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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

J James Bros--Wll tomorrow rscsivs thsif Etx.
tenth car Of stock for this SEASON. Thsy
invite your inspection Monday. BaIssdAy.
Loan and savings bank--Says its valos w. N
customers and the community - measured b
il service. What can II do for you'll
York Furniture Co.-CArnss . eouptsts Lire of
stoves and ranges Of best grhoss and tn-
vites you 10 see II when In nesd- Also q
line OF enameled ware.
". 1. nIthsrspoon. k1e1tor-Giye not1a u
debtors and credltors of Poladore Hithsr.
spoon, deceased. TO make settlement EItt
y. A. steele, Sharon No. Wants 70 hni two
esIrsy or stolen bounds
low price
H. -. ..,vuins, Clerk-Calls . meeting OF ths
HopeweIl Comp, N. U. w.. No. <+7. tomor.
row night. To install ofheers.
II. ). Larroil, Fnpert No. l-ohers saveral
barred rIymou,nrock ooekerels ior sale. 81.
". r. Jackson. York NO I-Says his corr
mill be In operation each Saturday from thu,
date on. hour patronage solcited
Sam ID. Grist SPECIAL Agent-SAn attention
tc the extra good qualities Of Mutual bene-
H. insurance policies-the best in the world
York Supply Co.-ls ready TO supply you and
others with the best Of corn meal. 1t hai
a big stock of shingles.
Carroll Supply Co.--Wants to buy shelled corn
and offer si.70 a bushel. 1t also wants tc
buy sacks.
Carroll Bros.-will buy your corn or you,
meal. Also want to buy 4 carload Of ooun.
try-raiscd hay.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-This week received
$4,000 worth of new spring goods. Inter.
esing price quotations.
York Hardware Co.-Urges farmers TO grow
bigger crops. It wants to furnish the neces-
sary tools TO help you do your work easier
Kirkpa,rick-Bclk Co.-Opened Its white good,
sale yesterday II is offering many grea,
haigains to shrewd buyers. You are invited
10 visit this store.
Clinton Bros--Present a list of special offer.
ings for tomorrow. Saturday.
Star Theatre--Gives its programme for today
tomorrow and Monday.
w. !. Witherspoon. Exer.-Gives notice " debt.
ors and creditors of Poadore Witherspoon
deceased. to make settlement with him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01
Food Administration.

This food administration question
is Il serious one.
The country is at war--get that.
The main object of the food ad-
ministration at the present time Is 10
conserve -four and meat.
II you have your own wheat OF
YOUR own mcat-wheat or meat that
vnll- ,haX@-,Saisel- yourself jon need
not fear government interference.
The government is not undertaking
to interfere with strictly private
property in these commodities--prop-
erty that one has acquired by pro-
ducing it himself
This is true so long as one Keeps
the meat or wheat in his own pos
session: hut when II comes to selling
either wheat or meat, the government.
if it sees proper. can regulate the
price.
Flour. meat and other foods. in the
channels OF trade. are subject to gov
crnment control as long as they
continue III cNiSlcIlCc, NHciHSi III VIZ
hands of wholesalers. retailers or
private consumers.
Local food administrators have all
the power OF congress in dealing with
the food question.
Congress gave the power and au-
thority To the president. The presi-
dent gave it to Mr.. Hoover, Mr.. Hoor-
cr gave 1t to Mr.. Elliott. Mr.. Elliott
gave il to Mr.. McElwee. Mr.. McEl-
wee gave it to representatives in the
various school districts. The school
district administrator has instructions
as to what To do. and through Mr..
McElwec. MIR. Elliott, MIR. Hoover
and the president has full power to
enforce his instructions.
The main point in the food admin
istration is that all citizens must be
treated alike. There must be no ia
yoritism, and no discrimination.
The people shall have Il right to
sec to that. and even congress has no
power to take away that right.
The first business and the first duty
of every citizen is to obey the law
in letter and spriA
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01

