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ESTABLISHED^1855 " YORK, S. C.( FRIDAY, JULY 2H, 1922. . IsroTecT
"VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paraniapbs ol More or
Less Merest.
PICKED DP BT ENPBER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don'i; Know?Condensed
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for Quick Reading.
"Caught six big rats in a trap this
afternoon," remarked W. Mason McConnell
of the McConnell Dry Goods
Company. "The bjock of store buildings
on Main street is literally infested
with rats who do a great amount of
damage. Looking up on some of the
top shelves in my store the other day
I found a great heap of salts evidently
carried there by r??s from the Mackorell
Drug Company next door. They
go from one store to another helping
themselves to whatever articles of
merchandise that chance to suit their
fancy."
Gasoline Too High.
"Yes. the price of gasoline is too
nigh?away too high," said the other
day a dealer in gasoline who was discussing
the matter. "The retail price ,
is 32 cents in Yorkvilie. The retailers
make no more profit at that price than |
they did when it wan 25 cents and the j
wholesalers don't eitoer. If this strike |
continues it will probably go higher. (
' But really it is too high and although (
I make my living selling gasoline I |
would like to see the motorists and (
others who use gasoline go on a protest i
strike. If such a movement were ,
inaugurated over the country the price ,
would come down." ' ,
Would Attract Big Crowd. t
"Now If the ruinngement of Shelby, |
Castonla, King's Mountain or some of
the other semi-professional baseball (
teams now operating in North Caro- <
lina, were real smart, they would make ]
arrangements for a game in Yorkville i
next Wednesday, the day of the Filbert ]
picnic," said one thlg morning. "There
is no doubt but what there is going to j
be a vast crowd of people at Filbert, i
Most of them haven't seen a game of
baseball in so long that they would be |
keen to pay the price of admission. It ]
would prove a promaoie ieaiure an
around." 1
Local Coa1 Shortage. '
There Is no coal in the hands of the
dealers In Yorkville and there are few >
citizens of the town who have as much <
as a ton on hand with little or no
prospect of getting any In the near fu,
ture. "Conditions are really serious
here." said Harry E. Neil, president of
The Yorkville Cotton Oil Company in
discussing the situation the other day.
"We have no coal on our yards nor
have we any idea when we will have !
any. If one could buy at the mines
now there is no telling when it might
be delivered. The mines have little
for sale. In past years my office has
Kaa?% irUUnd nor?V* Lnrintr n nr? MlimniPr
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by numerous representatives of coal
concerns. I don't think one has been
around in the past three months." W.
W. Ferguson of Ferguson & Youngblood
and. J. F. Carroll who also handle
coal said the other day that they did
not have any on hand and did not
know that they would be able to supply
the trade this fall.
- The Country Store.
"Now if those women who propose to
establish a curb market or country
store In Yorkville want to stay in
business." said a Yorkville grocer yesterday,
"they must remember that they
must classify the produce that they
have for sale. For instance, there are
tomatoes and other tomatoes?big
tomatoes, little tomatoes and knotty
tomatoes. A person Joes not mind paying
a good price lor good tomatoes,
but he doesn't want, to pay a big price
for all sorts of tomatoes. The same
rule aunlies to other produce. The |
W '
ladies should keep this matter in I
mind. If they will offer good produce '
they need not worry about getting a
good price. They can get as good
price here for produce as they can in
Kock Hill, Gastonla or Charlotte. And
I for one wish the country store mighty
well."
"We are going to use the porch of
the Old Rose Hotel building as a place
for the market for the present at least,"
said Wednesday Mis. W. D. Glenn of
Yorkville, who is one of the local
ladies who are interested in the success
of the country store. "Mr. F. E.
Moore of the Logan Lumber Yard has
tendered us the use of some lumber
for tables upon which produce offered
for sale will be put I have done considerable
campaigning among ladies of
the town relative to the market and 1
am hopeful that there will be large
numbers of them to visit the market
Saturday."
Learn a Little.
