Scraps and facts.
? Norfolk. Va., February 7: The
American steamer Dacia, recently
changed from German to American
registry and about which international
complications are imminent, arrived
here today for coal before proceeding
on her voyage to Bremen
with a cargo of cotton. The Dacia
left Galveston on last Sunday. Capt.
George McDonald, master of the Dacia,
left the vessel and secured a
room at a local hotel. He denied
himself to all newspaper men. He
said he did not know when the Dacia
would sail. Agents of the steamer
here say the Dacia will probably
sail by noon tomorrow. Several code
messages were received here today
for the Dacia and her agents.
? Spartanburg special of February
9, to the Charlotte Observer: August
Geilfuss, president of the Southeastern
Master Bakers" association,
announced here tonight that bread
would be advanced in price from live
cents to six cents a loaf at once over
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee
and Florida, embraced in the organization.
He says bread is now
selling for six cents in Wilmington,
charlotte. Greensboro. Greenville and
Asheville, and that price will become
effective in all small towns throughout
the section. The advance in the
price of tlour is said to be responsible
for the increase in the price of bread.
From the local bakery, i?,000 loaves are
sold daily, and according to Mr. Geil
fuss, the raw hour contained In this
output costs $62.50 more a day than it
cost before war was declared.
? Charlotte Observer: Financial
America reminds the cotton trade
that the department of agriculture is
expected soon to issue regulations
regarding what will be considered as
"mixed-packed" cotton. The Lever
bill prohibits the delivery of "mixedpacked,"
"water packed," "false packed,"
"grin cut" or "repacked" bales of
cotton on future contracts. That is,
such deliveries would make the contract
subject to the prohibitive tax of
2 cents a pound. If the term "mixed
packed" were to be taken in its fullest
sense, it is claimed fully 50 per
cent of the crop would be undeliverable
on tax exempt contracts. There
is reason to believe, however, that the
department's regulations will not so
broadly, interpret the term. The publication'
of the regulations will be
awaited with interest.
? This town, located in three states,
West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky,
is furnishing plenty of trouble to Prohibition
Commissioner Blue, says a
Kenova, W. Va., dispatch of Friday. At
first the Kenovites bought their booze
in the Kentucky part of town and
brought into West Virginia. When the
commissioner stopped this a cable was
stretched and the booze was brought
across the line in baskets, and this too
was stopped. The latest move to outwit
the Yost law has been the placing
of a pint bottle of liquor in a pumpkin,
which the Kentucky farmers haul
here, charging $1 a pumpkin. One
farmer is said to have sold 2,000 pumpkins
here in a single day. Mr. Blue,
however, has a plot hatched for tomorrow
night. It is said a canvasser
has been in the city securing orders for
pints at $1 each. A constable is to
station himself on Raccoon creek,
about a half mile east, Saturday evening
and be ready to catch any man
who catches a pumpkin, which will be
rolled down the Kentucky side.
? The British passenger ship Lusltania,
which left New York on January
31, and arrived at Liverpool last
Saturday, hew the American hag all
the way. Shortly after the Lusitanla
left New York she was warned by the
White Star liner Baltic, that two submarines
had been sighted by that vessel,
and the American hag went up in
short order. On arriving oft Queenstown,
the Lusitania Instead of waiting
for a pilot boat, steamed right into
port and shortly afterward sailed full
speed for Liverpool, and kept the
American hag hying until she was
safe in dock. The captain of the Lusitania
said that he carried a large
number of neutral passengers along
with neutral freight and because of
this he claimed that he was entirely
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Wltnin nis rignis ill iijrin6 .....?
can flag. Although heretofore there
has never been any question of the
right of any vessel that saw fit to do
so to carry the American fla;?, It is
thought that the incident in question
will bring the whole matter up for
diplomatic discussion.
? Notwithstanding modern medical
science, 80 per cent of the deaths In
the present war are due to disease as
against twenty due to gunfire. These
are the figures compiled by Dr. F. N.
Si.ndwith writing in the current issue
of "The Hospital," published in
London. This same proportion obtained
during the Russo-Turkish war
of 1877-78. During the American civil
war. there were three deaths to disease
to every one from wounds; that
is to say mortality due to disease of
66 2-8 per cent. During the French expedition
in Madagascar in 1895. according
to the writer, only twentynine
deaths ocurred in action as
against seven thousand who died by
disease. In the United States army
during the war with Spain, fourteen
died of disease to every one killed in
action although the war lasted a little
more than six weeks. In the Boer
war the losses from disease were enormous
notwithstanding the improvements
in mili'ary hygene then in force.
The Japanese however, during the
war with Russia, were able by exercising
the most scrupulous care to reverse
the ratio. In the case of their
troops only one man died of disease
to every four who died of wounds.
? An admirable suggestion for conserving
the food supply has been made
by a prominent capitalist in this city
to milling interests in Minneapolis:
namely, that white corn (or even mixed
or yellow) shall he used as a blend
with wheat in the manufacture of
Hour, says a Chicago dispatch. It is
thought that about 20 per cent of the
corn flour would be right. Of coursi.
such a product would he branded s>
that the consumer would know wha
he was using. The man making this
suggestion has no interest in the
market. It is his opinion that the
amount of wheat In the hands of
northwestern farmers is not mere then
10 per cent of the yield and that Canadian
sources have been depleted to
about the same extent. Klour is lik- ly
to go so high as seriously to impair
the resources of many consumers unless
seme such measure is adopted he
helievrs. Corn is now about half th"
I rice of wheat. The suggestion
commends itself to the millers. On"
objection is that leading producers of
flour have brands that are widslv
known and are a part of the good will
of the companies but this is a time
when extraordinary measures have to
be taken. This country has made
treat progress in diversification of
foods. Many a person is eating corn
bread now who would not touch it a
decade ago. It is safe to say that man
has not yet discovered half of the products
of the earth which are good to
eat. One of the latest wonders is alfalfa
which if properly handled, is
food drink and medicine for the human
being.
