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

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Tlii r<- w*r<- n<* i-asu.ilin-s nitioui: tin- Aiiiorioiiis It i> lllUllUllt |IUsSll*ll I Ilii t lliis Wil.S III* sillli*- I.. 11**| whl-ll s-t .1 NlloioSsf III iiiiluisi i*|*. list w?-*-k. \VIi*-i|?*-i' h w.is. Ill*- Aim malt fori-* s I* * I that liny liii \ :*l I* si \ :i? I i-*l | -.i it in I i'i-i *i i in 11 * *ii . iii. \ 111 * * i M. Ilii xis ??f l'ii|llii. i*, win* w.is -i* ntist i<.i Kin|** ii>i \\ 1111.1111 <?l i -t in;*iix, 1*1 nin* I tu Aiili-i ii ii lusl Mun-luy ?iii i* ti* 'lit iii i st *-i* itisli 11>. ii* siii-i iii I-it i1 niiitix .litmiiii x iii*\. lilt; l-i ill i 111 < XX - 1 til oiuss till- l-Olll'l i*ii .i miliIi > |>;iss |> i s**n.-i tlx sittncil i?\ til*- < ini ?-1** . In. I'.i\is iiss*'i tiii I hit t till' I?tlssiil II sit ll.'it toll Wit.s tin tini-iiiust to|ii*- in I: i lin \xIi* ii Ii-- l* it .111*1 till -I* \ ll-i-llll'llt s .it tllill t 11II*' Ili'-J *i-us*i ui'-iit I- I--I-IMU-. ii- -. ,:.n*-ii ill*- ti-i-l sit nut inn in < iii ii iii i .> was not SO l-.ol .'IS llil-l ||*-I'II I'I |*o 'ti ll. ' Tin I.n t t iiiit Hi-- Ciuti'il Stilt* s is in tliWiir iiiui } .? n-'uuf troops to !'" : in-*- is. of I'liui'M. aom-rulix known allium; tin ?u iiii.in t?x-ol?l?-." Dr. Davis coilllniK-il. . .."Hut th*-A..xu^j'.yt jji-i- in- to t'*k*- Ui* Initial Statfs si-riously. Itatlu-r tin-; do not si'i'tu to liolu'vx* Aiin rkii is Morions. Thuy still liii\?- laitli la tin- siil*tii.-iriii*'. Dili tin y an- not so *-iitliusias in ovi-r tin- I -hunts ;is tiny wort- ; \oar ii^o." Ilo aihloil th;it tin i- w- n lin. Tliey not inti i m il, but wen it'i|iur?'?l to ii port to tin- police mi thoritli's dally. Neither ;ii i' tIn > |ii i lillttril to leave tlio ?.-it> ;iinl colise Iui-tt11> Know l>ut little ot what is no nnr on i isi'w lu ll'. New York World; Komi admiius i rat ioii regulations forbidding tin slaughter of laying In ns are more ti the advantage of paekers than to tin public. John J. Ihllon. former stati commissioner of markets, says. 'I'ln prices of eggs ami poultry will ad* vauee rather than recede umler this system. In* asserteil "It liens are noi k 11 It-il there Will lie all imuieillatc III ? lease egg pl'oilin lion." sanl .Mr. I *tl Ioii 'This will permit the pack<n to secure i tils at heap prices fol eohl storage this spring. These met also liolil the hulk of poultry now u storage. If tm more Inns are scnl to the market there will he a short, age of ilfi'ssi-il poultry. The packer.* will protit h> selling their storaci holdings at ail\aliceil prices. Again when the rcKulatmiis are suspemh ( ami a ureal utit\ of chickens u slaughtered. the packers will seeun this meat at cheap prices. It is eel*, tainly unwise to encourage cohl storage manipulation any further. Hcorgt I'liclu*. In-ail of the administration'! egg ilepartnieiit. was friendly with the packers before lie entered tin poultry business in t'hicngo. llis rcirillation wilt prove a hem lit to egv ami poultry wholesalers." The Kcho tie I'a ris, aftei a careful and minute \amiiiatlon of Allied and enemy documents which it Ita.* hi its possession, publishes what tin newspaper reckons to be liermanv'i losses 111 tli* wai ami tin* number ol troops which she has available. Tin losses through the war. it declares are I.thin men. of whom l'."*oo.. nun are dead Sunt* loll ilcrinany has beeti abb- to mobili/.e 14.uuu.oimi from which .".oil,noil uillst be deducted having remained in Knicntc or neutral countries The lirst tinure doe> not include the l!?-'i class. which would increase the forces l*y I'oi.umi men Kollowmu nndical vxamiuations at the beginning of the war j.'oi.uiio men were rejected as until, This left a total of i l.iafl.uoo from whb'h losses must l>e dedtlcted. At present (o-rmatty has in hospitals ot waiting to be examined !?.">n.ortO. while Too.Uoo men arc employed in depot.* or the interior of tin* country. Then tin* number of men vtermanv lias lost :tj? prisoners is tiiveti. i.ikeii from official lists published !>y tin- lirl'lliail Kinornmcnt ami r**i lu?-? I bv Swiss, Swedish ami lierman papers. Those are Prisoners in France. 250.0U0: in ltussin. .'i'ii.iiihI; in KmMatid. Hlo.tMMi, niakinc a total ot .%7"."i>ii. whieh i> eonsiilereil below the aetnal tlprurcs This woubl apparently lea\e tiermany 4.St).*>.tbM) men still available. The tlrst American-built battb planes are en route to France, nenrlx fixe months ahead of the original schedule. In niakim: this announcement a few nicht ago. S?crotary Hake: said the tirst shipment, although ir itself not large. "marks the final overcoming of many difficulties met ir building up this new and intricate industry. These 'planes." Mr. Maker said "are equipped with the tlrst libertx motors from machine production One of them in a recent test suemissed all records for speed and climbing for 'planes of that type. Kngini production, which began a niontl apo, is now on a quality basis, anil the peak of production will be reach ed in a few weeks. Only the Ill-cylinder type is being made, as developments abroad have made it wise tc concentrate on the hitrh-powerod entrine instead of the S-cx Under." Optimistic as these statements appxar. the secretary saiii they should not l?o rxapprrated and should be considered in the light of these facts: That after three years of warfare the total nutnlier of 'planes able tc take the air at one time on either side of the western front has not been more than 2.500. That 46 men are requinxl on the ground for every 'plane in the air, making a total of 115.000 men needed for the present maximum of 2.500 'planes. That for every 'plane In the air. there must be two replacement planes for ex-ery pilot who eventually miches the front, with a spare engine lot t-afh planAfter reviewing the iiiariv obstacle* that had to be over Mia.- in getting the airc raft production pou'ram un<l*-rway. Mr. Itaker said the irr?-a' problem now remaining is to se, j tii - ?ti' thousands of skilled me. <-h:iiiie>. enein< tii?-n. motor repairmen. i\ood and m? tal worker*. etc.. needed i i - j, tic 'plane* in perfect eondii i.-.n and without which th?- machines ' .nc d out soon would la- useless and the rtyers helpless. At best, said th. o|. -the life of a 'plane is but tvo months and tin engine must be ov i liaul'd alt' r hours, while a pilot on a "plane allowed to have the hang. . a is in impel feet condition is as help. |e* s hud with a broken wine. i \lorkrillr (fnquirrr. Kntered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORK. S. C.: ri:ii>\i. rutin \itt. 22. i?i?. \\ hat tin- railroads need to ailv. ills' t<>r whin thi'\ hiiVf more husin< -s thai I!? > ran attend to without advertising? A Washington eorrospomietit of tin- A11<I<1S<1II ItalU Mail ipiotes SenAm' Tillman as saying that he will In- a lalldidate tor I<?el< ction to till' I'nile.l States seilat<-. that he will not <<it the st 1111111 hut will |iiish his ampaign through the newspapers, alnl that th<- people may elect him at.nil Ill' not as they like. It is nnnouneoii from Washington that at last ship roust ruction has < audit up with tin- Mihinariue wastage 1 .