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?trap? and partus. Herbert Hoover has been appointed by President Wilson as director general of the American relief administration. created nndeV the n?w *100 onn 000 Kuronean famine relief bill with full antboHtv to diroet the furnishinr of foodstuffs and other urgent sunnlies purchased out of the re fund and to arrange for their transportation. distribution and administration. Mr. Hoover, who alreadv has been made director general of allied relief under the commission sitting at Paris, also was riven full power hv| the president to determine to wbieh, - lUf of the populations pamcn in me bill the supplies shall he fur-pls^cd and in what nuaptiticg. He a'sn Is to arrape-e for reimbursement sc far as posslhle as provided In the rfHef not. The total Allied-naval losses In the war aevvee^ted 80S 000 tons, neco?,d1p<*' ' to an estimate sent hv 'Renter's Parle correspondent, and of this the British loss is **ft 000 tons. The Central powers lost *18 000 tons, but the Oerman total of 8*0 000 tons does not cover the hiure toppace surrendered under the prmlstlee terms. Commenting on th?se estimates. the Westminister Oa^ette savs that s1fhou??h the flmires p-fvep are not offlelal. thev may he taken as closely approximating the losses. "When we leam that 1n hlsr shins alone we sacHffeed thirteen battleships. thre? hattleemtsers and twentvflve cruisers" It savs. "we ret some notion of the tremendous character of the effort that was neeesonrv to enable the paw to pmorre from the war vastlv mer? rvvwerfnl than It was at the end of 1114." During: a demonstration on the return of General von Lettow-Vorbeck, former German commander in east Africa, and some of the east African troops to Berlin last Monday afternoon, people in the crowd shook fists and sticks at a number of American officers sitting' in the windows of the hotel where the American mission is quartered. Others counted by clapping their hands and cheering the Americans. The officers promptly withdrew when they saw that their presence might provoke trouble. The crowd hung around the hotel for a long1 time and maae noswie remans about the French mission, which has its headquarters in the same hotel. Finally German troops were lined up in front of the hotel to prevent violence. The reception to General von Lettow savored of the old regime. The Imperial flags fluttered everywhere in the banners of the German republic. Patriotic songs of the old regime rang out freely. Adjournment of congress without appropriating $75,000,000 for railways left the railroad administration with practically empty coffers, about $381,000,000 back debts and no funds with which to finance the extensive program of Improvements planned for this year as a measure to take up slack material and labor market Immediate rellnguishment of the roads to private management loomed as a possibility, but officials said this | would be done only if it finally appeared not feasible for the railroads to bor.-ow privately the millions needed or to have the war finance corporation extend large loans to the companies. Director general Hines, after "onforonABQ with Secretary Glass and Eugene Mayer, Jr., managing director of the war finance corporation, made this statement: "The railroad situation is so complicated by this recent development, and there are so many pessibilities, that I cannot say at this time what may be done with the railroads. It will take a good deal of consideration before a conclusion is reached." Failure of the army appropriation bill and other military measures to pass before congress adjourned leaves the war department in a difficult but not a serious situation," Secretary Baker said today. No immediate shortage of funds to care for the troops is in prospect. Mr. Baker said his greatest regret was that failure ol the army reorganization bill mean* that a number of men of the war time army must remain in the service for a longer time than i/ould have been necessary otherwise. Pointing out that the reorganization bill proposed the formation of a regular army of 600,000 men. Secretary Baker said that "by enlisting these 500,000 and getting going we would have had troops to replace those whom we will otherwise have to keep." "If the bill had passed," he continued, "we could have started at once to organize this body of men and to withdraw the temporary members of the army who are of course anxious to get away." The strength or tne oja regular ?U 111 J enlisted personnel, subject to continuous service after the war by the terms of enlistment, is only about 40,000 men. ? Great interest was aroused in India last week by the arrival of the first ^ aeroplane to fly to that country from ^ Cairo. The flight was made by easy stages, the great Handley-Page biplane which alighted in Karachi having made long pauses in Egypt and Mesopotamia. The passengers by the aeroplane were Major-General Salmond, commanding the Rpyal air force *' ?IJ Ui'io'.ripn A_ E. in me miuuic cast., .D Borton, commanding the Palestine brigade of the Royal air force; Capt. Ross Smith, of the Australian flying corps, and two mechanics. The two generals were detained for some days on inspection work in Mesopotamia, but as soon as this was completed, they flew to India in two stages, passing down tho Tigris valley to Mekarn, and thence flying to Karachi where, they received an enthusiastic welcome. From Karachi they flew to Delhi and from Delhi to Allahabad, their final destination in India being Calcutta, It is believeu that their eventual objective is Australia. Brigadier-General Borton illustrates the rapid promotion which takes place during war. When the war broke out he was a subaltern in the second Black watch. He has seen service in Mesopotamia and Palestine. Chester, March 5: A cyclone passed south of this city between 5 and 6 o'clock this afternoon accompanied by a torrential waterfall, terrific lightning and a heavy wind, causing considerable damage. At Evans, near here, on the Southern railway, the station was lifted from its foundation and hurled across the railway track, delaying traffic for some time. Scores of trees were uprooted in that section and a number of negro houses blown about and damaged. Part of the Robert White house was unroofed and water badly drenched the interior. McAllilley Brothers' big barn near Evans blown about and a cow killed. It is thought other damage has been done in the vicinity of Evans, but tonight it <o imnossible to learn to what extent. At Rossville. about three miles rrom here, S. L. Robinson's two-story country home was blown down and partly wrecked. At the time the family was In the dinning: room and would probably have all been killed had it not been for a large molasses barre' catching the ceiling and holding the building away from them. Mrs. Robinson and one child are reported tonight to have sustained painful injuries. Harvey McDaniel, a prominent citizen in this section, was driving when the wind lifted his horse and buggy out of the road and blew it over into a large electric wire tower. The rainfall was exceedingly heavy in Chester: the heaviest experienced here in some time. The rain came in uimuing sheets and the lightning was fierce. All the streams were greatly swolen. Fearing cotton prices will sink near the prewar levels unless measures are taken to prevent it, says a Dallas. Texas dispatch of Monday, southern cotton growers