? The Associated Press dispatches
of this morning summarizes the war
news as follows: In none of the various
battlefields in Europe has any
appreciable progress been made. The
official statements give no information
beyond references to what are
now considered minor incidents in
the great war. Comparative quiet
leigns in France and Flanders, while
the hundreds of thousands constituting
the fighting forces in Russian Poland.
the Carpathians and East Prussia
seem to be still deadlocked in a
series of desperate engagements that
has lasted for weeks past and has resulted
in great losses. The British
parliament has taken up the matter
of am y estimates and has been asked
by the Fritish government to give
it a blank check for army purposes.
It is expe'ted that parliament will
vote a mimical sum under each of the
15 groups of expenditures, and if it
does this it will have voted supplies
without limit for en army of 3.000 000
men to be accounted for when
the v nr is over. Premier Asquith in
a statement before the house of com
mm s. announced mat tne pritisn
<:? sua 'ties. including killed, wounded
and missing up to February 4, numbered
1<?4.000. An indication that
Ita'y is purs uing her policy of waiting
and wat hing is found in a royal de<
ree lust issued which orders that
soldiers of the se-ond category, classes
of 1893 and 1894, shall be retained
under the colors until May 31, next.
These men should have been returned
to their homes. Second category recruits
are considered as belonging to
the permanent army for the first
eight years of service. They then
pass to the mobile malitia and afterwards
to the territorial militia. This
term of military service is supposed
to be finished at the age of 39 years.
From Berlin comes the announcement
that the naval measures of Germany
against British commerce are
in no sense a blockade; that no hostile
action against neutral shipping
is contemplated and that Germany's
warships will endeavor to avoid sinking
American or neutral ships, taking
every precaution to that end.
?ht -HlorhfiUc (Snquiw.
Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.t
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1915
Those who do not work should not
eat, and those who work should see to
the enforcement of the rule. There
are too many people who do not work,
trying to live off those who do work.
lTp to date 124 vessels with an aggregate
of 45G.635 gross tonnage have
been admitted to American registry
under the emergency act of last August.
These vessels, however, hardly
constitute a drop in the bucket In proportion
to the requirements of American
trade.
It looks like the general assembly
has about decided to solve the compulsory
education question by leaving
it to each school district in the state
to solve the matter for Itself. Of
course everybody understands that
this is a complete evasion of the issue
that has been made so prominent in
the state during the past several
years; but then it is about as good a
dodge as could have been devised.
We agree with the president in his
ship purchase programme and we
very much regret to see that programme
overturned by recalcitrant
Democrats. We have no quarrel with
the senators who saw fit to act as they
thought proper, and no abuse for
them; but we esteem it necessary for
the prosperity of American commerce
that this country own a merchant marine,
and we think that this country
can afford to pay the price, whatever
the price may be.
There has been lots and lots of talk
about the requirements of international
law In connection with the operations
of belligerent armies; but if
there is really any provision in any in
ternational law for which any belligerent
has respect that rises above the
exigencies of the occasion, that provision
has not been called to our attention.
About the only thing that a
belligerent is especially careful is
the commission of acts that might provoke
a neutral whose mixing up in th>
fray is to be dreaded out of proportion
to the possible advantage to be derived
from such acts.
Following the recent sinking of a
number of British merchant vessels
in the British channel and off the
coast of Ireland by German submarines,
the German government has
published notice of its intention to
blockade the coast of the enemy and
by means of submarines to destroy all
merchant vessels with or without
warning. The understanding is that
the purpose of the blockade is to cut
off the British food supply as far as
possible and neutral vessels within
the proscribed territory will take the
same risks as the ships of the enemy.
The proposed blockade is to go into
effect on February 18.
The foreign dispatches bring news to
the effect that Japan is making some
most unreasonable demands on China,
and that compliance with these demands
on the part of China would be
very humiliating. For one thing Japan
demands that she succeed to all the
rights and privileges heretofore enjoyed
by Germany, and for another thing
numerous Chinese cities, heretofore
closed to foreigners except as visitors
b' opened as treaty ports. Japan is
also demanding the right to settle
Manchuria and is asking for a number
of 99-year railroad concessions. China
is not in a position to resist the Japanese
demands, and it is understood
that she is pursuing a non-committal
policy that will compel Japan to take
what she is after by force, and leave
'uestion of final settlement open until
such time as China may be able to enforce
her rights.
As the result of the defection of
seven Democratic senators on the ship
purchase bill last week, there appeared
to be nothing to do but recommit
the bill with instructions that it be
amended so as to make it acceptable
to certain Progressive Republicans,
who have been contending that the
proposed law should not allow the
purchase of ships from any of the
belligerent nations. They hold that
such purchase would very probably
bring about embarrassing complications
that might involve this country
in war. The defection reduced the
Democratic majority to such an extent
that on last Friday it was figured out
that there would be a tie on the motion
to recommit with instructions,
and thut Vice President Marshall
would have to break the tie.
Senator Hardwick of Georgia, is
said to be in bad with his constituents
down in the Cracker state. In his
campaign for the Democratic nomination
he told the voters that he having
always been a Wilson man, he could,
if elected, be depended upon to stand
by the president through thick and
thin: but it would not be safe to elect
his opponent. Mr. Slaton. because he
had never be?*n a Wilson man. The
Georgia crackers were Wilson men
and they voted for Mr. Hardwick.
Now Mr. Hardwick is fighting the ship
purchase bill. < ?n him rests the entire
responsibility of its defeat, for his
vote alone will be sufficient to save
the day ordinarily oeoruia rarmers
could not be stirred to take any interest
in a question like this: but just
now I hey have their plantations and
i their ports literally piled with cotton
j that I hey cannot sell because there arc
I no ships in which to carry it abroad,
where there is a hunsry market, and
as they see it the sole object of this
ship purchase bill is to get means with 11
which to move that cotton. o
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It will take a wise man to figure out t<
to the satisfaction of anybody else the tl
right and wrong in the controversy I
between Governor Manning and Mr. r
Peeples. In the first place, not very tl
many people are going to try to do s
anything of the kind. The disposition s;
of the average individual is to take tl
the side of the man who has his po- e
Utical sympathy and let it go at that, n
According to the way we see It, If Mr. ti
Peeples really acted as Mr. Manning n
says he did, he Is a very light weight;
but in view "of the fact that Mr. Pee- d
pies denies the accuracy of Mr. Man- s
ning's assertions, we do not care to ii
pass on the question of veracity be- c
tween the two. About the best that v
can be done In the circumstances is to c
Judge the case by the facts about e
which there is no dispute. These in- v
elude Governor Manning's demand e
for the dismissal of Mr. Dominick and s
Attorney General Peeple's refusal to n
accede to that demand. v
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Postal Savings. n
Although the third assistant post- a
master general, who has the matter *'
in charge, has been doing what he
could to develop the savings bank de- 1
partment of the postofflce In South d
Carolina, he has not been making a a
great deal of headway outside of Co- c
lumbia and Charleston. 8
In the opinion of the third assist- F
ant postmaster general, the failure e
of the postal savings bank to take
hold as he would like, is due in a q
large measure to lack of Interest and a
enthusiasm on the part of postmas- c
ters; but somehow we think he has 13
this down wrong.
