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/ ? ... . ... lf^ ^ ^ i##ued semi- weekly. n L. M. QRitT'8 80N^, Publishers. % <3&kQ|! 3N?Wer: J[or the gromotion of ihe political, Social, Jgriruliural and (fommcrcial interests of the people. TERMs^KMcop^viNci?TOANCB ESTABLISHED 1855 . s ' YORK, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1932. NO. 44 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Uriel Local Paragraphs oi More or - Less Interest. PICKED VP BY ENDDIXIFREPORTEKS Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed for Quick'ReSding. "Frying size chickens are too rich for my blood this spring and there's no mistake ""about that," said a Yorkville man Wednesday. "Never before have I known frying size chickens to bring the prices around here that they are bringing now. Why right here in ' Yorkville I saw a marf pay $3.25 for two frying size chickens the other day. Of course they were extra large ones. But imagine a frying size chicken sell ing for J1-67J in tnis wvn win j Working for Voters. Who says campaigning for a county office isn't real work? A candidate for a certain county office says that he \yent into every section of York county lasl week. Ho says he shook hands with 500'men and 200 women, "kissed 10 babies, cut six armfuis of stovewood, helped to do {3 biff wash-' inffs, had 5 doffs "sicked" on him, hunff 4 pictures, scoured 5 back porches, poisoned 7 patches of potato buffs and gave away 2 coca colas, 5 sets of dice, 1 cigar and 2 cigarettes. Ain't Nature Grand. Believe this or not as you will. A fellow told it to Views and Interviews < this morning: "Seven years ago a / farmer living west of this city hung his vest- on a fence in the barn yard. A calf chewed up a pocket of the garment in which was a standard gold watch. Last week the animal, a staid old milch cow, was butchered ror beei ? and the time piece was\ound in such a position between the rungs of the cow that the respiration?the closing in and then tilling of the lungs kept the stemwinder wound up and the watch had lost but four minutes in the seven years." Passing of the Cradler. ^"The man who used to work in the fields cutting oats with a cradle has passed," remarked J'r. 3. B. Pratt of Sharon who was talking about the fine oat crop in his section the other afternoon. "It used to be that one could find plenty of hands who knew how to use a cradle and who would do it. But now practically all of the oat crop in this section is cut with a n.ower and then gathered up with a rake. It seems like the- younger generation of farm hands don't know how to use the old time cradle. One can't blame them much for not trying: to learn because using: a cradle in cutting oats is about the hardest kind of work known on a farm- I have tried out a number of young colored men on my farms cutting oats with a cradle. They don't get the knack of It and before they know it they are sticking the blade of the cradle in the ground." Time for Gabriel to Toot. Talking to Mr. W. S. Wilkerson of Hickory Grove on the courthouse square, Wednesday. Mr. Wilkerson was in town on business; but for the time being was idle, and among other things he became reminiscent of old times. . "I remember when I was a boy," he said, "my mother told me tocn#at the office of auditor one day when I was in town and find out v.<bat her taxes ?" i ? ?h? hul tiitv ncroh. of land, and what do you think was the amount of her taxes?" "I am sure I don't know," replied Views and Interviews, "What was it?" "Just ten cents," said Mr. Wilkerson; but he went on to observe that while taxes were low in those days, there were very few public benefits. For instance, there was very little money spent for education, almost inching for roads, and the county government was supported mainly by fees. "By the way," Mr. W5 kerson continued, changing the si >ject somewhat. "I am reminded o an incident in connection with the < >mpletion of, the old King's Mountain railroad t,o Yorkville that struck me as very funny at the time. People .gathered from all ovei* the country tovwitnyss the arrival of the first train. I was not there; but my father was, and he toiu^tno aouui 11. 