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issued se:mi- weekly. ' L. M. GRIST'S SONS, Publishers. % ^ainilg ffetcspaper: the promotion of the political, Social, |grirultur,al and (Tommerrial Interests of the people. TERMs^fe?c5prE?ivIc^?TSANCE > ? ? ' ' ?? ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1919. IsTQ. 94 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More or Less Interest. PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS k Stories Concerning Folk* and Things A Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed for Quick Reading. "I don't believe In spooks and ghosts &nd all that sort of thing but I had a little experience the other I evening that caused a creely, creepy J feeling for a time," said Key Wallace I well known Yorkville man in the employ of the Courtney Tractor Com- | / pany Friday evening. "I went down in the cellar under our place to get out some old boxes which were there. It was as dark as pitch and I found some litUe trouble in getting what I went after. Finally I unearthed a ? long, slender box that resembled a coffin somewhat and with some little difficulty I opened it. Just imagine how I felt when I saw that it contained a skeleton?a sure enough human skeleton. Looking on the ground beside me I saw tne leg 01 a numai; [ being, evidently belonging to the | gentleman or lady in the box. I didn't holler and I didn't run; but I'm telling you there was a funny fuss in the atmosphere for a little bit. Then I took up the leg which was lying outside the box and put it in the box with the rest of the skeleton and consigned the whole works to a resting place beneath some more planks and w boxes in that cellar. I don't know who ^ the skeleton belongs to; but I suppose it is the property of Dr. R. A. Bratton." Had a Narrow Escape. "I saw an incident Friday evening ? th;tt made my blood run cold for a * moment and I haven't exactly gotten over it yet," said C. H. Keller, Carolina North.Western section foreman I and well kno\n citizen of Yorkville. "Two young ladies riding in a buggy were on their way home in the country and I saw them at the crossing on Pinckney street as they were en route to the Chester road, I saw the C. & - N.-NV. passenger train coming and it looked to me like it would be impossi' . ble tor them to get over before the ft train struck them. They managed to vsas iry a Kair"s "PfPffOtTr and whether or not they realized what a narrow escape they had I have not learned; but it caused me to hold my heart in my mouth,, as u.e saying goes." Money in Pecans. "Lots of them don't know it but it is a fact that York county farmers who have pecan trees on their premises and which are bearing nuts of larger size and better quality than the little spindly kind we have been used to for so long have' little mints all their own," said a well known man yester-. day. One man who has been quite successful with pecans even as a sideline is Mr. S., W. Barron of Ebenezer. Mr. Barron bought an acre of land in Ebenezer in 1914 for $975. This acre : had three pecan trees on it, which are now fourteen years old. This year he gathered and sold 355 pounds of pecans at 85 cents a pound which amounts to $284.75 and in addition to that he made a bale of cotton o.i the * same piece of land." May Possibly be the Weevil. "Can you tell me whether or not this is the boll weevil," inquired Mr. John C. Dickson, well known farmer) of No. 1 Yorkville," as he came into j The Yorkville Enquirer office Satur- j day morning with a vicious looking j insect in a bottle. He was referred to the editor of The Enquirer who knows a good deal about the boll weevil and the editor sent the bottle to Prof. Conradi, state entomologist at Clemson College for an examination. Mr. Dickson said he found the bug in ? a boll of cotton on his farm last Thursday. He Wanted the Job. Robust, energetic young man of j Yorkville came into The Enquirer <>! I flee I he other morning. "Say," he i said. "1 saw in The Enquirer thai I somebody had offered to pay some- i body ?1 an hour for cutting wood and i thought that if he didn't want that inh wht,1 I u'linlil tnlffx it " I I < ? uvi g given the name of the man who marie * the offer and he went his way. Apropos of the incident a Yorkville man was yesterday reminded of an occurrence that took place here a few days ago. "A Yorkville man," he said "saw a negro boy on the street and inquired of him if he would cut wood j for fifteen minutes for a quarter. The | hoy declined the joh." Will Not Close Down. Asked if there was any probability of the plant closing down because of the supposed shortage of coal air of- J ficial of the Yorkville Cotton Oil Company said yesterday that there was no : 4 such probability. "We have plenty of i stearn coal on hand to keep us going for a long time to come." ho said, "and ; if that was the only 1 rouble had | why it would indeed be smooth sail- j / ing for us." The Crop is All In. "I've known cotton and been dealing with cotton some way or the other pretty nearly all my life," said .