Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 29, 1918, Image 2
Scraps and .fact*.
Washington has information that
an. InonaiU Wood has been slightly
wouminJ in Fran* Th?: information
giw.*n out is to th<; cff'.-ct that the
wound was taust-d by an accidental
xj.Josion tiiat killed five French sol li'
ia ami wounded two American soldo-:*.
No |jitititulars are given. It is
Known, however, tnat 'Jen. \Voo?J is
on an observation toui in France.
?j? ( r< tur> Alc.Vloo has issued 01
umlvr whnh all iawyem drawing
i< i.uiii-r tccn trorn tin* railroads art
iroj.jn-d tiom tin* J/K\ roll al! lawvi
is hk j.t *lii>-?* a- t iaily engaged in
nc'iMarv iit:Katiori Tin* i>ri|i*r also
foibids thi* is-u.itli >? 11 tlallSJior atmii
alt1) il founds tin* |><vmg out
o] moni-v lot any |**lili'.i. }.ar|'0-i*
V. Il.lt I'Vi'l
\\ i'Ii 1 1 a if,,1 ii aii|iiaiR-, 3.000 fia t
aiio'.i* i-aitli, il.tjui K. itliirn-hanJt
a ml ' {.tain J i'Mllifs. o! Ill*: lOVal
ISniish (lying i oi|is. 1. 11 i?it trom Fort
Woith to Sail Ni.'oi.ni. won a thrilling
lilit'li lot II I 11 11 ami || .I| ||||| tin ir
n <*lniai|oi, -al ! Tin last sixty
mill v i.l tin lli-ni vviii- 111.nli- with
Alajoi Kt.im tiaii|i Ivina out on tin*
|>laln ami In. 1*111., >11 IS is It loll a Willi? oil
" *" ? - t ?' - lit S '..111 I ?M * . It*
< .1 niim pn.dic tloli show lug
I li.lt ! ':>!] |>. i* - .J < 11 *>lll s'\ i li to t'-ll
..lit ahnv? th* i lining i US', Wc|c
ma*]. p.|i-ii* I i ! *.? > I*} III'* I-'? ?! I 111
'i I I.:. I'liiiiini 'i**ii .11 ;iii iliM .-tlga'
IOli >-T* .J ll. \ |l Ilia Mlllll'X'k. 'I IIV
I I |.|i,.I'll ill. ga -ollll' was fOUIld
In I II.I low I III ''all I'm 111.I. 13.a"
it.'- 'I i lail ;.i h i iii Sali I 'laii
I I . la w.' gi\ ' II a- 3'i.a I I Ills. Till
i.1 -Iii-t was iii \i'?
.! i ' ami la-Nril tcnitniv, amountII.g
. .* ;!; ' tits, w Kill 'In X? w
Vm! ii'.iil |ii ii i wa- ;p; cents. '?tln r
h MM- . I \ I W I ' i| 11 rulisl, la.l'i\2;
'hliain I . 111 _'l I-lit- Till* oil I 111 iM -n.il
n:ia! it a?ii iin market price hi
i iii|< i.iI m '-niiiputiMg tin- ri'lliiin?
11.-i
Sniiii tut ?tiiii; disclosures re"aiding
\iivi nan . i in i v a Mail.- at
In.tin a 11 * I I Wi|i Ul\i ll nut last
I'lldav till iii|-|i |il|lilli'.lt lull nl' i'till till*
lit in I t.-timonv giM n i'i-ii nll\ Inline
I'm -latv lullitarv committee in i xccuii\.
?--mi,- Stati iii. nts nl luarlv all
tin w it ni's? -N li'.inl In liitnl i'lii.si'il
mm-. I-M-. jit Maim ii-ti ' "i ii/.iiT. clm-i
n hiiliiaiu'v. w i givI'ti iii lliv usual
|H mti il 11*|hif t III - tlllllllti'i' proceedin-:
i m. tli.it in ail-.I something nl a
'li among 11 mlii'i - nl riilijil'iss Was
iliat ! !: |ii. -i iitalivi Met 'nriilifk. nl
11 ll In ii -. w iim liai i. I ii alii a \ INI! t.i I lie
aIIn -I li.ittl' limits, ti.l.l tin- inmniittfc
a 111 i -i ll' la I? W'l' al'l'l ill'lisivv iv
a i 'I iii i ii m I ilia t -ii nl Aiii'i lean
wai maiiai'i iim nt; that I'teiiiiiT l.lnvd
' m ai in si I\ suggested Major ? ll.
Inmiai.l Wood's appointment as the
\iii< i |i an tiiilitai'N ii pri si ntatixi
al.n.a.l a ml that high iilllvvl'S III t h 11.
!' islum 's i niiiiiiaiiil litgcd that Major
a li I'm/hi. i he I nl ordnance. alld
i.nia i li I mast ii 'i. Sharpc l>? super
> .|"l
(hi ma ii atrocities haw liecn milium/'d
"II. hllll'lr* 'i tllllvs whcl'c tllc\
lull' li' . II lllilgtlllh'd mice, ItlCtllhct'S nt'
Ha lh 1'iihln an t'luh nt New York
mi' tnl'l SatMi'lai h> f'apt. ,\. I'. Sllllliliilis.
I S V. niilltari iihscl'Ver ill
ihiinativ I ii 11 ? the iiint'ili/atimi. having
iii i'll attarheil In tile American
. iiiitissx at I 11ii. "Itnii't let any mie
I' ll \nii that ta tin.in atrocities are
iii'i'lx h'timi." I'aiitain Sitiimoiis dc
I.if .| "i in. nt the must gruesome
sights I '*\. i saw was the impaling nl
i'.-il'i' .- nil lliv > mis ni ( ruinii hawm ts
. ml tin ii i 1111 ii in traniie mnihers. it
miii knew the Imrrnrs thai patient,
sutl"' i in- little lielgintn lias hecn
thimigh xniir I'l I would freeze In
xniii viiis. We're get tu sacrifice till
lie skill Is ivnl'll ilnWII til the hones (if
iii hands. The dragon is just outside
ni -.ail " <'aplain Simmons said the
i'mied States must send a.uiMi.ooO men
in l-'iaiii i In make anv showing, "for
our em iiiv is t'ortitled h> almost impl'eglial'le
forces."
\ Herman naval engineer who descried
iroin Keil. according to an
\iiistcr<lam dcs|iatch to the London
IVittv V.vpress stales thai i'Av.uWs^v.f
inn among the men of the Herman
fleet is much more serious than in the
nrmv. Three weeks ago. he says, a
s'liiadioii oi mine sweeping trawlers
( llteleil llamhurg after an expedition
in wlm h ihiee men were lost m an encount'i
with the Itritish. The crews
Were ordered hack for duiv within ae
hoin ami without shore leave. Th >
declined iii Iil?'y. An hour later a licit?
tenant arrived and ordered the men to
i t ii ni to their I stilts. Tliev again re
fused ll<- si link two ot tlio mi it. tin'
i|is|i;itill i-oiitmill's, .'iinl was thrown
into thi' unti l ntnl li-tl to drown. The
iilitlii;iinl.'ilit. who (mil watched the
hint iri\. ill s|intt'hi'il n moioiiioat carrying
two 1111ilii11 - guns. which were
liii 11 into the crowd of sailors, killing
it ninl wounding 73. The others were
arresteil ami senti need to terms ol' imprisonment
curving from live to twenty
v i-a is
\ I 111 was introduced m the house
to tin- ways ami means eommittee last
Friday night. providing for siihmission
to tin iii* i|*|i* hi the next general election
the i|iiestion of a lour million
lollar tioini issue to wipe out the inilehteillless
ol the state, to provide a
general tuml tor public buildings at
state institutions ami ottiee buildings
ami a tuml for bridges, to he illspetiseil
through tin- highway commission
m its efforts to construct a
pel tunneiit state highway system.
