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1 ..... , ' ^ ^ ^ - " ggP ^ l?l i 1 ommJ L^Jd SZMh WEEKLY. ^ ^ l. m. grist's sons, publisher.. c\ jPainitjj Uercspaper: Jfor the promotion of Hie political, .Social, agricultural and (Commercial interests of the people. ter"^l^opt,erivinoiw kstaki.isiiki) 18.?. YORK, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1H. 1031. . . 3stq.83 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS t | 1 Brief Local Paragraphs of .More or Less interest. i i i PICKED DP BY EKQHIREK REPORTIiKS i Storic3 Concerning Folks and Things, j Some of Which You Know and. Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick Reading. "The best stove wood that is to be ? found 111 any section of York county ' I comes from the New Zion section and i that territory around Smyrna," said an i old head who was talking about wood " the other day. "While occasionally j > one runs across people in other sec- j t ? i r lions wnu nave goou siuve ?uuu i?>i ? solo, most of it comos from the west- a ern side. I have had lots of experience I and I know." ' t Shipments Slowing Up. ' Shipments arc Kettin.tr slow again.""-' marked the furniture salesman the ' other day. "Back in the summer we } s could order stuff by freight from houses some distance away and re- ; coivc them in short order. But since t about the first of September I have no- ^ ticcd a hip change. Business has picked up. Freight takes longer to reach you. Railway freight cars arc petting ' scarcer and all people concerned say v that the situation is going to grow ^ worse." Two at One Shot. "It's squirrel hunting time. I know, because Old Man Coot Blair, leading squirrel , hunter of our sr-ction, lias j.1 started to hunting squirrels," said a ? Bullock's Creek township man the oth- J' or afternoon. "Mr. Blair is niory than ' 72 years old; but he can still see a i t squirrel up a tree twice as quick as vuu or 1 could see him. Understand he ! ' i tl ki.lcd two at one shot the other day. | The squirrels were frolicking around : J pretty close together and locating two 1 of th< m that way he blazed loose. Jlo hardly ever misses." ( Friendly Warring. - o ?.?il-_ I VO popular uxiui) .-< ....... (. inir up Congress street, Yorkvillc Saturday to the post office. i "By the way," said one, in a confl- ., d nihil tone that seemed to carry a note ?-f warninjr. "from what 1 liave ^ been hearing during the pis' !' r. days, 1 l'eel like I oujiht to tell you that you had better keep your eye;: ... i; "Why. what's the matter?" asked the other. > "Well, if you don't, pcopb ..rah think that you are not real bright." ? I'pon the telling of the story b> lia first man the other said that he hod put it backward, and now nobody iab.c to say positively which one y: j it off (.11 the other. ^ . Lookirfg Ahead. 'it's high tiny lis* hanks and the ' fi mere; ants and otln r hush,- 'uteres: were looking ahcml and trying to d?? S s un 'tiling toward oi"-:atii::i l.'T the far- s nicrs in thi country v.itli a vi* w t" n helping them out in the pinch that i.-. a >ii:a to c nfr at tltcm t.cxt year,'' said h J)r. J. I!. Johnson of I Cock 11 ill. who . was discussing conditions the oil sc.' d . "Tile 11 wc? vil is In r and lots < h fanners light hero in V >rk county arc \ going to he u;? against it anotlit r > t: if the* hanks and the merchants don't n show more interest in tiie fanner in w and begin helping; him plan for tin fa- :. tare you are g >ing to s lots of !> g hanks become little hanks and little 'i hanks go out of business and more V merch.'Uits bejeome bankrupt than you :i tan imagine. The handwriting is o:i 1the wall and this in'.* rrsts that 1 h vc e ... I 1.... I I. .ft. I I.. v|..;J|l,o . : * 11 . - i Ming." "The City of Constantinople. "Head an article in The Yorkvilh Knquirtr the other day written 1 >* some journalist, in wiiich h descrih <1 1 \ Constantinople, Turkey, as being one- " of the dirtiest, lilt hie t ? i li? in t'rworld. All I've not to say is that the s fellow who wrote that attic e didn't know hut Very lilt! about Constanti- ' n opl at'd 1 d <ul?t if J.e had visit <1 ::!f parts of the eitv," i in irk* d I'aiil I >. ' .Metjinnis, young man of V rkvil-c t!i other afternoon. "I've ban to Consiar.tino|ile while iti the I'-.iUd Stat-.- 1 navy," Metiinni.s went on to say. "I'-.< visit d a good many cities of the vvorl I and 1 don't know a prettier and more sanitary city than Constantinop! . 