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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
CLOVER cullIkGS.
Tho Yorkvills Enquirer

Glover, February 27.-Miss Beatrice
Robinson spent few days In Sharon'
last week visiting relatives.
Miss Addie Matthews returned from
Rock Hill Saturday. where she spent
several days last week.
Mrs. NJ. Is. Neil was q visitor IN
Charlotte. Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Ferguson visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Robinson on rout"
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Orr Sparrow left We'd
nesday morning for Charlotte. near
which place Mr.. Sparrow has posi-
ton with the Southern Power 60.
DIR. +. w. Pressly OF Camp SEWER,
spent Saturday night and Sunday here
with his family. DIR. Pressly states
that he is very well pleased with his
work and although there are now In
the base hospital 1,10O soldiers things
are so arranged that when ten o'clock
comes at night he IL not disturbed un-
I'll morning. DIR. says. "Onc night last
week II was raining and very dark !
looked out OF my room and said wen
I will not be disturbed tonight like ]
would be II I were at home In Glover,
SO + afff xety- we'll Sal SIZED.
DR.. J. w. Campbell OF Camp SEWER.
who spent about ten days here with
ltll Suhuuy
his friends, Colonel Epps OF Camp
Sewer, spent Sunday here with DIR.
Campbell.
Rev. NJ. M. Richardson and family
are moving to Rock Hill today.
Mrs. Sam Jackson returned from
Charlotte, y. c., Saturday where nh"
visited her father Mr.. Thomas T. H.
Williams. who IN In hospital there.
She states Mr.. Williams IL getting on
very nicely.
Miss Louise Guy. who has been
visiting, Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Mclean
left Saturday for her home Mt Lowry
vile.
Master Horace McGcc OF Anderson,
spent several days here last week In
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. James \.
Page.
Mr.. Rufus Sparrow OF the Crowder's
Creek section has moved his family to
a farm which he recently purchased
from Mr.. J. f.. Pursley on route No. 3.
Misses Annette and Mamie Moore
entertained a few of their friends on
Friday evening. The honor guests
we're Misses Lucia Richardson and
Jaunita Matthews. who are leaving our
town to make their home In Rock Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. John h. Smith and
children and Miss Edith Jackson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John Robin
son near Gastonia.
Miss May Plyler Of New York was
the guest of Mrs. c. II. Ferguson on
Saturday night.
The infant child OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Yates Smith Of route 8. was buried In
Woodside cemetery here Wednesday
afternoon at two o'clock. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. w.
=. Grier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Jackson have
two very sick children, Marion and
Harry. They have catarrh trouble.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
Everybody cannot buy n war. $

: Everybody cannot buy war. saw
ings certificate of the par value OF
500, but almost anybody can buy Il
savings stamp for $4.l4, the price for
March, and draw cent month IN
terest on II, compounded quarterly:
And anybody who can pay Tor one OF
these stamps either by means or %
cent installmcnt or in lump OF $i.li
should have at least one.
Those who have made application
for nitrate will be notified direct from
Washington as to their allotments and
they will be expected to remit prompt
Is. All payments are to 30 through
the People's National bank of Rock
Hill. and may be sent there either d.
rect or through the bank with which
purchasers have arranged TO take care
of their purchases.
Receipts from the sale of war saw
ings stamps in this country are al
ready exceeding those from the same
source I'm Great Britain, figures made
public by the national war savings
committee show. For the past four
weeks total receipts at the treasury
from this source were $4O,OOO,00O as
against s37,OOO.00O in Great Britain.
AS the total American war savings
are now In excess Of s70,00O,000 and
are averaging nearly s2.0OO.0O0 a day
il is expected that the first 100000
400 will be recorded in the third week
of March, or in a little more than
three months after the first Offering oil
the stamps by the treasury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
HERE AND THERE.

