Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and facts John Watts son o! .\s?o<int- Justl" I'.. <*. Wiltls. Of 1):- South <*J?Kill li:i u|>r?m?- court. a* lio-kiin;liatii N. <*.. last Kri<la\ of infl'i' wist. Thoannual ronv n'ioii of th* 1 i?i' <1 liauKht'T.s of tli< ' 'onf* !' < '" wbi'li was to huv? t?< ?*n h?*!'t l?at lint:ton last wm-k. h-- nnm on W'O iws'lay. uns in'l-tii.it' l> I ji-t.-'l on account of th*- influenza *ttuntsnt!. \'lMiifi* ui'iuiry of th< Viifoic ha|?'i is l'*\. lopcl tha' Ml- |.ioli.i!?! utt"ulanc wii'il1! not amount to i 'luorum. ?ll'li is I'lst i? i" J 1 ?"??" i'h toi M.. iritist-riu" out of th- fti-n h* vt.it'> ati'l not I.'. uriit>. Th:> will -nlail an . i t.* utiik ?Jri lh?' *?T * Ilfi-rs, for thi- in#*t ;ii ''utnji wurth |i|.|i-i|it j.i ;i# t |< ;ill\ vi#r\ stjit#. iii t|,.. I'nioii. |i I In I-I) #-xl*-i I...J i|,.i thi in*-n \v#>#ili| i| is llllli'l .l Itl i'Jl.lllli' III Kill's. I.#it this i-li .i is ili iiii|i-i| \\ ith thi- ri-i -i|-t of ?.ffli'isil ii|i|? is tn tin i Kiiti :u y. 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Thi Sji.irlii.-us or I:.i.ll. ill Smlailsl Kloi||i .in- li-jiul't'-il tu l.i- ih ! ii'linj; Mil li nun him imiijs hi- tuitions I.I till- sill lull Its III lli-r11II 'I'll* VVUll.null's .-Hill su|.||.-i s' lllltliiij* i < has I.i-I UIIII- Itiucili/. i| ami .11 -i lu ii.si- .iiiii- Sli'i-l ll^lilin^ is ....... i. . 1 l. 11,, | *u!u:* l.i* ' 1.1 / 11? tu In :-* 11.^ on in Mnyi'iin, capital <>l tin* I111' of III# I'.Im llsh l|i"v :111 I mi#* ol th# prim i|#al l#?rtr#*ss#*s ol larnianv. .Many |>#-isons hav#* l?# #*n l.ili##l. - Mulish in# i i I#.#tit lonna j* lull's v.* i* \j\ rin > tons 11on# ili?- I##*Kllinilii: Ol till* Will lo a II loll* I ,11. M'ls. iMionliiiK to an ol In la I slat# in# nl just i .**u#*i|. 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Th' loss to th#* inwspap# 1 l#laiil is #*stiiiiat#**l at ahoul fa'J."')" 111IIv i i#\#*i#?l hy iiisiii.iiii*i* ami tin* lo: > t#> th# hiiihlinu is J.'.'*.u'?". with insiir an# #* l<# lh# Valu#* of two-thir#ls ol Us valu#* Tli#* ll#-rahl iinitiriliuti-ly mail# iii.iiik* no tits for lh#* issuau#') <#f its Sumlay MinrniiiK #*#lilioii hy .M?*ssi>. Itaml ami Willi#*. j##l> prilit#*rs. "Inllu# n/.a won III# war t##r th# villi.?" Tins stai-llini: stati-Mi# lit was in.nl< l>\ |?r. \V<mkIs Hiit?,,,rii< III-;. Ill- ?! ? ?l?->?,.fi John I till IJi.liliisi.ii, i>i i'liit-iiKit, lust l-'rnln\. I?r 11 iiti hinsiiii i -t iti*ii< I I: st .Itiiiiitirv from nil iii\ :.iu.itinii ?: i.?;>itli onn 111 hiiis 111 Kur<>|ii-. ;iml litis In <-ii sIihIiiiik lis inlliii'ii/ti i|.ii|iiiiii- in various I'.uls ill His I'liiti'il Sttiti's. Hi- ssiiil: "It litis just now litiUcil out thtit tin- i |iii|i'iui<- itiK? il furiously in iii'tntiuv in l-Vhnitiry iitul Mari-h. Tln-m win* "su,in mi i-jisi's on tin- wrsti ru trout, tiiul tlitit is literally what In-Ill Ho tTitiiiit ilrivi- for two works tiiul iiiiiloiilito<||\ stixill tin- <l.-i\ for tin\lli?-s." Tin- inlliuti/.ti wtis much l tiioi-i- siiiiuis in XiiK-rioti than in Ku? io|m- to-ini'ilma to Hi-. IInti-liinson. ? I iontlis hi Xiiu iioti to ilati- tottil 3."iii.' OIIO. umii. Jt'niloit St til is .ijovoinnu-nl hnvo .is tfs " Kin-sts in I!io notir I nf in*-, rrosiilont roinoaiv, of l-'rtinoo: Kuia tiootnto. of l-.'tialuiul: Kina Allu l l ot Ml laimii: Kina Vioim- Kintutiii I. of Iftilj" tntil tin- b ;nls of tin v hi li or imtlmis Mi-osiiloiit Wilson liuiy \isit ilurina Ins stay in Kurn|ip. Sto|iliau i :. I.'iu/tiiiin . oilitor oi Tlio I'til-is Matin. i|oi-laii ?l iiist Iii foii In s.iiloil lot I'ltinoi from Now Vork lusl l-?riila>. M I.tiuz:ilino litis In i-n in tlio I"t?it I Stuti-s foi so\<-rtil inotillis on till olli i-itil mission "It litis Im-iii :i ilirlom il to i-iistnm from lino- imnipiuni-itil." M l.tiu/.tinno s.-iiil. "ilml tin- ho.nl of mil- ttov oi nno iit wlio oiitortalns tinlo-tol ol iiiintlior. i11\ .111:iI I\ io|inys tin\ isil. Wlnlo no ollioi.il tiniioiiiii p llli-lll ol I'lillis li:i vp Ill-oil Itltoli-. M. 1.:iii/:iiiiio iloo'tiii il il was o< rltiin I'rosiilotil I'oilii'.i lo woilM t'olllo to tin I'liltoil Si.il? > wolioi l In in M yoar. \ I*tit In11on ol lli<- Tliirl i -nintli ' , ... I.V 1 mill \lllil li.Ill nil.mi i f .... I.isl SiiiiiI;i> I'or Cohleiiz. a lour hours' i mi Tin* pra-matiiri- ??? ? u|?.?I ion of I'ohl.'ir/. is ilII*' to tin- iaa|iia-st of tint irrtil.'in aiitliorit ia-s, w ho ai a- appra-ha-nsivo ol tin1 cotiil it tons that might provail tlo-ro at the withdrawal of thi th-rin.in foivos. This is tin llrst tiim tin- Xtnorirans ha\o ntiliza-al railway trains tor thoir aalvamv into tha- tir' rilory fr.iiti wliii'h tin- ila-rmans have withdrawn. Tin* main army i-ontinm-s its ailvaitoa- in th<' usual ttiantior ami Sat unlay night had ra-aa-lu-al thi- ci-n a i al liiia- ail' t ia-lsalait a il. Mayi'ii. Kloetig atlal Sa'ltaalala'll. All la-ports a'OUtilllla'al tai illalia-ata- that tha- (Prolans were withdrawing in an orih-rly inanm-r ami that tit.- inhabitants of tha* villages oeiiipia'al I a \ thi- A tin -ria-a its win- refraining front any antagonistic aa-ts. It Was Hot a\|H-a'ta-il that tlla-la- Wollld In any troiihla* al t'ohhnz and the appeal hy the hiirgomasta-r ta> si-ml troops was ala-nii-it until it was suppla-tna-nteil in writing hy tin- retiring military a-otn ma tulers. I'ranto-r t'lenia-nei-au may aa-t as I'la'sl.la lll a>t ttit- l-'lVIH'h all la-gation to til.- (Kara- a-onfa-ra?tla*a'. It is li-p--|-ti-il that the pi-'-J- lla-a- a?f I'resiita-llt WilsolJ as h. ail of the American ihvla-gation has I ai to this leeish * on t!i pttrt of till KlV.la-h or- oai. I i a-a'd jglt ltd may sa-hvt as his a -ell::bon:ti>ir CVpt. \iialt'a- Tarilieti. 1a ail of tin gi-tv-ral eoinuPssiam fa-r l-'ram-o-Am -rican vvat mrt.a-rs ar.al high a-a inniissioa -r tin* I'm . .I Stah s: Jules Camlm?*. ga-m-ral tary to the ministry of foreign affairs atul former anthassaalor to thiInitial States: Marshal Koa-h and the l-'r-nah tninist-rs of tin- navy ami labor. Ua-orge r.a-ygna-s ami M. folianl. respectively. l-'or a tiina- the Krvneh m-ws|aapa-rs wa-ra- mit |K-rmitta-al to forcast tin- eompositioti of the Kn-ttah ala-h-gatia?ti. hut this ra-stria'tion sa-atns now tax havi- t>a-a-n withal raw n. Itafa-ntly tlm nanta-s of fonner Premiers I-a-on Itourga-ois ami Arlstiale Itriaml havi- ha-en nu-tlona-al in a-onna-ction with the conference ami some of tin- t?:i|>a-rs havi- taken tha-m itttah-r consideration as suitable ala-h-gat vs. ? Nina- French prisoners wore shot i?