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__ ? ' I . * .. . * ? . ? . .'"4, Vntr TseuaaP.T ISSUED GEM!- WEEKLY. ^ L M. grist's sons, Puwuh.r.. jfamttg JfJcirsjjappr: jfor the promotion of the political, Social, Igrirultur^l and tfommerrial Interests of the fteoplej. TERM,^fJcJpTfriviNcranAM?* :'| E3TABUSHEU^855 ' YORK!, SC.. TDSDTY, DECEJiIBERQ, lit 19. JSTO. 96 J -VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Parapphs of More o less interest. PICKED DP BY ENQUIRER REPORTER! Stories Concerning Folks and Thingi Some of Which You Know anc -i Some You Don't Know?Condensed for Quick Reeding. "Yep. lots of York county folks hat a Jot to be thankiui lor insi 1 nunnsgiving day just like folks of other counties had," remarked a local mar the day after Thanksgiving. "For instance Sheriff Quinn and every other county officer was thankful that there were no fights or other untoward disturbances and that they had a day ol pleasure and ease. School children ov^r the county were thankful for two days off and the prospect of no more school until Monday. Clerks in Stroups McConnell's, Feinstein's, Klrkpatrick's Shannon & Plexico's, Parrott's and every other store in the county were thankful for a day of rest from catering to and humoring an aggravatingly fastidious public. Stenographers in the court house were glad that they could chew gum to their heart's content if they wished and leave all thoughts of pounding the keys of a typewriter behind for a day. Soda water slingers were thankful for the adoption of the Sunday hours. Ex-soldiers were thankful because of the absence of hated mess sergeants and the memory of last year's Thanksgiving. York county rural carriers were happy because of a day off the terrible grind of it all and postofflce employes because they could at least observe holiday hours. Oh everybody had something to be thankful for and I reckon everybody was." Not Running the Postoffice. "It would appear that this person thinks I not only look after the circulation of The Yorkvllle Enquirer which Is quite a task in itself; but that I am a kind of custodian of Uncle Sam's mail," groaned the circulation manager of The Enquirer as he handed Views and Interviews a letter to read. The letter said: "Dear Sir: I will drop you a few lines in order for "* - you to please -change -my. paper from Smyrna to Clover. Please change it at once and all my other mail." Sitting on Their Hands. She teaches school in York county and she is terribly serious and in earnest about it as she ought to be. She was telling her school troubles to the reporter yesterday and of course she was listened to with sympathetic interest. "I have the primary department." she said, "and forty pupils to teach. Some of them are wee little tots and others are rather large boys. They give me a lot of trouble, the big ones by reason of their behavior at as j + thinlf T limes arm me/ uun ?. occm ........ . moan them exactly when I order them to stop talking or whatever else they might be doing contrary to school discipline. I have tried standing them in the corner and I have tried standing them on one foot. That didn't make them mind. So whenever they misbehave now I order them to sit on their hands for a while and I find that after they have done that a time or two they will behave all right." For Former Service Men. "Homecoming Day exercises in honor of returned soldiers of the community were observed at Union I'resbyterian church ,over in Gaston county on Thanksgiving duy," said Mr. Dave Brandon, well known farmer of Bethel township who was in Yorkville, Friday. "Practically all the boys of the neighborhood who were in the army during the war were present as were many others from the surrounding country who had been invited. A feature of the exercises was the big dinner which was served. There was plenty to eat and more than a plenty and everybody had a good time." A Dry Day. "Soma contrast this Thanksgiving clay to Thanksgiving day a year ago in Yorkville," glumly commented an exliquorhqad of Yorkville last Thursday. "A. yeah ago liquor was more or less ??-- * ?". 4rwl.... 1 P^entHUl HI me lun II. mil iwii.. . havtflf't seen a man who even looked . like-he had a drink. I had a little one earfjr this morning?a little one tiiat ray wife had hid away some time hue*. But mainly I have been like old rather Hubbard. You have heard about him. haven't you?" and he proceeded to recite: Old Father Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get hia poor self a drink. But when he got there The cupboard was bare. . . So he got him a drink At the Tlrtk. .. Reminder of Reproachful Days. During a brief trip over the King's Mountain road the other day. the at tention of Views and Interviews was called, to the dilapidated remains of ui insignificant looking little hut w'niei no man of the present day, unacquainted with the local history of thisection, would even think of as beiip the noted landmark that it is. Toe hut about 10 feet wide by 12 l'eet Ion:; a u probably eight feet high, is locate 1 a the point where the King's Mounrah road crosses the line between Xorti ? and South^.Carolina. Som >u; that it is in North Carolina, sonic .? :?