11 was use mis. Just after the train drew up to the station with a loud toot of the whistle, a man of the crowd shouted from his perch on a roof or in a tree: Wow's the time blow your trumpet Gabriel, for you will never - get a crowd like ? this together again.' I did not know who the fellow meant by Gabriel at that time, but because it was funny to my father, of course it was funny to t me." On to Richmond. "Where did you get that picture of that old fellow walking to Richmond that you printed in yesterday's paper?" asked Mr. J- M. Pciguson of Yorkville, of Views and Interviews Wednesday morning. On being given the information asked for, Mr. Ferguson went on to say. "Well. I Just wanted to know, he cause I saw him Monday and that is sure him. We were on our way to ^Charlotte, Church Carroll, Jess Pnr' rott, Frank Atkinson and myself, and Just beyond the concrete bridge the - - v other side of Belmont, we i>assed an old man walking toward Charlotte. "There was something about the old fellow that appealed to our sympathy. It may have been his snowy white hair, his long beard, or the quiet dignity of his appearance, I could not say exactly what; but anyhow we were moved to give him a lift yid I told Frank, who was driving to stop and pick him up. When we got l^iek to where the old gentleman was, we stopped. " 'Say, mister, how far are you going?' we asked. > " 'I'm walking to' Charlotte,' lie replied. , " 'Well, we are going that far, suppose you get in and ride; we'll be glad to give you a lift.' " 'No, I thank you', he replied, 'I prefer to walk. I am on my way to the Confederate re-union at Richmond and i am wanting 11 an uie wu>. "We'd be glad to have you; not a bit of trouble,' we told him. " 'Thank you gentlemen, but I am going to walk it. I haven't got much time and I must be going,' and with that he started on ahead. It was some little bit before we could make it all out, and before we got started again the -pld fellow was some distance along the road, so we had to pass him a Second time. The old fellow was carrying a small bag on a walking stick, and he also him a small American flag under his arm. His carriage was erect and his step quite vigorous, much more so than would be expected of a man 83 years of age." * i RELATIONS MIXED / ? Wedding of Old Couple Makes Man's t Wite mis. oisxer. If your dad weds your wife's mamma. is wife still,wife? The marriage at Beloit, "Wisconsin, recently of Lewis Geist, seventy-eight yea us of age, nnd Augusta Rottika, sixty eight years of age, has made Mrs. William Geist a sister of her husband and has made her father-inlaw her father, and Mrs. Lewis Geist, who was formerly -her mother, has become her mother-in-law. The family relations are all twisted up among this quartet because the father of William Geist married the mother of his wife. IDENTIFIES BROTHER Fall Restores Memory to Man Who Had Been Long Missing. George Halter, thirty-five years of age. fighting for his life in the I'res ?' -- v, r>o i IJ7. UTIUII nuspiuu ui x Itiauuif^n, 1 1 the other day, was identified by his brother Victor, who for three years has been searching: for him. falter was injured at his home here three years agro, and shortly after disappeared. Although a thorough search was begun, and has continued since, r.o trace of him was discovered. Physicians at the time said the nature of his injuries was such that he might have lost his memory. One day recently he fel! from a third-story window. When he regained consciousness his mind was clear and he was able to give his.correct name, forgot during the interveningyears. at the hospital. At the same lime a neighbor showed his brother Victor an account of the accident in a newspaper, and the brother, coming to the hospital, identified the injured man through the bandages which swathed his face.' Halter has a fighting chance for life. FORT MILL MATTERS. Mrs. Gamble Dead?Memorial Day Is Observed?Mrs. Hafner Died at Gaffney. Fort Mill, May 31.?The regret and sympathy of the community generally was expressed at the announcement of the death early Tuesday morning of Mrs. Blanche Griffin Gamble at her home jusf outside the northern limits o!" the town. She has been seriously ill for several weeks, and her death was f not unexpected. She was born here on | December 4. 1S9<>, and was married' June 14. 