<ixI now now tonnage is heing put on I th< si a more tapidly than the existing tonnage is l? ing ?lestro>< ?!. That .mans that the suhiiiarine tight has In 11 wliip|n-i| tiy the allies. Tin i.iilioail iiiaiiageineiit is not runiiing tin railroads altogether tor the aiolii > ally lllule. I'eople who have the moiiev with which to pay for speriol trains c.'innot get them. Mrs. I'uriieliiis Vatiih i hilt of Xew York 1 offered the otlur ilay to pay the price it fortv seats for a private car to I Spaiiauhuig; but sin- was it'fusi'il. Tim (Si'i'iiisins were not long at a loss i Iiow to proceed aliont tin- refusal of the Kolshi-viki to sign a |n-ai'i' treaty. They a it* just going a Hi-I Kti.-isia. with the intent ion oi occupying as much ol' the nuintiy as they care to occupy. Troti sky ami Imiininc are now willing ami anxious to sign treaties; hut of coursi the Herman terms have heen ma terially changed. A gtv<M ami I man was Mi A t'. Kjtilnian who ilieil in Charleston . The other Way. lie was a man of uf' fairs, aim was prominent m the life ot Ins eity ami state: hut he was hest known probahly because of his activities as a philanthropist, llis ear was always open to the call of dis1 tress, whether in Charleston, throughy out the state, the nation or the World. lie felt it his duty to collect contributions. and he always gave liberally of , Ins own means. Kvery section of South Carolina that has experienced widespread calamity during the past twenty years has heard from Mr. Kaufman, and his contributions have always heell liberal. A splendid malt was Mr. Kaufman, and many there an- who will revere his memory as . a mail who loved his fcllow-tucn. There has heen a strong protest in Knglaml over the conduct of Lloyd " i forge's government in agreeing to i place the direction of the war under . supreme war council sitting at Vers.iiles. This council was formed short' ly aft< r the disaster to the Italians , some months ago. Knglaml heard i more or less vaguely of what had heen 1 done; but did not know exactly. Th< re is in Knglaml. however, a feeling of superiority that does not take kindly to the idea of putting Knglaml ' o|| .1 complete level with eo-belliger. cuts. The average Kngtishinan Is - pleased to look upon the allies as ' subordinate helpers rather than as . ?<iuals. It was a suspicion that i Idoyd lieorge had consented to the idea of placing Creat Britain on a I . .oni.l. t.. level with the others that : ' in.nit- till- trouble. At one turn* Inst , fall, it looked as if the British govI mini nt might be overthrown on the ' issiii* then raiseil. Lloyd George inaile . a speech in whieli lie virtually told ' the eountry that it would either have tn take things as they were or take ' worse. Things rooked along this way until last week, and the old trouble 1 began to boil over again. Now it is beginning to appear that this supreme war eottneil idea originated with i President Wilson, who was unwilling ' to put American troops on the westi rn front except under conditions that seemed to guarantee their re. ognitiott on a basis of complete ci.uallt> and which seemed to assure that , in ease of emergency they would got . the same help from the other belligi erents that the other belligerents were exporting from them. It is the American idea that when this war is over , it will be "us" that won it. That is. 1 all the allies?not Great Britain or America, and no one of the Allies must have any ground to strut around . and pretend to bo the whole elieese in connection with the linal settlement, etc I Question of Publicity. More or less publicity is necessary , in connection with all kinds of propaganda. and the tirst step of the man1 agers of any kind of propaganda is to go after publicity. In metropolitan centers everybody . recognizes that publicity is a matter of dollars and cents?that it must be . paid for: but in the rural districts, i where there is less experience and I less knowledge of business, although people are aware that the most efficient means of publicity is through ? the local paper, many of them have a i ictip kind of an idea that this pub licit> is or should be free. I Put local papers have no better means of furnishing free publicity than have metropolitan papers. Met* , ropolitan papers have to pay for all they get an?l so do local papers. Neither can furnish publicity that is worth while unless they have the means with which to do it. A publisher might be ever so willing to print free of charge any and everything that is calculated to promote a good cause; but the experience LOCAL AFFMR8. 1 . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS t C. E. Spencer. Special Referee--Give* notice . that a reference will be held in re creditor* ' of Geo. A. Wilkenon. deceaaed. in hi* office t on March 15th. , Trustees -Call a meeting of freeholder* of school district No. 13. to be held at McConf nellnville. Thur*day, February 28. 3 p. m. D. E. McConnell. Gastonia. N. C.? Will appreciate information and return of a lort leather hand bag. los' last Friday. t Stenographer? With some experience, wants a position. E. K. Kirkpatrick. Filbert No. 1?Has somebody's bull dog and wants the owner to come and get him. of all the past haa shown that he can not do It and live. This might sount strange to some people, but if the; will stop to think a little, they will b< forced to realize that every individua and every other institution is in abou that same bout. None can hold ou indefinitely in the performance o expensive service without charge. The position of the average indi vidua! who sets out to promote i public movement is about like this I am working for the public with out reward or hope of reward. 1 an giving my time, talent and labor ii this cause, and I surely should no be expected to spend my own private funds for publicity." But publicity is ai absolutely necessary for the best re suits and as the promotion wont pro tnob- without publicity, the proble t has not yet been solved, and this i: the attitude in which the would-tx promoter approaches the agency o publicity. Suppose you were a publisher ari people would eoiue at you like that You are paying your money to pro duee publicity, and people wan you to give them that publicity, al though they have no money to gi't you with which you can product more publicity. It is a good caust and you do not want to see it suffer If tbis was an isolated ease you couh manage, but it is nut an isolatet ease. It is only one of all the ease.' upon which you depend for the suit' port of your business, and what art you going to do? The answer to this thing is simplt enough so far as the publisher is con eerned. He must either have pay foi his publicity or he must give away hi.publicity. If he givis away his pub' licity in one case he makes trouhh for himself in all eases, and he tnusi not give it away. As for the promoter, his