1. In how many states is coal mined?
Bituminous coal is mined in twentyeight
state; anthracite in only one,
Pennsylvania.
2. Who founded the state of Georgia?
James Ewward ORlethorpe, an
English soldier, reformer and colonist,
as a refuge for Englishmen who had
been sentenced to the debtors' prison.
3. What is acoustics? The science
of sound; the study of the cause
and the phenomena of the vibrations
which affect the ear; in other
words the study of the manner in
which sound is produced and its
transmission through the air.
4. What country has put a ban on
.1 W
the circulation of matter printed in
Hebrew characters? Hungary.
5. Give five synonyms for salve.
Help, remedy, corrective, antidote, i
healing ointment.
6. What nonsensical song spread
over the whole country in 1870? "Shoo
Fly, Don't Bother Me." It was a walk <
around with minstrel companies, but
became so popular It was taken up by
all singers.
7. How many pounds does a barrel
of flour weigh? 196 pounds.
8. Why do' silver spoons turn
black when we use them to eat eggs?
Because eggs have in them compounds
of sulphur which attack the
silver on the spoon and combine
with it to form a black coating
called silver sulphide. ,
9. Who was granted the first patent (
for the air brake? For the Invention
of the ice making machine? George
Westinghouse in 1SG9. John Carrie, of
New Orleans, in 1851.
10. What nation owns the rock of
Gibraltar? Where is it located?
Great Britain. In the province of Andalusia,
S|?ain, at the entrance to the
Mcditerianoan.
Communication from B. Weevil. |
Views & Interviews, Sir:?Although I
I am the greatest of the cotton pests I 1
am a sport .along wltn it and I anr 1
mounding a warning to the farmers of i
this section. If they go to sleep now '
because they might believe I am sleep- i
Ing, they are going to find along about t
the middle of the month of August
that I am much livelier than the state I
or county political campaigns. Their 1
best chance to beat me is by continu- ous
plowing and picking up cotton 1
squares that have fallen to the ground, i
There's really little use to poison me. i
They could poison mo with that gas I
that the boys used in France and had I
used against them by the Germans; f
but really that wouldn't be worth while I
because the cotton couldn't stand it i
either. The molasses mixture over 1
which Dave Coker and Clemson Col- i
lege augologists are rowing would get 1
me If you could drench me with it; *
but I desire to call your attention to
the fact that farmers in Texas, Arkan- 1
sas, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia I
tried it and quit. '
"The best way to beat me is by pick- l
ing up squares as I have said and by 1
looking for mo in the white flowers. I i
know it will require a lot of work on
the part of the farmers to do this; but
It is their only chance. <
"If they will follow this plan con- t
sistently they will check me consider- |
ably; if they don't I am going to get ^
practically the whole crop whereas ]
otherwise they'll get part of it. Rem- i
ember they can't completely exter- (
minate me. I refuse to be exterminat- i
ed. Like taxes, each year I am with ^
you from now on. The only way to i
beat me in futurq is to reduce acreage .
and by cultivating food crops. Farmers (
might not handle so much money; but i
if they will live at home and raise cot- t
ton simply as a surplus they will have ^
more profit and much better peace of t
mind. I'm a blessing in disguise and it ^
may be that some of these days a r
monument in my nonor win ne ouiu ]
right here in York county as was done
in Alabama some years ago.
"In conclusion I would again remind
the farmers of this section:
You needn't cuss and
Tear your hair
Froth at the mouth
And rend the air.
Nor get moonshined up
And say you don't care.
Your only chance to get me
Is in the square.
Yours truly,
B. WEEVIL."
CAKE FOR LADDIE BOY.
But President's Dog Would Have
Much Preferred a Bone.
Much preferring a bone?if the
truth were known?Laddie Boy, the
president's dog, received a birthday
cake this week from his old man at
Toledo, along with a letter telling or
the continued good luck of the family.
