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v . * ' , ? vt.f. <i ' _ _______ _, __ : " " ' ' fa ? ' ^ ^^5S^D SSMI- WEEKLY. : ^ - ,. . . ??^???????? ????.?^???? l. m. grist's sons, Publishers. S <$8111 tig $eu?spayer: Jbr the Bromofion flj[ the ijolitical, fecial, |gricultin[at and Comrawial Interests of the Beoglq. TER^^E^op^En7iNcM?wfNCE f ?' . ' ... . . . . ^ ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1921. A ~ NO,:2T 1 |f| _ . ? . , .. >./& VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local Paragraphs of More 01 Less interest. % \. PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTER! Stories Concerning Folks and Things Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick' Reading. I asked a Yorkville dealer the other day as to whether he was selling any fertilizers. Ilis reply was: "Xo trouble about it at ail. Everybody who can buy is buying and generally they are buying about all they can make arrangements for." Twenty Cents for Fresh Fiah. "People living along Catawba river who catch and sell fresh fish are getting twenty cents a pound, for them." c-ii/i n piftvpr rriMn who bousrht some the other day. "I paid twenty cents a pound for several pounds of catfish. The fishermen admit that that price is a little high; but they, say they will come down within a few weeks." Bum Passenger Coaches. "Now that the Southern railway is charging almost four cents a mile pussage on intra-statc trips it .would seem to me that the railroad company can afford to'put some decent coaches in service on tiic Marion and Kingville division." remarked this morning a Yorkville man. "I went to Rock Mill /Saturday morning. There were no available seats except in the smoker. The up bolstering on the two seats in mere was badly worn out and the ear had the appearance of not having been policed up in goodness knows when. As 1 said, it appears to me that it is about time that division of the Southern was putting out a little service." Co-operative Marketing. "We are going to take steps within the next few days to see what can be done toward organizing a co-operative marketing association in York county," remarked District Farm Demonstration Agent A. A. McKcown, the other day. , "At the same time a similar effort will be made in others counties of the state and while we realize that the problem is one which may present many complications and require much work and effort before it is done, we are going to try to- put it over. The plan for, York county is to call a meeting of some of the 'best minds' in the near futuref'the meeting to ho.held.in Hock Mill, present the matter to them and then cotuinurstops to interest farmers of the county in the project." Autos and Insurance Companies. C. U. Clillam. young business man of Yorkvillc, was discussing automobile tires and insurance the "Other morning' with several friends, and incidentally congrsi tula tins himself that he was not in the insurance business just now. ife told this one: "A man in a neighboring1 county recently lost an automobile by lire while traveling on a lonely road. With the exception of a few pieces of tin the auto was completely destroyed. The owner left it. A wag came along a short time later and on the remaining tin wrote this ditty: 4,. n?|,nu ?'i iinnvo, Oust to (lust. If banks won't ]>ut out Insurance companies must.'" York County Cotton Best. "I make the statement because in my opinion it is the truth." said a Spartanburg cotton buyer to whom Views and Interviews was talking Ihe othot day. "It is a fact that the best cotton In be found in-.South Carolina is grown to York county. Mills prefer it and because of that fact cotton men would rather have it. There is a reason for it," the buyer, went on to say. "It is because of the. careful seed selection that most of the farmers in York county make. They produce a belter staple and not only that but they take better care in picking and handling their colton than (lo farmers in most counties. If you could get tju-m to admit it, most cotton mill men would tell you that' they would rather have York county cotton than that grown in other counties of the stale." Doubtful About Reduction. "Wall street bankers and financial in ... v. ..I. .1...,., I, 11....., U'l'OSlS (U .WW 1 U1K uoil l there is going to bo any material cotton acreage reduction in the south this year," said Co!. Charles L. Cohlt, active vice president of the people's National I tank of flock l iill, who returned Sunday after spending' a week in New York. "Xeithop arc the, Xpw York bankers very 'ojptimislfe