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?ctapS and facts'. ? Exports of cotton cloths from the United States decreased by 17 per cent. In November as compared with October, while exports of the same commodity from Great Britain Increased by about 21,000,000 yards, according: to a statement issued Friday night by the commerce department. Exports of . cotton cloth from this country to such wiofUft? a? rh? PhilioDin<? Islands. Cen 'tral America and Haiti, however, showed greater activity. November exports of cotton cloths from this country totalled 53,000,000 yards, against 64,000, > 000 yards in October while similar exports from the United Kingdom during November amounted to 364,000,000 yards as against 343,000,000 yards in October. Sj ? The arms conference begins the c | new year with most of its members "j ? looking towards a final adjournment > two weeks hence, despite the prospect of having yet to clear away several troublesome issues. One of the American delegates predicted Sunday that P Si **>0 flw power naval limitation treaty would be put into final form during 1V the coming week, and that in the, week fallowing a settlement would be effect* ed covering the Par Eastern field. The v' same expectation was echoed in the foreign delegation, most of whose members already have made definite nlnn? to leave Washington about mid January. A tendency to press the negotiations to a conclusion, even if some of the original hopes for accomplishment have to go by the board, is evident now In many quarters. The ' delegates are said to feel that seven weeks of discussion have quite fully developed the national viewpoint of all the powers and that little Is to be gained now by prolonging debate on points that hrfve brought to light seri- | ' otia 'divisions of opinion. ' ? George L.^Oles. who took office as mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, last Saturday night at midnight, issued an ofjbn letter in which he warned wrongdoers that they had until January 7 to "love up, drink up, pack up and nrfov?, or behave." The letter to the underworld said in part: "1 am going to give; the underworld of this city one week's; notice to love up, drink up. pack up and move or behave. I am going to give you this week's grace because 1 feel down in my heart that it would tje a shame to pull you all In and take*the last do!lar from you in lines and fill our jails to overflowing. Therefore I am going to give you this notice. 1 want to state right here that on the 7th day of January at 12 o'clock the lid is going, on. It makes no difference who you are, how much pull you have, how well you know me or what you think you can do. There will be no excuse accepted or leniency extended to any one. Tfils inciuaes an iwntBucg mm. ..rt , the proceeds of the underworld. In fact j this includes everyone that is not a law abiding citizen. Pass this word to your | friends, as there will be no t xcuses j taken under any consideration." . ?City and county authorities had made little headway they reported Frl-1 day in an effort to run down members of a masked mob who lured \V. E. Tumlln. well known Birmingham attorney to Red Mountain, Tuesday ntglit and beat him until b'ood streamed fi on a score of lacerr tions on his body. Tumlln was enticed .'rom his office by a youth who pretended that the lawyer was wanted by a patient in a Red! l' Mountain sanitarium to draw up a will, j 11 When he had reached a lonely spot in the hills, Tumlln reported to Solicitor Tgte he was seized by masked men, who bound and gagged him. The lawyer reported to S#!teltor Tatf that he told he -nttwt pronUsA^to remarry his divorced wife, or death would be immediately inflicted. He refused to make such promise, according to his r 'port- to the prosecuting attorney and the mob set upon him with laths. After the beating, the members of the mob departed, leaving him too weak to walk for some time. He finally found his way back to a telephone, where he summoned aid. As soon as he was able Saturday, he reported the matter to the authorities. Records in the chancery division of the circuit court showed that on October 19, 1921, a decree of absolute divorce was granted Tumlin on the grounds of cruelty and voluntary abandmonment. ? Father Knickerbocker turned his pockets inside out Sunday to pay the piper for piping in the New Year amidst a Volster-d-defying celebration ( that overspread Manhattan from Harlem to the battery. There were many ^.casualties. Police records enumerated four violent deaths attributable to holiday overindulgence. 16 men and women in hospitals with gunshot or knife wounds, a half dozen persons poisoned by bad liquor and scores of Summons sefved by members of the dry squad of 200 who attempted to make it the driest New Year's eve Broadway had even seen. Between midnight and 2 o'clock 12 raids by prohibition officers' were reported, including a decent on Reisenweber's at Fiftyeighth street and Eighteenth avenue sii. end similar inteiference with the festivities at a. half dozen Greenwich village tea looms. Opinions differed on whether the prohibitionist^ succeeded J The Evening Telegram described the j night as a "celebration which rivalled 1 the wildest pre-prohibitlon drtvs/' ! William H. Anderson, head qf the state Anti-Saloon league, however, said that "although wetter than the Sahara desert. New York was far drier last night than it has been on other holidays." Prohibition agents, he added, | followed the line of least resistance and did not interfere with those who "carried their own." A more rigid enforcement of the law, he assured. would nave caused ino muni j-n?