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established 1855 YORK, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1919. NO.^, J
SHARON NEWS LETTER
Hustling Town Would Have Double
Telephone Line to Yorkville.
SETS PACE AS A SEED MARKET
k Girl* Go Possum Hunting?Town Growing?Live
Stock Market?A. R. P.
Minister Employed for all Time?Few
Cases of Flu in Community?Cotton
W Almost Done?Local People Have
Electric Lights and Running Water.
Sharon Nov. 6?Some Sharon business
men are agitating the matter of se
curing a double telephone line between
Sharon and Yorkvllle. The need for
such a line they say is great now and
Is growing more so every day. Sharon,
be it known, is rapidly coming to the
front, more and more every day as one
of the business markets of trade in
the county and more means of communication
with the county seat is a
necessity. The single telephone line
beween Sharon and Yorkville is ringing
with myriads of messages from
morning until night and oftentimes it
is simply an Impossibility for the effi*
cient Sharon "central" Mr. J. M. Plaxico,
to render the quick service that he
would like to render because of the fact
? ? that the local office has not the equipment.
Sharon business people and people
fenerally are very much concerned
over the matter and it is not unlikely
that an effort will be made to get an
additional line.
Ginners Get Breathing Spell.
Sharon ginneries which have been
busy almost day and night since the
cotton opened nearly a couple of months
ago are now getting a breathing spell.
Indeed it amounts to almost a complete
vacation with no prospect of returning
to hard and prosperous work
because the fact of the matter is that
the great bulk of the cotton crop in
the Sharon country has been gathered
and ginned. During the past week or
so hardly more than twenty or twentyflve
bales of cotton have been coming
to Sharon to the gins each day and
there have been days when there were
not so many. While a larger number
of bales have been sold on the market
up to date than up to the same date
last year perhaps, not all of this year's
crop has been sold for 40 cents didn't
bring as much into the market as some
people expected. There is a lot of cot
ton in this section which is still being
held for any,price that the owners
r?~ might some day decide to se'l it for. .
Sharon Seed Market.
Sharon's cotton seed market continues
to lead the county and some of
' the local buyers predict that the price
is going much higher yet. For several
days past the market quotation has <
been $1,25 a bushel; but last Tuesday
one of the buyers raised to $1.28 and of
course the others had to trail right
along. Hundreds of bushels of seed
have been sold on the Sharon market i
this season and more cotton seed
mnnai, V,Q U Kaart anon t in Khfiroil this I
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year than cotton money has been spent
in some years in the past decade.
Flu In Sharon Community.
There are several cases of flu in I
Sharon and the Sharon section according
to a local physician and there are
so many people who are suffering with
bad colds that a number of these too
firmly believe that they have the flu
also. Several persons put to bed by
a bad cold have been reported as ill
with influenza which report is all an
error. Nevertheless there are several
who are really ill with the malady that
caused so many deaths in this section
along about this time last. year. So far
all cases of the geunine malady that
have been reported are of a mild type
and there are no indications that the ,
malady is going into the epidemic j
stage. Bad colds are usually numer- j
ous. though, and the people who sell!
salves and other preparations guaranteed
to cure anything from spinal meningitis
to a pain in the little toe of the |
left foot have been doing a thriving;
* business. .
Lights and Water.
Sharon is rapidly becoming a town, i
with electric lights and running water i
in its homes and stores despite the fact !
that the Catawba rower company upon |
which many towns in this section depend
upon for "juice" hasn't seen fit '
to seek new business in this field. Sev- j
era! local people have recently install- ;
ed lighting and water plants of their I
own and one enterprising business man
is making arrangements to put in a j
^ lighting system with which he pro- j
lt?v,? ,-,nt nnlr his (i\l'n !>lacO
I'untro ivy 115111 iiw VM.J ...? (
but several other business houses,
across the street.
Pastor for All Time.