I tin amount thus provided. one
ami one half million wouhl Is* needed
tor indebtedness. a similar
amount loi public buildings to he
xpcmled during the next ten years,
ami one million for bridges. The
bonds are to bear a rate of interest
ma xeccding live per cent and
ai< to run forty years am! may be
taken up in twenty. The entire fund
i- to be handled by a commission consisting
of the governor, the attorney
general, the state treasurer, the cotnptrolh
t general ami the chairman of
tin state highway commission.
tireeitville News: The body of a
m :ro was discovered in the middle of 1
a bah ol cotton, while the bale was I
being compressed Thursday afternoon ;
.it tlie Atlantic Compress Company's
I>l;iin at Irwin street anil the South- '
.111 Uailwax. The initio apparently <
hail hi i'll iIimiI sex. ral weeks. The hale .
containing the body was iweivwl in a (
shi|niii lit from the I'nion See.I atnl
l-Vr Iili/.er Company in the outskirts of
Ml.int.i. not far I rout Kdgowood. The
body was i*la11 in hlue overalls anil .
".uiint>er" an.I seeiiteil to he that of a
mill lahorei. Shocked hy the diseoveix.
the startleil etit|iloyes of the coin|.n
ss company telephoned t?> the jiolioo |
a nil I >iti 111 \ es Metiill ami Pa vis wore
sent out. Mi m\estimation was im- *
iiieil i.i ( I > st.irteil. beginning xx it It the
effort to traee that particular hale x
hack to the ain xx here it originated. ;
Tin superintendent <>l the I'nion Seed
anil Kertili/.er Company started for the
eoiitpress plant at oiu'e to render what 1
ai.l he until! in tracing the haleandas- j
11 i t.lining, if imssihle. the manner i>f ,
death ot the negro. 'We do not know
u this is one ot our hales." he said. 1
"It is possible for a man to fall into the I
haling press before it starts eompres- |
sunt. hut. of course, it is a very unlikely
sort of accident."
Uepiesciitatixi' Hughes of Oconee.
wont aftiT the I'olumbia Stair in a
speech in tho house last Friday Mr. '
Hughes explained that In* >vas i <>i .1
lilcasritr. hut had voted fo- .\lu 1mnK.
Ho ro.nl editorials from tho
'oltunhia Stato criticising tneinn-rs who
ha<l \oto.l for tin* abolition of tno ?l
t.i\ commission aiul for tho proposi- ,
tion of having tin* council of defense
made Up of men selected hy il*.o legislative
delegation instead of men up- '
pointed by tho goxernor. 11-- -irirgo I e
ilie State with suppressing "h irn.h (
as to matters that w? ro in ?p,? silion
to its policies, and with abusing ..ml '
xtllifying men w ho wore unable ?o t
agree with it. H. H. Kvans of New- ,
berry, did not know whether tJ ieornor
ManniiiK dictated the policy of v
tho Stato or tho State dietatod ti.e
l>olioy i?f ttovernor Manning. 1*11. Ii*> s
did know that tho two were always ^
eloso in accord. Hughes .said ho was in .
favor of tho a hid it ion of tho stato
tax commission and was opposed to ?
doing away with Governor Manning's \
council of defense: but at tho t
same time he was willing to concede c
ii. those who differed with him the t
sa.ue li> ncstv of purpose thai tic \
claimed for himself H. H. ICvatis Ue- r
cltired that the State had done root**
to keep alive partisan pohncs in
South Carolina than any other paper
in the state, not excepting the Andcr- s
mg the liritlsh to u more aggressive n*
naval policy than they have been bi
pursuing heretofore There is a feel- t?
ing throughout Amenca thut Or eat ti
Britain although unquestionable su- 12
pj
1 pel 101 to ?n- Hermans in naval n
strength, has all along been aeting on m
the defensive rather than the apgres- t'
sive The Herman navy has really *r
shown more aggression than the jj
' British navv. The British navy has el
been lighting only when it was obliged ^
to fight. That was the case of the r';
Skagerai k battle. The thing has a ti
kind of a flavor that Hi eat Britain is vv
so fearful as to what might happen iM
if she shouM lose her navy, or should g
her navy he reduced to inferiority as a
compared with the Herman ii.iiv. that '
sin is ufiaid to take mote risk The ||
American i.lot is that in view of the
i i-i to. n>lou> Hiliierioritv of the Allied
son Tribune or The late Scimitar, and
was all the more blamaMe because it
hail so much more influence than
either of the pupeis Its methods,
howevei, were in no wise more commendable.
?hc -Morhvillc tfnquirrr.
Kntered at the postofflce at York ai
.Mai: Matter of the Second Class.
YORK. S. C.:
TUESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1918.
ttliiif* have Kola out t.. local
lin.il'l* Hist11|> IliiK lla III > at ollis
lieKlll til' I \. I ll.lli.lt lull nf !?-KI>tri||i!*
tin n.st .-li.?
lalt a*i loo'l .>|ie|'j. are ?.!' tin
|.lll,oil til.l! I the Will I ill11tltl**S fO|
|iini11* t ;WO v*ni-s. Mi.- -a lio|>- world
A .11 le |..|l|e?..| *1, tta \l-IKe l.l ?l.l|valioii.
IV..|.|i who have aluavs stood fot
|||ii|l,lilt.ii|l have III. reason til eolll
|*l.i ii n| The Miaitiiei in 1; i?-11 civill/.al|i?ll
IS MOW V'llllil lltjim their |..,slt|l.||
and illlllllIlK their hopes
ll was .1 tiooil tlllllK that people l*ais
I as Mini h food as they did last year
l-Jvi i v i.oilv sees that now; hut food i>
koiiiu to cut a hiitaer tiffin**' I his yeai
than it in! last veai. Kveryhody should
fmi foiHi i vi iv effort 111 this direction
Tin- ottlv ii ii.suii that Smith I'aro
11:> whs n<>i liist r.itii'v the |t?!iilnt|OII
.- Itlelnl II III to till eellSlitlltiotl
uf tin- I'ntte.l Slates Was 11?'<'11 list'
Mississippi .mil Kentiieky heat her tn
t Smith t'aroliiin is as si I ntiuly for
I i<>lii! )ti> >i as an> other state in tin
I'lliuii. ami li.nl it lint Ins-It for I!. K
l-ll.'naii. sin- wouhl have Ii?-<-ii ilrv fur
In- |?ast Iwetilv -live years.
In llM-tlSSIIlU tin |II- SltUll "I' the
fi?< loin of t|n- si ns. referred to in
I'l" st-Ji-iil Wilson's til aihlivss tn
< uii?!ii->s i'mini \oii tlertlnm. tinl
n t man i-Knm-lliir. says that "it
vmil.l In Imlih 11III it a I) t lor III:
ftiiiliitn ot shipping ill tin- future it
strongly I'm tiiiml naval h isi s on im|iortaiit
inteinatioiiai rcltles. surli as
Kir.: In ml has at < ihrnltiir, Malta. A?l
ii. Iloiiuknnu. the Kalklam1 Islainls
ami Miaii> utIters were removed."
In lie- wi-ehly military hvipw. Stint
n \ linker throws nut u warmou tn
tin ill-it tliiit tin . 11 >| n i nt I it - n | in
sultlaini iIIi activities illirillK 'In past
two mils nt' until' has resulted from
tin- fiii'l tliiit tlii' i?i" ruin li." Ii.i it Ileal
III . 111 till it SUhluuritloS tu In- liiltod
preparatory tu n croud cumpa-mi
acnilist Ann-ill-.iii transports
iiitj ships corryim: supplies tu Krattri'.
Tin' secretary is looking I'm- renewed
t :? ! iii.iii activities mi :: I ti u-t scale oil
Imtli I: ti11 ami sen.
tin- tintisi' on last Thursday rcfusi-tl
in pass a in 'solution ili-i-larinu tin
in \t follow Iiik linn- .Mninlays legal
holidays. out ot recognition of tin
liai'iii lil fin-l order That was right.