- "?. ifert 11:1ns ami 15 otha-r prisom-rs seriously wounded at the prison camp in l<ugensalzn. Prussian Saxony, the Spanish ambassador to Berlin re|?orts. The behavior of the prisoners did not in the least justify the severity of this act of pression. it was ileolaretl. The French government. it is indicated, is resolved to demand reparation for this act of the Hermans. which will In1 added to the already long list of occurrences of this and similar nature. It was reported in a Paris dispatch of IVcember 5 that incidents of serious gravity" have occurred within the hist few days in a prison camp in Saxony where Allied soldiers were confined and the Allied governments were said to have decided to act energetically in this connection. It was apparently this incident which gave rise to the rc|H>rt printed in the North Herman Hazel to of Berlin that Allied occupation was to be extended even temporarily. to Berlin, the reason given in this report being a "regrettable Incident during which a supervisor of a prison camp shot three Frenchmen." ? Spartanburg was last Friday plnead under a quarantine fully as rigid and in some respects far more rigid than the one which became operative on October 1. Meeting today to consider the loeal health situation, which has been growing from bad to worse ever since November 11. the board of health by and with the ap< , provnl of the> city council. Imposed a P . quarantine which closes all churches. schools, colleges and shows or forbids rr ill public gatherings of any kind what- b soever. Following regulations are ef( ?etlve at once. All public and private 'J >< hools and colleges and churc hes and si Sunday Schools are closed. All mov- 0 iiig picture shows and theatres, pool ? rooms and all other places arc- closed. I- unctions at < h inch's and home ar?- a not allowed. Iri stores two customers ij will la* allowed to each clerk, includ- " it;-.' th?- proprietor and manager. In i t.imarits ju |s*r cent of the seating " ;<l*iiit.v including tables and counters o will b< allowed. All restaurants and v drug stoi?s mav on Sunday sell only h gs :in<l medical supplies and pre- u par> d foods suc h as are usually served, a drinks 01 other articles mav be.a sold. ? ?hr ilorhvillr nquirrr * r Kntered at the Fostofflce at York aa t Mail Matter of the Second Class. J; l' *?'" " ^ ^ TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1918. This I'ounti'.v cannot make the progress it should have without more edu- . cation. , The main reason of the opposition to r tin- education <?f inferiors is the fear I; that tIn-v v. ill Itccoiiic superiors. u t A state ought to he at least a little 1 hetter than the average of its citizenship. hut unfortunately that is not true. ' . m r If those Hermans hud held out until America hail really begun to light. Kurope would have been shown a genuine illustration of real war. i ' * * 1 The most reprehensible thing that is to he chalked up against the govern- ^ incut of the United States during the war has been its imposition on the v press. The provision of the constitu- ( tion which guarantees the liberty of tin- press was violated l>y indirection; luit most effectively, nevertheless. and then the press was imposed on to a most outrageous extent by being held up to giving without money and without price its advertising space to the gov eminent. It is |iiit probable that after all I : 111 it will In- occupied hv the Allied troops. A unlabel ot things have happciieii to justify the oeeiipation of capital of the (ierman empire if the Allies see tit. and then it is very iM'ssibh- that the Herman government it sell may ask for Allied occupation as a means of securing the establishment of order. Hut as things look now then- is no reason to suppose-or anticipate that the Allies will have to use force. There is good reason to believe thut alt Hermans very well understand that it will never <lo to provoke anything like that. The International l'hoto-Kngravers' association has adopted a resolution under which it pledges its members to work for no employer who iloes not charge a fair profit for his work. The idea, of course, is to force employers to charge enough for the products to en awe mom 10 pay imr iu mv producers. The effective enforcement 1 of such a rule us that proposed by the International l'hoto-Kngravers union would go a long way in adjusting the long time differences between capital and labor, and the system would bear witli especial tniklit on the people who act along so nicely without actually produciiiK anything. As to whether \V J- Bryan is out of politics we do not know; hut we don't mind saying this. William J. Bryan lias had more influence for good on the I'nited States of America during the past eighteen years than any other one mail in the country. He has set the pace for the country in advanced thought fur moral, financial and industrial development. He has done more for prohibition than any other one man and he has done more for the up- | lift of honest labor in every line of in- ,| dustry. He is more largely responsible than my other one man for monetary t reform and for the land loan bank sys- t tern. There is absolutely no uucstiln { of the fact that but for him Woodrow { Wilson would never have been president; but there is very considerable t question as to whether Woodrow Wil- { son is as good a man as is Mr. Bryan. ( As to whether Mr. Bryan can now be elected we do not know. We are in- ( dined to think now that whoever the Democrats may nominate, the Kepublicans are to elect the president in 11120; but however that may be there is not a better man in America for the - .,1. Ition VI* I llrv-m r IU . ....... ... ?. .......... C That statement hy I)r. Woods Hutchinson that influenza holdback the tier- * man drive for two weeks just before v the Americans arrived to the rescue is s certainly interesting, if not significant s The British statesmen are telling their (1 people that the British navy won the I war, and we Americans are sure that I the Allies were defeated up to the time the Americans started the Germans t back toward home. So far as human s knowledge goes there is much to all ( this. Perhaps I>r. Woods Hutchinson , will claim that influenza was a perfect- .? ly natural cause, that is subject to science as soon as science finds the key t to unlock its secret, and if that is his t position, ho is correct. But where is * the key now? Once upon a time for ' disobedience old David was given a , choice of having the country overrun t hy war. famine or pestilenee. He chose pestilence, and the pestilence ' came to an end finally with lots of r fresh material still untouched, not be- < cause of "science." but because David j 1>K?'U Illitl Ull' t'U'll'"""'!" WHK vi> hirr. instead of his people, because the 1 sin was his and not theirs. r>avid knew J where the Key was. j Scvenil newspapers in North and : South Carolina have been missing is- j sues lately on account of htlp short- f age. There is not a newspaper of any 1 importance in the whole country that J has not been seriously affected by conscription. Linotype operators, press- c men as well as editors and reporters } have been taken into the service, re- 1 ducing editorial staffs and mechanical ? forces to the lowest possible degree of f efficiency. Many papers, of course, had * to suspend on that account, and only the strongest were able to survive, f During the last few months the rav- ? ages of influenza among the men re- j laining have added still further to the urdens of the papers. Where former there has been usually some way of instituting and double turning In case f the dropping out of help, when the u came along it took the substitutes nd laid-off the double turners entirer The Enquirer has been managing u go mainly by double-turning as it as been impossible to get substitutes f any kind. Fortunately the few men ,ho have been getting out the paper P to this time have escaped the flu, nd while The Enquirer has not been ble to do what it would like to do, il ius done and is doing better thar nany others. But The Enquirer is noi iragging. it is not feeling that wa> bout it. It recognizes that it has foi nonths been coming through only bj he narrowest possible margin and it is iiindful of the fact that before the la -or situation and the tlu ease up 11 nay yet fall by the wayside. But tht uanagement will continue to do as il tas been doing?the best it can with bout .