over tin* outlook," Colonel Cobb went, oh to say. "It is evident that tlipy will not believe theie is any acreage reduction in tin south until the government report on cotton acreage' js issued May 1">. .fudging from the appearance of tIn; crowds on the streets, conditions in New York are not causing worry like the east over the country. TJm talk to p?ople it: offices off the streets and you lind thai they are very much distressed. < >n< thing, though, so far as New York am the south is concerned: New Yorf bunkers have contideiicc in the abiiitj of the people of the south to recovei from depression and pull out of lie lode, so to speak, more quickly than tie peopli* ?.f any other section of tie- eo*in try." Political Patronage. According tunreports cunning Jrotj people who elai;n to.be In a, p.osii.ion t< know, it is I'e- opi rv sivi.voo jl'.'i nliiosia.ti; Ilees and other Federal^ patronage in South Carolina now*. This statement was made in the presence of Views and > j interviews a few days ago: "Although President Wilson sent in thousands of appointments after the Republicans came into control of the > senate, very few of them were con' firmed?almost none in fact, except jurmy and navy appointments. The j ' civil service was left very much as it 11 was. Thousands of postmasters whose I j terms were expiring were re-appointed.; j but the senate stood pat, with the result that there is no limit to the amount of pic that is available. The general understanding is that Mr. Harding is going to reverse Mr. Wilson's order j putting third class post offices under civil service regulations, anil fill the same at his pleasure. The dropping off of heads will commence soon after the opening of the coming extra session of congress." Freight Rates. "One very important item, in its relation to the prices of commodities of which the public lias very little appreciation," said a Yorkville dealer to Views "and Interviews Saturday "is freight." "The freight rate now is something I tierce compared with whsi\ it was before the recent advance. "Last Friday the Yorkvillo Enquirer j printed a statement to the effect that the price of acid, for instance, had declined to $li!.r>0 a ton at the port. The statement was correct, except I believe that sales have been made as low as I $11! a ton. Following the published | statement. I had a number of people to call on me for an explanation. They did not seem to understand that the price quoted was port prices. Before I lie rise in freight rates, the freight to Yorkvillo was $".70 a ton. Mow the rate is $4.7;" a ton. I have been selling at less than the port juice, plus the freight. "But also' it is well to take inlo account that the advance in freight rates I.. ?Piirn mils, flour. I V,. v..., ? . , sjj.lt. hay, etc. The freight nn salt has been about equal to the invoice price of tin? salt. Salt is higher than it used to j ho and the freight is double. The invoice price of hay is going down; but freight rates keep the selling price up. The public knows that it is paying like smoke for commodities of all kinds; but it does not seem In realize how much it is paying for freight." Competitive Bidding. Referring the other day to A/provision of the county supply bill that reI quires the county board of commissionI ers to advertise the lotting of contracts (for furnishing supplies for the chainjuang and the county home. Supervisor j lirowii indicated that lie did.not. think J much of it. "It might he a good idea." i ho said; "buyit has been tried out in the past without much satisfaction to the county in the way of getting things cheaper or better, and J am afraid that it is not going to work any heller now. (if course it is not going to be practicable to secure a present spot price for supplies three months in advance. 1 wyuld hardly think that the lawmakers expect us to become parties to a speeu1...Ittrn ?!?, IV., lh,. eolllltV would J UUII'II lll\* fcaiowi .... ? island :i rather bettor chance to lose l than in win. About the only tiling wo ; can do is to ask for bills for the fur! nishhig of stuff on a basis of a fixed i percentage of profit over established market prices on the day of sale. This j we will do: but even at that we will j place ourselves in a position where we ( mignt not be able to take advantage of j attractive bargains in the way of cutin| try produce or special lots. etc. Jlow| ever, lot it tie understood that the-sti| pervlsor and county board will do all in j their power lo carry out the law in 1 good faith." Anonymous Communications. One of the most curious dovelopj rnents ?.f human nature with which tho j newspaper editor has to deal is thai | which moves the men and women who I illKi.St cm SeiUS.Ilg Ill illlou.