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Scraps.- and; - t* rr~ r'r ?"r - _ ? Republican leaders in tho house have given up hope of adjourning the present session of congress before Thanksgiving. Representative Mondell, Republican, leader, said a recess would be taken over the latter part of next week. The current session, he I added, probably will run close to ( opening of the regular session, December 5. House Republicans are deter- j mined to have an agreement reached | between the house ana xne senate *.n the tax bill and to pass the SheppardTowner maternity bill and a measure to create 23 additional federal district judges before adjournment. ? A difference of $22,516,941 is shown in the cost report of the quartermaster general of the army for supplies, cloth4\ 'ing, food and other. quartermaster properties bought for the quarter ending September 30, 1921, and the same period of last year. The report is said jv. by army officers to reflect for the first tiqto in official records to'reduced cost fsujiplying the. smaller army of 132,000 men as compared with that of about ^OO.OOO in 1920. Another dif* ference'01*'$4,301,300 is shown in the net aost of operation of tho quartermaster depots for the same period. For the quarter ending September last, the cost was only $3,213,189 against $7,514,49.6 in 1920. ? Investigation of a bill charging larceny after trust against Henry Lincoln Johnson negro Republican nation* al committeeman from Georgia and rennminatpii bv President Harding I obe recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia, resulted Wednesday in a ju no bill being returned by the Fulton "X county, Ga? grand jury. The charge f against Johnson, it was statod, was the V outgrowth of a transaction in 1917 tt when A. G. Taylor, a negro physician, ' * employed Johnson as his attorney i" landing the settlement of his wife's "v estate. Taylor alleged he gave John^ son a check for $195.66 to be deposited v as security fur bond and that Johnson cashed thp check and refused to re^ fund the money. Johnson is snfid to 5# have retained the money as'a fefe. f ?The torturing and eating of' Pri& Vate Lawreh'ce and the killing and mutilation of Lieutenant Muth of the *. marina -corps by Ivandits of Haiti were & described before the special senate iny ^stigating committee Wednesday by W. M. I'ilkingAon. of .New York, atechw m nical expert.,who. as manager, of an * American developing company, was In that cotihfry for years. He asserted the ~ cannibals had the primitive idea that by eating human flesh they acquired thb courage and fortitude of their victims. bjut ho also related incidents of marine's ifisA-m the mountainous country being ruined for by the bandits. The natives generally were described by the witness as amiable and docile and amenable, and the higher class as competent to conduct an independent government. Lack of security for foreign capkul and the failure of tne'l'nited Stated to make the treaty i tractive was criticized by 71 r. I'ilkingAon. ? Columbia Xovcmht r 1.7: Th?* last case to be heard before the Supreme Court at this term will be the appeal of Ed Higham, of Florence, under sentence of death for the killing of his brother. L. Smilo.v Higham. Higham , is a too accused of killing his mother and sister and two of his s:stef:s adopted children. The case had not ?. been docketed when oases for Ihe Twelfth Circuit were called this morning, and Solicitor (bisque was preparing to move that the appeal to the * ' " * i? in t h:11 tilt nigner cuun ?** v* appeal had not been filed in ncrordI11 unie with the rules of both the t'ireuit *4* and the-. Supreme Court. Attorneys i for Kigjhain then prevailed upon the solicitor to allow the ease to be attached to a special docket which always is heard just, before the term of 1 conttdi concluded./ The case was thus * docketed and will probably be heard th^Ifntti r part of next jyeck or the week following. ? Cotton consumed during October amounted to 494,745 bales of lint and 61,513 lintcrs compared with 401.325 of lint tmd 48,364 of lintcrs in October last year, the census bureau announced Tuesday. Cotton 011 hand October 31, in consuming establishments was . 159.729 hales of linters compared with 940,480 of lint and 235,003 of linters a year ago and in public storage and at compresses, 4,DM,850 bales of lint and 211,370 of lintcrs compared with 4,132.907 of lint and 440,033 of linters a year ago. Imports 31,269 bales compared with 13,825'bales including 1,709 1 of linters uj October last year. Cotton spindles "active during October numbered 34.7?55;522 compared with 33,771.** 9S.8 a year ago. Statistics for cotton growing states for October are: Con-' sumcd 297,578 bales compared with 244,552 in October last year. On hand October 31. in consuming establishments 785,548 bales compared wiCi , 407.017 a year ago, and in public stor. , age and at conipi'esses 4,574.227 bulvs compared with 3,808.637 a year ng". Spindles active 15,486,576 compare 1 j with 15,031,849 a year ago. ? Charleston. November 17: .Mrs. St. John Alison I?iVton of Charleston was ' elected second vice regent of the South Carolina branch of the Daught ters of the American Revolution as' sembled in annual convention in Charleston today. Mrs. Lawton succeeds ? , Miss Iiouise Fleming whose term e>f office empires and who is not eligible , for reelection. Mrs. Paul Earle of Anderson succeeds Mrs. E. (?. von Tresckow of Camden, third vice regent. resigned. because sue ieuv?-? ........ * ary to make her honje in Chile. .Miss Minnie Clybucn of Camden was elected to succeed Miss Alice Moses of Sumter, recording1 secretary, resigned <>n account of prolonged absences from the state. Mrs. Fay A. DesI'oi'tes <>f Winnshoro, succeeds Mrs. Mamie Nori lis Tillman of Hdirefield. auditor, term expired and not eligible for reelection; Mrs. llayne Hire of Aiken succeeds Mrs. W. I'. Ilurney of Columbia as asf sislant historian for the same reason 1 and the appointment by the board of * Mrs. Ij. .t. Harnett as treasures* was runlinntd by iinaniiuous vote. Mrs. F. 11. II. Calhoun was similarly reelected as a member of Tamassee sehdol board. Mrs. I,aw ton 'selection was a tribute to ? this ex-regent of llobecea Motte cliup> tor who is now president of the South Carolina division of the United Daugh. ters of the Confederacy. There were * no other offices requiring 'elections. Spartanburg was the favorite city for the next convention. -Th?* Washington conference on Wednesday turned to consideration of far eastern <|u?vtionv with almost the smile momentum with \\hi<h it tackled tb' question of n; val armaments. II Wie the Chines* delegates who 1< d the way this time, la the eonuuittee * of nine,* at which all nations participating wife present, they produced a basis for discussion which represents their views. The open sympathy of the I'mled States Willi I in n- pnsun>n was .it mil e manifest. The Itrilish supported in many respects. Tin- po- , o'' 'he others wi re not c!i aily dctindd, although members of tli? Japanese deleirat iors have ;;i\ 11 ? \pn sions of approval, in pari, at least ol "China's lull of rights." In brief, t'lii- J na wants iruarnntees for territorial ink'Kritv ami political a.lininist 1-^1 ii\<- independence; alio twopftscs the ' 'open door for Ml in all parts of the * .'country; slic wants all spheres of in- | flucncb;,rrlii\t|ulsi]cdL phc Ay tints no1 treaties made affecting .her.-without being consulted about tjieAk The full extent o?} China's posititft is mueh broader than this, but these are the essentials. The last feature may be construed as affecting the Anglo-Japanese alliance, although ' the British take an opposition view. Wednesday's session of the big nine was occupied entirely with the presentation of China's views. Immediately afterward it became known that they commanded the moral support of the United States. The British viewpoints were made known a little later. The Japanese did not state their reaction, but previous pronouncements by some of their representatives have put them in line witl.i some parts of China's pro posnls. <?hf \|orhvitlr tfnquiwt. Entered at tKc Postoff)ce at l^ork, as Mail Matter of th* Sccona Class; FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1921. There is no mistake about the facl : that more grain has been sown thisj year than for many years past, and ! grain sowing is still in progress. Instead of bewailing the obvious facl j that the growing corn crop cannot b( j profitably turned into cash, people wh( have corn will make bettor use of theii minds and imaginations if they wil . give more attention to the question at to how their surplus corn can be converted into other forms of propel tj ; that can eventually be turned dfto j cash. About the smallest thing any Amori lean administration hrs ever dont : since the organization of the govern! nient h.-tfc.been to seek to nullify the j constitution as to prohibition by calling a beverage "medicine." 5fo addlec toper ever gave his wife a flimsier ex cuse for coming home so drunk h< I could hardly waddle, and the man whe used to tell the barkeeper to give hirr a little more "branch water" when i was rye that he was ordering, was biutally frank in comparison with tin officials who have foisted the so-callI <.'(] medical alcohol regulations on i 'country that Is honestly striving: to b< | sober. A staff correspondent of the Man: tifartnrerg Itecord. writing from Washj. ir.gton, nrgueRlhat flic real purpose o the disarmament conference ?is not si i much disarmament as it is worh trade and world finance. He does nol J'make any hesitation about assorting ! that the object of the powers in maini tainmg large armies and navies i: ' either to advance their respoctiv< ( trade interests and prestige, or to de1 fend what they already have. Assuming that this is true, then if there cai be an inxlerstnnding as to trade and fin ance, there is no further need for tin maintainaneo of powerful armies nnc ; navies. The disarmament conference the correspondent points out. is virtually a continuation of the Versailles conference, along slightly differen' lines, and while there will be no trouble among the power:? in reaching at .agreement as to disarmament, tin main questions of trade anil fine net will extend into many months. Tin m.'ftter has been taken up this way as a kind of camouflage. The league ol nations was a reasonable and rationa outcome of the Versailles conference fence having been agreed ui?on al Versailles, a combination of the powers, including the L'nited States, was necessary to enforce the terms of thai peace. For political reasons the He publicans raised a mighty howl against the idea of committing the Vnitec States to an entangling responsibilitj iii European affairs, nol withstanding that intelligent men of both parties recognized that we were already hope( lessly entangled. Hut of course tin ' tiling was .sufficient. Now it is underj stood that. America will not stand foi entanglement as long as tin- relatior i can be clearly defined by that name j Hut all reasonable people in the worh! are ft>r peace, and disarmament seem.1 to njake for peace, so the stress is laid on disarmament. It is clear, however, that there can be no profitable trade I between a wealthy country and a bankrupt Europe: that Europe car.not hold her own, much less prosper unless i something is done to readjust the situ i ation, and that is the oltjcct of tlie conference. America already lias most of the world's mid and her mortgage* | oil Knrope are in excess of nil the bsl";im< e. Japan is the only other entirely | solvent country, and there must he first ] an adjustment between the Vnited ! Slates and J pan and then an under1 standing v.ilh Knrope, whereby Ku' rope trail continue to prosper. 