1910, to James M. Gamble, ' who survives her, together with four : small children, one of whom is a baby i of only a few months age. Funeral j services were conducted Wednesday, morning at the home by the Rev. K. HViser, pastor of Fort Mill Prcsbyte- j rian Church, of which Mrs. Gamble was a faithful member, and interment was made in New Unity cemetery. Leg:cn Memorial Day Observed. Memorial Day was observed by the 1 military element of Fort Mill in a bar- | beeue and picnic on the banks of the ' ! Catawba river, members of Company J j K, X. (J. S. C., being leaders in the enterprise to which were also invited the headquarters company and members of tin- American Legion- Field sports and drill were engaged in during the afternoon, but there were no speakers. A number of guests were present from ' Itoek Hill, including Major Dozler. Mrs. Hafner Dead. Announcement of the death at Gaff! \ j ney, S. C., of Mrs. \V. A. Hafner was ! received here with s'rfccnj regret, j though her many friends were cognizant of the fact that her recovery from ' a long illness was not probable. Her husband, the Rev. \V. A. Hafner, was pastor of Fort Mill Presbyterian church for more than seven years, and has a host of friends in the cotumupity who will extend to him tluir sincere j sympathy. McCBNWELLSVILLE Recollections oi Noted York County Neighborhood. EARLY A BUSINESS AND SOCIAL CENTER First Settlors Sold Their Cotton and Did Their Business ih Columbia? Building of the Railroad?First Businocc M niia?i_ A nr ?rlot?<5 of ReVS. Lowry Wilson and Herhry R. Dickson ?The First Physicians. By S. B. Lathan. About half way between Chester and Yorkville, or to .bo more accurate, twelve miles north of Chester and ten miles south of Yorkville oh the Carolina and North-Western railroad, the prosperous and progressive village of McConnellsville is located- It got its ' name from Reuben McConnell, the father of the late Capt. John D. McConnell, who lived about two hupdVed yards south of the present station. I think the house is still standing, surrounded by some large oask. The residents of this section of York county in the early part of the last, century, were to a great extent the ancestors of the present citizenship, viz.: The Loves, McConhells, Moores, Ashes, Lindsays McKnights, Burrises, McCleaves. The lands were thought to be better suited to growing the cereals than cotton, consequently, a great deal of wheat and corn was raised, and on all the creeks were located good mills on which the wheat and corn was ground and, the planter could always g-t a ready market and a good price for his flqur and corn meal in tne surrounding towns- What cotton was grown had to bo hauled to Columbia or Charleston to sell, there being no railroad facilities, made this marketing process a slow and uncertain one. It would take not less" than five days for a wagon loaded with cotton to make the trip to Columbia and back to McConnellsville and, as the raa^ls were always bad in the fall from constant and much use and, very little work done on them. About four bf.les was a load for a four-horse team. Generally from two to six farmers would make.these trips together. They v/ould try to get near Columbia and go into camp on the seOynd night, drive into the city early next morning, sell their cotton, buy their groceries, which generally consisted of salt, sugar, coffee and molasses. uo out of the city and camp for the night. In one of these cotton caravans made up of some of the farmers from around McConnellsville, was a Mr. Burris and n Mr. McKnight. After the crowd had sold their cotton in the morning, purchased their groceries and, were moving out of the city late in the evening, the news came by mail from Charleston that the market was'up considerable. That night while Burris was preparing supper, Mr. McKnight was figuring how much he had lost by not waiting until evening to sell. Mr. Burris turned to him and waving the stick he was chunking the fire with, exclaimed that the price they sold for was "God's plenty for the cotton." After this Ned Burr it's "Plenty" was a common expression around McConnellsville and vicinity. When the railroad was surveyed PnlnmKIn 6 tn OhnrldttP V. C-, the business men of Yorkville were anxious to have it built through Yorkville and thence to Ebenezer and thence to Charlotte, Rock Hill was not then on the map, but, for some reason the Railroad authorities selected the present looati6n._ The citizens ofs Yorkville Were determined not to be outdone and, with the co-operation