-uuu against the law." "Conditions." he summed up. "in the freest place in the country on the freest night of the year showed a big improvement; over any previous New Year's eve since enactment of the Volstead act." Hundreds of churches held watch night, services that drew immense audiences without seemlpg to detract from the throngs that enfly took possession of reserved tables in thousands of hotels, cafes ' and restaurants. ? According to the records compiled w'- at Tuskegee Institute by the depart'. ment of Records and Research. Monroe N. Work, in charge, there were 72 instances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings. Of these S were in Northern States rind 64 in South- I ern States. In 1920 there were 56 such ! instances. 46 in Southern and 10 in 1 Northern States. In 66 of the cases, the prisoners w^ie removed, or the guards were augmented, or other precautions taken. In 6 instances armed j force was used to repel the would tie j lynchers. Concerning the cases of bitching, there were 19 instances in i which prisoners were taken from the jail and 16 instances in which, before reaching a jail, they were taken from officers of the law. There were 63 persons lynched in 1921. Of these, 62 were in the South and 1 in the North. This is two more than the number, 61 j for the year 1920. Of those lynched f>9 j were negroes and 1 were whites. Two *of those put to death were negro wo- I men. Nineteen, or less than one third J of those put to death, were charged | with rape or attempted rape. Four of j the victims were burned to death. ! Three were put to death and then I their bodies were burned. The charges; against those burned to death were: | k murder, > t? irape? and- murder, g. The offences charged against the whites, were: murder, S; rape, I. One cf the women put to death was charged with assisting a man to escape who had killed an officer of the law. The other was charged with inciting racial troubles. The offenses charged against the negro men were: murder, 11; attempted murder, 3; rape, 15; attempted rape, 3; killing man in altercation, 4; no special charge. 3; wounding men, 4; fnrniu),in?r Ammunition to man l 'sist- j ing arrest, 2; leaders in race cla: h', 2; charge not reported, 3; assisting man to escape who had killed offic ?r of law, 1; making* improper remarks to women, 1; threatening* to kill another, 1; entering young woman's roo n, 1; insulting woman, 1; writing nt to to woman. 1: attacking man and woman 1. The states ip which lynchlni s occurred aud the number in each state are as follows: Alabama. 2; Ark Msas, 6; Florida, 5; Georgia, 11; Ken ucky, 1; Louisiana, 5; Mississippi, 14; Missouri. 1; North ' Carolina. 4; Jouth [, Carolina, 5; Tennessee, 1; Tei; ifc, 7; Virginia, 1. ftht 3jorkriltt (fnq?l frr. Entered at the Postofflce at Tort, as Mall Matter of th) Second C-asa. f . TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1922. Happy new year to you! '# ? " ? It* wo will only do the best we can with it, 1922 will be a fine year: ' m . j. In behalf of its readers The Yorkville Enquirer desires to thank Congressman Stevenson for his close-up view of the arms conference. Knowing Mr. Stevenson as we all do, ve are prepared to accept his picture of the conference very much as thourh we might have seen It for ourselves. That all of the readers of The Yorkvi le Enquirer found Mr. Stevenson's article very instructive as well as interesting, goes without saying. "With tiiis issue The Yorkville Enquirer begins its C8th year. Counting from the birth of the Pioneer out of which The Yorkville Enquirer developed. the paper has commenced on its ninetieth year. The highest and best social, political, cbmmercial and industrial welfare of the people of York county has always been the inspiration und the guide of th$ publications of this paper, and this is the end to which it will continue to strive. ? * Yes, the United States has most of the gold of the world and a mortgage ? rtn?lvw>i?<a Ktnirnatioo* % ? prevails throughout the balance of the world because it is so heavily in debt, and uiuble to get the gold tylth which to pay those debts. Business stagnation prevails throughout the United States because we are afraid that if we should let loose our gold for "he development of enterprise and industry, It will pass into the hands of the other follow. It is indeed a strange and unusual situation a fid the end ol' it no man can tell. It seoms practically certain that the senate will not ratify the recently signed four-power treaty. The treaty is open to all the objections that were urged against the League of Nations covenant, and the Republicans t re unable to ratify it even for party purposes without stultifying themselves to an extent to which they are reluc-ant to go. There is in the proposition lots of objection by the Democrats. Tie fact of the matter is that it is only i weak imitation of the League of Notiois pact that was made the paramount issue of the last campaign, and which was defeated not so much because there were nation-wide objections to it as because the Republicans, who are largely in the majority, had whipped themselves into cooperation for the control of the government. As the situation now stands, there seems to be possibility that the country may kick out the Republican majority in an effort to secure a ratification of the old league pact. ? Drafting of the new 1921 income tax return form for incomes of $5,000 or less has been completed by the tax .simplification board, or which J. H. Ileal of Pittsburgh is chairman, it was said Sunday night at the treasury. The new forms, which are regarded as much more simple and less confusing than those in use last year, have gone to the printers and probably will be ready for distribution'about January 15. From 15,000,000 to 20,000.000 copies of the new forms are being printed and it is estimated "that 35 freight cars will be required to send them' to internal revenue