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Scraps and |acts.
? Alarmed at the great quantities of
gold that are coming to America for
munitions and supplies, and fearing
that one result will be wild speculation
that will cheapen gold, the British
government is now making an effort
to mobilize all American securities
held in Great Britain for use in
paying American accounts. It is estimated
that Great Britain holds more
than two Dtinon aouars worm ui
American securities, and although the
private holders of these securities do
not necessarily have to sell them, it
is believed that the securities will be
sold for patriotic reasona There
seems to be no question of the fact
that America can easily absorb all
these securities without difficulty and
still have plenty of gold with which to
buy British and French securities if
desired. At the present time America
has more gold than any nation has
ever had before in all the history of
the world.
? Chicago was selected by the Republican
national committee last
Tuesday night as the meeting place of
the 1916 Republican national convention,
to be held June 7, one week before
the Democratic convention in St.
Louis. The vote stood Chicago, 31;
San Francisco, 13; St. Louis, 7; Philadelphia,
2. Earlier in the day the
committee had determined upon the
convention date, a much discussed
problem. Advocates of an early convention
argued that now was the time
for the Republican party to take the
offensive against its political enemies
without regard to the ancient custom
of allowing the party in power to
meet first and announce its candidates
and principles. The fight for the convention
proved to be more one-sided
than friends of the cities which lost
believed it would be. The fact that
the Democrats meet in St. Louis June
14, and that many thousands who will
attend have made reservations at the
hotels there for several days ahead,
undoubtedly had its influence against
St. Louis after the committee had decided
upon June 7 as the date. San
Francisco made a strong showing, but
the combination between St. Louis,
San Francisco and Philadelphia talked
of on Monday, failed to materialize.
It would have made no difference, for
Chicago had a majority over all.
? Activity in cotton spinning
throughout the country was greater
during November than in any month
for some time. The monthly report
of the census bureau, issued last
Tuesday, showed 31,497,435 cotton
spindles were active during November,
a greater number than at anytime
for several years. There were a
million more spindles in operation
than during November last year and
almost 100,000 more bales of cotton
were used than during November a
year ago, the quantity of 1915 being
514,534 bales, against 500,635 bales in
October this year and 420,706 bales in
November last year. Cotton spinning
showed renewed activity in May and
has increased each month since then.
During the four month period ending
November 30, cotton used amounted
to 1,977,874 bales against 1,671,149
during the same period last year. Cotton
on hand November 30, in consuming
establishments was 1,613,110 bales
against 1,062,102 last year, and in public
storage and at compresses, 4,982,427
bales, against 4,998,414 a year ago.
Exports during November were 527,C9R
Katoj Qcruinaf CTlfi.RR lnjjt month
and 760,929 in November last year;
exports for four months ending November
SO, were 1,866,994 bales, against
1,405,049 a year ago. Imports were
21,169 bales, against 13,506 last month,
and 13,454 in November last year.
Linters used during November, and
not included in foregoing figures,
were 78,261 bales, against 27,282 in
1914; on hand in consuming establishments
151,697 bales, against 78,343
in 1914, and in public storage and
at compresses, 116,787 bales, against
56,770 in 1914. Linters exported were
14,894 bales, against 7,267 in 1914.
? The next big battle will in all
probability, says a London cable, be
fought in Greece, despite the efforts
of the Hellenic king and government
to save their country from the horrors
of war. The British and French
forces have made good their retirement
down the Vardar valley and are
now approaching Saloniki, where reinforcements
are being landed, while
reports received in Paris and Rome
say that the Bulgarians have crossed
the Greek frontier in pursuit. The reports
of such action by the Bulgarians
come somewhat as a surprise as it had
been thought that such a move by
them would provoke the Greeks and
that consequently if the Entente Allies
are followed at all the task would
be allotted to the Austrians and Germana
Greece's situation diplomatically
has been complicated by the request
of Germany to know whether
the Athens cabinet does not look upon
nod rvf flr-cxoLr tarrlfArv hv tho F.n.
tente Allies as a breach of her neutrality,
and this inquiry is considered
to foreshadow German participation
in the pursuit. However, it is not believed
here that the Germans have
many troops in that part of the Balkans,
their main forces having been
driven to Rustchuk when the Russian
threat of an invasion of Bulgaria
seemed likely of fulfillment and that
therefore the Entente troops for the
present only have to fear the Bulgarians
as the Austrians are still
being occupied in Montenegro and
Albania, where the Montenegrins
and Serbians are keeping up a stubborn
resistance. It has again been
reported that the Italians have landed
an army on the Albanian coast to
go to the assistance of the Serbians
and Montenegrins.
? Field Marshal Sir John French
who at his own request has been relieved
of the command of the British
forces in France and Flanders, has
been succeeded by Gen. Sir Douglas
Haig, according to a London cable.
Since the landing of the expeditionary
in the Sudan and South African campaigns,
in both of which he won distinguished
honors and promotions. At
the outbreak of the present war he
was general officer commanding at
Aldershot and afterward was made
commander of the first army. Several
times during the war Gen. Haig has
come in for high praise in the dispatches
of the general he is now succeeding.
At the battle of the Aisne
his conduct was described by Field
Marshal Sir John French as "bold,
skillful and decisive." In November
of last year Sir Douglas, then a lieutenant
general, was promoted to the
rank of general for distinguished service
in the field. Field Marshall Sir John
French in his dispatch to the British
war office describing the famous retreat
from Mons, credited Sir Douglas
with having extricated his corps from
a difficult position at Landrecies. "I
sent urgent messages to the commander
of the two French reserve divisions
on mv richt ?o nnmo im to the
assistance of the first corps, which
they eventually did,'1 said the field
marshal's dispatch. "Partly owing to
this assistance but mainly to the
skillful manner in which Sir Douglas
Haig extricated his corps from an exceptionally
difficult position in the
darkness of the night, they were able
at dawn to resume their march south
toward Wassignyon-Guise." General
Haig is a Scotchman. He won his
first honor under General Kitchener
in the Sudan, where he was promoted
to a brevet major on the field for gallantry
at Atbara and before Khartoum.
? Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, who will
succeed Field Marshal Sir John French
as commander of the British forces in
_ France and Belgium, is 54 years old.
He began his military career with the
Seventh Hussars in 1885, and served
force. Sir Douglas Haig has commanded
the first army and has been repeatedly
mentioned in dispatches by
his chief, whose place he now takes.