are joining in a movement for general reduction of 1919 acreage. In Texas the move has taken the form of a pledge to reduce acreage to two-thirds of that of 1918. The State agricultural department is emphasizing the benefits of planting grain on the acreage thus saved. The government crop report placed last year's Texas production at 2,580.000 bales. Cotton was around 35 cents a pound at the close of the picking season, but many growers and some speculators felt it would reach 40 cents and did not sell. Prices fell, however, with the signing of the armistice and since then have been wavering between 21 and 25 cents. Bank_ ere who loaned money to growers, found their security diminished and plantation owners found their crops of less value than when harvested. Tex- t as growers estimated there are 1,600,- g 000 bales stored by individuals and in the compresses. They declare much 1 of this has been damaged by winter rains. While cotton at 21 to 25 cents is higher than before the war, growers v say production cost is so much higher that they will lose money at 25 cents , a pound. Last year's government re- ? ports placed the Texas acreage at 11,- ? 235,000. By reducing this one-third t bankers and agriculturists feel that t prices can be held to a point that will . bring a profit and also bring a higher price for the unmoved crop of 1918. The council of defense chairman in each county and the county agricul Itural agent nave Deen intuitu u? ?.vn?mittees to aid in an extensive advertising compaign to persuade all planters to sign the two-third acreage pledge. <?hc <QorlmUf (Enquirer Entered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919. Lloyd George will bring Great Britain through the crisis by which that country is confronted by doing the right thing. It might require some time to re-adjust the cotton exchanges to the legitimate basis required by the new law; but if the re-adjustment cannot be effected by the professional gamblers * '? U I who now dominate mcac niauiuuvuo, ? I can and will be re-adjusted by genuine ' business men. And that is what is wa \ted by both producers arid consumers of cotton, a genuine market, based upon actual values as established by supply and demand. By reason of general inattention to business, if nothing else, on the part j of clerical officials responsible, several important bills that passed both houses of the recent general assembly, failed of ratification- S.x of these bills were locked in a clerk's desk when they should have been up for ratification. Several of the' officials among whom the blame is now more or less divided, are each trying to shift responsibility off from himself. { t Representative Frederick Huntington Gillette of Massachusetts, has been chosen as Republican caucus nominee , for speaker of the next house and that , of course, means that Gillette will be , speaker. His principal opponent was , Representative Mann of Illinois, for- ^ mer Republican floor leader. As to , who will be the next chairman of the ways and means committee has not yet been decided; but Mr. Mann is generally conceded to be out of It. Sometimes it looks as if the Allies don't make peace with Germany pretty ?uick there will be no government to make peace with. This idea has been voiced in high Allied quarters. Such talk is quite impressive. But then suppose the Allies should go on and make peace on that basis and find afterward that they had been foiled, what then? Obviously the right thing for the Allies is to pursue the even tennor of their way to the end. As to what is going to be the effect of the new law that will require that cotton exchange contracts be made on a basis of merchantable cotton, it is rather too early to predict. The effect of the law on the price of cotton, of course, we mean. But at any rate j we are satisfied that the law is a very \ proper one, especially if it will compel i legitimate dealing, and we think that j both Senator Smith ar.d Representative ] Lever are entitled to credit for having 1 finally reached some settlement of the < long vexed question. 1 ? i Somebody managed to get in some 1 poison during the rush of the last ' hours of the general assembly, and 1 amend that bill requiring all county officers to make annual statements of 1 the receipts for their offices. The law < has been dodged heretofore on the 1 ground that it was unconstitution- 1 al in that certain counties were exempt from its provisions. The idea < at the session just closed was to re- ( wksvirj* oil nnoutlnny r\f fhl.Q kind* hut i somebody defeated the very proper i purpose that was in view. The effect 1 of the law as it stands and of the cir- ' mit court rulings thereon is to tell the 1 public that it is none of the public's i business how much public officials receive for their services. The per- i sistence with whi<?h some very slick in- I dividuals are fighting this law sug- I rests a suspicion that the enforcement i of the provision in question might 1 prove embarrasing to some folks who are getting more than they are entitled to get 1 The state of North Carolina is about to establish a state cotton warehouse system, similar to that which Senator John L. McLaurin established in South Carolina. What is known as the Price bill, already passed by the senate, was passed to a third reading in the house on Tuesday, ready for a final roll call. The bill provides a tax of 25 cents on: avorv hnlo nf rnttnn trinned in the state, which #tax is to be used in helping to meet operating expenses in establishing a guarantee fund behind certificates on stored cotton. The bill as originally Introduced was largely the work of Senator- McLaurin, who has been giving all the advice and assistance In his power in the hope of being able to accomplish in North Carolina what the littl politicians would not let him accomplish in South Caro"na. It is remembered, of course, that although the South Carolina general assembly was finally forced to ( permit the establishment of the state warehouse system, it furnished no money for the purpose, and Mr. McLaurin had to provide for expenses out , of his own pocket until he got his or- i ganization in such shape as to enable him to secure the financial co opera- , tion of the farmers themselves. Even , after that he begun to encounter the underhand hostility of various state of- | ficials who put obstacles in his way on pretense of trying to help, until finally he was forced to throw up the job in ! disgust. But from what Mr. McLau- ( rin accomplished in South Carolina in i spite of all opposition, and from what \ is being accomplished in other states 1 as the result of the movement started i by him, it is reasonably certain that if I j North Carolina will only continue on ? these lines It will be but a short time c >efore the control of the price of the i outh's great cotton will be entirely in J* he hands of the people of the south. c< ' * t< A number of people have asked the "1 vriter (O. K. Williams)why the York t ounty delegation would not amend the tl ounty supply bill to the' amount of p >2,000 so as to give the eastern half of p ounty a farm demonstrator to take h he place of A. A. McKeown, who has fi >een promoted to district agent with ii .5 counties under his supervision, me vriter called on Senator Beamguard n tnd asked him to regard the matter, d tnd he stated that the supply bill had t< ilread.v been made up and to change it e vould have caused