of those living between there iind Chester, decided to build a branch toad to connect at Chester. After the proposition had been fairly discuasyd among the town people and country people at the courthouse and, I suppose at tne country churches before service and during recess, it was determined to call a mass meeting at the courthouse and perfect an organization, get subscriptions to tiie capital ^tock, etc. ; When the day arrived a large crowd ! had assembled, many speakers were on [ hand to show the grept advantages that would accrue to the people along the line through which the road would i pass, enthusiasm was at fever heat,' the crowd in imagination could see j the smoke and hear the whistle of the | iron horse. In the crowd was an Irish - j man. who liven near Aicuonnciisvme, who had a regular engagement to furnish a customer in Yorkville, .three pounds of butter every week and, this was the day for his delivery of the butter. One of the speakers knowing this fact referred to it in his speech to I show the advantage it would be to his friend that he could ship his butter by ( the train and save so much time- This son of Erin thought he was poking fun at him and exclaimed from the crowd what he was lugging in the wee bucket | of butter for, that he made his living j by honest toil and asked no favor from ' either him or his railroad and if he referred to him again he would mash his face so his "mither" would not recognize him from Jimmy O'Hourke's bull pup." Sufficient amount of stock was subscribed, an organization was j perfected with the elect ion of Col. Win. Wright as president, a charter obtained and the road built. When completed the authorities locn.ed a station here for the receiving and discharging both freight and passengers, also had a tank to get water and a wood yard. Tl*V?y gave to the station, the name Me* Connellsville in honor of Reuben McConnell, who lived here as before mentioned. Shortly afterward Mr. J. P. Moore, then clerking for a mercantile firm in YorkVille, formed a copartnership with Mr. Hugh Burris and opened a business under the style of Moore & Burris. They built a storeroom in which to do business near the present store of J. P. Williams & Co., and did a lucrative business, mostly in dry goods and millinery, and as the ladies of this 'community were noted# for dressing up to the height of the fashion and, the men for paying their bills, Moore & Burris had a soft snap in making money. The Civil war soon broke out, the portj* and all outside means of getting goods cut off, merchandising from 1862 to 1866 was a lost*art. The people used parched rye for coffee, .sorghum molasses for sweetening and, the ladies had to fall hack to the stj'les of colonial days after their supply of store clothes were worn out and wear homespun and, the men did im<j\visu, w .uiiuic cz mirris nan to close up shop because they could not Ret any goods to sell. Mr. Moore told me the firm collected all their outstanding cliiimts in Confederate money. invested most of it in Confederate bonds and, as n result the firm lost practically everything they owned. Soon after they commenced business the IT. S. government established a post office here which was looated in the storeroom of Moore & Burris. I think Mr. J. P. Moore was the postmastcV and cotitiniied to lipid' his office under the U. S. and Confederate government until the surrender, when the office was discontinued on account of no man in the community who could take the ironclad oath which required all persops taking office under the United States tn swear thnf they never pave aid either directly or indirectly to the Confederateystates. People from this community pot their mail from Gutheriesville. Miss Jane Guthries was the postmistress there in 1872. Mr. A. F. Lindsay, who was a clerk for Moore & Hemphill was appointed postmaster, the' oath being modified so he could take it. After the war Mr. J. P. Moore and Samuel Hemphill formed a partnfcrship and commenced business In the old stand of Moore & Burr is. Their husih&ss was on a small scale at first but gradually Increased until they had a very fair business. In 1872 Mr. E. N. Crawford built a store room just across the railroad opposite Moore & Hemphill and he, with Mr. A. F. Lindsay opened a store selling practically everything kept in a pounlry