Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and ^acis. - Money in circulation In the Unit cJ .States January 1. amount> d t' $&. 130.424,000, or Us.TO jier capita, a compared with Ja,0*3.370,000 on month ago. In the last year money ii circulation has increased $6*0,ooo,0o'i ? The hill authorizing the- treasur to buy IloO.ooo.ooo worth of farm loai bonds this liscal year ami a siiudu aiiioun1 j.vxt year has just been pass ed by the house. A similar tneusur already passed by the senate wouh authorize the purchase of I loo, too. o'?o worth this year only, and onl; for the purpose of tinuming the pro duetion of foodstuffs. -The (lermati submarine, l"-u3 whi'li visited Newport. It I., some tiling ovei a year ago ami sank .vViI : snips o.d Nanus ket. is now in tie possession ot tin- Fiuuli. Tiiey cap tured the ship with the help of a de> siioyer ami two mine sweepeis, am after its captuie they used it as ; decoy b> wheh they took in severa other subinafines. The ('-".3 us nail; runs imuek. and as all the ilerniai seamen are familiar with her lines ('-boats approached her without fear After sevilal ('-boats had In < ti eat* tured Ihf ?iermaii admiralty >-nt 011 t< lli?- scheme aid sent out wtrnillKKSparta nhui'K January 5: Liem i* haul Allan ?' Smith, Company C ??! - Huilni'td an-! Seventh Intalltrv has hi'i-ii |>la< on trial hefoie ?onrtmartial at t'airi|> W'adswortn charged vvnti violating tin- 1I1 article ot war 'oil vict 1011 on tin- ? harKc arms wit I it dism.ss.il I rom th> aimy. The trial is a result of a heating said to ha\< Im i n administered on Private IJcnjalinn l*a?lal.iMky. Company 1.'. < ?tn. 111111<i1<<i ami 1'itth Machine i)uii 1'attal.on, 011 .Viivi'liilii r V Tin- hiclinof ih<* court martial will not he anooiitii'iii until all the t u ts ami evident 1 111 tiie case have hoe|i 1 viewed liv ?ii-n John P. ' 'U>all. 1 oiiimamllliu officer ot tin- Twenty-seventh division The establishment of a department of miinitioiis. under a new cabinet and known as the secretary of munitions. is proposed in a hill introduce l hv Senator Chamberlain, :is a result of the senate military committee's investigation of war operations. The new munitions department would operate during the war and one year thereafter. The m-vv secretary would have power, under tin- president's di1 eet 1011, control of the arms ami am munition, clothing. food, equipment, ti iitaye, transportation and any other materials the president shall designate as munitions of war. The government hiireau. agencies and funds nectssary to the munitions administration would he transferred to the new department, which contemplates control of naval as well as army sup{au?-sA despatch received in Ismdon It <1111 I IK' IV<I<V<IKII H II " irw ,1V, ,|, , says that 25.000 Merman soldiers in I In- region east nf Khmik hav<- revolt* i'il Merman deserters state that in <'<>ns<'<|ti<n<'i' of the government draftttiK all soldiers liclow tin- age of 35 for ibspaleh to the western front, the aforementioned ntiinher of men rebelled ami ma relied out of the battle line Tliey th< n entrenehi'd themselves with rifles and machine guns attains! the other <lerman units. The tierman military authorities have been powerless against the revolters and are teying to cut off their food suplilies. The Merman deserters declared that one of the motives for the revolt was that the sending of troops to the western front was a contravention of the ltusso-iIerman armistice agreement The liuih cost of living is on the downward trend, according to :i statement last Saturday of the bureau of labor statistics which says that the retail price of fool } a whole for November was one per cent less than for October. Of standard articles, twelve showed decreases, four remained stationary in price and eleven increased. The question of \vhcihor a continuance of the decline may le expected was not touched by the bureau. It would take many months like November however, to put pri'->s buck to pre-wee levels, us the bureau calm-. "ThP^l'nuttfutfrig 'fiii:'III An audible snigger s luted prices were l'S per cent Higher than In November. 1916, 66 per cent higher than In the same month of 1914. and 48 per c? nt higher than In 1913. Corn meal has increased 127 per cent in the four year period. Hour 109 per cent, lard KM per cent, bacon 77 per cent, sugar 75 per cent and potatoes 72 |>cr ?*cnt. Returning io more clu'crful subjects, the bureau announced that from October to No\ ember pork (hops dropped In pi ice 11 per cent, hens 5 per cent, sirloin and round steak four per cent. Hour 3. and sugar 2. I?esxer decreases were found in rili roast, chuck ro:i*', plate beef, cheese, raisins and coffee. ? In the recent successful operations against Monte Tomba in Italy, the French captured more prisoners than they had men engaged. In all there were 1.100 of thctn- the prisoners, besides 560 dead around the mountains. It was known that there were ulso many more dead In the caverns throughout the vicinity, opposed to tiie French was the Fiftieth Austrian division. It was the llrst time that Austrian* and French have met during the present war. The Austrians have been righting Russians. Italians and Bulgarians, and the French have been fighting the (Unmans. The Austrians proved hardly a mouthful for the French lighters, and they were not long in realizing the fact. When the officer prisoners were lined up it developed tins' there were 42 Austrians and two Hermans. The Austrinns were told that they would receive the treatment due to officers and gentlemen and the Hermans were told that they would receive the same treatment tltut they had accorded to French prisoners in Germany. Shortly after the prisoners had been sent to quarters. there was lively cheering and Inquiry developed that the Austrians were cheering their French captors. The lighting in Itnly has shown that the Austrians are simply no match for the French. ? All men for the war armies still to be raised by the Fnited States will come from Class 1. under the new selectl.o service plan. That means the nation's righting is to be done by young men without families dependent upon their labor for support and unskilled in necessary industries or agricultural work. I'rovost Marshal General Crowder announces the new policy in an exhaustive report upon .i?? nf f|,ft Hoioetlve draft inr ujtiuiivu v. .... law. submitted to Secretary Raker and sent to congress last Thursday. Ho says Class 1 should provide men of all military needs of the country and to accomplish that object he urges amendment of the draft law so as to provide that all men who have reached their 21st birthday since June 5, 11*17. shall be required to register for classification. Also In the interest of fair distribution of the military burden he proposes that the Quotas of states or districts be determined hereafter on the basts of the number ol men in Class 1 and not upon population. Available figures Indicate, the report says, that there are 1,000,000 physically and otherwise qualified men under the present regulation who will be found in Class 1 when all questionnaires have been returned and the classification period ends February 15. Tu this the extension of regulation to men becoming 21 since Junt 5 of last year and thereafter will ad<! 