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Scraps and .gads, ?Houston, Tex.. Feb. U: Police efforts to identify the men who took B. C Hobbs, lawyer,' from his bed late last night, drove him in an automobile into the woods, where they tarred and feathered him and closely clipped his hair, had proved unavailing late tohight. Five unmasked men forced Hobbs into an automobile about 9 o'clock, he says'last night, drove Mm to the woods near the city, and ap? n/wt nf fpilth(>rS. iai ?ei11v*. ?. wtiw _ ? Bringing: him back to the business district they forced-him from the autopiobile opposite i the postoffice. ' Clad - in his'coat'of feathers, he sought shelter in the doorway of the building un"til he attracted the attention of a passerby, who notified .police of his ^plight. ..Hobbs says he can not identify any of his abductors. He says he was' given until Tuesday to leave the dity or be killed. He ( says', however, Jhe prefers to remain here. ? The joint resolution directing the stopping of enlistments until the regular army is reduced to 175,000 men was passed by the house over President Wilson's veto on Saturday night. The veto was overridden by a vote of 271 to 16, one member voting not pres ^ ent. The president's veto message was snot read to the house until six hours after its formal delivery but once read, action was swift. Representative Mondell of Wyoming. Republican lead 7 er, said the message presented no arguments that had not already been before the body and that further discussion was unnecessary. He asked for an immediate vote. A motion t*o adjourn offered by Representative Wint??, Democrat, Arkansas, was vroea down overwhelmingly. All of ' the 16 members voting to sustain the president in the final vote were Democrats. They were: Bee', Texas: feland. Virginia; Campbell. Pennsylvania: Cleary, New York; Coady, Maryland: Eagan, New Jersey; Fisher. Tennessee; Igoe. Missouri; McAndrews, Illinois; Minahan, New Jersey: Pell. , New York; Raker, California: Simms, Tennessee: Teague, Massachusetts; Weaver, North * Carolina, "Welling. Utah. Lee, Democrat, Georgia- voted I present. Those voting to override the veto included 92 Democrats. ? The British government formally I proposed a cancellation of all interallied debts, but the proposals were unacceptable to the American government, said J. Austen Chamberlin. I chancellor of the exchequer, in a speech to his constituents at BirmingN ham, England last Friday. 'To maKe them again," Chamberlain continued, "would be. I think, beneath our dignity and would render us liable to a misconception of our motive. In making them." he added, "we sought no national advantage for ourselves. We proposed a solution in which Ave should have foregone claims larger than any remitted to us, and we proposed it because we believed it would be in the interests of good relations among peoples, the rehabilitation of national credit and the restoration of international trade. Our great international debt is duetto the obligation we undertook on behalf of our allies. If- we had had only ourselves to consider, we should have been particularly. free of external debt at the present time." Mr. Chamberlain prefaced ;ns remarks by saying that he would have preferred at the close of the war that the whole interallied debt had been wiped out. so its to start with a clean slate. There was no proposal for a settlement of the international debt 'among the allied and" associated Powers, whether for a total or partial remission which the British government has been prepared to be a party to, he declared. ..?-The German government will lose no time\in placing- its views on the1 shortcomings of the treaty of Versailles before the Republican administration. The Berlin foreign office, it was learned in Washington Saturday on good authority, already has submitted these views to Ellis Loring Dressel. United States commissioner in Berlin, with the intimation that it would lie "most advantageous" for both nations to conclude a separate peace and working arrangement. According to the information available here, the German government has gone so far in its intimations as to give expression to the hope that the Harding administration will, be able to bring about a situation in the relations between the United States and Europe which will permit ol' negotiations by Germany and the allied powers of "a sane economic adjustment." The Berlin authorities, it is understood, are considering the probable alternatives open to the new administration, which are. first, a declaration of a separate peace: second, the ratification of the treaty of Versailles with elimination of the covenant of the league of nations and the deletion of all references to the league or modified reference to the league. ^ v ? A map I*v n rlptontivp and the ncci _ dental overhearing: of a conversation atop a Fifth avenue bus caused raids on two ships in Now York harbor Sunday and the seizure of more than $20,000 worth of drugs on the one and whiskey, laces and revolvers and other goods on the other. Thomas E. Rush, customs surveyor of the port, was riding on the top of a bus last week and overheard two men in conversation say it was an easy matter to smuggle goods off ships. He found the men were connected with the steamer Fort Pitt Bridge, which arrived recently from Vigo, Spain. A searching party was sent to the ship and under several tons of coal 5r bottles of whiskey were found and in a cargo hold several thousand dollars worth of laces, lin- \ gerie and other articles were stored. The drug raid was carried out on board the steamship Florence 