The change had been expected for
some time and it was announced in
the house of commons on Wednesday,
that a statement would be published
immediately. Sir John French becomes
commander-in-chief of the
armies in the United Kingdom and
for his sixteen months' service at the
front has been created viscount of the
United Kingdom. Although many
names had been mentioned as the possible
successor of Field Marsha!
French, including that of the Duke of
Oonnaught, the appointment, it is said
was anticipated in the best informed
circles. Sir Douglas Haig is nine
years younger than his former chief,
and. like him. won his spurs as a
cavalry officer. His first command was
in the Seventh Hussars, and, as has
been the case with most British officers
of higher rank, he saw service
in the Sudan, India and Africa. He
was chief staff officer to Sir John
French during the Colesburg operations,
when the British cavalry had a
difficult task in trying to round up the
mobile Boer commandoes. Later he
was given command of a group of
columns and after the South African
war was made inspector general of
cavalry in India, one of the most
coveted commands for cavalry officers
in the British service.
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Entered ut the Postofflce at York as
Mail Matter of the second <jiass.
YORK, S. C.:
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1915.
It is estimated that nitrate of potash
is now worth something over $300
per ton.
We have been talking and talking
about improved markets and now we
want to get them.
We agree most heartily with the
suggestion that the best thing to do
with the surplus stocks of liquor In
the dispensaries is to pour them into
the gutter.
A farmer who fails to raise his own
supplies is quite foolish; but until
something is done to improve market
conditions, he is foolish to raise a
surplus of supplies.
It seems to be admitted that about
the only hope the Allies have of conquering
the Germans is by starving
them, and if this be a fact, from apDearanees
at the present time, the
hope is rather a slim one.
The Christmas spirit is beginning
to pervade the atmosphere, and what
a glorious spirit it is! The real
Christmas spirit is good will toward
all men.
The question before the court was,
"Is a public office a public trust or a
private snap?" That portion of the
public which has taught itself to believe
that a public officer is a public
servant, may well stand amazed.
When folks once thought that any individual
taxpayer had a right to demand
how much compensation any
public officer is receiving for his public
service, here we find a public officer
who gets his commission from the people
actually, questioning the right of
the grand Jury, the right arm of the
court to know how much pay he is receiving.
The like may have been heard
of before; but never in this great and
free county of York.
There are people who insist on
thinking, or seeming to think, that the
Yorkville Enquirer is bound to print
advertisements of appointments of various
kinds free of charge. This is
absolutely and entirely a mistake. The
advertising columns of The Yorkville
Enquirer belong entirely to the business
end of the concern, and upon
these columns the business manage
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lilt? 111 10 ucr|s*riiuc-<ii ivt a wttotuv* *.w.v
portion of its income. The advertising
columns are for sale and they include
the only portion of the paper's
space that is for sale. People who ask
for the free use of this space, except
for church service announcements,
which for sufficient reasons, are published
without charge, have just the
same kind of gall that would prompt
them to demand free sugar or bacon
from their grocer. Of course, the
publishers very well understand that
they cannot hope to secure much exemption
because of this statement;
but reasonable people like to read
reasonable matter, and there is some
satisfaction in printing the statement
for their benefit.
As to whether Senator Tillman is
going to be successful in his efforts
to secure the establishment of an
adequate government plant for the
manufacture of armor plate as will be
required from time to time by the
ships -that are building and that are
to i>e built, is, we fear, doubtful; but
we are inclined 10 nope ne win succeed.
There are probably three or
four steel making concerns in America
that are able to make armor plate;
but it is reasonably certain that they
belong to a trust which has for its
object not only the maintenance of
prices to be exacted from the government
at four or five times the real
value of the material furnished; but
to prevent the establishment of competition.
It is no doubt true that a
private corporation is capable of producing
armor plate cheaper than the
government will ever be able to produce
it, because government employes
will naturally work shorter hours
and receive more pay. But the private
corporations are not going to produce
armor plate cheaper than the government
can produce it until the government
compels them to do so by actual
competition, and under the circumstances,
the government is fully warranted
in going into the business as a
matter of protection. Through the
whole history of the country, the government
has been making arms of all
kinds, including cannon, and there is
every reason also why it should make
its own armor plate. But the private
corporations that are making millions
of profit out of the sale of armor plate
to the government, have millions of
money that they can use to keep down
government competition. And there is
the rub?or at least one of the rubs.
Most of the independent oil mills
have caught it pretty hard this season,
and so far as we have seen, there
has never been pubusnea a very satisfactory
explanation as to just how
they have been hit. That the price of
seed has been higher this year than
ever before everybody knows, and
there has been no reasonable explanation
as to the why. Apout the most
that we know is that there has been
an independent seed buyer at about
every place where there has been an
independent oil mill, and there have also
been independent buyers, sometimes on
every seed market. In no case, of
course, have the independent mills
been paying any more for seed than
they have been compelled to pay.
Naturally they have been desirous of
getting all the seed they could at the
lowest price that would buy them.
But the independent oil mills have not
been allowed to dictate the market.
In each and every market of an inde
pendent oil mill, independent or disconnected
buyers, have been fixing
the price. The rule of the buyers has
been to offer a few more cents per
pound more than the independent mills
would offer, and when the mills met
the advanced price, there would be
another advance. The same situation
has existed at points where there
were no independent mills. Of course
buyers representing the Buckeye people
and the Southern Cotton Oil people
have not given away their game;
but it is very well understood that
their game was "to buy the seed; buy
them as cheaply as possible; but buy
ooaH " Thiio tha war hna nrn
ceeded quietly. The independent
mills have in some cases speculated
and lost, and other cases they have
ceased crushing seed and become
buyers for the other fellows. The
seed sellers, of course, have had a picnic,
in that they have received better
prices than ever before; but what the
general effect on the whole situation
is going to be remains to be seen, as
everybody knows that after all, somebody
is going to have to pay. Some
of the independent oil mills have
managed to preserve themselves
whole, but generally speaking, they
are all somewhat demoralized.
Our Advertisers.
We desire to call the especial attention
of the York county public to the
individuals and firms who are using
the advertising columns of The Yorkvine
Enquirer, and to bespeak for
each and every one of these individuals
and firms favorable consideration
in connection with all purchasea
Of the people who are advertising
in The Enquirer, we can say every
one is strictly business. They are not
spending their money on advertising
space as a matter of personal vanity,
or as a charitable donation to the
publishers of this paper. They believe,
in fact they know, that the readers
of The Enquirer include a very large
proportion of the most liberal, progressive
and intelligent people of this
whole section, and they are paying for
advertising space in order to bring
their businesses and their especial attractions
to the attention of these
people.