Sharon people are delighted at the 1
prospect of the congregation of the A. j
K. P. church securing the pastoral services
of Rev. E. B. Hunter for all his .
time Since coming to Sharon several
years ago Rev. Mr. Hunter has been :
dividing his labors between the local
congregation and the Tirzah A. K. P. ;
congregation. Tirzah is making ari
rangtments to employ a pastor for all j
his time and Mr. HunteV is to remain
here. Mr. Hunter is regarded here as
a powerful influence in the icligious
moral, social and civic progress not 1
_ only of the town but the community
surrounding and people here feel that |
he will be of still greater benefit to the
community now that he is to be per- !
mitted to devote all of his energies j
here.
Sharon Live Stock Center.
Sharon is rapidly coming to the fore
as one of the leading live stock markets 1
of York county. More stock dealers
have come to Sharon this year with!
choice offerings from the western mule
markets than ever before and another
spring will see some fine specimens of
mule flesh pulling plows in Bullock's
Creek and Broad River townships.
Farmers and others desiring to purchase
mules not only in this community
but in other sections are coming
to Sharon almost daily to look over the
local stocks. "Business could not be
bet'.er," said Mr. B. B. Ferguson of the
Ferguson Live Stock Company of
Sharon in talking live stock with The
Enquirer last Tuesday. "In fact we
have practically sold out all the stock
we have had on hand and Mr. H. E.
Ferguson left today for St. Louis after
more horses and mules."
Pretty Girls Hunt Possums.
Pretty young women of Sharon have
established a new fad. Having heard
for the past year or two or three from
some of the young men, glowing descriptions
of the thrill and the pleasure
attached to possum hunting they have |
taken up the sport themselves and are
finding keen pleasure in the hunt.
Several young women have been in-1
eluded in parties of possum hunters
who have gone out recently and almost I
every time they have had pretty good
luck. The latest possum hunting party,
came off last Tuesday night when a
party went out after the crafty animal
which is wide awake when most other
animals including the majority of the
human specie are asleep. There was lots
of fun attached to tb^ hunt and the
modern Dianas were not feazed the
least bit by numerous collisions with
stumps and cold creeks and cruel cutting
limbs and branches deslrious of
getting back to statu quo after some
pilot had turned them asunder in an
effort to blaze a trail by moonlight.
LET US GIVE THANKS
President Calls for National Recognition
of Divine Providence.
President Wilson has set aside
Thursday, November 27, as "Thanksgiving
day" on a proclamation which
said the country looked forward "with
confidence to the dawn of an era where
the sacrifices of the nation will find
recompense in a world at peace."
The proclamation follows:
"By the President of the United
States of America.
"A proclamation.
"The season of the year has again
arrhed when the people of the United
States are accustomed to unite in giving
thanks to Almighty God for the
Dressings wnicn ne nu.s cvmvw h^vmi
our country during the 12 months that
have- passed. A year ago our people
poured out their hearts in praise and
thanksgiving that through Divine aid
the right was victorious, and peace had
come to the nations which had so
courageously struggled in defense of
human liberty and justice. Now that
the stern task is ended and the fruits
of achievements ure ours, wo look
forward with confidence to the dawn
of an era where the sacrifices of the
nations will find recompense in a
world at peace.
"But even to attain the consummation
of the great work to which the
American people devoted their manhood.
and the vast resources of their
country, they should, as they give
thanks to God, reconsecrate themselves
to those principles of right
which triumphed through His merciful
goodness. Our gratitude can
find no more perfect expression than
to bulwark with loyalty and patriotism
those principles for which the
free peoples of the earth fought and
died.
"During the past year we have had
much to make us grateful. In spite
of the confusion in our economic life
resulting from the war. we have prospered.
Our harvests have been plentiful
and of our abundance we have
beer; able to render succor to less favored
nations.
"Our democracy remains unshaken
in a world torn with political and social
unrest. Our traditional ideals are
still our guides in the path of progress .
and civilization.
"These great blessings vouchsafed j
to us, for which we devoutly give j
thanks, should arouse us to a fuller i
sence of our duty to ourselves, and to )
mankind, to see to it that nothing |
we may do shall mar the complete- I
nes^ of the victory which we helped
to win. No selfish purpose animated
us in becoming participants in the
world war, and with a like spirit of
unselfishness we should strive to aid ;
by our example and by our coopera- |
tion, in realizing the enduring welfare '
of all peoples and in bringing into be- j
ing a world ruled by friendship and
good will.
