Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 22, 1918, Image 2

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Scraps and V, rri The N? w York stork exchange has " decided to continue business during ar the Mondays ?.ti '.vhich the fuel ad- o\ ministration lias ordered the dsscon- th tiiniuncc of heal. 1 he object is to re ;?f?frt? disturbance in the money market. If ni'essary to keep warm ui th?- h \<11 wear their over- f" > oat?. Tlf Paul exemption board of au- '* casta. 'in has plated Tyrun itaymond ' c'nbo. tin famous l>as> hall star, out- _ ti- l'l<-i foi letioil. in class 1. Cobb nad 'l.issitkd hiiris-ll in class on ij iii** ootid of having a wlte and V t hi <hiMr<n dependent upon him for sunpoit. ' in being advised. however, ot ilii action of th? hoard, he said he ' y; would not app< ai. I'litisuai uetivity mi the part of th- l'r.it?-l Stato food adiiunistraiion is report" <J ftou; Vance county, v <" tt'iiInn two da.-u <iio. II Hum-; I I ol tilt* I'filtf*l SlillH fO0*1 H'iiiiii.istiaUoii staff. n.sm."tfl li> (Ik- j oiiiit;. lU' I administrator. has found llior* thuil 1. fill Mils of hoard*'*! !!"Ui in Mm. hands of farmers. I'rac- J l.< all', all of tlm Hour had be n sold jj III (III. 11-!.a lit 11! tic town of Hender- ; >on. and w h'-ii thi'.i iii'f advised that thi j ha<l uolat'd the law In selling Itoui in larger uuahtit ie.? than was a HI hoi i/.i'l. tin \ lnl|"'J t olnt out where tin- Hour went. Tins hoard. <1 flour has .ill Ins n listed and if iiK'i'sSi.IV It Will la; St'lJO'd for redistrihutlon. As tin- lirst lin.iimial -up in |>in- t)j paration for tin- third lalnrty loan. S? iintai i MeAdoo has announced a III'W ISMin ol Jf"'t.*Mffi.<MI"? tlVaSUI'V eertili* at? s of unit lit. ilm ss, lii'.arilli,' I pel ? ? nt from Jan. J.', and payable ?pl'll .-uhsnnpl'lilis Will In- ri'- m i iv? d l?y f'dnral revive hanks at < ? pat and a' ? rininl'i'-sl until Jan. u and payments must he iiiadi by that date. Tim * i tilicatis will hn r*-- " i\*'d in paynnnt of third l-iberty loan subs* nptioiis. Th's arrangen.<iit iii'tnatis that Mm tlrst payment ^ on tin- thud I-ift\ loan will Im on oi ahuiit Aplil -J. and that if the ''' same plan ol installment payments .s m iiiaiiitaiii*'*! lor tin* third as for tho js second loan. Hi*' hond selling cum* pii'itn will Im in March. Kor tlm ,s sncoml loan, tlm litsl pay tin lit was lump- two w< < ks after the close of Mm month's campaign. Kor the (list tunc since the ('lilted States started its big wai financing moveiimnt. sub- si s' * I I pt lolls will he received similltaimonsly for two current issues of I I I till'at> s, slime an issue of so-call "I ta\ eirtllH.lt's is still opell. TllO inl'i'sl rate is I he same as on ottmi lee* III issues. T- ii thousand manufacturing plants chiseal and an industrial artin of imo.immi workers nib was t'hicago's la r< spouse last Kridav to the sweeping ,|( order of III.' fell* till fl|e| adtlllllis- ' t rat ion lor tin conservation <d coal. With 111*- lift im; of the hurdeii of in coinnmree from tin* storin harassed railways. great streams of coal began moving. Although captains of In dustry fought until the last minute 'i against the ol del', at the stroke of ,;i midnight hII opposition turned t?> loyal ;. compliance. Street ?h-vatod tratlic was <ut down .mil watchful Kuai'ils " kept the t in|.?>r:ititr<- 111 llu- cars at \< a 1111ultiiit 111 while outside licloW zero weather prevailed Some plants announced that the> would pay part of th?- salaries of their Idle workers. >1 School closi d hv last week's storm a< prepared to re-open this week. One w chain of moving piettire houses continued op-ration last night without I1' lieat. in <01 last Thursday plans for relo Vint; borrowers under the federal farm loan hanks ol most of tin* expense id title examination were made i.v presidents of the 1' 1 farm w land hanks iii their llrst annual eon- ui fercnee with the federal farm loan n, hoard since organization last spring Arrangements pro ha hi y will he made ti> a few eastern land tmnks with si surety eonipanies io guarantee titles si after limited examination, and if the experiment proves successful the sys- 11 Mill 1*1 4. * U" ?W. presidents also considered plans for marketing their own farm loan bonds, between $lt?.imn,t)?o and $1-.- '' OUO.Ortti, which must he disposed of tl monthly iii the next year, since marketniK through private bond dealers has been abandoned. Loans paid to ' farmers in ltcceiiibcr h> the federal '* la ml hanks amounted to lit.3U9,000. c< tlie Federal farm loan hoard unnounc- ,, e?l. The total loans made to farmers ? ... ?...* i l.i tl... I Ii:inks was ' "Ip >" .* - $3'j.l l-'.ooo. and applications for loans wrrc IJIJ.BJU.'iit'i, while loans approved ilJl.J'iiM'Wi1. My hanks, the Iieeeinhor loan payiiu-nts iiu-lud- '' nl Houston, Now <?r leans. ( <?;i2.uot>: l-ouisville, fHaiti- u| more. Ji'dt.oiMi, and t'olurnhia. S. SSrii.'MMi. " - Tin' people must cither "Ho on or ' Ko under." was the stirring climax of m an address delivered to the trades ,) oiiioiim of <Sieat ttritaln h.v ImviiI l.loyd tieorju, the Mritish prime minister. Friday in laitidon. The pre- s' liner's address followed closely upon the passage by the house of com nous of tiie man power hill, which has as its object the raising of more 1,1 men to strengthen the Mritish lighting in forees. The premier, as of old, evlnc- ,l{ ed stroiiK distrust of tierinatiy's honesty. revetting several times to the untrustw oriliincss of her promisis ' and declaring that no peace terms tli would he rccogni/.cd l?y Kinperor itl William. Field Marshal von HindenhuiK. tlineral von Ludeiidorff. and the 1,1 other militaristic elements, unless the te Mritish had the power to enforce them. tJermany had sent the answer of "ne\?r" to tiie demand for the righting of the wrongs of Mel- ** cinin. the premier declared, and also t'u had announced that tin- struggle aN would continue until Mesopotamia ami Palestine were restored to the tyranny of the Turks. In giving his ai open opinion on the situation, the ;ir premier told his hearers that thev .. might as well stop lighting unless they ' were going to do it with all their might. "I'nloss \\f arc going to <1? at it will, tot us stop it." lit- exclaimed. "Thori* is no alternative. * * If there are men here who say they will not go to the tronclH's, then th?' men tit tlio tfi itches haxo the right to p,. sa> 'noilher will wo remain here.'" In concluding the |?romier said if an> in.in coulil find an honorable and w' ci|Uitali|c wax out of tho conflict with- lai out lighting it through. "for heaven's ..j, sake li t hiin tell me." ha Arrangements for the early trans- t() I'ortation of iiu.Otta common laborers to the I'niteii States front Puerto ''l Uico are being made bv tho depart- in: ntent of labor. As soon as tonnage ttxis available liO.UOrt others will be . brought front Puerto lllco and the Vit'Kin Islands, siitlleient. the depart- At inent announced last Saturday to take ci? enre of any shortage in the domestic supplx of railroad and agricultural