\ muun VI..- | ! nuinications. Clot :i contribution ;i few dayA ;ijc?i j | for this column intended as another | word nn tlii' shortcomings nf modern i . hoys and girls. The writing nf the j?simmunicatiou had. evidently involved J a good deal nf labor, if not a great ileal j j of thought. As showing how clearly j j the writer understood the ban against j anonymous eoniiinaiiealions. she refor! red to the rule and expressed tlie hope that it would be waived in the present | ease, of course the communication | went into the waste basket. Now this writer is violating the rule j somewhat in making specific reference j to such' a communication. The proper I and accepted rule is to toss such matter . i aside and leave it go at that, liefer-j [( nee to it is more recognition than it. j deserves, and besides such reference is j 1 -caVuluted In create a certain amount | of desire for the contribution itself. I This anonymous contributor might be 'i expected to argue that there is as much | [reason why" she should he permitted to write anonymously as v,*ny inc cunur 1 should he |n'iinitl<f1 in write ili.it way. ' j Ifiiylit* there is siunc foundation for jlhat proposition; Init it must In* re' j tin inhered that tin* editor is not only ri'spiijisilili' I'm* sui li matter of his own i jas In- prints: out to a em tain extent I fur the I'uii!riliutiuiis he arrejds from ! eiiiresiinuileiits. In the eireumstanees i he thinks he should a! least he elllilleil " t-> kimw the source of tin* matter h" is ; tisinu'. ' Cut there have always hoon (hose i' who insist hi ' dentin:; in anonymous J j eoiritnimienl ietis ami I here will always - 1 ho.shell. . NEW BAPTIST CHURCH OpeRed a! Lowryvllle Sunday Afternoon With Interesting Service. DR. DERIEUX PREACHES FINE SERMON Tremendous Crowd of People In Attendance?Good Singing a Feature? Building Not Completed?Estimated Cost $13,000?Rev. George M. Rogers a Popular Pastor. , 4 "Praise Him, Praise Him! Jesus, Our Blessed Redeemer!" sung by the choir, was the opening feature of the first service held in the new Baptist church at Howry vi He Sunday afternoon, followed by the Long Meter doxology by the congregation and prayer by Rev. Ray kiddie, pastor of the Lowryvllie Prcsliyterian church. The church was crowded and packed to the doors, with an overflow congregation of hundreds unable to obtain admission to the church, when the. services began at 0.15. The congregation was made up of the people of the immediate community and from all parts of Chester and York counties to the number of six or seven hundred. After the opening hymn and prayer the pastor of the church, Rev. George M. Rogers, cordially welcomed (,he congregation and expressed regret at the fact that because of confusion in ship- i mont the furnishings and pews for the new building had not been installed, i However, as the opening date for the new building Jiad been fixed and the programme arranged, it was deemed best to go on regardless of the inconvenience. The auditorium was filled with opera chairs and settees and every t t.w.1- nr onnnn nlili'/crl , Dr. W. T. Derieux. The speaker of the occasion was Dr. Derieux, secretary of the Baptist state , mission board. Dr. Derieux congratulated the Lowryville Baptists on the building of the handsome edifice. He said that for a long while Lowryville was a Baptist mission station and its pastor was paid $1100 a year by the ; state mission board. Then very sud- . denly the Lowryville Baptists called, a pastor for bis full time and paid him ? 1.000 a year, and "How they did it I do not know," said the doctor. "This , church has been built by Lowryville , Baptists. They have had no outside help yet. I am hoping that the state and home mission boards will give them $f>,000 and I am sure they will. "The building of this Baptist church means much to Lnwryvuie. ims is u Presbyterian community arid. the buildin:; of this church will make you bet- . ter Presliyteriuns." Turning to Rev. Kiddle the doctor said, "And young man you will have to get up and dust." After the singing of "Let All the People Praise Thee," by the choir. Dr. Derieux read a, Scripture lesson from Revelation 3:14-21/ and announced as his text the 20th verse of the chapter: "Behold I stand sit the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and I , will sup with him and he with me." The doctor said that this letter of St. John written