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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

F. c.. Riddle-Has two cows, a SOW,
two mules, oats, binder, for sale.
C. F. Shsrer-Has REQ, Maxwell and
Coles cars, and wants you to see
him before you buy q car.
City Market-Can supply all sorts Of
meats. Fish and oysters on Satur-
days. Butter and eggs bought.
you prices on fertilizer and can sell
you the best N. o. molasses.
Farmers Hdw. & Supply Co.-Asks you
to seed it for feedstuffs, poultry
fencing, roofing, etc.
Star Theatre-Has Fox feature to-
day, q serial tomorrow, and Fox
feature on Monday.
York Motor Car Co.-For thirty days
will allow SO cents in exchange Of
old or new spark plugs for guaran-
teed Nationals.
Committee-Invites the public to at
tend an oyster and salad supper CIV
en- by ladies of the First Baptist
church next Friday night.
Carroll Supply Lo.-Will make special
price on seed Irish potatoes by the
sack.
Feinstein Bargain House-Announcesa a
continuance Of its first annual sale
for one week.
j. M. Stroup-Talks about Stetson hats
and about shirts and hosiery for
men who wear these articles.
I. w. Johnson, Mayor-Publishes a
statement giving financial condition
of the city government.
First National Bank Of York-Points
out what thrift is and what it may
mean to you. Your savings account
solicited.
Kirkpatrick -Belk Co.-Tells the ladies
not to procrs stinate in the matter of
spring sewing. 1t has the goods.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07
CLOTH SHORTAGE ACUTE
English Expert Gives Outline OF Real
Conditions.

Sir Charles McCara, the noted Eng
lish cotton expert declares that there
IS now in the world and will be for
long time a shortage of cotton goods
The following interview was recently
.abled from Lancashire, England, to
Tie Toronto Globe:
1t is all question of management,
said Sir Charles, "and given good
management, with government COOP
Grafton where necessary, the cotton in
dustry of Lancashire will soon be
predominant as of yore. Give us a
little time in which to recover from the
reaction OF war conditions, and to get
our machinery into shape for coping
with the worlds demands, and all will
ue well. The present trying condl-
lions can not but be temporary; the
cotton industry, next to that OF agri-
culture the largest in the world, can
not be long checked. The world wants
and must have cotton goods"
Revertng to the question of output,
Sir Charles stated that so far as con-
ccrned the production of yarns from
American cotton, not more than one
half of the spindles in England have
been running for a considerable time.
The section devoted to Egyptian cotton
had been operating for longer years,
but a scarcity Of labor had been SER
ious handicap. Like other machinery
of a high grade that devoted to the
manufacture of cotton wears out more
quickly when it is standing than when
it is working. Sir Charles added:
IL would call attention to this one
important fact, viz, that large pro-
portion of the cotton spinning ma
chinery is made in Lancashire, apd
that since the beginning of the wEr
our machinists owing to the exigen-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07
1T WAS A GRAVEYARD.

That hole in the road opposite Tirzah
A. r. P. church, just west Of Newport,
which has been proving so annoying to
the travelling public, especially the au-
tomobile drivers, ever since the build
ing of the road several years ago, has
been filled up, and the road at this
point is now in good condition.
The filling up Of the hole was done
by Mr.. Ladd J. Lumpkin Of the county
board of commissioners, assisted by
Mr.. R. A. Jackson of Newport. The
work required the use Of five or six
wagon teams during the greater part
of last Monday, and 1t was quite an
undertaking.
The road passes over the site Of an
old graveyard at this place, said Mr..
Jackson to the reporter; but whether
a graveyard for white people, Indians
or negroes, Mr.. Jackson was not GER
tain. He had been told that it was an
old Indian graveyard, and also that II
was used as burying place for ne
groes. Two or three skeletons were
dug up there during the construction
of the road several years. ago, and the
hOleS IN the rOdu, ne says, "eie oii5A-
nally made by grave diggers.
The fixing of this place was quite an
undertaking, Mr.. Jackson says. Water
had sunk down into the old grave, and
heavy automobiles coming along from
time to time, especially in wet weather.
had made loblolly to the depth OF
Sc, eral feet.
There is no record Of the number OF
that have had to be pulled
out of this place; but 1t Is a fact tnat
the hole has cost the travelling pubic
a good many hundreds of dollars. Inc
hole has been quite profitable source
of income to some folks living In the
near vicinity, one man especially, nav
ing made quite a good thing at diner
emf times pulling the stranded auto
mobiles out at five dollars each.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07

