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' " ?fi'itpjs aud jarts. ? Captain Eddie^.\Rickenbacker completed his transcontinental flight to Washington early Friday night, landing at dusk at Boiling field. He was forced do.wn by a thunderstorm in the West Virginia, mountains at 3.o'clock, but resumed his "flight in one hour and arrived at Washington without further incident, Rickenbacker arrived at 6.15 after officers >pt the field had decided that he had been forced down and would not reach Washington that night. He went immediately to the officers' quarters for a brief rest but refused to discuss his trip, saying he was in."- He/did'- not -know at what point he stp^ped im<he West Virginia mountains., during-'the thunderstorm' that delayed him iri his flight front Dayton,'Ohio-., ^tenj-esting,,the aviator donned everiing>"3res*s "arid went to the Metropolitan club, where he was a gupst at a private dinner, given by General Pershing to officers of tfie firkt American unit sent to. France on the steamer Baltic. Rickenbacker left Redwood City, Cal., last Thursday morning and, after a series of delays due to mishaps- to his machine and transfers to others, completed the trans-continental flight in a. little less than 58 hours elapsed time. 1 He made the last leg of his. flight in an army ? plane. ? f* ; k ? A series of measures pending be fore congress were unanimously endorsed Thursday ty 22 members of the senate from southern an<l western states who have organized an agricultural bloc. Ambng the bills to which support was pledged were those for freeing associations ? of agricultural, producers from restrictions of antitrust laws in marketing their products, for regulating grain and cotton exchanges, for requiring alleged wool fabrics sold in interstate commerce to bear marks indicating the percentage of wook_an4, shpddy content; for similar, bean ding of paints and for regula,tipn of- - cold storage. Regulation of cottori futures sales, as proposed by Senator Dial, Democrat, South Carolina, was als| in-, eluded in the list. Chairman Kenyon, fof Iowa, announced at the close of the session that the "bloc" would meet again June 2, and consider any action its members might desire to take in supporting measures designed to promote the financial welfare of farming sections. Bills and resolutions taken up today, he said, were of a general nature, but extension of agricultural credits and possible improvement and enlargement of the land bank system, would be given attention at the next session. ? Clyde Manning, negro farm boss for John Williams, entered a plea of not guilty when his trial for the murder of one of the eleven negroes_ killed on or near the Williams farm," commenced at Covington, Ga,. yesterday. rnu^ -A?L- \ 11 a /I to Vllflp X lie iiCgluca ?w .. ? ed peonage conditions after a federal investigation was started last February, according to statements of the prosecution in the trial of Williams, who was convicted here recently and sentenced to life imprisonment. Manning, chief witness for the state against Williams, told the jury he took part in killing ajb three'of'the negroes who are alleged to have been brought into this county_ and drowned, but'asserted he did so'-under fear"of death if he disobeyed his employer. He would go free under Georgia lav.* if he could prove to the satisfaction of the jury at his.own trial that he was compelled to commit the crimes. Mr. Underwood, employed to represent the negro br*?^eypqfi?<>f' At4a-ntans interested in pccfeof.T2^'JS^tt^r@1ih"g. .HelweeH the races, has obtained orders from federal authorities to. .bring-.tp ,the trial Clyde Freeman and several other negroes formerly employed by Williams who are held as material witnesses in the peonage charges. They are to be used by the defense in its efforts to prove that Manning was in mortal fear of Williams. Mr. Underwood has been quoted as saying additional evidence to that at- the Williams .trial will be produced. Williams and Manning were indicted charged with murder by a Manning county grand jury, and later they and three of Williams's sons also were indicted by a grand jury in Jasper county, where the farm is situated. Williams's sons are fugl " lives from justice and he had not been brought to trial in Jasper ^ couniy pending the outcome of appeal for a pew trial before the state supreme court. ? Charlotte, N. C., It fay 29: North Carolina will be the- battle ground in the impending struggle of the textile workers in the resistance of wage reduction in excess of 22 1-2 per cent, according to Thomas F. McMahon, vice president of the United Textile "Workers of the World, but once the walkout starts it may spread to all Southern textile centers, he said. Mr. McMahon explained tonight that while a general blanket order for a strike had been drafted, as' announced last night, it would become effective probably in one group of mills at the time, one mill center after another in the Carolinas, especially the Piedmont section, being successively affected. He declared that the only possible development that might avert the proposed strike would be a satisfactory settlement of the wage reduction controversy through negotiations between the mill executives and the local groups of workers. In only one or two mills in the southeast has a satisfactory agreement been reached, he said, despite the fact .that appeals had been sent several weeks ago by the Charlotte central labor union, representing all the organized trades of this section, to Governor Morrison of North Carolina, to the president of the Southern Textile association, to the Charlotte chamber of commerce and to the mayor of this city. None of these had taken steps