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jfarapg and Jattu. ? WaH .street, according to a New York dispatch, is arming itself against bandits. During the last few months, between 10,000 and 12,000 bankers, brokers and others who handle money in the financial district, have taken out permits for employes to carry revolvers, according to police department records. The business has been so strong that- the fee for getting a permit has been raised from $1 to $1.50. The police department has issued about 25,000 permits s'ince the first of the veer. ? A man who spent $1,800 and 1j months looking over the country fvr an alleged bail jumper, whose $500 bond he had signed, appeared in a New York jnagistrate's court Tuesday with the object of his search. Michael Eisenstein, who spent the money, said he tracked Louis Zimmerman to Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and other cities before locating him recently in Baltimore, on his fifth trip to that place. He had determined to spend his last cent to get Zimmerman, he said. Magistrate Sweetzer held Zimmerman without bail. ? The British house of commons on Monday voted a resolution of confl dence in the Lloyd George government ' 372 to 94. The main question involved was the coming Genoa conference. The premier in his speech again outlined the policy to be pursued at Genoa and made it clear that unless the house should express its confidence in the government, the Genoa conference may as well be abandoned. Lack of confl^ dence too, it was pointed out, would mean the fall of the ministry. In his speech Mr. Lloyd George pointed out that the government must pursue an * attitude of sympathy and conciliation r toward Russia, and although the Sof viet government is not to be recogniz ; ed without the approval of the house _ of commons it is not to be antagonized further. He said that Germany can never pay her reparations except through commercial relations with Russia. Also Mr. George declared the necessity of re-establishing stable exchange; but did not undertake to say how this could be done. ? Expressing opposition to everything that the Ku Klux Klan stands for, "As far as I know," Federal Judge James C. Wilson, of the northern district of Texas, in an address before the Weatherford. Texas, chamber of commerce, Tuesday night, declared that Senator Culberson "did not miss it far" when he said that if "permitted to continue the klan would soon overthrow the government." The federal judge stated that it was nothing more than a form of anarchism which operated by first getting as members the sheriffs, then the police, the trial Judges and preachers. "It is a smooth system of chloroforming the government under the plea of 100 per cent Americanism." Giving two remedies for the successful ourhinc of the organization the judge stated that public ' sentiment would * force it to earth. As another remedy, , he said, to "mob the mob." This, he declared, could be done without violation of the law for the constitution Rives the individual the right to protect his life and his property from the attacks of another. Judge Wilson asserted that he was as strongly against the antl-Ku Klux Klan as he was against the klan. "All mobs are bad," . l*e stated. Jn conclusion the judge y urged the arming of all Jails with ma. chine guns and men to man them, so that mobs which attack Jajls to obtain possession of prisoners cotjld be 4 thiuarfofl . . J ? Enactment of the administration's C ship subsidy bills without radical k change is the hope of President Hard ing and shipping board officials, Chair{ man Lasker told members of the sen; ate commerce and house merchant marine cpmmittees at the opening session Tuesday of joint .hearings on the meas# ure. Declaring that the shipping board . "stands fast"' for the general principles embodied in the program endorsed by the president. Mr. Lasker expressed ' the opinion that "any radical change in the proposals might result in destruction of the whole." After he had read a lengthy statement in which he contended that government operation not only had proved a "costly failure," but was driving private owners off the seas, the shipping board head became the target for a rapid fire of questions, ? most of them from Democratic members of the house committee. Frequent verbal clashes between Mr. Lasker and Representative Hardy, Texas, ( ranking Democrat "of the house committee, marked the cross-examination. Quizzed by Representative Briggs, Democrat, Texas, as to the board's experience with ship operators, Mr. Lasker said he had a "suspicion that a few operators have purposely abused their operation privileges" to prove government operation a failure. The chairman added that he would not make any specific charges on this point. ? A drifting mine, says a Washington, dispatch, was sighted Tuesday * directly in the pathway charted for liners plying between Boston and Euv rope. Warning of its presence was immediately sent by radio broadcast } by the hydrographic office of the navy * department to all mariners. The vessel which reported the mine gave its '-^position a$ latitude 40 degrees 18 min'utes west; longitude 52 degrees 46 t minutes ?north. The location is south ?'of the Grand banks and west of the junction at seat where ships bound 'from Europe to Boston leave the track tof the Europe-New York liners and .bear almost due west into port. Since January 1, 1921, eight floating mines > which drifted from the remaining ."fmine fields of the war overseas have \been