700.000 effective men a year. ? The Associate Press has received Information that the American wai department has decided on rules gov. erning the transfer of Americans serving with the British forces to th< American army by which their preseni status will not be disturbed except It special cases and where the transfei "Is plainly In the Interest of the Unit, ed States." This decision. It Is said was reached on the following grounds First. That Americans who enlisted vith the British forces must have beer promoted by patriotic motives to d< so and that therefore it does no! matter whether they remain Britist or are transferred to their own flag since they would be fighting for th< same cause. Second. In some cases particularly with the Car.adi&ns many of whom are Americans, trans fers might seriously disorganize units s While no official statistics are available. It la believed there are from 2S.000 to 30.000 Americans In the Canadian forces alone and perhaps half a< many more Mattered through othei British contingents In France. Meeo potamla. Palestine and elsewhere - Hundreds of letters have been sent t< ' the American authorities in London ! A begging for transfer but the authorl-lw ties say they are unable to make 1 n concessions to any special number of u - ir"n without taking over the men as g* a whole. In manv cases, it is pointed tl s out. the desires for transfers are not m . prompted by patriotism but becaus ' r. of 'he chance to enjoy greater benefits j ni '. ind higher pay of the American jal H forces. w n X J. JThr Morlu'illf Cnquira > Entered at the Postofflce at Yotk as I - | Mail Matter of the Second Class. I IV to YORK. S. C.: TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1918. lh <|U Major Central William M. Sibert, |>( who recently returned from France, |t , iias u.N.suiiiwj commuuu 01 ini* gouwi, pu eastern district with headquarters at 1 fhatleston. I . 'I" Tin? biggest thing tliat the general (|i( assembly ean do .it the session that , . ... sh I'oiivenes today, is to ratify the pro- ,, ( f?< posed prohibit ion amendment to the va l-Vderal constitution. _ be However scarce labor may he there is no scarcity of idlers, and it is <iuite obvious that a reduction of the nurn. her of idlers would result In an increase in the numher of hihorers. , pr The enterprise of Messrs. McUill ' v llros. and McCartor in buying a carload of hogs from Tennessee has not ^ failed to meet with the warm appreciation of the people of the Bethany sec- u'' is tion. , , lie III* We tire going into another year of y t*i it. and the most important thing from " the beginning is food. The farmers of 1 |iy Yoik county responded most creditably last year, and they are going to Uil coi do it again. , , of tiT There should he reform in the old . sh* slip shod way of marketing cotton, and all cotton should be marketed at * ' public platforms presided over by pub- " lie weighers. The seller of cotton has a right to this and no man should seek j,',< to deny that right. ' , a , of pri By all means Charleston Is the most advantageous point on the whole At- "ul lantlc coast for the establishment of a big ship building plant. Such a plant should have been established ' there long ago, and to make up for tlx. n??irb.f*t it ..-i nn/il nnu' l.n ostllb. ' ' United too quickly. _ m int< lioi Documents taken from German prisoners contain information that Ger- ^ many, concerned about the activity a|t in America to create a lleet of tens of , thousands of airplanes, is putting f,()l| forth additional efforts to increase her f own equipment in that regard to sufticient proportions to meat any situa- s tlon that might atis*. . . | .ancei^, , Dut | lars. a - KPS lust'UOiV ? j pound. Th'ese"'excessively hlg edness' programme," says a Columbia tjej correspondent, "is an appropriation for aggregating $50,000, which it is under- cor stood will be requested for the state rl? council of defense for the purpose of ,m, placing the resources of the state on a ()UJ war basis." And a large part of the wh appropriation, probably, will go to flH drones and bums who write and talk tjie while workers work. ani ' * * wit The outlook Is that the war emer- ^ gency is going to be made the pretext m for a lot of unnecessary appropriations mu to furnish jobs for useless pap suck- ^ ers. The people of South Carolina have all along been doing everything t lj that was asked of them out of consid- as erations of patriotism, and we \fear tj);i that too much exhibition of greed In )ov the creation of extra offices may have |,r{ a bad effect on this patriotism. of - . . mn In order to facilitate the hauling of necessary freight, the government Is all discontinuing the running of about 20 oui per cent of the through passenger cat trains now In operation east of the tna Mississippi river. Besides about 20 th< per cent of the through trains dlscon- ins tinued, others will be slowed down so "P( as to give the freight trains the right s'>< of way. It Is reasonably certain that the this step will tremendously facilitate the moving of necessary freight. j.y . ? m on The Federal Farm boan bank law is safely by the house with an amendment under which the government guarantees $100,000,000 of farm loan bonds during the next year. There cri was a vigorous tight on the bill In the "1< house, led by Hamp Moore. Republl- ' can. of Pennsylvania; but Congressman Stevenson and others of the com- n0 mittee on banking and currency, got tn the bill past the house and sent It trr ha conference In the shape they wanted It. The amendments will probably become ^ law within the next few days. , T rei It has developed that while offering to treat with the Bolshevik!, the ,a' Prussian Junkers have been also plot- co ting with the Russian monarchists to ! overthrow the Russian revolution and an restore the old absolutism. And while ,0 ; all this has been going on there have a" been Indications that while the spirit an ' between the Bolshevikl and the Russl- an ans becomes sufficiently defined, the th | Allies will recognize the Bolshevikl I with more active support than has tn' > heretofore been accorded. all I " * tr The offer of the Syleecau Manufac turlng company of Rock Hill, has | awakened considerable interest in all parts of the county as is being evidencI ed by the numerous letters the com? pany is receiving, asking for fuller in- th formation. It is a noticeable feet, how- go [ ever, that the children of the rural at [ schools are manifesting more interest i than the children of the town schools, be f and if we are to interpret the meaning, wi " we will say that it is because the chll- na dren of the rural districts are taking be 1 the more intelligent view of the import- be 1 ance of the subjet. In their announce, ment today the Syleecau people are al! i giving comprehensive information ui about all details of their plan. to * su | It is very well to remember that aft er all there is nothing new in the de- wi mand of the Allies for the complete dc overthrow of the military absolutism th . Germany?in other words, the depoet- ai i tion of the Hohensollerna It la an eg- ha r act repetition of the same Issue of one ni [ hundred years ago when Napoleon dc > sought to dominate the world. The r, preserve her position and her alllan< t with Russia, France and Italy wit v that end In view. France was t 0 get back her two lost: provlncea Rui r sla was to have Constantinople, an e Italy was to have her ancient pro e vlnces on the Adriatic. e And with it all Great Britain wo t to retain her old posi tion of world dc e mlnation. r As things have changed about, Rui t sla Is no longer entitled to anythtn and she is not to huve Constantlnopl ?not unless she gets right again an f carries out her part of the -contract. 