*.v per cent of the force neccsary to do properly what it has been loing in some kind of way. Ik-longs to tiie People. The litigation in connection with tht .'olumbia canal involves matters ol ery great importance to the people ol 'outh Carolina. Briefly stated, the facts arc like this ifter spending an immense amount ol noney in trying to dig a canal arountl he shoals at Columbia, to make Broad iver navigable for boats, the state laving become tired of the job, turned ill of its interests in the project ovei o the city of Columbia, 011 condition hat it would complete the job. After a time the city of Columbhi lisposed of its interests in the propert} o a Columbia corporation, organized or the purpose of taking it overThe canal has never been completed Vs a matter of fact the necessity for its -ompletion has been doubtful formanj cars. The probability is that even il t were completed, the river would nol ... v?'fv- ..vtcnsivelv used as a comrncr ial water way. either now or in th< uture. But as a water power the canal h vorth several millions of dollars anii his property is in the hands of a corloration that has not given for it th? onsideration that was stipulated ir he contract. There has been more or less tall ibout how the ownership of this prop rty was euchred olt of the state bj he father of Ed Robertson, who ii low assumed to be the principal own >r. and how the said Robertson thi rider was a carpet-bag politician wh< anie to South Carolina during recon itruction for plunder and got it. So far as these thingsare concerned ve do not see that they have anythint o do with the present issue. There are those who say that n< natter what may have been the re roachful record of the elder Robert ion. or Mr. E. XX*. Robertson either, i iny reproachful record there be, tha he present Mr. Robertson has beei iccepted by the people of Colutnbii ind the state socially and otherwise ind it is not advisable or desirable t< ake up past reproachful history. NX'e heartily agree that there is n< sense in slander or abuse in regard t< he matter; but that has nothing what jver to do with it all. The question is does this canal prop rty rightfully and Justly belong to the jorporation that is now owning an< njoying the protits from it, or does i jelong to the people of South C'aro ina? If the property justly belongs t< hose who now have it in possession et them have it; but if it belongs t< he state of South Carolina, then thi date of South Carolina should have it if the consideration of ownershi] .vas completion of the canal, and th< anal was not completed the consider ition of ownership was not compile* vith. The fact that there was no long r any necessity for completing the ca ial does not properly enter into thi ^-nitAglllnn This canal property is of sufflcien ulue to more than pay the entire stat< lebt. That fact, however, is importan >nly to the extent that the propert; nay or may not belong to the State. Xo matter what may be the presen loclal or political status of the holder >f this property, if they do not hold i awfully and justly, it should be takei iway from them. The matter will be settled in th< ourt; but we do not hesitate to saj hat the people of South Carolina nee< o watch their interests most carefullj 0 see that justice is doneAs we see the whole thing right a his moment, we feel morally certair hat this property in dispute belongs t< he state of South Carolina, but we ar< lot prepared to say that we feel sun hat even though that he the case, th< late will get what belongs to the stati n the final settlement. GEORGE'S APPEAL TO WILSON. British Premier Tells How England'i Ships Saved Situation. "I shall never forget that mornini vhcn I sent a cable message to I'res dent Wilson telling him what the fact! vcre and how essential it was that w< ihould get American help at th< 1 peed lest possible rate and inviting hin o send 120,000 infantrymen and ma< bine guns to Europe," said I'remiei ,loyd Geoge in a speech to 3,000 Eng ishmen last Saturday. "The following day." continued th< >roinier. "there came a cablegran him President Wilson: 'Send you: ihips across and we will send you 120,' >00 men." 'Then I invited Sir Joseph McKlav he shipplnp controller, to Downint itreet and said: " "Send every ship you can.' "They were all enpaped in essentia rades because we were cut down riph o the bones. There was nothinp thai vas not essential. We said: 'This is he time for takinp risks.' "We ran risks with our food am ,ve ran risks with essential raw ma erials. We said: "The thinp to do is to pet these met u-ross at all hazards.' "America sent 1.900.000 men acrosi in?i om 01 inaT numoer i.ivu.wu wrn :arrlwl by the British marine. Thi rood old ships of Britain have save* he liberty of the world many times They saved it in the days of Qneei Elizabeth: saved it in the days o /ouis XIV: saved it in the days o Xai>oleon and have saved it in th< lays of Kaiser Wilhelm II. "It is a change from December 1916 i change from the days when we mad< uir ha 11anee sheet and found German: ind acuuired more Allied territory thai the hail before: that a new ally hat alien and that another ally was tot ering and that Germany was advanc ng ruthlessly. "That was the story up to the enc >f December 1916. What is the storj oday? Every German submarine i: n a British port today. "The best battleships and cruisers ind torpedo boats of-Germany an low. with lowered flags under th< lurveillance of Brittsh seamen in Brit. sh harbors. "And the British army which has ought so gallantly is today, at this lour, marching across the Rhine Intc 5ermany and into one of the mosi amous cities of Germany." LOCAJL AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Miss Rachel Qulnn?Has tvo six-room cottages on King's Mountain itreet, for rent, i C. M. Inman Wants renter* for two larmt. W. "H. Crook. J. J. Coltharp and Carl G. Faris, Fort Mill?Offer a J2-pasaengvr transfer wagon for sale. Miss Rachel Quinn?Forbids trespassing of any nature on the estate lands of W. H. Qui?, deceased. > York Motor Car Co.?Gives notice that penaf1 ties will fall on automobilists who travel the highways after January 1. unless they have 1919 license tags. It will help you get yoors. > McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Urges early Chrtatl mas buying and invites your patronage in the , buying of practical gifts. A big array for ' the holiday shopper. Toys, books, etc. I (Loan t Savings Bank?Suggests that parents give their children bank account* as Christ1 mas gifts and encourage the saving habit. J. M. Stroup?Is showing new lines of Schioss Bros.'s clothing for men. Full line of overcoats for boys and men. Practical gifts for ' gift givers. Star Theatre?On Thursday and Friday pre sent* "Pershing's Cnutderi," an omciaj picture showing America's gigantic part in the , world war. Thrilling, interesting. ' Clover Drug Store? Has exlred itself in P re par ing to help its patrons having the beat and , most enjoyable Christmas in years. A great array of seasonable, practical gift goods in I the reach of all holiday shoppers. Geo. W. Williams. W. M.?Gives notice of regular communication of Philanthropic lodge, i No. 32. A. F. M.. tonight. Election of officers, refreshments, etc. J. R. Rector. York No. 3?Will pay $100 reward for return or information leading to recovery of $1,860 lost on salesday. either in James Bros.'s lot or on the Chester road. J. T. Smith. Admr.?Gives notice that on Jan! uary 7th he will apply to the probate court r for final discharge as administrator of the estate of D. J. Smith. deceased. C. H. Smith?Warns hunters on his lands to keep dogs away from his cattle and sheep if they value their dogs, f J. T. Crawford. McConnellsville?On December I 20. will sell a lot of personal property at tbc Mr Net I farm, two miles below McConnells1 ville. , Jno. R. Logan. C. C. C. Pis.- Gives notice of sale under foreclosure of real estate in the I case of W. H. I'eden. PI IT. vs. Thos. W. Patrick and others. W. H. Howell Suirervisor- Publishes a stateI menl of disbursement on account of King't Mountain township roads from August 1st tc November 1st. 1 L. M. Grist's Sons. Publishers?Present a new prospectus carrying features that are of especial interest to clubmakers. See page four, I First National Bank, York?Urges you to pay your bills with checks and points out some ol the many advantages that com* to you by doing business in tbis wuy. Page four. I * r The ginners' report came out yesterf day. showing gainings of 9,539,001 I bales, or about 3.000.0U0 bales short ol estimates. It was reported also thai along with this report, ilr. Brand, ol the cotton distribution board, issued ar < order removing restrictions previously I laid against short sales. Maj. R. E. t'arwile, officer in charge ol state headquarters for selective regu' kit ions has mailed out a lengthy bulletin to local boards over the state ' prescribing the manner in which theli records are to be bundled and preserv cd. A complete tile for every regiss trant, containing records from loca district and medical advisory boards ; is to be made up. When it is rem em1 bered tliul there were some 300,OOt registrants from the state, some idcr of the volume of the records can bt arrived at. In regard to giving access ! to historical societies to the reglstra tion cards, the bulletin contains the > following: "Frequent requests hav< - been made for access to registrator cards by historical societies and oth f ers. You will advise local boards thai ' they will be instructed to pern it upor ' and alter due application therefore anc 1 under stric t supervision state and lO' . cal historical societies, the Americar > Itecl Cross, and like societies whicl ure interested and assisting in thi J work of helping returned soldiers t< J find employment and of locating tela tives of deceased soldiers whose bodies are returned to this country, to makt coppies of the following entries onj^ e duplicate registration cards. Regl? 1 trant's name, home address, date o: t birth, place of birth, parentage, nat - ionality, citizenship, race, occupation employers' name, and nearest relative 3 So society organization shall be glvei , access to the registration cards ex 3 eept they are previously so uuthorizec p by the provost marshal general ant . the loeal boards have been so notb 3 lied." e WITHIN THE TOWN j ?Mrs. J. K. Alston, who has under taken the organization of the Yorl county unit of the "Fatherless Chil - dren of France" society, made a tail > out at the Cannon mill a few days ag< in the interest of her work. After shi had explained that there were 500,001 1 fatherless children in France; tha u they could be supported on 10 cents i t day each, $3 a month, $36.50 a year . and that it was desired to get eacl ' school grade in the county to under take the support of one or more or t phans by the contribution of ten cent s a day from each grade, a little thai ' spoke up and said: "Well, I have $5 1 and I will give you that." Very mud l impressed with the spirit of the llttli nHnn Mrs Alston explained that it waj , $5 that was wanted; but 10 cents t L day, and it was desired to have the >' contribution in that form. The littli ] philanthropist seemed unable to un I derstand why the $5 could not be ac cepted in a lump and argued: "But ii wo don't help people when they are Ir t trouble, we can't expect them to hel| i us when we are in trouble-" > ? That the YorkvlUe cotton marke a is almost invariably behind the othei ' markets of the county is a fact that ii ? so generally understood that nobodc ? disputes it- All business people knov ? that the larger the quantity of cottoi handled in any market town, the bet ter is general business in that town If the business people of Yorkvllh want a better cotton market, anc therefore better business, it is up t< I hem to move in the matter, and th< 5 best steps to take are the removal o license taxes against outside buyer) r and the establishment of a public plat - form at which there will be a publii i weigher and public grader. Thesi i things will undoubtedly help; but th) ? business people should understand tha i if there is to be any reform at all. 1 must be brought about by local bus! p ness people. The farmers on the out . side have no reason to be especiall; concerned. All of them are generall; ? close to markets that are better thai l the local market, and have quick anc r easy means of ascertaining where the; can sell their cotton to the best advan tage. They, therefore, are not espe , dally interested in trying to make i - -- ?