'J'lie 1 solution lies in what amounts to a I league of nations in a different form ifiotu that organized at Versailles; but 'nevertheless if a final agreement is I ever arrived at it will be virtually on a league of nations basis. And wiiatI ever may be tentatively agreed upon as to disarmament in the early part of the confer) nee, unless the financial and trade agreements to he settled later on an entiri l\ satisfactory to big men, all that disarmament business will fall to pieces. Col. l?anS. Henderson, a prominent lawyer of Aiken, died at liis home in Aiken, this morning at 1:15 o'cloek, aged 7L' years. Charles C Witiiirigton, Keptildi < 01 ii:is In ) n named as postmaster nt (iivcnvilli I?* I'ffj-jilcnt ll.inlii.Lr, :ml?j? < t t<? riiiwiniifltion Jty tha sma?o. T11? n-oonls show that in the rivil .' rvic(< c\:unin;itii>n WithinKton was benIon by two nomorratic opponent^. ' * / NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. E. McMackin, C. C.'C. Pis.?Notice of sale in re. Bessie B. Bomar against Mary J. Martin and J. B. Martin. Clover Drug1 Store?Just received "BiK1 Ben" and "Baby Ben" alarm clocks. Cash and Carry Company?Are you [ economical? York Supply Company?Hop feed. First National Bank of Sharon?Thrift builds manhood. R. B. Younj?blood and Annie Y. Baw. rence?Notice to trespassers. Meech Stewart Post American *Lejtion ? Petr 'O My Heart at the courthouse toniuht. Carroll Bros.?Barley seed on hand. Mrs, lone Craiftand Miss Willie Brown ? Byx synper. t liMji find , Saving Bank?Bank ori J' this .bank. . S. \V. Plyler. Rock Hill?Millinery. | Johnson's .Paint Shop, Rock Hill? Name ehanped from "Pyramid." ! i ?? u?...iir* v. <\> nock llill?Extra special. jli'Ww^-p.Ca.sU (jiijat'c, >Shai<)i\?I)o you want to smile. , W. E. Neil, Treasurer of York County ' ?JfPtlco of tn& levies for York , vCeunbi i } , Sontherlarin-Wak'pflcld Co.. Charlotte ?Vision and its importance. .T. M. 81roup?Your clothing Feinstein & Krivis?The last call. Kirkpatrick Belk Company?Now is the time to buy. W. Ci. Finley, Trustee of Bankrupt Estate of D. A. Price?Notice of sale of tptock of goods, etc. t J. A. Marion. Referee in Bankruptcy? Notice in the matter of J. M. and C. R. MoQill. 1 T. E. McMackin, C. C. C. Pis.?Notice j of sale in the gase of L. D. Varner vs. R. P. Elam. , T. E. McMaokin, ,C. C. C. Pis?Notice tj of sale in the r ise of Federal T^ind Bank of Columbia against J. R. , Rflckle and others. | .T. B. Wallace?Sale on Personalty. '1 J. C. Wallace?Notice to trespassers. I Star Treatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager? j Tom Mix in "Hands Off," today. r There is still a considerable sprinkle of cotton in the fields along the Yorkvilfe-Chester road, most of it being south of McConnellsville. The Yorkville-Chester road, while , -lacking a good deal of being perfect, is in better shape than it has been at , this season for many years. So far since the fifteenth of Octo1 ber more than 200 new names have . beeruadded to the mailing list of The ; Yorkvilie Enquirer. 1 The cotton gins this year started i full three weeks ahead of last year and t all but a few of them are about ready ' to close down. There was tremeniloug? ly heavy ginning after December 1 lasl year; but there will be nothing like il t"! this year. - Mr. J. R. Hudson, a former York county man, for many years past a resident of DeQueen, Arkansas, writes that the cotton'farmers in his section are making about one bale of cottor I" to 10 acres planted. He says that 5 burning cotton stalks is no good what' ever. He tells of one man who ha? ' already made a fortune out of swcel ' j potatoes and who will ship forty cars [of tin in this year. ' So far," said Treasurer Xejty yesterday, "I have issued about "100 dojt tux tags out of a pos.^ble 4,000 to be issued altogether. It is surprising however, how much confusion there if on the subject. Some people come in with the comment that they thought the time laid already passed and oth' era seem to think that if they do not pay.by December 31, they will be able 1 to make deferred payments under the same penalties as are provided in the case of /.'ther taxes. Of course many | people understand all right; but there I are others who just don't seem to dn1 deist a nd that this tax is now due and 1 payable and If they do not pay before December 31, there is no provision unj | dor which taxes may be legally accept ! ed after that time." t | Yes, what is known as the Charlotte . f retail ought to bo repaired and put in . first-class condition. It is a very iml J portant road and it has been badly . neglected. Years ago citizens of Yorki villi* and community and people along I the road raised tlie biggest private subscription that had ever been con trihiitcd to any road in the county pre j vious t<> that time. This is the road on . account of which Dr. K. A. Kpatton of . Yorkville, created a statewide sonsa. tion by making a private donation of one hundred dollars. Several other i Yorkville eiti-/.< ns were equally generous, and the chaingaitjp did some of I its first work there otfaccount of the i movement thus started. Hut the CharI lotte road has long since been allowed , 1 to run down and go to pieces until now . ! much of it looks as if it had never Kad . i any attention at all. The people along [ 1 the Charlotte road are entitled to coni ! sideration and it is to the interest of j the whole county that this highway should be put in decent shape.