collectors throughout the country. Efforts:- to simplify Form 1040-?which is the form used by the average taxpayer? has resulted in reducing the number of pages from six to four and in eliminating the block system of retwn utilized in 1920, which was said to be confusing to the great majority of taxpayers who had income from only one or two sources. The Internal revenue bureau estimated 70 per cent, of the persons using the $5,000, form have income from only salaries and wages and possibly interest and have few deductions to make from that income. The new form will require taxpayers to list on the first page the amounts of income received from a number of sources and then form the total of these amounts to deduct the amounts to which they are legally entitled, the balance being the taxable net income. The second page will require certain information from persons receiving income from specified sources, such as a business carried on by the taxpayer, and the third and fourth pages are devoted to instructions. By reducing the form to four ?>aires the bonfd has eliminated the , duplicate or "work sheet" of the 1920 form but it was explained if taxpayers wish to keep a copy of their returns sufficient' forms will be available for duplicates lo be obtained. LOCAL. AFFAIR S, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. First National Bank of Sharon? Caterpillar tractor for sale. Rev. \V. A. Tobin, Rock Hill?Catholic books sent free on application. J. M. Stroup?During 1922 buy at Stroup's. Southerland-Wakefleld Co., Charlotte? Human Interest Story No. 3. Peoples Furniture Co.?Here's our best. Cloud Cash Store, Rock Hill?We sincerely thank. Liberty Service station?Gasoline. A. M. McGill, Administrative Superln4 J ?Vnrtr Pmittf V ICUUl'IIl ilUUVV tv A Wi i? w- ?? Sunday School superintendents. Carroll Bros.?Votnn coffee. Jamison's Bakery?Buy bread fresh every day. Tlje, Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manag^r-Mva'irace Reld in the "Jyove special" today. , Sam M- and S. E. Grist?You arc a free agent. York. Supp'y Co.?Prosperous New ~ Year to everybody. * Cash and C.lrry Company?A happy new year. Peoples Bank and Trust Co.?Statement of Condition. Lyon Manufacturing Company?Mus vfftirg: Uaimqht.. Jofn Joweiry Co., Rock Hill?During 1922. All subscribers to The Yorkvillc Enquirer get today's issue and next Friday's issue. After that all subscriptions are discontinued in accordance with the date on the label. Subscribers who desire their papers to go on should examine their labels. Those who do not desire their papers to go on need not bother. THE MARRIAGE RECORD Since the last publication of thfi record in Tho Yorkvllle Enquirer, tho following marriage licenses have been issued by the judge of probate to tho following: Dee. 29?A. J. Quinn and Emma Currer.ce, Clover. Dec. 29?-John Winchester and Pa. . /X. % -.1 a f'borlotfn cnei cnamoers, vviuicu, vnuin<v?, Dec. 30?Tom. Hemphill and llaehel Sanders, colored, Rock Hill. Dec/ 31?Carl Grier antl l>ssie Rice, colored, H iekory Grove. , Dec. 31?Frank H. Rurgin, Moore, Suartanburg county and Mlttie Man Caldwell, Rock Hill. WITHOUT CONSENT. As to whether Magistrate A. J. Quinn had the consent of his father to marry before the actual performance of the ceremony, Is not exactly clear. The father, Mr. Felix Quinn, was in the street corner crowd last Thursday night, along with John, Fred, Choa1:, Tom, Bob, Albert and Dever; but that does not settle the parental conser.t question. Mr. Martin Dixon of Clover, asked Mr. Felix Quinn a week or two ago as to the truth of the rumors about Andy's approaching marriage. "Why, he has never asked me anything about It," said the Elder Mr. Quinn, "and of course it must be a mistake." REAL ESTATE TRAN8FER8 Real estate transfers have been In dexed in ine onice 01 me uvuuy ???. ?.* ? * ? , TJ ' v i' '? * * 1 ' ' if* tor as follows: Beth#l?J. W. 'Ferguson to J. C. Ferguson and A. D. Parh&m, 86 3-S acres, $2,000. Hugh P. Miller and Annie O. Miller to Butler Robins, William Holland and Robert Tate, Trustees of Mt. Olivet Holiness church, 1 acre, $140. Bethesda?A. R. McElhaney, to Mr*, j Alma T. McElhaney, 142 1-2 acres, $1 and other valuable considerations. Quay Hill and Atmon Erwln an! Charlie Erwln 168 1-3 acres, $20) right, title and interest, Catawba?Isabella H. Wilson to A. AJ Munn, 1 lot, $650. Kings Mountain?C. T. Thomas t> Charlie Adams and Henrietta Adams, 3 lots. $90. R. E. Watterson to M. A. Patterson, 25 acres. $637.50. M. A. Patterson and A. Hiph Patterson to R. E. Watterson, 25 acres, $712.50. York?M. W. White and Mrs. M. P. White to John Crawford, 50 acres, $250 and other considerations, TAX COLLECTIONS, ' The annual rush of eleventh hour taxpayers In the treasurer's office was the feature of last Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the courthouse. Taxpayers came in crowds and for hours ut a time the lobby between the offices of the auditor and treasurer was crowded, while checks and currency were being exchanged- for receipts through the two wickets irito the office of the treasurer. Treasurer Neil remained ia his office until a late hour Saturday -night, accommodating all comers as long as they continued to come. ? Many thousands of dollars were taken in during the last days of the wcekl through the wickets; but with tlio, bushels of mail that also came, in, much of it still to be worked up. the *e ? - ?!..lnn. finviMno* tike f II Was II" ill lit mh nv uiij accurate estimate as to the. total collections. > More than three thousand, dog' license tags were paid for directly to the treasurer, and although Mr. Nell had no definite way of estimating yesterxlay, he said that when he got his mail worked up it would probably show between 3,500 and 4,000 of such licenses. RELEASED ON BOND Robert McGinnis was released from Jail-last Sunday'on bonds amounting to 1225?