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ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 31, 191 ?L NO. 93
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VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
r PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
for Quick Reading.
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"I was talking to a leading expert on
the subject the other day and he made
the remark that the boll weevil would
surely be in York county in force by
next August," said Col. C. L. Cobb,
well known banker or Rock Hill, wno
was in Yorkville for a short while
Tuesday afternoon. "Now that the
weevil has been discovered in both
Chester and Lancaster counties I would
not be at all surprised but what the
view is a correct one," Col. Cobb remarked.
A Hog to a Family.
"You can say if you want to that
every Clover family is going to have
* a hog to kill this fall and winter, that
is they will average one to a famPy,''
said Mr. J. J. Wilson, venerable citizen
of Clover in conversation with Views
and Interviews last Wednesday. Mr.
Wilson said it looked to him as though
Clover people would have just about
as much hog meat this year as usual."
Mayor Makes Light.
"While the town of Sharon?that is
the municipality, may not be able to
have its own water and light plant;
N W. H. Hayes, enterprising mayor of I
that fine little town is making arrangements
to bring the conveniences
there on his own account," said a well I
known Yorkville man who was a rei
cent visitor in Sharon. "Major Hayes
has recently purchased a Pelco lighting
plant from Prank Riddle," the
gentlemen went on to say, "end by
means of the Delco the mayor is making
lights not only for his own place
of business and residence but for
several other business houses as
well. The plant affords about twentysix
lights and is a decided improveir./Hno*ou
t Qhopftn wants
electric lights and is going to have
k them Just the same as Fort Mill and
Koclt^Iill and other towns."
Thought it Could be Settled.
"The man Roof Anderson arrested
Monday afternoon on the charge of be?
Ing an escaped convict evidently nad a
firm idea that he could be relieved of
the charge without much ^doo," said
Sheriff Quinn in talking of the happening.
"After we had arrested him he
told us that he would be glad to pay
the reward that was offered for his
capture and any other expenses that
might be connected therewith and if
we didn't mind why dc would just pay
us and then go about his business.
But of course we wouldn't agree to
anything like that."
Freezing Weather.
"Here is a squib for your humorous
department," said a friendly wag down
* town the other day. "Much obliged."
was the newspaper man's reply; "but
you see we are really not keen for
contributions to the humorous department
and besides the squib that you
offer would hardly be appropriate."
Here it is:
The Esquimau sleeps
In a polar bear skin
At least so I've been told.
Last night I slept
In my own bare skin
And caught a d. o. a. cold."
Will Sell Easily This Year.
"No I am not carrying a line of toys,
glassware and Christmas articles this J
year aiong such c*icnnm; hum ??
usual," said a Yorkville merchant yesterday
V in replv to a query. "I cut
them out because in former years I
have lost money on that kind of thing, j
? And now I am sorry that I didn't put j
in a big stock because with as much I
money as there is in the country, 1 be- |
lieve there is going to be a big business j
in that line this Yuletide season. One
buys that kind of thing for Christmas
delivery in February or March and I
couldn't see far enough ahead then to
load up. And I don't know but what it
isn't just as well after all."
No Improvement in Service.
"There is no apparent improvement
* in congested freight traffic which has
iiofn ransinir such inconvenience to
business people generally," said Mr.
Hugh Parrott of the People's Furniture
Company yesterday. "For instance we
have a car load of furniture somewhere
between High Point, X. C.. and
here. It was put in the car at High
Point on the L'Oth of last month, and
nobody appears to be able to give any
good reason why it should not have
reached here long before now. A week
or two ago we received a car of furniture
that had been shipped from High
Point last September. It went all the
way to Camden before it came here
despite the fact that it was billed correctly.
Nobody knew why."
Then and Now.
. Writing to a friend in Vorkville who
p was in the service with him. Adoiph
Lichtenthaler Pridgen, young man of
Warsaw, X*. C., who saw service with
the Thirtieth division compares his
surroundings now a year after the end
of the war with the fall and winter of
the first year he was in service. He
says: "Here in the dim lights of a long
discarded lamp, at the still hour when
all without is bleak and cold and
naught but the whir of a passing maX
:
the antics of rats in tho loft, I am
prone to reflect over the ghostly past.
