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I'fpl'i si nla- I iim-s nl .Ma.Mii' llylnn ami rtpiistntn- j tivis nf tl.c tiii-l a'linthistr.11inn. i liii'ici- \asiii\th. th" fiii-l ailiiiihis- I ti.itiim'm ?'\i i-iiiivt* si I'l'i inry. toll) ili" si nal" iii ninf.h'liii'i is i-niiiti.itii- A!It'i th" Mil l ailiiiinistratmii ,h'"nh'i| tn ii11ii*i'i* th" plan. In sii'l. il was lanl lii fnii' I'll si'l' lit Wilsnll. Illli'i lnl i ii iii'ial .M' Aiain ami ' 'h.in man llurI'.i. nf th" Shippim: I'naril. Imi mil\ tin apprnxal nl tin prnsidiuit was I ski ll Mr. Nasinvlli Mini It was I slniw II In Mr Mi'A'lim ami llutl'X | 111 i \ fnr limit iiifnrmatlnii Til" j plan was pi rfi'i 1.1|. Xi'siin tli i niitiiiu- ! I. nti tlm nr-'lit !' January !.* at aj niifl'l i-iii'" o\ I'm I Administrator flat'- j fool. I' I! \ovi s, of nil' in-i ii'itiiinisii itioii X II Vims l? u.iI ii'l- ! v isvr in In I.ii in M Tin' fiilliiwiim ! I;i> il w is riiiisiili-ri 'l I'V nil tin- ftli j i ilmiiiisi ration's ihIvmis. Xasmyth tostilii-il, mill issiliil tli.it iiil:lit I l'i ii n| is lln liiusl I in l'??l't.i II t ui.itti i In |i>i . tin- alius.'' I >:ivl?l Lilian. .\iiii'i'ii-mi ri-i'i'i'si'iuntiM- mi tin- inti'i'national instituti' nl aarioiilturo. siiil Ml'l|llil\ It IS ll?o|l?-S tn l?'l-i i \ iitirsi'lvi s. It is ins i ss.ii> tn fowl nut arinit's wI'll mill in viow ?f tin- ini ii-.i-iiiu riiiisuiii|itinii of fnoil mill ill*- ' oroasihK I'l'oilui'tion shall In* tin-J iihlo to lln tins tinh'ss ' Xi-i (itliinal wi.ilhi i' |iri'\alls this sprint: ami tinlis.-: oxtraorilinnry liiiiistt 11 s mo a|i-j i'lii'il, I am reporting to tho stati* | I I :111iii *111 ar I also to I'oiiKri'SS that j Kiiroim's i'io,,s may lu- worno than last vi-nr's, a*'.i that tho tiiohtli?.atjoti of ini'ti in l hi- I'niti'il Slatos for farm work ii ay ho nooi ssary. Wo shoiihl WJ.tr iTTTistftr.", .w.JTis ?%.r <+i*~wir.g tmnt hi tho I'li'Vi'ti arhl slatos to ura/ihy purposes so that tho t'nilwl States will lio a Mo to supply oaltlo for roplonishmi tit of tho ilnniiiishitic stocks. Our illios arc dcpntling upon the I'liltoil States. Without its liolp thoy I ' ' " iiiiitiiiii similar to | thiil hi ?! iiii.iny and Austria in which j t li?-1 is merely (* ?> ( I'llllllltll I'lir till' armies. \\ 1111 tin- civil populations IVi n v olT " Mm- hundred ami seventy-tyvo iiu iiiIm rs uf the crew of llie Turkish ru si r. ,\1 iiltillii. tortin rlv the iioriii.ni ITeslnii. were I'csciicil after the action hetwifn Itrtlish ntiil Turkish forces at the entrance to tin* Dardanelles in whith the Mi I ii 11 u was sunk, it has tici n oiticiallv anuoiiiiccil from I .onilon. i if the total of 3D" men OH the I'ritish Monitor Kaplan ami the small monitor M-1D. lost n the ictioii. there arc at |?rcsont reported 13:! survivors.' the tiniiounei niciit says. ISoth the I Creslau ami the cruiser Sulton Siliui. | tin loniicr tictman (ioeheti. the otherj Tuikish \essd engaged, were milled, the st;iti no lit ailils. The iioeheti is now Ik'Iiu ontiiiuously honihcil hy I'ritisli .mcr.it: in the narrows of the straits, wlu-re she straiulcil after she hi1 the uriic The iioeheti ami the Ih-isiin. the stall im-lit explains, hail tin-rtteil lrum the Dardanelles Sunday murium: to attack Ilritish natal loi.es north of the Island of Imhros. \ft. i the Raglan and the small monitor had In-eii sunk thii Dreslaii was toiied into a I'.ritisli mine field. The lit ulii'll headed at full speed toward tin Dardanelles, striking a mine near t in- entrance. Turkish destroyers, cotiiim; to tin- assistance of the Rr?sliiu. were engaged hy Pritish destroyers and driven otf. Germany should not take any tcrritti'iy from the Russian empire and mighl give httck Alsace-Lorraine to i ram-e. Maximilian Harden declares I in Ins paper, tin- Die Xiikunft. of Per- j lilt, lie says: "He who wishes to tear! away Poland. I'ou rt la ltd. Lithuania.' Ksthouia. and Livonia frotn thi litis-j sniii empire makes of this empire a ' mortal enemy, for Russia will not always h.i\e Leninistu- feelings These i countri-s would hring its no ad van- I tauc Tht tr economic development j ould not in the h-iist he In Iped hy gold ' fertilization hy Hennany with its one | hundred and fifty- hillion marks of war j del?i. and a Slavic strain through tier- [ many would endanger the life of the country. not nuniy me im- >? I i uss.a. Aftfr our experience In the wc.-t is tin-re u<>\\ to l?o created a much greater ami more dangerous .\lsaco-l?orraino7" With regard to Msacc-Lorraine Hcrr Hardin writes: "Neither I'lvmicr Lloyd ilcorge nor President Wilson believes licrm.iny is willing to surrender Alsace-Lorraine to Franco at the present moment, hut what ahotit tleramny's attitude two or three years after peace is signul when there can he a tair consultation with tin- people'.' It was admittedly a mistake to take possession of Alsace-Lorraine. Must we always carry this burdensome inheritance of our forefathersWe arc strong enough to be our own masters and to cease to he trammelled hv errors of the past." ? W. J Harris, chairman of the Federal Trade commission, has made the following statement relative to the fuel situation "Lust summer when the experts of the Federal Trade Commission examined the hooks of coal operators they found that the profits they were making at advanced prices were exorbitant and out of all reason, being ten to twenty tinns the profit they were making in former years. Some of the coal opera tor* aim iirau'r? wen- h.?>,ir ......... the public so a* to still further Increase the price of coal. lit order to prevent the public from being panicstricken and paying $!*? to $20 a ton for coal 1 gave a statement of the fat is to the public and suggested that they buy such ecu 1 as necessary, and that when congress passed the bill giving the government control the prices would be more reasonable. Many of the coal operators and retailors have acted In a most patriotic way and have not taken advantage, hut have been trying to help. There has hcen very little complaint of dealers trying to take advantage of the public in Georgia outside of Atlanta. The coal miners In the Tennessee district. realizing the enormous profits the owners were making, felt they were not getting their full share of the I profits und went on a strike for higher I wages. The mine owners, greedy with tie ?\T' n- profit* and r?)>'niin? tcov rna.-nt interference. which was nec s;iry to h< !p wm the war. allowed *. . strrkiRi: op- rators to remain out !. r!' sixty days In the fall. '.'.h*T. J- Q th i.iininc output should hav? te.r. ar. fates! .Son;* of ?h?* Mine '. AT'TN v.ere Kind of ih<- < X' Use to decrease ).. output !> ? a us of th-ir r<sentrneii? i,.-f th- y... 11 n ejit. which had Yor? t. K' :. over the .on! situ itton and cm .1. !,(,. .| th< .1 outrageous profits. ,a.. < f t>. r-1. tl dealers in Atlanta. ^ ho w- r? |?r? .'it-*! by 'h?- aovern- i_ a it* also. f:* rri rt.-king such hich .!* .1 'id who bate done ev. rvthinir an di" loiild to interfere in cnrrvinit out M( th? nif.ent plans. base trie.l to Vark ! i - -. t *:> 'h?- public by < liarifrne th-rn w th the *.h"itay< of coal in Atlanta. t I i. i. r< sotted to r veri rn srepre- j j : ' ii pos?ii !? to place rite and the- co' .o\. irrro i.t w> a false position As a i in? r of th' Trade ''omniissmn. I * '** i.. Mi it iov <luf. in all of *he in\? ' ! i' i.'is to protect the public il.Vi.li** ? '!'n ttioliopol es a* the coal * f,., '.ii'.i - 'I 've Trade t'oiniii ssioii has .