited to 10 per cent of the whole outlay.
1 A nnAola^l
Tne KJllgniS UI tuiuiuuuo
from the decision of the Joint committee
to Newton D. Baker, secretary
of war of the United States, They
argued that their work consisted, in
great part, of the distribution of free
supplies, and that no limit should be
set upon it. The position of the committee
was that other organizations '
went in more for service, which required
financial support not permitting
them a proportionate amount of
an unlimited amount of free gifts was
not actually conducive to soldiers' and
sailors' benefit.
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International Honeymooners.?The
first sector of honeymoon division of
war brides has arrived in this country.
There were only 15 in the rarty and
they were English and French wives
of American officers and men who
were overseas with Pershing's Crusaders.
They found time for love as
well as war, and were married on the
9pot. Now the husbands have been
sent back to America for demobilization
and the wives follow at the earliest
opportunity?although not suffered
!o journey on the same boat with their
spouses. Thp first installment is
ibout equally divided between France
ind England?with Scotch and Cana
lian girls counting as lungusn. xney
ire welcomed with warmth and af'ectlon
by everybody except the former
sweethearts of some of the soldiers.
There will be a good many more of"
hem, and they will keep coming for a ^
rear or more. Some of them are des-;lned
for unhapplness, for the Amerl an
husband can be mighty mean when
le starts out that way. It Is better
hat men should marry In their own
ace and envlronr mt, yet there Is no
terious argument against these Inter- 40
lational matlngs. May they prove no
vorse than the average American unon.
That they should turn out better
nay be hoped for, but hardly exacted. Los
Angeles Times.
HYMENEAL
Married At the home of J. F. Kell
n Rock Hill, on Wednesday, March
16, 1919, at 2 p. m., Miss MAMIE
1ARWIN to Mr. ROBERT O. RATCHi'ORD
of Yorkvllle No. 3- The cerenony
was performed by Rev. J. L.
lates of Yorkville.
At the home of Mr. Sturgls, In York- Jfe
Hie, on Tuesday evening, March 25,
919, at 8.30 o'clock, Rev. J. L. Oates
fflclating, Miss JESSIE 80LIN to
lr. G. WALTER NORMAN, both of
ha Sharon section.
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