store. Mr. A. F. Lindsay, the postmaster, moved the post office from the Moore & Hemphill store ic the store of Crawford & Lindsay. Sometime after < Moore &Hemphill sold out their business to J. O. Moore and F. D. Williams. Mr. E. N. Crawford about this time built a shop In which he conducted a general repair work on wagons, buggies, horse-shoeing, etc."The place now commenced to take on new life, residences were erected and business began to expand. Dr. W. M. Love and H. E. McConnell opened up offices and did the practice of community with McConnellsville as headquarters. In 1S70 I was chosen teacher for the itiuv uiiutrunviiie ai-nooi, ai inai nine there were only three houses where the village now stands, vtz: The residences of Capt. J no. D. McConnell and J. P. Moore and the store room of Moore '& Hemphill. The school building was located about a quarter of a mile east of the station and was a very of tide affair, both as to its construction and equipment and, entirely out of keeping with the financial conditions of the patrons.. However, I got along nicely ns I had the full cooperatifrti of the patronS and the attention of the pupils. The patrons of this school lived within a radius of two miles with McConnellsville as a center. They were above the average in intelligence and piety, were well , fixed financially and taught their children to bq obedient and to read the bible and observe the Sabbath day. I They might have been divided into lour families, viz: Ashes, Loves, McConnells. and Harris, and, if any one did not have one of these names he or she was kin to some one of them. They were nil distinctly Presbyterians in their religion. A few attended Zion now L.owryvllle Presbyterian church. Others Old Olivet, which stood about throe miles west of MeOonnellsville and, whose membership was made tip of New School Presbyterians, Associate Reformed Presbyterians and Old School Presbyterians. When the churches in York county of the Xew School Presbyterian were absorbed by Hethel Presbytery, Olivet j was taken under the care of Hethel Presbytery and the Associate Heformed Presbyterians vacated the j field. Hethesda was the Drumtrochity , of this section and the second Sabbath in May and September being the ; dates of the Spring and Fall common- ; ion, were the "big days" religiously speaking. Vast crowds came from till sections of the country. These people were noted for their sociability; they were all friends, no neighborhood broils but nil on good terms with each other. Rev. W. W. Rat eh ford preached for the Olivet people twice a month. He lived at the Howe place where Mr. Frank Ashe now lives. (Continued on Puge Six). CIOVER NEWS NOTES M. L. Ford & Sons Are to Erect Large Brick Store Room. NEGRESS PASSES'AT AGE OF 102 m .Commencement Finals of Clover High School Are Held?Rev. Grady Hardin, D. D., Delivered Commencement Address?Business People Beginning to Look to Clover for Locations?Other News and Notes of Metropolis of Northern York County. (By a Staff Correspondent.) Clover, June 1?Announcement wne made here today that the furniture firm of M. L. Ford & Sons will begin immediate erection of a two-story brick storeroom, the new buildng to join their present furniture store on King's Mountain street. The new building will be 30x115 feettand a part of the necessary materials has been ordered. Following the recent announcement that stockholders of the Hawthorn Mills would soon begin building of a 20,000 spindle mill here to cost in the neighborhood of about $1,000,000 comes the announcement of several other building projects. J. Meek Smith who for some years past has been conducting a motion picture house here along with other interests, is planning to build Vi two-story building on the north side of King's Mountain street as. a permanent home for A motion picture palace. Tentative plans for the building which will be of brick construction includes a large gallery on the second floor for the use of colored people. Mr. S'mith hopes to get the new theatre construction under way wiThin a very short while. ' ? Need for More Buildings. Clover people are already beginning to realize that the building of the new mill here will mean the coming of other businesses as well and a number of wide-awake citizens are pointing out the need for additional business houses in which the thriving town is now woefully lacking News of the j new mill prospect >has already spread over the south and numbers of people looking for desirable locations arc beginning to cast their eyes toward Clover. A man was here this week looking for a location for the establishment of a music house and it is reported that several others representing several lines of business contemplate visiting the town within the next tdw days with a view to giving Clover the once-over. ' *?M ? --- - m.j ki ino Iicyi C58 UICU m\ IWh. "Aunt" Classy Robinson, .