a lot of trouble and tl in increase of the levy, and that the p lelpgation decided it was not a good t< mng to do. Asked if he thought it v renting the eastern part of the county v air to allow the amount given oy the n LJnited States government for this o purpose to go to the western part of g he county, who have a demonstrator, v ind this side do without and receive 10 benefit from same. Mr. Beamguard fi eplied that he felt sure that if Rock d Kill wanted Mr. Blair that they could t< ret him to move here. He was asked r f the people of western York did not w vant Mr. Blair and he said that Mr. s 31air was a mighty fine man and was t] veil-liked in his own neighborhood, a jut that he felt sure that he could be p nduced to move to Rock "Hill and no tl rreat howl would be raised by the b vestern side of the county. We do not rj enow just what this means, but with n his information coming from the sena- o or from this county we think if our d jeople are interested in getting Mr. 31air here they should get busy and fl iee just how the matter stands. We h lave not been able to talk with any of w he members of the house yet. Rock ii 3111 Hecord. r In all of which Senator Beamguard i' e ind the whole delegation were emi- u lently sensible. Maybe there is a de- n nand on the part of the farmers on tl he "eastern side" of the county for an?ther county demonstrator all by their e onesome, notwithstanding the fact hat Mr. McKeown, who is still in ^ock Hill and thoroughly qualified, is ilways willing to answer any call; but p ve imagine that Mr. Williams is probibly more concerned than anyone else, f Mr. Blair should choose to move to tock Hill we do not imagine that , here would be a great deal of objec- n ion. That is a matter entirely with p dr. Blair; but from Rock Hill he could p each the people of the western and ^ lorthern and southern sides in his i( . "ord just as he now reaches the east- c jrn side. We do not mind saying that .he demonstration work is well worth f, vhat it costs; but we think one dem- ,. jnstration agent for a county like this s sufficient. f , t y The breach between the president v ind the Republican party) especially 1 3 .he senate, has been very much widen- .. id during the past week. Under the f institution of the United States, the r " * v.o rontv-mnk- ^ Jnitea oxaiea ?uuic ? ?.??? - j ^ ,ng power of this government. There t is absolutely no question of that fact, g Neither is there any question of the Fact that the president has taken upon J nmsclf the whole burden of responsi- t bility of representing the United c States not only in the matter of put- jj ting through the constitution of the c league of nations; but of arranging the terms of peace- The senate has been ? and is impatient of all this. The mer- e Its of the league of nations or the wis- i: dom and advantage of the terms of e peace are not so important with the j senate, as Is the question of maintain- ^ Ing the senate's prerogative. This e feeling is not confined to Republican 1 senators; but it extends to many Dem- rr ocratic senators also. Then again there t Is the party question of the next pres- 3 idential campaign two years hence. It J Is commonly recognized that the com- s plete domination of the whole interna- e tional situation by President Wilson r will tend to make him a virtual dicta- ^ tor of American political affairs for r the next four years at least, and so 1 powerful that no one else will have ^ iny real voice in the government. This c adds to the impatience of all representatives alike. It was the especial de- * 3ire of the senate to be in session dur- r *v*~ ?n?tinn9nr(> of the Deace con HIS L1IC VVilV*UMW..W. _ ference and especially when the peace treaty was ready for ratification. It j tvas because of this situation that ac- j: tion was delayed on all of the more important money bills. Failure to j pass these bills would necessarily em- a barrass the administration of the gov- ii ernment, and an extra session would $ seem imperative, ^he president announced beforehand that he would not | call an extra session. That was chal- v lenge that caused the senate to consid- s er seriously whether it would allow the c Victory bond bill to fail. In that event ^ the president would have to call an t extra session or allow the whole gov- t ernmental machinery to fall into a J. state of chaos, the outcome of which j even the wisest could not foresee. But a the senate did not quite have the nerve 0 to do that. It did however, allow v many other bills to fail. The president p went on back to Europe. Following t adjournment, or expiration of the con- t' gress, thirty-six Republican senators e signed a resolution which, in effect, is o considered a protest against the league J of nations, and disapproval of the 0 president's refusal to call an extra ses- 1 sion. The president is going on with bis plans regardless of the senators and is evidently relying upon the people of s the country to make the senators sign y the league of nations constitution and _i: also ratify the peace treaty when the time comes C CLOTH SHORTAGE ACUTE J, \ English Expert Gives Outline of Real Conditions. j. Sir Charles McCara, the noted En?- !! lish cotton expert declares that there e is now in the world and will be for a % long time a shortage of cotton goods, t i he following interview was recentlj n _ubleu from Lancashire, England, to tiie Toronto Globe: "it is all a question of management," > said Sir Charles, "and given good management, with government coop- 1 elation where necessary, the cotton in- j, dustry of Lancashire will soon be predominant as of yore. Give us a v .Htle time in which to recover from the ? reaction of war conditions, and to get our machinery into shape for coping with the world's demands, and all will ue well. The present trying condi- i; lions can not but be temporary; the [ cotton industry, next to that of agri- h .ulture the largest in the world, can i; not be long checked. The world wants :< nid must have cotton goods." h Reverting to the question of output, s Sir Charles stated that so far as con- ;erned the production of yarns from ti American cotton, not more than one- s lialf of the spindles in England have d >een running for a considerable time, s The section devoted to Egyptian cotton r, lad been operating fqr longer years, 1; >ut a scai%ity of labor had been a ser- ] : ous handicap. Like other machinery o )f a high grade that devoted to the S nanufacture of cotton wears out more lc luickly when it is standing than when h t is working. Sir Charles added: s< "1 would call attention to this one rr mportant fact, viz., that a large pro- a: lortion of the cotton spinning ma- ai hinery is made in Lancashire, and p] hat since the beginning of the w*\r tc iur machinists owing to the exigen- uj ies of the war, have not been able to 0 more than make the absolutely necusary repairs and renewala In the auntry. It may be taken for granted, jo, that in the matter of new mahinery, priority of delivery will be iven to France and Belgium, and at { le present price of machinery (It Is ractlcally 200 to 300 per cent above re-war rates) It Is impossible to see ( ow new mills can be started successjlly to compete with the mills already 1 existence. "Now, take America. The cotton lills there, the cotton mills here have uring the last two years, been 5 a certain extent engaged on gov-* rnment work, but even In normal Imes they are only