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Straps audi partis. ? The Capper-Volstead cooperative marketing bill, which legalizes cooperative associations.of farmers and] producers far marketing purposes and i exempts them from the Sherman anti- i trust law was signed Saturday by j President Harding. The signing of the bill sponsored by the agricultural bloc,.was witnessed by Senator Capper and Representative Volstead, its authors and others. The pen with which the president signed was presented to 1 limits fhp I JUT. VU191CUU. xiav i*vv ?..? . profits of cooperative associations to eight per cent and Stockholders to one yote each, no matter how much stock ih$y may _ hold in such organization. Jts administration is under the secretary of agriculture. ; ?Decrease' of more than '200,000,000 tons in thb world's production of coal in 1921, compared with the output in 1920, was noted in a statement on mining activities just issued by the United States geological survey. From reports so far received, the statement said, the total world output of coal last ye^r ,wae 1,100,000,000 metric tons, with Ifra^ce ^and Germany the only natioas showing an increased production. The chief factors in the lessened output in other countries, it was said, were the strike by British miners and "a world-wide industrial depression." Progress in restoring the > ruined mines of France was seen in the steady increase in output of the last three years. German production of bituminous coal also was still fur .below the pre-war level, although an Increase was effected in 1921 as against 1920. nfimnlntinn f\f nnn nf thp largest private land deals in the history of Mexico was announced at El Paso, Texas, Friday, when A. J. McQuatters. president of the Alvarado ^lining Company, announced the purchase of the six million acre estate in Chihuahua of General Euls Terrazas, former governor of Chihuahua. The land,*in two pieces, consists of smore than 9,000 square miles. The Northern boundary is approximately 60 miles south of the American border and the southern boundary r.oout 100 miles south of Chihuahua City. Dur, ing the revolution the property was restored tq the owner by President Obregon. It is the purpose of the syndicate represented by Mr. McQuatters to resell the land in small farms and ranches and it was announced they would spend approximately $25,000,000 in irrigation work and other improvements. Geueral Terrasa?.. who is 9$ years old, was for many years reputed to be the wealthiest man in Mexico. ? Photographers at Princess Mary's weddinir on Februarv 28. to Drocure de sirable vantage spots for their cameras, says a London dispatch, will pay >huge sums. From forty to fifty motion picture cameras will be employed and about 100 press cameras for snapping photographs of the procession. A fa'Vored place for taking pictures will be near the "Westminster Abbev giteway, where the bridegroom. Viscnnt Lascelles. King George, Queen Mary and others of the royal family will alight from their carriages and enter the building. For the privilege of taking pictures there the Abbey authorities are said to be asking $5,000, the money to be added to the fund for restoration of the edifice. Westminster hospital, directly opposite the Abbey, has a portico over the doorway affording a splendid positlpn for several cameras. ;Space for each of them is assessed by *the hospital.authorities at $500. House "owners along'the line of the procession also are trying to reap "golden hay" from the photographers. Fifty-five dollars is not an unusual price asked for a, window or a door from which tc "shoot" the UHdal party as it drives by. ? The large brick house barn at the -Indiana state fair grounds at Indiana- ( ?olis, and about 100 head of valuable , orseS"1 were burned early Sunday morning, causing a loss esumaieu m $20,000. Three horsemen also were very seriously burned while attempting to rescue the animals. Ac- , hording t?: Assistant Fire Chief Hoyl, the fire started from an oil stove, and ! as the*, lofb'was filled with hay and straw the flames spread rapidly, trapping aftiqZAIs) and sleeping hostlers in the bUfhiQa jtructure. The slate roof on the bam Is believed to have saved tl^e large> o coliseum just across the rdad from serious damage. Harvey Busby, owner of Lord Busby, a valuable safer, >which was burned to death, narrowly escaped, after being seriously burned when trapped in the stall with his horse. Fifteen hundred dollars iji. currency which he is said to have had with him was burned also. A horse which Frank Meyers was trying to rescue became panic stricken and fell on him, pinning Meyers to the floor and he was seriously burned and trampled before freeing himself. Edward Word, another horseman, was slightly burned. The dead horses arc said to Include 50 of the 57 sent here from Camp Knox for use of Battery A and several polo ponies. Gov. Warren T. McCray's riding horse, "The Great Hose," a $15,000 mare r.