workers. Ihroctor tleiteral MeAdoo 1 has asked the employment service to po assist in supply ins the railroads with sol labor for maintenance and shop work. The first men imported will be sent to the south and southwest for rail- t'*1 road work tti'li the understanding: wt that the> will be released for farm t(), service during the press of the agricultural season Louis K. Post, assistant secretar. of lal?or. asserted go that all ie?iuirements for common th: labor can be met by proper distribution of the domestic supply and by the use of American citizens from wi Puerto Kico and the Virgin Islands. *p London. January l'.? tVmonstrn- xv* tions demanding better distribution of food wore held at Hnghton. at Krith. in Kent, and at other places in Ensland today, while men. women and children stood in queues in many pr cases in vain for a Sunday roast. f0, margarine, butter or tea. At Krith. , 3.000 workers from one of the war factories formed u procession and soi marched to the lo\?l food commit- eo tee's office to protest against their .?t. wives and children having to wait 1 long hours outside the shops of the 'a' grocers and others and their being su obliged to come away empty handed, Food demonstrations In Ixmdon and . in many other parts of the country were bigger and more numerous than tvl ever today. Everywhere in London crowds gathered at the butcher shops at an early hour. There Were at least 1.000 persons at 9 o'clock waiting to lo be served in the retail section of the th< Smlthflcld market. Most of these gotl.,j( limited portions and were luckier than ' the people in the suburbs, many of a" whom were unable to get any meat, ha I do without heat on Tuesdays or other to Jays. The ruling Is based upon the th jfact that since the general Monday us 'closing throws large numbers of peo- a pie to be idle, they will naturally be pi' looking for such amusement as the th theatres will be able to furnish, and It at is just as well to allow the theatres to lurnish that amusement on that day, fa provided the theatres close on some wi oth?r day. sii ? w< It was held some time ago. by in- (u fereine at least, that newspapers were ar not essential to the efficient conduct of jv the war. This was in connection with the ?|u< st;on of allowing print paper *0| the right of way in fre.ght traffic, I'ut's0 now this holding has been reversed, In his drastic fuel saving order, Ad- i0, minist rator Garfield took good care to ,.j piovid* that newspapers should be al- 8j] lowed to use such heat as was ncces- wi sarj in their production. And how the ,1( administrator arrived at this conclu- in slon is not difficult to comprehend, for jn after th<- order was prepared the very v supply of margarine :s incr'-asg but distr.bution is corn plained of. - a delegation of workers from the at packing plants at ? hlcngo call1 on President Wilson late Friday, id urged that the government take er the meat packing industry of e country. Secretary Paker. Sectary Wilson and Samuel Compers i called into the conference. Thllo-i uorkers contend it is ?s*ental the government to control the inistrx lecause the large number ' all* ri> among th? !r f< IP.w eniOv er *ir ilorltviHf tfnqu'rrr. n'ered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Mutter of the Second Class. YORK. S. C.: TUESDAY. JANUARY 22, 1918. Cotton seed oil mills arc- permitted > opifati- and burn such fuel as is nc>-ai in the (.induction of foodstuffs. S'- ins to us that som<- of the- enik-s that are us* loss because of the uiipstion elsewhere might l><- doing a ondi-iiul lot of roinl palling cars over a Ciiuehllcid. There is \< ry little use in talkinc of mil rights against governmental oris in times like this. The movement is supreme and can do whatever necessary to enforce its orders. It tin- duty of the Citizen to ohey. It is a very foolish and short sigh tI sol.li<r who fails to take war iniranee to iii< lull amount authorized i tie- a?-l. Young men, as a rule, do >t nalizt the importance of this matit Imt th.-v should realize it. Conditions at Camp Sevier have not en at all favorable for letter writing t? l\. \ correspondent must in- warm i<t comfortable to do nood work, leas will not (low much through unit tinkers. Tin- < IrrcnwiKiil Index, heretofore lMi.-dn-d tri-weekly, has become an tenioon daily. This kIvcs tirecnood two daily papers, the Journal ivin;c l"-eii issued daily for several ars past. Autoinoldlist.s report that most of n highways in this county just now i*i fairly good sinnle track roads ith very lew turnouts. In many jir-i passing automobiles that turn it of tin- way for each other are tide to net stuck in the mud. The birthday of (Jen. Kobert K. Letas observed in Charleston last Satday by tin- closing of tne hanks ami n- cotton exchange; but It was not -neially observed throughout the ate. very likely because of the irrcd condition of the people on acnint of tin- fuel order. The crowing shortage in the supply cotton seed for food purposes in uportior. to the demand. Is a matter r serious consideration. It looks now at within a few years more cotton i'd oil will not lie the very common inmodity that it is today. The deiency must be supplied sooner or or. and the sooner wa go about the pplying of that deficiency the better, ic exploitation of the soy bean in Is connection seems to be worth tile. rhe fuel administration has agreed a change in Its fuel saving order as d same relates to theatres, moving ;ture shows and other such places of tusement so as to allow them to ve heat on Mondays, provided they t - -?. 1 . The supreme court has just handed ?\\ n a decision in which it* hold* int the carrying of a pistol in a gri| irk is not a violation of the law gainst concealed weapons. The de ndant in the case had heen convictI liefore a magistrate and the magisale's conviction had heen upheld hj ie circuit court. We heartily favor the adoption ol ie Australian ballot system in South arolina primaries, and about tht ul> objection we have to that bill uit was printed in the last issue ol he Knquirer is that it probably does nt provide for sufficient publicity in ie count. Most of such cheating as lore lias been in tlie elections In thin ate has been in the count. lb-member that In a state of war we ust encounter many things that are convenient and uncomfortable; but ist as we expect our soldiers to obey nd endure at the front, we must obey nl endure at home. It is the duty o! ie soldier not to reason why bat to enire and die. and if need be we must i the same. The need must be derinined by those in authority. We are not surprised that the uitli Carolina general assembly reused to pass that fool resolution iking for the rescinding of the fuel dor. It is not infrequently that \vc e provoked at what, in our opinion, v fool stunts of the general assetny; but if the general assembly of >uth Carolina lias ever boon guilty of iy serious breauh of patriotism, the i t lias not conic to our attention. As one ot the considerations to the ice of peace. Germany is asking of isslii the cession of practically all of ml