able to export, 5 1 er cent of their manufacture ofcoton goods, and that won't go far towards meeting the world's wants. You rill see from these facts that there 1s o possibility, for some years to come, f the world's production of cotton oods being equal to the world's rants." Sir Charles was of the opinion that sr some time there would not be much ropping off in prices, because, owing 0 the conditions he had mentioned elative to machinery and labor, cloths, rhich in normal times usually take ' ix months from the raw material to he finish, are now taking nine months, nd cloths taking the latter period in re-war times now take 12 months. Also he great increase in the cost of laor would counterbalance any drop in aw materials. The stocks of cloths ow in hand should be easily disposed f in view of the demand once conflence was re-established. "That will come with something denite in the way of peace conditions," e said, confidently, "and that is why re are looking to an early settlement 1 Paris." He did not think that the eported fact of a good stock of cotton i the United States would have much ffect in lowering prices on the manfactured article. If the cotton could ot be converted into cloth any faster han was likely to be the case for a rng time to come, he .*ould not see ow it could affect prices of the finish d articles." HOW TO MAKE RETURNS. tetail Merchants Are Advised of the' Importance of Accurate Accounts. Instructions for retail merchants on he filing of tax returns and the cal^ luminal Kv fhn Inter. UIcLLlUU U1 LOA UUC, 10OUVU Kfj vnv su?v? al revenue bureau, emphasize the imortance of accurate book accounts, articularly for small businesses, as the rst request in making reports. PerDdical inventories also were advoated strongly. The bureau suggested this formula or determining the net income of a ctail merchant: "Add the cost of merchandise bought or sale during the year, to.the invenories taken at the beginning of the ear. From this sum deduct the inentories taken at the end of the year, 'he balance is the cost of the goods old. This cost, plus business, or overhead" expenses; when deducted rom the gross receipts, gives the corect net income of the business. "The nventory," the revenue bureau statelent added, "is fully as important as he 'cash amount in determining the ;ain or loss in a retail business. "In making their inventorles.at the nd of each taxable year, retailors may ist the values by either of two mehods: (1) the cost of goods, or.f2) the ost of market price, whichever is lowr. The freight, express, cartage and torage costs may b6 added to the cost f each lot of goods. "Besides the net cost of goods sold, he retailer is allowed to deduct from lis gross sale for the year the necssary expenses incidental to the busness. No personal, family or living xpenses of any kind may be included n such deductions. The ordinary realler might have as expense clerk lire, rent of business property interest on his business, indebtness, and axes on his business and fcusiness iroperty. Also, there may be ordinary epairs, bad debts charged ofT the looks during the year; other expenses, uch as insurance, light, heat, teleihone, feed for delivery horses, retairs and upkeep of delivery wagons, upplies and upkeep for motor trucks, tc. "Under the item 'wear and tear,' a etailer may claim reasonable depreiation on property used in the busiless. On fixtures the allowance is isually 5 per cent or 10 per cent of he cost price; on horses and wagons, 0 per cent; on motor trucks, 20 per cnt. "The individual retailer may take a alaiy for his services, but if he does o, vhe must consider such salary as art of his income." President Blames Senators. Presilent Wilson, after congress adjourned n a filibuster issued this statement: "A group of men in the senate have leliberately chosen to embarrass the dministration of the government, to tnperil the financial interests of the eople. "It is plainly my present duty to atend the peace conference in Paris. It s also my duty to be in close contact rtth the public business during a sesion of the congress. I must make my hoice between these two duties and I onfldently hope that the people of the ountry will think that I am making he right choice. It is not in the inerest of the right conduct of public afairs that I should call the congress in pccial session while it is impossible or me to be in Washington because of . more pressing duty elsewhere, to con?rnto with thft hOUSeS. "I take it for granted that the men . ho have obstructed and prevented the >assagc of necessary legislation have alcen all of this into consideration and re willing to assume the responsibiliy of the impaired efficiency of the govrnmcnt and the embarrassed finances f the country during the time of my nforced absence." Republican leader Lodge declined to omment on the president's statement, le declared, however, that threeourths of the Republicans sincerely eplored failure of the railroad approbation. The few Republicans who inisted upon filibustering to the bill it ias stated, were "beyond control" tellng their action was personal and not party affair. Cotton Must Now Be Sold On irades. The cotton futures rider to he guarantee wheat price bill which /as signed Tuesday by President Vilson became effective at once. Unler it only 13 grades of cotton from ow middling up can be delivered on uture contracts and all cotton so deiverod must be classified by the gov rnment graders. Authority to enforce the new law Is ested in the department of agriculure's bureau of markets which anlounced Tuesday that the act would ieny the right of delivery hereafter o eight grades of cotton hitherto deferable on future contracts. Colored ottons which are equivalent to the aw middlings grade may be delivered, t was explained. Since the low grades of cotton that ? below middling may not be dcliverd hereafter on future contracts, it ! ras said that readjustment of many rders now outstanding would be necssary. Mr. E. G. Smith, a well known citzen of the Stokes Bridge section of -ee county, shot and instantly killed 1 is, son-in-law, Mr. W. D. Watson, Jr. ; ist Monday night at 8 o'clock. The illing took place at Mr Smith's j ome about four miles from town. It 1 eems, from the facts gathered at the oroner's inquest, that Watson vent 1 o town Monday and returned to Mr. ! Imith's home late in the afternoon ] rinking, and began to abuse his wife. 1 die grabbed up her infant baby and ' an out of the house and he threw a "\\TV?rn-? Vini? fntVior AT T 1 imp iu nci, 11 iicu t.t. laulv., , I. O. Smith, interfered Wntson pulled t ut his knife and made for Smith. 