Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 21, 1919, Image 2
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The Zionist commission in Palestine
has issued a call for a constituent assembly
of Palestine Jewry. All Jewish
men and women, having attained the
twentieth year are entitled to vote,
and all having reached the twentyfourth
year may be elected. Another
necessary qualification is a good
knowledge of Hebrew. The provisional
constituent assembly has instructed
delegates to the Peace conference
urge that the powers should nominate
Great Britain as their representative,
and should confer on Great Britain
the government of Palestine, with
a view to aiding the Jews to build up
their commonwealth.
The question of industrial unrest
and the increasing unemployment are
detaining Mr. Lloyd George of England,
and making his return to Paris
of uncertain date. The problem of
unemployment is engaging hi3 atten*
nitmhpr of
tion more ana marts. ....
those In receipt of the unemployment
donation up to last Thursday was 700.000
most of whom were discharged
war-workers, including 60 per cent
women, but very few soldiers. It Is
anticipated that demobilization will
increase the figures to 1,000,000 by
the end of the month, and if the situation
does not improve, steps will be
taken by the Labor ministry and War
office to decrease the rate of demobilization.
? Mme. Catherine Breshkovsky, the
grandmother of the Russian revolution,
who was a guest and speaker at
the Copley-Plaza, Boston last Tuesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock, has asked her
biographer, Miss Alice Stone Blackwell,
to emphatically deny the report
that in Russia women are compelled
to accept husbands chosen for them
by the government. "One or two small
Soviets proclaimed some such foolishness,"
says Mme. Breshkovsky, "but
nobody would obey. It was not proposed
for all Russia, and it was never
carried out anywhere." Mme. Breshkovsky
also attacks the story that women
have been made "common property,"
or that the government puts any
compulsory upon them in matters of
sex. "Women have more freedom in
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Russia now than they ever n?u
she says. "As Mme. Breshkovsky is
strongly opposed to the Bolsheviki,"
says a statement from the headquarters
of the Massachusetts women suffrage
association, "her denial of this
particular accusation against the present
regime in Russia may be accepted
as conclusive; and the anti-suffragists.
If they are honest, ought to stop quoting
It as example of the horrors that
follow where women vote." v
If the war had lasted a few months
longer says a Berlin correspondent
' Germany was prepared to surprise the
world with an enormous airplane. The
new giant of the air, which was planned
by Harold Wolff, an engineer, will
have Its first trial at Doberitz within
a few months. The new machine is
nearly 165 feet from wing tip to wing
tip and stands more than twenty-three
feet high. It has six motors with a
total of 1,800 horse-power, driven by
four propellers, two of which are forward
and two aft. Each of the propellers
has four blades. Two of the
motors it is said can stop simultaneously
without having any result to reduce
the speed of the airplane. The
new airship is not only equipped with
devices enabling the pilots to know at
all times their altitude and angle of
elevation, but also with devices to tell
the absolute as well as relative direc'"
?? Hoi loved, will make
tlon wnicn it. AO wv..w ,
flying possible on the darkest night
and the thickest fog. The device for
determining the absolute direction
consists of an Instrument adopted to
receiving messages from various wireless
stations and cable of such adjust.
ment that a message from any particular
station can be heard only when
the device is turned in that direction.
A dispatch to the London Daily
News from Weimar tells of a talk its
correspondent had with Finance Minister
Schiffer of the new German government.
He does not regard lightly his
terribly difficult task, and is determined
to act fairly toward everybody.
"We are," he said, "in an extremely
difficult situation, but we will deal
fairly with all creditors, neutrals and
enemies alike. For that we must be
allowed time. We possess $500,000,000
and we also have some more materials,
mainly machinery, in hand. These are
our assets. "You know our liabilities
our terrible burden of debt, the amount
of our uncovered paper currency, and
our obligations in the way of indemnities
to the Allies. But we have our
industries. We shall work off our obligations,
but then of course, we musl
be allowed to work. We must have
materials and food for our workmen."
For the first time since the outbreak
of the war the Dardanelles has beer
opened to commerce and trading between
America and the Turkish Em
pire and Bulgaria. Annountemun
made on Saturday night by the Wai
Trade board that the surpreme economic
council In Paris had authorized
resumption by the United States oi
trade with those countries, and had
opened also to American trade all
ports on the Black sea. Resumption
of trade with Mesopotamia. Syria and
Palestine was announced recently and
Saturday's decision means that the
entire territory embraced within the
Turkish empire as it existed on Aug
1, 1914, is now open to commerce.
?Premier Georges Clemenceau, characterized
by Lloyd George as France's
grand young man, was attacked Wednesday
by an anarchist, Emile Cottin
known as "Milou." Seven shots were
fired, three of which struck the premier.
