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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23

Rumors have gone out from Rome
to the effect that peace is a probable
ity of the near future. There is no
authority behind the rumors and no
explanation beyond the statement
hat the information comes from high
and responsible sources. What it
means we do not know; but from
what we have gathered by all the
study we have been able to give the
situation, we are not led to believe
that either side is near exhaustion.
We have been able to understand in
a manner reasonably satisfactory to
ourselves why the sentiment Of this
country has been that the allies would
certainly overcome the Germans. Our
idea is that this sentiment owes it's
existence to a natural belief that the
issue should be decided by numbers,
and there has not been enough i'm
portance attached to preparedness.
We have a feeling that Germany has
run up against rather more tina n
has been counting on; but we do not
feel that we have any reason for be-
lieving that Germany has approach
ed any nearer to exhaustion than has
the allies. We do not think that the
allies are anywhere near the end of
their resources, either of men, money
or munitions. 1t looks to us hat both
sides are being steadily and surely
ground away. But that is not the
point. If there has been any good
cause for this war it has been the
conflict between German militarism
on the one hand and British %navalism
on the other. We consider that both
nations seek to dominate the earth,
and the main issue is as to which shall
have the right Of way, England with
her ships IL Germany with her
armies. The issue has not nearly been
decided, and a peace upon my other
basis would at best be only Il tempo
rary peace, liable to be broken as soon
as the struggling powers are able to
recover themselves sufficiently to
make a new start. SO far as we are
concerned, we feel like we would be
glad to see an early settlement of it
all, even though sue settlement came
through compromise, but there is
nothing in the present situation that
leads us to believe hat the end is in
sight through compromise or other
wise. We hope we are mistaken.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
McADoo AND THE SOUTH
Secretary Of the Treasury Did What
He Could for Cotton Producers.

w. p. G.. Harding of the Federal re-
serve board, gave out last night a
letter he has written to j. l.. Hughes
Of the Southern club Of Chicago, in
answer to an inquiry of the secretary
Of the treasury as to what the Wilson
administration did for the south last
fall when it was in distress yer the
cotton situation.
Mr.. Harding wrote to Mr.. Hughes
that Secretary McAdOo, among other
things, had called a conference Of
those interested i'm transportation last
August, recommended a bureau Of
war risk insurance, worked for a
government-owned merchant marine
and looked with favor upon the estab-
lishment of a cash fund of 100000
600 to be subscribed by banks
throughout the nOn-cotton producing
states, out Of which loans should be
made on cotton on the basis of six
cents a pound.
Under the conditions that prevail
ed last fall" said Mr.. Harding, the
creation of a fund of this magnitude
to be loaned upon a commodity which
was then regarded as u~nmarketable,
was a tremendous undertaking, but
Secretary McAdoO devoted all of his
energy and ability to the task. In the
ldCc vi tliol w ouuS, HV vas ouS
cessful. and as soon as it became evil
dent that he would succeed in raising
the fund. a demand for cotton, at
prices slightly above the loan values
fixed, sprang up, and this demand has
continued without intermisSiOn, so
that the best grades are now selling in
the south around 10 cents a pound, a
price which in the opinion Of experts,
is as great as would have obtained
had there been no war. While the
benefit of the cotton loan fund was,
therefore. confined to its moral effect,
ii was unquestiOnably a great factor in
restoring confidence and in initiating
Il movement of cotton which has de-
veloped beyond all expectations.
Having lived i'm the south all my
life and having been engaged in the
banking business twenty-eight years,
| feel warranted in saying that have
never seen a situation in the south,
apparently so desperate as that which
existed last fall. that worked Out as
rapidly and as satisfactorily and |
wish to say never before within my
recollection has n secretary Of the
treasury devoted as much time and
energy to the solution of southern
problems, nor shown such knowledge
of. and sympathetic interest in the
necessities of that section. The relief
afforded the south by Secretary Nc
Adoo was intelligent and effective, and
his spirit of helpfulneSs was restrain
ed only by the limitations of law and
the obligations of his oath of office
The deeds and motives of the admins
tratiun will be more and more appre-
ciatcd in the south with the passing
Of Observation-Disclosures special of April
-. to the Charlotte Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Palmetto Monument Co.--Ofers a SIS
computing scale for sale for SIS.
J. ]. McCarter and Others-1nvite the
public to hear an address by Hon.
John L. McLaurin at Filbert on 29th
Of April. at s o'clock p. m.
The City Market-Buys eggs n sells
eggs: buys good butter, and sells
stall-fed beef.
Sherer & Quinn-Want you to try the
Magnolia brand evaporated peach
es, and also want you to see them
for choice canned goods.
Lyric Theatre-"The Million Dollar
Mystery" today. The Master Key
Tuesday. Changed Lives" Tues
day, an Imp drama.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Invite you
to see it's goods and compare Its
prices. Prices on staples.
Carroll Bros.-Are introducing Rus
sells Glover Brand Coffee" and
say it is Of extra quality-two Id.
cans, IS cents.
York Drug Store-Suggests that you
use coro-naphtholeum for disinfect-
ing your premises. Nothing better.
w. E. Ferguson-Wants to supply
your table with the best qualities of
groceries. Lowney's candies, 4Oc.
Thomson Co.-Calls attention to Turk
ish bath towels, white quilts, bed
sheets, curtain scrim, center pieces
and table scarfs and covers
j. M. Stroup-Is showing big line of
spring and summer dress goods and
invites the ladies to see them. La
dies fine oxfords and pumps.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
YORK VS..