from tlie Isle of Fatmns, and addressed to the church at Laodloca, was not intended solely for that church. It can be applied to any church and revealed Christ on the outside of the church and a very tragic circumstance. We sing and preach in vain unless we have the power and. presence of Jesus Christ. Tiiis church had not driven Jesus out by a formal tA.l him vote?had not fxcnrnmuiucawu mm. What happened to bring about the condition of the church at Lnodicca was that the church was neither hot nor cold and Jesus wanted one extreme or the other. The church was guilty of a fearful sin?the sin of indifference. With the neither cold nor hot. indifferent church member, what can yq.u do? With church members in this condition the Savior said he would spew them out of Ids .mouth. Hot water stimulates; cold water-refreshes; tepid water nauseates. "We have the sin of indifference in all phases of life," said the doctor. "Father and mother arc loft behind? the son destroys (hem by the one act of indifference, llushand, slay your wife rather than destroy her by indifference. "This is a new building," said Dr. Derictix; "not a new church, and as an appeal .from an old preacher to a young preacher and his people, I beg you not to let it become excommunicated. The church at Lnodicca was rich, itvnoeded nothing in a material way and it was in a spiritual state akin to indifference?it was satisfied?independent of (tod. 1 remember a number of years ago a bund of Perfectionists came to Spartanburg. I wont 10 one m mi-u j services. One of these Perfectionists [got up and said: 'I am perfect. T luive I not sinned in fifteen years.' lie was j perfectly satisfied. Can anybody be j satisfied until they wake up in the like! ness of Cod? Rogers and While and j Kiddle," said Dr. Dcrieux, turning to [ the three young preachers present, "t!ic i day you preach a sermon that you are I satisfied with, that day your best work j is done. Sunday school superintendjents and teachers, when you arc salis lied with your work, it is time for you J to resign. | "You farmers were satisfied last year, j Von thought money grew on trees. There was no bowing down for financial'aid. You had it and you spent it for automobiles and other things. Hut you have found out that money doesn't irrotv on trees, i know. My wife is a ll'aiioir. That is enough said. A brake has been .put on a condition that was sweeping us on to we know not what. "This church was satisfied. It didn't call on Jesus. They were satisfied to let ,the people outside die and. go; to hell. Are none of these things applicable today? A first-class church quarrel often brings about just this condition. One side wants things one way., and the other side wants things the other way and the church is split in two." / The doctor related a bit of Alabama church history when that was a frontier state. A group of immigrants went to that frontier. They were well organized, God-fearing people. They took along their worldly goods, their families, a doctor and perhaps a preacher. Land, was cleared, log cabins were built, a log church erected. Everything was going fine. In time a great field was to be cleared of logs and a logrolling contest inaugurated. A division was made at a gum log. Both, sides worked with If will and reached the dividing line so close together that both team captains claimed victory, for his team. There was a dispute and a fight, and the quarrel was carried .to the church and split the good Christian fellowship that had existed?there was indifference. Reiigious affairs lagged.' Finally a blind evangelist came along. I-Ie preached in the log church; but was disheartened by the indifference of his hearers. He was ready to leave when an old woman told him the trouble. The blind preacher got up and pictured, the condition and what had brought it about and told the leaders that unless they put an end' to such conditions their religious indifference would send their children to .hell. God's spirit touched the hearts of the team'captains and there was reconciliation, and one ?ood old sister exclaimed, 'Thank God, the old gum log is gone!' And," said the doctor, "when I told this story on une occasion, a brother remarked, That's our story, except it was a pine losr!' Don't let disturbances come into your church," admonished the preacher. To illustrate why Jesus Christ did not leave the church at Laodlcea to its own devices, Dr. Derieux related this story: "Some years ago while a pastor in Spartanburg, I knew a family of a mother and two sons. One of the boys was a sober, industrious man and owned the home in which they lived. The other boy was a wild drunkard. Finally the older told the younger brother thai he would have to stop drinking or get out. The young brother got out and went to another town. A month later he crime back' antfrwent to his mother's home drunk. She put him to bed upstairs. I called at the home that afternoon and found ,the mother in tears. I asked the trouble and she told me that John was back and that Sam had said lie would put him out. She did ?? tn rin. I suggested a IIUI ?r UM?. _ prayer. After the prayer the mother walked to the door-with mc and I asked if she had decided what she would do. 