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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
To Abolish All County chaingangs


State direction of the entire chain
gang forces of tho state and the Gre
alton of a state convict road building
force of prisoners II years of age Is
contemplated in bill which Represen
tative Meares Of Fairfield county, II
introducing in the house Of represen.
tatives. The bill has the approval o.
the state highway commission, the
state board of charities and correction
and it embodies general plan to Whlcf
Mr.. Cooper is favorable.
Provisions Of the act are that al
convicts shall be delivered to the su'
perintendent Of the state penitentary
From the superintendent the state
highway engineer would requisitior
forces for the state road building con-
yict gang. Work would be executed
on the state system Of roads as desig-
mated by the highway commission. =,
It is further provided that eacn
county shall receive as many days Ia
|lor as entitled to as the number OF con-
victs sent up from the particular coun-
ty and the length of sentences I'M
posed
Maintenance would be provided by
a one mill levy on all taxable prop
erty and funds with which to con-
struct roads would be provided by the
creation of a state highway fund
from licenses from motor vehicles.
Another distinctly interesting fea-
ture of the bill is that compensation
would be allowed all prisoners for or
derly conduct, this graduated scale
increasing in proportion to the length
of the sentence. It. would not apply
to life prisoners.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

because 1t Is better to have 1t correct
ed. The board should be properly or
ganized with the number Of members
required by law, and each should take
the required oath Of office. Then
there should be a secretary and a
health officer, the secretary under
bond and pay and the secretary at least
under nominal pay. Organized as the
law prescribes and pursuing the regu-
lar procedure through the service of
general notice in general cases and
special notice in special cases, as occa-
sion may require, there Is no limit to
the power and authority which the
board Of health may exercise In the
enforcement Of its regulations. But
under a condition where just anybody
who might desire to do so has 1t In
his power to make monkeys out Of the
board its probable usefulness In a real
crisis is, to say the least Of 1t, matter
of serious question.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

he would normally be discharged un-
der orders for demobiliZation,. he may
remain temporarily in the military
service at his own written request un-
til such time as he can secure employ
ment. The fact that he requests to
remain in the army temporarily does
not in any way operate to compel him
to remain in the army for a long per-
iod Of time against his will. Any man
who would normally have been dis
charged If he had not expressed his
desire in writing to remain in the ser
vice, may thereafter be discharged
from the service at his own request,
whenever he thinks he may secure en-
ployment. All such men as are retain
ed temporarily under the above au--
thority will be attached to the most
convenient unit and where their SER
vices will be most useful"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

should be confined to the educated and
property-owning classes. There we're
those who held that manhood suffrage
would soon result in universal disaster,
and they wanted to arrange things so
as to forever keep the control of the
government in the hands Of those who
had the education and the property.
Thomas Jefferson, an aristocrat Of
aristocrats, of education, culture and
wealth, maintained from the beginning
that the destinies of this country could
not be more secure than in the hands
of the people, and his views prevailed,
with the result that America has re-
Gently saved the civilization of the
world. That we do not understand
Bolshevism we freely confess. What
we do understand Of 1t, we see no good
In 1t; but we have all confidence in the
good sense of the American people,
and we refuse to believe anything else
than that the present and future of
the government are as safe as they
were in Jefferson's day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Mann Would Impeaeh Daniels.-Re

Mann Would Impeach Daniels.-Re-
publican leader Mann, speaker OF the
house Wednesday, attacked Secretary
Daniels for purchasing wireless com
munication systems, saying the sec.
retary had violated the law and "ough'
to be impeached."
Secretary Daniels recently told the
house merchant marine committee thai
the short stations and. radio ship sets
of the Marconi Wireless & Federal
Telegraph company has been bought
for about s3,0O0,O00 from funds car
ried in the last naval appropriation
bill. In his speech today Mr.. Mann
declares that not line Of the appro-
priation bill authorized the purchases
Utterly regardless of law" said Mr.
Mann, "in violation Of the law foI
which he ought to be impeached and
removed from office-and 1t Is not un-
likely that he may be-he has gone
ahead and spent money out of the ap-
preparation for the purchase of radio
systems.
"He came before the congress and
asked authority to make these pur-
chases and refused. If he had author
ity he did not need to ask congress
for 1t and the failure Of congress to
legislate on the subject is a refusal OF
authority"
Secretary Daniels declined to discuss
Mr.. Mann's statement further than to
say that before the land radio stations
were taken over he and Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt with the departments s
solicitor had examined very carefully
into the question Of the departments
authority to act.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
WITHIN THE TOWN