Backed in ;\ box shaped like a regulation
dog house, the cake, made of
dog biscuit material suitable for a
high brow dog's digestion, was delivered
to the White House by express
messengers. It was not delayed by
the rail strike and got there in timo
for Laddie Boy's birthday, which was
Wednesday. It was not to be opened
nnlil Mif.ii nnil men nwhiln invite! inns
I
were to go out to some of Laddie Hoy's .
friends of equal social rank to hop ^
over and have a bite.
There were snap shots too, of Lad- ^
die Hoy's mother, his sister Lil, who is ,
getting along toward her high school ,
days, his brother Hob, who has a job
in New York, and little Dick, the baby, ,
born after Tintern Tip Top, Laddie
Roy's old man, sent him here as a pal
and friend of the president. Hut the ]
picture Laddie Hoy seemed to like best ,
was his daddy, an upstanding gent,
built on the Laddie Hoy lines, and Hob
whom for a night he sometimes whines.
? The Standard Oil company of California
on Tuesday announced a reduction
in price of all grades of crude ;
oil, at the wells, of 25 cents a barrel.
The company also announced a temporary
discontinuance of its practice
of contracting for the purchase of
crude oil. The reduction was the second
within ten days, the former one
also being of 25 cents. Excess of production
over consumption was the reason
for both reductions.
~ READY FOR 'EM
Filbert Folk Are All Set for tbe Big
Political Pow-wow.
GATHERING TO BE NEXT VEDNESDAY
Congressman Stevenson Has Picked
the Shadiest Place to Eat Fried
Chicken ? Unusually L&rge Stand
Being Built for Speakers?Political
Interest Is Unusually Keen This
Year and Folks Anxious to Hear!
Something Besides Boll Weevil j
Talk for a Day.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
ciiKot-t lulu 9S ?"Wft'rp rnadv for i
em and the more folks that come the
better we'll be pleased," was the reply
a prominent Filbert citizen this
morning: when he was asked if all was
set for the big Filbert picnic which is
:o be held Wednesday, August 2, in
I'ursley's grove, instead of at Yorkville,
the regular meeting place fixed
by the state Democratic executive
committee for that day.
And all is set for the picnic so far as
the grounds are concerned. The little
ITove of tall pines by the side of Leo
i'ursley's house, where the speaking is
to be held, is as clear df underbrush
is a hound's tooth and there's not the
slightest danger of snakes, although
if anybody should happen to be bitten
here would doubtless be plenty of
shine around with which to dose the
fortunate or unfortunate one, as the
victim might think. \V. L. l*ursley, J.
A. Carroll, J. Q. Hall, W. E. Land, W.
N. BIggrci'9, and PL L. Wood, who are a
iort of committee* looking afer at?
angements, propose to- build a platform
16x24 feet in the middle of the ,
jrove between now and Monday night
ind they calculate that will furnish
jlenty of floor space for speakers,
tewspaper reporters and other folks
who want to be close up. An effort
will be made to have the Tirzah band
present to furnish the "um-ta-ta"
ituff between speeches.
The word has been passed to the
housewives to come with well filled ,
jaskets. The chicken crop has been
unusually good this year and there are
slenly of hams hanging in York county
smokehouses, as well as an abundince
of other picnic fare.
dure ot a uooa winner.
There is no necessity to speculate
jver the proposition of whether or not.
here will be plenty to eat for everybody.
There always has been and always
will be. Congressman William
P. Stevenson of the Fifth South Cnroina,
who has been down in the "dees:rict"
for a few days shaking hands
with the folks, on his way to Clover
Wednesday afternoon stopped at Filbert
to speak to the folks and inquire
ibout the picnic. Although on the
bther side of the political fence "Seaboard
Bill," as the Filbert folks call
he congressman, is about as popular
with them as is Cole Blease. "I notice
Vio invbtro Viou hoon nlooro/i nnt ?nmn.
ivhat since the last picnic," Congressnan
Stevenson told some of the boys
innging around the store, "and I just
:ame up to look for the shadiest spot
o oat dinner on picnic day." He was
issured that he could have the shadi?st
Lpot around and that there would
je plenty of dinner for him.
