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THURSDAY. JAN. 24. 1&18. *
The Coal Thieves.
If any set of scoundrels ever j
deserved prosecution certainly t
the coal barons merit it. When i
men become so calloused that <
they can "corner" a commodity 1
and cause humanity to suffer '
as has the coal trust this season, '
there is no punishment that is ^
too severe to be inflicted upon (
them. The idea of raising the ]
price of coal from 90 cents a ton
to $3.00 on the ground that it
(costs more to mine it is pre- (
posterous. These coal fields 1
were bought up by these rich i
v men at ridiculously low prices, \
and it is doubtful if the coal |
itself cost them a penny a ton. j
The only cost is the mining, and i
our recollection is that a coal I
miner imuiiijtu us uiui 11 cuuiu 1
be gotten out and put on cars
for about forty cents a ton. We
understand that the wages of 1
coal miners have been increased
some, but certainly not in pro- i
portion to the increase in the
pi ice demanded for coal at the
mines. If this great and glorious
(?) Democratic government |
desires to do something that will
benefit all the people it will take
over the coal fields and ther.
proceed to put each and eveiy
member of the coal combine?
both operator and middle man?
in some federal prison for life.
The scoundrels need to be put on
a I read and water diet, too. In
fat t, there is no punishment that
would fit the crime ?Gaffney
i ucokci.
I The Weather.
It is always a bad sign when a
* *-4 newspaper man begins to write
an editorial on the weather, and
it is no exception to the rule ,
when we have to hop on such a
subject. In addition to the fact
that the average citizen has too
much close contact to appreciate
fine points about the matter we
risk our journalistic necks by
reminding our readers that the
past month has seen some extremely
cold weather.
While we haven't lived as long
as some of our readers, we are
older than the balance, and for
their benefit we may say that we
have never seen a more surprising
cold wave or a more
? intensely cold one. When the
wind was blowing we found it
colder than when it wasn't; how
did it happen to you?
We also wish to call the attention
of our readers to the fact
that the changes in the weather
are reminiscence of the various
moods of men; all of us change
our minds, so why shouldn't the
weather man be allowed to send
his cold wave earlier this year
than, we expected. Maybe an j
earlier winter will bring a quicker <
spring, and if it doesn't we are ,
sure the winter season will be a
t treat to those citizens who
habitually pine for the snow and
ice of the Esquimaux.
The coming summer and fall
are iiKeiy ro De circusless. Un- 1
ele Sam is pondering over the
| ...... question whether the railroads
are not needed for other things
than hauling elephants, wild am-!
^ K' mals and gqlden chariots daring
war times, and as practically all j
circuses travel by rail, the lure ;
Bp * of the white top and pink lemonEl
M ade may go unsatisfied next
The despatches tell us that the
AgHMgovernment has about decided
d to require all iben who have beM
come 21 years of age since the
jgl ^t June to register for
and this is to be '
^HHHgllwed each year as long as the '
. Ytrk Coasty Mews Mitten. ]
l Xorkrille Enquirer.)
Representative' Mitchell, of
fork, introduced a bill last 1
Thursday to aboliah the State 1
ax commission. 1
The open season for bird ,
hooting closes on February 1st, ,
ma there are several local sports- ,
nen who are making use of the ,
ast days of the open season to;,
snjoy the sport of shooting the j
)irds. \\
The officers inspecting the;<
>roposed artillery range site nearJ1
ting's Mountain, have com-:1
)leted their report, which will
IP nrpspnfrp/t to Maine fionofol i
Dickman, commander of Camp
ireene, Charlotte, and the gen- I
;ral will have the final say as to i
he advisability of the King's '
fountain site. 1
Congressman Stevenson telegraphed
last Friday afternoon
;hat the price of nitrate of soda
vould be $75.50 per ton, on the j
iars at the port, and that freight
md the State tax would have- to
De added. All nitrates are to be 1
Drocured through county demon- 1
jtration agents. All applications (
For nitrate must be in the hands 1
)i cne demonstration agents oy
February 4.
