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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23

only way to decrease the price OF q
Icommodity like cotton is to increase
the production, and unless the producer
gets living over his cost Of making
the crop. the production will not be
increased. Although on account Of the
large margin between price Of raw cot
ton and finished product. the price OF
some dry goods having been based on
as high as roc to 9oc cotton, the finish
ed product may decline. and cotton still
be entitled to advance.
Another Round Coming.
During Round for the past sew
eral weeks. the bears have had every
thing their own way and the gone
strikes with them winner on points.
But the gong wilLstrike in few
months, announcing the opening, OF
another round, when all of the present
temporary Instructions to trans-con-
tinental trade will have been elimina-
ted, exchange rates improved Peace
Treaty. ratified, and England. France,
Spain, Belgium. Japan. the Scandinav-
ian countries, Italy, Germany, Austria,
ct. al, wanting few million bales Of
cotton each. plus American require
ments, totalling twenty-five million
bales, and their buyers here viewing
with each other ina mad rush Of COM
petitive bidding for the fieecg staple,
at around fifty cents per podnd. with
the south triumphant)y holding. and
the southern farmer will have come
into his own.y
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23
AN EXCELLENT CLOCK
Been Ticking Since 1859 and Still
Keeps Good Time.

Been Ticking Since 1859 and Still
Keeps Good Time.
Fifty disabled soldiers, many of
whom had lost leg in the war and
wore an artificial one in ITS place
climbed the $50 steps of the house of
commons tower the other afternoon to
study the mechanism Of big Ben," the
giant timepiece The soldiers are be-
ing trained by the ministry Of labor IN
watch and clock repairing.
One, spying the clock mechanism,
exclaimed rs this the works? 1t
looks more like q blinking printing
machine.
A guide told the party that the clock
was designed by Lord GrimthOrp and
was placed in the tower in 1859. I 1t
has been working for GO years and is
still regarded as one of the best time
keepers in the world.
The minute hand is IA feet long and
weighs 224 pounds, and the pendulum,
which requires two seconds to COM
plete each swing, weighs 700 pounds.
The bell which sounds the hours has
a diameter of nine feet and weighs
IA tons, the weight of the striking
hammers being 766 pounds.
An electric motor now winds the
clock in 20 minutes. Formerly 1t took
two men working three afternoons .
week to complete the task.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23
AN UNUSUAL WOMAN
Did Work Of Man in Coal Mine
Fifty Years.

Fifty Years. .:.
Mrs. Bridget McHugh. the oldeit,
"pitbrow" woman in the Pembeft0n
coal field, has Just died at Wigaw, Enx-I
land, at the age Of so years For mara
than half century she had wotks8'
at the mines. Xtfsh
"Old Bridget" as Mrs. McHush B6s
familiarly called. was a hale fasd.
hearty, strongly built woman wagp'
could use shovel In filing mine e
as we'll as any man and was always
looked upon as an expert pitt bfoH
worker, few being her equal. s.ss,sxo
The shorter working day was ian. I
known to her and summer and winter,
rain or shine, she was accustomed 10
leave home at 5 o'clock every mDf<
ing, and was in her place at the coal
bank before the whistle sounded ab'6.'
Her day continued until or essat
night. Mrs. McHugh was a gfaa4
mother and two Of her sons are asnis
ployed in the colliery where she WORK.
ed so long. 81
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23

Gamble, E. w. Kimbrell, w. b. Ardrey
L. A. Harris, w. B. Mcacham, Jr.' Z
r. Patterson, Potts Supply Co., j. l.
Kiser, j. B. Mills, c. S. Link, Il. Nj
Lee, J. NJ. Epps, Lee Armstrong, j. b
Elliott, ]. III. Patterson, j. r. Morten
Osmond Barber, First National Bank
F. Minis, K. Minis, F. Minis, Jr, I
B. Spratt, ]. L. Spratt.
Broad River Township.
r. A. Foster, ]. S. Rainey, j. W.
Gaulden, M. A. Shillinglaw, w. M,
Whitesidcs, B. N. Miller S. L. Cald-
well, r. It. Castles, T. E. Whitesides'
r. b. Whitesides, w. E. Wilkerson, T
e. Castles, Estes Estes, o. M. Burgess,
r. L. A. Smith, H. +. Stephenson, j.
p. Allison. ]. X. Allison, w. A
Ramsey, Kennedy Bros.
York Township.
w. A. Watson, w. ]. Fewell, p. b.
Neil, Joe w. Smith, r. M. Bratton, e.
M. Williams, w. T. Oates, w. B.
Keller, L. G. Thompson. L. NJ. Grists's
Sons, F. E. Smith, Louis Roth, r. A.
Bratton. ]. w. Shillinglaw, P. B.
Thomas, ID. c. Clark, j. M. Stroup,
Hart Grocery Co., York Fur. & Hwd.
Co., ]. L. Moss, SAM NJ. Grist, j. c.
Wilborn, Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,
York Hardware Co., York Supply Co.,
NJ. Bratton, Nathan Feinstein, s. l..
Courtney, o. K. Barber Shop, d. l..
Shieder, ]. NJ. Ferguson, r. E. Nc
Farland, ]. j. Jones, r. r. Love, j. Nc
Moore, J. r. Scott.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23