1 -tickenback after Detective Bernard Bo.vlan. disguised as a longshoreman, is said to hdVe gained the confidence of Frederick Sundolf, the ship's* cpiartnrmaster, and had told him a friend would pay thousands of dollars for enough cocaine to last for a year. Sumlolf." Boylan said, let it be known that drugs were on board the |,tickenhaek. and later was arrested and locked up, charged with being a drug vender. Dr. Carlton Simon, special deputy police commissioner in charge of the narcotic staff, said he was certain Sundolf was connected with an international drug struggling ring. The. drug- bore German stamps. ? Eighteen men and women, motoring early Sunday morning from the i Baltusrol golf club at Springfield. X. J., where they had been dinner guests of Thomas Debevoiso. former councilman of Summit, were held up and robbed by three armed bandits who had blocked the roads with logs. tre< branches, stones and oilier obstacles. Robert S. Hughes, of Elizabeth, a lawyer, who tried to drive off. was shot by one of the robbers. The bullet broke bis arm. The occupants of the Jirst automobile to reach the barricade were lined up <|iiick!y and their money taken. - The robbers demanded cash only, paying no attention in tinjewelry worn bv the fashionably gowned women. Similar tactics were employed with the occupants of tleather cars until all in tln^ party had \ yielded their money. The tighv.nymen then ordered James I'. Tlmnia < of Elizabeth, stock broker to drive tla-m away. .Mrs. Thomas was in the car. Two got in with her and the third stood on the running board shouting: a iinal warning to the other victims j to make no attempt to leave until they were out of sight. Thomas started his ear containing the robbers and his I wife when Huso jumped into his own machine and tried to start it. The bandit riding on the running board promptly tirpd at him. the bullet finding its mark. Thomas increased his speed under threats of the robbers ipitii near Kenilworth. when he was ordered to stop. The bandits then got out. held n,brief whispered consultation and disappeared in the darkness, i'olice automobile patrols were sent out. from Newark and Elizabeth when news of the holdup spread, but no trace of the robbers could be found. ' <?hc nfmlaittc (Enquire*. Entered at the Postofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921. Let's go! I ' m j ^ _ * The progress of this country during the past fifty years is {Jretty accurately reflected in the condition of the roads. It is a poor government that needs to he kept alive by furnishing official position to every man wno is capauie ox making a row. The appropriation bill as agreed upon by the committee on ways and means, carries about a million dollars more than last year, and of course there will be additions. It would not be a bad idea to erect a state poorhouse in Columbia. Some of the bums for whom it has seemed necessary to create state offices could be looked after there at loss expense. "World peace can be established through the determination of the world to do justice, and through absolutely r.c other means. The individual who continually studies to annihilate his enemy by force or foul play always gets for himself what he planned for his enemy. Nations do the same thing. . After all the $5G,000,01)0,000 that the Allies seek to impose on Germany by way of reparations, docs not seem.badlv nut nf nrnniii'tion to the S1.000.000.00C that Germany made France pay m 1S70, As things turned <>ut Germany always regretted that she had made her bill si small. It is iiuitc probable that the Allies will sooner or later have occasion to feel the same "way. Those of us who' were inclined to gel a little too speculative in the times of expansion, will now he inclined to somewhat greater care. According to the view of The Yorkville Enquirer, America would have very little to lose by joining in with a general wiping out of the international war debts. That is. let each nation cancel all the war claims it holds against all other nations, including even Germany. Those debts will never be collected without more war; and to collect them through war will only mean the creation of more debts bigger than those that have already been accumulated. A general voluntary surrender of these debts would be a step in the direction of real peace. ? . + There is now under way a vast movement' that had its origin in the west for the shipment of lifteen million bushels of corn that is being contributed by the farm?s of thirty-seven states, on conditiod that Herbert Hoover. of the European Relief Council; Thomas W. Lament, of the Chinese Famine fund, and C. V. Vickcry, of the Near East Relief, will see that it is transported to the hungry people who are in need of it. There is a condition in the offer of the farmers that the actual corn must be transported and not the proceeds of the sale of same. It is a .vast undertaking; but those in charge of the various relief enterprises have accepted, and they will do what they can. It has been argued that because the corn is in clanger of spoiling unless it is kiln-dried and because of the heavy transportation charges, it would be cheaper to buy the corn nearer to the famine centres; but nevertheless every effort will be njade to make iroocl the whole plan in good faith. There is ii very commonly accepted belief that one of the principal causes of crime is the failure of justice in the courts. There is a good ileal to be said in favor of the argument. Public conception of justice is us set forth in the ten commandments and it is sound. Tli" legal conception of justice Is