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??ap$ mid |ads. ? Wilbur Qlenn Volivia, successor to [ John Alexander Dowie as overseer of Zion City and head of the Christian Apostolic church, has completed the fixing' of dimensions of his flat world, existence of which is now taught in the Zion schools. According to Vollvia's latest pronouncement the sky is a vast dome of solid material from which the sun, moon and stars are hung like chandeliers rrom a oemng. The edges of the dome, he explained to the congregation at Shiloh tabernacle, rest on the wall of ice which surrounded the flat world to keep foolhardy: marines from tumbling over the edge into oblivion. "That is the plain teaching of the whole word of God," Mr. Volivia said. At the same time he Announced the world was a flat plane surrounded by ice, Mr. Volivia also fixed the sun as being a small body about 40 miles in diameter and located Only 3,000 miles from the earth. ? Chicago police announced Tuesday that Scott Burnett, an inspector In the Department of Internal Revenue, had confessed to participation in whisky robberies totalling $500,000 Within the last year. Burnett is said fco have confessed implication in the robberies of homes of many of the most prominent citizens in Chicago and the North Shore suburbs including the recent robbery at the home of Maurice L. Rothschild when $100,000 worth of rare liquors were Stolen. Working on the theory that the Rothschild robbery was an "inside job," detectives learned that Burnard Hackney, houseman for Rothschilds for fourteen years had left the house fifteen minutes before the robbery. They said they learned of his connections with a burglar gang and last night arrested fourteen men,' whom they said were implicated in the - - * * /*nnfftaQPf1 nOfiOl'd TOUDery. nuinucj ing to the police, that ho told Burnett of the size of the stock In the Rothschild home. Burnett was arrested, and the police say, told how he had been detailed to check on the inventories of liquor in the homes of the rich in Chicago and how he was induced by a band of notorious crooks to enter into a conspiracy with them to rob these places. ? Renewal of efforts to form an alliance of coal miners and railroad workers, the two largest labor groups in the United States, says r. Chicago disJ>a.tch, by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, for the avowed purpose of bringing 2, 00,000 workers together "in resistance Jo proposed attacks on wage scales." In letters sent to officers of sixteen tail unions, Mr. Lewis invites the railroad men to confer with the miners' officials "at the earliest possible date." Besides the invitation, Mr. Lewis issued a formal statement assorting that the railroad men were facing efforts "to enforce further unwarranted wage cuts on them," and that "certain interests are seeking wage reductions tn ?ho coal industry." "In order to cope with this situation and to successfully combat this frenzied hysteria," the statement adds, "ihc mine workers are willing to pool ti'^ir interests with the railroad organizations, and stand with them in resistance to the proposed attacks on waa-p scales."At least 2,000,000 workers would be joined together "by the alliance, Mr. Lewis says. "He placed the membership of the railroad unions at 1,500,000 to 1,750,000. ? The General Education Board now has available $84,655,652 which it may Oise in any way it sees fit, according tp the annual report fen; mace public "Monday. \tfitlv the report wasa letter from John D. Rockefeller releasing the board from any obligation' to retain gifts of his in perpetuity.' ;This means that the board may disjpose not merely of the interest of its investments, but of the capital itself. 'Mr. Rockefeller's gifts to the board have totalled $126,788,094 to date. Of fthls the entire income and $42,132,442 ;Qf the fund have been expended. Last year $33,196,706 were expended, as follows: To colleges and secondary schools, $19,981,534; for medical education. $11,859,513; for negroes, $1,212,659, and the remainder for miscellaneous purposes. John D.. Rockefeller, Jr., spoke of his father's start to:ward his immense fortune before his 'JBible class in the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, at 46th street, New York, last Sunday. He told the familiar gtory of how the great oil king started as a young man, paying $1 a week for hoard and lodging and having to m?ke Ais other expenses conform to nis jbodest income. Mr. Rockefeller told two items found in his father's expense book of that day: * Foreign missions, 5 cents," and "For the poor, 3 ?ents." "Wealth honestly acquired is a great possession," he said, "for tt enables one to render great service to <he world. Of course, it entails great responsibilities." v? Senator Kenyon of Iowa, leader of 4he much discussed agricultural bloc and chairman of the senate labor committee, was named Tuesday by President Harding to be circuit judge for the Eighth circuit. Immediately after receiving the nomination, the senate ^confirmed it unanimously in open session. At the White House, it was said, j^he president had appointed Mr. Kenyon to succeed the late Judge Walter X Smith because of his high regard for the Senator's ability and because of the latter's known desire to have a place on the federal bench. Senator Kenyon. in a formal