Next Monday is salesday for Feb
ruary and the outlook Is for quite 6
large number Of people from all parts
of the county on various kinds Of bus
mess.
The demand for fruits-oranges
apples, grapefruit, bananas, etc., is un.
usually large. All local dealers have
remarked the fact and none Of them
seem to be able to account for 1t.
- The fire department was called out
yesterday morning by blaze in the
roof Of the residence of Mr.. j. c. Wal.
lace, on West Madison street The fire
was extinguished before the blaze made
considerable headway, leaving hole
in the roof.
Here is some gratuitous informa.
ton for the benefit Of this community
with reference to the health laws, and
which may be acted upon by those In
authority or not, as they may see prop
er. There is no lawful board of health
here. There is quasi board, compos.
ed of very estimable gentlemen who
are looking after the health of the
community as best they can, and ev-
cry physician in the town stands ready
to do anything in his power to the
same end. But there Is no authori-
ty of law behind the present organiZa-
ton, and 1t could not compel unwilling
obedience to any regulation it might
consider necessary for the preserva.
ton or conservation Of the public
health. 1t is assumed, OF course, tina,
behind the unwillingness to obey is a
fair knowledge Of legal rights and the
means of maintaining the same. The
board of health, as constituted, has
dona pood and Is doing good More
than that, it will continue to do good
Some Of it's acts have given rise to very
serious difference of opinion as to their
wisdom; but generally it has had the
well deserved support of the commu-
nifty for the simple reason that the COM
munity is intelligent enough to under
stand that the board would not inten-
tionally do anything against the pub
lie interest. But, as has been stated,
there is really no legally constituted
board of health, and II occasion shall
arise, it will be so established. Atten-
ton is called to this situation purely
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

this after Carter had traded the mule
and tried tc sell the cotton. Carter
was arrested and committed to jail.
Ernest Vance recovered his cotton.
French Orphans.
Here is some first hand information
as to the conditions around La Pallice,
France, where Lewis M. Grist, Of Motor
Truck Company $40 Is now encamped.
1t relates to the distressing state of
large numbers Of French children.
writer's little sister, who in writing to
her brother some time ago, told him
how she would like to be over there
with him. mo, darling" he says, you
do not want to be over here. This is
no place for you. I would like to be
, back home with you; but would not
like to have you here with me. I'll
tell you why. There are hundreds OF
| little children here, your age and
younger, who are ragged and starving
They come about us at mess three
times q day and oftener, watching for
anything we can give them from our
meals, and all of us try to have some
thing for them. What we have ought
to choke us and would choke us II we
did not divide with these poor little
creatures. Some Of them bring more
or less battered cups in which to get
coffee, and all Of them are glad to get
whatever we can give them, even to
scraps that we would not care to eat
unless we were hungrier than we are
It Is not only that way around ouI
camp; but everywhere in France, and
our motor truck organization Is max
| ing systematic efforts to relieve these
ornhans az much as we can by sub
scription, each man giving q part o1
his pay. In the aggregate the motor
truck organizations have so far con-
tributed considerably more than q
hundred thousand francs to this or
phan fund, and the movement is grow.
ing, instead of falling off. You could
not think 1t otherwise. would you
when in spite Of these contributions
we are still confronted with this daily
reminder Of the needs Of these chill
dren?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Prisoners Must Not Be Allowed to

Prisoners Must Not Be Allowed to
Die With Their Shackles On.-In a
special message to the house of repre-
sentatives Wednesday, in which he
transmits the report of the state board
of charities and corrections on the
deaths of five negro convicts at the
Good Samaritan hospital in Columbia
on January 81, with their prison
shackles on their limbs, Governor r.
4. Cooper recommends legislation that
a recurrence of such a circumstance
should not be repeated In the future.
ANY recommendation along this line,
he said, would necessarily involve
your placing all convicts under state
control" 1t appears to the governor
as stated in his message, that the incl
dent was due primarily to the difficult
ty in providing adequate treatment to
the sick on the Richland county chain
gang, in which prisoners were placed.
The investigation was the outcome
of a resolution by Mr.. Meares of Fair
field, passed by the house several days
ago. which was the result of a news
item appearing in a Columbia news
paper. The resolution called upon
Governor Cooper to investigate the
circumstance and report to the house.
The message of the governor and the
report of the charities board were re-
ferred to the judiciary committee or
the lower house.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

If the government is going to allow
those New York cotton exchange gam
blers to depress the price Of the south
ern cotton crop to the extent of hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars. we are
wondering how or why the government
expects southern farmers to buy any OF
those bonds the government Is prepar-
ing to sell in April. OF course the
gamblers are not getting the cotton
and they are not going to get it, in ouI
opinion; but nevertheless they have
temporary control Of the price al
which it must be sold if sold at the
present time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
MERE-MENTION