"Wherefore, I, Wood row Wilson, i
President of the United States of;
America, hereby designate Thursday,
the 27th day of November, next, fori
observance, as a day of Thanksgiving I
and prayer by my fellow countrymen,
inviting them to cease on that day j
from their ordinary tasks and to unite !
in their homes and in their several
nlaces of worship in ascribing praise
and thanksgiving t<> Cod, the author of
blessings, and the .Master of our destinies.
"in witness whereof, I have here
unto this fifth day of November, in j
the year of our Lord, one thousand J
nine hundred and nineteen, and of the
independence of the I'nited States the
one hundred and forty-fourth."
t Signed.)
"WOODUOW* WILSON.
? I'residenl Wilson is back at work J
again following his illness which has
extended over the past several weeks.
? juntas of more than $1,000,0001
AMONG THE CLOVERITES
Life Continues Along Usual Roi
tine.
MANY WENT TO THE CIRCUS!
Town Taxes Rather Slow?Mill Worki
Makes Good Money Farming?Cotto
Ginning Slows Down?Building Plar
Under Consideration.
Clover. Nov. C?A considerable nurr
ber of Clover people took a day off la,'
Monday and hied away to Charlotl
and Gastonia to attend the circus per
forniances staged that day in bot
North Carolina cities. John Robinson
circus played at Gastonia and Ringlin
Iiiw.'s played at Charlotte, and tli
throngs attendant upon both shows in
eluded manv neonle of Clover and vi
cinity. Most of those who went froi
here, however, attended the large
show. According to Mr. M. L. Fon
prominent business man of Clover wh
hasn't missed a big circus anywhere i
these parts in yeai;s, the attraction wa
well worth while and he for on
thoroughly enjoyed the day. "I hav
been attending circuses around here fc
forty-five years," said Mr. Ford, "an
the Ringling show last Monday wa
superior to anything in that line tha
I ever saw before. There must hav
beer, 18,000 people in the throng wh
saw the afternoon performance. I knoi
it was the largest crowd I ever saw 1
a tent and I have seen some right con
siderable crowds. Some of those pre
sent reported to the police that the
had been robbed of money and othe
valuables by light fingered gentry; bu
I was not approached by anybody wh
looked like they wanted to separate m
from any cash in any illegitimate waj
Maybe they figured that I didn't hav
any. It was a fairly quiet and orderl
crowd and 1 for one enjoyed the day.
Among the people from Clover wh
saw the circus in Charlotte were th
following: Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Parrot'
Dr. E. G. Black, M. J. Ford, Mis
Esther Ford, Franc! Clack, M. 1
Smith, Miss Mary B. rfk, Knox Lonf
Henlfy Grayson, Oscar Adams, Park
Smith, Emmett Jackson, Carso
Hedricks, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Curry, Mi
and Mrs. Will Rudisill.
Tax Collections Slow.
Collection of town taxes has beei
delayed this year, according to Towi
Treasurer J. E.* Brison because of th
fact that the town's tax books hav
been in possession of the county audi
tor who has been unable to returi
them because of delay of the state ta;
commission. Time for the payment o
taxes usually begins October 15, but i
will likely be November 15, this yea
before Clover's tax collector begin
taking the town's toll.
New Building on Main Street.
f /
R. A. Counts said Wednesday that h
hac under consideration the advisabili
tv of Arpefiae a two storv huildinir oi
Main street on the site adjoining th
Clover Hardware Company which h
recently purchased from J. Meec'
Smith. 'The present building on th
site, the ground floor of which is nov
occupied by a barbershop and the up
per floor by a restaurant will be tor'
out. according to plans of the present ii
order to make room for a two stor;
building to cost about $12,000 am
probably more. Construction will no
be begun before some time next sprinj
because ic Is deemed impossible to di
the work at this time.
Made Big Money.