\Iagistarte T. B. Glenn of Ebenezer who was in Yorkville Friday for the first time in quite a while; but it is the first time in all mv experience I have i known the crop to be so compfetely cleaned up In my vicinity so early. The crop in the Tirzah section is \practically gathered and I am sure i kthat if it were picked quite clean there would be nothing for the Tirzah ginnery to do after Thanksgiving." Fifteen Hundred Dollar Mules. -i "A new high water mark has been ' reached in the sale of mules in York county," said a Yorkville man yester- j day. It hasn't been but a few years back when $500 was considered an enorrhous price for a team of mules and several years back it indeed was a high price. But now it is different. Several teams have recently been sold i v... vah1. ?i nnn on a Uy 1U1IV tUUii L J uuuvta IVI V*?vww Q James Brothers of Yorkville sold a team of mules to George Gault, a well known farmer of Chester county a few days ago for $1,500. That I guess is the highest price ever paid for mules in York county." Turkeys Ccming High. g "No, I have no turkeys for sale this t year," said Mr. It. R. Love, well known s farmer of Route 3, last Saturday; but there are a number of people in my c country who have theiji and I guess n like everything else they are coming e rather high. Mr. Jim Moss has quite t a lot of turkeys for which Luther y Davidson offered him 35 cents a pound 0 gross some time ago and I guess that r they would retail in the tow'ns at a i still higher figure." * ii His Friends Were Few. t "You know it as well as I; but hu- s man nature is a funny proposition," remarked a Yorkville man yesterday, s "I was reading the story of the killing n of that negro Joe Jones to my wife as v I found it in The Enquirer. I knew r Joe Jones and I knew that as The En- b quirer said he was a negro who bore 1; a pood reputation among white people c generally and a bad rep among p negroes. A negro In my employ read s the story after I had read it and mere- a !y for the sake of getting his views I inquired: "How about that Mack, the d colored peoplp regarded him as a tl pretty bad actor, eh?" "No, suh," said a .Mack. "That is er mistake. He had n er lot o* friends." "But I noticed the tl gentleman went on to say, that they t! buried Joe in the potters' field and i t< think there were about throe colored o people who attended the funeral." s , ? h WOMAN JUDGES WOMEN. w ti Mayor of New York Appoints Mrs. fl Norris to High Place. fl _ Women to be judged by .a woman! i: When worrvtn stands 'befbre o the bench of stern justice in future she h will meet someone who understands e her, who knows feminine psychology, who will realize that, when the defend- g ant halts in her story, she is not nec- P essarily thinking up a few lies to de- tl ceive the judge, but may be merely f' trying to tell her saddid tale as best w benefits the "lady" that ever the worst tl woman fee!s herself to be, says a New d York dispatch. e: Magistrate Jean Norris will be sit- rr ting to judge women brought here in C future. Appointed by Mayor H lan i and sworn into office, Mrs. Norris ex- u pressed her delight not only at being si the first woman magistrate in New ti York but also in the great opportunity ft this new position affords to helping it other women. si "Of course. I think it would be fool- w ish to say beforehand just what I shall e do and what my plans are," said Mrs. P Norris, who hasn't quite got used to b being hailed'as "Judge Norris." n "I have never believed in talking j about things unless I had all the facts 1! nor in giving opinions before hearing w both sides fairly. And I shall certain- i b ly hear ail sid"s and every side of each c! case in my court. ci "The w ord 'psychology' of the fepiinine d viewpoint that will