-$35 to tl e town and $200 to the state for his appearance at the April term of the court. At the November term of the court McGinnis plead guilty to assault and battery with intent to kill F. L. Hiflnant, pleading as his reason for tlxr offense crazed condition from drink. Judge Rice imposed a sentence of 18 months on the chair.gang, the sentence to be suspended indefinitely unless the defendant should again allow himself to get under the influence of whisky. On Saturday the 24th instant McGinnis was arrested on complaints charging him with being drunk and disoiderly on Friday night the 23rd instant. and upon conviction by a jury in the police court on Wednesday the28th instant, Mayor Hall imposed a. sentence of $1 or 1 day in jail, from which conviction and sentence McGinnis appealed to the court of gcneraL sessions, his bond being fix?d at $25. After the conviction of McGinnis in. the police court, upon instructions from Solicitor Henry, Sheriff Quinn rearrested McGinnis and held, him for the court of general sessions in the sum of $200. The required bond was arranged oil Sunday. McGinnis did not deny the charg? of drunkenness in the police court; byt attempted to>show that the-motive afi. the prospecution was spite work. -fJl?. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Everybody was inclined to behave this Christmas. "Wo did not make a single arrest between Christmas day and New Year's'day," said Chief of Police It. E. Steele yesterday. ? Fanners in this vicinity were not inclined to sell much cotton during the week following' Christmas, only thirteen bales being sold in Yorkville last week according to R. E. McClurc, public weigher for the town. ? The horse traders from various parts or tne county were in jorKvmu yesterday on account of first Monday, as usual. However, there was not a great deal of business done, among . them. i ?J. S. Erice,' Esq., is occupying the I office formerly occupied by C. E. Spcn1 fcer;?and?DP. g. D.'McDowell, formerly in the^Vllson building, has moved into the offices Irt-fhe Peoples Bank and | Trust company's building, formerly occupied by Mr. Brice. ? Building materials to be used in construction pf the new high school! building for YorkvHle have begun < to! arrive, according to Mr. F. Erwin Moore of the Logan Lumber Yard. Good progress is being mado on the necessary excavation work. ? Althoup.h there were quite a number of negroes in town yesterday for the Emancipation day,celebration, the usual parade was dispensed with. Exexercises were held in the colored Methodist church, wh.ore the address was delivered by Rev. C. N. Miller. R.< WVWurd was chairman of the com-! inittee of arrangements. ? Louis Feinstein, formerly engaged in the mercantile business in Abbeville, S. C. has moved to Yorkville and has taken over the dry goods store of Nathan Feinstein and David Krivis, these two having moved to Chicago, ill., where they will make their home in future. Mr. Ixmis Feinstein and family are living in a house on the extension of East Liberty street, the property of W. M. McConnell. ? I^irc believed to have been caused b>;a defective flue destroyed the home of Rev. lb. F. Colvin, a colored Baptist minister of Yorkville, about 9 o'clock Sunday morning. Thf fire department responded as soon as the alarm was given but were unable to save the dwelling which was situated on i'inckney street on the outskirts of town. Most of the household goods were saved. I ?York Lodge No. 1061, Loyal Order I OT Moosq 18 u> cnieriain hm own. u.v...bers and the members of Rock Hill Lodge of the order at a luncheon in the lodge hall in tho Stroup building here tonight. In addition to the luncheon several candidates are to be initiated into the mysteries of tho order. D. L. Moss of the Rock Hill Lodge is expected to make a talk about a trip he recently made to Moosehenrt, 111., where the great orphanage of the order is located. A number of -other short talks will bo made and a large attendance of members of the local lodge as well as many visitors from Rock Hill are expected. ? The' thermometer was down around 17 early yesterday morning and .everybody was agreed that the morning was tho coldest of the year while more than one old inhabitant remarked as ho rubbed his hands on his knees that "this is about tho coldest morning I've knowed In years." There vrwje> many frozen water pipes and the _aeryicce of plumbers were in demit) d~ The freeze was r.ot confined, to water pipes alone. There were sfyernkipeople around' who tlidn't thinlt to Tot the water ouf of Their automobile radiators, and a number of hursted cylinder heads were also reported yesterday.. . < * ABOUT PEOPLE [ Little Boyce Cjtidwcll Is quite sick with nneumonia. | Sprau Moore of Rook Hill, visited j Rudolph Logan in Yorkvllle, this week. Miss Rachel Wylie of Yorkvllle spent the week-end In Spartanburg. Joe Foster of Rock Ilill, was a recent I visitor in Yorkvllle. Miss Leanora. Henderson of Charlotte, visited Miss Alice Inman, in Yorkvllle, last week. Miss Thclmn Inman of Yorkvllle, visited her sister, Mrs. E. M. Stanton, in Chnrlotto, this week. Miss Elizabeth Carroll of Yorkville. visited relatives nnd friends in Rock Hill, this week. Rev. W. W. Arrowood of Tazewell, Va., recently Visited relatives in Sharon. Miss Ilnttie McAfee of Atlanta, is visiting the family of Mr. 1?. li. McAfee in Yorkville. Mrs. J. II. B. Jenkins, Jr., and children have returned, from a visit to relatives at Grover, S. C.Mrs. Walter MoElwce and children of Cover, spent Sunday with the family of Mr. B. M. Love, in Yorkville. Mr. Harry Bjrgess of Furrnan University, Greenville, was a visitor in Sharon, last week. Howard. -Riggers of Filbert has taken a position as clerk at