was once the kingdom of 1'olid?all that portion that is now inulcd in Russian territory. Russia s not yet signified her willingness give this territory up. Kngland. anco and the I'nited States are deluding that all of Poland, including i> portions included In the present rritories of Russia. Germany and isttin. l?e erected back into the an nt independent kingdom of Poland. Cotton took a drop of 2 cents a and on the strength of the fuel connation order of last week: but ined it all back and more in addi>n before the market closed. This lake as an evidence of the fact it there is nothing artificial in the ice of cotton. And with cotton ods selling for 300 per cent more in in 1913. and cotton mill labor no >rc than 20 tier cent higher, who mid wonder at the anxiety of the inners to buy all the cotton there Is, lib* profits in spinning are so fine? next i|uestion was how to secure its W( promulgation. Without gc-ttlng to the w people some information as to what was expected of them, the order was w, without value. c0 1 * ' in It is observable from declarations ;u, and comments that there are a goo'd mati> people who seein to think that sa observance of fuel and food adminis- titration orders is optional, etc. It is to more or less eomtnoii to hear people ar say these orders "cannot be enforced if l.\ law." Such remarks arise out of (0 ignorance more than anything else. ^ As to matters affecting the conduct of W( tie war. the only law in this country w now is the will of the president of the I'nited States, and people will do well (|, to go ver\ slow how they show dis- wi obedience to that will Those who de- > r sire to flatter themselves by thinking J'J that there is condescension in their s,_, obedience are welcome of course; but tii ii the\ will listen to good, sound ad- w; \ i< < they will do well to take care that they will alwajs condescend to do what the president says. ^ The conviction of the negroes in tireenville who killed Sam Heath and the (onviction of Dr. Ilnnahan and Mr. Ilardin. who killeil the little Shaw Uj l>o> in Columbia. will create a pro- In loan.I impression throughout the state, and very fortunately so. too. m The case of those drunken negroes fo alone would not have amounted to a c' great deal for the reason that sent!- " inein condemned the negroes on gen- n, ' ml principles, without especial re- ill foreiicc to the really important point in\ olved. lint Dr. Ilnnahan and Mr. ilardin were prominent, popular and w powerful, and their conviction under ,r the circumstances means, if it mears anything, that the people of South y Caioliua are heginning to appreciate ct the necessity of enforcing a rule of s' safety tlrst in automobile driving. It is unite prohalilc that in the future k< most eases of car less automobile "i driving will be vlsitc.l by severe punishntent, and automobile drivers gen- tll erally will learn more caution. ol i , PJ la Discussing the <|iic;tion of fixing the ct price of cotton. \V. \V. Morrison of Now Orleans, gives tome liguies that throw some interesting and important ,,i light on the subject. Doing back to tl I the \ear~TDl3, tne year next preceding ( the first year of the war, Mr. Morrison finds that the average price of cotton tl was I3J cents, and at 30 cents a pound '' at tin- time tlie article was written tile advance was 125 per cent. During c| the same time other standard com- b Dualities have advanced as follows: " It.-icon ribs. 175 per cunt: leaf lard, 150 per e< nt: corn meal, 240 per cent; flour, is 125 per cent; oats, 155 per cent; corn, 1,1 225 |ier cent; wheat. 145 per cent; ^ ' farm implements, 201 per cent; stand- u ' aid cotton goods, 300 per cent: stand- ft ' a I'd woolen goods, 200 per cent; stand- " aid shoes, 100 per c lit. This is war c( 1 time and all that; but in the light of ai 1 these figures, it would seem to us that 'l' 1 those who tliink cotton is too high, are ^ 1 a l>it unreasonable to say the least of a] it. tl . It Hither Fuel Administrator Garfield is ^ a fool or bis drastic fuel order is a very pi necessary war measure. We do not " think Mr. Garfield is a fool, and there- Jjj fore his order is wise. Hut is it the ni best way out? The Charleston American says not, and it argues most plausibly and forcibly. This terribly contused situation has come about Li through the fact that all the railroads I* leading into the various northern ports are congested for miles and in some tli I'USl'M lor IlUIllNCCIS Ul IIIIIL'M Willi UUill I" and other supplies that cannot be moved on account of the wintry weather. The piers and harbors are e.r lllled with loaded ships that cannot go to sea for lack of bunker coal and f, because of ice. Charleston is closer to ht the coal mines than any other Atlant- T< ie port. She has dumping facilities 111 which, if not adequate for ull the coal as and supplies to be shipped, are at w least capable of being used to twenty limes the extent to which they are now being used. Th> railroad lines ic froiu the coal fields to Charleston are a| actually idle as compared with the lines 1' lending to the frozen northern ports. formerly when the roads were under su the complete control of their owners pu under conditions where one road tli would allow any kind of freight go to waste, disuse or destruction rather (jx than give it to another road. Now fin the government is supposed to be using each and every road to the best ad- 00 vantage, regardless of the desires of Pn other roads, rival points or anything of ch that kind. Why don't they start this to| t rat lie toward Charleston at least to pc an extent that will threaten congestion igi similar to that prevailing in northern t-w-rts? About the only explanation J.n we can give Is that the former opera- nb tors of the railroads are looking for- tei ward to the time when there will be 101 ... . ni< a return to the old status, and they Df fear that if business is diverted In the th< moanUmn th*?PA will h?> HlfflmltV in 1H( re-establishing the old monopoly. 1 ' sel After reading the Garfield fuel or- 1 der in the papers last Thursday, Gov- l)l! ernor Manning gave out the following: c0 "From the fact that such an order fo< being issued by the Federal fuel ad- lea inlnistnitor and approved by the pres- it ident. the situation must be more se- m? rioua than we realized, but with the di.? information before me I deem the Garfield order inadvisable and believe that it should be rescinded: If it is not vvj rescinded it will be rigidly enforced bp in South Carolina. In my opinion in- by dustries having coal should be per- (ei nutted to run as the fuel administra- >lV tion has authority to divert coal from ^ industries which have It to those af whose supply is exhausted. i'h "As governor I have not the author- th iC> to declare legal holidays, but con- L* tingent upon the request of the fuel no administrator, I intend asking the leg- ex, I islature to act favorably on such a f0, ' question." In ' In times like these it is a good idea dl< repose confidence in and stand by ose to whom w? are looking to lead out of trouble, and in any kind of time it is a very good rule for peoe to keep their mouths shut until ev know what they are talking lOUt. If after reasoning that "from the ct that this fuel order was Issued ith the approval of the president, the tuation must be more serious than e realized," the governor had gone no rther. he would have been on safe id sensible ground; but unfortunatehe did not stop there. We made no comment on that fuel der last Friday for the simple renin that we considered that the order >oke for itself. As we saw it, the der indicated one of two things-th?