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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10

mast he has been In charge Of the Pub
iicity Bureau Of the Conservation and
reclamation Division OF the office Of
the Camp Quartermaster at Sewer.
Recently he has been assigned 10 act
i've duty as associate editor on Trench
and Camp, the Camp Sewer newspa-
per, He will continue to supervise the
work of the Conservation Publicity
bureau. though he will devote practi-
caIly all of his time TO building up
Trench and Camp. which has n circu-
lation OF $4,000 copies among Camp
Savier soldiers. When the idea OF es-
tablishing camp newspapers was first
SUGGESTED, II is said that some Of the
higher officers Of the army pooh pooh
ed the idea, stating that the army had
always gotten along we'll enough with
ont any such newspapers and that
there was no more need for them in
the present army than in the old one.
since that time, however. more than
fifty camp newspapers have come into
existence. In few camps there are
two competing publications and there
ore only two big army camps in tho
country where there Is not al least on.
sIch journal. These new publications
ore almost all weeklies and range in
size from eight TO sixteen pages. They
are not mere fads cotton out for the
amusement Of the soldiers, but. in
most cases, are well conducted organs
and have already accomplished a great
deal for the benefit Of the soldiers.
SINCE many of these papers are SUBJ
scribed for by the soldiers relatives
al home, they also serve the purpose
of keeping the home folks III close
touch with the everyday life of their
soldier boys. These camp EewGpapers
pIayed a very important part in boost
ing the sale OF Liberty bonds into
many millions. They also aided great
iy in connection with the military in
surance campaign. the effectiveness OF
such work being indicated by the fact,
as reported by the war department,
that nearly every soldier in the service
is insured for from five to ten thou
sand dollars. This military press Is
also important in connection with the
welfare work Of the cantonments and
has been very useful in providing a
means for the adjustment of certain
unfortunate conditions such as the
practice. formerly followed by mer-
chants in the vicinity of camps. OF
systematically overcharging soldiers
for goods purchased by them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10

omit. AN effective political advcr-
I iscmrnt that has appeared in IN,
represents a bunch of SOL
,iirrS carrying II hapncr that bears a
legend. vote for John McJOnes. the
.ricnd of the soldiers" The advertise
men, is all the more effective because
II seems Ia bear prima faric evidence
uf the soldiers choice. AS matter ol
fact. however. the al is only piece
uf camoullagc. The soldiers are IN
.Iur,.d to pose merely as big joke for
riyIrs or cigarettes. and as apt as not
they had never heard of the candidate
they are appearing to endorse.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10

-. During the month Of august. lIc
| first month Of control of skilled Ia
hOr recruiting Tor war work 10y thr
II United States employment service.
between $4,000 and 10000 unSkili"d
woTkmrn were recruited ana moved
from states having u surplus ol com
| mon iabOrrIS in war work Ia Othrf
states IN which th"r" wcr" govern
Imrut projects short OI labor. NrtIi;ii-
lis this number was recruited ami
shippd within three weeks. aS inc
| first week OF August WAS devoted
largely To organization work. IN"
movements were handled through tho
| federal direction OF the employment
service for the states on auihoriHa-
tionS from the director general AT
Washington. Labor was not taken
from the farm or any other war work
and the federal directors report II
general absence OF friction and that the
movement met with heartily co-opcra-
ton from employers. To augment
| the common labor supply Tor war pro-
lduCtion. several hundred EtborrrS
from the Bahama islands have been
brought To this country through thc
United States employment service
during the past few days. They were
shipped from Nassau and al" Ia 10"
used in the construction Of the army
and navy terminal ut Norfolk, Va.
As soon as ships are available several
thousand Porto liican laborrrs. now
registered at San .Ialn. will he
drought to continental United States
by the employment service for gov
lcrnmrnt work. Mexican labor il am
other source for government war
work
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
The Square Deal.