Certain of Big Crowd.
Filbert folks believe that the picnic
lext Wednesday is going to draw the
argest crowd that Filbert has entertained
at a picnic in years. Numbers
)f people in North and South Caroina
counties for a hundred miles
iround, have written to friends and
icquaintances here that they are surey
coming to Filbert this year. Sam
?mith, who is mayor of Filbert, is de:ermined
that good order is maintained
and Mayor Smith is going to have
?nough constables to do it. Most of
ho police officers in the county from
lio hiirh flnwn will ho ?it Kil
uert anyhow on their own account and
Ihero is no question about maintaining
order. The biggest trouble will be
relative to automobile truffle, since
hundreds of automobiles will bo parked
about all over the village.
Keen For It.
"We are especially keen for the picnic
Wednesday and wc want the day
to hurry around," explained a Filbert
citizen this morning. "There has been
so much talk about the boll weevil
and all that sort of thing that we are
just naturally sick of it and want a
change of conversation for a spell.
'It's been a good while now since Coloy
has been up this way and there's a lot
:>f us who will be powerful glad to see
him after such a long spell. And then
there are lots of folks who want to
hear Hill Stevenson ball out the Ke[>ublican
party again and tell us what
the Democrats are doing.
"Then there are some of us who
want to see that fellow Duncan. We
notice that the daily pre,ss of the state
Is giving a powerful lot of space about
what he has to say in this campaign,
especially if he says anything against I
Coley. He must have growed con
bidorahly in influence and power .since
it used to be little was heard about
him. Of course the big- majority of us
are not going to pay any attention to
what he says and are going on and
vote for Coley anyway; but we want
to hear him.
Respectful Hearing for All.
"One thing is certain," this Filbert
politician went on to say, "there's going
to be a respectful hearing given to
every candidate regardless of his political
views. There have been times'
when folks acted a little rough at
Filbert; but that was when there was
a heap more liquor than there is now.
"Of course there will be a little liquor
at the picnic I reckon," said the
speaker, digressing to the subject of
booze. "In fact I have a quart of real
moonshine?what I nm talking about is
real moonshine, stowed away in a hollow
stump not far away with directions
on the bottle?'not to be opened until
picnic day.'
Unusually Large Enrollment.
Enrollment ol voters at Filbert for
the primary election proves conclusively
that there is more political interest
at Filbert this year than usual.
When the enrollment books closed last
Tuesday there was a total of 213
names thereon. The largest enroll
ment heretofore was about 125. Of the
number enrolled this year 86 are women
and as a Filbert man put it the other
day: "Every darn one of them is going
to vote this time for to see how it
is done." "
Started 22 Years Ago.
The first political picnic at Filbert
was held in 1900. Thompson McAbce
well remembers. He and his wife and
their eldest boy now grown to manhood
were there. The boy was in
swaddling clothes then. After the
dinner hour a drunk man came around
Mr. McAbee with the ?tement that
he was hungry and ha .n't had any
dinner. A basket filled with clothing
for the baby was lying nearby and the
drunk, thinking there was something
* 5m V?ool/at hAc/n n rtnllinfr mif"
the baby things. Finally the drunk
realized he was in a baby basket and
not in a dinner basket. McAbee recalls
that was nearly twenty-two years ago.
Another Filbert man recalls that
twenty years ago or thereabouts the
late Senator Ben Tillman spoke at Filbert.
Tlie boys were as strong or
stronger for Tillman in that day than
they are for Blease now. While Tillman
was speaking one of his friends,
very much under the influence of liquor
stood on the ground in front of the
speaker's stand and yelled at oneminute
intervals:
"Hurrah for ole Ben Tillman; hurrah
for ole Ben Tillman!"
While Tillman possessed a good
voice, his lung power was nothing
cuiliptueu LU llM&k \JL Ilia mucin uumuvi
whose lungs were re-inforced by liberal
doses of corn liquor.