Cotton Must Now Be Sold On
Grades.-The cotton futures rider to
the guarantee wheat price bill which
was signed Tuesday by President
Wilson became effective at once. Un-
der it only 13 grades Of cotton-from
low middling up-can be delivered on
future contracts and all cotton so de-
ivered must be classified by the gov
ernment graders.
Authority to enforce the new law IS
vested in the department of agricul-
ture's bureau Of markets which an
nounced Tuesday that the act would
Geny the right of delivery hereafter
TO eight grades of cotton hitherto de-
liverable on future contracts. Colored
,ottons which are equivalent to the
low middlings grade may be delivered.
it was explained.
Since the low grades Of cotton that
is below middling may not be deliver
I'd hereafter on future contracts, 1t
was said that readjustment of many
orders now outstanding would be nee
cSSary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07
MERE m ENTlON

Soldiers of Camp Benning, Ca, were
called out last Monday to preserve or
der among eight thousand tex
tile strikers at Phoenix city and Gil
rard, Ala, across the river. The strik-
ers have been out for several weeks
and the authorities were beginning to
fear olence..---.-Henrique de Pava
Couceiro, leader Of the recent mon
archial revolt in Portugal, has COM
mitted suicide-------The copper pro-
ducers association Of the United States
has agreed to market all the surplus
copper the government now has on
hand at the rate Of fifteen cents a
pound woman who gave her name
as Gertrude Wentworth, aged twenty
seven, fired two shots at William y.
Burns, head of the Burns detective
agency, in the grand central station
at New York last Monday afternoon.
Neither shot took effect. Burns says
| he does not know the woman. She was
taken to the Bellevue hospital for OBJ
seryatfon Of her mental condition..
Summer time began In France during
the night Of March 1-2.---..---The su-
preme court has decided that import
ers of spiritucus liquors from England
must pay COuuIeTNdiiluB uuSAoo SHeN,
alent to the bounties paid by the Brit
ish government to exporters. The
president has appointed A. Mitchell
Palmer to be attorney general, vice
Thomas w. Gregory, whose resignation
became effective at noon last Tuesday.
Walker D. Hines, director general
or railroads, has brought suit against
the state of North Dakota protecting
the $3,675,000 taxes levied against the
railroads by that state, on the ground
that the taxes are too high.............H is
estimated that the state Of Massachu-
setts will collect about $13.0O0,000
from individual incomes this year,.
The United States senate a few days
ago adopted without debate q resolu-
ton to investigate charges Of the ship
ment of unwholesome food to Belgium
1 by the Belgian relief comnissio ion.....-...
General George w. Goethals has re-
turned to civil life as retired officer
of the army, having relinQuished his
duties as director Of purchase, storage
and traffic. president has re-
appointed John Shelton Williams to be
comptroller Of the currency.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07