There are people who are square
and people who are not. and the only
reason everybody is not square Is be-
cause there are so many people VINO
are unable to realize the impossibility
ur being crooked without being found
out.
| OF course. 1t is not to be understood
that I'LL the people who are straight
land upright are so only because they
realize that II does not pay to he 9TH
crwise There are many in this class;
hut nothing like majority OF the
square people are square for any such
reason. All of the really upright peo-
plc are upright because they love
right rather than wrong. and decline TO
knowingly do wrong not so much be-
cause of the fear of being found out
rs because they are unwilling them
selves to carry knowledge of their own
wrong.
But as between right and wrong
there is absolutely no question that
right is all Observation-Disclosures. om-
nipotcnt in fact.
There are people who think they
can lie. steal deceive. defraud and get
away with It: hut OF all the pitiablc
people on earth they are the most pitt
able.
To get away with anything that. Is
wrong is simply impossible. To be
sure good people often do wrong. re-
gret it. repent and repair 1t. and as
the result they are perhaps better OF
than before. This. of course is where
the repentance and reformation are
honest and sincere. otherwise 1t Is no
good. Humbug. make believe repent
ance only adds to and aggravates the
original dereliction.
There are people who do not believe
the propositions here laid down. They
think they can get advantage from
wrong without anybody but themselves
being the wiser. and they argue to
themselves that If nobody else Is the
wiser, it is all the same. They cannot
I've made to believe otherwise.
There is an old-time story OF a
white master who sent his negro slave
to the back side Of the plantation with
dinner for the overseer and hands.
Along with the dinner the master sent
a note in which he told the overseer
exactly what the dinner basket con-
tanned and ordered that IL anything
was missing the bearer Of the basket
should have n thrashing. All this was
explained to the bearer-especially
the note that ordered whipping for
him in case anything was missing. On
the way the negro hid the note under
n stone until he had eaten what ne
wanted. and then taking up the note
again proceeded with his errand. He
got his thrashing: but he could never
understand how II came about as he
was sure the note could not. from un-
der the rock, have seen him steal the
dinner.
II was impossible to explain to this
negro how that note could have given
him away, and II Is just as impossible
for the average man who persists in
wrong doing to realize how his wrong
doing can find him out: but the re-
suit in one case is as sure as in the
other.
Men may do wrong and profit by
that wrong. That Is. they may profit
in a way. They may think they are
ahead by reason OF crookedness. They
may think too, that they are unsus-
pected: but in this they are mistaken.
No man has ever been a real gamer
by any crooked action. and no man
ever will be a real gamer by such an
action.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
CLOVER cULLINGS.
c,rrsspondence OF The Yorkville Enquirer

c>r,.sron5enee OF The Yorkville Enquirer
Glover. September The eleventh
annual York County Sunday Srh""i
convention convened IN the Glover ~
r. p church. Thursday morning. sep
,.uh,r : and adjourned Friday after
noon. The convention was presided
oycl by the president, Proi. H. =
Burts of Rock Hill. y number oi
snl,nJid addresses were delivered and
an attractive programme was carried
out. one pleasing feature ot lhr
meeting was the music. which Was di-
rrrted by Prof. W. 81. stowe. Ihis
nroy,I TO be 4 record dbrraklnS con-
y.ntion for York county. The enroll
m,nt cards showed that ther" WAS Il
total rnTollmcnt OF i'o lN"Pi'' ''i'
srntIug 6l schools.
The following officers were ti.'o"
In serve for the ensuing year: l'resl-
,i.nt. j \. Marion, iorkNillr: vice
president. W. I. Bcamsuard' Clover
secretary treasurer. James \. Bafrett'
clover: Superintendent OF ChlidfSn
division. Mrs. L. Fred Bell, ROCK hlii'
sup,rint.ndent Young Peoples diNls-
ION. K. r.. Mcfarland. iorkNiil"; sup
crintcndcnt Adult department. ). X
Cork. Rock Hill; superintendent AL
ministrative division. l'roi. }. W.
Thomson, Rock Hill. ,.;,,
The time for the next meeting VIII
hr the first Thursday ana ffluas o1
Srptrmbrr, 1919. and the place ol thv
n,,riur Will be left 10 the executive
committee. ,,,
Miss Annie Bolin OF the Santiago
Sc,.tion visited MISS Dora Rodgers
here this week.
Colonel E. W. Pressly OF Camp Sc
yirr. spent Thursday here WIN MS
family.
Miss Dorthy Neil OF Columbia. who
has been visiting the family ol i"i
uncle, DIR. NJ. Is. Neil here, returned To
nrr home Friday.
Rrv. IA. \. Whittrn was called l"
Anderson this wcch, on account oil th'
,.c.uh of his mother nj that place.
Mcssrs. Claude tilrnn of Gastohia'
and Mellon Craig of Camp SEWER. NlS'
moi thr family of Mr.. John VI. smith
mere this week.
Iutl, Hiss Elizabeth Wylir Is visit
ing Miss Jean Miller III Rock iiIll.
MIR. Lewis Conway. who has been
TN, gIlrst of his sister. Mrs. VI. u. N!ii'
Iur several weeks. left saturday tof ms
home in Washington. ID. {.
MIR. and Mrs. Ainslry Hall McDur-
mid of Columbia, recently visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom brad
ford on Glover No. :.
un account uf the scarcity ol water.
and consequently power. both oi th'
mills here had To suspend work FRI
day and Saturday.
Nlcssrs. chris and Handy Allen oi
the navy, who are stationed al Chaf-
lesion. and who have been spending -
lew days with their parents here. rIl
saturday tor their station.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOLS.

