Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 27, 1921, Page Page Four, Image 4
Straps ami ^acta.
? E. A. Clarke of Atlanta on Saturday
night, announced his resignation
mm imperial kleaglc of the Knights of
the Kit Klux Kktn. and stated that this
^action would automatically sever the
connection with the Klajp of Mrs.
Elizabeth Tyler, his assistant. Roth
had been tli<? subjects of articles
rprinted in various newspapers, and
Mr. Clarke declared he did not wish
to subject her longer to criticism. He I
added that without her aid he was ;
"neither physically nor financially!
able" to carry on his wkork of promoting
the klan affairs, ihe announce%
??_ i.u. r r i
merit was m;u:o puoiic in ine mnn :j
a letter of William Joseph Simmons,
Jm|K>rinl wizard, to whom Clarke offered
his aid as a klansman in future
if necessar y.
? A woman's "bill of rights" proposed
for enactment by the federal and
all state governments to remove all
legal discriminations against women
was outlined from Washington Sunday
in a statement by the National
"Woman's party. The programme includes
a, new constitutional amendment
declaring that "no political, civil
or legal disabilities or inequalities on
account of sex or on account of marriage"
shall prevail, together with a
bill to give woman the same "rights,
privileges and immunities as men." H
was announced that Senator Curtis
(Republican) of Kansas and Representative
l ess (Republican) of Ohio
.would introduce the proposed constitutional
amendment in congress October
1 and that copies of the new bill had
been sent to till state chairmen of the
Woman's party except Wisconsin which
has already enacted the law. Women
would have the right, uj>on marriage,
to choose their names and have equal
voice in custody of their children,
legitimate or illegitimate, under the
proposed new bill of th- woman's orgargzatlon.
Other legal rights for women
include: Suffrage: eligibility for j
all offices, freedom of contract; choice
of domicile, residence or name; jury
service; acquisition and control of
property: control of labor earnings: I
equality in grounds for divorce and
immunities ar d penalities for sex of- !
fensts. All common law disabilities I
cf women would be abrogated under |
the legislation.
? The nation will stand at pause for
two minutes cn Armistice Day to pa>
honor to the unknown dead of the
great war. Detailed plans for the
ceremony at Arlington National cemetery
on that day, when the bod*
brought back from France is to be
buried, were made public Friday by
the wur department and include a
proclamation by 1'resident Harding
calling for the two-minute halt at
TVltinn tfl l)f? <!"
ih?m: llll uu^iivuv ?hv .... . . w. . _
voted to prayer and reverent memories
for the dead. The body, returned |
from France on the cruiser Olympia.
v\ill reach Washington alter night-fall
Xovemlier 9 and will lie in slate in tin*
Capitol Imili ing until Ai mist ice lb.',
morning. Novomls-r 11. !t will then
. l>o escorted lry a great mourning pnrtj
to Arlington cemetery. the lire of
march helm? guarded tl.i <>ii.rv ,<ut its
length by troops -tativned along tin
way. The mourning' party will include
all living holders of the con- j
gressiona medal of honor who may
desire to come; one war veteran out j
of every J0.0O0 who served from each j
stjjte in the great war: an officer and .
an enlisted man . mm each unit of the |
army and navy and repivrcntatives ot
the American legion and other vet. !
trans' organizations and the various 1
v patriotic societies. From American!
military posts evertwhere jn the world |
[minute guns ?>i mourning' will sound
from sunrise until after the burial |
CTremonies in Washington have been
completed. Plans for the ceremony
were made pirblir b\ Major Ccncrul
. Iiarbord, acting secretary ?>f war and
"chief of staff. Fiiday in tic absence of
Secretary Weeks and tlcneral I'l i miting.
They were ii".h<n n;> turner (icn- j
cral Harbord's j? rsonal supervision 1
and provide, with -the detailed completeness
of army orders In the Held,
for every phase of the solemn ceremony
with which the nation will pay
tribute to the men whose identity as
well as those whos livts wen. lost on
the battle fields of France.
? Treasury department records indicate
that thrift has found a lirut footbold
in America. Figures made public
Saturday by the a\ inns division
show that, despite the economic deputation
and unemployment, the savings
of small investors tluoiighou! the
1'nited States total approximate!* .
i27.000.tl0li.0IU). or. taking the )iopiiInt'on
at 10S.000.000 a per capita savings
of about $2"i0 for each man. womar.
and child in the nation. Of this "vast
r.um of working dollris, $21.0(>o.ooo.000
is invested in government securities,
widle the other $6,000,000,000 is
reprer-ented by deposits in more than
30,000 savings hanks. To the holders
of Third l.ibcrtv loan bond'# included
in the investments ret ired to, the
government is today paying semi-annual
coupon interest amounting to
more than S~~.nOrt.O4iO. At the sam*
time the holders of l.ieso securities are
being invited by the savings division
tc rt invest their interest mcr.cv in
Thrift Stamps and War Savings
Stamps with the view of keeping as
much as pcsstiue 01 mis inum-i m
work. Government win* issues ;ir
held mainly by persons of small means,
according to treasury officials. Vo
lesson which came out of the war
was more thoroughly learned than that
which inculcated in the wage earner
and the child the habit of systeinal;c
saving. The seeds planted during
the great national emergency an- n?'W,
during the post-par fK-riod of readjustment,
beginning to bear fniit. It'
ports of the comptroller of the currency
show that savings bank deposits
total approximately Jfi.oao.ooo r,f'0. 1 *< posits
during the period of depression
have exceeded the large withdrawals.
The savings have proved the snlvath n
of thousands of families where the
breadwinner.: have been thrown out "i
employment because of the general
curtailment of produetion.
