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

an electric pol" on Meeting street. IN
Charleston. TUESDAY morning. H"nd"r-
s1n WAS - lin"inan and IN lodging on"
VII" his head stiuci Il supply cable"
carving 3.DuT volts. HIs death Was an
SiantancOuT.
--. Tn. freedom "i camp sewer mas
been denied civilians at HIght unless
they hOlh passes from headquarters
or ar" accompanied 10y some oniccr
WiU viii stand surety for their con
duet The riii" range and mtr"n"h"i
area cannot be- Visited Il, any time
mlhnut special passes. tn" "r'"r
SHys ~ part. "'rh" pr"s"ii"" "i ""-
men. gIrIs and children IN ar near
company streets .nd "orrhls is und"-
sIr:,bl.. ana will uOr b" permitted
establishment "f airpInn. nnti
service. between Washington, i'hllhd"l-
pima. and N.w York. during ih" ""rn-
iuy summer is Indicated hS III" post q
uiiir" department asking hIiS FOR hE''
aIplan"A lur that service. The S"Tvic"
viii h.gIn with nur round trip daily
aud I:,i"r may b, expanded Fms,
class mail nmI, VIII i". carried ~ th'
OUTSET Til" postmaster general an
n"unr'd 1t IS mol IA" purpose "i the
Department To maxi tins IN "Nl"rI
mental service. I, ~ practically I" !"
assured b,ioI" its establishment. The
rDui" once established IL I" remain Il
permanent service.
III" German authorities are pack
In;: stuttgart. iu southwestern Ger
uIaIiS. with prisoners al war III an
;INuw"d attempt to discourage hIr
rHrIs IN T.I,TIS.il f"r those mad" hN
ih" Germans um London and other
entente cIlI"S The rul0Gn" t;aHcit''
announced In its ISSu" Oi January I.
that to stuttgart which already wtS
th" SIT" nf several lnrg" prison CAMPS
containing irItish and French pris-
or"rS Of war and OF hospitals in
winch prisoners al war were being
treated. hundreds al officers w"r" be-
iIIg brought tO hc lodged III special
quarters constructed for them ia all
parts Of the city. III order. aS the
':aZ,'tt" said. to MAX" them share the
dangers of TIA" cIvIl populations karlS-
,IIhc. another important CIty III the
with prisoners uf all ranks. FIv" of
Ia" Americans from ships sunk by
the commerce raider MOcwc. who
were among the sailors brought 10
Germany by the IarruW dale. wcr''
confined until their release IN an Of
iir"rS' camp at karlSruh" and wit
messed several air raids from unCOIn-
f"rtHhly close range.
A big riIG WAS carried out We'd
u"SdaY' 10y tn" French southwest of
Butte McSnIl. Tn" German positions
were entered ur To- the third line and
many dcfcnScs and shelters wrr" de-
Slr"ycd This announcement MAS
made 10y lh" war office in its COM
munIc.ttiou "Wednesday night. tn"
text al which says. In the Chant
parnc. after brief artillery prcpara-
trUn. "" carried cut u bIg raid in the
region south of Butte Mcsnil on Il
front of ahuui l.@OU meters. our
dctachucntS penetrated the German
POSITIONS aS far aS the third line.
overthrow the enemy lrfcnS" and de
StrOy"d numerous shelters. We cap
turcd more than 100 prisoners. In
tn" period from February To Feb
rIIary 10 our pilots brought down ~
German airplInCS. IA of which were
entirely destroyed and the other II
seriously damaged. Eastern theatre:
Artillery actions occurred at the
mouth Of the Stuma. west OF Doiran
and north of Monsupr Allied avia-
'c.r ,r..s-t.,iy b0mbh,-rrI .Sn 5irh,
northwest Of Scrcs. Kostov. the rail
way between StrumnltZ;I and Doirln
and enemy cnCtmpmcntS in the cerna
valley"
Brnlamin o.. Hardin. known
throughout tn" larger portion OF the
cotton belt nS the Cotton seed King"
died last Saturday afternoon at his
home four miles west of Washington.
t:a after Il lingering illness. Funeral
services wrc held Monday at his home
largely attended 10y the farmers Of
every section of Wilkes county. Nr.
Hardin WaS known aS the poSScSSor OF
the gold stick" a walking cane made
al walnut root in which was embedded
gold coins ranging in value from %
cents tn $50. Some Of the coins were
obtained lay the eccentric farmer at
considerable premium. \ leather belt
haVin. gold coins attached in similar
fashion To the stick. both the handi-
work uf Mr.. Hardin. was another OBJ
irct OF interest which he carried with
him whenever hc went out town.
The two pieces contained coins with an
intrinsic value Of more than S2,OnO.
Making u failure OF farming, this
Wilkes county planter after reaching
middle age was pcnnilcss. He was
impressed with the fact that the cot
ton plant could br improved 10y the
proper attention Ia seed selection and
culture. so with this idea in mind he
sci ont to improve the conditions as
he had found them in his unsucccss
ful farming experience. TIL" result
WAS Il brand of cotton seed of won
d"riul productivity which he sold
throughout the cotton belt and made
u small fortune thereby.
.- President Gompcrs of the American
Federation Of Labor told the senate
commerce committee few days ago
there IL no shortage of labor In the
United States. hut u adjustment of
labor conditions has resulted i'm slow
ing up for war work. which can he met
only when Il proper adjustment is
made. Mr.. Gomprrs told the commit
tee hr believed as Il war measure the
s,andardiZinG of wages is necessity.
Mr. (;omprrS said the carpenters in
trrnational union has the names of
~. 900 men who have expressed will
ingnrss To go wherever their services
are needed as means uf CNpcditinC
government work He reiterated that
organized labor IL unuualitCdly sup
porting the United States in the war
Replying Ia Senator Harding, with
reference to the support accorded him
10y workers throughout the nation. the
witness said the vast majority of
workingmrn accept his uttcranccs. hut
that there are u few who DO not.
In answer Ia questions as TO whether
German propaganda was responsible
Tor labor trouble. Mr.. Gompers re-
,irwrd the history Of lahor's peace
council and other organizations whose
LOYALTY was questioned and efforts Of
the American Federation OF Labor to
prevent working men from afiiliatinG
with them. Ne asked the committee to
appoint commission To visit all ship
Yards Ia inquire into conditions. Sus-
srstions that Chinese labor he import
rd he opposed vigorously. declaring
there were plenty OF men in the United
States 10 meet all demands.
--- Charles Edward Russell. mrmpcr of