Noting in The Enquirer re- j
:ently that the Beersheba congregation
is to build a new ,
ihurch, Mr. J. R, Hudson of
De Queen, Arkansas, writes that
the present structure was built
by his father, the late Joshua
Hudson, in 1842. There was no
steam saw mill in York county at
ihat time, and the timber for'
the church was gotten out at a
water power mill on Clark's
Fork. The construction of the
building required six months.
Hon. John L. McLaurin came
up from Bennettsville Sunday to
be at the bedside of his friend.
Rev. B. F. McLendon, who has
been seriously sick at the home
of Mr. W. D. Grist since last
Tuesday. On Saturday morning
it looked to Dr. Campbell and
Dr. Walker, who hod been called
into consultation, that Mr.
McLendon was dangerously near
to pneumonia, and Mr. McLaurin
being notified at the request of
Mr. McLendon, hurried to Yorkviile,
arriving here Sunday morning.
Though still very sick on
Mr. McLaurin's arrival, Mr.
M iLendon's condition had very
much improved as compared
with the day before, his fever
having gone down from 1023-5
to 100 2-5, and the improvement
continuing through Sunday and
Sunday night, Mr. McLaurin
felt warranted in leaving yesterday
morning. He left here by
way of the northbound C &
N-VV for Charlotte, to visit his
mother, Mrs. W. S. Mowry, who
is very sick in the Charlotte
sa litorium.
Fire Destroys Barn and Stock.
The city of Rock Hill was
visited Monday evening by one
of the worst fires in years when
the livery stable of S. J. Kimball
was burned. Between 15
and 20 head of live stock were
consumed with the building.
The loss will run into the thousands
of dollars.
The stable, a large frame
building, about 200 feet square,
burned like tinder, the roughage
in the lofts accelerating the speed
of the flames. The blaze was
eiscovered at 6:30 o'clock ajad in
15 minutes had enveloped the
whole structure.
Willing workers made every
effort to drive out the live stock,
but only two or three head were
brought to safety; the major
portion stubbornly refused to
leave the burning structure. Included
in the loss was a $1,200
jack only recently purchased.
Mr. Kimball made frantic efforts
to nelp drive out his stock and
was almost urostrated as a result.
Tr.e origin of the fire is
not known, as no fire had been
in the building during the day.
Tax the Dog.
The Columbia Record after
going into details editorially in
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dog destroys that should be fed
to hogs, not to mention the fact
that the reason we have so few j
quail in this State is that thej
stray dogs break up the nests
and suck the eggs, winds op with
the statement "that the tax
books show in 1916 there was:
returned for taxes $32,732 worth |
of hogs, $612,575 of sheep and
$633,707 of dogs. Vt hat a shameful
condition is shown in this
comparison. A non-producing
element more valuable than two
potentially producing factors."
Not only are they correct about j
the dog producing nothing of
ralue, but the fact is that it is \,
no6t destructive to ^ both the t
ihe'?p and hogs, but in 001s mind t
he only way to get rid of the 1
Sog is to put not less than a $t 8
tax on every dog in the State ,
ind attach a penalty of $26 for
not returning them for taxes, and *
wee will guarantee that the *
worthless curs of the country J
will disappear and the man who
awns a dog that he really con- .
aiders worth while will pay the l_
$5 gladly, for in a few years
there will be enough quail and
jkiici game 111 me cuuiiiry iu
thoroughly justify his doing so t
if he enjoys hunting. There is
no greater opportunity for a a
Legislator to make himself c
famous and do the State and its r
people a great favor than to have t
such a measure put through at
this session. It will help to win g
the war. ?Rock Hill Record. c
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Materials Used in Equipment.
Raw materials of many kinds *
are used for the equipment of
United States troops. Jute, silk, i
fur and linen all find their way i
into the uniform of an infantryman,
in addition to the wool and
cotton which are used in greater c
quantities.
A half ounce of silk is used in r
the standard yellow gloves and a (
slightly larger quantity in the c
riding gloves. Silk is also found 1
in the service hat and undershirt.
