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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28
Soldiers Letters.

We are in frequent receipt Of let
ters from parents or brothers or sisters
of soldiers abroad making inquiry as to
the conditions under which letters
from such soldiers will be published in
The Enquirer, etc.
1t is not uncommon to have people
inquire what we charge for printing
such letters, ETC., and we are referring
to the subject because we have reason
to know that there are many people
who would appreciate information.
First let us say that there is nothing
the editor of this paper likes better
than to please and accommodate the
papers readers, and there is nothing
in reason that he would not do for all
Of them as a whole or any one Of them
individually.
But let it be understood that the ed
itor cannot print things either to please
himself or any other individual. In
everything he prints he must consider
not so much the desire or plee sure OF
any particular individual or any par
ticular family; but so far as possible
all the readers of the paper.
Amongst the most interesting and
acceptable matter we have printed In
many months has been the letters of
soldiers in France; but probably 1t
never occurs to the reader that where
as there seemed to be something worth
while in the letters he has read, there
has been laid aside many other letters
which for one reason or another, have
not been printed.
Some Of these letters although of
tremendous interest to the people for
whom they were especially written,
would not be of any interest to the pub
lie. Other contain matter that would be
quite. readable after having been re-
written and revised, but in the opinion
of the editor the time required for such
rewriting and reversion can be employ
ed to better advantage in some other
line.
Certainly we like to print these let
ters and certainly there is no charge
for printing them. On the contrary,
where a letter is really usable, we feel
more like paying for it than charging
for it, but we would not charge for it
under any circumstances. Really
worth while letters-well written. gen.
orally interesting letters like those of
Dr. Mcconnell. Captain Dickson, young
Good, Henry, Fincher and others gre
the exception rather than the rule, and
unless the letters come up to some
such standard our readers will want to
know why we are imposing on them.
Any one who has letters to submit,
and who desires to submit them, is in
vited to do so; but we desire that an
such act in full knowledge of the con-
ditions, which are these:
Since it is the editor who has to bear
the responsibility Of the approval or
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28

Our advice to every individual who
has Liberty bond or a war savings
certificate is to hold on to it as long as
possible. We say in all seriousness
that Notwithstanding the discount at
which Liberty bonds are selling, they
are positively the most valuable secu-
rites in America today. They are the
best investment in America today.
Take this proposition and figure 1t out
for yourself. You can take a Liberty
bond at the present market price and
buy more than you could have gotten
with the par value of the bond a year
ago. Within less than two years more
that bond will be selling at premium
over gold; but whether it is at a pre-
MUM or not, its purchasing power,
measured in commodities of every day
use will continue to gain in about as
great proportion as it has gained in the
last year. Hold on to your Liberty
bonds and don't hesitate to buy Vic
tory bonds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28
WITHIN THE TOWN.

The county board of registration
meets next Monday, which is salesday
for March, and the county board or
commissioners holds it's regular month
ly meeting on next Wednesday,.
The Peoples Bank and Trust COM
pany of Yorkville was chartered Mon
day by w. Banks Dove, secretary of
state, the capital stock being 100000.
y. L. Cobb is president; ]. M. Stroup
and ]. T Crawford, vice presidents; j.
H. B. Jenkins, Jr., cashier, and William
S. Moore, assistant cashier.
The house of representatives has
increased the appropriation for Con-
federate veterans from $350,000 to
$50O,000. The money is to be admin
istered by a commission to consist OF
one member from each congressional
district, as follows: D. w. McLaurin,
John Ahrens Alfred Aldrich, B. c.
Johnson, George M. Hannah, ]. E.
Craig and John c.. Sellers. D. w. NC
Laurin is to be the commissioner of
pensions and is to receive salary OF
$4,000 per year. The pension office Is
to be located in Columbia. The state
board Of commissioners are to receive
81 per diem and actual mileage for not
more than six days each year.
Sheriff Quinn has in his official
possession a handsome gold wrist
watch and a gold signet ring which be-
long to somebody; but as to who is the
owner of the articles he has no idea.
A few weeks ago a negro named Jim
Barber was arrested in Yorkville for
stealing potatoes, and was sent to the
chaingang for sixty days. In going
through the negro's effects for other
stolen goods, the sheriff found the
wrist watch and the signet ring. He
wrote the negro as to whether he had
stolen them or whether If they were
his would he sell them. The negro
denied having any such property In
his possession: but said that If he had
anything of the kind, Of course he
would be glad to sell. The sheriff is
certain that the articles have been
stolen, but he has no idea as to who
their possible owner may be. Both
the wrist watch and the ring appear
to be new and unused.
George Robinson, negro, stole
about one hundred dollars out of r. L.
Allison's safe last Monday and got
awav with It. Robinson, who is more
or less known in Rock Hill, turned up
in Yorkville Saturday and got employ
ment at Mr.. Allison's. He was in the
office with two other men when Mr..
Latta Massey, the bookkeeper, went to
dinner. The other three, including
two regular men known to be trust
worthy and reliable, started away to
perform q task to which all three had
been assigned; but Robinson started
to get a coca-cola. When Mr.. Massey
cs.me back, he found that drawer of
the safe had been broken open and
the money was gone. He was not sure
how much money there was but
thought the amount was close to 500.
There was but small doubt that Robin
son was the thief. The fellow was
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28
CLOVER CULLINGS.
Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer

Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer.
Glover, S. c., Feb. 26, 1919.-Senator
James E. Beamguard Of Columbia
spent the week end here with his fam
lily.
Miss Addie Matthews, who has been
visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. w.
NJ. Matthews, has returned to the city
hospital in Greenville where she Is a
nurse.
Miss Nell Neill, principal of the
Lowryville school, spent the week end
here with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. u.
M. Neill.
Miss Mary Cullender of the Point
section spent Monday here with Miss
Virginia Campbell.
Mr.. Glenn Mackey of Heath Springs,
S. c., has accepted position here with
the city Pharmacy.
Miss Fannie Peters, trained nurse
who has been located in Lancaster
is visiting Mrs. w. P. Smith here.
Mr. James Falls Of Route was a
business visitor in Gastonia WedneS-
day.
Mr.. Zeb Neill, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
z. NJ. Neill who has been in the army
for the past eight months, has received
an honorable discharge. During the
eight months Zeb was in seven diff
ferent camps besides being sent to
France and got within three hours
ride of Paris. He was in France three
months and eight days had he stayed
four months he would have had a
seven day furlough and had the op-
portunity of visiting Paris. He left
Tuesday morning for Newport News.
Va, where he has accepted position
in the ship yard.
Mr.. ]. B. H. Jackson has received
a message from his son, Ralph Rack
son announcing the safe arrival OF the
latter from overseas.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. w. Campbell visited
their daughter Mrs. Ralph Stevenson
in Camden this week.
Mrs. Hebert Wright and son Her
bert have returned home after spend
! ing several days in Yorkville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28
Orders for freezing weather in tn

Orders for freezing weather in the
southeast were sent out from Washing
ton on Tuesday.
The law as enacted by the general
assembly, prohibiting carnival shows in
South Carolina, includes seventeen
counties. York county has been ex-
cepted from the provisions Of the bill.
Mr.. John r. Blair, county demon
stration agent, said Wednesday that
farmers had already commenced Of
fering hogs to help to make up the first
carload to be assigned to the Rich
mond market; but Of course it was too
early yet to give any information as to
how many hogs would probably be Of
fered.
Mr.. r. L. Devinney Of No. 4, York
vile, brought some so-called low grade
cotton to Yorkville yesterday and the
best offer he could get was IA cents a
pound. He took the cotton to Fflbert
and sold it for 21 cents. There are two
buyers at Filbert, and they are paying
the price on the instruction Of their
employers who know what the cotton
Is worth.
The Waterbury,, Connecticut, Repub-
lican Of February IS, reproduces an
account of "a grand military and CIV
ic soiree," held in Waterbury on Fri
day evenin, February IS, 1859. The
function, it appears, was given under
the auspices of the Waterbury City
Guard. The names Of the members OF
the honorary committee and Of the
committee of arrangements, includes
some sixty people, and the Republican
points out that of the entire list, only
two are now living. These are Corpo-
raj John w. Hill and Private A. j.
Buckland. The Corporal John w. Hill
referred to will be remembered by
some of our readers as having several
times been mentioned as having lived
in Yorkville for several years along
about 1845. He is quite delightful
old gentleman, a lifelong friend OF the
father of the writer Of this paragraph,
and of this writer as well. Although
we'll in the eighties, he is still youthful
in spirit and not specially old in body
as for years past up to the present
time he has not missed his annual out
ing in Canada woods and along Cana
ia streams. In his occasional letters,
however, he describes himself as still
hanging on by the eyelids, ready to let
loose whenever Gabriel sounds the sig
nal"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28