to ward off a strike, he said. Mr. McMahon declared that he and President Golden of the International Textile Workers union had .come into the south several weeks ago to canvass the situation in respect to appeal by the local tinions arid reiterated the do duration that they never came at the instance of the International organization but of their own initiative. He is here, he said, to counsel with and advise the local unions. In North Carolina and each other Southern textile state, he said, there is a secret 'executive" board, the personnel of which is unknown to the public, which keeps him informed of local developments throughout the slate and in turn keeps the local unions advised of developments not only throughout the state, hut in all textile centers included in the national organization. ? Declaring that the present prohibition enforcement system is "ineffective, wasteful and demoralizing in many of its aspects," Chairman 1'enrose. of the senate finance committee, announced Saturday that conferences would he held this week between his committee and Commissioner Hlair. of the bureau of internal revenue, looking to changes in enforcement methods. The whole subject of "rehabilitation" of the enforcement system will he gone over, Mr. Penrose said, adding that the advisability of transferring the prohibition unit from the bureau of internal revenue to the department of justice, the designating of an enforcement superintendent for each of the states or for each judicial district and other suggestions would be taken up. Senator Penrose said ho personally was in favor of the department of justice taking over the enforcement work. The cpiestion will be discussed with Attorney General Daugherty before the finance committee takes action, he said. Secretary .Melon already has expressed approval of the proposed -transfer and Mr. Blair is understood to favor the step. "The present prohibition enforcement system is ineffective. wasteful and demoralizing in many of its aspects," Mr. Penrose said "and requires drastic treatment in order that it may be rehabilitated and freed of the scandalous conditions now surrounding it." The plan of the transfer and the extent to which it would go, Mr. Penrose added, is a ^matter of detail to' be worked out on the basis that theoretically the treasury ought to have no police business to transact. Prohibition enforcement, he said, is a matter peculiarly'in the province of the attorney general and the district attorneys. One of Mr. Blair's first acts as commissioner, it was said wouia oe me designation 01 a new prohibition commissioner in place of John F. Kramer. For this place, .Newton Fairbanks, of Ohio, has been frequently mentioned. \lovIuilU' (Euquiwr. Entered at the Postoffice at York, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY, MAY bl~ 1921. If credit does loosen up again, as it seems to be doing now, people will do well to profit by the past experience. It takes mighty good judgment to use credit properly and when the borrower gets too far from the shore he is in danger of a sudden check up. It is stated on what looks like authority that President Harding is going to appoint Former President Taft to be Chief Justice of the supreme court and that he has let the fact be known so as to avoid annoyance from trie inenus ui uiniii jjuasiuic; a^uaiuo to the position. The United States now owns onethird of the entire gold "supply of the world or, about $3,200,000,000. This* is the largest amount of gold that this nation has ever owned, or that any other nation has ever owned. If the country is not now in a condition to do business how can it ever hope to be in such condition? Right honest now, is the Chautauqua so-called, educational or dissipational? No, we have no grouch about it. Recreation and entertainment are necessary and there is nothing wrong about any of the entertainment that has been -presentedjay the~chautnu qua?~Tn fact it has all been very good. But why should we seek to flatter and cajole public patronage on educational, grounds. It has been held by those of old that there is no royal road to knowledge. Has this been changed and if so since when? Yes, by all means let the people have the Chautauqua if they want it: but don't let us teach them that they are entitled to a university degree for having attended. Also, as a community enterprise, are there not ways in which the same amount of money can be spent to more practical advantage? According to Herbert Quick, Hoover has succeeded in teaching Europeans to eat corn broad. 1-Te set up sonic little mills in" Belgium and. began grinding corn into meal. The people took on readily. Later Howard, head of the American Farm bureau association started a movement as the result of which 500 tons of corn were contributed free by western farmers. Carl Vrooman, formerly assistant secretary of the department of agriculture took hold and. pushed until the starving people were soon consuming 6,000 tons of corn a month. They arc doing that now. Willi the construction of Federal machinery through which the people of Europe generally will be able to buy on credit the volume of corn exports can easily be increased to many times 6,000 tons a month. The purpose of the Foreign Trade Financial corporation is to enable the people of Europe not only to buy corn but other American farm products without limit. There is talk and then sonic about abolishing war, but. Representative Knight, of Ohio, hit the nail squarely on the head when lie said that when this country goes to real universal conscription and conscripts labor along with the young of this country, and conscripts wealth along with the fighting forces of this country, and u-linn