One bullet lodged in the muscles
of the shoulder, penetrating deeply,
but, so far as is at present known
not injuring the spine or penetrating tc
the lungs. Two bullets bruised th(
right arm and hand, while two othei
bullets are reported to have passed
through the premier's clothing. At the
time of the attempted assa3sinatior
M. Clemenceau had just left his home
to drive in a motor car to a conference
with Col. Edward M. House, of the
American peace delegation, and British
Foreign Secretary Balfour. Thougti
bleeding profusely, M. Clemenceau was
able to return to his home, where he
reassured the members of the household
and waved aside anxious inquirers
with, "It is nothing." Latest reports
from his attendants were that hie
condition was satisfactory, and thai
he was cheerful throughout the day
despite occasional fits of coughing
For the present it had been decided b>
the surgeons that extraction ui m*
bullet may not be necessary, and arrangements
have been made to take
radiographs of the injured parts. Cottin,
whom the police believed to be
a somewhat harmless person associating
with anarchists and aiding in theii
propaganda, declared that he had
planned to kill the premier because M
Clemeneeau 'was the enemy of humanity
and was preparing for another
war."
Th? Republican senators have refused
to be bound by President Wilson's
request that there be no discussion
of the proposed condition of the
league of nations, until after he can
explain the whole matter at a dinner
to be given to tne nouse tmu
committee on foreign relations and
discuss the matter before the house
and senate section by section. Senator
Borah, of Idaho, a member of the
foreign relations committee on Tuesday
gave out a statement in which he
said that he would not attend the
president's dinner because among other
things, the developments there would
be considered as confidential and he
would not be able to make use of the
facts and Ideas advanced. He and
Senator Poindexter of Washington,
attacked the league of nations constitution
in the senate Wednesday and
several other Rebubliean senators had
more or less to say. Among other
things they claimed that the league
would mean the abrogation of the Monroe
doctrine," and it was claimed that
with Canada, Australia, India and other
British possessions each having a vote
Great Britain would always be in a
position to outvote the United States
A,eA wn? hold
on any proposition, mov, ?
out that under the mandatory system
provided for, the United States would
be called upon to furnish troops to
enforce mandatories in foreign countries
with which we have no concern,
while foreign countries could so manage
things as to have all the say they
might want to have in regard to affairs
on the western hemisphere. Former
President Taft, who is a supporter
of President Wilson's league of na-1
tions idea, has Riven out a statement 1
in which he says that he would not 1
trust overnight any one of the senators <
who have attacked the league. He 1
says that now is the first opportunity i
that has been presented to do something
for the establishment of unlver- J
sal peace for generations to come, and
he deplores the fact that a few men <
would ruin such an opportunity merelv
because they think they see a pos- i
sible chance of partisan political advantage.
The former president takes .
no stock in the probability that any of <
the provisions of the proposed constitution
will ever place the United
States at any disadvantage.
Ihr \|oriu'itlc (Bnqstirer
Entered at the Postofflce at York as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1919.
The signatures to go to the bottom
of the constitution of the league of nations
will make it good.
Thnco nv*>r doubtful people who
were insisting that Germany would
not sign the new armistice requirements,
will now have to hurt elsewhere
for a further scare. They
should have known that their Uncle
Samuel would not have called back his
boys unless he had known what he was
doing.
It is a matter of record that influenza
appeared in Charleston one hundred
years ago, many intelligent people
connecting the disease with a comet in
the sky. They thought that in some
way the comet might be responsible.
Within another hundred years it might
seem Just as curious to read how the
people of this generation sought to escape
the disease by wearing masks and
closing up the churches and picture
shows.
The senate has compromised with
the insurance companies on the Banks
proposition for sinking fund insurance
for cotton in state warehouses. The
compromise is in the nature of an
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amendment tnai uivno mc ?.v? ,-v-.
ry only $10,000 on a single warehouse,
leaving the balance to be re-insured
with the private companies. There
would be less objection to this arrangement
if the private companies were
required to charge the same rate as
the sinking fund charges.
Representative Hart has secured the
passage through the house of a bill requiring
certain corporations, including
cotton mills, to file with a central office
in Columbia, the names of all
stockholders. The purpose of the bill
is to put the small stockholder, who
might want to sell, in a position to get
the names of all most likely possible
purchasers of his stock without having
to apply to the executive management
of the corporation for the information
Senator Beamguard is pushir.g the bill
in the senate: but is meeting with
some opposition from Charleston, and
as to whether he will be able to get it
through is not yet certain. It is a good
bill, however.
From all that has developed so far,
the attempted assassination of M.
i Clemenceau was the work of a lunatic.