The town council has published q
notice calling an election to be held on
Tuesday, May rs, on the question OF
changing the name of the town OF
Yorkville from Yorkville to York.
At the same time and place, and I'M
der the supervision Of the same SET
of managers, Yorkville school district
will elect two trustees of the Graded
school.
The municipal registration books are
to be open from May l to May 10, in
elusive, for the benefit Of voters who
may be entitled to register; but who
have not yet done so.
Carl H. Hart, secretary of. the Board
of Trade, has been appointed munich
pal registrar. vice C.. A. Boney, re-
signed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23

The correspondence beween Gov
ernor Manning and Mayor John P.
Grace with reference to law enforce
ment in Charleston, is growing more
and more interesting. Governor Man
ming is insisting that Charleston be
cleaned up entirely. Mayor Grace
says that he has put a stop to wide
open gambling, as far as possible, and
he is doing what he can to hold liquor
selling down to a minimum: but he
does not promise to close the liquor
shops entirely for the reason that he
claims it cannot be done. He insists.
however, that the authorities are do
ing everything in their power. and
that Charleston has made as good a
showing in this regard as any other
community.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23

We are giving space to the full ext
Of President Wilson's address at the
Associated Press banquet in New
York last Monday, not only because
we consider it our duty to do so; but
because we are quite sure that many
Of our readers will especially be pleas
ed to see what the president thinks
of the matter discussed at this time.
AS to whether 1t was really necessary
for the president to say anything, we
are not altogether certain. We are
inclined to think that because he has
been living and acting the views
expressed, the people of the country
not only understand them, but are in
pretty close accord with them. Most
Of our readers will feel that the presi-
dent has only told them what they al
ready knew, and they will continue as
they have have been, content to fol-
low him to the end.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
MERE ENTioN
Damage approximating s125,oo0