1M like to he h.i. k tin rc right now and there's a feeling in my bon? that I'm . going hark there one of tie first (1;;yS. ( rOUrsi* * "llMirii: . in Ui-uutifnl rily ju<liviim by tin ir- . a ni-o of tin* wh.v.vs . No siap-nt I? looks fi'iutl at tin Iiii !. ij*. |mi tin- *j ii!'kisii offk'ia's ink*- K'i'-.t prido in n*i|iiiriiin cl? aniim s- of pn-niisi's ami , propi rty owr rs tain- ,*;i i-it pride in k.-cpina < v-rything in i.m- .:!ir?;it. Cniif.iantMiojiii' lias so me of 11 tiai t li. t< ls in i In* ami it. is f i hi ? v> i y > standi'",nt : iivst d iyiiunl city. I think tin- fij.iiw who wrote- I!i- a;ti.-!? , I inenti in ' must have Ins 11 ! ?<?'^i..u" for only tin* sid with a vit x: to writing a hook or sona-tkiim." "Gats." "I'm rat In r pi-'ml o:' my- T." s-..nl i j wealthy fitii:?ii ot koek Dili Saturday ,, in talk in;; almiit tli<- 'iypsy Siail'i in-- tin jr. "Thr nth : niuiit I wiiit up n to tin- i-vaim- li-t foil iw;;ik h s -*ni< t f and at his invitation aa?v luni in.? 1 ?'wl i?i*t ?ii!: ? - ] t., ti y (o ll a I 111 lit* ...... I - iK-ttcr life-. ] Jl 9 "Pardon a vulgar word, won't you, whioh 1 uso hwauso it < repress, s w'uat i \ [ mean nil',-*- perfectly than any other .v<?:d I know; but it took n il ftuts for ne to <b> that. "I deliberated a Ions time lie fore 1 lid. Via, 1 am a church t.i tuber?n i'resbytt rian church r.r ruber. 1 trivc lrctty liberally to the church ami have lone so for years. I've yom to servic a t'trulaily; but I have done so all these eat:-; more; as a mat lor if form than or any oilier reason. My church momjership has been a matter of policy ind coi'.wuirmv with me- -mv religion ?well 1 haven't any! ' Hut thai fellows sermon got next to no. lie'd j-.et next to a wooden Indi:*ti. hesitated ; bout going up ami pr'-insing to pro the ?! might and narrow, 'm g< tting Hlomr in years?more than <?: li'.it I've been a hard old sinner. I've gambled and drunk liquor and * tisid lie (hvil generally. I tut 1 told that ( How I was going t > try to c|Uit it all nd go straight. I'm going to try hard, may fall down; leu if I do why I'll ry again." There was it smile on the fellow's ace that had not been noticed bef- re, ollowmg h s little conf( ssion, as he am .tared down the street. LIBERTY FOR A LIFER Vomnr/s Revelation May Rclenrc Man Who Has Served Ten Years. hn A. Johnson. a life-timer, who as served 10 years of his sentence, j its in his cell in the penitentiary at Vaupan, Wisconsin, while the state is ath(;in;r the evidence expected to how he is innocent. After 10 yea;}! Martin Lembenrcr ins leen arrested charged "with the (lurder of his Ave year old daughter, or whore death Johnson was seat to rison. The trial of Lemberger will e h? !d within the coming mouth. For 10 years Johnson lias leen procsting his innoeer.ee, although he leaded guilty. Hi has always claim liat he math' this *ph a to save hiine'f from a mob which the officers j i.id toid him wore storming the jail ( a lyneli him. After elite, iiur the penitentiary, oltnson wrote l<tt<r . Iter letter to tate officials, ret citing. "I am tiuio- , , ent! I never committed thi.; crime." Finally an investigation was ordered y Gov. l!!aine on an application for I?.".itioa. Into the hearing eaine a foinrn who demanded that the mfi> ia)s listen to her stor;. Iler face as luied with worry. Stic sai I she was Mrs. May Soron- ! n add lanl known the Lemhergers ( >r yea rs. 1 .( e "|.ea Ik i^ci'V ! |?ie 11o , Mois jnfeased to ntc that his father killed .< < hild." I.i'ile Annie |.e>;?|n rir r disappear" ! an In r <i arc .Sept. a, ltlll. Slv- was ! 1 In i six years old. At tirat it was ; lioavht sir'.' had Pee 1 kii!inp;.cd. ! earthing parties were organized and | lie v. hole eommunPy v? ; a ransacked 1 i m cellar to garret. Jo als'.II. I JIO'.V 11 to P liei as ''po*;- i l-.in" Johrson. was tui.cn to tli?* polie ' I;?li?71k ic war in> tir.ite itif? : , itsm point in*.: 1 > his tcvilii. Mis | >r? Jims coiod n -?>i ?l. Imv.'Vir. | ?!:i i 1 ni uih'i-i' .suspicion, ::i 1 in* e mf< ! undi r tin- third <l? tftv". Martin Utiliitftvr and his wife nvi' < 'ltimi.il ti> inn'o their hotse at i:iilr?<>n. \VI in vcr IIi'th Was any til; f : pardon !' r Johnson. L.ciji- | . r w?i ill i if a .s'stenienl that 1 if .!? ???; an i ..Ml III: Ire dolll. ! will ko faro ?>.' liini." 'I iron on Al' v. L'N. 1111*0. Maltde 1*2. i aild.e;-, a : hcol t' liar, of l.odi. dis.. wrote to (!ov. I 'hi'.ipp, statir.\; hal . r 1 :im of I .i-m herder had to*d il' lliat tii - latin i- had committed 1!a-l Inc. Sh<- raid sin- could not sleep 1 iin-i .-in had li-au.'d of the injti-1it-.