Look here" said a prominent citi-
zen to Here and There few days
ago, IF the people Of this county who
have corn do not realize that 1t Is
valuable. It is time they were learning.
4 negro who came to town for sup
plies, driving some white mans
wagon, drove into my'lot and without
hitching out. fed his mules by throw
ing fifteen or twenty ears Of corn
down on the ground in front Of them.
The mules got as much as they wanted
maybe; but l afterward gathered up
enough Of their leavings to feed a
dozen hens two days. That fellow
was using his corn as II he did not
realize that he might be glad to get
it for himself within the next few
months. You know corn Is about as
high as wheat now-our homemade
corn and within a very short time
people are going to be mighty glad to
get if for food. l have no doubt that
we have some people who realize that
their corn is valuable; but there are
many others who do not"
The road between Yorkville and
Glover via Filbert Is without doubt
the most extensively travelled road in
this section Here and There made a
trip over the road last Saturday to
Glover and return. and found II In
very good condition from Yorkville to
Filbert, in fine shape from Filbert to
Creek, owing to the fact that 1t had
recently been dragged. and in barely
pasable condition from the last NAM
ed point to about one-fourth mile
south OF the home Of Mr.. T. F. Jack
son, and II required some skilf to
guide the car through the deep ruts
made by the hundreds Of wheels that
had passed along since the first at
tempt had been made to go over II
after travel was practically suspend
ed between January 26 and February
10. The only evidence Of any work
on this section recently was that a
road machine had been run along the
sides and dirt thrown up so as to keep
water in the middle Of the road. rath-
er than allow it to drain of. The Sec
ton should have been dragged along
about last Thursday. 1t should be
raised in the center and sanded with
the same character OF sand that was
used on the hill on the east end OF
the Allison creek bridge. Here and
roads in this section and several OF
them In Yorkville. that are in as bad
condition or worse. but does not be-
lieve that there are any that are sc
important
Still there are constantly developing
|annoyances because Of the unfortunate
change of the name Of the town OF
Yorkyille from Yorkville to York
This change was made by and at the
instance Of those geniuses behind the
late York News, and principally fol
the embarrassment Of tho Yorkville
ENQUIRER. The theory was that The
ENQUIRER would either have to
change its name and thereby lose
some Of the prestige It had acquired
by reason Of It's age as compared with
most other county papers In South
Carolina, or continue to remain In an
awkward position. There were several
crooked deals about the affair. but
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01

People of the country will do well
not to misunderstood the status and
purposes of the food administration
in it's efforts to take a census OF the
flour of the county. The food admin
istrators are all United States govern
mcnt officials. working without pay.
The family that has in excess OF 80
DAYS supply of flour on hand stands
in violation Of the law and the head
of such family is liable Ia punishment.
That is where the flour has been OBJ
tained from the regular channels OF
trade. The government has no pres
cnt idea OF taking anybody's flour or
furnishing carbohydrates that any
body should show a tendency To hold
back and conceal. That kind Of con-
duct is calculated to make trouble
and severe trouble. The understand
ing is that the food administrators.
all neighbors and friends, will be as
accommodating as possible in the dis
charge of their duties. Where they
tdI, IL W tHeil putpoSS W NohNeSs'
their districts for the information de-
sired, but heads Of families should re-
member that the burden is upon them
rather than upon their food admins
traitors. Where the district food ad-
ministrator overlooks any head Of a
family who has more than thirty
days supply of flour. it will be well
for that head of that family to look up
the food administrator and report.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01

II WAS common Il few years ago 10
hear the United States referred to as
Il non -warlikc pcoplc--a nation ot
shop keepers and the like. That
was hccausr we had no standing
army and we were not dominated by
militarism. But we are not hearing
so much "f that kind of stuff now
and we are not feeling it either. The
first draft of $4,000 men has pretty
well turned the attention of this coun-
try to war. and by the time another
301. 0nU men are in the camps we Will
he feeling like the United States has
been 1T war always. And when this
country does get down to war as its
principal business, which it Is rapid
~ doing. then il will be for all others
to stand from under
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
Labor and tire War.