Tillman took in the situation in a
moment and realized that he must deal
harshly with his over-enthusiastic supporter
or surrender the platform to
him. Just as another yell of "Hurrah
for ole Ben Tillman," came from the
booze-hound, Tillman leaned over in
his direction and with his hands to
his mouth yelled at,the top of his
voice:
"Shet up you d?d yap."
The emphatic Tillmanite sobered in
a moment while the crowd yelled. He
ducked under the stand and took to the
bushes while Tillman resumed his
speech as though nothing had happened.
An All Day Affair.
The picnic next Wednesday will very
likely be an all day affair. Some of
the county candidates will want to
have an inning after the state candidates
conclude. There will be an intermission
of an hour and a half for
dinner and the meeting will have to be
conducted strictly in accordance with
time rules in order to accommodate all.
Rut Filbert folks are all set and
"ready for 'em."
RUBY AS A TALISMAN.
Peculiar Superstitions Connected With
Precious Stone in India.
The ruby is most highly prized
.among precious stones because of its
supposed talismanic power. The Hindus
placed it before all other gems.
One of its names in Sanskrit was in
terpretcd as "king of precious stones."
It was the belief of the Hindus that
an inextinguishable flame burned in
the ruby and that the wearing of the
stone would preserve one from alb
bodily and. mental evil. Even in England
in the fourteenth century it was
believed by many that the ruby had
power to preserve the wearer from
perils such as injury by tempests and
that this good effect was more surely
secured if the stone was worn in a
ring or bracelet on the left hand.
A peculiar superstition connected
with the ruby in Burma, where the
finest specimens are found, is that a
ruby inserted in the flesh will render
the owner invulnerable in war.
In the early centuries it was believed
that some special sign should
be engraved on a given stone. Prom
an old list of these symbolic signs it
appears that the "beautiful and terrible
figure of a dragon" engraved, on
a ruby would give that stone the powed
to augment the goods of this world
and the blessings of Jojy and health.
Hindu writings, both ancient and
modern, give expression to the belief
that treasures offered to the images
or shrines of the gods will bring good
fortune to the donor. In one of these
ancient books is the saying: "He who
worships Krishna with rubies will be
reborn ns a powerful emperor: if with
a small ruby, he will be born a king.
A Delaware man has invented a
trouser creaser of such efficiency that
the customer can have the operation
performed without taking the trouble
to divest himself of his trousers. A
modification of the device creases the
arms of a coat, making it possible for
a man to have his entire suit pressed
on him.
. CLOVER NEWS BUDGET |
Carload of Sheep Consigned to Bethel
Men Arrived Last Wednesday.
ENROLLMENT LARGER THAN EXPECTED
Congressman Stevenson a Visitor?
Former Senator Beamguard Throws
His Hat Into the Ring?"Fats" Rolled
Over the "Leans"?Other News
Notes of the Metropolis of Northern
York County.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Clover, July 27.?Looking famished
and hungry, gaunt and emaciated, the
first carload of sheep ever shipped to
Clover arrived here Wednesday. They
were consigned to Messrs. John M.
Ford and A. C. Barnett of Bethel
township and soon after their arrival,
P. D. Hopper's automobile truck wan
commissioned to carry the flock?14")
in all?down into the pasture land in
Bethel township where they will he
fattened prior to being sold for mutton.
The sheep were shipped from Conway,
Horry county, S. C., their former owner
desiring to sell them because of the
passing of the free range law in that
county. The flock was six days in
transit from Conway and judging from
their appearance when they reached
Clover, little or no trouble had been
gone to by the railroad people in furnishing
them with food and drink.
Two died in transit. The sheep were
shipped in an ordinary box car, provided
temporarily with an unner floor.
half of them traveling' in the top floor
anil tho others on the bottom floor.
The ear of sheep attracted much attention
from Clover people and there
were large numbers of people who
came around the car to watch them
being unloaded. It is the intention of
the owners to sell most of the sheep
for mutton, although it is likely that a
few will be kept for breeding purposes.