TIL" property OF the state will be as
scsscd for taxation on q basis OF ~
In.r cent Of the true valuation, the rate
employed in former years. In con-
formity with the wishes OF rhe lcgtsla-
tur.. according to a letter which was
Yesterday mailed to the county audi
tors and boards of assessors OF the
state. The resembling Of the resolu-
ton adopted at the auditors meeting
in this city December %. 1917, was the
result OF the resolution adopted by the
legislature few days ago.
The auditors OF the state met in this
city in their annual convention and
adopted Il resolution placing the as
sessrnnnt of all property in the state
on Il basis of so per cent valuation.
This was to operate with the taxing or
both farm property and hank stocks.
and the idea of the tax commission at
the time OF introducing the resolution
was TO raise the assessment and lower
the levy. They also took che position
that a more equitable adjustment OF
taxation could he reached n this way.
as much of the property OF the state
was not on the tax books.--The state.
Wednesday.
This is contrary to the statement OF
fact made in The Enquirer Immediate
lv after the meeting Of December %.
The Enu,Iircr's statement was correct.
II was the state tax commission, not
H." auditors. who got up that SO per
cent proposition. and the auditors re-
fused to adopt it. The 'dea was to
have the proposition 20 out as having
com" from the auditors, and when the
auditors made it clear thai they would
not sponsor ii. the tax commission sent
il out. And II Is the state tax COM
mission--not the auditors-that Is re-
scinding the proposition. We are not
par,isan in this fight. We are in full
sympathy with the idea of trying TO
rcach equalization OF assessment; but
We do NOT think it is right to try to
saddle this abortion off on the auditors
They are not responsible.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01
WITHIN THE TOWN

There was considerable interest in
town yesterday over a report that Ike
Wright, Jr., colored. has spinal menin-
gitis. The Enquirer was officially in
formed last night that the report Is
not correct.
Next Monday il salesday for Feb
ruary: but owing to the fearful con-
dition Of the roads and the fact that
courthouse and few other places,
there Is no reason to expect many
visitors
CONSIDER the groceryman. He has
always been very necessary insti-
tuition, and he is that yet. Generally.
too. he has been a good friend. He
WAS after profit from his business
that he might live. just us other peo-
ple, to be sure: but he has been very
kind and accommodating. He has
been nice to those who made II a
rule TO pay cash and he has staked
those who were out Of funds until
they could get in better shape. He Is
still doing that when he is able. But
war conditions are now bearing with
especially heavy weight on the gro
ceryman. Whenever formerly. through
good luck or good Judgment, he
made a profit, by reason OF an ad-
vancing market or something Of that
kind. he was that much In. and by
reason of 1t he was able to be more
accommodating than otherwise. But
things of that kind have been cut out.
The food administration has come
down hard on the groceryman. He
Is no longer a free agent. II is pre-
,cribed that on all staple necessities
he can make 80 much profit and no
more. He may have bought his goods
on a basis that would have admitted
a proflt Of 100 per cent or more; but
no cannot take the advantage Of such
iuck which would have been per-
yect,y legitimate in other times. No
matter how cheaply he may have
sought. he must sell on . reasonable
percentage above cost. Sometimes he
must sell at q loss because his COM
Sa,itor may have bought cheaper. He
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01
LOCAL lACONlCS
Victory Bread"

victory Bread.
Bakers will not be allowed to sell
any more pure wheat bread after
February 3. All bread Is 10 have 9TH
er cereal substitutes mixed with the
wheat flour. Rye flour will not be
permitted, because with the Allies
rye flour Is as desirable rs wheat.
Ashbel G. Briee Dead.
Hon. Ashbel G. Brice. senator from
Chester county, and u brother OF hon.
]. s. Brice, Of Yorkville. died at his
home In Chester. Wednesday night at
about 10 o'clock after an illness OF
only about four days. The deceased
was a son Of the late Rev. r. w.
Brice. for many years pastor or Hope
well church. and was born In chester
county about 81 years ago He WAS Il
lawyer by profession. correct in all
his dealings with his fellow men, ana
Of unquestioned integrity Of charac. +.
ter, In every respect. He was one OF
the leading men in the Associate Re-
formed church and has for many
years been treasurer OF the synod.
He has frequently represented thes-
ter county in the general assembly
and for the past term has been Il
member OF the senate. He Is surHir
ed BY widow: but no children. VI
the large family OF brothers and SIS
ters that attained manhood and wom-
anhood, only two survive, Hon. J. ).
Brice, of Yorkville and Mrs. j. i.
Knox of Columbia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01

has a right to get q pront, such profit
as he can, out Of articles that do not
belong in the class OF necessities: but
from the nature Of the case this profit
Is very uncertain. 1t is regulated By
competition. and generally the VOL
ume Of trade in such commodities Is
too small to yield anything big in the
way Of profit. 1t is up to the public
to be more considerate Of the gro
ceryman that It has been. The pub
lie must realize that the groceryman
is now performing more gratuitious
service than ever before. One thing
that the public can do II 1t wants to
be fair, Is to cut out as nearly as pos
sible this delivery business. II peo-
pie will carry home their own pur-
chases To a larger extent than the!
have been doing 1t Will help that
much. And also II will help II pur-
Chasers will pay their bills as closely
as they can-old bills us we'll as cur
rent bills. The grocers need all their
resources in order 10 enable them
TO properly meet the demands Of this
very trying situation-a situation un-
der which the grocer is carrying a
larger proportion Of the burdens OF
the people than ever before.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01