Then passing over centuries, as it
seems to me, I find a similar setting,
likeness due to lights and shadows. In
the midst is a little conical stove aglow
with the cheerful red heat of stolen
coal and packing boxes. Around are
innumerable bulks of plunder and accoutrements
of war, a bunk or two, a
nail keg holding the dignified position
of office chair, settee, divan, etc., and |
nmnne it all two buck privates sitting]
talking it over and discussing war,
army, politics and the unaccountable
errors in humanity. Just two years
ago that occurred and yet as I saitj, it
seems centuries. Still I don't want to
go through it anymore, do you?"
DIARY OF S. C. LOWRY
Brother Presents Volume to L'. D. C.
Preservation at Richmond. .
At 3 o'clock, during the afternoon
session, Capt. Sumter L. Lowry presented
to the United Daughters of the
Confederacy, to be placed in the South
Carolina room of the Confederate Museum.
at Richmond, a frayed and yellowed
volume, the diary kept by his
brother, Samuel Catawba Lowry, during
the three years of the young officer
fought on the bloody battlefields of
the Civil War.
The book is a voluminous one, its 1
pages filled with fine handwriting, legible
as the day \they were written. On
the front page, in old English printed
characters, are these words:
"The war for independence * * *
Nort.i and South. My experience, 1
containing different battles, marches,
skirmishes, pickets, etc., in which my
regiment, the 17 S. C. Volunteer,
commanded by Col. John H. Means, 1
participated. Containing sketches of 1
his service on the coast of South Caro- 1
lina, as well a3 Virginia?more parti- 1
cularly referring to the Carolina Rifles,
C. S., to which I belong, commanded
by Capt. John. W. Avery, Yorkville, 1
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On the back page are the words: "I ;
wish this book to be kept inviolable. 1
Remember this. Do not disfigure, but ?'
keep it sacred. 1 desire to keep it as
long as I live for certain reasons.
When I am gone, guard it with care,
if you love me. This is my wish. Ca- '
tawba Lowry." 1
Volunteered at 16. '
Samuel Catawba Lowry volunteered I
for service when he was but 16. He
fought on the battlefields of the south .'
until he was wounded three times. 11
after which he was discharged, on ac- 1
count of being under age. He was I
then sent by his father, to the arse- t
nal, a military school in South Caro- !
Una, which is now the state governor's
mansion. He was there but three
months when he started a rebellion t
among the cadets against the authori- <
ties, because they were refused the (
privilege of forming a company for l
actual service, lie sent out a call for t
volunteers among the cadets. The i
news reaching the cadet commandant, c
the entire body was drawn up on the r
campus and all implicated asked to c
step forward and make it known. >
Sam Lowry stepped boldly from t
the ranks and declared himself the s
leader in the movement, and turning t
to his comrades, called for volunteers, c
Nineteen lads with soldiers' hearts J
beating with loyalty to a crumbling ^
south responded and took their place >
beside their stalwart young leader, i
They were all expelled. 1
* * a * -v \
Sam Howry men vein . .
S. the heme of his grandfather, Av- Ii
ery, and attempted to organize a cav- h
airy company. Failing to get the re- ] i
quisite number of volunteers for this. ! 1
he abandoned the idea and with two !
or three of his faithful followers. I
joined Co. F, 17th regiment, cora-jr
manded by Col. McMaster, of the 7th. .r
Only one of these lads lived to return. 11
Sam Lowr.v. the brave young lad, t
who would fight for his south in the 11
face of every opposition, laid down : I
his life at the age of 19 on the bloody ! 1
battle field of Crater, at Petersburg. (
Virginia. '<
His faithful negro body servant I<
Henry Avery, accomplished the won- ;s
Iderfui feat of getting the body of his'
beloved young master through the ;
lines back to the home he died to de- j I
i fend, at Yorkville, S. C., where he was I
laid to rest. ; <
A pathetic attendant upon the'i
I death of this young southern hero! ]
lad, was the dumb devotion of his h
beautiful dog, Major. The dog seemed i
to know that the body of his young ]
master lay In the grave which was! i
(never to open again and his faithful .'
dog heart broke with the yearning to I
| see a beloved face one more. The' i
I morning following the funeral, the i
! big. furry body of Major was found
cold in death on the newly made grave. 1
!?Tampa Tribune, November IS.