-p. had nothing whatsoever to do with the F. i I tidlinc <>f >ic ten I or in tixini: the a - . I. it* . . I*' ' I HMil ; ? r -. '!? fv-u-i i;^ur< ? u'i turning : ? ! MJ' T hiiu t?? ??? t<> the fuel adtnlnls- j.;v' tt 'ton- Ha*: __ ??. M-1 ?h* Hlorhrillr tfnquitvr. '*5 Firsl ad Knterert at the I'ostoftlce at York as wl Mail Matter of the Second Class. r"> "" all i YORK. S. C.: W,'t' FRIDAY. JANUARY 25. 1918. J,.' con As a matter of course all of the S York county members of the general run assembly were lor the proposed pro- m.u Iulution amendment to the constltu- as | lion ol lIn- luitcd States. tpe is r It was all right to onvicl Kill iNard of s< ilitioiis iltteralica-s if he W.IS mult > l>IJt It IS llllK-ltlt til See tli" justn*i' of taking it yl( nut mi s'n I'eard wliil" Teddy Uoosi velt i< being G allowed to inn aruiiiiil louse doing inst inure harm m a niinute than Henri I lorn was a hie to ilo in a year. feri ? or \Vasliinglnn has inforniiition that l-1 Jen. I'alki-nhavn has abandoned the ''r" Jeriiian tilan for the reorganization of the Turkish army, hecnuse of the dosertiuii of 1 iJO.uOO Turkish troops tweeii Constantinople and I 'ales tine. The Turks are deserting hoeause they ''oa in- thoroughly tired of the war, and v,,s are hopeless of being aide to stand against the Itritisli. (.Sen. Falkenhayn ?n*'1 Is said to have returned to Constant!- ''x'' liople in disgust. ,'l(' ? . m i insi It is rumored that the tight against the state tax eommissioli liad jits origin in campaign promises to 1 I made in tin- summer of l!M6. The c'a' story is that promises were made to "\ certain interests with reference to as- wot sessinent and that Jones has not been day j entirely agreeable to the carry ink out ing jof those promises. Joiies holds his ingi position hy appointiiient from the gov- l>ur ernor at a salary of $:*,00o a year. Hoi ? i day I- -14 U'.l y MIT-going to IlllVf 1+Clt council of defense with one member '*a! from e.-uh county, we think that the ! membership should he selected hy the different county delegations in the xva! j u< ner.il assembly instead of hy the "u j governor. Selection hy the governor makes the council partisan and sc- n<>' leetion In the legislative delegations U'1 makes ii representative. _ in i slio Dr. Frank Mchring, nn independent ing Socialist menihcr of the Prussian diet, eve look a fling out of the Prussian fl- {jj^ j nance minister. Dr. Hcrtg. The mln- elst lister had undertaken to belittle what for America could do in the war. saying llu' in the first place, that America had no soldiers of consequence, and in the second place, that she could not get them across even if she had them. Dr. '' Mchring argued that If Canada, with ,u's less than nine million inhabitants, had l,ln been able to send over a quarter of a million soldiers, then surely the Pnit- J ed States, with 110.000.000 inhabitants, ',uf nov might be able to make a triple show inc. IT. Hertz aumiueu mat ne cuuiu um iu>t iiriivo liis former statements; hut l|a( was still convinced that the Americans ' | would not he ahlo to bring over a con formhlahlc army. -^at A 1 * 1 u rd A feature of this week's war news c',rt'1 has heen the stories of unrest anil dissatisfaction in Austria with regard 7 to the war situation. It was reported not last Saturday that more than one hundred thousand laborers were on strikes in Austria against the high cost of living and on account of war tv weariness. All the Vienna newspapers slei were suppressed in the hope of re- rou; larding the spread of the ilissatisfac- eoui tion and to prevent the news of actual If conditions getting abroad. It is under- "J. ? stood that the shibolcth of the Bolshe- ?| vtki?no annexations and no indemnl- this ties?is getting in its work in Austria ,,K* and there is much impatience against an(| further support of the German dream me of conquering the world. Also it is hav understood that hundreds of thou- 'f . and sands of Austro-Hungarians have been concentrated in the reserve lines be- to 1 hind the German forces that are con- can templattng one last big desperate drive Jy", against the Allies in France, and the people >t home, realizing the terrible slaughter that must necessarily occur ^ in this drive, would, if possible, stop hoi} the thing where it is. j j, Hm Mr. .1. K. McKlwce. food adminis- ti trator. wants it understood that the prol whole key to the Hour regulation is simpl> this. No family is allowed to have more than thirty days' supply of som Hour on hand at one time. People who Al have laid in Hour in amounts suili- j"? cicnt to supply them for more than i>ehi thirty days are liable to have the same exit taken away from them. Also all hoarding in violation of regulations lays the hoarders liable to tine and just imprisonment. People who have more ^-as than thirty da>s" supply of Hour on hand might do well to write the food administrator like this "1 have on hand sacks of Hour. My monthly ^ reouirement is about ... .sacks. 1 stand gno ready to make each disposition of the as : surplus as the food administration the may direct with the understanding, of ^ course, that I am to be compensated he j for said surplus at what it cost me." and It is not to be understood that there v*"{ has beeu any official order to this ef foot. The Enquirer Is merely throw- jj| a in* out the suggestion on its own re- Tor sponsibility, under the conviction that is n it is a practical solution of the whole: *10PI as n situation, and that all who act upon wee: it will be relieved of further concern, pert OCAL affairs, NEW ADVERTISEMBENTS. Wray. Sun.?Submit* report of receipt* ; d d.sbursemc-nis on account of the city c.nc light, power and water pianu. tr L yuiun?Are ready o aupply your >Se with first-class seasonable groceries at derate prices. White beats. . Li rug Store?Says you can stop that jgh that is bothering you and also cure it bad cold. It ha* the remedies, am & Hucy- Offer SI.50 bushel for corn the ear: S1.6U for shelled corn. Delivd rear of postoffioe. Theatre--Gites it* programme for today, d also for tomorrow. "The Red Ace" on mday. ; supply Co. ?Urges you to order your -tiliter without delay. Remember tow u put or! buying coal, and the result. It good policy to order early. t. .Scott. York So. a?mu a ;-ooa mu> w (or sale : also Berkshire sow with pigs, ii a few Indian game rooster*, er drug Store -Wants you to try one of Shumate razors and shave yourself. A II line of shaving supplies, nnnell Dry Goods Co.?For ten lay* of? sjiecial prices on staple dry goods. A i-cial in ladies' J-.50 high cut shoes. I. Smith. Tirzah Has several mules and horse ior sale. Also wants to buy corn, as. cane seed, chickens and eggs. /-Taylor Co. On page four gives you reads why you should use Luzianne coffee, cry pound of it guaranteed to please, ings Seed Co.?Wants yo'i to send for Its d catalogue and find out how to get free wer mil. I'age four, aye (ollun Oil Co.?Asks if you get i'.ki pound* or only 1.500 pounds when you > cotton seed hulls. See page four. National Bank. York?Emphasizes the vantages to every member of the family ho will become a member of its Christmas rings