Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GARNERED WITH SCISSORS^ News From Within and Withou the County. CONDENSED FOR QUICK READlNt Some Items of Fact, Some of Commenl and All Helping to Give an Idea oi What Our Neighbors Are Saying anc Doing. Gastonia Gazette, Dec. 26: Christmas was a sad occasion in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hawkins of West Gastonia, instead of the happy tiino it had promised to be. Their little threeyear old boy, Carl B., who had been looking forward to the annual visit of Santa Claus, had been talking of what Snnta was troinc to brincr him. On last Tuesday, while standing- in front of an open Are at his home, the little fellow's clothing caught fire and he was so badly ^burned that he died the following day. At the time his mother was out in the yard looking after come work. She heard the little fellow's screams and ran into the house to find him enveloped in flames. A physician was immediately summoned and everything possible done to save his life but all efforts in this direction were in vain Four of five white prisoners at the Gaston county jail, while being allowed freedom in the runaway at 7 o'clock Saturday night, escaped from their bonds by sawing bars from a window. One prisoner, a young man named Wright who was serving a sentence for forgery, gaining his freedom, went to the home of his father in southwest Gastonia. Through the influence of the pai%nt the young man returned. The whereabouts of the other prisoners, some of whom were serving sentences, were not known by local and county officers up to noon today. Sheriff Rhyne and his deputies are at work on the case and arrests are expected presently .Announcement Is made today that the contract for Gastonia's new Masonic Temple will be let within the next few weeks, and that work on the temple will be rushed to an early completion. The temple will be a handsome brick threestory building to be erected on prop- l ^ erty owned by the Gastonia Masonic I ?^^temple association, a corporation i wmch received its charter some weeks < ago. The authorized capital stock is l $10),000. The movement for the building of the temple had its origin in i C-astonia Lodge No. 369, A. F. and A. i M, some years ago. A lot on Marietta street was bought. It was recently sold at a i andsome profit and a larger i lot secured on South street adjoining the residence of Mr. W. W. Glenn, j The lot is 60x220. The temple will be i 55x175. On the first floor there will be secretary's offices, lounging rooms. , lobby, etc., and a big .banquet and as- I sembly hali 47 by 72 feet. It will have < a seating capacity of 300. There will also be a kitchen on this floor. The 1 second floor will bo the blue lodge l floor. It will contain another big hall < 47x75 feet, with several ante rooms i necessary for the Masonic degree work. There will also be a ladies par- ; lor on this floor. The third floor will < be devoted to the work of the Gaston- ia Commandery. Knights Templar, i and to the Gastonia Chapter, Royal 1 Arch Masons. This floor will also i have a njezzanine and balcony, choir ; room, organ loft, locker rooms, etc. ! Tho hnilHirifr renrosents the latest in 1 architectural design and workmanship. ' \V. H. Peeps, of Charlotte, is the ar- 1 chitect. The Gastonia Masonic Tem- j pic association secured its charter i several days ago. Application for ] the charter was signed by Messrs. F. ' C. Abernethy, Charles Ford, S. X. < Boyce, Marshall Dilling. R. G. Cherry. < W. L. Thompson and others prominent < in the work of the lodge X. G. 1 (Polly) Cloninger, superintendent of the I Gray & Parkdale Mills here, is in the < Gaston Sanatorium, suffering from a 1 severe knife wound in his neck in- < flicted by Bob Pearson, a well-known ' character of Kings Mountain, about S 1 o'clock last night in Dallas. It was at I first thought that Mr. Cloninger's i wound might prove fatal but reports 1 from the hospital today arc to the ef- < feet that he is getting along nicely i that, bariing possible complications, i his recovery is expected. From the best information obtainable it appears that Pearson and Cloninger were both visiting relatives in Dallas. Together with a number of other men they were standing in front of R. A. Cloninger's store. Pearson was having some I | words with another man. whoso name , could not be learned, and it looked as , if a fight was about to ensue. Pear- j j son. it is reported, was