- -? T# ; neuer marnei ui ium>inc. i., over the business people of Yorkvilh should take the business view of thl; 1 whole situation and act upon tha t view, not only would Yorkville becomi t a better market for cotton as well a. i other products; but the marketing con ditions of the county generally woul< 1 be very much improved. SPHCIAL TERM ORDERED. A special term of the court of gen * eral sessions has been ordered to bi ^ held in Yorkville on December 30, fo j the purpose of trying the negro, San i. Johnson, in jail charged with attempt ! ed criminal assault, alleged to hav< ? been committed in Fort Mill recently The order for the special term wa made by Governor Manning on petitfoi . of various citizens of Fort Mill town j ship, who feel that the best thing b . do with the case is to dispose of it un , der due process of law at the earlies j possible moment. A special venire of petit jurors wil " be drawn next Tuesday to sit on th< case and the grand Jury win t>e re I railed to act upon the indictment to b< . handed out by the solicitor. CIRCUIT COURT. ? When the last issue of The Enquirei , went to press the court was engaged . on the case of E. W. Kimbrell Co. vs J. D. O'Connell, involving an account1 ing. The jury found /or the plaintlfl J in the sum of $79.37. The next case was that of Ezra Huffstickler vs. Manchester Cotton Mill ol Roclc Hill. The plaintiff was seriously injured in an elevator accident In the mill laat spring- From the testimony and appearances, it seems that be is a hopeless cripple for life. He sued for damages in the sum of 330.000. The Jury after remaining out all night, returned with a verdict in his favor in the sum of S3.000. The verdict is to be paid by an insurance company, it is understood. In the case of Charlie McXeel vs. the city of Rock Hill, there was a consent verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of 33.000. On assembling for the third week i>' the term yesterday morning, the court took up the case of Mary J. S.ms vs. York county. This is a suit against the county for 32.000 damages on account of the lynching of the plaintiff husband between Yorkville and Sharon in the latter part of August. 1917. In a previous trial last summer the Jury found Tor tne aeienaani; oui juuk>' Ernest Moore set the verdict aside. Following is the Jury: J. B. Bratton, i foreman: X. W. Allen. YV. O. Clawson. J. B- Love. S. G. Bankhead. R. B. Bigger. B. F. Chllders, H. L. White. J. O. 1 Xeely. L. W. Robinson. W. I. Howell. | Campbell Jenkins. The jury took the papers last night, with instructions to bring in a sealed verdict at 10.30 o'cloek this morning. It is probable that tW> court will today take up the case of W. B. Wilson, i Sr.. vs. the Southern railroad, involv, ing the title of a certain lot in Rock Hill, claimed by both plaintiff and defendant. TO CLUBMAKERS. We are calling the .attention of our friends the clubtnakers to the special ' premium offers we arc making in another column. Heretofore the restrictions of the War Industries board have been such ' that we have been unable to conduct our business along accustomed lines; 1 but within the past week, wo arc pleased to be able to say, these restric' tions have been largely withdrawn, , uiid we are more at liberty to conduct ; our business along former lines, with, out so much danger of being blacklisted with the pajar manufacturers or shut out of the mails. It will be noted that ill one importi ant respect, these competitive offers [ are the most liberal that we have ever . made, and that important respect is ; in the point of time. Heretofore the club contests have i run from November 1 to March 15? . live and a half months?and it was all that time before the contests were decided. f 'this contest runs only a month and twenty days, and somebody is going to get $75 for a comparatively ' small amount of work done within that , time. So far as any present advantage on the part of any of the clubmakers is concerned, it amounts to practically ' nothing, us no one clubmaker has >?.. I returned as many as twenty names. All clubmakers arc requested to go ' to work and send in names as promptly as they can, as it is import) ant to us to be able to utilize as much i time as possible during the holidays in revising the mailing lists for next ' year. ' The Enquirer will skip two issues during the holidays, those of Dccem. Iter 27 and 31, and the issues of Jan[ uar.v 3 and 7 will go to all subscribers ; whose subscriptions otherwise would t have expired on January 1. t QUART A MONTH. , The biggest single item of business I in the office of the probate judge these . times is in the issuing of permits to i "buy whisky for the influenza." j The number of permits issued runs . from 30 to 40 a day, and even higher. , On December 4, 30 permits wen; is. sued. The record for December 5 j was 28 and for December 6 it went up . to 43. , The total number of permits issued r frottt the ttme of the approval of the f present law In April 1917 up to last . Saturday morning was 3,472, which means that within the time mentioned, there was ordered through permits ' issued by the probate court 668 gal1 Ions of whisky, barring of course, the cases of those people, who, having sej cured permits, neglected to go on . with the transactions. The fact that Christmas is ap proaching does not seem to have much to dc with the ordering of this whisky? not according to the people who apply for the permits. Almost with one accord they say they are " going after the whiskey for the Influ4 enza. Sometimes it is one, sometimes " it is two cases, and some'times the 4 whole family is down. 3 And there is another curious cireumstance about tho matter. It is a " common thing to hear people who or1 der whisky on a permit say they don't 1 get It. Sometimes, according to their I stories, they get nothing at all. some1 times they get empty bottles and sometimes they get bottles of water. One man said the othe r day that he B had ordered a quart of whisky four 5 times, all for the flu, and he had not received a single quart yet. Of course 1 the man told the truth about it and 2 the presumption is that the employes s of the express company drink all this 1 whisky or make use of it otherwise. UNANIMOUS MEMBERSHIP. President Wilson has issued a proc: lamation In which he calls upon every ) American to join the Ked Cross during "Roll Call Week," December 16 to t 23, "and thus send forth to the whole r human family the Christmas greeting ! for which it awaits and for which it f stands in the greatest need. The proci lamation, which is dated at the White " House, November 26, but which has just been made public, is as follows: j "One year ago 22,000,000 Americans. > by enrolling as members of the Red i Cross at Christmas times, sent to the f men who were lighting our battles s overseas a stimulating message of . cheer and good will. They mane it 2 clear that our people were of their own s free choice united with their governs ment in the determination not T>nly to t wage war with instruments of destruct tion, but also by every means in their - power to repair the ravages of the in vaders and sustain and renew the spirf It of the army and of the homes which y they represented. The friends of the i American Red Cross in Italy, Belgium 1 and France have told, and will tell / again, the story of how the Red Cross - workers restored morale in the hosplt als, in the camps and at the cantonl ments. and we ought to be very proud - that we have been permitted to be of ? service to those whose sufferings and s whose glory are the heritage of hut manity. e "Now. by God's grace, the Red Cross b Christmas message of 1918 is to be a - message of peace as well as a message 1 of good will. But peace does not mean that we can fold our hands. It means further sacrifice. Our membership must hold together and be increased for the great tasks to come. We Just - prove conclusively to an attentive world e that America is permanently aroused to the needs of the new era. our old indifference gone forever. 