the Shandon Hotel. Dr. and Mrs. C. 13. Draff in, of ColJ umbia spent Sunday in Yorkville with Mr. and Mrs. It. E. (juinn. Mr. J. P. Klnard, Jr. of Rock Hill spent Sunday in Yorkville with Mr. J. W. Quinn, Jr. Mrs. George Plexico of Sharon, is undergoing treatment in a Charlotte hospital. Mrs. T. W. Brown of Atlanta, has been spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs. H. L. White, of Filbert. William Carroll of Heath Springs, visited the family of his father, Mr. C. j A. Carroll on York So. 7 last week. Mr. ancl Mrs. W. L. Jamison and family of Yorkville spent Sunday with the family of Mr. C. It. Simmons in Lancaster. John S. Walliicc oC Pagpland, S. C., visited the famftly of his father, Mr. George R. Wallace on York No. 2, last I week. I'aul Burgess of the University of J South Carolina, Columbia, recently i visited his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Love, at Sharon. Mr. and M s. A. II. Collins and little son, .John, of Charlotte, spent the hot-! idays withe the family of Mr. John C.J Dickson on York No. 1. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Cummings of| Columbia, spent the holidays with Mr. .and Mrs. John C. Dickson, on York II. P. D. No. 1. Miss Edna'Fecmster of the Montreal Normal school, lias been spending the holidays with Iter parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. I'Yo.mst* r of McConncJIsville. Mr. M. Shlo'ds Dickson has returned to the Presbyterian college, Clinton, | after spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dickson on York No. j. Miss Louise Nichols of Khenestor lias returned home after a visit to the family of Mr. W. W. Barron in York- | ville. Mr. J. Z. Stowo of Filbert. Xn. l. Ins' moved his (amity to York ville and they j are occupying the Crosby house on Lin-1 coin street. Mr. Stowe is in the employ j of the Logan Lumber yard. Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Bowers and little I daughter of Oreenvillo, have returned home after spending the holidays with the family of Mr. W. S. Love, of Sharon. Mr. J. N. Roberts, formerly of York county: but for many years a resident of McAdenville, N. C., and much of the time mayor of the-town, had a stroke of paralysis last week and at last accounts his condition was quite serious. Rock Ilill Herald, Jan. 2: Dr. F. W. Gregg, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will leave this week for New York, where he will take a four week's course in the White Bible School. The trip is a gift to Mr. Gregg from a numKni? nf man r\f hie onn fvr??trn firm Rev. F. A. Liles, for more than a year past the pastor of Charlotte I Street Baptist church, loaves this week for MayesviUo, N. C., with his Mmlly, where he will become'ipaslor of the I Baptist church at that place. During his stay In Yorkville. Reyv IJlHi and his family have rrtadf' rhifnyfiends who will regret to learn'of Their departure. Rock Hill Record, Montfiy: Dr. W. W. Fennell is the proud recipient of an j autograph lotter from the 'greatest llv- j lng American, v ex-President Wood row Wilson, in whi^ hVr apd ,11 rs. Wilson' express chrdlal'thdnks to Dr. arid. Mrs. Fennell for the gift of a fine turkey sent by them to the cx-pro?ident for his Christmas .dini.er. The letter is signed by Mr. Wilson Mrs. J. L. Byrd und family will return to Jefferson tomorrow after spending the holidays here with the former'.s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. B. Jenkins. Mrs. Byrd and children expect to leave shortly to join Mr. Byrd in California, whore they will make their home in the future. LOCAL LACONICS Car Goes up in Flames. A Chevrolet touring car, the property of M. Stowe Turner of Yorkvillo, was destroyed by lire last .night near Rook Hill, Insurance was carried on the car. V ' Many Licenses Issued. Up to January 1, 102? a total of G.<H4 marriage licenses had been issued in York county since the state .law requiring marriage licenses became effective Ju'.v 1. 11)11. No Legal Sales. There were no legal sales before the courthouse door yesterdny morning. One parcel of property which had been advertised for sale by Clerk of Court McMackin was railed oft prior to the advertised hour of sale, satisfactory settlement having lieeti made. The sheriff had no.sales. Touring Car Burned. An Auburn touring car, the property of J. C. Ihirrott of Yorkville and driven by his son, Lindsay Parrott was destroyed by fir,o last Tuesday I morning near the home of Oscar Bnr ! gess on York No. 3. The ortgln or me fire is unknown. Insurance wns carried on the car.. ' . >. Rev. Oates in Rock HMl. Rev. J. L. Ontes, D. I)., pastor of the Yorkville A. R. P. cT.ureh was the principal speaker at a meeting of the Federation of Men's Bible Classes of'Rock Hill held in the First Baptist church in that city Sunday afternoon. Eleven Blbie classes representative of the dif* ferent churches of the city are included in the Federation, the total membership being about 2fi0. Rev. Mr. Oaten was heard with interest by his large audience., Back to Clover. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Quint), who wore murried on) tha principal street corner in Qlpt^r last Thursday night, did not go very teLr. They merely drove up to GastonJa, and came back to Clover in a round-about way, arriving home at about 10:30 o'clock. The trip was all a blind to escape the anticipated ragging and tormenting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Quinn will for the present live with Mrs. Quinn's purcnts. Rock Hill Municipal Race. With thrt election but nine days away there are vol only two candidates out .for mayor of Rook Hill, and it looks now that there is little or no probability of a daik horse coming in as was talked some time ago. There are live aspirants for the office of councl'man, two of whom will he. elected on January 12. There Is much interest in the election and scores of Rock Hill citizens rushed to pay their Iuxps before January 1, in order that they might vote in the election. | Car Dcstroyod by Fire. r"?