the settlement of ilifferences by rules of law. The just application of those relics depend upon the personal cquaI sion, the integrity of the witness and the skill and cunning of the lawyer. Often settlements are readied that arc perfectly legal; but absolutely without a semblance of justice. The public is aware that justice is outraged but lias i no patience with such an outcome nu ! matter how arrived at. Men who would make sacrifices for justice lose faith in j legal procedure, and are content t<i suffer injustice rather than submit tu | settlement for which they have no rc| speet. I 1 (.trover Cleveland Bergdoll turned a i pretty trick when he hoodwinked the ! .American military authorities and got j out of the country to Germany. Put J (trover Cleveland Bergdoll is not smart If he were smart lie would have kept his mouth shut. The American people are wood enough sports to have left things alone as far as he was concerned, and contented themselves with looking after the people who were responsible. for his escape. But now since Bergdoll has attempted the stunt of placing his thumb to his nose and1 wriggling iiis little finger a: us, he will do well to remember that America and Gcrmahy have not yet made peace, and that Germany is not in a humor to ere- i ate further friction merely for the gratification of such a fellow as Bergdoll. And. also the fact -that the Americans who look a sporting chance at the capture of Bergdoll failed, does not mean that there arc no Americans who can turn the trick. ABOLITION BILLS Offices Once Established Do Not Easily Let Loose. The one word that has marked'the present session of the- legislature if , there is any, one word for it, is "abolition" writes a correspondent. The sensation of the session has been the number of bills to abolish various branches of state government. Nearly a score of state offices have come in for their part of the attack. The one department to be assailed a second time is the state highway department. Senator J. Howard Moore of Abbeville, introducing a bill in the senate to provide for abolition o^, the highway department. The state department, the tax commission, the board of public welfare scholarships, various officials of the state education department, truant officers and Ojther governmental functions have been assailed in "abolition : bill," but so far none of them have ! passed and none are expected to pass. Still another bill of this kind is. being introduced in the senate by Senators Baskin, Casque and Walker, to abolish the board of teachers' examiners, created by the 1920 legislature, and devolve the duties on the county board of education, as of old. s A bill aimed at "abolishing" speedi ing on t^ie public highways is intro. duced by Goodwin and would make it unlawful for a motor vehicle to pass another vehicle on the road of the state at a speed greater than twelve ^ miles an hour, with a maximum fine of $100, or imprisonment of thirty days. I Senator Robinson has introduced a 1 bill to incorporate Epworth Orphanage, Columbia, with the'present trus^ tees as directors. ' _ Representative Sapn of Richland, has introduced in the legislature a bill , to provide that, paving certificates, is ?"?'1 *inv ''iiv nr town, evidencing ' Indebtedness due by'abutting owners for paving or sidewalk construction, shall be tax free. ( Senator Laney has introduced in the senate the same bill introduced .in the house of Representatives Sapp, to raise the "age of consent" from 14 to 1G years. The agricultural committees of the f two legislative branches have intro duced ,l)ills establishing for South Carolina the official cotton standard promulgated by the United States de1 partment of agriculture, with a li, cense for cotton buyers of $5 for the iirst 1.000 hales and ?3 for each additional thousand bales. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Associate Justice G. \V. Gage of the supreme court, is critically ill at his home in Chester with pneumonia. ? Mrs. \V*. B. Corry,_sJ._UuXfaey,.sec' ond woman in South"^CrrrolWtf",' to "l.?e , commissioned as notary public, performed the marriage ceremony for two couples hist Saturday. ? Grover Martin, negro, was shbt ; and killed I'riday evening near Hartsville by Thomas Wood ham, a white - > .-I. , man. \vin> wim uiiu^viuimi .............. by shots from the negro's pistol. Friday evening after dark .Mr. W'oodham i of the Philadelphia", section of DarV. ington county was on his> way to llartsvillc in "his automobile. When about live miles from llartsvillc, near 1 lee's cross roads, a collision occurred in a sand bed between Miy Wood ham's , car atul a truck driven by Martin. The truck was headed from llartsvillc and reports are that it had no lights. There was another negro in the truck with Martin. It appeal's that when the cars had come together Mr. Woodliain alighted and walked up to the truck <piestioning Martin as to why behind his hand in his pocket. Thereupon Martin produced a revolver and . commenced bring at Mr. Woodham. Mr. Woodham returned the lire, killing the negro. The coroner held an iiupiest yesterday and the finding was that Mr. Woodham was fully justified in committing the act. as the negro was holding Mr. Woodham's life m jeopardy. Mr. Woodham was shot at five times. He was rushed to an inlirmary in Florence and is doing aswell as could he expected. It appears that Mr. Woodham'is highly thought of in his community, lie is a trustee of the Philadelphia school and* is a planter. MERE MENTION Twenty-five people were killed and forty were injured in a railroad collision at Felixdorf, Austria, on