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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10

Rock Hill. The plaintiff was serious
ly injured in an elevator accident In the
mill last spring. From the testimony
and appearances, II seems that he is a
hopeless cripple for life. He sued fo-
damages in the sum Of $4,000. The
fury after remaining out all night, re-
turned with a verdict In his favor in
the sum Of $4,000. The verdict Is to be
paid by an insurance company. It Is
understood.
In the case of Charlie McNeel VS.. the
city of Rock Hill. there was consent
verdict for the plaintin in the SUM oi
$4,000.
ON assembling for the third week o
the term yesterday morning. the court
took I'D the case of Mary J. SIMS vs..
York county. This Is suit against
the county for $4,000 damages on ac-
count of the lynching Of the plaintiG
husband between Yorkville and Sharon
in the latter part Of August. 1917. In
a previous trial last summer the jury
found for the defendant: but Judge
Ernest Moore set the verdict aside.
Following Is the jury: ]. B. Bratton,
foreman: y. W. Allen. W. o. Clawson.
J. B. Love. S. G. Bankhead. r. B. Big
ger, B. F. Childers. II. l.. White, j. ..
Neely, L. W. Robinson. w. !. Howell,
Campbell Jenkins.
The Jury took the papers last night
with instructions to bring In sealed
verdict at 1890 o'closk this morning.
1t is probable that the court will to-
day take up the case OF w. B. wilson.
Sr.. VS.. the Southern railroad. involv-
ing the title OF n certain lot In Rock
Hill, claimed by both plaintiff and de-
fendant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10
UNANIMOUS MEMBERSHIP.

President Wilson has issued proc
lamation in which he calls upon every
American to join the Red Cross dur
ing Roll Call Week." December l6 to
%. "and thus send forth to the whole
human family the Christmas greeting
for which II awaits and for which II
stands in the greatest need. The proc
lamation, which is dated at the White
House, November 26, but which has
lust been made public. is as follows:
"One year ago 22,000,000 Americans,
by enrolling as members of the Red
Cross at Christmas times, sent to the
men who were fighting our battles
overseas a stimulating message of
cheer and good will. They made 1t
clear that our people were Of their own
free choice united with their govern
ment in the determination not only to
wage war with instruments OF destruc-
ton, but also by every means In their
power to repair the ravages OF the in
yaders and sustain and renew the spir-
Il of the army and Of the homes which
they represented. The friends OF the
American Red Cross in Italy, Belgium
and France have told. and will tell
again, the story of how the Red Cross
workers restored morale In the hospit-
ais. in the camps and at the canton
ments, and we ought to be very proud
that we have been permitted to be Of
service to those whose sufferings and
whose glory are the heritage OF hu-
manity.
"Now, by Gods grace. the Red Cross
Christmas message Of 1918 is to be a
message Of peace as we'll as message
Of good will. But peace does not mean
that we can fold our hands. It means
further sacrifice. Our membership
must hold together and be increased
for the great tasks to come. We just
nroye conclusively to an attentive world
that America Is permanently aroused
to the needs Of the new era, our old
indifference gone forever.
1.-THE exact nature Of the future SER
vice of the Red Cross will depend on
the programme Of the associated gov
ernment, but there Is immediate need
today for every heartening WORK and
for every helpful service. We must not
forget that our soldiers and our sailors
are still under orders and still nave du-
ties to perform Of the highest conse-
ouence and that the Red Cross Christ. .
mas membership means great dea'
"The people Of the saddened lands.
moreover, returning home today.
where there are no homes. must have
the assurance that the hearts OF our
people are with them in the dark and
doubtful days ahead. Let us, so far
as we can, help them back to faith In
mercy and in future happiness.
"As president Of the Red Cross. con-
scious in this great hour Of the value
~ such a message from the American
neople, I should be glad II every Amer
lean would join the Red Cross for
1919 and thus send forth to the whole
human family the Christmas greeting
for which Il waits and for which 1t
stands in greatest need"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10
QuARI A MONTH.