It may turn out that this particular
lunatic was the tool of some an
archlstic conspiracy; but even so, the
fact remains that this poor fool was
; nothing but a lunatic, just as was the
' fool who burned the temple of Apollo
; at Delphi, the fool who tried to poison
' George Washigton, the fool who as|
sassinated Abraham Lincoln, the fool
t who assassinated Garfield, the fool
' who assassinated McKinley, and the
j fool who tried to kill, and maybe did
> finally kill, Theodore Roosevelt. There
1 is no use trying to reason out the mo1
tives that actuate such men in their
J horrible intentions, for even if we
I should discover their motives there- is
no possible cure. The mar who shot
! Clemenceau would have just as readily
have shot Mr. Wilson had the vagaries
of his mind pointed that way instead,
s and had the opportunity offered. But
there is no way to prevent such things,
; because such men cannot possibly be
' anticipated.
One of the profoundest and at the
J same time one of the most plain spok>
en and cruel political and sociological
thinkers of the present day is the Ger[
man socialist, Maximillian Harden, ed[
itor of Die Zunkunft, of Berlin. In an
i interview a few days ago he repeated
! former declarations that the German
people were misled into believing that
i Germany was right in going to war,
' and that although Germany was unquestionably
wrong, many of the German
people still believe their country
was right. When the interviewer
; pointed out to Harden that no protests
against Germany's methods ever
were raised in Germany, Harden der
clared that "even now not only the
actors in the tragedy hesitate to admit
[ Germany's guilt but that persons who
. have lost a brother or husband in the
' war desire to cling to the belief that
[ they have suffered their share of beI
reavement in a good cause; they think
. it would take away from the dignity of
their grief if they recognize that the
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cause lor WHICH men wumij ivub?i.
was criminal." There It a world of
wisdom In this suggestion, wisdom forj
Individuals who make similar mis-j
takes. It is a rare individual who hav.
ing made a terrible mistal?e, under the
impression that he was doing right, is
ever willing to even see, much less admit,
that mistake. He prefers to
spend the balance of his days trying to
convince himself as to how he is the
innocent victim of outraged right, and
wearing the pure: white crown of a
martyr, when as a matter of fact he
is only some kind of a fcol deserving
of pity only because he has no sense.
VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN.
Seven Billions to Be Finance by Means
of Short Term Notes
Final decision of the sale of the Victory
Liberty loan in April of short
term notes, maturing in one to five
years, instead of bonds was reached
Wednesday by the house ways and
means committee. Assistant Secretary
Lefflingwell, of the treasury-, told the
committee that the plan was acceptable
to Secretary Glass.
Representative Kitchin. chairman of
the committee, announced tonight that
the final draft of the legislation, which
amends former Liberty bond acts,
would be ready for committee consideration
Friday.
The maximum authorization of the
nates was- fixed at $7,000,000,000, with
authority given Secretary Glass to fix
the rates of interest on the four types
to be sold. The notes would be redeemable
before maturity, at the option
of the government on one year's
notice.
The four types of notes that may
be issued by the treasury, and their
terms as fixed by the committee are:
except estates or inheritance taxes.
Second?Exempt from all taxation,
except estate or inheritance taxes and
the graduated addition income taxes,
commonly known as surtaxes and excess
profits and war profits taxes.
1 nira j&Xeilipi - 11 urn nic oamc v?,aation
as those of the second type, except
that the interest on $30,000 of
notes of this type, shall not be subject
to the estate and graduated additional
income levies,
tate or inheritance taxes and all income,
excess profits and war profits
taxes.
The exemption in all the four types
applies to both principal and interest
from all present or future tax levies,
either federal or local. The privilege
of conversion of the bonds of one type
to those of another is granted purchaser
for a period of six months after
their date of Issue.
SALARY INCREASE DEBATE.
Senate Discusses Ways of Getting
Around Constitution.
The senate after Interesting little
discussion last Tuesday, according to
the Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier voted aganst increasing
the salaries of members of the
general assembly. Upon the suggestion
of Seuator YPoung the senate
went on recordof recognizing the validity
and propriety of Senator J. H.
~ t ronrneon t
Jonnsons communis m
Barnwell county from which county
he was eelected a state senator. It so
happens that he is now living in Allendale
county, part of which came from
old Barnwell county in the organization
of this new territory, at this session.
The salary bill came up Senator McColl
heartily opposed paying surpremc
court justices $1,500 each on condition
that they lived in Columbia. He held
that in effect the proposition was an
illegal and unconstitutional effort to
increase the salaries of the justices,
He favored the increase, but wanted
it open and aboye board.
Senator Hough opposed doing indirectly
what was direcly prohibited by
the constitution and indirectly raise
salaries.
Senator Clifton valiantly defended
the proposed increase and necessity
for more pay for the justice of the surpreme
court.
Senator Laney held that the allowance
for expense is entirely legal and
constitutional. It is not forbidden in
the constitution.
Senator Miller proposed an amendment
that the justice must remain in
Columbia for consultation.
There was a long discussion of whai
was the proper legal definition of 'expenses"
and whether such compensation
was an "expense" or not.