? A shrinkage of more than $1.000,.
ooo.ooo in income and excess profits
taxes this fiscal year was reckoned
upon by the senate financial committee
in revising the house tax bill
with a view to raising SX.StM.ooO.Oca
in internal revenue in the 12 months
ending next June .'0?. This was dis- I
closed by the majority report approved ;
Saturday l?v committee Itejnililicjinr 1
and made public. The estimated total
of revenue under the hill is $loi>.ooo,000
less than trensiuy experts have
figured would be return -d this Usual
year under the pr?lit law. but is sv|.- i |
000,000 more than the u vj ol total under
the house bill. Ksthnated returns
this fiscal year fiom income and pro- '
fits taxes are $l.ssoi?oo.oou. nciorddc; <
to the report, as against approximated |
$:t.00O.0OO.OOO of actual eotlei tiollS ill
the fiscal year ended last June 80. 1
Only about $50,000,000 of tliis differ- j '
ence of $1.120,non,noo is account* d for i
by changes proponed in the present j
law Treasury officers ami committee
invinlwrs explained thai the n main- '
tier is charged off to shrinknm* on no- i
count ol business depression. diversion ,
of IiitkIs to tax exempt seenrili.s ami
oliier eansey. IVeinrintr tlial tin* Sit.M'l.lMIP.Omi
total proposed lindei til. 1
revised hill was only mm ;
than the treasure hail estiinahd would
luivt* to he raised tluoiurli interna!!
lax 'S, the re poll said that this was I'
margin of safety none too large for
the fiscal year 1922 ii: view of the existing1
business depression and the tincertainty
attaching to the yield of the
income i*?ul profits taxes." "The committee
lias acted." the report said,
"on the assumption that?with the exception
of the special railroad expenditures
which will be nearly if not
wholly completed in the fiscal year
1922?the aggregate expenditure for
the fiscal year 1923 will lie substantially
as "large as in the fiscal year
1922. The special railroad expenditures
included in the 1922 budget
[amount in round figures, to $300,000,j
000; and the receipts from customs
and miscellaneous sources for the tls!
cal year 1923 are estimated at $730,000,'
nOO. Deducting both amounts ($1,230.000,000)
from the total estimated expenditures
for 11/22 ($4.o3i,000,ftOO)
leaves in round figures $2.KOO.QOu.HOO
t?? lie.supplied l?y internal taxes feu
| the fiscal year 1923. The revenue hill
as recommended l?.v your committee
I will raise during it is estimated,
I $2,733,(100.0(10. This difference or deficit
of $(15,000,000, about e<|iial t? the
I corresponding surplus for the fiscal
| year 1022?can and should be avoided
by saving and economies. Your com[
mittoe deliberately recommends a tax
| program to meet ordinary expenditures
j on the present scale, and assumes that
a reasonable measure of retrenchment
tend reduction will be accomplished."
eThr \loclu'iUr (tnquivrv.
Entered at the Postoffice at York, as
Mail Matter cf tli3 Secont Class.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1921.
It lias been officially settled by the
war department that, neither the Thirtieth
nor the Twenty-seventh division
j broke the 1I indenburg line?that one'
division is deserving of as much credit
as the* other ami that the* line could not
have been broken without the assistance
of both.
Only thirteen out of each forty heads
of families in the United Stoics admitt<
d last spring that tlicy li.d incomes
of $1,000 or more a year, of course,
tlicrc were many dodgers; hut nevertheless
the families that have an ine"ne
of less than $1,000 a year far outnumber
those who have a larger Inc
?me than that.
If the nations taking part in the
conft rence at Washington agrt e t<> disarin,
tiny will also be loinjulled to
make some arrange inents for the enforcement
<>f that ajjrecsn: at, els" what
will be the use of it? And if the nations
associate themselves together for the
purpose of enforcing any kind of
agi'ei ne nt, that will look v :y much
lik* a league of nations.
Judge Memminger is presiding over
the circuit court of Pickens county this
week. I hi less the defense can manage
to secure a postponement, the case of
Jake (losnell, charged* with the murder
?.f Slu riff llfndrix Rector on July J,
Ihl'.t, will he taki n up. It is safe to say
that if this ease does emm: lip before
Jialge .Mciiiiiiinger there will be no
foolishness about it, however it may
turn out.
The grade crossing belongs to the
ago preceding the coining of the automobile.
The drivcr.of the horse driven
vehicle had a fair chance for his life in
the old days, and the train got him
only occasionally. Hut icw-a-days il
is diffoicnt. Automobile drivers might
take care of themselves if they would,
but a large per cml of tlieiu simply
won't. The surest way of reducing the
grade crossing death rate is by abolition
of tile grade crossing.
The state of .Massachusetts has a
minimum wage commission, which lias
a unique but none the h ss effective
means of enforcing its decrees. The
minimum wage commission having
been created, it was provided that it
should publish the names of the employers
who refused to comply with its
decrees. At lirst employers attacked
the constitutionality of the law creating
the commission. The supreme
court upheld the commission without
saying anything about the publicity
provision <>f the law. Recently the commission
got an opinion front the attorney
gonial to the effect that tile publiiitv
fiature was also constitutional
and the names of all employers
who refuse to pay the minimum wane
are I win;: published. Kmploy; rs ate
finding publication more annoying1 than
tines would be.
The big party of American J.egionnaries
that w? nt on a junk't tltrougli
Franco and ltcigium did not gel
through without i t of friction. The
party was under t!. logical leadership
of John (i. Km ry, of (hand iiapids,
.Michigan, the nation.il e. inmundcr.
and of course it rei ived ell kinds of
uttcnth a not oit'y from, the French
sml I>e'gian governments; loft from
private individuals, ihit t- individual
lnetnhers of the party b ing out
for a good tint , did not ear t ? submit
th'-msclvcs to tlie kitid ?f tlindpliue
that would keep their time and
inovei.u us under tlie eontrol of the
ommamb r. others also wanted to
have a ro\ in making programmes, in
n plying to addresses of we'eoiiie and
. ponding t toasts at dinners. The
i ult was diversity of purpose, anil
before the trip war over there were a
lumber i.i free-I'or-nII meetings at
vhieli the pari was broken up into inI
e p.-1 id lit groups. One bitlieb of
evi nl v!ir individuals led as
Ii?-ir li ail?-r l.' uiuaaai: < llanic-y, i f
Si'-il'i Itaknta; lull wil'i ?!.( HialiT-,
ttamliiiK iii.it tin y u?i - still t?? ImivH
ill tic- 11 > i 11-iii ilii-y ili ii '-'l ti> ilit as j
I they i ?!t a?l and to be entertained I
.either in parlies or as individuals. In
'explaining tlie whole matter Com-'
mundcr Kmery did not fail to mention
tlie; fuet that there are no prohibition <
i laws in France like ur.to the laws of
this country.