% '! TO TRY WOMAN FOR LIFE. For the first time in many years if not ever before in the history of the county tt white woman will be tried In tho court of general'Hussions next week when .Mrs. Effle lluggihs is brought U> the bar, charged with being an accessory to the, murder of her husband, Fink lluggins who was killed on a lonely road near his home about a mile and a quarter north-cast of the courtliousefun the Charlotte road Sunday, .November >. Albert Zimmerman, alj leged lo\cr <>f .Mrs. lluggins who is : charge.i with the actual killing will , also be tried next week it is heliet'ed. i II.-.I M.vj lliftr. ;;iiiIns retained Tims. AleDow, I Iv'i., as Iicr council. Zimmerman is understood to have employed W. ]>. j'Wilson, Ks.|., of J look lid! several da> s nsro. The mnn and woman who have heeii in the eonnty jail now sinec shortly after the dead limly of lliiK'-vins was found with a ."a ealiher bullet wound in his heart are not dniirr any talking. I They have not had a rhanre to talk to I en eh other. Moth have lieen visited l?.v Inlatives. Aerordiiin to the jailer the father of Mrs. Ilu-.ains visited his 1 itnlighter in the jail several days ago | and told, lu-r that the bes?L thing she i could do would he to tell the wholo I I truth about the affair. According 'to ' l>epntv Sheriff Tom <>ninn ttie-father I ? f also gave her a pretty stiff lecture at tlie time regarding her conduct in the past. The murder ot Huggins continues to he a subject of great interest to people all over the county. There are those who think that the murder was |committed by Zimmerman and there are some who think that the wife did the killing. * But nobody knows. It is expected that the case will be tried next week. Officials know nothing to the contrary. PARTRIDGES AND WEEVILS Harry S. Henry, prominent young farmer of the' Bowling Green section loves to hunt partridges. *Mr. Henry, however, some time ago heard it stated iliat the partridge was a, destroyer of -the boll weevil and although he hated to give, up the sport he. did not propose to keep on hunting if the partridge was a large contributor to the destruction of the great cotton pest. In ofder to gr-t authentic irtformation he wrote to A 1.1 Pnni-aili ufilto f'lltfimolOlfiSt pt Clcmson. Here is what Prof. Conradi has to say about it: "The partridge orvquail is uct active in easing boll weevil so far as the investigations show. Stomach examinations show that they find full grown weevils in winter but the partridge's strong point aa an insectivorous bird is nQ?. in reference to ^he boll weevil This bird is of great value to the farmer as an insect" eater during the seasons when they rear the young and at all seasons as weed seed destroyers Though a game bird having an oper season we would recommend treating the bird with due consideration anc avoid unnecessary killing. Some people you know hunt for sport only and often kill the birds ruthlessly." PRISONERS IN JAIL. Eight prisoners are in tho York county jail awaiting trial at the November term of the court cf general ?An,,lnnu o?.l OOmnUll! r?l P1Q W Vl i f* V converos next Monday morning1 at 1( o'clock with Judge H. F. Rice presiding. In adition to those prisoners ir Jail tliore are numerous defendants out on bond and since it is the rule tc try all cases where defendants are or bond at tiie fall term ot court, indications are that several days' time wil be necessary to dispose of all cases. Considerable interest ccr.tcrs in th< eas^ of the state agnlr.st Robert McGinnis, former night hostler arte watchman/in the Southern railwaj ' yards in Yorkville, wI'O is chargoc with shooting F. L. Hinnant, or e o , the proprietors of the Palmetto Monument company, and an ex-service mar on September lt>, last. McGinnis ir I now out on bond in the sum of $30C I while Hinnant is slowly recovering frem the pistol wound which is said ti have nearly cost him bin life. Following are the prisoners in jail Frank Panned, alias Frank Caldwell ' bigamy: John Reed, colored, assaul and battery with intent to kill; Johi Lester Mills, colored, housebreakinf . and larceriy; Tihnore Hayes, colored violation of the prohibition laws; San I Sanders, colored, false pretense; Mrs 5 Kffie Muggins, accessory to murder; i Albert Zimmerman, murder; BuHurt ( Brown, colored, false pretense. POPULARITY OF WILSON. Senator John R. Hart returned t( Yorkville Wednesday from a business [ trip to New York. "While I heard m criticism of the present administratis voiced in Xe W York," said Senatoi ' Hart", ""art Trti'fltent that e.-Yme tinder m; observation ilrtipreased me with th< II fact that ex-President Wilson is verj J popular with New Yorkers, despite th< ;| fact that the returns in the last presl i dential election from Xew York stat? t would not so'lndirnte. "T went to one of those large movinj picture houses for an hour or so of en joyment whilp in the metropolis. don't remember the name of the place; , but anyway it was one of those bl| houses where they had an orchestn ' with eighty pieces. "The picture wsui a portrayal of tin . ceremonies at Arlington during tin burial of the Unknown Soldier o America last week. An announce! ' was informing the audience of the va rious celebrities who were participating in the ceremonies. For instance h< mentioned the approach of 1 'residen Harding, General Pershing and others and his annouccments were greetet _it -? , 4Un Kin- mwlicnee ill till , Willi Mill-live l)} UK ... ... theatre, which was really packed to its 1 capacity. 