-cently purchased by Thomas D. Taggart and ( several show horses owned by I.on \ McDonald, Grand Circuit rac,i driv?r. t The horses that escaped roamed the ^ northwest section of the city and a number had not been rounded up to- c night. i ~-The soldiers' bonus situation, nc- r cording to a Washington dispatch, i has simmered down preceptiblv fol- ( lowing the first reaction from President Harding's suggestion that the ad- ? justed compensation be financed by a 1 vales tax or that the enactment of the t legislation be postponed. There is, j however, no apparent slackening of the determination of house leaders to * pass the measure at this session. * Majority members of the house ways t pnd means committee met yesterday ^ to tackle the whole problem anew. They were expected to pass upon the r provisions of the measure before go- 1 jng into the question of ways and j means of raising funds. Proponents of a sales tax appeared to be confident that the Republican committee would r decide on this form of taxation as a 1 means of raising the approximately b $800,000,000 that would be needed to ^ cover the cash payments as now provided for the measure. It was cer- 1 tain, however, that the sales tax would b not be voted in without a sharp fight. 0 It was said that any'sales tax adopted , would not be a general one. A manufacturers' tax similar to that pro- * posed by Senator Smoot (Republican) r or Utah was one or the suggestions v, advanced. It was claimed tlint this tax at a rate of 1 per cent, would raise v the amount of money required. Sov- Q eral other forms of sales tax are known to be under consideration and it is not expected that there would be a hasty devision as to any of them. It was learned that treasury experts f, recently had prepared a form of sales j{ tax which, its framers contend, can be easily administered and can not be evaded. Whether a bonus bill with a b sales tax attached could be put through the house still seemed to be a mooted mestion. some leaders declaring that the situation in this respect was one defying analysis at this time. Mean- v time farm organizations continued c their attack on the tax. Gray Silver, . Washington .representative of the American Farm Bureau federation, - : . i > addressed a letter to each member of congress protesting against it. "Taxes are already exceedingly high," the letter said, "and a sales tax would only mean further burden UDon the average individual, and when we stop to consider that the average income of each man, woman and child in this country whose income is below the income tax level is only $333 a year, the American Farm Bureau federation believes it would be a rank injustice to raise further revenue for the soldiers' bonus by this method. It would take away from these people any prospect of accumulating and competence, no matter how small, and would blight the battering of their condition. She ^orferilfc (Enquire*. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1922. So far as The Yorkville Enquirer is concerned, we do not care to see a restoration of the "pre-war basis." If the war did not put the world forward at least a little bit, it will yet have to be fought out." Judge Kennesa Mountain Landis has resigned his Federal Judgeship in favor of his larger and better paying job -as supreme dictator of organized baseball. That is the right thing, except that he should, have given up the judgeshhip immediately on his acceptance of the baseball job. He would be in better favor with the people had he done that. > A dispatch of Friday said that Arlington Cotton Mills at Lawrence, .Mass., employing 3,t>uu operatives, naa closed for a week on account of "lack of orders." In view of the commonly conceded fact that there Is not nearly enough cotton in sight to keep the spindles running until the next crop, this ought to be a tip to the farmers not to plant any more cotton until the mills begin to receive orders. It is quite possible, however, that the Arlington plant closed in obedience to "orders," for if the Arlington plant had orders, and not cotton, its efforts to get cotton would put up prices. Since there is wry considerable difference in respectable opinion throughout this county as to the wisdom of maintaining the farm and home demonstration agencies in cooperation with the government, it might be well for the York delegation to provide for a referendum on the subject. The principal argument'withsome people in favor of the annual county appropriations in this connection is that for every dollar appropriated by the county, the Federal government pays such additional sum as W. W. Long, in charge of the extension, department for Clemson college, sees proper to allow. Theoretically the iustifieation of the aRDro priation is the practical value of the Instruction that the farmers, their wives and daughters get through these Agencies. There are thoughtful farmers who hold that these agencies are of Put little practical value, and that the ippropriaions really amount to waste. Members of the legislature usually encounter as much opposition among the people as they do approval, and they ire in doubt as to whether the appropriation is the right thing or not. It seems to us that it should bo for the people to say, and the place to give hem a say is in the general election. It was a wonderful piece of work hat the clubmakers for The Yorkville Enquirer accomplished for this paper ast week?work that evidenced loyaly, faithfulness and zeal of which we ire more than proud and of which any nstitution in this whole section would je proud. When February 18 was fixed as the day of final settlement there vas no way, of course of knowing what Miserable weather would prevail, the veek preceding and what a trying time >f it the clubmakers would have round ng up and collecting from those clubnembers who had postponed payment jntil the last hour. For many of the dubmakers it was not practicable to