Of course since there is nothing *
obligatory upon the postmasters to *
put forth any special effort in the de- 11
velopment of the savings department, 1
and with no special inducement in the F
way of extra compensation, it is r
hardly to be expected that the post- F
masters should excite themselves 1
about the matter unduly; but there 1
are other reasons.
For one thing the postal savings ^
banks pay only 2 per cent interest on 11
deposits, and this is not very attract- *
ive to the depositor who can just as a
easily secure 4 or 5 per cent Where 8
there 1b any difference in the security F
of a deposit, that difference, of course c
is in favor of the postal savings bank, ^
for it is as secure as the government '
itself; but most of the local people
are thoroughly well satisfied with the ^
local banks, and there are few in- a
deed who have any immediate con- 11
cern as to their safety. So this is a r
very small item.
But even if the matter of difference v
in security were a consideration there 1
is another matter that would make 1
difficult the development of the busi- v
ness of the postal savings bank, and a
that is the fact that there is no pro- 1
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VIOlUIl U1 law lliai Will nan aui k*vK"
er advertising.
Newspapers everywhere have from 1
time to time responded to the re- v
quests of the postofflce department to
lay the matter before their readers;
but no publisher can be expected free
gratis for nothing to keep up the
continuous dinning that is necessary
to impress this business on the minds
of people who are very well satisfied
with the treatment they are receiving
at the hands of their favorite local
banks.
The general postofflce business can
get along very well without more or
less advertising; but the postal savings
bank cannot, nor can any other
bank, for that matter.
Sand and Clay.
We have a letter from C. V. Vlele,
Esq., mayor of Rockingham, N. C.,
stating that an excerpt from a recent
editorial in The Enquirer is being
used in his county as testimony
against the sand and clay system of
building roads, and asking as to
whether this paper was correctly
quoted.
The editorial referred to was one
that Included a brief summary of
road conditions as they exist now
after the unusually severe trial
brought about as the result of two
months of almost incessant rain, and
lots of heavy hauling, in which editorial
there was no Intention whatever
to impeach the correctness of the
sand and clay theory.
The fact of the matter is that York
county furnishes considerably more
evidence in favor of sand and clay
construction than it does against that
method. There are numerous stretches
of sand and clay road that have
fallen down in places; but almost every
one of them contain spots of good
work that help to prove the merit of
the idea to a much larger extent than
the bad stretches show up demerit.
One of the best pieces of sand and
clay construction in the county is a
section of the King's Mountain road
just without the corporate limits of
Yorkville. This road was constructed
over a piece of low, swampy road
that had long been notoriously bad,
and so well done was the work that it
ueeamt* the brag of the people of the
neighborhood and a particularly proud
exhibit to visitors who came in search
of information about the sand and
- lay work. As the result of long neglect,
this road finally began to deteriorate;
but a recent application of
the split log drag has restored it almost
to its former excellent condition.
Much of the sanding of the roads
has been done through the voluntary
efforts of neighboring farmers who
put all kinds of sand on all kinds of c
clay, without much regard to the c
proper proportions in the mixing, p
and these roads have been breaking
in spots where the mixture was not ^
satisfactory, where the sand was not (
suited to the clay, where there was no f
provision for proper drainage and a
where dragging was neglected. jAs
the result of our experience and t
observation, we have lots of faith in
sand and clay construction, believing r
that it is ihe best thing that has: yet s
been attempted in this county. Of j
course a well built macadam road t
will stand up longer without attention
than the sand and clay; but when ^
it does begin to deteriorate, it becomes r
something to be dreaded, because re- t
pair is almost out of the question.
Put after it has come to itself a well e
onstructed sand and clay road is as t
good as macadam, ana >s many times v
less expensive, especially considering t
the cost of keeping them both up. ,
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Milking Cows. |
Mm h has been said from time to u
time about the advantages to be de- o
rived from the milking of cows, and
many columns have been written and
published with the special purpose of
' creating interest in this subject. u
We are not among those who he- y
eve that there are "millions In It," J
r that dairying is going to furnish
ny quick road to wealth. As a mat?r
of fact we do not take any stock in T]
tie quick road to wealth Idea at all.
n the first place there are no quick
oads to wealth that are sure, and in
he second place, even if there were
uch roads, they would not be so de- Ci
irable as many people think, because
hey would be too crowded. But nevrtheless,
the milking of cows offers
leans of livelihood that promises Inerest,
moral and intellectual lmprovelent,
and financial profit. P
T* lo Ka /)lanuto/l that the
Al AO liaiUljr iu uc uiO|/ubvu vuui vitv
airy business calls for a higher
tandard of industry and ability than K
9 usually practiced 'in ordinary agriulture;
but when we say this we
/ould not be understood as putting
ne above the other, because the same ^
nergy, intelligence and management
rould remove all differences. Howvery
dairying is a business or a pur- ^
uit that holds out splendid opportuilties
for the improvement of those J.
/ho follow it along all lines, and
ven those whose highest aim is to y
lake money will finds this reward,
lso provided they are sufficiently lnelllgent,
industrious and persistent. ^
The man or woman who overlooks
he fact that faithful industry, self- c.
ienying frugality, genuine economy
nd dogged persistence are the prin- M
ipal elements of success in any purult,
whether agricultural, artistic,
irofesoional or commercial, has fail- ^
u aireauy.