drinking. | Cloninger stepped in between the two \ men to prevent a tight when Pearson , it is stated, turned on him and inflicted , rn ugly and painful wound on the j neck. It is understood that Pearson is a bad character. having served a term ' on the chain gang for cutting another man sonic time ago. Mr. Oloningcr is , one of the best known mill superintendents in the county and has a host' i of friends who hope that he will | speedily recover The many friends ] of Mrs. J. D. H. McLean will regret to , hear that she is seriously ill from the i after effects of flu. Her children. Mosdames William King, of Camden. S. C.. ( Locke McKenzie of Salisbury. W. W. < Stringfellow, of Chester and Watt j Nichols of Atlanta, have been sum- i mond to her bedside. ] Gaffncy Ledger, Dec. 23: Thursday night. Rural Officers Allison, Scruggs and Vassy arret ted Grover Fowler and Estelle Poole, on statutory charges, j; Beth arc married but li\ing apart : from their legal spouses. On being brought before Magistrate Daniel for < a preliminary examination, they were ! bound over to the next term of court, j bond fixed at $200 each. Both gave 11 SCENES ATTENDING ^ ' The kidnaping and murder of Fillmore Watt Daniels and Thomas F. Richards near Bastrop, La., by a mob said to be members of the Klu Klux Klan has aroused the entire country. Government agents and the Louisiana National Guard were immediately dispatched to the scene of the crime, and divers were rushed to the lake near Mer Rouge to search for the bodies of the victims. The upper picture shows the guardsmen of Machine Gun Company D of the 156th Infantry of New Orleans prepared to board a train; the lower photograph was taken about the lak'e near Mer Rouge and shows J. D. Rooney, United States agent at left wearing a soft hat; a diven having helmet adjusted before go ing down; a detective and Todd Davenport, one of the men who was kidnaped and later released, standing with his hands on his hips and wearing a cap. :hc required bond for their appearance Davis Willis, a colored farmer living on the Webster place, about eight miles from Gaffney on the Spartanburg road, has a brood of fifty hens that has laid 133 dozen eggs in six months. The brood consists of a mixture of Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns. At the prevailing price of 25 cents per dozen which he received for the eggs, the brood more than paid for itself with a handsome profit.- In the dark recess and fastness of the Kings Mountain Rattle ground. County Officers C. Y. Allison, I. P. Scruggs and L. H. Allison" captured a full grown whisky still Tuesiay night, in full operation, fires burning, several runs being made, and beer waiting to be distilled. In addition to he contents, which consisted of sixty gallons of "sheet-iron" whisky, 125 gallons of beer, the officers confiscated and destroyed the entire still. These accoutrements were made in a firstilass manner and consisted of a cap. j worm, various vessels tilled with the ingredients for the manufacture of oooze, three large fermcntcrs and many jugs and glass Jars. The officers date, that when they approached the still running in full blast, two shots 1 ivere heard, evidently to warn the 'moonshiners" by agreed signal, for when the officers burst into view, the still was deserted Perry Holmes, i well known resident of Geffnoy, appeared before Magistrate J. B. Bell j Thursday morning to answer to a charge of setting fire to his residence >n Granard street. The fire occurred on December 2. Witnesses in the case were those who assisted in extinguishing the blaze, spectators, insurance! company representatives and L. Baker, ' from whom the property was purchased. The first to take the stand r.as the defendant, who testified that he was away from the city at the time he fire occurred, and who disclaimed itny knowledge of the origin of the fire. He did not deny that there was j videnee which might appear damag- l ing to him, but stated that he had j nothing whatever to do with it. CARE FOR CRIPPLES Masons of South Carolina Plan to Care for Some of Them. Endorsement of a plan to erect a hospital for crippled children, approval I of the movement to entertain several : thousand visiting Sliriners in Charleston. next summer, election of Noble William W. Wannamaker, of Orangeourg, as illustrious potentate and the flection of other officers and representatives featured the annual meet ing of limar icmpie, .minu s ui mv | Mystic Shrine in