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I ?Motor cars art* to replace tin* horse
drawn mail wagons in the business;'
1
I section of Columbia beginning Jan- I
ju.try 1.
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i ?The Remount depot at Catnp '
I Jackson. Columbia has been closed up 1
temporarily because of the shortage ol
officers and enlisted men.
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I ?TUn South'en Christian Advocate,
published in Columbia will within a
weeks begin the erection of a
new plant for the paper. The building
will cosi about s.s.WMi.
? Annie Carter was run over and
killed by an automobile truck, the!
property of Kdgelicld county in Kdgcj
field last week. The ear was driven
by James Tluruetl, an employe of the!
| count)
CLOVER NEWS BUDGET !
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At Least Five New Residences To1
Be Erected In Near Future. (
ENGINEERS ARE RELOCATING ROAD :
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Congregations Increase Pastor's Salary t
Teachers Make Change?Stacy Sells
Land?Housing Corporation Organizes?Sugar
Continues in Sharp De- c
mand?Egg Prices Still Soaring? 1
Cotton Sales at a Standstill.
Clover, Nov. 20?Clover's dousing
corporation which was forecast In this v
correspondence a week ago Is now a 1
practical certainty and will mean at '
least five or six new residences for 13
Clover and of course that many addi- *
tional families for the town. The new 13
company is to be known as the Clover v
Real Estate Company and according to '
Mr. Jas. A. Page, one of the promoters ^
of the enterprise $20,000 of the capital n
stock has been subscribed. Details a
have not been worked out yet; but the 1
understanding is that a plan pursued
by a Gastonia corporation somewhat
similar will be used. It is proposed to ^
build houses to cost from $3,000 to $5,- ^
000 each and to sell these houses at n
small profits to parties desiring homes 1
here. It will likely be sometime be- ^
fore the new corporation is on a work- h
ing basis.
Pastor's Salary Increased.
Clover^i, Bethany and Crowder's ^
Creek congregations of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church have increased
the salary of the pastor, Rev. ^
W. P. Grier from $1,200 to $2,200 per
mnurn, each of the congregations hav- 31
Ing recently taken action resulting in
Ihe increase. Clover and Crowder's *Creek
congregations which have been
paying $300 toward the salary of the ?
pastor have increased their apportion- ^
ments to $600 each and Bethany which
has been paying $600 has increased its
issessment to $1,000 making the total
for the pastorate $2,200. Rev. Grier C
and his family make their home in
Clover,
Off After Deer and Duck.
\V. P. Smith, well known cotton e
>uyer of Clover left Wednesday for n
Hilton Head, whyh is off Beaufort, S. e
C., where ho will spend a week duck tl
lunting. He was accompanied by r<
Messrs. D. M. Jones and Lawrence ana i o
I'hendore Uankin of (lastonia,'and ex- a
>ects to be gone several days. Hilton is
Head is an island of 40.000 acres and
there are a large number of deer on a
he island?perhaps 2,000 in all and Mr. tl
isinith Is confident of some fine sport, b
A Shake in Sugar. t<
Clover has been without 'sugar like p
he most of other York county towns fi
luring the past several weeks and
Clover people perhaps really never ap- si
ireciated its value as they should until nr
he recent famine. Many people have ti
tad the unpleasant experience recently
>f sweetening their coffee with home it
nade molasses, the store-bought kind
>r else drinking it without sweetening r<
vhile cakes and home made confec- a
ioneries have in a number of in.tances
been as scarce as quail on P
oast on November 14. The local mer- 'a
:hants Messrs. J. F. Pursley and H. P. tl
lackson got in small shipments this >'i
veek and passed the word that they '!
vould let it go as long as it lasted. But 'J
t didn't last long. Sugarless people '
ined up for opening time just like they r
vould line up if they knew somebody 6!