< it is in South Carolina, and some insis that it is squarely astride the stat line. It is a fact that its original site was selected with deliberate foreknowledge that the question of exact location might some day involve the libF erties of the owners, and with this fact in mind there was never any inclination, in advance of the possible question being raised to settle the question r. of location. The shack was built for a " barroom in the days when states and counties were seesawing over the question of prohibition?when a state 5 may be wet today and. dry tomorrow, 1 and wet again next month. The King's I Mountain roatl, after . it passes into North Carolina, becomes the dividing line between Gaston and Cleveland ' counties, and located as it is, this little ' shack may easily stand on the soil of three counties in two states. When 1 York decided to reform her ways and " quit recognizing the liquor business the barkeepers said they were doing ! business in Cleveland county, and when Cleveland county became respectable the liquor men claimed the 1 protection of Gaston. It was not until ' all three counties and both states outlawed the traffic that the bar keepers gave it up. There was many a gallon of liquor sold at this point. People flocked there from every direction and carried the liquor away for many miles. But that is a long time ago now, some fifteen years or more, and the little old shack, no longer fit for any use, serves only as a reminder to those who know Ot tne rougn n-.u reckless days long gone by. MELTING MONEY. Silver Coins are Being Boiled Down to Bullion. Because silver is worth more in bullion form than it is Ip coins thousands of silver dollars are being converted into bullion in this country, say3 Welsey P. Chessori, secretary of the Silversmith':*. Guild of America. He asserts that silver dollars are being melted down ty those who see a profit in reselling the metal they contain and by silversmiths who are in need of silver. In the case of the 260,000 000 odd silver dollars m&Jted by the United States treasury and sold as bullion to Great Britain it was easy for the government to keep a record of the dollars reduced but where silver dollars are melted by outside parties the government has no way of knowing to what extent the.stock of silver dollars Is being, depleted. Coin silver stamped on an* article rfta^'bte takt'fj tt^mean that it is produced from silver dollars, says Mr Chesserl, but dealers in bullion who melt silver dollars can add a small part of gold to the molten metal before casting bars for sale and the oritrin of the silver could be covered up. In banking sircles it is reported that the shortage in small bills, ones, twos, fives and tens, was never so acute as *t present. It is believed that this is due to two reasons?to the great activity In retail trade and to the withdrawal of silver certificates by persons who anticipate redeeming them in silver dollars The shortage is being partly met by a steady increase in Federal Reserve bank notes increased from $228,169,000 on Sept. 12 to $257,680,000 on November 21. The factors in the present silver situation are analyzed by George F. Roberts, vice-president of the National City Bank, in the November issue of Americas. lie says that the maintenance of the value of silver bullion above the coinage rate is certain to result in silver dollars being melted. Mr. Roberts cites the treasury estimate of Nov. 1 that there were 81.885. 000 silver dollars outside of the treasury, 150,135,714 in the treasury as trust funds t.gainst silver certificates and 08,415,000 in the general treasury cash. Mr. Roberts notes that there is no law against melting silver dollars. "Whether silvet will go higher," says Mr. Roberts, "depends upon the general trade situation between the rest I of the world and Asia, and particularly upon the prices of exports from China, ! India and other cities using silver as j money." , { Discussing the operations under the | PUtman act. Mr. Roberts says: "This J unused authority is something to be (considered in calculating the probable course jof the market. If the treasury should decide to release these 90,000,000 dollars or an/ considerable part of j them the action would give a check j to the upward movement of silver. It j has-been understood, however, that | the indention was to hold these pieces I to supply bullion for our own subsidiary coinage, which is very heavy. Of ' course this policy has the effect of : keeping the government out of the I market as a buyer, but its purchases I of that amount would be spread over j several years. No little embarrassment (will result from having our subsidiary coins melted. It would probably force an issue of subsidiary paper currency. (The piesent seems to be an opportune (time to dispose of all the temaining s I [silver dollars, and congress might well enlarge the authority of the secretary of the treasury to enable liini to do this." i s ?Chi.dren enlisted in home garden' ?