pronieu is his own. It is not up to the publisher to do the worrying of the promoter. The publisher must leave th( promoter to do his own worrying. Bui here is a gratitious suggestion: If th< publisher won't publish without paj ami his publishing is not worth pay leave him alone. There is no ham lone. Hut if the business at ham really needs publicity, and the publishing is worth what the puhlishei barges for it: anil still further, if t'*i? ml to be attained is worth while ti the public, then let the public pay la-t the publisher take a new start and go back to the public, or that part of it that can be sufficiently interested. There are always plenty ol people who can be interested to hel| along a good cause. (Jive some ol these folks a chance at it. Let then divide the burden among themselves each contributing a part, and thei come back at the publisher and poj him. Hut don't expect the puhlishei to bear the whole burden, and il i he burdens of everybody. Hi wouldn't if he could and couldn't il lie would. ON THE BATTLE FRONTS German Invasion of Russia Principa Item of Interest. The German invasion of Kussh oiitinues unimpeded. Apparently there is to be no cessation in the eastward march of the ericI my until the Russian llolsheviki gov eminent entirely slacks the thrust o the Teutons for a peace "which corresponds with our interests," as ex Viir utfl iiiwf tfl'lr'lB tcr. Southern Esthonia has been en tend by troops from German warship in the Gulf of Riga or from Moon is land or Oosel island, lying off th shore, and a base established Iron which operations may be carried 01 against Iteval. an important port 01 the Gulf of Finland. Northeast and east of Dvinsk th IK'iietration of the enemy along th railroad lines leading to>Fetrograd an< Smolensk at last accounts had reach , id more than 12 miles, and thenc southward to southern Volhynia, th the invasion was in progress over wid: areas with the Germans taking pris (tiers and guns, rolling stock am t titer booty in large quantities. Thi line over which the Germans an operating from southern Esthonia, ti Lutsk is more than 500 miles in lemrtli Scant heed has been taken by tin military authorities of Germany of tin 11antic announcement of a desire 01 the part of the Rolsheviki governmen for a peace on Germany's terms. Ex ccpt for a demand by the German com tnander at Mrest-I.itovsk that nn au thentic copy of the Bolshoviki docu ment of capitulation signed by Lenim ami Trotzsk.v be sent him. no attentioi has been paid to the expressed dealr for a cessation of hostilities. Do Not Trust Russia. In the relchstag the Gorman forcigt minister has volubly announced hi: distrust in Russia's pacific intention: and declared that Germany hersel must see to it that peace and orde prevails in the occupied regions off he eastern frontier. As a sop to thosi of the populace of Germany who ari opposed to Germany making furthei war against Russia, however, the for eign minister said Germany still wn ready for peace in the east whicl would protect German interest Prominent newspapers in both Ger many and Austria-Hungary evidenci disappointment over the new phasi in the situation and several of thi most intlucntial journals desire ti know who was responsible for it. Thi newspapers in the dual monarchy an unanimous against their country con tinuing the war against Russia. Nevertheless for the present, a least, all seems dark so far as Russit being able to loose herself from thi grip of the invader is concerned Meantime she is still in the throes o mil war and. added to that, ha; another widespread antl-senrilti< movement to contend with. Swedisl advices are to the effect t hat there ha. l>? en a return of the old time pi-ac tier of carrying out ma&aicres again." J? ws. Bloody programmes are natc to have been committed In Lutdin Rashkoff, Tiraspol and other towns. No Big. Engagements. On the battle fronts no big en gagements have been fought, althougl in Palestine the British opera tini against the Turks again have puehct forward their lines on a front of II miles east of Jerusalem and secure* much desired positions. The advfinei was to a depth of two miles. . On the fronts In France. Belgiun and Italy only bombardments ant minor infantry operations are in oro gress. British airmen are continuing theli intensive operations against Germar positions behind the battle lines. Xa vol airmen again have bombed nub marine bases, airplane catupK. docki and other military works of the Ger mans along the North sea coast. W-l... .? tk. D. In <5/111 ?l Carolina the day of the peanut haa no yet come, but It la coming. The York yille Enquirer a few weeks ago quote< a large farmer in that county aa fat' tening his hogs by turning them inti a large field of several acres of pea nuts. This was fine, no doubt, for th< hogs, better than 'pigs in clover.' bu the farmer who did it was not advise* as to the value of the peanuts. H< could have gathered hia crop, sold ii and with the proceeds have purch.isec at least two and a half times th< amount of food for his porkers in th< way of peanut meal, which would hav< contained even mort protein mattei the pound than the raw peanuts. H< needed, as many others do, to liarr more about peanuts.?News and Courler. ? G. Duncan Bellinger, probate judge of Richland, has announced that he will Issue no more liquor permits except upon prescriptions issued by physicians. 1 I r. t. unify uj.- tqiiiu --7 10 >ou y well kept shoe* by tbe use of "2-in-l" shoe 1 "Get*-lt." Sold everywhere. 25 cents. 1 J. E. Brison. W. M . Clover?Gives notice of P regular communication of Alpine lodire. No. 208. A. F. M.. this Friday night. Work in s E. A. ard M. M. deirrees. . Carroll Supply Co.?Wants to buy cane seed, corn and peas. Special prices on flavoring extract*. See thein for tobacco and soap, l Star Theatre?Today presents "Waters of Lethe." it drama in three reels, and also a s comedy. "The Fighting Trail" tomorrow, p and "The Red Ace" on Monday. { York Supp:y Co.--l* ready to supply you with garden seeds Irish potato seed expected in shortly. Don't foricet to order your Palmet to fertiliters early. Clinton Bros.?Give a list of some of the staple groceries. especially coffees, that they have in stock in convenient packages. Sam M. Grist Sells all kinds of good insurt ance arftl wants your business on a "value received' basis. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Today opens up a ? special ten days' sale on staple and season? able goois at interesting prices. The time is limited to ten days, f James Broc.- Ex|>ect to receive a car of mules today, another tomorrow and two early next week. Appreciate your patience in waiting ' arrival cf today's car of mules. | E. Lawrence & Co.- On page four tell you how easr it is to get rid of corns with * "Gets-It." Sold everywhere. 10 cents. . Reily-Taylor Co.