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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
WORKING THE ROADS.

Road improvement work was CON-
menced in Kings Mountain township
last week, and it is now being pushed
with much energy and speed over
number Of different roads.
There are two big squads of graders
working on the road from Bethany to
Glover, one at either end, and also a
top soiling squad working toward Clo-
yer.
There is another squad at work on
the Piedmont-Bethany road from NC
Gill Bros.'s store out toward Piedmont
springs.
There is another squad working over
to the north of the battle-ground, COM
ing this way by the Galloway old mill
into the Piedmont Bethany road, close
to the home Of ]. E. Bigegrs.
There is another squad working
from the Grady Adams place by Mrs
". c.. Faulkner's toward Clover
The work is under the general
charge of Mr.. Gamble, an experienced
road man of Kings Mountain, with
Price Falls, also of Kings Mountain, as
engineeN an
In all there are more than 100 men
on the job, working with road ma
chimes, drag pans, plows, picks. shov-
els, etc., and of course teams.
The ruling price is $5 day for team
and driver and 81 a day for the man
behind a pick or shovel.
There has been no trouble In getting
all the labor needed at these prices;
but it is generally understood that the
abundance of labor can continue only
for a few weeks until cotton picking,
corn gathering. etc.
Whenever possible the road commls-
sioners are trying not to exceed per
cent grade.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15

Rev. B. r. McLendon, the evange-
list. who is so we'll known In York
county, commenced four weeks meet
ing in Wadesboro, N. c.. last Sun
day, after having just completed a
successful meeting in Sanford.
Employees of the Southern Power
Company and Southern Utilities Com
pany are on strike In Charlotte
Winston Salem, Greenville, and other
points for a better wage scale. The
street car service went out Of business
in Greenville and Charlotte. on Sun
day.
There 10 being published in The En-
quirer today the game law as revised
at the last session of the general as
sembly. Especial attention Is called to
the license taxes now required OF
hunters. And in view Of the import
ance Of this law, all persons who are
interested, or who think they may
possibly be interested later on, are
advised to clip out the law as pub
lished and take care Of the clipping
for future reference.
The county commissioners Of Gas.
ton county, N. c., have fixed Tuesday,
August 10, as the date for the holding
of an election on the question of is
using 100000 worth of road bonds.
Among the highways agreed upon to
build is one from the Catawba river
westward to Gastonia, and another
from the Lincoln county line to the
York county line. the latter road to
connect with the north and south road
through York county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
The Profits of the Cotton Industry

The Profits of the Cotton Industry
In the interest Of all parties concern
ed, but more especially to determine
earning more from the spinning Of
raw cotton than is justified under
present high price conditions Repre-
sentative Byrnes Of South Carolina,
who, a day or two ago offered a reso-
luton calling upon the federal trade
commission for data on this line, says
that the information given him while
satisfactory as far as it went, was not
sufficient.
1t is shown in the figures supplied
him what it costs the cotton mills to
make the different kinds Of cloth, but
there is nothing to show what they
get from it, and 1t is the net return,
after other expenses are met, that Mr..
Byrnes wishes to secure. II am going
to introduce a bill" Mr.. Byrnes said
calling for the enactment Of a
law which will compel the federal
trade commission to publish quarterly
an itemized statement from all cotton
mills. This will show what the mills
paid for the raw cotton, what they
paid their selling agent, the cost OF
mill help, and, finally, what they re-
ceived for the finished goods. 1t will
show in detail, how much the mill help
received and what others received, and
from this will be determined whether
there is fair play all around or whether
under present circumstances warrant,
whether it is the middleman or some
one who is profiteering."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
The Problem of Britain.

