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. .... , ?- The expefctjed rlsfc of the Mississippi river to h stage of 23-4 feet at New Orleans, has been averted through ' t#e formation of a crevasse at PoySL88, twelve miles below the city, is crevasse, serving as a spillway, i^dlicet} the crest of 22-7 feet that had been attained at the time of its development, and it is not expected that the $od will attain to its former stage. While the fact Iras not been stated in ag many words, there is reason to sup]?se tnat the crevasse 'was caused l$0"gely by design; that the levee was hsoken to relieve the pressure higher up about the great city. Plantations have been destroyed over a wide scope bS territory as the result of the breaklag of th? levee at Ppydrass. 3-The most significant political deyiloprtient of the week probably is the dfiieat of Senator, Harry C. New for rgnormnation by the Republicans of Ittdiana^.by former Senator Beveridge * '^1 - ?* -Ia-b /> 90 nftfl votes. OJ & majority ui uvi.n w as a result of the primary election of lgfet Tuesday. Oordell Hull, chairman of the Democratic national committee, d&iims that the overwhelming defeat New is to bb taken as a rebuke to tfio Harding administration of which JJew is a strong supporter. Beveridge formerly 'represented Indiana in the senate as a progressive Republican and went down in the Taft-Roosevclt quarrel. New belongs to the old line crowd. As to whether the defeat of New has any connection with the Harding administration, however, will be fetter developed in November. If it is really Harding that the Republicans of Indiana are after, they will elect a Democratic senator instead of Beveridge. ? A bill to abolish private property in land and to transfer all lands in (Jreat Britain which is not already the property'of the crown or of any public authority to a newly create ministry of lands has been introduced into the British house of commons. In the case </r agricultural land, while all the fc&iildiitgs (except laborers cottages) aind other permanent improvements ygould be transferred to the new ministry, the measure provides arrangements'whereby they can become the jB*operty,af the tenant and form part ? tncother with all W LUC ivnauv tiguv, ?V(,V... OTher improveraepts made by him. Qsmpdffs'ajtlon to owners is to be paid in the torm of Ave, per cent National l^ind Stuck (providing an annual income eqnfeK to-tfre present net letting value of the land transferred,) redeem^WfllWl W 3P yqars. After the redemption of the stock one-fourth of the WOt* revenue Of the land would be applicable to national purposes and three-fourths to'Jocal purposes. ? Conditions affecting the cotton crop during the week ending Tuesday were'-described as decidedly unfavorable\Wy. the weather bureau Wednesday its- weekly weather and crop review. > Reports summarized by the bureau in review said that in general it was too cool for the best germination, ^nd growth of cotton and this was TjOmbined with excessive rains west of the Mississippi river. "Cotton made fairly good progress in a few Southern Texas counties why re chopping out was under way," said the review, "but' elsewhere the advance was poor and- the unfavorable conditions fcr germination- will make much replanting necessary in both Texas and Oklahoma. The -weather was somewhat more favorable east of the Mississippi despite the rather low temperatures, and planting made fairly good progress in mqst districts, although jteltoLiA portions of this section also. Benpflffial rains .occurred in southern Georgia and much early'planted cotton is up to a .good * . L ?l?Knmn hllf the stanu in suuuicm nuiuiu.U| ? qoudiiion and progress are poor generally in Florida. East of the Mississippi river planting progressed nearly to the northern .limit of the belt." ? Vicksburg^ Miss, "May 3:' One million acres?25 per eeht. under cultivation?inundated to a depth of from three to 15 feet of water?covering and rapidly disintegrating fann buildings, refugees housed in box cars, tehts and railroad stations and here , and there a more persistent house- ' holder sticking to his dwelling despite tlfe "Japping of the water against the thresholds, viewed from the windows o? a special train which plowed its wfiy through two feet of backwater for a .distance of 25 miles from Carey t<y Vicksburg, gave the congressional delegation surveying the ravages of the swollen Mississippi a vivid insight today into the tragedy of the river flood. Today's journey, the thira duy qfJ Jlhe touF begun at Memphis Monday, was through the "back wajer" spreading over the Yazoo basin from' Brunswick Gap?an uncompleted stretch of the Mississippi river levee system north <?f. Vicksburg and through' the Yazoo river. From Carey, at present the northern limits of the inland overflow, to Vicksburg, it was niuch the same sight, abandoned farm houses, here and there a knoll of high ground crowded with corralled live stock, a raft moving to the neighboring hills or railroad right of way with piled up household goods .and refugees and at intervals a house built on "stilts" with the occupants holding their ground, making the best of the situation, and apparently determined to stick it out. Box cars, top floors of cotton gins, railroad stations and loading platforms ar.d tents pitched on the ridges which dot the'generally ft3,t lowlands now are housing several numhor mOUSHUU rciugccn, mill i.iv expected to appreciably increase as the water rises and spreads further. Approximately 2,000 are being cared for in boy, cars, 300 of which have been distributed on sidings at central points along the line of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad in the overflowed area. Members of the cocgreasional party left the river commission * steamer Mississippi, aboard which the greater part of the tour is being made, at Greenville early today, acdj ?