-, 1 1 iism 11 *? d law.-.t i's with iiai-\ i .ii-if(! Iiy v. i:.|iii:i? \V!> a John .1. I'.'aii! was in.-siuui'i d jrovi rnof, ' - t January, the ohnson, tn in il \ iciuunl their efforts; a obtain a pardon. | M . Sunn mi told the pardon hoai.l ai wa i ll i d lo the I niln-i tri-i home's mo n'li;;- of the liis.-ippcarnw e ol In- child and found the mother wee-pIV.'. Alli-r a liini- little Alois told h?-r I ha! I !.? f ill i- had hit tin- ri'..ld ovm !. hi a I il a t I" r i -tl'i- at a "Pf-i I .111 \' t - nit*.Iii liefoi (-: that his si. h.-d u.-d in a few mill lit* s; and hat tie- f..:lna- hid tin- hod;, under a il> i-i the cellar. Tins a man war 1 aid to : now the Itody .: the*lal<e. : ' . S-m' h: i?ii : 1 il sin* I k! seen i he Mum! tuned ;>:!iuw sltjs from In- It i! \vl.. ic Annie h d Iiceu las': ; in t-ii:i:i| i':c ni^liliK?vvn W'-ni l-v (!? j i flild. >i I III I.! lit.'. : 11:. i llie II11 it IM I' d i i it i; f. mil licr and |?nt il inlu In stove. il ' I i" hi iny ;.?na"ie for h) xeara." she i .till. "lie:.II e Mill till ! .cMiiM-l >;? ! lie; i hr< at :k ! in eliol nil* if I alitiuUI rc?; I anything'." i An i>*. , <! in i mi. Li ndunvrer Ire; ilraded nil L-iiil'. : inl I i. hail was 1 led ill SI ll.'?!??l. ids dd IjiiImt " I e < ' n\ i I'd u!a ' ii:i will I 11 i I and v. I! In- ji.iid :,.ii(ii?. i V/h i ' Iter's LiUe to Hoi*. Tu t!;? i it :h< ! i i :i ! i f 11:1 i > i em to I'i ; ti.,- d i. n d ...mi e; a . I | "it* 1 I f r r Obvic.'o. ,\ i . ! iM t! , 11: i) .It.', in i>- ? ;;! ; 11 r< -t in hi : < -ii n.| "Suppo s .*' lit* > it t? i:i> < !!' i!.y. "th:it I Mould nivo \ n i m! do-In rs, \vh:;t Wollld III- (lie;1 I t jiitiyc you would ?|o with it V" "Count it." s;.-till llie iO'ini*iiitf youth. r.nrii. I' PEACEMAKER STEVENSON Representative From the filth finds liis Level. HELPS HOUSE DEMOCRATS TO SEE New Man in the House Comparatively Speaking; But Had Lot3 of Valuable F*nprii>ntp to Bpf.in With, and Nov/ Uses the Brains and Ability Necessary to Apply it at the Right Place. Corr??|M>ndenro Tht Vorkvllle Enquire! Washington, Oct. !">.?The little band of Di mocrnts in the house now ishows as tenacious front as the Light Hrlgade at Iia'nklava. Hut it has not always been so at this seas on of congress. There has been more than one occasion when the !< adtrship of the Democrats lias been a matter of adroit compromise. The difference between the two factions led by Finis Garrett of Tennessee and Jack Garner of Texas, on the question of retaining the excess profit tax in voting to rechmmit the Fordncy revenue bill was so radical that ilie house Democrats caucused for four days in the middle of August | before they reached Jin agreement.) Claude Kiteliin had written from his sick bed in North Carolina to his fellow Democrats that the . leader's j counsel he fo lowed hut the Garner-, Crisp faction contended that this tax must he thrown overboard before they j would vote to recommit the bill. For a time it looked, as if this serious factional diff rence on fundamental j principle of legislation would destroy | all real team work in the minority | party in the house. Hut in the caucus j sat one man who was able to gauge the true situation and strike a balance ) between tin factions. Tins was Williem Francis Stevenson of the Fifth South Carolina district. Mr. Stevenson is still a comparatively new man in the house now si rvir.g out his third term hut I is one of the ablest lawyers in I!"- entire body. To begin with lie was one of the best trained students in mathematics and the technique of language ever turned out.from Davidson C > lcge, N. C. Ik sides he had sat in the South Cero'ina 1 gislature and in the counci's of his party for many years where he beer.me a punt master : rruminp ivjaswir'u mm nuu?r. caucus resolutions.- Mr. Stevenson la usul ta differences among Democrats. In South Can lir.a ther.' arc no Republicans. S-. lie wit- : i hem in this wrangling 1 .I'lcu- oi fellow I >< mo-rata in Wash- , luglm. |J. w if there with his pen as1 wll with I.fa t -input*. When the j uidis st i m-d about t<t end its first j un c.inp i:i di.-muy and dissolution, Mr. s't. ve'ison with his first prepared 's duiion was recouniztd and mounted die platform. He has what his friends a South Carolina call a sword fish rob i if a swur.l fish had a voice. 11 hi had had a vole.