~.i..!nn jn tll<. , ing under scnooi miih-i noiu.. ... United States school garden army have I produced in the little more than a year { the work has been in operation food1t stuffs valued at $48.UUO,oOi?. the bureau i1 of education, department of the interior has announced. ,. . m II ? Bankers in the city of Madrid e ! Spain, are on strike, i ] DOGS IN ARMY SERVICE Intelligent Canines Prove Thefr Usefulness. REDUCE LOSSES OF LITE IN BATTLE Great Britain Began War by Scoffing at Ability of Animal, and Wound Up by Recognizing Him as Invaluable Ally. , London Telegraph. Just before the armistice was signed an order was issued in the instructions for divisional attack that all British infantry battalions taking part were' to be provided with messenger dogs. That is to say, at the very end i of the war the idea which Lieut. Col. E. H. Richardson of the royal engineers?who initiated, in this country the training of dogs for military purposes?had advocated with great pertinacity for" many years Anally received official recognition, and the war dog was admitted to be an essential part of the perfect equipment of an army. So slowly docs even a trium-' phant idea win its w^y to acceptance at headquarters when once it has been turned down as impracticable. Col. Richardson, whoso own deeply interesting account of the training and work of his war dogs recently has been published, was known to newspaper readers before the war as an enthusiastic believer in the capacity of dogs for service with the police and in the army. But the British war office would have nothing to do with his projects. They brought forward a host of objections, with the result that when war came the solitary war dog in the British army was one which went out with the 2nd Xorfolks and was killed by a shell on the Aisne. Wolfe and Prince Won Britain. The French employed dogs trained to ambulance work, but the Red Cross which they bore was no more respected by the enemy than the Red Cross on hospital ships, and they were shot down at their humane work. Later wonders were accomplished by the use of dogs in the Vosges, and effective service was rendered by pack teams on the Italian front. Only the" Germans however, apparently had a regular organized service of dogs as messengers at the. beginning of the war. but tht*,-according to Coh?net Richardson, did not succeed as well as it should have done, because the training, hoth of does and keepers was of, too mechanical and highly detailed a kind. But though the British military authorities gave him no encouragement at the start, Colonel Richardson received numerous requests from officers at the front for dogs trained to sentry, patrol and messenger work and he sent out 'a considerable number in' 1915 to do their bit in the fighting line. We are told, indeed, that it was the splendid work of two Airedale terriers, Wolf and Prince, reported on in the most favorable terms by the officers commanding the 56th brigade, R. F. A., which opened the eyes of the authorities to the incomparable value of the service which trained dogs can render and which led to Colonel Richardson being authorized to open a regular canine school at Shoeburynesa. The dogs speedily "made good," and for the faithfulness and speed as messengers and runners they deserve the thanks and gratitude of the British people. Casualties among the human runners had been terribly heavy till these intelligent dogs came, and to a large extent took their places. Trained Airedale, Irish and Welsh terriers* sheep dogs and collies would carry their messages any distance up to fouor five miles. They took no notice of . .. _ V. /-> -. -nlnnuari I mien lire ur luuicthcn. \/uw off they went, threading their way through shell holes at a high speed. They would easily cover in 20 minutes ground which a man could not cross in less than an?hour and a half, and, of course, it was easy for them to oass whe e no man could keep his foothold. I Sen ing as messengers back to its supports from any infantry battalion which had pushed forward in the attack, these dogs were invaluable. So well disciplined were they that they wou d look neither to right nor left, and they mastered the natural and I almost overwhelming temptation to a J dog to stay and investigate whatever | | piques his curiosity. Even if they fellj | in with other dogs, the best of them j would still go forward and conquer j their inclination to gossip or quarrel | | till duty was done. We are not at all | ! surprised to he told that these rlarvels ( j of discipline were all done by kindness, i and great must have been the patience extended by those who trained the dog*, I to their work. Many dogs were killed, but rela-1 | i lively the casualties were light, and I many a stray which otherwise would I i have ended its days ingloriously in a i | lethal chamber showed itself capable ' ?.c i rniiirinc discipline and did lis I work with the best. The Dog's Great Role. When one obviously failed in its; | duty the explanation usually was that soma dog loving Dritish soldier had beet unable to resist the temptation of calling the dog off its wo k for I the pleasure of petting it?a. genial j trait, which however reprehensible,! will not be too harshly judged. 