-r that the administration was lly to the point of idiocy or that it as wise and courageous beyond icstion. and as there was infinitely ore evidence of wisdom and courage the order than there was of any ing else, we did not consider it orth while to undertake to chime in ith any kind of criticism. Of course a man like Mr. Manning ill not see why industries, burning ml, should not be permitted to use it: it the fuel administration saw that id everything else in connection with ? matter. Among other things it \v was that if a man. having a ton coal, was not jivrinitted to burn it day. he would not be clamoring for lot he i' ton tomorrow. It saw also that a man. having wood, was made to mserve it today, he would not be in impetition for some other fellow's ood tomorrow. It saw, too, that ith two men supplied with wood it ight to be easier for somebody else get coal. These are some of the ings the administration saw, and i- suspect that among the many oththings it saw was that the issuance this order would play its part in inging many people who do not yet em to have understood, to a realiza>n of the fact that the country Is at nr. YESTERDAY'S WAR SUMMARY ilitary and Political Statement as Reported in Diipatches. Fresh troubles are reported to have oken out tlnougnout Austria. Ocn111 strikes have taken place, and in entia and Neustadt all the war man [aciuriny plains are rvporicu iu mm ?en closed. In these towns lUti.OUU en are said to have quit their Jobs, he movement is political and ccoimic and has as its basis the des iv ir peace. Anti-Germanism is deared to be especially prevalent iroughout the country. After an adventurous carter oi arly three and a half years in lightg and raiilimt operations 'in th< lack sea, the famous former German uisers Goeben and JSreslau havi et their late at the hands of British .us hips in a tight at the tnance to the Dardanelles. The Hresu. renamed Miduliu, was sunk and ie Goeben, rvchrintencd Sultan awuz Selitn. was benched. The two uisers escaped Into Turkish waters lortly after the outbreak of the war id were purchased by the Turks. Evidently the German censors are i-eping a strict watch over the Goran newspapers in their expressions r opinion on the serious internal palpal situation, for oven the most leaser reports concerning the doings the militaristic and anti-militaristic irties were missing Sunday. The test accounts of tlie controversy, lining by way of Amsterdam and irwarded by the senu-otlicial Wold jreau, were to tlie effect that the illtary party had gained a victory i'er their op|>onents with regard to ie settlement of the questions o'Dyw t'Mffroiiy'ni Vw wt.<i. ' The Russian constituent assembly as short-lived. Convening Friday in lie Tauride palace in Petrograd durlg street lighting. It was dissolved url.v Saturday morning by the Holheviki after a vote had shown conlusively that the government headed y Leuine and Trotzky was greatly in ie minority. Thus, for the moment at least, has isscd away at its inception the legtlative body through which it fad een hoped order would be brought at of the anomalous situation that as existed in Russia since, the revo ition wnicn resulted in me imperial imily and the bureaucrats lifting irown out of power. Likewise the delegates to the peace inference at Brest-Litovsk again are t sixes and sevens and the pourpurts have ended. As on the other ocisions when they ceased, the stumling Mock is the German demands nd their refusal to withdraw their oops from the occupied portions of ussia. ()n the western front in France and elgium the military operations apurently are increasing all along the ne. as compared with those of the ist few weeks, when little or no shting. except artillery duels and nnor raids, was carried out. Kntontc allied warships have boniircd Germany's submarine base at stend, on the northern Belgium >ast, while around Ypres, between ens and St. Quentin, on the Chemlncs-I)anies on the St. Mihiel sector id north of the Rhine-Marne canal lere has been a notable increase in' le operations by the infantry. The robabilitirH are with the return of iod weather the expected big battles ay take place. One indication of the probable irl.v commencement of fighting is ie resumption of aerial activity on a rge scale, especially on the French out. Saturday the French airmen id a good day operating against the r-utons. sending down eight enemy achlnes in fights in the air. On the Italian front the fighting ;ain lias turned to the artillery ings of the opposing sides, the in ntr.v keeping to their trenches expt for small patrol engagements. II along the northern front the artilrv duels are of n violent character, nl at several points along the Plave ver a like condition prevails. Hoarding is Dangerous.?As a reIt of a number of instances of large irehases of foodstuffs reported to it, e food administration has Issued a Iter to all retailers in North Caro1a calling attention to the penalty ed for hoarding. This penalty is a ic of $5,000 or two years Imprisonrnt. or both, together with the nfiscation of the goods hoarded. In the letter issued to dealers, Mr. ige calls the attention of the merants to their own liability in the lowing paragraph: I have information that a numr of our people, no doubt through norance of the law and possibly folving the custom of years, are perusing larger quantities of food ill9 limn iiivj ii't|uuc iui a rt'tujunlc period, and 1 am writing this let- < ; to you in their interest and also r your protection: because any jrchant who sells excessive amounts foodstuffs with knowledge that ey are in excess of the requite- 1 . nts of the purchaser for a reasonle time is aiding and abetting the < ilator of the law and making him- i If liable." i Hoarding is foolish, seliisli and all < t traitorous because the food ad- I nistration is keeping accurate re- i rds of the available supply of all ndstuffs in this country and are re- < istng it for export only as fast as may be sent after home require- i >nts are provided for?Raleigh, N. C? i i patch. , m I The Men Who Do Things.?Men ; io tight for th? people arc lnvaria- 1 r boycotted and inveigled against 1 powerful influence. Only too of- : [i their efforts are not appreciated those whom they are serving. >ok at the treatment of McLaurin ter his fight for six per cent money, e warehouse and his exposure of e insurance trust. However. Mcurin has wisdom. He expected , thing else, and asked no reward rept the knowledge of a duty perrmed. It is no wonder such a main slow in consenting to become a can LOCAIi affairs. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. J. Stanhope Love. Clubmaker?Suggests a way by which you ran tave 26 cents on your subscription to The Enquirer. Hiu Rota J. Lindsay?Has several rooms In her residence on Wright avenue, for rent. Possession given at onoe. J. H. Bigham. Sharon?Reminds you that after January 31st. the price of The Enquirer will be $3 instead of 61.75. as now. r. D. Dorset!?Has a Ford touring car for sale cheap if told quick. He invites you to eat at his restaurant when hungry. A. Y. Cart* right. Dentist?Makes a special offer to drafted men or men accepted for service. every day from 12 m. to 1 p. m. York Supply Co.?Urges farmers to grow bigger crops than ever before and tells of the superior qualities of Palmetto brand fertilisers. which it sells. \V. E. Ferguson?Says bit store will be closed on Mondays until further notice, but on the other five diys of the week he will be glad to serve yov with the best groceries. 0. W. Whitesides 6 Co., Sharon?Talks to its farmer fririds about growing bigger food crops and will be pleased to help you to secure such wi-ds as you need. J. M. Stroup--Suggests that you buy clothing now and lay them aside for another season. You can buy cheaper now than you can buy next fall. lluckeye Cotton Oil Co.?On page four tells of some of the advantages derived by feeding Buckeye lintless hulls. Standard Oil Co. Points the way to more satisfactory light by using a Rayo lamp. See page four. _ J. S. Mackorell. Chair. Finance Com.?Telli you that canvaaaera will aolicit voluntary contributions for the Red Cro?? to buy wool for the soldiers. The Eastern division of the York County Teachers' association meets in Fort Mill on February 2. Rock Hill dentists, although permitled to heat their offices at all times, have decided to close on Thursdays, which thej have heretofore been regarding as half-holidays. That is a liberal offer that Dr. A. Y. Cartwright of Yorkvillo, is making to soldiers, and as many soldiers as can should take advantage of it. as it may save them lots of suffering and pain, to say nothing of more serious consequences. With business virtually suspended all over the country, and with idle people loafing about with nothing particularly to do, yesterday was a si range and unusual day throughout this whole section. County officials were at work as usual and so also was the exemption hoards. The doetors went their usual rounds in the treatment of the sick, and the schools were in session: but outside of that the ordinary activities of every day life were about suspended. We have a news letter from the Mcthany neighborhood that would he all right for publication if we only knew who wrote It; but as the writer failed to sign his name or otherwise advise us of his authorship, of course we do not publish it. There is nothing in ttiis letter that is objectionable, and there would he no danger of embarrassment in its publication, hut that is not the point. Wo must know what we are doing in matters of this kind, and it would seem that any individual who knows enough to write a letter like the one in question ought to know that we are more than glad to to get news from each and every neignnornoott anu anytning tnat correspondents do in the way of favoring us with such news is appreciated; but correspondents should understand that there is tnore or less responsibility attaching to every item published and the newspaper that publishes any kind ot' item that Is worth while to anybody without knowing where that item came from is taking a risk that no reasonably prudent editor will -- - i. WILL PAY $2.00. There are a large number of subscribers to The Enquirer who are going to pay two dollars for their 1918 subscriptions. There is no way of telling how many, of course: but it is reasonably certain that there will be some, and it is pretty sure that the number will be large. It has been announced time and again that all subscriptions paid on clubs before February 1, will be at the rate of $1.75 a year, and all subscriptions paid on clubs after February I will be $-. Single subscriptions, not on clubs, are now *2. and after February 1 they will be $2.25. Six months subscriptions after February I will be $1.15, whether on clubs or not. and three months sub scriptions will bo (JO cents. Subscribers who care about that 25 cents they would save by paying subscriptions before February 1 will do well to attend to the matter within the time indicated. There are only ten more days. BONDS AND STAMPS While Senator McLaurln was in Yorkvllle yesterday, a representative of The Enquirer asked him for an expression of opinion as to thrift stamps and Liberty bonds. The thrift stamp," he said, "is the most attractive form of investment I have ever known for the man of small means, who lives mainly by his weekly savings. The object of It does not seem so much to increase government loans as to teach saving. The designation 'thrift stamps' is most appropriate and exactly descriptive. "Suppose," continued the senator, "that you had a Ive dollar bill in your pocket or more correctly speaking, $4.12, and Mr. Wilkins here would tell you that so long as you refrained from spending that $4.12 he would pay you a cent a month; but still he would leave you free to spend it whenever you like by giving him ten days' notice, with the understanding that he would pay you a cent for each month you refrained from spending the money. That Is exactly what the thrift stamp Is. and It is the most lib* eral proposition of the kind that has ever been known in American history." "What have you got to say about the fact that Liberty bonds are selling under par, serator?" was the next question. "Well," the senator replied, "these bonds are being sold at 97; but that docs not mean that they are not worth 100. A few weeks ago, there was a concerted effort on the part of the speculators to depress the price of all securities so that they could buy them ntir.an TVinun hnnila sliaroH In this general depression. Another thing is that merchants all over the country have been accepting the bonds as cosh in trade and then selling the bonds at discount in order to get cash to meet their bills. No one ought to sell a United States government bond for less than par. They have behind them all the property in the United States and when the war is over will Bell at a premium, so what is the use Df allowing shrewd men to get them for less than they are worth?" ABOUT PEOPLE Mr. J. G. Beckham visited friends in Lancaster, Sunday. Mr. E. M. Stanton of Charlotte. X. P.. was a visitor in Torkville Sunday. Dr. C. Fred Williams of Columbia, visited his father, Mr. L, R. Williams here on Saturday. Miss Eunice Bigger of Torkville R. F. D. Xo. 2, is attending school at Ridge Springs. X. C. William D. Glenn of Erskine college. spent Sunday at his home in Yorkville. J. R. Logan. Jr. and D. D. Thomas of Camp Jackson. Columbia spent Sunday in Torkville. Robert F. Dunlap of Camp Sevier. Creenville. spent