'Finally ex-President Wilson passed along in the procession in his car There was no announcement made ir regard to him, hut the audience cheered and yelled for him at? great length Jt indicated the popularity of the expresident with N'ew Yorkers and from other sources I learned that there an numerous people in New York whe would like to see him.hack in thi White House." ABOUT PEOPLE Master "43illie" (lamer White has returned to his home in Yorkville. after a visit to relatives at Chesterfield. Clyde Carroll, 11-year-old son ol Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Carroll of Yprk No. -1, is quite sick with pneumonia. Mr. 13 road us M. Tx>ve has moved his family to the M. 13. Clinton house on ; East Jefferfcon street, Yorkville. Mr. J. P. Lucas of Hiddenlte, N. C. visited relatives in Yorkville yestet I da v. Mr. Lucas was en route home from a trip to San Francisco, Cat. Mrs. X. J. X'. Bowen lias returned to her home in Yorkville after spending some time with her son, Dr. J. B. Bowen. in Washington. .Miss Maud St roup, of Yorkville, underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Fennell Infirmary, K^k JI ill yesterday. R: S. Hartness, son of Mr. and Mrs It. 15. Hartness of York Xo. who has been critically ill in Castonia for several days past, is improving. Messrs. A. M. (;rist,..l.ewis M. Crist, W. <5. White .and J. Krnest Stroup attended a eon.vocatlon of, Scottish Kite Masons in Charlotte last Wednesday. Dr. J. F). McDowell of Yorkville. went to Baltimore this week, where he carried his son, .fames McDowell, for treatment. They were accompanied by Mrs. McDowell. \jr. AY. S. 1 jcsslic, well known fitii scon of J.esslic, who has been quite ill j for some time past, shows a slight improvement tlii's week, it was stated by I relatives who were in Yorkville Tnes; day. l-'rances. little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. it. ('. Broekington of Yorkville, 1 had her leg broken Tuesday when a piece ?>t' granite I' ll on Hit wnue hc was playing in the yard of the Palmetto M? nmnent company, of which her father is one of the proprietors. (histnnia (lav.ette, Thursday: A party of 15 local hunters left today for liilton Head Island, off the South Carolina coast, wiiere they will spend ten days hunting deer, which are plentiful nq this US.(Kill acre ishfnd. Those eompos/ ing the party are \Y\ T. Rankin. Jr., Lsiwrence S. Rankin, Dr. L. K. Cilenji, Dr. R. S. Clinton. S. X. F.oyce, YY\ YY". I p.oyee, of Piue.yillo; YV'jII Smith, <>jL CloTj ver; Sam #?. Shuford, Dr. H. M. Eddieman, Dr. D. A. Garrison, Dr. Henry F. Glenn, Dr. P. R. Falls, .T. Dean Adams, P. P. Murphy, of Lowell, and D. Mott Jones. Capt. Frcno Dilling and two or three other local hunters are already at the island. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The annual Red Cross roll call is now In progress. ? Practically no oolum has been sold on the Yorkvllle market this week. R. E. McClure, public woigher, said yes | tertiay mat no naci not wi-i^uuu muiv Ihan ten bales during the week. ? Practically all painting work of the new city hall building will be .completed next week, it was announced by the contractor yesterday. The next big job is to install the seats. ? Numbers of jocal sportsmen have been out in the tields surroimciing the town# several afternoons recently in quest Of doyes. They have not met . with a great deal of luck and it is'said that doves arc 'pretty scarce. ? Pupils of the Yorkville Graded school are to have holiday next Thurs day and Friday, on account of pnnual Thanksgiving day, which comes next Thursday. Tfie school children will go i to school six days this week in order 1 to> make up for the holiday which they i are to get next r nutty. ? The Red Cross stands ever ready to look into cases of/.want and distress. | It uses the money it receives for this ' purpose, and it tries not to waste any' thing on undeserving cases. It deJ pends for its means , on the memberj ship fees of people who desire to help. Those membership fees .should be paid J over to canvassers or should be sent 'direct to Mrs, W. D. Glenn, in Yorkvllle. ? ? Miss I^ois Gregg Secor, teacher of expression at Limestone college, Gaff; ney, who is to?give an entertainment . in the courthouse here this evening . under the auspices of Meech Stewart Post of the American Legion, is one ' of the best known dramatic readers in ' the country and a treat is promised/to all who come out to hear her. Mpss 1 Secor's professional education was re! ceived mostly under the late Leland > Powers, the greatest impersonator 1 America has ever known. She is a 1 graduate of the Leland I'owers School of the Spoken Word in Boston. For six years prior to her acceptance of 5 the position of teacher of expression at Limestone she was engaged in plat' form work over the country. Members 1 of th<^.merican Legion consider themK selves fortunate to get Miss Secor to f come here for an entertainment and it is hoped that she will be greeted by 1 a large audience. ' ? - L. A. Harris of Fort Mill, who has been trading in Yorkville as the Cash ij Store, having purchased the stock of ' the bankrupt Farmers' Hardware com. pany, some time ago, closed his doors this week and moved that part of the I stock that was 'not sold to his Fort n Mill store. Mr. Harris did a good , ^business during the'several weeks he " offered the stock to the local public ' and there was not a great deal to move. W. L. Jamison is making ar'' rangements to install his electric brkj cry in the building vacated this wt by Mr. Harris. He expects to insL .1 an up-to-date isiking plant and to give the public first class -service. It was his intention to also move the } Hotel Shandon restaurant into the building in which the bakery is to be located, but he has decided not to do > this. i ?Plans for the entertainment of all * white ex-service nvn of this section at ,. a "feed" t<? l?e given ly^ler the auspices of Meech Stewart I*ost of the Amer* tcan