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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

Aboveboard pipIomaey.-Actual ne
gotiations OF a new type and on a far
greater scale than heretofore known
are seen by a school Of diplomats in
the recent series Of addresses by
spokesmen OF the warning nations out
lining terms. Although President Will
sons latest address Is regarded as n
clear reiteration Of Americas deter
mination to continue the fight until tn.
military masters Of Germany are ready
to consider peace on the principles or
justice. IT was pointed out that ne
gotiations on vast scale are really
going on.
These extra Official negotiations, as
they are termed by diplomats, depart
radically from the ancient accepted
practices Of displomacy. Instead of
being conducted In secrecy In round
table conferences. great issues are now
being expounded critically and anaIy-
zed In the light OF publicity Of the
worlds forum. The president address
ed congress to clear up the confusion
resulting from the recent speeches or
Chancellor Hertling and Foreign Min
ister Czernin.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
THRIFT STAMP CAMPAIGN

The thrift stamp campaign in
York county which has been progress
sing rapidly for the past two months
or more. IL now gathering momen-
tum and the proposition will soon be
coming to the claiming OF the more
serious attention OF every man. wo-
man and child.
Prof. j. w. Thomson Of Rock Hill
has accepted the position of publicity
director for. the county, and he Is
now endeavoring to secure the ap-
pointment Of at least one agent to
every three hundred inhabitants. To
this end he is working mostly through
the school teachers of the county.
The teachers of the Yorkville Grad
ed school, Prof d. l.. Rambo. super
in,endent. have undertaken the work
of canvassing the town with u view
to securing as many agents as pos
sible among the business people, in
addition to the banks and postoftice,
which are already engaged in selling
these stamps.
All the banks of the county are
now acting as agents for the sale OF
thrift stamps and soon it is proposed
TO organize a general canvass under
which everybody who can be persuad-
ed to do so will secure a thrift card
with at least one thrift stamp attach
ed Such a card costs only 20 cents.
After an individual has acquired a
thrift card with one 25 cent stamp
attached. he Is supposed to immedi-
ately go in for filling out that card
with Is more thrift stamps, and the
card thus filled out. with 13 cents
added is exchangable for a savings
stamp worth $4.13 and which will
draw interest at the rate Of one cent
q month. or 1t can be exchanged for
cash at any postoffice on ten days
notice.
1t is expected that most of the
merchants will at once take agencies
for the sale Of stamps, and that
people generally will take pains to
explain the matter to folks who do
not understand II and to impress up
on everybody the particularly at
tractive nature Of the investment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
THE SQUARE DEAL.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:

Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
That little editorial. paragraph in the
last issue Of The Enquirer comment
ing on the failure Of the South Carolina
legislature to pass the prohibition bill
contains so much truth that / cannot
refrain from saying Amen" to II.
Unless am mistaken, and ! don't
think am. this Ii not the FIRST time
that the voters Of South Carolina have
had their wishes, as expressed In no
uncertain way at the polls. utterly dis
regarded by our representatives. 1t Is
high time we were calling our SOCIAL
ed representatives on this sort Of high
handed legislation. They need to be
made to understand that they are rep
resentatives Of the people and not die
tators. Just so long az we continue to
elect men to the house and senate who
are possessed with the idea that they
know more than all the people and are
better judges Of what the people want
and need than the people themselves.
we may not be surprised at receiving
a serpent when we ask for fish. And
Just so long as we quietly submit to
this sort Of thing we will have to put
up with IT, Let the people rise in their
might and demand q square deal at the
hands of our Representatives, and We
will not be long getting It. A Voter.
Rock Hill, 8. c., Feb. II, 1913.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
DETECTION OF RUSSIA.
Il was Anticipated by the Allies And
They Are Prepared.

