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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10

The state convention will be held
Wednesday. May Is. The principal
business Of that convention will be to
agree upon a party platform and to
make such recommendation as may be
deemed desirable to the state execu-
tive committee. There has been more
or less discussion Of the proposition as
to whether the county to county can
vass will be continued or abolished.
The state convention as has been the
case for many years past, even as far
back as 1902, will be largely repre-
sentative Of only one wing Of the
party in the state and It will likely do
whatever that wing of the party pre-
fers. We are inclined, however, to
think that the county to county can
vass will not be abolished. II 1t Is abol-
ished, of course different Of the cam
didates will hold their own meetings,
and there will be a strong tendency to
the abolition Of the primary and the
taking Of all contests to the general
election. The convention will also
have the power to make nominations
for various state offices and Federal
offices II 1t sees proper to do SO: but
it will hardly do that. After the con-
ventlon, in case the county to county
canvass is continued. the executive
committee will make out the necessary
itineraries and settle on a basis of as
sessment for the different state and
Federal candidates.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10
The Red Cross.

what Is the ReQ SrOSS!
Some people have pretty good idea
of this organization and some have
not
But to those who have close rela-
tives in the army. the purpose Of the
Red Cross is not difficult to explain.
Suppose the case of q mother who
has q son at the front. No matter
how proud she may be that he Is there,
she Is nevertheless concerned about
his comfort and welfare. She knows
that he Is liable to be sick in hospital
and also she has q more or less dread
that he may be wounded.
In either case that mother feels
that of all places in the world she
would like to be, It Is by the PROSTATE
body Of that son. Her son may be ly-
ing in the open. on a battle-torn field
with bullets whistling and shells
screaming overhead and all about; but
no matter, she would be right there.
The mother cannot be there. In the
first place, as long as the son Is well
he does not need her, and in the sec
ond place, in case OF information OF
injury. the son Is too far away to be
reached.
The distress of a mother under such
circumstances is great enough as 1t Is;
but doubt as to whether everything
that can possibly be done for her son,
is being done. would be agony.
But here is where the Red Cross
comes in.
There are on the spot splendid men
and women who are ready and willing
to do everything that mother could
or would do, and as a matter Of fact,
they are prepared to do it even better
than a mother could do 1t.
Everybody who has sons or broth
ers or fellow countrymen there cannot
20 to them and be with them in time
of need: but everybody can help to
provide the next best assistance.
1t is only necessary to contribute to
the Red Cross.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MeCon,.,l DRY Goods Co.-0fers mems tan
tsnsis .hos. NJ 4S cents pair: Palm Beach
mi,. ;, as: ladies' sample hats n half price.
YorkyiIis Candy Ktehen-wants 70 supply iee
ere.r, IN any favor and in any quantity.
Sod, fountain ready to furnish all kinds OF
soft drinks; fruits the Tesunt. III =,
Carroll Bros--Ask you 70 see them for all Of
The ,,ooJ kinds of foodstuHs for horses. mules
and poultry and hoEs-
FIr,t N.tionI Bank. Sharon-Ssys 1t 10 on fts
lob es.ry day to help its customers In their
business Affairs and nnanaa proosema
re,,sd 10 A light bay mare mule. year1 old.
thai disappeared last Sunday night.
KirLnstr;cI.Belk Co.-Invites you 70 visit III
m;iG,Srv department and zee the big display
Of white Milan hats, $3.50 to 81 each.
Loan and savings Bank-Points out the fact to
Won thai your money will work every day II
placed in its savings department or on GER
ti6e.t. of deposit. Closed today.
FIrs, National Bank. York-Caosed today. Con-
federate Memorial day.
John M Williford-Makes announcement oi
hi, candidacy for the office Of probate judge
M York county, subject TO the will Of the
Democratic party in the primary.
]. r Haile-Is announced by his friends as q
sui,ahIe man for election TO the office OF
probate Judge, subject 70 the rules OF tne
Democratic primary.
WelTor,h and Wirthmore waists for ladies
wes,Nsi and 81 each. A line Of fine hair
switches in various shades and lengths.
York Supply Co.-Can supply you with a vari,
e,v ~ watermelon seeds. Also sells a good
Dig feed as well as feed for horses and cows
Star Tbeatre-Today presents The Toll o,
Sin a gripping drama also The Convert
~ n. North" Tomorrow. the second cpl
node Of Vengeance and the Woman"
]. N stroup-Gves some hints a TO his lines
Of summer weight clothing for men. pricet
al IS TO SIS the suit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10
ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr.. ]. R Kelley Of Yorkville. spent
several days in Atlanta this week.
Rev. and Mrs. E. S. Watson OF Wax
haw. n. c.. visited relatives at Hick-
ory Grove last week.
Misses Blanche Watson and Johnnie
Therrell Of Charlotte. visited their
parents near Hickory Grove, last week.
Mrs. o. l. Jackson and Mrs. ii. A.
Enloe and daughter OF Glover. are
visiting Mrs. J. A. Deas at the Can
non mill. Yorkville.
Miss Maggie Bolin, who has been
teaching school near Waxhaw, n. G.,
has returned TO her home OH York
vile No. 6.
Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Gillespie OF
Yorkville. left Wednesday for Balti-
mre. Md, where Mrs. Gillespie will en-
ter hospital for treatment.
Geo. P. Berry, Of Yorkville has
been designated for training as a
military engineer at Camp Lee. Vir-
ginia.
Rev. ]. l. Oates and Elder ]. NJ
Stroup represented the Yorkville A. r
p. church at the spring meeting Of the
First Associate Reformed Presbytery
at Lancaster. this week.
Mr.. y. B. Dial Of Laurens. candidate
for United States senator. was in
Yorkville yesterday. and went from
here to Rock Hill. Mr.. Dial was cam
paigning and met quite a number OF
former acquaintances.
s. l. Courtney, proprietor Of the
York Motor Car Co., returned to York.
vile Wednesday from Cincinnati with
lot of automobiles driven through
the country. On the trip Mr.. Courtney
was accompanied by Messrs. c. L
Mauldin. T. w. Speck. ]. H. Carroll
w. L. Pursley. c. A. Boney, Robert
Brice, j. b. Grant, - Bennett anC
- - Harris. The trip with the car.
was made in good time and without
unusual delays Of any kinds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10