statement later, also said the president when a member of the senate knew of his dislike for politics and his love for the law. In the senate. Senator Harrison luemucrai./, of Mississippi, after confirmation had been voted, said that while he was Confident that the appointment of Mr. Kenyon was because of the latter's eminent qualifications, the question would arise throughout the agricultural sections as to whether the selection was not intended to drive a wedge into, and ultimately destroy the agricultural bloc. Senator Heflin (Democrat) of Alabama, declared that with tie Kenyon appointment the "drive to break the agricultural bloc had been Started." Senator Kenyon does not plc.n to ouit the senate until probably the middle of February. By that time he expects passage of the Capper cooperative marketing bill in which he is vitally interested and with which he has had much to do as the leader of the agricultural bloc. Senator Borah of Idaho, is next in the Republican line on the labor committee and if the senate rule of seniority so established is followed in this case Mr. Borah will bead the committee. ? Washington, February 1: The "Washington negotiations . for limita * 5 VwxS., tlon of armaments rcacncu mv?i v^..sumation today when a plenary session of the arms conference pave definite public approval to the two treaties limiting' navies and restricting the use of now agencies of warfare. One of the convenants thus sealed after 11 weeks of debate establishes a fixed ratio of capital snip strength between the five great powers, and the other pledges them against unrestricted submarine war- * fare and use of poison gas. Within a day or two the plenipotentiaries of the j United States. Great Britain, Japan. France and Italy will formally affix their signatures. At the same session the Far Eastern wing of the conference moved forward toward comple i tion of its tasks by announcing officially the terms of the Shantung settlement and by giving final approval to nine of the resolutions adopted in committee in regard to Chinese problems. The agreement on Shantung already has been put into a draft treaty between Japan and China and the other Far Eastern settlements are to be embodied in at least two general conventions which will come before the conference short A T I ly. AS soon us jujjuu a uuciuivu iu i I withdraw from Shantung had been definitely stated, the British announced formally for the first time that their government was ready to hand back to China the lease hold of WeiHai-Wei. The Frertch let it be known tonight, however, that they expected to treat directly with China over possible retirements from their leased territory at Kwangchow Wan, a decision which appeared to cloud the prospect of any general conference agreement regarding the Chinese leased territories. <?he Ijorkillf (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as Mail Matter of tin Second Class. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1922. If Florida will elect W. J. Bryan to the United States senate It will confer a boon on the entire nation. From the remarks of Senator Harrison of Mississippi, it is easily to be understood that it Is the belief of that gentleman that President Harding's appointment of Senator Kenyon to be a United States circuit judge was influenced at least to some extent by the design of weakening the agricultural bloc, of which Kenyon is the leader. But if there is anything to the idea the president will soon have to give an appointment to Kenyon's successor Borah, for Borah is really an abler man than Kenyon. All the countries invited to the Genoa economic conference have -accepted with the exception of the United States, which stands aloof for the reason that there are a number of senators who do not believe in putting the principal creditors in a position where | the debtors can tell it what to do. In I other words those senators feel that it is for the other nations and not the United States to worry. The probability however, is that tije United Stages will.be represented at Genoa. It is expected that the conference will meet as fixed on March 8. It is inconceivable that \Vllbyr Glenn Vbliffe, fletftf 3f Zion 6itj\NeailV,1&elieves that the earth is flat, and that the sun is merely a ball of fire forty miles Jn diameter, and located only 3,000 miles from the earth. A man v/lth the abidty to dominate ac big a thing as Zion City has too much sense for that. But at the same time Volivta is not without a motive in teaching such rot. The thing is more easily within the comprehension of his dupes than the truth and telling them of things as they think they are brings them closer 10 him than if he would give them something more difficult. Taxpayer. Among the many articles on high taxation, we are particularly struck with the one published in the last issue of The Yorkville Enquirer over tho nom de plume of Taxpayer. It had been previously published in the Pee Dee Advocate. It is easy to complain, but difficult to point out the definite remedy. Without committing: ourselves unreservedly to the radical change in the method of assessing property, one must see that the plan proposed goes right to the root of the evil. It makes the county the unit and practically the citizens who pay the taxes assess their own property. This is the essence of ' democracy. Furthermore, Taxpayer calls forcible attention to the huge government, which has grown up, outside of the constitutional officers elected by the people and responsible to the people. In the matter of taxation the comptroller general is the chief officer. He is now merely a clerk, with all of his constitutional powers devolved in the tax commission. He is the "Goat," nL-oo tl-irk oiior-ino1 nn/1 nthor? Ihfi HOW er and emolument. A government by bureau has grown up in Washington and the states are following the example. The War Finance board was a war board, but it seems in a fair way to usurp most of the real power so far as finance is concerned. We hope to see some further agitation from Taxpayer on the subject. Why of Expansion and Contraction. There is a longing on the part of the people everywhere for a return of prosperity. They want to see the wheels of industry turning at full speed. This cannot happen until the great public begins to buy freely, and they cannot buy until those in Wash ington who control money and credits "loosen up." There is just as much material wealth, as much money per capita, and as many people to clothe and feed as two years ago. Why the difference? The Federal Reserve system was designed to furnish a circulating medium, which should contract and expand in response to the demands of trade. In 1920, after encouraging the planting of enormous crops, by public interviews we were given to understand that we would have one more year of inflation. If those in author ity had waited deflation would have occurred like nattires processes from the shrinkage in demand, for with high prices we would have produced more than could be consumed. The board, i however, concluded that their arbitrary action would be an improvement over nature's processes, and ruthlessly and suddenly forced liquidation, by the autocratic rise in discount rates. There ?jne ?i shrinkage in one year of a bil lion and three-quarters in the volume of currency, or what is the same thing, credits. There is no parallel in the history of the world for such action. This contraction was followed at once by such a fall in commodity values that in many cases the collateral held by banks was valueless and the country wns filled with financial wrecks from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Few people in business knew aught of the fundamental principles of political economy. Expansion or inflation makes prices of products high and cohtraction makes prices correspondingly low. The rise and fall of prices depends upon the rapidity with which the volume of credits is expanded or contracted. This is the fundamental principle which directly affects prices. Where the decrease in the volume of money is due to an abnormal outflow as in 1893 or to unsound speculative undertakings as in the panic of 1907, the equilibrium is restored by a qulck*ly returning wave of prosperity as the cause of distrust is removed. * *- 1 * ? i" ? Clovolnnil's rnai is ine nifunini, ui mi. famous expression, "Restore confidence." On the other hand, when the decreased volume of money is due to some arbitrary governmental action like it was in 19.10, the fall in prices is radical and will continue unless the cause is removed. In the history of the world every great and general fall in prices has been proceeded by a decrease in the volume of money and credits, and there has never been a recovery therefrom except through an increase of same. While the volume of money is decreasing the value of each individual dollar is increasing in corresponding ratio and property is falling in price. Those who are in debt find it constantly becoming more difficult to meet their obligations and all productive enterprises are discouraged and stagnate, because the cost of producing commodities today will not be covered by the prices for them tomorrow. .Money in shrinking volume becomes " * nf cnmmerre in me paruiuuuiii uuJCv> ?,?. stead of its beneficent instrument. Instead of mobilizing: industry it poisons and dries up the life current. What a fearful example of its misdirected power is the great and long continued fall in prices in the United States: but we believe that the tide has set the other way. There is every indication that the same forces which inaugurated the decline', are now headed for an era of inflation, which if not overdone will restore healthy prosperity. We venture the prediction, based on the general principles laid down above, that in a year from now prices of all products will be materially higher and business booming. 1st. Public sentiment has crystallized against the action of the Reserve board pnd they are steadily lowering the discount rates. In other words, money is getting cheaper, and that means higher priced products with a corresponding increase in the purchasing power of the public. 2nd. All staple products are now so low that distributors run very little chance in stocking up. This means an expanding market and Increased I confidence. i 3rd. The constant importation into this country of gold is the most forceful kind of inflation. There is now about 60 per cent of the available gold supply of the world idle, and must be used either by letting other countries have it or issuing currency against it, | so either way it means expansion. 