Senator Alan Johnstone thought
there was force in Mr. McColl's argu
ment, and he thougnt ine suuauui
now changed because of the changf
of the plan of alowing the expense.
The original plan was to allow $1,.
500 to such of the justice who lives ir
Columbia, which would encourage anc
bring more grequent and actual conferences
of the surpreme court pustices.
The amendment today was tc
allow each $1,500 "for permitting thf
members of the surpremec court opportunity
for conference and consultation
for a period of ninety days (if sc
much time be required) in the city oi
Columbia succeeding term or recess.'
There was an amendment that ?
mojority of the court attend the consultations.
The senate by a vote of 26 to 10
adopted the Clifton amendment to ali^tt,
fVio si rod for the justice to ret
main in Columbia for the purpose o
consultation. The idea is to fix th<
salary at $4,500 with the $1,500 anc
$4,500 for newly elected surpremt
court justices.
Senator Purdy moved to increase th<
pay for members of the general as
sembly to $500 each. The pay now ii
$200. The present pay he regarded at
insufficient and will be feared, brin(
rich men to the assembly.
Senator Laney thoupht it ill advise<
to now raise members' salaries. Thi
pay was insufficient, but at this timi
it would be unfortunate to make thi:
increase.
Senator Black held this was a placi
of honor and not a money-making pro
position. Members knew what pa;
they were to expect. He did not com:
here for the salary, but was here t<
serve his people.
Senator Bonham urged that the peo
pie did not expect members to sacriflci
both time and money. He favored ade
quate payment and $500 was littl
enough.
Senator Banks thought the increasi
even if wise, should not be done ii
this way. He believed in fair pay, bu
he was opposed to members tackini
on to a bill which was intended t<
raise other salaries.
The amendment was defeated 30 t<
7.
Senator Watkins wanted solicitor
and stenographers all fixed at $2,00<
each. After very much discussion thi
senate declined to vote for the amend
ment. The senate finally voted to fl:
the salary to colitors at $2,400 an<
stenographers at $2,100. There wen
several efforts at compromise, but thi
senate insited on the committei
amendment $2,400 for solicitors ant
$2,100 for stenographers.
The senate on last Tuesday adopt
ed a house bill by which it is arranget
to exempt 25 per cent of the capita
and surplus of banking institution:
from taxation, where that actua
amount is held in liberty or farm loai
Tf n KinL- mnrp ttinn 9!
UUUUOt XL a L'aurv iiv.u.j ?**?? v ?..
per cent of its capital in liberty bondi
provision is made that the maximun
exemption shall be 25 per cent.
Posing as Henry Johnson, a negr<
hero who was said to have kille<
thirty-six Germans sigle-handed witl
a boio knife, Albert Parker, of Mobile
Ala., was arrested at St. Louis Tuesda;
night when he appeared at the coli
seum to tell 12,000 negroes of hii
experience while under fire. Th<
arrest was made after detectives ha<
read an Associated Press dispatel
from New York saying Johnson ha<
arrived from overseas yesterday. Th<
welcome was the croatest eelebratioi
ever held by negroes here. Thousand:
were turned away, although prices o
admission ranged from 25 cents to $2
Mayor Henry W. Kiel made the ad
dress of welcome. Parker's left leg i:
severed and he carries many 'batth
scars." Detectives say he admittec
his leg had been cut off by a train ant
he received his "battle scars" in var
ious affairs. According to police, Park,
er admitted having duped audiences ir
Montgomery, Ala., Savanah, Ga., Char
leston, S. C., and Raleigh, N. C., ant
other southern cities where he hat
made war talks. He was said to havt
received $35,000 for his address.
MERE-MENTION
The strike of 8,000 boiler makers a
Belfast, has been settled temporarily
on a basis of 48 hours a week. Th<
permanency of the terms is dependen
upon a national settlement of the con
troversy The plant of the Tran
| sylvania Tanning company at Brevard
N\ C., was wiped out last Wednesdaj
by a Are of unknown origin, with a los:
of between $500,000 and $1,000,000
Revenue officers captured a practically
new Ford near Newton, N. C., ?
few days ago, with a load of thirteer
gallons of liquor. The car broke dowr
in the road and the drivers were unable
to get started again before the officers
came along The house ha*
passed the annual seacoast defense bil
carrying an appropriation of $11,199,000
An agreement has beer
reacneci unacr which aiiichiu u >u h.?,.
England the actual cost of transporting
the American troops who were carried
to France in British ships
Rechid Bey, former governor of Diarbekr,
who was held responsible for the
Armenian massacres during the war,
shot himself as he was about to be arrested
by international police The
women suffragists are making still another
effort to get their suffrage resolution
before congress at the present
session M. Clemenceau is strongly
in favor of the establishment of an
International army to enforce the decrees
of the league of nations.
LOCiU. AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS |
Peoples National Bank, Rock Hill Extends its 1
best wishes to the Peoples Bank ft Trust Co. (
of York, and says It has gained 1,391 new 1
patrons in a little over nine months.