^
There lias been more or loss private
talk amonp: members of the Keneral as- '
i sembly as to the effect of publicity ip
st curing a fair equalization of the
burdens of taxation in accordance with
ability lt> pry. it is a well known fact
thilt the books tif every county auditor
in the state show fearful inequalities in
the matter of bearing tax burdens. In'
, some cases poor men struggle along
under burdens that mean much to
tin m, while in other cases men worth
ten times as mueh as those referred to
pay i ss taxes. This situation comes)
about largely through the state's miserable
system of assessing valuations,
i ICach taxp iyc r is stfppos d to fix his own
assessments; but the law as to the
; matter is so mixed as to mean nothing
in that it tells the taxpayer to return
his property according to actual value,
and then goes on to give him to under!
stand that he is exp cted to pay, only
in proportion to what other people in
like circumstances with him pay. Somci
i! taxpayers give in their assessments as j
nearly as possible on a basis of actual
values and others, taking the other
; suggestion make returns as small as
| they can get by with. The inequality
| of assessed valuations is duo partly to
ignorance and partly to design. Somcj
; of the legislators have an idea that if,
they should pass a law requiring all
j assessments be published in a newspa,
per, the result would be to secure more
' equitable returns; but they have not
been willing to go that far yet, because
I among otlur things, they fear disturbance
almost in the nature of insurreci
tion. Along about 1K80 the general as
sembly passed an act providing for the
publication of the poll list of each
county in a county paper. The act
provided for publication once a week
j for three weeks, where one week would
do, and made it quite expensive; but in
York county alone something like 7<?0
names were added to the poll tax list.
The Ku-Klux.
While The Yorkvillo Enquirer is of
the deliberate opinion that the principle
reason for the organization of the
Ku-Klux is thy fees derived from initiations
and the percentage that goes,
into headquarters from monthly dues,
| it would not be so foolish as to hold
that the Ku-Klux organization could
ever force itself into widespread public
notice on this basis alone.
There is in the avowed purposes of.
the Ku-Klux organization much that
appeals to many good, well meaning,
people as reasonable, right and nects'
sary.
The common impression, the bedrock
impulsion ol all right-thinking I
people is that our eoliits ol ] iw are for1
tin- purpo .c el prop cling the weak ill.
their (iod-given rights by holding in,
elqck..the ruthless disregarding strong.
fiiven the facts in any particular,
iase any rigid-thinking man has a
pietty good id a of what is ju. t and
what is unjust, and everybody knows
that justice as it is administered
through our courts, is often a reproach
| to all that is fair.
For on" lliing yn.v kind of a promise
to reform such evils as this, is a strong|
appeal to many riglit-inimhd but shallow-thinking
people to Join the Ku|
Klux. It do. s not necessarily nicanj
that all men so moved entertain hostiliiy
or contempt for the law; hut rath-j
er that many of tin m are led away by
tli" more or less hazy belief that by
this means they can reform the admin-;
. istration of the law. ^
1 tut the idea of reforming the law by
violence can lind but lit11 support in
ordinary reason, for it ought to lie clear
that one kind of ruthh ssncss is not to
be reformed by another kind of ruth-j
Itssnesu; that the lawyer win deliber- ,
ately proves iiis c is , for instance, bv
false testimony, is no less safe than
tho h?>ncst man who miglit 1?. induced
to commit violence by the same kind j
of testimony.
(Jotierally such outrages as are perpetrated
in the name of the law are at
least perpetrated publicly and "pi nly,
and to that extent at least they are less
dangerous than outrages that might be
perpetrated secretly.
All the e\p< rienro of the past testifies
that no good has ever been accomplished
through secret violence.
If there is any good to be brought
about through the Ku-Klux movement,
it will only conic by forcing the publie
to s< nie sober thinking; but so sure
as the Ku-Klux resort to and bring
about a condition of public violence,'
the people who are responsible for this I
kind of tiling will pay the penalty.
There is nothing more powerful than
the law. It may have its seasons of
laxity and corrui tioii; but always,
somehow it again manages to purify it- j ;
self and re-assert its mprcinacy.
i
Tin executive i oiianittee of tli" j
South Carolina High School league
met at I'lii.n ball Columbia. Saturday |
morning and transacted much biisi- '
lies.-, including' the appointment of1'
two remaining numbers of eaeli sub-!,
eoiniuitti e. the division of the slate i
into a noil In in and a southern sort ion i
for all a!hlt tie sports, setting of in?
111 ive dales for football ami basket-I
ball for I tli .-< \e> ; ml the derision |
to permit lii : 11 school; to submit 1 licit- |
football schedules to the vice pr< i
drill of tli.it spell li> < tctolier 15. .Mai. J
.1. I >. I 'ulp. of Abbeville was el oseu
v ice pii sideiii in charge of football,
m the place of llarvey WillicrsfMmii of
Clinton, resigned. After the appointment
of iip-mbers. wldeli was llrsl on
tip' progiam, the committer 11 -i i I I 1
. . . .... . ...i.... I
I ' ? ?I I \ 111 I f 1 < : I . I I IIII 11 1 \\ 11 :i i iiirn
li?r :t!l iillilcti" t<> I"- kt own ;i* "
tin- llintllt 111 ni:il ; ullt !||-I II seel iii!!1-'. "
All St'lliMils nil Ill' lu-liHV till* Si*! i Ihi.'I I ! '
Mr l.iin* i.iilw. v t "i:i <"<>11>n11iirt in
tli \iirlh <" 111 il i tt i Mm* ; 11 < I :t 11 si-liitnls i
nil nr In Inu tin* SmilIn-i ll iiiil\\:iy I'lnti :i
< ' 1111 ill-: i in A h - ' i:-1.- III. 11 Iii* i i i ! s 111 11 1
III till' lilt lit -1 II I I l< HI ; III! til III-I III;-'
tin* iimiln-rii ri-rtiiiii, I ii
LOCAL AFFAIRS, ' i
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Peoples Hank and Trust Company?' >
Xow interest period begins in our j
savings department October 1. | ,
J. M. Stroup?Shoes in hall of fame.
I'ai ker-Smoak Clothing Company, j
Hock ilill?The new Hart Schaffner (
Ac .Mark styles are here. | ,
J. C. Wilhorn, real estate?Additional .
farm land offerings. |.
Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, manager?
Constance Binney today and other j
attractions following.
John A. Marion and W. (J. Finley? ,
Announcement of formation of lawlj
part nership.
Marion Ac Finley?-Professional card.
IViguson & Youngblood?Cotton seed
wanted.
Yoik Supply Cornj any?Are you
honest ?
The City Market?Well, yes, we had a
big (lay last Saturday. J I
Sanitary .Market, la:wis G. Ferguson, i .
proprietor?Wants to buy all t bo j
veal calves that you have to offer.
Hope Mercantile Company, Bock HilliJ
and Castonia-Week-end specials. | '
W. S. Jicid, Superintendent?To the
patrons of the Clover schools.
, i;
Auditor Love is maklngf fine head- ?
way in the work of getting his books 1
ready for the treasurer.
Why cannot something be done about
the York township part of that link In j
th" Yorkville-Gitstonia road from the, (
King's Mountain road to Filbert? The! i
condition of this link is simply a 1
shame.
Parts of the Clover-Gastonia road,
between Clover end Bowling Green ar^t
pretty bumpy just now, but Superin-1 j
tendent J. K. Whitesides, in charge, j i
knows how to smooth it out, and lie isj 1
doing it as rapidly as possible. ' (
Along with the regular taxes this
year the treasurer will collect from dog'
owners an extra tax of $1.23 fur each
dog owned by them; and issue to the]
dog owners a tax paid tag, which tag
the dog will have to wear :v: evidence!
of th - payment. Aftei/tho time for the' ,
payment of taxes expires, dogs with-j
out collars will be subjected to seizure '
and their owners will be subject to
penalties. i
The Yorkville Enquirer is in receipt'
or a letter signed K. K. K., a id post- I
marked Rock Hill, advising that the ,
writer of a recent statement In our;
Mill cnrrcviifmilpticp flifl Ilflt kll<J\V!
what he was talking about, and that
this newspaper had better leave the
Ku-Klux alone. The Yoikville Enqulrer
is free to admit that it knows little
of the Ku-Klux organization in this
county. Members of the staff have i
been invited to attend a "public: meet- ;
ir.g" for the purpose of considering organization
and the like; but so far as (
we know the meeting was not held. Of
course we cannot even say that the let- (
ter we received was written by a Ku- j I
Klux. Who can know the author of an !
anonymous letter? But we do known
that anonymous letters and midnight !
prowling under tlu> concealment <u .
masks are entirely in keeping with KuKlux
practices. If there are any Ku-I
Klu.v. la w-vrr, they ought to ha ye sense '
enough to know that this newspaper is
not going to he intimidated by anony- ,
mous or any other kind of le tters, of
course the publishers of the paper have I
some idea of some of the things that;
may be done by way of punishment or
retaliation; but surely no one would!,
think that these publishers would sac-j
l iflcc tlu ir manhood because of threats,
or even the execution of those threats.]
ij
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Since the last publication of the re- , ;
cord in The Yorkvillc Enquirer the
following real estate transfers have!1
I
been indexed in the otlice of the York j ,
county auditor: i
Broad River?William I'.orders, Jr.,!
to L. K. Harmon, P>s.s7 acn s; consid- <
elation, $_\ls?. ' I |
Bullock's Creek?Annie Smnrr to
Fred Ij. Smarr, 1II3.G acres; considera- ! (
lion, $4.aiis.
Catawba?W. IT. (Hidden to TJrice .
Hemphill, 1 lot; consideration, SC.10.
T. K. Mc.Mackin, C. C. Pleas Jo
Frances M. Harnes, two lots; consider- I J
'ition,,$-.00ft.
J. J. Dunlap tn V. M. ltlankenship, 1
lot; consideration, $5,000. !
Ebenezer?J. H. Miekle to T,. It '
Miekle, ? lots; consideration, $1,578.40.1'
It. L. Miekle to |\ 11. Neil, S.72 acres; : '
consideration, $:!,50U.
York?J. M. Deal to K. X. Ledford, 1 i
lot; consideration, $3,000. i 1
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TAX EXECUTION SALES '
While a great many people understand
the procedure in connection m
-villi a tax execution sale, there are. i
; !so many who do not understand that 1 '
ihere is any difference between this j
: n?l any other kind of a rale. I t
A t''x execution sale is only tentative)
to begin with, not absolute, for even 1
illllT ;i 1 ?I 11 .lliu V . .
the .iv. ii. i- nf tIn* propc i"t.v has six ?l
months in which to redeem it. v
A pi* cc <>f propc rty worth say $.">ort. n
may In- sold for taxi r. to tin: amount (i
uf $ I *i. and lie bought In fur $."i0.
That is a line bargain if the sale I
would stick; bin it does not often I
i-tiek. The owner of tile property lias j
lb" right under the term to redeem the'
si me on payment of the purchase at.'
I lie auction sale, plus X per rent, per i a
Milium on that purchase pri< e. ; i|
If the owner of the property fai's to! ^
i-'deem it within six months after the J
s ile. the sheriff makes title; but even "
it that tin matter ran be re-opened and s
I i" sale nullilied on various pleas. I,
The auditor is required to make all (.
nop rty offered urder tax cxeeiition
firing at l ast the amount uf the laxes.l (
ie n.i I tit s and rusts. |
It is not imeoninion however, for ,,,
a me liiekj ptiiehas 'r I? g<"! a good (,
xirgain at a tax execution sale.