1 inith shot him with a shotgun, the 1 >ad taking effect just above the I eart. Death resulted instantly. Wat- i an married Smith's daughter several 1 lonths ago and has since been in the 1 rcny, but he was recently discharged t nd moved to his father-in law's i lantation to farm. Smith went to ( ?wn immediately and gave himself c p and is now in jail. i LOCAJL AfJFAJERS. m o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS F\ C. Riddle Has two cows, a sow, two mulss, oats, binder, for sale. C. F. Sherer Has Reo, Maxwell and Cole-8 cars, and wants you to see him before you buy a car. City Market Can supply all sorts of meats. Fish and oysters on Saturdays. Butter and eggs bought. Yoj-k Supply Co. Is ready to make you prices on fertilizer and ean sell you the best N. O. molassesFarmers Hdw. & Supply Co. Asks you to seed it for feedstuffs, poultry fencing, roofing, etc. Star Theatre Has a Fox feature to aay, u. nenui lumunuw, anu a r ua ^ feature on Monday. York Motor Car Co. For thirty days will allow 50 cents in exchange of old or new spark plugs for guaranteed Nationals. j Committee Invites the public to attend an oyster and salad supper given by ladies of the First Baptist church next Friday night. Carroll Supply v^o. Will make special price on seed Irish potatoes by the sack. Feinstein Bargain House Announces a continuance of its first annual sale for one week. J. M. Stroup Talks about Stetson hats and about shirts and hosiery for men who wear these articles. I. W- Johnson, Mayor Publishes a statement giving financial condition of the city government. First National Bank of York Points out what thrift is and what it may mean to you. Your savings account solicited. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co. Tells the ladies not to procrastinate .in the matter of spring sewing. It has the goods. Have you paid your United War Work subscription? If you have not paid it why did you make it? There Is some talk In King's Mountain township of making an effort to issue road bonds under the authority of the act passed at the recent session of the general assembly. There is quite a lot of moonshining going on in the northwestern part of the county. Twenty dollars a gallon for whisky is quite a temptation to those who know how to make moonshine It is announced from Washington that the Thirtieth division is booked to sail from France next Monday, March 10. No information has as yet been given out as to where the division will land. Congress having failed to take any action with regard to the daylight saving law, all official and public service clocks will be advanced one hour on s the last Sunday in March, until the last Sunday in October. At 12 o'clock, Saturday night, March 29, the hands of c the clocks will be advanced to 1 a. m. ( Mr. R. A. Jackson of Newport, mentioned the circumstances the other day , that since the death of Mr. Jeff Lump- > kin, Mr. Reece Roach is the only Con- ? federate veteran left in Ebenezer 1 church. Mr. Roach is over 80 years of age and is still hale and hearty. He is' ( able to plow or do any other work and > he does not mind work anymore than 1 he did forty years ago. The bill as published In the last issue of The Enquirer providing for the repair and maintenance of the public roads of York county, was according to copy furnished by Senator Feamguard. Senator Beamguard has since informed us that by some kind of an oversight he got hold of an early draft of the bill, and that the copy furnished was very different from the bill as passed- He has promised to furnish a correct copy of the bill as the same is now law. Parents and other nearest relatives of soldiers in France are receiving cards from those soldiers giving postoffice address and stating their physical condition, whether well or sick, etc. These cards are the result of a general order to all the troops. It appears that among the soldiers are many who have never written home. Relatives in America become alarmed and go to the war department or to the congressmen to find out about these soldiers. To relieve the uncertainty and doubt connected with this whole situation every man in the army, whether he writes home or not, has been compelled to { fill out and sign a prepared card, and narriti nrfi now beiner received by i parents and other near relatives. t The tie-up of oil, lintless cotton seed, [ etc., ?s much more serious than> most t people realize. Of course every farm- j er who has on hand a large or small ' quantity of seed that he wants to sell and cannot sell, feels more or less of a \ pinch; but his condition is not nearly 1 so unfortunate as that of the seed 1 dealer who has bought^ large quanti- l ties of seed at government prices, and 1 who is now urable to dispose of the j seed at any price. There is a local i dealer in Chester, who has on hand c about $20,000 worth of seed that he j1 cannot sell, and there is another in the x eastern part of York county who has t $10,000 worth, and several in the west- f era part of the county who have from $2,500 to $4,000 worth of seed each. <j The food administration Is in the posi- v tion of telling buyers to go on and buy J" and the crushers to go on and crush; j. but since the crushers have their oil \ tanks full up and are unable to sell c they are not inclined to take over the f stocks of the seed dealers, and with s the seed dealers already loaded to the h handle they are about at the end of r their rows. It is an uncomfortable sit- * uation all around and Just how it is go- t in.c to come out is not clear; but rath er than otherwise there is reason to hope that the deadlock will soon be broken in the direction of a general re- j vlval of trade. v t WITHIN THE TOWN. Why can there not be a public cot- t ton platform here and a public weigh- p cr? Surely the business interests of the town could bring about such a thing if it only wanted. b b Certainly a good, hard paved Main . street would make a good impression on outsiders; but better than, that it v would make a good impression on in- v siders. The people of this town should o have their main street paved for their u own comfort, convenience and well be! " nt nr> nthop rnnsider- 0 ation. J a ? The section of the Chester road Just o within the corporate limits, beyond the ti overhead bridge, which was worked on o recently, has been giving lots of trou- y ble during the past week, and many g automobiles have been held up there d because of the loblolly of mud. It ap- o pears that the soft earth that was h thrown to the middle of the road was n joon worked through and the place be:ame worse than before. Efforts were u being made Wednesday to cure the sit- h aation by filling in with sand. h ? Several local cotton buyers 'com- ti plain quite vigorously of the treatment h they are receiving at the hands of the s< Western Union Telegraph company, as to market conditions. The charge for a the daily market service is 55 a week, o ind the telegraph company requires tl that the recipient of the report must a teep it to himself; that if he gives out I h he information obtained his service o: -,n 4 nnf TVin irlpn I 11' y 111 Illlliieuiabcijr w wuw v.