How Russia's complete withdrawal
from the war will effect the allies ana
the United States in a militar! way
cannot be accurately estimated al inns
time, officials in Washington heiieN'.
despite the fact that on paper the nus
sian collapse would seem to give the
Germans a great numerical superiority
OF troops on the western froht.
Officially, there Is nothing TO he
said on the subject, because the gov
ernment has no official information.
Military men, however, confident that
the allied line on the western front
will hold against any German force
that can be thrown against II. pro-
fess not to regard the Russian sep
arate peace as the menace II would
appear on paper.
The fact that 100000 German
prisoners will be freed TO return 10
Germany. is regarded with no alarm
at all. Military men say they could
not quickly be re-organized into ELL.
cicnt military units. The senerai
opinion here Is that Germany would
be more interested in keeping the
prisoners in Russia rather than RISK
having them carry BolsheNiki doctr'h"
back to Germany.
The l47 Austro German anu Bhl-
yarian divisions on the Russian front
which will entirely be released 10y
separate peace. are regarded as al
ready having been stripped OF their
electives which have been transfer
red to the western front. Military
experts say, In addition. that Ger
| many would be obliged to keep some
OF these l47 divisions In the vast con-
auered territory for garrison purposes
The one outstanding fact Is that tn"
military experts are sure the reinforce
ments the Germans can draw from IN"
Russian front cannot overwhelm the
western line.
Russia at this time owes the United
States slS7.779,OO0 advanced for sup
plies which already have gone TO Rus
sia. For that sum the government
| holds Russian bonds. Whether this vast
sum will be total loss TO the United
States depends on whether the ultimate
government in Russia decides 10 rrpn-
diate the debt.
| ;, credit of S325.00o.000 was estah-
| lished at the treasury for Russia. hl'i
| only SlS1.779.000 was used.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

The Federal government is making
quite Il strenuous fight against Swift
X Co. and other packers. in fact al
most the combined packing interest
of the northwest because of alleged
illegal practices by which the pack
ers are said To be monopolizing the
beef. pork and land interests OF the
country. On information and belief
that Henry Veeder. general counsel
for Swift X Co., and other packers,
had in his vault in Chicago docu-
ments cmbodying contracts that in
themselves involve felonies, District
Attorney Charles r. Clyne obtained
from Judge Lands warrant that
gave him Il right TO search Needer's
vault. Needer appealed to Judge
Lands for. and obtained. Il tempo
rary restraining order. At the hear
ing on the merits of the case last
Monday, Judge Lndis dismissed the
restraining order and held that the
warrant was right, proper and law
Lul NSSuSI. ohNiNipthsASh ~ N'-N
judges decision already had an ap-
peal ready TO present on the instant,
and took the matter to the circuit
court OF appeals The district attor-
ney is demanding an immediate hear
ing In the meantime the vault is
being guarded by United States de-
putty marshals. II Is not certain that
the discriminating documents. IL such
documents there be, are in the vault:
but that is the presumption. The
country generally believes that the
packers have been so managing
things as to have the price Of hogs
and cattle down to the lowest notch
when they are in the market for raw
materials and that manufactured pro-
ducts are being sold at prices far be-
yond the limits Of reasonable profits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
LOCAL LAcoNIcS
Appointed to Board Of Assessors.

HpP0tHt0u " 60dT1 W fNssVseS'e
Mr.. w. w. Castles Of Smyrna. has
been appointed tax assessor for Kings 8
Mountain township. vice E. d. Dar-
win, moved out Of the county.
County Board Of Registration.
The board of supervisors Of regis
tration for York county, has been ap-
pointed as follows: ]. A. q. Love.
Glover; J. B. Barron. Rock Hill: o.
L. Sanders, Yorkville.
Big Real Estate Deal.
Messrs. W. l. Williams and A. N.
Barnett Of Yorkville. have sold to
Mr.. c. NJ. Turner Of Grover. n. c..
their Lowry" place on Yorkville No.
8, containing 512 acres. The deal
was closed Wednesday.
Deputy Clerk Of the Court.
The appointment Of Folsom E.
Clinton as deputy clerk Of the court
was recorded on the minutes OF the
court of common pleas yesterday. The
appointment was made by John r.
Logan, c. c. c. Pis., with the approval
Of Judge George E Prince.
Some High Priced Mule Teams.
Messrs James Bros Of Yorkville.
not long ago sold two pairs Of mules
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
o 1T u A r Y