AS refuge from the widespread un-
rest and threatened disorganization as
the result of the conflicting aspirations
of labor, capital and autocracy, David
Lloyd George, easily recognized as the
foremost statesman of the world, Is
now pressing for a general overhaul
ing of the British government, for
hundreds of years the local sovereign
arbiter of the political affairs not only
of England, Scotland, Wales and Ire
land, but of all outside possessions and
dependencies so as to form what will
be in fact, as well as in name a mighty
empire every part of which will have
equal representation and power with
every other part, in proportion to
population, wealth and intelligence.
The British government is a strictly
party affair. After a general election,
the king selects as his prime minister
the leader Of the dominant party and
the prime minister organizes his cabi-
net of ministers as circumstances seem
to suggest, usually from among the
leaders Of his own party; but in the
case of national peril, as during the
great war, from all the parties that
have strength enough to compel recog-
milton. Ordinarily the dominant party
governs with an iron hand in accord
ance with its own peculiar policies,
swerving out of its course for nothing
except unmistakable rebuke or COM
plete overthrow by the popular cleo
torate, which, at best, has but an in
direct way Of making known its de-
sires.
British social, political and economic
conditions of.today constitute more
than anything else a thousand years
driftae of a hap hazard policy that
has all along been based on the prin-
ciple Of "eveIy man for himself and
the devil take the hindmost." Land
titles are for the most part traceabls
back to the strongest arms, welding
the most skillful swords. and for hun
dreds of years the labor Of the masses
went with the lands upon which they
lived. Gradually and slowly what Is
now understood as business" began to
win the recognition of the sword, and
now labor, strengthened with slowly
but surely dawning intelligence, is be-
ginning to lay more or less we'll
founded claims to rights Of which 1t
has so long been deprived.
In the light of the great war, moth
ing is more natural than the present
upheaval. All classes were called upon
to offer their lives and all they had.
Hundreds of thousands died. This
was for the preservation of the wealth
the homes, the altarS and fires the
liberty and the prestige Of those who
had such things. And what is more
natural than that those who had moth
ing of their own to fight for should
now be asking for an equitable share
of that which they helped to save for
others? If that does not touch the
cause of the existing unrest, then the
explanation Is indeed mystery.
But no man can be trusted to help
himself according to his own ideas OF
his own deserts. The most convinc-
ing proof Of this is to be found in the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
South Carolina Marriage Laws.

For nearly. ESQ years-from the
first settlement Of the state, in fact
South Carolina has stood out all alone
or the divorce question.
There have never been any divorce
laws in this state except for a few
years between the Reconstruction
period from 1868 to 1876.
There are no divorce laws in South
Carolina now. This commonwealth
still holds the distinction Of being the
easiest state in the union in which to
get married and the hardest in which
to get unmarried.
Until the enactment Of the license
statute of 1911, there was no legal re-
ouirement for any kind Of a written
record in connection with q marriage
ceremony.
All that was necessary to constitute
a marriage was the sworn testimony
of credible witnesses to the effect that
they had heard the parties in question
acknowledge themselves as husband
and wife. Barring the requirement
Of having first obtained a marriage Ii
cense and that is all that is necessary
now. o
This is the law; but hardly the moral
sentiment of the public. In addition to
a license, the most wholesome public
sentiment requires an approved mar
riage ceremony in which the contract
ing parties solemnly bind themselves
to the obligations Of the state into
which they are entering. At this
ceremony either a Christian minister
or any public official with power to
administer an oath may officiate; but
a Christian minister is preferable.
But by whomsoever the ceremony,
based upon the duly issued license,
there is no legal manner of undoinS
the marriage.
real property owned by her husband
at the time Of her marriage, or subse-
quently acquired by him, have always
been carefully guarded by the law-so
Cdre1ully III ldCl lldl uulii 1SVE, thSSS
rights were simply non -forfeitable.
BY an act passed in 1902 it was pro-
vided that if a woman willingly leave
her husband, and continue away in
adultery, she should forfeit her dover
rights, subject to reconciliation with
here husband.
At the last session Of the general
assembly this statute was further
amended so as to provide for the for
feiture of dover rights of woman
who may willingly remain away from
her husband for a period Of five years;
or who may be convicted Of adultery;
or who may obtain divorce in another
state.
Is is provided in all cases however,
that if the husband agrees to q recon-
ciliation such forfeited rights are re-
stored.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
Sensible Talk on Negro Qaestion.-