1 No doubt some dog worshiping sentimentalists will shudder at the ' thought of exposing dogs to the horjror.s of war. Ihit from Colonel Rich ardson's account it is clear that they thoroughly enjoyed their work and that the best of them had a wonder- I fully high sense of duty, which made them keen and eager to finish their errands as quickly as possible. Being well broken at home to the noise . of shell and rifle fire, they seem to have shown no sense of fear on the , battle field and to have behaved with j fight.ng since the dawn of history, and , has been a trainer of dogs from the same remote antiquity, it is not surprising that there have been war dogs before Colonel Richardson's, though , they have lacked the l?ard who should . have worthily sung their praises. But 1 till the great war the dog has played , ! a very small role in the battles of his ( master. Now he has found himself, ( and henceforth, without a doubt, the j j dog will be recruited as soon as Bel- , | lona clashes her summons to arms. We ( i think all the higher of human nature , for the way it rose superior to the hor- j rors of this war. Let us not forget to , think higher, too, of canine nature for the utmost coolness. *1\'< Inasmuch as mankind has seen ( proofs which it has given of its for- ( tltude and intelligence.^ . CAN GET PROPERTY. f t York County Soldiers Can Get Govern- ? m.mt Property if Due Them. 1 Many discharged York county sol- f diers have returned part of their equip- r ment they received when discharged i and seme others failed to get all the t equipment that was coming to them at t the time of discharge. Some may not t care for the stuff while others un- s doubtedly would like to have their old i equipment as much for a keepsake as c anything-else. Hon. W. F. Stevenson r member of congress from the Fifth district of South Carolina which includes c York county* has issued the following c statement in regard to the matter: s * "Under an act of congress every ? enlisted man in the American anny in s the recent war was entitled, upon hon- f orable discharge and return to civilian t life, to permanently retain the follow- l ing propertyv i 1 overseas cap. (For all enlisted men t who have had service overseas) or 1 hat and 1 hat cord for all other enlist- c ed men. * 1 I 1 olive diab sh:rt. 1 service coat and ornaments. ( 1 pair breeches. s . J. pair , . .j 1 pair legginsT * c 1 barrack bag ^ 3 scarlet chevrons. . r 1 waist belt. i 1 set toilet articles. (If in possession ^ when discharged ) I 1 slicker. u 1 overcoat. [( 2 suits underwear. j, ' 4 pairs stockings. c 1 pair gloves. a 1 gas mask and helmet (If issued t overseas.) x If any soldier did not secure all of the above equipment on discharge, he t is now entitled to receive it. Upon re- f quest of ary discharged soldier I will a send the necessary blank to be filled g out to enable him to obtain any pro- r perty which was not given him upon his discharge. Officers and enlisted men who have returned the gas mask or helmet may make similar application for these articles that they may ' be issued if avuilable. Und>?r the same act of congress, each enlisted man honorably discharged since November 11, 1918, and before ,i the passage of the act o;! February 28th \ 1919, is entitled to five cents per mile t from the place of his discharge to his s actual residence, and, if he did not re- v ceive this mileage upon his discharge, f he may obtain it upon filing proper ap- r plication. c 1 ? f! ? ~~. iikincooAm | r THE L I. t MU T Ullb'tnrni Minister Says Negro Automobile Labor s Gets More. ' 3 A negro in an automobile repair shop ( now gets more money than a clergy- i man who has gone to school for seven c years and spent $100,000 on his educa- r tlon, was one of the salient remarks c made by the Rev. C. Herbert Reese at r St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal c church of Philadelphia Pa., of which he i recently became pastor. As a result 1 of the radical charge iri the earning t powers of the ordinary worker he said, a "the problem of the church is no long- 1 er how to get enough money for the 1 workingman to live on, but how to 1 make him use his newly acquired pow- s er justly and wisely." This can be ac- 1 complished he believes if the church is I alive to the situation arid preaches the f simple teachings of the Savior. After 1 discussing social conditions generally x the pastor took a fling at government ownership to >ublic utilities, although * lie admitted it did have some advan- 1 tages. "Government ownership has a 1 tendency to produce*a vast army of ? fairly well paid but discontented empolyes, whose freedom of speech is more or less muzzled and whose spirit is considerably crushed," he said. "It is extremely doubtful whether, as a rule, the highest type of citizenship is developed by government employment." Then he asked. "Do you want our people to become a nation of government employees who of necessity must be largely