Success in dairying involves the semiring
of good cows to begin with,
nd the proper care not only of the
ows after they have been acquired; u
mt the proper taking care of and
iroper conservation of their products. ^
n the first place the cows must be at- ^
ended to according to their require- g?
aents, they must have food suited to
heir needs as to health and as to the
iroductlon of butterfat and this food
nust be of the best possible quality
roduced at the least possible cost. ?
'his proposition makes requisition on
he highest order of intelligence. Then 0
he manure must be looked after and
llsposed of in such manner as will ^
nake it yield the most profitable re- ^
urns in the way of increased yields ^
.nd improved lands. And along with ^
everal cows too, there must be a prolortlonate
number of pigs, and also
hlckens and the like, else there will la
ie a leakage here that will be in the rc
iray of the most profitable results. B
As has been said, dairying is not to ai
>e recommended as furnishing either ^
i quick or easy road to wealth, nor is ul
t to be recommended to people whose w
ninds are set on the Idea of acQUir- *
ng wealth and power and influence 1
without going through the labor and ?
rials necessary to acquire them. But B
t is safe to say that if any Individual
trill go into dairying and faithfully ei
dhere to the requirements that have ai
teen indicated, the deeper they get *r
nto the business and the further they 1
tursue the road the more easy and
tlentiful will they find the various re- ti
cards that have been mentioned. m
t in
The War.
That terrible, cruel and destructive T
car continues to thunder along in w
Surope, and although the whole world to
s feeling the baneful results, it is ai
afe to say that only a small per cent fa
a considering the cause thereof. th
Why this war and who or what is ai
esponsible for it? w
We have tried to reason the thing qi
iut in a way to Justify England, with- to
>ut success, and we have been no It
nore successful when we try to rea- al
on it out in a way to Justify Ger- ai
nany. l*
Austria said she went ir to punish it
he murder of her prince. That is T
>uncombe. Russia said she went in d<
o prevent Austria from overruning
Slavic Servia. That is buncombe. m
lermany says she went in to defend
Austria. That is buncombe. France ol
iays she went in because of obliga- tl
ions to Russia. That is buncombe. M
England says she went in to defend g]
Belgian neutrality. That is buncombe. jr
It was known of all men of all na- i0
ions from long before the breaking c(
>ut of this war that Germany and m
Austria were in alliance on one side, r(
ind France and Russia were in alii- 0i
ince on the other side, and that Eng- ti
and had an understanding that would 0j
hrow her on the side of France and tc
Russia if her interest would make it w
ippear desirable to go that way. There s{
s no longer a great deal of reason to jj
loubt that Belgium has all along been c?
n alliance with England and France al
igainst Germany and that defense of
ler neutrality would be made the pre- tl
ext for her fighting. tc
Then what was the reason of it all. h
Commercial Jealousy?worship of ^
nammon. st
German ambition had long been j0
Jred with a desire to wrest commer- r<
lal and financial supremacy from a
England. It was clear that she had tJ.
nade tremendous progress in the 0|
natter of commercial supremacy and OJ
Inancial supremacy. tl
England saw clearly what all the 5,
vorld sees now that If it had been jj,
'ranee, Russia and Belgium alone eI
igainst Germany and Austria, Ger- h!
nany would have won, and then u,
landing on a pinnacle of practically jj;
indisputed power, she would next fin- Ci
sh off England at her leisure, with lr
he result that the long continued as
ontest for commercial and financial 01
upremacy would be settled in favor
if Germany.
At th* bottom of It all then is what?
Cothlng but gold, greed of gold and
tower.
And what an object for the making '
lc
f a charnel house of Europe and the .
IS
iverturnlng of a world! Greed of
:old and power. ?j
There Is nothing the matter with
he teachings of Christ, or with real
"hristlanlty; but there is something
earfully wrong with the individuals ^
md nations which live and have their cl
leing in hypocritical professions of
.'hristlanity.
Everybody knows that this terrible
lot of blood and ruin could not pos- le
ibly have its origin in real Christiantv
and that no really Christian na
ion could possibly be a party to it.
The highest sentiment of this terrible
war is Mammon, who is probably
esponsible for more horror and crime f'1
han any other known cause.
And the pity of it is that whichver
side wins, in the sense the con- u,
ending sides are trying to win, the 1
ictory will go to Mammon; but If the
errlble war should come to a draw, "J
hen maybe the world will be brought
o realize the futility of it all, and be- |,r
ome resigned to start over on the
nly really safe foundation and build dc
ip a new kingdom under the banner m
f the Prince of Peace.
' in
? Representative Graydon of Abbe- w!
ilie on Saturday introduced a hill in e\
he house to enact into law the rules of
rub r which the last primary election di
ras held. B?
OCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8
tios. W. Boyd, Supervisor?Gives notice
of bridge contract to let on
February 20.
irroll Bros.?Have Irish cobbler and
red Bliss seed potatoes and will give
you close prices.
irroll Supply Co.?Talks about seed
Irish potatoes, Appier seed oats,
flour at close prices and cotton seed
wanted at 40 cents a bushel,
loud Cash Store?Gives notice that
its closing out sale will come to an
end Saturday night, and goods will
be moved to Rock Hill,
irst National Bank, Yorkville?Explains
how careless people lose
money and suggests that you bank
your surplus cash?let it work.
irkpatrick-Belk Co.?Quotes sacrifice
prices on ladies' waists, dresses
nnrt nlrirts- New BDrine coat suits
now on display.
ork Drug Store?Says it has what
you want in drugs, medicines, toilet
articles, etc., if the article wanted
has merit
r. E. Ferguson?Makes suggestion to
the ladies who And it hard "to And
something to cook."
J. Keller & Co.?Talk about paints,
oils, putty, etc., and offer to do the
work for you. Lumber, etc.
ork Furniture Co.?Invites attention
to its line of couches and Davenports
and asks you to see them,
r. R. Burgess?Will pay the highest
market price for all poultry delivered
at Sharon. .
H. Smith, Yorkville No. 4?Offers
thoroughbred Berkshire pigs and
bronze turkeys for sale.
cConnell Dry Goods Co.?Offers a
variety of seasonable goods at low
prices. A shirt waist special.