club. i & Savings Bank -Solicits the patronage farmers on a mutual benefit basis. It ers its services to farm? rs who desire to -tire nitra'e of soda supplies, ton Bros. -Make a s|>erial offering of txonable groceries for tomorrow. Satury. a1 attractive prices. he state highway commission its automobile owners to know I llcen.si application blanks are in hand of all clerks of court anil automobile dealers, and thitt people i have not made application before u'unry 1 will be in a had way so as driving their cars in 191S is evened. peaking of the question of pay for .1 . .iii.ru sav uo lid VOIl OitVO ! tIk- trip under such conditions |ir<-v:iilcd Inst Tuesday for the price y received for the- day's work? It nit likely that you would, and it is lair to say that those who did the trip made It for the pay. The i* lliug motive was something far inner than a mere matter of pay. ovcrnment appeal agents have been rueted to appeal all cases where il draft hoards have granted de I classification in either class 2 I. hecause of marriage since May l'.?17. Provost Marshal General wdt r. in a telegram to governors states, said that steps should be i-n io s.ciirc uniformity of action give district boards opportunity review classifications by local ids in marriage eases. The proi marshal general's office states I lin- order for appeals did not icatc any general policy to deny inption to men who married after draft law was enacted, but was to in- uniform decisions, considering It ease on Its merits. Obviously, -re it is shown that a man married acquire a elaitn of dependency, his in will be denied. A large part of the city of liock IIIII lid have gone up in ushes last Monnight. had It not been for the coatof sleet on the roofs of the builda. when Kimball's livery stable was ned," said Mr. A. A. McKcown, to e and There, in Kock Hill Wednesevening. "I bad just got into Jl_lj.'?m Yorkville, when tfag.Alaqn * sounded," Mr. McKeown went on. s home is a short distance away. ;ht had settled down and everything < still because of ihe observance of Garfield closing order. Looking ut on hearing the alarm 1 could see hiug at first; but within a few mins after that time, if it was that long, rcat tongue of flame mounted high ?...11.11,,,, n twl un?n lill' till Ult'I llli: I'UliUiiihi uuu own wers of burning ember* were falleverywhere. It was a time when ry man except the tlreinen, felt > looking after his own, not only on own account, but on everybody 's account. Yea, if it had not been the sleet that covered the houses consequences would have been id hint; terrible." FEBRUARY 2. LAST DAY. "or the convenience of the busis otlicc we have postponed the e during which subscriptions will rt ccived at #1.7 i. hursday is one oi tin- intensely y days of the week as matters i* stand, and it is evident that the iness ollicc will hardly be able to e care of the last day pressure that day and look after its other ies health s. t has therefore been decided to tinuc the privilege until urduy evening at t! o'clock. ,11 subscriptions paid before Sutay. February 1' at 6 o'clock will be lit...I .it in,. 11 ' r, riiif. and after unlay. February 2 at ? o'clock the e of the paper will be a year, 'he business utFce would rather rcceixe any subscriptions next irsday except through the mails. CARRYING THE MAIL 'it h from two to three Inches of t on the ground. Tuesday was the ihest day of the year on the York aty rural carriers, i spite of the bad weather, many lie carriers, including all those out k'orkville, made the trip, f it had not betn for the fact that was Enquirer day," said one of carriers on his return, "we would have attempted the trip today, 1 had several of my patrons tell that otherwise they would not e expected me to come." was hard indeed on the carriers, it is universally conceded that =e who made the trip are entitled high commendation, while nobody reasonably criticise those who d not quite nerve themselves up he point of making- the attempt. FIRE IN ROCK HILL ineteen out of twenty-six head of sea and mules were burned with S. Cimball's big livery stable in Rock last Monday night, he fire occurred early in the night, mbly from a defective flue. Freezcondltions prevailed outside and a iy sleet was falling, and the task confronted the flremen was ethlng frightful. s usual the horses and mules red to go out of the burning buildFiremen put streams of water ind them and forced them to the doors, but there the terrified nals would turn and rush back lnhe flames. he building was a frame structure 1 off of Main street, and filled as it xvith roughage of all kinds. It ted like tinder. It was the propof Dr. T. A. Crawford. ABOUT PEOPLE 1 r. J. Holland Morrow, who is well un in York county, is spoken of J i probable candidate for clerk of court of Gaston county. X. C. [r. W. \V. Blair of Bullock's Creek, , Tuesday for Marion. S. C., where s finishing up two school buildings 1 from there he will go to Bishop- 1 where he has a contract for a | 000 school building, ev. B. F. McLendon, who has been it the home of Mr. W. D. Grist in kville since Tuesday of last week. < ot getting along as well as was 1 ed. His condition is not regarded j iearly so serious as during the first k; but he has beeo having tern- J1 iture from day to day, and his ' physicians. Dr. Campbell and Dr Walker, consulting, have been hav-1 in? trouble In getting hs stomach to I take food. Considering the stubborn nature of the malady from which Mr. McLendon is suffering however? grip?he appears to be getting along about as well as could be expected. NITRATE COST Prospective purchasers of nitrate of soda w ho have not already done so. should see the county demonstration agents, or one of the committeemen api>oinu-d by them, at once, as the probability is that the demand is going to be much greater than the supply, and the supply will have to be prorated among those who make applications. All applications must be made on blanks that are to be obtained from tin- demonstration agents, and thes. ' applications must set forth the amount 1 ui nitrate desired, the purpose for which it is to be used, and a promise that none oi the nitrate alloted to the applicant will be transferred to any one else. The government proposes to ship all nitrate in bags holding ^00 pounds each, and all applicants must promise to deiiosit. at a designated bank. a sufficient sum to pay for such nitrate as he may apply for, with the understanding that ho will take sued, lessor amount as the government ma> !