Mutton is said to be much in demand
in Gastonia and Charlotte especially,
and the owners of the flock expect to
sell a good many of them at those two
markets.
Stevenson a Visitor.
Congressman W. F. Stevenson was a
visitor in Clover on Wednesday, having
come up for a few hours to mix
with the folks. It was his first visit to
Clover in quite .a long time and he
found much pleasure in meeting his
many friends and acquaintances here.
Mr. Stevenson was one of the interested
spectators in attendance upon
the baseball game between the "Fats"
and "Leans" in Clover, Wednesday
afternoon.
Enrollment Ran High.
Clover's enrollment for the primary
election in August reached a total of
538 when the books closed on July 25.
This exceeded the expectations of local
people, since nobody seemed to have
any idea that it would go beyond 500
and some doubt had been expressed
that it would reach that figure. The
book shows that a total of 135 women
of Clover and vicinity signed the club
rolls.
Beamguard for House.
A political announcement of considerable
interest, which came this week
is that of former State Senator James
E. Beamguard as a candidate for tho
house of representatives. It had been
talked for some time hat friends of
ex-Senator Beamguard .tad been urging
him to enter the race for the
house, but not until Wednesday did he
unniiy inane up nis nunu to tnrow. his |
hat into the ring. Senator Beamguard
is one of the best known public men In
York county. He represented York
county in the senate for eight years,
declining three years ago to seek reelectioh.
Prior to being elected to the
senate he served in the house of representatives
fro.n York county. He is
well known not only throughout the
county, but the state, and his friends
are confident that ho will prove a formidable
candidate for the house now
that he has expressed his willingness
to come back. For some time past
Senator Boamguard has been devoting
his time wholly to his farming interests.
"Fats" and "Leans" Play Ball.
iii? ram roucu ail over tne
"Leans" t?y n score of 24 to 11, In a
benefit baseball game for the Clover
School Improvement association hero
Wednesday afternoon at Ilawtliorn
Park. There was a big crowd of Clover
baseball fans and fannettes out
for the game, which furnished much
amusement for them. Pig Dee Ford,
Clover High school lad of about 17
years, who weighs considerably over
200. pitched the game for the "Fats,"
and the "Leans" couldn't do a thing
with his rolly-polly delivery. It's true
Lester I'arrish, catcher for the
"Leans," did get a home run off his
delivery, but it was a sort of fluke
home run. I'arrish knocked the ball
to the left field, where it went under a
plank. Pig Thnd Clinton, stnr fielder
for the "Fats," who weighs a little under
300, made a dive for the ball; but
because of the excess baggage he carries
couldn't get his hands on it until
the lean I'ariish had made the circuit.
Thad's alibi was that he didn't know
the ball was going to run under a
plank.
Big "Jake" Jackson, chief of police of
Clover, who is also qualified in the 300
pound heavyweights, shook a wicked
hoof as he chased flies in center
field. The big chief hit the ball hard
when he came to hat and he sailed
down the first base line just like be
would chase a bootlegger with a gallon
of monkey rum, stopping on the 3ack
when he made it successfully to blow
and puff like a C. & N.-W freight engine
does sometimes when pulling a
heavy load up the grade south of
Clover.
Jim Pago, playing second base for
the "Fats" looked for all the world
like "Mugsy" McGraw of the New York
Giants, as he cavorted around the keystone
sack with the grace of a cow or
something. He hit the old apple for a
saie oingie a coupie or rimes ana piuyeil
a good conservative game, characteristic
of a good banker.
Dr. Harry Niell, Marshall Harnett,
Jim Barrett, Bill Allison and Ralph
Webber were among the stars for the
"Leans," but unfortunately few of the
lanky ones could hit the pill. No attempt
was made to record all the hits
and errors; since such would have
been well night impossible. Dennis
Parrish and Lacey Parrish umpired the
entertainment. The line-ups were as
follows: Fats?George Hagins, c; Dee
Ford, p; Dr. M. B. Niell, lb; James A.