. F. Dalley, Ltd., Buffalo?Again invites
attention to "2-in-l" shoe
polish. See page four.
It is only a little more than a month
aw until Tne inquirer a uiuu tuiist
comes to a close, and during that
me there Is probability of considerate
change in the present status of
le cluba There is also room for
ich and every clubmaker to secure
iditlonal names.
There is more or less Inquiry among
le sowers of small grain for nitrate
soda, and the present quotations for
tat fertilizer are from $38 to $40 a
n, delivered }n carload lots. Most
"owers of wheat and oats insist that
trate of soda should be applied wlth>
the next two or three weeks and
iat failure to apply this fertilizer
leans positive loss in both yield and
oney.
We have heard several inquiries
tely as to what has become of the
>bins. The following dispatch from
eckley, West Virginia, may help to
iswer the question: "Hundreds of
lousands of robins have descended
pon an old rookery in a dense pine
oods near here and have evidently
itermlned to spend the remainder of
te winter there. It is unusual for
>bins to winter as far north as this,
very afternoon near sundown great
scks of the birds arrive at the rooky
from all directions. The birds
re so closely packed in the roosting
ees that many are killed nightly by
reaking limbs."
Still we hear people claiming from
me to time that the buy a bale
ovement of last fall worked great
jury to the holders of cotton. There
no good ground for such a claim,
he buy a bale movement was well
orth while, if for no other reason
i encourage the holders of cotton
id prevent demoralization. If the
Lrmers of this section had allowed
lemselves to part with their cotton
: 6 cents and a little better that
as being offered, the price would have
lickly fallen still lower until the botm
would have dropped out entirely,
is a fact that very few mills were
lie to raise money to buy cotton even
: 6 cents about that time, and all of
lem, of course were in for getting
ieir supplies as cheaply as possible,
he buy a bale movement helped wonerfully.
The question as to whether cows
ay be kept in the corporate limits of
le town is probably involved in the
ltcome of a notice that Dr. Hayne of
le state board of health, has sent to
!r. C. F. Sherer of Yorkville. Mr.
derer is feeding a number of cattle
i a barn on West Madison street. Not
ng ago Mr. D. E. Boney and others
>mplained to Dr. Miles Walker, chairian
of the local board of health, with
;gard to the matter and Dr. Walker
rdered Mr. Sherer to move the cat
e. Mr. snerer stated mat it ine tecumb
the cattle was in any way a menace
i health he would obey the order
ithout question, regardless of per>nal
inconvenience or financial loss,
e had taken other physicians and
?rtain citizens to the barn, however,
id all had expressed the opinion
lat they could not see or smell anyling
about the premises that appeared
i be prejudicial to health and he said
e would pay no attention to Dr.
ralker's order. The secretary of the
ate board of health came up and
>oked over the premises and on his
(turn to Columbia wrote Mr. Sherer
letter in which he instructed that
le cattle must be moved by the first
' March. Mr. Sherer had calculated
i continuing the feeding of the cate
to about the first of May, or the
iglnning of "fly time," and he says
e does not intend to obey any pernptory
orders from anybody until he
is been convinced that such orders
e by proper authority, and backed
f the law. If Dr. Hayne pushes the
ise, as his procedure up to this time
idioates it is his intention to do, and
3 he says is his purpose if necessary,
le of the results will probably be to
jtermine whether sanitation is a
atter of opinion or a matter of fact.
GOVERNOR WILL SPEAK
Superintendent of Education John E.
nrroll is in receipt of the following
tter from Governor Manning, which
self explanatory:
" Columbia, Feb. 5, 1915.
dr. John 10. Carroll, Supt., Yorkville,
S. C.
My Dear Sir: I am in receipt, this
'ternoon, through Senator Beamjurd,
of your invitation to speak at
le annual county School Day exersea,
on April 3.
"If nothing prevents, 1 Hhall cerinl
take great pleasure in being
ith you.
"Thanking you and the county
achers for the invitation, I am.
"Very truly yours,
"Richd. I. Manning, Governor."
WORK FOR THE WILLING.
From talks the editor of The Enlirer
has had with farmers living in
fferent sections of the county, there
is not been much lack of work this
inter so far as those who have wantI
work has been concerned.
As a general rule the farmers who
lerate on a basis of three or four
ows or over have been having more
less cord wood to cut and they have
{ n furnishing all the work that was
sired by those who were willing to
eke their living mat way.
The Enquirer has made considerable
quiry in different sections to 1 nd
hether or not there had come into
istence any notable cases of distress
a nature that was generally preeted
last fall; but except in the
'thel and Kbenezer sections, which
were devastated by the hall storm, and :
which have been relieved, there has
been very little complaint.
It is a fact that there is very little ,
hustle or enterprise in evidence
throughout the county at this time;
but from such information as is now
in hand, general conditions are very
good, and there is very little prospect
of a great deal of distress among the
laboring classes of the county.
SURVIVING VETERAN8
The efforts of The Enquirer to ,
gather the names of surviving Confederate
veterans in York county, who
are not on the pension roll, have met
with very satisfactory co-operation at
the hands of the people and in several
of the townships, notably Bethel,
King's Mountain, Fort Mill and Bullock's
Creek, the list is practically
complete. It is a noticeable fact,
however, that the list is very short.
The latest contribution has been sent
by Mr. W. S. Lesslle of Lesslle, and
includes veterans of Catawba township,
as follows:
R. P. Workman, Co. A, Sixth South
Carolina regiment.
J. B. Rawls, Co. E. Fifth S. C.,
Jenkins's brigade; A. Coward, colonel.
W. W. White, Co. B. Twelfth S. C.
Volunteers.
J. T. Cochrane, Co. D., First N. C.
Cavalry.
Samuel Johnson, Co. E, Seventeenth
S. C. Volunteers, Evans's brigade.
J. J. Williams, Co. H, Fourth South
Carolina; Captain Hunter.
D. F. Neely. Co. H, Twelfth South
Carolina; Capt. Kerr.
York Township.
Mrs. Robert Black, whose husband
was a member of Co. I. 6th S. C. V.