Damage approximating $125,000
was caused by mountain fires in Cum
berland county, Pa, this week..-....
Rev. Allen Haskins, a primitive Bap-
fist preacher, was murdered while he
lay in his bed at his home nea Le-
liaton, Ga, Tuesday night. Mrs.
J William Cummins Storey Of New
York, was on Wednesday night re-
> elected president general Of the
IN, defeating Mrs. George Thatcher
Guernsey Of Kansas. by a vote Of sos
to 461....... Mrs. A. r. Garfield, "a
years old, was elected mayor Of War
rem, ILL.,, Tuesday. She is the first
woman to be made chief executive Of
an Illinois municipality. ...Dr. Ed
| ward Kidder Graham was on Wednes-
day inaugurated president Of the Uni
versity Of North Carolina. President
| Graham is 80 years old and was born
in Charlotte, N. C.......More than a
dozen persons r believed to have
lost their lives and more than a score
are known to have been injured In
the wrecking of two stores in Bir-
mingham, Ala, Wednesday, when a
five story wall fell upon them.......
| Will Bell, a negro, has confessed to
having murdered B. N. Mann, a gro
| Ger Of Durham, n. c., several weeks
ago. .... Dom M. Roberts, ex-mayor
| of Terre Haute, Ind, recently convict
ed of election frauds and sentenced
to six years in the Leavenworth, Kan,
prison, has been given a position In
the office Of superintendent OF con-
struction Of the prison. Jack
Johnson, defeated negro heavyweight
pugilist,. left Havana, Cuba, Tuesday
for Spain, from whence he will go to
England. 80. The Wisconsin legis-
lature this week defeated a PROPOSE
ton to submit the question Of woman
suffrage to the people. ......A United
States army biplane, flying over Fort
Brown. near Brownsville, Tex, Tues
day, was fired upon by Mexican troops
on the Mexican side Of the Rio
Grande. About twenty shots were d.
rected at the flying machine. which
was %uninjured. 80. Attorneys for Leo
VI. Frank a announced that they
will make a plea for clemency for
Frank before the Georgia prison COM
mission, at an early date......-J John
Wesley Gaines, former congressman
from Tennessee, o secretary OF the
international boundary commission.
was convicted Tuesday in a Washing
ton police court of an assault upon a
haberdasher, following a quarrel over
a fancy vest. He was required to give
bond to keep the peace. .... Accord
ing to Commodore j. Stewart Black
stone Of the Vitagraph Moving Pic
ture company, motion picture houses
throughout the United States made
the sum of $275, 100000 during 1913.
He stated further that more than H.
900, 900 people visit the movies daily.
......A slight earthquake was felt at
San Luis Obispo, Cal, Wednesday.
No damage was done. -. Enrico Ca
russo. the famous Italian tenor, sailed
from Naples. Italy, for Buenos Aires,
Argentina, Wednesday. The singer Is
to give ten concerts there during May
for which he will receive 81, 900 each.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
As will be noted from the advertise

As will be noted from the advertise
ment in another column, 1t has beer
definitely settled that Hon. John L
McLaurin will speak at Filbert on the
night of April 20. His subject, o.
course, will be the state warehouse
system. Mr.. McLaurin will go to Cole
Hill Friday morning and speak at thu
school closing and he has also ac'
cepted an invitation from the mayor
Of Fort Mill to speak in the town Of
Fort Mill on Friday evening.
Discussing with the editor Of The
Enquirer the proposition to change the
name Of the town Of Yorkville to York
recently, Mr.. James L. Moss, a promi'
nent citizen who lives on the outskirts
said he could not understand in the
first place why anybody should ever
think Of such a thing, and in the sec.
ond place he thought that In a matter
like this the people Of the whole coun.
ty should have a say-so. There are
many who think like Mr.. Moss in the
matter.
The name of Hickory Grove was
changed a few years ago to Hickory
The thing was not done at the instance
of the people; but by a cranky posta
official who sought to distinguish him.
self by wholesale vandalism in short.
ening up names Of towns throughout
the country. The Hickory Grove peo.
pie did not like the change at all, and
they soon found no end Of annoyance
in the miscarriage Of their mail, freight
and the like. At last when there was
q change in the administration, the
name Of the town was changed back tc
Hickory Grove. If they should try 8
get together gag out at Hickors
Grove for the purpose of trying tc
change the name, somebody would re.
gret the move.
There is more home mixing Of fer.
tilizers throughout York county this
year than ever before in the history
Of cotton production. Generally the
farmers are using 16 per cent acid and
u per cent cotton seed meal. The
common proportion is two tons OF
acid to one ton Of c%ottonseed meal
which gives an analysis Of approx
nately 100 per cent acid, % per cen
ammonia and 65-100 per cent potash
This mixture is being produced at q
cost of approximately $3.50 a ton
against 1923 per tor commercial goods
Analysing S-2b-1. Potash is now worth
1925 a ton, and very little is being
used, mainly because Of the price
rather than because o. the advice OF
the agricultural department and Glenn.
son college, that it is unnecessary
It is a fact that many Of the farmers
are resorting to the mixture described
above more because Of its cheapness
than because Of their faith in it; bu,
most of the recognized experts say
that the results are going to be sc
satisfactory that home mixing will be
come more popular in the future.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
RECORD OF RAINFALL