Saturday The output of bituminous coal j from. the mines has been declining considerably during the recent slump ill business, the decline last week being <1711,000 tons compared with (he week previous Mrs. A. T. Summey, wife of a prominent Charlotte banker ran over and killed a four-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sydney, j while driving to the Alexander Children's home Sunday to teach a Sunday-school class. The accident was unavoidable: but Mrs. Summey has since been prostrated with grief The league of nations will be called upon to pass upon the dispute beI tween Swceden and Finland over the i ownership of tin* Aland, Islands ! A Paris dispatch of Sunday says J hat ! twenty-four tons of gold marks have been received in thai city from (Jer! many on reparations payments. ! ?More than 1150,000 gallons of whisj key and automobiles worth $1,0110,000 art:*now in possession of the governI ment as a result of its campaign i aaainst the illicit commerce in liipior. i aecordinf? to Wayne I!. Wheeler, coun! sol fur I ho Anti-Saloon l,eafrue. To | i?iiard this and other property seized | I?y the government in enforcement of proiiiliition, the sundry civil appropria! tion bill, reported today to the senate. 1 j sot aside as requested by .Mr. I Wheeler. Tin* seized liipior and automobiles. accord in;? In testimony of .Mr. Wheeler before a senate eommit' tee made public today, are to be sold 1 by the government. In some eases, i .Mr. Wheeler toll! tlu* committee. I'edler.al marshals had refused to take care I of t ho confiscated evidence. That proj liibili'tii enforcement has been "5<l per | cent effective in some places" was i stated by M r. Wheeler to the commit' i loo. lie said that no frond reason had . yet boon found for transferrins? prohiiiiliop en forme men! from treasury departments to the department of jus" tiee. I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Jas. D. Grist. Post Commander?Attention Legion aires. | G. S. Higgins, Administrator?Notice of application for final discharge. j W. S. Wilkorson. Administrator?Notice of application for final discharge. . Jcir I). Whitcsides?Notice to subscribers on his club that it is time to pay. Miss Lillian Robinson?Notice to subscribers on her club that it is time to pay. J. L. Houston. P. J.?Notice of application for letters of administration in re. estate of Jacob I. Bolin, deceased. First National Bank of Shuron?Growth and Strength. McConnell Dry Goods Company?Ladies' $5 and $7.50 low shoes at $1.08. Palmetto Monument Company?Anything in stone. ; Ferguson & Yourigbiood?A big tobacco bargain. ' York Supply Company?Shoes. Betty Ling, D. C., Chiropractor. Rock Hill? Diseases of the spine and nervous system. (Professional Card.) J. Q. Wray, Manager?Programme of the Stnr theatre, beginning with the "White Rider." today. Shandon Hotel Restaurant. W. L. Jamieson, VT i|,A proprietor?iimv open tu me Joye Jewelry Company, Rock Hill?Crash in jewelry prices beginning Thursday. Loan and Savings Bank?Always ready. The time for returning property for taxation without penalty is passing steadily. It will expire on February 20. The tax extension resolution, is not yet law and it may not become law. Jioth houses have passed the resolution; but with conflicting provisions and these conflicting provisions must be reconciled in committee. "After the resolution is reported out by the conference committee it must" go to the governor for .'his approval or disapproval. That the governor will ap prove the resolution is not at an. t?lain. Representative Pursley has introduced a bill to ratify tlie action of the people of the state in voting^in the general election of last November an amendment to the state constitution providing for a change of the state's fiscal year, making it July 1-June 30, instead of January 1-December 31, as at present. There has been some fear that this resolution would not be "passed by the present legislature, and that the ratification tof the amendment would have to wait a year. It has also been feared that the change of the'fiscal year would necessitate the fixing of a tax levy to cover for eighteen months by this legislature. However, it has been stated by state officials that this will not be necessary, the present assembly appropriating for eighteen months, of which only the twelvemonth portion would come from 1921 taxes. The. change of fiscal year will remove the necessity of the state having to.borrow money for operation during the legislative session. i ? ? Dcrnon int. lYlMnriflMvj t. ni.vw.1. Since the Inst publication of the record in The Yorkville Enquirer, the following marriage licenses have been issued by the judge of probate: Feb. 3?Alex Barron, 33, and Mary Stewart, .24, Bethcsda township, (colored). Feb. 4.?ErnestlB./Lipsy, 27, Chester, and Mabel L. Wilpon, Sharon, (coLorecl). Feb. 5?Eddie Russell, 21, York No. 5, and Louisa Leech, 18, Filbert, (colored). NEAR EAST RELIEF. Previously acknowledged $GS 00 Sharon \V. O. \V. Camp, No. 105. J. H. Bigham, Clerk v 5 00 The foregoing refers to subscriptions to the Near East Relief fund, E. O. Black, treasurer, 211 Liberty bank building, Columbia. In compliance with a request from Mr. Black, The Yorkville Enquirer has consented to act as a central repository for contributions from'York county. This means that we will receive, acknowledge and forward subscriptions in any amount. It is preferred that all remittances be made to us by check, but where the contributors have no accounts at the bank, we will of course accept and for ward the cash. CHILD FEEDING. Previously acknowledged $252.00 Reynolds Cotton Mill Union Sunday-school. Bowling Green Mary Alice Mclnnis, Treas. 