Legion were perfected at the ! regular, monthly meeting of the post e held in the American Legion Club rooms last evening. It was decided to have the "feed" which will be served ' 1 - - ' 1 ?.'on!nir -lCnv. soldier siyic on jucsunj r ember 29. The following committee 1 has been*appointed to work with the | officers in arranging details for the "feed" which is to be a feature of the ' post's campaign for new members; ' I William H. Benfield, H. H. Barron, J, Albert Kiddlej B. B. Robinson, II. R. , Mackorell. All members of the post I are being 'asked to contribute $1 each I toward the expense of the supper . which is to be served in the An>erican _ Legion hall. The post commander was instructed to arrange a programme for ^ the occasion and in aeoordance with i those instructions has invited Morris C. , | Lumpkin of Columbia, st^e com[ mander of the American Legion tf be . present and deliver an address. The j committee in charge of arrangements 5 proposes to tferve sandwiches and cakes and soft drinks and fruits. Smokes will also be furnished. Every j member of the post was urged to invite one or more ex-service men who are not members of the Legion to be present for the occasion and it is exy , pected that there will be no less than , :iOl) men on hand.^ At the meeting last [ night a substantial collection was , taken for the benefit of an ex-soldier of York county who is now a patient in the United" States Public Service Hospital at Greenville, and who is without funds. Although this soldier t is not a member of the local post the members feifMhat it was their duty to give him a lift At last night's > meeting each member present was presented, by the post commander with a printed list of the post membership and all were urged to use these lists as 1 a guide in their endeavors to get exservice men t%ho are not now members 1 into the legion. It was stated that an ; effort #would bo made to build the 1 membership up to 250 by January 15. LOCAL LACONICS i Many Whites on Chaingang. | That there were more white men on | the county chaingang at the present [j time than he h;yl ever known before, ' was the statement made by?Supervlsor '[Hugh G. Brown yesterday. The total j number, of white men on the gang - '".nntv.Mnn and in addition to I IIOW in ini.ii>j-"?v | these there arc thirty negro men. Bullock's Creel! Church. The congregation of 1 hillock's Crock J church are making arrangements to i put n new roof on the building and to j do other needed repair work. Imi provemenls which are now being made 1 to the parsonage, at Bullock's Creek j have not been completed, according to I the contractor, W.' i.. Wallace; butthe ' being pushed as rapidly as possible. Checking the Books. ? The books of the various' county ' offices were carefully cheeked by state auditors this week. It was nunc tliani the old time supertieial checking. In j | fact it was a careful going over of' every invoice and every voucher and included a strict examination into thej I rash of the county treasurer. The I auditors will report to the comptroller | general. Overhead Bridge at Roddey's Hock Hill Herald. Thursday: rserrotary Howell has received information j from I lie slate railroad commission to I .the effect that the Southern railway I ; has Hirnpuneert its purpose t<? start t j work on the overhead bridge near > lioddey station as soon after the first i ) of the year as material can he assent- I hied. The overhead bridge will eliminate a dangerous grade crossing and i will make, available a stretch of road that cannot be used at present. Woman's Exchange Burned. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: The Woman's Exchange, conducted by Mrs. B. C. Rnrpes and Mrs. Arthur I Moore, located on Oakland avenue be- i yond Winthrop college, was destroyed | by tire last evening at 7 o'clock. Tiie j building was only recently erected and was a total loss. All the furnishings I were burned. It is understood the in- i surance will only partially cover the loss sustained. The origin of the fire is not known, but it ts sup,?08cd to have started l'rtjm the stove. It is probable the exchange will reopen. Must Make New Contract. Now that the state highway department has recommended Federal aid in the sum of $10,000 for the West road from Smyrna to\yard the county seat, it will be necessary to make a new road contract, a member of .the road commission stated Wednesday. The work htis been completed to the corporate limits of the - town of Hickory Grove and money available i^ about exhausted. Just when the new-.contract is made depends upon when the. Federal authorities get busy. To Take Over Blue Buckle. The Industrial Cotton Willis companv was chartered* at Richmond, Va., Wednesday with the authority to Issue a maximum of 20,000 shares of preferred stock at $100 a share and 29,000 shares of common stock of no specified par value. Alexander Long of Rock Hill. S. C., was elected as president, and L. 11. Cauthen of Rock Hill, as secretary. The declared, purpose of the company is to tal^e over and operate I the Blue Buckle cotton mills atr Rock Hill, rqrmeriy a suosiuu.ry luiu^ui, *,? the Jobbers' Ovorall company of Lynchburg,-Va., which failed last year. The new concern is authorized under its charter to manufacture and deal in cotton tixtiles of all kinds. Taken to knoxville. Officer J. R. Tuton of Knoxville', Tenn., was in Yorkville today for the purpose of carrying J. A. Bennett alias J. A. Beavers back to Knoxville, where he is to stand trial on the charge of theft of an automobile Bennett or Beavers, it will be recalled, was sentenced to serve sixty days on the county chaingang by. Magistrate Quinn of Clover following his beating of a billboard for his wife and himsell at a well