>? ?... rnltiA/l n) 'ihoilt All IVtlHIIl iwiuinf, uai vuiuvu uv ' ? $1,700, the property of II. I'. Keeter of Grover, N. 0., was destroyed by lire 01 unknown origin yesterday morning about C o'clock. The tire occurred on the King's Mountain road pear the R. X. Moore place, about two.miles north of Vorkville. Mr. Keeter had spent Sunday night with the family of his brother-in-law, Mr. J. II. It. Jenkins, Jr., in Yorkvillo. He was proceeding early yesterday morning to his home at Grover, when the automobile hurst out. in flatne, the driver having barely time to remove a suit ease front the rear seat. The ear had been in use about two months. It was insured. Negro Gamblers Arrested. Seven negro gamblers were arrested Saturday night by Magistrate F. C. lilack of York township with the as: sistance of Guards John and Jim Rohi inson and Ren ltriggs of the York i county chaingang. The gamblers who I were engaged in the popular negro game of "craps" were in the home of Will Turner who lives near the chaingang stockade west of Yorkvillo. The magistrate was on his way homo when he heard the rattle of the hones and going to the chaingang nearby obtained tlie assistance of the guards and surrounded the homo. Two of the ' negroes got away temporarily hut came j in yesterday morning. The. dice were | captured. Gave a Wrong Name. It was not Rev. \V. If. Stevenson, of Clinton, who ran over the negro Jim j Shealy, opposite Lutta'x store in York-' ville on last Wednesday. Rev. W. II. Stevenson has not been in Yorkville I since last November. The man who ran over the negro, however, gave his name as Rev. W. H. Stevenson, and Chief Steele did not consider it neces-! sary to take the number of the car. [ Recuuse the negro was more to blame j than the driver of the car and because) he was not badly hurt. Chief Steele j did not consider it necessary to take | the car number or hold the driver. Rev. W. II. Stevenson has written from Clinton to say that he was not t he j man. and the identity of the fellow who) v.:.. ?u 1>AV W II SUfVOII. K?ivt: iiin u.? n?t; ?.-? son is still uiK'staltllshod. Soldier Buried on Nativo Sod. Remains of Corpora 1 James 12. Nun-, nery, listh Infantry. IlOtli Division who) was killed in France in October, 1318.1 were buried in the cemetery at Harmony Raplisi church. Sunday after-1 noon with military honors, a firing squad from the l-Vank Roach Cuards of! Itock Hill and members of the American Region posts of .Rock Hill .''ltd Fort! Mill being in attendance. Corporal Nunnery was a son <>f S. Jt. Nunnery of the Harmony section and a brother; 'of Samuel Nunnery, reported lost at j sea in a submarine attack, but who later came home to a family thai had | given liitn lip as lost, lie was reported | missing in action and It was several| days before the fact of his death was i eatab'iehed, he having been detailed j with a British command p.t the time. i Harmony Church Burned. Harmony Presbyterian church on the! Sharon road about four and one-half,' miles west of Yorkville was destroyed by fire about 11 o'clock last night. , There is no idea as to the origin of the , fire. About three weeks ago Miller School No. 48 was destroyed by fire, and next day the pupils were moved j into Harmony church where school | was resumed. There bad been no legi-1 tlmate fire in the building for two weeks. The church property was valued at about $3,006 and there was no insurance. The building was located about 200 yards east of the residence of Mr. J. M. Price, one of the trustees of the school district; but Mr. Brjce's residence was not endangered. School trustees have plans for rebuilding ! Miller school. Harmony church Is fiup. plied by Rev. C. VC. McCully of Sha1 ran, who Is pastor of "Woodlawn I'resj bytcrian church there; Audit of the Office*. | The report of the accountants who | audited, the books of the various York I county public ofllcors under the dlrecj lion of the comptroller general. Is in the hands of the York county grand Jury. It Is a full, exhaustive and comprehensive report, with comments on the business management of each office and n recapitulated statement showing the financial conditions at the time of the closing of the report. All of The officers with the exception of the county board of commissioners are commended for the manner in which their books, papers nnd accounts are I kept'. The bookkeeping of I he county board of commissioners, however, Is severely criticized, especially because! of failure to make a proper showing as' to distribution ol" funds as required by j law. The hooks and records of the. of-, flee of the county treasurer are he'd up' as a model of neatness, accuracy and comprehensibillty. Federal Aid for Fort Mill.