That food campaign last spring did
quite lot of good, because it induced
people to raise more food than they
would have raised otherwise. The
corn crop Of the county was unusual
~ heavy: but it was not as heavy as
il should have been. We have no
figures on the subject, but it will not
surprise us to see the supply OF home
raised corn for bread become very
scarce before the next crop Is harvest
ed. Because of unfavorable seasons.
people have not planted nearly so
much corn this year as they planted
last year, and there Is very little to
indicate that the food production this
spring and summer will be as great as
it was last spring and summer. Ac-
cording TO our outlook there will be a
greater shortage of food next winter
than there was last winter, and peo-
pie will do we'll to keep the whole sit
uation in mind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10
ENEMY PROPERTY

Francis Garvan, director. bureau in
vestgation alien property custodian.
Is looking for such enemy property as
there may be in York county. In his
quest he has applied to Auditor Love.
with a request that that official take
the matter on down to the township
assessors. So far as Auditor Love
knows, there is not a single dollars
worth of enemy property in York
e4a1ks:%bat still II Ia possible that
some such property might be develop
ed through q careful search.
An enemy is any person. regardless
of citizenship or nationality, who Is
now living within, or any company in
corporatrd within, Germany, Austria =
Hungary, Turkey. Bulgaria. Lrlxem-
burg, the occupied parts Of Belgium
and northern France and all other ter
ritory occupied by the armed forces
of Germany or her allies. Actual pres
cnt residence and citizenship Is not q
determining factor. A German living
in the United States Is not an enemy,
unless interned. On the other hand.
an American living in Germany or in
any territory occupied by the armed
forces OF Germany or her allies, is an
enemy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10