We do not feel that we have any
right to tell our readers what to do.
We do not feel that our readers need
to be told what to do. We are quite
sure that they know enough to do as
suits them best without being told.
But still, it gives us pleasure to testino
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awake progressiveness of the people
who are using these columns in which
to present their claims for business,
and we hope our readers will give
these claims their most favorable consideration.
NEWS OF THE WAR
Situation of Yesterday at Summarized
in the Dispatches.
The Au8tro-Hungarian reply to the
American note on the sinking of the
Ancona is in the hands of the American
ambassador .at Vienna but the
text has not been received by the
state department at Washington. The
contents of the note, however, apparently
have been made public in Berlin
and other German cities, the comments
of the German newspapers indicating
that the Austrian government will
not comply with all the demands of
the United States but that proposals
are embodied in the reply for an exchange
of views and that the United
States government is asked to furnish
proofs of its charges against the commander
of the submarine which destroyed
the Ancona, with the loss of
American lives.
Washington dispatches indicate that
the United States will insist upon
compliance with its original demand,
despatching a second note to Vienna,
if the Austrian reply proves to be unsatisfactory
and then if necessary,
breaking off diplomatic relations with
the Austrian government.
By an agreement between Bulgaria
and Greece, a neutral zone extending
two kilometers on each side of the
Greek frontier has been arranged,
the zone was established at the instance
of Bulgaria which an official
communication from Sofia says desires
to avoid any possibility of accidents
between Bulgarian advance posts and
Greek frontier guards.
Although the Bulgarians have halted
to the north of the Greek boundary
and have made no attempt to follow
the British and French forces falling
back on Saloniki, there is a possibility
that the operations against the Entente
Allies may not long be deferred.
Unofficial advices say that 60,000 Germans
are now at Gievgeli, near the
Greek border and that others are approaching.
France and Great Britain, however,
continue to land additional forces of
men and arms and ammunition at
Saloniki and a Saloniki dispatch
quotes a high officer there as saying
that the Entente Allies will not quit
Saloniki until peace is signed.
Meanwhile the Austro-Hungarians
and Bulgarians continue to push further
into Montenegro and along the
Albanian frontier.
From the French front come only
reports of artillery and mining operations.
On the Russian front scarcely
any fighting is taking place. Bombardments,
interspersed here and there
with infantry attacks are in progress
along the Austro-Italian line, with no
appreciable changes in the positions of
either side.
The heavy artillery of the allied
troops on the Gallipoli peninsula is
bombarding across the Dardanelles the
Turkish batteries. The Turks at Kutel-Amara,
in Mesopotamia, have not
resumed their attacks against the
British since their recent defeat, in
which the British General Townshend
pntimntpH thpv Inst fnllv 1 OHO
The American note to France concerning
the removal from the steamers
of the Porto Rico line of Austrian and
German subjects has been delivered
to the French foreign office.
? The nation's harvests this year
have surpassed any ever before recorded.
The value of the principal
farm crops based on prices paid to
farmers December 1, was announced
last Wednesday by the department of
agriculture in its final estimate as
$5,568,773,000, making 1915 a banner
year both in value and in production
of crop reports. The unusual situation
of extraordinary production and
high prices, probably never before so
pronounced is credited principally to
the European war. With the price of
grain soaring as the war progressed,
American farmers began the season by
planting greater areas to grain. The
acreage of the principal crop this
year aggregated about 486,570 square
miles. That is larger than the combined
area of Germany, France, Belgium,
Holland, Denmark and Switzerland.
Corn was planted on 103,321,000
acres,* the second largest area ever
planted and the harvest was 3,054,535,000
bushels, the second largest crop
ever grown. Its value was $1,755,859,000,
exceeding that of the previous
most valuable corn crop by $33,000,000.
New records were made in production
by wheat, oats, barley, rye and sweet
potatoes. Production of the first billion
bushel wheat crop and the second
three billion bushel corn crop were
features of the year. Wheat acreage
aggregated 59,898,000 acres, or 6,000,000
more than ever before. The yield
was 16.9 bushels an acre, the largest
acre yield for wheat and spring wheat
combined ever attained in this country.
The final estimate of production
was 1,011,505,000 bushels, with a value
of $930,302,000. The crop exceeded
last year's, which was a record, by
more than 120,000 bushels and by
$50,000,000 in value. Oats, rye, potatoes,
sweet potatoes and tobacco all
were planted on record areas. Oats
exceeded its record production of
1912 by 122,000 bushels and its record
value of 1914 by $56,000. Barley production
was 13,000,000 bushels more
than the 1912 record crop and was
worth $4,000,000 more than the former
most valuable crop, grown in 1914.
LOCAL AFFAIRS. <
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
City Market?Offers eggs at 30 cents
a dozen, cash over the counter.
Box 116, Clover?Has a 325 bicycle
for sale at a low price.
S. R. Moore, Director?Invites the
public to a concert by the Tirzah
band at the McConnellsville school
house, Friday evening, Dec. 31.
J. A. Tate, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice
of sale of real estate in the suit of
\V. R. Carroll vs. Robert Anderson
and others.
A. M. McGill, Yorkville No. 1?Is pre- !
pared to serve you with everything
desirable for your holiday enjoy- 1
ment Next week'B specials.
Clover Drug Store, Clover?Tells of
the many things It has that are
suitable for gifts?Kodaks, magazines,
etc. See page four.
First National Bank, York?Gives especial
attention to the checking accounts
of ladies and such accounts ,
are solicited. See page four.
T. W. Speck, Jeweler?Is making a <
big display of holiday gift gooda A i
new line of parasols for ladles. See
page four.
J. M. Stroup?Says that holiday gift 1
shopping is easy at his store, where i
gift goods are of the practical kind.
See page four.
Ferguson & Youngblood?Sell Stickell's
flour and recommend them as i
being of best qualities for bread
making. See page four.
McElwee, Love & Co., Clover?Are
ready for the holiday trade. Fresh
shipment of "Sensation" self-rising
flour, mill feed, ginghams, outings.
L. M. Grist's Sons, Publishers?Present
The Enquirer annual prospectus.
See page five.
York Drug Store?Has a special line
of Nunnally's, Lowney's and Huyler's
candies for the holiday trade.
Cigars and pipes for gifts. Page 4.
First National Bank, Sharon?Invites
you to thoroughly Investigate all its
claims for your banking business.
The season's compliments. Six per
cent money on cotton.