- Tike most of theal her men who had Ik in talking his words mii'ht not lave so instantly I j ipturcd the attention of the assembly -at (his voice iiit its way athwart very obstacle. The remarkable discovery made by la c:iu. ii- was that when it heard Mr. j -hi wi n', n sohition, ii found that it was nearer topethr than it had :iio;i:;ht possible. This master of parte I |ienc and concord bad si iz- 'I on to the word "temporary" as the time clement ;n the life of the o.ccss profit tax in 1 i..? i.i'i ii.. a n) iiinii i-inislv di-onnod ihis w >rd i':i the middle of Hit* table; iftween (liiivett an<l (lamer who had en staring at ?ach other in d< fiance, fii" word instantly strc-tchfd forth a mud t > j.va.sp each f iotion. It danced. i|> and* down tin- room inviting both action.*' to com" back the ni.\t day and .? < the performance again. on the fofowing day at the suppes- j ion of many ni mlnrs a meeting was ;icl'l of about a half a dozen leaders tad among tln iii Mr. St venson. Many j nil < is had in the meantime Riven; l?rop sed rt solutions to acting leadr (Sarrett for this cotifi repee and lie .ad presented tip in. Mr. Flood of Vie- 1 dni.i, ?'h irman of the Democratic 'onpre ?i"ivil (.' mmitt'? offofad one. M". Stev-nson off-r?d his fiuai draft j tin! aft? r a short discussion, tip mo lion of Mr. Flood, Mr. Stevenson's! m.bp;.ni was unanimously adopti d ' tad Mr. (iairett war directed to pies-| i.t it to the caucus as the unanimous | i i ?a of the eoniniiltte and on his il"> it was uiinnim.'tisiy adopted. pl dgin . ev-ry 1)< nioerat to vot<-, a:;;.iip; tin lax IdM and a solid front j .va Hi is obi:in< <1 for the first time in j v iaI years. Mr. Ste\ i s. a is such an adept in 1 i .cliPvluR harmony among contrary | mi: ds .: id partis in oppmu nt.s that lie l is heguihd a m ij: rity of the lie pubis a ; op the banking and currency mmitt i- to vot. with him on imj'oitaiiI measure:'. The committee tied on I it issti"S of r'-p a ting out a lull to re- j habilitate the war linap.e corporation j tnd to authorize it to tin a nee ngricul- j tural p" >-duets. The night before tlie lull v.-;.- r ported out he won over one . the II.'public.:u m, ml.eis and broke lb tie. .\:-i r ire* i>iii m m iki* * u-in tin* firm ! ti >:tnks In ciiiiMr :! iii In mi lust . priiii?. had failed in i- ?n.iiiitlfc i>y .1 tii vote, in which'the ' I .iii mm of tin committee had east < i C .it tied. .Mr. Stevenson in11;i? i i i vi ial iif his 1 k nmrra'u' col-1 ! mas \V I r ' ii:t ! Voted ]li'( S'llt because ' :iiry w.inl? ! $|im?,0ihi.0i?u instead of ?" 0,000.0 mi, to change their votes next j ii i" and ri ji'irf out the l<il! villi J"'1'.-I ft i iioo.Oftf)?being the best they could I h"pc foe. 11<' stands for practical rcj nulls. If you cannot get all you want and need?take what you can get, is his policy?and it accomplishes things. ( \Ir. Stevenson lias made two speeches | I in the house that have attracted the' favorable attention of the country, one; excoriating Ambassador Ilarvey for his attempt to make n paltroon of America in the World war. He found | that the doughty colonel had received] j his military title at a banquet in, i Charleston years ago where he boast- j "d that his New England ancestors had "lain in the woods" during the wari ; between the states. Mr. Stevenson's other speech deals with Attorney Gen- j I eral Dougherty's allowing Debs to ! come from the Atlanta penitentiary to | Washington some time ago in citizen's clothing and on that fact he bases the i prediction.that Debs nnd all the other j instigators of treason and sedition dur- j ' ing the World war, will be pardoned soon after the German treaty is signed. ! Mr. Stevenson is now working on a ! bill to grant equal compensation to of- ; fleers in the national army who were! disabled in the World war with officers in the regular army. As it now is a j first lieutenant who was in the nation- j al army who lost a leg would get only; $30 per month, while a first lieutenant in tiie regular army would get $157 per month. He proposes to wage war on 'such gross discrimination and Injustice. David F. St. Clair. PITILESS PUBLICITY Here is the Best Means of Curing Tax Slackers. The tax problem will not down. The people arc determined to reform our tax laws and the indications are i that it will lie a "burning" issue in the next primary. Various remedies I are br ing suggested. Some of them are good while others arc bad. The Vorl.ville Enquirer, which has a way of going right to the bottom of things suggests publicity?and plenty of it? as the surest and quickest way of bringing about tax reform. The Enquirer says: There has been more or less private talk among members of the general