'Yes,' she said, 'if Sam puts my baby John out, I am going- with him.' That was mother love and that was what Jesus had for the church at Laodicea. "He stands at the door and knocks. I thank God that my sin can't keep Jesus Christ out of your heart." Dr. Dericux was listened to with the closest attention throughout his discourse of thirty minutes, and closed his remarks by emphasizing the fact .Tesus Christ is anxious to come into every man's heart and is constantly knocking for admission. Following Dr. Derieux, Rev. Garvin, pastor of the Baptist church at Bald1win mills, Chestei, offered a fervent prayer for the Lowryville church, its pastor and the congregation. A pleasing feature of the musical programme was the singing of that old and familiar hymn, "Softly and. Tenderly Jesus is Calling." by a male quartette from the First Eaptisl church r>r Chester. A free will offering wns made by the congregation to help toward the payment of the indebtedness on the church. The contribution was quite liberal. Rev. Lee M. White. A former pastor of the First Baptist church of Chester, now of Kinston, N. (\ was introduced and made a few remarks of congratulation to the pastor and members of the Lowryville church arul the community and further emphasised the benefits to the community that would come as the result of the building of the Baptist church at Lowryville. . The New Church. Js located on the northwestern side of the town of Lowryville, west of the C. & N.-W. railway, on the street leading toward McConnellsville. It is constructed of granite and pressed brick, the first story or basement, which contains the Sunday school assembly room and class rooms, being of* granite. This part of the work is not yet completed. Entrance to the main auditorium is by two short flights of granite and concrete steps on either side of the entrance to the Sunday school department and leads into a roomy vestibule from which entrance is gained into the main auditorium. The floor of this auditorium is inclined in accordance with the best ideas of church construction of this day, and gives a good view of the rostrum from all parts ol" the room, which is -10x50 feet, with a comfortable sealing capacity of .'{">0. The auditorium is well lighted by five large windows on either side and at night electricity provided by a Delco system will supply the illumination through a series of handsome chandeliers and wall lamps. The cost of the building when cnmp|r{!> wijl lie about $13,000. SOCK HILL NEWS BUDGET); '' irU-:- s<e People Aroused Because of Condi- ? v"- tion of Wafer iuppiyv ': - r PEOPLE FLOCK TO NEW DOCTOR ! I ?j J Aragon Mill Closed^ Down 'When Operatives Refused Wage Cut?No . New Developments TriMvThomasson 11 Case?Other News and1 Notes of Q Piletrcpolis of York County. a (By a Staff Correspondent.) ti Rock Hill, April 2?Rock Hill peo- c pie are very much exorcised because ti ot' the condition of the city's water p supply. v There's something the matter with n the water. There's no mistake about p that. It tastes, funny and of filth in the opinion of >many residents who were asked about it today and fur- e therm ore hundreds of them would e no more think of drinking the water p without boiling it first than they would ij think of flying. x ti But just what is the matter nobody t seems to know. The board of health e is working on the matter. Already q more than one analyisis has been s taken; bu,t the water still is consider- b c*d by many impure. One citizen told the correspondent today that a lady had told his wife ^ that it was feared one of the water 0 mains had been connected with one t) of the sewer lines b^ mistake. The Rock Hill man went 'on to say that n while he couldn't say about that the t( water certainly tasted that way. Anyway, people here are very much wor- 0 ried. Chicken Fighting Popular b Rock Hill is somewhat like Mexico E and the Phillippines in one