vnn vh;,11 11 t r, the fOlOl'S fil'St those between 30 and 50, and when you shall make it impossible that IS,000 new millionaires shall arise out of the hell of war, as have arisen out-of this conflict, then I say to you, sir, that the day you mention will have arrived. It is to strike at the profit of war. not at the means of defense, that I offer this amendment (to have all material produced in the government arsenals), and 1 say to you. gentlemen, that until this country begins its fight against war all along the line, all the dreams of Hague conventions and international assemblies will he hut the vain whisperings of the air and we will continue to hear voices and to speak language which munition makers can understand. The British government has taken a very positive hand in the settlement of affairs in Upper Silesia. In her fear of Germany. France had begun to cement her alliance with Poland and she was doing all she could to make Poland stronger. Thai was why France want ed Poland to have Upper Silesia. Deprived of the Rhur on the west and | Upper Silesia on the southeast, Ger- J many could never hope to come again as-a^formidable European power. There is, very little reason to doubt that France has all along been behind Korfanty in his efforts to wrest Upper Silesia from the Germans. But since Germany no longer has a navy or merchant marine, England desires a Germany at least strong enough to hold France in check. That is why England is sending a division into Upper Silesia?to preserve the treaty, she claims; but really to help Germany. And of course the Germans are delighted. Forbidden to run out the 'Poles themselves, they welcomed the coming of the British division. The British were received with, hoes all through Germany and when they came to Upper Silesia there was no trouble in finding billets for them in the best German homes. That Korfanty. will now be put down with but little further 'delay is reasonably certain. ~y/ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS Spartanburg. May 28: With his hqlart on his right side, his liver on his left side, and various oiner lniermn organs situated in portions of the anatomy just opposite to those ordinarily accepted as the proper locations for such organs, a prominent citizen of Spartanburg county is causing local physicians and surgeons much thought. The discovery that this citizen possesses an anatomy seldom encountered by men of the medical world, was made this week when he visited the office of a Spartanburg physician for the purpose of undergoing examination. The citizen had experienced much pain in his side and fearing he was about to be stricken with appendicitis he visited the physician's office. ? Columbia special of Friday to Oreenville Piedmont: Former Senator John L. McLaurin of Bennettsville. will control the patronage for South Carolina. He is in Washington now and ,-estPrdav held a conference with C. Bascom Slemp of Virginia, and President Harding. Telegraphic advices received in Columbia today state that McLaurin has been placed in charge of the Republican patronage. Joseph W. Tolbcrt. the present Republican committeeman for the state will bo almost a figurehead. According to the Washington advices. W. H. Andrews of Oeo'-getown. former State Senator Ranks of St. Matthews and J. Mortimer of Bennettsville. are also in Washington with Mr. McLaurin. It is stated that appointments for this state will * * * 1 J TirflAl/C nrnnaniv oe nem uu mi <i iC>? until after the Republican committee meetiner June 8, when a new Renublienn chairman. John T. Adams, of Town. takes charrre. While with the President. Mr. McLaurin talked eotand it is stated that the President indicated to Mr. McLaurin his entire wl'lincness to have the administration heln the south in whatever wnvs are possible, a loworincr of the rediscount rates is beinp sought, it is said. ? Richland county farmers, according to the State newspaper. will soon ioin the movenrmt tn plow up their cotton fields and to replant in some other product that boll weevils do not attack, according to W. T. ,T. Lever former farm demonstration aerent. Roll weevils have alrendv been found in the np^ci' 1 QwjisJiln section in large ntimhers. Mr. Lever rSaiij, .despfte The fact that t>>e nests were not expected to make their nnoearanee until months later. As evidence of the fact of the weevil's annearance Mr. Lever exhibits a bottle of the nests collected from the fie'd of ,T. .T. Hinnant. The weevils. Mr. Hinnant said, are nof waitins for the annearance of the bolls hut are eatine the younpr cotton, horintr into the stalk from the leaf buds. Mr. Hinnant cut his cotton acreage,to ten acres Ihis year, he says, and after aettini; a prond stand will now he forced bv the pests to plow up the ten acres and replant. Mr. T?ever and Mr. Hinnant have reported conditions to B. Harris, commissioner of artricultnre and have left the bottle of weevils with him as an exhibit. ? Columbia. May 28: The South Carolina tax commission i......, .... nounced the discovery of a $1,592,685 discrepancy in the return made by the Southern Bell Telephone company on .its property in South Carolina as contrasted with the figures certified to the railroad commission by the company when it was asking for an increase in rates for its telephones. According to the commission the telephone company submitted $3,256,000 as the value of its property in South Carolina when the figures submitted to the railroad commission show that the property is valued at S4.S4G.685. The tax commission placed the assessment of taxes on the company as of the value submitted to the railroad commission. Immediate action before the South Carolina Railroad Commision