General Ludendorff, former chief
quartermaster general Of tn. German
army, who fed to Sweden after the
signing Of the armistice, Is now said
to be back in Berlin under an assumed
name.........The last payments on the
fourth Liberty loan were made on
Wednesday and Thursday. They
amounted to $400,000,444.---..Hon. W.
P. G. Harding has resigned as manag-
ing director Of the war finance cor.
poration...The Chicago board OF
trade is strongly protesting against the
plan of the administration to buy and
sell wheat to ensure the price Of $2.26
a bushel to the farmers. Cuba and
Mexico have resumed diplomatic rela-
tions after several months Of sever
ance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Britain Stars Commercial Fight

Britain Stars Commercial Fight
Great Britain has put an embargo on
800 commercial commodities and has
thereby started an open commercial
warfare on the United States.
Many officials in Washington and
members of congress- hold that the new
embargo has forced the fight which
has been smoldering for some time.
The point has been reached, 1t Is de-
clared, where definite government pol
icies relative to foreign trade must be
outlined. Members Of congress assert
that the latest action Of the British
should be met with drastic reciprocal
measures.
Shipping officials regard the new
ban as a lever which the British are
using in an effort to pry loose all Brit
ish bound cargo and secure 1t for
transportation on British owned ves-
sells.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Friday, January 81, 1919.

The American and Allied forces
operating south Of Archangel evacu-
ated Shegovarsk Wednesday and re-
tired ten miles to the northward. The
Bolsheviki continue to shell the Amer
lean and Allied positions at Tarasevo
and Tulga. The forces which retired
from Shegovarsk, which Is about 66
miles north Of Ust Padenga (the AL
lies position further south week ago)
today halted their march northward
and established new positions at
the villages Of Vistarka and Ust Sama,
on opposite banks Of the VaSa River,
ten miles north Of Shegovarsk. The
new positions are protected by forests
through which there are no winter
trails in the immediate vicinity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

But what good is the reduction OF
ocean freight rates on cotton going to
do unless provision is made for the
carrying of cotton at those rates? Ship
owners like all others are out for prof.
its and they are not going to carry cot
ton for $3.50 hundred pounds when
they can get $3.50 a hundred pounds for
other freights no more bulky.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

It is all right for Great Britain to
institute an open commercial fight
against the United States, If she wants
to. The United States has the power
to wipe Great Britain up along that
line. 1t is only question of the busi-
ness capacity Of our craftsmanship.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
SALE OF PERSONALLY.

ON February IL, beginning at 10
" o'clock, q. m, at Tirzah, the Per-
sonal Property belonging to the Estate
of Alfred Faris, deceased, consisting
of Blacksmith Tools, Carpenter Tools,
Shot Gun, and various other articles.
Terms of Sale: Cash,
T. B. GLENN, Administrator.
Estate Of Alfred Faris, Deceased.
IAN 31-19-9 It
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
SALE OF PERSONALITY.

ON Thursday, February ls, beginning
" at 10 o'clock a. m, will sell at
Auction at the late residence Of the de-
ceased, the Personal Property belong
ing to the estate Of Thomas A. McFar-
land, consisting of Mules, Wagons,
Farming Tools, Cows, Hogs, House
hold and Kitchen Furniture, etc.
Terms of Sale: Cash.
GROVER MCFARLAND,
Administrator.
Ian a1.feb Til fit. 3t'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Secretary Daniels says that the de

Secretary Daniels says that the de-
velopment of a merchant marine II
the most important question before
the people Of the United States, anc
Secretary Daniels is right. The United
States needs to put itself in a position
where it can carry all Of its own COM
merce to all parts of the earth: Vari'
GUS foreign influences, those of Ger
many as we'll as Great Britain. have
heretofore operated against the devel-
opment of the ocean carrying facilities
of this country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

Somehow we are not especially
alarmed about the possibility Of event.
ual Bolshevik control Of the American
government. We still feel on this sub
ject as Thomas Jefferson did. In the
formative period Of the American gov
ernment, one of the most anxious
questions was whether suffrage should
be allowed to everybody. or whether it
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

Cotton went up 200 points last Tues
day on the stroke Of the pen that re-
duced freight rates rs per cent to
something like normal. Other strokes
of this and other official pens can as
easily put cotton up to the 35 or 40
cents a pound that it is and ought to
be worth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Supporting Marsal Foch's opinio