jet to town even on Friday or Saturlay. The roads were too bad. But hese conditions' were not allowed to nterfere to any considerable extent vith final settlements. In spite of the veather many clubmakecr came to own in person, as did also many inlividual subscribers; but most of the eturns came by mail in the form of >ost office money orders, registered lackages, and checks, the checks urgely predominating. There were nore than five hundred of these checks, 'hey were drawn on practically every tank in the county and some on banks a other counties. It was not until yeserday that the clerical force of the usiness office could get it all straight n account of the upprccedentcd rush: ut barring a few probable errors, we hink the account is now about corect. It has been a splendid piece of ;ork on the part cf clubmakers and as ,'e havo previously remarked, we arc uite proud of it. A 4 A 4UA YA/ IC A "Where I came fit>m makes no difference; but what I came for shall be nown of all men. "I am a reformer?the great reJrmer. "AIL great reformers are villified and bus*d at the beginning of their work, t has been so always and it will always be so. "Why not? Men are so onstituted that they think they are oing the best for their own. interest, r in all the world there is one thing that they aro absolutely sure of It is that. One man gets support and strength for what he is doing from others who are doing the same thing. And when a whole nation falls into an error that is backed by generations of approval, the correction of that error is a task beyond human power. Ann Ai-nn HVRtom nf the South XUC VllVi V4 V|# , was an economic error of stupendous proportions. It was the most tremendous economic error that has ever been known in the history of the world. It has made slaves of the 0nest race of people that God has ever created. It has robbed untold millions of their birthright, and kept to the free agency of that short sighted humanity, there was no possible hope of relief. "I am not human. I am not of human origin. I was especially created by Providence to do for the farmers of the South what they would never do for themselves. And because of the Omniscience that is responsible for me and my mission, my work is a success. '"'And who am I? I am the liberator ?the emancipator. "I am the boll weevil. "Thirty and three years was the time allotted for my work, and within four years more it will be completed. I have only about 200 miles further to go until I will have covered all territory | that was the blighting' grasp of the crop curse. "The same power by which I was created, limited my progress to gixty miles a year, or approximately that. In this dispensation there was wisdom and mercy, for had I been spread over this vast area at once, I would have stricken down the only economic system the people had, and spread such despair as would have eliminated the energy and intelligence necessary to correct their error along the line of diversification. "Just as my approach has been met with anathema, through each succeeding year, within threei years after my arrival, for anathemas has been substituted blessings. "In the light of the foregoing full and true statement, I desire to give you good York county people an extra personal message. "As a matter of course you can see that I claim to be your friend, and I asr sure you that my feelings for you are the kindliest. "I have been giving you the same warning that I have been giving to all your fellow sinners along my path. I got into your top crop last summer and destroyed it as a warning of what I am going to do to your whole crop next summer. That is what I have been doing all along. In all my experience of twenty-nine years only a few of the wisest in each belt have heeded the warning. These have reasoned that it was better to begin diversifying while they still had some^ilng, than wait until they had been completely stripped, and those of course, have had a year's Btart on the ihore foolish. Taken as a whole you York county people have been diversifying all along. You have raised cotton mainly as a surplus, and what you made was yours. If you had lost the crop it would not have hurt you much. Others, however, have been raising nothing but cotton, and that on a credit. These if they can get the backing will do the same thing this year, and they will come to grief, worse than ever. I advise you to don't. "I am the boll weevil!" MERE MENTION Judson D. Albright has been nominated as Postmaster of Charlotte, N. C. The Georgia Supreme court has decided that the counties of the state connot legally pay their pro rata proportion of the salaries of the demonstration agents in the state Joseph M. Schwab, brother of Charles M. Schwab, and one of the original members of the Carnegie Steele company, died in New York Friday aged 55 years George L. ("Tex.") Rickard, president of the Madison Square Garden sporting club of New York, has been indicted for criminal assault on two girls under fifteen years of age, and has secured his release on $10,000 bond. Following his indictment his associates in the management of the club removed him, and elected John Ringling the circus owner in his stead The Standard Oil company has definitely suspended work at its Tampico, Mexico, refineries and j discharged more than 1,000 employes, keeping only the pumpers at work A disoatch of Friday from Ogdensburg, New York, gave the temperature at Rainbow lakes in