definitely reported to the hydrographic office in the north Atlantic ;area immediately off the American coast. During the same period two mines were reported off the southern Sport of the American coast. There .were reported and charted by the hydrographic service from January 1, ,1921^.10 March 29, 1922 no less than i.i nuaung mint's, wnne six nuumonai mines were reported before the 1921 Vdate. Twenty-seven of these were in .the high sea area and the remainder either off the American coast, in the ..Azores area, the European, the Tialtic tor the Mediterranean. In cooperation -with the International Mine Clearing ^company in London the hydrographic ^bot't'tco fltl'nichnc rfifrttlnr minn tm ings anil charts to all mariners leaving American ports. These show that 4?vast areas of the war zone are still unswept and mines that break loose vdrift into the channels of steamship traffic, occasional destruction of vessels from this cause being reported. Navy officers believe it will be years before the danger is wholly passed or until the action of salt water, has finally destroyed the mines. ? Lieutenant Colonel Paul Word Eeck was killed in the home of Jean P. Day. a prominent attorney and oil man, in the home of the latter at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, last Tuesday iv.ivniuh <v III1U?4CI11 I'm I/' Beck, who was assistant ccfnmanderat the United States aviation field at Fort Sill, had come over in an airplane to be present at the party. The story of Day is that after taking1 some of the , jjuost;; home in his automobile, he returned to. find Beck struggling: with Mrs. Day.- He went up stairs, got Oijs pistol,' returned and ordered Beck, to leave..' Beck made a threatening motion and pay struck him a crysh'ug blow 011 the head with his pistol. The pistol was discharged. Day says that he did not intend to shoot Beck; but does not pretend any '-egret at the batter's death. Mrs. Day fainted when she saw her husband enter the room. Upon her recovery later on, she said that after her husband left the house Beck caught both her hands in his, put his arm around her and made improper proposals. It was while she was struggling with him that her husband appeared. She saw her husband leave the room and after what seemed to be a long time reappeared with his pistol, when she fainted and remembered nothing more except that she had screamed. Beck had been an intimate friend of the family for a long time, privileged to go"and come as he pleased; but both Mr. and Mrs. Day say there had never previously been an intimation of such conduct. Mrs. Day is said to be considerably younger than her husband. The published reports up to this time contain no suggestions of the possible unfaithfulness of Mrs. Day. Investigations are in progress by officers of the army, by the coroner, and by the federal prohibition director, the lrtter to see how much whisky had been used at the party. Physicians who made an x-roy^ examination of Beck's head, say the p'istol bullet passed through his brain. The coroner's Inquest will be held tomorrow. 1 <?lrc ^orbville (Enquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1922. One of the things that puzzles us is wherein the New York cotton exchange is any more virtuous than was the American Cotton exchange. The circumstance that Wall Street confidence men are being forced to carry pistols to defend their ill gotten gains from highwaymen is to be taken mainly as logical development, of the Wall Street game. And possibly the practices of the street may now be in the way of reform. Politics is a battle between me ins and outs. The ins want to stay in and the outs want to get in. Usually both sides deny this; but if it were not this way there would not be much politics. The turning out of those heads of departments in the bureau of engraving and printing has raised a big row. Sure. If the Democrats had closed out the Republicans, it would have been the same thing. Sure. And when the Democrats get back in power they will act just as the Republicans have acted. Sure. And the Republicans will be raising the row. Sure. And the Democrats will cite Republican precedent. Surif. AnjJ so it gfces^.Why not accept facts as facts? In the current issue of the Lancaster News, George B. Craven, who has been editor of the paper for the past four and a half years announces his retirement and Judge Ira B. Jones announces his succession to the management of the paper. Mr. Craven takes >ccasion to say that the strange conditions in Lancaster, the Springs Boycott and the Spring3-Jones controversy have nothing to do with his retirement, which he says, is not only from Lancaster, but from the newspaper business. Judge Jones pays high tribute to Mr. Craven and his wife and expresses the opinion that so good a newspaper man as Mr. Craven can hardly remain long out of the business. While it is not difficult for The Yorkville Enquirer to conceive reasons why Mr. Craven should be ready to quit, it is not necessary to express these reasons. Wo do not hesitate, however, to say that in our judgment Mr. Craven has acquitted himself ably and honorably in his position, and there are few newspaper men in the state who have held his job down for so long with as much credit. The main interest in the Genoa conference centers in the efforts of the various nations to bring about with Russia a reapproaehment whereby trade relations may be restored. Russia is without question the best market in the world for foreign goods. She needs almost everything, especially