be the great change p in the woman's court when a woman is lei judge. | a "I am very strong for women getting j tl all they can out of their privilege ofio citizenship and putting all they can si into it. I am interested, too in Ameri- li canization work. ! e: "Probably when I tell you about my p people you will say I can call myself a ti real American. My mother's family c< lived way back in Rensselaer county, j ir and finally my great grand parents I e thought it was time to make a move I w and they came to lirooklyn when I j ti was young. Father's people have been e here for more than five generations, I tl so i am one of those persons that is p not supposed to redely boast?a New i e Yorker horn and reared here who still s; claims Manhattan for home." ! e Mrs. Norris was graduated from New York Fniversity in I'JOD, took a mas- n ter's, degree the next year, and later d took courses in sociology at Kordhnm w university. She is president of iho d Women Lawyers' association and a ti member of the Professional Woman's'ti league, was for four jours counsel to d the state controller arid organized the tl delinquent transfer tax department. jo "I am very hopeful regarding my ii work in the woman's court because of ti uic latl IIJUI wuimf.i juuKm immv miu i; great success in trying women, notably 'l Katherine Sellers in Washington. D. n C., and Mary liartelme in the juvenile e [court of Chicago, and others. jh "I hope it is all right to ask." sai I n ["Judge" Xorris who is a most attrae- s tive jurist, "if my hat is on straight c [and if I look .ill right, because ever t so many photographers arc waiting jc [outside for me." [e . ? i ii ? The supreme council has agreed it upon December 1, as the date when | s the tiormnn peace treaty v. ill he for-!c jinallv ratified in I'oris. [l tr BEARS ABE TREED Yannamaker Outlines Cotton Situation. iOTAL SUPPLY IS MUCH OVER SOLD 5aper Prices do Not Amount to Much if People Who Have Cotton Will Warehouse Their Holdings and Wait Until Spinners arc Ready to Pay Fair Values. "Conditions will exist on the New fork exchange long before the next rop comes in. in all probability during he early spring, that will prove exremely painful to the shorts, a reveation to the trade and will result in orcing complete changes in the cusiom of handling cotton on the New fork cotton exchange," says J. skottowe Waqnamaker, president of he American Cotton association, in a tatement just issued. "The law of supply and demand an be temporarily swept aside dylamited, bombed and ignored, howver, it is unchangeable and will in he end assert itself. The law of sup>ly and demand is a law of nature ver which man can have no permalent control. To attempt to violate he laws of nature will bring sufferng and disaster to the perpetrator in he end. The laws of God grind lowly but exceedingly fine. "Any business operated without a urplus disregards the first fundamental of safe, sound business and fhen the storms arise, will certainly ealize that its foundation has been iuild upon sand. One of the first iwb of safe business is to have exess for drawing on additional supilies, either set aside in the form of urplus or otherwise, in the time of dversity. "The New York exchange having isregarded the unanimous, report of he special committees on three seprate occasions urging the establishment of southern warehouses of cerifieation, are today facing a condiion unheard of in their previous hisory but certain to follow as result f tills action on their part. The horts who sold cotton they did not ave, felt sure that the usual custom rould prevail and tnai mose who no.u a would deliver the cotton upon the rst scare and thus enable them to 11 contracts, however, they will realse when It is too lat$, that they not uly sold something that they did riot ave, but something that does not xist. "Today there is no commodity in reater demand than cotton; the suply will be absolutely inadequate for he demand. If supply could be drawn om paper cotton this condition rould not exist. Far more cotton han exists today has been sold by ireet sales and by contracts on the xctanges. When this cotton is delanded from whence will it come? otton is a long-growing plant and will be impossible to produce it nti! the end of a full growing seasn; in the meantime, what protecon will the shorts have? They are icing an absolute certainty of reapig what they have sown. They