nen say, the reports are received by
one man for one price and bulletined
for the benefit Of the other buyers and
the general public.
Mr.. A. w. Goodyear Of the internal
revenue service, who was in Yorkville
"esterday for the purpose Of giving ad-
vice and assistance in the making of
income tax returns, put in a hard days
work and had quite strenuous time.
People were in to see him from the
town and all the country surrounding,
some with complete figures and others
with only more or less haZy idea Of
the details of their respective busi-
nesses. Mr. Goodyear, who is a thor
oughgoing expert in his line, took each
case as it came and went patiently
through with the filling out Of the
blanks. In some cases he found peo-
pie liable who thought they were not
liable and in all cases he was able to
arrive at pretty close figures as to the
actual amount due. He Is to b. on
duty again today.
Among the visitors to Yorkville
this week is Lieutenant Edward c.
White, colored, of the gas instruction
service Of the United States army.
Lieutenant White is one Of the few
South Carolina negroes who secured
commissions. He is son Of R. A.
White of Manning, s. c., and grand
son Of Hannibal White, who was in the
state senate from York county in Re-
construction times. Young White had
just been graduated from college in
Chicago when America went into the
war, and he enlisted in the regular
service as private. Shortly after
ward he secured promotion by passing
the required examination, and mas
since been serving as an instructor IN
the gas section. Not long ago he sue
cessfully passed an examination for
commission in the regular military es-
Establishment, and he expects to con-
tinue in the service.
Here is little story Of a farmers
cotton that came to The Enquirer Sec
ond hand. We are not giving any
names now, but If there Is any chal-
|lenge, we will tell the whole story. A
farmer brought bale Of so-called
frosted cotton and sold 1t for IL cents.
The buyer first offered 10, said he did
not know what to do with 1t; but final
ly as a matter Of special accommoda-
ton agreed to pay II. Later the same
farmer brought in another bale OF the
same kind Of cotton and was offered
IA cents; but having heard that he
could do better at Filbert, went up
there and sold his cotton for 21 cents.
Then he went back to the buyer to
whom he had sold his other bale at II
cents and offered 13 cents for 1t; but
the buyer would not sell. This story
was told to The Enquirer by reliable
and responsible business man Of the
town who is beginning to understand
that there Is but small hope for the
commercial development Of this COM
munity except through the handling OF
the cotton crop on a competitive basis
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07

Mr.. E. G. Smith, well known cit.
izen of the Stokes Bridge section or
Lee county, shot and instantly killed
his, son-in- law, Mr.. w. d. Watson, Jr.
last Monday night at o'clock. The
killing took place at Mr. Smiths
home about four miles from town. 1t
seems, from the facts gathered at the
eoroner's inquest, that Watson went
to town Monday and returned to Mr.
Smiths home late in the afternoon
drinking, and began to abuse his wife.
She grabbed up her infant baby and
ran out of the house and he threw a
lamp at her. When her father, Mr.
+. G. Smith, interfered Watson pulled
out his knife and made for Smith.
Smith shot him with a shotgun, the
load taking effect just above the
heart. Death resulted instantly. Wat.
son married Smiths daughter several
months ago and has since been in the
army, but he was recently discharged
and moved to his father-in laws
plantation to farm. Smith went TO
town Immediately and gave himself
up and is now in jail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07

less value than when harvested. Tex
as growers estimated there are 1,600,-
900 bales stored by individuals and In
the congresses. They declare much
of this has been damaged by winter
rains. While cotton at q to % cents
is higher than before the war, growers
say production cost is so much higher
that they will lose money at 25 cents
a pound. Last years government re-
ports placed the Texas acreage at H..
235,000. By reducing this one-third
bankers and agriculturists feel that
prices can be held to point that Will
bring a profit and also bring higher
price for the unmoved crop of 1913
The council of defense chairman In
each county and the county agricul-
tural agent have been named as COM
mittees to aid in an extensive adver-
tising compaign to persuade all plant
ers to sign the two-third acreage
pledge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07