York Furniture ft Hardware Co. Is urging 1
everybody to paint and brighten up. It has 1
the paints, oils, varnishes, stains, brushes,
etc., at right prices.
Loan ft Savings Bank Asks where you bank, 1
and points out that it is an often asked
question in business affairs. It invites your 1
banking business.
McConnell Dry Goods Co. Is much pleased at '
its Victory Cotton sale which winds up tomorrow
night. Goods not likely to be any {
i cheaper later on.
First National Bank, York Points with pride '
to the fact that its business success has
been built upon the foundation of sound and
conservative dealing and treating its patrons
with every courtesy. I
A. M. McGlll. Yorkville No. 1 Invites you to
visit his store Saturday, 22d, and see the
noroiv arrived enwia. A variety of sDecisis
for consideration.
First National Bank, Sharon?Reminds you
that Uncle Sam & Co., run its affairs. Uncle
Sam looking after the safety while the "Co."
attends to the routine business.
Star Theatre?Today, tomorrow and Monday
has attractive programmes, including two
special Fox features.
Miss Myrtle Hall?Offers three fresh milk cows
and 14 shoats for sale.
Ira H. Gordon, York No. 6?Wants a buyer
, for a good one horse wagon.
B. B. Ferguson?Has a carload of nice mules
and horses for sale. He will be at Sharon
, tomorrow, Saturday. ^
A. M. Taylor?Has registered Poland-China and
Hampshire stock hogs.
F. C. Black?Wants to sell a power wood saw
outfit and also a 12-horse power portable engine,
International products,
information leading to recovery of an estray
information leading to recovery of an esstray
or stolen hound bitch.
Trustees?School district No. 13. give notice to
freeholders to meet at McConnellsville on
February 27 th.
Jim McClure?Warns all persons not to hire or
harbor his son, Crawford McClure, a minor.
G. C. Deese & Co., Rock Hill?Offers a horse,
wagon and harness for sale for $300.
Edward H. Smith, Clover?Wants you to try
guaranteed poultry powders that he has to
| offer, one of them an egg producer.
J. B. McCarter, Filbert No. 1?Conducts a gen
J ?? nt u?.
( erai store ana carries ? vnucu bwv.. v.
sonable poods and invites your patronage.
York Hardware Co. Inquires if you are ready
, for farm work and says it can help you get
, in good shape.
Carroll Brothers Tell their customers that the
I expected Studebaker buggies and wagons
, have arrived.
Ferguson & Youngblood Have a carload of
Vulcan turn plows and repairs, the genuine
goods and want to supply you. They also
I have a car of flour. Feedstuffs.
; Sam M. Grist Wants automobile owners to remember
that he can supply them with fire
insurance on cars that really insures and
protects against loss or damage
1 York Supply Co. Has a full supply of garden
. seeds of best varieties, and is ready to give
close prices on fertilisers.
Farmers Supply & Hardware Co. Buys its
feed oats direct from the biggest dealers and
is making close prices. It has all sorts of
garden and field seeds.
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. Again offers you
its banking service and cordially invites you
to add your name to its list of patrons.
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J. M. Stroup nas ruooer uouw iui mcu,
and $5.60 pair. Wilkerson's table syrup. A
[ full line of heavy and fancy groceries. See
page four.
' Brame Medicine Co. On page four tell you of
the good results that come by using Vapo'
mentha for colds, coughs, etc.
5 F. F. Dalley Corporation Suggests that you
keep your shoes in good condition with 2-in'
one shoe polish. See page four.
r
L An agitation has been commenced
. lor the building of a bridge over Catawba
river at Cureton's ferry, the
proposed bridge to connect York and
" Lancaster counties and to be built at
f the joint expense of the two counties.
^ The lumber for a new floor on Alli?
son creek bridge has been lying on the
ground, ready to be put down since
1 last fall and the condition of the
g bridge Is such as to make people wozw
3 der why the floor is not laid at one/
? It is necessary for the food adminisj
tratlon to get busy if there Is to be a
e market for the balance of the cotton
2 seed crop. The cotton oil mills can8
not, of course, buy the seed unless they
e can And some place to sell their oil.
The bill to repeal the act establishy
ing the state tax commission, has been
j killed in the senate, and there will be
virtually no change in the method of
- assessing property that has been* in
? force during the past two years.
e There has been an official denial of
rumors that the Thirtieth division has
c embarked for America and there is no
J positive information as to when it will
r come, except that everything points to
o the fact that it will be soon.
3 Under the new war revenue act, all
dealers in tobacco in whatever form,
s are required to pay additional taxes,
0 and to that end they must make inventories
of stocks on hand the day of the
t signing of the bill. Severe penalties
1 are imposed against failure to file the
B inventories within thirty days after the
^ signing of the bills. Blanks are to be
j furnished by Collector D. C. Heyward,
upon application.