Mr.. b. /. Walker of Glover No. 3, has
handed The Enquirer a record of rain
fall that he has been keeping from and
including 1902. He explained that he
had no accurate rain gauge, but uses
an ordinary tin can, open at the top
and the same size all the way to the
bottom. He has measured the various
rains at the end of each twenty-four
hours period and kept the record in
the white space around the dates of
his calendar. The statement that he
brings The Enquirer, gives the total
rainfall of each year up to July /, in
the first column and the aggregate for
the year in another. His statement,
while probably not absolutely accu-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
Officers of tho State Medical Asso.


ciation.-The South Carolina State
Medical association in session in
Greenwood. elected officers for the en-
suing year last Friday night as fol-
lows:
P~resident-Dr. G. A. Neuffer Of Abb
beville.
First vice president-Dr. r. b.
Epting Of Greenwood.
Second vice presiient-Dr. ]. j.
Cleckley Of Bamberg.
Third vice p~resident-Dr. Coleman
of Barnwell.
Secretary and treasurer-Dr E. A.
Hines of Seneca.
Councillors were elected as follows:
First district-Dr. A. f. Baker OF
Charleston.
Third district-Dr. Bailey Of Clinton.
Fifth district-Dr. NJ. j. Walker Of
Yorkville.
Seventh district-Dr. S. C. Baker of
Sumter.
The board Of examiners elected are
as follows: DR.. T. Taylor. Charleston:
DR.. John Lyon. Greenwood: DIR. f. w.
Pressly, Glover: DR.. E. ]. Watson,
Columbia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23

university will not be represented in
the contests, the reason being that ne
groes have been entered in the COM
petition.
The Enquirer had a call yesterday
from Mr.. Rufus Nichols, a former
citizen Of York county, but who has
been a resident of Cleveland county,
n. c., since 1882. Mr.. Nichols was
born in the Ramah neighborhood,
close 10 the place at present owned
by Mr.. Felix Quinn, about 10 years
ago. He left the county first in 1871
on account of the Ku-Klux troubles,
and later settled in North Carolina.
At the present time he is living on
Buffalo creek, about nine miles south
Of Shelby, and his postoftice address
Is Grover, y. c., r. F. D. No. 2.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23

belligerent to alter the accepted rules
Of war at sea insofar as they affect
the rights and interests Of n%eutrals."
The attitude Of the United States on
the question Of expectation Of arms is
restated-namely, that to place any
embargo on arms during the progress
of a war would be "a direct violation
of the neutrality Of the United States
The note refers to the spirit Of friend
ship which the United States desires
always to manifest toward Germany
and it's people and concludes with the
declaration that the neutrality Of the
United States lis founded upon the
firm basis Of conscience and good
will" The communication was de-
livered by messenger to Count Won
Bernstorff late Wednesday and by ar
rangement with the German embassy,
the state department made it public
Wednesday night.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
Che Nurkrills enquirer.
Entered at the Postofice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
8. c.,
FRIDAY, APRIL, %, 1915.

At the conclusion of Gov. Heyward's
address, the veterans will be paid oil
according to rank in Confederate
none from a wagon in front of the
Confederate monument in the state
house plaza. This will be the first pay
the soldiers have received since Apo
mattox.-Columbia State.
Bright idea that. and just like Co.
lumbia, too!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23

- Governor Manning has accepted
an invitation to attend the annual re-
union of Confederate veterans to be
held in Richmond, Va. June l, 2 and
8. The governor and his staff and the
South Carolina veterans who attend
the reunion. will lead the parade of
veterans. this state having been the
first to secede from the Union.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23

rate as t. inches. because of h In
adequacy Of the gauge, ought certainly
to show the proportionate rainfall OF
one year as compared with another.
=. to ~, fo1Inu,c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
LOCAL LACONlCS
Corin1 No~~npion al Glover.