deprived of all opportunity for enterprise and initiative. j ?Edward Caldwell, negro ex-sergeant at Camp McClellan, Alu., sentenced to die in Annistori December 5, jwas brought to Birmingham, Ala., for safekeeping 'nst week. 1 BELIEVES IN WHITE MAN. __ 1 Negro Bishop Says He is Greatest Benefactor of Colored Race. Many people will recall Bishop A. J. Warner, colored church leader who was i leading figure at a colored Methodist ihurch conference in Yorkville several j fears ago. Bishop Warner is one of the leading negroes of the south and lie is using his influence to promote food feeling between the races. He presided over the state conference of 2ion colored church at Kinston, N. C. ast week. The following dispatch from Kinston will be of interest: "Ths negro is not trying to surpass the white man," according to the venerable bishop, "but is following in his footsteps." Bishop Warner realizes, lie declares, that had it not been for the white man's intervention he might jven now be sojourning In Africa, 'eating a monkey ham or possibly niboling the shin-bone of a neighbor's little child by the side of the congo. "In the early days we helped the white people to fell the trees and ilear the ground and plant the crop. Dn Sunday when they drove to meetng in an ox cart we followed on foot. Then they discarded the ox cart and rot the wagon. We followed with the :art. Then they got the spring wagon, ind we the old wagon. Next came the jarouche, and we followed our white riends in the spring wagon. The carriage succeeded the barouche and we were possessed of the latter. So on lown until the white man acquired the Leroplarie. We have taken to the auomobile which he is beginning to forlake." Thus it Is that the colored race s following faithfully in the footsteps ?f the white, according to Bishop Warier. There was a negro who tried to outlo the white man. He by the colored ihurchman's account, qonstructed a tausage balloon. He had heard that l white man had flown 50 miles in luch a contrivance. He had all his i-iends/assemble to watch his deparure. They held the ropes while he toarded the aerial craft. "Ain't nothng been heard of that nigger or the Walloon since." "My grr"" owe all to yours," Bish>p Warn old whites in a congregation he was addressing. "All we mow we learned from the white man. )ur Gcd and our Bible came from the vhlte man. If we don't get to heaven !$u wfoite folks will have to 'come into ourt,' for we are worshiping like you lave taught us to do it." Even the legro's vices he got from the white nan. In Africa, Bishop Warner said, le found a watch hanging from a tree, -le inquired the cause. It was a vallable watch at that. Some person had ost it he was told, and the tinder had lung it in the tree for the owner to re:over when he should pass that way gain. He was astounded. But it' was he primitive honesty of the race, he vas convinced. The aged colored churchman is eaching his "race to love their white riends. "I have but one policy. That ipplies In the north as well as in the outh. My northern friends will bear i ne out in this." \ OPPOSED TO UNIONISM 1 i VA/;-mr?r. Woilfl Not 1 Tt'siucni wi f* IOII.VC ..?... Have Teachers Join A. F. L. York county teacher? who returned Saturday from Columbia. where they ittended the annual moot of the Sou; 1 ""arollna Teachers' Association, said hat one of the matters under discos Ion during the meeting1 was as t'< whether or not the teachers should a:"- , iliate themselves with the American federation of Labor in an effort to sc. ( urc for themselves higher salaries md by the same means try to obtain n emedy for certain other conditions. , That the Teachers' Association has ( tood for the best ideals in education ind educational progress in South Carolina since its beginning under its , nitial president, the late Dr. Carlisle if Wofford College, was the claim , nade by Dr. D. It. Johnson, president ?f Winthrop College, Rock Hill, who ( esponded to the two addresses of welcome. The lack of legislative influence ! litherto exerted l>y the organization irimarily has been due, he claimed, to he neglect of the teachers of the itate. Their sedentary life and their ack of spectacular methods have had nuch to do, he thought, with the fayire of the people to fully understand ind appreciate the teacher. However, he war and the awakening of the >eople of the world, he is sure, will ause the educator to assume his ifirhtftrl place as leader in the new vorld structure. The veteran educator expressed the vish that the teachers would not form i union and federate with the National 'ederation of Labor, as had been suggested by a Chicago school authority, or a strike by them would be as much t mistake as that of the Boston police, vhich he characterized as a crime. He vent further and said that an officer vho dosiris his post is a deserter und should be treated as such. While he leplored the small salaries received !?. he teachers, he was constrained to K'lievc that the demand for increased enumeration should come from the] >eoplo. However, he predicted that he dawn of a better day and a more ibcrally salaried teacher was near at land, James 1'. Kinard of Rock Hill, presilent of the association, too!; the view hat the time has arrived when the 1 eachers of the state would be better ; eeognized than in the past. He said | I M that the people hhve come to realize that a democracy can be no better than its educational structure. Among the several things which he thought the state needed educationally was a new constitutional convention which would write into the organic law the best system of schools that any state could have. I? } GENERAL ANGELES. Late Villista Was Strong Friend of the United States. When General Felipe Angeles, gallant Mexican soldier and world famous M lit AMIf *M A* . 