through Yorkville yesterday enrouts TO
his home. He left Marion On Monday
hbout noon In an automobile. He visit
- several towns In that section and
tamo up by way Of Cheraw, Camden.
Sershaw. When he reached Lsn caster
"Wednesday afternoon he had travelled
over 200 miles At that
point he was informed that ne could
20 no further az the road TO the river
Mas impossible and the river was In
|.ucb condition as to make crossing
He left his car ct Lancas-
ter and came to Yorkville on the
|Southern.
Recurring again TO the talk with
that young soldier OF the Florida.
mentioned in this department in the
|.ast issue Of The Eng Iirer. Here
and There" would merton a funny
circumstance that was related by the
young man. Here and There was
quizzing hum as to his experience
with submarines and tne like. wheth-
or the Florida had ever been in any
trouble. or 30 far as he knew in any
danger. NO" he said, Il have nev-
er seen a hostile submarine in threat
ening action; but on one occasion
when We were in the war zone. an
alarm went out that submarine had
been sighted, and among other things.
IN, re was reinforcement OF the boil
er room forces. And let me tell you"
he concluded with IL decidedly humor-
Gus twinkle in his eyes. you can be-
lie,e me that those fellows fed those
boilers as il they wanted the Florida
to be in shape to go from here
While travelling on the Southern
train the oth"r d.. Here and There"
t", Inc mixed up with bunch OF
military officers. travelling on orders.
They did not look very military and
they did not act very military: but
they were easily identified as officers
hy their caps. leather leggings and
silver and gold bars on their should
dcrs. First lieutenants wear silver
bar and second lieutenants wear a
gold bar. These officers were quite
talkative. and they did not hesitate to
answer questions. II turned out that
they belonged mainly to the gas en-
pine corps That Is not exactly the
designation: but that is what II
means. All of them were gas engine
exncrts. Some Of them were from
Detroit. Michigan. and most OF them
had been employed in various capaci-
ties with different big automobile
factories. One man said he had been
a salesman on the road at salary or
81. 900 a year. and another said that
he had turned over to his sister an
Automobile business from which he
had been earning an income OF sea-
OnO a year. to go into the service on
the pay Of second lieutenant. Sew
cral had left their wives At home
with the understanding that If 1t
should so happen that they should be
unable to support those wives. those
wives would shift for themselves. All
appeared to be enthusiastic for the
service.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01

&. II. Armstrong. food administra-
tor for Castor county. y. G.. has is
sued the following order: Every per-
son living in Castor county. who has
more than one hundred and ninety
eight I9S) PC ids OF flour in his pos
session will r<turn II TO the merchant
from whom he bought II within the
next three days. The penalty for not
complying with the above require
ment is $1,000 or two years impris-
onmcnt. have no discretion in this
matter. Every person must comply
with the law No such order has
vet been issued from York county:
hut no one need be surprised II 1t
does come.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01
COMMISSION BACKS DOWN

The state tax commission has re-
scinded its order of December 20. in
which it prescribed that all property
must be assessed for taxation at full
100 per cent valuation, and promised
that it would subsequently cut such
assessments in nalf. The resembling
order. a copy OF which has just been
received by Auditor Love. is as fol-
lows:
THE general assembly Of South
Carolin during its present session
adopted the following resolution:
Whereas, the tax commission has
announced that it will require all
property assessed at so per cent of
value thereof. and
Whereas, we consider the same
would be too violent charge In the
practice of the state in such case, and
Whereas, the gross inequalities OF
the assessment Of values of property
cause great injustice which should be
corrected,
Now, be it resolved that we re-
quest the tax commission TO use every
means of equalizing the assessed val
ucs Of property for taxation on an
equitable basis.
Now, in conformity with the wish
es Of the legislature. the tax commits
sion has decided to reduce the basis
of assessment from so per cent of the
value of property to AZ per cent
thereof, to conform with the basis Of
assessment heretofore adopted by the
tax commission In the case of bank
stocks and other corporations coming
under its Jurisdiction.
we, therefore, instruct you to con-
slider the circular Of December 20,
1917, amended. so as to strike out the
words and figures so per cent where
ever the same occurs. and to insert in
lieu thereof the figures and words AZ
per cent, so that the basis OF equali-
zation for the present year shall be
AZ per cent Of the true value of all
property"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01
sELITTLING AMERICANS
German Writer Says United States
Troops Don't Count.