The ultimate organization OF the
public school system of York county
under a plan that will provide for n
first class high school in each town.
ship. and leave az many primary
schools as may be necessary for feed
ers, is an ambition that Superintend-
cnt of Education John +. Carroll has
been nursing for quite while.
What we need now" said Mr.. Car
roll. discussing the idea with The En-
uuirer, "is the establishment of num-
| her of first-class high schools. We
need this badly. the time Is ripe for II,
and all that is necessary for a very
substantial beginning is the develop
ment OF the right kind of sentiment
among some Of our foremost commu-
mites. The thing would not have been
practicable ten or fifteen years ago.
because sentiment was not then far
enough advanced; but now we have
men In every community who are
right in for such a proposition. All
that Is necessary Is for some one OF
our more progressive communities to
break the ice.
ave have a very good school sys-
tenn, compared with most counties OF
the state" Mr.. Carroll continued; but
those who have given the whole subject
the most earnest and ambitious consid-
Grafton are not at all satisfied with pres
ent conditions. We have not any more
primary schools than we need; but 1t
will have to be confessed that there Is
lot OF lost motion in all Of them,
more especially where there Is a mix
ture of the primary and high school
grades, and some teachers have to give
their attention to pupils in all stages
OF advancement. The situation Is sus-
ceptible Of reorganization that will
make for higher efficiency and at the
same time solve some Of the most vex-
ing problems that now confront our
peopie, especially those Of the rural
districts, or rather the more rural dis
tricts, I should say.
.JJnder the laws as they stand now
Il IA practicable to consolidate any de-
sired number Of school districts into a
high school district. Such high school
district, embracing a whole township,
IN necessary, or parts Of townships, can
levy upon itself two mill tax for high
school purposes, over and above such
taxes as the different districts are pay
ing for primary school purposes. and
ali the high school pupils in the dis
trtct may be taught In a central high
school.
Now, suppose we should take all the
high school pupils out Of the primary
schools Of a given district. and place
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10

tactics. some officers think. There are
Indications that this front is held by
Americans with the exception OF the
d"!.n,eS Oi Vcrdun itself and the lines
southeast Of that city. II General Per-
shing should strike suddenly towards
M.tZ and meet with any success. II is
thought IN" enemy might be forced to
rlarlIai" the Who'll" -. Mihi"l bend
and that pursuit Of that retirement
could bc expanded at will into action
Of whatever scOp" Marshal Foch has
authorized.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
On the Battlefront.

General March is quoted as saying
hat the situation of the Allies on the
western battle front is now better than
il has been ~ any time since the be-
ginning Of the war.
There is no doubt of the fact that
The Germans are in retreat from the
English channel To Flanders. That
in at ,ras that G.neral are , De.ns
routed into Il pell NELL rush for home
or anything like that; hut it does mean
!hat they are going back and that the
Niles are pushing them with great
viSor.
The hattie line from the English
.hannel to Switzerland can be compre-
acndcd generally in straight I'm,
,rawu from Newport on the channel
rbout a hundred and thirty miles
,liyhtly 20 the south southeast Of Sois-
yons: thence about fifty miles directly
.as, by way of the Chemin dcs DANES
past Rhrins: theme" nearly another
hundred miles southeast to the SWISS
frontier.
The British are driving the Germans
from The channel down to the Oise
river: the French are driving from the
DiS,. down to Rheims. and the great
bulk of the American army is suppos-
ID to bc concentrating on the line from
i,hcims TO the Swiss frontier. There
are more than Il hundred thousand
Americans operating with the British
mn in the direction OF the channel. and
there are also Il large number oil
Americans operating with the French
along the NcSlr river. between Rheims
md SoiSSonS. while the greater part
Of the American army. including more
than Il million men. generally assumed
20 bc getting in shape for Il separate
operation. pa, .,;ii..:.hl. in the direction
Of .NlSacc and Lorraine.
The British have smashed the Hin
dcnhurg line over a considerable dis
ilncc of its northern reaches and the
French have smashed ii to the south.
There is no place now at which the
Nllirs are more than ten miles from it
along its whole length.
The Germans are III retreat TO and
across the lIindcnburg line every
where: hut ii is admitted that their
retreat Is being conducted in very
::oud order. They are getting away
with heavy guns. supplies and muni-
tions, and while losing men in kill
ed. wounded and prisoners. their losses
are not at all ont of proportion to the
..igantic movement they are executing.
Il is reasonably certain that the
Germans contemplate Il stand along
portions Of the Hindenburg line. both
To the north and the south. and II is
b.,icycd that General Foch has plans
for Il double turning movement that
will force stfll further retreat from the
occupied portions Of France and Bel
GUM.
II Is mistake to think that the
Germans have as yet sustained any
thing like pronounced defeat: hut at
the Same time there is no question OF
the fact that they are now most de-
Cidrdly on the defensive and there is
little fear on the part of the Allies
that they will ever be able to launch
another serious Offensive operation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10