the week-end at his home on Yorkville Xo. 3. Thomas F. ?'artwright of Yorkville, is in the list of second lieutenants at Camp Jackson, just promoted to tirst lieutenants. Lieut. Robert H. Glenn of Camp Pike. Little Rook. Ark., is spending a fc-w "lays with his mother. Mrs. \V. D. Glenn, in Yorkville. Knox Quinn of Camp Sevier is spending a short furlough at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Warren yuinn. in Yorkville. Mrs. Margaret 1~ Grist of Columi'ia. spent the week-end in Yorkville with her daughter. Mrs. H. E. Nell, returning home 011 Sunday morning. Mr. S. V. Bovce. cashier of the First National bank of Gastonia, was operated upon in the city hospital at Gastonia last Friday, for appendicitis. Hon. John L. McLaurin came up from Bennettsvtlle Sunday to be at the bedside of his friend. Rev. R. F. McLendon, who has been seriously sick at the home of Mr. W. D. Grist since last Tuesday. On Saturday morning it looked to Dr. Campbell and Dr. Walker, who had been called into consultation, that Mr. McLendon was dangerously near to pneumonia, and Mr. McLaurin being notitied at the request of Mr. McLendon. hurried to Yorkville, arriving here Sunday morning. Though still very sick on Mr. McLaurin's arrival, Mr. McLendon's condition had very much improved as compared with the day before. his fever having gone down from 102 3-5 to 100 2-5. and the improvement continuing through Sunday and Sunday night. Mr. McLaurin felt warranted in leaving yesterday morning. He left here by way of the northbound C. & N.-W. for Charlotte. to visit his mother. Mrs. W. S. Mowry. who is very sick in the Charlotte sanitorium. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The last few days has developed another big crop of bursted wat ? .More snow Sunday morning for a few hours: but it did not come fast enough or continue long enough to cover the ground. ? Hursted pipes at the t\ & X-W. station made it a cold wait yesterday morning for the passengers, who crowded Into the ticket office. ? At a congregational meeting last Sunday, Sheriff F. E. Quinn and John A. Marion, Esq., were elected deacons of the Associate Iteformed church. They are to be installed next Sunday. ? The Yorkvllle Cotton Oil mill at first closed down in obedience to the lucl administration order in the belief that it was required to do so; but on later being advised that not only were the oil mills not required to close down but it wns essential that they continue in operation, the mill commenced work again. ? At a meeting of local merchants held in the courthouse last Friday night, it was resolved that all stores observe Sunday business conditions for the following ten Mondays. This is in compliance with the government's fuel order of last Wednesday. A committee wns appointed to notify merchants who were not present at the mooting, of the action taken. ? Yorkvlllc business people have shown a most commendable spirit in connection with the_fuel adml^latnytlon order, in that those concerns which might have some show of technical excuse for using heat; but which were not actually justifiable in the matter, have decided to place themselves beyond even the appearance of taking unfair advantage by remaining closed during the whole day of each of the prescribed Mondays. ? Several local merchants have received letters from State Food Administrator Wm. Elliott, advising them that they had been reported to him for selling sugar at 12} cents a pound. The letter explained that the administration had not fixed the price of sugar; but had concluded that 11 cents was a plenty. There were no threats in the letter; but it was taken to mean that the state food administrator wants merchants to know that the question of prices is under strict observation. ? All of the local cotton mills being for the most part electrically driven, there was some misunderstanding as to how the fuel order ufplied to them. Telegraphic correspondence with Washington failed to clear up the situation during Friday. The principal point at issue was that while the mills did not require heat for power, but were allowed to use heat to keep the automatic sprinklers and other water pipes from freezing, was it not Just as well to continue in operation provided no more heat than was necessary for these purposes was used. The matter was finally decided in favor of the genera! closing of hydroelectrical plants. ? Liusiness men and other citizens held a meeting in the courthouse last Friday nignt lor a run discussion 01 the fuel administrator's order with reference to the use of heat especially in business houses. The disposition was to comply with the order in both letter and spirit. Provision will be made for the sale of food on Mondays as the government desires, but there will be no effort to transact other business requiring heat, except in full conformity with the government requirement. The public generally will take notice that obedience to the law is mandatory, and that merchants and others cannot be expected to grant them other than absolutely essential accommodations. HERE AND THERE The open season for bird shooting closes on February 1st, and there are several local sportsmen who are making use of the last days of the open season to enjoy the sport of shooting the birds. Wherever men gathered on Sunday. the one theme of conversation was the Garfield fuel order, and many and diverse were the opinions expressed thereon. Some expressed themselves as siding with Mr. Gar field and were sure that the fuel administrator had done Just exactly the right thing and done it In Just the right way. Others were positive that the fuel administrator had made a mess of things and as a result the country was going to the demnition bow-wows, and that pretty quick, but with all the talk there were none who had the temerity to suggest that they were going to defy the order and conduct their affairs as usual. Mr. Robert R. McKntght, a former Tork county man. but who has been in the west for the past fifteen years, and for the past five years a resident of IfcClusky, North Dakota, Is visiting relatives and friends in Tork county. He Is at present spending some time with his brother-in-law. Mr. W. B. Keller, on the northwestern outskirts of Yorkvtlle. Mr. McKnight is a carpenter by trade and says that the ruling price for labor in his line is from SO to 00 cents an hour. Where he lives the mercury in winter usually stands around from SO to 40 below zero, and sometimes dips to So degrees below; but the people do not suffer .is much discomfort from cold as they do in this country in even higher temperature. That fuel order last week produced confusion here as elsewhere. It came so unexpectedly and its requirements were so strange and unusual that people Just could not understand it. Some business people who occupied rooms in steam heated buildings, at tirst did not think the thing applied to them because the buildings had to be heated anyway for the benetlt of business and services that were ex empt. One merchant. concerned for fear that his customers