the Adirondacks at 45 degrees below zero The French committee having charge of the Olympic games for 1924, has rejected baseball as an official sport. It is reported that more than t'?,000,000 Chinamen are facing starvation 'because of floods that destroyed a large portion of the rice crop in the province of Kiangsu The low thermometer record for the year in New York was made a few days ago at 4 degrees above zero. _...As the result of careful inspections growing out of the recent Knickerbocker theatre disaster, seven Washington theatres have been ronuemned as unsafe and accordingly closed The German Bakers' association has petitioned the food ministry for the admission of American flour, which sells in Berlin for 1,250 marks a barrel against 1,400 marks per barrel for German flour of the same quality Eddie O'Brien has been arrested in Los Angeles, California, charged with participation in the $1,000,000 postofflce robberv in Toledo, Ohio, on February 17, 1921. ? The money powers of this country manipulated by the international investment bankers decreed that the farmers should be made to bear the brunt of the war costs, Benjamin C. jMHrCfl, IUUIIHKIIIF; UIICHUI wi niv Farmers* National Council, told members of that body in session in Chicago, Saturday. "During the past three years," he said, "farmers have lost $20,000,000,000 through the deflation in prices which they received for their farm crops and through the foreclosing of mortgages and high freight rates. The international investment bankers deflated prices in order that the loans which these big financial interests made to the government out of their scandalous war profits might be doubled in value through shrinking the dollar tone half of its value when thev loaned it to the government. The profiteers of America Jointly obtained $250,000 net profit for every American boy who lost his life during the world war." LOCAL AFFAIRS, / NEW ADVERTISEMENTS McConnell's?Dollar .Day, Thursday, February 23. York -rniture Co.?The Great Outdoors. York Hardware Co.?Bright sunshine. Southerland-Wakefleld Co., Charlotte? Lost nerve force. J. M. Stroup?New Spring Styles in Men's Stetson hats. r?oi<t>iann_U,oi?la CPn PArlr "Hill? For sale. J. H. Carroll?Goodrich tires, Goodrich tubes. York Supply Co.?Want to buy corn, cane seed and peas. The Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager?"Sentimental Tommy" today. D. M. Parrott, Clover?Trade at Clover's Leading: Dry Goods store. J. Clyde Plexico, Sharon?'Tenshun exservice men. J. R. Cannon?Used agricultural machinery, cheap and on easy terms. Loan and Savings Bank?The- officers and Employes of this Institulton. J. C. Hardin & Co., Rock Hill?Special reduction on tiros. Johnson's Paint Shop, Rock Hill?Automobile tops of the latest design. Nathan Feinstein?Closing out line of men's hats at half pi Ice. First National Bank of Sharon?Exsoldiers of Sharon and vicinity will organize Post No. 99. Liberty Service Station?5 Cents. The Millinery Shop?Ladies! A. M. Grist, W. M.?Special Communication nekt Friday night of Philanthropic Lodge No. 32, A. F. M. Certainly the graves of the dead should be marked with suitable stones. No one can be really comfortable so long as this duty remains in a state of neglect. Why not build a potato house at the j county home? As it is Superintendent Boyd, is able to feed his boarders with potatoes during a good part of the year and he says that if he had a potato house, he could raise and save enough potatoes to go a long ways in helping to feed the chain gang also. There are few men of his years in York county who .are more generally loved and esteemed than was Andrew J. Quinn. He was kind, he was gene'rous, he was just. There were none who would go further out of their way to accommodate their fellows without hope of any reward other than the I eoHnfnrflrm of doing a good deed. His I "V _ ? friends dearly loved to tease him; but none could provoke his even temper. He was a man of physical courage and of moral courage. His word was his bond, and what he said as truth was always so accepted. His friends were legion, and his death is an occasion for widespread mourning. Yorkville bankers report very considerable liquidation of debits since January 1. A situation that looked very, gloomy during the latter part of the year has been growing perceptibly brighter. There has not as yet been a great deal of demand for new loans. Farmers are hesitating about extensive operations in cotton planting. In fact very few of them are inclined to plant more than five or. s}Jc acres to the plow even where they haye the means. The bankers are not inclined to make loans * ,A? -4Ufnr? nnfV witnoui security uuiei luuh >.vi.wu ~? the supply people are showing a like disposition. There is still a large quantity of cotton in th<t hands of the producers?more probably than there has ever been at this^sepson of the year, and except where the cotton is pledged, there is very littli disposition to let it go. The death of Perry Ferguson has removed an old and honored landmark who has outlived the generation that knew him best anct lingered into a new generation by which he is honored because of traditions of the past. For a full generation Mr. Ferguson conducted a general merchandise store and operated a farm about the base of Nanny's Mountain, and during that time Ferguson's store was one of the best known gathering places in all that section. There are many now living