1 4N A S S Vt A V* A L-% A A cti' tiiici y CA]JCI t uicv ucam a.l cue naituo of a firing squad in Mexico last week upon oider of President Carranza of Mexico, the United States lost one of the most powerful and influential friends that it had in that country. The ppeciflc charge against Angeles was rebellion He was found guilty by four Carranza generals sitting as a courtmartlal at Chihuahua City, after a session that lasted continuously for approximately thirty-nine hours. Gen. Felipe Angeles was classed before the great war as one of the world's foremost artillerists. He had attained considerable fame as an artillery ccmmander in the Mexican army under the Jong regime of President Diaz and cast his fortune with Francisco I. Madero in the revolution by which Madero seized the Mexican presidency. Subsequently Gen. Angeles enlisted his skill in support of the cause of Francisco Villa against the Carranza government and was credited with planning many of the battles Villa won. Both friends and enemies of Gen. Angeles have declared that he was an unselfish patriot and that his hope was to bring about peace in Mexico. Director of College. He was successively student, instructor and director of the Mexican Military College, Chapultepec, and an author of several textbooks, not all of which dealt with military matters. Graduating from Chapultepec in 1892, he was assigned to the engineers, but later to the artillery crops with ihe rank of captain. In this latter branch he served as a member of several technical commissions, was sent to Europe to inspect artillery for the Mexican government and while there was graduated from the French artillery schools .'at/Fountalnbleau and Mallly. He wrote a textbook embodying some of his observations ih Europe and France" decorated him with the Cr4ss of the Legion of Honor. Field Commander. Angeles was barred from returning to Mexico when Madero's revolution occurred, but when Madero became provisional president Angeles was recalled and placed in command at Chapultepec. In 1912 he was made a field commander, already having been com-* missioned as a general, and commanded troops In a campaign against the. bandit Zapta. In this service he is said ta' have won the good will of the Mexicans by his humanitarian policies. When Madero sacrificed his life as a penalty for his revolution, Angele3 was first imprisoned and then banished. He returned to lend his support to Villa's various campaigns, and it is declared that when Villa followed his advice the bandit leader was victorious. After Villa's /famous raid upon Columbus, New Mexico, Angeles went to the United States and remained there for about two years. . Appeals to United States. He'returned to Mexico in November, 1018, expressing the hope that hf might unite the scattered revolutionary factions into a compact unit and pacify that country "before it was called to account." He accompanied, Villa in the attack on Jaurez, June 15, 1910, when American troops crossed the Rio Grande and dispersed the revolutionists. After this incident he appealed to the United States military authorities in the name of the "fellowship which exists among military men," to define the attitude of the United States toward Mexican revolutionists, but the United States authorities declined to communicate with him on the ground that he did not represent the Mexican government. As evidence that Gen. Angeles was prompted by desire to promote peace in Mexico, it has been said that Villa's payroll, which was among his papers taken on the attack on Jaurez. showed that while Villa's brother, Hlpolito, was credited with drawing $20,000, Angeles' name was oh the list at $20. Angeles was born in the town of Zacualtipan in the state of Hidalgo, June 12, 1869. He was the son of a retired colonel who had served in the War of Intervention and against Maximilian when the effort was made to make that prince emperor of Mexico. His wife and three sons lived in El Paso, Texas, during the time he was in the field with Villa. Too Much For the Poet.?The aspirin# young author was anxiously awaiting the postman's ring. Finally liis paticnco was rewarded, and he hastened to kno wthe worst. "Hang it," he exclaimed as he feil dejectedly in his chair, "That's what 1 , call rubbing it in." "What's up?" asked the postman with sympathy. , "I sent the magazine two poems and , they sent me back