respect, according to people who know. That a is in regard to chicken fighting. There are a number of Rock Hillians who are chicken fighting fans from away i hnnlf and as an officer expressed it to ? this correspondent today: "I tell you d this town is bad about chicken fight- e ing." w Quite a good sized cocking main was g held on the outskirts of the city this ? afternoon, according to a story coming c to The Enquirer's correspondent today. a Seven pairs of birds were matched and jj there was a goodly crowd of Saturday afternoon spoils out to watch the p I'un and risk their money on the birds 3 of . their choice. For the benefit of those present, who care nothing about chicken fighting especially, there was a good sized s poker game going on at the same c time. The tip comes straight. w Chiropractor Busy. g Dr. Betty Link, Chiropractor, is j, about the busiest doctor in Rock Hill, and according to some of her patients a chiropractic is giving them the results that they have been looking for. "The number of patients coming to me now is not as large as it was a year ago," Dr. Link said this morning ^ when the correspondent called on her. "But as it is thus fur today between n twenty and twenty-five patients have been in for treatment." Dr. Link,. who is a native of Lincolnton, N . C.. is a most pleasant and Q agreeable lady whose office and residence is on Chatham Avenue, one of ?the residential streets of. the city. She is one of the nine Chiropractors practicing in South Carolina. She came to Rock Hill last August for the practice of her profession because she had been to Rock Hill and 01 liked Rock Hill. Incidentally she is a 's tjtood booster for the city. Her pat- p icnts come not only from all sections of York county but from all the Up- a country of South Carolina and a sec- ^ tion of North Carolina. ' 01 Her patients include men and wo- ^ men in all walks of life and suffering from divers diseases?chronic and acute. Among the patients now is included a medical doctor of Bennetts- s villc, S. C. who is suffering from a a badly injured nervous system. ^ q n" ?<*? t t ^ j rutin ivn.n tiuiu|iii?.uv - ment of the nervous system, accord- *ing to Dr. Link who went on to explain: "You . 2e there are thirty-one sets of little nerves running out of the n spinal column. Chiropractic Is the science of locating and re-adjusting p those nerves that are out ot" place. p "We use no drugs and no knives. It L< is simply the science of re-adjusting | the nerves. Nature is the Chlroprac- ^ tor's only aid?adjustments remove the c< pinch on the nerves and enable nature p to do her part in making and keeping 11 the body well. v "Ninety-five per cent, of diseases are due to pressure upon nerves along 81 the sides of the vertebral column. sl This pressure interferes with their b functions; hence inflammation, un- a natural action, pain and distress are manifested where these nerves end. 11 All diseases are prolonged until pies- p sure upon these nerves leading to the s affected parts is adjusted. It is the business of the Chiropractor to release ls this pressure with the hand, the doing of which has never been taught in other schools, and has never been Cl practiced by them. si 'Vnoiont methods and cure-alls nut I sl but little check on disease. Times " have changed and science is progress- a itig. li "Chiropractic adjustments, relieving nerve infringement, permit nature to remove the cause of disease and cor- ei rect abnormalities without the use of y d rugs. h "Oh, yes," Dr. Link went on to say, jt! many of my patients are people who ave come to me after trying almost very other kind of doctor and mediine imaginable. Yes, I have quite a ew who have been to see that "Faith )octor* in Kershaw county. "Sometimes my patients get relief ifter one treatment. Some require ifty treatments. /But in 95 per cent, f the cases they all get relief." * Aragon Mill Closed. When the Aragon mill here anounced a fifteen* per cent, cut in fagcs recently a majority of the peratives served notice on the mangement that they could not submit a such a decrease because living osts nact not gone down in. proporion. THe management of the mill romptly announced that the mill rould close down indefinitely. It is off closed and there are a number of cople out of i^ork. To Build Residences. A* number of new residences will be rected in Rock Hill during the presnt spring and summer, according to erson's well informed. John R. Wllams, local , real estate dealer, said 3day that there was little activity in he local real estate market just now xcept in the matter of building lots, uite a number have been sold lately, leveral contracts for residences to be uilt have recently been made. Personal Mention* Mr. M. L. Ford, Mrs. Edmund Ford, liss Esther Ford and Mr. Dee Ford f. Clover were visitors in Rock Hill Dday. Misses Janette Mackorell and Eleaor Herndon of Yorkville were here Dday. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Brown of Hickry Grove were here today. ' Mr. J. C. Parrott of Yorkville was rought to the Fennell Infirmary, lock Hill, for treatment today. Dr. R. A. Bratton of Yorkville was mong the visitors in Rock Hill today. No New Developments. A detective who is employed in the 'homasson "spell" case said this lorning that there had been no new evelopments in the case which creatd a sensation throughout this section rhen it was learned that Miss Mararet Thomasson, aged spinster of Ibenezer did not -lose fier pocketbook ontaining about $1,500 several weeks' go while en route to a Rock Hill ank as claimed. Violet Shaw and her grand son Otis 'ewell, negroes, charged with "hooooing" the woman out of her money emain in the county jail, Both assert heir innocence. y Miss Thomasson, according to a tatement made this morning to the oirespondent insists that the negroes -*or.ked a "spell" on h?r in order to et her money and that a "spell" was i turn wbrked on them. The whereabouts of the $1,500 is till unknown, it is said. Printing Houses Cut Wages. Rock Hill printing houses have iven notice of a cut in wages to emloyes, it was learned this morning. "he cut is effective next week ana is rade necessary by the general busiess decline. There has been no kick n the part of the employes it is said ho realize that a wage cut is necesary in the general effort to rechice perating expenses. STATE DRY LAWS IN FORCE. olstead Act Does Not Repeal State Laws Suprertie Court Holds. That the Volstead act^does not repeal r supersede the state prohibition laws i the opinion of the South Carolina sureme court in an opinion by Chief Jus-, ce Gary, handed down Friday. The ise is that of the Slate against Bill [artley of Barnwell county, convicted n the charge of manufacturing and aving in his possession liquor unlawilly. The case was appealed by Hartley on le ground that the statutes of this tate in regard to the manufacture, sale nd transportation of intoxicating 11uors were repealed by the eighteenth mendment to the constitution of the Fnited States. Chief Justice Gary's opinion holds iat the second section of the amendlent to the effect that "Congress and le several states shall have concurrent ower to enforce this article, by appro riate legislation," cannot be made ef;ctlve by the several states. "Unless ley enact statutes making the manu icture, sale and transportation of inDxicating liquors for beverage puroses an offense against the laws of lis state. The amendment contemlates independent legislation both, cn ie part of congress and the several tates; and the constitutionality of a :atc statute must be determined as one y a resort to the provisions of the mendment." "There is nothing in the amendment ldicating an intention to repeal or suersede the legislation of the several tates," says the opinion of the court, whenever the enforcement of such legilation would aid, in carrying into efict the provision of the amendment." Under the ruling of the supreme ourt, the first opinion on such a case ince enactment of the National Voltead law, a prohibition defendant is able to prosecution under both state nd Federal statutes, and liable to punihment under both for one offense. ? A mail carrier in Kewanee, Illinois, ritered the government service twenty ears ago, and has not failed to make is regular trip for a single day in all lat time. i THE NEWS OF SHARON / I l. ;;;; indications Are Tbaf Werebouse p Charges Will be Redufrdtf. WILL BE- NO. SCHOOL BASEBALL" ?- K* :-Mk Work on Lockhart Bridge Prog rawing . s V?Sharon-Yorkvilie - Road . In - Bid Condition?Other Newt and Not Wo"? - ' -x'\ the Metropolis of Western York. V - , (By a Staff Correspondent). , -p Sharon, April 4.?People from the Lockhart section of Union county here today, said that good progress was heing made on construction work on .the ' ^ - * <-..lU L_ -a^lA Driage now, Deing duui atrwa miuu river at Lockhart. The concrete struc- ' ture of the bridge hai been practically ...C^ completed and the bridge will' be ready for traffic within a comparatively shprt *'M while. Provided the road on the Yprlf -vv^"V county side of the river leading to Sha-' ;. ron is put in good shape, it hoped that the building ofithe new bridge -vylll have the effect of bringing mortr .trfde fylsz to this town, althpugh of course that -7 7 remains to be seen- . .Religious Meeting*. . , X Time for ;the holding of the. regular ' spring meetings at Woodlaym Preaby1- ^ terian church' and Sharon A. P.;P. church here draws near. Announce- . -' '.f: raent is made that pfev. P.,W. Gregg^jf Rock Hill, is to assist Rev. Carl "McCully, pastor of Wood lawn church; ip " . the near future. At the' conclusion of-a ^j'TNxS series of services at Woodlaw^/Rfey^JRl'* / -y A. Lrummus of Richburg, will assist Rev. E. B. Hunter in a series of aer- ' vices at Sfiaron church. 