asrembly as to the effect of publicity in securing a fair equalization of the burdens of taxation in accordance with a.bility to pay. It is a well known fact that the books of every county auditor in the state show fearful inequalities in the matter of bearing tax bur- I dens. In some cases poor men strug- I " ' n>wl?r ttu?t menu much to them, while in other cases in< n worth ten ttpies as much as those referred to pay less taxes. This situation tomes about largely through the state's I'liserablc system of assessing v: luation. Kuril taxpayer is suppose! I 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 profwrty according to actual value, and then goes on to give him to understand that he : is expected to pay, only in proportion I t<; what other people in like ehvum- , s'anees witli him pay. Some taxpay< is give in their assessments as nearly as possible on a basis of actual value i aid others, taking the other suggestion make returns as small a.i they can j get Imt with. The inequality of as-) sessed valuation is due partly to ig- I norantc and partly to design. Some , of tie- legislators have an idea thatl if they should pass a law requiting all assessments to' be published in a [ newspaper, the result would be to se- I cute moie equitable returns; but they have not been willing to go that far , yet, b . ause#among other tilings, they fear disturbance almost in the na- ) tlire of insurrection. Along about J ISS'J the general assembly passed an i :u t providing for the publication of the i oil list of eacli county in a court- I ty piper. The act provided for pub-| lie ition onee a week for three weeks, where onrt week would do. and make it quite expensive; hut in Vork eountyj alone something like 700 names were i added to tile |*>]1 tax list. l'lildieity will turn the trick, but has th. general assembly tiie courage to pass such a law? It would not i" '?> ' I" I.'ni 11ivt>v seems to think, l>nt it wouM mo.in the temper: ty political retirement of many members who support ( ?1 it. It would hurt Mime men <?t' influence?hurt them so much that they would go out | of their way to defeat the man who t voted for it?it would help the men of little or no inlhiciua?the men who could elect if they only knew how miii h powi r they had in their ha Hot. j 'i In cost to each county would not ; exceed .S7."> to $100. while the law would j I til thousands of dollars into the i treasury. I.ots of property which now escapes taxation siltogi ther would be j put on the lax hooks, w hile scores of i taxpayers in each county who are not paying tiuir just proportion of taxes would be forced to carry their share \ of the burden. Ii would brim? about a lowi rinn of the general average. I Us 1 the best feature of such a law j would he the arousing of a strong, healthy public sentiment for tax re lo-.m. The* inequalities of tho pros- , sent t;tx system would lie brought to ! the attention of tho musses so con-' \ iii< i;-trl.v thnt tliey would rise up and demand the adoption of new and more 1 progressive tax laws. We would like to see it given a trial. The plan looks practical, but , l!i: t may he the trouble?it looks too practical. It goes down too deep into ; the heart of lite tax problem?and >j that is the very thing some folks don't i< Want, Hilton Herald. ' | ROCK HILL NEWS BUDGET Enthusiasm and Interest in Gypsy Smith Revival Growing Daily. EVANGELIST IS POPULAR LOCALLY Major John D. Frost Will Address Veterans?Local Moose Lodge Is Reorganized?L'ttle Child is Burned to Death?Cool Weather Helps Bus?rvu?n News and Notes of Metropolis of York County. (Ry a Staff Correspondent.) Rock Hill, Oct. 15?This town is in the uplift of the greatest religious revival in the Gypsy Smith meeting now in progress that it has known in years, perhaps the greatest it has ever known. Everybody/ is talking about the powerful sermons that are being preached by the noted evangelist and almost everybody is hearing hifn preach at some time or the ot r. Services* are held every night and ihe meeting is to continue through next Sunday night and possibly longer, it was stated today. Gypsy Smith, Jr.. is "getting next to lots of Rock Hill people who have never been touched before. The other night a prominent farmer who is 64 years of age and who has never joined a church nor made any profession of religious faith, went up ab the close of the service and gave him Lis hand and told him he was going to quietly join the church. A number of well known liquor heads" and gamblers and sports