The biggest single item of business
in the office of the probate judge these
times is in the issuing of permits to
"buy whisky for the influenza"
The number of permits issued runs
from 80 to 40 a day. and even higher
On December 4. 80 permits were is
sued. The record for December
was 2S and for December it went up
to 43.
The total number of permits issued
from the time OF the approval OF the
present law In April 1917 up to last
Saturday morning was 3,472, which
means that within the time mentioned
there was ordered through permits
issued by the probate court S6S gal
Ions OF whisky, barring of course. the
cases of those people, who, having Sc
cured permits. neglected to 20 on
with the transactions.
The fact that Christmas Is ap-
preaching does not seem to have
much to dc with the ordering of this
whisky not according to the people
who apply for the permits. Almost
with one accord they say they are
going after the whiskey for the infiu-
enza. Sometimes 1t is one. sometimes
il Is two cases. and sometimes the
whole family is down.
And there is another curious cir
cumstance about tho matter. II is a
common thing to hear people who or
der whisky on a permit say they don't
get II. Sometimes. according to their
stories, they get nothing at all, some
times they get empty bottles and
sometimes they get bottles of water
One man said the other day that he
had ordered a quart of whisky -four
times, all for the flu, and he had not
received a single quart yet. OF course
the man told the truth about 1t and
the presumption is that the employees
of the express company drink all this
whisky or make use of 1t otherwise.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10
WITHIN THE TOWN

Mrs. ]. X. Aston, who has under
taken the organization Of the York
county unit Of the "Fatherless Chill
dren of France" society, made a talk
out at the Cannon mill a few days ago
in the interest of her work. After she
had explained that there were 5000
fatherless children in France; that
they could be supported on 10 cents
day each, SO u month, $3.50 a year,
and that it was desired to get each
school grade in the county to under
take the support OF one or more Or
phans by the contribution of ten cents
a day from each grade, little chap
spoke up and said: We'll, l have IS,
and | will give you that" Very much
impressed with the spirit of the little
chap, Mrs. Aston explained that 1t was
SIS that was wanted; but 10 cents
day. and it was desired to have the
contribution in that form. The little
philanthropist seemed unable to un-
derstand why the IS could not be ac-
cepted in q lump and argued: But II
we don't help people when they are in
trouble, we can't expect them to help
us when we are in trouble
That the Yorkville cotton market
is almost invariably behind the other
markets Of the county is n fact that is
so generally understood that nobody
disputes 1t. All business people know
that the larger the quantity of cotton
handled in any market town, the bet
ter is general business in that town.
II the business people Of Yorkville
want a better cotton market, and
therefore better business, 1t is up to
them to move in the matter, and the
best steps to take are the removal Of
license taxes against outside buyers
and the establishment of public plat
form at which there will be public
weigher and public grader. These
things will undoubtedly help: but the
business people should understand that
il there is to be any reform at all. II
must be brought about by local busi-
ness people. The farmers on the out
side have no reason to be especially
concerned. All of them are generally
close to markets that are better than
the local market, and have quick and
easy means Of ascertaining where they
can sell their cotton to the best advan-
tage. They, therefore, are not espe-
cially interested in trying to make O
better market Of Yorkville. II, how
ever the business people Of Yorkville
should take the business view OF this
whole situation and act upon that
view, not only would Yorkville become
a better market for cotton as we'll as
other products; but the marketing con-
ditions Of the county generally would
hc very much improved.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10
TO ClUBMAKERS.

We are calling the attention OF our
friends the clubmakcrs 10 the special
premium offers we are making in an
other column.
Heretofore the restrictions of the
War Industries board have been such
that we have been unable to conduct
our business along accustomed lines:
but within the past week, we are
pleased to be able to say, these restric-
tions have been largely withdrawn,
and We are more at liberty to conduct
our business along former lines, with
out so much danger OF being black
listed with the paper manufacturers
or shut out OF the mails.
II will be noted that III one import
ant respect. these competitive oilers
are the most liberal that we have ever
made, and that important respect Is
in the point OF time.
Heretofore the club contests have
run from November l to March ID
five and q half months-and 1t was all
that time before the contests were de-
cidcd.
This contest runs only month
and twenty days, and somebody Is 90
ing TO get SIS for Il comparatively
small amount of work done within that
time.
SO far as any present advantage on
the part OF any OF the clubmakers Is
concerned, it amounts to practically
nothing, as no one clubmaker has y.
returned as many as twenty names.
All clubmakcrs are requested TO so
to work and send in names as
promptly as they can. as 1t Is import
ant TO US TO be able to utilize as much
time as possible during the holidays
in revising the mailing lists for next
year.
The Enquirer will skip two issues
during the holidays, those of Decem-
ber q and 81, and the issues OF jan
uary 3 and will go to all subscribers
whose subscriptions otherwise would
have expired on January !.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10
GEORGES APPEAL TO WILSON.
British Premier Tells How England's
Ships Saved Situation.