All tin- government wants iii this
iii..itt r is uhcdifiicc tu tin- law. It
-' Ms nut ask anyhndy tu go In-yond
tiial. ami pcuplt who si-i-k to tlo a
littli- mini- than tin- government is
Isklllg t Ill-Ill to tin iii.i ki- spi-<-tat-|i s of
tin lust his mostly It is suggestive
of tin- idea of wanting to Ik- "too
smart" wImri- it is ih-sirnhl?- that they
In- uiilv 'smart eunuch."
1.1 m It>11 has m-ws hy way of the
Kxi-hattgc Telegraph company from
Ziiiiieh that < cm-mix Hiiulcnhurg anil
l.iiilt'iiilnrf. dissatislicd with fount von
lli-rtling's speech, arc talking of resigning.
It is vi-ry well understood that
tin military crowd in Ccrmany stands
for absolutely not hum short of the
lompbte oompu'st ni tlic world. ami
tli.it they slunilil In- impatient of anything
that is siurKostlvv of eotnproiiiisi
is natural. Kut lot lis wait for
siiiui'thinn mori' ih'tluiti' before wo
laiilil a Ei'i-al ilea I on reports of tho
protiahli- resignation of IlindenhurK
ami l.iiili'iiilorf.
Tin* general assoinhly has iimlor
i'onsuli ration a proposition to borrow
;a.ihoi,nun to put tho stall- on a oash
basis. Hut tho trouble is that the
borrowing of $.t.iiiio,inoi will not put
the stato on a oash basis. It will
niil\ toinl to onrourage tho fMso notion
that debts have boon pan), ami
immediately there w ill bo rosutuoil
I ho saino ohl prm-tieo of living boyond
tho stato's inootno. Tho host way for
iho stato to trot ml of tho debt is to
ill off somo of its oxponsos. That is
a hat pruili'tit imliMiluals do when
iliov lind that thoy are living bovond
what they oan afford, and it is as
rood a rulo for tho state as n is fur
in individual.
Tho m nato has passod Sonator
Itanks's lull providing for state insuriiioo
of ootton in state warehouses,
fins is a proposition that has boon
vorkod out between Sonator Hanks
ind his friend Sonator Mol^turin. The
doa is lo give state warehouse ootton
mmuiiitv front the extortions of tho
nsurani'o trust, and assure that ootton
na> bo insured on the farms to as
tood advantage as 111 the town wareiousos.
Tho bill provides for the
Kirrowintr of $225,000. whioh is to bo
aid l>ack front tho profits on ootton
nsuranoo. It is hoped that tho house
vill a a roe with the senate in regard
? the matter.
Hon. John I- McLaurin has Just
riven out an open letter in which he
lenounees i>oth Tillman and Blease as
infit tor the office of United States
icn.itor--Tillman because he has outiv-?|
his usefulness, and Blease beause
In- is opposed to the adminisi.nton.
Mr. Meljiurin says he would
ike. while still possessed of his menal
and phjsical strength, to be In a
osition where he could develop the
varvhouse system and cotton and
tenertil insurance business of the
date along with the lines on which he
tas been working for some years: but
le does not say that he will be a canlidate
for governor or other office,
le does say. however, that no man can
>e governor except by alignment with
ne or the other of the political facions
and he declares that he is untitling
to place himself in such allgnnent.
Naval experts of the United States.
iays a Washington dispatch, are urg
n.ivits ov? t the tii-mian navy. the alii.
-i .na?i?> fan all??r?j t?? risk it (treat
leal ttii attacks or, liftman hasos.
there is a fii-lirik unit tins is exact- '*
i ly ilif tli.na to i|o. unit the uinlcr
stamlii.c i> that iriat kritain is la-- n:
init urk?il to ilo exact i> that. america
is m tor tin- i'oliriy of jm farraitut "
at mohilt? "i iii 111 ii thi- tnr|aa|in-s. tin h
ah'-ail"' wliiit is ttoina to come out
of thi- v\li<>it* situation r-mains to he tv
s. i n. hm tin- aiin-ru .his are nislsttim
ll.ii' Tin.111 submarines i t)>t lie
utiiitiTi'il at their liases. I'
. . tl
'( lint \nii ll'Ttlinu. 'ii>- ? i-iiiiiii
li.iiii'i'lloi. has iiia<le a <|?-? h in tin* n
iiK listau ui.ii-h is virtually a direet |n
1 r? |i|> tu I'd <i|iI -iit Wilson's spiceh uf ti
January "> to roiinress Voti llert- u
hint's >|! ? 11 ts ileeiiledly warlike. Ho jj,
sns thai In- is -ii lull iijiri i tin nt with is
. tl.<- I'mteil States as to si-vi-ral points. tl
I hilt iis to ot IliT points lie ilei'llHi'S to tl
is i-uKiii/.i- lliat tin- Aliu s havi- any J'
| sn\-so. Only Itiissia iiti I tin- Central j,,
. |io\\its. In- siiys. an- concerned ahout in
what is to l.i- ilom- with territory captuii-il
from Kussia. W til ?-fi-r?-net jj|
to I'i IuIIIill. the ehanei'llor says that c|
ieriiiaiiy has in-vi-r i|?*ni:in?l<-<I the in* '
corporation of her tertitory hy \io- J'J
i lein e. mI the matter i iti he arraiia
eil in final iH-aotiatioiis. tieriiiatiy n
elaiius AIsiiee ami Lorraine as oriulmiliv
tieriii.'in. taken awn. h? I'ra i< e.
i i
lie refuses to lliseilSS the ijUeSUOII ot j,|
returiiiiiK the provim-is to France, si
lli rtlina says this territory will never
he Kiven up. iSeriuany will slaml l?y '
Austria to the last 'turkey is not (a
to he tuti-rfereil with, iieeoi ilina to
xoii iiirtliiii:. ami i ierniiiiiy it in I Austria
alone will decide tin- fate ! i'OI.-Illil.
When all Other |llestlon.-' ill!- P
' sittleil." says von fIt-rtlillU. "Hernia
ny will lie rnuily tu ilisetlss t lull
a Hue of nations."
ol
. ? tl
Simple dismissal from the army is
not stillieielit punishn i-nl fm snoh
Iiisli and brutal iiiciln.il utlieers ac- j,
cordim: I" Secretary I taker. The i?l
>e?-retat> wants something nmn than
that done to Hum. an<l it is very j(
iiiih Ii to his ereilit that it is so. lie in
has just hatiileii hack to eoiirtinartkils tn
T
two eases with reeoiniiieiHlatioiis that
pi
the sentences he revised so that they
woiihl he more severe. 'lie ease was 01
that of a snohhish hrnte of a llieilieal s'
otliei r who. when a sohlicr in the J,''
ailvaneeil sialics of |nimniunia, faileil (f
to salute U|?on reporting to the hos- tl
pita I. sent hint hack to the ranks ?!
h
with a reeuniinenilation that he he ot
'A'i'ivTi ''iViTtWio- tAf&V.f. 'Wt- VftA?. A ivA A?rt>'-ft
next tlay. The name of the hrutul "
"iloetor" was John O I>ver. on hos- '!
si
pital ilnty at '"amp l-l listen. The oth- s,
er ease was that of l.icutenant t'has. <1
\V. Hole, at famp I enIIregard. .\n
' 111
atnlnilaiiee loaded with nine siek men ;
eaim to the mlirmaiy of which the s|
nan was hi eharue. The iloetor or- Vl
ilereil the ilriver to wait outside. The
driver reported that it was raining j?
and sleeting and on man was do- in
liriotts. The "doetot" ordered that sl
the delirious man he ied and that till
??f them lie taken lmc< to camp. Two j?
of the men died hefore they eotild re- A
ci\c attention. The testimony show- j'j
ed that while the hospital was crow d- j,(
1 ed. the men could have hcen aeeotti- ai
1 modated. at least to the ixtent that
1 the> i ould have been more comfort- y)j
aide. The eoiirtmar lal recommend- S|
ed that both these men he dismissed <>l
from the service: hu: Secretary Ifaker
wants to do more than that to s'|
thetn. and he is right. fr
ht
I he "pence negotiations between tt|
tin Hermans and Russians are turn- |x
in* out just about us was expected.