of Rock Hill who have never had time ior uon Ainii^m^ stud poker and South Mountain corn liquor, have hit the religious trail since Gypsy came to town. Attendance on the services is not confined to Rock Hill alone. People from all sections of York county come over for the sermon evfery night. Many people come from Lancaster. Scores come nightly from Chester., Gypsy conducted a campaign in Chester last year and he made many friends who would ride hundreds of miles to hear him. The revival i-. having great effect upon i>cople of all conditions and stations. It is having an effect?a good effect on business. A Rock Hill merchant told this correspondent today of a man who had been owing him $50 for years and who was perfectly able to pay but wouldn't. The man had recently been attending the Smith services and something the evangelist had to say about debts ino.de him come across. "Things arc quieter in the Hock Hill underworld since Gypsy Smith came to town," said Assistant Chief of Police Merritt today. "Really you would be surprised. We officers have had comparatively little to do since the meeting began. If you knew the town like' I do you wouiu nc surpnueu :it the number of suspected Mind timers iind other crooks who :>re lined up ;it preaching .services night after night." (Jvpsy Smith, Jr., is a most likable follow personally. Tic is down street every morning mixing and mingling with the folks. ITc is quite a "regular fellow." He smokes cigarettes and effects soft brim hats and soft collars, and is quite dapper in appearance. He has little or no use for long, black coats and back-up collars and a grave yard expression on his face common to jo many preachers. He calls people Hill a ml Tom and Jerry and Joe just as a preacher ought to do ami he never meets a stranger. He likes to drop down town in the morning, so people say, and learn the local news of the day. He'll even stop in the drug store and drink a cola or a bottle of ginger ale with the boys. "We are getting along quite nicely with the meeting in Rock Hill considering the fact that I've got a cold and am laboring under physical disadvantages that have well nigh knocked me out," he told the correspondent today, iu talking about the meeting in progress here. "People pro t.'ikinpr a lot of interest and we believe that we are doing: pood." Incidental expenses of the meeting totaling- something like $2,500 have already been raised and the finance committee is making arrangements cow for the taking of a subscription for the benefit of the evangelist at the conclusion of the meeting. It will be a big one, do doubt. Major Frost to Speak. Announcement was made today that Major John D. Frost of Spartanburg, will be the principal orator on the occasion of the celebration of Armistice Day in Dock Hill on November 11. An effort will be made -to have exservice men from all parts of York county come to I tuck Hill to celebrate the occasion and a most interesting and attractive programme is being ar ranged. Child Burned to Death. Tlio little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Ncely who live on O. S. 1'lie's place near llock Hill died in the Fennell Infirmary here Friday evening from luirns received Friday after- ! noon when she accidentally fell into the fire at her father's home. Nobody was present at the time of the ncciihmt and it is not known exactly how* i it occurred. The little girl who was j about I years old w as horribly burned ind although everything possible was ! done to relievci her suffering no hope ?:? : lu-lil I'lil (<>f In r icenvory from I ping purposes and Rock Hill merchants sent out lots of packages. Since the advent of the present cool spell business has picked up wonder| fully with the merchants of Rock Hill | and the merchants are ho;->eful that the cool weather will continue. Sickness at Winthrop. Several hundred Winthrop students are either sick now with bad colds and coughs or else have been during the past couple of weeks, according to reliable sources. Reports are out that the girls are suffering from a mild form of influenza; but It was learned today that such Is not the case but that the sickness Is in the form of bad colds. It is said that the infirmary has been more than crowded since the college opened and that a number of the girls have been very sick. Most of those^vho have been sick, it is said, are freshmen. Moose Lodge Reorganized. Rock Hill Lodge Loyal Order of Moose is novr in process of re-organization which step was necessary acmAmKflno Kono noo r\f tho IUUI U111J5 IV lilVlil W'v& O Mbvuuav ?