- Attain call your attention to the superior qualities of Luzianne coffee. See pave four for particulars. C. E. S|ieiteer. Attorney?Can furnish money on real estate at 6 per cent, if borrower f is not in a hurry. Loans at 7 per cent for quick lot.ns. 4 Psople at hjme who think they arc . working harder than the soldiers In . the training camps are mistaken. I The soldiers in the training camps a re working as hard for the people at , home as the people at home are . working for them. RED CROSS ACTIVITY I There has hcen no letting down in * the activity of the various Ked Cross * workers throughout the county, and . they are keeping production up to i quite a creditable standard. I The Bethel Red Cross auxiliary has become a part of the Clover chapter r and the McConnellsvllle auxiliary has ' indicated an intention to become a ? part of the Yorkville chapter. The Sharon auxiliary has been I making liberal contributions of pat Jamas and operating shirts to the stocks that are being contributed by the Yorkville chapter, and individual f knitters throughout the county have > been bringing in socks in liberal I quantities. knitting from wool furnished from the Yorkville ohap1 ter. Socks are now in greater demand i than sweaters und the knitting of . sweaters is being suspended. The Yorkville chapter had on haail r yesterday a part of them packed and I the balance ready to go. H3 sweaters, * 36 pairs of socks, 6 mufflers. 5 helT mets and 7 pairs of wristlets. There is no limit for the demand for socks, pajamas and the like, and no limit to the help that the different auxiliaries can utilize in the ^ making of these things. LOOK AT YOUR LABEL ' Subscribers to The Enquirer are requested to examine the labels on their . papers. Tjte label gives the name and the Mini; ui ?|iiiuiivii. If the name has been returned bjJ i- -tVifewa'tw Vb -pa'iu Wi Ul *ULti^| March 16, the label shows In addition 8 to the name and expiration date, a ~ star or maltese cross. (i This star or cross indicates that the u subscription price has not yet been i paid. As soon as practicable after a e name is paid on our books, this star c or cross is removed, i The clerk in charge uf thi mailing - Ii;t has had bis hands full for some p time past, and has been behind with p his work; but now he Is supposed to e have caught up and the stars or - crosses have been removed from all J tlie names that are marked paid on p the subscription books. p Subscribers who have paid for their 0 subscriptions previous to the first i. Saturday in February and who find p the star still on their labels are rep quested to call attention to the matit tier at once in order that mistakes, if t any, may be corrected. At the present time there are 3,050 - names on The Knquirer's mailing list - and of these more than 2,700 had - been paid before the first Saturday in i b February-. All of the remainder are 1 due to be paid before March 16, and p all that are not paid by that date will be stricken from the list as soon as possible thereafter. I OFF FOR CAMP JACKSON J The last Increment of colored r draftmen necessary to complete the r original quota of local board No. 2 p for the original draft is expected to r leave for Camp Jackson Saturday . morning. This is In accordance with ? orders Issued by the local board yes1 terday. "We are still due thirty men," said p Chairman Brice of the local board p on Wednesday, "and we have 28 of p them ready; but as to how many we 9 are going to get together, it is imposp sible to say; because It is always hard p to find them, and as a rule hardly - more than half of them come in in response to our notices." t The notices sent out by the board i Wednesday and yesterday instructed p the recipient to appear at the office of . the board this afternoon at 4 o'clock, f All those who answer the notice will s be sent off tomorrow morning over i the Southern by way of Rock Hill, i Following Is a list of those to whom ? notices have been sent: John Andy Bigger. Clover No. 3. I Harper uicason, lornviue .>o. z. 1 Edward Jackaon Long, Sharon. Julius Caesar Gray. Yorkville. George White. Clover No. 4. Arthur Hill, Yorkville. John Henry Powell. Sharon No. 2. Ed Flnley, Yorkville No. 2. 1 Ernest Erwin, Clover No. 4. J Wimpa Simpson, Yorkville. ' Cecil Dixon, Yorkville No. 2. .' Isaac Williams. Clover No. 3. ' Mason Bates, Sharon. " Andrew Tate, Sharon. Lawrence Thomasson, Yorkville j N'o. 7. 1 Will Hardin. Yorkville No. 3. Clem Youngblood, Yorkville. Sam Lipscomb, Gaatonia. N. c? [ No. S. 1 Charlie Smith. Hickory Grove. Malachia Agur. Blackaburg. Clinton Logan. Hickory Grove. * Isaac Woods, Clover. John Daniel Smith. Smyrna. Austin Thompson Orr. McConnellsville. No. 1. i Ishmael Feemater. Sharon, t Thomas Wilburn Coin. Yorkville. Isaiah Prcssley, Yorkville No. 6. I Mnrshal Rawllneon. Filbert. No. 1. > SURVIVOR OF JACOB JONE3 ? Ben Nunnery of Edgmoor. who t was a coxswain on the Jacob Jones. 5 sunk by a German-submarine on De[ cember 6 last, and who escaped wfth I his life. Is visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Nunnery at Edgmoor. r The young sailor was in Rock Hill ? Wednesday and he gave the Herald ' quite an interesting story of his experience on the occasion of the blowup. His story was about to this ef, feet: . I "We had Just concluded a round at - target practice and a lot of us were In the wash room cleaning up when the torpedo struck ua The explosion fitcurred in the compartment right imder the wash room, and about 25 iien were killed altogether. Only one ijiher of those who were in the wash bom escaped. I was thrown against lie ceiling, but was not seriously iurt, and hurried out on deck to a ^ow gun and although 1 could not * * anything 1 fired several shots in ;he direction from which the torpedo tame. In the stern of our boat were :wo depth Oombs. These are fixed to explode at a certain depth under the tater and when they reached that epth they exploded and blew the 4hip to pieces. I in the bow at fin- time with a llf'.- belt on and then the boat went down 1 was left ruggling in the water. In a short time I climbed aboard a boat and a minute later Lieutenant Bagley climbed aboard also. About an hour after the sinking the submarine came up an>l although quite a number of men were still struggling in the water, it took only two aboard. We were in I I fnr In'ontv.fAllr hnnrc a'lth. me i???i '? ...... out food or water before we were picked up by a tug the following afternoon at about 2 o'clock. Food and water tasted good about that time. Altogether there were 110 men in the crew of the Jacob Jones and only 44 of them survived the disaster." Young Nunnery has been in the navy thirty-nine months, and has nine more months to serve on his present enlistment. He likes the work fine. His destroyer was among those which convoyed the first contingent of American troops to France. He was near by once when a submarine sunk a Hritish cruiser with nearly a thousand men aboard and the Jacob Jones rescued 2u0 of them. No lives wvre lost on that occasion. WITHIN THE TOWN. - -The Yorkville Cotton Oil company's ginnery ginned about "0 hales of cotton one day last week. ? Mr. Geo. \V. Williams has been appointed a member of