vere going to sell gold dollars at the U
>rice of silver dimes and the sugar tl
vent in a hurry, and long before it
cached all who wanted sugar. Sl
No Cotton Market. a
There has been practically no cotton c<
?"l'?nractlmllv
narket nere mis ncm
lone being offered and local buyers a
showing little disposition to buy with
he result that business generally has fl
neon somewhat off. Few farmers have a
leen in town; but the majority of them C(
nave been busy picking out the balance c:
>f t!ie crop. According to Clover merchants
sales during Monday and Tueslay
were about the poorest of t!ie sea- P
son. P
Change in Teachers. ri
Miss Annie Lipford who has been
Leaching the Hawthorn Mill branch of d
Lite Clover graded school since the a
opening of the school session has been
ransferred to the Miller school in ?
Bethel township which is also in Closer
district while Miss Mary Davidson
if the Bethany section has accepted a
position as teacher of the Hawthorn
mill school, it will be necessary for a
Miss Lipford to have an assistant ja
teacher at Miller, it is understood, al-|c
though this assistant has not yet been ''
named. w
The Price of Eggs.
.lust where the price of eggs is going I
Clover housewives especially and pco- s
pie generally would like to know. A
local dealer quoted eggs at 75 cents a!s
ilozen Wednesday and lie sold them |
right along at that price. although the; "
wholesale price he paid for them was j
only ??0 cents. People here are pre- a
dieting that the price will he in the 1
neighborhood of $1 per dozen by
Christmas.
Will Honor Service Men.
Clover Leaf Council Junior Order K*
t'nitcd American Mechanics is making'*1
arrangements for the holding of a '
reception ami banquet in honor of '*
members of the organization who sa\v'c
service in the late war according to j '*
Jas. A. Murrett, one of the leading men | "
in Junior Order fraternal circles in this |
county. It is proposed to hold the |
celebration next month and it is possi-I
hie that the celebration will he of njM
tublic nature, although the details of
he plan have not yet been worked
ut. Sam J. Matthews Is chairman of
he committee in charge.
Stacy Sells Farm.
J. L. Stacy, well known surveyor of
Clover has sold his farm of 94 3-4
cres which lies near Clover to E. }L
IcNaull of Winnsboro. The purchase i
irice was $60 an acre. Mr, McXaull '
nil likely move to his new property in
he near future. j
Bookkeeper for Mill.
O. E. Fitzsimmons of Charlotte has
ome to Clover to be bookkeeper for
he Clover Manufacturing Company.
Surveyors at Work.
Surveyors sent out by the state high- |
ray commission have come to Clover {
o make a survey of the North road 1
,?nm VnrWvill? to Oastonla which has i :
leen designated as a state highway by
he commission. The surveyors have
een at work this week making a surey
of the road l'rom the North CaroIna
line to the corporate limits of
Mover, and, it is understood that a
umber of changes will be made,
mong them being the elimination of
wo grade crossings at fowling Green.
Robinson Moves to Clover.
Mr. R. Mack Robinson of Clover No.
who purchased the W. P. Smith
ouse in Clover some time ago has
loved his family here, having made
he change last week. Mr. Lawrence
tobinson who has been living here
as moved to Mr. Robinson's farm.
Mr. and Mrs. George Clinton of
lastonia recently visited the family of
Ir. Jim Clinton in Clover.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Smith and Mrs.
. Meech Smith are spending a few
ays in New York.
Mr. J. F. Pursley spent Wednesday
i Columbia.
Dr. C. E. McLean was a visitor in
lolumbia last week.
Messrs. J. Clyde Ford and W. Oates
Itroup were visitors in Charlotte on
Wednesday.
. .INCOME TAX BLANKS.
)epartmer.t is Arranging to Send
Them Out Early.
Plans fir the issuance early in Deeniber
cf forms for filling income and
xcess profits tax returns arc being
lade by the Bureau of Internal Revnue.
Taxpayers will thus be given
he opportunity of making out their
eturns immediately upon the closing
f thpir books for the year L919, when
ecu rale knoVTedfre gtWo iJftT?