A series of services preparatory to
communion on Sunday. will begin in
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church of Glover tonight. The pastor.
Rev. w. p. Grier, will be assisted by
Rev. J. b. Hood.
Schools to Close This Week.
Several York county schools VIII
close their 1914-1J terms this week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
Much Cotton Being Sold.

Farmers in various sections Of Yo
county have sold quite a quantity y
cotton during the past few days a. ten
cents; but the great majority seem to
be holding out for a further advance.
Mr.. M. w. Smith of Hickory Grove
who was in Yorkville yesterday said
that about 400 bales had been sold by
farmers in that section during the
last three or four days. Mr.. w. W..
Jackson of the Filbert section said
that more than fifty bales had been
sold at ten cents by farmers in his
section, while local buyers have
bought considerable amount at that
figure.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
High Schools Compete in Columbia.

school oratorical and athletic contest
is being held at the South Carolina
University this week, the o~ratorical
contest taking place last night, while
the athletic contests among high
school boys are being held today. A
large number Of the state high schools
are being represented, among them
three from York county, viz: Glover,
Hickory Grove and Rock Hill. James
Sifford and Robert Lawrence are the
representatives Of the Glover school;
Gill, Dobbins and Crawford are the
representatives Of the Rock Hill
school, and Hickory Grove is being
represented by Messrs. White and AL
lison.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23

The case of Black VS.. School Dis
trict No. so, which was on the calen-
dar for trial this week, was settled out
Of court. The cas- arose out of a mis-
understanding with reference to the
maintenance Of Oakley school, along
with the Mt. Holly school in the same
district. Mr.. John Stultz claimed to
have received authority from the
trustees to employ a teacher at $40 a
month for the Oakley school. and the
trustees did not understand 1t that
way. The matter was compromised
by allowing the Oakley school the
taxes paid by the patrons. amounting
to $117.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-01-28
WHEAT AGAIN
RECORD PRICE
MAY Is QUOTED Mt CHICAGO 10
DAY AT ONLY 9'WC CENls;
UNDER $f.;5G.

Chicago, MI Dealings in wheat
expanded rapidly today and the high
record war prices cor tinued to be
broken. Gain of neatly two cents a
bushel as compared with last night
We're quickly made.
July wheat closed Yesterday at
$3.50 rs and jumped today TO SIP
81.
May climbed to S1-47 SIS. The
highest previous poins attained BY
May since the beginning of the wal
was that of yesterday, STAG rs
New upturns in quotations at
Liverpool and predictions of a cold
wave possible endar gering the 10.
mestic winter crop. had much to DC
with the fresh advance here.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-01-28
HORSE THIEF
GIVEN MERCY
JUDGE BOUCK. At LiI4E. HEARS
PLEAS; FOR LENIENCY FROM
WIFE IN COURT

Webster S. D.-The wife and two
small children of Albert Sterling,
resident of Lily. were in court and
mutely made an appeal to Judge T.
l.. Rouck, of the state cir"nit court
for Day county. to suspe,.1 ,ha SEN
tence of two years in the SiouA Falls
penitentiary imposed upon Sterling
for horse stealing. The attorneys
in the case in making a plea for
the suspension OF the sentence, stated
that Sterling committed the crime
while under the influence of liquor
Judge Bcuck placed the defendant
under a most rigid examination and
obtained a frank confession Of his
delinquencies. He gave his solemn
tence was suspended he would in flu
presence of the wife and two small
children in court, and the fact that
they would have no support if the
husband and father was required to
serve his term in the penitentiary, in
auenced the attorneys to make a
nlea for leniency in the case. Jpdge
Bouck took the matter of the sus-
pension Of the sentence under advis-
! ment. 81
1 In the case of August Cruba, also
a Day county man. who pleaded gull
| ty to the unlawful selling of liquor
Judge Bouck. in consideration of thu
| fact that Gruba had family to sup
| port, suspended sentence upon Cru
ba promising in open court that h,
would keep out of the Waubay sa
looms s.~e -, s,aSys ~ ,v,--,