1 But the war has gona aw.iy beyon . original plans?away frovn srna > selfishness and narrow-mindedness, j ) into realms that are really wortl i while. l Great Britain has been chastised am . purified to an extent that had hardl; t been dreamed of and she has beei T brought to u condition that la mori llled powers, including German) ent after Napoleon, Just as Grea rltaln. France and America are not iing after the kaiser. It Is clear t le whole world that either the kaise ust be overthrown or he will rule th atlons. The will of Germany will b bsolute Just as would have been th 111 of Napoleon had he won out. Bu apoleon could not win out over th :her nations, and neither can Kaise 'illiam. German absolutism mus id surely will be overthrown. While of course there is no tellin] hat might happen, jus^ now it look) : if the proposed separate peace be. >-een Russia and Germany is going t( 11 through. The Russians seem tc ive gone into the negotiations with ank sincerity, believing that tht srmans were entirely willing to acpt their programme of peace withoui inexation or indemnity, and with sell rinition of nationality. sWhiIe trying make a temporary impression the tmans went into the negotiations In e attitude of matter of course conerors. and conducted themselves acrdingly. When the disillusioned dsheviki began to awake to the real uation, it began to gag a little, and 11 back. Tlie thing has not been setd yet; but it is evident tlrft either jssia is to be gobbled up entirely or ere Is to be no peace at all. And if ere is any real patriotism in the Boleviski. there will be no peace, for a rman peace will mean that all the st territory which has heretofore en ruled from I'etrograd will hereter he ruled from Berlin. Among the benefits to come from v? riunent operation of railroads will the adjustment of many terminal oblctns. The terminal problem is an I familiar to all large cities and cscially to all seaports. Along with e growth of most seaports, control the water fronts has been gobbled by private interests, and the public made to pay outrageously for privges that properly belong to the pubas a matter of right. Up to a few :irs ago all the docking facilities of licugo, fur instance, were controlled individuals; but this monopoly is llnally broken up through the instruction of a magnificent system municipal docks. New York city's miital facilities were In the same ipe until a few days ago Secretary Ailoo by a stroke of the pen seized the government all the terminal ilitiis the government needs, at a iiig, no doubt, of millions and millis of dollars to the public because tolls that have heretofore gone to vate monopoly. By the squeezing t and choking off of leeches and rasites who have absolutely no ral right to the tremendous incomes y are taking from the transportan systems of the country, the goviment can save to the people un essary charges that now mount up o hundreds of millions, if not bills, annually. "arious congressional investigations showing how the interest of the uy and navy and the safety of the vtiy have been Jeopardized largetlirough greed for gain. There is y little In the testimony to be e that is conclusive to a layman: there is much in it that is sugtlve. For one thing It is known h" prices1! Tr-i -it j I tenant of the Vnrinnoi it there has been ver>' considerable ay in the matter of providing rifles the army. It seems to have been iceded by all that if Springfield es had been acceptable they could re been supplied In considerable mtlty long ago. There are those 0 hold that the Springfield rifle is good as the best in the world. For reason, though that Springfield munition was not interchangeable h British ammunition, it was deed to change the Springfield into a dltlod British Enfield in which aminition would be Interchangeable, ere are those who testify that the 1 reason for the delay was that cern manufacturers might be preferred to contracts involving millions, and it the army or the troops was aired to wait so that the enormous >tlt8 would be directed from one set manufacturers to another set of nufacturers. Then again within the it few days it has been testified that this nue ana cry aDoui a tremenu9 shortage of wool was nothing but nouflage set up because certain inufacturers of shoddy realized that >y could not get "a show at the makf of any uniform cloth unless the ?clfications permitted the use of idily. As the result, the clothing of American soldiers is far Inferior that of the soldiers of the European nies. especially of the British and encli. The Investigations are still and they seem to be developing lots light. The Food Administration. Naturally there is a great deal of ticism of and dissatisfaction with ? food administration. People are generally inclined to be isatistled with things that they do t understand, and thts is especially te of a people like ours who ve always been taught to believe [it they have a right to do as they ?ase about anything and everything. But the thing Is coming along markably well considering the tre?ndous problems that have to be atcked and solved, and It Is going to mi' out all right in the final results. There will be hitches here nd there d there may be hardships; these are be expected. But the government rezes the necessity of what it is doing, d it has the benefit of the experience d mistakes of other governments at have been over the same ground The food distribution problem is gog to be solved and it is going to be good thing for the people individuly and collectively and for the counV ^ The War Aims. That is a strong speech that Lloyd ?orge has made in his statement ol e war alms of the Allies, and it wll i a long way to clearing up the situion. The original issue, we have all along lleved. was the domination of th? orld. Great Britain was the domiiting power and Germany wanted t< There was not a great deal in 11 >.vond that It has come out beyond dispute thai I of the principal powers had a deal tderstandlng u to