; fresh in their minds.
As a convenience to themnelves and
s a means of expedAing the work of
he government, taxpayers are urged
y the bureau, in a statement issued
jday, to avail themselves of this oportunity.
The period for fulfilling is
*o:n January 1 to March "?5, 1920,
If the tax is paid in quarterly inLallments,
one-fourth of the amount
nist accompany the filing of the rejrn.
Form 1040-A will be used for filing
idividua! income tax returns of $5.10
and less, and Form 1040 for filing
2turns of income in excess of that
mount. ,
The normal rate of tax for 1919.
rovidcd for in the revenue act of 1918; r
i I pei' cent on the first $4,000 above t
le exemptions, and S per cent on the ?
rmaining net income. The tax for
SIS was 6 find 12 per cent respective- c
The surtax rates, which range
oin 1 per cent on the amount of net j
icome between $5,000 and $6,000 to a
5 per cent of the amount by which j
ie net income exceeds $1,000,000, are
le same as for the year 1918. The
:;emptions of $1,000 for single perens
and $2,000 for married persons |
nd heads of families remain un- L
hanged. f
These rates apply to every citizen |
nd resident of the United States. L
lien non-residents receiving income j ^
-om sources wimin me i mini oum-s | ^
re subject to the full tax of S poi- j (]
c ut on such income in excess of the j 0
Kempt ions.
Form ll'OJ will be used for filling
eturns of fiduciaries, Form 1065 for
urtnership and personal service cor-1
orations, and Form 1120 for corpo- .
it ions.
Announcement will be made of the
i
ate on which the forms will be ,
vaiiablo at the offices of the collec- L
irs of internal revenue and branch L
ffices.
HOARDING SUGAR? J
Here is a letter that was received by j
'lie Yorkville Enquirer a few days]
go. It is signed by a responsible1
itizen; but he desires his name with-j
eld. thus deducting from tlie force of,.
hat lie has to say:
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Editor Vorkville Enquirer. ^
I .believe there should be something (
aid through the columns of your .
a per concerning merchants hoarding
ngar.
If all the merchants are like two ^
;ith whom the writer is acquainted
hey have at least one barrel that they .
re holding for a higher price. With .
he lids on tight. Such as this is | j
artly responsible for the shortage, too. i
Its rather hard on small children L
hat have been used to sugar in their L
ood. Its hard for them to eat without
:. Also tiiere are the sick that need it. ^
The above is facts. I don't care to
e mixed up in the matter, but if you |
are to make any mention in your
a per you have the liberty to do so,:
ut don't mention my name,
oi k, November 13. i t
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? The annual meeting ol the South
'amiinn Underwriters' Association |
us held in Columbia ibis week, i''
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. WORK OF HE SMPEK
Dangerous It Is But Very Fasclnat.
Ing.
REQUIREMENTS SKILL AND PATIENCE
American Sharpshooters Unheld Traditional
Supremacy?Scientific Rules,
Thoroughly Understood and Closely
Followed?Expert Gives Away
Secrets.
The sniper doesn't snipe limply by
jetting behind some convenient object
ind discharging his rifle. Experience
las taught him much, and he, now has
x code of rules to observe, some of
which relate to the accuracy of his fire
ind some to the efficiency of his con:ealment
from the enemy. With the
recent return to the United States of a
jroup of snipers attached, to the Amercan
Expeditionary Force, the "defiled
lessons in trickery and shootng
magic," as Ret Harrow expresses
t in "Popular Mechanics" (Chicago,
November) have become known. Ingenious
and scientific to a microscopic
legree, they reveal ho^v technical, and
rel how fascinating, sniping became in
:he progress of warfare. Says Mr.
Barrow:
"Without a doubt the most dangerius
pursuit in the war, sharpshooting
vas the one branch of the service that
\mericans clamored with the greatest
'ervor to join, for it harked back to a
raditional American superiority?the
jse of the lifle. Not even the generilly
credited statement that a sniper's
ife was, on an average, but 10 days,
[topped them, and with the British
tnd French they worked out an artful
lystem of rules that completely baffled,
he Germans. Toward the last of the
ighting, the American sharpshooters
:ame to be called 'body snatchers,' on
iccount of their success in this parti ular
field.