12.42 $2(5-1.42 The foregoing relates to the Hoover Chilil relief, and the last acknowledged J check is made payable, as previous I checks to the "Literary Digest Child [ Feeding fund." The Literary Digest has requested that no more checks or I post office orders he mad.e payable to I it. Hereafter checks intended for this [ fund should be made payable to O. Frank Hart, Treasurer, Masonic ; Temple, Columbia. Checks for the Near j Hast Relief should as heretofore be made payable to K. t>. Black, Treas| urer, 211 Liberty Bank Building. Co! lumbia. * The check acknowledged above has been sent to "Child Feeding," J care Literary Digest as intended. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following real estate transfers I have been indexed in the office of the county auditor since the last publication of the record in The Yorkville | Cnquirer: Bcthesda?Jos. B. Puckett to .J. B. ; Johnson, 52 acres, $4,400. ' Bullock's Creek?\V. G. Hayes to OcI tavus McCaw et a I., 7.5 acres. $2,S00. Catawba?.Mrs. Strauss Mills Phillips j to Harry Friedheim, 1 lot, $1 and other considerations. <>. W. Kin ley to 0. CI. I-Ioi ton, 1 lot, $400. John It. London to John Murant, I lot. $100. A. C. Izaril to D. C. Johnston, 1 lot, $ir?o. Airs. Sara E. Oatos ct a I., to J. Ed Oates, 20 1-4 auras. $1,087.75. A. K. J tuff tu C. W. Ratterree, 18 5-10 acres. $1,850. York?.J. C. Parrott to P. E. Moore, l lot. $:t25. J. A. Walker to Jno. It. Caldwell, 1 lot. $35. FOUND NEST OF DISTILLERIES Prohibition officers and assistants 1 operating near Sharon Saturday mornj ing found a regular nest of moonshine j li.vtures on the It. II. (>. Caldwell place. Jim Crosby, negro tenant on the farm, \v;us arrested, and admitted that the booze factories wpr.c owned and. operaf i i ted by liim. lie was released after he gave bond in the sum of $500. ? According to Constable H. L. Johnson. a five gallon can used as a boiler was found under Crosby's house. In the garden near the house, another large can, sakl to have been used in making liquor, was taken in charge by the officers, and'two more small outfits were found in some woods near the house. A fifth outfit was located on the banks of a stream some distance from the house where Crosby lived. The "cap" used by the alleged, moonshiner, was. taken in charge by the officers, but #he "worm," used by the distiller in his operations, was not to be found. Cros by told the officers that ne uscci no "wormn," but a straight piece of copper pipe instead. About twervty-flve gallons of beer was poured out by the officers. tThere was no liquor in sight. In the raiding party were Constable Johnson, DCputy Sheriff Tom Quinn, Policeman Sep Huey, and Messrs. G. W. Whilesides, C. L. Kennedy and Z>. A. Whisonant. STOCKHOLDERS UPSET. \ Angered because of a request of the company that they take theli1 stock dividends in fertilizer instead of cash, and because of the refusal of the*company to accept the preferred stock of the company in payment for the common stock instead of cash, about forty stockholders of, the Fisheries Products ? company of Wilmington, N\C., met in Yorkville Saturday to see what could be done about it. Thos. F. McDow and J. S. Price, Esqs., represent the stockholders in this section. Three representatives of the Fisheries Products company attended the meeting and gave the stockholders assurance that the affairs of the company were in good shape and that they would dcr all trial tney ciaimca 10 uo. According to Thos. F. McDow, three representatives of the company, present at the meeting Saturday, denied' that brokers who sold common stock of the company to farmers and others of York county last year, were authorized representatives of the Fisheries Products company. / Stockholders attendant upon the meeting claimed, that the Fisheries Products company charged higher prices for their fertilizer than did other fertilizer companies and imposed conditions that made its purchase very burdensome for farmers. According to - statements made at the meeting the company requires a deposit of twentyfive per cent with each order and all .fertilizer is shipped order notify f. o. b. the factory. Stock of the Fisheries Products com ' pany totaling thousands of dollars is said to be in the hands of. York county farmers and others. Many ,of them, it is said, are dissatisfied with the management of the company. According to several commercial and financial agencies, the affairs of the company are in sound condition. 9 WITHIN THE TOWN" ' ? Business showed a generally more hopeful tone last week. ? The session of the Yorkville A. R P. church has authorized the use of the violin in the choir. ? A Baptist Yourtg Peoples Union was organized at the First Baptist: church last Sunday morning with thirty-two members. Mr. C. W. McGee is president. ? The Girl's" Basketball team of the Yorkville Graded school, defeated the inihart, dirls in a srame on the York ville court yesterday afternoon. The score was 44 to 9. i ? The young people, are taking unusual interest in the coming celebration of St. Valentine's day. Besides considerable stocks of. valentines being carried by local dealers, the hand-made kind are also receiving considerable attention. ? Several score novels and other books have been presented to Mecch Stewart Post, Xo. GO, the American Legion, by Hal Mackorell of the Mackoreil Drug company. The books will form the nucleus of a library that the post expects to establish for the benefit 01 its members. ? Salesday for February yesterday drew the