The City Pharmacy, Clover?Is ready
to help you In your holiday shopping
with a big line of gift goods
suitable for all. A candy special.
L. M. Grist's Sons?Tell yon what the
"Premier" dictionary is and how to
get a copy. See page six.
McConneyy Dry Goods Co.?Calls attention
to its special sale of heavy
winter goods now offered at sacrifice
pricea
Louis Roth?Has best grade of new
crop New Orleans and home-made
molasses, kraut and German dill
pickles.
Messrs. Dickson & Hogue of Clover
have Inaugurated a campaign for the
sale of the well known Chevrolet car in
this county. After thorough Investigation,
combined with a lot of practical
experience and tests under all kinds of
conditions they have satisfied themselves
that the Chevrolet car is thoroughly
well suited for this section a?
to price, durability and general performance.
That It is one of the handsomest
cars on the market, everyone
who has seen It agrees, and also it
yields second place to none as to service
and utility. Messrs. Dickson &
Hogue are mighty nice people to deal
with, and can be depended upon to do
exactly what they say.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? It is arriving by the Jug full and
there are lots of Jugs.
? An alarm of fire was raised Tuesday
night about 8 o'clock on account
of the burning out of a chimney of
the residence of Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon
on South Congress street. When
the fire department got to the scene
a few minutes after the alarm was
given, the fire was out.
? I
CIRCUIT COURT &
The case of the state vs. Samuel
Kirby and Lester Harrill completed
the work of the fall term of the court
of general sessions Tuesday and the
trial of civil cases was Immediately
entered Into. Very little civil business
will be completed at this term of
the court.
Several jurors having been excused
for various reasons, a special venire
IIUIII lilt? IIVI? 111I1C UUA wtus UIHWU
Tuebday afternoon.
The first civil case which was
brought to the attention of the jury
was that of C. J. Parish, guardian of
Lesslie Caston vs. the city of Rock
Hill, the plaintiff asking damages in
the sum of $1,000 for alleged personal
injury. A verdict for the plaintiff in
the sum of $450 was returned.
Most of Wednesday and all of yesterday
was taken up in the trial of the
case of J. C. McGill vs. W. T. Hartness
in which the plaintiff is suing for '
$1,000 damages, the action growing ;
out of the settlement of a boundary '
line between the property of the litl- '
gants. The Jury returned a verdict
Thursday evening establishing the line
in accordance with a plat made by '
Miller and White. No damages were
allowed the plaintiff.
The last jury case taken up was .
that of Carroll Bros., vs. L. S. Branch, ;
in which the plaintiffs sought to re- .
cover the value of a fertilizer note. A
verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of ;
$533.77 was returned. Several consent 1
verdicts were then taken. The jurors .
were excused shortly after noon and
the court adjourned sine die.
THE ISENHOWER VERDICT
The reporter got this story of the 1
manner in which the jury reached a 1
verdict in the Isenhower case secondhand;
but it came in such a way that
there is little reason to doubt its correctness.
Upon entering the room there was
a little preliminary talk on extraneous ,
matters and within a few minutes a (
vote was taken on the question of
guilty or not guilty.
All voted for "Not guilty," the fore- '
man wrote the verdict, and the jury
thought it was ready to go back into
the court room; but somebody raised
the question as to what was to be done
about the indictment for carrying a
unlawful weapon.
The statute requires that all indictments
for felonies involving the
violence with a deadly weapon, contain
a second count charging the carrying
of an unlawful weapon, and
there was such a count in this indictment.
The jury deliberated over this
problem for quite a while, nearly two
hours in fact, and finally come to the
conclusion that since the state brought
out no evidence on the concealed
weapon proposition, and the judge
did not mention it in his charge,
there was no occasion to take cognizance
of this count in the indictment.
WRECK ON C. & N.-W.
Carolina & North-Western mixed
freight train No. 7, southbound, was
wrecked at Beaver Dam trestle, near
Bowling Green yesterday morning and
eight cars, including one empty, were
plunged into the creek under the
trestle. The wreck occurred when the
car next to the tender jumped the
track just a few feet beyond the north
end of the trestle. The train pulled
nearly across the trestle on the ties,
causing eighteen' or twenty braces
underneath to give way and thereby
causing eight of the cars to go down
mil) inc trecK.
The fact that the eight cars in the
creek were piled up to a height almost
parallel with the track saved
the combination car and the passenger
car on the rear from being precipitated
into the creek and probably
seriously injuring at least some of
the passengers on board. As it was,
the eombinaiton car was left on a
portion of the trestle supported by
eight benches, with the front end
resting on the box cars which were
in the creek.
The passengers and crew were badly
shaken up and several received
more or less painful bruises while one
negro suffered a broken rib. 11!
The Beaver Dam trestle, a steel r
structure, is practically broken all to
pieces, the big steel stabilizer overhead
as well as the benches, being
torn from their moorings while many
>f the cross ties were badly cut up.
Seven of the box cars which went
to the creek bottom were loaded with
meat and general merchandise. The
cars were smashed and their contents
scattered into a promiscuous hodgepodge.
The railway people feel sure that
the wreck was caused by the car next
to the engine and tender jumping the
track.
The train was in charge of Engineer
Cain Lynn and Conductor John Allen.
It is probable that traffic will be resumed
today over the road, but it is
doubtful.
THE COTTON PROBLEM
All of the more thoughtful farmers
of the county understand that the
cotton problem next year is going to
be more serious than it was this year,
and they expect to be more cautious
than ever.
Former Representative James S.
Glasscock, of the Neely's Creek section,
has been in Yorkvllle this week
doing Jury service, and while here
talked over the situation to a representative
of The Enquirer.
"Along with good seasons, favorable
working conditions and fertilizers
still left in the ground from last year,
we nave nit It pretty well this year;
but we cannot look for anything like
this another year," said Mr. Glasscock.
"Fertilizers of all kinds are simply
out of sight and potash at something
like |300 a ton, is out of the question.
Potash is indispensible to making
cotton on our blackjack and sandy
lands; but nobody can afford to use
potash at the price because it is impossible
to get their money back. Then
take the price of phosphoric acid and
nitrogen, and we will find that any
kind of commercial fertilizer will cost
us twice as much as last year.
"As to what is the best thing to
do," Mr. Glasscock continued, "I have
not yet been able to figure out; but 1
tell you that I do not like the prospect
of having to buy fertilizers at
existing prices and trying to raise
ootton in competition with Texas,
Arkansas and Mississippi, where they
have no fertilizers to buy. As the
thing looks to me, if we should go the
limit in cotton this next year and
make a failure, it would come pretty
near bankrupting the south."