The house has passed a bill requir~
ing that unless bank depositors submit
1 their books for checking at least once
s every two years, they must in case of
1 alleged discrepancies, accept the recj
ords of the banks. The main purpose
s of the measure is to furnish means of
i keeping down possible disputes. It
would certainly seem that a depositor
who would withhold his book for a?
^ long as two years should have but littie
ground for complaint if his account
!, was never settled at all.
V
; WITHIN THE TOWN
? A stretch of about two hundred
* vards or less of the Chester road,
1 within the corporate limits, between
* the "overhead bridge," and the C. and
s N.-W. railroad track, and easily the
1 worst nnss between Yorkville and
5 Chester, has just been put in good
' condition by Mr. Claud Robinson with
* money privately subscribed by York
ville citizens for the purpose.
* More than anything else just now,
. this town needs good, hard-surfaced
j streets all over it; but if that is impracticable
the building of such streets
throughout the length of Congress and
" Liberty streets would make sufficient
improvement to justify the outlay.
The need for the streets is one of the
J first things to be noticed by strangers
| who visit the town. The strangers see
1 all modern improvements that are possessed
by the most progressive communities
everywhere, the beauty of the
trees and things of that kind, and then
lagging far behind with streets that
1 would not be creditable to rural dis
f tricts. There arc plenty of country
J roads in tho county that are far bet
1 ter than North Congress street. Thi*
- street will not begin to compare with
tho road out from Clover into the
Bethel country, for instance, and it is
' not as good as the road through Ebcns
oxer. The warrant for hard surface
for the streets indicated lies in the
heavier traffic these streets have to
carry, and also in sanitary conditions
The dust in summer, for instance, is
as disagreeable and dangerous as is
the mud in winter. The whole situa
tion is tremendously discreditable, as
well as tremendously expensive to all
concerned. It is true that the town is
up to the limit of bonded indebtedness
and tha.t the 10 mill levy allowed b>
law is not sufficient to pay expenses: i
?.!> novprthnlnsa if the Deonle have a
will to fix these streets, they can do it. I
l
CHANGE IN THE ROAD. <
The around- the- hills- and- hollows j
short-cut improvement in the King's '
Mountain road, previously mentioned
as having been commenced shortly be- 1
foro Christmas, was practically com- '
plctcd last Wednesday, and the people (
who contributed so liberally of their i
time, labor and engineering ability are r
rongratu'ating themselves on having s
done a pretty good job. e
The change in the road commences b<
within a short distance of Brian Hall's tr
residence about four and a half miles se
north of Yorkville and extends not tt
auite two miles to J. M. Stroup's Neely in
old place, leaving the old road from a to
quarter to half a mile to the north. m
On the old road there are two long g<
steep and ugly hills, two very difficult pi
cult curves and some dangerous gul- re
lies, and also a bridge across Moore's w
branch. The new road is compara- c
lively level, there are no mean curves rc
in it. and Moore's branch is entirely ol
avoided. s<
By the new road, in addition to a tl
Baving of at least 50 per cent in horse w
power, with a considerable increase of I
comfort, the distance is shortened at ai
least an eiehth of a mile, with no cor- | w
responding disadvantage to anybody, b;
The road has been pretty well sur- hi
faced up, and all the red part of it, ex- h!
tending over a distance of about half A
a mile has been well sanded. fc
SLAYER OF MASON GRIER.
It was Earl HefTner, aged 17, who
killed Mason Grier, a young farmer of p
the Pineville section during Christmas
week, and he is to serve six years
for it. rr
The dead body of young Grier was ei
found in a hollow in the woods on his
mother's lands by a negro. At first vi
the manner of his death was a mys- k
tery; but later it came out that young yi
Heffner had done the killing. HefTner jr
lived on the neighboring plantation of p
A. B. Balles. He had been hunting w
squirrels on the Grier lands in disre- j'
gard of warnings, and had been heard Cl
to say that if Mason Grier interfered f<
with him there would be trouble. C
About a week after Grier's death it ri
came out through things that young p
Heffner had said, that he had done the
killing, and he was turned over to the lr
sheriff'of Mecklenburg. Y
The trial took place in the Mecklen- tl
burg superior court last Tuesday, and 1!