largest crowd of people that has been in town in many months. There were no legal sales, but the large crowd of people evidently had plenty of business to attend to. Several merchants interviewed said that they had a busy day of it. There were numerous horse traders in town and they did some business. According to Chief of Police Steele good order was maintained thrughqut the day. Only one arrest was made?a drunk who had imbibed too mucli liquid refreshment for the good of himself ard the public. ? The Hotel Shundon restaurant opened for business at noon yesterday, and the management last evening announced themselves as being well pleased with the initial days' business. All furniture and fixtures at the lunch >- 1 ....,1 ihn I counter are 01 wnuc emum-i ?m? ...... restaurant gives the anpearancc of the most sanitary cleanliness. The hotel dining room, heretofore run on the American plan, has been changed to the European plan, and guests of the hotel as well as the public generally who patronize the place will pay only for what they order.' "We believe that a good restaurant will pay in Yorkville," Manager Jainieson said yesterday, "aim we are going to do all that we can to give good, clean service at reasonable prices." ? Lum Xeely, well known colored man of Yorkville, died at his home at "Liberia" colored suburb of the town Saturday night following a long period of ill health. The death of Xeely offers qu ite a co-incidence following so closely upon the death of the late Clerk of Court John It. Logan in whose employ he was for many years. The malady that Xeely suffered with according to Mr. John S. Sandifer, was the same as that which took the life of the late Clerk Logan. Xeely in his young days farmed for Mr. Logan in Dethesda township and was latfer employed by him in sawmilliug in King's Mountain township. Later when Mr. Logan took charge of the Logan Lumber Yard Xeely followed him there and remained in his employ until a few years ago when he got a place at the waterworks plant. Xeely was about 03 years of age. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. 0. C. C;mir>e is quite sick at her home in Vorkville. Mr. Arthur Qiilnn ol' Clover, was in VorkvilIe yesterday. J. K. Allison was .here yesterday from Hickory drove. Mr. John J. Matthews of Ebenezer, was in Vorkville yesterday. Dr. \\". K. Man ill of Chester, was a visitor in Vorkville last Sunday. Mr. J. Tj. I Mexico of Hickory Grove. I was a visitor in Vorkville, Friday. ' \\\ It. Thontasson of Darlington, was a visitor in Vorkville yesterday. Oran S. Crawford of Rock Hill, was a recent visitor in Vorkville. James McDowell of Y.orkville, was a recent visitor in Columbia. . r Lewis M. Grist of Yorkville, was a visitor in Kock Hill yesterday. Miss* Sarah Wllkins of Charlotte, visited friends in Yorkville last week. Mr.'J. L. Brimer of Clover No. 3, was a recent visitor in Yorkville. Lesslie Cain of Yorkville, was a visitor in Charlotte last Friday. Mr. J. A. McFadden of Newport, was among the visitors in Yorkville yesterday. Messrs. II. M. and Andral Anderson, of the East View section, were in Yorkville yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. "Walter Barron of Fort Mill, spent Sunday with relatives in Yorkville. Major G. S. Higgins of Camden, was in Yorkville. last week, the guest of the family of Mr. .T. S. ;Mackorell. Charles F. Carroll, formerly of "Yorkville, is now editor of the Kinston Dally Times at Kingston, N. C. * Messrs. J. S. Sadler and F. E. Smith of Tirzah, were visitors in Yorkville yesterday. Miss Sallie Allison of the Hickory Grove section, was a visitor in York JCOVCIVIU,}. It. S. Hartness of- Gastonia,) spent Sunday with relatives and friends in this section. ? Mrs. James H. Glenn of Chester, .visited her parents, Air. and Airs. R. T. Allison in Yorkville last week. Mrs: Edward Gettys of Yorkville, is undergoing treatment in a Chester hospital. .Her condition is reported as serious. Chas. B. Smith, formerly of Yorkville, has begun publication of the Darlington Record, a weekly newspaper at -Darlington, ? C. Alessrs. H. J. Sherer and R. L. Vinson of Bullock's Creek township, were among the visitors in Yorkville yesterday. Alessrs. H. G. Stanton, J. B. Ford, S. S. Glenn, Lee Campbell and J. "W. Jackson of Bethel-r township, were among the visitors in Yorkville, yesterday. Airs. J. C. Blair and Alisses "Margaret Ida . nd Hazel Blair of Sharon No. 1, spen* yesterday in Yorkville with Airs. A. AI. Grist, Air. J. AI. Ramsey and AHss Kate Cody of the Kirkpatrick-Belk Company, Yorkville. left today for the eastern markets to buy goods for their firm. Alessrs. Paul T. AIcNeel of Union, and John'D. AIcNeel of Alontgomery, Ala., have been spending some days in Yorkville, visiting their sister, Airs. B. N. Aloore, and other/relatives. Messrs. A. J. Quinn, J."A. C. Love Carson Hedricks, Orr Sparrow, James Faulkner and M. L. Ford were among the Clover people who were In Yorkville yesterday. Among the people of Sharon and vicinity who were in Yorkville yesterday were Messrs. John L. Rainey, John S. Rainoy, J. Cal Hope, James G. Caldj well, Jeff D. Whitesides, Sidney Sherer S. L. Mitchell, William Mitchell. Rush Courtney, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Courtney of Yorkville, suffered a severe cut to his leg last Sunday while playing with other children in an out'house at his father's residence. It was necessary to take several stitches tc close the wound. , ' Clifford, young son of Mr. and Mrs R. L. Vinson of Bullock's Creek township, who has been quite ill for1 several months past, is Improving. He has been returned to the home or his parents from Chester, where he has beer undergoing treatment in a Chester hospital. TAXPAYERS' CONVENTION. Approximately 200 taxpayers of York county, including about twenty colored taxpayers, in convention assembled in the courthouse in Yorkville, yesterday afternoon elected eleven delegates to a state' taxpayers' convention to be hclc at the State house in Columbia tomorrow. The convention on motior. of Mr. C. M. In man, Tjy a unanimous vote adopted a series of recommendations tc "in n/inntv lfxrisintive delecntion offer ed by Thcs. F.