was decided upon by the executive committee of the South Carolina Telephone Commission here today in the matter of increased telephone rates recently granted by the commission. The president of the Association was instructed to proceed at once to the employment of counsel and to make an immediate request and petition to the Commission that their order, granting increased rates and discontinuing inter-town service be annulled. The change in conditions during the past few months, together with much new evidence that has been discovered, constitute the grounds upon which the suspension of the commission's order will he requested. ? Seven men, five of the army and two civilians, wore Kiiieu in tin- ?iwn ol' an army Curtiss-Eagle ambulance airplane near Indian Head, lid., forty miles southeast of Washington Sunday evening in a terrific wind and electrical storm. The dead are: Lieut. Col. Archie Miller. U. S. A., II. H.. Washington; Maurice Connolly, of Dubuque, la., former member of the house of representatives; A. (.!. Bachelder. of Washington, chairman of the board of tiie American Automobile association; Lieut. Stanley M. Ames, of Boston, pilot of the wrecked plane; Lieut. Cleveland W. McDermott. Lnngle.v Field; Sgt. Mechanic Richard Blumenkrnnz. Washington. Army air officers said the accident was the worst in the history of aviation in the United States, either military or civil, and it was one of the few in which all of the passengers in a. falling piano had been killed almost instantly. The ship struck the ground nose first and the force of the impact was so great the big -too horse power Liberty motor in the front end of the craft was torn from its chasis and thrown back into the cockpit on top of the pilot and the passengers. All of the bodies were badly mutilated. The Curtiss-Eagle was returning from a trip to Langlev Field near Newport. News. Va,. and had just crossed the Potomac river when it ran into the storm which had passed over Washington an hour before. The exact cause of the accident probably never will he known as those in the machine were dead when witnesses from Morgantown. a village near Indian Head, reached the scene. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Williams Optical Company, Rock Hill?Eyes in need of glnsses. Loan and Savings Bank?After 32 years. Feinstein & Krivis?This week's specials. Kirkpntrick-Belk Company, York?Notice of strictly cash business. Periwinkle Tea Room, Rock Hill?Come to Rock Hill to trade next Friday and Saturday. Star Theatre. J. Q. Wray, Proprietor, York? Alice Brady today. York Supply Company, York-?-Fertilizer. Sain M. and S. 15. Grist, York?Nearly twenty-two years ago. McConnell Dry Goods Company, York? Specials at McConnells. Peoples Building and Loan Association, York ?Make your money earn good returns for you by subscribing for shares in the new 'series opening with us June 11. Trad Razor Company, New York?Six Gillette blades with holder for $1.26. J. A. Marion, Referee in Bankruptcy?Notice in the matter of J. R. Kelly, bankrupt. W. D. .Thomasson, Clerk?Notice of W*. 0. W. meeting. J. C. Wilborn, York?Additional real estate offerings. Merchants of Rock Hill?Big-June Co-operative sale Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4. Jack King Comedians?Coming to York for week beginning June 6. Luther G. Thompson, York?How you can | 'Am U.. tidnrr TTtlltPfl I measure value m iv&l uy uo...A ^?? States tires. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following real estate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor since the last publication of the record in The Yorkville Enquirer: Broad River?Maggie I. Wylie to Mrs. A. C. Whisonant, 1 lot; $600. Catawba?W. M. Roach to Rock Hill Lumber Company, 1 lot, $50. Ebenezer?John G. Kee to William Biggers, et al? 2 lots, $175. Fort Mill?.1.. .7. Bailes to W. B. Meacham, 1 lot, $5. J. Lee Capps to J. M. Gamble, 5' lots, $3,000. THE MARRIAGE RECORD Since the last publication of the record in The Yorkville Enquirer, marriage licenses have been issued to the following by the judge of probate: May 23?Lucious Hall, 28, and Essie Duncan, 22, Rock Hill, (colored). May 24?John Isler, 23 and Joreatha Rudisill, 20, Charlotte, (colored). May 26?J. Andrew Lovelace, 24, King's Mountain townshrp, York county and Mamie Dellinger, 23, Cleveland county, N. C. May 27?Robert B. Walker, 25, and Elizabeth Law, 22, Rock Hill. May 28?Lee B. Covington, 27, Ebenezer township and Mattie M. Adkins, 25, Ydrk township. May 28?Jim Perry, 26 and Martha Ashley, 24, York township, (colored). May 28?Ottis Williamson. 22 and Lula Mae Williams, 18, Gastonia, N. C. May 28?James Lowry, 19 and Cathleen Moore, 20, Bethesda township, (colored). /' ? if CLOVER CHAMBER Mfctia With about seventy-five members and persons interested in attendance, the first regular meeting of the recently organized Clover Chamber of Commerce was held in the opera house at Clover Monday evening. President I. J. Campbell presided. Short talks were made by Rev. .T. O. JIuggin. Rev. W. P. drier and John Tillett of Clover.. The principal speech of the occasion was made by Fred M. Allen, executive secretary of the Gastonia, N. G. chamber of commerce. In the course of his address Mr. Allen gave his audience some valuable information in regard to I the organization and function of a chamber of commerce and. expressed/ the opinion that the organization of a business man's body could and would mean much for the town. During the evening membership ,cards were distributed and quite a number of these were signed. Refreshments were served during the evening and the meeting was declared to have been both pleasant and profitable by those in attendance. LETTER