# Col. Thoa. il. Spratt, who is chairman of Fort Mill township highway commission, has announced that he has secured from the county commissioners an appropriation of $20,000 to pupple-j ment the funds already secured Jor irupurpose of building standard highways through Fort Mill township, says a Fort Mill dispatch, of last Friday. At a special meeting of the county commissioners lipid i 11 r yorkvllln Wednesday, the needs of the township were presented, and the whole of an appropriation to the county by tho-state highway commission, was awarded for the purpose of building standard roads in Fort Mill township. With an additional appropriation hitherto made of 110,000, and a bond issue of $T5,000, there will be available $105,000 for road purposes, and the improvements will include an 18-foot aspha't road from Catawba river bridge through the town Of Fort Mill, a distance of about two and onehalf miles, the town co-opcratlng through a bond issue of $3^,000. Other highways will be of standord sand-clay construction. The rocent deqth of C. P. Blankenship has caused a vacancy on the township highway board, which will be filled at tl^o coming session of the general assembly up m the reecommendatiorr of the York county delegation. Fetttlons recommending Jus. T. Garrison 6f the Flint Hill section, and W. H. Crook of the Oold HiU section, for the appointment hove becti circulated. Grant Talks of Weather. J. Marian Grant of Chester, .who is well known in York county as a weather prophet as well as in Chester couni ty lias handed out his prognostications j for the month of January. His . foreI cast is as follows.; "January is ?uo to come In fair and moijera.te'.y .pota. a Von us disturbance, central. December 30, 1921. will hdvo a linger In all i weather phenomena up to the life of January. Wind gtorm period pontral on tho thjrd. Look for increasing: cloudiness, third to fifth, with some rain, followed' ifr clearing and cooler. Lunar storm period, control on the ninth. Major disturbance of Mercury on the ninth. Moon at extreme north declination on the 11th and in apposition to the sun on tho 13th, and in perigee' the 14th. Tho Venus perturbations are in full force during this period. Stormy combination of disturbing causes from the 9th to the 15th, inclusive. Look for much cloudy, unsettled weather, probably snow and sleet, about the 13th and 14th asf far south as the 34th or 35th degree of latitude. After the storm center passes cast of your longitude look for . rising barometer and colder. * .Seventeenth and l&th probably fair. On the 19th to 21st, inoleusing cloudiness, probably raiD. followed by clearing and 1'roNty mornings. On the 22nd and 23rd, fair. About the 24th to 26th, cloudy and threatening, probably, rain and whid. On the 27th the center of a Mercury disturbance and a lunar storm period | central on the 30th, and moon in eon| junction with the sun on the 27th. . Much cloudiness, rain, probably thunder and lightning south front the 29th to 31st| followed by clearing colder. Upon the whole, the out'ook is for a moderate)v mi'd winter and tho preci ! pi tat ion below the average. The year I : l'JL'li promises to be a dry one." ?? THE FOUR POWER TREATY Senator Dorah Prescribes Tests for Measurements. Washington, Jan. 1.?His words spread broadcast by wireless through adjacent, states. Senator Horah (ilei>ul)lican) of Idaho, speaking at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant todnv, submitted what he described as a test of whether the four power J'a| rifle treaty "way based upon Justice 'and was therefore . a peace alliance, ! or based upon force and therefore a I military alliance." Several thousand I amateur and commercial wireless <?pr I orators within a radius of 200 ritiles i of Washington "listened in" on KenaI tor Horn It's address. The test which Mr. Horah offered j was whether supporters of the treaty I were willing to accept reservations by [ which the powers would "agree to it| store within one year and'thereafter | over to respect the rights, interests,'1 ' territory and sovereignty of ail nations or governments in the region of j the Pacific." He ridded that the further provision that should the a;-, -eomoi:t to restore and respect such interests be not observed, the obligations utiller (Article 2 would be terminated automatically. Outsiders Not Blamablc. The Idaho senator asserted that the "aggressions in the Far East for the last few yars have been upon the part of nations, or rather governments, which have now signed an alliance to < prevent aggression." lie charged that i _ it was the members of the "alliance" J and not thoso nations outside of it j who have disregarded lite rights of; i other nations and peoples In the ! i Pacific in recent years. ' \ "The disturbances in the Far East." I ( Mr. Horah continued, "and the tilings { ] .?I-.. ?..o ,.r r-.ii. , wmcn 1 ureal I'll Hill lumv ..... , , urc of the nations now proposing an j I allianee to regard the rights of other) | nations and not out of acts of those) i who are excluded from the alliance. < There would t?e. no Far Eastern ijuch- 1 | (Ion of a disturbing nature if the mem- j t hers of this |iroposed alliance had re- f < spec ted the rights of the weak or m'oro i peacefully '.disposed peoples of the'Far f East. Let the alliance specifically pro- . rirle that the alliance itself and each ind all of its members will respect the rights and sovereignty and interests of other peoples ond let it be provided that if they do not, the alliance is dissolved. ' "I think one Of the most interesting and illuminating revealmonts of modern diplomacy is this proposition that the nations which have boen doing all of the aggressing, or attacking, should get together and solemnly form an alliance against those' nations who have not been guilty of such things. If the nations which are to be members of this .alliance would nand bock to the nations and peoples the territory, the rights and the liberties ? which they have taken from them the war clouds in theFarEast would disappear. . . . Yoii would not need ?n W?Ifunern *>nf uniance in tiie m? u >?. nocessary to - protect' tho 'territory which has been unjustl jr. obtained by mombere of the alliance" 'I To Join -Would be Crime. Mr. liorah dcclitreft' ft would be a crlmo?'"a crime not on I ^ ORnlnst our own pnoplo in, tbo-For .EaBt"-?7for the United, States to Join sir\ .alliance it "u Egressions" Are to cofmnue lh the ten years of the 'agreement- like they hs\o "taken place In llir past." He argued tluit lt-was wrong to ask the American people to- guarantee protection against disturbances ond war which "may 1)0 "brought, about