Marvin Ritch, we'll known lawyer
and organizer of Charlotte, is being
held under $500 bond charged with
melting to riot in connection with the
recent street car mems strike in that
city. Ritch is also said to be wanted
in Albemarle, y. c., to answer similar
charges for his connection with the
strike of textile workers of that town.
A nation wide strike Of Baptist
clergymen unless they are granted
higher salaries, was advocated in a
statement issued in New York Thurs
day night by Charles A. McAlpine, a
member Of the National Committee OF
Northern Baptist Laymen.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23
TOO MUCH ExTRAvAeANcE
So Says Chairman of House Appro
priation Committee.

priation Committee.
The Federal treasury already faces
deficit of s3,591, 5,545.26 for the
present fiscal year, Representative
Good of Iowa, chairman Of the house
appropriations committee. said in a
speech to the house, last Wednesday.
Mr.. Good sounded q warming that
"the actual condition confronting the
treasury is so alarming that we may
well pause and calmly consider obli-
cations already existing and that must
be met before entering on enlarged
programmes which call for additional
expenditure"
The demands on the treasury In
the present fiscal year are staggering,
Mr.. Good asserted. While the average
peace time expenditure of the govern
ment is slightly more than $1,Oo0,OOo,-
900 Mr.. Good added that the total re-
quirements of the government out
side of the present urgent deficiency
bill and appropriations that will be
asked for later by June 80, 1920 will
be $10,831, ,201, $500. The revenues for
the fiscal year, he said, will be $685.
92S,240.
Mr.. Good strongly recommended the
appointment by President Wilson Of a
national finance officer to have COM
plete oversight of all government ex-
penditures, so that economy may be
practised to the limit by the govern
ment, adding that the high cost OF
living probably cannot be materially
reduced while the government con-
tinues its "orgy of spending"
OF the expenditures Mr.. Good said
s7,345,617,2 ,2S3.5S is for direct appropria-
tions, while the rest will be expended
this year under appropriations pre-
viously made.
He called upon the president to use
his authority to practice the strictcst
government economy.
He has the authority under the law
and should exercise it to the end that
estimates for appropriations may be
greatly reduced and that the treasury
department, the first line Of defence
against public extravaganza, may re-
establish it's lines on a policy OF eff
cheney and economy" the chairman
asserted in explaining the big reduc-
tions made in the estimates embodied
in the deficiency bill, which he called
up to-day. The committee cut the
estimates down to one-third of the
amounts asked.
Regarding the high cost of living
kMr. Good said it was due to the fol-
lowing causes:
"An increase in the circulating me-
dunn, the amount being double.
Increased prices are made neces-
sary to meet increased cost of produc-
ton, due in turn to increased wages
decrease in laLor efficiency and in
crease in taxes. The increase in the
wage scale in many industries is az
much as 100 per cent. and yet labor
is only from so to 65 per cent. as efti-
cient as before, according 10 testimony
placed before the committee. A tax
of almost s5,OOO,OOO,OOO year in the
long run has been passed on to tho
consumer.
Large increases in exports, amount:
ed in the case of foodstuffs to sia
times the amount in 1914.
Tremendous losses in man power
and property, with it's effect on world
production, the great world shortaS,
affecting prices in this country"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23
CIVIL SERVICE MESS
Senate Investigating Charges oftDe-
posed. Commissioners.