If any of the surviving veterans of
the county, whose names are not on
the pension roll, have been overlooked,
It will be appreciated if some one
having knowledge of the fact will
send them in. Where a name is on
the pension roll, It is not desired for
the purposes now in view.
MRS. R. J. HERNDON
Mrs. Mary Fant Herndon, wife of
Mr. Robert J. Herndon, died at her
home In Yorkville last Friday afternoon
at 4.30 o'clock of pneumonia.
During the first days of the attack, it
appeared to the watchers at the bedside
that the disease was of a mild
form and that the patient would be
able to withstand It; but the change
that came later was for the worst, and
the end came rapidly.
Mrs. Herndon was the daughter of
the late John A., and Sarah Jane Fant,
and was born at Santuc, Union county,
January 29,1867. She was married to
Mr. R. J. Herndon of Yorkville, in
January, 1888, and came with her
husband to Yorkville, which place has
since been her home. She is survived
by her husband and the following
children: Mr. R. J. Herndon, Jr., of
Los Angeles, Cal.; Miss Mary Fant
Herndon, now? a student at Converse
college, Spartanburg, and Master Joseph
Herndon, who is living at home In
Yorkville with his father. She also
leaves the following brothers and
sisters: Messrs. D. J. and John P.
Fant, Atlanta: J. McJ. Fant, Santuc;
Mesdames William Spencer, Atlanta;
E. V. Cannon, Spartanburg; Robert
Sartar, Spartanburg.
Mrs. Herndon was for many years
a member of the First Presbyterian
church of Yorkville and was active In
church work. She was for years a
prominent member of King's Mountain
Chapter, D. A. R., and was well
known throughout the community for
her many good works.
Funeral services were held at the
Presbyterian church Sunday morning,
conducted by her pastor, Rev. Dr. E.
E. Gillespie, regular preaching services
being dispensed with at all of
the Yorkville churches on that account.
The body was laid to rest in Rose
Hill cemetery, the many beautiful floral
tributes and the large concourse
of friends and acquaintances who
gathered at the grave to pay the last
mark of respect, attesting the popularity
and esteem in which the lady
was held.
NAMES AND PLACES
In a thoughtful and serious editorial
discussion of the proposition to change
the name of the town of Yorkville
from Yorkville to York, the News and
Courier of yesterday, has the following:
The Lancaster News, commenting
upon the attempt of some of the citizens
of Yorkville to change the name
of that fine old town to York, remark*
that "both Lancaster and Chester long
ago cast off the 'ville,' which is too
suggestive of a small hamlet, borougu
or crossroads place." Still, It does not
seem to have Interfered seriously with
the growth and prosperity of Louisville,
Ky., which Is credited with having
223,928 people; or with that of
Nashville, Tenn., which has a population
of 110,364.
These are the most conspicuous examples
in this country of towns which
have managed to go ahead despite
what some of our South Carolina i
friends evidently regard as a pretty
serious handicap. It is interesting to i
note however, that the list of incor- 1
porate places in the United States of
5,000 or more inhabitants includes six- ;
ty-one towns which have "vllle" as a i
part of their names. They are scat- i
tered all over the country, and some of <
them are pretty respectable places In
other respects besides population. Be- I
sides Louisville and Nashville, there i
are nine American cities of over 15,000
inhabitants whose names our Lancaster
contemporary would doubtless consider
suggestive of a crossroads settlement.
Jacksonville, Fla., for example, |
has only 57,699 people; Evansville, i
Ind., 69,647; Asheville, N. C., 18,762: ]
Knoxville, Tenn., 36,346; Steubenvllle,
Ohio, 22,391; zanesviiie, unio, 28,020;
Pottsville, Pa., 20,236, and Somervllle
Mass., 77,236. Two of the lustiest of
our own urban communities In South
Carolina happen to have names which
are highly suggestive of the primitive
times in which they had their beginnings.
Greenville, despite its name
boasts a population of 15.741, while
Spartanburg, its near neighbor, though
similarly handicapped, has 17,517.
Many a little hamlet in America has
courted numbers by dubbing Itself a
city. One of Yorkville's next neighbors
did that about twenty-flve years
ago, but had the good sense to drop
the "city" when it saw that it was
simply making itself ridiculous. The
fact is that changing a town's name
can no more stimulate its growth or
add to the happiness of its people than
a man. according to the Scriptures
can by taking thought, add one
cubit to his stature. There may be
some excuse for the action of the Russians
in changing the name of St
Petersburg, to Petrograd, although we
confess that to us even that seemed
childish; but if the people of Yorkville
never have anything worse to worry
them than the name of their town they
should be of all people, the most contented.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Miss Lettie Abell of Lowryville, is
visiting friends In Yorkville.
Miss Kate Hunter of Gaffney, visited
relatives in Yorkville this week.
Mrs. Louis Perrin of Abbeville, is
spending sometime with Mrs. J. K.
Alston in Yorkville.
Miss Pessie Pegram, who is teaching
in Gastonia, spent Sunday at her
home in Yorkville.
Miss Jennie Pegram of Gastonia,
spent several days last week with relatives
in Yorkville.
Mr. Earle Willis of Yorkville. left i
nviHnv for Atlanta, where he has
taken a position. t
Miss h'lrdie Duff of Gastonia, is .
the guest of Miss Minnie McCorkle,
near Torkville. r
Messrs. Edward Pegram und Henry '
Duff of Gastonia, visited relatives in f
Yorkville, Sunday. l
Alias ljuciie Mcureary or Aitcen, is '
spending some time with her aunt, 1
Mrs. D. E. Boney, in Yorkville.
Mrs. J. K. Alston of Yorkville, left
this morning for a visit to relatives ,
and friends in New Orleans.
Mrs. F. Wilkes and daughter, Miss
Mary, of Chester, visited Mrs. H. B.
Laws in Yorkville, last week.
Rock Hill Herald, Monday: C. R.
Simmons and little daughter, Helen,
Bpent Sunday with friends in Yorkville.
Misses Pauline McCreary, Ottey
McCaskill and Gertrude Davis of
Winthrop college, visited friends in
Yorkville this week.