DrED-In Yorkville. Of apoplexy.
on Tuesday afternoon at about
o'clock, Mr.. FRANK e. SMITH, aged
66 years. The interment took place
In Rose Hill cemetery on Wednesday
afternoon. after funeral services con-
Quoted by Rev. ]. e. Mahaffey. The
deceased Is survived by two sons
Harry G. Smith Of Charlotte, and
Bert F. Smith of Yorkville: also one
sister. Mrs. T. M. Dobson, OF Atlanta,
Ga.
At his home In Clover. on the 18th
instant, JOSHUA d. GWTN, aged 7b
years. months and days. His wife.
who was Miss Belle Brison, daughter
Of the late Capt. John IL. Brtson,
preceded him to the grave. and he is
survived by two sons, Frank and
Lewis GwIn. The funeral took piace
at Clover Wednesday afternoon at
o'clock. -. -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

one Of the most important pieces
of legislation enacted by the session
of the general assembly just ad-
journed. was the Banks bill providing
for state insurance of cotton in state
warehouses. The bill authorizes the
borrowing OF s25o.OUO us "a basic fund
for the insuring of cotton 1T rs near
actual cost as possible, and it is con-
tcmplated that this sum will eNentu-
ally be paid from the proceeds of the
business The bill was the work of
Senator Arthur Banks. working in
60 operation with Senator McLlurin.
and il may he taken in part as the
answer of these gentlemen 10 the ef-
forts of the old line insurance COM
panies to interfere with the develop
ment Of the state warehouse system.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

The United States senate commit
tee on agriculture has reported ii bili
under which the slO.nuu.0"h Some-
time ago appropriated for the pur-
pose of buying nitrate of soda from
chill. may be used over and over
again. and with tn" passage of TINS
hill II is expected that IN" farmers oi
the south will bc able 10 secure all
the nitrate of soda that they wiii
p,,.I
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

There has got To be more labor on
the farms this year than th"r" wt'
las, wear and that IS about all there
is to II. The army is taking thous'
ands of people from the farms IA
we'll as from other kinds of Industry
and the labor that is left On the farm:
cannot possibly keep things gong az
heretofore The condition must h'
met. Neglect will mean suffering.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

war with Japan. send our troops
abroad only in sufficient number I"
have. them defeated at the point OF dis
"inbark1tion. Thus can America be de.
featcd without even a shot being fired
uf,on American soil. II this report OF
sr,arat" p"ac" is ;ru" the only thing
W.. can do now is 10 throw ourselves
and every ounce Of effort into the
cans. that il may not bc too late.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
YORK, S. c.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IS. 1918.

The Australian ballot system has
been established by law III incorpor-
ated towns and villages o! South
Carolina. The rural districts ar" ex-
cmlt from the 0perati ton Of the law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

Upon the convening Of parliament
last Tuesday. Lloyd George made
very significant speech that Is to be
read in connection with the speeches
Of Count Won Hertling, the German
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Henry B. James made a business
visit to Gastonia, yesterday.
Mr.. George W. Brown Of Gastonia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
THE PIG CAMPAIGN

The Peoples National bank Of Rock
Hill. was inadvertently omitted from
the list OF institutions that are CO.
operating with the farmers TO increase
the number Of pure-bred hogs in
York county.
This institution had been duly re-
ported TO The Enquirer along with
the others: but in some way it failed
to be included in the list as publish
ed. The Peoples National bank had
offered to furnish. and will furnish.
fifteen pigs under the conditions de-
scribed.
In this connection. il is nothing but
fair TO say that the Peoples National
bank is the pioneer in this move
ment. II began in December under
plan by which it has already placed
more than one hundred Duroc-Jersey
sows. and now has long waiting list
to be supplied.
The plan Of the Peoples bank is to
turn over to the farmer Duroc-
Jersey SOW under an agreement by
which the farmer must return to the
bank four four months old shoats.
two from the first litter and two from
the second litter. the boar service
| having been furnished by the bank
| in both instances.
The proposition is practically the
same as the Clemson plan, the princi-
| pal difference being that the pigs TO
| be returned TO the bank are to be
four months old instead OF two and
u half months old.
Out Of one hundred pigs put out
by the bank under this arrangement,
| the bank has so far lost only two.
These died during the recent severe
cold. presumably from pneumonia.
The Clemson plan as outlined in
The Enquirer Of Tuesday provides
that a registered SOW Of approved
| breed be furnished to the party OF
| the second part free of charge, and
the party Of the second part agrees to
return to the party CT the first part
| two pigs eight or ten weeks old from
| the first litter. after which The SOW
belongs TO the party OF the second
part. If the SOW dies through NO
| fault OF the party Of the second part
the loss falls upon the party OF The
| first part.
| The corrected list OF those who
have agreed to furnish sows under
the Clemson plan and the number to
be furnished by each is as follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15
CLOVER culliNGS
Id-nce The YorkyIlle Enquirrr