locomotives, agricultural machinery, clothing, J as well as food. She has many things that the balance of the world wants, including gold and other metals, and oil. The form of her government is distasteful to all other governments, and full recognition is a proposition over which the other governments are extremely reluctant. But Germany needs Russia in order to get on her feet and the other governments want Germany to get on her feet so that she can pay. It is hoped that at Genoa an understanding can be arrived at whereby trade relations may be re-established between Russia and the balance of the world, and Russia also hopes to get out of the. situation full and complete recognition of her Soviet government. Progress of Cotton Planting.?Heavy rains in the central and western portions of the cotton "belt delayed farm work and bnt little cotton was planted during the last week in those sections, the government's weekly weather and crop review issued Wednesday said. Planting is backward in Texas, the review said, and little or none as yet has been see-n in the lower Mississippi valley. Conditions were more favorable in the Atlantic coast states and planting made good progress in that area. This work has been finished in prrts of Florida and the early planting is up to a good stand in southern Georgia. Planting was extended during the week to central North Carolina and southeastern North Carolina, which is somewhat earlier than the average season. LOCAL.AFFAIRS, ? , ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. \ Nathan Feinstcin?New goods at Fein- } steins. f McConnell Dry Goods Company?Buy cotton goods now. Owens Fruit and Produce Company, Tampa, Fla,?Chickens and Eggs Wanted. Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manager? "The Courage of Marge O'Doone" j today and other good programmes to I follow. York Supply Company?Wire fencing. Ic. W. McGee, Administrator?Notice < to debtors and creditors of the es- ( j tate of J. J. Glenn, deceased. . Jamison's Bakery-^New system bread ' made under sanitary conditions. Peoples Bank and Trust Company? j It's only human. Royal Baking Powder Company?Mrs. L. writes. 1 W. F. Stevenson, Washington, D. C.? ; | Free bulletin on boll weevil problem. | A. M. Grist, W. M.?Regular communi- 1 j cation of Philanthropic lodge No. 32, A. F. M. next Tuesday night. Clover Hardware Company?Kurfees 1 | pure paint. ] Green fields along all the sides of all the roads indicate considerable acreage of small grain this year; but it is a fact that the farmers were not j able to sow nearly as much as they wanted to sow, mainly because they were unable to get it in before the rains commenced in the late fall. You corvice bovs. whv don't you take your discharge papers to Cleik McMackin and have thom recorded free of charge? Mr. McMackin has a special 1 book for the purpose and will be glad to record your discharges. By all means you young men should attend to this matter. A representative of The Yorkville Enquirer who went from. Hickory Grove to Fort Mill during Tuesday saw scores of plows at work along the read. The ground appeared full wet in places; but the plows were going all the same. Rain of Wednesday and Wednesday night, however put another stop to farm work, at least for several days. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Real estate transfers have been Indexed in the offlco of the auditor as follows: Catawba?Gib II. Greene t^ J. E. Vaughn, 1 lot; $1,000. York?T. E. McMackin, C. C. C. Pis. to Peoples Bank & Trust Co., 61 57-100 acres; $2,650. (Laura E. Parish tract.) Ebenerer?Joe M. Taylor to The Peoples Trust Co., 2 acres; $122.71. SCENE OF MANY BATTLES Local negroes were very much interested in the news of the row at Gethscmenc Baptist church last Friday night, on the occasion of the prayer meeting watch of March passing out and April coming in. ' Some particulars of the row are contained in a paragraph republished in another column from the Chester News. "Yes, sir; that's the rowinist place as I know anything about," said a j negro woman who called at The Yorkville Enquirer office for information, ( and who was in turn asked as to what she knew of Gethsemene. , "Gethsemene is the oldest Baptist , church in this part of the state, I reck on?it is the mother of all these Baptist . churches up this way, down in Fair- : field and over toward Lancaster. There ' is a big congregation there, and rows ' ar? common. One negro was killed in , a row there about fifteen years ago, and there may be other killings, but I ' can't tell you about them exactly. We j most always look for some kind of a j row when they have a big meeting at , Gethaemene; but sometimes it gets by j without a row." WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Clarence Poe is to speak in the ( courthouse this afternoon at 2:30 j o'clock. ( ? mr w. s. Willis has begun the ' erection of a residence on South Congress street. M. L. Carroll is remodeling his residence on King's Mountain street. ? Numbers of local gardeners are eating onions, lettuce and raddishes of their own raising and some have furnished several of the grocery stores with supplies for sale. ? Rev. R. J. Crockett has been elected principal of Jefferson Graded School, colored of Yorkville, to succeed W. M. Keck. About 300 pupils are enrolled in the school. ? The First Presbyterian church of Yorkville has subscribed $7,000 to the campaign of the Southern Presbyterian church to raise $4,500,000 for benevolences in 1922. The allotment of