Mrs. R. T. Beamguard and children
have returned to their home in Yorkville,
after an extended visit to relatives
in Rock Hill.
Mr. Albert Adams has resigned his
position as clerk at the Shandon hotel,
Yorkville. The position is being
filled temporarily by Walter Kerr, Jr.,
of Yorkville No. 3.
Mr. E. B. Clements and family, who
have been living at LaGrange. 111., arrived
in Yorkville, Friday night, and
will reside here in the future. Mr.
Clements has taken the position of
butter-maker at the Yorkville cream
J.
Charlotte Observer, Sunday: Dr. J.
S. Moffatt of Due West, S. C., expects
to return to his home tomorrow or
the day following after having spent
two weeks at the Charlotte Sanitorium
undergoing treatment following
an operation.
Gastonia Gazette, Friday: Ex-Sheriff
J. D. B. McLean and family, who
have been making their home here
for the past several years, expect to
move next week to Mr. McLean's farm
in the Point section. Their many
Gastonia friends regret to lose them
as residents.
Among the out-of-town people who
attended the funeral of Mrs. R. J.
Herndon In Yorkvllle, Sunday, were
the following: Mrs. John A. Fant, Mr.
Roy Fant, Union: Miss Elolse Fant,
Santuc; Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Fant and
Mr. J. P. Fant. of Atlanta, Ga.. Mr. T.
B. Butler, Gaffney; Mrs. J. H. Saye
and Mrs. H. W. Shannon of Sharon.
Mr. J. M. Stroup of YorkviUe, was
rather painfully bruised Sunday afternoon
when a horse which he and
Mrs. Stroup started to drive to Clover,
became frightened at an automobile
at a point above the Church Home orphanage.
Mr. Stroup was thrown
from the buggy, his face was scratched
and he sustained other Injuries of
a painful nature.
WELFARE WORK IN MILL8
Representative EI Gettys Nunn of
York county, is one of the principal
sponsors for a proposed bill establishing
welfare work In textile communities
unu.?r direction of the state department
of education. The governor
is said to be In sympathy with the
measure which fosters the mill village
Improvement work which has
been already introduced to some extent
in several South Carolina communities
by the Federal government
with some assistance from the mill
authorities, a notable example being
the work done in the Manchester and
other mills of Rock Hill by Prof. Jaa.
L. Carbery and others. Representative
Nunn, who is intimately acquainted
with the needs and desires of cotton
mill communities through personal
contact, and Representative Rogers of
Spartanburg, who owes his seat in the
house largely to the vote of mill operatives,
will introduce the proposed
bill in the house, and Senators Sherard
of Anderson, and Hughes of Union,
will sponsor the measure in the senate.
The full text of the welfare bureau
bill is as follows:
"Section l. There is hereby created
and established within the state department
of education, by and under
the supervisory direction of the state
superintendent of education, a state
bureau of welfare work, the purpose
of which shall be to foster and encourage
in all manufacturing villages
of the state, as far as possible, work
designed to reduce the cost of living,
to improve sanitary conditions and
develop domestic science.
"Sec. 2. For the conduct of this
work there shall be appointed by the
governor, upon the recommendation
of the state superintendent of education,
a man thoroughly trained and
versed in these branches of work, who
shall direct all field operations and
conduct such operations, the state superintendent's
duties being entirely
advisory and supervisory, which appointee
shall receive a salary of not (
exceeding 11,800 per annum and actual
traveling expenses in the discharge of
his duties. The said appointee shall
be known as state supervisor of welfare
work. For the general expenses
of the conduct of the duties herein
prescribed, including traveling ex- <
penses there is hereby appropriated |
the sum of 82 500.
"Sec. 3. Before any of the work,
supervision for which and instruction 1
in which is hereby provided, Is de- 1
sired in any manufacturing village, i
the management of the plant to which <
the village is tributary, shall notify
the state superintendent of education, i
who is hereby authorized to enter into 1
a contract with the constituted authorities
of such plant, that the said authAelHao
fifill moat t Vio ovnPnaoa f\t t VtP
kiivi uico n in iiivvv iiiv va|/vnova w& i>?v
work and pay the salary of the local
supervisor selected for the village,
such supervisor being appointed by
the state superintendent of education
upon the recommendation of the state
supervisor, and a contract may then
be entered into, the state agreeing to
provide the services of the state supervisor,
provided that no contract
Bhall be signed that fails to bind for
a period of two years from the date
of Its execution
"Sec. 4. This act shall take effect
Immediately upon Its approval by the
governor."
SERVICE AT THE JAIL
"For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son that whoBoever
believeth on him should not
perish, but have everlasting life."
The above text from the third chapter
of St. John, was clearly and forcibly
explained tp the eleven prisoners
In the York county jail last Sunday
afternoon, by Rev. Henry Stokes, pastor
of Trinity M. E. Church, at a
short religious service.
The preacher's remarks could hardy
be called a formal sermon and j
bVfrc liui nu imciiucu, uui ncic lauivi j
i heart-to-heart talk, the feature of 1
which was the statement that no (
natter what might be the result of j
their respective trials in the courts of t
the land, God was higher than these fi
:ourts and loves those who err, be- 8
?a use none are perfect.
The service was held in the north;astern
corridor of the Jail, Sheriff "I
Brown unlocking the steel cages and
lllowing the four white and seven ?
legro prisoners to take their station f
lear the minister, who, together with \
.he several Yorkville citizens who at- }
tended the service, remained standing
ill the while. p
The demeanor of the prisoners was v
fery quiet, though their faces bore an ^
nterested and appreciative expression t
iiid when, toward the conclusion of ^
lis remarks, Rev. Mr. Stokes stated
hat no doubt all of them?both white 0
md colored, had wives or mothers or *
listers who daily prayed for them, the ?
?vps of one vounir fellow filled with j
" ** " u
ears and he began weeping silently. ^
Among other things, the speaker
old the parable of the lost sneep and a
is a sequel told of a shepherd who t
jossessed a smart dog, who assisted "
n oaring for the sheep. *
On returning to the fold one night, t
wo sheep were discovered missing. ^
rhe dog was footsore and weary. His
naster looked at him and said, "Col- ^
ie. two are missing. Go." The dog c
razed at the master understanding^,
rut as If to say, "Master, I am tired."