1 "The exact nature of the future ser - vice of the Red Cross win nepena on P the programme of the associated government. but there is immediate need today for every heartening work and 8 for every helpful service. We must not 1 forget that our soldiers and our sailors " are still under orders and still have du5 ties to perform of the highest conse quence and that the Red Cross Christmas membership means a great dea' . to them. "The people of the saddened lands p moreover, returning home today. where there are no homes, must have B the assurance that the hearts of our people are with them in the dark and doubtful days ahead. Let us, so far as we can. help them back to faith in r mercy and in future happiness. . "As president of the Red Cross, conscious in this great hour of the value of such a message from the American . people, I should be glad if every Amerf ican would Join the Red Cross for 1919 and thus send forth to the whole human family the Christmas greeting for which it waits and for which it stands in greatest need." ABOUT PEOPLE C Miss Olive Whltaker of Clover Xo. 3. j; is spending a few days with her aunt. Mrs. John Armstrong, of Clover. Mr. W. O. Harshaw of McConnellsville. spent Sunday in Yorkville with the family of Mr. \V. J. P. Wylie. ( Mr. W. L, Wallace, who has been working at Orangeburg for some time past, has returned to his home in I Yorkville. , Information has been received that Joseph S. Hunter of Rock H1U, has been in a German prison camp, and ' he is getting along nicely. I Mrs. Malcolm Johnson of New York. < and Mrs. John M. Hemphill of Chester, y are visiting their parents. Mr. and Mrs. . Robert Witherspoon, in Yorkville. Misses Belle Smith and Lena Wllkor- J son of Hickory Grove, spent the week- < enil with Misses Eunice and Mary the effect that tndiviuual soldiers wno arc needed by their employers In businesses which, since the war began, have boon classed as essential, might be discharged instanter upon the application of such employers; but that was for public consumption mainly. There have been orders and orders on [the subject, one order contradicting another, until nobody seems to know which order takes precedence. But J none of the orders really incan anything. The commanding ofllcers take the position that the release of individual soldiers calls for "too much paper work;" that each and every soldier can make out as good a case why he should be discharged as any Other soldier, and to discharge one soldier on a separate showing would mean that all the others would have to be discharged on separate showings with the result that the labor and trouble connected with demobilization would be multiplied indefinitely. (Jo to the captain and he cannon shake you oft he will send you to the major and go to the major and he will | tell you that the authority is still higher up. Go to the secretary of war, and if he tells you anything at all, it will be to go back to the captain, and there you are. The whole conscript army is "stalling" now. I There is more or less pretense of ' work in the stockades and among the < "light duty" squads;" but it does not . amount to much. All the boys want I Out and they are not thinking of any- < thing else. Some have been lucky < enough to get discharged onq, way or I another; but they have been the ex- | ceptlons. The only thing for those i interested to do is to wait- i Here and There was a witness to j <iuite a pretty little incident on , Southern train No. 38 between Green: ] vllte and lilacksburg last Fridaynight. The train came to Greenville [ loaded with soldiers who had just ; been discharged from the development \ battalions at Camp Wheeler, near Ala- \ con, Ga., the day before. They in- ( eluded officers and privates, and gen- ( erally were really a fine looking set of , men, notwithstanding their real or , supposed physical deficiencies. Some ( of them were tired and sleepy; but , these included only a small per cent of the whole, most of them being verymuch awake and alive to their sur- ( roundings. Toward the rear end of one.of the long coaches, there was an , especially bright bunch of what look- ( ed like college graduates, or at least , young men above the average of or- , dtnary standards. Intermittently they were breaking out in rollicking popu- j lar songs, the merit of which seemed , to be attested by the close attention ! that the people in the car, civilians , as well as soldiers, tried to give above j the rattle and roar of the train. ( Among the new passengers who boarded the train at Spartanburg was ' a bunch of Converse girls, bound .'or i home because of the premature clos- ( ing of the college on account of fiu. ( The soldiers looked at the pretty girls, yes; and the pretty girls looked ( - * ?*"? ortUUro i'ou Tho train in eluding the Pullmans at the rear, was ( crowded, two and three to the seat, ] with many standing in the aisles, and ( there was not much prospect of accommodation for the girls, except through the courtesy of the soldiers, ( hut the girls were soon seated along . both sides of the aisle up about the centre of the car. This was accom- ( plished without the help of the rear- . end chorus, already referred to, but it should be understood that the boys j back there had not had a show. It ( was not long until some of the girls < and some of the soldiers were get- ( ting quite friendly?no, not long, i But that is a matter of course and it J has nothing to do with this story, j The little diversion over and the train again rattling and roaring on its way like a cyclone, the rear-end chorus resumed its amusement with "I can't get up," followed by "Hail, hail, the gang's all here!" The first song appeared to start a little commotion among the Converse girls, and the beginning of the next left no doubt i of that appearance. Whether spon- i taneously or by individual suggestion, t Here and There cannot say: but any- i how, the next thing he noticed was i a half a dozen or more girls holding j what looked like a conference in the i aisle, and presently they commenced j with "Three . cheers for Converse," j followed by "Germany Can't Come < Back," to the tune of the "Old Gray < Mare." There was handclapping and 1 applause from soldiers and civilians i in all parts of the car, after which t the soldier chorus answered with I "Beautiful Kay Pee," a parody on "Beautiful Katy." The girls san?. r "She's Got Pep Every Step " and the j soldiers returned with "Where do We t io from Hen?." etc. And thus they lanteringly kept it up for miles and niles. being still at it when Here and "here got off the train at Blacksburg. LOCAL LACONICS rasualty Lists. Casualty lists published during the >ast few days contain the following lo al names: Fred E. Long. Fort Mill, leverely wounded: Sergeant Thomas Hill. Fort Mill, seriously wounded: >o Manly Lewis, of Chester, died of lipase: James M. Lynn. Rock Hill, tilled in action; Chalmers Tennant. ^ock Hill, died of disease: Sergeant foseph M. Belk. severely wounded. >kl Landmark Gone. The Wm. Hurrls o'd home place, on l. I". D. N'o. 4. about eight miles south if Yorkvllle, was destroyed by tire esterday afternoon about 1 o'eloek. rhe house was occupied by a family >f negroes. but none of them could toll mything about the origin of tho tiro. There was but a small lot of ooals in ho fireplace, and it could not have aught front that, they saiil. 