/t,e* *Jn- automobile ride to LelaiidTOf Ui?ie\V of-neighboring plantations. curtailed by a heavy rainstorm, boarded a special train at the latter town fbr the rail trip through the sections tp \'icksburg. After a^nfSrTTW^Nrttlon^l park '-ere and j a Suncheon the party reboarded the | AfpsisS^|lf'fS'r'"a; ebtot inflation'of the sO|>th-v^r4 dilliijncjr.. Natchez..fho. next stA> in the' funerary is expected to he refjehed late, tomorrow. In its ?pread j over the fiAhti "land;* in the Yazoo j bmin the water ultimately will inundate sections of five counties?Issa- I quena, Charkey, Rumphreyes, Yazoo j atie the northern part of Warren. In many parts of the area already overflowed. seed was planted several wd^ks 'ago. Joseph C. Ixigan. Red C'qiss representative, who is directing r^ief-work in conjunction with state arW local officials, issued a statement today indicating that approximately 16,000 persons, mostly negro tenant farmers, already have been reported as- in need of relief in Yazoo basin and seveial other counties of the south. Rationing began a week ago in some sections. Thus far this week subsistence fir 3,000 persons for a week has boon distributed. It was estimated froyn reports mdde by field agents to the Vfcksburg Red Cross hendquarters that upwards of 40,000 persons ultima t?l?r~rtvill be fn need of'-ald-tb tide' them over until the water subsides^ and food crops can be raised. In ad-* dition to farrni. damage monetary losses to the. .'railroads operating through tiie overflowed section is expected to be heavy. T. L. Dubbs, superintendent of the Ynzoo & Mississippi Valley, estimated today that the cost of keeping traffic open through the backwater between this city and Carey was approximately $9,000 a day. She \lorluiUc inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce at York, as Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, MAY 5, 192E If Dr. A. Conan Doyle would really establish communication with the spirit world, he will do well to study long and carefully the four (lospels, or any one of them. There is more knowledge - * ^ xi *1?M ?11 iif OC me spirit wpnu mere iiiiin m an inerature beside, and if man ever* learns more on the subject than he now knows, before he dies that is where he is going to get it. There is really nothing the matter with Dr. Doyle except that he is searching abroad for truths that he should find at hand. Henry Ford, through his engineerin-chief, has advised the United States senate that he has a secret process by which he can extract nitrogen from the air at half the cost that it has heretofore been obtained hy any other known method. The engineer declined to' give any information as to his secret and very properly so; but he promised that In the event Mr. Ford got possession of Muscle Shoals, ode of the I largest developments there will It used entirely in the production of nitrogen for agricultural use. The commonest defense of the socalled stock brokers who daily are robbing the people by dishonest methods, is that the people would not be robbed except for their own cupidity in putting their money in the hands of these brokers in the hope of getting something for nothing. Away down at the bottom there is some slight foundation for such a defense; but if the road between Yorkville and Rock Hill was notoriously beset by highwaymen who levied tribute on all travelers between the two towns, it would be just as reasonable to argue that travelers who ir.Ct with misfortune had only themselves to blame for going that way. While it is quite probable that the strength of . the cotton market is due in a mea.sui>4Aj planting and reduced use of fertilizers, there is good reason to belidve that the uneasiness of the spinners over the existing shortage is also a potent influence. Most of.the distress cotton is now off the market, and other holders who have held this far are able to hold for at least three months more. That is the common opinion of the bank people, and if there comes a demand for cotton goods the spinners will pretty soon have to go after the real cotton with offers sufficient to make holders turn it loose. Of course, it is possible that the spinners may yet have something up their sleeves; but it is difficult to imagine what that something can be. The worst thing in the way probably is general world conditions. There is a great civil war going on in China. Except that the two sides are being led by powerful war lords, there is no comprehension in this country as to what the war is about. Possibly there is nothing ,to it but a struggle for ascendancy?the