3 ; ' ct.u.. CU.rviH Maw 6* Riducwi. ' ".5X3 Indications are that storage charges .on warehoused cotton here may be.xer duced. No action has been taken yet; but according to a Sharon warehouse- , * man who was asked about the matter.; Yfy&l: last Friday, a reduction'will be made ^ very soon. The present rate is. 50 cents per bale per mqnth and this seemingly ; high rate is made necessary, by reason, of the fact that Sharon is. withoift'^p, 1 ' vifji protection. ^Both Sharon waretyoii^jNi;- ' '' it is said, are crammed full1 of o^tojs^f .j , No Baseball Team,;' V; { * Sharon school will put- out no - /. $/ &. 'ball team this spring' fgr -.^bethat there is no available* diamond ift- , town for the boys to plnjr hij|)ylf There is no satisfactory diamou4'i.t;tb|k A' school house and those who have l'ook^ '. i "*r ? '" JLi * / , ' v v Sii* -itw ed around town for. soihe. pla^e j mightJoe wo^.whilemave.been';Txn^Ji^^^''>^; to d7scoyef ^ny There- is. some go^ftfjj^U;^ among the enrolled pupils*"!^ 4m : but the idea of a baseball.^eom- of ,- % school boys has been passed' up/< ; . / Interest In Declamation Cdntffty -TTTifVi mo cinoft nf Hia ShflronVschoot y ? <.-r~ :vv. _ only a month off, pupllf'.ftr^ forward to the commence^i8fit^#|riae and especially to the declatofttjto'gfljfc 1 'v:v,' test which is to be a. f ea t u r e. gi.'fjiS*. exercises. Announcement J~,-% some time ago that a valuable prize i ' -a! would be given the bebt declaiinefcfj#^|' . already between fifteen. and iy;| pupils are putting: in all.;their, time practicing the deqlamatJop^^lth : , >' which they hope to earn $bg.pr^ze/,*} Roads Need Dragging. r Not in years, it is said, ha* the $haron-Yorkville road been lnBreater need of dragging than at the ;preaent tim&. The road, from the corporate Sharon into Yorkville is a serieVpf'^ute ' --/X and bumps and holes and* motorists " . J, who have traveled over it recejpsfy, ex7 press surprise that accidents reaiilthnif /. from automobile turn-overs arc Hot're'- . , -' f ported daily.* . . " ' : " ' :?i; Personal Mention. - '' Mrs.' A." M. Erwin and'daughter were visitors in Rock Hill last Saturday. ' , ~ Prof. J. W. Shealy of Sharon, \fas avisitor in Rock Hill last Friday.* ' < " . ' r, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hartnesa, Miss' v Susie Hartness and Mrs. L. H. Dubbse 'j'f* of Sharon, visited relatives i in Rock '}, 'f iHill on Sunday. "v ' Mr. W. C. Potts of Sharon, was in / Rock Hill on Sunday. ' . Mr. J. Clyde Plexico of Sliarori, was a visitor in Yorkville today. ! '" ' Mr. W. G. Hayes of Sharon, was In v . Yorkville today. Mrs. A. M. Grist of Yorkville, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mts. J. C. Blair, on Sharon No. 1. " / LOSES MANY SWEETHEART8. '? ' / - t, - X Mrs. Julia Barnhard, 85, Lost Five-In y WnrM Wer. '. Many lost a sweetheart in the World War; Mrs. Julia Bamhard lost flve-^. . . ' ? and she is 85, relates a Detroit dispatch. . ' She has Just revealed the identity of the five strapping soldier hoys whose < photos stand on her dresser in the Old ' Folks' Home. * \ v*-. ' ? < During the war she read a notice ' about lonely boys overseas who wanted someone to write to them. She addressed a letter to "the loneliest .boy.!' It was a youthful letter, full of fj^ngj^ce and imagination. . Five youths from Tower City, S. D*"., all answered it. The exchange contin uod, Mrs. Earnliard writing each a let- ' ter a week and knitting warm sweater* for them all, and the soldier boys' telling her vivid tales of the.war. v" Just before the armistice all five were killed. '..< > * ^ It was a blow to Mrs. Barnhard, but on the same day she heard. the itetos she sent all the letters to the mojthek* of the boys, asking only their photographs in exchange. That explainable row of pictures that stands ^on'" "Mrs. Barnhard's dresser In the Old PoHgt' Home. / . . ' J ~ ir j\ y% . ' - * v * j J Si