who remember the generous hospitality that was dispensed at Mr. Ferguson's h"mn oven from earlv manhood on until sons and daughters became men and women and bad homes of their own. And a delightful family it was. Mr. Ferguson was always looked upon as a leader in his community and neighbors were frequently willing to abide by such settlement as he saw proper to make of differences that were submitted to him, for ho was recognized by all as a wise, just and upright man. He has been relieved from active business for many years but in his passing he still had the love, respect and esteem that he had won In his long years of useful right-doing. MORE THAN FORTY YEARS. So far the following responses have been received in compliance with the request for information about subscribers who have been taking The Yorkville Enquirer for more than forty years: T. E. Harper, York No. 8, 67 years. S. H. Epps, Sr., Fort Mill, 55 years. M. S. Carroll, Filbert No. 1, 55 years. J. B. Wood, Clover, 53 years. A. H. Merritt, Fort Mill, 52 years.* It. A. Patrick, White Oak. 52 years. H. J. Sherer, Sharon No. 2, 52 years. J. M. Brian, Yorkville, 44 years. S. L. Pursley, Clover No. 4, 42 years. L. H. Itoddey, Catawba, 41 years. G. R. Wallace, York No. 2. 41 years. W. J. Gordon, York No. 6, 50 years. TO GROW POTATOES Hickory Grove farmers are going in for the growing of sweet potatoes this year and the outlook is now that there will be 150 acres or more in Hickory Grove and community planted in potatoes this year. The Hickory Grove Sweet Potato Growers' Association has recently been organized and the membership is growing. W. H. Wilkerson is president of the association and Grover \V. It row n is secretary and treasurer. Secretary Jlrown said yesterday morning that so far about twenty-five farmers had announced their intention to affiliate with the association. They represent about 150 acres which will be planted in potatoes and he is rather of the opinion that the total acreage will be far in excess of that figure. "I for one," srtid Mr. Brown, "am convinced that there is as much if not more money in sweet potatoes at $1 a buihel than there is in cotton "at the prevailing: price and because of the presence of the boll weevil there is no question of the fact that the farmers ; are going: to have to turn their attention to some other crop. "Our association proposes to en- ' courage the building of individual sweet potato houses and we also pro cose 10 Quua a storage nuuse ur lii . community, although we have not yet completed our plans along that line." Hickory Grove farmers went lit for potatoes pretty heavy last year. Mr. W. B. Wilkerson made something like 500 bushels and ho has already sold part of his crop at a pretty good figure. Most of the farmers there have lerned how to save the potatoes, and according to Mr. Brown, hardly more than two per cent, of last year's crop was lost through rot. THE MARRIAGE RECORD. Since the last publication of the record In The Yorkvllle Enquirer, the following marriage licenses have been issued by the Judge of probate to the following: Feb. 13?Jack Fewell and Mamie Wilson, colored, Bethel township. Feb. 13?Sump Robinson and Ella Dye, colored, Sharon No. 2. Feb. 18?A. Banks Ferguson and Mattie Lee Cooper, Charlotte, N. C. Feb. 18?Herbert ,E. Martin, Blacks -a i? all UII1 ijurg, ann meeita /\uum?, xwv;i\ mu. Feb. 18?Charlie Allen and Gertrude Gallman, Rock Iiill. Feb. 18?George H. Evans, Belmont, N. C., and Ella /Trull, Mount Holly, N. C. Feb. 18?Herbert Hanna and Cora Stone, Lowell, N. C. Feb. 20?Rufus McOill and Essie Gill, colored, King's Mountain township. ANNUAL CLUB CONTEST. The Yorkville Enquirer's annual club contest came to a close last Saturday with a total of 2,363 names returned, against 2,238 returned last year, an increase of 125 names returned in clubs this year over last year. The total number of names on the mailing list at this time is 2,682. The first premium of $100 cash, goes to J. H. liigham of Sharon, for 150 names. The second premium of $75 cash goes to J. Stanhope Love of Yorkville, for 137 names. The third premium of $50 cash, goes to J. D. Whitesides of Hickory Grove, No. 2, for 117 names. The fourth highest club, for which the maker will receive commissions instead of a fixed lump hash offer, was tK.ot nf Mrs w TY Morrison of York ville?95 names. As usual the club makers have done careful, intelligent and effective work for The Yorkville Enquirer, which work it is not necessary to say, has the highest appreciation of the publishers. And of course, it is understood by all, that The Yorkville Enquirer stands ready to conform to its part of the arrangement at the convenience of the clubmakers. Many premiums have already been delivered, and numerous cash commissions have been paid, and all the other clubs will be taken care of as promptly as our friends the clubmakers advise us of their pleasure. REAL ESTATE TRANSFER8. Since the last publication of the record in The Yorkville Enquirer, real estate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor as follows: Bethel?T. F. Kendrick to R. C. Kendrick, 162 1-2 acres; $1,117. Bethesda?R. R. Hafner to M. L. Samuels, 34 9-10 acres; $500 and other considerations. Broad River?Addle J. Miller to j. Ernest Scoggins, 69 1-3 acres; $5,000. W. T. Hartness to Mary Eliza Hartness, 1 lot; $1 and other considerations. J. J. Scoggins to J. E. Scoggins, 138 1-2 acres; $;t,uuu. A. J. Hensley to Dr. C. C. Leech, 1 lot; $190. W. J. Moorhead to C. C. Leech. 