>. able to furnish at the same pric> l?er ton. No farmer must apply for more nitrate than he intends to use himself. PRESBYTERIAN BENEVOLENCES The proposed arrangement under which I lev. K. K. Gillespie of Yorkvillo, is to have charge of the raising of the South Carolina synod's part o the benevolences of the Southern Presbyterian church for 1918, has about been perfected, and Dr. Gillespie has entered on the work. As previously stated, the Southern Presbyterian church has set out to raise this year the sum of $3,000,u00 for all purposes and the South Carolina synod's portion of this fund is $225,000. Dr. Gillespie has been granted leave of absence from his church foi two and a half months, until about the first of April, and during that tim> synod will supply his pulpit in Yorkv i 11 e with one or more of the best men lo lie had in the Presbyterian church iii the state?either Dr. D. M. Douglas. Dr. Thornton Whaling or Rev. J. O. I tea vis, or possibly the assignment will lie divided between them. The plan under which Dr. Gillespie will work contemplates the establishment of an office in the Theological seminary at Columbia, and from there In- will canvass the state to the extent that will be necessary to perfect a thorough organization, after which he will continue in close advisory touch with the workers in the field. To begin with he proposes to select a sub-manager for each of the presbyteries and each manager will divide his churches into groups of n?t exceeding six churches to a group, and then u manager will be selected for each congregation, after which the machinery will extend down to the IKiint where it will ensure a canvass of each individual member. The organization thut Dr. Gillespie will perfect will continue on a permanent basis anil It is expected to lie self.perpetuating to the extent that tin' work tliat will no accompusncu this year may be repeated in succeeding years through the same machinery. NITRATE COMMITTEES. For the convenience of the fanners who desire to buy nitrate of soda from the government at cost, and to facilitate the work in connection with the distribution. Agents Blair and McKeown have appointed a com miltee to Receive and helD Jill cations. Under the regulations of the agrlcultural department all applications must be made out in duplicate and they must lie in ttie hands of one of these committeemen on or before February 4. Along with the application, t?o. arrangements satisfactory to the government must be made for casli payment upon the receipt of the goods. The conditions to these requirements can lie furnished by the committeemen or the demonstration agents. All the work in connection with the whole business is being done gratuitously and voluntarily. The committees are as follows: James A. Page, Clover. J. L. Spratt and \V. B. Meaeham. Fort Mill. John S. Hartness. Sharon. X. M. McDill. Hickory Grove. It. c. Allcin and M. F. Cobb. Yorkvillc. John It. Shurley, S. It. Spencer and John it. London. Hock Hill. Because of the large number of remittances that would otherwise be required, the regulations provide that .ill remittances for each county must lie concentrated through a single hank. As to which bank this will be, must bo determined by the committeemen and the demonstration agents: but since it was the Peoples' X'ational hank of Rork Hill that took Ihe initiative in the nitrate movement so far as York county is concerned, it will be that institution very likely that will have to bear the burden and enJoy the honor of sending In the money. FREE SPACE During this week we have received applications for free space from the following: State highway department. Co-operative demonstration work. Local charity committee. United States food administration. United States treasury. Richmond Federal reserve bank. X'ational Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Lesslie Woman Suffrage Commission, Inc. Manufacturers' Association of New Jersey. War Work Council Y. M. C. A. Hurcnu of war risk Insurance. j And several others. In most cases '.he space asked for ranged from half a column to two columns. and all of them together would All The Enquirer twice over, with stuff that very few people would care to read. Where we considered It of more Interest and importance to our readers than to the people who sent the copy, we have given out the informs- : tion. If not exactly In the shape that it came to us, still In such shape as we deemed sufficient Much of the stuff has gone Into the waste basket, where It properly belongs. We have no complaint against any of the people who have sent us this 1 stuff. We recognize that they have a right to send it. We are thankful, however, to be able to observe that they have no power to make us print It. The reason we an; thankful Is that If we had to print all this stuff, the present liberal support of The Enquirer would soon drop off. and we would have no means to continue the publication. WITHIN THE TOWN ? There was a fall of from two to three inches of sleet Monday night, everything being covered to thAt depth Tuesday morning. ? "Polledo" Witherspoon, the oldest negro in Yorkville, died Sunday evening. after a long period of failing health, due to extreme old age. PoUedo had lived in Yorkville practically all of his life of about 100 years. His father was brought to this country direct j from Africa, and belonged to the Witherspoon family of Lancaster, dying when he was 102 years old. PoUedo was a slave of the late Colonel Doaaora Witherspoon, who dled ln 1255. He WM . I an old-time preacher and was a member of one of the negro Methodist conferences atad annually received a small pension from that body. He was in- J sirumental in organizing Ave negro' churches In Yorkvllle and vicinity and i \eara ago was a powerful Influence' among the colored race. His funeral. look place Monday afternoon, being at-, tended by several white people. ? There was but small attendance! ,,t the meeting called Tuesday night j to consider, first, whether it was ad- ! isable to spend money on the streets' this year, and second, ways and means | for raising the money. Mayor Wil- ^ born presided. He stated that so far; as he was concerned he did not ex- | pect to be a candidate for re-election; , but if the streets were to be fixed j there would be need for money, and that could be accomplished only by legislation which must be secured now. There was no disposition among those promt to express themselves, and an effort was made to secure the appointment of a committee to canvass the business people with a view to arriving at their sentiment, but it was not possible to ? cure from those present a ( tun iiiii u-v nuii ?us> <1 iiuim it> nvi iv, i an?l the meeting dissolved wi?hout substantial action of any kind BIG GUN RANGE The proposed artillery range site at King's Mountain, near Gastonla, in their report, was described as highly satisfactory by the board of artillery officers of the regular ariny appointed by Major (ieneral Dick man. commanding Cainp Greene, to inspect the site. This report, says the Charlotte Observer, was submitted Wednesday morning to General Dickman, and contained only one important suggestion of desired improvement, and this was that the area of the site should be substantially increased. Kffort will lie made by camp headquarters to locate a satisfactory site for a shorter range neurer Camp Greene, which, it Is proposed, would be used for direct tiring and general training purposes. The proposed larger range at King's Mountain is adapted to long range, indirect firing, it was stated. This report will not be submitted to the war department. General Dickman. It was stated, possesses authorit> to execute all matters pertaining ... n... 1'uniniii Khmilii Hie Castonia civilian interests co-operating with the military officers in the Kind's .Mountain range matter be successful in obtaining the desired additional land, it was said a reasonable expectation would be that General Hickman then would immediately order the beginning Of the work necessary to prepare the range for service. Information as to whether