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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. e. M. Stanton Of Charlotte spent
Sunday in Yorkville, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Brooks Inman.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Tanning Of Shell
by. N. c., spent the weekend with
relatives in Yorkville.
Mr.. w. A. Barret, of Glover was in
Yorkville yesterday, the first visit down
this way for quite while.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Carroll Of Nash
Vile, Tenn, are the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. T. Allison, in Yorkville.
Mr.. Frank Clinton of Charlotte, left
yesterday for Poughkeepsie,SN. Y. where
he will take business course.
Private Wylie Pruett Of Camp Jack
son, Columbia, spent last week with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Pruett
on No. 1, Sharon.
Lieut.. w. G. Finley, has received a
discharge from the army, and has re-
sumed his course of law at the Uni
versity of South Carolina
Mrs. E. NJ. Stanton of Charlotte, who
has been spending some time with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks Inman,
in Yorkville, returned to Charlotte
Sunday.
MT. ID. L. DdkeTu VI JtueiSOH, -. ",
is visiting his son Mr.. H. F. Baker, In
Yorkville. Mr.. H. F. Baker has been
quite sick for the past two weeks but
is now better.
Sergeant George L. Wallace, former
ly of Yorkville, who was severely
wounded the first day Of the big drive
in which the Americans started the
Germans on their way back to the ar
mistice, is now at Camp Meade, Mary
land. He will not lose his wounded
leg, but 1t will be four inches shorter
than the other.
Information from Mr.. w. B. Riddle
Of Bowling Green, who broke his right
leg at the ankle some weeks ago and
who shortly afterward suffered an at
tack of pneumonia, Is that he Is now get
ting along very nicely. He has recovered
from the pneumonia and the fractured
leg bones are getting together. He is
able to sit up now and Will soon pc
out; but it is very doubtful as - to
whether he will ever have good use OF
his leg again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
Tho sIavsrv Of cotton.-The follow.

The Slavery of Cotton.-The follow
ing from the pen of Richard II. Ed
monds, editor of Manufacturers Re
cord, shall be read and digested by
Union county farmers:
"I have no hesitation in saying that
it would have been infinitely better
for the south If it had never raised q
bale of cotton. This, the most royal
crop ever given by Providence to man
kind. has been a curse to the south
It fastened slavery around the neck OF
the south, and out of this came con-
dition. which resulted in the Civil war
It has caused the south to think IN
terms of cotton, to base it's religious
and educational activities on cotton and
to raise cotton merely for the purpose
of buying foodstuffs from other sec
tions. At times 1t has looked as though
we of the south have cotton Dolls Tor
brains and a cotton string for a back
bone, because we have permitted tne
rest of the world to absolutely domi-
nate the cotton trade and hold the
south in slavery by low-priced cotton:
Holding a practical monopoly OF
this, the most important single agri-
cultural product known to mankind
the cotton growers have lived in pow
erty almost unknown to any other ag-
ricultural region of civilized countries
in modern times. Producing far less
in value per acre of wheat and corn,
the western farmers have grown rich
on their agricultural activities. The
southern farmers have been held In
the chains of poverty.
Had the south never raised bale
of cotton it would have concentrated
it's attention upon foodstuffs and live
stock and it would today be the CEN
ter of the live stock industry Of Amer
lea, and it can yet be whenever It's
people make up their minds to center
their agricultural activities on diver
sified agricultural and cattle and hog
raising.
"The recent decline In the price of
cotton may yet prove blessing to
the south If it drives this section away
from the worship Of cotton, fetish
which will forever curse us as long
as we bow before cotton, and If 1t
causes this. section to produce the
things which in the end will Increase
the fertility of our soil, enrich our
farmers, give higher wages to farm
laborers and bring a well-rounded
prosperity to the life Of the whole
section.
Cotton as subject ruled absolutely
by the south could be made to aid In
bringing prosperity to this section
but cotton continued as kind of domi-
mating abject slaves will forever hold
us In the slavery Of poverty"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
concrete the road for fifty yards over
and on each side Of this terrible hole.