the local board or assessors, vice Mr. J. I*. White, unable to serve. ? There has never been a time when government bonds could be had for $4.13 each, anil there will probably never be such a time again. ? This would be a splendid cotton market if there was only a public platform here. It would quickly become the best cotton market in the county. ? If we hud a public platform here under present day conditions, and would do away with that license tax levied for the purpose of keeping out for-ign buyeis, cotton men from Gastonia and elsewhere, would come to Yorkville, buy cotton, load it on their motor trucks and haul it away the same day. Cotton producers from the surrounding country, attracted by such competition, would bring their cotton here front everywhere. And the local ginnery would get a great deal more work to do than it has been setting. It require# no iinaginaj tion to see the splendid effect such an arrangement would have on local trade. ? A lied Cross class in surgical dressing hits been duly organized under the instruction of Miss Jnnnie IX-tter of Dallas, X. C., and it has been at work all the week in two sections, one meeting in the afternoon and the other at night. The Red Cross work room in the courthouse is being used as a class room. There are lifteen members of the afternoon section and nineteen members of the night section. The first elementary course includes seven lessons and after tins course is completed there will be a jSl- plementary course for those who bright is chairman of the class, and the two sections are organized as follows: Afternoon section?Mrs. J. S. James, president: Miss Iva Mahaffey, secretary. Evening section?Miss Bessie Barron, president; Miss Maggie Glenn, secretary.x The membership of the afternoon section is as follows: Mesdames Kate Black, J. D. McDowell, W. F. Marshall. W. G. White, Robert Wltherspoon, J. R. Cannon. T. T. Walsh, M. L. Carroll, F. C. Kiddle; Misses Rita WitherstK?on, Margaret Sandifer, Rose Lindsay, Annis O'Leary. The membership of the night class is as follows: MesdameB S. C. Ashe, G. W. S. Hart, Misses Sudie Allison, Anna Lewis, Ella Cody, Kate Cody. Willie Williams. Sallie NVray, Jessie Baber, Maggie Glenn, Bessie Fegram, Claire Crosby, Margaret Marion, Mary Williams, Jack Josey, Fredrica Lindsay. Mary Cartwright. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Cora Davidson of Gastonia, is visiting her sister, Miss Carrie Davidson, on Sharon Xo. 2. Mr. W. B. Plaxco of Yorkville. left this week for the Sweeney auto school, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. S. L. Caldwell df Smyrna, was taken to the Fennell infirmary Tuesday for a surgical operation. Mr. R. C. Allein of Yorkville. left this week to spend some time with relatives in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. C. S. Bratton of Palestine, Tex., is visiting his father, Mr. X. B. Brat ton. in Yorkville. Miss Ethel Miller of GalTney, has taken a position with the McConnell Dry Goods Co., in Yorkville. Mr. J. W. Davidson of Pickens. Miss., is visiting- his sisters, Mesdames \V. H. Herndon and J. 8. Mackorell, in Yorkville. Mr. Dixon Lesslte, who lost his left arm in a cotton gin accident a few days ago. has Hince been getting along very nicely. Mrs. R. X. McEIwee sustained a stroke cf paralysis yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, "Mrs. B. M. Love, in Yorkville. Her condition is critical. Messrs. Thomas White and Edward White of Cheater, spent a short time Tuesday in Yorkville with their uncle. Dr. M. W. White. Mr. R. T. Castles, R. F. D. carrier on Smyrna No. 1, is convalescing from pneumonia after a siege of almost three weeks in bed. Mr. Brown Whitesides of Smyrna, is recovering from an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Roger Whitesidee. his son, Ib down with the disease. Sir. W. W. Wyatt of Smyrna, took his little daughter to the Fennell infirmary at Rock Hill, last Monday for an operation on account of complications following pneumonia. W. G. Miskelly of Battery B, second artillery, located at Fort Screven. Ga? is visiting hiB father on Yorkville No. 3. XOUnK . nianenj, wnu uua iiui jci reached the draft age, volunteered In the regular army shortly after the entry of America into the war. He says he likes it fine and is anxious to get across. Mr. T. S. Stowe has developed a case of smallpox at the home of his | father, Mr. W. M. Stowe, on Filbert R. F. D. No. 1. He had had the dtsI ease for some days before he was aware of its exact nature, thinking it I was only German measles. Information. however, is that he is getting along very nicely and has suffered no serious Inconvenience. Mr. Harley ! Dickson, his brother-in-law, whose case has previously been mentioned, l is getting along very nicely, Corp. James D. Grist, Company E. 119th infantry, Camp Sevier, was in Yorkville this week on a 48-hour leave, coming over Saturday night and returning Monday afternoon. He says that the conduct of the camp is growing more businesslike and military every day. As to whether the soldiers are going across he does not know: but he seems to have very little Idea that the Thirtieth division will ever go across as a division or any part of it will go across as a complete unit. He is net inclined to the view that gsvler is what is known as a "depart division." that Is being calUfcil upon to furnish Individuals or \>nits as the division may be able toj furnish the same. I HERE AND THERE. While on a visit to The Enquirer office a few days ago a well known citizen of Cherokee county, who has long been noted for the deep personal interest he takes in primary elections, took up with Here and There a uiscussion 01 me new Australian ballot law. Here and There explained how the voter went into the booth all by himself and deposited a ballot according to his own notion without anybody being able to know how he voted. The Cherokee man listened intently until the explanation was complete and then he burst out with: "Hello! man; no, no. 1 don't like that. 1 always like to try to get other people to vote the same way I do, and unless you sea them put the ballot in the box you don't know. 1 don't like that at all. hello!" Here and There explained that the new system applies only to incorporated towns, and the prominent citizen seemed just a little molitled; but he was not exactly sure. The proscription of the turkey buzzard by the recent session of the general assembly is an incident of more than ordinary interest. So far back that the members of the present generation runneth not to the contrary, the turkey buzzard has had the full protection of the law. He has been better protected than any other fowl of the air, or any beast of the field. Not only did the law impose a penalty on those who took his life; but fathers told their sons that the buzzard was useful as a scavenger?and that under no circumstances should be killed. Occasionally a devilish boy would take a put shot at a buzzard, kill him, and then forever after keep the knowledge of the