'osslbly a Fatal Fight. L. tJodfrey, an employe of the i'artartt mill. Hock Hill, was committed o jail last Friday to await the result >f wounds inflicted on Will Holrhous r. another employe. The two men got nto an altercation in the dye house. Jodfrey struck Holchouscr over the lead with a maul. Holchouscr was aken to the Fennel! infirmary in wliat eented to be a dying condition and l.odroy was sent to jail. To Organise Ilk* Hig Fellow-. "Since it has been demonstrated as iractically impossible to effectively organize all the cotton producers." said dr. J. T. Crawford of McConnellsvillo. esterday, "1 have wondered why there s not an intelligent and energetic atempt to organize tiie producers of lue jales and over. According to my wa> ?f looking at it. since tiie price of til. nitre crop is usually fixed on a basis ?f that liart of the crop which is not leedeil for immediute consumption, ind in a like manner, when the supdy is much smaller than the legit. nate demand, the hundred bale penile, sticking together, could control th. ituation. Suppose for instance, you lad a crop of 12.00u.000 bales, li.lioo,100 bales being raised by the little f? l ows and 3.00O.0O0 bales being raised >y people who inane iuo uaies mm ?ver. Say the world needs the entire L'.UOO.OOO bates. After the little felows who wont stick have sold out. thing fellows who should be able to stick vouhl he in a position to demand a trice that would be fair. N'o. of. course. do not mean to suggest the exclusion >f anybody from the benelits of such in organization- The little fellows ould get the benefit of it too, such o hem as would stick. Hut under an ar angemont where all of the 100 bales teople or a majority of them are lound to stick together, it seems to m hat they could demand any price that hey might deem to be right and tea ionablc." CLOVER CULLINGS. xjrrctpoudence of The Yorkvillc Enquirer Clover, December 7.?Mrs. \V. M. Hat thews and daughter. Addle spent 'riilay in (lastonia with the family of Mr. 1. A. Campbell. Miss Avtt Allen who has been tcaehng at Kutawville, S. C., this year reurncd home Saturday morning as her school has susjiended on account of an pidemic of influenza. Mr. and Mrs. \V. O. Smith and son Edward, Mrs. H. L. Wright and son Herbert and Miss Bessie Adams are .pending the week end in Greenville. Mr. John Stacy and son Blanton vho/- have been doing government .vork at Fayettevlllc N. C. returned tome Thursday night. Mrs. It. I.. Wylle and children real rned from Darlington Thursday light where they have been visiting, The many friends of Mrs. H. A. IVhitten will he interested to know hat she has returned home after a day of several weeks In a Chestei tospital. .Airs. B. I'. Lilly and children ol Columbia visited her parents Mr. and Mis. Kd I'rice here this week. The many friends of Miss Fannit I'rice will be interested to know of her narriage in Columbia last Saturday o Mr. Clyde Klrkley of Kershaw. The tilde is a daughter of Mr. K. B. Price >f this nlace. Mrs. J. II. Curry visited relatives n Belmont recently. MERE-MENTION A McAdoo for President club ha.been organized at Asheville. X. C The British army occupied the great German city of Cologne last Saturday A Copenhagen dispatch says that ihc Soldiers and Sailors of Berlin have lentanded the assembling of u national convention by December 20, and hav? balled "Comrade Ebert" as the lirsl president of Germany. Gen. March is quoted as saying that ull drafted inen in Europe will be at home within four months after the ratification ol the treaty of peace President Wilton's ship, the George Washington, is kept in close touch with the I'nited States by wireless. The ship was in .1 storm approaching the Azores island: Saturday; but it passed the islands on Sunday on schedule time. The pr?s ident has accepted the resignation ol 1'has. M. Schwab as director of tin emergency fleet corporation. Schwab ii talked of as a possible candidate foi the presidential nomination Robert Ray, the last of General Grant': scouts and known as the "Fox of th< Potomac," died at his home at Oxford S". ('., last Friday, aged H7 years. He i: credited with having shot and wounded Belle Boyd, the famous Confederal! woman spy Mrs. David Lloyi George is making speeches in the in to parliament. Announcement h.u just been made from Columbia unit or sity, New York, of the discovery of si new process of drying ilsh and meat h) which these foods may he kept foi years and then restored to their form er freshness by the application of water Lieutenants Herbert X. SchalTi and Charles J. Drake were killed al Los Angeles. California, last Sunday when the airplane in which they wer? dying fell Ten persons were killed in the railway station at Ghent, Belgium, a few days ago by the explosior of a bomb that had been secreted thert by the Germans before the signing ol the armistice The senate has confirmed the nomination of Hon. Cartel Glass to hr secretary of the treasury The attitude of the United State? government as to the extradition and trial of the kaiser, has not yet beer made known A Melbourne dispatch says that 6,000 people have died Df influenza in the island of Samoa The London Daily Mall says that thf British government will demand eighl billion pounds war indemnity from Germany. About 110.000.000.000 The South American quarrel betweer Chile. Peru and Bolivia is still smoking. and although at times it appear? to be on the point of quieting down It continues to flare up. COMMISSION AT SPA. Allies Are Supreme Where Germana Have Been Lords. There Is no more interesting spot Uong the German border today, writes in Associated Press correspondent than the famous town of Spa, In srhich the International armistice comnission is holding conferences amidst i dramatic setting, which, were it seen on the stage, would be recorded is a masterpiece of the histrionic art. Here in the former seat of the great Serman headquarters representative# jf the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany are meeting daily with the utmost diplomatic formality uid dealing with the problems arising 'rom the Teutonic capitulation. To the conference the Entente epresentatlves motor from their tcmx>rary homes, which a month ago were he personal headquarters of three of the greet eat men In Germany In recent history?the emperor. General Ludendorffand Field Marshal von Htndcnburg. To add the final touch to the piece, while the main actors hold the stage there pass and repass in the streets remarkable lines of supernumeraries. grave faced officers, garbed in field gray stalk about with tragic tread and salute with military precision as they meet other grave officers wearing Allied uniforms. The Gorman soldiers make their way unobtrusively through crowds of Entente troops. No recognition passes between these recently active enemies, except perchance when the former salute officers. German lorries, fixing white fines, trundle on local