Charleston last Thursday. In addition to potentate the following: officers were chosen: I*ouis C. I Fisher, Charleston, chic f rabban; l'. C. 1 Campbell, Columbia, assistant chief rabban; Harry Snyder, Charleston, high priest and prophet; George Tiickpr, of Sumter, oriental guide: J. Camp l>cll Bissell, Charleston, recorder, and j William K. Gantt, Charleston, treasurer. The following were elected to . serve with the officers on the governing board: Jennings K. Owens; Bennett.sville; J. W. Ivey, Florence; E. S. Hooth, Sumter and E. 1'., Miller, llennettsville. Tiie death of Noble Frank 11. Gary iv as announced by the I lev. William Way who was insirr.ctcil^o draft suitililo resolutions of respect to the late members of Omar Temple. Judge Gary was a i>ast potentate of Oasis Temple Charlotte. X. C. The resolution to cooperate with Hejaz Temple in the erection of a Shrineis' in pital fur crippled chil- i SENSATIONAL MURDER ? ? 3 COMING AND GOING. |i ( Continued From Page One). I . R. B. Riddle, of Riddle's Mill, York I, county, is a visitor in the city today. | "Everything is very quiet in our com- ' ^ munit.v," said Mr. Riddle to the news- ! i paper man. "Christmas passed off quietly. There is some flu, but no serious cases. We recently lost a negro , man, Tom Stanton, who had lived on my place since he was two years old. j ^ Tom went to a sociable four weeks j ago last Saturday night. It was cold 1 ^ and he built a fire in the woods to i ^ warm by, his clothing caught fire and I he was so badly burned that he died a few days later. There is some suspicion that he met with foul play at the hands of some other negroes who may have robbed hint, but we have been unable to get anything: definite j as to this." Carl J. Gaulden cf Sjmrtanburg and | I\ E. Gaulden of I-aurens, visited their Z parents Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gaulden on 7 York No. 3, this week. ? Miss Thelma I unan, telegraph oper- 2 ator at the C. <N: N.-W. depot in York- 2 villc, who has boon sick at the honv. 2 of her parents Mr. an:1 Mrs llrooks Inman with influenza, is able to be up again. John Carroll, Grady IVIcKarland and 5 Edward Marshall, students at fho ('it- 5 adel, Charleston, are with their re- ? spective parents in Yorkville for the 7 Christmas holidays. Norman Walsh sUident at the South Z Carolina Medical College, Cliarlcston, 2 is at the home of his parents in York- 2 villc. 2 Kershaw Wal h and Donnom Spen- 2 cor, students at the University 01' 2 South Carolina, Columbia are at the home of their parents in Yorkville. All' Carroll, Quay Sti'oup, William ; Carroll and Crank McElwee, students ; rt Georgia Tech, Atlanta, are at home * for Christmas. 2 Mis. W. X. Weaver and little dough- 7, tor of Savannah, Ga., Mlsa Eessic I'e- 7 j.ra: 1 of liishopville, X iss Marie i'e- ; g*i m, of Eon net' villc, and Ml: s An- 2 dren or rated much interest. Following the adoption of the plan which carried with a large appropriation the *i potentate was authorised to appoint a ; committee of five monitors from *: to work with a similar committee from ?; Fcjaz in carrying on this plan. J Noble Eustace ]?. Miller, retiring po- : tontat v as presented with the past 110- * tentate's jewel by Noble E. S. Month, past potentate. 1 r: umar I'jnj ie v,cm un icxum ing solidly behind the plan to enter- !j tain thousand visiting Shrinorv. In re next Juno in connec tion with J imperial meeting In Washington. | SPEAKING OF - ;S NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS? ; YOl* COULDN'T MAKK a bctlei jr one than to !*; RESOLVE, To Do Your Banking * With This Progressive National *: Bank. , ONLY NATIONAL BANK In Northern Yoik County. ,j iST NATIONAL SANK] THE FARMERS' BANK < V. Q. HAMBRIGHf. Cashier. *j M. M. STROUP. Asst. Cashier CLOVEtt, 8. C. * S IN LOUISIANA. mmam" mmmmmnn lie Pegram of High Point, N. C., arc cisitinpr the family of J. Jl. Pegram in yorkville. Magistrate John M. Ford of Bethel ownship was among the visitors in ferkvillc yesterday. Mrs. Alice Beard and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Beard of Columbia, recently k isitcd Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Moore in Jforkville. Mrs. O. E. Wilkins -and daughters Misses Sarah and Marjorio Wilkins of Charlotte, visited the family of Mrs. it. C. Allein in Yorkville this week. Miss Lula Moore Logan of Roekinglam, N. C., is visiting the family of her mother, Mrs. John R. Logan in Yorkville. Miss Louise Gates of Yorkville. Is spending the holidays with her parents, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Oates, in Columbia? Prof. Ceo. C. McCclvey of Yorkville S8l9!ISISliin!2!9i!l!!HI!aiKll!!12l9!IIISIIIIIIII j LET'S MAKE 1923 01 ? WE CAN* MAKE IT WHAT 1 jjj will surely end right. Try as we 5 us know that the on" sure and al = or,a haptivpss is Obeying God w ; ?C3.