Textile workers in Clover are re
ceiving the largest wage ever paid mil
workers here, despite the fact that th
increasing cost of living lias a tenden
cy to make that wage comparativel;
small. But farming in the Clover sec
tior. this year is beating wage jobs al
to pieces and Ernest Turner, formerl;
a mill worker here is convinced tha
the farm for the present at least i
much more profitable from a financia
standpoint. During the past year Mi
Turner has been working a crop on th
farm of Mr. Starr X. Stacy near Clovei
He expected to get 15 bales of cottoi
but already has out some sixteen o
seventeen and it now looks as thougi
he is going to get at least twenty halo
which at oresent lirices will brim
right around $4,000. The crop has beei
produced by Mr. Turner anl his wif
and children, although little aid ha
been secured from the children hecaus
they are very small. It has been r aim
necessary for him to employ help 1;
gathering the crop because of the fac
that it opened unusually fast: but h
has more than offset the cost of tlii
by doing outside work himself. In ad
dition to his big cotton crop he ha
made enough other produce to I'v
and live well and he is convinced tha
anoi lie lias scmcu up wuii tat- miiu
lor.l and others he will he in mue
bottei financial position than he woul
have- been in had lie stuck to the cotto
mill even at present wages. Othc
textile workers of Clover are watchin
Mr. Turner's record with interest an
it will not be surprising if several mi
woikers here inaugurate a "back to th
farm" movement next year.
Ginning Getting Light.
Gir.nings at the Clover ginneries an
at other ginneries in this section ar
getting light?very light and during th
past several days it has been a com
parntively easy matter for the ginnerie
to take care of all the cotton brough
in with time to spare. Sales on th
local market have been rather light an
the local buyers have had ample op
portunity to relieve the congested con
dition of cotton platforms and othe
dumping grounds. There is no questioi
but what the great bulk of the cro]
around Clover has been gathered am
j. ginned.
SPEND HONEYMOON IN JAIL.
? Greenwood Couple Grabbed by Green
ville Guardians.
Ir To spend three hours of one's honey
moon at the police station while ai
anxious father burned gasoline in th
18 effort to catch up with the elopers wa
the experience of a Greenwood coupi
in this city, the story of which cam
to light only Tuesday. It all cam
te about because of a misunderstandini
._ and. with that corrected the youni
^ couple journeyed on their way whih
.g the father, after wishing them wel
? returned to Greenwood.
ie The story of the couple, the groon
j. being a former resident of this city
l_ Dr. R. H. Parke, as told by the polio
n follows:
Sunday night when all was still a
j the police station and Desk Sergeon
g Phillips had nothing more entertaininf
n than to hammer his gnarled cane 01
g the floor, the telephone rang and cen
e tral informed Sergeant Phillips tha
e Greenwood was calling the local polio
ir station. Mr. Phillips took down th<
^ recolyer and was informed by a Mr
g Hunter, who stated that he lived neai
t that city, that his daughter had tha
e afternoon married Dr. R. H. Parke, i
0 dentist formerly of this clt.-, and i.
w was thought that they would arriv<
i- '*Similnv nltrht- Tli#? nami
111 UlCOH?*?IC --1^ ??
of the hotel at which they iost probably
would stop was also given.
y Accordingly a couple of plain clothe;
r officers were despatched the hote
|t to look up the young married coupU
0 and regretfully Inform thtem of th<
e message from GreenwoocL However
r the couple had not arrived kat the ho
e tel and the policemen returned to the
y station. ftp
A short time later thoj telephone
0 rang again and this time if wasstatec
e that the bride and groom iiad arrlvec
t and had registered from 'Greenwood
s The two plain clothes officers, more
sorrowfully than ever, again went t<
? the hotel, and returned to the police
station, this time accompanied by th?
n bride and groom. "
r The two were told (to be' comfortable
in the office while waiting the arrival
of the father from greenwood
Something like two hours elapsed be11
fore the car containing Mr. ftunter and
two other men drove UP.Acfare
e police st/ltion. y"'
e Those within the station exchanged
* glances as the fooutep of the fathei
was heard on the pavement outside. A
K second latei he had entered the building
and for the first time accord1
ing to a statement of Dr. Parke. c^m<
r face to face with the young dentisl
8 who had won the heart of his daughter.