might not understand when they came Monday and found his store closed, wanted to know if there was not some way by which they could be told In advance. "All this was printed last Friday," the editor assured him. "and if people did not understand from that. 1 know of no way you can make them understand. unless you hit them with a club. But if you will look your door and put up a card saying that your action is in obedience to the orders of the government, they will probably understand." it is hard to get any kind of coal these days and most of the "coal" that is coming to this section is simply tierce. As a matter of fact much of it is not coal at all; but largely "gangue" that has been lying about the mouths of the coal mines for years and years as refuse. Among the stray cars of coal that came this way a few days ago was one that was said to be cannot coal, which is a very volatile quick burning variety that is highly prised for cooking and other purposes other than ordinary heating. An ex miner, who knew what he was talking about said to Here and There after seeing this coal burn: "It may be from a runnel mine and I rather think it is. hut nobody in the coal mine would ever think of selling that stuff as eannel eoal. It is what we miners called roof coal?a layer that lies between the coal and the slate rock which encloses all coal veins. That stuff has probably been lying at the mouth of the mine for years as refuse." Sergeant Carl J. Caulden, 306 military police. Camp Jackson, stopped over last Saturday for a short visit to his father. J. I). Gaulden, who lives two miles south of Yorkville. Sergeant (inuldcn was on his return from New York where he lind been to take a military prisoner. Speaking to "Here and There" about New York, he said that there wore evidences of suffering on nccount of the coal shortage. and there was talk of high prices of food In the restaurants, but prices were not nearly so high In New York as in the restaurants of Columbia. Sergeant (Jauldon, one of Ihe brightest of York county's draftsmen, went to Camp Jackson as a private, and could easily have had a commission by this time; but he considers that he has won the |>osition of "top sergeant" and he would rather have that until he can win a commission, which he expects to do in France. Discussing the commission proposition, he says that the output of the training camps has not been quite as satisfactory as was hoped, as many men got commlss(pns who were not competent to hold them. It is rumored about the camp, he said, that over four hundred newly commissioned men have either resigned or been reduced because of Incompetency. As to how true the rumor was he did not know; but he was satisfied that there was considerable foundation for It. Most of the men have gone back to civil life, subject to being drafted back Into the service as privates. LOCAL LACONICS Consider* it Unnecessary. "ntepreBonfHTtvf" atucfietl bf i'drkT"introduced a hill last Thursday to abolish the state tax commission. Mr. Cannon Gives "Thrift Dinner." Mr. J. \V. Cannon of Concord, N. C., was host Saturday afternoon to about thirty citizens of Concord and Cabarrus county, at the St. Cloud hotel. The keynote of the affair was the emphasizing of the government's "thrift" plans for saving. Artillery Range. The officers inspecting the proposed artillery range site near King's Mountain, have completed their report. which will be presented to Major tJeneral Hickman, commander of Camp Greene, Charlotte, and the general will have the llnal say as to the availability of the Kins'* Mountain site. Nitrate of Soda $75.50. Congressman Stevenson telegraphed last Friday afternoon that the price of nitrate of soda would be $75.50 per ton, on the cars at the port, and that freight and the state tax would have to be added. All nitrates arc to be procured through county demonstration agents. All applications for nitrate must be in the hands of the demonstration agents by February 4. The Church at Beersheba. Noting In The Kncjulrer recently that the Beersheba congregation Is to build a new church, Mr. J. K. Hudson of He Oueen. Arkansas, writes that the present structure was built by his father, the late Joshuu Hudson, in 1S42. There was no steam saw mill in York county at that time, and the , timber for the church was gotten out at a water power mill on Clark's Fork. The construction of the building required six months. Rock Hill Obeys Order. The various business interests of Rock Hill, held a meeting Saturday to consider Fuel Administrator Garfield's fuel saving order by closing on Mondays. It was the unanimous sense of the meeting thet not only would the business establishments affected by the order, obey the drastic order, but other business concerns not affected, as well. The following telegram was sent to Congressman Stevenson at Washington: "At a representative and very enthusiastic meeting of the business interests of Rock Hill held this evening, a resolution was offered and unanimously adopted to stand behind the order of the president and Administrator Garfield and to convey this information to you and urge that you and other representatives from South Curollna do likewise. Rock Hill's business houses will observe Sunday hours during the ten Mondays specified in Mr. Garfield's order. ? Columbia, January 17: A report has reached here of the consternation caused at the funeral of a soldier at Chesnee, Spartanburg county, on account of an error made In tagging the bodies of two deceased soldiers at the base hospital at Camp Jackson. The report -Bald that the friends and relatives of Private John Riding of Chesnee, who gathered for his funeral there yesterday, were dumbfounded when the casket was opened and they saw the body of a man which was not that of Private Riding. The Columbia Undertaking company, which handled the burial preparations of the two men. gave out a statement this morning, in which they said that the body which had gone to Spartanburg county should have gone to Florida. They say that the body of Private Riding is still In Columbia, but Is to be shipped 0 early tomorrow morning. The pro- t prietor of the undertaking concern o said that the error had been made in e tagging the bodies at the camp. r .?. 