The Russians wort* pretty well knockctl
to pieces wlteit they entered upon tu
the negotiations. hut they still hud a
senthlauei of iin army. The Hermans ,v
understood the situation thornuKhly !(S
and thex understood also that they m
t on Id overrun Itussia whenever they ?
not reail>. Itut they did not see any
use in ineurriuK exper.M unco. meney
and munitions to accomplish that |?r
which could he accomplished by a
little delay. Hence the peace nefjo- (>J1
tiations. The Hermans figured that dti
with the inauguration of peace nesll
gotiations the dcsintcgration of the ^
Itussia11 army would he still further
accelerated, and that within a few su
weeks they could announce their ,h
terms to u still more helpless people. ur
That is what they have done. They of
have given the Russians to under- i
stand that the terms of peace in- t
elude the annexation to Hermany of ne
all those parts of Russia now oecti- sh
pted h> the Herman armies and the
inclusion of territory on the Raltic 8j|
coast that ??us not yet been actually wl
taken over. The Rolshevikt peace P'i
eotumissioners were very much U3- sa
at I
tounded at the Herman terms but a|,
thc> were not iti a position to help ini
themselves?not even to make a show
- . . . . . ... esi
oi Helping inemwivcii, .\s 10 wnai is y
going t<> happen next, it is impossible he
to say: hut we are looking for tier- cii
many to take Czar Nicholas out of the ""
custody of the Holslieviki, restore the ou
ohl ahsolute inonarehy and use the all
personnel of it uIoiik with the ma- mi
ehiner.v to govern Russia ?s a tierman
province. th>
< ? sei
t ic
It lias been said more than once that |al
this is a war. not altogether between
armies: hut rather between nations.
That is true: hut people do not realize
it fully. They look upon it in the ab- a
stiaet rather than in the concrete. c,u
so
Rut the people of this section will act ?f
the part of wisdom if they will let their th
imaginations loose and become alive to m'
the possibilities of the ruin that can
he wrought by secret enemies right s~
amongst us. The burning of the S. J. Sp
Kimball stable in Kock Hill the other on
night might have been purely a matter
of accident, and so might have been sjt
the burning of the Mackorell-Hart H<
warehouse in Yorkville last Saturday ei'
j morning. Yes. it mgiht have been an ^
[accident in both cases, and it might not ca:
I have been. It might have been the wc
I work of incendiaries in both cases. It
1 . sei
is a war not altogether between armies; jjc
but a war between nationa It is a war yei
<
ot altogether between rifles, guns and
ayonets; but it is a war of gas sticks.
arson, rape, poison, assasslna-1
on. wreck, ruin?anything to demoral:e,
terrorize and intimidate. Our peole
have not awakened to the seriousess
of the situation. They have too
tuch confidence in their security. They
link that if incendiaries are abroad
t all they are not likely to be abroad
i this country. Maybe t'ais is so. but
is safest to take no chances. Evrybody
should watch for incendiarism
s they have never watched before,
et every American help watch the
ill road bridges and trestles and the
neks. Keep watch on warehouses
here food and other supplies are storJ.
Keep watch on everything everywhere.
it might be well to perfect oranizations
among the people to look
iter these things more systematically.
he.se are serious times and it is the
llerest and the duty of every man to
ateh.
Every Day.
free a,l. space hunter to the editor:
"I wish you would insert a notice
lling the peopU?"
Kditor: "As an advertisement, you
lean'.'"
l-'ree space hunter: "Well, no. I have
o inom > with which to pay for it:
Ut the people ollght to klloW It."
Kditor: "Is there any more reason
hy the people shouhl be told at niv
ipouse than at your expense?"
free ad. space hunter: "Since you
ut it that way, I do not know that
it-re is."
Kditor: "I shall not dispute for a
loment that you have something the
i-ople ought to know, and I am frank
> tell you that if there is more reason
hy 1 should tell the people than there
that you should tell, thin 1 shall not
i-sitate to do the telling: tuit it there
more reason why you should tell
Kill than there is why 1 should tell
out. then it is up to you to do the
lling. If you think you can tell them
-:ier through The Kiuiuirer and at the
ast cost, then I would advise you to
so The Kn<|iilrer; but if you think you
in gel at thein better by some other
icans. why. if I were you, 1 would
s?- the other means. Hut the reason 1
leeked you up at the In-ginning was to
nphasize the fact that what this
i-wspaper is being published for is the
i-netlt of the public* it is not being
lited by the public, for if it was beIg
edited by tile public*, it WOllld be
but small public value. The editor
ills in at the expense of the publishes
what he thinks the public wants,
ml when other people want to put in
>mething (or the benefit of the public
seems nothing but right that they
imild do il at their own expense or
uuchody else's expense?not at the
tpi-nse of the publishers."
ECONOMY OF BREAD.
resident Prescribes Rules to Govern
Consumption of Food.
Iteginning yesterday there must be 5
it cent of 'other cereals mixed with
Id wheat flour, up to Kelt 24, when
le substitution must aggregate 20 per
-nt. Itetailers must sell a pound of
destitute with each pound of wheat
our sold. The people will be allowed
i buy 70 per cent of the amount
Hour they bought last year. People
list eat no wheat on Mondays or
'ednesdays. They must cut out wheat
ir one meal each day. No meat must
? eaten on Tuesdays' and no pork
ust be eaten on Tuesdays or Fridays,
he following proclamation of the
resident lias neen puuiisncu:
Many causes have contributed to
eate the necessity for a more inten~
ve effort on the part of our people
> save food in order that we may
ipply our associates in the war with
ie sustenance vitally necessary to
lent in these days of privatioin and
ress. The reduced productivity of
urope because of the large diversion
man power to the war, the partiaL
ffl?wrtHiirw(>? anft fnt- vYitinfflH
on of the more distant markets fcr'
lodstuffs through the destruction off
lipping, places the burden of their
iihsistenee very largely on our shouli-rs.
The food administration has torn lated
suggestions which, if followed,
ill enable us to meet this great ivlonsibility.
without any real inconenience
on our part.
In order that we may reduce our
msuinption of wheat and wheat
rod nets by 30 per cent?a reduction
nperatively necessary to provide the
ipply for overseas?wholesalers, jobers
and retailers should purchase
ml resell to their customers only 70
i?r cent of the amounts used in 1917.
11 manufacturers of alimentary
listen, biscuits, crackers, pastry and
rcakfast cereals should reduce their
iirehnses and consumption of wheat
ml wheat flour to 70 per cent of
leir 1917 requirements, and nil link's
of bread and rolls to 80 per cent
their current requirements. Coniinei's
should reduce their purchases
wheat products for home preparaon
to almost 70 per cent of those of
st year, or, when buying bread,
lould purchase mixed cereal breads
oni the linkers.
To provide sufficient cereal food,
>mes, public eating places, dealers
ul manufacturers should substitute
itatoes, vegetables, corn, barley,
its and rice products, and the mixed
real bread and ether products of
ie linkers which contain an admlxire
of other cereals.
In order that consumption may lie
st lifted to this extent, Mondays
id Wednesdays should be observed
i wheat less days each week, and one
eal each day shoki he observed as
wheatless meal.
In both homes and public eating
aces, in order to reduce the conunption
of beef, pork and sheep
oducts, Tuesday should lie observed
i meatless day in each week; one
eatlesM meal should lie observed in
eh day; while. In nddition, Saturly
in each week should further be
iserved as a day upon which there
ould lie no consumption of pork
oduets.
A continued economy in the use of
gar will be necessary until later in
e year.
It is imperative that all waste and
inecessary consumption of all sorts
foodstuffs should be rigidly climated.
The maintenance of the health and
length of our own people is vitally
cessary at this time, and there ;
ould l>e no dangerous restriction, of
e food supply; but the elimination
every sort of waste and the sub- ;
It it t ion of other commodities of
lich we have more abundant sup- ;
ies ofr those which we need to
ve, will in no way impair the
rength of our people and will enle
us to meet one of the most pressi
obligations of the war.