?- i,|
WITHIN THE TOWN
Kent hoi;..;: y,;; slip We liaVO tile Til ''
T"i i the same ns vcrywhere else. Theyi J '
i ivr put the rents out of sight oil va-'
ions piei- \ts. and tin y ti ll you that if
.'ill. d Ili't Want III pay It to just get
nit; there are plenty ?'l other tools '.
eady to (ak \our p::tee.
ai
In t!i annual reorganization of the, x
i.. . deformed ITesbyl Tian Sun- (.'j
i y school last Sunday. I'r. W. .M. Kmi- , |
d\ was eli e|i (| stipi : intindent to ...
tieeei d .1. A. Mirioi, K--q., who had
i rveil two years and wiio jiref. rred
ad to p iii.iii longer in the position. ,
The Kiftj-Hrsl artillery passed di- pi
cetly ii| Congress street lust I'Yidu j lot
fi ei nooii, tinning into King's .Moiin th
III a I I-I :i i>il I.all.will;:' (lie as|iball
II tin* vviiv. Till* :isj>li:ill w'.J ili?'|ily 11??
I* lit* I |?y Hi'' riuls ul tli?- Sjti'l. | . Ii
I
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u-njcctinj? through the iorrv-rimmed ii
vhools of toe prun cai riages; nut the a
ndon'ritionV. are closing as smooth as 11
nfore, without leaving appreciable \
signs of real damage. o
? .Mrs. X. J. X. Bowen sustained some "
tainful bruises on her arm last Sunday n
it noun wnm* iiiu'injiuiiK iu uuuki*
Kissing automobiles. As she was f
Tossing the street to her iiome on her e
i turn from church services she be- c
. ame confused by automobiles going s
md coming and fell, striking her wrist I 11
m the curbing. There was a car with- i 11
n a few feet of her at the time; but it ' c
,v.is well under control and was stop- J s
ted before she was hit. Mrs. Ho wen's! ?
injury was quite painful; but not sc- "
ious.
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SMASHUP IN JOY RIDE
Frank fj. James, Carl J. Gaulden and '
lames 1). Grist, of Yorkville, are suf- f
feting from painful cuts and bruises t
ts tlio tesult of an automobile wreck f
hat occurred during a joy ride on the ^
\dnirs Ferry road o:t the western out- j
-kil ls of Yorkville, last Saturday night
shortly after 12 o'clock. (
The three young men were riding in ^
i single seati*l torpedo body Ford j
runabout, James driving, when sud- t
b illy tite car h-pt the read, shot up a j
Ivo or six foot embankment, turned j,
tb<uit nose first and spilled all three !
Jit the ground. (
Messrs. James and Gaulden were so (
seriously hurt as to be unable to get t
jp: but Mr. Grist having escaped with ,
inly a bruised shoulder and skinned j
rijrh. forearm, was able to proceed to Liie
home of Mr. Parker, about two J
hundred yards down the road, for as- j
sistance.
After Mr. Parker had aroused Mr. A. <
L. i'.lack, about a mile further on and ,
\ir Ul.ick bad called un Mr. C. M. In- ,
man, the injured young men were ^
brought to Yorkville, where there hurts
received first aid attention at the
hands of Drs. McDowell, Glenn and
Glenn Allison.
Kxaminution disclosed that Mr. ^
lames had been severely hurt about (
Lhe head, one of his ears having been |
suit off by the broken glass of the |
windshield, lie was also suffering i
from other bruises. Mr. Gaulden had i
two ribs dislocated and was suffering 1
Diorn oth< r bruises. .\Jr. Grist's right
shoulder was sprained and the cuticle
was rubbed off one side of his right j
forearm down to the elbow.
M< ssrs. .fames and Gaulden were tak- ,
r*n to the Kenncll Infirmary Sunday (
morning: but Mr. Gaulden was able to ,
return home in the afternoon. Dr.
I'Vnnell was of the opinion that the injuries
of Mr. James were not dangerous;
but thought it best that lie remain
at the hospital for a few days. '
Mr. Grist-is at the home of his father. ;
Mr. \Y". D. Grist, and although still
vt ry sore, hofies to be all right again '
within a few days.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr. and Mrs. ('. U. Simmons of Lan- 1
aster, visited relatives in Yorkville
Sunday.
Miss Sarah Carroll is ill with diph- 1
thcria at the home of her father, J. II. !
L'arrolf, in Yorkville.
Miss .Sue Meek Allison of \Vinthrop
colli go, spent the week-end at liei ,
liume in Yorkville.
Mrs. T. ii. Itiddic and children of |
Clover No. visiti d the family of Mr.
r. M. Caldwell in Gaffney last week.
Messrs. K. IS. and T. If. Kiddie of No. (
Clover, visited Mr. and Mrs. George
b-nkins in lgiurtfis, last week.
Master James Caldwell, son of Char- :
lis <*-1!ii\v?-11, is cot.lined to his hoim
wiih diphtheria. lie is doing nicely.
rhos. W. Quinn, of Charlotte, spent ,
Sunday in Yorkville, with his parents, i
Mr. and Mrs. J. \V. Quinn.
Miss Mar> Louthian, K. X.. of Colo.;.
Panama, is visiting her mother, Mrs. |
Plant >ii, in Yorkville. i
A. K. Whitesides, of Hickory Grove, '
kit this morning to resume his studies
il the Theological Seminary, 1ju< !
West.
Mrs. J. Koy Grayson and little j
laughters, Kveiy n ami Murjoric Karle.
Iiave n tinned to their home in Filbert,
ifter an extended visit to Greenville
ii,tI Anderson.
Mrs. \V. I!. Steele, the oldest white .
isid nt of Yorkville, attained her SSth .