Il shall never forget that morning
when | sent a cable message to Pres
idcnt Wilson telling him what the facts
were and how essential it was that we
should get American help at the
spccdiest possible rate and inviting him
to send 10000 infantrymen and ma
chine guns to Europe" said Premier
Lloyd Geoge in a speech to 5000 Eng
lishmen last Saturday.
The following day." continued the
premier. there came cablegram
from President Wilson: Send your
ships across and We will send you 12O.-
900 men,
Then | invited Sir Joseph Mckay,
the shipping controller to Downing
street and said:
Send every ship you can
They were all engaged in essential
trades because we were cut down right
to the bones. There was nothing that
was not essential. We said: This Is
the time for taking risks
"We ran risks with our food and
we ran risks with essential raw ma
terials. We said
THE thing to do is to get these men
across at all hazards
America sent 100000 men across
and out of that number 100000 were
carried by the British marine. Inc
good old ships of Britain have saved
the liberty of the world many times.
They saved il in the days of Queen
Elizabcth: saved it in the days of
Louis NV: saved it in the days OF
NAPOLEON and have saved II in the
days Of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
1T is a change from December 1916:
a change from the days when we made
our balance sheet and found Germany
had acquired more Allied territory than
she had before: that new ally had
fallen and that another ally was tot
tering and that Germany was advanc-
ing ruthlessly.
THAT was the story up to the end
OF December 1916. What Is the story
today? Every German submarine is
in a British port today.
THE best battleships and cruisers
and torpedo boats OF. Germany are
now. with lowered flags under the
surveillance Of British seamen in Brit
ish harbors.
And the British army which has
fought so gallantly is today. at this
hour. marching across the Rhine into
Germany and into one OF the most
far,ons cities of GERMANY"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10

That statement by DIR. Woods Hutch
inSon that influenza held back the Ger
man drive for two weeks just before
the Americans arrived to the rescue is
certainly interesting. if not significant.
The British statesmen are telling their
people that the British navy won the
war, and We Americans are sure that
the Allies were defeated up to the time
the Americans started the Germans
back toward home. So far as human
knowledge goes there is much to all
this. Perhaps DIR. Woods Hutchinson
will claim that influenza was perfect
~ natural cause, that is subject to SCI
ence as soon as science finds the key
TO unlock its secret. and if that is his
position. nc is correct. But where is
the key now? Once upon a time for
disobedience old David was given n
choice of having the country overrun
10y war. famine OF pestilencc. He
chose pestilence, and the pestilence
came to an end finally with lots OF
fresh material still untouched. not be-
cause OF science" but because David
asked that the punishment come on
him instead of his people. because the
sin was his and not theirs. David knew
where the Key was.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10

The International oto-EngrarerS'
association has adopted resolution
under which it pledges its members to
work for no employer who does not
charge q fair profit for his work. The
idea, of course. is to force employers to
charge enough for the products to en-
able them TO pay fair wages TO the
producers The effective enforcement
of such Il rule as that proposed by the
International Photo Engravers union
would 80 long way in adjusting the
long time differences between capital
and labor and the system would bear
with especial might on the people who
get along so nicely without actually
producing anything.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10
LOCAL lACONlCS
Casualty Lists.