The truth about the American
army" IL the title OF a long article by
Col. Gaedke in the German Socialist
newspaper. Zeitung.
The Entente now has pinned It's
faith entirely To American help" says
Col. Gaedke. 1T, therefore. Is i'm
purtant that the Germans know just
how serious Is this American men,
ace.
THE Americans are coming to Eu-
rope to meet the most perfect IN
strument OF war that any age ever
has seen. Can they do It?
secretary Of War Baker recently
told us that Il million and a half men
were under training. With all mod
esty We call his attention TO the fact
that the men who still are being
trained cannot terrify. 1t took Eng
land two years to put million men
In a battlefield which was quite near
them. The Americans with the handi-
cap Of distance, cannot do II.
How are the Americans on for
officers? Where are they 10 get forty
five hundred generals and staff Of
ficcrs? Mr.. Baker had 5000 oih-
Gers s-of-all-ranks- in -Aprl- but now
has hundred and ten thousand.
That is truly an American master
piece or accompllShment-to sew
epaulettes on hundred thousand
men and call them officers. Does
Mr.. Baker imagine these gentlemen
in six, nine or twelve months can be-
come fit to perform the difficult tasks
Of officers in modern warfare
What about commissioned Of
ficers who are 80 important for
training and holding together an
army? Nothing is complete. Every
thing must be improvised. II Is an
insoluble problem.
"Of the total strength the Ameri-
cans are able to master, II has been
shown that only half million can
get to Europe. But when? Entente
leaders have got to expect them be-
fore next autumn-neutral observers
say six months later.
Moreover. these men will arrive
still unframed. While perhaps they
may be useful for a defensive they
may be considered negligible for any
offensive operations.
THE greatest possible American
military effort will be too weak and
insignificant to make good the loss Of
the Russians and the weakening Of
the Italians"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01

There ought to be some way TO
save a part Of the hundreds OF thous-
ands of tons Of paper that are being
wasted in Washington. Each depart
ment Of the government Is maintain
ing big publicity bureau with a full
corps OF editors. and the amount OF
stuff each one is turning out IL simply
appalling. And there Is something
badly out of Joint with this whole
business. These publicity bureaus
may edit and print without limit; but
alter all their editing and printing.
much OF II OF doubtful value at best,
Is absolutely valueless unless 1t gets
10 the public. and about the only way
IL has of getting TO the public IL
through newspapers edited and pub
lishcd at private expense. These news
papers cannot afford 10 reproduce all
this junk. or any considerable part OF
il. for to do SO would be 10 sacrifice
those qualities that give them value 10
the public from which they derive
their living. There is room for the
saving OF millions OF dollars in the
publicity bureaus at Washington and
those millions of dollars should he
saved.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01
CLOVER CUllINGS.
The Yorkviii. Enquirer