deed to himBelf; but that was not often. There is many a hunter w ho has roamed the woods and fields from youth to old age. who has never killed a buzzard and who has never seen a dead buzzard. Now the law wants all the buzzards killed. It accuses him of spreading hog cholera, anthrax and other deadly diseases. Very likely he is guilty. But Just about what effect this proscription of the buzzard is going to have is hard to say. It is easy enough to kill a buzzard with a fair shot at close range: but buzzards do not usually Hock around hunt?r? >? l>o Willed nnil as buzzards are not tit for anything, the average hunter has but little inducement to waste ammunition upon him. To get rid of the buzzard will take more than the mere withdrawal of the legal protection that has heretofore been thrown around him. There will have to be a price on the buzzard's ugly old head, and It will have to be a good price. Probate Judge Williams on yesterday received a telegram from the authorities of the state hospital notifying him of the death of Isoni Buchanan, a negro who was committed to that institution in July of last year. The death of Isom Buchanan recalls to the older generation about Yorkville the early seventies, when many of the recently freed negroes, under the intluence of bad white men, were giving considerable trouble. Isom was a character in those days, a loud-mouthed impudent fellow who was prominent in the negro militia company, and who made more or less noise in politics. In complicity with a discharged Yankee soldier named Cain, however, he was convicted of breaking into the store of Kennedy, Latimer & Hemphill, and the late Judge Mackey gave him a term in the penitentiary. After serving a long term he came back to iuikmiic. Lunuiuons n?u inuiiKi'ii very much, and he was a very good negro. He was employed as a driver at Logan's lumber yard for a number of years and made a good record as a steady worker. On learning of his death, Judge Williams made an effort to discover whether he had any relatives who would be Interested in having his body returned to Yorkville for burial; but no such relative was located and the body was burled in the negro cemetery at the state hospital. Isom was between 70 and 75 years old. -- REAVTSTATPTRANSFfeRS " The following transfers of real estate were recorded in the office of the county auditor between February 1 and February 20, inclusive: Bethsl. Agnes C. Whisonant, Ex., and E. E. Poag to W. A. McKinney, 80 acres; consideration S880. Agnes ('. Whisonant, Ex., and E. E. Poag to J. J. Xivens, 79 acres; consideration, $2,200. Mrs. M. L. Armstrong to B. H. Hufstetler, 123 acres; consideration, $3,000. Betheida. \Y. K. Hope to L. Banks Ashe. 66.4 acres; consideration, $750. Walter D. Benfleld to Docia O. Bcnfleld, 40$ acres; consideration. $405. Broad River. Mrs. Macie R. Horten to W. Lon Plexico, 1 lot; consideration, $700. Van C. Chllders to Jas. A. Chllders, 112 j acres; consideration, $1,525. S. C. Wilkerson to V. D. Howell. 1.1 acres; consideration, $10. Horace L. Bonn, r to D. G. Howell, et al., 79.63 acres; consideration, $3,185.20. S. G. Carroll to W. P. Youngblood, 123 2-3 acres; consideration, $1,990. J. C. Wllborn and J. S. Brice to F. A. -Kirk Patrick, 278J acres, consideration, $5,000. R. H. C. McKnight to R. R. McKnight, 82$ acres: no consideration given. Wilkerson Bros, to John J. Adams, 74.5 acres; consideration, $1,500. Catawba. 8. B. Reid und Cecil L. Reid and Roddy Reid to Catawba Real Estate Co.. 1 lot; consideration, $9,000. C. L. Fuller to P. C. Wyatt, 1 lot; consideration, $2,150. Xeely-Marshall Mule company to Wm. J. Xeely, 37$ acres; considera tion, 14,398.29. C. L. Cobb to V. B. Blankenship. 1 lot, consideration, $2,000. James S. White to Trustees of Catawba School District No. 46, 1 lot; consideration, $100. Walter L. Jenkins to R. L. London. 1 lot; consideration, $25. H. M. Dunlap to Tate Pride, 1 lot; consideration, $150. H. A. Lineberger, et al., to E. Walker, 78 acres; consideration, $2,340. J. T. Stone and Agnes C. Whlsonant to the First Baptist church of Rock Hill, 2 lots; consideration, $9,747.57. First Baptist church of Rock Hill to J. Webb White, 1 lot; consideration, $3,500. J. Webb White to First Baptist church of Rock Hill, 2 lots; consideration, $3,500. Tiney Massey to U. M. Pursleyand W. Boyd, 1 lot; consideration, $500. H. C. Simpson to First Baptist church, right of way to alley; consideration not given. James A. Barber to Walker M. Atkinson. 1 lot; consideration, $800. A. J. Thomson to Charlie Cordell, 1 lot; consideration, $75. Agnes C. Whlsonant and C. M. Whisonant to First Baptist church. 1 lot; consideration, $4,262.53. Ebenszer. Rock Hill u"rA and Townsite Co. to Chas. A. Stewart, 2 iota: consideration. $770. F. W. Bynum to A. H- Bynum. 1 lot; consideration, $1,000. John R. Williams, trustee, to S. J. Faris, 6.87 acres: consideration, $1,113.94. John R. Williams, trustee, to S. J. Faris, 5.14 acres; consideration, $450. John R. Williams, trustee, to John R. Williams, 53.35 acres; consideration, $6,991.87. John R. Logan, C. C. C. Pla, to R. M. Anderson. 114 acres: consideration. $1,000. Fort Mill. John W. Gunn to W. E. KJmbrell, 1 lot; consideration, 1500. John R. Logan, C. C. C. Pis., to American Trust Co, of Charlotte, N. C.. 481 acres; consideration, <15,700. King's Mountain, Z. M. Nell to H. A. Qutnn, *? 4-6 acres; consideration, <4,157. York J. A. Tate to J. W. Smith, <7-10 acres; consideration, <L200. I P. EL Qulnn, sheriff of York county, ! to H. Pearl Wallace, 1 lot: considers- i tlon. <7. - I Mrs. P. Y. Witherspoon, et aL, to i J. Harvey Witherspoon. 1 lot. consideration. 15. A. M. Barnett and W. L. Williams to Claud A. Turner. 51SJ acres: consideration. $13,000. LOCAL LACONIC8 Broad River Bridge. Now that the weather has cleared Up. the contractors who are building; the York-Cherokee bridge arc making very good progress. The concrete piers have been about comph ted and the steel work is moving along. The new bridge will be about four feet higher above the water than the old one. Hog Walks Across Broad River. Mr. J. W. Brown, who lives near the York-Cherokee bridge site, said yesterday that the water in Broad river was so low last Sunday a wn'k ago that one of his neighbors' hogs walked across to the other side. The low water was due to the complete shutting off of the flow of the stream at the Cherokee Falls and Davis dams. Tax Raturn Time Extended. Auditor B. M. Love on yesterday received a telegram from Comptroller General Sawyer, notifying him of the extension of the time in which tax returns may be received without penalty until March 1. The extension. however, is of hut little importance so far as the property owners of York county is concerned, r? they have already made their returns almost as close up as usual. War Savings Campaign. In the amount of sales of war savings and Thrift Stamps. York county stands fourth. Those leading York In the order ot standing ure: Beaufort. Charleston. Spnrtanburg. Beaufort has sold to the