dAo oA S1SA sioo Va sAAs sSAhaSAS ~S
Col. James B. Allison, late Of Frank
lin Cantonmsnt, Camp Meade. Mary
land, has been spending q few days in
Yorkville, stopping over on his way to
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. to which
place he has been transferred. During
the war Col. Allison has been engaged
In training men for the signal service,
for which work he was generally rec
ognizsd a. being one Of the best men
N the whole United States army. He
Of course. was tremendously anxious to
get across to France, for like all the
Others he wanted to flght-to Get into
the great give and take. He would
rather have had that than q generals
commission; but nevertheless, he 70
forced to admit now that he has been
able to perform q greater service at
home than he could have hoped to
have performed on the other side, for
within little more than a year he has
trained and sent across more than
10000 officers and men for his highly
specialized and indispensable branch Of
the service. And that they were thor
oughly well trained goes without say
Ing. In former conversation with the
writer Of this paragraph, Col. Allison,
then lieutenant, was inclined to con-
cede that the British and German SOL
diers outranked Americans. It Is not
to be understood from this that he was
in the least un-American: but he was
irving his unbiased judgment. He took
into account German and British disci-
pline and training and also to some ex-
tent their military traditions. In fair
ness he was willing to concede that the
Americans had not reached the same
military development But he has for
gotten all that now and apologizing to
himself for having lost sight Of the
"Americanism" that Is part Of the
American soldier. He holds that with
out qualification the Americans have
proved themselves to be the best SOL
-diers the world ever saw In times past,
and that they are unequaled in the
had trained hundreds II not thousands
Of men Of the regular army for vari-
GUS branches Of the signal service. As
q rule the material he had to start
with were men of limited education,
and of course he had to teach them
slowly and painfully the things they
should have learned at school During
the past year he has been working
with picked men from everywhere, all
Of them with high school advantages
and thousands Of them with college
diplomas. Also many Of them were
civil life graduates in the practical
work that was required, and the colo
nel's main task was to organize and
train these men as soldiers. The work
was easy and pleasant and the men
were turned out by the thousand full
graduates within period Of three
months or such q matter, and what
they did when they went across! Why
that is not question Of either explain
alton or argument, for the mere men,
ton Of their efficiency. heroism, pa
triotism and courage Is sufficient to
thrill the breast of every American.
and not only that, but every Britisher,
every Frenchman, every Italian and
even every German gives enthusiastic
approval.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04

The constitution Of the state con
templated session Of the general as
sembly of not more than forty days
Either that or the constitution was dis
honest. The general assembly, ever
since the adoption Of the constitution
of 1895 has frittered away quite a lot
of working time. It Is not too much tc
say that half of the early part of each
session is wasted. The members take
a lump sum for their forty days SER
vice, and there is no allowance for pay
after the forty days are up. The peo-
pie who manipulate the legislature un-
derstand that the best way to get
through ill-considered legislation ls
over men who are impatient to gel
home. When there is the added fac,
that not only are there large number
of men tired. and impatient to gel
home; but their overtime is at their
own expense, their impatience Is all
the greater. The manipulators under
stand this too. That is why no i'm
portant legislation Is ever concluueu
in the early days Of the session. The
sessions are purposely prolonged so the
manipulators may take advantage OF
the general impatience. That is why
in the closing days Of an expired ses-
sion it Is so easy to pass laws which
would have been impossible in the ear
ly days of the session. The thing Is all
the easier when all the manipulators
are colloguing together and there Is no
able opposition to filibuster and talk
Objectionable legislation to death
There are some mighty good men In
the South Carolina legislature; but tc
say that the legislature is really repre-
sentative Of the people Of South Caro-
Ira or even friendly to the people, Is
simply bosh.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
ROAD REPAIR LAW.