les of the war, have not been able to
10 more than make the absolutely nee
assary repairs and renewals in the
country. 1t may be taken for granted,
too. that in the matter Of new ma
chinery, priority Of delivery will be
riven TO France and Belgium, and at
the present price Of machinery Gt Is
practically 200 to 800 per cent above
pre-war rates) it is impossible to see
how new mills can be started success
fully to compete with the mills already
Now. take America. The cotton
mills there, the cotton mills here have
during the last two years. been
to a certain extent engaged on govt
ernment work. but even in normal
times they are only able to export s
per cent of their manufacture Of cot
ton goods, and that won't go far to-
wards meeting the worlds wants. You
will see from these facts that there Is
no possibility, for some years to come,
of the worlds production of cotton
goods being equal to the worlds
wants"
Sir Charles was Of the opinion that
for some time there would not be much
dropping off In prices, because, owing
to the conditions he had mentioned
relative to machinery and labor, cloths,
which in normal times usually take
six months from the raw material to
the finish, are now taking nine months,
and cloths taking the latter period in
pre-war times now take IL months, Also
the great increase in the cost Of la
Dor would counterbalance any drop In
raw materials. The stocks of cloths
now in hand should be easily disposed
of in yieyy of the demand once conf
dence was re- established.
THAT will come with something de-
finite in the way Of peace conditions"
he said, confidently, "and that Is why
we are looking to an early settlement
in Paris" He did not think that the
reported fact of a good stock Of cotton
in the United States would have much
effect in lowering prices on the man
ufactured article. If the cotton could
not be converted into cloth any faster
than was likely to be the case for a
long time to come, he could not see
how it could affect prices of the finish
ed articles"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Louise Whitener of Yorkville,
spent Monday in Charlotte.
Geo. w. Kunz Of Rock Hill, was a
visitor in Yorkville yesterday.
Sergeant Effird s. Robinson has re-
ceiyed his honorable discharge from
Camp Sewer, Greenville, and returned
to his home on Yorkville No. S.
Superintendent Of Education Carroll,
who has been sick for some time past,
was able to be in his office Wednesday
and yesterday. He is beginning to feel
pretty we'll again.
Lieut.. R. G. Allison, who recently
returned from France has received his
discharge from the army and Is now
visiting his mother. Mrs. Mamie AL
lison, in Yorkville.
Mr.. J. M. Brice Of Yorkville No. 4,
returned home last Wednesday evening
from the Fennell infirmary at Rock
Hill, where he underwent an operation
for appendicitis.
Rev. ]. B. Mahaffey, formerly in the
Y. NJ. c. A. work at Camp Johnson,
Fla, has resigned his position there
and has accepted an appointment as
pastor of a Methodist church in Gov
ington, KY.
Miss Rosa Mahaffey, on her return
from Chicago where she went as de-
legate from the Columbia College to
the National WV. c. A. convention,
spent the weekend with her parents
Rev. and Mrs. j. E. Mahaffey, in York
vile.
Mrs. ]. w. Smith of Tirzah, has q
letter from her son, Corporal E. Clyde
Smith, Of the 31Sth Field Supply com {.
pany in France. 1t Is dated February
13, and leaves the young soldier very
we'll satisfied with his present situa.
ton, except he is ready to come home
as soon as his time comes. He speaks
of Clyde Ford of Glover and Chtmmy
Youngblood as being in his company.
He says he was on his way to the fir
ing line when the armistice came; but
has no special complaint of having
been cheated out of anything because
of his having been turned back.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07