Sensible Talk on Negro Qtestion.-
Sensible leaders like Rev. e. L'Madi-
son, a negro preacher Of Wilmington,
can render great service to the coun-
try by sane counsel to members OF
their race. AS quoted in The Whining
ton Star, Madison, in a sermon last
Sunday, called the attention Of his con-
gregation to the advantages and op-
portunities enjoyed by negroes in the
south and warned them against listen
ing to radical orators, either north or
south. Speaking Of opportunities in
the south, and Of the fact, recognized
by all thoughtful negroes, that the
southern white man is the negro's best
friend, he said. In every city or COM
munity the honest, industrious negro
man can get any favor which he may
need and ask from the hands Of his
good white neighbor." What we have
lost in centuries" he said, cannot be
Iegained in a few years. No eloquence
Of mems agitation, no bullying threats
of men far away from among US, who
would make appeal to passion can
serve the purpose of the negro in the
south. Let US continue to prove
worthy Of the friendship Of ur<white
neighbors who have stood by and
helped us. We have friends In abun-
dance and we must not forget them.
We can i'll afford to part with them.
We should not prove ungrateful to
them. Let US look things in the face
and be square with them. m."-Lumber-
ton, n. c., Robesonian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15

Special correspondents from Russia
are writing the big newspapers they
represent that Lenine is beginning to
realize that the jig is up so far as the
hope of realizing his dream OF estap-
fishing Bolshevism is concerned. ana
Ienine is realizing too that there is
little else for him now than to seek an
asylum in some place where he may
live out the remainder of his days IN
peace, if such a place is to be found.
He is beginning to see more clearly
every day that If he remains In Rus
sia, sooner or later he will be assassi-
mated. He finds that while the do
less people, the tramp element, the
clement that has never been willing
20 work anyway, is desirous of hold
ing on. the solid substantial people of
the kind who do the labor in the
factories and on the farms are unable
10 see in Bolshevism anything like
Just and equitable recompense for
their industry, and all Russians are
seeing more clearly than ever that the
brains, experience and skill to plan are
fully as important as is the labor to
execute. The idea that the profession
u man, the scholar. the preacher and
others are productive teaches
on the body polite is fast disappearing
and with the passage of this idea Is
also disappearing the idea that politi-
cal or economic systems of any Kind
lray lift men above their natural or
acquired qualifications. Russians gen.
orally, even those who embraced the
Lenine idea at the beginning, are being
disillusioned. But it is not to be un-
Gcrstood that Lenine is trying TO desert
he whole business. II is stated that
he is trying to turn the government
over to less radical elements more
likely than himself to be able to hold
the situation together:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15

He explained, however, that this would
be due to general suspicion against
new things, and he predicted that II
would be endorsed and adopted in the
not distant future. The opinion was
expressed by Mr.. Garretson that there
had been no fair test of government
operation Of railroads. because the
railroads since being taken over had
been operated by officials who were
opposed to government ownership ana
wanted to demonstrate that it was not
best for the country. With the ming
of Plumb's charges the committee con-
cluded hearings on his plan for pupnc
ownership and employ operation OF the
railroads, and will take up later the
plans to be offered by security holders
and railway executives, both Of which,
labor officials have testified, are more
radical than that framed by Mr.
Plumb and endorsed by the orother-
hoods. 1t probably will be month
before the committee can make final
report.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ApvERTlsEMENTs