CARRIERS MEET With fourteen carriers from different parls*of York county in attendance, the annual meeting of the York County Rural Letter Carriers Association was held in Fort Mill, yesterday. Officers for the ensuing year were elected at yesterday's meeting and also delegates to the state convention which meets in Orangeburg, on July 4 and 5. Members attendant upon the meeting in Fort Mill, were guests of the Fort Mill carriers at a bountiful dinner servedat Jones' Spring, a pretty spot near town. There were probably seventy-five people present for dinner, including a good many ladies and friends of the carriers. " W. W. Love, carrier on juhv was elected president of the association for 11)21-22. Arthur D. Neely. carrier on York No. 5, was elected vice president and J. A. Carroll, car- i rier on Filbert No. 1, was elected association .secretary and treasurer. Delegates to the state convention were elected as follows: Messrs. J. C. Burge, York No. 3 and John Keys, Rock Hill and Messrs. Simpson of Catawba and Mills of Fort Mill. It was decided to hold the next meeting of the county, asociation in Bock Hill, May 30. 1022. PRICE OF LAND "The price of farm land is ton high and it has got to come down before there is a great deal of changing," said Air. J. C. Wilborn yesterday. "How do you know that the price is too high?" asked the reporter. Of course it! is understood that Mr. Wilborn has bought and sold more thousands of farm land than any other man in York county, and if anybody is a fair authority on values it should be Air. Wilborn. The question of the reporter was merely intended to draw him out. "Well," he replied, "I have had a number of cases recently in which the owner of the land wanted to sell and the would-be purchaser was very anxious o buy; but somehow I just could noi r t them together. In some cases the difference 'between them was only 5 per cent, or such a matter; but that was as close as they could get. "But why do you say that land is too high?" the reporter asked. "As a general rule?as near a general rule as you can get at," replied Mr. Wilborn, "an acre of land is worth a hale of cotton. If cotton is worth 10 cents a pound, land that will yield a bale to the acre is worth $50 and if cotton is worth JO cents the same land is worth $200." "How long would you say that it would take to pay for a farm on that basis?" the reporter asked. "About five years," said Mr. Wilborn. "Of course, continued Mr. Wilborn. I am not laying this down as an infallible rule. There are a number of qualifying circumstances that enter into each peculiar case; but the best ground guide I have to go by is that an ?> acre of land is worth a bale of cotton and that is about all it is worth." ABOUT PEOPLE Paul R. Bratton of Yorkville left yesterday for Charlottesville, Va., to spend several days. Mr. W. B. Moore has returned from a trip to Philadelphia, Pa., and other points east. Oapt. G. C. McCelvey of Yorkville was a visitor in Greenville, last Saturday. 1 Miss Mary Speck has returned to her home in Yorkville, after si visit to friends in Greenville. Miss Mildred Bankhead of Lowryville, is attending commencement at Winthrop College, Rock Hill. Miss Margaret Marion of Camden, spent Sunday in Yorkville, with the family of J. A. Marion, Escp Miss Annie Ashe, "of Charlotte, spent Sunday in Yorkville with the family of her mother, Mrs. S. C. Ashe: Mrs. Frank Love of Chester'is visiting her father, Mr. H.'T. Williams'in Yorkville. Mrs. E. M. Stanton and son of Charlotte, are visiting Mr. anti Mrs. Brooks Inman in Yorkville. Messrs. John S. Rainey and W. T. and J. W. Sims of Sharon attended the convention of Shriners in Greenville last Thursday. Herbert Laws, a student at tne r-resbyterian College, Clinton, has returned to his home in Yorkville for the summer, ' : Mr. A. C. McGee left yesterday for Greenville, after spending some time in Yorkville, with the family of Mr. C.-W. McGee. \ There is very little change in the condition of Mr. T. K. Thomasson, well known citizen of Yorkville, who has been desperately ill at his home here for several days past. ,Rowe Inman who has been ill at the home of his father, Mr. C. M. Inman of York No. 1, with a slight case of pneumonia, is now considered to--be out of danger.';' - , Clarkson McDow of Hastoc school,. Spartanburg, and Miss Margaret McDow of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., are with their parents, Mr. and Mrs* Thomas F. McDow in Yorkville, for -the summer. '. vtr nr t a..a t o a11 ionn A. .iviessra. w. ?y. uu??. v. *... ?, D. Neely, D.,C. Clark and J. C. Burge, carriers out of the Yorkville postoffice and J. A. Carroll, carrier of Filbert No. 1, were among those who attended the meeting of rural letter carriers in Fort Milt yesterday. Mr. J. S. Brice and Rev. J. L. Oates, former members of Local Exemption Board No. 2, for York county went'to Anderson yesterday in answer to a summons to appear in United States court today. They are wanted in the case of the government against a young white man charged with desertion from the army. LEGION MEMORIAL DAY Only a handful of people attended the first official memorial exercises for American Legion men held in the courthouse in Yorkville yesterday afternoon, followed by decoration of the graves of the three World War Veterans, Sergeants William Gannon Williams, J. Bratton Lowry and Prir vatfe Meech Stewart who lie buried in Rose Hill cemetery, .'eople were apparently too busy or at least too unconcerned to hear a word said for the three fellows who gave their all. Officers of local patriotic organizations who are accustomed to spouting patriotism and waving the' flag on dlfe Tint nvptipn t Vf>S lereni uwusiuus