I. therefore, in the national intert.
take the liberty of calling upon .
cry loyal American to take fully to '
art the suggestions which are being
filiated by the food administration '
d of begging that they be followed. '
im confident that the great body of
r women who have labored so loy- '
y in co-operation with the food adnistrntion
for the success of food :
nsorvation will strengthen their efrts
and will take It as a part of
rir burden in this period of national '
rvlce to see that the above sugges- '
>ns are observed throughout the
id. Woodrow Wilson.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- The house last Friday passed to
third reading a bill that repeals the
art a month law and establishes ab- i
lute prohibition with the exception ]
allowing the making of not less ,
an five gallons of wine for one's impdiate
family or for sacramental (
irposes. (
- The I'nited States public health
rvlce and the city board of health of 1
artanburg on Saturday Issued the i
ier closing all theatres, pool rcoras. 1
luscment places, schools and church- 1
In Spartanburg until the meningitis 1
uation is under control there, .
>alth official says that there bi no 1
idemlc of the disease there, but new
ses are appearing in different parts t
the city daily and that some new I
ses have developed at Camp Wads- i
irth. The order became effective t
turelay and Sunday there were? no t
-vices held at any church. The pub- t
schools of the city were not ojien^d t
sterday.
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NEW AOVERTISEMBENTS. t
I Joftn R. Blair?Says that he it out of nitrate *
of tod* application*, but i* doing every- 1
thing possible to secure a new supply.
: w L. Hill und others. Corporators?Give no- '
jce of opening books of subscription to the <
capital stock of the Planter* bank. Sharon, j
M -v W. B. Moore. President?Calls the anno- ,
si meeting of the Library association, to be .
held at the library rooms tomorrow after- .
noon. Members and other* invited.
Riomond G. Jackson. Guthriesville?Has a :
belted Hampshire boar for service. I
J M. Leech and D. J. Mitchell. Exers.?Call 1
| on debtor* and creditors of estate of G. C. (
Left'n, utnruni* iw pcmt "im luwii.
Minnie E. Shercr. Admrx.?Give* notice of
*ale of personalty of estate of J. W. Sher,
r. d?c*?*ed. on February 6th.
fi.milia Milling Co.. Kock Hill?Wants to
buy milling com in large or small quantitie>.
1'hone or write them what you have.
J,.hn E. Carroll. Supt. Education?Calls meeting
of western division of Teachers' association
to be held in Yorkville Graded school
next Saturday.
Ferguson & Youngblood-- Advise youvto give
>our livestock and poultry Pratt's condition
( owders. They are beneficial.
Vit-Connell Dry Goods Co.?Puts you on notice
that for the next five days it has goods at
specially attractive prices.
[ St a i Theatre Will l?e closed today. The programme
for Wednesday. Thursday and Saturday.
All good pictures.
J. M. Stroup Invites the attention of the lathes
to the superior qualities and style of
(iossard corsets and brassiere.
First National Bank. York?Insists that you
Mart a Christmas club account. You'll be
pleased with it. Start today. Start your
ihildrvn to saving.
Kirapatrick-Belk Co.- Announces its January
"white goods" sale and mid-winter clearanee.
Sale begin* Thursday next. Jan. 31.
Among the fool bills that the house
iiis killed at this session was one auihorizing
the state board of educa
ion to proscribe qualifications for
state otllcers.
Because Thursday is always a rcd11111
rush day with The Knquircr ofI'iee
force anyway, the last day in
which subscript ions may be paid at '
<1.?">. has been postponed until Saturday.
The office force could not
handle the rush of last hour payments
along with its other duties, in
eoniieetion with getting out Friday's |
i ilitlon 01 inc |>;ii>cr.
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PAY FOR LOST TIME
\\V have no definite information as *
to what various manufacturers and -s
other employers are doing about paying j1
employes for the time lost by obscrv- r
anee oi the order of the fuel adminis- i
nation. j
The fuel administration has no au- !
thorily to regulate matters of pay and A
can only suggest that employers pay J
for lost time. A
According to our view of it. it is J
nothing but right and proper thut all J
manufacturing concerns and other em- .1
plovers who are sufficiently prosperous S
in he liable to Income or excess profits ?
taxes, especially excess profit taxes. >
should bear the burden of the time I
Inst by their employes.
Tin-re is nothing the matter with a T
rule conditioning payment of enforc- S
id lost time on the putting in of all
oi her time allowed: but except for that 7
all lost time should be paid for.
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INCOME TAX RETURNS N
Farmers and others from all parts
of York county have been taking the J]
fullest advantage of the consideration q
of the government in sending experts o
to show them the requirements of the J1
law as to the making of income and ^
exeess profits tax returns. tl
Five experts, Messrs. A. H. Uood- 'I
year. F. I). Richardson. \V. S. Me- 'I
l?ecvc. A. J. Heat tie and S. \V. John- *
son were in Yorkville during three c
lays of last week. They had their
. 1 !? rjion k, S:ivines ?
bank, and at least Ave or six hundred I'1
KOpie came to them to And out ex-1 v
BPlV." "y'i?^o'!0lrcd in. '.he mat -1 c
ter of making returns. '
Mr. Johnson said Saturday that he M
and the others would go to Fort Mill
yesterday and that they would spend
today and tomorrow in the town of
Mover, where they will tie glad to
give assistance to all who apply in y
the matter of making returns. They t
will he at Sharon on Thursday.
WITHIN THE TOWN \
? If this fool tightening up goes on
for another six months like it has been jj
going on for the past six months, some
of the people who have been objecting v
to other people being allowed to raise S
pigs within the corporate limits of the
town, will lie willing, if there is no other
way for it. to raise pigs in their J,
parlors.
? A frame warehouse, situated on
South Congress street, near the Travora
mill, and containing about $2. MMt
worth of groceries, was destroyed (
by Are at about -I o'clock last Satur- .\
day morning. An adjoining building v
used as a dwelling was also destroyed. ^
The origin of the fire is unknown: but ^
it is said that small quantities of it
canned and other foods had been
moved from the building from time s|
to time and it is supposed that the Ore ''
si
was set by a thief either intentionally
or accidentally. The loss was close t(
to $2,000 and the insurance amount- w
I to $2,000. E
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY tl
The Jury commissioners on last
Saturday drew the following venire
of thirty-six petit jurors to serve during
the tirst week of the next term of h
the circuit court, which convenes on f<
Monday. February II: ' | {)
F. A. Duniap I'aiawba j,
Z. M. Neill King's Mountain 0
\V. B. Byers Catawba v
A. L Thompson Bethel e]
\V. T. Beamguard . King's Mt. a,
<?. K. NVilkins Yor'- h
B. F. Bennett Fort ,j.
It. C. Faulkner King's Mountain ft
\V. J. Koddey Catawba r
K. B. Price King's Mountain Vl
\\*. B. Moore, Jr York j,.
J. II. Sadler Catawba r;
T. K. Patton Catawba b'(
J M. Love Bullock's Creek pi
J. B. Mickle Bethesda n
I". K. Brandon Bethel
J. H. Dozier Catawba ,M
F. 13. Black Catawba
W. C. Far is Ebenezer
Lewis Ferguson York
VV. B. ??sbornc Fort Mill
V. K. Dickson Klng'B Mountain h?
B. F. Milhollen Catawba
K. B. Poag Catawba ,,,
Zeb Gordon Fort Mill H'u
R. E. Wingate Ebenezer.
J. X. Quinn Broad River
J. J. Jones ... . York
E. A. Feemster Bethcda
I. S. McKebon Fort Mill * ?
I..S. Sturgls r.Denezer "<
I. \V. Wallace King's Mountain m
F. M. Howe King's Mountain le
I;. P. Lilly King's Mountain w
J. M. Russell Ebeneser d?
I. L. Aycock Hethesda 'e
m
APPLICATIONS FOR NITRATES. or
The timp in which applications "u
must he made for nitrate is short.