- McDow, Esq., chairman of a committee appointed at a former convention, to make recommendations for the pruning of state and county expenses. The convention by its action yesterday afternoon, recommended that the office of county farm demonstration agent be abolished, and that a bond issue be had to take care ol' the matter of permanent improvements in the way of buildings at state institutions of learning. ' The convention recommended the abolition of the state tax commission and requested that the state pension board be abolished and the duties of tne board be taken over by the office of tne comptroller general. Various other recommendations having as their object the curtailment of I he expense of government operation were embodied in the report. John L. Rainey of Sharon, was elected. chairman of the convention and Jas. D. Grist was elected secretary. On nominations from the floor the following were elected to represent York county at the state taxpayers' convention in Columbia, tomorrow: John L. Rainey, C. M. Inman, J. A. C. Love, T. -M. Oatcs, H. C. Gourley, Jack Byers, A. - ? "--i-i-.. t?i,? a \r-.i. J. Quniii, jonri i. nuuuci, uv?.. rion, Esif., P. B. Kennedy, J. ,S. IJrice, Esq. The following recommendations to the county legislative delegation, offered by Tlios. F. McDow, were unanimously adopted by the convention, With the understanding-that the information lie placed in the hands of Mie delegation: "We wero""appoin:cd by the chnirmnn of the Taxpayers convention recently held at York to urge the members of the general assembly front York county to lend their best efforts to the reduction of state and county levies. It has been impossible for us to acquire sufficiently accurate information to enable us to make r. recommendation as to many of the items bmhraccd in the apprppriation bii:. "We respectfully recommend, however, that if it is the policy of the. state to erect permanent improvements in the way of buildings at the state- institutions of learning, that it provide for the^eame hy a bond issue to cover coats of same, as we believe that those who are to enjoy the benefits of those i>crinancnt improvements ought lo help to pay for them, and that it is inequitable to saddle the constantly increasing expense for public improvements every year upon the taxpayers, each year. "We recommend that the duties of the state pension commission be handled through the comptroller general's office; that the tax hoard L- '--.i Wii, holiovo that the of review oc nouns.icu. .... ? inmates of the Confederate infirmary could be better eared for in their respective homes by the slate and nl less ex|>ense thantney are now cared for in the Confederate infirmary; that of the $22,1">9.25 appropriated to the Confederate infirmary, it appears thai only ?12,760 of this amount is spent for supplies. The balance noes to pay surgeons, superintendents, etc. "We urge our representatives to give their earnest and thoughtful consideration to the appropriation bill for 1921, and use their fcest efforts to secure the abolition of useless offices and unnecessary clerical help. "We wish to go on record as being opposed to direct taxation in any form whatsoever, and we hPlicve that a system should be devised which will put nii taxable property of every nature and description upon the tax books, and make every class of property pay its just proportion of the taxes, and that those who have money loaned on mortgages, real and personal. or on 0110:1 nolos, should bo made to return tlicm for taxation, and, failing to do so, should be penalized as those who fail to make proper return of cither real or personal property. "We also recommend that the employment of county demonstration agents be discontinued, as they cost moijc" than they are worth, and that the duties of the inspectors of rural schools, the inspectors of high schools be devolved upon ?he county superintendents of education, and that it be made their duty to see to it that the teachers and trustees enforce the v compulsory education law., - ^ "We would also like for you to sec just exactly how many porters arc necessary in the various state offices. We find one engaged in the secretary of state's office.' one in comptroller general's office, 900 in.the attorney general's office, one in the adjutant general's o??1 ? ? r, ItVCi UilU yii. JLL OVUIU LU U."? kiiui> uuw t,wu porter could attend to the duties of all of these offices and have a . fittle time extra to spare. ' "We arc heartily in favor ofia liberal appropriation for the common schools, but we think the legislature should inquire particularly into the accounts of all of .the departments marked "Miscellaneous Objects," and in the department .of education cut out the cost of inspection of high schools and devolve this duty upon the county superintendents of education; also supervision of rural schools, inspection of mill schools, the item of. enforcement of compulsory attendance and attendance officers. "We think the legislature could prune the appropriation of the state ..board of health without in any way destroying its usefulness or efficiency. , . : "In this department, . ,i Under Item 2, Miscellaneous o,bjccts..S 1,515 00 Under Item 3, Miscellaneous objects.. 