Ij'.thday last Friday, and the occasion ,
,vas observed with appivipriate honor ,
?y members of the family. ,
.Mr. ami .Mrs. J. L. Crier ami .Mr. W. i
IV. CafTcy, returned to West I'altn \
L teach, Flu., Saturday, after a visit to ^
Mrs. CrieFs mother, .Mrs. W. 11. .Me- t
Jonnell, ia York villi*. t
.Mr. and .Mrs. Ceorge V. Youngblood i
iml little daughter, Frances, who have r
a i'ii visiting the family of .Mr. .1. O. \
\llison, in Sorkville, have returned to I
heir home in Jilythewood. s
Dr. It. Ciena Allison of .Minneapolis, :l
Mo 1*1, visited his aunt, .Miss Muggii '
Slenn. in Yorkville this week, leaving y
or Washington, D. yesterday after- 1
toon. _ 1
Mrs. J. ('. Itlair of Sharon N'o. 1, vis- '
ted h< r daughter, .Mrs. A. M. Crist, in
fork villi* Saturday ami Sunday, being ,
ailed home on account of one of Air. .
r. it. Clair's little girls having an atark
of scarlet fever.
Air. and Airs. T. 11. Long, formerly in ||
he millinery* business at Yorkville, ,,
io\v of Mount olive, N. C.. spint Sun- t
lay and yesterday in Yorkville, on g
heir return from the funeral of Mrs. a
pong's sister, Airs. .J. L. Cobb, at Del- (J
on. ? I
Castonia Cassette: The many friends a
d "Father" W. W. Itatehfoid, of Wax- ^
i::w, will ivgivt to learn that his con- ti
1 ition shows no improvt meet this I
reek. This Information came in a o
iote to relatives here written Wednes- v
ay. h
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ROMANTIC BUT ROUGH n
Dridi'grooin on the York county a
haingnng for jumping a board bill j,
nd carrying a concealed weapon, and i o
* * * in it ti 1*111 voting bride sticking closi |
y him unless she eati be pet suaded tu I
mum in her people is the present j E
tatus m' a Virginia roniatiee that is
aving rather ruiigli sledding in Smith ^
I I'
.irulitin. J.
A ( ! a|lie giving tlu-ir names as Mr.
ml Mr.', John A. Heavers, trudged into j
hiver, smile ten days nr more ago. | F
hey were liedraggii d, footsore and)
u.sly: but with .ill that the.v had the
|i]h aranee of being iesje clahle and ,
:e tnan mid Mrs. S. 1). Youngblood. S(
ie pi i'|irleinr i he h ailing bearding j,|
inise a st?.ry of I- ml !:i?-k and expert- 1
! reniil tanee that i. id need tier tu lake,,}
lelll ill. I
They had h -i ii I?tit nerntly married. ;|
he in.in ] niked tn lie thirty-live hut ,,,
Tli.. ?i if..
ill nut Iim u i" be more tliun stvcntcvn 1
111 :i Itlinll^ll .sluiWilltf till- siuiis (if the C
i *11' it iii I ti sir ni' liinif I'Xpiisui'i.' I it nl
etirly been iuvti.?ti?nii'<l In Iwtli'i*1 t li
liiiL-s lliiin wi-rt iiiiiicitUil by present if
i|m*:ii':iik'i-s. . |h
With ti wii k nf fi'St tiinl leisure tlirlnj
ni|i|t> bi'^iin tu nitikc ;i niticli mure j to
Speeltl b!c shnwill^: but still tin1 wl
ninisi i! ri'tnitttinri iliil nut :iri ive uiul b:i
i l.tst I'Yiil.'iy moi iiiiiK' ii il< vclopeil ' si
;it tln-.v hoi ji;1111mi 1 their Unttril. im
Mrs. Ytil|Mt;bInoil is nut till- l.lil.V to til
til till i| lll.tl linWi'V'-r III I H'll Itn
it' 111i;:111 have iillowtil herself lu be j in,
inposod upon, had I he strangers gone | fit
bout the matter differently and im- ! v.*
mdiately she got busy. Following ui
igorous efforts at the telephone and l
tin rvvi.se Air. Jind Airs. Beavers were
rrested at Avowry vine, rriaay anciloon.
The young V\ ido had among her ef- (<|
ects a diamond ring and other trunk- j,(
ts of value, and these she arranged to ^
onvert into money for the purpose of
quaring the hoard bill. But it would
lot go. Airs."Younghlood gave it to be g;
imbcrstond that she was not using the la
riminal statutes to collect deuts; that c?
he was sorry for the girl, but she S;
bought the man ought to he punished j 01
fod she refused to compromise. y<
On the appearance of Beavers before' tl
Magistrate Quinn here last Satur-1 c<
lay, he was sentenced to thirty days! si
>n the chaingang for jumping the w
>oard hill and thirty days more for1 \v
laving a razor concealed about hisjw
icrson. There were no charges against e<
lie young woman; hut r.he arranged to I
ind hoard at a home near the chain- i ."
rang with the intention of sticking"
round where she could he close to her
tusband. | V
Having gotten certain information
rum the bride last Friday, to the of-' '
eet that her father is Br. fleorge L.
'enr.ington, of Bennington flap, Va? "
hat siie was a highschool girl up until j *'
Fuly last, when she married Beavers jj1
(gainst her fathers wishes after an , '
icquaintar.ee of four months, Sheriff! s
Juinn took occasion to telegraph the!'^
ather. The reply was prompt and;;
mrncst, and as the result of furthi r ; "
ixchange of telegrams, there arrived 1 "
From Virginia "last night Mrs. J. A. ?
tlaxwcll, a sister of the young j
voman for the purpose of taking her I g
jack home. i 7
Mm. Maxwell accompanied by Sheriff e
^uinn went down to the Lesslie sec- | s
Men this morning to see what shelf.
oukl do and returned to l orKvjue ; j,
.vith her sister at about noon. j n
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HERE AND THERE | "
They wore talking about what they J.1
yore going to.do next year on account j 1
>f the bo'I weevil?were several v
'armers?and one of them remarked j v
:hat in his opinion there would be | a
nore peanuts raised in this county:a
*xt year than has^ever been known ! v
icfore. , j f*
"I want you people over here to use ?
smaller bullets," jokingly remarked j,
Jr. W. W. J"< nnell. to Here and There, ;i
i bile in Yorkville the other day. "These j.