4th. European countries are largely dependent upon us for their raw material, particularly cotton. The increasing scarcity of gold abroad is bringing the dollar into use over there instead of gold. This means expansion whether we will or no. Beyond this is the psychology of the American people. They are born traders and speculators. They know that the bottom has been reached; that America is fundamentally sound, and those with money are waiting to buy, and when they begin wheat, cot- i ton, steel, copper and stocks will soar. Iteally the great danger is another orgy of speculation, sure to be followed by another collapse. We do not want that, but we do want money and credit, plenty of it to meet all of the legitimate needs of trade. ? Several ministers and other prominent citizens, men and women, testi fled before the medical .affairs committee of the house of representatives, at a largely attended hearing Tuesday afternoon, on the bill to create a state board of chiropractic examiners. The bill would create a state board of three chiropractors, to examine and license all members of this profession. Rev. J. Sproles Lyon of Columbia, Rev. J. O. VanMeter of Columbia, Rev. J. G. Graham of Charleston, Rev. Templeton of J.aurens. and Mrs. Hal Richardson of Columbia, were the star witnesses, all testifying to cures effected by chiropratics. There has been a fight between the medical profession of the state and the chiropractors for several years. An act of ti e 1921 legislature, introduced by the slate medical society, bars chiropractors, unless they stand examinations before the state board of examiners. Several chiropractors have been prosecuted in various parts of the state beca ise they are not licensed by the state board of njedical examiners. The bill to create a state board of chiropractic examiners was introduced this year and is now before the medical committee. It would require examinations in many subjects required of doctors. LOCAL, 4FFAIR S* NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Planters Dank, Sharon?A good thing to do. J. Ernest Stroup, James D. Grist?The Moose excursion. Nathan Felnstein?Big value for little money. Sam M. and S. Earle Grist?Chances sixteen to one against the family. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?One hundred dollars rewar i. Business Men of Clover?Dollar day February 11. Sanitary Market?Take notice that the Sanitary market is now on Madison street, telephone No. 6. Shady Nook Poultry Farm?Let's do some thinking. Ferguson & Youngblood?Coal, Coal. The Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager?Alice Calhoun today, in the "Princess Jones." J, C. Wllborn?Additional real estate offerings. A. Y. Bynum, Rock Hill?Ashepoo fertl:isser3. The price of Fordson tractors was cut to $395 wholesale, instead of $325, as stated in The Enquirer of Tuesday. Subscribers to The Yorkville Enquirer who desire to renew their subscriptions at club rates have until F'ebruary 18 to attend to the matter. "Sure I made that negro Will Carothers put up his hands and put them up high," said Officer J. F. Faulkner. "He had made a motion which to me suggested a thought of pulling something from his pocket and I did not propose to take any chances. It would have been a pity to mess up that handsome bank. fl.oor; but I had no idea of furnishing tho material. **ot me." That's a fine auditorium in tho town l*?ll n? MnnatiKlItT n>AA/1 Alft in null au uituouuuj gwu v.tv The acoustic pj:qperties are excellent. But there Is one thing that should be taught to every audience, and that is that it should t?d compact. No actor, lecturer or preacher can speak to advantage to a scattered audience Where the house Is full It is all right; but if the house is not full the audience shpuld be collected in a compact body. The rule applies to the churches as well as to the lecture halls. In all cases, however, if the audience does not of its own accord gather into a compact body, it should be asked to do so. , The ground hog had no trouble in seeing his shadow yesterday, February 2, ana of course he Immediately went back into his hole, as all ground hogs do under such circumstances. There were those who were inconsiderate enough to remark that the ground hog not only saw his own shadow, but also the shadow of a-gbod many two-legged hogs. Indeed it was generally a sunshiny day, esp&(?4tty from the middle ?* ?nn org a n nld UI U1C UIUIUIU5, ,?VU fashioned person ,p.nd still believe that potatoes should be planted In the dark of the moon and that there is no other time so suitably for planting beans as Good Friday,-then you believe implicity in the ground hog. But if you are one of these scientific moderns vrho scoff at old superstitions and have no respect for the traditions of your fathers, you carfe not whether the ground hog sees his shadow tomorrow and returns for six more weeks of winter, or whetheY he steps out in the fog, stretches hUhself and announces that to all purposes and intents, winter will soon be over. As a matter of fact, February 2 is known in the Catholic church as Candlemas day. It began in a curious way. The old Greeks had a pretty story about Pluto, kidnapping a pretty young thfhg known a3 Proserpine and taking her to Hades. Proserpine's mother, Ceres, lit a cand!e and started to go through Hades looking for Pluto. This happened February 2nd. If