tion to this fact because We have
positive information that certain Of
the more extreme Conservatives seem
TO have started out with an effort to
create an impression that the Re-
formers are less loyal to the nation
than they are. 1t is not up to Us to
advise anybody what they shall say
and do in politics, more particularly
when they think they know their own
business. But We have one pertinent
observation along that line. We know
the personnel Of the two political
parties in this county we'll enough to
be able to say with assurance that
neither one Of them has the slightest
ground to impute disloyalty to
the other. The individual member Of
either party who seeks to impute
disloyalty to the other party as a
whole only discredits himself. There
may be disloyal men in both parties
for all we know; but we do not know
them. Neither party as party is 60
ing to stand for any imputation OF
disloyalty. and neither party as party
Is going to allow the other party to
arrogate to itself any superior
quality Of patriotism. So far as we are
concerned we hope there will be none
of this kind Of stuff. but that is not
for US to say. Heretofore each Of the
parties has been running its own busi-
ness in its own way, and we feel quite
sure that both Of them will continue
to do Just that.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10

Commenting upon Hon. John l.. Nc
Laurin's announcement of his candi-
dacy for the governorship. several
newspapers have characterized 1t as an
effort 10 come back" OF course such
comments are not intended to be
friendly; but why an intelligent news
paper should comment like this, we
cannot understand. Come back" the
idea. Was il not because OF McLau-
rims advocacy of building up a mer-
chant marine by means of government
subsidy, that Senator Tillman set out
to ruin him some fifteen years ago!
Ii is not unreasonable to observe that
II that subsidy proposition had gone
through and the United States govern
ment had committed itself to the de-
velopment of a merchant marine, TINS
war would have never occurred. the
navy of the United States would have
been so strong long before now. that
no nation on earth would have dared
question its supremacy. We know
something about this thing. We got
lot OF abuse ourselves for upholding
McLaurin in what some poor misera-
bic dcmagogues undertook TO tell the
people was "Republicanism." 1t was
McI.aurin, too, who had the brains
and the courage TO throw his deciding
vote In the scale that settled the Span
ish-American war In n way that made
the United States n world power, ana
this in contempt of small misled par
ty caucuses that had no other aim
than obstruction. Come back, indeed!
The others have only gotten to where
McLaurin was then. Who at this day
is going to deny to Mr.. McLaurin the
sole credit of having put the farmers
of the south in q position where their
cotton takes preference over all other
forms of security at the banks? Has
the man not proved in the manage
mcnt of his own private affairs that
he is a sound and substantial business
man, and IL there is any man in South
Carolina who has given evidence OF
broader, abler or more patriotic states
manship, who is he. pray? AS we see
it, Mr. McLaurin has very little to
gain by being made governor Of South
Carolina. Every other man In the
race has far more TO gain than MIR.
McLaurin; but If Mr. McLaurin shall
he elected. South Carolina will be the
gamer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10

da and punish spies. but I think we
are taking a very dangerous step when
we permit a man to be ostracized
or a business to be bankrupted with
out the Anglo-Saxon right OF having
his day in court" Representative
Graham, OF Pennsylvania, said he
thought any such victim would have
the right to appeal to the courts for
an injunction. Miller, Of Minnesota.
and London Of New York, questioned
the constitutional validity Of the law.
London fought also the elimination OF
section which expressly permitted
the publication Of the truth with good
motives. He made point OF order
against this. but Speaker Clark. after
81 ying he had nothing to do with the
bills constitutionality. but only wheth-
er the conferees had acted within their
powers, overruled it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10
BULLY FOR YoRkvILLE

The statement that Yorkville had
failed to raise her apportionment OF
the third Liberty loan was prema-
ture. Yorkville also has the honor of
having done all that was required Of
her in the matter.
Yorkville's apportionment was $685.
l00-$4O.100 for the First National
bank and $4,000 for the Loan and
Savings bank.
The apportionments in the case OF
Yorkville and vicinity, as in the case
OF the other communities. were based
upon total resources, the assumption
being that the resources Of the banks
represent the bond purchasing power
of the communities surrounding.
There Is no blame on anybody on
account of the figures published last
Tuesday. They were as collected by
Mr.. c. 1. Cobb, chairman Of the COM
mittee for the eastern division. He
got them up for the purpose Of re-
porting them to Mr.. E. w. Robertson.
state chairman. and kindly gave them
to The Enquirer for publication.
But IL Jul uOW tilhl tuc0c
figures were based upon reports made
Saturday afternoon before the expira-
tion of the time limit The Loan and
Savings bank reported It's full appor-
tfonment, a part Of which 1t had made
uu by additional subscriptions Of its
own. The First National bank re-
ported the actual subscriptions receiv-
ed up to the time Of Mr.. Cobb's re-
ouest during Saturday afternoon.
Both banks received additional sub
scriptions during Saturday afternoon
and by the later mails, and still 9TH
err subscriptions continued to come in
Monday and Tuesday: but the full
apportionment had been raised before
midnight Saturday.
II is not improper to say that York
vile and community deserves more
credit in the matter than appears The
pe0ple generally subscribed literally
IN proportion to their means. and the
banks and business folks did work
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10
MERE MENTION.