It developed that the couple hat
e married at 'Greenwood Sunday after.
noon and that shortly after their deY
parture for Greenville the father ree
ceived information that Dr. Parke was
e i married man. However, hut little
h time was required at the police statior
e for the groom to inform the father-inv
law that his first wife had been dead
_ for some time.
-j This apparently satisfied the fathei
f! who, accompanied by the other occupants
of the car returned to Green
[1 wood, but not until after wishing' tht
young couple God-speed on their wedg
ding journey. Mr, and Mrs. Parke
0 mm in arm and each smiling serenely
walked from the police station anc
returned to the hotel.
'This is one place we did not plar
II to visit on our honeymoon," the |?rld?
smilingly remaked as she left the police
station, but we at e happy all thf
same."
Dr. Parke is known to many Green1
ville people, having been engaged ir
dentistry here for several months. Hf
has been in Greenwood only about
three months, it is said. Mrs. Parke
s
I as Miss Hunter, was a student of Lander
college and was a most attractive
' young woman, a decided blonde with .1
striking personality.?Greenville Piedmont.
II _
"The Scarlet Horde."?"Bolshevism
by its various names, is no more than
s
objection to the old rules of conduct
^ taught in schools and homes. It is a
I revolution against industry, saving
*1 politeness, education, progress, order
civilization. The loafers, the drunke
I I ards, the ignorant, the disorderly, have
( I formed a combination against the rule.*
^ found expedient in civilized life. Yoi
may talk until you are black in tie
face, and make nothing more out ol
s
i Bolshevism. The gents who wish t<
s spit tobacco juice on the parlor flooi
are doing it and saying it is one ol
, their inalienable rights; that denia
^ j of this privilege is Slavery."
I, J We do not know who wrote that
j i hut it was comparatively true some
^ j weeks ago. They are no longer content
merely to spit on the parlor floor;
'r ' they insist on spitting in the face ol
j | every decent. God-fearing man in the
II | country who wants a living and it
! willing to work for it.?Manufacturer'.*
j Record, Baltimore.
'
I ? Lieut. Col. Duncan Elliott, 50. forj
merly commandant of cadets at Ane
j napolis. Mil., shot and killed hitnsell
? I Sunday night with an army pistol
" ' I 'tit il 1917 he was a captrin of cavalry
8 j in the t'nited States army.
t . m
e Paul Jones, a negro, was horned tc
dI death by a mob of 400 persons outside
- the city of Macon. Ga., Monday after
noon. Me assaulted a SO-year-ohl
r white woman.
; VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
J J
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED DP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
n ? *
e Stories Concerning Folks and Things
s Some of Which You Know and
' Some You Don't Know?Condensed
e
e for Quick Reading.
% Mr. C. L. Cobb, president of the Pco5
pies Bank and Trust Company of Yorke
ville and cashier of the Peoples Na1
tior.al Bank of Rock Hill, flew from
Rock Hill to Charlotte with the Ob1
server's bird man last week. Some of
Mr. Cobb's friends, who either lacked
s the opportunity, or who were too timid
to take advantage of it were inclined
t to reproach him on account of his rasht
ness. Of coufse, everybody is fond of
? Charlie, and no one could contemplate
1 with pleasure the idea of him being all
smashed up as the result of a fall out
I V.rv lvliin If notn ?*o 11 \r rrlvoa fltam
ISL HIC WiUCi IV liuiuiunJ QI VU VKVM*
- the creeps to think about It. in the
: case of some people such a fall would
not make much difference; but not so
r with Charlie. If he should take such
t a tumble, the banking world would lose
1 one of its hustlers and bank stock
1 would take a tumble. "Some of those
} fellows call me a fool," said Mr. Cobb
J to Jim Jenkins. "Why It was the
' greatest experience I ever had," he
added. "Well, since you have had the
! experience," commented Jim, "I believe
' I would let It go at that, and not go
up again." This conversation was over
5 the telephone: "Well, I believe you'
think just like the others; but I will
' have to admit that you are a little
' more considerate in the way you express
your opinion."
Stealing Cotton From Field.