>>v fact that the lodge had gotten Into financial difficulties. About fifty members have been received since re-organization began and the membership is growing every day. Rock Hill Moose Lodge has one of the finest fraternal club rooms in South Carolina and members of the order are expecting it to grow and flourish now as never before. Scott's Coyote Caught. That coyote that Mr. J. B. Scott recently turned loose near his home on York No. 3 and then turned it over to J. R. Barnwell who gave it to Cottrell Thomasson was caught in the Edgmoor section of Chester county last Friday, according to F. H. Moore, most enthusiastic fox hunter of Rock Hill, who was talking about it today. The coyote recently broke out of the cage in which young Thomasson had it fastened at his place of business in Yorkville, and hunters near Yorkville had quite a chase out of it. "I heard that the coyote wss near Rock Hill from several sources," said Mr. Moore, "and finally one man told me he had it spotted and that he would sell it to me for $10. I told him to bring it along. Then he learned that it had been caught by a man near Edgmoor who sold it to a traveling salesman from North Carolina and who carried it to the Tar ffeel state on Friday afternoon. Speaking of foxes Mr. Moore sold that he had eight foxes turned loose in the vicinity of the home of W. A. Blalock on Catawba river in York county, and that he and his friends were expecting lots of fine sport during the coming winter. t Personal Mention. Mrs. J. A. Shamum and little son of York No. 4 were in Rock Hill today. Messrs. R. R. and Rodney Love of York No. 3 wore in Rock Hill today. Mr. L. (?. Thompson and daughter, Miss Fannie Relic, of Yorkville, were in Rock Hill today. Mrs. Jas. T>. Grist and Miss Elizabeth ar.d Fannie Grist of Yorkville were among the visitors here today. Miss Alice Garrison, who is teaching at Philadelphia spent today with the family of her father in the India Hook section. DISTRESS IN ENGLAND. Business Depression Is Sorely Felt by All the Poorer Classes. London, October 13.?The West End of London was kept in a ferment all afternoon by the marching and counter marching of large bodies of foot and mounted police, owing to an announcement of the Daily Herald that the unemployed planned to hold a demonstration in Trafalgar Square at 2.30 o'clock. Similar demonstrations occurred at Sheffield and Manchester, but were said to be orderly. At Sheffield a gathering of 10,000 demanded increased doles. At Manchester the jobless sang the "Red Flag" and a delegation waited on the lord mayor. The police measures ^prevented the i unemployed from actually holding a meeting, but their manoeuverson such a large scale caused no little excitement. There is a rule against meetings in Trafalgar Square except on Saturday j and Sunday, but the unemployed have i maintained that processions and meet[ ings on these days have no moral effect, as the streets are empty and the shops closed. About 20,000 jobless formed at the Thames embankment, but the heavy police iorce prevenieci mem num noting into Downing street or Trafalgar square and eventually most of them marched to Hyde Park, shepherded by the police all the way until they dis| persed quietly. A fair proportion of the marchers were dressed respectably and apparently were not suffering, but the majority bore signs of want and destitution and were pale of faces. Undoubtedly the unemployment problem is causing keenest apprehension here, especially as there is no sign that the government, despite conferences and consultations, has any rrt.m to cone with it or to offer parlia mont when it meets Tuesday. All trade portents and predictions by l industrial leaders point to unemploy-1 mont growing worse owing to the1 J.. .J IIma v...?tna.a rt r\ A n.gol I SU'auy Ul'tlliiv ui uuniucoa aiict j/cooimism prevails everywhere. the time her burned body was found. * Many Visitors in City. There were lots of visitors in the city today from various parts of the countv. Thov rnmo inostlv for shon NEWS ABOUT SHARON News of Tragic Death of Ervln E. Ratchford is Received by Relatives. DISEASE BREAKS OUT IN SCHOOL Trff'!.! 