have )wn the wind and wil. reap the rHtrlwind. No longer will the wind, ither in the form of hot air proaganda, or paper pellets of the rain, dislodge and force upon the larket spot cotton. "Under these conditions, before the 920 crop reaches the market there rill he days that not a contract will e for sale on the New York exliange. An enormous amount of otton was sold early last summer by irect contract to Europe at far lower rices and this cotton must be delivred. Certain firms in America sold n enormous amount of cotton trough the New York exchange and ertain large Liverpool firms have old enormous amount of cotton in ke manner through the New York xchange. These sales have been ostponed and switched from time to me, however, this switching connot ontinue indefinitely. Such switchlg, (>n account of the enormous disuunt asked, adds to the losses. Even ere the spot holders so foolish as > turn loose their spot cotton under xisting conditions, so as to furnish liose who sold cotton they do not ossess in excess of the amount in xistence, this would be a means oi Living a part of their losses; still, veil this would not relieve the bears. "From the growing crop there is ot the remotest possibility of a -vouction of over <>,000,000 bales of good bite cotton, with total proc action liner 10,000,000 bales; and even should iie bears ' who will be forced evenually to pay up their obligations for elivery of cotton, combine and gather lie cotton from the furthermost parts f the earth, from every section where ; is grown throughout the world; still liey would be unable to extricate liemselvos from their predicament, 'hey would lie facing the greatest deland for raw cotton, which has ever xisted in the past t>o years ana wuuia nve terrific competition from the mnufneturing interests from every ectioli of the world, who would he lnmoring for raw cotton, realizing Iiat they would not have supply of otton to fill their pressing wants ..oni ither the cotton on hand or the grow ng crop, and that they would be facing he absolute certainty of exhaustion of upply of cotton before 1020 crop beanie available anrl that should the ;i:'0 crop nit-ei With unfavorable weather conditions or a crop calamity, the result would prove truly a world calamity. "There will be a vast unfilled demand. Cotton based upon the price of the manufactured article, upon the price of other commodities and upon I the cost of production, is the cheapest commodity on the market today. It is cheaper under these conditions at 50 cents per pound today basis middlintr. than in 1890 at five cents per pound. "Profits of manufacturers have reached such proportions that their . ability to pay for good grade cotton has created a bullish factor of extraordinary potency. A profit of $100 per bale at 20 cents per pound on the manufactured goods is really moderate I at this time. Narrow print cloth sold this week on a basis that would give the manufacturer a profit of 30 cents per pound or $150 per bale. vVide print cloth sold on a basis Aiat would provide a profit in excess of 35 cents pt. pound or $175 per bale. We i.nd in our investigation a few cases in which goods of a special construction which for this reason were quite scarce, are returning a profit of 84 cents per pound or $370 per bale. The cotton used in the manufacture of these special goods is strict middling one inch cotton. "The cotton producer, under the organization of the American Cotton association, id today able to p-otect himself. He has wisely arranged to warehouse his cotton and distribute the marketing of same over a period of 12 months instead of rushing the entire crop upon the market, regardless of price, in a period of three months. For this purpose warehouses are being established in every cotton growing county in the cotton belt own-, ed and conducted bv the cotton producers, operated under the state or federal warehouse act. For the purpose of carrying this marketing over the full period, he has wisely decided to remove 2,000,000 bales of good grade cotton off the market and place same in warehouse until next July or August in the meantime, the balance of the crop will be slowly marketed month by month. In short croo years a part of the crop will be carrie d to a period just prior to the time when the new crop comes oh the market and in full crop years, necessary surplus will be carried over until a short crop