Many farmers have already made -q
informal applications: but these ap- d?
plications do not count until they
have been made In a formal manner Uf
>n special blanks signed in dupli- ar
:ate. of
The blanks may be obtained from HJ
R. C. Allein. M. F. Cobb. Yorkville; th
!C. M. McDlll. Hickory Grove: John ar
R. Shirley. John R. London. Rock
Hill: W. B. Meacham, J. L. Spratt.
Fort Mill: J. S. Hartness, Sharon: ea
Ja?. A. Page, Clover, or Agents Mc- th
\eown and Blair. th
By this time, thanks to the fact ta
Mnt York county was probably the de
init county in the state to begin co
noting In the matter, all readers of Fi
he Yorkville Enquirer probably know m<
til about what Is to be done: but so
inyhow. it will not be out of place mi
o repeal the Instructions as follows: th
TTie application blanks must be an
signed by the farmer who must give
letailed information about the uses
o which the soda will be put The
ipplication will then be signed by the
county agent and approved by him
ind the committee recently appointed
o help in the distribution. These
>lanks will all be sent to Washington
>n February 4. Allotments will be
nade in Washington and results mailed
to the county agent who will noify
each farmer as to the amount slotted
him and tell hun the exact
itnount to deposit witn tne feopies
National Bank of Rock Hill. This
)ank will then make up club orders
or car lots and send these together
vith the funds to Washington. The
ar will then come forward from the
ort and be consigned to some farmr
in the group making up the or- j
ler.
The conditions the farmer agrees;
o in the contract are as follows
1. 1 am a farmer.
1\ 1 will use on my farm any nirate
sold to ine as a result of this
ipplication and I will not resell any
if such nitrate except as a land holder
or owner to my tenants for use on
ny land, and then not at a price exeeding
the actual cost of the nitrate '
o inc.
:t. This application shall be hinting
upon me for the ijuantity of ni- j'
rate applied for. or any pari of it]
hat may he allotted to me by the i1
Vdeial government. The Federal j,
mvi-rnment reserves the right to alot
to me a smaller iiuantity of nirate
than that herein applied for, or]
o reject my application altogether j:
or good cause, ami assumes no lia- j
tility for non-delivery to me of titrate
of soda In aecordanee with thisj:
ipplication. I
I. The Federal government re- j]
erves the right, if it should become
ssentl.il for the conservation of car
pace, to make shipments of nitrate :
n car lots only.
I desire the quantity of mrate
stated below for use on mv 1
rops as follows:
Truck. grain, cotton, and other
rops.
FEES OF THE CLERK
The cross receipts of the clerk's ??fice
for York county for the year
'. IT. amounted to $2,446.62. < ?f this
2.146.62 came in the form of fees
ml $300 in the form of salary from
he enunty. The total expenses of the
ilfiee for clerical help amounted to
>1.301.73. leaving the clerk for his
cr\ices the sum of $1,054.69. These
igures are shown by a statement just
prepared by t'lcrk Logan, showing
cecipts and expenditures for 1 V? 17. by
nonths. The statement is as foluws:
anuary $1S6 75
February tS3 75
larch 354 45
ipnl 220 "0
lay 264 ?0
tine 126 S3
uly 77 55
iiigust 1"3 oo
cptember 225 95
ctober 136 so
'oveinber 4"
)ecember 146 27
"otal from fees $2,146 62
alary for year front county 3o0 oo
'otal receipts from all
sources $2,446 62
lerieal help 1.391 73
Jet receipts of clerk $1,054 69
In connection with this statement
I is important to remember that this
* the tirst year's operution of the ofce
under the reduced fee bill passd
through the legislature by ScnaL?r
lleumguartl in 1916. The redueion
amounts to something between
0 and 40 per cent as compared with
he fee bill that had been in operaion
for many years previous. Also
li- statement above takes into conidcration
only cash receipts, the
lerk being entitled to equal fees in
uses still pending, just as the formr
?leik is still collecting fees on past
usiness. Also, it is a fact that the
olume of business through the
Jerk's ollice last year, was consider- j
lTfy less than normal on account f
>'hi' conditions.
ABOUT PEOPLE <
Aliss Sarah Kussell of Yorkville. ,
isited relatives* in Bullock's ('reek
his week <
.Mr. and Mrs. 1-awion Ashe of (>rngeburg.
visited Mr. and Mrs. II. T.
Villiants in Yorkville this week.
Miss Lou la Allein of Yorkville, has
liken a position with the First Na- 1
ional bank of Yorkville.
Mr. ami Mrs. J. M. Stroup of Yorkille,
visited their daughter, Mrs. \V.
I'utterson. in I-incaster last week.
Miss Nannie Plaxieo of Yorkville. i
e-ft today to take charge of the West- i
rn t'nion telegraph otlice at Barn- I
ell. S. C. I
Cordon Collier of Camp Sevier. I
Ircenville, spent Sunday with the i
ainily of Mr. C. It. Simmons in York- i
ille.
Mr. and Mrs. McHarg Davenport of ,
'amp Wadsworth, spent Sunday with ,
Ir. and Mrs. John It. Hart in York- ,
ille. .
Mr. \V. H. Sandifcr of Yorkville No.
, sustained a stroke of paralysis last
aturday and has since been in quite
serious condition.
Mrs. H. \V. Cuminings of Columbia,
pent several days last week with her
a rents. Mr. and Mrs. John <\ Dickon.
on Yorkville No. 1.
Miss Annie Dickson lias returned
3 Columbia after spending a week
ith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
iickson on Yorkville N'o. 1,
Superintendent 1>. L. Kambo of the
'orkville tJradcd school, attended '
iie meeting of the Catawba Oratorial
and Athletic association in Koek
[ill, Saturday.
Hev. Baxter F. McLendon of Benettsvillc,
who has been ill at the
ome of Mr. \V. D. (Jrist in Yorkville,
>r the past two weeks, left for his
ome yesterday morning. It was not
is intention to leave until today; but
is departure was hastened by news
f the death of his brother, Hev.
lurray M. McLendon, in the Flornoc
hospital on Saturday afternoon
t o'clock. Ifev. Murray McLendon
ad been taken to the hospital some
ays before for an operation, which
liled to save the young man's life,
ev. Baxter, who was singularly dented
to his brother, was overcome
v the bad news, and insisted on hur
ing home In order that he might C
p present at the funeral. He was
retty well recovered from his own t
Inoss: but was still very weak. Dr. (
ampbell. however, thought it would v
? safe for him to attempt the trip. ?
r
HERE AND THERE J
f
The snow, sleet, rain and freezes c
ive put the roads of the county into c
1 almost impassable condition, and ?
id roads are now the topic of conver- t
ition wherever one goes and has oc- v
ision to talk to travelers by auto- v
ohlle or buggy. t
Did you know that the two wheatless 1
iys and one wheatless meal per day f
le rest of the week means that you b
list eat wheat bread just one meal *
ss than half of each week? Two t
heatless days, Mondays and Wednes- 1
iys, means six meals, and one wheat- 5
ss meal on other days means Ave '
eals without wheat bread, a total of *
even meals per week. There are
ily twenty-one regular meals per
eek, and the wheatless meals total u
st one more than half. a
Tomorrow, January 30, is national *
"ag-your-shovel-day." During the s
ly millions of coal shovels through- '
it the country will be tagged In an ef- M
rl to remind every user of coal to
ie just a little less coal every day in v
i effort to conserve the coal supply b
the nation. If every coal user will
ie one shovelful less coal every day, .
e aggregate in a month or two will t(
nount to millions of tons of coal
ved. ;
None of us think that we want to ci
t horse meat, but it is not impossible v
at horse meat will come to be sold c
roughout the country in the not d|s- tl
nt future. Dr. W. Horace Hoskiers, si
an of the New York State Veterinary k
liege, in an address in New York, n
Iday, said: "Horse meat is really b
are nutritious than beef for the rea* f<
n that any animal that works has ?