amount of JUS.897.50 and York to the amount of J10.44U.50. In the number of agencies where stamps are on sale. York stands N'o. 19. having thirty agencies. This affords one agency to every seventeen hundred and thirty-seven people in the county. Horry leads in the respect to number of agencies being one hundred and thirteen. That gives one agency to two hundred sixty-two people. The average of the state now is one to every nve nundred and nrty-stx. The ain? of the National Committee is to make this one to three hundred or less. Piedmont Telephone Company. Custoniu Gazette: The annual meeting of the atockholdera and directora of the Piedmont Telephone & Telegraph Company was held in the company's offices here last Wednesday. Reports from the officers showed that the company had done a satisfactory business during the year. The regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent was paid during the year. Directora for the coming year were chosen as follows: W. T. Love. J. White Ware und R. B. Habington, of Gastonia; W. T. Gentry. Addison Maupin and J. Epps Brown, of Atlanta: W. B. Moore, Yorkvllle, S. C.; M. U. Spier, of Charlotte, and L<-land Hume, of Nashville. Tenn. The directors re-elected all of the old officers, as follows: \V. T. Love, president: W. T. Gentry, vice-president: Addison Maupin, secretary and treasurer; It. B. Habington, assistant treasurer and general manager. Meningitis in Gastonia. Gastonia, February 20: Gastonia has a genuine case of ccrebro-spinal meningitis, the victim being Woodrow. the five-year-old son of L. It. Padgett, who lives near the Loray mill. The family is under strict quarantine and is guarded day and night. The meningitis antLtoxln serum has been administered and a sample of the spina' ffulff "has ten sent 16 Cfie"slate cnern^ 1st at Raleigh for microscopical examination. No report has as yet been received from him. City Physician J. A. Anderson and the attending physician, Dr. Lee Johnson, agree that the case is plainly a genuine one of this disease. Another suspected case, which the physicians are now practically sure is the srme disease, has developed in the hon.e of Rev. A. T. Lindsay, president of Linwood college, six miles west of the city. The anti-toxin was administered this afternoon by Dr. W. E. Lindsay, r.f Chattanooga, Tenn., who arrived today in response to a message calling him in consultation. The victim Is Eugene, the 13-year-old son of Rev. Mr. Lindsay. McLAURIN TALKS COTTON. Former Senator Says Price Has Not Increased With Other Commodities. The News and Courier correspondent at Bennettsvilie, last Tuesday called on Senator McLaurin to see if he had any political announcement to make. He said no: that his position was made clear by his recent public statement and he had nothing to add to or subtract from them. I asked him to give me an Interview on the cotton situation, as he probably comes as near voicing the sentiment of the planters as any man in the south. The establishment of the state warehouse system and his knowledge of finance makes him a recognized authority in the cotton world. As to cotton he said: "If you could tell me when the wur will end I could answer you definitely. I am sure that the end of the war will find the world facing a cotton famine, and that for several years cotton will be relatively much higher in price than food, for the reason that food is of world-wide production, while cotton is restricted by soil and climate to certain limited areas. Cotton has increased about 100 per cent in price, while iron, wheat, steel and other standard products have Increased around 200 per cent. It Is evident that cotton must go higher in order to maintain its proper commercial relations to these other articles." ?A. M L?..i oumiui, wiitti ui/uui pi itc IIAIIJK . "Interested persons are determined, if possible, to have the government thwart by price fixing the natural effort on the part of cotton. They even advocate a price below twenty cents a pound, which is an absurdity, because under present conditions cotton will cost over twenty cents to produce in 1918. The cost of merely feeding mules has nearly doubled since this war, and where we paid fifty cents per hundred for picking it is now on? dollar. Fertilizer Is practically doubled in price, and of inferior grade. I do not think this price fixing movement is engineered by the spinners, but by speculators, who formed a pool in September to put the price of cotton back to ten cents, buy it up and reap a huge profit, as they did in 1915. I was in Chicago in September, with W. D. Grist and we were in one of the largest brokerage houses in the United States. I talked very bearish to draw them out. and the head of the firm told us that they expected cotton to go down to eigh t cents a pound. What do you think of that? A most determined effort was made, millions of bales were sold short and huge crops estimates broadcasted all over the land. The mills bought their cotton ahead and these greedy gamblers are now begging the government to flx the price and let them out of the hole that their avarice dug for them. It makes my blood boll to hear the sanctimonious whine some of their papers put up about the "patriotism of the south." I am glad the mills bought their cotton from the greedy gamblers, who confiscated our crop in 1*14. The high price is not affecting mills which bought ahead, nor the public; it Is being paid largely from the ill-cotton gains of 1916. We went to Washington in 1914 to beg the government for help, and what a howl these men raised. The government let us alone then, and we want them to treat cotton gamblers the same way they did cotton planters in 1914. This crowd estimated last October that this crop would total 14,000,600 bales, and sold millions of bales, knowing their statement was a lie. The purpose was to gobble up the spots. Our people refused to be stampeded, and when the i mills call for cotton tbese gamblers have to pay the looses. Cotton is not as high as the other articles. It is the cry of the busted gambler seeking to evade the results of his own cupidity and recklessness." 1 asked him what he wanted the government to do. He replied: "It let cotton alone in 1914 and we lost $400,000,000. 