^-color^d, djed at the home of a relative on the Price place a short distance southwest of here Wednesday morning, aged 102 years, 5 months and 6 days. The old woman had been suffering with la grippe for several days and because of her advanced age was unable to shake off the attacks of the malbdy. "Aunt" Classy, the oldest individual of her race living in York county, perhaps, was born in the Bullock's Creek section, a slave and the property of the Good family of that section. She waft the mother of three children all of whom are well advanced in years. Her body was interred in the cemetery at Jerusalem church, colored, today.aL'p i^ntH a few da>yj prior to her death she had enjoyed good health all of her life, although she had been blind for a number of years. School Finals Held. An address to the graduating class by Rev. Henry Grady Hardin, D. D?, or Charlotte, N". C.. and the presentation^ of diplomas by Superintendent W. S." Reid tr? the twenty-three members of the graduating cfass m.'it-ked the final closing exercises of Clover High school on Wednesday night. There was a large audience of Clover people j and many from the country surround-1 ing in attendance on the exercises and j they heard with interest the inspiring address of Dr. Hardin who is a for-! mer resident Vof Clover. He gave the ' members of the graduating class some good and wholesome advice and his! add'ess wasr one well worth while. AHss Grace Linden Page,, a member i of the tenth grade was* awarded a| medal offered' for the best all around j scholarship of a high school student [ .. - ... ,i for the year. Miss Elizabeth smun 011 the Seventh {trade ^was awarded a I medal offered the best fctrl declamer and Master James Hitch was presented j a medal offered to the best boy de-j claimer in the school. The following' Jwenty-three members of the Eleventh grade were awarded diplomas, theyj having satisfactorily completed 'the, course of study offered: James Lewis j Adams, Elizabeth' Ford, Lucile Ford, j Louise Thompson Glenn, Vera Ham- j bright, AJpha Harmon, Hazel Jackson,, Leone McCall, Joe McCall, Lindsay Mc Elwee, Annette Moore, Mamie Moore. Roberta Moore, Quinn Pnrrott, Josie Petty, Ida Belle Price, Esther Rogers Held, Iva May Sherer, Meek Shfcrer,, i u_ si.nifh Vrnfiels Stanton. I ,1 I'll II i i voai,. Lila Walker, Cora Williams. Honor RollAt the closing exefcises of Clover High school Wednesday evening, Prof. R. S- Cochrane read the honor roll for the entire school, those whose names' appear on the roll having made a general average of 90 or more for the entire school year: First grade?Edith Fairis, Fannie Fairis, Sarah Hrison, Hetty James | Hambright, Lena Smith, Virgie Whisonant, Emma Price, Fred Barret^. Edward Barrett, Windrow Crouse, R lease Enrle, l'niil Crier, ' 'ililarn Jackson, Billie Pleasants, W. O. Wallace, Barnette Wallace, Edward Moore, John McLain Ford, Billie McCall, I. J. Campbell, Jr., Mary Davis. Second grade?Sarah Downs, Dan Faris, Ethel Faris, Kathryn Jpnkins, Grace Stacy, Marie Smith, Herbert Wright, Elizabeth Wylle, Willie Ashley, Barnett Brackett, Cynthia Falls, < Blanche Howell, Kay Hooper, Maxwell 1 McNaull, Louise Parrish, Jim Smith, Herbert Walker. Third Grade?Frankie Stewart, Mary Price, Rush Morrow, Billie Jackson, , William Moore. Kenneth Counts. Fourth grade?Otis Adkins, Robert Wylie, Mary Charles Alexander, Violet Adams, Janie Dickson, Mary Ford, Grace Huggin, Lewis Jenkins, Dorothy Page, Ruby Parriah, Rebecca Juraley, Sam Smith, Mary Thompson, Jeannette ThomasFifth grade?Lavlnia Campbell, Myrtle Campbell, Martha Earle, William Ford, Estell Hedricks, Nettie Gordon, Harry Jackson, Eugenia McClain, Elizabeth Stroup, Fred Walker. Sixth grade?Thelma Haggans, H. P. Harley, Martha Henry, Mary Lee Jackson, Lillie Piatt, Thomas Henry, Loyd