recreates a demand for same "hat will bring a profit to the producer. "We are facing a complete change TV on * intfiTsfry aw we must prepare to catch step and meet these changes, otherwise, we will realize when it is too late that, the saddest words of tongue or pen are these: It might have been." GOOD USE FOR CAMP SEVIER Farmers May Use Large Warehouses for Stprage of Cotton. The large warehouses at Camp Se- I vier are likely to be taken over for I storage of cotton as the result of the meeting of the Greenville County Cot ton association which has been called for Monday, December 1st in the county courthouse, says the "Greenville j Piedmont. The meeting was called by ! j J. D. Harris, president of the associa! tion and efforts are being made to have i in attendance leading farmers from all sections of the county. . A preliminary meeting was held in the office of Capt. J. J. McSwain sev' eral days ago and after a discussion on ! the part of those present it was decided i to call a meeting to which all of the farmers and business men, particularly I the farmerr, are Invited. Accordingly, [ Mr. Harris has issued a call for a I I meeting to be held in the county court: house at 11 o'clock on the morning of ' December 1st. Mr. Harris stated Friday morning ! that one of the main issues likely to be j before the association at the approaching meeting was that of securing the 1 quartermaster warehouses at Camp Sevier for the storage of cotton. Al[ though it is late in the season to keep much of the present crop off the market, it is pointed out that if the | warehouses are taken over by the association it will assist in keeping the 1 price of the staple up in the years to come. This has been demonstrated on ; other occasions, it is said, and the farmers have been enabled to store their cotton, borrow money on the receipt and repay after the advance in | price. The Spartanburg County Cotton as- j sociation only this fall took over the j large warehouses at Camp W'adsworth, I and the tentative plans call for the opjeration of a similar system in this county. Those who have studied the) ; plan say it not only is the quickest I method but probably the cheapest, as it can be secured for much less than 1 they could now be built. There are i fifteen warehouses at Camp Sevier j which could be used for storage purposes and which if not secured soon are likely to be put to other uses, according to a statement by those who have made a 1 investigation with a view of converting the warehouses in J a cotton depository. ? S. K. T'.oynton who lives near < recti Pond in Colleton county recently sold ] o.'tTO acres of land to W. H. Logan of Kentucky for $100,000. The sale also includes 130 head of cattle and much i farming machinery, hogs and .other ! j property. j ?A car load of sugar arrived in Colj nmbin Friday. AMERICAN DAY OF THANKS ! s Last Thursday In November Great j Anniversary. 1 ORIGINALLY CHOSEN BY LINCOLN; < Rca! Inception of the idea is so far in ? the Past That it is Not to be Defi- 1 nitely Indentified?Naturally Con- J nected However with Harvest of the Crops. You know that next Thursday, November 27, is Thanksgiving day. You ' know that Thanksgiving day comes every year and that it comes on the last Thursday in November every * jysar. You know that you have a lot S to hp thankful for and that if vou are r not thankful you ought to be. You ' know that about all some people see J in it is an occasion for stopping work 1 for a day and going hunting or on a 1 visit to a neighbor or a friend, or to eat a turkey or something of that s kind. Hut what do you know about 8 the origin and- development of it. I A day of thanksgiving following the ' ingathering of a harvest has been ob- "3 served by many nations for a number ( of centuries. America came to the cus- i torn from England, and the first k Thanksgiving sen-ice on this continent o was not held within the- bounds of ( the United States, but on the bleak ( and rugged const of Newfoundland. It f was on Monday, May 17, 1578 by the I Rev. Mr. Wolfall, an English minister, o who accompanied an early colony from the mother country. This, it is claim- I ed, was the first occasion on which a c Christian sermon was preached in the I New World, and the first time the Sa- 's crament of the Lord's Supper was eel- I cbrated. r-. t There has been some dispute as to b the actual origin of the Thanksgiv- \ ing festival in this country. Mrs. Alice Morse Earle, in her book, "Old New England," observes that the first t Thanksgiving was not observed either s by the Plymouth Pilgrims or the Bos- c ton Puritans," but that such observ- r ance was first heard on the New Eng- t land shore on August 7, 1607, from the p lips of the Popham colonists at Mon- t hegan. Me., in the Thanksgiving ser- h vice of the Church of England. / In tracing the history of the Amer- a 'can Thanksgiving a more significant C event than that recorded by Mrs. Earle t isJound^ irv^e laiyllf Bifcle of yil- q limn Whltn' "WilUnrn White married1 I ill ye 3d day of March. 