the local church was only $6,283. ? The light and power system was 1 put out of business by an electrical storm early Wednesday night, the big switch at the power house being destroyed. Rain fell all during the night? one of the heaviest downpours during the long wet spell. ? "The new fire alarm siren is in position on top of the town hall, all right," said Mr. J. F. Faulkner, of the fire department this morning; "but it is not placed to the best advantage. In order to do its best it should be mounted on a tower about fifteen feet above roof. As it is now the sound is sup ii.uuanrl n,..irl,v nnil (Iocs not ITPt its I proper volume until about a mile away. | We will correct Urn later on. In the meantime, if you will make announcement of the fact, wo will make a test J tomorrow at noon. I would like to have < the announcement in advance so as to J avoid the confusion that would be ere- ( ated by a false alarm." * ? Not often; but occasionally there ( are complaints from local subscribers i about the tardy delivery of their papers ( l?y the carrier hoys. Such complaints ( as art reasonable receive prompt at- . tention. We hiwe four carrier boys, each with a special route. They are bright, intelligent high toned boys, who realize the importance of prompt conscientious attention to duty. Their instructions are *o move quickly, see that every paper is delivered properly and without unnecessary delay, and unless unavoidably hindered they obey their instructions. The cost of deliver- . ing the papers to town subscribers is almost as great as the entire balance of the circulation. The town circulation is hardly more than ten per cent, of the whole. This cost is paid by the publishers and not by subscriber The routes of the carriers are regulated by the publishers with reference to economy of time and efficiency, and while it would be gratifying to be able, to con siaer tne individual desire 01 uie suuscriber this is not practicable. It is the privilege of any local subscriber, who may prefer to get his paper from . the post oftiee general delivery, without extra charge. The postage charge for delivery of the paper by the special letter carriers is one cent a copy, which \ must be paid by the subscriber. There ire quite a number of subscribers who ret their papers through the general lelivcry at the po3tofflce, and some ,vho pay the cent a copy extra and lave their papers delivered by the oficial letter carriers. MISTAKEN IDENTITY Error of an enthusiastic prohibiionist of the Hickory Grove section n mistaking a burning stump for a nodnshine still in full blast caused t r ? a ^ n r 4 BAtmral >JdKlSU(UU IV. Jj. ;V. OIIIllll CI IIVA oc> ti ui deputies a ten mile tramp In the dead )f night recently. The story -was told t>y "Squire" Smith while in Yorkville resterday who explained that he was going to tell it even though the joke was largely on himself. 'Cut those who were with me told me to be sure not to tell you their names," he cautioned a reporter for The Enquirer. "They didn t want themselves known is being connected with it." "Fellow came to my house about 11:30 at night," the squire said. "I got up after a bit and went to the door. He wanted to know if I would like to take a still in full blast, saying that he knew where one was about five miles away. I told him I'd be with him as soon as I got my breeches on. "Well, I got 'em on and calling in four other fellows, including two young boys, we started out. Along before we gof to the place we could plainly see a light and I thinks to myself: "Well, this is one time we are going to catch 'em right on the job. "The closer we got the plainer the light shone out. I delegated three of the party to go toward one outlet to head the moonshiners off if they should run that way and with the two boys I elected to guard the other outlet. "It was an ideal place for the location of a still. One could hear the water trickling in the little branch and from the light which was shining so brightly we got the idea that it was a big plant. "I asked the boys with me if they had pistols. They said no, so I told them to fill their pockets with rocks and if the shiners tried to run over them, to start the rock barage. I had my old trusty shot gun with me, loaded Rood and plenty. "Well, suh, we got closer and closer to the light until it just seemed like the folks that we thought were running the plant should break and run. But nobody ran and we couldn't hear anybody at work. "After waiting a time we walked right up to the light. "And guess what it was. ' Why nothing but a stump of light wood which somebody had set on fire and which was blazing away merrily. "The other members of tho party were pretty well hacked; but I wasn't because I had been fooled that way twice before. "The man who had first discovered it and who came to my house in the aeaci or nignt to lead me to the scene five miles away was perfectly honest about It. He was the worst disappointed man in the lot. "But you may be sure," said the squire in conclusion, "that we were not in the best of humor after that ten mile walk to see a burning stump." MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION Following is a list of Yorkville citizens who have so far qualified themselves to vote in municipal elections during the next two years: Ward 1. Forest Smith J. E. Johnson IV. E. Morton J. J. McSwaln W. C. Panned G. W. Hill Levi Whitener F. A. Beaver Dr. M. W. White D. M. Jones J. C. Wallace E. A. Horton Alex Outlaw , J. M. Brian W. M. Bigger -s H. T. Quinn