The statute relating to the repair and
maintenance Of the three main high
ways in York county, az described in
Section 2123 Of the statutes Of 1912.
has been amended at the present ses-
sion Of the general assembly so as to
read as follows:
Section 2123. The county super
visor, while 80 working the public
highways, shall cooperate with the
township supervisor in each township
through which the highway may pass;
and when said work Is completed by
the chaingang, the township supervis-
or for that township shall keep the
same in repair: Provided, That the
three main highways Of the county as
set forth in the preceding Sec. 2122,
outside the corporate limits Of any in
corporated city, town or village, shall
be maintained and kept in repair by
the county supervisor and county COM
missioners, and that the funds received
by the county from the state auto
mobile license tax shall be expended by
them in maintenance and repairs OF
said three main highways, and that an
additional amount shall be added to
the above fund by taking from the
township road fund, through which
said highways may pass, an amount
equal to fifteen ($15) dollars per mile
of the said main highway included in
and extending through each township
through which said highways pass, and
the county treasurer is hereby author
lied and directed to create the fund as
above provided, as a maintenance and
repair fund for the purpose as above
mentioned: Provided, further, That
all funds received by the county from
the state automobile license tax arising
from the townships Of Bethel, Bull
locks Creek and Broad River shall be
expended in the maintenance and re-
pairs Of the public roads in such town
ships: Provided, further. That the
county supervisor and county com
missioners shall divide the said high.
ways into sections Of not less than one
mile, or more than five miles, for the
purpose Of letting the same out for i'm.
Iprovement, repair and maintenance BY
contract to the lowest responsible bid"
der according to plans and specifica"
tions to be furnished by the county en-.
gineer; Of the letting Of which con.
tracts ten days previous notice shall
be given in at least four public places
in the township in which section OF
sections Of roads are to- be let, Of the
time and place Of the letting Of said
contract, reserving In said notice the
right to reject any and all bids, In case
any sections are not let on bids, the
county supervisor shall have such sec
tions repaired by hired labor. The
successful bidders shall enter into bono
for the faithful performance of theil
work in double the amount Of theil
bids"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
cAMoUFLAGED ALCOHOL.
Act Intended to Prevent the Sale OF
Alcohol for Beverage Purposes.

Act Intended to prevent the oaie VI
Alcohol for Beverage Purposes.
What is known as the Hamblin-
Hamilton-Hart measure to prevent the
sale of extracts to be used Tor beverage
purposes, has passed the general as
sembly. 1t appears on its face to be
law that will not only have a restrain
ing effect on sellers; but which may
render purchasers who violate It's pro-
visions liable to prosecution for per-
Jury. The text of the bill is as follows:
Section 1. After the passage of this
act it shall be unlawful and against
the health and morals Of this State for
any person, firm or corporation to sell
or offer for sale, receive, have In pos
session for unlawful purposes or pur-
chase within this State any tonics,
bitters, drugs, medicines, toilet arti.
cles or compounds containing alcohol
if the alcohol contained in such COM
pounds or preparations is in greater
quantity than is necessary for the pur-
pose, solution or preservation OF SUCH
preparation and the sale, receiving,
purchasing or having in possession OF
such tonics, bitters, drugs, medicines
toilets articles or compounds which
can be used as a beverage, is prohipl-
ted, unless it can be made to appear
as hereinafter provided that the same
was for medicinal use.
Sec. 2. Every dealer in any OF the
aforesaid preparations shall require
each and every purchaser who buys
any article mentioned in Section l OF
this act to sign certificate as fol-
lows: "I hereby certify that 1 have
this day purchased from --tne
following preparations to be used only
as a medicine, toilet preparation or
flayoring extract and will not myself
use or allow any of the same to be
used as a beverage"
Sec. 8. Any person, firm or corpora.
ton violating any Of the provisions OF
this act shall be guilty of misde-
meanor and upon conviction Thereon
shall pay a fine Of not less than $loo
or more than $500 or suffer imprison-
ment for not less than three months
or more than one year, In the dlscre-
tion of the court, for the first offense,
and for any subsequent offenses snaii
suffer IMPRISONMENT for not less tnan
one year or more than two years, IN
the discretion Of the court: AND, pro-
yided further, 1t shall be the duty ol
the board of pharmaceutical examln-
ers, to cancel the license OF any person !,
reported to said board ana .ouno
guilty by them for a period OF two
Years. provided, further. that any
person, firm or corporation convicted
Under this act shall be prohibited from
employing a licensed druggist for a
period of two years. -.
See 4. That all acts and parts OF
acts inconsistent with this act are
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect
Immediately upon its approval by the
governor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
HERE AND THERE