HefTner was allowed to plead guilty of p
manslaughter in the second degree. T
The following is from the Charlotte
Observer's account of the affair: fl
Witnesses testified that they heard n
Heffner say prior to the killing that f<
he intended hunting squirrels on a
Grier's land as long as squirrels were o
there, and if-Grier ever tried to keep s]
Mm from huntine he would kill him. t<
On the afternoon of the killing Grier o
left his house, telling his mother he o
was going Into the field to run hunters a
from his lands. His body was found a c
few hours later by a negro man. ij
Smothered laughter swept over the e
court room when this negro, on the i<
witness stand, said he ran when he saw f
the body of Grier lying under a tree, u
after calling to the dead man and re- d
celving no answer. a
Several witnesses testified that Heft- b
ner*s character was bad. h
Heffner, testifying In his own be- f
half, said he was not quite 18 years of b
age- His father died nine years ago, v
he said; because he had to help sup- (
port his mother and two sisters he had f(
never had an opportunity to attend e
school. For the past two years he had p
been living at the home of A. B. Bailes, s
near Pineville. b
Heffner said on the day of the kill- e
ing he was hunting on Grier's land, ^
and, having fired once at a squirrel, j
was waiting for the squirrels to come <
back out of their hole when Grier ap- b
proached him from behind and \
wrenched Heffner's . rifle from his v
hands. He claimed Grier asked him j,
where the two Bailes boys were and
exclaimed: "I am going to kill you, a
andnvish the two Bailes boys were here n
so I could put them down with you." j
Heffner testified Grier backed away c
from him and pointed the rifle directly j
at Heffner's breast. The gun was cocked,
the defendant stated. At this, Heflf- ^
ner said he drew from his pocket a
pistol and fired once at Grier, the ball
going wild. Heffner then Jumped c
from behind a tree and fired again, ^
this ball taking effect, he testified. He g
then picked up his .Mile, wnicn naa
fallen from Grler's hai.d. Not knowing
whether he had killed Grler. Heffner
said he went back to Mr. Bailee's
home, not saying anything about the
k'lling until next day when he told
"Baxter* Baltes, Jr. HCffner confessed
to Sam Bailes about a week after the
killing when pressed by Mr. Bailes, according
to the evidence.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Mamie McConnell of Yorkville.
has Influenza.
Mrs. J. N. O'Farrell of Atlanta, is
spending several days in Yorkville,
with her son, Mr. T. C. O'Farrell.
Mrs. C. P. Anthony of Chester, is
visiting the family of her father, Mr.
G. W. Ruff, on Yorkville No. 4.
Dr. R. H. McFadden, recently returned
from France, has become surgeon-in-chief
of the Pryor hospital, in
Chester.
Captain J. L. Glenn of Chester, has
been awarded the crolx de guerre by
the French government, for extraordi- j
nary heroism in action in France.
News has been received by Mrs.
Nannie G. Allison of Yorkville, that
her son, Lieut. Robert Glenn Allison,
landed in New York on February 18.
Thos. W. Quinn and Lewis M. Grist,
both of Yorkville, now with the American
expeditionary forces, have recently
been made corporals.
The name of John W. Wisher of
Rock Hill, appears in the casualty list
published yesterday, among those ,
wounded to a degree undetermined.
Mr. J. E. Lowry of Yorkville, is able
to be up and about again after having
been confined to his home for about
two weeks with a severe attack of influenza.
Misses Sarah and Catherine McGee,
and Master Wells McGee, children of
Mr. C. W. McGee of Yorkville, are all 1
confined to their home with an attack
of influenza.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. B. Jenkins have
moved to Yorkville and are boarding
with Mrs. Helen Adickes on North
^Congress street until they can get a
suitable house in which to make their jj
future home. ?
Mr. R. N. Plaxco of Yorkville No. 1. j
has received information that his son. j.
Boyce Plaxco, has landed In tne states. c
and Is now In a hospital In New York. c
on account of injuries received in a ^
motor cycle accident. t
Miss Mary Quinn of Columbus, Ohio, a
and Messrs. Frank and Luther Quinn a
of Great Lake, Illinois, are spending a c
few days with their parents, Mr. and s
Mrs. J. H. Quinn, in Smyrna. v
J. A. Marion, Esq., of Yorkville, has J
been up and in his office during the '
week; but like all fresh convalescents *}
from influenza, is still feeling too trif- d
ling for work. P
Corporal C. Claud Ruff, accompanied '
by his wife is on a visit to his parents. ?
Air. and Mrs. G. W. Ruff, on Yorkville v
No. 4. Corporal Ruff has just been dis- w
charged from Battery B, 75th Coast p
Artillery, after about eighteen months
of service, a good part of the time in rj.
France. He and his wife are now Hv- t,
ing in Greenville.
Sergeant Stanley T. Moore, of Rock v
Hill was listed in yesterday's casualty h
report as having been wounded. Ser- "
. HI ?? ? nf XT .-a XT A a'
gA'UIll 1UUU1 C lO U OV4I V4 ....
Moore. His mother was advised of e
the wound some time back, it having k
been sustained during October; but it b
was not serious and was quickly heal- cl
ed up. ()
Rock Hill Herald, Tuesday: Corpo- 'c
rals Luther Boyd, son of Mr. R. P. JJ
Boyd of this city, and Johnson Lesslie,
son of D. P. Lesslie of Lesslie, sur- s'
prised their relatives by arriving in
Rock Hill this morning unannounced.