I "There is more complaint this year
about cotton being stolen from the field
, than there usually is," said J. F. Car,
roll, farmer of Yorkvtlle Not 7, "I
, have- heard of a number of farmers
, whose cotton pile left in the field overnight
has been found diminished the
next morning and I have had the same
experience myself on more than one
occasion. The situation is really alarm,
tag"
I Asked About the Horn,
i ProWtlnegit /amlly of Yorkvllie was
dIScul&lfiIr'frre* ffppearan'ce 'of an aero'
plane over the town a few days ago.
The wife had never seen an aeroplane
1 and somehow or other she had conceiv
ed the idea that it was a machine like
ivto an automobile or Ford. The coiy5
v^.-sation turned to the speed of the
' machine and its powerful motor and all
that sort of thing. The wife became
very much interested and finally she
1 inquired of the husband, "has it got a
horn?"
Carried off Many Ribbons.
"Our horses did quite well at the
, state fair In Columbia last week," said
j i Henry B. James, senior member of the
well known live stock firm of James
I Bros, in talking it over with Views
and Interviews yesterday. "We had
. three entries in the horse show and
, races at Columbia, and we were awarded
two silver cups and twelve blue rib,
bons. Our three entries 'Senator Sim.
rill,' 'Topsy' and 'Sam Newman' were
much admired and we are naturally
very proud of them. The horses are
^ now at the Spartanburg county fair
and I had notice this morning that
, thev are going good over there. Blakely
. Plexico is in charge of them."
Big Drive of the Baptists.
* "Yes, we are getting along very
nicely with our 'Seventy-five million
* drive,*" said Rev. H. H. Waugh of
1 the York county publicity committee.
' a day or two ago; but we are not
t getting along as well in York county
' as I would like to see. We have too
j many congregations the members of
which have been telling themselves
1J that they could not do until they really
believe it. We have some people,
many people, in our church who reai!issc
that this drive gives them an' op*
portunity for service the like of which
' they have never had before, and whq
are taking advantage of this opportu1
Inity. We have many others, however,
jwho have net yet realized the signi
j ncanee 01 irie ran iihh nan i>,;vn n...Uv
| upon them. Kut in spite of all tills,
' while I do not expert our people to
' take the fullest advantage of this op>
portiinity, I expect them to make a
' i much better showing than most of
'! them ever had any idea they would
' I make. \Ve Maptist people believe we
I have the greatest church there is and |
'; understand that in order to prove our
I ! faith by our works we must' make |
I good in this great drive. Hut I do not |
I want to be understood as suggesting I
vanity as a controling motive, orj
even a leading motive. No right
j thinking Huptist wants a dollar the
giving of which is not inspiretJ-^Cy the j
! Idesire to have a part in helping to ad- !
'' vanee the Kingdom of God."
Still a Heavy Weight.
"What has become of Tom Watson,"
; Views and Interviews inquired of a
. j Georgia man who is spending some-j
| time at Sharon. "Tom is still down
around Thomson, Georgia." was the
j reply, "and he still has lots of friends i
and political prestige as of yore. He
was rather unpopular with the govern-j
i i inent during the late war you know
land they put a taboo on his newspaper, :
. the Jeffersonian; but now he is coming
1 I back again and if anybody has the idea i
jtlmt lie dosen'l count for anything inj
%
Georgia anymore they are very much
(mistaken. Tom is one of those fellows
who can elect almost anybo y to public
office that he wants to elect but
who could not himself be elected. In
fact, I don't suppose he wants any office.
It is a familiar saying that 'a
prophet is'not without honor save in
his home town.' Not so with Tom
Watson. He has been living in that
little Georgia town and big bugs and
little bugs from everywhere come there
to see him. Almost everybody there is
his friend and admiren I heard him
make a speech a short time ago. He
spoke for two solid hours and nobody
seemed to tire of him. And it was
some crowd. He has as many friends
as he has enemies and then sopie. Take
my old father, for instance. He reads
Tom Watsort's paper and he believes
that Tom Watson is the greatest public
man in the world. That paper is due
to arrive on Wednesday and if it
doesn't come my dad raises a holy
howl. I am not any great admirer of
Watson myself although I respect his
ability. Still I see to it ihat my father's
paper always reaches him in time and
if he goes off anywhere I see to it that
the paper is forwarded to him. Tom
Watson has many admirers like that
and he is not a dead duck by any
means."