Page, 2b; D. Westmoreland, ss; Gray
McElwee, 3b; Thad Clinton, If; Jake
Jackson, cf; G. Nolan, rf. Leans Lester
Parrish, c; Marshall Barnett, p;
Jim Barrett, lb; Frank McElwee, 2b;
Dr. Harry Niell, 3b; Bill Allison, ss;
Ralph Webber, If; Carl Knox, cf;
Boyce Faulkner, rf.
Battleground a Wilderness.
Unless lovers of Revolutionary history
or others interested take the lead
in clearing the grounds, it is soon going
to be impossible to visit historic
King's Mountain Battleground, in the
opinion of Dr. C. B. Woolen of Cle ver
who with a party recently visited the
battleground, which is about fifteen
miles west of Clover. Dr. Wooten said
that his party had a hard task of it
in reaching the several monuments
because of the great quantity of weeds,
briars and brambles which infest the
place. "It is a veritable wilderness,"
he said. "The undergrowth is thick
and the roads leading up to the battleground
are in horrible condition. The
iron fence around the great monument
is rusting badly and the whole place is
in a bad state, and not the least bit
attractive so far as appearance is concerned."
Bids Being Received.
M. L. Smith, general manager of the
Hawthorn. Spinning Mill and the
Hampshire Mill to be erected, said
Wf*f1nPQflnV thiit hirlo wArn hAina ro.
ceived from contractors for the building
of the Hampshire Mill and that
construction work would likely be under
way within a short time.
INTERVIEWING JOHN D.
Newspaper Reporters Say Task Is Impossible
One Now.
Is John D. Rockefeller, passing the
Indian summer of his life on his vast
estate in the Pocnntico hills, at lust
letting down the barriers he has always
raised against photographers
and reporters?
This is a question which has been
interesting the newspaper profession
ever since the world's richest man, on
a recent Sunday at Tarrytown, N. Y.,
permitted camera men to snap him to
their heart's content after they had
consented to follow him into church
for service.
Mr. Rockefeller, who bears the reputation
of being one of the most aim
era-shy men in America, may be becoming
more lenient in his attitude toward
photographers, but as yet he has
given no indication of taking reporters
into his confidence.
An effort to interview Mr. Itockefeller
on the recent occasion of his j
84th birthday anniversary?made as
usual through a third party representing
the household?brought the response
"Impossible." As no reportes
have as yet succeeded in storming the
well-guarded gat^s of the Rockefeller
home, the modern Croesus goes unintorviewed.
Even to' his fellow townsmen the
little man, slight of frame, who appears
in midsummer in leather waistcoat,
overcoat and muffler, is very
much of an enigma.
Tarrytown points out to each visitor
the home of John I). Rockefeller,
urges the visitor to go up and see
where Rockefeller lives, talks constantly
about Rockefeller?but rarely
sees him itself.
Very seldom do Tarrytowners get
inside of the gates which guard the
big home bach in the hills. Once in |
awhile they see John I), come down
town and sit in his machine while a
chauffeur goes into a 'bank or store?
but Tnrrytown almost never talks to
it3 richest citizen. He coines and goes
?there is excitement while he is j
down town, and discussion afterwards.
And that is all of Tarrytown's claim
on its most famous citizen.
Ever since the oil king celebrated
his S-fth birthday, Tarrytown has been
seething over the question of who is
its oldest citien. There is no question
as to the most famous.
An ancient who sits in front of the
big hardware store, just around the
corner from the station, concedes first
place to John D. The ancient admits
he is only 83.
Hut an Italian has asserted his
grandfather is 88?and there is a farmer
who lays claim to 90. Still, even
in the face of odds, Tarrytown stands
loyally behind its prominent citizen,
and announces to the world that it's
oldest citizen today is none other than
the man who made oil famous.
Hut the town maintains that Mr.
