Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-25

present winter season. For about six
weeks now there has been snow on
the ground almost continuously. The
sleet storm Of Monday night was
probably the heaviest that has fallen
| n this latitude in many years. The
average depth WAS around two TO
three inches and since II fell on Mon
| day night. not a great deal Of the sleet
has melted and passed away.
There are few, il any. German citi-
zenS in York county. who come within
the provisions Of the German alien
registration law: but il there is they
should be made acquainted with the
! fact that they must register with the
police or postmaster between Febru-
/ AIRY and February =. The Law ap-
| plies 10 all native born German males
over fourteen years OF age who have
! not previously taken out naturaliza- =
ton papers. In Rock Hill they go to
the chief Of police for blanks and else
where they SO To the postmaster. PEN
alties for failure to observe the law
! in regard TO registration is very se-
we're.
Il have certainly been having a
tune" said Mr.. K. &. Allcin 10 Here
and There Wednesday night. and then
went on TO explain that he had been
Strengthening out the accounts Of the
local Red Cross chapter. Of which ne
is the treasurer. You know. said
Mr.. Alcin, there is membership
fund. Il wool fund. a work room fund
and so on. All the money for the diff
/ fercnt purposes has been turned over
to me. mostly a little AZ time, and by
half dozen or more ladies. AMI l
have paid il out on orders OF various
1 " 4, ,sl,,. ,kN.1a 4 200
in charge. and TO keep the different
| | worked on il some yesterday and
have been working on IL tonight and
now have il balanced down to cent.
ON returning To his home not long
IaGO after having spent the previous
day in Fort Mill. Mr.. J. r. Halle found
that somebody had been there during
| his absence and robbed him OF about
| fifty or sixty dollars worth OF cloth
| ing. Il pair Of shoes and q pistol. In
| the woods nearby he found two rcgu-
lat!on snits of United States infantry
| uniform and also pair Of badly worn
shoes. not nearly so good as the shoes
that were missing from his home. II
| was easy to figure out that two SOL
dicrs had taken Nr. Haile's clothes
| and left their own IN exchange. FUR
| tErf lnNeSllHdtlpn ueNclOpCu tHiit wv
men. dressed in citizens clothes, had
applied at the home Of a Mr.. Clements
AT the Charlotte Brick works and OBJ
tanned a nights lodging. They said
| they were soldiers who had overstay-
cd their furloughs and were going
back in citizens clothes to avoid ar
| rest before they got TO the camp. The
next night two men answering the
same description turned up at the
| home OF Mr.. Il. VI. Anderson in Beth
csda township. They had about the
same story. Mr.. Anderson took them
IN with tho understanding that they
were to be entertained for the night.
Tn" family retired at about 10 o'clock.
after showing the men where they
were TO sleep; hut they stole out some
| time during the night without going
To hc,!. II was observed that one OF
| The mon was suffering from tight fit
ting shoes Two men were arrested
| in Gaffncy last week for robbery and
| IL is supposed that these arc the same
who swappcd clothes with Mr.. Halle,
as ono of them had pistol in his pos
| session. While tho men were at Mr..
Andcrson's, member OF the family
noticed that one Of them had pistol
in his pocket