^mall bullets like they use in most r|
ither places give trouble enough, but
hese big bullets, sucli as they use here v
ind down in Kershaw, are still more ,,
iit'ficult to handle."
That business is picking up is the
common testimony. Only this morning J5
i traveling business man told Here and
There that his collections last Satur- '
lay were better than they had been s
Tor months. Of course we have been 11
telling goods ail along some for cash Hind
some on credit; but for some time I "
sollections have been simply bum. I 8
believe things are going to be better ^
front now on.
"It is all very well to talk of the '
freight rates not having anything to (_
lo with the price of goods," said a "
lottil furniture dealer to here and "
there, "but we know better than that. a
Take those tables over thpre for in- J s
stance. We sell them at $15 each and ^
15 cents out of each dollar of the cost j '
price goes for freight. In other words '
where \y paid 75 cents for tables we il
mid 25 cents for freight. Of course it
Iocs not run that much- all filong the ''
inc. In the case of rugs, for instance]11
the freight does not amount to more ' I1
ban 2 per cent, of their value. That J'
s liecau.se of the unbreakable charac- j '
i r, tlie smaller bulk and the higher
ost price in proportion. Hut freight
ates are 'some high, higher on furni- _
ure dealers than on most other peo- u
ile." *
They were talking in the sheriff's of- a
flee?two county officials?which two f,
lots not make any particular differ- \
rce; but if anybody wants to know j p
specifically, they can ask the sheriff, i j
Somehow, it don't matter how, the p
luestion of "gossip" came up. One of c
:hrm said that "many people about j n
lore missed their calling. From the (
way they get hold of all the idle gossip j t|
;hal is going, they should have gone v
nio tin- newspaper business." "Thank, j,
r'ou," remarked the newspaper man; n
'that is complimentary." Then the of- j r
Ida! took it back, raying that he did j t(
lot mean it that way. After an awk- p
,v..rd pause, the other official re- j n
narkc d. that lie did not hear or; j
( member one-tenth of the gossip that j,
vas related in his presence; "but," he J (|
.veilt oil laugningiy, u na? uicuuvx ^
:o mo that it' yon really want to get ^
he news you must go away from f<
lome. It seems to me that I get more h
i< ws of Vorkville by other people else- si
./here asking ma about it than I get r-j
lere on the spot and oftentimes it is jit
traight, too." Then he laughed again ' ot
is though lie was not certain whether j w
ie had raid something foolish. "You a-i
ire not as far off on that proposition s
s you seem to think you are," said the i or
tewspaperman. "Anyhow, it is no joke, j ti
Jo awtty from home to hear the news,'; u
s a saying that has been banded down -g|
or so many generations that no one fp
;nows tlie origin'of it. It is a fact v.hat
you may hear more important. y<
ossip about your town elsewhere than p(
ou can hear at heme. There may be j w
!iif rent ways to account for it; but j
ne ir like this: The people in one;
own are not so considerate ot the hortcomings
of another town as they w
re of the shortcomings of the people tn
f their own town. A man in Hock G
{ill, for instance, foe's less e nstrcint '*
bout talking about somebody in to
'orkville than he would feel about 1th
liking about somt body in Keek Hill. I fo
)istance, you know, lessens the feeling nj
f responsibility, and a man in York- w
ille who knows something questions- C
le about somebody in Yorkville is of
tore apt to to'! it in Rock Hill or CIo- or
er. Aral then the Rock Hill or Clover st
tan is pretty apt, on opportunity, to j lie
sk thi' Yorkville man for further de- th
ills. That is one reason why you fo
ear the uews; but of course there are t><
tlier reasons." th
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LUL/AL. LM^uixivo
!ig Land Sale. w;
Air, J. C. W'ilhorn has sold iliojlh
".iters it .Martin farm of Glut acres, i .hi
icatcd about live miles southeast ol I If<
orkville to \V. \\*. Key, a llcorgia V
lan for around $-'7,000." Tl
. . r. a ! hr
ixing the Roads. j ,j(
following close after the biff gun l .to
mtingent of the artillery convoy, | dit
lot her contingent came along with on
rap s and other road working ap-Uti
iaii.'.'S, (Hitting the road in good ; be
lap - as it w. nt. It is fair to say that w-j
.e artill ry convoy did but little il" .In
i> damage to In gin with, and thai lt<
la road repair ciowd pill I lie road in
11shape tliiin it was before the >|
tillcrv came along. . ; TV
hargcd With Distilling. I
(leoine A. ami T. .M. II MetVrtrr, ??l", ).,<
> llethany n? ii-riiI??>i li*I. were ar- | |-(M
ad l?y Maoist rain (^Miini and a
(ssi- on i-'sl Thursday. <'li; rja d with j
icra I i air a .still. Tin* of|ie< is had In n ,,|y
llii- still tin- day In fori? and h'fl i' <>?
itlmut lueakintc it tip. They want ,
ek Thursday and ronpoah d th in- ?
I< i H m ar hy. Tin1 two MeO.irters
ha iiji and the nflieei;- arrested [ ^jj
cm. Tliey idainied that they had m.t
Ihiim to hi \. itli the :ii!l; hut li.uv- ;?(
li (i i'il ill the liie.eliee ol till? id-li.t
xts on the day previous came to see
hat had been done. Both were put
ider bund for appearance at cuurt.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
? William McWillie Shannon, well
iown lawyer or' Camden, died at his
>m? in that town last Saturday aged
i yeni^s.
? Fewer persons were engaged in
lint'ul oecuiwitiona in South Carolina
st yea" than in 1910 according to
msus bureau statistics issued last
aturday. Their number was 674,038,
r 40 per cent, of the population ten
Pari ol age and over, while in 1910
ie number was 728,62? or 48.1 i ?r /
nt. Of the total population of the
ate the number gainfully employed
as 55.3 per cent, in 1920 compared
ith 07.0 per cent, in 1910. Female
orkers numbered 205,619, or 30.5 'per
*nt. of the total.