hch. ?? terday. Only one minister was there-r the speaker of the'.occasion. One would have been led to think that people generally feel that it isn't worth while to remember the dead soldiers now that the war is over. But the three fellows sleeping in Rose Hill didn't mind. With a half hundred people perhaps in attendance the first American Legion Memorial day was observed here yesterday with an address by Rev. J. L. Oates. former clefk of Exemption Board No. 2 for York county as the feature of the occasion. Jas. D. Grist, Commander of' Meech Stewart Post presided and in introducing the speaker, mentioned the fact that similar exI ercises were being held by 10,000 American Legion posts in 10,000 towns over the country and the world at the same time. Exercises were opened with the singing of "America" by a high school chorus with Miss Allein Hall af the piano. "This day marks a mile post in history," said Rev. Oates in beginning his J address. "It marks the beginning of [ an annual memorial for those young j men who gave their lives for their country's cause, and I feel honored at [ having a place in this programme. There are few here today; but the audiences will grow larger as the years go by. Lt is not numbers that count. We are here as a matter of principle. We are here to honor the memory of the three local sons who died for their country. We are here because we be| lieve that the cause in which they gave thoir lives was a just cause. A.constant effort to belittle America and>the efforts of Americans in the World War has been made constantly since America entered the war. Much of that effort has been put forth by men who waxed fat in profiteering during that struggle, it lias ever been so following all wars and I believe that there has been an organized effort along this line by the profiteers since the signing of the armistice. Then we have with us those who were for Ger many instead of America in that war. But 6the truth will out sooner or later. The waters are still so muddy that the truth is not so clearly'seen as it will be later, although we will finally find that truth. America fought for right and fought for home. Col. George Harvey was right when he said that Americans fought for America; but the colonel didn't go far enough in the speech he made in London the other day. America fought for more than America. She fought for France, for England, for Belgium, for the world. I have never been able-to fully grasp the meaning of that phrase "To make the World Safe for Democracy." But this I know. Across the seas was a brute that was threatening. the women and children and the very peace of the world. The brute needed to be killed and America did it. We honor veterans of the World War today even as we shall honor them more in the future and as the years go by honors upon honors will be paid to them. Following Mr. Oates's address . the exercises in the courthouse were concluded with the singing of the Star Spangled banner. Veterans and a few of the audience went to Rose Hill j cemetery where wreaths were placed I upon the graves of the three deceased soldiers. Memorial services came to a I close when Bugler S. B. Fewell of Rock Hill blew "Taps." WITHIN THE TOWN ? The real estate people are beginning to note signs of renewed inquiry as to trading opportunities in this field. ? Tho colored baseball team of Yorkvillo ^defeated the Rock llill colored team in a game of baseball on the colored diamond here Friday afternoon. The game went for fourteen innings and the final score was 4 to 3. ? ? When you see the wind blowing down street, said John Warren Quinn, the other morning, you can look out for lower temperature. In the afternoon it was quite cool and Mr. Quinn said, "I told you so." ? R E. McClure, public cotton weigher for Yorkville, weighed slightly more than 300 bales of cotton last week which were sold to local dealers. The lot included about 284 bales of cotton sold by W. L. Williams to Paul N. Moore, cotton buyer. ? The Redpath chautauqua will return to Yorkville for another five day engagement next spring. That fact was assured last Saturday when about fifty-nine citizens signed a. pledge accepting responsibility for the sum of $1,200 which the chautauqua people required in order tov fix a return engagement. ? Dave Murray, well known negro, formerly fireman at the pumping station who has been at Whippany, N; J? for the past three years, has returned to Yorkville with his family. "I was getting along fine up in New Jersey^!' says Dave, "and making good money; but I decided to come back here so I could know where I am at." .? Trinity church raised about $450 of its $900 assessment to the $33,000,000 Christian Education fund last Sunday morning in less than 30 minutes. The assessment means $900 a year for five years and Rev. Mr. Walker said yesterday that he was confident that the full assessment would be raised before the close of next Sunday. Trinity chprch, he said has the distinction of paying more money per capita for church purposes than any o.ther church in the conference. / i Melba Pannell, Gladys Neil, Geraiaine McConnell, Fannie Grist, Claire Montgomery, Catherine Morton, Ruby Thomason, Nellie Pannell, Becky McDowell, Martha Pegram, Bernice Patrick, Sallie Faulkner, Sarah ^arroll, Lois Gillespie, Nancy Sharp, Rocena Woods, Alberta Pegram. i DOWN LOCKHART WAY It takes a staunch and sturdy flivver to hold up over such a rough road as has to be traveled- in going from Yorkville to Lockhart, especially from Sharon to Lockhart; but if the flivver will hold and one is willing to take the rostling and jostling there is much that is interesting to see along the road side. It is a wonderful stretch of country. Beautiful