1 Citizens Are Worried Over Unsafe Condition of Bridge?Cass of .Bear- | let Fever Develops in Scfiool?Other News and Notes of Metropolis of Western York County. (By a Staff Correspondent.) Sharon, Oct. 17?Relatives In this section on Thursday night received intelligence of the death of Ervln E. Ratchford, 23, -who was killed at a grade crossing one mile below Carlisle, S. C.; when an automobile in which he was riding with Laurence J. Welsh of Herberts, S. C., was struck by a Southern railway engine. Mr. Welsh died on the way to a hospital at Union while Mr. Ratchford lived until about 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The funeral of Welsh was held Friday afternoon at Kelly's Chapel near Carlisle while Mr. Ratchford was buried Saturday afternoon at Union. A freight train was derailed at Herberts just after the train had crossed Broad river. When the southern passenger train arrived in Carlisle, the locomotive was uncoupled and was driven to Herberts to bring to Carlisle a number of freight cars. A string oif these cars had been drawn to Carlisle and the locomotive was making another trip to Herberts when the accldent occurred. Both of the men were prominent ip their reprectlve communities. Mr. Welsh was about 35 years old and is survived by his wife, who was Miss Louise Bates of Carlisle and a son four + years old. He attended A. & P. college at Raleigh. Mr. Ratchford was 23 years old and unmarried. He was a graduate from Davidson college last June. ? Both Mr. Welsh and Mr. Ratchford were of prominent Union county families and were both born and reared at Carlisle. Several years ago after the death of his father, Mr. Welsh move.d to Herberts, which is only a few iplteii from Carlisle, where he successfully; engaged in planting. Both men had attractive personalties and many flue traits of character They were personally acquainted with practically every person in this section of Union county and therefore the double tragedy came as a great shock to the entire Carlisle-Herberts community. Disease in the School. Real, genuine unadulterated Itch is said to have broken out in the Sharoa school and according to some of the local wags, quite a number of pupils are getting consiaeratuy ucmnu wuu their scratching. How it started* no/ ~ body knows and just how many pupils havo it nobody knows, but lots of little school children are asking lots of other little school children "have you got it?' It is said that a number who stop to scratch whenever they can find cover deny it but the more practical parents are makng no denial and are doing everything to cure tlfclt ?$Ildreor and the hunt throughout the commun-' ity for "pokeberry root" is a, big hunt while the local drug store is having quite a run on the purchase of sulphur and the grocers notice increased sales of lard. It is reported that .(J?ere is one case of scarlet fever m'tTMWnool and the trustees and teachers are Just a little apprehensive lest it be peces-i sary to close the institution for a while. UV K$fd|l * It is said that some of the school children have been suffering, with the Itch for a number of weeks' but'tieing reluctant te say anything about it, kept going until others became infected. But nobody knovys , definitely where it had its origin and nobody but the doctors and the parents know Just what little boys and girls have It, - ' Building Potato House. Mason H. Blair, R. M. Mitchell and other farmers living in the Blairsville community have just completed, a sweet potato storage house with a capacity of 1,500 bushels. They say that they arc going to make plenty of sweet I>otatoes to fill the storage house and in fact there is need in that com-* munity and In other communities around Sharon for several moro storage houses of equal capacity. Farmers ir. Bullock's Creek and Broad River townships have paid unusual attention to the cultivation of sweet potatoes this year it is said, and a bumner cron is now being dug. / Many go to Circus. Sharon was well represented at the circus that exhibited in Yorkville today. Monday is usually an off day for business In Sharon and numbers of Sharon people took advantage of the opportunity to go to the county seat and see the big show and incidentally to transact such business as they might have found necessary. Worried about Bridge. ... Numbers of Sharon citizens are talking about appearing before the county board of commissioners at their regular meeting for November and making an insistent request that the bridge over "Little Branoh," bor tween Turkey Creek bridge and the corporate limits of the town be widened and equipped with a rail on each Tho hri/i<rA iq vprv nnrrnv adHi there is a deep ai:d dangerous hole at each approach increasing the chances, of throwing an automobile or other (Continued, on Tage ;Tw?K r C ' r.T-l "J