3re nutrient qualities in its muscles
an a stalled animal." he said. "I Y
i sure that we are coming to the
' . ;. .....
point where large cities will have to
help Mr. Hoover along these lines."
Farmers from various parts of the
county who were in Yorkville on Saturday.
when asked about the condition
of the small grain, spoke somewhat
discouraging]v as to prospects.
A Bethel farmer said he had four '
acres of wheat, sown early in October. "
that is in good condition. A Bullock's J"
Creek farmer said that it looked to "
him as though wheat and oats were 0
badly damaged by the recent freezes. 81
and especially by the heavy sleet of K'
last week. A McConnellsviile farmer 0
said that while the grain was no doubt < '
badly hurt b> the cold, freezing weath- "
er. he did not think that its condition jl'
was hopeless, and with favorable con-1'1
dition later on the grain would come "
along all right. a
Yesterdaj was another one of those ^
heat less days. About everything was
dead and the people seemed to be '.
pretty willing to comply with require- 1
ments in regard to the matter. Although
there is nothing in the law to
prevent a man from selling goods or
transacting any other kind of business.
people are supposed to close up 1
on Sundays entirely. But they don't ''
do it?not all of them. A large j>er f
cent of them will go into their places ''
of business, let you have almost anything
you like regardless of state or 1
municipal laws. Hut compliance with |''
the heat order seems to be different. "
There is little or no ?lis|H>sition to "
violate the order either in letter or "
in spirit. There is far more complete
stisjH-nsion of business here than on
Sundays, and there is no complaint *
about it. The people of this section '!
stand ready to do whatever the gov- ,l
ernmettt wants them to do. it is a "
most wholesome sign. too. It means
that our people are for winning the
war and that they are ready for any '
sacrifice to accomplish that end. It "
has been said more than once that j'
the people of the south don't know
thai the nation is engaged in it strugpit
that threatens its very existence. "
That is a mistake. If the whole country
realizes the situation as does the J']
south, and is as willing to do all It
rati there is no limitation to the J,
leapth the president can go in conceit- 1
LratinfC every resource of every indi- N
vidttal in this mighty conflict.
It
While traveling in a l'tiUman on the e
Southern railway a few days ago. Here i>
and There struck up a chance uc- a
ijuaintanee with a young sailor, who w
was going in the same direction. The ti
nci|uaintance grew out of a request u
from the sailor to have a look at n dni- u
l> paper that Here and There was <;
it hunt to lay aside. He was a young ti
man of prepossessing appearance, was u
the sailor. His face was suggestive of s(
ducatIon and refinement, and his eyes ti
cave all the testinmony that eyes can a
(five of clean living and fearless inde- <>
petitionee of character; hut over his
learcut features there was a pallor u
that indicated recent illness front t(
which there had not yet heen complete c<
reeovery. In answer to ipiestions the ti
coung man explained t lint he had just |<*
men discharged from the naval hospit- h
tl at Washington, and on arrival at his <|
(tome somewhere in tieorgia, he would la
receive his discharge from the service, .si
It developed that he hud heell In ser- si
rice on the battleship Florida and had di
(tad his collarbone broken through the p
tceidental discharge of a rifle In the s
fiunds of a guard on board ship, lie 01
tail lain in the hospital for weeks and -ji
[tail at last been patched up so that he
rocM go home; hut with little hope
that he could ever go back into the
tcrvice. lie said that he had heen In |(
Hostile waters and had the sensation
)f feeling that the submarines were in
the vicinity; but he had never witness- '
d a hostile shot. "At the rule they ?
....I.I II... ?.,ilnr -I
tit" KUIIIK, .-iiiu t..? .. w-.-n -.
fear that we will never get any con-I!'
ddcrablc number of our soldiers across,
tml it does not look like we are going!
o amount to a great deal in this war." _
1'hen he continued sadly: "I urn sure I n
kVill never be able to get back Into the ?'
tervice again; but if I can tlnd a J'
> ranch in which they will accept me,
am going into the service again."
* it
LOCAL LACONICS d
fotW-HvU Chmthtr at Cnmmarcg. _ ^ . ii
At the annual meeting of the Rock 0
Hill Chamber of Commerce, held a
few days ago. J. Claud Cauthcn was
plected president, vice C. L. Cobb,
who hus been serving most accept- ''
ubly for the past two years ^
Cotton Ginning to Date. t<
Joseph M. Taylor, special agent of ^
the census department, reports that ''
there was ginned in York county,
prior to January 16. ISIS, 26,60" bales *'
of cotton, against 23.42H hales up to ^
Ihe same date last year. "
The Town Wins.
In the case of \V. R. Carroll, up- ii
pellant. vs. the Town of York, respondent,
involving the tiuestion of h
the right of the town to tax cotton si
buyers and cotton seed buyers, which ''
the .statute sought to exempt, the su- o:
preme court has ullirmed the Judg- b
ment of the court below
3uya New l!ot. p
The congregation of the First Itap- fi
list church of Rock Hill, has become
the owner of Iwo lots on Kast Main o
<treet of that plate, next to the post- si
nllice. It Is proposed to erect a 661,- J'
HUO church building on the properly, si
tnd as the lot is deep enough to permit
it, a parsonage will lie erected ui
the rear of Ihe church. The lot on fc
Kast Main street was purchased at a
ost of 617.100. part of the amount d
being represented by a church site a
that had previously been purchased la
in White street. Work on the new ei
hurch building is to be started at an tl
?arly date, and it Is expected that the a
edifice will he completed before the
*nd of the year. <!
ruel Order for Mill*. "
The following order has been Is- j(
tued by R. K. Greer, deputy fuel com- pj
missioner for South Carolina: "No <
nill will be permitted to run more
flours than usual on the days, Tues- w
tn gatiipHnvu inclusive. This T
ucans that a null that ha* been run- ei
ling heretofore 60 hours in the day
Inie will be permitted during the pe- M
iod covered by the order to run on- hi
v fiO hours. Mills running at night ni
vi 11 be allowed to run the usual
lours for four nights only. Mills ft
hat observed the Garfield order and M
.vere closed down on Monday and
Tuesday of this week, will be permit- c*
ed to run during this week in the u
lay time a total of to hours; mills In
'unning at night for three nights
inly usual hours." in
latawba 0. and A. A. ^
A meeting of the officers and executive
committee of the Catawba
iratorical and Athletic association
vas held in Hock Hill on Saturday
nd plans were made for the annual ,
neet. The dates for the meet this
ear were fixed for April 19-20. to be
leld at Hook Hill. The association is j'
omposed of the high schools in the f'J
ountles of York. Lancaster. Chester .
nd Fairfield. The programme for
he readings and orations In April
rill be as follows; Boys, Winnsboro. ,.
'orkville. Hock Hill. Training school, j
nesier, run mm, i?hhu.wi , .......
'raining school, Yorkville, Fort Mill,
lock Hill. Lancaster, Chester. Winns- .
loro. One boy and one girl from *'
ach school will compete in the con- .
est. W. H- McNalry was elected
iresident of the association; W. L?. .
ilagginis, vice president, and it. ''. J?1
lurts, secretary-treasurer. **
heodors Bysrs's House Burned. fu
The Theodore Byers old home, sit- or
lated on the Howell's Ferry road,
bout eight miles west of Yorkville, * '
nd occupied by Mr. H. F. Stevenson **<
nd family, was destroyed by Are last P'!
aturday night between 10 and 11 "P
'clock. When discovered, the fire w
ras burning up about the second or
tory between the chimney and 'n<
reatherboardlng at one end of/ the Pr'
uilding. Neighbors from the sur- ot
ounding country to the number of 00
00 or more gathered in response to Pr'
he alarm, and did what they could w'
1 helping to save the household fur- t?l
iture. For lack of fire fighting fa- C01
lllties the efforts of the fighters were ctl
ery much hampered; but they sue- mi
eeded in sating some outbuildings tj*1
hat would have otherwise been detroyed.