J. C. Moore G. W. Ferguson A. C. Ramsey W. A. Laney Ft. C. Blackwell Dan Whitener 3. W. Meek H. D. Barrett Dliff Cole F. M. Poteat E. W. Holds G. C. Childers H. M. Mullis E. H. Moton J. Dillingham T. C. O'Farrell W T. Laughridge P. N. Moore \r. F. Dillingham C. L. Adams 3. W. White G. C. Cartwright 3. A. Hall R. F. Lee Brace H. Hall J. R. Lindsay" r. W. Anderson Fredrica Lindsay ilV. J. P. Wylie Rose M. Lindsay Blanche Lindsay Margaret I. White IV. S. Wood W. G. F'nley 3. M. Lnog Forest Childers IV. L. Wallace Jj ?. D. Grist r. T. Quinn Susie H. Grist wara z T. E. Stroup S. T. Enloe SI. C. McCorkle B. N. Moore M. T. Babor : Geo. H. Hart 2. L. Bennett > J. E. Hart 2. B. Nevins J. W. Miller P. P. Morrison W. B. Moore 3cn Fails C. Y. White Charley Herndon S. E. Grist Mbert Ashe Sam M. Grist 3. R. McCorkle J. A. T.ite ft. H. Moore At. L. Carroll F. J. M. Bolin Jeanette Herndon T. G. Wardlaw W. I. Witherspoon T. PL Cannon T. M. Ferguson .V. H. Barron T. E. Wallace Margaret A. Gist Helen R. Gardner Uex Nivens Reola Q. Stroup D. L. Shieder Q. Wallace Ward 3. A. A. Barron W. D. Grist :f. C. Smith T. W. Speck II. L. Mitchell C. R. Gillam 2url H. Hart L. M. Grist f. W. Marshall S. Elizabeth Grist 3. F. Smith Edith T. Grist 3. A. Boney Elizabeth Barron iV. O. Harshaw Louise Barron 1. O. Allison F. C. Wood iV." L. Jamison W. G. Brown jydia R. Hart G. II. O'Lcary 3. 1*. Barron Ward 4. r. M. Stroup V/. B. MoCleave Jen. A. Sherer G. W. S. Hart 0. T. Woods R. F. Parrolt 2. T. Stroup R. F. White \. D. Dorsett P. W. Patrick P. C. McCelvey Betlie Grist \. S. Hart A. M. Grist L S. MeConnell Mary Mc. Love 2. W. McGcc W. M. Kennedy ?*. E. Quinn Tt. A. Correll IX T. Quinn Marie C. Correll I. I. McCaw Louis Holh Vda L. Saunders A. J. Parrott 311a C. Glenn J. E. Lowry 1. 11. Mackorcll Ward 5 >V. S. Moore L. 11. Castles kV. S. Willis John R. Hart iV. A. Thomasson W. K. Latimer r. S. Sandit'er J. Mc. Moore X H. Keller G. P. Grant X M. Murray Ward 6. r. H. Carroll J. Y. Eneas 1. D. Alexander Jess Paris . W. Jolinson C. W. Carroll 3. M. Love R. D. Dorsctt C. Parrott Ida A. Alexander 3mmett Stewart THE MARRIAGE RECORD. Marriage licenses nave oeen issuku iy the judge of probate to the followng: March 1?Albert Ervin and Mary Vallace, colored, Yorkville. March 'J?\V. Fennell Craig and Pearl E. Shillinglaw, Rock Hill March 3?Beauregard Reid, and Han- i nah Cousart, colored, Rock Hill. i March 4?Fur man B. Johnson and i Clara Hicks, Rock Hill. i March 6?Walter Anderson and Net- i tie Guinns, colored, York township. March 7?Albert Mobley and Laura i Johnson, colored, York township. March 7?Roosevelt Rainey and Lucile Sanders, Sharon No. 2. March 10?William L. Timmons and Effle Waters, Lesslie. March 11?Alexander Guffln and Ada Bennett, Fort Mill. March 11?Ben Briggs and Sallie Barrett, York township. March 11?Ernest S. Jackson and Macie Jones, King's Mountain township. March 13?James E. Parker, Jr., Rock Hill, and Jessie L. Vaughn, Heath Springs, S. C. March 14?Jesse Blake and Juanita Smith, colored, Rock Hill. March 15;?John T. Palmer, Gastonia, and Ma-rcaret Elizabeth Allen. Chester. March 18?Gaither Parker and Jessie Gill, colored, Hickory Grove. March 18?G. William Burrell, Greenville, and Nell Amberson, Yorkville. March 18?Edward Kimbell and Hester McCameron, Rock Hill. March 18?Harvey Davis Hullett and Elizabeth Caldwell. March 20?John White and Mary Jackson, colored, Rock Hill. March 20?Henry Rhodes and Bertha Ratchford, colored, York township. March 23?Orion Foster, Rock Hill, and Pluma Lewis, colored, McConneilsville. March 23?Thomas O. Dawkins and Beulah Worley, Rock Hill. March 24?Henry Robinson and Flora Bryant, Clover. March 25?William R. Gordon, Bullock's Creek, and Lona Barrett, Rock Hill. March 25?James Howell and Ola Black, colored, Rock Hill. March 25?Arthur W. Garrison and Eula P. Carnes, Rock Hill. March 25?Henry Daniel and Fannie Castle, colored, Rock Hill. March 27?Kinnie Tate and Bertha Mceks, colored, Yorkville. March 28?J. Oscar Sykes, Charlotte, and Elva McKay, Pineville. March 29?Roy G. Williams and Annie Jackson, Rock Hill. March 29?O'Dell Massey and Queen Esther Mitchell, colored. Rock Hill. March 29?Jim Jetter and Lula Gill, cuiureu, ouiiuck a uret'k. March 29?J. H. Harvey and Eunice Mae McCarter, Clover. March 30?Hobert V/. Green and Viola Abernethy, Mt. Ilolly, N. C. March 30?Oron E. Fellows and Ora Lee Simrili; Rock Hill. March 31?Charlie Joseph and Amanda White, colored, Ebenezer. April 1?Hazie Cash, Rock Hill, and Lelie Batchlor, Smyrna. April 1?William A. Garrison and Pearl Stevenson, Rock Hill. April 1?Guy Smith and, Rosie Self, Lincoln county, N. C. April 1?Robert G. Bcchtler. Rock Hill, and Ruth Whltaker, Clover. April 3?F. R. Gribblc and Lila. Lee Thompson, Charlotte. April 5?John Bridges and Winnie Taylor, Gastonia. ABOUT PEOPLE Miss Bessie Mason has returned to her home in Yorkville, after a visit of several weeks to relatives in Charleston. j( !wJ4j,\i'| i) Mr. William Barron, who has been at The Fennell infirmary for some time past, is now at the home of his father, Mr. W. H. Barron, in Yoikvllle. Clarence S. McCrorey, for some time 1 past manager of the Victory Milling Company in Rock Hill, has resigned to become manager of a flour mill at Lexington, N. C. _i Miss Kate Cody of Yorkville, who was badly bruised Sunday afternoon, when a chair in which she was sitting on the front porch of hier home gave way and caused her to fall to the ground, is still confined to her home. She is getting along as well as could be expected. Rock Hill Record: Miss Alice Beckett, who has been head nu^se at tho Fennell Infirmary for some time, has resigned from this position and is spending a week as the guest o*' her sister, Mrs. W. E. Simpson, on Marion street. Miss Beckett will leave next week to spend the summer with her mother at her home on John's Island. Friends of Mrs. F. C. Poe will be glad to learn that she is resting comfortably, following a slight oper ation this morning at the I-ennell Infirmary. AriYork county friends of Dr. E. \V. Pressly, formerly of Clover, will be interested in the following from the Greenville News: Announcement was made yesterday that with th s closing of the Chick Springs sanitarium, Dr. E. W. Pressly ha.'