Courtney Tractor Co-Tells about a tractor
demonstration held last Monday. and invites
all interested to another demonstration today
from IL noon until you -, satisfied. ,,,-
American tobacco in their cigarettes and that
is one reason why Piedmont cigarettes please
7 w Johnson, Mayor-Advertisers for two po-
licemen for the town of York.
Piedmont Wagon & Mfg. Co., Hickory. N. c.
Has lot of firewood for sale. 9 miles from
R. D. Hope-Wants an experienced shoe re-
pairer. Good pay.
Trust G Rosk Roc Hi hHss Gs esy
eT,y to n 900 SGSa acres The T Strait property Ogden
y. r. A. Wallace-Wants all sorts Of country
produce at his store at the Cannon mill.
Rev. o. L. Jones. Clover-Has five beltee
Hampshire pigs for sale, at $40 each. ~,
D. T. Woods. Cerk-Calls for meeting OF M
o. W.. in the Yorkville camp hall tomorrow
night, to hear M. w. Bobo district manager
Geo. w. Williams. w. M.-Gives notice OF spe-
cial communication Philanthropic lodge. No.
SO, A. F. M. next Tuesday night;
next to Shieder-Snelling Drug Store. or tele'
J. pIoAh =. Houston. Probate Judge-Gives notice
that S. w. Thomas has applied for letters OF
administration on estate OF Manerva L.
Smyrna Y. P. c. U.-Will present Among the
Breakers" in Hickory Grove school audito-
rum this Friday evening.
Feinsteins Bargain House-Is showing newest
STYLES in ladies' waists and also line OF la
dies dresses.
First National Bank, York-Calls attention TO
the convenience and efficiency of doing busi-
ness with it by mail and wants you to try 1t.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.-Buyers now in the mar
kets New goods arriving. Big lines OF Ia
dies wear, shoes, etc.
York Supply Co.-Can furnish you with several
grades of cedar and pine shingles iron and
composition roofing Scrap iron wanted.
Bank of Clover-Will pay IS to the seller OF
the first bale of 1919 cotton on the Glover
market. The record.
York Furniture Hdw. Co.-Offers Ford front
springs at s2.75 each. Also has good line OF
Ford parts and accessories.
Star Theatre-Programme for today tomor-
row, Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
F. C. Ridddle-Says the Delco lighting system
is so simple a child can operate 1t.
]. M. Stroup-Talks about the fall trade and
the goods he will have for his trade and the
service he will continue to give.
s. l.. Courtney-Suggests that you use only
genuine Ford parts on Ford cars and tells
YOU where to get genuine Ford repairs. .,
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Invites attention oil
mothers to dress goods for school children
Goats and coat suits. dresses clothing. etc.
Peoples Bank & Trust Co.-Extends cordial In.
vitation to farmers to call on 1t for any SER
vice II can render them now or later
R ]. Reynolds Tobacco Co.-Gives you facts as
to why Prince Albert is the satisfactory to-
bacco for smokers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
THE MARRIAGE RECORD.

The following marriage licenses
have been issued by Probate Judge
Houston.
Aug. 11-Clarence Stephens to Ella
Finconnon, Fort Mill.
Aug. 11-Clarence Falls to Eliza
Polk, Gastonia.
Aug. 11-Vand s. Harris to Zelda
Mays. Concord, y. c.
Aug. 11-Pink Porch to Mary Ham
by, Belmont, n. c.
Aug. 12-Lester Dale to Wanna
Rogers, Kings Mountain township.
Aug. 13-Jno. c. Williams, Rock
Hill to Nevada Smith, Bethesda town
I Aug. 13-Coyt Taylor to Ollie Fin
cher, Rock Hill.
Aug. 13-Luther Victor McMackin
to Bessie Connolly. Rock Hill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
EUNTING AND FISHING

Following are the laws as TO nsnlng
and hunting in South Carolina as pass
&c al the recent session Of the general
assembly and approved by the COVER
nor on March Is.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state OF
South Carolina, That all wild birds.
wild game and fish Except fish in
strictly ponds and lakes entirely
separated from other waters) shall
be and are here declared to be, the
property of the state.
Sec. 2. For the purpose Of this act
the following classification shall be
recognized:
(a) Domestic Game Birds-Black
birds, pheasants, doves, partridges
quail )and wild turkeys.
(b) Destructive Birds-Eagles, buZ-
yards. crows, Cooper's hawk. Duck
hawk, English sparrow. great horn
cd owl, jay birds. loggerheads and
sharp skinned hawk.
(c) Game Animals-Bear, deer. fox
mink, rats, oppossum, otter. rabbits,
raccoons, skunk and squirrels.
Cd Game Fish--Jack fish, or pick
erel, pike. black bass or pond trout,
striped bass or rock fish, war
mouth. red belly, Dream. copper
face or ball faced Dream, yellow belly
perch, sunperch, red fin trout, flyer
speckled trout, crapple rock bass, gog-
gle eye. and white perch.
(c) The open season for quail or
partridges shall be from November
1ath 10 February 18th Of each hunt
ing season and the bag limit shall be
GtiCen Der day to the hunter, and
trapping or snaring OF quail Is abso-
lutely prohibited except as provided
for scientific or propagating purposes.
The open season for wild turkeys
hall be from November 18th to April
1st Of each hunting season with
ijng limit OF two per day and total
or twenty per season, but no wild
turkey must at any time be shot
from any natural OF artificial blind
or hiding place when lured by bait.
This provision against snaring quail
or cartridges shall apply to wild
turkeys.
Tie open season for doves shall be
3lGt of each year.
The open season for black birds
shall be from October 1st to March
18th of each season.
There shall be closed season for
pheasants for five years after the
passage OF this act.
Q) Destructive anlmals-FoAes
and wild cats may be killed by own
ers and officers Of the law upon
their holdings and without licenses at
any time.
(g) All domestic birds not named
above are non game birds and shall
not be destroyed in any way at any
time.
(h) The open season for hunting
game animals shall be from October
1t to March 18th Of each year, ex-
cert that deer may be hunted from
Scrtcnber 1st to December 31st only.
The bag limit for squirrels shall
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15