senate InNestigatIng Snargcs OF be
posed. Commissioners.
Charges Of Charles N. Galloway, Of
South Carolina, former member of the
civil service commission that Postmas-
ter Generar Burles0n was 'debauching'
the cfvilrservice system by undue in
reference in the selection OF post
masters together with insinuations by
Herman w. Craven; of Seattle, Wash,
another former commission member.
Of alleged Irregularities in civil service
examinations were vehemently denied
last Friday by witnesses before the
senate postoffice subcommittee con-
sidering contested postmaster nonlina-
tions.
The charges Of both former COM
missioners brought spirited replies
from J. G. Rooms, first assistant post
master general. and Martin A. Nor
rison. president OF the civil service
tcompfssion. who asserted that neither
IMr.tBurieson nor any other postoffice
department official had attempted to
exert any influence over the commits
|ifon'S action in the certifcation of
postmasters or that politics In any way
controlled tho commission.
Mr.. Craven, who apparel before the
committee in connection with a con-
test over the postmastership at More
head, n. c., declared the commissions
examinat~ in some instances wore a
sham" an making the assertion he
said he intended it for the members OF
the committee and asked that 1t not
be placed in the record.
II object to that statement and 1t
won't be borne out by the facts" de-
clared Mr.. Koons jumping to his feet.
A similar denial was made by Pres
ident Morrison, to which Craven an
swered that what he said did not ap-
ply to- postmaster examinations for Of
fees paying less than $4,000 annually,
and said:-
II don't say it does apply to all
cases above that amount, but exami-
nations can be made fake whenever
the postmaster general wants them
to be-"
Mr.. Craven when pressed for the
reason for his recent resignation, said
it was at tho presidents request and
was due to the fact that he would
not be subservient to the pos.office de-
partment"
Assistant Postmaster General koons
told the committee that both Craven
and Galloway, after their designations
had been demanded, came to Mr.. Bur-
Lesson and asked that he urge the pres
ident to withdraw his requests. In
reply, Mr.. Burleson told them, he said,
that he could do nothing for them, as
he had no connection with the matter.
Assistant Postmaster General Rooms
as well as MI. Morrison and James G.
Yagen, assistant chief examiner for
the commission, denied that there had
been any Irregularities in the commits
sion's action in changing the percent
age by which r. T. Wade, democrat,
and a newspaper man, was given the
appointment as postmaster at More
head City, N. c., over Cleveland Will
liza, republican, and said re-examina-
ton had shown a mistake was made
in the first test.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23

A negro post of the American Legion
with 1G7 members. was organized at
Jackson, Tenn, last Thursday. 1t is
believed to be one of the first organized
by negroes in the south.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23

The city of Biloxi, an Italian barken.
tine bound from Gulfport, Miss, tc
Genoa, blew up % miles off Mobile
Bar, Ala, early Thursday morning
according to survivors brought tt
Pensacola, Fla, by the United States
shipping board steamer knights Is
land. Four members of the crew are
believed to have been drowned.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23
Bears Offer seareerew..

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balance are the warehouse stocks here,
a large per cent Of which have already
been bought for foreign account, thus
leaving the short seller very little OF
the actual to All his contract with In
the event it Is demanded, and since
mill and spinning Interests have been
buyers of the scale down, 1t rs only q
matter of time until the cotton will be
asked for as the options expire, and
these same bears who so recklessly
sold short on the carryover figures, will
be converted into the best bulls in the
world when they find they cannot get
the spot cotton to deliver and can only
cover at increasing higher levels. Even
though the carryover was 100000
more than it is, the result would not
be much different, as the south is now
financially able to hold and carry this
amount of cotton. And If each of
800, 900 farmers and merchants in the
south would appoint himself a COM
mittee of one to buy contract Of ten
bales of cotton and call for the actual
at time of expiration, there Is no limit
to the PRICE cotton would sell for.
ALSO the bears have contended that
the government campaign against high
cost of living would affect cotton prices
along with everything else. But the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-23

E. w. Helman, magistrate at Barn
well for a number Of years, has ten
tered his-resignation to the governor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
MARTIAL LAW
IN ARGENTINE
IS EXPECTED
ny JAMES I. MILLER

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
BuENos AIRES. Jan. ie.--scnaie
action was expected today on Pres
ldent Iriguyen'a request that martial
law be declared turnout Argentina
for 30 days.
The house Of deputies already has
passed resolution endorsing the
presidents action. bat tho senate
was unable to vote yesterday or Last
night. thru lack Of quorum.
The feeling continues In some
quarters today tina; irigoyen fcars
worse trouble IN the interior than
was experienced In nucnos Aires.
Opposition Of the antl-radieaia to
the government was reported Ia be
growing. Rumors that an attempt
might be made by this faction TO
overthrow the government persisted.
Meanwhile the city was quiet and
business was returning 10 normal
Tho ports strike. which was distinct
from tho general strike. was stlli In
effect. however.
II was believed this period nigh,
be the pruverblal calm before the
storm.
Minimum estimates today of the
casualties In the recent fighting
here were 1000 dead and 5000 I'm.
jurcd
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
|. ". ". DEFENSE
HAS SURPRISE
AS CASE ENDS