what they wen get out of the war In the event ol ccose. In case the Central powers should In It was clear that Germany was tr imlnate the earth. There is very lit; use in trying to deny that, foi lybody can sse that in what wouk Lve happened. Bad Germany dotalited Europe, she would also hart nalnatsd America. Of oourss Great Britain desired tx V. ' O v- . -: V&SsV y' ' s: *" ; worthy of her than la mere lust to power and heritage. i That idea of no annexations und ru indemnity except by way of restora tion for unjustifiable wTong is gren I and the idea of self-definition of tlu I nations is greater. I The idea of forcing Germany to ac cept constitutional government ii great. Of course there may be some thing in the suggestion that Germanj should be permitted to continue absO' lutism if she prefers it; but it has been demonstrated thai absolutism ir Germany is fraught with too muc* danger to the rest of the world and the rest of the world cannot afford tc subject itself to such a menace. France has a right to the return ol her provinces of Alsace and Lorraint provided they want to return to France and if they do not want to return to France they should be allowed to do what a majority of their Inhabitants? native born inhabitants?prefer. Yes. whatever may have been the original selfishness of the warring powers, the principles that are now being agreed upon seem to be about right. To fight It out on that line will be well wortn while. ALLIES' TERMS OF PEACE British Premier Makes Clear and Explicit Statement. The British prime minister, David Lloyd George on last Tuesday set forth Great Britain's war aims more specifically and at greater length before the delegates of the trades unions than he has ever done before. Having first declared that it was not a war of aggression against Germany or the German people, and that the breaking up of the German peoples or the disintegration of their state wns not one of the objects for which the allies were fighting, he proceeded to mention the fundamental issues for which Britain and her allies were contending. First among these was the restoration of Belgium and reparation for the injuries indicted. Next came the restoration of Serbia, Montenegro and the occupied parts of France, Italy and Houmania. France must have Alsace-Lorraine, and to this end, said the premier, the British nation would stand by the French democracy to the death. Question of Russia. The question of Russia was touched upon, and Mr. Lloyd George said that Britiun. as well as America, France and Italy, would have been proud to fight by the side of the new Russian democracy. But now Russia could only be saved by her own people. He declared an independent Poland an urgent necessity for the stability of western Europe. Roumania is to be protected, and the British and other allies are with Italy in her^deslre for complete unifrs iwtamfi 'fm'ti-V I oTTH'e pf opie 01 Italian race ann tongue. Of Austria-Hungary he felt that, while the breaking up of the dual kingdom was no part of the allied war aims, it was impossible to hope for the removal of causes of unrest in that part of Europe unless genuine self-governm?-nt was granted the Austro-Hugarian nationalities. The Turkish empire, within the home lands cf the Turkish race, with Constantinople as its capital, may be maintained. But the passage between the Mediterranean and Black sea must be Internationalized and neutralized, and In the British view, Arabia, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Syria ami Palestine are entitled to recognition of their separate national conditions. German Colonies. The matter of the German colonies, all of which are now In the hands of the allies, will be placed before a conference, whose decision, however, must consider the wishes and interests of the Inhabitants?the future administration must be acceptable to the various tribes. The premier made brief reference to the violations of international law committed by Germany, with special emphasis on the sea, and the peace conference, he declared, must not lose sight of the outrages suffered bv Brit Ish and other seamen and the petviccs they had rendered. The three cardinal points of the British termB. as enunciated by the British prime minster, are: "Re-establishment of the sanctity of treaties; territorial settlement based on the right of self-determination or the consent of the governed; the creation of an International organization to limit armaments and diminish the probability of war. Most Explicit Yst. No British statesman since the beginning of the war has given such a detailed and explicit statement of Britain's war alms as Is contained In the premier's address, which was delivered before the man-power conference of the labor leaders In Westmlnster hall. Three hundred delegates were present and also Sir Auckland uenaes, minister ui nunuum neniirtr. and George H. Roberts, minister ol labor. George N. Barnes, member ol the war cabinet, presided. The proceedings were private neither the public nor members of th< press being admitted, and after th< meeting the delegates dispersed tc their homes, mostly In the north, foi consultation with their constituents They will reassemble for the conclu1 slon of the negotiations with the minister of national service over the pro, posed extension of recruiting. Ir which the government wishes to in1 elude certain classes of skilled work era, to whom exemption was provided whin the conscription bill wai | adopted. Most of the labor men who com 1 mented on the speech endorsed it . But Mr. Lloyd George went further or . some important points than was an ticipated. Again he has drawn i 1 sharp and definite line against Ger many on the question of Alsace-Lor . ralne. It may be recalled that th< German foreign minister. Dr. voi Kuehlmann. recently declared that tha alone prevents the belligerents fron meeting on a common peace ground. I ' * ' t Wants Fuller Information*?Some L 1 4 e ?WA.A t. umw wr im niav mcic la wvasavi 1 to rebel against the liberties the cen > sor appears to think he Is Justified li taking with the war news, and hit handling of the information about th< raid of the American aviators back-o ) the German linos is an Instance li . point. A couple of weeks ago a stroll lng German airplane saw a number o American soldiers cutting wood in i ' forest and could not resist the temp tation to drop a few bombs upoi I them. Two Americans were killed The incident called for a reprisal an< ' this was undertaken a few days latei ? A number of aviators sailed up an< t over the German line*, going fa enough back to reach points when they could Inflict a satisfactory degre I of punishment. It would be interest ? lng to know bow many planes wen , engaged in the raid and the exact oa rure of the toll they extracted frou r the. Germans, hut upon these point I we are left to speculate. Knowing th . spirit of the American air soldKw . hows vet, we may console our self wttl ' the wen-founded belief that they tfh a good