1 want it let alone now. I want this $400,000,000 back, with compound interest. I also want some 'mental anguish' damages and the tinancial scalp of every one of the buccaneers of 1914." What do you think of the prices next fall? He said: "Here is the situation, the big spot houses are buying on every decline at constantly advancing prices. They are doing this because they see in 1917 on the largest acreage ever planted a crop of 3 1-4 million bales under the average for the five years preceding the war. They correctly interpret this to mean that until normal conditions return the cotton crop must steadily grow smaller. The consumption of cotton is Uss in Kurope than before the war. but it is not because of the price, they cannot get the raw material on account of war conditions, this is at the expense of stocks and goods. The Central Powers, were the war to end at once, would consume ten millions bales in the next year if they could get it regardless of price. Consumption in Prance and Belgium may be less on account of the destruction of mills and the removal of machinery. This machinery, however, is in Uertnany and the Hermans and Eng lish mills will consume enough to atone for the dwriw in Franco and Belgium. England is Iwire to raw innteriul an?l the goods are consumed as fast as they can tie made. I regard the statement in certnil Wall Street journals about the decrease of consumption to come from the stoppage of war orders us rot, emanating from the same source that was giving out fourteen million-bale crops estimated last fall. "From this small crop a considerable amount of cotton, which is more than half rotten, is now In the fields. l?ahor and fertilizer conditions will further curtail the crop In 191S. The necessity for food crops is the most iui|>ortant factor in production. Meatless Mondays' are a powerful object lesson and has made us realize the seriousness of the situation: the restriction ubout the purchase of flour and other food is giving the all-cotton farmer a real shock. These are better educators than tons of literature. In 1918 the south will be more nearly self-supporting than ever in her history. "I feel that 1 dare not depend on western meat, flour, hay and corn. I am planting wheat, liny, corn and raising hogs with a view to supply for both man and beast on my plantation. It is the first time that I have ever done this. It will take at least one-half of my cotton land, but I am afraid not to do so. This feeling is growing and If the government takes another turn of the screws It would not surprise me by 19J0. Instead of food campaigns, to see one urging us to plant cotton. I feel rcs|iunsihlc for the ignorant people on my land and It is my duty to see that they are fed. When you can't buy food of what use is money? Increased food production IN ni'l'I'SHilTy HI I lie expense CM colloii production. which is now dangerously low. I regard The Manufacturers' Record, of Haltimore, as the ablest and most conservative publication of its character In the United Stutes and I would like to read you an extract front * it. In a recent issue it loudly calls attention to the fact that wc are confronted with a cotton famine. It says: "While everything thnt can lie done to increase food production must Ik- done, we should not lose sight of the fact that cotton is essential to civilization; it Is absolutely necessary for clothing, for tenting and a thousand and one things for which there is no substitute available. Another smnll crop would be a world disaster, and yet It will be very difficult for the south to plant, cultivate and pick a larger crop than the average of the Inst two years.'" Senator, what would be the effect of fixing the price of cotton? He re E-TTWcTT thntoepends on wliTi Is fixed. If the maximum was too low is compared with other standard articles it would defeat the very object it had In view and precipitate a cotton famine, and within five years cotton will go higher than It will ever go naturally. 1 think thnt cotton, considering the small crop and the expense attached, ought to be forty cents a pound now. If we are forced to go into food production I believe we can beat the west in raising hogs and corn. I want to say this In conclusion. that I have no use for any man who, in an effort to force price fixing, sneers at the 'patriotism of the south.' It is nothing but justice that we should make enough profit to reim ourse us ror mo losses Between 19111916. The cotton planters* wore practically bankrupt at the beginning of 1916. I have aa good land an thenis in the world and 1 lost money every year during the period named. It would take live years at the present profit for me to got even. It Is natural that I should want to sop the gravy until my Jaws are greasy. | have been smelling the gravy seven years, while others that had no part In frying out the fat revelled in its richness. 1 thin.; this is about the way the south feels." ? (iaffney Ledger, February 21: The dead body of a white man was found lying near the tracks of the Southern railway yesterday morning when train No. 36 passed the point neur where the double tracking is going on. about two miles from Oaffney. near the overhead bridge. It was later learned that the men who were at work on the railroad saw the man coming from the direction of <iaffney walking slowly and after he (Missed a shot was heard, though nothing was thought of it at the time. When the crew of train Xo. 36 gave the alarm an investigation was had and it was found that the man wus twenty or thirty years of age. clean shaven, clad in a blue serge coat, black trousers. blue shirt, black necktie and a soft black hat, weighed about 135 pounds, had on clean underclothing of good quality, black socks and a good pair of shoes. When the body was found the revolver with two chambers discharged, was lying on his breast and his hat was covering it. A pocketbook was found on his person which contained no money. On the back of his right hand were three warts, two large and the other small. There was absolutely nothing on the man's person that would indicate his name or where he came from. A 38calibre revolver was found on the uvu; auu ocifilllllK puiniB lO mf fact that the man took his own llfs. It is possible that the man may have been a drafted soldier, who destroyed all marks of Identification and then deliberately killed himself to avoid military service, or else he may have been a tramp who had lost all desire to live and took his own life. Boll Wssvil Hard to Kill,?'"It Is extremely unwise for cotton farmers to assume that the freezes of the last few weeks have exterminated the cotton boll weevil," the department of agriculture has announced In answer to many inquiries from the south. The department said It was to be hoped that planters would not be led into Increasing their cotton acreage at * the expense of raising foodstuffs and thus not only fail in their patriotic duty, but at the same time suffer financial loss from boll weevil. The neces^ sity for the south to produce its own food this year was stressed. uuring ine paax winter tne temperatures have been lower than at any tlme since 1899." the statement continued, "and there can -hardly be any doubt that this extreme cold baa reduced the numbers of weevils In many sections of the south. The Impression had been gained by many planters that the weevil had been reduced to negligible numbers, if not altogether exterminated. It is too much to expect that the temperatures have been uniformly cold enough to absolutely extermlnate the weevil from large areas. Thirty-Two Conts Cotton^?The highest price for cotton in Montgomery, Ala., since the Civil war was paid Wednesday, when a Montgomery firm of exporters bought 512 bales of shortstaple cotton at 12 cents a pound. The lot brought $11,120.