1620, to Su- o rannah Tilly. Peregrine White, born f on board ye Mayflower In Cape Cod f harbor. Sonne born to Susannah f White, December 13, 1620. Next day a ,e met for prayer and thanksgKing.' This meeting was not the regula' v Sunday service, for it occurr, d or ti "ucsday. But there was no feast wor hy of special, mention and this is y herefore, not regarded as the origir p f the American national custom. T!i react date was December 13, 1621. 'Tlv ecord of the festivities of that occa ion is contained in a letter written by Edward Winslow to a friend in 3 England. c This letter states": "Our harvest 3( being gotton in, our governnor sent ^ four men on fowling that so we might, after a special manner, rejoice to- ^ gether after we had gathered the n fruits of our Iabo/s. They killed as much fowl as with a little help be- a sides served the company about a ^ I week. At which times, among other w recreations, we exercised our arms, nany of the Indians coming amongst a us, and among the rest their greatest King, Massasoyt, and they went out j, and killed five deer, which they y | brought and bestowed on our governor y land upon the captains and others." p After the arrival of the ship Success, in July, 1630, came the first y Thanksgiving proposed by the civil an- j( thorities. The first Thanksgiving a proclamation in Boston was issued for 0 February 22, 1630. The winter had , p been a hard one. F'ood was nearly n gone and hunger and scurvy abound eu. i ne nuucess uiuugui mc ucmicu i ^ relief and the people gathered to- j gethcr in their meeting houses and I gave God solemn thanks for their tie- | tj llverance. .. For thirty years, dating from 1630,'. there, were observed by ten Thanks- '.( giving days in Massachusetts. In 1742 ^ there were two proclaimed by Gov-' ernor Shirley, of Massachusetts, and for a long period Thanksgiving days j were proclaimed only at irregular intervals and for special purposes. 1' The first proclamation in New York . h I of which we have any definite knowl- I P edge was that closing the Indian trou- n hies in 1645. The first national | T Thanksgiving Day was observed on a December 18, 1777, which, after the o surrender of Uurgoyne, was appoint-i h ed by congress as "a day for the B | American people to thank C.od for 'in- C t dependance and peace.' " j -V The first presidential proclamation i was issued by George Washington.! n ?. ^ ...... >? it?:o d I ci rui tut* uaii; *i\/> viui/v* -w, i There was some discussion as to the V i propriety of the president's asking the ti people to give thanks for a constltu-!a tion of which some of them did not j F [approve, hut, nevertheless, the last J C! I Thursilay in \ovombor was set apart, and tin- thanks of the nation, united R under the constitution, was expressed g on that memorable date. The American Indians, strange to i relate, were the first alien (?) people I li to receive this institution of the Pil- ti jgrims. They made its acquaintance ti sit Plymouth, and as Christianity n I spread among them through the ef- fl< orts of John Eliot and others, the Inlians entered into the religious ohlervances of the whites. As early as November 15, 1658, we. find them keepng a feast on account of excessive ains. Since 1864, by President Lincoln's proclamation, followed by that of the governors of the various states, the ast Thursday of November has been )bserved throughout the United States is a day of thanksgiving and prayer, 10 year having been missed without such observance. THE PRINCE A NICE FELLOW so Says Union Lad Who Was Recently Decorated by Him. "The Prince of Wales Is a real nice ellow. He's all right,"?declares Sergeant Witt S. Fore, who has Just eturned from Washington where last rhursday he was decorated with the 3rltish Military Medal