Stewart. Seventh grade?Tully Gray Elli^, Jack Page', Wesley Pendleton, Henrietta Quinn, Elizabeth Smith, Mary Smith. Ralnh Smith. Horace Wehher Myrtle Walker. < High School. t Eighth grade?Grace Campbell, Ber- g tie Lee Hambrifht Ell Jackson, v Josie McElwee, Edward Smith, Lind- r ?ay Stacy. i t f Ninth grade?Addle \lay Camp, f Martha Jackson, Annie May PriceTenth" grade?Grace Linden Page, Margaret Pursley. " . Eleventh grade?Elizabeth Ford, t Lucile Ford, Hazel Jackson, Roberta t Moore, Annette Moore, Mamie Mocre, t Alpha Harmon, Josie Petty. The total enrollment for the school v year just closed was 450. j Twenty- jj three children living outside Clover dis- n trict attended the school- Prof. W. S. Reid, superintendent of the school, has ^ been j-e-elected for a third time und it is expected that he will accept. To Organize Welfare League. James A- Barrett, Clover postmaster, j. uuenuen a mooting or yoik county | v postmasters and rural letter carriers, held in Rock Hill on May 30, at which s time steps were taken toward the organization of the York County Welfare League, the league to be composed of ^ postmasters and rural letter carriers of ^ the county. The objt..'. of this league, c according to Postmaster Barrett, who { addressed the few present relative to ^ the proposition, is to look out for the welfare of Uncle Sam's postal employes and to increase the efficiency of the mail service- It is proposed to try to have a 100 *er cent membership j among both postmasters and rural carriers. W. H. Pursley of Clover, J. C. Burg^ of Yorkville and John G. Key of ^ Rock Hill, were named to represent the carriers in the perfection of a perma- ' nent organization and James A. Bar- ^ rett was named to represent the post- f] masters of the presidential class, while h a representative of the fourth class I . d postmasters will be named later to assist in the organizationFifty Pound Ham. While Clover people and those of the surroundingVpuntry have been in the habit of raising lots of hogs and big hogs at that, during the past several years, it is not often that hogs are ^ killed in this section whose hams weigh fifty pounds. A Clover grocer had a 50-pound ham on display in a '' show window today, the hog having been raised in the country nearby. On K tlifi same card stating the weight was the stati ment that the pfice asked for o the big ham was $15. Moved to Gastonia. Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Brison and children have moved to Gastonia, where ^ "Mr. T-iHrcnn hnu n ttneitinn with n Hrno* i firm as a pharmacist. f' Dr. R. L. Wylle has been chosen a member of the board of trustees of Clover high school to succeed W. T. ^ Beamguard, resigned. Si IN NORTHWEST WOODS a ? _ a Some Engaged In Picking Up and Stripping Cast off Antlers. j (] Out in Uncle Sam's back woods of Oregon and Washington there are s llocks of curious industries giving livelihood to many folks. Among these strange jobs is that of j gathering the cast-off antlers ot deer. a elk and moose. These relics that an- a nuall.v fall from the forest creatures 1 a are utilized by a firm/in Tacoma, j a Wash., in the manufacture of cribbagu boards, napkin rings, knife and i umbrella handles and other artictes. i The pay for a pair of antiers is about I U. An unusual occupation engaged in : by a number of men is the searching j a for and gathering of lily bulbs, fern J < roots, shrubs of various kinds, seed- j b lings of evergreens and wild flowers i s; for Eastern nurseries. The Northwest woods yield heauti- ' tl ful wild yellow lilies known ;is Hum- w holdti and various shades of pond or | o water lilies, one especially possessing tl huge pads^ upon which moose and j musquash feed. ' s: Side money is earned by forest ran- j o gers in late autumn by scooping lip ti lady bugs from their dens in the inoun- | tains. These insect eaters congregate j s after the first frost in rocky crevices g and become dorman. The foresters n gather them and put them Into boxes li until nearly spring, when they are n sold to orchardlsts to prey upon plant it lice. 