American labor is not satisfied with
conditions as they exist in this coun-
try, and the man who thinks it is
satisfied has very little conception Of
its ideals and aspirations.
We are speaking now of the ideals
and aspirations Of organized labor, as
represented by the American Fedora
ton of Labor and kindred organiza-
tions.
Organized union labor looks TO
higher standards of living for labor
generally, and more generous recogni-
tinn Of the Importance of labor In the
economic and social development Of
this great country OF ours and in the
progress of civilization.
The brightest and best minds among
labor leaders have we'll defined ideas
as to what they want, why they want
it and how they are going to get 1t,
and these leaders have the sympathy
and support Of all the more intelli-
gent element in the labor world.
But there is a tremendous prepon-
derance of good common sense among
the labor leaders of the United States
and us muc1 genuine patriotism
among the working classes generally
of this country as there is among any
other class In any country.
The labor Of this country Is not
thoroughly satisfied with the treat
ment it has been receiving and II Is
not going to put up with the indefl-
mite continuance of that treatment:
but If any class OF the American peo-
pie fails in the crisis with which the
country is now confronted. we do not
believe it will be the laboring class.
Up TO the present time the bucca-
neering profiteers OF high finance
have contributed a great deal more to
the embarrassment of the admins
tration than has organized labor, and
it is these same buccaneering prof.
teers who are still responsible for
most of the difficulties that are being
encountered.
Organized labor Of America under
stands very clearly that the machin-
cry OF this government affords just
and equal means for the attainment
Of all rights to which it is entitled
and 1t also understands that those
rights will be all the more responsible
and all the more permanent when at
tanned by peaceful and orderly means.
American labor is not going to
throw the fat in the fire as the de-
luded Russians have done. 1t Is not
going to overturn by violence gov
ernment that it is fully capable Of con-
trolling by legitimate peaceful means.
1t is going to do its full part in es-
tablishing the supremacy OF right and
justice-in perpetuating the liberty 1t
now enjoys, and after the war Is over
1t Is going on In the future as In the
past, working out to ideal perfection
the problems with which IL is con-
fronted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01

that Is neither here nor there. 1t Is
generally realized now that The En-
Quirer has not been the worst suffer
er. People generally are expressing
more or less annoyance by reason OF
undelivered mail and other troubles,
each comparatively small in itself;
but large in the aggregate. For in
stance. u citizen who has a son in
the army. few days ago told the
writer a story like this: My son was
in New Orleans when ordered to
France. and went to the telegraph Of
fee to let US know: but the Western
Union Telegraph company would not
receive his message because they had
York" The writer states this only
for what 1t Is worth without attempt
to explain. Shortly after the change
Of the name Of the town the First Ma
tional bank began to notice that Its
bank notes had ceased to come back,
and II has now been without the bene-
lit Of its circulation for more than two
years. Some time ago on the advice OF
the comptroller Of the currency, the
bank was advised to change its name
and get new plate for it's bank notes.
The order has been out for quite a
while: but the notes are not yet forth
coming. The expense Of making the
plate is something like 500. About
the only reason given for changing
the name was to save the ink used in
writing the willie" quite sufficient
reason under these existing circum-
stances, but this 500 alone would
pay for all the ink ever used or ever
to be used in the name in whole or In
part. The Enquirer stated at the time
that letters would be hunting York
vile" a hundred years from now.
More than half the letters We get from
without the county, including official
letters from Washington are still ad-
dressed "Yorkville." At different
times Of late twenty individuals have
proposed to the editor Of The Enquirer
that q move ment be started to restore
the proper name Of the town. The ad-
vice of the editor. however. has been
that while this change will eventually
come Of its own accord, the people
being literally forced to undo the
foolish mistake. there Is no use trying
together with the Washington authori-
ties. and they would. under existing
conditions. require much better reasons
for righting tn cwrong than they did
for committing the wrong In the first
place. OF course we are glad to
know that foolish blow that was
struck ut The Enquirer did no real
harm TO the business Of the paper. AS
a matter of fact we never believed II
would or could do any harm; but we
would have gladly taken to ourselves
a larger share OF the injury that was
done, IL thereby the town could have
been saved the injury II has suffered
and which II will continue to suffer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
FORT MILL MATTERS.
..,o,d,ne, Tn. Yortvilis Enquirer