*. ? I ; )f course is that each man who re- ir :eives the market report must pay for ei t separately. Elsewhere, the cotton m len say, the reports"are received by ne man for one price and bulletined or the benefit of the other buyers and he general public. Mr. A. W. Goodyear of the internal erenue service, who was In Torkville esterday for the purpose of giving adice and assistance in the making of ncome tax returns, put in a hard day's irork and had quite a strenuous time. 5eople were in to see him from the own and all the country surrounding, ome with complete figures and others vith only a more or less haay idea of he details of their respective busilesses. Mr. Goodyear, who is a thormghgolng expert in his line, took each :ase as it came and went patiently hrough with the filling out of the >lanks. In some cases he found peo)le liable who thought they were not iable and in all cases he was able to trrive at pretty close figures as to the ictual amount due. He is to bo on Luty again today. Among the visitors to Yorkville his week is Lieutenant Edward C. iVhite, colored, of the gas instruction lervice of the United States army, lieutenant White is one of the few South Carolina negroes who secured .A?Mm(nn(Ana XT ?1 io o ann f\f T? A .umiiiioaiuao. aau to ? ?v.. ... iVhite of Manning, S. C., and a grandion of Hannibal White, who was in the itate senate from York county in Re:onstruction times. Young White had ust been graduated from a college in Chicago when America went into the war, and he enlisted in the regular lervice as a private. Shortly aftervard he secured promotion by passing he required examination, and has lince been serving as an instructor in he gas. section. Not long ago he suc:essfully passed an examination for a :ommission in the regular military esablishment, and he expects to coninue in the service. Here is a little story of a farmer's :otton that came to The Enquirer sec>nd hand. We are not giving any lames now, but if there Is any chalenge, we will tell the whole story. A farmer brought a bale of so-called ,'rosted cotton and sold it for 11 cents. The buyer first offered 10, said heMid lot know what to do with It; but flnaly as a matter of special accommoda:ion agreed to pay 11. Later the same larmer brought in another bale of the jame kind of cotton and was offered 14 cents; but having heard that he :ould do better at Filbert, went up ;here and sold his cotton for 21 cents, rhen he went back to the buyer to vhom he had sold his other bale at 11 jents and offered 13 cents for it; but :he buyer would not sell. This story vas told to The Enquirer by a reliable ind responsible business man of the :own who Is beginning to understand :hat there is but small hope for the :ommercial development of this comnunlty except through the handling of :he cotton crop on a competitive basis. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Louise Whitener of Yorkvllle, ipent Monday in Charlotte. Geo. W. Kunz of Rock Hill, was a visitor in Yorkvllle yesterday. Sergeant Effird S. Robinson has revived hid honorable discharge from -amD Sevier, Greenville, and returned :o his home on Yorkville No. 5. Superintendent of Education Carroll, vho has been sick for some time past, vas able to be in his office Wednesday md yesterday. He is beginning to feel >retty well again. Lieut. R. G. Allison, who recently eturned from France has received his lischarge from the army- and is now rislting his mother, Mrs. Nannie Alison, in Yorkville. Mr. J. M. Brice of Yorkville No. 4, eturned home last Wednesday evening ,'rom the Fennell infirmary at Rock 3111, where he underwent an operation .'or appendicitis. Rev. J. B. Mahaifey, formerly In the f. M. C. A. work at Camp Johnson, Ha., has resigned his position there ind has accepted an appointment as mstor of a Methodist church in Covngton, Ky. Miss Rosa Mahaffey, on her return rom Chicago where she went as a deegate from the Columbia College to he National Y.* W. C. A. convention, ipent the week-end with her parents n"-' T TP Mohaffsv fn York ille. Mrs. J. W. Smith of Tirzah, has a etter from her son, Corporal E. Clyde Smith, of the 318th Field Supply com>any in France. It is dated February 13, and leaves the young soldier-ver> veil satisfied with his present situuion, except he is ready to come home is soon as his time comes. He speaks >f Clyde Ford of Clover and Chummy foungblood as being in his company. 3e says he was on his way to thq, flrng line when the armistice came; but las no special complaint of having )een cheated out of anything because >f his having been turned back. BONUS FOR SOLDIERS The following has been issued by he military authorities: Section 1406 of the revenue act ap>roved February 24, 1919, authorizes he payment of a bonus of $60 to offi:ers, soldiers, field clerks and nurses >f the army upon honorable separa ion irom acuve service uy uistuaiac, esignation or otherwise. This bonus s not payable to the heirs or representatives of any deceased soldier. Those who are discharged hereafter vill receive this bonus on the same oil or voucher upon which they are >aid their final pay. Those who have been discharged and lave received their final pay without he $60 bonus, should write a letter o the Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Building, Washingtpn, D. C., stating heir service since April 6, 1917, the late of discharge and their present iddress to which they desire their >onus checks to be sent and inclosing vith this letter their discharge cerificate or military order for discharge md both, if both were issued. Upon the receipt by the zone finance ifflcer, of this information and the solder's discharge certificate;, this officer rill cause checks to be drawn and nailed to the claimants in the order n which their claims were received >y him. The discharge certificates rill be returned to the soldier with the heck. It is estimated that at least 1,250,000 >ersons have been discharged from the ervice who are entitled to have the lenefits of this act and while paynents will be made as expeditiously .s practicable, it will manifestly take onsidcrable time to write and mail his many checks. IT WAS A GRAVEYARD. That hole in the road opposite Tirzah i. R. P. church, just west of Newport, fhich has been proving so annoying to he traveling public, especially the auomobile drivers, ever since the buildng of the road several years ago, has leen filled up, and the road at this loint is now in good condition. The filling up of the hole was done >y Mr. Ladd J. Lumpkin of the county ioard of commissioners, assisted by lr. R- A. Jackson of Newport. The fork required the use of five or six .'agon teams during the greater part f last Monday, and it was quite an indertaking. The road passes over the site of an Id graveyard at this place, said Mr. ackson to the reporter; but whether . graveyard for white people, Indians r negroes, Mr. Jackson was not ceriin. He had been told that it was an Id Indian graveyard, and also that it . as used as a burying place for neroes. Two or three skeletons were ug up there during the construction f the road several years ago, and the oles in the road, he says, were origially made by gz-ave diggers. The fixing of this place was quite an ndertaking, Mr. Jackson says. Water ad sunk down into the old grave, and cavy automobiles coming along from me to time, especially in wet weather, ad made a loblolly to the depth of i.ezal feet. 1 There is no record or rne numuer ui . utomobiles that have had to be pulled I ut of this place; but it Is a fact that i le hole has cost the traveling public ] good many hundreds of dollars. The , ole has been quite a profitable source ' f income to some folks living in the ear vicinity, one man. especially, hav- < ig made quite a good thing at differ- ' it times pulling the stranded auto- < lobiles out at five dollars each. 1 / J , "It was quite a Job to get the road fixed," said Mr, Jackson. "People around there were unwilling to work their mules in such a place, and I did not like to do it myself; but Mr. Lumpkin was willing to put his own mules in and I thought that it was nothing but right to help him. We put In wagon load after wagon load of material without making much of a showing, until at length we piled in a quantity of crushed rock. We left a pretty good surface at last; but still the whole business would shake when a heavy wagon or automobile passed over." It was on Tuesday that Mr. Jackson ioiu me reporter aoout nxing me roaa. 1 He thought that he and Mr. Lumpkin