there was one thing the ancient Greeks liked better than any other tiling it was an excuse to hold a holiday and have a parade and a banquet where every one got as drunk as the drys say all drinkers do. So they decided'to celebrate Ceres' trip through Hades with a caydlc. They did this by having a paraide in which all the boys and girls carried lighted candles, and the custom was encouraged until it got to be an Institution. Coming down to the middle ages it was discovered that the buried ends of the candle had a great supernatural powei and brought their owners good luck, good health and even could influenco the weather. Now, an early spring meant early badger hpnting, and it can be seen that the owners of supernatural candle ends, if they had hunting blood in their veins, were not above sneaking in a wish to have good turkey weather and thus the day became linked with the badger and with the weather. The badger is a timid animal and afraid of its own shadow, so when hunters started out on Candlemas day to catch' him they rubbed the candle and hoped for clouds. IIuving thus fixed up the badger, his shadow, the date February 2nd, and early spring, it was only a step to the completed story, to-wit: The badger >v 11u bnw 1119 9uuuuw >vclll uhviv lu iiio hole and six weeks of winter followed. When Germans came to America, and brought the story along it was found that badgers were few and far between and in fact almost unknown east of the Mississippi. The tale was transferred to an animal that was everywhere and thus comes into the picture the ground hog or wood chuck. ABOUT PEOPLE Mrs. L. G. Moore, of Guthriesville, is visiting friends in Rocky Mount, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Corrcll of Yorkville, were visitors to Charlotte, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Johnsey, of Rock Hill, have returned to their home after a visit to friends in Yo?kviUe. James McDowell, of Yorkville, has recently entered the Blue Ridge school at Hcndeisonville. Messrs. I). M. and Jno. R. Barrett of Detnorest, Ga., attended the funeral of Mr. W. A. Barrett, at Clover, Sunday. Mr. John Cannon, for some time past clerk at the Southern station in Yorkville, has recently accepted an 1 agency at Boyktn. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Felts and Mr. ' and Mrs. J no. S. James, of Galax, Va., are visiting the family of H. B. James, ] in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. V. D. McKinney and ( little daughter Blanche, of York No. 2 visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Nivcns, in Charlotte, last week. Mrs. \V. *F. Christman, who has been visiting her father, Mr. M. C. Vl'IIHo in Vivlrvtllo Hna returned to her home In Knoxviile, Tenn. John E. Jackson, the well known I poultryman of York No. 6, hatches most of his chickens In an incubator in the management of which he is n thoroughgoing: expert. Frank McEhvee, who has been spending several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McEhvee in Yorkville, has returned to Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, Ga. The condition of A. J. Quinn, of Clover, whose very serious illness has been previously mentioned, seems to be improving slowly. Mr. Quinn, however is still a very sick man. Mr. J. M. Stroup, went to Lancaster yesterday morning in response to a telephone message bringing information of the serious illness of his daughter, Mrs. W. S. Patterson. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Real estate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor as follows: Broad River?Anderson McCaw to Stella S. Shannon, 151.04 acres; , $2,114.56. R. B. Iiabtness to Anderson McCaw 151.01 acres $2,114.56. Bullock's Creek?J. T. Kecsler to the Planters Bank, 54 acres; $600. Catawba?-Mutual Investment Co. to E. Brown, 2 lots; $160. Ebenezer?John R. Williams to W. J\. ^uau.M, Jicren, ^,uou. C. A. Boone to H. A. Dabney 2 lots; $700. Fort Mill?J. J. Bailes to Fort Mill Warehou"" Company, 2 lots; $100. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE. It was a splendid lecture, ably delivered with which the more than one hundred people who gathered in the city hall auditorium were entertained and instructed last Tuesday night. The speaker was Supreme Lecturer Giles, of the Loyal Order of Moose, who ij now. making a tour of the South, and who came this way at the special invitation of. the rapidly growing local Moose lodge. The program of the evening with J. Ernest Stroup, dictator, presiding, was opened e.nd closed with selections by a Moose quartette consisting of T. D. Quinn, Lesslie Cain, W. A. McAfee and Clyde Smith, the opening selection being "The Tie That Binds," and closing with "Friendship." After a few appropriate introductory remarks by Dictator Strcup, Lecturer Giles took the platform and nnnLm for nhnut fortv minutes, during which time he held the cflose and undivided attention of his audience of ladles and gentlemen. Without a word of disparagement to any other order, to many of which he belongs, and which he considers well worth while, he urged that the Loyal Order of Moose was especially worth while because of the real fraternity it engenders and inculcates, and because of the splendid practical work in Which it is engaging with such splendid results already being accomplished and such hopeful promise