Correspondents The Yorkrills Enquirer
Fort Mil. February :6.-The mar
riage OF Miss Mary Boyd and John r.
Jones, which took place In Charlotte.
Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 70. came
as a pleasant surprise 10 thelr many
friends here. When they leit fort
Mill on the noon train on the day Oh
their marriage none OF the members
of their families or their most init
mate friends knew OF their purpose.
Mrs. Jones is an accomplished young
woman, O daughter OF Prof. and Mrs.
]. A. BOYD. Mr.. Jones Is son oil MT.
and Mrs, W. II. Jones, and ~ sue
cessful merchant here.
4 beautiful home marriage loon
place in East Fort Mill. Wednesday al
ternoon, Feb. 20. al five o'clock, when
Miss Hester White became the wife ot
4. Z, Burgess. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. II. h. Timmons IN
the presence OF large number OF tne
relatives and friends OF the contract
ing parties. The decorations were IN
pink and white and were very taste,
ful. Refreshments, consisting OF salau
course, coffee, cakes and mints, was
served. Mrs. Burgess Is daughter OF
the late Mr.. and Mrs. \. ). White, anu
is a popular young woman. The groom
Is q successful business man OF Rock
Hill. After q trip to several points III
Florida. they will make their home III
Rock Hill.
The Rev. W. :. Goodwin. pastor OF
the Methodist church here. has been
hindered from filling his appointments
for two weeks past by malignant
case OF grippe. "
Misses Marguerite and Dorothy Kun.
Emma Kennedy and Isabel Boyd oi
Ridgeway. were week end guests VI
Misses Georgia and Kathleen OFT.
Mrs Halford, a member OF the iac-
ulty OF the Fort Mil school. has re-
signed to go with her husband who Is
a recruiting officer with headquarters
at Spartanburg.
". Il. Twitty and son, Lawrence, oi
Heath Springs, spent sunday WIN
Rev. J. ". II. Dyches and family al
the Baptist pastorium.
A Baptist Young Peoples Union.
with twenty-seven active members.
was organized At the Baptist church
Sunday, Immediately after preaching.
w. 4. Roach was elected president,
Miss Aileen Barber. vice-presldent.
Miss Georgia OFT. recording secretary,
Miss Frances Smith. corresponding
secretary. and Miss Ruth Mclaughlin.
treasurer.
A. Jr. b. Y. +. u. was also organiz-
ed, with Martha Dyches az president
and Arthur Young. secretary. Twenty
eight members were enrolled in IN" Jr.
Union.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01

The principal obstacle to the de-
velopmcnt of the state warehouse law
along the lines TO the full measure OF
the plans in the mind Of its father,
the Hon. John L. McLaurin, was the
rapidity with which its complete prac-
ticabilty was being developed. There
was opposition of course To every step
in the procedure. partly because peo-
pie who were getting the profits that
Mr.. McLaurin wanted To save to the
cotton producers were loath to give
up those profits. and partly for fear
that success of the warehouse would
put all the little 2X4 politicians at the
mercy Of Mr. McLaurin. Most OF
these little fellows scnsrd the differ
ence in their calibres as compared
with Mr.. McLaurin, and like DE Foe
game cock in Il stable with blooded
stations, began TO sing out, Take
care. gentlemen, lest we tread upon
each other But it was the insurance
development that first brought mat
ters to Il climax. When a certain class
of people began to realize what Mr..
Mcliurin was doing along this line,
they spcculated among themselves as
to what he was going 20 make out OF
il. They were unable to conceive that
he could be doing anything else than
trying TO make money for himself as
they were trying to do. But when they
saw that Mr.. McLaurin was actually
giving everything to the farmer. they
got scared right, and wanted to break
up the whole business. Ii was out OF
their efforts along this line that the
fight to run the Southeastern Tariff as
sociation out of the state developed. Mr..
McLaurin won out on that for the
time being; but IL later the the lesisieture si. re
laid down and the insurance com
panies got on top again. Now herr
comes the Banks bill passed at th'
last session of the general assembl!
| and calculated to furnish cotton in
| surance almosg without cost TO any
| body. The bill has not yet been sign
ed, and 1t is possible that it will no
| be signed. 1t will certainly not b,
signed if the insurance trust cal
| have its way; but If it is signed it vii
| mean big things for the future de
velopment of the state warehouse sys
| TEN along the lines originally blocked
out. Insuran. e Of the farmers cot
| ton in the farI lers' warehouse almos
without cost 10 the farmer will pu
| the farmer in Il stronger position L
| hold his cotton than he has ever been
| He will have an advantage over cottoi
| spectators and others and the insur
| ance trust will have to take a bacl
| seat. But let us wait and see If tha
bill is going TO be signed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
WITHIN THE TOWN.