Correspondence The Yorkvili- Enquirer
Glover, January 30-Miss Maude
Youngblood. a stenographer. formerly
OF Atlanta. but now Of Gastonia, n. c.,
spcnt Sunday here with her mother,
Mrs. +. II. Yonngblood.
Miss Dora Rogers. OF the telephone
exchange. spent Saturday night with
friends In the Santiago section.
Mrs J. w. Campbell who has been
spending the past month with Major
j. W. Campbell nt Camp Sewer. Green
willie. returned home Monday night.
Owing to the had weather. the house
TO house canvass for the Syrian-A Ar
menian fund. was not made on Sunday
afternoon.
.NE--andAha.-AesL f8oweiftt and rcffr!f---
dren OF Route 4. spent Tuesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Sparrow.
Senator j. +. Bcamguard left Tues
day night for Columbia, to resume his
duties In the senate.
Mr.. w. n. Jackson was visitor In
Gastonia, Saturday.
Owing to this being Tag your
shovel day" the school children were
given this afternoon for a holiday In
order that they might place a tag in
each home to remind the users OF coal
to use one shovel full less each day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Curry spent several
days last week in Chester. with their
daughter who Is critically Ill in a hospi-
tal there.
There was n call meeting OF the Red
Cross in the opera house on Monday
afternoon at three o'clock Owing to
the rainy afternoon. very few people
were present but the following officers
were elected: Chairman. Rev. w. =.
Grier: secretary. Mrs. NJ. L. Smith:
treasurer. Mrs. F.. w. Pressiy: home
department. Mrs. $. J. Clinton.
Misses Iva and Alice Clinton recent
ly visited the family OF Mr.. Z. A.
Dickson on YorkvIlle No. I.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. i. Lawrence and
little son OF Filbert No. !, visited Mr.
and Mrs. George w. Knox last week.
There was box party at Pine Bark
schoolhouse on Monday night OF this
week. On account Of the bad weather
the crowd was small: but the sum
realized was between IS and Sc. which
Is to be used for the benefit OF the
school
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers Of real es-
tate have been recorded in the office
Of the auditor since January 9:
Bethel.
=. Fl. johnson to Z. J. Kimbrell. 81
acres. consideration $l,l25.
Agnes c. Whisonant, executor. and
E. +. Poag to W. a. Mckinney. so
acres. consideration, $3.50.
Bethesda.
Marion b. Clinton and others to
Samuel e. Clinton. 2 lots. considera-
ton, $1,000.
W. Frank Moore and Minnie Moore
10 w. b. Kerr. Ss.46 acres, considera-
ton not stated.
Mary NJ. and Louisa a. .ashe TO ).
\. Crawford. lots, consideration. 81.
J. L. Crawford and Mary +. Craw-
frod to :. A. Crawford. - 3-5 acres,
consideration. $500.
Lillian Crawford Porcher to Mary
l.. Crawford. ll2 acres. consideration.
$3.50.
John K. Logan. c. Z. G. Pls.. to s.
H. Faris. SO acres, consideratlon' w.
500.
John X. Logan to John II. Camp
bell, y6.3 acres. consideration, Vs.
216.20.
Thos. ]. Crawford to 5. Geo. Moore,
5Ol-4 acres. consideration, 32.4sO.
John II. Campbell to Thos. }.
Crawford, 96.3 acres. consideration
$4,595.60.
BulIoek's Creek.
J. q. and b. +. Parks to I. a.
Wilkerson. Ii.5 acres, no consldera-
ton given.
]. ID. Smith to Lucy K. and w. L.
Thomas. 56.3 acres. consideration
$500. :,
Lucy II. and w. l.. Thomas to j.
ID. Smith, 1855 acres. consideration
s12,l52.50.
James r. Burns to Suder .. Mitch
ell, so acres, consideration, $2oo.
Myrtle Robbins and others to II
Clyde Good. 80 acres, consideration
$3.50.
Broad River.
K. d. Hope to 5. b. Pratt, l5C
acres. consideration, lot and 81.
shannon & Plexico TO ). b. Pratt
2 lots, consideration, $l.I5O.
ID. II. Cobb to Z. l.. Westmoreland
and J. Mason McGill. lots, consid'
Grafton, $3.50.
Mrs. NJ. J. A. Plexico to Geo. A
Plexico, 81 l-2 acres. consideration
s2.500.
j. l. Rainey to Shannon & Plexico
| lot, consideration. SIS.
w. 5. Wilkerson to J. 5. Wilkerson
60 4-5 acres, consideration. 81.
s. b. Pratt to w. L. Plexico, lot
consideration, S425.
John A. McAliley to w. L. Plexico
/ lot, consideration. $225.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01

Ambassador Francis at Petrograd
cabled the state department at WASH
ington Wednesday that group Of Rus
sian anarchists had notified him he
would be held personally responsible
for the safety of Alexander Befkman
and Emma Goldman, under Prison
sentence in the United States for vio-
lation Of the draft law. No indication
OF the probable power Of the threat
ening anarchists to make trouble for
him was given by the ambassador.
State department officials think he drl
not take the matter very seriously and
apparently little alarm Is felt. Unless
frther advices make II necessary. no
instructions will be given Mr.. FraE"
els. II has been known for some time
that anarchists In Petrograd were in
teresting themselves In the fate OF
Berkman and Miss Co oman, who ore
about to begin two year terms In q
federal penitentiary. An anarchistic
organ published at Petrograd recently
carried an inhammatory article urg-
ing that the American ambassador be
held responsible for the sotesy and
Of the prisoners.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-01

Hccause the nitrate proposition was
put up TO the people so promptly and
so COMPREHENSIVE. we venture that
York county will come nearer getting
it's full quota OF nitrate than any other
county in the south. We do not claim
credit for initiating the movement.
That credit belongs mainly to Mr.. c.
l.. Cobb OF Rock Hill: but we do claim
credit for much OF the thoroughness
with which the information as to how
to secure nitrate and the terms on
which II is to be secured. over the
county. That has been made possible
by the wide circulation of this paper
among the people.