the board of artillery officers had ins|iected possible sites for the proposed shorter range was not given out. In tiiis connection, it was explained that General Hickman has authority to order the work preparatory to utilization of such .a site. The report regarding the King's Mountain range, though not made public textually, is known to agree on all important points with the reports of inspections previously submitted to the war department. The iintlings were summarized in the statement that the King's Mountain site "is almost ideal for the purl?o8e." Constituting the board of officers making this report are Brigadier General Babbitt, commanding the regular army artillery brigade at Camp Greene?. Colonel Ncwbold, of the Sixteenth rield artillery, and Colonel I'rcston. of the Seventy-seventh field artillery. It Is not known positively as yet whether the people of Gastonia, who were active in obtaining leases on the lands Including the present area of TO' I i?gil will lit" .liked to awtet acquiring the desired additional land. The number of additional acres desired was not given out. RAISING THE VALUATION. Study of the tax returns being taken by Auditor Love, discloses that the recent ruling of the state tax commission is receiving very serious consideration at the hands of the property owners of York county, and also It suggests that the township and county equalization boards are going to have something of a job on their hands to straighten out the complications by which they are going to he confronted. The state tax commission has ordered that all property be assessed for taxation at full market value. The commission promises that if this is done the county and township boards will cut the returns an even fifty per cent. The argument of the commission 1st hat there is no other true basis of value, except the market value and if all property Is assessed at its true market value, then the burden of taxation can be justly and equitably distributed among all property owners. A surprisingly large per cent of property owners are taking the commission at Its word, and doing just us required. Others, however, are making their returns just as they have made them heretofore, and still others are giving in their property at about 75 per cent of its value. For instance, it is a rare thing that anybody has heretofore returned a mule at more than J100. Most mules were returned at considerably under that, some as low as $25 and even $5: but this year many farmers are returning mules at $300 each and they are returning other property in proportion. Hut where some are returning propertv at full value, with the explana tion of having the returns cut 50 per cent, others are returning at only 25 or 50 per cent above last year, and others are returning same as low as last year, all no doubt expecting to have their returns cut half in two. and here Is where the equalization boards are coming in for their part of the trouble. "Are you telling people that they must return their property on a 100 per cent basis?" Auditor Love was asked. "No." he replied, "I am only telling them what the state tax commission has ordered, and advising them as to the law. I have no authority in the matter and no discretion. Whatever a man puts down and swears to as his return, I have to take. It will be for the equalization boards to adjust all differences. Real estate is being re-assesscd this year, and some of it is being returned at a much higher basis of value than heretofore. Some property owners are returning the same old figures and some are leaving it to the equalization boards. In this connection the following statement of the average value per acre at which land was assessed for taxation in the various townships last year is interesting: ? - - t * n r tetnei .? Hethcsda 5 41 Froad Rtver 4 54 Bullock's Creek 4 4R Catawba 6 84 Ebenezer 6 87 Fort Mill 5 41 King's Mountain 4 81 York 5 33 The county 5 38 This is without buildings. HERE AND THERE Ington to the effect that certain storekeepers were preparing to evade the Fueliess Monday order. Dr. Garfield has taken steps to avoid such a move, sind given notice that prosecutions will jurely follow violations after this time. It may interest you to know that t unless your poll tax receipt is dated 1 in or before December 31. you cannot j legally vote In any election that might < he held within six months thereafter. < Other taxes may be paid at any time prior to elections. This Is according i to an opinion of Attorney General | Peoples. i It has been many years since there < la re been as many snows during one i printer as there has been daring the 1 present winter season. For about six weeks now there has been snow on the ground almost continuously. The sleet storm of Monday night was probably the heaviest that has fallen .n this latitude in many years. The average depth was around two to three inches and since it fell on Monday night, not a great deal of the sleet has melted and passed away. There are few, if any. German citizens in York county, who come within , the provisions of the German alien registration law; but if there is they should be made acquainted with the fact that they must register with the ?v. .ufnviei..r Ko? U'fiOn Pi>hrll. ary 4 and February s. The law applies to all native born German males ' over fourteen years of age who have not previously taken out naturalization papers. In Kovk Hill they go to the chief of police for blanks and elsewhere they go to the postmaster. Penalties for failure to observe the law in regard to registration is very severe. "I have certainly been having a time." said Mr. It. C. Allein to Here and There Wednesday night, and then went on to explain that he had been straightening out the accounts of the local Red Cross chapter, of which he is the treasurer. "You know." said Mr. Allein, "there is a membership fund, a wool fund, a work room fund and so on. All the money for the different purposes has been turned over to me. mostly a little at a time, and by half a dozen or more ladies, and I have paid it out on orders of various Indies who had various expenditures in ehargc. and to keep the different funds straight has been quite a job. I worked on it some yesterday and have been working on it tonight and now have it balanced down to a cent." on returning to his home not long ago after having spent the previous day in Fort Mill. Mr. J. U. Halle found that somebody hud been there during his absence and robbed him of about flfty or sixly dollars' worth of clothing. a pair of shoes and a pistol. In the woods nearby he found two regulation suits of I'nited States Infantry uniform and also a pair of badly worn shoes, not nearly so good as the shoes that were missing from his home. It was easy to figure out that two sol'Hirj h:i.l (jilinn Mr Hallo's clothes and l^ft ilit'tr own In exchange. Further investigation developed that two m? n. dressed in citizen's clothes, had applied at the home of a Mr. Clements at tlie Charlotte Brick works, and obtained a night's lodging. They said they were soldiers who had overstayed their furloughs and were going back in citizen's clothes to avoid arrest before they got to the vatnp. The next night two men answering the same description turned up at the home of Mr. It. M. Anderson in Hethesda township. The.v