or Inspired by members of the alliance it-/ self." i f Vr The senator discussed also provisions of -the treaty concerning the homeland of Japan. Those, however, ho did not regard as more Important than other feature* which, he said, would 'ead tho United State* into war "Just as truly if any island, w^re attacked as though the. Japanese mainland were the ohjeet of aggression." Tho militaristic*,' features, of tho treaty should h& stripped off, the senator added, saying that if such were not done it should -be regarded as , ? . proof that the "members .of, the alliance are unwilling to restore the territory, the franchises, the - privileges ; which other ^peonies have had taken -from them unjustly and which are now thp . causes of .trophies In the Far Rut." . ? ! nm s SHOULD KNOW THE LAW. Attorney J. S. Brjce . Replies/to Criticisms of Auditor Searson. Editor Yorkvllle Enquirer: 'f , -y vj * Louis A. Serrson, one of the state auditors, in his report In referenot to the supervisors Qtlifce criticises the register hi which claims that are approved, "for payment are kept; by dc-$7 r e'arlng that apparently the supervisor > considers the btxilt of no' Importance at all and that it has not been balanced. As a mattpr of fact, this book has been balanced- to a-r cent with tho county treasurer's boqfc and, Auditor Searson 1 t. ..-i .j..,, ?l,k tkl. a/. also kochi:* lO'iina-u*un wnu h<u flee because an expensive columnar book la ia use In said office. As a matter of fact, an shown by the county supply bill, the supervisor Un required by Jaw. to kep^M .Book called "File Book of (Valm.v.Apd this book shall be kept so as to shbx^ f 1 >* The-clAlnapumber; (2) The date of filing; (t) Whom thb claim belongs'to; '4p. The nature of'the claim; (5) The amount of the claim; (6) The amount allowed and (7) On what account tirof claim is paid." This ^required: "by law, and Auditor SearSbnr . should familiarize hifiiself with the law before criticizing the conduct! of the office. , J. ft Brlce, Attorney for COuttty Commissioners. The full text <ttfthd criticism calling forth the ahovo communication- is as follows; < '' - v"Book* and Record*. "A register in which the warrants Issued are listed is kefct ln this office and * " * -J.1. <k. nnnn. this record is reconcnea wm? um w?..ty treasurer's bookf.--The. register of claims approved Cur payment as kept by this officer w or ho'value whatever This book, although it should h considered by the supervisor as the mOat i important, record of his office, is sppar- ' ently not regarded, as of any Importance at ull. While an expensive col- V4ra umnir hook Is in use. presumably* for the purpose of showing & distribution of county expense^ according to the various appropriations,' the work is incomplete and has not- been balanced in any manner. For this reason, it was not practicable to complete a classified statement of expenditures (as this course would involve considerable gxjn-nse). I would-'therefore, respectfully suggest that n thorough investigation in this dtparlmenfwould bo de*lt\ibie. Especially in onier that the proper accounting methods -may bo followed in the futi..e." * ? *- * . MERE MENTION Reductions In the wages of Pullman . conductors on ah average of nhout ton per cent, became' effective yesterday. The ItelcbflbtinK or (icrmany ami* the Hank of England havo resumed business relations for the first time since August The industrial building at Blddle University, the negro college of Chnrlotte, was destroyed by lire early Sunday morning entailing a proflbrty loss of $100,000. lYedlctlon that the year 1922 would show Oiat*tl\e Democratic party 'has entirely regained the donhdenee of the nation'** was made by Woodrow Wllso.i in a New Year's letter to the Woman's Democratic Political league made public in New York, Saturday. . Eighty or ninety eases of leprosy tire known to exist in New York city according to Dr. Royal S. Copeland, city health commissioner. WA11 of them arc 'practically non-contagious lepers," according to the commissioner. ... A new record for women pedestrians in Panama has been established by Alma Mann, aged 12, who recently walked through the Canal Zone, a distance of fifty miles in 16 hours and 26 mli^utcR Seizure, of the British schooner "Messenger of Peace" olt the North Carolina coast with a cargo of liquor was reported to the assistant secretary of the treasury in ^Vashington Saturday ."Baron Rosen, former Russian ambassador-" fo thu' United Suites died in New York, Saturday of Injuries received Jn that city December 14. when he was kriockoid down by a toxicab The inter-state' commerce' ctmmission has handed down a ruling under which all' persons holding two or more directorates of inter-state railroad corporations may continue to hold such positions indefinitely Because of the embarrassed financial situation in Italy the king.has signed a decree that has the effect of postponing * ' December settlements until January 4. The French delegation has given assent to the British proposition that . submarines be prohibited from torpedoing merchant ships in time of war. It Is announced that Arthur'J. Balfour. head of the lirlttsh delegation in Washington, will sail for home on Janiinrv m leaving Sir Auckland Geddes u wind up conference affairs., The linth Soviet congress has elected Nlk>lal Ix-nind t continue as executive liend of the. Russian Soviet g-overninent A mall theft ,of f 1,500,000 in bonds. that occurred on July 1* hist, became known in New York Saturday, *lth the arrest of Mrs. Aho Atte'l, wife >f the former pugilist, Sam Clold and ilarry Cohen ... A Moscow dispatch iuys that the All-Russian Finance Comnils.Tioner Kilstinsky, has anlounced that all future Issuch of Russian poper money will he bsfsed on gold. The board of regents of the Unl?