missions along struct? thro'igh whvh Hritish Iicoops and transports aro "loving on I tiu u steady march towards the lthiiie, I (t is all like an endless cinematograph film with never ceasing ;mruvuvi?. The commission bewail its sttt'ngs about three weeks ago. At that time the enemy was still occupying S|m. Since til n ions lines of hurrying end disorganized German traffic end troops, have sped eastward through the watering i-laee. There are now something more limn a hundred German oirivers and men in the place attached to General von Winterfeldt, who is represent itnr the German government. These men came to Spa in civilian clothes under orders of the republican soldiers' aud workmen's council but donned uniforms on their arrival. Among the Entente representatives are Maj. Gen. Charles P. Rhodes and staff, of tho I'nited States: Maj. Gen. Sir Richard llaking and staff of Great Rritain and Gen. Xudant and staff for France. Major General Rhodes is occupying the villa Sous-Hois, which was Field Marshal t on, Hindonburg's headquarters and the American general is using tlie same bed in which the "old man of i... i"L >u" must have spent many slecph ?s nights. Tho kaiser's headquarters tho Villa Nou Vols, foil to tho French. while tho British art* in tho cottage on a hill which housed I.udcndmir. The Hermans are living* in hotels or aro billeted about tho town. Tho conferences are being held in the grand salon of the Hotel llritainique, which was part of tho headquarters when the em|>eror finally resolved to ^ quit Germany. f The Herman sentry at tho entrance ^ of tho hotel clicks his heels sharply as the delegates enter or other officers |??ss. The sittings begjn at 10 o'clock daily. Prior to that hour the Herman delegates take their places at a huge table and receive the Allied officers standing. The latter walk silently to their chairs, were each delegate bows profoundly to the man opposite before sitting' down. There is no word in greeting and no pleasantries exchanged and the business of the day is conducted throughout with the same grim precision. Just what problems are tinder consideration. of course, is not a matter for journalistic discussions but things are rejiorted to be running smoothly. Special Notices. t lulis for The Enquirer. I'ntil February 1, 1919, the price of The Yorkvillo Enquirer in clubs, is $2-25 a year. After that date the price will be $2.50 a year. Subscribers whose subscriptions expire after February 1. may have the benefit of the Club Hate by paying the subscription price over to a Clubmaker before that date. No Clubmaker is authorized to receive an annual subscription for less than $2.25. Any of the following will send in names at the price stated, provided the amount is paid on or before February 1, 1919: Miss Nellie Allison ....Hock Kill .UTS. J. AUUIllii ?vo. - i-iui.i Miss Dell Alexander Yorkville K. A. Harnett Kock Hill J. H.| Bighatn Sharon J. \V. Bankhead Lowryvillc Miss Lottie Barnes Guthriesviile W. A. Barrett Clover W. D. Bankhead No. 1 Sharon ?- ? Mrs. L. Blair No. 1 Sharon D. H. Barry Ebenezer Miss N'annle Harnett Yorkville Miss Maggie liotin No. 2. Yorkville Emily C. Boyd No. 8 Yorkville Mrs. 1. I'. Boyd No. 7 Yorkville Claud Burns No. 1 Yorkville James Bigger No. 4 Yorkville A. B. Clark _ No. 1 Yorkville . Miss Margaret Clark Yorkville Mrs. H. A. Carroll Yorkville Itebecca Carroll No. 1 Sharon \V. H. Crook Fort Mill Mrs. L L. Dowdle Bullock's Crock Miss Ethel Doas No. 3 Clover S. (!. Dixon, (p. c.) No. 2 Yorkville J. S. Dunlap No. 5 Hock Iiill E. M. Dickson No. 5 Yorkville Hobt. Davidson ? .No. 3 Yorkville Frank Dagnall Hickory Grove Mrs. M. C. 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WUIIams No. 4 Clover i Miss Maggie Wood Clover Vornle Watson Hickory Grove > Jeff D. Whitesldes,....No. 2 Hickory Grove W. M .Wallace No. 1 Smyrna W. W. Wyatt Smyrna A. C. White King's Creek Quay Whitcsidcs Filhert T. Williford No. 2. Rock Hill I Miss T..tzzie Wood No. 3 Clover Miss Louise Yohngblood No. 2. Yorkvllle : Mrs. T. P. Youngblood i : No. 6 Yorkvllle | Clubmakers are advised that they are not required to send cash with the names. Names may be returned as formerly, and must be paid for on or l before February 1, 1919. (The Cotton tfforhef. 4 Monday, December 9, 1918. Clover ..27 Filbert 27 i Sharon 27 Yorkvllle 26J Bowling Green ?27 Rock HU1 25! Smith, on Filbert R. F. D. No. 1. Captain John R. Dickson, formerly of Yorkville, now with the American " Expeditionary Forces in France, has \ recently been promoted to the grade of *| majorMrs. \V. W. Lewis has received a cablegram from her husband, Col. Lewis, ' dated at Brest, France, Sunday, and 1 stating that he is now on ship on his t way home. Mr. Geo. \V. Williams, worshipful master of Philanthropic lodge, No. 311, ' A. P. M., is attending the annual meeting of the Masonic grand lodge in t Charleston this week. . Mr. C. S. Whitaker of Clover No. 3. was called to Charlotte, Wednesday, on account of the illness of his son. Hick- * lin, who is engaged in work with the i Southern l'owvr company. < Miss Martha Brandon stenographer | in the of rice of the clerk Of the court, who has been at her home in Bethel for a month on account of influenza s and pneumonia, returned to work yes- f terday. Misses Rachel Wylie and Sara Wilkins have returned from Converse college for the holidays, the work of the i college having been prematurely sus- ^ pended on account of the influenza sit- , uation in Spartanburg. Phillip L. Moore, formerly of York- -N ville, son of Mrs. Agnes Moore of Rock 1 Hill, has been reported as having been t seriously wounded in France. He be- | longed to the 119th Infantry trained at iaui|> r?i.*vicr, nun me iiiiriieiu l/hision. The extent of his injuries has not yet been reported. Hock Hill Herald: F. A. Nunnery has been notified by the war department that his son, "James, a soldier in France, has been missing since October 17th. The department has no information in regard to the young man. and it is not known whether he is dead or was captured by the Hermans. Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Waugh of Yorkville, returned home last Friday night from Forsytlie, Ga., where they were called on account of the critical illness of Mr. James it. Hill. Mrs. U'augh's father with pleurisy. Owing to the delay of telegrams, etc., they failed to get to the bedside of Mr. Hill until after his death- He passed away Friday. November '.'9, at !1 o'clock. Mr. Hill was 74 years of age. Information has been received here of the wounding ofThos. P. Moore, Jr., formerly of Yorkville. in the Argonne Forest about a month ago. Young Moore was wounded In the foot by a piece i\t shrapnel, and he is now in Hospital No. 20 In southern France. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos- P. * Moore of Washington. D. C.. through whom the information comes, have no information as to the details or whether or not the young man will be permanently injured. c HERE AND THERE. i No, you can't get your boy off from ' the army and you may as well not , bother about it. The secretary of war not long ago gave out some bunk to