furtherance of personal ambition. But be this as it may the war is on a tremendous scale, and there seems to be probability that it will involve the whole nation. They are fighting with all the weapons of destruction that were used in France? heavy artillery, light artillery, poison gas, machine guns, rifles, airplanes and the like. It is the first time that these weapons have been used in China on an extensive scale, and one deep significance of the situation is that no matter how the present dispute turns out, whichever side wins, China, potentially the greatest military power in the world, will become more military than she has beenJoab H. Ban ton, district attorney of New York, declared a war of extermi nation against the bucketshops of New York, and he declares that if the New York stock exchange gets in his way, as It has threatened to do, he will wipe it out. He made his declaration before the congregation uf the Central Church of the Disciples of Christ, in New York on Monday. Dishonest brokers, he dedared, are stealing from the people at the rate of $750,000,000 a year, and the only way he knows of to curb them is to require a license from all who engage in the brokerage business- The licensing of brokers, he explained, would enable the government to get access to the books and papers of such brokers whenever it shall appear necessary. He has a license bill pending in the legislature and the brokers are hostile to it. He thinks that the bill will be passed. Action of this kind, he declares, is necessary to uphold the financial supremacy of the city of New York, which is now seriously threaten<d because of the many respectable thieves who are robbing the people by wholesale. I. After all the appeal of Gappins and tFox lias turned out to be a good thing I in that it has brought the supreme court to realize the contempt that is developing in the public mind for processes of law under which the ends of Justice may be trifled with indefinitely. All men of normal mind appreciate the | necessity of wholesome technique in ju[ dicial procedure- There must be a regular way of going about things, or | nothing could be accomplished. It is commonly recognized too, that absolute justice is often difficult, if not impossible to arrive at. But at the same time there are cases, hundreds of cases, where the fundamentals of both Justice and mercy are so clear as not to .leave the shadow of a doubt in any normal mind, and persistent trespass here outrages the public sense of decency to an extent that breeds revolt. The cases of Fox and Gappins are not to be regarded as unusual. There have been many like them. As io whether * nrVt O t If COV'C I trie court really uicuiia nuai II. ??, >, remains to be seen. The putting over of the cooperative marketing: proposition in South Carolina may justly be set down as a remarkable feat and one that it likely to be attended by far-reaching consequences. Of course it could not have been done except with the hearty cooperation of the newspapers, bankers and business people generally: but it had this cooperation and that is what made it a go. If it does not prove a success, there will certainly be no ground for blaming the farmers because "they won't stick," for they have "stuck." That is, they have gone into binding contracts that put the business of marketing their crops -up to the management. Control of half of the crop ought to be equivalent to control of the whole crop. Indeed it will be, and from now on the marketing board will have rather more say in the making of prices than will the exchanges of Liverpool, New York and. New Orleans. Hereafter the spinners will have to look to the marketing board instead of the gamblers, and prices will be j regulated more nearly by the real requirements of supply and demand. It I is auite Dossible of course that some mistakes may be made; but taken altogether, there is every reason to hope and believe that at last, for the first time in history, cotton production and cotton marketing can be placed on a basis of real business. Business Conditions. Although the average Individual seems to be unable to see anything much but gloom in the present business situation, the fact of the matter is that conditions generally are really much better than are to be inferred from mere surface indications. For one thing, ask any banker in the county apd he will tell you honestly and prove it to you if you want proof that he is in infinitely better shape now than at this time a year ago. At this time a year ago, the banks had out practically all of their available resources including with some of them all they could borrow, and practically none of them were able to make additional loans except under the most urgent circumstances, the urgency?generally involving the need of both the customer and the banker. In other words, the banks generally were about as hard up for cash as were some of their most needy customers, all their loans were confined mainlv to cases where there seemed to be no way of getting around them, because such loans involved adding to strain that was. already great. Since this time a year ago, there has been much liquidation of loans, relieving the banks considerably and although none of the banks now have anything like as much money as they had three years ago, all of them are much more comfortable and able to take care of sufficiently urgent cases without so much strain. Such is the situation now; but this is by no means all of it. There are in York county at the present time something like thirty thousand bales of cotton, the title of which is still in the hands of the original producers. This cotton is worth approximately $2,500,000. Much of it, not all of it, is security for loans at the banks. Much of it is absolutely free. At the present market jirice this cotton would wipe out all indebtedness against it. This cotton is waiting mainly for a more satisfactory market price, and when that price is reached it will be sold. The selling will turn loose an immense sum of money, and as this money is turned loose, it will be available for other purposes and turned loose in the general channels of trade. So far as the present situation is concerned, the general financial condition of the country is unusually sound, and there is very little cause for worry on that score. The main occasion for worry at this time is the unfavorable weather conditions in connection with belated planting, and what the boll weevil might do to the next crop. MERE MENTION Five negroes were killed by an unexplained explosion in a Kansas City rooming house a few nights ago The Cunard liner Mauretania broke the ocean speed record on April 25 by steaming at a rate of 27 1-3 knots an hour Five persons were killed and about a hundred were injured as the result of May day disorder throughout Italy According to Belfast police records Protestants killed 183 Catholic and Catholic killed 148 Protestants between July 1, 1929 and April 29, 1922. Since January of this ' year Protestants have killed G9 Cath- 1 olic and Catholic have killed 51 Protestants... President Harding has i requested the house to appropriate $500,000 for the prosecution of war fraud cases. ..Three trainmen were i killed an I a fast freight on the Haiti- I more and Ohio railroad was wrecked I when one of the most powerful loco- ; motives, belonging to the company I blew up near Fairview, Pa., last Men- < da; 1 LOCAL. AFFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Royal Baking Powder Co.?One woman writes. _ Clover Hardware Co., Clover?Kurfee's paints. Clover Drug Store, Cover?Twenty years in the drug business. A. M. Grist, W. M.?Regular Communication next Tuesday night. May 9. York Supply Company?Keep out the flies. Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray Manager? William Duncan in "God's Country and the Woman," today. X. J. X. Howen; Chairman?Appointments of the county boarfl of supervision of registration. Ferguson & Youngblood?Soap Sale Saturday. S. M. Dong?The quality of your roof. Johnson's Paint Shop, Rock Hill? Drive in, let us show you some of the cars now being painted. First Xational Bank of Sharon?We solicit accounts of farmers, merchants, etc. Sherer & Quinn?Say, don't do itPeoples Bank and Trust Company? Prize Winners. York hardware Company?We will supply your wants. J. M. Stroup?A silver lining. L. M. Grist's Sohs?Underwood Typewriters. Loan and Savings Bank?We are interested in the success and welfare of our customers. Mackorell Drug Company?Trusses one-half off. I. J. Campbell, Trustee?Xotice of sale in the case of J. E. Brison, bankrupt, j I. J. Campbell, Trustee?Notice of sale in the case of W. I. Brison, bankrupt. Loan and Savings Bank and Peoples t Bank and Trust Company?Will be closed May 10 on account of Memorial day. Spot cotton, basis middling, reached 20 cents a pound in New York Wednesday for the first time In several months. The market was quite strong. Some of tho local weather-wise feel sure that the flood waters of the Mississippi valley have to do with the continued rains in this part of tho country. Because of tardiness in the distribution of the necessary blanks, the state tax commission has extended the time for the payment of income taxes to May 15. COUNTY BORROWS MONEY The county board of commissioners have borrowed $30,000 from the Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Rock Hill to be used in meeting the ordinary expenses of the county government for this year. The money was loaned by the Rock Hill bank at 4 per cent, interest following an invitation for competitive bids. The bid of the Peoples Bank & Trust Company of Yorkville was the | second lowest, that institution offering | the money at 4 1-8 per cent, and a premium 01 *iu. The Peoples National Bank of Bock Hill offered to make the loan at 5 per cent, and a premium of $170. The Loan & Savings Bank of Yorkvillo ofTered it at 5 -per cent, and the National Union Bank of Rock Hill at 6 per cent. YORK COUNTY.FARM VALUES According, Co estimates of B. B. Hare, Agricultural Statistician in South Carolina for the JJureau of Markets and Crop? Ertimatfd, U. S. Department of Agriculture, the total value of the 13 leading cropn in the state last year amounted to $123,937,552, which means that if all the crops had been sold and converted into money there would have been an average cash income of $643 per farm, the estimated being based on number of farms in the state as reported by the Census of 1920. The average value of these crops per plow is estimated at $452. The crops considered are as follows: Cotton, corn, wheat, oats, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, tobacco, peanuts, rye, sorghum for sirup, cowpeas, hay and rice. The figures for York county were as follows: Total value of all crops. $4,610,944. Average value per farm, $769. Average value per plow, $525. Average number of bales of potton per plow, 4.7. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERSReal estate transfers have been indexed in the office of the county auditor as follows: Bethel?T. G. Boyd to P. \V. Boyd, 3S acres, $1,000. Broad River?J. J. Byers to R. A. Dobson, 221 acres, $300. It. M. Hambright to Mamie Reid Smith, 25 acres, $aO0. Jennie A. McGill et nl to Annie Lvle Wilkerson, et al, 95 93-100 acres, $6,715.10. Catawba?T. E. McMackin. C. C. C. Pis. to S. W. Parish and T. L. Parish, 44 3-4 acrqs, $1 and other considerations. T. E. McMackin, C. C. C. Pis., to Henry Massey 213 acres, $15,000 (Burton H. Massey Tract). T. E. McMackin, C. C. C. IMs. to W. H. Glad Jen, 1 lot $252.50 (Sandifer property). T. E. McMackin. C. C. C. Pis. to H. \V. I), and L. H. Harrison, 1 lot, $300. S-- W. Parish, et al. to Annie Saye Parish, et al. 2 lots, premises. Ebenezer?Eliza R. Mills to John D. Lessemann, 1 lot, $1,000. Peoples Trust Company Trustee to Annie M. Hope, 260 acres, $5 (A Theo N'eely tract) and other considerations. J. \V. O'Xeal to Jacksci Jennings, 1 lot, $150. E. L. Barnes to Mary Taylor, 1 lot $100. York?Peoples Building and Loan Association to Mrs.- Blanche Lindsay, 1 lot $3,000. 11TH GRADE FOR SHARON At a largely attended meeting of patrons of the Sharon school held at the school building at Sharon, Monday evening, it was decided to add an eleventh grade to the school at that place another year and arrangements were made whereby an additional teacher will be employed under the Ktate high school act. At the patrons' meeting Monday which was attended by Superintendent of Education John E. Carroll who explained the high school act, the patrons and trustees agreed to equip an additional class , room. I The school at Sharon at present in- 1 [ ludes only ten grades and since the requirements for entrance to most of : Iho colleges of the state are higher | than the course of study offered in the i ten grade schools, pupils heretofore i liave been under the necessity of I mother year of preparatory work be- < fore entering college, Several pupils . who graduated from the school at | Sharon lust year are members of the i V i eleventh grade of the Yorkvillc Graded school. The tenth grade of Sharon school includes several pupils this year most <>f j whom will make up the neucleus of the eleventh grade to be established there next year. IN THE SUPREME COURT The following York county cases were argued in the Supreme Court in Columbia, Wednesday: Isabella Wilson, executrix, etc., appellant, vs. Southern railway?Carolina division and Southern Railway company, respondents. C. W. P. Spencer concluded his argument for respondents; J. E. McDonald, Sr.. for respondents; J. H. Foster in reply. W. S. Percival et al., appellants, vs. W. W. Paris and Lillie I. Paris; W. S. Percival et al, appellants, vs. Wade O. Elmore, respondent; W. S. Percival et al., appellant, vs. S. H. Paris, respondent. These three cases tried together. B- J. White for appellants; J. E. McDonald l'or appellants; John R. Hart for respondents; T. F. McDow for respondents; W. M. Dunlap for respondents; Mr. White in reply. P. B. Hi.ton, respondent, vs. New Jersey Insurance company, appellant. W. M. Dunlap for appellant; J. Harry Foster for respondent. First Trust and Savings bank et al., respondents, vs. John C. Pruitt, apnellnnt Transferred to soecial docket. I First Trust and Savings bank et al., respondents, vs. J. L. Spratt, appeiI lnnt. Transferred to special docket. J. Harry Foster, appellant, vs. Loyal Union, No. 1233, etc. respondent. Transferred to special docket. W. R. Smythe appellant vs. W. B, Goode and John B- Goode, respondents. Transferred to special docket. NOT FRANK MOORE That the suspect under arrest in Asheville, N. C-, is not Frank Moore, escaped convict from the York county chaingang who was serving ten years following his conviction of complicity in the murder of T. R. Penninger, special policeman of Sharon, \vas established Wednesday by Sheriff Fred Quinn who went to Asheville to give the man the once over. The prisoner in the Asheville jail who with three others was arrested charged with the theft of automobiles, does not bear any resemblance to Moore, according to Sheriff Quinn who returned yesterday. Although the Asheville officers had a good picture of Moore they were under the impression that the man they held in custody was him until the York county sheriff established the fact that their prisoner was somebody else. Sheriff Quinn said that the Asheville officers had four white men under arrest, charged with stealing au tomobiles. They had rented pnvmtgarages in Asheville, and were attempting to sell automobiles at almost any price, telling prospective purchasers that they had been farming in the boll weevil districts of South Carolina and that because of the destruction of their crops by the weevils [ they bad cpme to Asheville to sell their automobiles at a sacrifice. More than two years have now elapsed since Frank Moore escaped from the fork county chaingang near Rock Hill, Monday, March 29, 1920. While the sheriff's office has reports from time to time that Moore has been seen in this or that locality it has never had a definite clue to his whereabouts since his escape. WRECK AT OGDEN. When twenty-eight cars of freight train No. 4619 of the Southern Railway were overturned at Ogden at 11:30 Wednesday morning, G. D. Miller, negro fireman of Columbia, was almost instantly killed and Veil Brown, negro brnkeman had a hand badly mangled. What caused the derailment of the freight is not known. The train was in charge of Conductor F. B. Griffin of Columbia with Engineer Bill Fickling at the throttle. As the engine arrived at Ogden station going at about 30 miles an hour the engine suddenly left the track anil turned over on the left, Miller the negro fireman being crushed beneath it, while cars were piled in a mass of debris. Throe tanK cars novo wuu gasoline, and one tanker filled with kerosene, burst and the contents poured out on the ground. Luckily, however, these cars were not close to the engine and the oils did not catch on fire. The train included about forty-five cars, of which twenty-eight were overturned. Practically all of the overturned cars were so badly wrecked that they arc beyond repair. Immediately after the wreck the office of Chief Dispatcher Murchison in Rock Hill, was notified and the dispatcher soon had a special train at Ogden carrying physicians and other assistantsVeil Brown, the injured brakeman, was carried to a Rock Hill hospital where bis injuries were dressed. He was riding in the cab with the fireman at the time of the wreck and he stilted at the hospital Wednesday afternoon his opinion that the fireman saved his life by knocking him clear of the wreckage. Describing the wreck, Engineer Fickling said that he felt a rocking of the engine and applied his brakes. The engine momentarily steadied and then plunged over on its left side, plowing the ground for a distance. Engineer Pickling was not scratched. Wrecking crews from Charlotte and i Columbia were ordered sopn after the ! accident: but it was late Wednesday night before the track was cleared. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Police officers of the town made only 11 arrests during the month of April. Fines assessed in police court totaled the sum of $90. ? Winthrop Training school, which was scnenuiea 10 piay iuikviuc ms" here Tuesday afternoon, failed to show up and consequently there was no same. ? Trinity "Methodist church of Yorkville has just completed improvements to the interior of the church building, costing several hundred dollars. The improvements include new flooring, new carpets and other changes which have served to make the interior of the building very attractive. ? Yorkville music lovers who heard Ada Jones in concert at the city hall a iditorium here several weeks ago, will regret to learn of her death, which occurred in a hospital at Rocky Mount, X. C., Tuesday, following a brief illness. Site was stricken Monday. Ada Jones, who in private life was Mrs. Hugh Flaherty of New York, was a ' noted comedienne whose songs and haracter sketches have been carried to ail corners of the globe by talking machine records. ? At a meeting of guarantors for the ippeuranee here this year of the Redistil) Chautauqua held in the mayor's flice of the eity hall Tuesday evening. it was announced that the Chautauqua this year would begin its week's engagement in Yorkville oil June 1J. It was stated that sixty-four persons signed the contract with the 1 Chautauqua people at the end of the Chautauqua engagement last spring, guaranteeing the company $1,200 for a return engagement here. Sale of Chautauqua tickets it was announced will begin about May 15. An executive committee to have charge of the sale 'of tickets and all matters connected , with the appearance of the Chautauqua were elected as follows: J. A. Tate, II. E. Neil, J. C. Wilborn, Rev. J. L. Oates, I). I)., Rev, E. E. Gillespie. I). IX. J. M. Ramsey, R. T. Allison, J. F. McElwee, J. S. Mackorell. ? While It is not often that a man can brandish a revolver on the Main street and get away without being subjected to a fine that can happen J occasionally, if the police are busy elsewhere. Hut according to a story told this week it happened here last Saturday night. According to the story a young white man whose father lives in the country nearby was in town Saturday afternoon and night carrying a pretty good load of 'hootch" of some description. In his shirt fold he carried a revolve-?"my artillery" as he put it. Meeting an acquaintance he talked of "my artillery" I some more and finally the acquain tance more out of spirit of fun than [anything else remarked: "I've got my artillery too. Suppdke you walk across the street there and when you get there you draw and I'll draw. We'll see who can shoot the straightDot " Tho intnvinnto/1 nt^n o/%tlnrr In pood faith proceeded to walk across the street and draw his gun, flourishing it around his head. But the other man was neither drunk nor in a shooting humor. "Hold on there." he yelled at the man across the street. "I'm not ready. Then he proceeded to hunt safety while the other man's friends : got hold of him pretty quickly and carried him out of town. 