A soldier who gave his name d
Samuel Sciascia. and who says he bf
longs to the 3Sth infantry at CAM
Greene. Charlotte. was committed
jail Yesterday as deserter.
MIR. ]. +. McElwee. Food Admini{
strator for the Western Division
York county. has appointed Mr.. CD
W. Williams food administrator n
Yorkville School District No. II.
There was an income tax expd
at the Loan and Savings bank la
Wednesday: but through some ove{
sight his coming had not been a1
nounced and he had little work to d
He said that Collector Hayward wouI
probably send another man to tn
place on another date.
Mrs. NJ. E. Nichols. the pos
master. advises that az a means
stimulating movement Of farm PIT
ducts to the consumer. Postmastl
General Burlescn has increased II
allowable weight Of parcel post pacl
ages, effective March Is. Package
when mailed in the first or seco1
zones for delivery in the first,
or third zone may thereafter
heavy as 20 pounds. They al
restricted to so. The weight lir
all other zones was increased fr
to so pounds.
The following local indiv.
and firms in addition to the
and postoffice and W. B. Moore
acting as agents for the sale Of
and war savings stamps as the r.t
of the recent canvass by the teach2
Of the town: Carroll Supply Co.,
NJ. McCloud. j. NJ. Brian, McConn
Dry Goods Co., York Furniture O
John Demas, I. W. johnson. Clint
Brothers, York Supply Co.. Barron
Hart, Mackorell-Hart Co., T.
Speck. w. L. Ferguson, Hrkpatri{
Belk Co.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
Somebody started Il fool story TO I'll

somebody started Il fool story TO tn,
effect that cancelled postage stamps
were rcdrrmahlc on account OF tn,
dye IN the inks with which they were
printed and suggested that they be
saved for the Red Cross. About the
rrly value there is to Cancelled post
age stamps is one cent pound ior
the paper stock they contain. and SO
far as saving them is concerned ther,
would he almost as much profit IN
skinning ilcas for their hide and tai
low. About the best way to help the
Red Cross rs to go down into the
brccrhcs pockets for dimes. dollars
and bills of larger denomination.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01
PLEA FOR THE sUZzARo
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:

Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
notice with much regret that the
legislature has recently passed the
anti i-buzzard bill. This action Is much
to be deplored as the buzzard was
made by God to be our natural scav-
anger and IL Is very unwise to inter-
fere with the carefully adjusted laws
Of nature. The charge that they
bring against the buzzard 10 that he
is carrier Of hog cholera germs.
This charge, however, can never b.
proved as have seen II stated that in
countries where there are no buzzards
hog cholera makes Its rayages Just
the same. Any hog that dies with
cholera could very easily be buried
II there is any danger The buzzard
is not especially attractive when rest
Ing in a dead pine or on the ground
but put him In the air and he In
grace itself. He has been so long
protected by law that he does not con-
slider mankind as his enemy, and In
not at all shy. Any 14-year-old ne
gro boy with $3.76 part iron, single
barrel shot gun can easily put him out
Of business and end his useful and
innocent life. No sportsman who IL
worthy OF the name would care to
shoot him. While II must be admitted
he Ii not exactly in the same class
with the great American eagle, he is
a great bird all the same. $50 here's
to the buz1ard- and long may he fly
over this big. free country Of ours"
Howard n. Hay.
Lyndhurst, 8. C.. Feb. %, 1913.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-01

American built 14-inch guns, with
a range OF over seventeen miles. are
now pounding the Austrians in Italy
with results which have ELECTED ex-
pressions Of sincere admiration from
the Italian gunners. the war depart
ment has just learned. Ten and
twelve inch American built ordnance
also Is In service In Italy and on the
western front where Americans are
holding a sector. The guns sent to
Italy include l4-inch rides Of both
forty five and fifty calibre. The for
mer was considered the most power
full naval weapon until the commits
sioning OF British battleships with ID
inch guns. American experts still
think the 14-inch, fifty calibre, Is hard
er hitting and more accurate than the
larger British weapon. Gen. Persh-
ing has also received a number Of re-
serve 12-inch rifles which. mounted on
specially designed carriages, are on the
American fighting front. The 1z-inch
gun has q range OF about seventeen
miles, while the 14-inch guns range 10
proportionately greater. Larger naval
weapons are being built, as the future
American bettleship Ii to have 1s-inch
guns Of forty-nve and fifty calibre.