Casualty Lists.
Casualty lists published during the
past few days contain the following To-
cal names: Fred E. Long. Fort Mill.
severely wounded: Sergeant Thomas
l. Hill, Fort Mill. seriously wounded:
Leo Manly Lewis. Of Chester. died OF
disease: James NJ. Lynn. Rock Hill.
killed in action; Chalmers Tennant.
Rock Hill. died Of disease; Sergeant
Joseph NJ. Belk. severely wounded
Old Landmark Gone.
The VIM Burris Old home place, on
K. +. d. No. 4. about eight miles south
of Yorkville. was destroyed by fire
yesterday afternoon about l o'clock.
The house was occupied by family
of negroes. but none of them could tell
anything about the origin Of the fire.
There was but Il small lot OF Goals in
the fireplace. and it could not have
caught from that. they said.
Possibly u Fatal Fight.
L. Godfrey. an employc OF the Car
hartt mill. Rock Hill. was committed
to Jail last Friday to await the result
of wounds inflicted on Will Holchous-
er. another employc. The two men got
into an alteration in the dye house.
Godfrey struck Holchouscr over the
head with a maui Holchouscr was
taken to the Fcnncll infirmary in what
seemed to he 4 dying condition and God
frey was sent TO Jail.
To Organize the big Fellows.
since it has been demonstrated as
practically impossible to effectively or
ganiZc all the cotton producers said
Mr. j. T. Crawford of McConnellsville.
yesterday. Il have wondered why there
is not an intelligent and energetic at
tempt to organize the producers of loo
bales and over. According TO my way
OF looking at it. since the price OF IN,
entire crop Is usually fixed on Il basis
of that part of the crop which is not
needed for immediate consumption.
and in a like manner, when the sup
ply is much smaller than the legit.-
mate demand, the hundred bale pco-
pie, sticking together could control tho
situation. Suppose for instance. you
had crop of l2.00O.O00 bales. 5000
900 bales being raised by the little frl
lows and 100000 bales being raised
by people who make 100 bales and
over. Say the world needs the entire
-, ,0O0, 900 bales. After the little fel-
lows who wont stick have sold out. the
big fellows who should be able To stick
would be in a position to demand a
price that would be fair. No. Of course.
do not mean to suggest the exclusion
Of anybody from the benefits of such
an organization. The little fellows
could get the benefit Of it too. such
them as would stick. But under an ar
rangement where all Of the 100 bales
people or 4 majority OF them are
bound to stick together. II seems to m
that they could demand any price that
they might deem to he right and r"a-
SOnablc
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10
SPECIAL TERM ORDERED.

A special term Of the court Of gen.
eral sessions has been ordered to be
held in Yorkville on December 80. for
the purpose Of trying the negro. Sam
johnson. in Jail charged with attempt
ed criminal assault. alleged to have
been committed in Fort Mill recently.
The order for the special term was
made BY Governor Manning on petition
of various citizens of Fort Mill town.
ship, who feel that the best thing to
do with the case is to dispose Of it un-
der due process Of law at the earliest
possible moment.
a special venire Of petit jurors will
be drawn next Tuesday to sit on the
case and the grand jury will be re-
called to act upon the indictment to be
handed out by the solicitor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10
Tuesday, December 10, 1918.