Supporting Marsal Foch's opinion
that the French should remain on the
Rhine, Gen, Gouraud, under whom the
Americans fought in the Champagne,
made q similar declaration to the
American correspondents whom he
had invited to luncheon at his quarters
in Strassburg The Americans will
go home when peace is declared and
the British will go home when peace
is declared" he said, 'but the French
will remain on the Rhine as strate-
gic barrier" It would never do, after
the sacrifices of the great war, to leave
open points where Germany might
again some day strike, he declared.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
WE HAVE MORE HELP

FOR> some time past we have been
L badly handicapped on account OF
shortness of help. We have 1t now
-Four Competent Men-all experienced
Automobile Trouble Memo begin
ners and can promise our patrons the
very best of service and prompt atten-
ton to all Automobile work. Wen De
Obliged to you for your business.
BABER,S GARAGE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

And even New York has ratified the
prohibition amendment; but OF course
she would never have done anything Of
the kind unless she had realized that 1t
really made no difference, the thing
having already been accomplished
without her.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Smyrna Honor Roll.

Following Is the honor roll of the
Smyrna school for the month Of jan
uary: Rodger Whitesides, Ben Miller.
Martha Miller, Clarence Martin, Albert
Martin, Brice Quinn, Oren Whisonant,
Harry Whisonant, Ruth Dickson, Will
liam Dickson, Walter Wallace, Leon
CaStlea
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

Why should the price of cotton De
fixed in New York, when that city has
long since ceased to be cotton ship
ping port Of even second rate import
ance?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
FOR FINAL DISCHARGE.

HAVING made Final Settlement with
IL the Probate Court Of York county.
as Executor Of the estate OF Polodo-e
Witherspoon, deceased, notice is here.
by given that on February rs, 1919, al
II o'clock a. m, will make appIca-
ton to said court for my discharge
from all further liability In connection
with said estate.
WI. WITHERSPOON.
ian 31-19--9 St. Executor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
The Aturkrille enqairer
Entered at the Postoffice at York as
Mail Matter of the Second Class
FRIpAYsJANUARY 81, 1919.

They can run the cotton market up
and down as easily when there Is no
cotton selling as when the staple is
moving freely.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

There is a story that Marshal Foch
shed tears when the armistice was
signed, because he had $4,000 Germ
ans in a trap from which he could
have bagged the whole push.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
TIME TO SETTLE

ALL Subscribers to The Yorkville
"A Enquirer on my club, are remind.
ed that subscriptions must be paid on
or before FEBRUARY /, and they are
requested to attend to the matter with
ont DELAY. STANHOPE LOVE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31

Ebenezer, Ifrzah, Hopewea.
Ebenezer-Sunday school at 10 q. m.
Morning service at IL o'clock. Tirzah
Sunday school at 2 p. m. Hopewell
Sunday school at p. m Preach
ing at 3 o'clock p. m.
John c. Bailey, Pastor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Beersheha. .RaInah,

Eamah-Sunday school at 10 q. m.
Preaching at IL o'clock. Beersheba-
Sunday school at 2 p. m. Preaching at
5 o'clock. J. L Yandell, Pastor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
NOTICE no suBsCRIRERS

NOTICE 10 SUBSCRIBERS.
A LII Subscribers to The Yorkville EN-
"A quirer on my Club are requested
to settle their subscriptions as soon as
possible and before the first day OF
February. JEFF D. WHITESIDES.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
TIME TO PAY.

CUBSCRIBERS to The Yorkville En-
- quirer on my Club are reminded
that subscriptions are due and payable
either to me or at the office on or be-
fore February /. The time is ohort.
2t ]. K ALLISON.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
CATTLE WANTED

7 AM in the market for One Hundred
L Head Of Young Cattle for pastur-
ing. Let me have your offerings IN
person, by phone or by mail. II. u.
FERGUSON, York, 8. c. tt. Il
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Spefial gotires.
At Oliyet.

There will be preaching at Olivet on
Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
J.sE. Mahaffey, Pastor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
Clover Circuit,

Kings Mountain Chapel-Sunday
school at 10 q. m. Preaching at IL.
st. Paul-Sunday school at $50 pm .
Preaching at $50 o'clock. Clover
Preaching at p. m.
II. A. Whitten, Pastor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
MULES AND HORSES
T WILL have a nice bunch at Hickory
Grove on Saturday, February LIST.
1ts B. B. FERGUSON.
WANTED

ONE Hundred Head Of Young Cattle.
" See me, No. 8, Yorkville. =
s 4ts G.. A. TURNER.