country homes and fine farm lands dot the road on each side and there is all kinds of evidence of prosperity, despite eleven cents cbtton that cost from twenty to thirtycents to make. But the road?well it isn't. Big holes and little holes and sharp rocks and bum bridges. Looks like the Germans or somebody had been dropping bombs along there almost all the way. One sees lots of folks walking along the roa& from Sharon to Lockhart. There's a reason. Maybe the walking is safer. If some enterprising youngster would put up a garage right out there in the country somewhere between Sharon and Lockhart he'd make a killing. He wouldn't have to do much advertising either. For years Bullock's Creek township farmers have been noted for the fine i oat crops they make. This year will be no exception to the rule, judging from the stands now. John L. Rainey, J. N. Russell, Sam Blair, John Blair, Bob Mitchell, E. B. Mitchell,. J. E. Latham, P. B. Good, Kelly Inman, Mr. Cranford, Mr. Trammell, the Ratchfords and Bankheads and all those* folks all the way down to Lockhart have fine prospects for oats. Lots of vetch mixed in with them in a good many places and the vetch is a beautiful color just now. It isn't all cotton through that country. There are numerous patches of corn. It is looking good, too. Cotton seems to be coming along since the rains. Grass is coming along too. Farmers say that if the rains keep up a few days longer they are going to have more than they can do. One who knows 'em laughs when they say that. Every year in May thfey say that. One stops at Bullock's Creek church and as the flivver is parked in the church lot. one expresses wonder that the flivver was able to get there over those roads at all. It is an old church. Second oldest in York county perhaps. It looks it. There is need for a lot of repair work there. Needs painting for one thing. Needs new ceiline. One can see where the boards of the ceiling are trying to fall down on the congregation. The brown painting of the woodwork on the inside has become a dull, dingy brown because of old age. The benches are hard. Need a little more angle or a cushion. Across the road is Bullock's Creek parsonage and just on the other side of the parsonage is that old and historic Bullock's Creek cemetery where sleep so many men and w.Qmen who have done well their part in making the country, aud the state. The parson,^ ? Efforts of several merchants of the town to have all the merchants to agree to close their stores on Thursday afternoons of each week during the months of June, July and August have fallen through, it seems.- It was stated , yesterday that all of the merchants of the town with the exception of one firm, had agreed to close on Thursday afternooris; but this firm refused to consider the matter at all. Whether or not the other merchants will go ahead, with this regardless of the unwilling firm has not been learned. ? A white man named Snipes who is under arrest in Gastonia, charged with burglarizing a store at Bowling Green, York county and with several burglaries in Gastonia has confessed to entering and robbing the store of Nivens Brothers of Yorkville on Saturday night a week ago. At the time of the breaking open of the local store a valuable pistol, about 500 pennies and a quantity of jewelry were taken. Mr. Banks Nivens of Nivens Brothers Taov Mpdarter went to ctiiu ruuucaiuti v?*v? - Gastonia Sunday to see Snipes in the jail there. He identified a pistol taken from Snipes by the officers as that taken from the store. Snipes admitted breaking into the store but declared that he didn't remember whether he had stolen jewelry out of that particular store or not. He will be brought back here for trial after the Gaston.authoritles have finished with him. ? Initial commencement exercises for the Yorkville Graded school began Sunday when the annual baccalaureate sermon was preached to high school students by Rev. Dr. E. E. Gillespie, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Yorkville. Final exercises are to be held Friday evening when the address to the graduating class will be delivered by Rev. J. L. Oates, pastor of the Yorkville A. R. P. church. Exercises held In the courthouse last evening were given over to a recital by junior pupils of Mrs. E. A. Montgomery, teacher of music in the school. Junior, pupils having part in the programme were the following: Misses Emma Nivens. Blanche Huey, Pauline Moore, age, like/the chupph, is sadly In need of repairr The fence is tumbling down. The trees around need trimming. The outbuildings are weak and wobbly and need assistance.. The well bucket at the well in the' rear of the parsonage leaks. One has to draw the bucket up a couple of> times, to get a couple or ^ three glasses of water. Nobody lives there now since the church is without a pastor. The cemetery needs shaping up. In fact, the whole place is out of order. - jf'-o One who is with one's friends decides to go on down to Broad river to spread, dinner on the river banks. One is' told, that the distance is about four miles from the church and-that the road is about as good- as it is from- the church to Sharon., It-is?no better... One low. ^ gears and high gears and ' slips and' slides along the bumpy bumps, and ruts and curves and, hills -and hollows. About t#e ;timi5 ..one thinks the . river will never be reached why there 14- Ti.of nAT?/lV,An *V Hk A AO tne mui?? j uiupcu wbi MVU* got across 'the rivet- as usual. The mule didn't?just stayed. It takes about ten minutes to cross the river on p.n average. Tom is a good ferryman, despite ' 'the fact that he weighs 325 pounds/'He has an assistant in the ferry' business. When the channel is reachecF and the ?.