for the future. He described Mooseheart as the only orphanage of the kind in the world ?a great estate of more than a thousand acres, developed as farm-workshop and training school, where the children of departed Moose are cared for, trained along lines of their most promising indications, and made worth while to themselves and of service to the world. He especially stressed the fact that, these children are brought up in the faith of their parents, be that what it may, except that if the parents had not been religious people, the children were nevertheless trained to the lovo of God and Christ. IJe said that the Moose plant represents a valuation of more than $4,000,000 :\nd that the orphans there now number 1,300, while the membership of the order has grown from a handful of a hundred or two less than a dozen years ago to between 050,000 and 750,000. Mr. Giles was several times applauded, and at the conclusion of his address Dictator Htroup, in behalf of the audience, took occasion to thank him for his splendid talk. The stage setting included the beautiful Mooseheart transparency used in the ritualistic work and also the handsome loving cup that was won by York Lodge No. 10G6, for the largest percentage of increase in membership during the last quarterly contest. FLASH WAS A FIZZLE. Willie Carolhers, a young negro, tried to get $G4.G1 from the Peoples llank and Trust company of Yorkvillc, last Tuesday on a check purporting to have been signed by A. M. McGlII, but instead got himself locked in jail. It was a few minutes before 3 o'clock when the check was presented. Mr. W. S. Moore, the accommodating teller, who is always glad to give money to anybody on a good check, did not like the looks of the little bit of paper. He had cashed numerous checks for A. M. McGill and the signature on this one was very different. "You just wait a moment until I telephone to Mr. McGill," suggested Mr. Moore. "No use in that," replied the negro. "Mr. McGill is in Gastonia today, and as I havo not time to wait I'll come in again." At about this juncture Cashier McGee came in from dinner, and as the clock was striking three, he closed the front door with the negro inside. Mr. Moore turned tho check over to Manager Jenkins while he was telephoning and Manager Jenkins came out into the lobby and invited Willie to come behind the railing1. I Though somewhat reluctant Willie came and then Manager 'Jenkins invited him to step into the vault. "What, in there?" exclaimed the negro in a tone indicating fear and incredulity. "Yes, in there," replied Manager Jenkins in a tone that carried a warning against further trifling. Willie stepped into the vault and the inner door was promptly locked , against him. I Officer Faulkner' came promptly in response to a message and brought ( Willie out walking on his tiptoes with ( his hands pointing to the ceiling. , Hack in the directors' room Willie . first gave his name as Scott Bcyd and , then as James Jackson. He said that , he got the check from another negro . whose name he did not know, in ex- t change for a shotgun: but l is answers ( generally were of such a conflicting nature that it was thought best to cut j matters short by turning him over to , Sheriff Quinn. Sheriff Quinn recognized the negro, ( not as Scott Boyd or James Jackson, < but as Willie Carotliers; but Willie ivould not. give any further information about'tho chock. Then the similarity of the writing compared with the chocks of Andy Tate, Jr.. another r.egro, who has a little account with the bank, along with other circumstances that point suspicion in the same direction, the bank officials decided that it would be just us well to have Andy arrested also, vvMr>h thov did. Andy Tate, Jr., when arrested, de-, nied that he had any connection with the forged check, or that he knew anything about it. But Willie Carothers says that Andy is the man who gave it to him. and the sheriff recollects that about a year ago Andy Tate was implicated by another negro in a similar scrape. There are available specimens of Andy's handwriting that are so similar to tho writing on the check alleged to have been signed by Mr. McGill that the prosecuting witnesses think they will have no difficulty in proving the case. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Mr. Sep Huey, who has been night policeman for the past several months, has resigned his position. ? Mrs. James D. Grist has purchased the J. A. Marion residence on Lincoln street. ? According to the statement of one of the contributors who is pretty well informed, the bucket shop fiasco cleaned up its patrons to the tune of $32,000. ? Why should YorkviUe not have city postal delivery instead of only "village delivery"? The receipts of the office are well within the limit required for city delivery, and since the village delivery was established, the town has spent considerably more than $100,000 asphalting and concreting the streets. The principal difference is that the carriers under a city delivery system get more money than under a village delivery system. The carriers here do the work and they are entitled to the pay. ? Mr. S. H. McClain, division pas nill^Vl agent XV* Vi*V way spent yesterday in Yorkville completing arrangements with Mr. J. E. Stroup, chairman of the Moose committee in charge of the Billy Sunday excursion