Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-22
Tuesday, January %, 1918.

some time with his brother-in law,
Mr.. W. B. Keller. on the northwest
ern outskirts Of Yorkville. Mr.. Nc
knight Is a carpenter by trade and
says that the ruling price for labor IN
his line is from so TO so cents an
hour. Where he lives the mercury IN
winter usually stands around from
80 TO 30 below zero. and sometimes
dips TO 50 degrees below: but the pco-
pie do not suffer rs much discomfort
from cold as they do in this country
in even higher temperature.
That fuel order last week produced
| confusion here as elsewhere. II came
80 unexpectedly and its requirements
were so strange and unusu2l that
people just could not understand II.
Some business people who occupied
rooms in steam heated buildings. at
first did not think the thing applied
TO them because the buildings had TO
be heated anyway for the benefit OF
business and services that were en-
empt. One merchant, concerned for
fear that his customers might not
understand when they came Monday
and found his store closed. wanted To
know II there was not scme way by
which they could be told In advance.
"All this was printed last Friday, the
editor assured him. and II people did
not understand from that. | know Of
no way YOU can make them under
stand. unless you hit them with 4
club. But II you Will lock your door
and put up card saying that your
action is in obedience 10 the orders
OF the government they will probably
understand.
II is hard to get an! kind OF coal
| these days and most Of the coal
that Is coming to this section is
simply fierce. AS a matter OF fact
much Of il Is not coal at all: but
largely "gangue" that has been ly
ing about the mouths Of the coal
mines for years and years as refuse.
Among the stray cars OF coal that
came this way few days ago was
one that was said TO be canncl coal,
which is u very volatile quick burn
ing variety that is highly priced for
cooking and other purposes other
than ordinary heating. An eN miner,
who knew what he was talking about
said to Here and There after seeing
this coal burn: 1t may be from Il
camel mine and rather think il is.
but nobody in the coal mine would
ever think Of selling that stun us
camel coal. II is what we miners
called roof coal-a layer that lies be-
tween the coal and the slate rock
which encloses all coal veins. That
stuff has probably been lying at the
mouth Of the mine for years as re-
fuse"
Sergeant Carl J. Gaulden. 306 mill
tary police. Camp Jackson. stopped
over last Saturday for n short visit 10
his father. J. ID. Gaulden. who lives
two miles south of Iorkvillc. Serge
ant Gauldcn was on his return from
| New York where he had been to take
a military prisoner. Speaking to
l"llcrc and There" about New York. he
said that there were evidences OF suf-
fering on account Of the coal short
age. and there was talk Of high prices
OF food in the restaurants. but prices
were not nearly so high In New York
as in the restaurants Of Columbia.
Sergeant Gaulden. one OF the brightest
of York county'S craftsmen, went to
Camp jackson as a private. and could
easily have had commission by this
time: hut he considers that he has
won the position Of top sergeant"
and he would rather have that until
he can win commission. which he
expects to do In France. Discussing
the commission proposition. he says
that the output OF the training camps
has not been quite as satisfactory as
was hoped. as many men got commits
sipns who were not competent to hold
them. II is rumored about the camp
he said. that over four hundred new
ly commissioned men have either re-
signed or been reduced because Of in
competency As to how true the ru-
NOR was he did not know; but he
was satisfied that there was cons!d-
erable foundation for IT. Most Of the
men have gone back to civil life. sub
ject TO being drafted back into the
service as privates.