-1 decided to locate in Greenville for the practice of his profession. This brings great pleasure to his many friends who have known him for many years and to whom he has greatly endeared himself. Dr. Pressly is one of the Due West Presslys, was educated at Due West, and after graduating in medicine, married and located in Clover. Upon the entry of the United States in the war, Dr. Pressly responded, to his country's call and entered the service. Ho was located at Camp Sevier, where he was rapidly promoted to the rank of colonel and put in full charge of the medical corps, rendering efficient service during the scourge of flu at the camp. At the close of Ntho war, feeling that his service in this capacity was ended, he associated himself with other physicians and surgeons at Chick Springs sanitarium, where he has practiced since, confining his work to general diagnosis and internal medicine. Dr. Pressly was at one time president of the South Carolina, Medical association and is now one of the board of examiners. lie is a fluent speaker and his services are in {Treat demand all over the state on both medical and literary subjects, llis work in Greenville will bo limited to frener.nl diagnosis, heart and lungs. Offices have not yet been decided on, but will ze opened within the next two or three weeks. The following dispatch from St. George, Dorchester county, will be of interest here, the deceased being a brother of Mr. I?. \V. Patrick, of Yorkvilie: An inquest in connection with the death of John C, Patrick was held in tne courthouse yesterday afternoon and the verdict was to the effect that Willie Carr, now in the county jail, is Hie person who fired the fatal snot. The jury was impaneled Saturday morning immediately after the remains had reached. St. George from Charleston, but adjourned until yesterday, when the verdict was reached. The affair has created intense intedest. The! court room was well filled during the hearing, which consumed several hours. A number of witnesses were examined and considerable testimony was given as to statements or tne defeased after he had been wounded, the burning of his property, the movements of the accused prior to and following' the shooting, and the destruction of boats in the section in j which the tragedy occurred. The 11 hearing developed that the gun with i which the shooting was alleged to have I been done had been borrowed from a 1 neighbor and had been returned short- i ly after Mr. Patrick had been wound- i ed. Solicitor Hydriek cime down from ' Orangeburg to attend the hearing and with Walter S. Utsey of St George, i represented the state. Gen. U. S. ] Connor and, J. Henry Behling, counsel I for the accused, were present. The i attorneys for the defense did not take ' a very active part in the proceedings, and did not indicate what their pro- i cedure would be when the matter comes up in the court of general sessions. N'o information has been given out as to application for bail for the accused. The deceased received gunshot wounds early Saturday evening, more than five weeks ago, when he was returning to his home after having been to a cross roads store a short distance away. He was taken to a hospital in Charleston the next morning, where he remained until his deatu Friday evening. Since the morning after the tragedy, Willie CaiT has been in the county jail. LOCAL LACONICS Concrete Bridges. Materials are being laid down for two concrete bridges on the West-road, one over Turkey creek and one over the branch a short distance further on. Beersheba School to Close. Beersheba school closes its term this afternoon. The school has been in charge of Misses Ella Wilkie and Lesslie Carroll. Chaingang Force Reduced. Expiration of sentences of a number of prisoners has considerably reduced the strength of the chaingang, it was stated yesterday. There are now 3a prisoners on the gang. Thirty Prisoners In Jail. There were a total of thirty prison ers in the county jail yesterday. Twen- I ty were negroes and ten white. "Surely takes a lot of stuff to feed 'em three times a day," was the comment of Deputy Sheriff Quir.n. Bethel Presbyterial. Of interest to York county Presbyterians is the spring meeting of Bethel Presbyterial which is to be held in Chester, April 20 and 21. A very elaborate programme has been arranged for both days and a large attendance is anticipated. The sessions are to he held in Purity Presbyterian church. Yorkville High Lost. Yorkville High School lost a game to Lrfincnster High at Lancaster Tuesday evening 15 to 6. The locals defeated Cotton Belt yesterday afternoon 7 to 6. Clover and Yorkville are scheduled to play here next Tuesday afternoon. Negro Night Schools Cl06e. Commencement exercises of the night schools lor colored people of I Rock Hill were held at Friendship College