Mr. Glasscock Is a good business
man. He made good money on his
cotton crop in 1914, notwithstanding
low prices, and he has a good profit
in his present crop. But he is unable,
to see where there is going to be any
big money in the next crop unless the
people who raise it are exceedingly
na rpflil
FEW HEAR PROHIBITIONISTS
About twenty people were at the
opera house Wednesday evening to
hear the addresses of Dr. John O.
Wooley and Rev. Geo. W. Morrow,
representatives of the National AntiSaloon
league, who briefly spoke of the
flght of the Anti-Saloon league which
they represent on the liquor traffic.
Rev. Dr. Morrow of Detroit, Mich.,
who was first introduced, reviewed the
successes of the prohibition movement
up to this time and spoke quite optimistically
of the future. He stated
that more than one-half of the people
of the United States were now living
in prohibition territory and stated
that the greatest drawback to national
prohibition were the big cities in the
Btates of New York, New Jersey, Illinois
and Massachusetta
The speaker said that the AntiSaloon
league was now concentrating
almost all its forces on Washington
with a view to having congress adopt
an amendment to the constitution
allowing the states to vote on the
proposition. He predicted that congress
would, within the next five
years, adopt such an amendment and
that nation-wide prohibition will be
brought about within the next few
years.
Dr. Jno. G. Woolley of Chicago, 111.,
told his audience that he would not
make a set speech but would talk intormally
for a few minutea His address
dealt with the political side of
the temperance proposition. He discussed
the prohibition party at some
length, declaring that while the majority
of members of the prohibition
party were good Christian men, they
were not constructive statesmen and
poor politicians. For instance, he explained,
a member of the Prohibition
party might approach a member of
th? Republican Dartv and ask the lat
ter, "Are you a Christian?" should the
the answer be returned in the affirmative,
the next question would be,
"How can you be a Christian and a
member of a party which does not
endorse prohibition?" The same
question, he argued, might be put to
a Democrat. This method, ho pointed
out, is not well calculated to win recruits
to prohibition since every man
takes a natural pride in the political
organization with which he is affiliated
and is vexed when any reflection
is cast upon it.
The Anti-Saloon league, said Dr.
Wolley, is endeavoring to win recruits
from the Democratic, the Republican,
the Bull Moose, the Socialist and
from all parties. The object of the
movement is nation-wide prohibition,
and he declared that the league would
never let up in the fight until the goal
had been reached.
The addresses of both prohibition
speakers were heard with interest by
the small audience. During the meeting
a contribution was made for use in
the prosecution of the fight against
the liquor traffic.
HERE AND THERE
Red Crocs Christmas seals are on
sale at several places in Yorkville and
lots of them are being sold.
Small boys, take warning: You are
not allowed to shoot your fire crack?rs
until Christmas eve.
While the merchants are disposing
sf their holiday goods at a pretty
swift rate, they are not going as rast
is they would like; but it is expected
that next week will And them all very
busy.
"Yew collections are good," remarkid
a Clover merchant the other day.
'Folks are paying up for this year's
mpplies all right. But last year was
i hard one, you know, and there were
Tiany folks who didn't pay out. They
lon't appear anxious to make good
he difference in this day of prosperty.
And last year's bills are the one's
I'm anxious to collect"
A number of the rural schools are
roing in for athletics this year, somehing
that heretofore has been almost
mknown among them. It is probable
;hat if the country schools continue
:o advance along this line, the school
joys of the towns will not have easy
(ailing in carrying off all the athletic
iontest honors at the county school
ield day to be held in the spring.
"This little snow and sleet the other
lay made the catching of rabbits
;asy," said Mr. Joseph W. Smith the
it her day. "One of the Clark boys in
iur section, went out the other mornng
into the field and though he was
lot gone but a short while, came back
vlth three possums and eight rabbits."
"There is still a lot of cotton to be
finned," remarked Mr. Lesslie Smith
if the Cctton Belt Ginning company,
he other day. "There is no way of
elling just how much there is, be:ause
it comes in bunches. Several
lays may pass without a single bale
leing brought to the gin and then
naybe several will come in at once.
Viy opinion is that there is a consideriblc
amount in our c-?ction unginned as
ret."
Superintendent Baxter C. Riddle of
' "11- /-I ?lo In.
nfi I OrKVIIie UIUUCU Sklluuii ia III
itructing the boys of the sixth and
leventh grades in military tactics. It
las been the custom at the school for
leveral years past to train the boys of
he eigth, ninth and tenth grades in
nilitary drill, but the boys of the
ower grades have heretofore been
onsidered too small for such drill.
The superintendent is not requiring
hem to drill with guns, but most'of
heir training has to do with various
nilitary formations.
"Now, gentlemen, don't any of you
liscuss this case and don't let anybody
Ilscus8 it In your presence," is the
admonition of Judge Rice to the Jury
sitting when court closes each night.
And the Jurors obey the admonition of
the Judge. For instance: Several Jurors
who were sitting on a case were
in company with a number of other
people the other night. Some one in
the crowd began discussing the particular
case in which the Jurors were
engaged. One of the Jurors got up
and said to his fellow, "Come on ,
lot's get a drink of water." Which
was merely a subterfuge to get away
from the discussion."
ABOUT PEOPLP
Miss Sallie Craig spent Wednesday
in Charlotte.
W. W. Lewis, Esq., was a visitor to
Charleston this week.
Mra R. N. McElwee is very ill at
her home here.
Mr. Logan Moore was a visitor In
Gastonia Wednesday.
Mr. S. C. \^oua was in Charlotte
on business Wednesday.
Senator J. E. Beamguard of Clover,
was a visitor here this week.
Mr. R. a Heath of Yorkville, was a
visitor in Charlotte this week.
Mr. Carson Lattimore, policeman at
Hickory Grove, has been re-elected
for another term.
Miss Maude Eberhardt attended the
funeral of Miss Emla Sanders in
Chester, Tuesday.
Mr. W. K. Moser of Maxton, N. C.,
visited his brother, Mr. J. T. Moser
in Yorkville this week.
Mr. W. S. Buice 8f Hickory Grove,
left this week for Charlotte, where he
has secured a position.
Prof. Yates Snowden of the University
of South Carolina, was a visitor
in Yorkville Tuesday evening.
Miss Ella Wilson, who has been in
charge of the millinery department at
the Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.'s this season,
left today for her home In Columbia.