Take the meat trust, for instance
Barring New York, Illinois, Pennsyl-
vania, and a few others, it is finan-
cialiy stronger than almost any state
in the Union. In a way 1t is as
strong as the national government.
The same is true of the flour trust, the
steel trust and many others. These
trusts are able to control prices, al
will, buying raw materials at their
own figures and making the public
pay what they please. The idea OF
individual or even corporate compe-
tition is out of the question. The
trusts are too we'll grounded. They
are able to oppress the people at will.
They are able to be more oppressive
even than a duly constituted state
government that wants to be oppres-
sive. They are virtually responsible
to nobody. Then if the only way to
secure relief from these trusts is by
means of the competition of sovereign
state, what is wrong with such COM
petition?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15
Onposition to the Plumb PIan.-The

Opposition to the Plumb Plan.-The
Board OF Directors Of the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States has
issued a formal statement regarding
the demand of railroad labor organi-
zations for government ownership, in
which it was pointed out that these
demands create a situation Whlch
calls for the most serious attention
and deepest thought of all citizens"
These demands" the announcement
read, raise vital questions which af-
feet directly every phase Of life
throughout the United States. They
constitute a definite program for gov
ernment ownership and this despite
the fact that government ownership
has proved to be disastrous wherever
it has been applied.
Any proposal for government own
ership of railroads, whatever the pro-
vision for operation, raises questions
which every citizen must eventually
consider for himself. To increase the
|preSent public debt from $30,O0O,0OO,-
900 to S50,O0G, 100000 in order to acquire
the roads would severely strain the
credit of the Liberty and Victory
bonds held by millions of people. The
public as a whole through the govern
mCnt would be asked to assume the
burden and financial risks of railway
capital, while the roads would be run
by and for the managers and en-
ployes. The suggestion Of possible re-
duction of costs of transportation and
betterment of service under such a
system is purely theoretical and has
not been established in practice by the
government operation Of the railroads.
On the contrary, in this country as
elsewhere, the very opposite results
have been shown.
Government ownership means re-
tarded development of the railroads.
Because of the war the country is
sadly bchindhand in railroad construc-
ton. Additional facilities must be
added at once, and enormous. railway
extensions must be made during the
next few years to meet the actual de-
mands of our country's growth. This
calls for the highest type of individual
initiative and enterprise. Politics must
be kent out Of the railroad business"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-15

Authentic advices from Russia in
dicate the probable early collapse of
the various campaigns against the
Bolshevist forces On the one side is
the Bolshevist government of Lenine
and Trotsky, undoubtedly having con-
troll OF the greater part of Russia in
Europe. Opposed to the Bolshevists
are Admiral Kolchak, at the head OF
the provisional government of Siberia,
with Omsk for his capital. Gen. Dene
kline, operating in the southern part of
Russia. and what part is left of the
retiring French and British forces in
the province of Archangel TO the north.
There are nine thousand Americans in
eastern Siberia. and an inconsequent
of Japanese. The Americans
and Japanese are presumably there
only for the purpose of protecting the