Job while they were atlti Charlotte Ohssmkr. * . -v. % - V . C. iSflj ? |.0<uAL AFFAIR ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. (j Putnam & Huey?Want to buy wl to eat there when In town. Fru ed at warehouse back of postoft Syleecau Mfg. Co., Rock HIU?Pi lS llshet detailed directions regard ' letters to be submitted in its c test by school children. Thos. F. llcDow, Plaintiff's Attorne; i. Publishes summons for relief in - i case of R. L. Wilkerson. individti ly, etc. plaintiff, vs. Susan M. Ho ie and others, defendants, d Y irkville Candy Kitchen?Invites 3 to eat there hwen in town. Fru . candies, soft drinks, tobaccos, etc First National Bank. Sharon?Si " gists that you teach your child! p the saving habit through a savn h account. Good for grown-ups. W. K. Ferguson?Tells you that he on the Job of feeding folks with 1 I best groceries during 1918. y Sherer & Quinn?Ask you to give part of your patronage to them di ing 191S. and promise good servi 6 York Hardware Co.?Reminds you r look after your farm hardware r cessities so you will have them the time you need them. G. W. Whitesides & Co., Sharon?A aware of the advance in flour, t t can offer you close prices. Und< wear, hosiery, shoes, etc. York Supply Co.?Wants com, fc dor. peas, cane seed, and also wa you to see them for tlour. Nails, j < Mover Drug Store?Doesn't want y to he sick: hut does want your pi scription work if you are 111. r James Bros.?Remind you that so you will need more live stock a j invite you to see them at once. Clinton Brothers?Offer special pric 1 on a variety of seasonable grocerli i including grape fruit, beans, han I canned goods, syrups, etc. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Calls i tention to the good qualities of t Douglas shoe for men's wear. ' First National Bank. York?Insists i ! you starting a Christmas savin account for your child. It educat 1 children to save. 1 J. M. Strouii?Talks about the econ my of warm underwear and ci supply your needs. Shoes. i Isabel Towrenca died at Belmont r cently ut the reliably reputed age i 116. / Reports have it that partridges ha suffered severely as the result of t' long continued cold nnd snow. The addreaa of the Hickory Hand and Manufacturing company Is Co: over. N. C., instead of Hickory, N. < The error occurred in this office. With the raint of* Saturday nig and Sunday there was a general di appearance of snow which had cove ed the ground in this vicinity for days. Mr. J. H. Carroll of the Carroll Sui ply company, said a few days ai that he is arranging to bring a cnrloi of hops to Yorkville to help supply tl Kt'iii rally existing shortage. There is coming a time and thi time is not far off when the man wl has sheep will be in a fair way I comfort. Although cotton is becomir to be comparatively scarce and hlg wool continues much higher. D. S. Murph, formerly clerk of tl house committee on agriculture und< Mr. Lever, is to have charge of tl working out of details with referenc to the distribution of the nitrates 1 be furnished by the government. The last of the York county que! tionnaires go out today, and all < them should be back by next Tuesda; H e work of classification by the lor: hoards is proceeding steadily; bi rather slowly as the task is one tha 1i?'Vr \>y Favowes care ana ueuoerauun.Mr. P. B. McAfee of No. 1 Yorkvill exhibited at The Enquirer office yei terday some ears of corn that ai fourteen inches long. He got the sec from the Bank of Hickory Grove, ar his understanding is that the corn wt originally grown by Mr. J. T. Smlt who lives on Broad river. John M. Jenkins, formerly of Yorl vllle, who graduated from the King Mountain Military school in 1880, ar who has since been an officer in tl United States army, now holds commission as colonel. He also hi two eons in the army, one a capta and the other a second lieutenant. There should be something deflnl about this thing of the right of tov people to raise hogs. Assurances thi the law will not be strictly enforci may be vety well as far as they gi but nobody wants to subject then selves to annoying whims along th line. A pound of pork promises 1 be as important later on as a pout of coal is now, and there should 1 no further foolishness about provldli that pound of pork. That advertisement of the Yorkvi! Cotton Oil company offering to bi old bags ought to be of very conalde [ ible Interest to a great many peop There are some people who know th bags have value and who dispose them at second hand prices after th have been used; but there are othe who do not The Yorkville Cotti Oil company uses large numbers ' bags and can frequently use secoi hand bags to as good advantage new ones. According to plana now being p? | fected by Senator Smith and Co gressman Stevenson, it is propos ! that farm demonstration agents a ' certain from the farmers the amou of nitrate of soda they want to b i and provide for deliveries. There h ! been no general movement like th [ initiated by Mr. C. L. Cobb, and t idea Is to have & general plan whet by the users of nitrate will be able ' get supplies without having to p i commissions or middle men's cost. . all cases, however, prospective pti chasers will be required to give sat ' factory guarantees of payment for t nitrate on demand, and the most pre able plan Is by means of the depo of certified checks. It Is the dlstli understanding that the nitrates are l be sold at cost and there are to be - profits to anybody, Just as was prop< " ed in the recent offer of Mr. Cobb. J HERE AND THERE. "Tea, I am pleaaed with my ezpe ment In peanut raising," said Mr. M. Inman of Torlnrllle No. 1. In rei ' to an inquiry from Here and The 1 "and I expect to plant mdre peam ' this year than I did last year." ] 1 Inman went on to any that last yi 1 be planted fifteen acres In peanu * but as to bow much he made he < * not know, as be did not dig the cn 1 His only purpose in planting was I ; teed for his bog*. "I suppose, thoug ' Its said, "that the yield of some aa 1 hrovtd b? from fifty to atxty busb " ttBl" be Went on. *1 was Interested 1 find that the cows are aa fond of pi ' Mb aa are the hogs. The cowa la 1 to pall the peanuts np and they c : gat them very nicely, especially wb 1 ueground ta soft." I '-Those officers and men down camp Jackson were eery kind to i . |a WBMfina with my reosat vl , there on asooont at the dsatb of i ! son." said Mr. U TL Caatlea oC FObi , "fT was a dreadfully cold time j I **ow. and K was with difficulty tl i Elms able to get a conveyance at a ; sE 'yrfjs^Arxrz 1^' 8* me to the captain, who rave me aJ possible assistance in looking after m; son's effects, etc. I was very mud impressed with the care and exactnesi with which they looked after every Y, thing. And in addition to trying t< 'its. (j0 everything else they could undei ,c*- the circumstances the officers and met sent a big floral tribute that couk ln* have hardly cost them less than $25.' on" Mr. Castles went on to say that he hat been making efforts for some time t< J'"- secure the discharge of his son becausi l"e of physical unfitness for military dutj and the papers had only ust returned '** a day or two before his death, ou * its. WITHIN THE TOWN jg. ?The county board of registrator ren was in session yesterday, but did ver> i** little business. , is ? So far as the Southern railawy ofthe ficials here know, there will be no Interference with any of the traini H ir. that are now serving this Dlace. Cl>- ? Yesterduy's salcsduy crowd was the largest for a number of years past, at There were people here from all parts of the country, and they put in the day attending to business of varying _>r. kinds. There was considerable mule trading among the farmers and also "I- there was much interest in the stocks int of mules and horses held by local ou dealers. 