known Clovdr hotel. After he got In trouble at Clover the sistei of his wife came to Yorkville from hei home in Virginia and carried Mrs Bennett or Beavers back home. The man is also believed to be a desertei from the United States army. Abernethy Gives Bond. Neil Abernethy, white was arrested near Hickory, N. C., this week bj Sheriff Quinn and other Officers anc gave bond in the sum of $200 for his appearance at the court of geneml sessions next week to answeor a. charge oi violation of the prohibition laws .Abernethy with a man named Wilsor had-for some months been operating a sawmill as a blindtiger and a distillery as a business In Fort Mill township, according to the sheriff. Thcii place was raided several weeks agt and a keg containing more than 5( gallons of liquor was captured In th< yard. The two men escaped and Wilson is still at large. Abernethy tolc the sheriff after depositing a $200 casl bond that he would hardly appear foi trial although he claimed that th< liquor iielnngetl to yie other man. Fort Mill Juniors. The Fort Mill council of the Junto) Order on Tuesday night held an onthusiastiV meeting, when.the degrees were conferred and an oyster suppei topped the activities of the everting There was a large number 1 of tin members present and several member.' of the order at Rock Hill were over t( issi.st in the exemplification of th< work. After the initiation, trie members repaired to the armory of th? Fort Mill military company, the Ton TJnil Guards, and a plenteous supply of oyster stew was provided. Dr. J W. rt. Dyches was toastmastcr ant there were*brief talks by a numbei present, following which Dr. Dyches made a splendid address, in which h< urged that the members make themselves thoroughly familiar with the principles of the order ana men si^ivt to live in accordance with the teachings of Junioristn. War Finance Money. Rock Hill Herald: C. U Cobb returned this morning from Columbia where, last night, he attended a meeting of the South' Carolina Agoncy ol 4^he War Finance Corporation, at which meeting loans of around* $850,OOP by the war finance board were approved, while tentative appropriation.? for around ?200.000 more were received and will be-passed upon at the next meeting of the committee. In all the South Carolina agency has approved loans of more thaa $2,000,000' since it was organized only a few weeks age, The war finance hoard has an unlimited amount of money to lie used In assisting in the orderly marketing of farm products, including livestock, hut in South Carolina mpst of the product is cotton. No loans are made di rect to farmers, but through banks applying funds to aid them in caring for the legitimate needs of the farmers of their respective communities. Mr. Cobb stated this morning the indications were that a large number of banks would take advantage of the loans offered through the war finance board, not only on account of the rate of interest, but becaustj of the length of the loan. The loans are for six months, and In some cases^ for 12 months, but with a higher interest I rate for the longer period. The committee is anticipating a heavy demand for funds between now rind the first of the year. All loans in this state are handled by the South Carolina agency, which passes on the applications and collateral and approves and makes recommendations of the War Finance Corporation. The meetings are held frequently in Columbia, that all applications may receive prompt' attention. The members of the committee are: , J. Pope Matthews, Columbia, ehairj man: Wnt. Barnwell, Columbia, vice I chairman: \V. Latta Haw, secretary: I C. L. Cobb, ltnck Hill: H. "L. McColl, Bennettsville; J. C. Self, Greenwood. ! The Lynching Problem.?Statistics, ".-'lim- m a N'ew York letter, have been compiled to show that during 10 I months of this year 5^ persons were lyncmd in the t'nited States. Four white, -is were negroes. Ono was a woman. I*ist vrar f?S were-lynched, including eight white persons and one woman. Theje were *3 lynchings in 1919, including siy white persons and one woman. In 1918 there were f>7 lynchings. four of the victims being white. "We cannot claim to be civilized," says Congressman 1,. C. Dyer of St. Louis, "until our citizens are secured against the hideous cruelties of which we are constantly furnishing fresh examples." Congressman Dyer is author of the anti-lynehing bill, introduced last April. In October it was favorably reported by the judiciary committee^ The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is hacking the bill. It is heralded as the one rlub that ran ejirb lynching. / . y __These are the penalties for lynching prescribed by the,Dyer bill: Imprisonment fpr from five years to life for any member of a mob that puts to death any guilty or innocent person. " , Five years In prison or $5,000 fine or A both, /6r any state or municipal officer who neglects to protect a prisoner from mob violence. Forfeit of $10,000 by .any county in I which a person is lynched: the money ? [ to be given to the victim's family or dependents, or in lieu of them j?aid into the United States treasury. Itadical national legislation is necessary, proponents of the bill argue, hecause states have failed to stop lynching. . 