1 lot; $20. Dr. C. C. Leech to Mrs. Reola Leech, 1 lot; $190. Laura D. Allison et al., to Reola N. Leech, 1 lot; $20. Bullock's Creek?J. T. Keesler to the Planters Dank, 54 acres; $000. C. E. Wilson to W. J. Blair, GO 1-2 acres; $1,700. Catawba?C. W. F. Spencer to Highland Park Mfg. Co., 1 lot; $1,200. Jones Motor Co. to Highland Park Mfg. Co., 1 lot; $1,200. Leona M. O'Dell to Margaret B. Williams, 1 lot; $5 and other considerations. Catawba Real Estate Co. to Bessie E. Home, 1 lot, $400. I Hattie I. White et al. to D. C. JolinI stone, 1 lot, $500. t Ebenezer?Catawba Real Estate Co. to Hazie Cash, 1 lot; $350. King's Mountain?Mrs. S. D. Bochtler to M. W. White, 41 acres; $1 and other considerations. O. W. McCarter to B. B. Falls, 44 acres: $1,049.83. York?Blanche Lindsay and others to town of York, 1 lot; $100 and other considerations. MILLER STARTS AGAIN. Miller school in district No. <S, three miles west of Yorkville, resumed work again tins morning after thrrice being disrupted since December 11. Inst by incendiary fires. Maybe the fourth school house will have been destroyed by the fire bug ere this issue of'The Yorkville Enquirer is distributed over York county tomorrow or Thursday. Charles Dellinger, public spirited nf \fiiinr district tendered the trustees the use of a tenant house on his premises soon after the third building used for school purposes was destroyed by fire early Friday morning and the trustees accepted the tender. "We've got to have a school down here if it is possible," Mr. Dellinger told the trustees. "Here's a house to use until we can erect another school building. If the bug burns it. it'll have to burn." F. E. Moore of the Logan Lumber yard notified Chairman Brice of the Board of Trustees that his firm would donate the lumber to make desks and benches and these have been made, the work being donated by the employes of the lumber yard. < So the plucky little school is study- i ing 'readin' and writin' and arithmetic i and other branches of learning again today. Word had gotten out that school would be resumed in Mr. Bellinger's house and most of the little boys and little girls were back at school this morning. ] They are wondering today whether , the building will be in smoke when they start to school tomorrow. ii was siaica ai wie cinuc ui nn_- auperintendent of education this morn- I ing that a representative of the State < Kinking Fund commission would like- : ly be sent into the district to investi- I gate soon. f Tliere is still no clue to the identity ( of the (Ire bug. Every citizen in the I school district, it is said is quietly in- 1 vestigation on his own account. There i fire all kinds of rumors afloat In the district relative to the incendiarisms but there is little or no evidence as yet pointing to the guilt of anybody. "There has been a rumor going the rounds that the school buildings have been burned by some of the older boys of the district who did not want to attend school,' said Chairman Brice of the board of trustees in Miller district yesterday. "As a member of the board of trustees I am prepared to say that is a lie. I don't believe there is a boy in the school who would burn the building. There has been no trouble in the school at all and while I have no idea as to who burned the three buildings I am confident that it hasn't been the work of any school child." ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. Thos. Kirkland, of Camden, is visiting relatives in Yorkvllle. Mr. K. J. nernuon, 01 lorKviue, is spending sometime in New York. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Dove, of Clover, were visitors in Yorkville yesterday. Miss Maude Stroup, of Yorkville, has returned to her home after a visit in Charlotte, N. C. Dr. It. H. Glenn, of Yorkville, is visiting Mr. ar .1 Mrs. T. L. Glenn, in Italelgh, N. C. Dr. W. A. Hood returned to his home Sunday after ten days visit to his son, Jean Hood, in Charleston. W. I). Glenn, of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, spent the week-end at his home in Yorkville. Dr. James D. McDowell, has been quite sick at his home in Yorkville, for several days past. Miss Eunice McConnell of Yorkville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L. Grier, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Miss Annie Potts Heath, of Winthrop College, spent the week-end in Yorkville with Miss Evelyn Shieder. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Williams, and M . Price Bankhe*d of McConnellsville, attended the Sunday meeting in Spartanburg Sunday. Mr. J. Ernest Stroup, of Yorkville, went to Charlotte this morning with his son, Master James Ernest Stroup, Jr., for treatment. The young boy has been suffering with an ear affection for some time. T\~ \\r 1XT Uon V/vam n^lounl.t LJi, vv . tv . rv.jmirji xius uuru an iwudij ill at his home in Rook Hill, for some days with influenza. Information yesterday was to the effect that he was more comfortable. His many friends over the county and elsewhere are very much concerned because of his illness. Rev. W. S. Patterson and little son and Miss Florence Patterson of Lancaster, visited the family of Mr. J. M. Stroup, in Yorkville, last 'week. Mr. A. W. Love of Kings Creek; Messrs. J. K. Allison, Leon M. Allison, R. L. A. Smith J. R. Cobb, and Mesdames J. W. Leech, J. S. Leech and S. W. Leech of Hickory Grove attended the