*3, material as *.>">11 as spiritual, 5 Among other things you'll find th ? I'AY GOD THE TITHE of y ? there the promise that He will giv 2 Pay, your dues to God and you'll t 2 dues to Man. You'll also find thai ; Save and to Trust God. 5 ,2 Sure, you'll he saying that this 12 leaving that aside, suppose you tr 2 reading God's Word every day in |2 will you'll certainly find things ir jj? will l>e a better place in which to ? more prosperous, if all will follov ? think li s:; of the Boll Weevil and " * - < . if a i>| 2 i' :-;s v/nrry mm uinn .iih?. 2 KAITH IN* COD WILL WIN*. Let I G. W. WHITI I SHARON, ! Remember The > TO EVERYBODY, c [> the many who arc not cus > who we would like to be c > New Year's greetings, w: > year in 1923, and our thai 1922, now passing to hist i A RESOLUTION tin > effect 11jjit we are goi lg i > service in every possible > ers tiie very best <jnalitv > jjossiblc prices and to kc * piete as it is possible to k A XI) RESOLVED i ? going to continue to mal C that can be depended uj I ways ready to help our I easier tilings. WE SOLICIT a eonl age 011 a platform of Fail > and Light Prices. ; Please remember thai ; is here to Serveurite eve i YORK HAR1 t *" % ?*' *? * ?*? i* '%?* *? M ?*( ?*# *? *? ?* ?* ** * \ \ in spending the Christmas holidays with relatives at Mt. Carmcl. Tatum Gresset'.c of the Yorkville I Graded school faculty, is spending the 1 holidays at his horn" at St. Matthews. ' C. It. Gillam of Yorkville, vlslterl j relatives at Denmark, S. C., this week. Devcr Little of Great Falls, was a visitor in Yorkville this week. Tommy Speck of Greenville, visited ! l is parents Mr. and Mrs. T. \V. Speck '.n Yorkville. this week. Tommy Dixon of Spartanburg, visited his mother Mrs. \V. \V. Dixon in ( Yorkville this Week. Mrs. W. C. Edmunds of Ridgcway, visited her mother Mrs. S. C. Ashe here this week. Miss Alice Inman of Yorkville, visit- ! ed her sister Mrs. E. M. Stanton in Charlotte this week. Miss Mary Esther McConnell, a student at Flora M.icdonald College. Red Springs, N". C., is with her parents, ] Mr. and Mrs. W. M. McConnell of Yorkville for the Christmas holidays. , w R. Fersru&on and Misses j Beulah. Minnie Florence and Mr. Cody Ferguson of Yorkville, were visitors in Charlotte this week. J. Ernest S'troup of Yorkville, was a visitor in Charlotte yesterday. Miss Margaret Marshall of Inman, R. C.( and J. IV. Marshall of the Southern Power Company are spending the hoi / START IT RIGHT . START THE NEW YEAR with a I Resolution to do YOUR Banking at this Strong National Bank. UNCLE SAM DEPOSITS HIS FUNDS HERE. He KNOWS they are SAFE. Why not follow his example? ! FIVE PER CENT Interest j PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS. FIRST NATIONAL BANK SHARON, - - S. C. J. H. SAYE, President. J. S. HARTNESS, Cashier "Progressive and Yet Conservative" I . "WE PAY YOU TO SAYE""There Is a Feeling "OF COMFORT in the knowledge that no matter what the future hat In store for you or your family, you are assured against want by a Bank Account. You oan enjoy this feoling by starting a Bank Account with us and adding small amounts to it at your convenience." BANK ?F mCK? GBOVE HICKORY GROVE. 8. C. iitmiiimiimiiiiimiiiiiimiuiiiimnimiii IR VERY BEST YEAR I tVE WILL. Bcfin it right and it S will to dodge tho issue we all of ? >soIute GUIDE TO PROSPERITY 5 's Laws. The directions for sue- ? arc to he found in the Holy Writ. ? ere, is the admonition to our income. And you'll also find ? e it back to you in great measure. ? ind little difficulty in paying your ? I jou arc admonished to Work, to ? i is a strange advertisement. But ~ y it out. Begin the New Year by 5 the week and in the year. If you S jorc pleasant and our community ? live?We will all be happier and ? v the guidance of Holy Writ we'll ? other things that give us more or ? D WORK. ECONOMY and MORE ? t's try it rflit in 1923. 5 SIDES & CO. | - s. c. i(111111i111ni:111E111111111iiii:111111111M:111n iTi "Red W Store" f j ...