1 ? s RFAOWINfi INTO YORK. I I. 1 Gaston People See Significance of Better Roads. Announcement is made by 'county road authorities that the New Hope road is the next o? the main highways of the county to be hardsurfaced. Beginning at the, N, C. Orthopaedic hospital, the road will be worked over. The work of resurfacing and coating v the old macadam base wjth a bitulithic top will probably extend as far as the South Carolina line. If this plan is. carried out there will be a wonderful, increase in the trade that comes to Gestonla from the northeastern section of York county. The bridge across the .Catawba connecting York and Mecklenburg counties will naturally draw a great deal toward^Charlotte, still, these people > j feel nearer Gastonia and they will do the bulk of their trading here, espej clally if there is t\ hard-surfaced road i from their door. ? The roads in thl3 section of Yofk | and Gaston counties where there is r<> ! macadam or improved sajld-clay are fierce when winter weather comes, Thte red hilM are ain)ost impassable after the heavy winter rains set In. A hardsurfaced road to the very door of these South Carolina foljca means a lot to | Gastonia merchants. * " j Another part ?f York -county, the * northern edge, is already touched by North Carolina good roads, and people from Clover, Bethel, Bowling Green' | and Bethnny are within easy auto dls. tance of this natural trade center. - Striking in this other direction will ' open up another good territory which . has been held away from Gastonia by bad roads.?Gastonia Gazette. t v" i m i # AIR, RAFT DEVELOPMENT. ' - tmmamwm # Why America 'Has Not Included It In : Disarmament. I Decision of the American delegation . to the conference on limitation of arI moments to exelude air craft from j proposals for reduction and future limitation of naval forces goes deeper f for its reasons than Secretary Hughes indicated in hia_.?tatement. He said . ' j merely that the ready convertibility of r commercial aircraft to war purposes 'J made the writing' W aircraft limitation | impractical. Be^rnd that obvious p fact, however, lies the desire of every < nation that no impediment should be j placed in the way of development of j air navigation 'for the benefit of all ? mankind. ' j Giant strides in the air were made j by all powers under war impetus. r Upth ip gas-carriod craft and in roa, cnines thatNtely on lifting powjsr of " tilted planes, things were done undreamed of a few months before they were accorrAlisho'd. All the economic ? barriers that hem in peace time developments wore-swept aside by the ' urgent needs of war. Dollars and cents did not matter. ' / 1 But back again to ddys of peace, air-. ' craft develonmeht is moving at a snail's pace &11 over the world. The place of air navigation in the commer- , , cial scheme of things is not established on any profitable basis and ft I governments do not carry on the exJ perimental work in connection with r armies and navies, the newest and most promising field of transportation j probably woultl be neglected for . years. This is the view taken by army and , navy officials in the~Unite<l states ana it is reflected as the American propos- ' [ a! moves along, that rides to limit tho ; use of air craft, to curb bombing of defenseless cities and civilian non-combatants, hospitals and the like in war will be written. "vThere is a definite place for that oa the agenda, but no government could look- with favor 'on any project that 1 would tend to discourage inventors and , public and private enterprise from v 1 combing the possibilities of air routes to find cheap, fast methods of communication and transport. . ' As to convertibility, it is apparent i offhand, offlceYs say, that any plane , capable of carrying the mail or any other burden could be loaded with ' bombs for war purposes, equipped ; with machine guns and otherwise be put into fighting shape in a matter of hours, Without any change whatever, a'commercial plane ,would become imI mediately available in war for the prime purpose as yet of military and naval aircraft, scouting to locate enemy positions of land or sea. Xaval officials are far from satisfied | that aircraft had reached a point , where the old time surface Craft of the battle ljnt^Jiave lost their importance as the main reliance in war at sea; but they admft that air development had added new factors to the game of war and that in the future may lie such ohituA arfvancM in air work as may in : fact wholly revolutionize naval warj fare. American observers expect no serious proposal during the conference for any form of aircraft limitation that would inhibit such development. LIQUOR IN THE HOME. Search Warrant Can Be Issued Only on Proof of Selling. A ruling: which may have vital bearj ing upon the disposition of a number < * ' of liquor oatees now on docket in the j Greenville county court was made by .Judge M. P. Ansel this morntng. He , held that'cases made against persons charged with- violation of the state prohibition law where search warrants In private dwellings are employed, without proof that there has been selling of whisky, are- illegal under the Federal law. The question as to tho validity of such cases was brought up ' when v. G. Yyche,. council for Katie I Singleton, charged with violation of I the state prohibition law. moved irnn a verdict of not guilty l>e directed" for j his client. After deliberating upon seci tiuns of law cited to him, Judge AnseV ; directed a verdict of not guilty for the woman. ! - \ The substance and effect of the court's ruling is that before a search warrant can be issued to search a prii vate dwelling there must be proof in the form of an affidavit to The effect that the residence' has been used for the sale of whisky. Search warrants used to search private dwellings where liquor may be stored and where there is no proof that there has been sale of liquor, make eases brought into court after the use of search warrants under these conditions, invalid under " ' ' * ?' I.?. 1 rrrt An reoerai i;iw, awuium^ iu uuv,ftv. j sol's rulinv. Judge Ansel's ruling Is based upon a section of the national prohibition act, cited in the case of the United States against Kelih which was tried in the I ~