SACRAMENTO. Jan. is.--counHel
for the government In the I, W. w.
conspiracy trial WAS recovering to.
day from a huge shock. Just before
the government closed its case. At.
torney coghlan for the defense.
proved that two OF the defendants
alleged 10 have engaged in aeditiouS
conversation in an office were i'm.
prieoned in the county sail at the
time.
Ferdinand August Schiiemann. for.
merry an l. ". W. now employed
az Waterman here. was called 10
the stand by the prosecution.
schilsmann testified that In Janu-
ary. 1915. he met a. l.. Fop and
Basil saffor.a IN the office Of John
Grave. All three are defendants 10
the present trial. According 10
schilenann's testimony Aafforea.
made the remark that ~workinEmrn
would be blind to fight for the gov
eminent. which treated them like
dogs"
saffor~n. who was In court, called
Coghlan TO him and the latter asked
for a few minutes delay. coEhlAn
sent over 70 the county jail and pre-
scented the record book to show that
both Safforea and Grave were in jail
In January. 1915 Safforca did not
get his bail until March I. and
Crave not until March 7.
The prosecution cloeed It's case
without further ado.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
Senate VOTES DOWN
open SESSION. PLAN

"A legislature Is thlsT" Haid Motrh-
land. "and he patted me on tho back
and said. My boy, don't get sun.
piciouH F."
lie said he went to Hart when he
began to fear the power Of the rules
committee TO keep legislation off tho
calendar
Cariyon read a long prepared brief
to support HIS argument that
changes In the rules would clutter
the calendar with unlmportant bills
and prevent the legislature from get
thing thru needed lava lie said
thu public Is mlHiuformed.
Walter Davis, Pierce. warned the
senators that this rules fight might
"aplit the republican party In the
state" and reminded them of tho
fight against Joe cannon's auto
cratic power In 1910 over praete-
ally tho same issue.
II feel that the machine Is creased
and ready 10 work" declared liver.
son.
Metoaif took the floor to suggest
that he explain about the machine
TO Conan. OF Spokane. who ia beinR
boosted as candidate for governor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16

OLYMPIA. Jan, id.-warninss
that there Ia statewide suspicion
against secret meetings" OF the sen.
ate rules committee. failed to swervc
regular" senators today. when they
voted down proposals of the In
surgcnta for daylight scaaionA Of the
committee, - To- IL. Il don't believe
In government by suspicion. but tho
people are suspicious and We want
the people to have confidence I'm this
body" declared Morthland. OF Yak.
lima. who introduced tho daylight
resolution,
The independents. who voted with
him In the effort TO change the
rules. were: Davis. Fairchiid. Faw.
cctt and Metcalf, OF Pierce. o'iinrra.
I.amping and i.andon Of King: liver
son of Paulsbo. T.. lien johnson and
phlpps. OF spokane: Lon Johnson, Of
Colvillc. Judd of Lewis. Myers. of
Lincoln.
Howard Taylor. OF King. and DR.
+. II. Csulyon. OF Olympia, led the
regulars fight
Last year l asked Lieut. Gov.
Hart. for Gods sake. what Kind OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
SEARCHING FOR
VICTIMS LOST
IN EXPLOSION

BOSTON. Jan. ID Salvage squads
hunted for bodies today In tho wreck
age Of the buildings and whsrves de
ntroyed by the explosion. yesterday.
Of a 1000 900 gallon tank % moiaases
on wharf on Commercial II.
At least / pcoplc--a woman. a girl
and nine men~-iost their lives, and
more than co were injured. many se'
riously The monetary loss has not
been estimated The explosion In b.
llcvrd 10 have been caused hy a mix
turc Of gas and air within the huge
tank.
In the opinion Of chemists. steam
pipes. fixed In the tank 10 warm the
molaaSe.. eanEcd the gases TO form.
with tho result that a tank Of harm.
less moiasssA became a high cxplo-
Nivc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
Sind St. People
Cut Off From Use
of Spring Water

Residents Of s2d st. y. T.. Seattle.
protested before the city utility and
finance committees, Thursday morn
ing. that they were deprived OF their
source OF water supply by n health
department ruling which condemned
a spring used by those living In the
district.
The health department dizapprov.
ed OF the use OF the spring several
months ago. and the city engineers
department was asked TO prepare an
estimate OF the cost of installing n
modern water system. Tho engi.
necr's report showed that the cost
would be prohibltivc under the state
law. which regulates the amount OF
debt that may be incurred against a
taxpayers property.
We must not use our spring"
pleaded the petitioners. and the city
won't give us water-what shall We
dog-
An investigation OF the situation
was promised thru the water depart.
ment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
Appoint Attorneys
for Murder Trial

Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys
John CArmody and Judge Charles T..
Ciaypool viii represent the state In
the second trial Of William Colt.
stein. convicted on the charge 81
numbering John Murray. October I.
near Dca MolneM This was an.
nounccd BY Prosecuting Attorney y.
c. Brown Thursday
Gotutcin was granted new trial
by Judge Fratcr "wednesday.
Carol y. Graves and George II.
Rummcns will assist walter u. Al.
lon, counsel for the defense. during
the coming trial II u not prob
able that the case will ~ tried until
next month.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
IRON MEN WERE IN
BACK OF lUDENOORFF

cOPENIAGES. Jan. is.--iIcnry
Heilesen. Danish journalist. has just
come out OF Germany with the
story that Ludendorff's power in the
last years of the war depended not
so much upon his ability. as on his
being representative Of the Ger.
man iron magnates. The four
great Industrial families the stIn.
mes. the Thyss.nH, the Haitachs and
the krupps we're the real powers
behind the war. and all these people
had some of their relations on the
start OF Ludenaorff. giving him All
needed hackin. in court circles in
Berlin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
Changes Plea and
Gets Stiff Fine

Withdrawing his former plea.
John Alderman. Auburn farmer.
pleaded guilty TO operating n liquor
still In Judge J. Netercr's federal
court Thursday. He was sentenced
TO pay a $500 fine and serve 30 days
In Jail
Leo Gotu. Italian, charged with
operating a liquor stu Mt his homo
near Renton. came up before Judge
Neterer for trial Thursday. Assist.
ant United States Attorney hen
Moore brought In n complete but
crude liquor still as government ev.
Idence.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
CHIEF ORDERS |. w. w.
POSTERS DESTROYED

Posters OF the Industrial Work.
ers of the World were discovered
piastered TO telephone poles in diff.
ferent sections OF the city. by the
police Thursday.
They were ordered torn down by
Chief OF Police Warren. who in
structed patrolmen To keep "A sharp
watch for offenders. This 10 a city
ordinance violation, Chief Warren
NuVa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
WILL HONOR JAPAN'S
PEACE DELEGATE HERE

Samuel I'm. prominent statesman
close personal friend Of President
Wilson. and Baron Rempei koado
Japanese steamship man, scheduled
to arrives In Seattle on steamer
from the Orient late Thursday or
early Friday. viii be guests Of honor
at tho Friday noon luncheon OF the
Chamber Of Commerce. Baron Kon'
do IL Japan's delegate to the peace
conference.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
Flu" Mask Order
Fails to Pass in
Portland Council

PORTLAND. Jan. is.-Portland Is
unmasked today because Commits
o6o0er Mann refused 20 vote for tbs
or1Enance compelling citizens "a
war Influenza masks. at n warm
session OF the city council yester'
day.
II vas necessary that all commits
szoners vote for the measure in order
% make II effective at once SO when
Mann persisted In his refusal to vote
aye the ordinance was dropped.
Three hundred and fourteen new
influenza cases were reported yester
dny.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
English Language
Alone Iowa's Plan

DIES MONIES. Ia. Jan. is.--Tak
ing the oath OF office as governor
fer the second time. VIM. l.. Hard.
Ing this afternoon came out strong
~ for the Use OF only the English
language In all grade schools
THE only language Of Iowa in all
grade schools must be English. g
said Harding.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
BUyS "BOOZE- Alto

w. G.. Longwood. Beilngham,
bought the auto auctioned off by
United States Deputy Marshal Ed
williams Thursday. for s1.325. The
sale took place at the Third st. en-
trance 10 the postoffice building.
The machine was confiscnted by the
government when arrests were
made in connection with liquor
smuggling
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16

md
o c. from ieased teth
will yo will
hash dl
most oo tha he
Now just word what we have offer the
We make this and without contradiction
OF
has been o the people of Seattle the
certificate from the State Dental Board hanging right the wal front of his da! chair
and knows thoroughly shows that has hard study under
Dental Board his knowledge and ability dentistry and do right
OF
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16

CHEYENNE. Wye. Jan. 49,
Without a dissenting vote today
both houses OF the state Legislature
ratified the federal prohibition
amendment. Gov. Carey immediate
iy signed the ratification resolution