The Byers house was a well ,n
nown old landmark and was once
cgarded as a fine building. The re- **
uilding of it now would cost between sei
jur and five thousand dollars. There uw
as no insurance. no
ork County Tsaehsrs' Association. an
There was quite a satisfactory at- be
endance at the January meeting of
he Eastern division of the York
'ounty Teachers' association in Fort
>1111 last Saturday. More than fifty
eachers being present. Mr. \V. D.
Jaginnis of Rock Hill, president,
ras in the chair, and Miss Susie
Vhite. the secretary, kept the records,
'he previously prepared programme
ras carried off in an interesting and
telpful manner. The address of the
evasion was delivered >> Dr. Patteron
Wardlaw of Columbia. who disussed
tin- "Seven most pressing needs
f the sehool at the present time." inhaling
development of patriotism,
evelopnient of character, expert sn ervision.
improved curriculum. The
a rent association entertained the vistors
at lunch. Because of the gonerlly
unpropitious conditions growing
ut of tile more pressing business ot
car. etc.. it was decided to make no
ttempt at holding the annual field
a\ exercises this year.
MERE MENTION.
Andrew Honor l.aw. the British
hanrellor of the exche?iuer. an*
[ouileed III tile house of COIIIIIIOIIS a
? d.i\s aim that tli?> British ?ar ox
cnses amount to f37.Si5.000 a ?lay.
.Fire lirokc out in tho hold of a
a.eon.ton American ship at an Atlantic
oil Saturday atternoon. The vessel
as loaded with explosives and war
limit ions. She was towed out to deep
atei and in t'oity minutes the tire was
otten under control Twelve civilm
employ** were killed hy an exploioii
of fulminate of mercury ut the
aval station at Newport, It. I.. Saturay.
It is believed that the explosion
as accidental Two persons were
illed and sixteen injured at Canton,
Saturday when a I'ennsylvania
lain lilt a trolley car stalled on a
rade i rosing. ...The first American
atietits to arrive at Italtimore from
ranee. reached I'ort Mcllenry general
ospdal Saturday. All of the patients
ie suffering from "trench diseases."
The war department has nnnoimcil
that the army camp at Chtcamuiigu.
la., has been officially designated
amp Forest, iii honor of the famous
onlcdcrnto cavalry leader. fScncral
la (ha n U. Forest The food adlinistiator
id lanoir county, N. C?
as limited the sale of molasses to buyis
to one barrel at a time. Some were
uying in lots of ten to twelve barrels
ml retailing none. The molasses
ere being used In the manufacture of
licit lt<|Uor. -Allied airmen last
eek dropped seven tons of explosives
n and around the Turkish cruiser
oebeii. recently stranded at the entinee
to the Dardanelles Six
n il el Wilmington. Del., have been
i'litcneed to from one month to elgh?n
months for robbing railroad cars
ml selling the booty The bureau
I standard at Washington, has sent
at warnings against tin- use of cosleties,
face powders, rouge ami other
diet articles beeause it has lieen dlsnvered
that some of these pre|mraoiis
contain dangerous jioisons
ive Socialists ot I'htladclphia, have
een committed to jail for slurring the
raft ami circulating seditions circa irs
I'resident Wilson has been
iffertng lor some days past with a
vi le cold.... The Custard liner Aitania
was torpedoed off the coast of
-eland a few nays iiko, hut not sunk.
In- is a vessel if 13.405 tons and had
it hoard in passengers and a crew m
>o.
CLOVER CULLINGS
irrrspuiulwic* Thr York* I He Koqulrrr
Clover. January !! ?.? Air. and Mrs.
oorgo Dover and children, formerly
f Clover, hut now ot Minnesota,
hen Mr. Dover is a telegraph opeilor.
arc guests in the home of Mr.
lover's sister, Mrs. Lee \\ hisonaiit.
Allss Ava Allen, who has been
aching near Vance. Ill < raiigcburg
nunty. was called hotnc this week
a aetount of the illness of her niotlir.
Airs. T. II. Allen, who is some
ctter tiow.
Mr. i'arson llodrleks, manager of
Clover Transfer company, had
to hreak a
crank in
n uccouTttor^WKT.
Hev. M. M. Hlchurdson went to
Vest minster Monday to see his lirnthr-in-law.
Itev. C. D. Itnyd, who is
uite III in a hospital there.
Airs. I'rlee Knnkln of Uustonia,
isited her brother. Air. Thad 1'. Clindii,
here Friday. Air. Clinton has
een confined to his room for several
ays on account of illness.
Messrs. A. J. Qinnn and \V. It. Aleill
left Monday morning for St. l^ouls,
!o.. to purchase a car of mules,
ut hading that they would he tinhie
to ship on account of the freight
mhargo, returned home without Imyig.
Dr. I .1. Camphell is having turner
laid down on his lot on Itethel
treet for the purpose of erecting a
vo-story. eight-room house, which he
xpects to oeeupy as soon as the
iillding ean he completed.
All business houses were closed
ere .Monday im-rpt tin- drug stores.
i eoiiipliance with orders from the
jel administrator.
Air. /. Al. Xlell has sold his farm
f 225 acres, situated on the otit4irls
of the town to .Messrs. J. Flieli
ursley and Arthur Quinn. the eonderation
being $53.50 per acre.
There will he a h< us:
. . ... .... ....... oil ruiKHIJ il I t*r llfMIII
?r American relief funds.
The Twentieth Century eluh was
plightfully entertained on Friday
fternoon hy Mrs. . I'. Smith. The
idles carried their knitting and aftr
they had enjoyed themselves at
lat for a while they were treated to
delightful salad course.
Privates Marshall Iiarnctt and
orilon Hngans of Camp Sevier, vised
their parents here this week.
Corporal I>eo Mc<'artcr of Camp
ickson, spent a few days with his
arents, Mr. and Mrs. IV. M. Mrarter
on route one, this week.
The four mall carriers failed to
lake their daily rounds from here
u<relay on account of the had HeathMiss
I.onnle Jackson, dauKhter of
!r. John Jackson of Clover No. 2,
us entered the training school for
urscs at the Caston sanatorium.
Private Raymond Turner spent a
u days this week with his father,
r. Campbell Turner.
Mr.* \V. H. Sparrow, who has been
rnfined to his home for several
eeks with grip, is steadily Improver.
Miss Pearl Williams, who Is teachg
the Lutta school, is spending tin
eek-end with her parents. Mr. and
is. Ceorge Williams.
Mr. Ben Cook, of the chaingana
tard force, was In town Saturday.
To Prohibit Fraudulent Evasions.?
hill introduced by Senators Fridayid
Sheiard has for its purpose the
ohil.itO.n ?.e ?i..- *?
w. mm: iur neveruse
irposcs of extracts containing aleo>1.
The bill is on the senate calenir
without recommendation. The
II reads uk followH;
"Whereas, It is the public policy of
Ik Ktate to discourage the manufacre.
sale, use and consumption of alholic
liquors, wines \ and beverages
detrimental to the morals, good
alth, welfare and safety of the
?te; and. Whereas, The people of
is state have declared such policy
the ballot box; now, in order to enrce
and carry out the will of the
Ople:
"Section 1. That it shall be unlaw I
for any person, firm or corporation
association within this state to
inufacture, sell, barter, exchange,
re away to induce trade, deliver,
>re in this state, furnish at public
ices, or otherwise dispose of any
irituous, malt, vinous, fermented,
ewed, or other liquors and beverages
any compound or mixture thereof.
;luding patented and
eparations, Jamaica ginger, extract
lemon and other extracts, bitters,
rdials. tonics, or any other patented,
oprletary, or medicinal preparations
ilch are used and customarily used
the purposes of Intoxication, which
ntains alcohol in excess of one perit
urn of alcohol except as now or as
iy hereafter be allowed by laws of
is state: Provided, nothing herein
all prevent any person from keeping
possession for the personal use of
nself and family home-made wines
his home, nor the keeping and posislon
at his own home for personal
e only, wines and alcoholic liquors
w on hand.
'Section 2. Any person violating
y of the provisions of this act shall
guilty of a misdemeanor, and pun