Cores spoudrnce The YorkNllle Enauir-r
Glover. February l3.--Mr Joshua
ID. tiwin, one Of the oldest and best
known citizens OF the town. died al
his home here Tuesday morning. after
an illness Of about two weeks. Deuth
was due to general breakdown. due
to the infirmities Of old age. The
funeral was conducted from the
Presbyterian church ut 3 o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon. by his pastor. the
Rev. 4. 4. Mclean. The elders Of the
church, Messrs W. +. Beamguard.
w. T.. Adams, J. l.. stacy. j.. w.
Smith, J. a. Page and II. l.. Wylie.
acted as pail bearers. Mr.. Gwin was
i'm the 18th year Of his age, having
been born in June. 1912. He was mar
ried in 1870 TO Miss Isabelle Brison.
who died February Il. 1917. He Is
survived by two sons, Frank Gwin.
of Marion. y. G., and Lewis Gwin OF
Gastonia. Mr.. Gwin WAS very ac-
tive in the life OF the community. hav-
ing served as postmaster and super
intcndent of the Presbyterian Sunday
school for many years. He was an
elder in the Presbyterian church and
a prominent member of Alpine lodge
No POS. a. and +. NJ.
Mrs. Ross Clinton and Mr.. Foster
Clinton Of Gastonia, spent Monday
with Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. Clinton here.
Mr.. Ellis Ford left Tuesday after
noon for Tampa. Fla. where he will
engage I'm work.
Mrs. Joe Curry left Wednesday for
chester. where her daughter, Mrs.
McDill. is critically III In hospital.
Mr.. J. =. Matthews left u few days
ago for Savannah, Ga, where he has
secured IA position.
Prof. and Mrs. Leslie Wilson re-
turned to Chester Sunday. after
| spending a few days with Mr.. VIII
sons parents. Mr.; and Mrs. J. J. VIII
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

Miss Mary and Martha Bigham Of
Chester. are the guests OF Rev. and
Mrs. w. =. Grier.
The canvass for the Syrian-Ameri-
can relief fund was made Sunda! aft
ernoon. The cash contribute"
amounted to $3.50 and the pledges
amounted to $225. making a total Of
S3S5
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

Bank Of Glover OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Bank of Hickory Grove ..."............. .
l.. NJ. CRISIS Sons, YOrkville.........
Bank Of Sharon .................... .......,...
". l.. Hill & Co., Sharon ................
National Union Bank. Rock Hill. Ii
James Bros. Yorkville ...................... 4
First National Bank. Yorkville......
Loan 4 Savings Bank, Yorkville... j
Citizens Bank < Trust Co.. Rock
Hill ........... ................ ..............
First National Bank, Fort Mill. 6
Peoples National Bank, Rock Hill Ii
The institutions and firms which
pay for the pigs will have the right
to place them; but in most cases the
pigs will be placed by Demonstration
Agents Blair and Mckeown.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-15

Messrs. James Bros OF Yorkviile,
not long ago sold two pairs OF mules
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
THE WEATH Err