But again the statement and command
was repeated, and the dog then went .
jut Into the night returning some time ^
later with the lost sheep.
So It Is with Jesus Christ, the
preacher declared. He is ever searching
for those who have strayed and is
ever anxious to bring them back Into
the fold of his love and home. I
"I want you men who will promise 1
to live a better life, more in keeping M
with Jesus Christ, no matter what the
outcome of your trials in court, to
raise your hands." requested Rev. Mr.
Stokes.
Every hand went up?even that of a
little negro boy who was standing
some distance away, going up abov<*
his shoulder.
"How many of you have a wife or
who have felt the Influence of a home?*'
was the next question asked and three
hands were raised In the affirmative,
all the white men except Nolan, being
married; and In answer to a question
as to whether his parents were living
he stated they were alive when he was
first imprisoned more than twelve
years ago; but he had not communicated
with them since.
The minister then ventured the
statement that perhaps his life would
have been different had he known the
happiness of a home of his own, and
the Irishman's mute answer was a
wan smile.
Inquiry among the men developed .
the fact that none of them had a 1
Bible.
At the conclusion of Rev. Stokes'
talk to the prisoners, a short and
simple prayer was offered and after
shaking hands with the minister, the
prisoners retired silently to their
cells.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The Yorkvllle Hardware Co., la
the first Yorkvllle firm to purchase a
motor delivery truck.
? Yorkvllle business houses reported
a (airly good day's business Saturday,
quite a quantity of goods being sold
to the Saturday crowd of shoppers. ^
? Tl.e executive committee of the T
Board of Trade has taken up the
question of securing the holding of the N
Federal court In Yorkvllle, If the proposed
western district for South Caro- j
Una is formed.
? There was quite a decrease In the --(j
amount of whisky shipments into
Yorkvllle last month as compared with
January a year ago, due no doubt to
the financial stringency. The same Is
true of other shipping points In the
county.
? Inoulry at the Yorkvllle postofflce
yesterday developed the fact that
there was a large decrease in the postal
receipts for the month of January,
compared with January a year ago.
There has been a substantial decrease
In the number of money orders.
? The local Farmers' Union met In
the courtroom last Saturday afternoon
and was called to order by the
president, Mr. J. M. Brlce, with a
quorum present. Soveral matters of
importance to the members were discussed
with interest and profit to
those present, and after a session of f
an hour the meeting adjourned until
the third Saturday of February at
2.30 p. m.
? The various Yorkvllle ministers
met In Trinity church yesterday af- <
ternoon and organised a union with *
Rev. Henry Stokes as president, and
Rev. Jas. H. Machen as secretary, for
the purpose of taking under consider
auuii cuiu wuiik upon nmuers 01 common
spiritual interest to the community.
Meetings will be held on the
first Monday after the first Sunday in
each month, at 7.30 p. m.
? The Yorkville Cotton Oil Co. resumed
operations yesterday, after. a
suspension of about three weeks, due
to inability to secure cotton seed. The
management has secured about 150
tons of seed during the past few days
and this will keep the plant fairly
busy for some days. The capacity of
the mill is about forty-five tons per
day. The mill has already this year,
broken all previous records, about 2, 600
tons of seed having been crushed
when heretofore the season's output
has been about 1,800 tons.
? A pleasant incident of last Saturday
afternoon was a visit of the
Tlrzah band under the leadership of
Prof. Springs Moore. The band is .
composed of fifteen members, as fol- v
lows: Prof. Springs Moore, Messrs. J.
M., J. A. J., Alec and Sam Campbell:
R. B., Ike and Joseph Oates, William
Allison: John, Luther, Walter and 4
Joseph Shlllinglaw, Roy and Clyde ?
Sadler. Quite a number of inspiring .
selections were rendered and the
neoDle aenerallv eninved th* onnnett
The band boys received hospitable attention
from the local people and
were given to understand that it
would be agreeable for them to return
whenever they found it convenient
to do so.
? Yorkville postofflce authorities
have been notified that the postal department
is co-operating with the department
of labor in its work of conducting
what is practically a free employment
bureau covering the entire
lountry. The Yorkville postofflce has
received instructions to forward free
if charge applications from persons
wanting positions and from persons A
wanting help. Blanks to be filled out
py persons of both classes have been
eceived and any interested person
may obtain such blanks from the local
postofflce upon application. It is the
ntention of the department to put M
persons desiring employment in touch
with positions that may be reported to
:hem by employers In this section or
n other parts of the Ur.ited States. A
special blank, giving the necessary
lata as to nature of employment desired,
etc., is filled out by the applicant.
It is then delivered to the postal employes
at the local office or on the rural
outes and is transmitted by the post>fflce,
without even the charge of a
postage stamp, to the department of
abor, where it is classified and tiled,
n the same way persons desiring help
nay fill out a blank especially provided
'or that purpose. This blank is also
ransmitted free of charge to the department
of labor and the department
sxpects to keep a careful watch In or- Bfl
ler to till all these wants as far as posilble.
The service is intended to cover
ill lines of work.
LOCAL LACONICS
rax Extension Law.
Governor Manning has signed the ^
tot passed last week by the general
.ssembly, extending the time for the
?ayment of state and county taxes
vlthout penalty until April 1.
Hou?e Burned Saturday.
A house on the William Dobson
ilace, about two miles north of Yorkrille,
the property of Mr. W. R. Caroil,
was destroyed by fire Saturday.
Cone of the contents were saved and
here' was no Insurance.
fori-. Senator's Bill Killed.
T'le senate last week, killed the bill
iffered by Senator Beamguard which
vould prohibit the sale of pistols and
ertain pistol cartridges. A similar
till offered in the house has been lnlefinitely
postponed.
Registrar's Report.
'Dr. J. I. Barron, registrar of births
nd deaths for York township, will
his week, send his report for the
nonth of January to the state regisrar>
The report shows that there
vere nine deaths and ten births in
he township during the month. 9
roster Out on Bond. fl
Marion Foster, who has been conIned
in the county Jail several days,
barged with aiding and abetting in
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