Sunday meeting; in Spartanburg last Sunday. WITHIN THE TOWN ? The Yorkville High school girls' basketball team met defeat at the hands of the Chester Htfch school girls here Friday afternoon. The score was 15 to 9 in Chester's favor. ? Theo Maekorell, J. B. Gran* and Joe Herndon, young men of Yorkville, bought a Ford from Hamlet Carroli last week for $40. The flivver had only three tires on it when purchased and the young men say that if they can get hold of another tire they may go on a tour of Florida; the scenery at Palm Beach being especially attractive Just now. ? York Council No. 256, Junior Order . TTnitoH Amnrlpfin \fpphnnlofl Ant^rtJlin cd its members at a luncheon and smoker in connection with the meeting last night. Three candidates were initiated and eight applications were received. There were a large number of members in attendance on the meeting. ? Advance sale of tickets for "Hose of Washington Square,'* musical comedy extraordinary which is to play in the new opera house here tonight is progressing quite satisfactorily, Manager J. Frank Faulkner of the opera house said this morning. The show played in Asheville, N. C. last night to a capacity house .and in fact has been greeted by large crowds of critical show goers wherever it has appeared. Yorkville is the smallest town that the show has played on its present tour and the management of the opera house was not able to get it without effort. "We have every reason to believe that this show is one of the best musical comedies on the road," said Mr. Faulkner this morning. "Press criticisms of the show from other cities have been highly commendatory and we feel sure that local theatre goers will receive value for their money in the way of high class entertainment. Hose of Washington Square had a big run in New York, Chicago and other large cities ' "-1 r\f *l?n r??iuf IU fl 1'Pfl 1 UIIU i'VUI V IliruiMCi Ui vaav> w?miw aw ? . artist. In the event that there is a good house attendant upon the performance tonight, we. are assured of other high class shows." ? The valentine programme presented in the city hall auditorium "last Friday night by Miss Alice Hare, teacher of expression, brought out a good audience and everybody was delighted. The program consisted of a "Valentine Pageant," "The Teeth of the Gift Horse," and the "Beau of Rath." In the "Valentine Pageant," the cast was as follows: "The Little Girl," Rlanche Carroll; "The Fairy of Dreams," Fanny Grist; "The Queen of Hearts," Mary Hart; "The Old Fashioned Girl," Gladvs Neil; "The Blue Birds,'' Rose Carroll, Virginia Taylor, Anne Roth; "The Heart Menders,'' Annabel Carroll, Martha Bratton; "Jack of Hearts," Robert Carroll; "The Butterfly," Jane Bratton. The cast in "The Teeth of the Gift Horse" consisted of: "Frank Atkinson as "Richard Butler"; Norma Grist as "Florence Butler, his wife"; Lida Grist as "Marietta Williams, his aunt," Nancy Sharpe and Grady McFarland as "Anne Fisher" and "Devlin Blake," (friends of the Butlers); Minnie Thomasson, as Katie, the Maid." In the "Beau of Bath," like the foregoing, a one-act play, Annis Dorsett was "The Beau"; Evelyn Shieder was "The Lady of the Portrait," and Sara McGee was "Jepson, a Servant." All of the young people handled their respective pans in a way that reflected credit not only on themselves, but on the splendid trainins: they had been receiving from their instructor. The quality of the entertainment throughout is conceded to have been unsurpassed by any previous amateur performance witnessed in the town within the recollection of any of the best judges present. LOCAL LACONICS. Unusual Hcg. Mr. J. A. Campbell of Tirzah. recently slaughtered a two-year-old Duroclersey hog that netted 642 pounds. . Returned to Chafngang. John Crockett, a nCgro who escaped from the York county chaingang se\;ral years ago and who was recently wrested in Charlotte, was returned to :he chaingang Saturday by State Constable H. Ij. Johnson and Constable If arson Hedricks of King's Mountain ownship. Crockett refused to return o York county without requisition ind his return was delayed a few % I days until the necessary requisition papers could be obtained. May Adjourn Saturday. While there is a possibility that the , general assembly will adjourn ??ext Saturday or early Sunday morning, in all probability adjournment will not be reached until Saturday week, according to Representative E. W. Pursley of Santiago, who was a visitor in Yorkville yesterday. Agitation for Telephone Line. Hock Hill business people are agitating the building cf a telephone line between Hock Hill and Fort Lawn over in Chester county. There is no telephonic connection at the present time either witn Rowells or Fort Uwn, it is said and the need for such connection is great. Spoiling Match for Church. Grown-ups of the Beth-Shlloh community participated in an old time "Blue Hack" spelling match at BethShiloh school house Friday evening for the benefit of the church. There was a good crowd of Spellers present and a large audience, a goodly sum being realized from the entertainment. Successor to Quinn. Several people were mentioned this morning as possible successors to Magistrate A. J. Quinn of King's Mountain township who died last week. Among those mentioned are R. Emmett Love of Clover; J. A. C. Love of Clover No. 4; T. M. Campbell of Clover and J. A. Clinton of Clover. The magistrate for King's Mountain township will be appointed by the governor