had about the same story. Mr. Anderson took them '? with the understanding that they were to be entertained for the night. The family retired at about 10 o'edook. after showing the nten where they were to sleep: hut they stole out sometime during the night without going to bed. It was observed that one of In men was suffering from tight fitting shoes. Two men were arrested in Ouffney last week for rohherv and it is supposed that these are the same who swapped clothes with Mr. Halle, as one of them had a pistol in his possess on. Wh'le the men were at Mr. Anderson's, a member of the family noticed that one of them had a pistol n his pocket. LOCAL LACONICS York's Vital Statistics. The delayed report of vital statistics from Bethel township for 1917, has been received. There were 79 births and 34 deaths. This gives a total for the county during the year of 1,197 births and 697 deaths. Fort Mill Real Estate. Two pieces of real estate belonging to the estate of the late W. T. Hoagland, were sold at Fort Mill Monday under direction of the clerk of the court. A house and lot on Booth street was bought by S. L. Meacham for $1,800, and a livery stable on Academy street sold for 81,000, being purchased by J. H. SuttonT^^^"" Rock Hill Odd Fellows. Hock Hill Herald, January 22: Officers have been elected and installed by Hock Hill Lodge No. 61, I. O. O. F? to serve for the ensuing six months: S. W. I'lyler, N. G.; C. E. Smith, V. O.; E. W. Coiner, recording secretary: \V. IJ. Talley, financial secretary; S. B. Collins, treasurer; G. It. Wlngate, R S. N. a.; W. H. Bobbins, L. S. N. G.; B. F. L'sscry, warden; George S. J. Laurey, conductor: J. M. Collier. R. S.; IJ. It. Dover, L. S.; T. B. Hobbins, O. <1.; It. B. Sutton, I. N.; W. H. Gladden. chaplain, J. S. Edwards. R S. V. G.; H. Stutts. L. S. V. G. Considerable interest is now being taken in the u'nrt an,l ft Inrm> nnml*'r of new mem burn have recently been elected. The officers urge that all members attend the meetings each Friday night and assist in the initiatory work. ? The allies are maintaining an expectant attitude on the western front. Secretary liakcr stated "Wednesday in his weekly war review, while recent events in Kussia have greatly increased strategic freedom for the central powers. The review is for the week ending January ID. It says: "There is little to record in the way of military activity during the past week. On the western front the allies are maintaining an expectant attitude. While the enemy has been busy concentrating his offensive forces, the British and French have greatly strengthened their defensive positions, reorganizing their tactical arrangements which in many areas were hitherto chiefly of an offensive character, and are now prepared for every eventuality. The recent events in Russia, which have removed front the theater of active operations over 900 miles of front in the east, the Invasion of Italy and the consequent shortening of the battle line in this zone by nearly 150 miles, have resulted in greatly increased strategic freedom for the central empires. Reviewing the minor operations which took place during the period under examination, it is noticeable that ascendant initiative and alertness is again displayed by the allies. We iind the British and French actively raiding trenches on the German lints, driving in outposts and patrols. Along the British front the enemy for the first time in matry weeks ( maintained a relatively passive atti- , tude. The British sent out numerous , raiding parties. East of Loos, a | sharply conducted operntion by the British was brought to a successful , conclusion. The Rrltish broke Into , the German line and captured a nura- , her of prisoners. ivortn or m. yuenun and oast of Mertcourt, the British had brushes with the enemy which resulted favorably." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Governor Manning has sent the general assembly a message in which he urges a state-wide school compulsory law. ? Policeman Conklin of Charleston, shot and killed a negro named James Brown, Wednesday. Brown resisted arrest for begging and took away the policeman's club. ? This state's proportion of the >50,000 shipbuilders to be raised in the United States is approximately 6,000. A special effort will be made to secure at least this number of men. ? The Sheriffs' association of South Carolina held Its annual meeting in Columbia Tuesday night. R. S. Patterson of Marlboro, was elected prea ident ? The house has passed its bill for the abolition of the state tax commission by a good majority. The house bill would substitute a state board of assessors consisting of fourteen members, one from each Judicial circuit. The tight Is mainly against A. W. Jones, who Is described as a would-be autocrat with reference to taxation. ? Columbia special of January 2S to the Charleston American: With fortytwo of the forty-five counties of the state represented, the Reform Democratic party of South' Carolina, in conrentlon here tonight, reiterated the platform which was adopted at the October. 1916. convention, reaffimed its allegiance to the Democratic party 9f the nation, carried forward its work of organisation and endorsed the announced candidacy of former Governor Blease for the United States senate. SOLDIER LIFE AT SEVIER. i I The Company Clerk Gett Into Stran- ! uoue Training. Corr.The TorktlU" Xtiqufr*r (Passed by the Censor.) Camp Sevier. Greenville. S. C.. January is?I did my first reaJ "soldiering' this morning. By "soldiering" 1 mean 1 had a Springfield on my shoul- ' der tor the first time and to say that I felt awkward and embarrassed, doesn't begin to express it. But 1 got along 1 first rate?at least the "top sergeant" , Wfu? WUS UCtaileU to snf uir s^-tiai Instruction, said; and he was also kind enough to encourage me by say ing that with several months' of practice 1 might develop into a "pretty, fair soldier." It might not appeas so to a civilian: hut that is quite a compliment to come to an insignificant atom in "this man's army" from such a personage as a "top sergeant," and 1 aiu quite proud of it; because when I' went on the field this morning 1 fully expected to be "balled" out at every turn. The fact that 1 have never done "squad right" during my three months und sixteen days in the army until this morning might sound rather strange and absurd; but it can be explained easily. In every company or other organization of this army there is need for a bookkeejier and orderly and major-domo and general roust ahout and stenographer and handy man to the captain, lieutenant and others higher up: 1 have been all of that since 1 enlisted and there has been so much of it to do that 1 have not had an opportunity to "squad right" and "right about face" and "left about face" (I think those are the movements in which "the top" Instructed me this morning) until today. Orders came down the line a day or two ago to the effect that I. and every other "soldier." who had been engaged otherwise, must from henceforth learn a little practical military every day. You see the authorities are quite considerate and thoughtful and they want we office men to lie able to take care of ourselves when we come in contact with Fritz, if we ever do. And it Is a ? ??*? 