America now Is leading the world
in ship production. Com mparison Of
figures on deliveries issued last Thurs
day by the shipping board with unoffi-
cial figures on the output of yards in
the United Kingdom show that plants
In this country have delivered 1886
403 deadweight tons since January,
while British yards have turned out
l.645, 800 tons. American yards began
to take the lead over those in the Unit
ed Kingdom two months ago, but It
was not certain then whether this
was not a mere temporary advantage.
In August, however. yards in the
United States increased their lead, de-
livertng 323,e50 deadweight tons, COM
pared with 187,01 deadweight tons for
the United Kingdom. Figures for
British yards included all vessels of
more than 100 Gross tons, about 125
deadweight tons, while American out
put includes only vessels Of $500 tons
or more. Before the war, Great
Britain turned out more ship tonnage
than all the rest Of the world com.
bined.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
HERE AND THERE

Il note that a correspondent from
our place Is disposed to gloat over the
fact that Fort Mill has voted the other
way for the first time in years." said
Fort Mill man to the editor Of The
Enquirer a few days ago. "All Is fair
in politics." he went on. but when we
all know so we'll how It would have
been except for the absence Of A. c.
Lytle and about a hundred Of his
friends in France, that kind of stuff
don't sit well on me-"
Jas. D. Grist, formerly Of The York
Vile Enquirer. now Of Camp Sewer,
spent Saturday night and Sunday at
the home of his father. Mr.. w. d.
Grist. in Yorkville. For some time
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
Colonel Churchill. chief of the mil

Colonel Churchill, chief Of the mill
tary intelligence branch OF the gen.
cral staff, directs the attention OF
American editors to recently publish
cd letters from American prisoners
OF war in German camps In which
the prisoners speak Of the excellence
OF the food and general treatment OF
the prisoners. An officer Of the mill
tary intelligence branch, who spent
two years of the war in Germany
reports that there are certain rules
laid down for all prisoners in letter
writing. The price they pay for the
transmission Of their letters Is that
they must state that they are well
treated, also that the food Is good and
that they are contented. The letters
of the prisoners are carefully censor
ed ut the camp. and any statement
made contrary to the rules laid down
for letter writing simply means de-
struCtion OF the letter. II Is, there
fore. concluded that any information
coming from American prisoners in
Germany Is absolutely unreliable and
should not be published In American
newspapers or magazines In any way
authentic. II Is urged that all edi-
tors give the above very earnest con-
sideration in handling prisoners let
ters that may reach them in any
way whatever.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
CIRCUIT COURT.

The circuit court for York county
convened yesterday morning. Hon. r.
w. Memminger presiding.
The court Of general sessions was
opened and adjourned sine die without
the transaction of any business of any
kind.
The court of common pleas was then
opened, and II will continue open until
Saturday unless otherwise ordered.
Judge Memminger passed some or
ders yesterday morning and has sew
cral cases set for this week-cases in
charge of lawyers from other parts of
the state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10

All through the war, until now, the
Germans have had superior forces ir
every battle. Now the forces OF the
Germans are steadily decreasing In
strength while the forces Of the Allies
are as steadily increasing. 1t may bt
still Il long way to the end; but day Is
breaking.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10

Dispatches say that at last the Ger
man people are becoming more and
more panicky over the prospect OF an
Allincd invasion of their country. In
getting panicky over this prospect the
Germans are exactly right.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
Fined for Rowdyism.

