Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-20


garage.
A Iarae per cent of the people who
are liable to the business registration
tax have paid up; but still the clerk
of the court is from time to time is
suing additional receipts.
The fall tax collections are going to
he shy this next year and so are the
Der capita road tax collections going
10 be shy. There are almost a thou
sand poll tax payers out of the coun-
ty on other business.
As matters stand now community
fairs are in prospect at Mt. Holly, Nc
Conncllsvillc and Lcsslic. Ii Is not
certain that Lancy, Bullock's Creek
and India Hook have given out the
idea. If they have done so. 1t Is to be
hoped that they will reconsider.
The offices Of the local exemption
board are busy places just now and
will continue so for some time to
come. The sending out of question
naircs will occupy some time and then
il will continue to he Il matter OF medi-
cal examinations. exemptions and so on.
Deputy Sheriff Quinn remarked the
other day that it has been more than
two months since he has locked the
door on negro charged with an Of
fcnse within the Jurisdiction of the
court of general sessions. Army SER
vice no doubt has much to do with this
situation.
Mr.. Robert Galbraith of Spartan
burg, was in Yorkville last Tuesday on
Il social visit He represents New Or
leans houses that handle rice, molas-
ses and a few other staple commodi-
ties; but he is not Offering anything
for sale now. He says the government
is taking everything in his line that his
house has for sale.
No further construction of non-es-
sential buildings is to be allowed dur
ing the war; The renovation of old
buildings, where the cost Of material
does not exceed $500, may be carried
on without permit. In the case Of all
other buildings, however, those who
propose to prosecute the work must
first secure permit from the building
materials section of the War Indus
tries board.
Thomas A. Mcfarland, who died in
Bethel township recently, was what we
call most excellent citizen. 1t was his
misfortune to have had but very lin
tied educational opportunities. and hc
was nSt especially well informed on
matter in general. That is. his stock
of general information was limited to
such as was gathered from the news
papers. But he was a patient, indus
trious worker, who minded his own af-
fairs without meddling in the affairs OF
other people, and above all else he was
an absolutely honest man.
That is a very moderate and sensi-
BILE talk that Fuel Administrator
IScamsuard makes on the Sunday JOY
riding proposition, and it will no doubt
have its effect. In other counties peo-
pie are taking the numbers OF all the
automobiles they see travelling on Sun
day and sending them TO the fuel ad-
lministrator. We beg to suggest that
the people of this county will do well
to do the same thing. The public is
not called upon to attempt to discrimi-
nate as between automobile travel for
a proper purpose or otherwise: but to
lust send in the numbers.
Most people in this part of the
country feel that 1t would be just as
well for those two candidates for
comptroller general to draw straws for
| 1t next Tuesday. Very few people in
this county are going out TO the polls.
The following from the National
Provisioner of September 14th, is said
to be an official statement in regard to
cxempting men from the draft for this
industry: Cotton seed crushing has
been placed in Class l in the list OF
industrial exemptions from draft, the
War Industries board announces, and
every effort will be made to conserve
labor for this industry and its auxilia-
ries. Wholesale exemption will not be
made, but IL the local boards do not
exempt on request, appeal can be talk
en-, and if this Is adverse, the industry
can then apply for furlough for any
drafted skilled employee by following
instructions. This ruling also helps
cotton seed products plants to get elec-
trio power, fuel, ETC., ahead of non-es-
sential industries.
The United States government wants
the pits and shells Of fruits and nuts
to save our splendid American soldiers
from horrible death by German gas.
The thing has been mentioned In The
Enquirer before. Charcoal is an abso-
lutely essential requirement for the eff
ficiency Of gas masks and there Is no
other kind Of charcoal that Is nearly so
efficient as the charcoal that is made
from the shells Of nuts and the pits Of
fruit. These commodities do not fig-
ure extensively as articles Of COM
merce in this part Of the country; but
they are collectible, II the people will
60 after them. The work Of collection
is one OF tremendous Importance. and
il must be done. The government in
structions are to save the following
pits and shells: "Prune pits, plum pits,
apricot pits, peach stones, olive pits
cherry pits, date seeds, Brazil nut
shells, hickorynut shells, walnut shells,
butternut shells We need these now.
Before leaving them with your grocer
or other collecting agency they should
be thoroughly dried in an oven or In
the sun. Under no circumstances de-
posit any other pits or Shells" Other
people are getting busy and the people