Mr.. Templeton was looking. The news
paper paragraph went on to say that
the man had satisfied the police, who
did not then know Of Mr.. Templeton's
advertisement, and gone on. Mr.. Tenn.
pleton tried to investigate this story
through the editor Of the State and
through the Greenville police, but was
unable to get any satisfaction. On
Tuesday however, Mr.. Templeton was
advised that the Charlotte police had
seized the car in the possession Of @
man named Kiser, who lives In the
Shopton neighborhood Of Mecklenburi
county.
Back From Fighting Lines.
Charles G.. Sandifer, Julius c. Gray
Paul Wright and Wimp Simpson, foul
, Yorkville negroes who have been ir
the national army for about year
returned home this week from over
seas service in the 371st infantry
All four have been in some very ser.
ious fighting. They were put into the
lines on the Champagne front near the
Argonne forest in September, and af.
ter awaiting anticipated attack from
the Germans they were started In
terrific drive that brought them out or
the Alsace- Lorraine border on Nov
ember II. Sandifer who was a cor
poral In charge Of a squad of machine
gunners, says his regiment saw con.
siderable fighting and although he so'
some bullets through his clothes, he
was never scratched. In the big drive
toward Lorraine, the division to which
he was attached. in conjunction with
the French, captured about 1000 Ger
mans. He says the regiment was ex-
pecting to go over the top after the
Germans the next morning except fol
the signing of the armistice. about
the third day after we started our
drive" said Sandifer, 1--WE began to see
that we had them on the run and we
knew that it was all over as soon as
we could catch them" Each Of the men
have copies of an order issued by the
French general attesting their high
soldiership.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

history of the world war. Cloth bound. by
mail, $2.75; half morocco. 1915.
Brooks Inman-Will buy six to fifteen good
barred Plymouth Rock hens.
J. w. Dobson-Offers his house and store,
small tract of land and various other articles
for sale
w. J. Wilson. Waco. Texas--Is looking for a
buyer of fifty acres Of land in Bullocka
Creek township. Priced low.
Jno. =. Carroll, Supt Education-Gives notice
TO school teachers in regard to filing hnal
reports Of school work.
IA. H. Jackson, Guthriesvih he-Has young
milk and y09ns G ss r01 sale for Western
. York-Requests subscribers to United War
Work fund to pay to the treasurer at once.
York Supply Co.-Says it has been selling Vul;
can turn plows and repairs for years. All
ready to supply farmers with fertilizers
Sam NJ. Grist-Can supply automobile owners
with automobile insurance that will really
protect against loss in case of fire.
York Motor Car Co.-Announces that 1t Ii
awaiting arrival Of Hupmobiles. Price +. O.
b. factory is Sl,335.
Clover Drug Store-Tells poultry raisers te
give the hens Refers egg tonic if they want
more eggs. BY mail. 81.
Ferguson & Youngblood-Want to sell you 9
genuine Vulcan plow and repairs. A car oi
-four. Seed potatoes; Spartan dairy grains
A serial installment and comedy tomorrow
and a serial installment and comedy Tuesday
Louis Roth-Calls attention to his having q
superior quality of preserves and apple but
ter that has just arrived.
Carroll Supply Co.-Suggests that you use
Obelisk flour for bread like mother used to
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Today opens up an
adjustment sale that is to continue all OF
next week.
York Furniture g. Hardware Co.-Reminds you
that its 10 per cent reduction sale ends to-
morrow night. Liberty bonds taken at par.
Feinstein Bargain House Announces its first
annual sale beginning today and continuing
First National Bank of York-Points to Its
financial strength, with assets of over half
a million and invites your business on bas-
Ia of safety and fair treatment
7. M. Stroup-Now has on display his lines of
fine footwear for ladies' spring and summer
wear. He talks quality. style and prices.
Farmers Hdw. & Supply Co.-ofers full cream
cheese at 35c pound Saturday only. They
have feed oats. An invitation to farmers.
next Monday when you are in town and see
the mules they have on hand.
KirkpatrickBelk Co.-Says that shipments OF
ladies' coat suits, coats. capes. dolmans and
dresses are coming by every express.
Peoples Bank Trust Co.-On page four In
yites savings accounts and will loan you q
small bank. Farmers are invited to see it
about financial arrangements for this crop.
R. j. Reynolds Co.-Emphasizes the specially
good qualities of Prince Albert smoking to-
bacco. See page four.
L. .. DALEY Co., Ltd.-Suggests that you use
"2-in-l" shoe polishes. See page four.
Calotabs-The sure certain way 20 break up
colds, grippe etc. Sold by druggists in SEAL
ed packages. See page four.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28