Irll Bolin. white. Of Broad River
township. plead guilty before MaglS-
trnic Duncan nf BullOck's Creek. last
Friday. of disturbing religious meet
| iny AMI OF diSurd"rly conduct on the
public highway. The charge OF carry
ing an unlawful pistol WAS dropped 10y
agreement Of counsel. The magis-
trate imposed fine Of $3.50 IN
each case in which he plead guilty
The misdcmcanor charges against Bo-
lin grew out OF n row that he is alleged
to have stirred up at Ebcnezer neIro
church OH the night Of August II. 80.
lin fired his pistol, swore streakS and
raised cane generally
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
lnstructing the Registrars.

| Pursuant tn request practically AL
of IN" registrars appointed by Local
Runri No. >. came Ia iorkvillr last
Friday for instruction in the work
thry will have to do next Thursday
Chairman Brio" went thoroughly int
the question OF filling ont registration
cards and sent tn" REGISTRARS hom'
with fun hnowl"dg" of what is r"Iuir-
ed of them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
Power Out Of Business.

All the cotton mills and other man
luf;tcturing establishments in this sec
tion which get their power from inc
southern Power company. w"r" Shu'
tuwn last Friday and saturday be-
cause of the low water in the Cataw-
| la and other streams. The power
people say that the water is lower than
| has been indicated 10y any previous
record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
Of Meal and HILLS.

MIR. J. +. McElwcc has telegram
from the Food Administration stating
that the price un cotton seed mas peer,
stabilized at $12 per ton for Carload
lots. and $G9 for wagon seed. TINS Is
on an oil basis of lIi. Meal Is to sell
at Sj3 per ton in any quantity ana
lhulIs at So. There Is no change in
| the allowance for lintcrs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
War Savings Stamps.

For the week ending August 81. YORK
lcoun,r purchased war savings stamps
TO the amount of $l".>55.5O. or 20 cents
per capita. Up Ia that date IN" total
purchases of the county were S5o".-
a6l.25. or $5.16 per capita. In pur-
rhascs for the week York stood skin
anon. the counties of the state and III
lagcrr.atc purchases Ia Cat" this conh-
| ~ stood fourth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-10
LOCAL lACONlCS
Crop Bureau Estimate.
BlackIeg In Cattle.

| Several cases OF blaCklrS developed
in the pasture of Mr.. lrhy McGill. on
Bullock's creek. last week. Thre" hcad
of youn. cattle died. Blackl"g only
lattacks cattle under two Years old. ana
| al the young cattle. including abon;
$50 head. in Mr.. MrGills pasture anh
in the adjoining pastures OF Jen H.
land j. \. Whitesidrs. have since pe'h
Iyaccinatpi.
Draugas. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1917-current, 1918-03-28
KA1zER1s ST. oUENT1NE.

True translation filed with the post
master at Chicago, H., on March 2S,
1918, as required by the act of Oc-
tober 6. 1917. -
Copenhagen, kovo 27.-Vor-
waerts korespondentas, pran-
cuzu fronte, pranesa, kad Vo-
kietijos kaizeris su savo stabu
dabar apsistojes st. Quentine.
VokieciQ nuostoliai, pazymi
korespondentas, tikrai didell,
bet ne toxic, kaip skelbiama.
Daugelis tankQ vartojama mu-
Siuose.
VokieGiai pazangiuoja to-
del, .iis sake, kad turf puikiq
vadovyste If smarkQ pasiruo-
Sima. ~
Draugas. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1917-current, 1918-03-28
PARYzIUs Wis OAR bonn
BARDUOJAMAs.
Priesininkai atsimeta visu
frontu.

True translation field with the post
master at Chicago, Ill, on March %,
1918, as required by the act Of oc-
tober 6. 1917.
Berlynas, kovo 27.-Vokie-
cciai nesustoje bombardave Pa
ryziaus savo toll Saujamomis
armotomis, anot oficijalio pra-
neSimo. Pranesime sakoma:
"Mes tesiame Paryziaus
tvirtov6s bombardavima"
Treciadienio vakare oficija-
liam pranesime pasakyta:
Su nauja veilzimo atmaina
prasidejo baisQs musiai abiem
Somme pus6m. Priesininkas
visu frontu atsimeta.
Besiveiant priesininka mes
daugel vietose jau perejome
senasias poziciias, kur 1916
m. ivyko Somme musiai; eina-
me vakarus.