Mr. J. G. Beckham has reconsidered
his resignation as manager of the
Yorkville Are department, the town
council having agreed to increase his
salary and give him other inducements.
Chester Reporter, Dec. 16: Married
at Chester circuit parsonage Wednesday
afternoon, December 16, Miss
Mattle Hudson of Armenia, and Mr.
Frank Ernest Grant of Smith's Turnout,
Rev. Waddy T. Duncan officiating.
Mrs. J. S. Jones is teaching the
first grade of the local Graded school
as substitute for Miss Sudie Allison,
who has found it necessary to give
up ner worn un uccuuui. ui uie iuiiobb
of her nephew with scarlet fever.
Among the Hickory Grove people
who were here this week were N. M.
McDill, T. W. Wilkerson, S. W. Leech,
Thos. McGill, John N. McGill, Sam
Kell, Brooks Good, Dan Lattimore, R.
1m A. Smith and J. J. J. Robinson.
Mr. W. Frank Caldwell, son of Mrs.
Sue Caldwell, of King's Creek, was
married in Union last Saturday to
Miss Sara J. Alverson of that city.
Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell are making
their home at Jonesville, S. C., where
the groom is connected with the firm
of J. F. Allman & Co.
Mr. W. T. Moore, Jr., left yesterday
morning for Charleston where he will
rejoin his ship, the U. S. S. Rhode
Island, after spending several days
with his parents here. The Rhode
Island is one of the six battleships at
Charleston on account of the Southern
Commercial congress. It will
leave today for Boston.
Rock Hill Record, Dec. 16: Dr. M.
H. Sandlfer of Rock Hill, has been
appointed deputy grand master in this
Masonic district by Grand Master
Cooper. Friends of Mr. A. L. Wallace,
a former member of the Rock Hill
police force and one of the oldest residents
here, will regret to learn that
he is critically ill at his home on West
Main street. W. Cloud Hicklin and
little son, who have been critically ill
for several days, are reported better
today.
SALARIES OF COUNTY 0FFICER8
J. S. Brice, county attorney, appeared
before Judge Rice in court
Tuesday shortly after noon, to make
a return for certain county officers
showing why they had not complied
with the recommendation of the grand
Jury in filing with the county supervisor
a report of the salary, fees, etc.,
which they had received since assomirttr
thoip PAanM<tlvA nfflces in obedi
ence to Section 681 of the code.
The attorney told the court there
were about thirty county officers who
had not made such return and that
the reason therefor was that they had
unintentionally overlooked the law.
He pointed out further that some
little time would be necessary for
the various officers to prepare a report
and that if given sufficient time
they would make such return. The
solicitor agreed to excuse those officers
represented by Mr. Brice on
their promise to make such return
as early as they could compile their
respective reports.
It was further pointed out that
several of the county officers, among
them being the county commissioners,
D. T. Woods, a supervisor of registration,
and others, had not been in
office one year and therefore were
not required to make such return.
T. P. McDow, Esq., who appeared
before the court in behalf of the clerk
of court on the rule, read a return
from the clerk prepared by that officer
in which he stated that custom
has some bearing on the case since
no clerk of court of York county had
ever made such return. It was pointed
out further that no county official
had ever appeared at the office of the
clerk and asked to see the accounts
regarding the fees and salary of the
nftino
The clerk further stated In his return
to the court that an act requiring
clerks of court to turn over all
fees and salary exceeding $3,000 to
the county, had been repealed in 1913.
The clerk's counsel read Section
681 of the Code under which section
the presentment of the grand Jury
was made and which is as follows:
Section 681. Each county officer
shall be required to purchase and
keep in his office, open to public inspection
during office hours, a book
in which shall be kept an itemized
account of all moneys received by
him, or due him, whether received
by him or due him as salary, fees or
costs, or in any other manner, as pay
to him for his services by virtue of
his office: Provided that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to
require any officer to demand the payment
of his fees and costs in advance.
At the close of each fiscal year, each
officer shall transmit an itemized copy
of said account, under oath, to the
office of the Supervisor. The county
Supervisor, in addition to other books
kept in his office, shall keep a
separate book in which he shall enter
I upon his books the total amount of
each account so furnished, opposite
the name of the officer furnishing
said account, and file the account in
his office as other County records are
kept. Provided tnat tne provisions 011
this section shall not apply to the |
counties of Sumter, Lexington and
Newberry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Abbeville
and Marlboro.
Counsel argued that since certain
counties are exempt from the provisions
of the act, the same is unconstitutional
since the general assembly
cannot make a special law
where a general law will apply. The
matter, he argued, had come up in
Greenwood and Judge Sease who presided,
declared the law unconstitutional.
It was further pointed out by the
clerk's attorney, that the identical
question had come up before the
supreme court in the case of Dean
vs. Spartanburg: Williams vs. Kershaw
county; State vs. Queen and
other cases dealing with acts of a
similar nature but concerning other
matters, and cited an opinion of Mr.
Justice Gage of the Supreme court
declaring such special laws unconstitutional.
Solicitor Henry, representing the
state on the question, agreed that the
portion of the act bearing on the compensation
of the clerk and manner
of his fees was unconstitutional but
contended that there was nothing in
the constitution which would excuse
any county officer from making a
report of the sum total of his salary
and fees to the county supervisor in
accordance with the law. He further
argued that decisions on special laws
already rendered could have nothing
to do with the clerk's making a report
although it was clear such statement
did not have to be itemized.
The constitutionality of anything,
declared the solicitor, is not to be
treated lightly. The power of the
grand Jury, the right arm of the court
also enters into the question, he said.
The grand jury have the right to call
upon any public officer for any kind
of a report concerning the affairs of
his office.
Replying to the argument of Solicitor
Henry, Mr. McDow said Mr.
Henry's reference to the powers of
me grana jury was a novel proposition.
The nature, scope and powers
of the grand jury were not before
the court, he said. He further told
the court that he had purposely refrained
from going into the motive
that prompted the laying of the matter
before the court. He did not intend
to reflect upon the grand Jury
as a whole.
The supreme court, he further contended,
had passed upon the act as
applied to selling cotton seed and the
dieting of prisoners and it was his
belief that if the section was unconstitutional
as had been so declared in
those instances, it also applied as to
the clerk of the court.
In conclusion he again told the court
that Ke wanted it distinctly understood
that he meant no reflection upon
the grand jury as a whole.
Judge Rice announced that he
would take the matter under consideration
and would announce his decision
some time in the future.
LOCAL LAC0NIC8.