'it s HERITAGE OE BIBLE DAYS ? i Assyrian Girl Repeats Dances Performed in Land ot Canaan. SHE ALSO WORKS AS A SHOP filti Ancestor of Amelia Khoury of Boston Danced in Groves of Mount Lebanon In Honor of Ishtar, Queen of Heavon. t From the Boston PostWorking: as a shop girl in Boston is i pretty little dark-eyed girl, qf lineal descendant, they say, of an Assyrian maiden who danced in the groves of Mount Lebanon in honor of Ishtqr, lueen of Heaven. ant one is amelia i\noury, who is rejeating, after a lapse of many centuries, the very sam? dances her ancestor performed In the land of Canaan n the day of Hebrew prqphet, Jereniah. In the springtime the worshippers of he ancient goddess would go out into he high places and there they would carry out various rites to catch the inkle t'anjjy of the easily slighted deity. Priests, cpunsellors.^en kings would prostrate fliemselvcs, and th?i Jitogt >eautiful maidens of the countryside vould dance before the sacred pillows. Sometimes the goddess frowned and hen the crops withered. Other times he was pleased and the April sunshine vas the reflection of her smile and the ain her tears of gratitude. It was hen that the crops flourished and the umlne stayed away. , Carved in Stone. Of course when Ishtur heard,, the ten voru fa hnr nnnnln o o oirmKnH?o/l Ktr tie dancing of a grateful dancing girl, hen the whole populace gave the, girl heir praise. . "Ah, she should live forever," folks rould say to each other wh?n Amelas many times great-great-grnndlother's name was mentioned-^* /hich in the East is the very highest orm of praise that lips can utter.. "And she shall live forever," anwered the king's sculptor and traightaway set about to immortalizQ ler beauty in stone. But such thingjr rere not known in ancient Canaap nd sculptors alone could save a peron's likeness for posterity. So the ancient Amelia?as the ame was spelled then dancing favrlte of the great goddess Ishtiir osed for the sculptors and they hisled her likeness on the walls of he famous garden of Sargon, which n those days was as great an honor s now being nominuted to the French cademy or accepted in the American [all of Fame. * And all Canaan saw the finished cork and admired it- For long year* / stood. When the ancient temple fell nd the sands of time swept over the uins the coming generation forgot all bout the old gulden of Sargon, the orship of Ishtar, and even the danc- ^ ig girl Amelia, carved on the'ancient rieze of the garden well which wde roken in parts and burl?d under the ebris of years. . But there came a time archeoloists' picks *and shovels uncovered iie ruins and the glory of other days cas brought out once again to the ght of the sun. The Dance of Ancient Amelia. A nil noiv in Roafnn Amelia Vhhlirv as reconstructed the very sam? ances which Amelia of Canaan ed years and years ago. The Boston Amelia is an Assyrian irl who went to the local public chools, learned English and if you assed her on the streets?which many? f you who read these words have al? eady done, no doubt?you would take er for a typical American girl. She appeared in public for the first Ime in the ancient dance of le the other night at the Biblical play1,* Jeremiah," given by the federation of hurches. She wore n dress of scarlet. made his time by students of the Museum f Fine Arts, and she danced the ame dance as did the other Amelia, nd she stepped to the tune of an out and of a durbache played by her ither and by her friend Kahll Ayoyb, roni Damascus. Amelia used a set of pipes in the hepherd scene which were made rcbably a hundred years ago of eeds gathered at the foot of Mount .cbanon, and Ayoub played on the out which he himself made in Damscus years ago. It Is inlaid with pearl nd precious woods taken from shells nd trees of Palestine. AID FOR MOTORISTS lluminated Paint Marks Dangerous Places In Northwest. To enable motorists while driving t night to properly gauge dangerous urves many places along Northwest ignways are ncing marnea wun ;i pecially prepared illuminated paint. A peculiar property of this paint Is he fact that on dark nights and in ret weather the painted surface givefl ff a luminous phosphorus glow like lie radium-coated figures of a watch. Another improvement adding to the ufety of night driving is the placing n the opposite side of dangerous urns a reflecting fence or mirror. The lights on the approaching car trike this mirror or reflector and the lancing rays illuminating up the earby curve show the driver just ow to turn his steering wheel. The laterinl used on the reflectors is a lercurlai prepared paint on a tin urface,