New Haven, June S-For
Bridgeport and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Sunday.
Connecticut: Fair, continued
cool tonight; Sunday fair, warmer
in the interior; moderate north
est to north winds.
Rain occurred during the last
"a hours along the Atlantic coast
from FloTida to Maine. 1t did
not extend very far inland. There
is no well defined storm area this
morning east of the Rocky noun
tains, but unsettled, showery
weather prevails between the
Rock mountains and the Missis-
sippi river. Pleasant weather
prevails from the Mississippi
eastward to the coast. The tenn
perature is slightly lower this
morning in the eastern districts
and somewhat higher from the
Rocky mountains eastward to the
lake region.
Conditions favor for this vicin-
ity fair and continued cool to-
night, followed on Sunday by
partly cloudy weather with slow
ly rising temperature.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
WOMAN. ACCUSED
OF BEING AGENT
OF THE GERMANS

CONTINUED From Page One)
ed, is accused of being a German spy
Rodgers aliases include Carl Roedi-
ger, Herman Vessels, Haro Schrojers,
H. Schmidt, P. Stamm, H. Stamm,
Dillon, and Hudson. It is said that
he was formerly a lieutenant com
mander in. the German navy and sue
ceeded in entering this country by
means of a fraudulent passport.
Members of the group are accused
of assisting Madame De Victorica and
Rodiger in establishing means of
communication with Germany and
procuring chemicals and other fngre-
dents for the manufacture of bombs
which were to be placed on wharves,
transports and vessels carrying mill
tary supplies for the purpose of des-
troying them.
Two indictments were filed against
the defendants. One charges them
with conspiracy to commit espionage
which provides death as the maxi
mum penalty or 80 years i'm
prisonment The other indictment
charges conspiracy to commit treason
which is punishable by two years
Imprisonment or fine of $4,000.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
COMMITTEES ON
War SAVINGS IN
HERE

The convention of the members of
the War Savings committees from all
the towns in Fairfield county is being
held at the Brooklawn Country club.
The convention is gotten together by
Attorney David S. Day, county chair
man for Fairfield county. Members
of the War Savings committee from
every town in the county will be pres
ent. State Director Howell Cheney
will be present and will instruct the
delegates in all the details of National
Enlistment Day which will be held
on June 28th. Miss Helen Fraser, of
London, England, member of the War
Savings committee, will make an ad-
dress regarding the War Savings work
in England. Other matters affecting
the general handling of the War Saw
irgs stamps are under discussion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
MAN SUFFERING
FROM LEPROSY is
DISCOVERED HERE
Continued from Page one.)

CONTINUED from Page One.)
and loathsome in the entire gamut of
evils the flesh is heir to, is being
rapidly stamped out through the
thorough isolation of the afflicted and
the regulating of the diet of nations.
1t has frequently been asserted by the
leaders of the medical profession that
leprosy is the result of eating raw or
decomposed fish. For quite a while
it was very prevalent in the Hawaiian
Islands.
United States army doctors started
a campaign to educate the natives in
the matter of diet and as a conse-
quence the plague has abated to al
most a negligible point in that sec
ton.
The appearance of a leper in this
section is alarming to the authorities
as they are not sure whether there
are other cases or not and for that
reason a most rigid investigation is
about to be started to find out why
Hadjes was able to live in this city
for five years if he was suffering from
the disease before he came here. If
he contracted the disease since coming
to Bridgeport the authorities want to
find out how he contracted it and to-
ward that end they are investigating
all of his associates.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-08
ASPARAGUS

Asparagus for canning must be
fresh and tender. This is of the
greatest Importance. Select tips of
uniform sic and maturity and wash
them. Cut in right length for cans,
scrap tough outer skin, and tie in
bundles. Blanch by immersing the
lower ends part way in boiling water
for minutes. Then immerse the en-
tire tips for 1 to minutes longer.
Plunge into a cold salt water bath q
tablespoon salt to l quart water.)
Drain and pack neatly, tips up. Fill
jars with hot brine a ounces of salt
to 1 gallon of water) and partially
seal jars.
Processing with steam under pres
sure is recommended. Process pint
jars 80 minutes at Is pounds pres
sure. Seal Immediately, cool, and
test for leaks, and store in a cool,
dark, dry place.
If the intermittent boiling process
is used, process in the hot-Water bath
for one hour on each of three success
sive days. Loosen the covers before
each subsequent boiling, and seal
tightly after each boiling. Cool, test
for leaks and store.
If the one-period continuous boiling
process is employed, boil for at least
three hours. Seal, cool, test and
store.-U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture.