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- ; ts . w V* rilffSTfV VJ^K ; Jwrajw mul facte. . ? The senate agricultural committee plans to name a sub-committee in a few days to count the stocks of cotton and wheat in the United States, Chairman Gronna ' said Wednesday. The members ho indicated, would be Senator Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, ' / author of the resolution, under which the inquiry will be made, one other senator from a grain growing state and third from another section of the'country. The committee is authorized to sit during the recess of congress to' investigate and find out the amount and grades of cotton, and that on hand in this country. It is thought the committee will first examine1 the govern' i ment authorities in Washington as to , their sources of information on crop statistics and it may then go to other :V sections of the country. It has theA wlfnnoenc 'I r> r? f?nm - puwci tu ouaaiivii niviivstsvB m..v* vv... pel the production of books and papers. ? Liquor and jazz music were variously suggested to the shipping board Tuesday as a means of enabling American ships to compete on an equality with foreign liners. The proposals were t advanced at a conference held by the . \ board with representatives of the Pacific coast ports on the ' allocation of new ships to the west coast and the establishment of trade routes to the Orient. E. F. Blane of Seattle, told the board he ' did not believe American ships were going to be well patronized if there were "soft drinks, prayer books and hymnals in their saloons," 'while Roger: D. Pine? of Astoria, Oregon, declared the people of his district were of a different opinion regarding liquor and "as to' the hymn books we could si. put a little jazz-music on board and keep within the law." James A. Emery r *_ of San Francisco, said he agreed with ~ Mr. Blaine with the qualification that "the ships ought to be dry but the pas. - " 'sengers wet." ..? Enactment by congress of a law declaring that labor organizations are '?. not* copartnerships and "shall not be so treated in law or in equity," is demanded, by organized labor in a declaim ration of:-principles-adopted in Wash' V- ington Wednesday by -representatives of national and .'international unions affiliated in the. American Federation of Labor. The declaration, which was ? approved after an all-day conference at which Samuel Gompers, president of - - - *' ----- j tne ieaerauon, presjutu, aiau wmcu.m the "immediate restoration of exemptH ion from or the repeal of all anti-combination and so-called conspiracy laws.''>: Condemning the use \t the injunction under present laws, the dec ? t laration asserted that the "only imr.t mediate course" through which labor - could find relief "lies in a flat refusal on the part of labor to recognize or abide by the terms of injunctions which seek to prohibit the doing of rj acts which the workers have a lawful ~ and guaranteed right to do. Labor realizes fully the consequences of such ~ a course," it was addeid, "but in the defense of American freedom and of American institutions it is compelled to adopt this course, be the consequences "* what they may." ? Hazeihurst, New York, . February ^ 23:' Eight hags of mail, dispatched ~ from San Francisco by airplane at 4.30 yesterday morning, arrived at Hazelhurst field here today at 4.50 p. m., establishing a cross country mail record it of 33 hours and 20 minutes, with allow? ance for time zone changes in the coast to coast flight. The mail was transferred fro^n plane to plane in a relay i. flight ordered by the postofflce department to establish a new cross country continental plane record. The plane which arrived at Hazeihurst was piloted by E. M. Allison, a member of the four teams which took part in the transcontinental race, two planes leaves ing Hazelhursj; ,fleld..and t\yo.starting. ~ from San-Francisco at-the same time ~ . yesterday morning. One of the west bound planes came to grief when Pilot r uwae. fnrno/? tn *** JLfCVUliatU uaj vvt WW v.wvv..~ ? terday at Dubois, Pa., on account of bad weather. The second westbound plane reached Chicago yesterday and was unable to get away today. The other eastbound plane crashed to earth at'Elko, Nov., yesterady, killing the pilot, Capt. \V. F. Lewis. Captain Allison piloted one westward bound plane as far as Cleveland, where it was taken over by another pilot on the second lap of the relay, which ended at Chicago. He then took the plane in charge at Cleveland and returned to Hazelhurst field this afternoon, bettering the time set for the flight by the postoffice department by a margin of two hours and 40 minutes. ? Hamilton, Alamaba* February 22: Charges against nine members of the Alabama national guard, held in connection with the lynching of Will Baird at Jasper on January 13, were quashed by the state here today and new warrants charging first degree murder served on the defendants all of whom are members of Company M, of Tuscaloosa. A surprise second only to OT-Loet nf national ruardsmcn came when Special Prosecutor Horace C. Wilkerson moved that the indictment against Sergt. Glenn R. Stephens, who was placed on trial today in con, nection with the lynching of Will BalrcL, was /nol prossed. No sooner had this motion been made than the state also proposed that the indictments against eight other defendants, Including Sergt. Robert J. Lancaster, whose case resulted in a mistrial, likewise be cancelled. Judge Wilkerson then announced that a warrant charging murder had been-sworn out for each of the defendants, thus bringing to light the fact that the state will? seek a return to the courts of Walker county, where Baird was lynched, and. will resist any move to take the new cases from that jurisdiction, j 4 Sergeant Stephens, who was in the court room was immediately rearrested while warrants were served on the ; eight other guardsmen in the Marion county jail. Judge T. L. Stowell is1sued an order removing the soldiers ' to the Jefferson jail at Birmingham, giving attorneys for the defense the t . right to choose the place of confinement. ? Washington, February. 23: Over a running fire from the senators who presented detailed objection to its proposals for increased expenditures the senate tonight passed the agricultural appropriation bill carrying approximately ?41,000,000 for the operation of that department for the year beginning next. June. This amount is nearly $0,000,000 In excess of appropriations for the current year and almost $0,000,000 in excess of amounts allowed by the house to which it was sent for conference after the senate's action. "I am going to ask the next secretary of agriculture to go thrbugh this hill as soon as he takes office, and take out of it ali the appropriations that allow work to be duplicated by two and sometimes more departments of the government," Senator Smoot Republican, declared in an unsuccessful attack on numerous sums allowed in the bill. "They ought to be cut out before another estimate comes to congress. This must stop: congress has not got to show the departments of this government that two and three of them can not ask public money to be spent for doing the same kind oJ A'H'twork over and over again, simultaneously and year after year. One trouble is that different bureaus art enabled to go before different congressional committees and duplicate The board has been acting on mc li.wory that deflation was of more importance than was reasonable justice to the people of the country. They have proceeded. on the theory that the investing class is the only class that has any , rights and that it must be taken care of regardless of consequences to the producing class. This is not right and the producing classes are not going to stand for it. The sooner this fact is realized by those in authority the better it will be for the country. Up In the Air. It is the generally held opinion that the farmers of the'country are more completely at sea than they have ever >" been before, and that a large per cent of them are simply unable to make up [ their minds as to what to do. Nothing would afford The Yorkville Enquirer more pleasure than to be able " to throw light on the situation: but in ; the circumstances there is little for The : Yorkville Enquirer to do except tc : frankly acknowledge that it is unablt [ to see the best way out. Of course everybody understands thai ' most of the farmers of this country know of no other way of getting cash . money in the l'ali than through the PUUWU <.M1IV.ju.jo, aiivuiu direct vote of the people. It seems quite evident that the Federal reserve banking system will one day become a national issue that will make the United States bank issue of Jackson's day look like child's play. The inflation of the currency in connection with war finances was probably necessary; but as to whether it was done wisely is another question. However, wisely or unwisely, that inflation or most of it, had to come out; but it did not require any special ability to take it out in the manner that has been pursued up to this time. There has been little regard for consequences. Ut 111 matter, determining his fitness for a position on the supreme bench? What is wanted is the best man available for the position. Of course every county has its own best man; but the idea that every county has the best man in the state is absurd?too absurd for a moment's consideration. -Once there was a tradition that a judge should be an able, upright man, learned in ,thc law, and there are some judges who measure up to this tradition; but the tradition is no longer the rule. Learning in the law has come to merely mean ability to secure the right to practice. Reverence for truth and right do not carry the weight they once carried. The trouble is that our system is wrong. Election by the legislature is not election by the people. The average legislator is not as well qualified to select a judge as is the average voter. Judges of all other ho nlfiptorl l)V a would 00 no Way ui raising lhw with which to pay his salary of $42,500 as arbiter? ', , It is announced on what looks like good authority that President Elect Harding, has made it clear to each man who has been invited to membership in his cabinet that the cabinet members are not to be expected to subordinate their views to his; that each cabinet member will be responsible for his own department, and, that when it comes to cabinet conferences, the majority will rule. ^ Now honestly what do you think about the issue of whether a man lives in the up-couiitry or the low country, .... i.. onwnai-ticuiar county, for that people is not fit to go there at all." Of course nobody is going, to claim that Federal prohibition has stopped the sale of liquor; but it will have to be admitted that wonderful progress has been made. People who expect to get anywhere have got to live within their incomes and economize. It is easier .to. make money than it is to save it and that is why the few savers generally get the best of it with the many makers. In a letter to Representative Hugh L. Lacey, of Holyoke, Mass., Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis suggests the propriety of prohibiting betting on baseball. Wonder if the judge knows that if betting were abolished there - ??? ?c mnnov the*'^ppropViatfons 'In ditterent "I hope the .senator from Utah won't stop the agricultural department" Chairman Wadsworth of the 'military affairs committee interrupted.' "We find the war department getting rnon-' ey in two or three different bills.'" Large items added by the senate to the agricultural bill, included 5150,000 extra for wood utilization experiments at Madison, Wis., 5100,000 for weather bureau forecasts for aviation; $1*44,000 for road material investigations and | ?100,000 for investigations of foreign markets for farm pro'ducts. SenatorThomas, Democrat/ Colorado, checked several othbr minor additions on points of order but the senate added heavily to- amounts. recommended by its own agriculture committee. ' ^jctkvillf (Enquirw. Entered at the Postofflce at York aa Mall Matter of the Second Class. . FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921. We can get good roads -only by paying for tliem. A representative . who, goes to^ the general assembly for the purpose of representing himself instead of the plantlrig.of cottom. ."If ybia^on't ij&ntj cotton,'' 'isHhe- qfieMon; "how are.^ou going to get any money?" Granted that a good many farmers in this country made money out of the crops of 1918 and 10.19, will somebody please tell us some other year during which, making the calculations along strictly business lines, anybody has ever made any real profit raising cotton? To be sure, in some cases the ! land owners have come out a little | ahead of, the game; but answer honest ly tfiis quesuon: now uuuul uie ?????.?. who did the work?" Did he ever get even a fair wage for his labor? If a man h^s a cotton crop on hand now that he cannot sell at the cost of production, and if he cannot see how he can make another crop on a basis of what he can get for his present crop, whilt does he want to make another crop for? It is foolish to talk about raising cotton in this county without commercial | fertilizers. It is only the fewest number of farmers who can do it?thos^c who have for years, been improving their lands by means of intelligent'rotation system. But there are many cases all over York county of farmers who now have every pound of cotton that they raised last year, and who cannot sell it for enough to settle the fertilizer notes they incurred in. the mak ing. Then . why huy fertilizers wnu which to raise another crop?. If it is simply a question of handling some- cash money next fall or sometime during the year or next year, it is all right to go ahead raising some more cotton; but if it is a question of paying past indebtedness or having a profit with which to indulge in luxuries, you are not going to accomplish' either.end by raising more cotton. , "According to the way The Yorkville Enquirer sees.it, the farmers, whether tfiey 'have cotton or not, will this year make up their minds that the world has all the cotton it needs for this year and next year, and govern themselves accordingly. It is quite' probable thjat those who do this will be deprived of the pleasure of handling somebody else|s cash this summer and next-fall; but!.nevertheless next fa.ll will find the titles to their lands and other property at least as, s.ecure as they are now. SOUTH CAFIOLINA NEWS ? Eire last Wednesday destroyed the A. Hyman' department store in Darlington entailing a property loss of $150,000. ? Narcotics valued at- $6,000 were ?2?' u-* nf n-roonvillp in a raid 5U1ZUU uy Ui Vi*vwi?....v> ? ? in a room in- a hotel in that oity last Wednesday. S. Epstein was arrested, charged with being the owner and peddler of the stuff. ? Free range in South Carolina went down in defeat Wednesday when the senate passed the statewide stock law prohibiting animals from running at large anywhere in the state. ? The house on Tuesday passed a bill raising the age of consent for girls from 14 to 16 years, with provision for leniency in case a convicting jury recommends to mercy. In such instances under the terms of the bill the man so convicted may be sentenced to serve a term of not more than 14 years in the penitentiary. A number of amendments-.were offered to the bill, efforts being made to reduce the age to 15 instead of 16 and to (make the age of consent applicable to boys under 16 years old by exempting them from the penalties of the measure.] All amendments were voted down', the proposal to exempt boys under 16 losing by the narrow margin of two men. The vote on this amendment stood: 38 in favor of its passage to 39 against. ? With only one dissenting vote the house of representatives on Tuesday night passed to a third- reading a bill introduced by Harry Simonhoff of Charleston regulating the issuance of marriage licenses. The lone vote in opposition to the measure was cast by J. R. O'Rourke of Charleston. This measure, which will require that any man applying for a-marriage license in South Carolina shall first file a certificate of a reputable physician stating that he is free from all venereal diseases, was characterized by Dr. S. T. D. Lancaster of Spartanburg as the ,best piece of legislation passed by the house in many sessions. As an economical measure it will, Dr. Lancaster said, be of more value than any other act approved by the general assembly in recent years. The debate, which was 1?ii.. ranB fpatured by marnuuiy unc i?ucui .... warm exchanges between Mr. Simonhoff, author of the measure, and James DeTreville of Walterboro and between J. W. Hanahan of Winnsboro and. J. R. O'Rourke of Charleston. Both Mr. DeTreville and Mr. O'Rourke opposed the bill.- Mr. DeTreville prefacing his talk with the statement that he did not know on which side of the question ho stood. Mr. O'Rourke alone voted in favor of his motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill. Mr. Simonhoff opened the debate on the measure citing statistics of the alarming prevalence of venereal diseases in the state and the effects of such diseases upon the innocent wives and children. Also speaking in favor of the bill were: E. A. Brown of Barnwell, D. E. McCutclien of Williamsburg county, Dr. S. T. D. Lancaster of Spartanburg, J. W. Hanahan of Winnsboro and Dr. E. H, Barnwell of Martin's Point. ? Columbia, February 23: The proceedings of the house of representatives was interrupted, tonight when Barnard B. Evans, an attorney of Columbia, and at one time a cs.ndidate for attorney general of the state, assaulted Claude N. Sapp, member of the Richland delegation, apparently, witliI out nrovocation. Mr. Evans had beer in th"? house as a spectator and it was alleged that he was* intoxicated. He started out of the house and just a: i he pot outside of the door Mr. Sapj: , started out of the hall, he said, to the senate across the way. When Mr. Sapr lieared the door Mr. Evans, accordinf to eye witnesses, said something to Mr Sapp to the effect that if he (Sapp) attempted to come out of the door h< (Evans) would kill Sapp. Witnesses and Mr. Sapp said that Sapp had not , spoken a single word to Evans. Evans , is.then said to have grabbed Sapp bj his vest and assaulted him, whereupor Sapp retaliated and struck Evans. UP' i on arising Evans is said to have cursec the Columbia legislator for a liar anc other epithets, and another fisticuf ~ * T"" ~ ??roa L-nnflced dO Wl" ensueu. i->? ' three times. He is also alleged to have cursed other members of the house , Mr. Evans was later taken under arrest and Mr. Sapp returned to t.h( ' house and apologized for his part ir ! the. disturbance, but said that he fel he had acted as any one else wouk have done under the circumstances when attacked without provocation ' .Evans was taken before the bar of the i house yesterday. I-le said he was d.runl and irresponsible the day before, anc ' was released from custody. l among the visitors in iuimhk:, ,icr>. terday. , Mrs. S. C. Ashe leaves tomorrow to i spend some time with relatives at . Brevard, N". C. 1 Miss Rachel Wylio of Yorkville. 1 visited friends in Spartanburg, this f week. J M. S. Turner of Spartanburg, United ' States revenue officer, was in York ville on Wednesday. Mark Kirkpatrick, of Sharon No. 1, ' was a visitor in Yorkville on Wednest tlaY1 A. K. Whitosides, a student at Duo i. West Theological Seminary, Due . West. Is visiting relatives *in the TTinks ory Grove section. f MY. and Mrs. T. E. Brandon and Mr. ' and Mrs. Gus Brandon and little daughter of Bethel township, were P. A. Partlow to T. iu. uane, an i acres. $1.7,S00. - King's Mountain?R. M. Crawford to Win. J. Crawford, 224 acres, $100. York?W. F. Jackson to R. E. Jones 44 7-10 acres, $6,000. ABOUT PEOPLE. Fred Dunlap of Rock Hill, was in Yorkville, yesterday. G. W. Whltesides of Sharon, was . visitor in Yorkville today. R. T. Castles of Smyrna was among ; the visitors in, Yorkville, yesterday. R. L. Plexico of Sharon, was among 1 the visitors in Yorkville. yesterday. | G. C. McCelvey of Yorkville, recent1 ly visited at Mount Carmel, S. C. , W. M. Borders of King's Creek, , was a visitor in Yorkville yesterday. > Miss Robbie Brown of Rock Hill, ; spent Sunday at Filbert. Miss Amelia Brown is spending ' several days at her home at Filbert. . ' T. A. Barron of Ebenezer, was takes a real good shot to kill them at this season of the year. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following1 resri estate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor since the lact publication of the record in The Yorkville Enquirer: Bethesda?W. B. Jenkins to Mrs. Isabelle Guy Jenkins, 100 acres, ?1. Bullock's Creek?W. L. Hill to D. A. Whisonant, 102 1-2 acres, $o,406.25. C. M. and D. A. Whisonant to Mrs. Etta Whisonant, 134 1-2 acres, $4,000. T. E. Mitchell to T. E. Burris, 47 1-2 acres, $S31.25. A. A. Burris and W. L. McElwee to P. M. Burris, 462 acres, $1. Catawba?Ed Belton to Will J. Marshall. 1 lot, $1,250. R. L. Sturgis to T. F. Dabney, 48 1-2 acres, $2,200;' T. E. McMackin, C. C. C. Pis. to Martha Jacobs, 1 lot, $1,000. (Simms Property). Ebenezer?A. H. Bynum to Mrs. M. S. Neely, 92 acres, $1,071.80. (Estate lands of J. T. Matthews). PARTRIiDGE SEASON NEARS END I The open season for shooting partridges in York county expires on March 1, and therefore only four more days remain In which partridge hunters may go out and after them and obey the lawy* Scores of hunters have j announced their intention of going out during the next few days l'or one more day's sport before the season, comes to a close. I ' Whiles hundreds of partridges have been killed by hunters in York county during the season just coming to a close, there are still many birds remaining and-liaving long since reached their maturity they are able to fly like the wind. Sportsmen who have been asked about the matter predict the number of partridges- that will.be killed in the next few days is considerable. Incidentally they add that they think that they are entitled to all the birds I thpv can tret for the reason that it L J let L two i liiiuuwi^iMw w _ ment association is expecting a large crowd attendant upon the hot supper at the school house, this evening. Proceeds from the supper go to the benefit of Philadelphia church. There are only six pages of The Yorkville Enquirer today, and this will be the size pf the paper for the next several weeks, unless in the meantime there sha.ll be sufficient revival of business to make more pages necessary. As our patrons are aware, it is our custom to include eight, ten, twelve, or more pages in an issue, according to business or news requirements; but in view of the present general slump in business conditions there is no need for more than, six pages. in the marketing b^Jl, -vyhich has passed the house and which is now under consideration in the senate is only $1, instead of $100 as erroneously published. ... i . i . There are still many people who have not made their income tax returns, and the time expires March 15. People who are liable for returns and who fail to make'them are hunting trouble. The comptroller of the currency has called for. the publication of the statements of the national banks of the country at the close of business as of Maych 21. This is an unusually early date for the first call of the yea"... Business is slack even in the office of the clerk of the c^ourt these days. There Is a lull in real .estate transactions, and the volume of crop and chattel mortgages is far below the normal of this season. Carl J. Gaulden, principal of the Philadelphia school, said Wednesday .t?*. tu, siohnoi ilmnrove - - - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS . A. D. Dorsctt, Proprietor?Harness and repair shop. ..* . John K. Allison, Hickory Grove?New Woodstock Typewriter at a bargain. Carroll Bros.?Lime and cement. <5h>,flu Nnftk . Pniiltrv Fnrm. John E. Jackson. Proprietor?Christmas egg's. v v York Supply Company?The dollar has power. McConnell Dry Goods Company?Back to earth.' First National Bank' o? Sharon?This bank is your-servant; ft1.' . -.i s J. Q. ' Wray, - Manager Star Theatre?Programme for, today, tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday. . .. . Mrs. J. M. Ferguson?Have you boon to sec my new. spring hats yet ? . D. M. Parrott,' Clover?Take a look. J. M. .Stroup?Gent's Furnishings. The weather sharps are becoming very much discouraged as to what has probably happened to the fruit crop. ; \. . vAlthough there is no let-up in- gambling in futures) spot cotton has gotten to where it can hardly be sold at any price. The proposed license, tax on ginners Mrs. C. II. Nabers of Camden, ArkM' is visiting the familjr'bf, hejpfather; Mr. Jeff D. Whitesides and other relatives on Hickory Grove No. 2. Rev. Nabers is expected tomorrow night. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williford, who have been living in the old Rose JrlOtei DUlKling Oil ouuiu vuugiw street, have moved to the Whittaker house on East Jefferson street. MANY WORTHLESS CHECKS No less than twenty worthless checks are now in the hands of Magistrate Fred C. Black of York township for collection and almost every day merchants and others bring additional worthless checks to add to the number that the York township magistrate is asked to collect. Under the state law in regard to worthless checks, one who- utters such an instrument, has thirty clays from the day of issuance in which to pay the amount named in-the- check. * Failure to do so justifies a penalty of imprisonment for thirty days or a fine of $10U. $100. , , ; The York township magistrate said yesterday- that inquiry of other magistrates over the county had developed the information that they too were being handed many worthless ' -checks for collection and the number of worthlesss "scraps of paper"- was increasing. "Many of the checks that are worthless," - the magistrate said, "are being issued by people whose - checks heretofore have been ', perfectly good. They are simply up against it because of financial and business Conditions; and that is .largely the'reason ior the deluge. \ "There will be^no prosecution concerning any of '^hese checks until .those who issued them have been given every Reasonable opportunity to make good," the magistrate said. . McCIure Thomson. F. B. McFadden Dorsctt Referee, Harrell, Chpster: timer, Miss Marshall; scorer, .Miss Zemp.. . FOR FAMINE RELIEF Mr. J. C. Edwards, of Rock' Hill No. 6 sends The Yorkville Enquirer two dollars in cash with instructions to give one dollar to the Near East Relief and the other to the Chinese relief. Thomas W. Lamont, of Ne^y York, chairman of the China famine fund committee on yesterday advised the Associated Press that "Mr. Hoover's splendid campaign in behalf of the starving children of Europe, is being brought to a- splendid close and the idea is to use the machinery that has been built up on this account as far as possible' to the furtherance of the equally meritorious work of helping the distressed Chinese." The Yorkville Enquirer will receive subscriptions for the benefit of the Chinese, and until advised otherwise, will forward the money direct to Thomas W. Lamont, Chairman. Near East Relief. - - ,?--i siin.7fi i-reviousiy jcu^,tw . J. C. Edwards, Rock Hill No, 6 1.00 $111.76 Chinese Relief. J. C.^Edjsvards, Rock Hill No. 6 1.0C The Yorkville Enquirer prefers that all contributions that come to it, come in the form of checks. The checks foi the near East Relief should be made payable to E. 0. Black, Treasurer, and the checks for the Chinese relief should be made to Thomas W. Lamont, chairman. Of course, if the checks are made payable to The Yorkville Enquirer, they can be endorsed to eithei cause referred to above, and when they get back to the contributor the endorsements will constitute a satisfactory record of what became of the money. But at the same time the Enquirei would not discourage the contributions of those who desire to send cash instead of checks. It is as convenient foi us to send the money one way as the other. The main difference is ir getting the receipt back to the contributor. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The Shandon hotel has been crowdtn pjinnnitv tliis week, and the re I ccntly established restaurant is building up patronage steadily. ? County Supervisor Brown is spending most of bis time in his office in th< courthouse. The office is open practically all the time. ? Numbers of Yorkville gardner: have already started the work of setting out cabbage plants. The earliesl gnrdners are using the "frost proof varieties of cabbage. ? Oeorge Tate, a well known colorec man formerly of Yorkville, died in the state hospital for the insane in Columbia "Wednesday. The body was interred in the colored cemetery here yesterday. ? The management of the Lockinorc Cotton Mills has announced tW employes a wage reduction of 10 per cent which was effective last weeK. inc cut makes a total wage reduction ol 35 per cept. in the past ninety days. ? \V. R. Rodgers or the town police force has been released from night duty temporarily because of the condition WIN FOR YORKVILLE Chester was no match at all for the Yorkville High school girls in a game of basketball played Wednesday afternoon on the Yorkville,school court and the locals won readily by a,score of 48 to 11. The Yorkville girls entered the game with a rush and it? was easy to see after the first few minutes of plajr that the visitors were no match for their peppery-opponents. . Chester came to Yorkville Wednesday-afternoon by automobile, more than two hours' running time being necessary to make the trip because of the bad woothfir ' . Despite a bitterly cold afternoon there was a large crowd of. local basketball enthusiasts out to watch the game and old and young followed the play with keen interest. As;a result of the game Wednesday the Yorkrville I girls increased their reputation for having one of the best basketball teams among high school girls in. the Piedmont section. 4 The outstanding: feature of'-'the game was the goal putting of Minnie I fhomasson, star player of the York[ ville team, 42 of the 4S points made by J the team being accredited to ' her. I Other members of the team furnished the star "jam-up support. Following was the score: Chester, 11 Position Yorkvilld, 48. Misses Forward .Misses Fewell. 9 , Thomasson. 42 West, 1 ' Marshall 4 McEhvee, 2 / CenteV White, 1 Crawford Phillips Alexander rjtm rd - ; r? [ of his health. Chief of Police "J.-Cal. j Steele is ' on duty at night. until Po- ' j liceman Rodger's recovers. * , . ? There is a noticeable increase in tax receipts by the county treasurer along toward the close of the month. Up to this time it is still uncertain as to whether there will be any further extension of the time in which taxes may be paid without penalty. ? Boys of tfie Yorkville Graded school believe that they have included in the school enrollment this year some good baseball material, and it is hoped that the school will be able to put out a1 strong baseball team this spring. While baseball practice has not yiet begun, the '"itching" to play is already beginning to work on some of the baseball enthusiasts. - ' ? For the bl.eriejit. of .the Near East Relief fund and the Girl's Book Club of" Yorkvllle, members, of the club were hostesses at a "Martha Washington tea" held in' the O'Leary . store room building on Main street last evening. The programme of the evening included a', number of songs and a "cake walk" in which those in attendance were invited to take part. Coffee and sandwiches were served. There was a large number of people in attendance. , | ? A membership campaign has been inaugurated by York Lodge. No. 146 of Odd Fellows and the campaign is now on., The lodge which has its quarters in fraternal . hall at the Camion . mill now has a membership of about 80, The membership has been divided into two sides. Each side has taken upon itself the task, of obtaining as many new members as possible and at the end of the^ contest the side that returns the-smallest number of members is pledged r to entertain tha ...winning side at a banquet. Banks -R. Nivens is noble grand.of .the lodge. . ,, ? Activities of rabbit hunters on Tuesday morning following the snow of - Monday afternoon and night had the effect of-driving numbers of rabbits from tfco surrounding fields up into the main streets of the town. One party of hunters caught a rabbit alive in the backyard of the residence of Mr. W. D. Grist next to the Yorkville Enquirer /office. Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn caught a live rabbit on West Liberty street, Tuesday, the - rabbit having been driven into a hold under a pile of rocks by some small boys jvho had jumped it in a nearby, field. Quite a number of rabbit hunters oi Yorkville spent Tuesday morning ' in the fields and some of them .reported pretty good luck. ? A total of 1,787 bales of cotton had been sold on the Yorkville market during the present cotton season up to this morning, according to figures made public by R. E. McClure, public cotton weigher. From the time the cotton season opened in September up until January 1, there were 1,200 bales sold on this market. There was little selling during the month of January, Mr McClure weighing only 87 bales. Business opened with a \rush the first, ol I foKwinrv however, and so far this month 500 bales have been sold on this market. During the past week aboul 100 bales have been sold. Mr. McClurs estimates that there are between 5,00C and 6,000 bales in "storage in the severa: warehouses of the town. ? LOCAL LACONICS. New Baptist Minister in Rock Hill. Rev. T. A." Snyder- has moved tyi family into the'Aragon-mill'village ir Rock Hill. Rev. Snyder recently accepted the pastorate of North Sid< , Baptist church in Rock Hill. -t ' Charge Against Negro. Charged with disposing of propert> under mortgage, John Henry Powell negro was arrested this week on o ' warrant issued by Magistrate Blacl of York township. Bond was given ii hn ?utn nf 5200. 1 Mumps Still Rage. Reports from many of the Yorli cpunty rural schools indicate that the ! epidemic of mumps which has beer 1 raging among school children for several weeks still prevails. Attendance 1 on. many of the schools is conslderablj ' curtailed because of the epidemic. l Shipping Cord Wood. i Hundreds of cords of pine wooc , have been piled up along the railroac i track at Smyrna, by Ed. Whitesides and others and is ready for shipment It is stated that Ynore cord wood is , shipped from Smyrna than from anj other station in York county. Bridge Repaired.' 'A small bridge over the Yorkville Sharoh road by way of the home of J |. M. Brice- and near the large bridge ; ovejyTurkey Creek which was washec [ away" during recent heavy rains, has i been repaired. The road is open t( . traffic again. ' Well Known Colored Man Dead. ' n>;Q^A 74 well known col vv iiitaiii x iw4wv, , ored man died at his home east o: ' Yorkville, Wednesday and was buriec 1 in the colored cemetery in Yorkvilh today. He was born a slave, the prop[ erty of the Pierce family formerly o ' the Tirzah section. He was well likec | by both white and colored. Equipment for Guardsmen. ' Equipment for the Frank Roacl 5 Guards, the national guard company ' ol' Rock Hill, has been received and is r being issued to the members of th< i company. The equipment consists o 1 uniforms and weapons, the weapons " received including a number of Browning machine guns.' Working on Church Building. Work is proceeding rapidly on th< construction of the new Methodis: " church building at Sharon, and thi - building will be ready for occupancy within a short time. Most of the con struction work is being done by mem hers of the denomination. rRecentl: > a number of members of the Methodist church at Hickory Grove wont t< Sharon, and assisted in the construction work. , 3 Anderson Improving. Reports yesterday afternoon were t< t the effect that Sheriff D. Gob^r Ander son of Chester county who was shot ant seriously wounded last Saturday in ? raid on the home of an niiegea mownI shiner near Chester is getting alQnj , nicely and is considered out of danger Sam McCulIough, mulatto ,negro charged with shooting the sheriff h . now in the state penitentiary in Columbia. To Reorganize Legion Post. At a nteeting of Frank Roach Pos American Legion in Rock Hill thi> week, plans were discussed looking . forward to the reorganization of tin ? post. In co-operation with the Fran! 1 Roach Guards, the post proposes tc aid in fitting up club rooms in the armory in Rock Hill. An effdrt wit , he made to bring the post membershil up to 125. Officers of the "post art Perry Gill, post commander; Hi ran i Hutchison, adjutant, and N. G. Walker > ern oanait wno was snoi tiisi wees at ? Harrison, Ark., died,.Tuesday The I $15,000,000 bequest of the late Henry | C. Frlck of Princeton University, in j the form of securities, has depreciated , to $9,000,000. .1 / / next July 1 -...William Porter ami ? Charles Wilkes have each been sent tenced to twenty years for the recent \ robbery of the bank at Clarksburg1, Va. [ Eight bags of mail have been car, ried between New York and ' San < Francisco this week- in 34 hours..?... j Dr. J. B. Gambre]^ president of the . Southern Bap'tist convention, is'critlcnlly ill in Dallas, Tex.... William F. McCombs chairman of the Democratic 5 National committee who had charge' of - the campaign in 1912 that resulted in 1 the election of President Wilson, died j1 at his home in Greenwich," ConnJ,. last . Tuesday after an illpess of six weeks . with heart disease. He was only 46 years of age...'