upon recommendation of the county legislative delegation. Federal Jurors. York county men have been drawn to serve on the grand jury and petit Juries at the March term of the United I Ctal no r?Miirt u/hl/ih r?r?nnr>u In u? *.vui ?. ? vu?.?v.ivu ... Rock Hill, March 14, as follows: Grand Juror?J. D. Clark, York No. 1; first week petit Jurors?J. S. Wilkcrson, Hickory Grove; J. B. Fewell, Rock Hill R. F. D.; J. F. Ashe, McConnellsville; R. E. McFarland, York, No. 3; second week?W. R. MoGill, York No. 1; H. M. MoDllI, Hickory Grove; W. W. Castles, Smyrna; W. L. Pursley,* Filbert. Rev. Tucker Accepts Call. Rev. J. P. Tucker, pastor of the First Baptist church of Rock Hill, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Selma, Ala. Rev. Tucker will take up the work of his new pastorate on April 1, his resignation at Rock Hill being effective the third Sunday in March. The growth of the First Baptist church in Rock Hill and the progress of the work under the leadership of Rev. Tucker has been remarkable. The Sunday school with an enrollment of about 300, has Increased its membership to 740 with an average attendance of nearly 700. The congregation has grown until the new auditorium with, its seating capacity of 1,000 Is practically filled at every servioe and at times it has been impossible to accommodate the congregationsK assembled. A handsome phureh building has been erected at a cost of, approximately $150,000 and a parsonage purchased at a cost of $12,500. The valuation of church property has Increased from $15,000 to $175,000. Selma, Ala., is a city of about 25,000 and the ...church to which Rev. Mr. Tuckef has been called has a membership df about 1,200. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Citizens of.Conway are promoting a movement to build a potato house. ? Spartanburg's Sunday night free will offering tp Billy Sunday, amounted to $22,654.80. ? Federal'prohibition enforcement officers raided the Elk's club in Charleston lust Friday night and got eight packages of different kinds of liquor. ? Gaffney, February ID: The remains of It. R Johnson, who was killed Thursday at the Musgrove mill by coming In contact with a live electric wire, were today taken to Bessemer City, N. C., where they were Interred. A delegation of Masons from Granard lodge accompanied the body to its last resting place, where it was interred with Masonic honors. It is sdid that C. L. Dixon, the other young man who was shocked by the same wire which killed Johnson, and who . r~11 ? /%f olvt \r lo-h t fAAt Q11M It'll it UIOIUI1UC ui dia?;-v<b?? ? tained no serious injury, and will soon resume work. ? Both houses have odopted the conference report on the Wells resolution to extend the time for paying taxes until June 1 with graduated penalties and executions not to go into the hands of the sheriffs until after September 1. Under the report, which will be the law, executions are to be made up by the treasurers after June 1, but held after September 1, a taxpayer being allowed to pay his taxes during this period without the cost of collection, but with a penalty of eight per cent. Penalties are provided as follows: One per cent for January, two per cent for February, three per cent for March, five per cent for April, six per cent for May and from June 1 to September 1, eight per cent; ? Columbia, February 17: A verdict for $40,000 was awarded to Mrs. Lyde McDonald today, in her suit against Richard S. DesPortes, prominent Columbia financier, in which she sued for $150,000 in an alleged breach of I promise action. The trial started I Wednesday morning, and the jury was ut all of last night. Mrs. McDonald alleged that she and Mr. DesPortes had lived together as man and wife for 20 years; that they had been westtogether, registering at hotels as man and wife; and that he had paid her many attentions and that ho left her recently. Mr. DesPortes is a director of a large bank here; he 19 owner of large properties in the city and is a member of a prominent family. ? Spartanbirrg, February 19: H. F. MoGee, a former president of the Spartanburg chamber of commerce and a leading merchant of the city, shot and killed a negro burglar in his home on East Main street here tonight. The negro walked into the bedroom of the home in which Mr. and Mrs. McGee were, and discovering their presence, started to retire, when Mr. McGee snatched a pistol from the dresser and fired four times, and followed the man into the adjoining room, where he fired two shots, all of which struck the man, killing him in- , stantly. The negro is believed to be Albert Perry, a local character vyith a police record. ? Ernest Netherton, a white man, about 55 or 60 years of age, was run over by a Ford car driven by B. M. Berree, a farmer, of Caroleen, N. C., ? t 111 t ? XTft, linno ana KUieci, ntiitr nimuc}, nyai lanuuig county last Friday afternoon. An inquest was held and the verdict was that the death was accidental. Mr. Feree was held by the coroner. Mr. Feeree and two companions wfere on their way to the Billy Sunday meetins when the accident occurred. Mr. Ferree started by a wagon in the road and the man started across the road, stopped and ,ran back in front of the car. Netherton was badly cut about the head and one leg was broken. He was rushed to the general hospital, where he died in a short while. ? Clyde Brown of Pacolet, was shot and killed on the lnman road near Spartanburg last Friday afternoon by