three." , 1 i i?" Dr. Irving Fisher, of Yale university, a most distinguished economist, , says that the dollar of today has only , 35 cents of the purchasing power of the dollar of 1896. Bit* UMUtM rnum ML?or\?. _____ ': '1 '? m ? Long L>st of Things it Wants Congress to Do. ' A la stva has a big order for congresr to fill. Recently a bi-monthly bulletin issued by the territorial government's burjeau of publicity drew up a list of things the northern territory asks congress to do. The list follows: Restore the national forests to the public domain or, at least, allow the establishment of Industry therein. The pulp industry is anxious to start but is kept out. Open up the oil lands to exploitation and exploration. Extend the coal laws of the United States to Alaska Give the territory Jurisdiction over the fisheries, game and fur-bearing animals. -Consolidate all governmental au- v :} thority in one executive, thereby eliminating conflicting Jurisdiction. Remove the restriction on export of birch timber from the public domain. Establish a constabulary. Assign coast guard or naval ikip* to constant duty in Alaska Watatt te assist in the enforcement of law and to be available for rescue work. Assist the farmers by loaning them money. , Increase telegraph service. V Restore the mail contract system -?- ' ~~I' V... /nlakl an/1 ?YnrMl snipping, man uj Make larger appropriations tor hitfher ways.. - * Give the Indians better opportunities for learning trades and establish sanitariums for them. Give Alaska aids to navigation commensurate with trade demands. . ...v)|. Establish the musk-ox industry thereby making waste lands productive. Give Alaska the same opportunity to develop that was accorded the western territories, now the western states. SHOPPING IN RUMIA't Economic Chaos Makes Loh0 Tours 1 ?^.^Necessary, When a housewife in south Russia leaves on a chopping trip she takee a traveling bag along. Bec&uae to make an economic success of it she may have to be gone a week and cover fifty miles of territory relates the New York f Sun. Conditions in a few the larger cities which Denekln has wrested from . the Bo'ohevists .are hpooaU** ffirly stabilized, but in hundreds of the smaller villages the utmost economic chaos prevails. Prices vary widely in different towns and the rouble never has the same value In two adjoining villages. So the thrifty housekeeper, buying a week's supply of potatoes or firewood, pr abeking cloth for the children's olochli^. Journeys from town "tfe town-seeking^ the best bargains. The high cost of living is just as much a burning question in south Russia as it is in America, but reliable information ..n fhft cost of commodities is not near ly so definite. > Rumors of all sorts are bandied about. A traveller arrives in one town and announces that the price of potatoes is two roubles cheaper in the next village. The economical housewives set out for the designated town. Upon arrival they are likely to find tiiat the price of commodities is even higher than in their own town. But there are always plenty of "straight/ <r < tips" on the other places further on. do the women ;ourney on, travelling by train, ox-cart or 011 foot, according to the facilities available, seeking the best prices in a territory covering per-'' haps fifty miles. A week's shopping tour is consider* ed a success if a few roubles are saved. But the mere physical strain of this heavy competition in economy has been ' ? m * ' A# lllnAmi nr.fl me cause 01 a great, ucu the American hospital at Eicaterinodar has a number of patients who are listed by the doctors as victims of economical shopping tours. ' CURRENT EVENTS News Happenings Gathered From All Over the World. ? The temperature went to seven degrees below zero at Denver, Col., last week. ? The first railway locomotive In France to use oil fuel hauled a heavy train last Wednesday with complete success- French railroads are planning . to alter their engines to use fuel oil. ? U. Masumoto, labor delegate from Japan, speaking Thursday In the International labor conference in Washington, characterized his government as . an "autocracy which is the enemy of social justice." > <K ? Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore announced Friday night that Bishop Frederick J. Kinsman, former head of ? the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Delaware was/reoeived into the Catholic church lasj Sunday. ? Ira Cromer, young man of WinstonSalem, N. C. court martialed while serving in France and convicted of stealing x. m. *j. a. iunua may ub><i his sentende reduced. Ho was sentenced to serve ten years in prison; but the sentence is to be cut in half if Cromer behaves himself well. ? Negro land owners are multiplying rapidly in the cotton growing sections 1 of the lower Mississippi valley as a result of colonization schemes undertaken in several Mississippi and Arkansas "Delta" counties, according to reports of field agents of the southern Alluvial Land association, made public it the headquarters of the association ' Jl in Memphis, yeBterday. 'M '. I ^ ? t. , _ ^