Wo would like to see that case
against Engelken probed to the bottom
We are not at all satisfied that Engel-
ken was not the victim Of conspir-
acy on the part of Columbia people
who sought to get the control of the
Farm Loan bank in Columbia. It Is
quite possible that the charges Of dis
loyalty that were made against him
were for no other purpose than to fur
ther the ends of the conspirators. But
of course, if Engelkin was really guilty
as charged he should take the punish
ment. The thing should certainly not
stand as it is.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28

The office Of the Richland county
treasurer in Columbia, was robbed of
between $4,000 and $4,000 last Sat-
urday night, by two negro janitors,
O'Dell Thompson and Henry Dark. The
money had been left in brick vault
by P. B. Spigner county treasurer.
When the office was opened Monday
morning the robbery was discovered.
It was not long until there was infor-
nation that pointed to the guilt of
Thompson and Dark. Dark, aged 20,
had been janitor for close to twenty
years, and Thompson had been work.
ing about the courthouse for about a
year. He made a confession in which
he charged the actual robbery against
Dark, but admitted that he had re-
ceived a part of the stolen money. The
vault, it appears, was Of brick, and
about four feet through. The negroes
had gone into it by digging the bricks
out with a poker and a nail puller and
other such tools. OF the stolen money
the sum Of s10,4S5 was recovered from
a closet under a stairway and $2,O15
was recovered from a basement in the
home Of ]. Frost Walker, where one of
the negroes was living. Also $40 was
recovered from Birdie Walker, a negro
woman, to whom it had been given by
Thompson. Thompson, however, said
the woman had nothing to do with the
burglary. Both Dark and Thompson
were committed to Jail. Much OF the
money they made way with Is still
missing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28
d,sa nnroval Of the readers of his paper

disapproval Of the readers Of his paper
1t must be left with him to decide
whether or not the letter is likely to
meet with the approval Of those read
ers, because with the publication of
few dull letters people will simply quit
reading any Of them.
If the sender Of letter wants 1t re-
turned, in case it is not used, he must
enclose stamps for the purpose, and
If he desires the return Of the copy
after it has been printed. he should
know that he simply cannot get 1t.
After the contents Of any manu-
script of whatever nature has been put
in type, the manuscript itself belongs
to the printer.
So people who have original letters
that they would like to keep even att
er their publication. should send not
the originals; but copies to the printer
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. F. s. Moser Of Charlotte is the
guest Of Mesdames o. E. Wilkins and
R. c. Allen, in Yorkville.
Private Oscar Plaxico, who has re.
Gently arrived In the United States
has received an honorable discharge
from the army.
Miss Maud Miller Of Chestertown
Md, who was milliner for Kirkpatrick
Belk Co. season before last, is agar
with that company this season.
Mr.. John E. Carroll county superin
tendent Of education. has been Ill will
the past ten days, but hopes to be VI
in day or two.
Mr.. J. P. Sifford, Jr., Of the Soutl
Carolina university, is representing th'
University Press at the annual meet
ing Of the South Carolina College Pres
association with Coker college, Harts
Vile.
Mr.. r. Starnes Of Hickory Grove
has a telegram from his son, Private
Curtis Starnes. announcing the latter:
return from the overseas service ant
saying that he is at Camp Merritt, New
Jersey.
Miss Margaret Marshal, editor in.
chief, and Miss Margaret Finley, lit.
erary editor Of the Winthrop College
Journal, are representing that college
at the press association, now being
held at Coker College, Hartsville.
Private s. E. Grist, writing to hi.
mother, Mrs. Sam M. Grist, from Ian
gres, France, under date Of January
1S, has the following to say in refer
ence to the Y. M. C. A.: Don't you be.
lieve all the stuff you read in the pa
pers and magazines derogatory to tht
Y. M. C. A. in France. They are doing
la great work among the soldiers ovel
here. The fact Is I do not see how
some Of us could get along without the
Y. M. c. A. OF course 1t Is like any
other organization in that they occa
sionally get the wrong man as secre.
tary but this is a rare exception"
Former Governor Blease spent las
Tuesday night in Yorkville, having
come up to confer with Frank Moore
who is in Jail awaiting trial in connec
ton with the murder Of T. r. Pennin-
ger, and whom Mr.. Blease Is repre-
senting. After having seen Moore, Mr.
Blease spent the night at the Shandor
hotel, and returned to Columbia OF
the early morning train. The formel
Governor was looking well and feelinf
well and said he was getting alont
nicely in his law business. He hat
nothing to say about politics, for publ
cation or otherwise; but incidental!
remarked that the general asse mbl!
was killing a lot Of time and making
appropriations quite freely.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28