Soldiering on the Job.
Ther^ were three of them digging a
ditch, three negroes in the employ of
L. F. Waldrop & Co., the well known
plumbers of Rtock Hill. Their task
was to take up a clogged sewer pipe
opposite The Enquirer office and after
metal had been substituted for the
terra cotta to replace' it. It was not
much of a job. The ditch was only
about seven feet deep thirty Inches
wide and about thirty feet long. Two
good men could easily have finished
the whole task in an eight hour day if
they had wanted to; but there were
three men on- this job. They had
picks, shovels and spades with which
to follow the loose earth that had been
left in connection with a similar excavation
that had been made only
about a year ago by one man in less
than two days. Hut these negroes
were not in a hurry, that was evident
The attention of Views and Interviews
was called to the fact by a pro
mlnent cmzen. ?e saiu. m ooultI
by I noticed those negroes out there.
Several people h^d previously spoken
to me about the way they have been
soldiering on their Jobs olsewhere, and
I have* made it my business to watch
fham and?^how4ia*ol?*ft4r? wan, to
the things I had been told. They are
right here by you. suppose you keep
an eye on them from time to time."
Acting on the suggestion, Views and
Interviews gave close atteption to the
case. The line of digging had been
fairlj marked out, and tha wtas all.
There were three men with tools, and
the surroundings Indicated what they
were there for; but it was some little
time after Views and Interviews began
to watch before the actions of the men
themselves gave any suggestion as to
what they had in mind. All three had
picks In their hands, or rather their
hands were resting on the handles of
picks, and all were in waiting attitude,
as though interested in the general
surroundings, passers by, etc. Views
and Interviews had his own business
to attend to; but the situation suggested
that here was some business
for him and he watched. After an
interval of not of a few moments, but
of full sixty seconds, one of the men
looked down at his pick as if inclined
to use it. He put both hands on the
handle, as though to lift the tool up,
and then after a slow deliberate second
thought, he released the grip of
his left hand, and allowed his right
hand to rest on top of the handle.
Neither of the two other men hnd
moved, and it seemed as if the first
had been suddenly impressed with the
idea that perhaps he should not be in
too big a hurry. A negro came along
riding a mule. All three watched him
while he was coming and going over a
distance of thirty or forty yards, not
with any special interest, but in an
attitude of listless relaxation that had
no suggestion of a care. Anotner man
made a motion as if to raise his pick
and then put it down. Then with the
pick handle leaning against his legs
he went into his pockets, got out pipe
and tobacco, filled and lit the pipe,
and after taking a puff or two slowly
raised the pick over his shoulders, as
if he was now ready for business: but
he did not strike yet. He let the pick
come slowly down and as he lazily
smoked commenced looking about
again. After a while each of them
commenced digging, striking a few
licks and then stopping to talk. And
so it went on all day, the drain pipe
not being completely uncovered at
quitting time. It was not until the
nexL aay mai nit: juu ?**? vumpcicu,
Tuesday night Views and Interviews
ran upon some men who were discussing
the ! "trident. They were discussing
it w? en he came up. They were
agreed mat they had observed the
same thing before, in other parts of
town, not only among Waldrop's men;
but among the Gulf Paving company
gang, at the Yorkville Oil Company's
plant and elsewhere. "They are after
more wages," said one gentleman, as
if offering a solution of the strange
circumstance. ' No." said another, it
is not that; they are just trifling and
lazy." "You are both wrong," volunteered
a third. "Of course they would
take more wages all right, and of
course they are lazy and trifling; but
there is more method in it than that.