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 W. E. Morton J. J. McSwain W. C. Pannell 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 H. T. Quinn J. C. Moore CI. W. Ferguson A. C. Ramsey W. A. Lancy It. C. Black well Dim Whitener (J. w. Meek II. D. Barrett Cliff Cole F. M. Poteat B. W. Horn? G. C. Childers H.* M. Mullis E. II. Moton N. J. Dillingham T. C. O'Purrell W T. Laughridge P. N. Moore M. P. Dillingham C lu Adams G. W. White G. C. Cartwright E. A. Hall K. P. Lee Grace H. Hall J. R. Lindsay T. W. Anderson Predrica Lindsay W. J. P. Wylie Rose M. Lindsay Blanche Lindsay Margaret I. White W. S. Wood W. G. F'nley S. M. Long Porest Chiiders W. L. Wallace .L t. D. Grist J. T. Quinn Susie II. Grist Ella Cody P. P. Morrison J. G. Gardner J. R. Barnwell W. S. Peters Kerr Reed Johnson B. J. Currence J. A. Marion Martha V. Baber Mary B. Marion Jessie M. Baber Agnes M. Spencer J. M. Thrower C. B. Smith J. J. White M. A. White J. D. Hill Ward 2 J. E. Stroup S. T. Enloe N. C. McCorkle B. N. Moore NT. T. Baber Geo. H. Hart C. L. Bennett J. E. Hart C. B. Kevins J. W. Miller Ben Paris W. B. ^loore Charley Herndon C. Y. White Albert Ashe S. E. Grist R. R. McCorkle Sam M. Grist R. H. Moore J. A. Tate T. J. M. Bolin M. L. Carroll J. G. Wardlaw Jeanette Herndon J. R. Cannon W. I. Witherspoon W. H. Barron T. M. Ferguson Margaret A. Gist T. E. Wallace Alex Nivens Helen It. Gardner D. L. Shieder Reolc. Q. Stroup Q. Wallace Mary C. Hart M. E. McCorkle II. T. Williams , I C. J. Youngblood J. H. B. Jenkins H. M. Moore It. J. Herndon Annie C. Riddle J. R. Kelly A. Y. Cartwright J. L. Houston ? r ?.f Annie ij. muure iuiu ic muui c iim >. J. D. McDowell J. Q. Wray Mattie McDowell Maggie M. Moore II, C. Wood J. S. Mackoreli W. L. Stewart L. G. Baber Thco H. McNeel Mary A. Shicder Bessie J. W. Houston Margaret Cartwright Ward 3. A. A. Barron W. D. Grist H. C. Smith T. W. Speck M. L. Mitchell C. R. GUlam Carl H. Hart L. M. Grist J. W. Marshall S. Elizabeth Grist i!. P. Smith Edith T. Grist C. A. Boney Elizabeth Barron W. O. Ha. 'haw Louise Barron J. O. Allison P. C. Wood W. L. Jamison W. G. Brown Lydia R. Hart G. H. O'Leary B. P. Barron Paul G. McCorkle J. M. Ferguson W. P. Allison C. F. Sherer Alice W. O'Leary \V. H. McCorkle 'J*. A. Gardner it. R. Calhoun W. P. Marshall Ann'' O'Leary Floridc B. Love Ward 4. J. M. Stroup W. B. McCleave Geo. A. Sherer G. W. S. Hart D. T. Woods R. F. Parrott C. T. Stroup R. F. White A. D. Dorsett P. W. Patrick G. C. McCelvey Bettie Grist A. S. Hart A. M. Grist R. S. MeConnell Mary Mc. Love C. W. McGee W. M. Kennedy F. E. Quinn B. A. Cor re 11 D. T. Quinn Marie C. Correll II. I. McCaw Louis Roth Ada L. Saunders A. J. Parrott Ella C. Glenn J. E. Lowry H. R. Mackoreli C. S. Gordon R. T. Beamguard R. J. Mackoreli J. F. Faulkner M. M. Faulkner B. R. T. Bowen J. C. Wilborn J. D. Miskelley Ella L. Brat ton Dr. W. E. Ei-win W. W. Love I G. W. Sherer Geo. W. Williams, .1. F. McElwee J. A. Sherer ( I> % IlimltAn Virginia M. I trot ton Amanda E. Aliskelley Ward 5 W. S. Moore L. II. Castles W. S. Willis John H. Hart W. A. Tliomasson W. K. J*ntimer J. s. Sandifer J. Mc. Moore ' C. H. Keller (1. R C.rant D. M. Murray . Bessie M. Sandifer 1 R E. Moore Bertha Earle Willie ' M. C Willis ' Ward 6. I J. IT. Carroll J. V. Lucas It. I). Alexander Jess Rtris [ ' I. W. Johnson C. W. Carroll |{. M. Love U. D. Dorset t I \ J. C. Parrott Ida A. Alexander j ;i Bmmctt Stewart W. \V. Hudson \ S. I j. Steele C. M. Miller ! I J. M. Williford Mary It. Hudson \ Dell Alexander It. W. Lowry t Annie Ntinn t Marion I<ognn Carroll r . I ABOUT PEOPLE. ( Mrs. Clark Adickes, of Hreenville, s j visiting relatives in Vorkville. j ^ .Mrs. (leorrre H. Hopper of (last inia, I,. recently visited relatives in Yorkvilie. j _ Air. T. R Lesslie of Lesslie, is un-' dergoing treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Ualtimore. Miss Louise Smith is visiting in Spartanburg. Mr. W. G. White- of Yorkville is spending several days in New York. Mrs. Sain Jackson and little daughter of Clover, are visiting Mrs. T. B. Williams in Lincolnton, N. C. , E. B. Price of Clover recently visited his daughter, Mrs B. P, Lilley in Columbia. ,Mr. M. L. Smith has returned to his home at Clover, after a visit to California. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Love and Miss ' Josie McElwee of Clover were recent visitors in Columbia. Miss Mary McFarland of York No. 3. spent the week-end in Gastonia, N. C. > ? Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hale and little son of Providence, R. I., are visiting the family of Mr. Z. M. Neill in Clover. Rev: C- K. McCtilly of Sharon, is assisting Rev. J. C. Bailey In a series of services at Ebenezer church preparatory to communion on Sunday. Mrs. O. W. Hartncss and daughter. Miss Mildred of Orangeburg, recently visited the family of Mrs. H. E. Ferguson,,in Yorkvlile. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Matthews, Mr. Sam Matthews and Miss Agnes Youngblood .of Clover, were visitors in Greenville this week. Mrs. J. E. Jackson, and little daughter, Geneva, who have been visiting Mrs. Sam Smith in Yorkville, have returned to their home at West End, X. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Stowe and little ** son who are ill with influenza at their home on Lincoln street continue to improve although they are still confined to bed. Mrs. Robert Brown of York Xo. 1 who has been nursing her sister, Mrs. Stowe, had to return to h.er home this week l>eing threatened j with the same malady. Fort Mill Times: Fort Mill gained a valued citizen Tuesday when Capt. \ Elliott White Springs moved from Lancaster into the old White mansion, the home of his maternal ancestors for the greater part of the last century, having been built by his greatgrandfather, the late Col. Wm. E. White, in 1832. The building presents a decidedly different appearance today to what it did some months ago, however, when workmen began converting it into ono of the most modern homes to be found in this section. When it was occupied by Capt. Springs for the first time this week he found both the interior and exterior of the building practically' complete, althfiiiffli thnrn lu \?t*t f?nncl/lot?ahlo t?Aul/ to he done on the grounds and the swimming' pool, a short distance away. , The improvements recently made to the home by Capt. Springs represent an expenditure of several thousand dollars. Louis Feinstein, Manager of the Nathan Feinstein Bargain House, Yorkvillc, leaves tomorrow for Chicago, where he goes to visit his aged mother hut recently arrived in America from Poland. It seems that the Feinstein family was reared in Poland under the dominion of Russia of the czar. During the past twenty years ail hAd come to America except the father and mother and , even after the death of the father the mother preferred to remain in the land of her birth and early association, notwithstanding the efforts of the children to induce her to come to % them. This situation continued until well on into the world war, when at last Mrs. Fyirstein . was glad, to make the change. But then it was no easy matter to get to America. In tho first place her property had become exhausted, and In the second place it was difficult to secure necessary passports, and hardly less easy for a dependant old woman to get any where even with passports. The children, in America sent money as regularly as they could. Some of it got through and some didn't, and for more than a year at a time there was no communication whatever. The matter was taken up with Congressman Stevenson nearly two years ago and he furnished valuable information as to how to proceed; but there were still many obstacles in the way. These obstacles were not finally overcome until the past few months, and even nfter the arrival of Mrs. Feinstein at Ellis Island, where she was met by a daughter, it was necessary for her son iNainan 10 go irom umcngo to i\e\r York to provide the guarantees necessary for admission to America. "Yes. I am going to see old Mother," says Louis,."if I never do anything else. It ' will take more money than I can spare: hut what's money in a case like this? I do not know just how long I will be away. It may be two weeks and it may be a month; but maybe I will never see her again; and I am going to make a good visit while I have the opportunity. , LOCAL LACONICS Gastonia First Class Office. F. A. Slate, postmaster at Gastonia has been advised by the post office department that the office has been raised to the first class of postoffices, the promotion to be effective July 1Clever Wins Again, Clover High School continued its record for being undefeated at baseball this season, Tuesday, when the Clover team defeated the Hock Hill High School team by a score of 13 to S. Orr's Resignation Asked. ?. The Gastonia city council has requestod the resignation of Walter Orr, chief of police of that city. It is K.'iirl thfit t cniincil fialr ml thn rnulif. nation of the police chief because of (lis inability to curb numerous law violators. Appointed Special Judge. Thos. F. McDow, Esq., of Yorkville, li;?s been appointed special judge to preside Over a special term of the :ourt of common pleas for Union ounty to begin May 29 and continue two weeks. Apj>ointments of this nature are made by the gvoernor on the recommendation of the supreme court. Officers Get Still. Sheriff Fred Quian and Constable R. ?\ Loe destroyed a distillery found near UcConnellsville Tuesday morning. A Ktrrel of beer or mash found at the j'ant, was poured on the ground. The listillery was not running and there vas nobody around when the ofllcers a me. Hoboes Beat It. According to a Yorkville man who risited the scone of the freight wreck it Ogden Wednesday morning, there vere two hoboes beating their way in )ox cars which were a part of tho vrecked train. \s the cars crashed to lie ground throwing the two men out, j hey lit upon their feet and started unning to safety. When last seen hey wire hot footing it across nearby ields. , Commissioners in Session. Passing upon claims and signing iotes for money borrowed by the ounty was the principal business to (Continued on I'age Eight.) * "...