in that city last evening. J. B. Felton, state, supervisor of negro schools was the principal speaker of the occasion. Each of the three negro night schools had a part in the exercises. Union School Closed. ^ Union School In District No. 53 closed Its term last Friday afternoon. The school had been in session seven months. Prof. Macon Sifford of Clover and Miss Lizzie Wood of Filbert were the teachers in charge. The school was the winner of several prizes offered by the state school imnrovement association during the side of the building furnishing all the light, with the exception of the door in the front, which must be kept open lest Lhe children suffer from excessive heat. The building just recently erected has not been painted. It was built largely as an experiment to see whether or not the firebug who has burned three buildings in the district used for school purposes, will try to burn the latest building. While it is serving for school purposes all right and shows plucky grit and determination on the part of the patrons of the district to have a school, it is in odd contrast to the buildiners that formerly housed the school. Many to Attend Ccnvontion. Representatives of the Christian: Endeavor Societies of practically every Presbyterian church in the county are in Greenville today in attendance upon the annual convention of the State Christian Endeavor societies which opens in that city this evening with an address by Daniel A. p Poling of New York City and Boston. With a series of social affairs, addresses by some of the leading religious leaders of the country and numerous entertainments at the hands of tjie Greenville chamber of commerce and Endeavor organizations, the ' young people will remain in Greenville over Sunday. The convention will close with an address by Rev. R. A. Lapsley. of Tarboro, N. C., who on May 1, becomes pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Columbia. Among speakers for the convention are Dr. J. P. McCallie, of Chattanooga; Chas. F. Evans of Chattanooga: S. W. Denby, Chattanooga; Dr. Don W. Richardson of Phinn* Miss Mabel Hall. pf At Ian ta"Dr7 E. B. Quick, of Anderson; Dt\ Stonley R. Orubb, of Columbia; W. P. Conyers, jf Greenville; Dr. R. F. Klrkpatriek, of Anderson and a score of the Endeavor leaders of the state. Lid On in Rock Hill. For over a year the Federation of Bible Classes of the city has been trying to fret the City council to pass a rig-id ordinance tn regard, to the Sund.My closing. At the legular meeting of the council held Monday night a committee composed of Mrs. J. K. Roach, Dr. AJexander Martin, R. C. Burts and J. TV Fain appeared before the council and addressed it as to the advisability and need for more strict | observance. The ordinance passed the i third reading and as It now stands provides for the selling of gasoline during only certain hours on Sunday, the druggist can only sell drug3. The question of. what is work of necessity was discussed at length, some holding that it was unlawful to let the boys sell papers on Sunday and to let the shoe shine stands do business. Chief Youngblood stated that he would like for council to rule on these two points. There seems to be a unanimity of opinion that shoe shine stands are unnecessary. There was a division of Anintnn o a + a ka on 1 a a# ytntimriut It was decided to start off with an iron clad ordinance. It was admitted that the measure literally construed was far-reaching1 and in its scope. Members of the council pointed out to the different organisations that the success of the law depended largely on the support of the general, public and that those backing the ordinance would be > expected to lend every effort in detecting and prosecuting the offenders. A law providing a penalty of not less than $20 and not more than $100 for a person to drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of narcotics or intoxicating liquors was passed. ? Dr. Geo. H. Heiptlsh, a prominent physician of' Spartanburg, djed at his home in that city last Tuesday, in the 63rd year of his age. ? A bronze statue of Booker T. Washington, born in slavery but who founded Tuskegee institute, was unveiled at Tuskegoe, Alabama, Wednesday in the presence of a gathering of white people and negroes from all parts of the nation. Funds for the erection of the statue were contributed by 100,000 negroes, and it depicts the negro educator In the act of pulling away from a crouching, half concealed black man the veil of ignorance and . superstition. Carved on its base are the words: "He lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the way to progress through education and industry." Other inscriptions, from Washington's writings, on the base include: "We shall prosper in proportion as we learn to oignify and glory labor and put brains and skill into the common occupations of life." "There is no de fenste or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all." "I v.