The breach between the president
and the Republican party, especially
the senate, has been very much WIDEN
ed during the past week. Under the
constitution Of the United States, the
United States senate is the treaty-mak-
ing power of this government. There
Is absolutely no question Of that fact.
Neither is there any question of the
fact that the president has taken upon
himself the whole burden of RESPONSE
bility of representing the United
States not only in the matter OF put
ting through the constitution OF the
league of nations; but of arranging the
terms Of peace. The senate has peen
and is impatient Of all this. The mer-
its of the league Of nations or the WIS
dom and advantage Of the terms OF
neace are not SO important with the
senate, as is the question Of maintain
ing the senate's prerogative. Thls
feeling is not confined to Republican
senator's; but it extends to many Dem
ocratic senators also. Then again there
Is the party question Of the next pres
idential campaign two years hence. IL
is commonly recognized that the COM
plete domination Of the whole interna-
tional situation by President wilson
will tend to make him virtual dicta-
tor of American political affalrs 1or
the next four years at least ana SO
powerful that no one else Will nave
any real voice in the government. ihis
adds to the impatience Of all represen-
tatives alike. 1t was the especial de-
sire of the senate to be in session DUR
ing the continuance Of the peace con-
ference and especially when the peace
treaty was ready for ratification. IL
was because of this situation that ac-
ton was delayed on all of the more
important money bills. Failure 10
pass these bills would necessarily en-
barrass the administration Of the gov
ernment, and an extra session Would
seem imperative. The president an
nounced beforehand that he would not
call an extra session. That was chal-
lenge that caused the senate to consid-
err seriously whether it would allow the
Victory bond bill to fail. In that event
the president would have to call an
extra session or allow the whole gov
ernmental machinery to fall into a
state of chaos. the outcome OF whlcn
even the wisest could not foresee. But
the senate did not quite have the nerve
to do that. It did however, allo"
many other bills to fail. The president
went on back to Europe. Following
adjournment, or expiration of the con-
gress, thirty-six Republican senators
signed a resolution which, in erect, is
considered a protest against the league
of nations, and disapproval OF the
presidents refusal to call an extra ses-
sion. The president is going on with
his plans regardless Of the senators ana
is evidently relying upon the people Oh
the country to make the senators sign
the league Of nations constitution ana
also ratify the peace treaty when the
time comes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-07
before the control of the price Of the
south's great cotton will be entirely IN
the hands of the people of the south.

A number of people have asked the
writer 20. K. Williams)why the YORK
county delegation would not amend the
county supply bill to the amount OF
So. 600 so as to give the eastern half OF
county a farm demonstrator to take
the place of A. A. McKeown, VINO mas
been promoted to district agent VIII
Is counties under his supervision. Inc
writer called on Senator Beamguard
ond asked him to regard the matter,
and he stated that the supply bill had
already been made up and to change II
would have caused a lot OF trouble anu
an increase of the levy, and that the
delegation decided it was not gooa
Ting to do. Asked If he thought IL
treating the eastern part OF the cou!iIS
fair to allow the amount given oy !ne
limited States government tor thls
nurnose to 60 to the western part OF
the county, who have demonstratol'
and this side do without ana receive
no benefit from same. Mr.. Beamgual,u
replied that he felt sure that IL ItoGS
Hill wanted Mr.. Blair that tney coula
get him to move here. He was asket
if the people of western 1oIk .St uit NJ NJ
want Mr.. Blair and he said that MI.
RIair was a mighty fine man and was
veil liked in his own neighbornooo'
bnt that he felt sure that he could De
induced to move to Rock Hill ana no
ereat howl would be raised by tne
eastern side of the county. we 90 not
know lust what this means, put WIN
this information coming from the sena-
for from this county we think II our
neople are interested in getting MI;
Rlair here they should get busy anu
see lust how the matter STANDS. we
have not been able to talk with any ol
the members of the house yet.-RocK
Hill Record.
In all of which Senator Beamguard
and the whole delegation were emil
nently sensible. Maybe there Is a de-
mand on the. part of the farmers on
the eastern side" of the county for an
other county demonstrator all by their
lonesome, notwithstanding the fact
that Mr.. NcKeown, who is still In
Rock Hill and thoroughly qualified Is
always willing to answer any call; nut
we imagine that Mr.. Williams Is PROB
ably more concerned than anyone else.
IF Mr.. Blair should choose to move to
Rock Hill we do not imagine that
there would be a great deal of obJec-
lion. That is q matter entirely with
Mr.. Blair; but from Rock Hill he could
reach the people of the western ana
northern and southern sides in his
Ford Just as he now reaches the east
ern side. We do not mind saying that
the demonstration work is we'll worth
what it costs; but we think one dem
onstration agent for county like this
is sufficient.