Senator Kenyon Of Iowa, has intro
duced u joint resolution providing for
the abrogation Of the war debt Of
France to the United States. Com
menting on the resolution the senator
said: France has borne the brunt OF
the war thus far. and in the past has
given us not only money. but her men.
think We should reciprocate." ............
a Stockholm dispatch says that ne
gotiations are under way for the ap-
pointment Of Duke Adolf Friedrich
OF Mecklenburg-Strelitz. as king OF
Finland .......... When Foster NJ. Gales
room in a hotel ut Cumberland. Md.
was searched this week after he had
been arrested and sent to Uniontown.
Pa, for stealing an automobile. a
complete wireless telegraph outfit was
found............A Berlin dispatch says that
a Russian fleet had vigorously bonn
barded German forces In the harbor
Of Mariupol, Russian port on the
shore Of the sea Of Azov. The results
of the bombardment were not stated.
............The death at Moscow, Russia, OF
Maddin Summers, American consul
general, has been reported by way OF
Peking. China. Death was due to
hemorrhage Of the Women
donncd overalls at Syracuse, N. Y,
Tuesday, and took the places Of men
us street sweepers and garbage
movers, following an appeal for labor
to help preserve the health Of the city.
THE council of national defense
has started a campaign for more SIM
pie living In order to conserve the
country's resources for war purposes.
Simple clothing and fewer clothes for
men men-apd-HamepLs-uSged-.The- aud
American Can company Ls to be prose-
cuted on charges OF being q mono
poly in restraint Of trade. Charges OF
violation Of the Clayton act are made
by the federal trade commission.......-,,
II Is announced from London that af-
ter May 2lst, civilians desiring to visit
Ireland. must have permits issued by
the English authorities. Reuter-
dispatch by way of Amsterdam, states
that Roumania and the Central
Powers have signed q peace treaty.
Itoumanla has reached the point
where she couldn't help herself and
the Huns made the treaty terms to
suit themselves............Ad dispatch from
Kiev, Russia, by way Of London. says
that the German military commander
In the Ukraine. found 1t necessary to
disarm a Ukrainian division. as the
division threatened revolt. The Ukra-
inian peasantry refuses to recognize
the new government............Un Uncle Joe
Cannon celebrated his sgd birthday
Tuesday. His colleagues in congress
gave him an ovation when he entered
the house Tuesday morning. Mr.. Cam
non was first a member OF the forty
third congress Discussing his long
services. he said: "As have seen the
gavel swing from one side Of the
chamber to the other I have become
more and more convinced that patriot
while this is a government through
party and always will be all parties
work for the best government Of the
country according to their like"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10

and amounts, will be the same thing
that kept us from II this time.
Here Is the situation:
There are people who are always
ready and willing to do their full du-
IL. and who do not care to have any,
thing said about it; but at the same
time these people are not going to in
sist on having their lights hid under a
bushel IL. by putting that light on a
candlestick, the worthy object they
have in mind will be helped the more
on that account.
There are other people who, sub
scribilg reluctantly and much less
than they should subscribe, do not
want the public to be in position to
Judge of the extent to which they are
doing their duty.
These people are often numerous,
and under ordinary circumstances
their resentment is not to he incurred
with impunity: but under the present
circumstances We do not feel like con-
SlOeTlnB u lildltSi iNc sho''
There are people. too. who would
like to have the credit OF subscribing
without actually making a subscrip-
tion, and these people need to be ex-
posed.
York county has done splendidly in
this bond matter and most OF the
people-the great majority OF them
have invested in this government loan
from the best possible motives-for
the support H the country.
When the next loan Is asked for, we
believe York county will do her duty
again; but we believe also that 1t will
be a good idea to publish the names
of all subscribers. together with the
amounts subscribed by each. and II
we can get the necessary information,
we expect to publish their names and
amounts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10