"The first rule for these daring rifienen
who stole out in 'No Man's Land'
o pick off opponents, was that they
ihould always hide 'before' cover
ather than behind it. By lying down
letween an object and the enemy a
iniper was rpuch more efficient than
vhen lying with the protecting object
>etween h'm and his prey. He was
aught to blend himself with the house,
ree, wall, or trench in his rear, open
b the enemy's fire, But concealed from
lis sight. He was never to let his head
ippear against the sky line; never to
ihoot at a German head directly in
ront of him but always at heads far
* - - rpuu r\f
o tne l'lgni or icn. una muuc ,
irocedure prevented the Germans from
[iscovering the angle from which tne
ullets were coming.
"Every sniper carried a barometer
nd a little gauge for the measuring of
he wind's velocity. He knew just how
nuch the wind swerved the bul'ets at
ny and all velocities, and just how the
mount of moisture in the air slowed
he speed of a bullet.
"One extremely important rule was
hat he should swab the muzzle of his
ifle after every shot, to make sure that
10 moisture had collected there. One
iny drop of water would, upon the
ifle's discharge, send up a puff of
team that would reveal him to his
arefully watching enemies.
"When shooting through a loophole
n masonry, the sniper must water the
perture thoroughly so no dust would
>e blown into the air when the rifle
poke. In shooting from a house, the
niper never occupied a window, but
tationed himself at the far end of the
oom where he could not be seen, and
ent "his bullets through the window
rom this distance.
"lie was never permitted, in the later
lays, to use binoculars, but was supdied
with a telescope, for th? use ot
he latter meant that the gleam of only
ine glass lens might be caught by the
nemy, thus betraying the sniper,
rhereas with binoculars the chances
vere double. With this telescope he |
tudied enemy trenches and 'snipers' I
tests' all day long, scarcely moving, so
:een was the enemy's lookout.
"Snipers always worked in pairs, one
ising the telescope and the other the
ifle, the former whispering directions
o the latter. Lying a few feet apart.
;o that , if one was detected, the other
leed not necessarily be killed also, they
ay all day long in one position, their
inly relief being the exchange of spy
Class ana riuv iu miv. (
strain.
"Each pair of snipers made two sets
>f 'nests' on nights before going out,
>stablishing a false pair of 'nests'
vhere tlie enemy might discover them
ind placing near by the hiding places
vliicli they would actually occupy.
)ften from the shrewdly camouflaged
nests' they could discover German
snipers shooting at the dummy retreats
md perhaps get a bullet into selfsatisied
lleinie. If their nests were dis:overed,
they took chances on wrig;ling
out into shell holes, and thus
u..? nntii h?\- hti'l nut tin fl
LWilyi uui nui uiitu tiivj .... ??
irtle siRii reading 'Danger,' which they
ihvay.s carried, so that no brother- I
sniper might occupy it later to n's ints
brtune.
"One of Hip most imperious i ttles |
vas that no sniper who suspected the
>resence of an enemy snip-"* was to
ook directly at his achorsary'.s hiding
dace. He was taught to move his eye j
ill about the vital point?above below, i
iiid to either side?but never squarely j
ipon it. This was in obedience to the j
iptical laws of man. The rioter of the .
ye fastened upon an object cannot i
leteot action nearly so readi'y as ran I
the outer sections or tne eye. adouc
the rim of the eye's pupil, notion is
caught quickly, and then the eenter of
the eye automatically swings upon the
oojeci ana iocuses periecuy. r ?r m s
obvious reason the sniper was d.-il'ed
to observe this rule rigidly.
"Snipers' rifles were always the pick
of those furnished an entire division
and were fitted with extremely complicated
and accurate calibrated sights.
Small telescopes, with scaled measures
spaced upon them, gave the sniper the
distance, of an object while he sighted
his weapon, and permitted him to tel!
within a few feet how far away his intended
prey was stationed."
BLOW AT LIQUOR.