the greatest men in Germany In re:
cent history-the emperor. GenerA
udendorfr and Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg. To add the final toucn 10
TN. niece. while the main actors hoid
the stage there pass and repdss III eIie
streets remarkable lines OF supernum-
.rar.ies grave faced officers. garoed IN
field gray stalk about with tra<lc treao
and salute with military precision US
they meet other grave otheers wearing
Allied uniforms.
Tbs German soldiers make their way
unobtrusively through crowds or En-
tente troops. No recognition passes
between these recently active enemies
.y,ept percha nee when the former ST.
Iu,e officers. German lorries. nHinS
white flags. trundle on local missions
, along straats through when Brt'Sn
,roors aud transports are 'loNlnS Oh
tnrir steady march toWarus the NhillS'
II is all like an endless cinematograph
rlm with never ccasing attractions.
The commission began its shtnSs
ohout three weeks ago. Al that tirle
tn. enemy was still occupying spa.
Since then long lines OF hurrytng ahd
,;isoryanizcd German traffic and troops.
have sped eastward through the wa
trring place. There are now something
more than a hundred German oinc'Ts
and men in the place attached 10 Gen
rral Won Winterfeldt, who IL represent
ing the German government. These
men came to Spa in civilian clothes
under orders OF the republican sold
irrs' and workmcns council nut
lonn,d uniforms on their arrival.
Among the Entente representatives
are Mai Cen. Charles ID. Rhodes and
staff. of the United States: Maj. Gen.
Sir Richard Haking and stan OF Great
Britain and Gen. Nudant and stan Tor
France.
Major General Rhodes is occupying
the villa Sous Bois which was Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg's headquart-
crs and the American general Is uslhS
the same bed in which the old man oil
the lakes" must have spent many
u,Iartcrs the Villa Neu Vols. fell to the
French. while the British are in III"
cottage on 4 hill which housed l.udch-
dorfr. The Germans are living IN no
tells or are billctcd about the town.
| The conferences are being held IN IN"
grand salon of the Hotel Britainique.
which was part OF the headquarters
when the emperor finally resolved Ia
quit Germany
The German sentry at the cntlTnr"
of the hotel clicks his heels sharply as
the delegates enter or other otISeIS
pass. The sittings begin at 10 o'clock
daily. Prior TO that hour the German
delegates take their places at huge
table and receive the Allied ofhccrS
standing. The latter walk silently to
their chairs. were each delegate bows
profoundly to the man opposite befor"
sitting down.
There is no word in greeting and no
plcasantrics exchanged and the busl-
ness of the day is conducted through
ont with the same grim precision.
Just what problems are under consld-
Grafton. of course. is not matter for
| journalistic discussions but things are
rcportcd to he running smoothly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Miss Rachel Quinn-Has two six-room cottages
on Kings Mountain street, for rent.
{. NJ Inman Wants renters for two tarms.
w. n. Crook, J. J. Coltharp and Carl G. Faris
Fort Mill-ofer 22-passenEer transfer
Miss Rachel ounn-Forbids tfespassing Of any
nature on the estate lands of W. II. Quinn.
deceased.
ties will fall on automobilsts who travel the
highways after January l. unless they have
1918 license tags. II will help you get yours.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Urges early ChrtEt-
mas buying and invites your patronage In the
buying Of practical gifts; 4 big big array for
Loan & Savings Bank-Suggests that parents
give their children bank accounts as Christ
mas gifts and encourage the saving habit;
j. N. Stroup-Is showing new lines oil Schloss
Bros.'s clothing for men. Full line Of over
coats for boys and men. Practical gifts for
gift givers.
Star Theatre-On Thursday and Friday pre-
sents "Pershing's Crusaders" an Official pic
ture showing Americas gigantic part In the
world war Thrilling. interesting.
Clover Drug Store-Has extred itself in prepar-
inv TO help its patrons having the best and
most ENJOYABLE Christmas in years. A great
array of seasonable. practical gift goods in
the reach of all holiday shoppers. g.
Geo. w. Williams. W. M:-Giyes nouee o, reg
No. 80, A. F. NJ. tonight. Election OF off,
GERS, refreshments. etc.
+ r. Rector, York No. 3-Will pay $lo0 re-
ward for return or information leading TO
recovery of sl,Se0 lost on salesday. either In
James Bros.'s lot or on the Chester road.
]. T. Smith, Admr-Gives notice that on jan
uary 7th he will apply to the probate court
for final discharge administrator OF the
estate of d. ]. smith. deceased.
C.. II. Smith-Warns hunters on his lands 70
keep dogs away from his cattle and sheep II
they value their dogs.
i. T. Crawford, McConnellsville-On December
20. will sell a lot of personal property at the
McNeel farm. two miles below hcConnells-
vile.
Jno. r. Logan. c. C. c. Pls.-Gives notice Of
sale under foreclosure Of real estate in the
case of w. H. Peden. Plf. VS.. Thos. w. Pat
rick and others.
w II. Howell Supervisor--Publishes state
ment of disbursement on account OF Kings
Mountain township roads from August lst TO
November LIST.
IL, NJ. Crisis Sons. Publishers-Present new
prospectus carrying features that are Of es-
pecial interest to clubmakers. See page four.
FRS, National Bank. York-Urges you TO pay
YOUR bills with checks and points out some Of
the many advantages that come TO you By
doing business in this way Page four
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-10

II Is unite probabl" that after all
Berlin will h, occupied 10y tn" Allied
troops. y number OF things have
happ"n"d to Justify the occupation oi
=. capital of the German "mpir" II
the Allies see tit. and then II is very
possible that the German government
itself may ask for Allied occupation
as Il means of securing tn" establish
mcnt of order. But as things looK
now there is no reason TO suppose or
that the Allies will har" TO
use force. There is good reason TO be
licvc that all Germans very well un-
dcrStand that il will never d" 10 pro-
yoke anything like that.