Linen enters the equij - ment
list in only one article, the
shelter tent. Jute is used in the
breeches, coat and overcoat; fur
in fUo cartrinu Uof
Mussel pearl, ivory nut and J
bone form the buttons on differ- '
ent articles of the uniform. Aluminum
is used in the bayonet
scabbard, canteen, cup, knife j
and meat can. In the slicker are i'
nine and a half ounces of rubber.
Horsehide and leather, wood,
iron, steel, bronze, brass, zinc,
tin and lead, are used in various
articles.
Killing at Great Falls. |
E. A. Ivester %vas shot and
instantly killed Monday morning
at Great Falls by Max Giles.
Both parties are white. Ivester
was engasred in the transfer
business at Great Falls and Giles
is an employe of the Republic
mills.
From information obtainable
it is stated that the men had a
disagreement over an account
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GENERAL ME
Belk Building, No.
Potts Suppl
1 JNO. S. POT!
a Is Lookir
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If You Had to
Borrow Money
You cannot borrow a dolli
credit established anywhere
One of the best ways to e
have an account at the Savii
ily and show by your transa
loaning risk.
The Savings Bank welcorr
people who desire to establi
not do it in a week or a rro
to start and build it up.
Why not start to establish
4 Per Cent Interest
The Sav
ast Friday and Ivester is stated
o have made several remarks as
o what he was going to do.
tfonday morning when Giles
tarted to enter the company
tore Ivester jumped on him and
mocked him down. He coninued
to strike Giles and Giles
>ulled his pistol firing two shots,
risw v* vr UIVBI VUWi W iVUOVUO
emple causing: instant death.
Giles was taken to Chester and
s now in jail.
lad Teeth tavite Disease.
Decayed teeth may cause tu>erculosis.
Inability to properly masticate
ind the continual swallowing
>f pus bacteria and fermenting
efuse held in the cavities of the
eeth cause lowered vitality.
The germs may enter the
dands of the neck through delayed
teeth producing tubercular
rlands.
Go to your dentist and have
dm examine your teeth.
Dr. A. L. Ott. Dentist.
-ONG TERM FARM MORTGAGE
LOANS.
Interest: SPECIAL RATE 6 per
ent, depending on conditions as to
imount and credit period and annual
nstallmenta offered, and as to borower's
urgency in having loan closed.
)RDINARY RATE 7 per cent' on a
[uick 5 to 10-year loan not under $300.
ror particulars applv to
(5.'E. SPENCER,
Attorney.
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I WAR TALKS |
By UNCLE DAN
Number Four
Military Training Necessary for 8afety
and Defense.
"Say. Uncle Dan." said Blllle, "Jlmmle
and I have been looking up about
war in the encyclopedia at school. We
found that In the war between Ger
many and France In 1870-71, Germany
lost In killed and wounded 28,000 soldlers
while France lost about six times
an many, and besides that,* she lost
every battle. We asked Professor Slocum
why this was. He said that the
German army was highly trained and
ably commanded, while the French
soldiers were poorly trained; and that
their war department was honeycombed
with jealousy and politics;
that the ollicer8 were not much good,
and that's why France lost the war
and so many men. What do you think
about It, Uncle Dan?"
"Well," said Uncle Dan. "Professor
Slocum Is right. By Inefficiency France
lost that war, together with two of
her best provinces?Alsace and Lorraine?and
had to pay a billion dollars
Indemnity money. France today
learned her lesson by that sad experience,
so she put in universal military
training, and as a result, her soldiers
now know how to fight and how to
protect themselves. They are losing
less ni?n in the war than the Germans.
France also put politics out of her war
department, so thnt expert authority,
Instead of bureaucratic stupidity, now
directs the army. The result is.
France has one of the best and most
efficient armies every assembled, and
this shows what thorough truiulng and
good leadership mcaus In warfare.
This suved France In this crisis, as
well as the liberties of the world."
"As war Is now conducted, there Is
no place for an untrained man. A
body of 10,000 well truined soldiers
properly hundled could defeat five
times their number of raw recruits nud
do It every time with comparatively
small loss to themselves. Proper training
alone will reduce the death and
casualty rate one-third of whut It otherwise
would be, and right here is an
unanswerable argument for universal
mlllturv trnlnlnir.