1 ? Chester reported a critical fuel situation last Friday for the first time f this winter. Stocks of coal were ex- t ha listed and new supplies expected s had not arrived. v MERE-MENTION At a meeting of Atlanta merchants last Friday it was decided to pay the employes for the holidays ordered b> the government the same as other days _...The American sailing vessel Moreton was sunk near the Canary Islands u few days ago. XV. A. Hoseman of Salisbury . X. t'? a grocer, was on Saturday fined JaUU for st lling Jamaica ginger and other flavoring extracts as a beverage The organization of the second division of negro troops 01 the National army is 1 - - TUrt iainit |g f,* UIUUT ?UJ. till UKW.VM -- -filled by nrxro companies from the various army camps, an>l is to be designated the :?3d division. Hen. Pershing is urging the speedy recruiting of the "motor mechanics regi-... nunl," now under way. The men are wanted in France quick. Skilled artisans between the agis of 1> and and 31 and 40 are urged to appl> for enlistment in this branch of the service. Walter Spoerniutin. arrested ten days ago near I-angles aviation Held. Newport News, Va., as an alien enemy, has been sent to Fort Oglethorpe. ila.. for detention until the end of the war. J. W. Johnston a prominent citizen of llaw Uiver, N i'.. was stricken with paralysis last Tuesday while serving as a pall beater. He died the next day. All state otlices in the North t'arolili.i state house at Haleigh, are to Inclosed each Monday while the fuel saving order is in force. The Prussian chamber of lords has rc-aflirin d the exclusive right of the Herman emperor to make war and peace. On Saturday there was a total of 137 steamships at Norfolk. Va.. loaded with cargoes anil ready to sail as soon as they could secure the necessary coal. 1 Hiring 1 s 17 1!?4 new national banks were chartered by the comptroller of the currency. The new hanks have ait aggregate capital of $13,V>5,VUt>. X. tl. Kussell, a hotel man of Monroe. N i\. died Friday night after u week's illness with spinal meningitis. Four townships ??f Uutherford county, N. t'., on Saturday voted lltS.tnni m bonds for ran-1 building, and expect to get an equal amount from the Federal govern- i ICA.HlluS IlllPilllll Pit. I ported colli Wiathcr below seasonal normal m all territory east of the llocky Mountains yesterday ami today. The lteil Cross announced Momlay that 30.000 more women ar< neeileil in the nursing service The work of bunkering ships (loading i nail was pushed at Norfolk Oil Saturday and Sunday in spite of freezing weather and a driving snow storm THE SUGAR PROBLEM. Food Administration Difficulties In Its Successful Solution. An Atlanta grocery store, says a dispatch, bought a very large quantity of sugar and advertised to sell the same at la cents a pound in tcnpouml sacks to customers who would conic and take it home and pay spot cash. The otlice of tin- Federal food administration. in charge of Major l> F. MeCIatehcy, sent an agent fo waif on the groccryman and inform him that if he sold la pounds to a customer his lieense would he revoked. The groccryman went straight up in the ail'. He explained that his sugar was sacked in 10-pound cotton bags, ready for the trade. This made no differenee. Ten pounds of sugar to a customer. considering the general scarcity of sugar, was too much, the same as two tons of coal to a faintly would be too much on the coal card system. The grooeryinan suggested that he could dis|>ose of the sugar to other dealers who would split it up Into small lots, saving him the trouble of resacking. This was not ugreeable. because it would mean the addition of a protit by the groecrnion who bought it. Finally the groccryman drummed up enoyfli trade tynonfr ho- . tels and resururftTits to take his ehtfre supply of 10-pound bags, and the food administration consented to this arrangement because hotels and restaurants are allowed to buy larger quantities of sugar than single families. This is an example of the sort of work the food administration is doing, not only here but throughout tinstate, to protect the public and conserve the supply. Not only must the prices he kept in hounds, but the supply must be evenly distributed, or many will suffer. Reports are being reci ived daily by the food administration concerning transactions In food supplies, and It is very rare that any Irregularity gets by without being detected. Minimum Wage for Womtn.?.Senator J. F. Williams of Aiken, has Introduced n bill providing a minimum wage of $10 u month for women working in mercantile establishments and to Increase the penalty for the vloln. lion of section 429, which would be amended by the passage of this act. The section, as amended by the Williams bill, would read as follows: "Section 429. It shall be the duty of all employers of females In any mercantile establishment or any place where goods or wares or merchandise are offered for sale, to provide and maintain chairs or stools or other suitable seats for use of such female employes to the number of one seat for every three female employes, and to permit the use of such seats by such employes at reasonable times, to such an extent as may be requisite for the preservation of their health and such employes shall be i>crmitted to use same as al?ove set forth In front of the counter, table, desk or any fixture when the female employee for the use of whom said seat shall be kept and maintained is principally engaged In behind said counter, desk, table or fixture. And shall pay to any female employed In any such mercantile establishment a minimum wage of not less than $40 per month. Any person who \lolates or omits to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of this section or who suffers or permits any woman to stand or pays or agrees to pay less than the minimum wages herein provided for in violation of its provision, shall he guilty of u misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $20 nor more than $100 for each offense. The commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries and the state factory inspectors are hereby charged with the enforcement of the provisions A [>f this law and said commissioner Is hereby empowered from time to time whenever he may deem It necessary to employ female Inspectors for the purpose of collecting evidence. Th<turn of (300 if so much be necessary ?hall annually be appropriated for the purpose of compensating such female inspectors." German Visw of American Army.? Commenting upon the statement made py Hecretary of War Baker before a ongrcssional committee regarding preparations, the semi-official Nord Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung of Berin, says: "The American secretary of war peaks of an American army in France. There is an American army In France, put it consists entirely of wood outers, railway men and doctors, except wo or three divisions whose precious Ives are being spared In quiet places ar behind the front ' Mr. Baker sneaks as if i., here would be 1,600,000 Americana In France. Can the United States spare luch a large number of men? The mswer Is no, because a large part of he army must remain behind for the >rotection of the frontiers, the coasts, olonies and for other duties of polltl al nature. The political situation :ompels the United States to keep at lome the greater portion of its army ind the country can at the most put inly 400,000 or 500,000 men In the European battlefields. For the transfer of even this number, 2,600,000 tons if shipping will be required, necesslatlng 660 journeys of steamers of I.00 to 6.000 tons. Thus an army of ? ven this small size cannot possibly be made available before the summer of 918. "In the decision on the Western ront this spring American participaion can affect no change. The whole peech of the American secretary of rar is American bluff."