to Spartanburg on February 12. The excursion idea was found to be immensely popular with the people and applications are coming from numerous citizens other than Moose, many of them intending to take with them also the ladies of their families. Mr. McClain advised Mr. Stroup that he could sell hs many tickets as he desired and the railroad would take care of them. The train is to be a special, on a schedule that will leave Yorkville at 9 o'clock, Sharon at 9:15 and returning will leave Spartanburg at 10 o'clock p. m. Unless further change is made in the arrangements there will be no stops except at Sharon and Hickory Grove. There will be not lessi than three cars, Mr. McClain said yesterday; but he will send as many as the committee Visks for. Mr. Stroup said yesterday that it would be impossible for him to see everybody who might want to go; but he will guarantee reservations to all who apply to him by tomorrow night. He is not now in a position to make any promises as to what can be done after that time. ?Desnite the fact that a rain was falling1 steadily all the while some three hundred and fifty citizens of Yorkville and surrounding towns were present at the high class entertainment given in the City Hall auditorium by the Glee Club and orchestra of the Due West Woman's College, Wednesday evening. The Glee Club was brought to Yorkville under the auspices of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. The program consisted of orchestral selections, readings, popular selections and an operetta entitled "The Egyptian Princess," the argument of which was as follows: The opening of the First act discovers a number of girls, busily engaged in embroidering banners for a festival to be held in honor of the return of Jhe king and his victorious army from a three years' war. Alva,- one of the chief characters of j the piece, is an Irish princess, stolen j from her home by pirates when a child and sold as a slave in Gaul; she was purchased by the king of Egypt as a companion to his only child Aida. Amusement is created throughout L?> Tabubu, the sister of tho queen, who is always too late for everything. In this act, Herub, a soothsayer is compelled by a lot of girls to tell their fortunes; she predicts for Alva freedom. The king sends on in advance cerlain prisoners, afiong whom is a captive, Queen Grania. In honor of the return of the king, and in anticipation of Aida's marriage, the queen restores Grania and Alva to liberty. The receipts aggregated $146 gross and $99.51 net. New Cure for Flu.?Here's another cure for the flu, Health Commissioner Cnpeland of New York says: "Remain for half an hour in water as hot as you can stand it. The waier should be kept running so that the heat can be maintained. While in the tub drink about a quart of lemonade so hot you will have to sip slowly. Dry off well and get 'n bed between blankets. Remain there for an hour. The perspiration will then hn\c ceased. (Jet up, sponge off with cold water to close the pores and get back in bed, this time between sheets." Airplane Compass Perfected.?Experts of the Bureau of Standards have invented what is believed to be the first completely satisfactory type of airplane compass. A department of commerce announcement gives credit for the invention to Dr. P. R. Heyl and Dr. L. J. Briggs, who, it is said, have designed a compass which is now being successfully tried out by the army air service, by using the principle of the "revolving coiled wire" instead of the magnetic needle. It is said to be the first application of this principle to the aircraft compass which had made the device dependable under the severe conditions of flight. The instrument was said to weigh only 13 pounds against a weight of 25 pounds fixed by tne air aei?ivw. The value of the instrument is said to be its ability to respond instantly to the quick turns cr evolutions of a plane, something which no previous design has been able to do and which it was said would add greatly to the safety of flying. MERE MENTION A strike has been inaugurated to embrace all the textile plants in Rhode Island because of a reduction in wages. The city of Pittsburgh has auhorized the police department to pur- < rhase two machine guns and an automobile on which to mount them f The state of Alabama on Tuesday roted a $25,000,000 bond issue for roads Reports of producing com- I panics to the geological survey, gives | he 1021 production of oil in the United States at 469,039,000 barrels ..The <e\v York state heaKh commissioner < rports that vaccination against pneu- I nonia has not proved a success I I. IT. Weddington, postmaster of. Jharlotte, for the past nine years and )ne of the most influential pollticlars ( in the state of North Carolina, died at his home In Charlotte last Wednesday. He wan 78 years of age Two automobile bandits, both young men, held up a mail messenger between the station and the depot at Whiteing, Indiana last Wednesday, and took several sacks of mail Second Assistant Postmaster General Shaughnessy, who was fatally injured in the Knickerbocker theatre catastrophe of last Saturday night, in Washington, died yesterday _..The coit clave tnat win eiect a nuttcwur ; Pope Benedict XV met In Rome today. It consists of all the cardinals who could get there from the nearest points and others are coming from