"Our government has no moral right
to force her men luto war service
without properly training them for It,
To do so is simply murder, hence the
frantic effort that is now being made
to give her soldiers some training before
they are sent to the front. If we
are to win this war, it will take trained
men to do it, and it will tuke trained
men to win any other war that way
come upon us in the future. If we
must fight, let us fight to win and not
to lose."
"That's the stuff," said BllUe.
Continuing, Uncle Dan said: "Oui
government has expended ubout $300,000,000
to put up cuntonments and
training stutions in order to truln the
men callod by the selective draft.
When these men are trained the training
stations should be immediately
filled with younger men, say those in
their nineteenth year, to receive six
months of intensive militury training
along the lines of the Chuinherlalc
bill. This will be of immeasurable
benefit to them individually. It will
do them more good than any other twe
years of their whole life; It will make
them strong, munly, self-reliant, quick
to see and quick to act; it will equi[
them for n successful life. In short
It will rebuild American manhood und
will also give the government u bodj
of trained men to draw from In cast
It Is necessary to defend our flag and
country. We must settle this question
of universal military training imme
diately, otherwise these training camp;
may be demolished. The adoption ol
universal military training will be no
tlce to the wortjl that from then or
we will be prepared to defend our
selves promptly and efllciently, nnc
this will do more to keep us out ol
war in the future than anything else
we could do."
"Do you think, brother," said Mrs
Graham, "that there will ever be an
other war?"
"I have no doubt about it," sale
Uncle Dan. "So long as men art
selfish, so long as nations are ambl
tlous to acquire territory, so long as
population presses and demands more
room, so long as there remains &
scramble for world trade?so long won
will be. When the time comes thai
we reach the high plane for which we
hope and dream, when all will recog
nlze the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man, then, and then
only, will wars cease. When that dnj
comes doors will need no locks, bank;
will need no vaults to protect theli
treasures, but that day is a long waj
off.
"The only safe and sane plan is tc
be able to defend ourselves ut all
times. Therefore, every citizen should
insist tlint senators and congressmen
sliull provide for universal niiliturj
training, so that never ugain shall the
country be cuught so completely unready
as this war found us. Fortunately,
In this case, our enemy ha.?
been held back, so we huve had a few
months In which to prepare. This advantage
probably will never come
again. It Is however our salvation
today.
"Because she was ready, Switzerland
is an island of peace in a sea of
war. Safety first is good, but safety
always is better. In strength there Is
safety. 'fou never saw u tin can
tied to the tall of a bulldog. Then
is a reason."
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On account of missing last Saturday's
episode, we will on next Saturday show
a double episode?4 reels?of our serial,
"The Fighting Trail."
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!"The Fighting Trail" is pronounced by all to be the
most absorbing serial yet shown here, and even to
1 those who have not watched closely the progress of
the story, next Saturday's show will certainly be a
treat. You MUST NOT MISS IT.
4 Other Reels (Including Ford Weekly) 8 Reels in All.
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, 1 have sold my grocery and hardware t
! ^ business to 11. iV. I.ee, proprietor of the ^
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i f will continue under this name I thank I
s | each any every one who has helped me *
, make such a success, and 1 am sure any
thing you can do for the new concern will
t t be deeply appreciated. Good goods, at t
j | the very lowest price, and satisfied cus- |
^ tomers, is what the Carolina Bargain ^
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l! 1918 j
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( At the beginning of this new year we take this oppor
i tunity to thank our many friends for their patronage during
1 the past year. Notwithstanding the fact that three of our |j
! directors, including the Cafhier, are now in Uncle Sam's f
. Army, those left behind in charge of Uncle Sam's Hank ex
pect. to maintain the high standard of service already estab
j lished. You are cordially invited to call and talk over your
r plans for 1918 and if we can be of any assistance to you in
any way consistent with safe banking, we are at your *
| service. *
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President. a2*
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