1 idea. for It is barely possible mat Fritz might sometime become so tnquisitivc that h?* will want to look at our comjmny records and set- who sot paid last month and all of that, and tho company clerk must bo trained to lake care ol' the records should such a contingency arise. I'nderstand. nobody believes he will ever Ret that close; but in this great army we are training, every possibility is considered. My fellow soldiers had considerable fun at my expense this morning because of my maiden effort on the field. I was glad they did have something to laugh at and something to bring a smile on their faces for once. Those smiles were a welcome change to the frown they have been wearing since Christmas because of the weather. They wore quite complimentary. For instance, one big husky came up to me this afternoon and slapping me on tho bael; said: "Well clerk. I seen you squad right in' this mornln' an' you wuz about as awkward as a cow. If you keep it up a couple o' years you might git to be a fust class private. Yoii wuz a holdln' yore gun on yore shoulder like you wuz a goin' rabbit hunting instead of soldering. Wouldn't you be in a hell of a fix If you wuz In one of these ditches an' Fritz was in another?" I grinned and looked kind of sheepish, and then the big North Carolinian said in an apologetic way: "No buddy, I wuz Just kkidin' with you. You didn't act near as much like a rooky as I did the first day or two I went out. And as for holding your gun like you wuz rabbit huntin*. I still hold mine that way more or less and I git hailed out uhout it pretty often yet. I don't know why it is: but somehow my Springfield puts me In the mind of my old single-barrel I used to shoot rabbits with up In No'th Calina, and I can't clar. my head o' the fact that it hain't." Hut I will learn in due time, I guess. Each soldier lin.s been issued a blue overall suit. "Fatigue uniforms" they are called and they are worn by the men when they are detailed to dig trenches or cut woo<l"T5Tv'riT5vevfi "house ' or do one of a hundred other things that they have to do occasionally. To sec a squad or plantoon of soldiers dressed in these fatigue uniforms reminds one of a nans: of carpenters or day laborers. I'nless you know it beforehand you could not tell thnt they were soldiers. The men like these fatigue clothes and wear them nt every opportunity because they prevent their uniforms from being soiled and when the uniforms are not soiled they don't have to be washed and there is not a single soldier in this division who likes to wash?clothes. I mean. As a matter of fact, very few are keen about washing their faces when the thermometer is around 10 or 12 in the morning as it has been most of the time during the past few weeks. Men who have families dependent upon them are beginning to receive the allotments made them by the governinnet for the support of such families. and It Is easy to see that they are much easier and more satisfied since I'ncle Sam's checks have been received by their wives or other dependents. A private soldier who drnws $30 a month and who has a wife and child dependent upon him for sup port must allot half of his pay or )i5 per month for the support of such family. Tho government supplements this sum by an addition of $20. making $35 that the wife and child will receive. That loaves him $16 for current expenses and no married man has any business spending that much money on himself?especially a married soldier. There are hundreds and thousands of married men In the army since the draft law became effective and naturally it has taken time and a lot of work to straighten out all the kinks. The wonder is that the allotments have betn received so early. The average soldier, however, having 1 no realization of the mass of detail In connection with this government assistance, has been very impatient about it and now that his family has received the first check and is absolutely certain of receiving It regularly each month hereafter, a load is off i his mind. Still the more thoughtful freely concede that Uncle Sam Is taking great care of his army, considering the short time he has had for provision. There is no "dope" afloat as to when I we arc going over. Really the subject does not concern us and It is the l rarest thing In the world that one runs up against a soldier who is the least i bit interested in a discussion about it. I Why should we care about it or why < should we specualte on it? We are soldiers of the United States govern- 1 ment and we will go any place at any time the government says go. If we | go tomorrow, it is well. If we never go. It Is well. If the war is still In progress when the military authorities 1 consider us fit for service, we will go over and into It. It it should come < to a close tomororw. we might go 1 Wn havpn't BTfit time to ( speculate or meditate or contemplate i the point. We don't even discuss it. 1 There is a thousand times more dis- i :usslon of the European situation in I the city of Greenville every day than i there is at Camp 8cvler. Every work- s ins: hour is devoted to building and t studying and marching. Our job is to io and not to inquire why we do or to S try to ascertain the enemy's do. So i far as the outside world is concerned J the soldier's attitude is: "I should < worry." This day three months ago I was c transfererd from Camp Jackson. Co- I umbla to Camp Bevler. This night I three months ago I slept or rather lay. c in a tent all night for the first time * in my life. I didn't sleep a wink that t sight because It waa all so new and l .4??? r?,,? r am "H?ht amurf more \ >f a soldier" (as these North Carotin- 1 ana say) than I was this night ninety I lays past, and I shall sleep sound as a veil as warm under canvas tonight. I c lldn't like Camp Sevier the first week c >r two and I wished a thousand times 1 [ was back at Camp Jackson. Now I a im equally as well satisfied here as I c iras there because I have become ac- 1 :ustomed to it And Greenville is a a >etter soldier town than Is Columbia. \ True. Greenvllleians?the tradesmen, t mean, will hold you up for your rhol* month's pay by charging exor- a >ttant prices for things; but they will t reat you pleasantly while they are t lolng It and tnvtte you to loaf around t iwhUe after It Is gone. Columbia t radesmen took it the same way; but 1 leglected to leave the good taste in t our mouth. Citizens of both towns are quite hospitable: but Greenville has it on Columbia In that respect, according to soldiers who have been stationed in both places. In a letter from a friend the other day 1 was asked to state the scale of wages tend soldiers by the government. I can't say anything about the t>a> above the rank of captain because l don't know and haven't time to tlnd out. A "buck" private draws $30 petmonth: a tirst class private receives $33; a corporal. $30: sergeant. $3S; mechanic or carpenter, $36; cook, $3$: tirst sergeant, $51: second lieutenant. $111.07; lieutenant. $166.67: captain. $300. And every darn man of every t,rade earns ever nickel he gets. 1 don't mean to be understood as kicking. i am merelv stating a fuct. Jas. D. Grist. MERE-MENTION Ucports received at Washington indicate that fuelloss Monday was observed b> practically : p?