. The advisory coun] cil of the Federal reserve system wants to abolish the office of comptroller of the currency, and devolve the duties t of this official on an^'Under Secretary ; of the Treasury," to be elected by the I board from among its'members.: Henry Starr, the notorious southwest1 ,. _A I Moving Picture "Must Nots."?Jess? 3 L.vLaskey, 911?. of the largest moving picture producers-, of- the country has 3 promulgated the following rules gov: erning the production of moving pic'tures: '/*; . , . - . "No suggestive or improper picturing of sex attraction. , ....... "No? story of irregular love affairs ; unless to convey a moral lesson. [ "No nakedness. >> . "No dances - based on improper sex ' attraction. "No unnecessarily prolonged love scenes. ? ' v.' "No underworld stories. "No making- of drunkenness or [ gambling attractive. 1 "No pictures instructing in the 3 methods of criminals.-. . "No stories or incidents - offending f any religious traditions of any sect. J "No suggestive comedies. "No exploitation of bloodshed. "No suggestive salacious titles of advertising." 1 . ' T t 5 MERE MENTION , | The senate on Wednesday passed the . Agricultural appropriation bill carr'y! ing $1,000,000 for the operation of the department during the' year beginnlhg me ataxic iu ? ...u..v? , . "j ' '? Harding's Cabinet,.^. Following. ,_ia President-elect Harding's prospective j cabinet at the present time subject to t further possible changes.: Secretary of Stated-Charles E. Hugh? es, lawyer,.New York^.i! Secretary, of the-Treasury?.Andrew W. Mellon, financier, Pennsylvania. ' Secretary of War?John W. Weeks, r financier Massachusetts. " : - : . ' , Secretary of the'Navy?Edwin: Denr l by, former congressman, Michigan. \ : Attorney General?Harry Mi Daugh1 erty, lawyer, Ol\io.j Postmaster General?Will H. Hays, lawyer, Indiana. .-t - .' i -. ' Secretary of Interior?Senator Albert ^ B. Fall, lawyer, New Mexico. ' Secretary of Agriculture?Henry C. 1 Wallace, publisher, Iowa. s Secretary of Commerce?Offered to ! Herbert Hoover, mining, engineer, CaJ-. r ifornia. .: 7. . ; r/ur. Secretary of Labor?James J. Davis, former steel worker; Pennsylvania,...." H> | r . ttonnam av. . x . ; > ? A compromise,' agreement fixingthe tariff on wheai'at'.',35 cents a bush- (- > el was reached Wednesday .'by' senate" [. dnd house conference considering the . Fordney emergency tariff- bill.. The I wheat schedule was one o'f the 'princi-" paJ stumbling blocks.of the conference. J' The house raW .was 3ft. cents per biishf | el and the senate 40 cents. The agreet ment on 35 cents was sal<T to involve| the question, of_ the^ffifference in the rate of exchange. Disagreements over , the sugar, tobacco, hides and "cherries . > schedules continue^ among the con-' ; fereps who .will resuitfe their/work to-; ?* j morrow. The senate Conferees; receded ; t on the cotton schedulk.agreeing to one ? placing a rate of-7Hpeilts'a;'pound on > ) cotton having a staple of 1 3-8 inches [ or 5iore in length, as; provided by/the house. The senate hafd voted to reduce XI. 1 l.O'Y'nhhog ? but the insurance company mat 10 \jCLL ? rylng..policles.'Dn.:his life .has refused to'; pay. It says that-it hasr-not . been sufficiently satisfied .of hia death, and then there are those who think that' maybe Gibboney put otrt- the 'report of his ^ death. Im'.order- to/throw theujpederal. government off :his trail... The interest of the Mexican government has been > influenced front the tJnite'd States.' . ' -.-J- . SUCCESSOR JO GAG p . . ... i Deadlock Remained Unbroken YesterV -c?- ' .,. 9.?^::. v.-.. , The deadlock , in.the ei'ect^n of a, successor .to *he late Associate Justice. Gage on the supreme bench had not been .broken at the close of the ,21st ballot, yesterday. afternoon. ... Before the. taking of the thirteenth ballot Wednesday the names of McIver, Moore, Rucker , and Sease were withdrawn, and the "last .ballot Thursday evening resulted-ae follows: v. ^ , ' Marion- 40,; Shlpp 26; Carter 52;. _ ' ,> n/v'"'. J., Blankenshfp ,ahd'J Bride.SJmpsqri,; members of the 'exVcfctive1 Committee." , i ; : iMud Tax in Chesterjt,Coun.ty>; Chester News." A paj-ty who has oc casion to travel the Saluda road: from'.' ' Chester to Rock Hitt^stat'es that there is a negro woman living on the way, who is getting rich these days on account of the condition of the road. Just opposite her house there is an exceptionally bad place: in :the, road. and almost every--automobile that ventures into-it. gets, stuck.. In order to avoid the mud hole the autoists go through her yard for which, she makes a oharge of seyenty-five. .cents. It. is . stated that.some days as many as ten x or twelve automobiles, pass 'through the yard. ' v -w. - ? The dead bodyof Henry E. Smoak was found on'-the side, of a road within>;the corporate" limits of the town of Branehville . TJuesday. night. He <had;; received a severe . blow just over - the left ear. His assailant- is unknown. ? At the instance'of the Mexican gov-' ' eminent,- af thorough.- investigation: is ', being mada.Into, the death of IX Glaren.ce Gibboneyi the Philadelphia lawyer who it is alleged engineered the escape of Grover -Cleveland teergddll'f-and who! Is alleged; to havebeendrowned: off the. coast of Yucatan some, .weeks agov The story went" out" of'. Gihboney's death;