by the heir to he British throne, says The Union 'rogress. The never to be forgotten honor ind distinction bestowed upon Serjeant Fore, occurred at the British Embassy, which occupied the Perry Belmont home, about eleven o'clock rhursday morning, November 13, when Captain Springs, of Lancaster, who ,vas in the aviation corps, and Serjeant Fore of this city, Sergeant Nlms 1 Fort Mill, Sergeant L. R. Smith of rades and Corporal G. W. Batson, of Ireenville, all of the famous 118th Inantry, for deeds of unusual heroism, ?efformed while the Americans were .ttached to the British army in Europe. On this memorable occasion seven Jrltlsh soldiers, many American of tiers, seven Red Cross nurses and a arge number of enlisted men were preented with medals in behalf of the Jritish government in recognition of heir valorous service, the decorations eing pinned on by the Prince of Vales himself. On arriving at the British Embassy, vhich was patrolled on the outside >y American Marines, and on the Inide by British soldiers, the Amerians who were to be honored were ecelved and escorted to a room on he second floor of the piansion occuiled as the British Embassy, where he Prince of Wales, General Pershig and staff officers were present, ifter the officers had been presented nd decorated the seven American Red Iross nurses were decorated. After hem the enlisted men and non-corn nlasloned officers w.vq j??$se&ted and ecoraiea, ine nrst non-cummissiunea fflcer being Sergeant Witt S. Fore of his city. When presented to the Vince by a British general, Sergeant 'ore saluted with military precision nd the prince greeted him with: "Are you Sergeant Fore," and rhen the reply was In the affirmative here came the question. "How long were you attached to he British army." When Sergeant 'ore said about seven months the rince said: "I have read with much interest all our citations for bravery and in bealf of the British government preent you with the Military medal. I ongratulate you on ypur honorable ervice," and with a hearty manly andshake said: "You will please pardon my l^f: and. My right hand is sore with so luch handshaking." ^ After being decorated Sergeant Fore nd the others were escorted to the rst floor of the mansion where they .'ere entertained at luncheon. They rere afterwards taken to the theatre nd then to supper, after which a ance was enjoyed. On the followig day they were shown all over Washington, visiting Arlington, the White House, the capitol and other laces of interest. Sergeant Fore says the Prince of Vales, who is twenty-four years of age, )oks as if he was twenty-two or three nd wore the uniform of a British fficer. His manner was cordial and leasant with every one, but Sergeant 'ore and the others seemed to feel hey were in the presence of a real lan as well as distinguished royalty. Sergeant Fore has been four times ited for bravery and has received he American Distinguished Service Yench Legion of Honor Medal, which e expects to receive at an early date, 1 addition to the British Military ledal which has just been bestowed pon him. ? Seventeen persons hTlve recently assed the South Carolina Bar examlation which entitles them to the rncticc of law, according to an anouncemont made in Columbia Friday, he following passed the examination, ccording to the announcement given ut: Miss Alice S. Carson, Joel I Al ;n, William A. Dart, J. L. Glenn, T. I !. Grenerker, P. R. Hemmingway, harles Kupfer, G. X. Mann, E. W. liddleton, Shadrack Morgan, Carroll .. Mouzon, Edward S. Ragsdaie, Sidey Kitten berg, G. L. B. Rivera Wen- i ell Walters, B. J. Wingard, Jamec1 t'oodrow. The following were admit- | ?d to the bar after the oath had. been I rtministred: Miss Alice S. Carson,' R. Hemmingway, Charles Kupfer, . N. Mann, E. V.'. Middleton, C. A.! louzon, Sidney Rittenbery, G. L. B. livers, Wendell Waters, B. J. Winard, James Woodrow. ? Fire in the business district of the J' ttle town of Denmark last Friday des- 1 oyed property valued at several i lousands dollars. There were several < arrow escapes on the part of persons eelng from the burning buildings. |i CONTKUL UF FUUU SUPPLY * President Puts Attorney General In Charge. WAR TIME RESTRICTIONS REVIVED * Government Fears that Hoarding and Profiteering May Bring about Suffering and Want and Reaorta to tha Law to Maintfin Restrictions. President Wilson laat Friday placed the government again in control of the nation's food supply by transferring the authority of food administrator to Do Irnn. rxiiuuicjr VJCiict at * ?