I heard a man laughing Saturday
because, as he said, the day following
the holding of the acreage reduction
meetings, cotton broke eighty four
points on the New York exchange
He was inclined to the idea that acre
age reduction meetings had some con-
nection with the break" I don't
think that exactly; but If that Were
really true, then it would mean, to say
the least of it, that the gamblers take
some note Of such meetings. AS a
matter Of fact, however, the market
reports attribute the break" to Presi-
dent Wilson's declaration that there
can be no raising Of the embargoes
against the shipping Of cotton to Ger
many at this time. Somehow I have
an idea that there Is something to this.
AS I see it, everybody knows that as
soon as trade relations are re-estab-
lished with the Central powers there
will be such a demand for cotton goods
as has never been heard Of. All the
manufacturers are looking forward to
that day, and they are storing their
cotton against 1t. In the meantime the
exchange gamblers are using every de-
vice known to their crooked business
to get hold of the cotton that Is still
held by the farmer.
There is an ugly hole, a soft place.
In the least and west road" between
Yorkville and Rock Hill, opposite Tir-
zah A. R. P. church, just west Of New
port, that has cost automobile owners
hundreds Of dollars. This place Las
been bad ever since the road was built
originally. It would do fairly well in
summer when the roads were dry; but
with the setting in of the winter 1t
would give trouble and more trouble.
During the past three years scores OF
trucks, transports and other cars have
been held up there, and some of them
have remained stuck for days. This
statement was made to Here and
There last Saturday: Twelve cars had
to be pulled out of this hole one after
noon this week with teams. l. man
stayed there with team and pulled
the cars out as they stuck" This sto-
ry has not been verified; but 1t is GER
tain that a number Of cars have been
pulled out. Mr.. ]. H. B. Jenkins, Jr..
got stuck in this hole last week and
had to leave his car overnight. When
the car was recovered it developed
that the batteries had been stolen and
the total cost of the incident was
s42.50. A car belonging to Mr.. c. R.
Simmons got stuck and broken to the
amount Of $40. Scores Of other cases
have been mentioned and it would not
be unreasonable to say that the loss
and damage at this place is enough to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
LOCAL LAcoNlcs
Supervisors of Registration.

Supervisors of Registration.
The county board Of supervisors Of
registration held its regular monthly
meeting in the courthouse yesterday;
but issued only some three or four GER
tifcates during the day.
All for Acreage Reduction.
Meetings were held In Rock Hill and
Fort Mill for acreage and fertilizer re-
duction and the understanding Is that
there will be whirlwind canvass Of
the whole county during the present
week.
Wayiaid by Assassin.
Elmore Evans, farmer Of Lancas-
ter county, was taken to the Fennell
infirmary in Rock Hill last Friday
morning, in a badly wounded condi-
ion. About all the facts that could be
gathered was that as he was leaving q
house in Brooklyn. on. the outskirts OF
Lancaster, Thursday night, he was
struck by load of shot, fred from the
next house, the charge taking effect in
his face and hands.
Farmers Are Interested.
Quite q number Of farmers from diff
ferent parts Of the county were In
Yorkville last Friday in answer to the
governors proclamation asking for
meetings on the cotton question. The
farmers who came to town on this bus
mess showed considerable interest In
the subject; but no provision had been
made for business action Of any kind,
even public address, and nothing was
done.
Reduction In Fort MIL
Fort Mill, March 2: About 70 OF the
prominent planters of this community
assembled In the Masonic hall this
afternoon to discuss the cotton situa-
ton. E. H. Epps presided, and the
object of the meeting was stated by
col. Thomas B. Spratt. A full and
free discussion followed, in which
.here were speeches by T. s. Kirkpat-
rick, w. NJ. White, D. O. Potts, Karl
faTlSp y. Sfo"oSkb hho - @A~' 49,
ris. A resolution proposed by DR.. T. 8.
Kirkpatrick, in which 1t was stated
that the farmers of this community
were in thorough sympathy with the
work of the county and state cotton
associations and would support their
action, was unanimously adopted by
rising vote. The chairman appoint
ed committee composed Of DR.. T. s.
Kirkpatrick, D. o. Potts and Col. Thom-'
as B. Spratt with instructions to as
certain full details as to the action OF
the state and county associations and
report at a meeting which Is to be held
next Saturday evening, when pledges
will be prepared for signatures.
Those present agreed by a rising vote
to be present lat the meeting next Sat
urday and to bring another farmer who
was not present this afternoon with
him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
CLUB TIME EXPIRES.

The time limit in which elubmak-
ers may receive subscriptions to The
Yorkville Enquirer at $2.25 per annum,
expires next Saturday evening at 6
o'clock.
After the time stated the price Of
The Enquirer will be $3.50 per annum.
All clubmakers are expected to settle
up in full by next Saturday evening at
6 o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
ACREAGE REDUCTION.