Federal Judge at Chicago Upholds War
Time Prohibition.
The liquor interests were given another
setback last Monday when Judge
George A. Carpenter handed down a
decision in the United States district
court in Chicago which held that the
wartime prohibition act and the VoL-1
stead enforcement act were constitutional.
Judge Carpenter announced
that Louis Fitzhenry, of Peoria, 111.,
had concurred in the decision.
Under the fifth amendment to the
constitution, which provides tl\at legislation
restricting personal liberties
of individuals may be passed if the
community as a wnoie is oeneuieu,
Judge Carpenter held that congress
was empowered to pass the two acts
involved In the case.
He held the acts constitutional because
"demobilization of industries
mobilized by the war was not yet complete,
and that the rountry was still
in a state of war regardless of General
Pershing's statement that army .
demobilization was complete and despite
the president's veto of the Volstead
act indicating that the war was
over."
Referring to the national prohibition
act, Judge Carpenter, in his decision,
said:
"If the state of Kansas, under Its
inolice power had the right to prohibit
the manufacture and sale of ardent
spirits, so had each one of thp other
47 states in the union. If all the states
had the right, granting that the fed- 1
eral government, under the constitution,
while prosecuting the war, was
entitled to exercise police power necessary
and proper for the efficient car- 1
rylng on of the war, there is no reason*
why the central government could
not provide against the manufacture
of the states, and that without com- 1
pensatlon to the owners and dealeis."
The judge further Jala:
"Congress had the power before the
18th amendment was passed to make 1
nollce regulations in the aid of war. 1
This amendment certainly did not destroy
that right. 1/ that amendment 1
had been passed in January, 1917, with 1
the one year of grace for the liquor
Interests to readjust themselves and !
their business, could anyone in reason '
ontend that congress had not the
power in April, 1917 to prohibit the 1
manufacture, sale or even use of ard- 1
ent spirits? s
"I cannot agree with the decision
of Judge/ Brown of Rhode Island that
the 18th amendment necessitates the '
declaring of war and national prohi- !
bltion acts unconstitutional.
"What congress has done is in^the 1
interest of public welfare and public '
morals. If plaintiff, not entitled to '
compensation, *the prohibition laws be- 1
lng valid, may sell and distribute their
product among the people of the country,
the damage to the general welfare
has been done and never can be undone.
If the action of congress was
wise, and so we must assume it to bo,
believing the prohibition acts to be
lawful, even were the question here '
involved doubtful, we would have to
resolve the doubt in favor of the government."
British Farmer Girls. ? England's
iriri farm laborers, who enlisted in the
government's land army during the
war to take the place of men who had
gone to the front writes a London correspondent,
have come to stay?picturesque
slouch hats, corduroys, leggins,
white smocks and all. Government
control of the land army will be withdrawn
after the potato harvest, about
| November but the new open air
i woman has learned to love her work so
| much that she declines to'be "demobilized."
| The farmers who have employed ef-1
j ficient girls are so anxious to retain
them that a voluntary organization is
[certain to be set up, it is said, to keep
i the army together. There are about
I 800 girls in the army and most of them
want to remain on the land. The ultl|
mate aim of many is a farm of their
j own.
I Everywhere the girls have won
friends. ? ot only because of their good j
work but by their splendid bearings in '
emergencies. Several instances of de- :
votion and bravery have been rewarded
recently with the Distinguished service
bar, which is to the land army
what the coveted Victoria Cross is to |
[the regulars. Among the deeds cited |
were the successful treatment of an i
animal, that had a contagious disease,
the extinguishing of a fire in a barn,
the saving of an old laborer from death I
by burning and the nursing of a farm- j
er's child which was suffering from an L
infectious illness.
? Daniel C\ Itoper, a native of South
Carolina and at present commissioner 1
of internal revenue, is being mention- 1
cd as a successor to Secretary of The ,
Treasury Glass, who resigned to l>eeonio
a 1'nitod States senator from
Virginia.
StNAIt MILS IU All
Upper House Adjourns With Treaty
Unratified.