Christmas Suspension.
Next Tuesday's issue of The Enquirer
will be the last before the holidays.
The next Issue after that will
appear on Friday, December 31.
Given Stiff Sentences.
Sam Klrby and Lester Harrill, white
men, who were convicted by a Jury
Tuesday of assaulting Jesse Jarrell,
a white man, and taking from him
the sum of $211, were on yesterdaiy
sentenced to serve two years each on
the chaing&ng.
Holler-Hall.
At the home of the bride's sister In
Rock Hill, Wednesday evening, Miss
Myrtle Holler was married to Mr.
Clyde Hall, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. A. S. Rogers.
Medical Association Meets.
The York County Medical association
met in Rock Hill Tuesday, with
quite a number of members in attendance.
Officers were elected to
serve next year as follows: Dr. J. D.
McDowell, president; Dr. W. W. Fennell,
vice president; Dr. J. J. Glenn,
censor; Dr. T. N. Dulln, representative
to the state convention; Dr. C. A.
Mobley, alternate
Rn?h War* Aha*
Tom Evans and Reuben Lindsay,
colored, have been at outs with one
another for some time. They met on
Mr. John Carroll's place near the
county home Sunday afternoon. Each
had a shotgun. They shot. Both
were hit?Lindsay in the muscles of
his arm, while Evans was merely
scratched. After the shooting Evans
ran away. He hasn't oome back.
Lindsay is in bed.
Agreed on Compromise Verdict.
The Jury which tried the complaint
of Isaac McFadden, administrator,
against the Charlotte Power -Co., on
account of the death of Gordon McFadden,
in the fall of 1912, the plaintiff
suing for )66,000, agreed upon a
compromise verdict of |6,600 Tuesday.
Gordon McFadden, a young white
man, whose home was in Rock Hill,
was burned to death while working on
a line of the Power company, September
23. 1912.
Will Erect New Church.
At the recent Baptist state convention
in Greenville, a resolution was
passed pledging the mission board of
the convention to appropriate $4,000
a year for Ave years for the convention's
part in assisting the First Baptist
church of Rock Hill to erect a
new church building to cost not lees
than $40,000. II is understood that
members of the congregation in Rock
Hill have pledged $11,000 for the purpose
with the prospect for the balance
being raised without much
trouble.
Fort Mill Woodmen Elect Officers.
At the regular monthly meeting of
White Oak camp, No. 41, W. O. W.,
Tuesday night, officers for the new
year were elected as follows: B. C.
Ferguson, consul commander; J. C.
llsiiiAtianfi D T7? Dn f _
LMxylie, auvioui ucuicuoui, m ca a o*wterson,
clerk; L. J. Massey, banker;
W. S. Mose, escort; R. E. McKibbon,
watchman; T. F. Lythe, sentinel. The
annual banquet of the order, always
an elaborate and enjoyable affair, will
be served on the night of January 13.
The annual reports indicate that the
order is in a flourishing condition
with a large and enthusiastic membership.
M. M. Coitharp Dead.
Fort Mill special of December 16, to
Charlotte Observer: A long distance
message was received this morning
announcing the death of M. M. Coitharp
in a boarding house fire in
Monroe, N. C., early this morning.
His brother, John Coitharp, who lives
in Gold Hill, left this morning to
bring the body to the Flint Hill Baptist
church, where the funeral services
will be conducted. Mr. Coitharp was
a young man with a host of friends
here, having held a position in one of
the department stores here until recently.
He is survived by a number
of relatives in Gold Hill near here.
To Hold Municipal Election.
Fort Mill Times, Dec. 16: The Tlmea
carries in another column notice of &
municipal election to be held Tuesday,
January 11, at which time a mayor,
six aldermen and a public works commissioner
will be named for the town
for the years 1916-17. Among the
probable candidates are B. C. Ferguson,
C. S. Link and A. C. Lytle for the
office of aldermen-at-large, J. M.
Brackett, R. EI McKibben and J. M.
Adock as aldermen from their respective
wards, while It is understood
that Mayor B. E. Patterson will stand
for re-election, and up to this time
the latter has no opposition.
Death of W. A. Holman.
Hon. W. A. Holman died at his
home in Charleston on December 11,
after a protracted illness extending
over several months. Mr. Holman
was a cadet at the King's Mountain
Military school, Yorkvllle, in the early
70'8. He afterward engaged in the
practice of law and for a number of
years was a partner of Geo. S. Legare.
It will be remembered that it was the
firm of Holman & Legare that won
the famous Brickman case, growing
out of the Fishing creek wreck, in
which a verdict of $55,000 was awarded
against the Southern railroad. Mr.
Holman will also be remembered as a
special judge, having served in that
capacity on the Sixth circuit several
years ago.
State Baptist Convention.
Rev. J. H. Machen returned from
Greenvile yesterday, where he has
been in attendance on the annual
meeting of the State Baptist convention.
He says there were between
three and four hundred delegates
present, and taken altogether, it was
one of the greatest conventions that
has ever been held. Major T. T. Hyde
of Charleston, was elected president
of the convention and Newberry was
selected as the next place of meeting.
All of the York county ministers, with
the exception of Rev. D. W. Thomas
son, were present as ioiiowb; rtev. m..
M. Richardson of Clover; Rev. S. P.
Hair of Fort Mill; Revs. H. J. Wood,
W. J. Nelson, F. C. Cox, and J. T. GoGoing
of Rock Hill; Rev. J. B .Talbert
of Hickory Grove, and Rev. J. H. Machen
of Yorkville. There were no lay
delegates in attendance from this
county.
Big Liquor Seizure.
Between 45 and 50 quarts of liquor
alleged to be the property of Clarence
Slaughter and Dick Lanier of Hickory
Grove, were seized Wednesday
evening by Chief of Police Carson
Lattimore of Hickory Grove, and the
alleged owners of the liquor placed
under bond to answer before the town
council of Hickory Grove to the
charge of transporting. It is alleged
that the men went to the county die- 4/k
pensary in Union after the liquor n||
Wednesday morning' in an automobile MM
driven by Moffatt McKnight, also of
the Hickory Grove community. Police- j
man Lattimore, who was attending M
court in Torkville, received intelllgence
upon his return to Hickory
Grove Wednesday evening, that cer- V
tain parties had gone to Union after
whisky and would return to Hickory
Grove some time that night The 4T
policeman Immediately got on the
watch and when the car arrived in
town, promptly stopped the machine
and seized the liquor. The parties
who were arrested charged with Being
the owners of the contraband
whisky, allege that part of the liquor
is their property, while the great majority
belongs to friends of theirs and
that they were bringing it from
Union to Hickory Grove merely as a
matter of accommodation to their
frienda
Take Pride in their Work.