-ld boat rocks, the assistant hollers, "Bear down hard!" Old .Torp'.bears down that 325 pounds avoirdupois' on the guide pole. The'anchor of a" Canard liner couldn't be more stationary" than the ferry is when Tom bears dpwn. Tom wear's overalls and goes barefooted.' His feet look like a couple Of those couters they catch in the Broad : quite often. Been barefooted all hl5 life, he says, and the shoe .manufacturers don't know how to make the style of shoe he would like. 4 Then he never knows for sure when he is going to have to swim. Lockhart is a pretty mill village of perhaps 1,500' people. There are two large cottoiy mills there and a power plant. A branch of the Southern railroad connects the village with the world via -Union. The operatives have clean and comfortable -homes with all modern conveniences. There are several churches and a good school and a good hotel ar.d in fact pretty, nearly everything a good town needs. No oil and gas is sold on Sunday. "We have church pretty nearly all day Sunday," one of the villagers explained. "When we get tired of going to church we just set down and-,set" Lots of people were setting last Suifdgy. The great steel bridge that is being built across Broad rlyer at Lockhart by Chester and Union counties is about half completed: It is going to be a massive steel structure with strong concrete1 pillhrs.;. It is so high above the river that there is but little chance of its being washed away. Nobody will say about .that, however. It may be completed fori vehicles to cross in another three months. But most folks there think it will be longer than that. Foot passengers" maybe will be crossing in less time than'that. -Tom Glenn, fat colored ferryman, says he'll be glad when it is completed, because he is getting tired of the ferry job after 22 years. . , "White folks.j when dey gits dat bridge built, old Tom gwiner throw away dis ferry pole.iand den do nothi? * *nr. a *f-Vinio -?iv months." Ul? ucpc iisu ivi u. ?- ? LOCAL LACONICS Legionaires Versus Legionaires. The American Legipn - Larrupers of Yorkville. have -arranged a. baseball game with Frank Ro^ch Post of Rock Hill. American Legion to be played in Rock Hill. Thursday afternoon at 4.30. It is expected that ..there will be a large crowd out for the game since all the Rock Hill stores.-h^gin half holiday closing for the summer next Thursday. A number, of people are-expected to go over frpm-Yorkville'for the game. Bitten by a Copperhead. Lillian, iittl'e daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. James Martin of Sharon, who was bitten by a copperhead snake several days ago has about recovered from the effects of the bite ai}d it is not thought that there will be tiny further after- ; math. The little .girl was playing in the yard near the well at her father's home when she was bitten- f by the copperhead. The snake was later kill- ' ed by Mr. Walter; Maloney who hap- '. pened, to be the're. Cleveland Springs Hotel. . Mr. W. W. Barron, of Yorkville, who has the con-tract for installation of the electrical plarit at the Cleveland Springs hotel, says he is getting along very nicely with his work. The new hotel is to contain sixty rooms and is to be one of the most handsomely appointed watering place buildings in this part of the country. ? It will be open to the public by July 1; hut will not be entirely completed,- until some time after that. Farm Loan Moriey Coming. "We are getting iff some Land Bank money at last,"/-said . 9, local business . I t. 10. . U UOb ,UU 4 W ui(V^vvKwM|,...r across from Lockhart. Then there Is a search up the river for a nice cool and shady spot" to ' spread, dinner." There is no such place," so the party pick out '1 the'best place to be found.. ,TJien for deviled eggs and pimento 'sandwiches and ham sandwiches and beef and pickles and pie and fruit cake and candy and .one thing and another. One is tired after that long a'ndtrrough ride. The stuff tastes awfully,, good. One wants a drink of water,*; There' is a whole river full. But ndt a;drop"tQ drink. '^No well, no spring. ."Perhaps Tom Qlenn, colored ferryman an^'some of his folks who live right .there'think it i6n't good business to' have water there.. They run. a li.ttle shanty there where they sell Coca . Cola and other soft f drinks on ice. ;That'is they are on iceif the ice dbesn't get from under too quick. On this occasion it did and the dope' was just barely"cool. Tom Glenn has a.good thing in'his little shop. Just across the riv^r lies the towh of 1 Lock'hart. . Blue law^ 'of Sunday are real blue\on Sunday and one doesn't have as much' ch&hce to buy a soft - T c-..? J,. ... Via aririK in xjuuivnai i MI& uo <?v does to become president of the United States or something. .So old Tom gets in a tripple supply bf dopes and ice on Saturday ready for, Sunday's business. People come over on. Sunday to. buy. his dopes. They come oW'hls ferry?a great many of them do." He is allowed' to charge for ferry rides on. Sunday and since he also charges for the. dopes, why he catches 'em coming and going. On the Lockhartr .side two young boys own row boats,!. They do a thriving Sunday busings. They charge a i nickel a passenger to cross the river after a dope and a nickel back. 'So they make a good filing too, since lots of people drink dopes. Tom Glenn, the old colored ferryman is an interestingxcharacter. He has been ferryman there for twenty-two years. In all that'time he has had only one accident. That, wag before Christmas. * He undertook to take a mule over with other passengers. When the middle of the river was reached the mule took a! notioh it could get over quicker than Tom could with his ferry. . ' ? 1'-~ * nvflphnorH Trtm