Can't you see that it requires more
labor and self-punishment to act like
that titan it would to do honest work.
i I have been notlcipg the game tnrng an
i arOund for quite a while. I have seen
cases of country negroes coming to
: town, negroes who were always known
i to be good workers; but who in a I
week or two become more trifling even
, than those already here. There is
i some unity of purpose behind all this, 1
i there is organized method. They are
; playing a game under some kind of
[ instructions from somewhere, a game
i of I. W. W. or Bolshevism. It looks
i to me like the idea is to take your f
money, put in time but see thli. imu .
i do not get value received. You are
up against a problem and you may as
i well recognize the fact You may as ,
well recognize too that if you pay out
your money and don't get value received
i'ou are' that much poorer than
you were before. You ought to be
able to figure out the consequences to
all of us if this thing goes on a year
or two longer. Yes, I believe In paying
and paying liberally but I want
some value for my money, and if I
cannot buy labor with money I am
going to try to do with such labor as\
I can perform myself."
ADVANCE IN COTTON
It is the German* Who are Putting
Up th# Prloa. , .imht
Large German purchases of the
better grades of American cotton, aitys
the New York Times have been; one
of the principal reasons for the recent
sensational advance in pride in southern
markets, especially in. Tonne,
where the best grades are to be h&d
and where spot cotton yesterday
(Thursday) sold above 40 cents a
pound for the -Arst time since the civil
war. . ' t -to, *
It was estimated by men in the ootton
trade yesterday that more tjian
500,000 bales of choice grades had been
bought by Germans or German agents
since the present cotton season began
on August 1, and on this total probably
more than 250,000 bales already have
been] exported. On Monday more than
30,000 bales were shipped out. of
Savannah direct to Hamburg, making
the total of direct shipments to German
ports since August 1 something
more than 100,000 bales. In &4dHton'
it is believed that at least 150,000 bales
have been sent to Germany by way of
neutral countries, and it is understood
that much mo^fe will be exported within
a few weeks.
Germany's purchases of American
cMon ycordlng t. tmd.^thonU., ^
nave beeh cbnWaeyaDlY large*. in The
last two months than those of any other
foreign country except England- On
direct shipment France has taken only
85,000 bales so far, whilo exports to . H
England have amounted to about 470,000
bales. The Germans, It Is said,
have been buying only the better
grades, and apparently are not hag-f
gllng over prices, for reports from the
south say the German interests . have
been buying more aggressively In the
last few days than a month or so ago,*
when prices were 115 to $20 a bale
lower than they are now.
No large credits have been arranged,
here for the benefit of German importers,
so far as is known, but it Is understood
that some private credits have
been provided and also that many
American exporters have set plans
afoot to use their own credit in assisting
the movement. Remittances from
Germany have been coming in in rather
large volume recently, which is one
of the reasons ascribed for the steady
decline in the quotation for reichmarks,
which yesterday fell to a new
low record of about 3 1-10 cents to the
mark.
However, it is understood that the
principal expedient used thus far in
financing, exports of cotton to Germany
has been credits secured by Germans
in neutral European countries.
Germany, according to reports, has <
been exporting raw materials and some
finished goods to the Scandinavian
countries and to Holland, and in return
for these has received credits
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States. The volume of business done
In this way, it is said, has run to many
billions of dollars and has allowed German
importers to buy goods here,
[chiefly cotton, without suffering unduly
on account of their depreciated
exchange.
Straw Paper Coming.?That newsprint
paper will have to be made from
the straw of wheat and other grains
In a few years if the destruction of %
Canadian pulp wood forests continues
: at its present rate, was the assertion
! of C. Trice-Green of Toronto, lndusi
trial commissioner of the Canadian
j National railways, in Toronto to attend
the exposition of chemical Industrie:,.
The straw, he said, now is
largely wasted. % ;
"With only one-fifth of the
world's population, the United States
consumes one-half of the world's pro->
! duction of paper," ne saia.
I present rate of consumption and de'
struction by fire, insects and fungus
| growths, one is forced to the conclusion
that the time is not far distant
j when a substitute for spruce in the
j making of newsprint paper will fiave
I to be found, and one of the most like|
ly sources of supply Is to be found in
j the vast quantities of straw from the
i grain-growing areas, which at the
! present time 's be!"ng wasted."
j ?About 1T>9 women engaged in a
battle with deputy sheriffs at Vour.gs.
town, O., Tuesday when the women
attempted to prevent workers from
' entering the Youngs town Sheet &
[Tube Company plant in Yourigstown.
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