Representatives Of about forty school
districts in different parts Of the coun-
ty, gathered IN the courthouse yester-
day in response to notices to consider
the acreage reduction question.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. John r. Blair, county demonstra-
ton agent, and Mr.. J. H. B. Jenkins,
Jr., acted as secretary
After Mr.. Blair had explained the
object of the meeting and set forth the
necessity of holding the present crop
off the market until the world was
willing to pay 35 cents pound for It,
and Of considerably reducing the acre
age planted and the amount Of fertil-
izers to be used this year as compared
with last year, as a further earnest
that the farmers intend to get a fair
price for their product there was test
of the sentiment Of the meeting.
The unanimous sentiment Of those
present was that no cotton should be
sold at less than the price that mas
been agreed upon by the farmers OF
the south as just and rights cents
a pound, that the 1919 acreage be re-
duced 1918 per cent as compared
with the 1918 acreage, and that the
use of commercial fertilizers in 1918
be reduced 50 per. cent, compared with
those used in 1918.
1t was resolved that every school
district in the county be ca. 'assed
without delay to the end Of carrying
the resolution referred to above in ef-
feet. and the various school district
chairmen were provided with blank
pledges for distribution among the
committeeman of their respective dis
tricts. with instructions that the
canvass be undertaken at once and
that the pledges be in the hands of Mr.
Blair by next Saturday.
On the pledge will be statement OF
the number of acres planted In cotton
last year, and the number OF acres to
be planted this year. The body OF the
pledge reads as follows:
I hereby promise on my honor and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-04
TRANsFERR OF REALTY.

The following transfers. of real es-
tate have been indexed in the office Of
the county Auditor since the last pub
lication of the record:
BetheI-Jno R. Logan, C. C. c. Pls
to Grover G. Mcfarland ct al, 14s
acres; consideration $666.66.
w. T. Mcfarland ct al to Grover e
Mcfarland ct al, 14S acres; consider
alton $3,333.33.
Katie Jenkins to w. G. Jenkins, SS
acres; consideration, $1.00.
milla Estes Carter, 800 acres; consid-
Grafton $4,000.
]. T. Crawford to C. E. Porcher
152 IL acres; consideration $500.
Broad River-W. s. Wilkerson to
Mamie Lewis. 1 lot; consideration
$565.
w. s. Wilkerson to T. w. Wilkerson
lot; consideration $4,000.
Sarah A. and Matte Leech to J. E.
Westmoreland, A 23-100 acres; consid..
Grafton $211.50.
w. s. Wilkerson to T. w. Wilkerson
lot; consideration, $4,000.
Bullocks Creek-Jno. R. Logan, C.
C. c. Pls. to G. H. Roberts, 174 acres;
consideration s2,001.
H. F. Horton to B. H. Horton,
10 43-1O0 acres; consideration $500.
Catawba-Jno. R. Logan. C. C. c.
Pls. to VIM. ]. Nicely, 113 acres: con-
sideration IL interest.
Jones Motor Co., to Wardens end
Vestry of Church Of Our Savior, lot;
consideration $4,000.
Sadie F. Ratterree to w. B. Simpson,
65 1S-100 acres; consideration $1,792.
As.
Rock Hill Realty Co., to G. C.
Deese, 1 lot; consideration $4,000.
Sep Massey to E. ]. McWaters, 1-2
acres; consideration $3.50.
Josie B. Dunlap to Jno. L. Davis, l
lot; consideration $4,000.
w. A. Sharpe to c. NJ. Whisonant,
lot; consideration $1,425.
Annie L. Myers to M. E. Rudisill, SO
acres; consideration $2,100.
Ebeneze-S. B. Taylor to Aragon
Cotton Mills, 1 51-100 acres; consider
alton $4,250.
Poag Real Estate c., to ]. Edgar
Poag, IL lots; consideration $500.
Kings Mountain-M. L. McGill, to
w. Mack McCarter, 194 acres; consid-
Grafton $500.
J. w. Smith ct al to Reynolds Cot
ton Mill, 2 $40 acres: consideration
$40.
NJ. Patrick Reid to r. C. Patrick,
70 acres; consideration s1,500.
c. T. Thomas to Onie Watson, l lot;
consideration $66.
York-Marie Moore Hart to Carl H.
Hart, lot; consideration $4,000.
Harry McCaw to Truman D Turner,
acres; consideration SITS.
Robt. ]. Herndon to j. S. Brice, 2
lots; consideration S175.