Rockefeller is still a youngster in
spirits. t
HARDING SOUNDS WARNING
Workers Advised to Return to Their
Jobs.
GRIEVANCES TO BE CONSIDERED
President Denies That Government i?
Trying to Put American Labor
Under the Gun; But Says That the
Military Will be Used to Prevent
Violence.
Washington, July 26.?Responsibility
for further interference with transportation
and with production of vitally
needed coal was placed upon striking
railroad employes and miners today by
President Harding in again suggesting
that they return to work under conditions
already suggested by him while
the reasonableness of their demands
were being threshed out by the
agencies set up for that purpose.
Replying to a telegram sent him by
J. Cleave I>cun, chairman of the Railway
Employes' Publicity association,
Chattanooga, Tenn., charging that the
administration was "attempting to put
American labor under the gun," by its
policy toward the industrial disturbance,
Mr. Harding said:
President Harding Makes Reply.
"Since you speak as chairman of the
railway employes publicity association,
and since it is exceedingly important
that the American people know precisely
the questions at Issue in the
present railway and coal strikes, I ajn
more than glad to answer your tele
gram, though I can only treat your
politically partisan references with that
contempt which is felt by every good
American citizen in the hour of deep
public concern.
"Happily for the American public
everything done and everything said by
government authority reluting to the
two strikes is a matter of record, and
cannot in any way be distorted.
"There is no dispute about the loyal
American citizenship of the men on
strike, nor will anyone question that
many of them gave everything that
men can give for the service of tbia
country in the world war. Nor is It
disputed that the men on strike are
exercising their constitutional and lawful
rights, under existing statutes, in
declinine to work under the terms de
cidcd by the railroad labor board or
tendered to the workmen by the mine
operators of the country. No one has
attempted or proposed to draft free
men Into either the railway or mining:
service, or suggested coercion under
military force.
"The military forces of free America
are never used for such a purpose.
Their service is only that of preventing
lawnessness and violence. That
game unchallenged freedom which permits
you and your associates to decline
to work is no less the heritage of the
free American who chooses to accept
employment under the terms proposed.
The difference between the two positions
is that the Striking railroad workers
exercise their rights of freedom in
seeking to hinder the necessary transportation
of the country, notwithstanding
the provision made by law for the
consideration of any Just grievance;
and the striking miners seek to pre^
vent the production of coal necessary
to common welfare, notwithstanding
the offer of an agency to make an impartial
settlement; while the,men frbo
choose to work in response to the call
of the' country are exercising their like
rights, and at the same time are making
their contribution to. our common
American welfare.
Duty of Government.
"The decisions of the ralirahd labor
board nre in compliance with a mandate
of the law making body of the
United States. Without discussing the
decisions at issue, it is fair to assume
that a government agency Ik ever ready
to correct an error which is made, else
government itself would become unjust.
Moreover, it is indisputable that
there can l?e no government unless its
mandates are accepted by the citizenship
of the republic.
"This observation relates more particularly
to the railroad situation. When
the mining situation became menacing
1 invited representatives of the mine
workers and the operators to a conference.
They came together, they
were advised as to the call of common
welfare, yet in eight days of opportunity
no progress was mad,e. In the
absence of any tribunal authorized to
settle disputes between mine workers
and their employers the federal government
then voluntarily proposed the
creation of a national commission before
which the disputes might be set
tied justly, in the light of full information
and in accordance with the
best expressions of our modern civilization.
"Instead of contemplating the regi t
to force, it anticipated the very opposite?industrial
peace with justice to
every man concerned. Instead of aiming
at "involuntary servitude,' to which
you inexcusably refer, the government
asked the mine workers to resume their
activities, in response to a manifest
public need, at precisely the same
wages and under precisely the same
working conditions as those under
which they had been working contentedly
for the last two years.
"Those who spoke for the mine
workers refused such a proposal. There
is no dispute of the right to refuse.
Since they declined to respond, and
since it is believed there are enough
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