'e* ? Rev. T. Tracy Walsh preached the on sermon at a union service in tfie Asnd soclate Reformed church last Sunday night. His subject was "Contentment," which he argued could come 18| only through consciousness of discharge of obligations In accordance lt* with the teachings of Jesus Christ. He e pointed out that contentment could on not come through the satisfaction of gs avarice or of physical pleasures or es bodily lust. Solomon, seeking happl0_ ness through his wealth and absolute an power, was one of the *.nost discontented men who ever lived, and Jesus Christ, a friend of the poor and a e_ failure from the standpoint of world0f ly standards, has made the world richer than all the creators of material wtrmin [rum Aanm aown 10 now. Mr. V6 Walsh made It clear that he would not discourage the acquirement of moderate means, but he sought to empha"e size that great material wealth could not bring happiness or contentment. FOOD ADMINISTRATION ht 8_ Mr. J. Frank McElwee of Yorkvllle, r. is to be appointed food administrator 2i for York county. Mr. William Elliott, state food administrator, asked Mr. McElwee last week if he wouK accept the position, and Mr. McElwee assenting, the presumption is that the appointment will be forthcoming. As to what the duties of a county at food administrator will be will depend 10 upon developments; but at present they involve no Important responsl10 blllty. >8 The government is doing what It h, can to get full and complete information as to the stocks of food throughout the country?how much of various is kinds of food has been handled by re>r toilers during each of the past few ' years, and how much of different kinds ' of food retailers have on hand now as -? compared with the same period a year :o ago. It is known that there has been a very considerable amount of hoarding i- of food within the past year. People jf of means, having become frightened at the prospects of possible scarcity later on have sought to provide for themselves by laying in supplies of it months ahead. This is particularly true of flour, sugar, cooking fats, canned goods, etc., Wfe WW< WSfc -gvyw 'rww. and this hoarding is In some measure e responsible for prevailing high prices. ' The government has done consider'* able work in the line of squeezing food re out of the hands of speculators; but >d as yet has not sought to interfere with individual hoarders. It Ib possible that later on proceed18 ings will be instituted against lndih. vldual hoarders: but It is hardly prob able that anything of that kind will be attempted until conditions become c* much more serious than has been ln's dicated up to this time, id 16 ABOUT PEOPLE. a Mr. Sam M. Grist Is spending a few days in Columbia on business. In Mr. E. B. Craven will this week move his family from Sharon No. 2. to te the McConnellsvllle neighborhood. rQ Miss Nellie Mendenhall, after spending the holidays at her home at McConnell8vllle, returned on Wednesday morning to her school near Gastonla. d; Miss Margaret Marion, who has j. been spending the holidays at her . home in Chester, returned to Yorkville yesterday. t0 Rev. J. 8. Land of New Orleans, id La., is visiting his parents, Mr. and t>e Mrs. J. D. Land, on Yorkville R. F. D. ig ^?* Messrs. John R. Logan of Yorkville, and Farley Huey of Rock Hill, lie have been selected for instruction In jy the officers' training school at Camp Jackson. . Floyd McPherson and Troy L. Martin, from Camp Greene, Charlotte, at have been visiting in Yorkville. Marof tin enlisted In the cavalry from Yorkey ville four years ago. Miss Miriam White has returned to her school work in Orangeburg counon ty, after spending the holidays in of Yorkville with her parents, Mr. and Q(1 Mrs. J. P. White. M Mr. Raymond Carroll, who has been managing the W. R. Carroll farm on Yorkville No. 4, for the past eleven ,r_ years, has moved to the W. L Wlln_ Hams farm on No. 3 Yorkville. . Mr. Paul R. Mendenhall of 118th infantry, cmpany G, Camp Sevier, has returned after a five days' furlough, nt spent with his mother, Mrs. Sallle B. uy Mendenhall at McConnellsvllle. as Misses. Alda Lee Mendennaii ana Luclle Crawford, who have been iat spending the holidays with their he parents at McConnellsville, left Fri 0. day morning to resume their studies at the Normal and Collegiate Institute, 10 Ashevllle, N. C. ay Information from Master Claude In Burns, who went to Decatur. Ga., some ir- weeks ago, for treatment. Is that he 1. Is getting along as nicely as could be expected. During infancy young ae Burns had a severe attack of Infantile ib- paralysis, which left bis legs and feet alt in bad condition, and the surgeons at Decatur are holding out promise of very considerable relief. There was to an operation on one fot several no weeks ago, and after the opeja. ration the patient was allowed time to recover sufficiently to be enabled to walk again. There la to be an operation within the next few days on the other foot Mr. A. E. Burns, father of young Claude, said yesterday that he )rj. was hopeful of Improvement; but as q_ yet tne opertuni surgeons nave oeen unwilling to promise anything definite. f, LOCAL LACONICa sar Sold for Partition. j*j There waa bat one judicial sale be* op fore the courthouse door on yesterfor day, salesday for January. This was h." a tract of U acres in Bethel township. JjJ It was bought by O. Reese Patrick for to IM Per acre. *" Goes to Columbia. Hon. Eugene Hutchison who Is prise vate secretary to Congressman Stevenson and also reading clerk of the *t house of representatives, will dteJJJ charge his duties as' reading dark ny during the eieelow of the general asart. semMy. He la now in Cotamhia. j* Till rets DMriMba B; Mr. B. N. Moere of TarkyfDe, has Ith a letter from Congressman fur?in 2 >tr which Mr. Btirfaaim saye that the 5 ItTlwhtLl plans for the distrlbu. - ?ji * k~y. 