-ill let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him." The unveiling, held in connection with Founders day of Tuskegee institute, brought together the largest crowd that ever visited the institution. Eulogies of the work of Booker T. Washington were delivered by Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the navy; Dr. Wallace Butterick, president of the General Education board: Dr. George G. Hall, of Chicago; Emmett J. Scott of Washington; Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tnskegec Institute and William J. Wilcox, of New York, chairman of board of trustees. A letter from President Harding, praising Washington was read. ? Columbia April 6* That John E. Swearingcn, state superintendent of education, would havo no lack of backing in school circles should he cast his hat into the gubernatorial ring this summer was made clearly ' > evident at the meeting of county superintendents of education recently held in this city. The resolution, which was adopted almost unanimously by the county superintendents of education, has just leaked out nnd yesterday when Mr. Swcaringen was asked about it he expressed the wish that nothing be said abcut it, as he has yet made no announcement that he would run for governor and he said he feared the schools might suffer from the rumor. It has been the icustom of Mr. Swearingen for a number of years to assemble the county imuimeiim oi I'uuvuuuii ill twunibia soon after tlie close of the legislature. so that he might discuss v/ilh thorn the new Laws which had been passed with regard to the public schools. These meetings have been found very helpful and have been well attended. This year every county in the state, except about 11, had its superintendent of education at the meeting. It is understood that at one of the conferen'es a county superintendent arose and proposed that the meeting of superintendents go on record as cnJorsing Mr. Swearingen's candidacy for governor should he enter the race. At 1he tine Mr. Swearingen was in the chair and lie at once ruled the motion out of order and it di l not come to a vote. Late** during tlie meeting, when S. J. Wall, superintendent of education of Marion, took the chair, the matter wns .umiti broached, nnd the resolution was adopted heartily. Since Mr. SwearinKon had not announced any intention of running for governor, it was agreed according to rumors on the street, to rr,r ke no mention of the resolution through the public print lest the schools should suffer. ... ' - t year. Break in the Road. The heavy beating rain of Wednesday night found a soft place in the newly built King's Mountain road that may give trouble. The top soil had necessarily to be laid over wet ground that would probably have been permanently all right after a week of dry weather. It is not expected that the break will make the road impassable unless the rains continue for some time. Alleged White Slaver Arrested. Rock Hill Herald. Wednesday: Robert Phillips, of Jacksonville, Ala., is being held here by the police on the charge of violating the white slave act, pending arrival of a warrai?t from tho federal authorities in Birmingham, Ala. Phillips, who has a wife and four children in Jacksonville, came here several weeks ago and secured a position in a mill, stating to officials that his wife would come later. A young woman, he alleged to be his wife, came a week or so later and both have been working since that time. Children Present Pageant. in me presence or a jarge cruwu ui parents and friends, pupils of the Aragon-Blue Buckle department of the Rock Hill city schools presented an elaborate pageant?"The Victory of Health" at the A^ragon Mill baseball park Tuesday afternoon. Leading roles were taken by pupils taking the following characters: Queen of Health; King Common Sense; Prince of Demons and Hope. The health pageant had been planned to show how various physical activities are a benefit to the health of boys and girls and also to teach the need and value of establishing correct health habits. Worth Looking At. Mr. Eugene Garrison, on the Yorkville-Rock Hill road, ten miles from Yorkville, has a young peach and apple orchard that compels the admiring attention of passers by. There are about 36 trees, all trimmed and pruned to symetrical uniformity, evidently by an expert who knows his business, and the bodies of the trees whitewashed, evidently with some preparation that is intended to protect against damage from insects. The trees are about three years old, and all appear to be in perfect condition. Altogether they servo to furnish one oktlic prettiest sights along the Yorkville-Rock Hill road. Road Contract Awarded. Elliott & Sons, road contractors with headquarters in Spartanburg; were awarded a contract yesterday by the state highway commission to build about two and one-half miles of the new West road from the corporate limits of Hickory Grove to Bullock's Creek trestle. They bid to do common excavation work for 21 cents a yard while their bid for top soiling was 26 cents. The total amount of the contract for the road work will be about $12,000, it was estimated yesterday. Thirteen contractors submitted bids to the representatives of the state highway commission and the West road commission yesterday morning when bids were received in accoi dance with previous notice. Dr. H. N. Miller, a member of the West Road commission stated yesterday that the commission not only has sufficient funds to cover the cost of the contract let yesterday hut to continue the west road toward Sharon on ..he eastern side of Bullock's Creek. The Miller School. A representative of The Yorkville Enquirer stopped to peep into the little one-room Miller school in District N'o. 48, while driving over into the western side of the county the other ; morning. The little school, thrice disrupted by fire in the past few months, J Is now housed in a plain one-story 1 building, hardly as large as the cloak ' room in some of the larger buildings 1 n the county. Long benches, on which :he pupils sit, are huddled together, rhree small windows on the western 1