I had succeeded in doing a very good ] Job; but still he was not willing to i guarantee the permanency of the job 1 unless the weather should continue 1 clear long enough to permit the dry- < ing out of the water from underneath. | THE COTTON MARKET. J There is very considerable confusion < in the cotton trade just at this time as j the result of the new law that specifies ( thirteen grades of cotton that may be I delivered on exchange contracts. Monday was a holiday on the exchanges because of the president's visit to New York and trie exchanges were closed Wednesday in order to , give the members an opportunity to examine into and try to adjust them- ' selves to new conditiona It is probably understood that here- i tofore a very low grade of cotton was ( the basis of all deliveries on contracts a grade of cotton that was mer- ( chantable for some purposes, of 1 course; but not available for the gen- i eral purposes of the ordinary spinner. , It was cotton that wohld be absolutely useless to the average spinning mill, , and but few of them ever attempted to use it. The principal value cf the , cotton was its use in establishing the market price of higher grades of cotton. j For instance, when good cotton is moving briskly under the laws of supply and demand the price is regulated to a greater extent by these l-ws and the price of contracts is largely influ enced by the same consideration. But under condition^ where the holders of good cotton gd on strike, so to speak, and refuse to sell on a basis of prevailing exchange prices, the cotton gamblers fall back on this cotton trash of which they have a large supply, and ontinue to play at the regulation of ' the prices of good cotton on the basis of that. 1 The Smith-Lewer rider that became a law the other day Monday specifies thirteen different grades of cotton , in which contract deliveries can be made and the lowest of these is "low middling," being several grades above the stuff that has heretofore been used for price regulation purposes, the whole basis of exchange is ver materially changed. There was naturally very considerable interest in the market yesterday to see what would be the first result of ' the new situation, and it seems that , the exchanges have again resorted to the expedient of 1914, when so many gamblers were smashed as the result of the bottom dropping out of prices on account of the war. It was held that existing contracts must be lived up to because of course the government could not pass a law affecting the validity of a contract, and there must be a readjustment of ' prices on a basis of a new schedule. 1 ibis means that whereas former con- 1 tracts were based upon the existing Stock of unmerchantable cotton, the readjustment must be based upon the lowest grade in which the government would permit deliveries, which lowest low middling is "^several grades higher than that in which deliveries have heretofore been made. The first figures of the morning quoted October at 19.40 on a basis of old contracts and 20.30 on a basis of new contracts, and the noon figures gave 21.15 as the price of old May contracts and 22.25 as the price of new May contracts. This means an immediate advance of 1-10 in exchange prices; but it is not to bq. understood that the actual price of cotton has yet been affected. On a basis of the new potations local buyers would be warranted In offerii* about 25 or 26 cents for spotssure enough good cotton?but even at that there is not a buyer in the country who would undertake, on his own responsibility, to sell 100 bales of cotton at 30 cents a pound, unless, indeed he already had it bought. There would be no trouble in buying the cotton at 35 cents; but it could not be bought for 30 cents?not in this section. There are those, of course, who will claim that the effect of the new law fs to advance the price of cotton 1.10 a pound at once. That is apparently true; but not literally true. The probability is that the actual trading has been light and of a tentative nature, merely to readjust the schedule' on the new basis of a little higher grade of cotton that may be delivered on contract But there are mills that can easily spin the low middling that can now be required, and if the price of it is too low these mills will soon 1 buy up the stock, and run sellers of this grade into new high levels. What the farmer wants is to require every cotton exchange contract to be made on the basis of a specified grade < and to require the delivery of the . grade specified upon the demand of the purchaser. < LOCAL LACONICS , Hogs for Market. J Quite a number of farmers have re- , ported through the banks that they j will consign to Demonstration Agent ( Blair hogs weighing from 200 pounds upward, to help make up a carload | shipment; but so far hot enough have been reported to make a full car. < Will Keep His Office Open. Congressman Stevenson has an- J nounced that his othce in Washington will be kept open during the time con- j gress is not in session, to attend to all | business in which the people of the r'ifth district may be interested. Mr. Hutchison will be in charge when Mr. , Stevenson is out of the city. At His Post of Duty. Mr. Robert JS. McClure of Yorkville \ No. 5, has a letter from Joseph G. Pep- j pard, Jr., first lieutenant commanding the 313th Meld artillery, telling of the death of Grady M. McClure. According to the letter, Grady was wounued while his battery was engaged in a heavy artillery action near Nantillois, r ranee, on October 15, IMS. The bat- i tery had been driving the Germans " north from Verdun since September t 36. A big German shell struck at the s side of the gun that uraay was neiping i to man. Three men were killed out- s . ignt and Grady was so badly wounded that he died November 25. "Your brother's conduct to the last," writes \ Lieutenant Peppard, "was that ot a I i.rue American, courageous, steadfast, i loyal." s Talking Bridge Location. J A delegation of citizens living in up- r per Fort Mill township and across the a river in the Steele Creek section of f Alecklinburg, appeared before the York ; county board of commissioners Wednesday, to discuss the location of the t proposed new bridge across the river, i The delegation included Mr. vv- ?. i vVindle of upper Fort Mill, and Messrs. c Stroup, Carothers, Capps, Youngbiood i and others from Mecklinburg. The people from over the river made it clear that they wanted the bridge located as close to Wright's ferry as possible, and the further up the river it : went the less it would please them. Two possible sites above the old vVnght's ferry were more or less acceptable, the closer of the two being f must acceptable, and a possible location up close to the state line being out of the question so far as this particular delegation was concerned. The board gave the delegation a full hear- B ing, accepting all that was said as in- F tormation; but no member of the J board expressed any opinion as to the d nnssihie location, for the reason that as li yet the text of the act authorizing the bridge is hot available and the board uas no definite information as to its provisions. salary Increase Bill. From Senator Beamguard it is learn- ? 