abroad. German railroad workers to the number of 260,000 have gone on a strike. i THE SOLDIER BONUS Secretary Mellon Would Pay it With Internal Taxes. Washington, Feb. 2.?The soldiers bonus should be paid out of special taxes, such as increased first and second class postage and tobacco levies, Secretary.Mellon declared today before the house ways and means committee. Secretary Mellon reiterated his belief that it would be Impracticable to depend on the foreign debt for financing the proposed ' "Ave way" adjusted compensation plan bocausc the revenue from that source is problematical. These estimates of revenue from special sources were made by the secretary : One epnt increase in first class postage $7o;ooo,ooo. Increase in the, second class postage to wipe out deficits in that branch of the post office department, $30,000,000. Increased cigarette tax, the increase amounting to fifty cents on one thousand, $26,000,000. ? Increased, tobacco tax, two cents a pound, $5,000,000. Increased documentary stamp taxes $40,000,000. A tax of two cents on each bank check $30,000,000;. A license tax of fifty cents a horsepower on automobiles, $100,000,000. The total estimates' > return from these taxes was $300,000,000. Mr. Mellon said the bonus would cost $425,000,000 a year for the first two years and told the committee that it could extend the list of taxable sources to make up the deficiency. He made It clear that he was not "recommending" any of the' taxes adjusted. The treasury secretary .opposed a general sa'es tax on the ground of the cost and difficulty of administration. "I should say that we cannot increase the taxes already in existence," said Mr. Mellon," as 'they already aro as burdensome as should be borne. We should go^further and find some broad class of a commodity of which reasonable taxes would not be too great a burden." ? I 1 1 1 SOUTH-CAROLINA NEW8 ? The house has voted favorably on the tax extension r&iolutlon of the senate and it will ceftainly become a law. ? Waiving the regular course of procedure, David Hamilton "was on yesterday sworn inr as senator from Chester county. ,<. ? Rev. G. H. Burton, a prominent Baptist minister of Greenwood county, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself with a pistol. ? Governor Cooper has .appointed J. Fraser Lyon to be chairman of the state tax cbrnmidsWh','instead of A. W. Jones, whose term has. expired and who was not an applicant for re-appointment. Mr. iiyon'8 appointment is for the full termr of six years. ? Olin M. Prince, white aged about 26 years, staggered out of the drug store of Dr. Rice M. Harmon at Lexington yesterday and died within about ten minutes. Two loads of shot had been fired into his body. He made agonized efforts to gasp an explanation; but could not make himself understood. Dr. Harmflta was arrested and committed to jail. He would make no explanation. . : r ? David Hamilton was on Tuesday elected senator from Chester county to succeed J. H. Marion, recently elected to the supreme bench. There was but one candidate hi the field and the vote [ was quite light. It is thought that if | the bqard of canvassers will act as I promptly as possible Mr. Hamilton may be able to qualify before the adjournment of the present session. Mr. Hamilton is a native of Chester, 38 years of age, and a member of the firm of Hamilton & Gaston. He is a young man of liberal ideas and will make Chester a good senator. . BtMINI ISLAND \ Place From Which Much Tiger Liquor is Imported. * Jacksonville, Fin., Jan. 30.?Federal prohibition officials here Interested In Bimini, the small British island forty miles east of Miajnl which since the outlawing of John Barleycorn by the United States has become a mecca for those whose thirst was not quenched by the Eighteenth amendment and which also is said to be the source of much of the liquor smuggled, Into this country, have ascertained that Bimini was supposed to have been the state of the "fountain of youth" of which Ponce de Leon was in search when he discovered Florida, Bimini i3 not a recently established institution, it has developed, for more than four hundred years ago it figures in the news reports of the day by that name. Ponce de Leon heard of it while in Porto Rica in 1512, having been told by the Indians there "of an island called Bimini, where there was much gold and treasure even more precious than gold?a fountain whose waters would make young forever all mortals who should drink of it," as one chronicler puts it. Ponce de Leon fitted out three small vessels at his own expense to go in search of the fountain. He left to the present generatfbrt the discovery of the rrz-vM on/1 nnfnnf wflfprn Vinwpvpr for l,w*v"v ?t after cruising about th$ Bahamas during the winter of 1513, without sighting the island he heard there was land in the northwest, steered in that direction and on Easter Sunday, March 27. landed on.the beach a few miles north of where St. Augustine now stands. Prohibition officials credit the Indians of Porto Kica with having known what they were talking about when they told Ponce de Leon what he would find at Biminl. "Bimini is running over with gold these days," said one official, "and It is certain from the experience we lave had with liquor runners the last ^ear or two that the marvelous waters )f the fountain still flow freely."