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WAR TIME LAW STILL IN FORGE
Because the President Said Reservetions
Meant Nullification Democrats
Would Not Vote for Them-?The
Pact Goes Over for the December
Session, When it Will Again Receive
Consideration.
Falling after three attempts to ratify
the peace treaty the senate on
Wednesday night laid It aside, ended
the special session and went home.
All compromise efforts to bring ratification
failed, three resolutions of ratification
all going down by overwhelming
majorities. The Repubblican leaders
apparently despairing of bringing
two-thirds of the senate together for
any sort of ratification then put in a
resolution to declare the war at an
end.
Two of the three ratification votes
were taken on the resolution drafted
by the Republican majority containing
reservations which President Wilson
had told Democratic senators In a letter
earlier in the day would mean nullification
of the treaty. On each of
the votes most of the Democratic sup
porters of the treaty voted against
ratification. *
The first vote on this resolution
stood 39 for to 55 against. On the second
vote taken after several hours of
parliamentary wrangling In whJch the
Democrats made vain efforts to win
over some of the Republican group
of mild reservationists, 41 senators /
voted In the affirmative and ?1 In the
negative. I 7
The third vote was on a straight out
ratification without reservations which
got only 38 votes to 53 opposing it.
Only one Republican. McCumber of
North Dakota voted with the Democrats
in its support.
Difference of Opinion.
Republican leader Lodge declared
the voting constituted a final decision
on the peace treaty unless President
Wilson circumvented the senate rules
by withdrawing it and then submitting
it again to the senate. In other
quarters, there was some difference of
c pinion, but the general sentiment
seeded to be that there was only a
slender chance that the treaty would *
come up at trie beginning of the next
session of the congress, beginning next
month.
One effect of the senate's failure to
ratify the treaty will be the continuation
of various war time laws and
regulations at least until the new sea- /
sion opens. Among these is the war
time prohibition act.
The resolution to declare a stale of
peace will come up at the beginning
of the next session and Is expected
to start another stubborn fight. me
administration is understood to be (
opposed to such a method of )agoll?
pnding the war, and in the back /round
is a constitutional question as to
whether congress can do so hy a resolution
not requiring the president s
signature.
It was suggested among Democratic
senators that resident Wilson might
oe asked during the recess to feel out
the other powers as to their attitude
on reservations with -the idea of bringing
the treaty to some sort of a ratification
after congress reassembles.
It was on a viva voce vote thi'.t the
treaty after being before the senate
for many weeks then was laJd aside.
On Senator Lodge's motion to take
up legislative business, no roll call was
requested and the vice president declared
it adopted by acclamation.
Senator Lodge, after adjournment
declared "the treaty is dead so far as
this senate is concerned."
Republican leaders said the senate
need not advise the president of Its action
nor return the treaty to him with
formal notice.
"The president may withdraw it
when the senate reconvenes,". Senator
Lodge said, "and, of course, he
' ' ' -- 'Via n avt OAO,
can men resuuimi. ?i m me hcau
sion. ,
"But the treaty is dead in this senate
and they killed it as I told them
they would if they voted against it." ,
Senator Hitchcock said that the
treaty was not dead, and that he presumed
the president would resubmit
it on December 1, although he had no
definite word from the president to
that effect. He said he thought the
Republicans had worked themselves
"into a very awkward position" and
split themselves in the senate and the
country.
f
? The Columbia Record of Wednesday
has a story'of an attempt to hold
up Capt. J. Roy Fennel], state highway
engineer, on the road to Savannah
at about 10 o'clock last Sunday
night. The captain was hurying to
catch a train. At a turn in the road,
ahead of htm he saw two maked men,
wearing black overcoats. They held
up their hands' as a sigmal to stop.
He kept right on. The men were
standing directly in front of him an"
seemed inclined to stay where thev
were. One of the men jumped aside
and the other was knocked down. The
captain put on all the gas his car
would take and ran for it as fast as
he could. He ducked in the expectation
of being followed by shot, but
there was no shooting.
? The city of Columbia wants a new
union station, adequate to meet the
needs of the city for many years and
the city's claims will be pressed as
soon as the roads return to private
ownership. ,
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