? Columbia, September 24: Notice of
itention to appeal to the supremo
aurt from the circuit court verdict was
rvod on Solicitor T. C. Callison of
.exington today in the case of Jesse
Pippins, convicted jointly with S. J.
[irby ifnd <\ O. Fox, for the murder
f William IJrazell, young taxi driver
f Columbia, and sentenced to be elecrocuted
October 21 at the state penimtiary.
The notice automatically
Lays the death sentence for Oappins
ntil the supreme court hears the case,
olicitor Callison said no notices of
itention to appeal had been served
n him by attorneys, for either Fox
r Kirby.
? Allendale, September 24: Meminer
l'riester, the negro slayer, who on .
"hursduy night, it is charged, murderd
two negro women near here and
ho* ?a third, had apparently escaped
torn the fiossis that have been searchig
for him since the time he oomlitted
his alleged crime. Before the
ommitting of his last brutal killing
f his wife, sister-in-law and shoot\g
another woman, he was a fugitive
rom this section, having been charged
.'ith the murder a.id assault of a white
mman of this section about four years
go. 1 f;e returned on Thursday night
nd for no apparent reason ran amuck
,-it.h a gun. Posses of men from all
ver the section have been searching
very nook and corner of the country
or the fugitive, but as yet ho trace
ay. been found of him. His disappearnee
is almost remarkable inasmuch as
irge crowds were in pursuit of him ,
nfy a few hours after the commission
f the Crime. It is thought he has esnped
to the Savannah river swump
r to the Georgia side.
? Walter L. Hays, wealthy Anderson .
ounty merchant, and his brother-innv,
Ed Wilson, were sentenced here
Yiday to serve fifteen years in the
into penitentiary on conviction of
mnslaughter by a jury which tried
hem for the killing of T. F. Ramey,
ear Anderson, bust July. George WI1on,
father of Ed. Wilson, and Allen
'merson two other defendants, were
entenced to pay fir.es of $100 each and
o servo thirty days in the county
haingnng, the jury having held them
uilty only of carrying concealed weapns.
The jury rendered Its verdict
fter 23 hours of deliberation. Counel
for the accused men said later they
-ere considering appeals on the cases. ,
fays and Ed Wilson are not allowed
ail, the statutes prohibiting bail where
sentence is more than ten years. Al?n
Emerson and George Wilson had
reviously been convicted of killings
nd were serving life terms when
aroled in 1912 by the governor. The
resent charges grew out of a light at
lamey's home, the state contending
he defendant*tried to heat up liamey
ver an nVl qiim ivd; and they asserting
ue.v went to liis home tq make peace
nd he started a quarrel.
? Newberry September 24: -There
re no new developments in the case
f the serious beating and robbery of
fr. and Mrs. F. Johns, near Chapells,
the night of September 12, except
hat officers succeeded yesterday in
nding the money box of the aged
on pie. an iron l>ox 12 by 14, weighing
bout 50 pounds. It was found some
istance back of the store and resience,
where it had been broken open1
,-ith a rock. The money, about $30,
ad been abstracted, but the papers
emnincd in it. The negro John Goldn.
arrested the clay after the robbery,
Id the officers whore to look for the
ox. He confessed to being one of the
ocrocs who attacked Mr. and Mrs.
ohns, but says the other,negro, -whom
e doscriltod, was the one that beat
te man and his wife and also took
le money, giving him $5 of it and
eoping the rest. Hut the officers have
>und about $23 on Golden?$4.25 in
is pocket when he was arrested* ai.d
ince then other sums hidden in his
lothes and in the mattress of his cell.
is now certain that Golden and the
ther negro who committed the crime
ere on the Chester county chaining
at the same time, being released
eptember 6. Golden and the Chester
junty officials agree in the deseripon
of the other negro, who passed
nder the name of Will Harris: Dark
Ingercake color, nearly black; about
ce feet te.n or eleven inches tall:
eighing about 165 pounds; about 25
?ars old; two upper front gold teelh
notruding; may have scar of old
nurd in sine. The sheriff has offered
?0 for his arrest.
? Greenvi'lc IMedmont: R. T. Thome,
ho has been engaged in the real este.
stocks and bonds business in
reenville, and who is secretary of the
nion Republic League in Greenville,
>day was appointed group chief of
le Federal Prohibition Enforcement
r South Carolina. Mr. Thome whose
anointment became effective today,
ili maintain his headquarters in
reenville, find lie is now locaiea -n im;
fire with Major Ceo. O. Dowon. Fotlal
Prohibition Director for this
ate. ATi-. Thome's appointment is to
followed 1t>* other appointments in
e next day or so. Mr. Thome was
rmerly an applicant for the office of
>stmaster at Greenville, and it was
ought in some quarters that Mr.
inrne would he the next postmaster,
is recommendation for the prohild>11
enforcement position went forird
sevenil days ago. It is reported
at he was endorsed for the place by
>s. \V. Tolhert. state chairman of the
publican party in South Carolina.
<>ng with the recommendation of Mrv
;orne for the office to which he has
en appointed, another recommenda>n
wan til a! on behalf of Major J. F.
aes. of Tilaeksburg. for the place of
strict chief of the federal prohibition
'"'""t ?.iri,.r.is! nml it is under
>ik! that this appointment also has
< 11 made, or will ho announced
thin the n-xt day or so. Major
iK-s has l?ot'n working in Major
rtv< n's offier since th<! new director
sinned charfire of the office from
i inr William ] '. Rolvertson. Mr.
mine's appointment to the federal
>>!iil?ition enforcement position elinstes
him as one of eiijrihles for tho
stinnstership, and. nccordinsr to inntalion
from Washington, the race
w has n.h iowc d down to two appliitts.
Reports indicate that tlie posti<-'
appointment will In* made altont
toiler 1. It is slated in dispatches
mi Washington that Miss T.ula M.
tes. daughter of .\. .\. (kites, of
>envil!e. proliaMy will l?e appointed.
Cutis nor her father, would
!>?> <>n 1 !? > sitri.ttion, when
ri?? .tifit J'> a I'ifdiiiunt ifpieacnive.
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