*??**?* . Revival of the wartirhe functions of Administrator Hoover resulted directly from government efforts to avert a famine in sugar, but the powe' delegated to the head of the department of justice will be used also to help put down the ever mounting cost of living. For the present the attorney general will not put into operation all of the machinery permitted under the executive order signed by the president, but should conditions arise to make it necessary the full pressure of all the broad power vested in him will be exerted to meet them. Mr. Palmer's staff will begin im> mediately to build up a sugar distributing system which will allocate all sugar stocks in the country. It will % ; provide an equitable system of distributing supplies and will defeat any concentration of hoarding, officials said. Plans tentatively decided upon pro- J vide for Increasing the price of all sugar, excepting the Louisiana crop for which a price of 17 cents already has been fixed, to 12 cents a pound, wholesale. Through this increase, new sources of supply are expected to be opened. With assurances that a fair margin of profit, said to be about $1.54 a hundred pounds, would be allowed, sugar refiners are ready to enter the Cuban markets and purchase all available stocks, it was stated. Thus, officials I believe, the increased price will avert a shortage which threatens to become a famine during the next 60 days. Immediate action is also contemplated in curtailing the consumption of sugar by manufacturers whose products are not regarded as essential food. This will apply particularly to voft drink dealers and candy manufacturers. The abnormal increase of sales of these articles and the consequent heavy drain on the sugar sup- . olies is traceable, omciais aeciaren, 10 tho enforcement of prohibition. While it has not been definitely determined, the cut In sugar supplies to tlv.-se classes of trade probably will ho about 60 per rent. Officials indicated that if the exigencies of the situation demanded, they would reduce the a!owance to soft drink and candy plants to 25 j.-er cent of their normal requirements. Arrangements have been completed, subject to changing* conditions of the sugar situation, whereby beet and cane sugar refiners will enter the United markets Immediately. The department, however, will exact a signed agreement with firms entering that trade to consign all of their purchases to this country. This will mean 'American dealers will get a large proportion of the 4,000,000 tons of raw sugar yet available in Cuba, officials said. > Normal consumption of sugar In the United States Is about 4,000,000. In other years about? 3,000,000 tons were Imported from the Cuban fields to which was added the average production of approximately 1,000,000 tons of native grown. But officials were alarmed lest European dealers should continue their heavy purchases, already in excess of 1,000,000 tons, in Cuban markets and deprive this country of the full supply It usually gets there. The refiners who have agreed to go into the Cuban trade have been urged, it was said, to use all haste , that the stocks may not be exhausted before this nation is supplied. The danger of a sugar famine will be greatest next month, it was said, as stocks are rapidly being depleted and in many sections already exhausted, and the necessity for garnering all available supplies from outside, becomes daily more urgent. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered From All Sections of South Carolina. ? Approximately 1,609 acres of land, the estate of Miss Anna Keitt near St. Matthews, Calhoun county, was sold last week for $196,000. ? Ligon Watt, 25, a brakeman of Anderson was run over by a Charleston & West Carolina train Friday afternoon and instantly killed. ? Arthur Caughman, young white boy of Columbia, was seriously injured in that city Friday when he was knocked down by an automobile ruck. ? A post of the American Legion will be established at the United States Hoaiih hn?nita! at Camn Sevier. It will be named for Rodman Law, daring young aviator who recently died at Sevier. ? Thomas E. Rivers, a well known traveling salesman died at his home in Greenwood last week, aged 69. He was for ma4>y years a reprtsentative i>f F. W. Wagoner & Co. ?n Charleston.