tive Steagall of Alabama, so that
cottonseed and peanut oil also would
not be subject to embargo. The
amendment was offered while the
house, in committee Of the whole, was
considering an item of the sundry civil
bill reappropriating for the war board
the uneXpended balance of approprla-
tions granted last year for continuing
its operation. Continuance Of the
agency for a part of the next fiscal
year may be necessary. 1t was said
by members of the appropriations COM
mittee, who framed the sundry civil
bill Funds. it was added, also would
be necessary for the agency to settle
it's accounts. The reappropriation
item was approved after adoption of
the Bland amendment which directs
that no part Of the appropriation bill
will be available unless all embargoes
are lifted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28
Friday, February %, 1919.

other material adjoining or near to the
road for the purpose Of relocating,
! widening, improving or constructing
public highways, herein provided for.
in case the right Of way surface soil,
trees, or. other material cannot be Sc
cured by donation or agreement. The
same may be taken for the use herein
mentioned and the landowner may
afterwards be compensated az in con-
demnation Of rights Of way, az now
provided for by law.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty Of the
said township highway commissioner
to keep the roads constructed or i'm
proved by them in proper repair dur.
ing the life Of said commission, and
for this purpose so much Of the two
as may be necessary shall be used,
and the township supervisor as now
constituted shall cooperate with said
commission.
Sec. 8. The said township COM
missioners employ a competent en-
gineer, his duty shall be to locate roads
to be constructed by the commission;
to furnish to the said commission es-
Inmates Of cost Of said construction; to
see that the work is properly per-
'ormed, furnish plans and specifca-
tions and such other duties as said
commission may desire.
Sec. 10. The said township high
way commission shall keep q book
open for public inspection at all reason
able times, setting forth all contracts
made by it for the construction and
maintenance Of said roads. They also
shall present annually to the circuit
court Of York county an itemized state
ment Of all funds received and dis
bursed by them, and this shall be a
part Of records Of said court. At the
expiration Of the life Of said commits
sion, all its contracts, papers and
books Of accounts, shall be turned over
to the clerk Of court and fled in his
office.
Sec. II. All moneys shall be paid
| out on warrants Of the chairman Of the
said township committee, counter
signed by the secretary thereof.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-28
MERE ENTION

Conscientious objectors who have been
conscripted into the army against their
will have returned to the war depart
ment, the Red Cross and the Y. NJ.
c. A. more than $4,000 of pay received
by them--..-.....-Premier Clemenceau has
so far recovered from his wounds as
to be able to discuss the affairs Of the
peace conference with his colleagues
.--.-..--The women suffragists who were
arrested in Washington and commit
ted to jail because of the attempted
demonstration during tho parade In
honor Of the president. are now pro-
testing on account Of being turned
out Of jail on the payment Of the fines
by others. Their fines have been paid
but they claim that the payments have
been made without authority, and that
the jailer had no right to turn them
Patrick ]. Haynes has
been made archbishop of New York
to succeed the late Archbishop Farley