'V II NO SEPARATE PEACE. a I. Ruaaia and Germany Moot Sarioua Friction. The peace negotiations between the Central powers and the Rolshcvikt i*t government in Russia have been it temporarily suspended" by the Qer muits. * From the meager advices received. ? it appears the rock upon which a eoni. tinuation of the pourparlers split was I the denmnd of the Russians that the conference be resumed at Stockholm, Instead of at Brest-Litovsk. Dissutisj tleil with the proposals for peace f, made by the Teutonic allies before the a recess of the Brest Litovsk confer1 ence, Leon Trotsky, the Bolshevik! p foreign minister, had been insistent on k? .UIIKo^tlAn. k.,1.1 nn n??. 1 tloo of nitrate: but will give out fu Information, through the newspaper as soon as the Information Is avail able. Unreturned Questionnaires. Local Board No. 2 on last Frtda and Saturday gave Sheriff Qulnn a lie of the following registrants who ha I failed to return their questionnaires . William David Hoyle. General Le , Adickes. Sylvester Washington. Ed 1 mund Jackson Long. Will- Dunlai [ Kobert Wilson Cook, Ernest Erwir Jesse C. Grier. Frank Newman, Hen ry Anderson. Henry McConnell, Wll Thompson. Hanse Thomas. Mills Have to Close. i Practically all of the hundred am fifty cotton mills in North and Soutl Carolina that depend on the Southeri Power company for electric curren . had to close down from last Frida: . noon until yesterday morning. Thi closing was because of the steadil; 1 diminishing water supply througliou the past fall, still further restricts by the freezing streams. For supple inentary and auxiliary purposes tin power company maintains a numbei ; of big steam plants; but these are al hampered for lack of coal. As t< how long the uncertainty of powei will continue cannot be stated de finitely as the situation is dependem solely upon an increase of the coa supply or the water supply. FOOD SITUATION CRITICAL. Washington Is Fooling Gravo Concorr Aa to Condition of Allies. The food situation in the allied countries of Europe, says a Washington dispatch, is graver than it has been at any time since the beginning of the war, and is giving American government officials deep concern. Official reports picture extreme food shortages in England, France and Italy. The fact that conditions in Germany and Austria are far worse offers the only ground for optimism in viewing the situation. In England and France the situation Is described as critical in a cablegram to the food administration from Lord Rhondda. the British food controller, which concluded with these words: "I view the situation with grave anxiety." Saturday a cablegram from the French government said that the wheat crop had been requisitioned and that the bread ration would be cut to allow only seven ounces of bread daily to all persons except the very poor and to those doing hard manual labor. In uuy cimaiuon.i are noi as gooa perhaps as in either England or France. Compulsory rationing will be started in England immediately with meats the first commodity to be put under control. Distribution of butter and margarine will be taken In hand next and other foods will be added as they become scarcer. All of the principal foodstuffs will be rationed by April. "I have repeatedly said In public and private that there is no reason for immediate alarm, although there is every reason for strict economy and precautionary measures," said Lord Rhondda's message. "These statements In some instances have been twisted into a declaration that there is plenty of food in England and Prance. "The food position in this country, and I understand in France also, can without exaggeration be described as critical and anxious. As I am now unable to avoid compulsory rationing, I fear it will have to come with long queues of people awattlr. in the severe weather In practically every town In England for the dally necessaries of life." Compulsory control of foodstuffs In England, France and Italy was insisted on by the American delegates to the Paris conference and was promised at that time. SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The value of the annual output of 162^exUle mills of the state for 1917 increased $46,439,216 over that of 1916, and the capital Invested last year was $7,769,226 more than the nrDulnim vaar nfpordinc to the ata tistlcal report concerning the textile industry in South Carolina for last year, prepared by the office of C. A. Summers, state commissioner of agrlculture commerce and Industries. ? Spartanburg. January 5: William B. Ledbetter, 65 years of age, and a resident of this city, was killed early today by being crushed under a water wheel at Johnson's mill, six miles north of the city. Mr. Ledbetter was operating the mill and is thought to have been attempting to clear the wheel of ice when caught in one of its cogs and drawn beneath it. He is survived by his wife and a number of children. ? Georgetown January 5: Thursday night the community was shocked by the news of the death of the three young men, Harry McNaron. J. T. Schroder and Dozier Misbrow, while duck hunting. These young men had been out hunting all day. Nothing was known of the accident or at what time of day it took place until another hunting party returning home saw the boat with one lifeless body stretched across it. The supposition is that the other two were drowned, the third one reaching the boat but afterwards succumbing to exposure and the Intense cold. Searching parties have not yet succeeded in ?Via nthai> turn hnHipfl ? Greenwood Journal: While nothing officially Is known, it Is understood that Mr. W. P. Beard of Abbeville, who was convicted at the last term of Federal court In Greenwood in November for interfering with the military and naval operations of the United States in time of war when he was editor of the Abbeville Scimitar, which since has been denied use of the mails, will take an appeal to the circuit court of appeals at Richmond. Mr. Beard was sentenced by Judge Johnson to serve a year and a day in the Atlanta Federal penitentiary and to pay a fine of $500, after a motion for a new trial was denied. The evidence in the trial Is said to have been transcribed and all preparations made for the appeal. If the circuit court of appeals affirms the decision in the district court he will have the privilege of appealing to the United States court The defendant was released on bond pending preparations for the appeal. He was represented at the trial here by Cothran, Dean & Cothran of Greenville, and Sam Adams of Abbeville. MERE-MENTION Marie Carnelll, the famous English novelist says a London dispatch, has been fined $260 and costs for hoardlni sugar In violation of the law Ruaalana of the educated els sees art organizing aa laborers A tremendous explosion, supposed to have be? caused by the bursting of a meteor 01 something of that kind, mystified an4 alarmed the people over an area 01 several hundred square miles In tlx vicinity of Chattanooga. TeniL, last week During 1917. the Britist captured 74.141 prisoners on the western front During the same perkk they also took S42 guns of all calibres 47 trench mortars and 2,411 machine guns During 1117. 