-r cent of the business concerns affected by the order of l>r. Garticld. Most of tin- infractions of the ord?r are said to h. ve been due to misumUrstandings rather than to wiliul disobedience During the past few months revenue of livers ha\o destroyed 1?0 moonslnni stills in Tennessee. It is said that there aie more illicit stills in Alabama Ti.nni.??,i.i and (tooriria now than ever before. The product of the stills si lis at a roll ml a gallon Curing the week eliding Tuesday there were lit' Mia 11 lets hankered with eoal in New Yotk harhor. There wen lo3 other ships waiting for coal The American gunboat Menorracy was tiled upon near Kien-I.ih-Slon lust Monday. The attack came without warning and the gunboat returned the tire. One sailor was killed and two wounded on the gunboat The launlon Daily News says that President Wilson has recently tinted ui>on the liritish cabinet the desirability of an early settlement of the Irish question ...Packing house employes of Chicago are urging the Washington government to take charge of the packing houses of the country until tin end of the war The city schools of I'litcago have been closed for set oral days and will remain closed until next Monday on account of a shortage oi coal for heating the school buildings. .. The health officers of 4 Charlotte, N. I'., have issued an order " requiring all places selling soft drinks in that city to use paper cups, instead of tlie ordinary glass .Two young white men were arrested In Charlotte on Tuesday, charged with robbing a local dry goods store of goods vulucd at l.'iOo. The goods were recovered and th<* men are said to have eonfessed the crime Scores of passenger trains In northeastern states were eliminated on Tuesday on account of liea\ i snow falls and in order lo put engines and fivws to work moving t'uiil Tlx- annual report of the Federal Reserve hoard shows that the twelve nsiive hanks in 1917 made a gross profit of ? 15,900,000, and a net profit of ill,200,000. A dividend totaling $6,600,000 was declared Twenty-one hundred ears of coal left Reading, I'a.. during the twenty-four hours ending Sunday night. This was the largest amount of coal ever handled by the I leading railroad in one day Secretary McAdoo has issueil a warnliiK to holders of Liberty bonds not to exchange tliem for other securities that promoters are trying to dis|>osc of. 11c says that a large percentage of the so-called securities offered In exchange are worthless Three children were burned to death in a tenement house tire at Yonkers, N. Y.. Sunday General Sir Ihuuphamp DutT. commander-in-chief of the Itrltish forces in India from 1913 to 1916, was found dead In his bed in London, Sunduy The new Finnish republic is said to be on the verge of civil war The American Ked Cross, through Its department of nursing. although enrolling something like 1,000 war nurses per month, Is calling for 30.00U to 40,000 nurses at once. There are now 10,500 nurses In Ked Cross service. The liritish lost only six vessels of 1,600 tons and over last week, same as the week before The sailings and arrivals were up to the average, 2,255 coming and 2,243 gOlllV CTToH-se tWufUT "hKtV cHii-""* J lured the Manchurlan city of Harbin Director General McAdoo on Tuesday night placed a temporary embargo on all freight shipments except eoul, food and war munitions in the eastern states After January 29, the bread rationing system will be applied to the territory included in the city of I'aris. Franco Despite me Closing <?l nuiimcus ui imuui-hict Of New York city on the Gurtlcld fuel order, the situation has been helped I'Ut little hetatise of weather conditions that did not permit even the normal amount of fuel to reuch the eity .. ..Transportation facilities have broken down in northern Russia and the people are said to be in a stars ilia condition In the larger cities. Such food as is obtainable is so high in price as to lie practically out of reach of tip- poorer classes Three Irish weeklies of New York, supporters of the Sinn Keln movement in Ireland, have been barred from the mails Hand its attempted to hold up a St. Louis. Mo., saloon Tuesday night. Two of the bandits were killed and a local politician was killed bv the third bandit, who escaped in an automobbNo loot was secured. t'omplete prohibition will he a fact thiougliout Canada after May I, as a result of an election in Quebec Col. Itoosevi It is being boosted as a candidate for the Republhan nomination for governor of New York. In reply to an inquiry from Secretary of War Baker, General Pershing says that "tin-re has never been a similar body of men to lead as clean lives as our men in France" Thirty German ships, seized by Rrazil when that country entered the war. have been chartered h.v the Freneh -government for carrying supplies to France. Sir Kdward Carson has resigned from the British war cabinet The value of farm products produced in the Cnited States in 1917 totaled the unprecedented figure of 119,443,S49.3H1. an increase of more than 16.ino.u00.00ii over 1916. according to figures prepared by the department of agriculture at Washington Eighty I Hitch ships have been chartered by I he I'nited States to carry supplies to England and France. Most of the vessels are now tied up In American ports ... Three vessels, one an American. were torpedoed In the Mediterranean sea, off the coast of Spain, a few days ago Frederick L. Woodward. a private In the army quartermaster's corps, confessed in Washington. Monday, to having set fire to the iiiartermaster storehouse burned in Washington last week. In which ISO. loo worth or supplies wore destroyed HONEST LIQUOR LAW8 WANTED. Editor The Vorkvllle Enquirer: Isn't it about time for the South Car>llna to wipe out the quart-a-month aw and atop the thousands of South Carolina men who are daily perjuring .hetnsolves to secure a quart of liquor? iVhen a man wants a drink of liquor oal bad he won't hesitate to swear a io. I don't believe that I am far wrong when I assort that 98 per cent of the ipplicants for liquor ordering permits ire perjurers. And again, isn't it about time for the 4outh Carolina legislature to put an ron-bound prohibition on the sate of lamalca ginger, extracts, patent medl:lne concoctions and ciders that are told for no other purpose than to make irunkards? Just a day or two ago I lpnrii of ft rartv who hone>h? ??,??? ??a... uivic iiisii mlf a doxen bottles of a certain patent oncoction at a local store because the ituff contains about two-and-a-half >unces of alcohol In a one dollar bottle sold at $1.25)? It Is a concoction ad ertlsed to cure practically everything com ingrowing toenails to smallpox, f men are allowed to sell this rotten ituff to men who have no more control tver their appetites than to drink the lamnable stuff. Isn't it a pity that the eglslature will not put a stop to Ita iale? The stuff will ruin the man who liinks It and the proDt derived from ts sale ought to damn the man who tells It. He Is certainly robbing the vlfe and children of the man or men o whom he sells it If the legislature can't be induced to ict in this matter then local public sen- J Iment and the church people and pason of the community ought to take a land In It and* bring such pressure to tear as will stop it Men and women, r you love your fellow man, it is time o speak out A Mother. York. 8. C.. January 22, 1211. , " " .11 A.' -