3d that the efforts of the York delega- t Lion to increase the salaries of certain q :ounty officials has failed. This is es- g pecially true of the bill relating to the t ncrease in the salaries of the auditor ind treasurer. The auditor and treasirer are paid partly by the county and partly by the state. Senator Beamguard explained that early in the sesilon the delegation introduced bills providing for increases for the auditor ind treasurer, and also bills providing lor Increases of the pay of other ofA:ers, including magistrates, as already published. Other county delegations ;ought also to increase the salaries of :helr auditors and treasurers, and the fork delegation's bill became a general pill. It was Anally agreed that there je a general Increase of 30 per cent lor the auditors and treasurers, and In this shape the bill passed both houses. Later because of efforts to make certain changes in some of the counties the bill went to free conference and Pecause of differences in free conference the bill failed of passage. The general appropriation bill, however, provides for the increase and the county supply bill also makes the same provision. The bill for the salaries of :ounty officers was left in the same shape; but the bill providing for the Increase of the salaries of magistrates sot through and Is a law without question. ====* MERE-MENTION Soldiers of Camp Benning, Ga., were called out last Monday to preserve order among eight thousand textile strikers at Phoenix city and Oirard, Ala., across the river. The strikers have been out for several weeks and the authorities were beginning to fear violence Henrique de Pava Couceiro, leader of the recent monarchial revolt in Portugal, has committed suicide The copper producers association of the United States has agreed to market all the surplus copper the government now has on ^ hand at the rate of fifteen cents a pound A. woman who gave her name as Gertrude Wentworth, aged twentyseven, fired two shots at William -J. Burns, head of the Burns detective agency, in the grand central station at New York last Monday afternoon. Neither shot took effect. Burns says he does not know the woman. She was taken to the Bellevue hospital for observation of her mental condition Summer time began in France during the night of March 1-2. The supreme court has decided that importers of spirituous liquors from England, must pay countervailing duties equivalent to the bounties paid by the British government to exporters The president has appointed A. Mitchell Palmer to be attorney general, vice Thomas W. Gregory, whose resignation became effective at noon last Tuesday. Walker D. Hlnes. director general or railroads, has brought suit against the state of North Dakota protecting the $3,676,000 taxes levied against the railroads by that state, on the ground that the taxes are too high ...It is estimated that the state of Massachusetts will collect about $18,000,000 from individual incomes this year. The United States senate a few days ago adopted without debate a resolution to investigate charges of tho shipment of unwholesome food to Belgium by the Belgian relief commission .... General George W. Goethals has returned to citll life as a retired officer of the army, having relinquished his duties as director of purchase, storage and traffic The president has reappointed John Skelton Williams to be comptroller of the currency. * CLOVER CULLING8. Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Clover, March 4, Miss Annie Lee Adams, who teaches at Fort Mill, spent the pest week end here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Adams. Misses Mildred Parrott and Elsie Pressley, students at Due West Woman's College, spent a few days here this week with home people. Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Jackson of the Crowders Creek section spent Monday here with the family of Mr. J. J. Wll son. Miss Cora Wilson spent several days recently with hej^j&igter Mrs. Hope Ford on Route 1. Mr. M. L. Smith was a business vis-, itor to Augusta a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dilllng of the Point section spent Tuesday here with the family )f Mr. W. H. Sparrow. Miss Mar:' Bigham of Chester visited her sister Mrs. W. P. Grier this week. The friends of Mr. Malcolm Carroll of Route 1 will be interested to know of his marriage to Miss Gussie Beattle of the Union section, N. C., on Wednesday, February 26. Rev. W. P. Grler anc^ Miss Elsie * Pressley visited Mrs. E. W. Pressley Monday at the Fennell Infirmary. Miss Mary Beamguard visited her sister Mrs. Authur McCarter In Gastonia recently. Mr. John T. Matthews, who has been in training at the base hospital at Camp Sevier for the part several months, has received an honorable discharge and is spending a few days here with friends. Mrs. Joe H. Curry, daughter Miss Olan and little son Mason spent the past week end at Mt. Holly, N. C. Miss Bessie Adams spent the post week end in Rock Hill. Rev. J. M. McClaln attended the funeral of Dr. James Caldwell in Gastonia Monday. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Nell spent Tueslay in Charlotte. Mr. Ernest Camp, who was severely wounded in the foot in France a few ^ months aero and who for the past few weeks has been In a New York hospital, has returned to his home here. A. part of his foot was amputated but he Is able to walk with the aid of a stick. Our splendid shoemaker, Mr. T. A. Beam celebrated his 69th birthday on Tuesday, March 4th by inviting several )f his friends to dine with him. Those injoying Mr. and Mrs. Beam's hospitality were Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Berryhill, Messrs. Wv T. Beatnguard and R, \. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Counts and son, Kenneth, spent Wednesday in Charotte. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davison of Bethany are visiting the family of Mr. J. J. Wilson, here. The Clover and Filbert basket ball :eams played a game here Monday ^ ifternoon. The score was 11 to 9 in 'avor of Filbert. Mrs. I. F. Ford, spent a few days his week in Yorkville with her sick dster Mrs. Sam Smith. Victory Loan Bill Signed.?President ? vVilson on Monday night signed the * 'Victory Loan" bill, authorizing the reasury to issue $7,000,000,000 in ihort terms and providing $1,000,000,100 for ise of the war finance corpor*? ?..i-n? tnnntrv'fi for Ltion in Biuuuiauue , _ sign commerce. In a statement Issued coincident vith the President's approval of the lill. Secretary Glass pointed out that inder the act interest on both corporite and Individual holdings of first liberty loan, converted, and second, hird and fourth loan bonds, valued at tot more than $30,000, received on and ifter January 1, 1918, would be exempt rom all surtaxes and excess and war irofit taxes. The secretary also called attention o the provision of the act authorizng conversio/i of bonds of the first liberty loan, 'converted, and four per ent bonds of the s?ond loan, into 4 -4 per cent bonds. Serial |toii^s. At ruiiauaviiw. w There will be preaching at Philadel>hia next Sunday at 3 p. m. J. E. Mahaffey, Pastor. Sharon-Beorsheba-Ramah Sharon Preaching at 11 o'clock, a. a. Beersheba Sunday school at 2 i. m.; preaching at 3 o'clock, and C. 3. Society at 4 p. m. Ramah Sunlay school at 2.30 p. m., and preach- 4 ig at 7 p. m. J. L. Yandell. Poultry and Poultry Products. During March Misses Garrison and iflhe wll! give demonstrations in me see of poultry products for the W. H. v ). Clubs of the county. Following Is he program for week of March 10-14: Hive, Monday; Hopewell, Tuesday; lullock's Creek, Wednesday; Sharon, hursday; Flint Hill, Friday.