1,100 Britlal trawlers swept up 4,(00 German mine from waters around the British Isles General Leonard Wood is now li Prance, having been ordered over b] General Pershing. The govcramea) ordered.the display of storm warning! along the Atlantic coast yesterday. Germany's PHss Fight?Germany b winning the war on points and loslm It on condition, writes Henry Farrant Griffin, In Lesslls'a She Is in tlx position of a very skillful pugilist, ii poor shape physically, matched wttl an opponent of Inferior skill, but superior strength and sndmncsi 1 i Germany could now negotiate a peace based m the war map, she wouk wtn. The reason aha cannot negotiate soch , a peace Is the genera recognition that, given tints, the a? porter tiwndtl and economic re sources of the allies far outweigl t tral soil instead of at the German ' eastern headquarters. The Germans. * however, had been equally tlrm in r their determination not to treat with I the Russians at any other place than ' Hrest-Liltovsk. German advices Suturduy were to I the effect that the Bolshcvtki dele* 1 Kates, on finding that the representatives of the Teutonic allies were at Brest-Litovsk awaiting them, had started for that town, but nothing has come through to show that these had 1 any foundation in fact. The decision of the Gertnuns to discontinue the sittings was arrived at during a crown council held in Berlin Saturday i which was attended by Field Marshal : von Hindenburg and General von Lai , dendorff, first quartermaster general. A belated dispatch from Berlin gives as the reason for the refusal of I the Germans to consider Stockholm n i place where peace might be advantageously discussed the fear that British. French and American diplomats in the Swedish capital would by Intrigue render all endeavors futile. Dispatches from Berlin indicate thut although the reichstag parties in the main are supporting the government. considerable political unrest is prevalent and that strong efforts are being made to hold the Socialists In line. The Socialist organ in Berlin chnructerizes the situation as extraordinarily serious. CLOVER CULLINGS rorrmiioudrnc* Th? TorkrllU Snqulrar Clover, January 5.?Mrs. James Chitty and little daughter of Olur, isumDerg county, are tne guests or Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Allen. Miss Ava Allen left Monday for Vance, In Orangeburg county, where she is engaged in teaching this year. Mrs. J. W. Campbell and Miss Addle Matthews spent several days in Green villi, this week with Dr. J. W. Campbell at Camp Sevier. Mr. and Mrs. Parks Smith spent the past week with Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Adkins on Yorkville Xo. 6. Mr. Smith Wood, who has a position with the Southern Power Co.. at Stutesville, X. C., recently visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Wood here. Mr. Herbert Smith left Tuesday for Durham, N. C., where he will enter Trinity Park school. Miss Mary Jackson spent several days this week in Ebenezer, the guest of Mrs. Basil Matthews. Rev. and Mrs. M. M. Richardson and daughter, Miss Lucia have returned from a visit to Simpsonvllle. Prof, and Mrs. Howard Dickson left Orangeburg last Monday for Quitman. Ga., where Mr. Dickson will teach school. Senator J. E. Beamguard will leave i next Tuesday for Columbia, to take I up his duties in the state legislature which c^^enes Tuesday, Janua^ 8th. . days this wJ^^B^^infeburg. ' Mr. C. 8. HeCrlck for the past sev- 1 eral years constable to Magistrate A. I J. Quirn, of King's Mountain town- I ship has resigned the position to ac- | cept the management of the Clover i Transfer Company. Mr. George J Sparrow has been appointed to sue ceed Mr. Hedrlck as constable. The trustees of the Clover Qrad&d school have decided not to re-open school until January 16th, owing to the shortage of coal and the unsettled weather conditions. Local merchants, complying with the request of the government to help save fuel began on January 1, to open the stores at 8 o'clock and close at 6 p. m. Rev. J. M. McClain attended a reunion of the McClain family at Statesville. N. C., a few days ago. Miss Kathleen Ritch of Charlotte, N. C.. visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ritch here during the holidays. Mr. William A. Matthews of Charlotte, recently visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Matthews. Mr. O. W. Pleasants has moved his family from Route 2 to town where they are for the present occupying rooms at Mr. W. E. Adams. Mr. Pleusants has a position in Charlotte, N*. C.. as ticket agent at the Southern depot. The Clover W. O. W. camp held their regular meeting on Tuesday nlght. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: J. A. C. Love consul commander; Q. W. Knox, adv. lieutenant; W. B. Stroup, banker; J. P. Sifford, clerk; W. M. Barrett, escort; T. H. Allen, watchman; R. P. Jackson, sentry: John A. Jackson manager. Mr. R. L. Wallace, who underwent an operation for appendicitis In a Charlotte hospital a few days ago came home today (Saturday). Master Legreer Hardin of Columbia, S. C., Is the guest in the family of Mr. M. L. Smith. Th? Common Curse,?The Torkvllle Enquirer, with characteristic hard ! sense, says that "The greatest fault of this day and time la profligate thrlftlesaneae, and we must correct this fault or it will be worse for us. Most of us are Inclined to be spendi thrifts. We do not properly appreciate the real office and function of I money. We teach ourselves to look upon money only as a means to gratify 0 our wants, and generally we allow ourselves to have the want* before we have the money. Nine out of ten i of us are continually and everlastlngi ly In debt, and four out of Ave of the ; nine are not nearly so much concerned about paying the debts they owe i as they are about accumulating more / . debts. The duty of the hour Is to \ i save, to save food, save fuel, save r money, save everything that might I otherwise be wasted. Some of us r think we have practiced self-denial; i but few of us really have. From now l on we must." ,K The war Is teaching many lessons . of thrift, yet the ranks of the spenders I are thinning very slowly. They will have their reward in the hard, lean ; years to come. The man who cannot i save Is to be .pitied; the man who i can, hot will not. Is the biggest tool L atop of the earth. 80 many men. eepe1 clally young men, are ruining themr selves by the indulgence of a chamt pagne taste on a ginger ale wage. In I many businesses the man who will not pay his debts, who keeps on accumulating indebtedness Instead of savings, Is now taboo. What a sorry 1 mortal he Is who spends beyond his t reason because somebody else does It! I He Is no more than,an ape. "Keeping 1 up appearances" la a phrase that has 1 spelled the doom of thousands Much 1 thrtfUeaaneea comes from a false sense . of values, from lack of independence f of thought and character. Thrift as much needs to be taught in our schools as ths thru# R'a Bad - we been a thrifty people, la how much I hotter condition would we new ted - ourselves! Instead. our slogan too - often has boon "iksqr cams and easy v go, If we cast pay. then wo can owe, tSsHKfS*" 1 ~*?5 f** ?*te?ee of .