"We have one of the beet and
cleanest mills, and as good help as is
to be found anywhere in the state,"
said an employe of the Victoria cot- ^
ton mill in Rock Hill, to a representstive
of The Enquirer a few days ago.
"We are treated right in our mUfc?
the management is interested In /^us B|^B
and we are interested in the management.
Every man and^omnn in
the mill seems to take a prlde~lh doIng
the best work possible, and in
seeing that there is no unnecessary '
waste of material, breakage of machinery
or accumulation of dirt. Exactly
why this Is the case, I cannot
say, unless it is because the management
has made us believe it is interested
in us and we can do no leas
than be interested in the management.
Last Christmas Mr. Roddey
distributed 1500 ataongst ua He said
he made the distribution not exactly
as a gift but rather by way of returning
something that he knew we
had earned, by taking Care of the
little things about the milL He gave
us to understand that he was giving
us back a part of what we had saved
for him. Then he went on to say that m
next Christmas he would make another
distribution of money amounting to 1
not less than 1500, and maybe $1,500,
dependent upon what he might feel J
was coming to us on the same basis.
While everybody appreciated the gift MB
very much, I hardly think that anybody
has considered it as other than B
a nice expression of good will, and I I^H
do not think anybody is loo)cing for- BB
ward with any special greed for ^B
another distribution. We just don't ^
look at It that way. But it is a fact
that as careful as most of us were to
save things and work to the interest
of the management, before Mr. Roddey's
talk; we have been still more
careful since. That is generally admitted.
Now, where only part of the
help was careful about these things,
everybody is careful. Where some axe
thoughtlessly wasteful, there Is always
somebody to remind them of it .
and the spirit of taking care of things
and helping to perfect the output as
to both quality and quantity at the
least expense, is general. The help at
our miu aoes noi reel siuck up or anything
like that; but we all feel that we
have good people to work with and
good people to work for, and more
than that, we feel that cotton mill
operatives, where they want to be,
are Just as good as anybody, and a
whole lot better than some people."
OUTPUT OF THE GIN8
?"""""" %
South Carolina Cotton to Deoember 1, <
Against Last Year.
Sam Lh Rogers, director of census, department
of commerce, announces 2j
the prellminray report of cotton ^
ginned by counties in South Carolina, \
for the crops of 1916 and 1914. The
report was made public for the state
at 10 a. m., on Wednesday, December
8. Quantities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales. Llnters
are not included:
County. 1916. 1914.
Abbeville 26,697 28,666
Aiken 23,716 42,671
Anderson 61,964 49,060
Bamberg 14,267 24,807
Barnwell 33,688 64,677
Beaufort 3,417 6,918
Berkeley 8,611 13,721
Calhoun 17,360 26,661
Charleston 7,198 11,720
Cherokee 12,692 14,264
Chester 27,343 29,377
Chesterfield 26,301 28,620
Clarendon 24,290 41,879
Colleton 12,780 19,676
Darlington 29,618 37,089
Dillon 27,403 32,361
Dorchester 10,288 16,642
Edgefield 26,804 28,189
FWrflftld 20.407 20.277
Florence 27,391 38,440
Georgetown 2,143 4,206 A
Greenville 37,637 38,269
Greenwood 26,141 27,064
Hampton 11,336 19,223
Horry 7,011 8,407
Jasper 2,866 6,762
Kershaw 22,176 26,448 -/
Lancaster 18,837 20,033 y &
Laurens 34,676 33,337 VT
Lee 28,869 36,266
Lexington 20,939 21,846
Marion 12,474 12,317
Marlboro 46,641 63,246
Newberry 31,716 28,276
Oconee 16,285 16,038
Orangeburg 65,473 71,709
Pickens 14,423 17,384
Richland 18,126 22,386
Saluda 22,588 20,811
Spartanburg 59,347 60,588
Sumter 27,906 46,142
Union 15,770 16,026
Williamsburg 20,117 29,164
York 31,997 33,041
Total 1,022,424 1,230,168
? A. M. Carpenter's Washington
unecial to the SDartanburg Journal:
Representative Sam J. Nlcholla the "*
new member of congress from the 4th
district, has entered upon his duties
with relish and zeal, and is already
finding that he will have a lot of work J
to do. Just now he is engaged in a jM
contest with the post office department.
A few days ago the department
announced its intention of in- V
stalling a number of rural routes to
be served with automobiles in Spartanburg.
The plan contemplates the
consolidation of two routes, now served
by two men with two vehicles, and
having one man with an automobile
cover the two. -The department recog- >
nizes that the roads in Spartanburg /
county are not as good as they might. /
be, but believes that an automobile / I
can be used without difficulty for at J i
least nine months in the year. The / J
present carriers get $1,200 each, and / ^
the department proposes to consolidate /
two routes and pay one $1,800 a year r
to serve the two. The department W
figures that the carrier would get
about $1,500 a year net, and would
have $300 with which to hire help ift
bad weather, while the government
would save $800 a year by the consolidation,
and the people would get
just as good service as they are now
getting. The plan has been adopted ^
in several states, and while the department
holds that the plan has worked
well, there is some evidence to the <4
contrary. Mr. Nicholls is very much
opposed to it. He says it will not be
possible to use an automobile for anything
like six months in the year in
delivering the rural mails in Spartanburg
county, and that during the
winter months the service will suffer,
while one of the present carriers will
be thrown out of his position and the
carrier who gets the doubled-up route
Will nna mat ne nas a posiuon mai
will cost him more than he will get
out of It. He is convinced that a great
deal of dissatisfaction will result if ?
the proposed change is adopted. The ^
department offered to send a post office
inspector to Spartanburg to go over
the routes that will be affected and
make a report. "That may or may
not be a fair proposition," said Mr.
I Nicholls. "If you let the inspector se- a
lect the day and the weather, he may
go over the routes and report that the
plan is feasible. But if you will let
me select the day and the weather, I
will go out with the inspector and he
won't get back. I will leave him mired
up in the mud." The department
finally agreed to send an Inspector to
Spartanburg while Mr. Nicholls is at
home for the Christmas holidays, and
they will together go over the entire
situation. Mr. Nicholls hopes to he^
able to convince the inspector and the
department officials that the adoption
of the proposed change would be a
mistake from every standpoint.