The officers and crew Of British
freighter that reached an Atlantic
port one day last week told OF the
sinking of a German submarine OH
the coast of Ireland. The ship was
new and this was her maiden trip. BY
means of her submarine detecting de-
vice she ascertained the location OF
one of these pirate ships near by and
went in that direction. The submarine
came up to get the range OF the snip;
but already the ship had covered itself
with Il smoke cloud that prevented the
enemy from being able to tell whether
the freighter was going or coming.
-Bat-the freighterRas coming. II
struck the submarine amidships and
sent it to tho bottom, n fact that was
fully attested by great quantities OF
oil that soon boiled to the surface.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10
TRANSFERS OF REALTY

The following transfers Of real
estate have been recorded in the Of
flee of the auditor during the past
week:
Bethel.
]. l. Jackson to Violet E. Adams
70 acres: consideration $500.
Mrs. Margaret Riddle, ct al, 1876
acres: consideration $2,142.S6.
j. r. Logan, c. c. c. Pls., to r. c.
and T. F. Kendrick, 135 acres: consid-
Grafton 1857.
Bethesda
w. NJ. Dunlap to H. NJ. Dunlap
4S Ia acres; consideration 81.
Bulloek's Creek.
Emma L. McCaw ct al, to E. B. and
r. II. Mitchell. lat acres; considera-
tion $2,646.
Catawba
d. w. Allison to w. B. Simpson,
S3-10O acres; consideration $5.
r. L. Sturgis to East Rock Hill
Realty Co., 220 acres; consideration.
IS.
J. T. Cash to w. ]. Nicely, l acre;
consideration $125.
First Trust and Savings bank of
Rock Hill to Frankie Hill, lot; con-
sideration 81.
r. P. Dozier to w. NJ. Mendenhall,
lot; consideration $500.
W. NJ. Mauldin to X. p. Dozier. /
lot: consideration $1,000.
John Bowden to John Bates, 1 lot;
consideration, $780,
Ebenezer.
John r. Barron to Hamilton Car
hartt Cotton mills, l lot; considera-
tion 1915.
Margaret E. Witherspoon to r. n.
Jameson, Ga acres: quit claim.
Fort Mil
Jefferson D. Withers to E. w. Kim
brell. 307 acres; consideration $3.50.
Kings Mountain
Yorkville Real Estate Co. to G. B.
Dickson. s51-a acres; consideration
$3.587.50.
b. r. Smith to Martin l. Smith, 1928
acres: consideration $1,000.
J. Darby Smith to Martin L. Smith,
81 acres; consideration, $1,000.
Martin L. Smith to B. r. Smith, 70
acres; consideration, $1,000.
]. Darby Smith ct al, to Lula w.
Smith, 81 acres: consideration So.
w. B. Smith to Stella Jackson, 1
lot; consideration $125.
John r. Logan, C.. c. c. Pls.. to W..
II. Ford. lot acres; consideration ST.
070.
w. H. Ford to Ida Jane Ford, 1o7
acres; consideration $s58.ss.
York
c. Frank Sherer to F. p. Morrison.
100 acres; consideration $500.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-10
7b. .omnIieation that had arisen

Tho complication that had arisen
over the approval Of the letters OF
James ID. Grist from Camp Sewer, has
been adjusted. Until a new censor
shall be designated. the letters will
be subject to the approval Of the
camp adjutant.
There are only about $50 class /
men ON the rolls Of local board No. =,
and It is expected that the call of
thrty-three of them on May 25, will
take about all except those who have
been or will be furloughed on account
of agricultural labor.
w. J. Cherry, Esq, Of Rock Hill,
was in Yorkville yesterday on legal
business and when asked as to what
he was doing these times. he exposed
corns in the palms of his hand and
replied: Among other things, l am
working in my garden" Mr.. Cherry
said that It was in Rock Hill as else
where. IF you want anything done
you must do II yourself"