2,420 00 Under Item 6, Miscellaneous objects.. 2,650 00 Under Item 11, Miscellaneous objects.. 5,700 00 , 1" . 812,285 00 "So in this department alone, we have Miscellaneous objects put down amounting to $12,285. We think it highly probable that if this department were told to cut-out most of this miscellaneous expense, it would te done." ?? i LOCAL LACONICS Win for Filbert. " ' The girl's basketball".team of the Filbert school defeated the girl's team of the Clover High school in a game 'la3t Thursday. The score was 19 to V 4 in favor of Filbert. Called to Chester. . . , Of interest to York-;county people is .the announcement tha*"Rev. R. G. Lee, of Edgefield, has befen called 'to the pastorate of the FIrst'Baptist church of Chester, at a salary of $4,000'*.per an- ^ num. Rev. Lee is a fobmer resident of York county, a native.of Fort Mill / township. ' . .' Private Waterworks Plant. | Dr. "W. W. Fennell of the Fennell ; ' ! Infirmary, Rock Hill,', is installing a private water plant at the infirmary, v work on the plant havinig begun yes- . ' terdav. It' is propose^, to erect a 60;- p AAA AW 4-"Vi e\ Infirmnrv \>\Jv fraiiuu CGwiiiA. \jh ****** ?* (* ?* grounds which will be- adequate to supply the needs of the hospital;' 9 , Registration Board Re-organized. With the election of.N..J.; N. Bowen as chairman, and F. E. Clinton as clerk, i l the York county registration "board was ; re-orgunized yesterday1. F. E.' Clinton, f the new member of the board, succeeds i the late J. B. Barron of Rock Hill. > About twenty registration, certificate's were issued by the'board yesterday.. . Auction Sale Draws Crowd. t ' v Auction sale of a large number of horses and mules at the barn of R. T. ' Allison, Yorkville live stock dealer, ' yesterday, attracted a- large crowd of 1 people from the sun-bunding- country. Bidding on the animals at"" times was lively, jPractically all of the animals offered, were sold and they brought what were considered good prices. : Clover Mills Resume Operations. I The, Clover Manufacturing company i has resumed operations-after remain, ing idle for several months. It was understood yesterday that operations in - all departments iWill be resumed. Duri ing the time, that the mill has been idle v , a'number of the operates have moved elsewhere in search fit work. The mill ' employs more than 200 operatives ! when running full time in all departi ments. The Hawthorne mill at Clover is also operating on full day time. | Killing in Fort Mill. ( j Mote Moore, colored shot and killed - - ? ? -i * t- ~ . .f John uienn, ooiureu a.t me aumc ui iav i , latter about two miles from Fort Mill, Sunday afternoon, the weapon causing ' death being a double barreled shotgun. I f Moore surrendered following the shoo.t! ing. Coroner Paul G. McCorkle went to Fort .Mill yesterday and the verdict of the coroner's jury was thdt the . death of Glenn was the result of criminal carelessness at the hands of Moore. The slayer has been committed to the York county jail. New Magistrate Takes Charge. Fred C. Black, nominated for magistrate of York township by a majority of ,the voters in the primary last Au, srust, took over the duties of. the office yesterday morning. He succeeds J. C. Comer, who has held the place for a total of sfxteen years. The retiring magistrate said yesterday that he did not expect to be actively engaged in any business for some time to come; but would take a rest which he felt he needed. W. S. Peters, who has served as constable during the administration of Magistrate Corper, has been sue- , cccded by R. F. Lee. Favors Farm Demonstration Agent. R. L. Vinson, well known farmer of Bullock's Creek township . takes ex-. / ccpt'ion to the action pf' the York county taxpayers' convention yesterday in recommending that the services of the county farm demonstration agent lie dispensed with. "I intended ' to protest against that part of the re tn tVin fni-m .rlomonstra jjui u iwicuii.e ? ?? r? tion agent adopted by the convention," Air. Vinson said, yesterday afternoon; "but the convention adjourned before I had an opportunity. The county farm demonstration agent, air. John R. Blair saved the farmers of., York county thousands and thousandsvof dollars last year and year before last through the purchase of fertilizers, especially soda at prices that the farmers acting individually could, not have obtained. He lias proved of invaluable assistance to them in many, other ways. I think the people of the .county .^should by all means retain tne services of the county farm demonstration agent." ? A bomb thrown, from an automobile into the doorway of a four story apartment building on the Southside owned and occupied in part by Robert Jackson, a wealthy negro, shattered windows in half of the block in Chicago last Thursday night and several persons were injured by flying glass. A policeman nearby saw the missle being- hurled from the car which he said contained three men. He fired three shots at them before they disappeared around a corner. The front door of the building was blown in by the explosion and a portion of its stone porch was blasted away. It was tiie second bomb to be exploded in front of the building in a year, and the fourth in the same block. Jackson denied ho had received any threats although poliee say race feeling is responsible for the explosion. Of twenty-two houses in the block only two are occupied by white families. v.