~n .,u * list omens US Wl'Ll tia an ui y stomcrs of this store, (but & nistomers), we extend the Lth best wishes for a good ? tiks for your patronage in | :ory. ? . Y it we have made is to the x ;o improve our Hardware X way; to give our custom- % goods at tin? very lowest ? ep our stock just as com:eep it. X 'URTHER, That we are ? :e this a Hardware Store f >on in every way and al- | customers to better and *1* x y ?\ 1 nuance of jour patron- ? r Dealing, Good Qualities y t the "RED W STORE" ? ry day in every way. i DWARE CO. I * i I idnys with their mother, Mrs. W. F. Marshall in Yorkville. t Capt. J. Wilson Marshall of Rock r Hill visited the family of his son Mr. ? Tom Marshall in Yorkville this week. t The following1 Winthrop College stu- " dents arc at the homes of their rcspce-v. t tlvc parents in Yorkville for the J Christmas holidays: Misses Sarah Car- c roll, Alice Inman, M iry Alice McDowell, I Sue Meek Allison, Sarah Grist. Allein 1 Hall, Evelyn Shieder, Ruth I'lerico, < E'slc McDowell, Thelma Johnson, Gay Alexa nder. ? There is a car shortage?freight < car shortage, not auto. ' < jlflfmiillfUitmiZliflMUfKIHUUMlllHIIMH | Only a F< | Days I IN WHICH TO Pj | Unless the Time for the I tended, a One Per Ce Effective Next Tu< | THE BANK | Has a List of the Taxpa | and we'll be glad to look 5 Friends and Customers. TI1E TIME IS VE TEE OLD 1 WISHES for its Custome i and a Prosperous New Ye I BANK OF "SOLID AS = M. L. SMITH, President JA8. A. PAGE, Cashier F = Miss SALLIE SIFFORD, Asst. Cas Tmiiiiiimimiumumimummiimimim 1 1922 WE THAI AS 1922 fans itself inl and the year 1923 bobs uj firm of J. M. STROUP c tends its sincere thanks ' for the i)atro. lagc accordc ?a year that has been fu ; [ good times and times tlia I j of hopefulness and days < |l | not a bad year?a year of j]! would have been possibh || J the engineering genius ot ;! I thankful for the good thi: !; of us and trust that weV II will be of much value to i; ! | ty, county, State and nati ! | and look into the things t For every one we besj I; May your joys and happi DURING 1923 The B IJ on the alert to serve its ! | manner possible in every < J all get down to bur knit j I and all of us lift up and lo I! J. M. S' j 11 i Don't F< x I f THAT when You i *k tion where Sound volvcd, that we ar X ficd to act in all sue | OUE ORGANIZATION ! J. Will Serve ^ oil ri; ? profitable service. problem and help y t GIVE US AN OPPORTT : | TO RENDER toy ? profitable service. 1 I Tl i LOAN &: | BAI f B. N. MOORE, President ? J. S. BRICE, Vice ? T. M. FERG M. E. McC I ? "Please don't remove your hat In hir. elevator. Keep It on and help peed up elevator service." This Is a %n the mayor of Cleveland proposes o place In all elevators in that city. 'Fellows who have to be so polite and ake off their hats just Jam things up," mid the mayor. "They hold their hats >ver their stomachs and take up room ;hat other people should have and dock the way in {jetting in and out of levators.'' ? f ? The Chilean earthquake broko in ancient graveyard, within 10 miles Df Copiapo, which may reveal valuable lata. IIHIIilKIIIIIIIIIIIilllHIIIIUIIilllllilllllllllfl ew More [ i r. L.en | 4Y YOUR TAXES I Payment of Taxes Is Ex- | lit Penalty Becomes esday, January 1. OF CLOVER , ! s S yers of this Community s after this matter for our S i E RY SHORT. T>TJT T A TIT n ItHiJLlAJDJ-iri = ;rs and Friends a Happy s ar. CLOVER I A ROCK" 3 S. A. SIFFORD, Vice President s \ L. McELWEE, Asst. Cashier hier JNO. R. HART, Attorney s !iiini!i!iiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnT i NK YOU 1923 |! :o the history of the past, j! > in the near distance, the ! ; loffs its chapeau and ex- j | to customers and friends j | ;d it during the year 1922 I | 11 of pleasures and trials, J! . it were not so good, days ! j i>f doubt?but with it all, j! ' much better things than 11 3 had things been left to ! | : mere man. Yes, we are ! [ ngs that have come to all j | e all learned lessons that j \ ndividuals, the communi- |! . ion as we turn the comer j! hat are promised in 1923. ]! * i ? i noo ! i icaK a goou year m x^o. j, Lncss be unbounded. lue Ribbon Store will be j! patrons in the very best j ! way that it can. Let us j ting and stay 011 the job J! >ok up for better things. TROUP j 4 1 * Dfget? I ire in need of an institu- Vi Banking policies are in- ? c glad and amply quali- & ill capacities. 2 ght and render to you a x They will study your Y ou to solve it. | JNITY I ou this satisfactory and $ IE SAVINGS | SK President, | USON, Cashier, 2 /ORKLE, Asst. Cashier. 2 (WtWWIMIMMMMm