They have both been serving with the tc
American expeditionary forces in P^
France and were landed at Newport |
News two weeks ago. Both of these i
young soldiers have many friends in ?
this section of the county who will be cl
delighted to know that they have returned
home. Corporal Boyd has heen I 18
in service t*.vo years. He enlisted in
the aviation branch of the army and : r<
o+n*lAnn/l O t Voll V T7|o1f1 TpVHS. !
>VU-a owuvueu ?... --j , before
being sent overseas. Before en- 11
tering military service he was connect- y'
?d with the local postofflce. He in- tc
tends resuming his civil service work nJ
here within a short time.
ui
Columbia correspondence Greenville
Piedmont: James D. Grist, one of the
jright young men employed on the lo:al
staff of the Piedmont, was a Satirday
night visitor to Columbia, Jim- od
nie, as everybody knows him, spent
lixteen months in Camp Sevier. Army Tl
turgeons wouldn't let him go to France tir
icause they said he had a slight heart
ouble. Apparently they didn't have1
inse enough to know that all that was
ie matter with him was that he was
i love. They sent him to the quarrmaster's
department, and that alost
broke his heart, but he made
)od. They put him In charge of the
jbllclty end of the conservation and
clamation division, and the good
ork he did attracted attention all
;er the country. When they got
>ady to give him his discharge they
fered him a commission In the re>rve
corps, but he declined It with
lanks. "No, sir," he said, "You
ouldn't let me go to France, and now
am done with the army. If there Is
nother war thev will have to fleht It
Ithout me, for I am through. Goodye."
And that Is why he will not
a.ve an officer's commission to show
Is grandchildren In the day to come,
perfectly good commission Is waiting
>r him, but he says he won't have It.
SUPPLIES FOR 1919.
The York county supply bill for 1919
rovldes for certain Increases In the
I'arlesof different county officers, In
ccordance with the recent recomiendation
of the grand Jury, for the
rectlon of a bridge over Catawba rivr,
between Wright's and Boyd's feries,
and for the maintalnance of the
arious departments of the county
overnment at a total cost for the
ear of $70,210. The levy for ordinary
ounty purposes Is Ave mills, and addjg
the various levies for other puroses,
the total levy on the county as a
rhole will be 9J mills- This does not
lclude the special levies on York, Caiwba
and Ebenezer townships on acaunt
of the interest and sinking fund
jr bonds issued In behalf of the
harleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
ailroad. The full text of the suply
bill, as it has passed, is as follows:
Section 1. That a tax is hereby lev
'Q upon mi uie iuauuio %.j m
'ork county for county purposes for
oe fiscal year, commencing January 1,
919 for the mounts and for the puroses
hereinafter stated respectively,
hat Is to say:
Sec. 2. For ordinary county purpoes,
ve (5) mills, and a levy of two (2)
lills for road purposes, as provided
or by law, and In Ebenezer township.
special levy of three-quarters (f) of
ne mill, and In Catawba township a
peclal levy of one (1) mill, and In York
ownshlp a special levy of two and
ne-fourth (2J) mills, to pay Interest
n bonds issued by said townships in
id of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Ihlcago railroad, and on bonds refundig
same; also in said townships of
Ibenezer, Catawba and York a special
;vy of one-half (J) mill as asinking
und to retire said bonds. The treasrer
of York county foe collecting and
istributing this special levy, shall be
llowed the commission now provided
y law. For paying interest on court ,ouse
bonds and to provide a sinking
und for same, a spec'al levy of onealf
(J) of one (1) mill, as now proided
by law. A special levy of one
1) mill is hereby levied to repav loan
or building bridge across Catawba rivr,
between Rock Hill and Fort Mill, as
irovided for In Act of 1917. Also a
peclal levy of one half (J) of one mill
- HiifM hr'Hcp fl pros
u repuj man iv vunu ... v u
{road river, between York and Chero:ee
counties, as provided for by Act of
917. Also, special levy of one half
J) of one mill to repay loan to build
ridge across Catawba river between
Vnght's ferry and Eoyd's ferry as proided
by law. The county supervisor
s hereby authorized to draw his warant
upon the county treasurer for the
mounts therein stated, if so much be
ecessary for the fiscal year, beginning
anuary 1, 1918.
!ross county roads $ 8,500 00
'ermanent road improvement
3,000 00
Convicts and maintenance
of road working organization
...... 14,000 00
,'ounty engineer 800 00
,'lerk of court ..... 300 00
Sheriff ...._ .. 1,600 00
leputy sheriff 720 00
,'reasurer - .. 800 00
'lerk- of treasurer 600 00
Auditor ... 800 00
'lerk of auditor 600 00
Superintendent of education 1,900 00
Lttorney 200 00
Miysicfan 1,000 00
'oroner 400 00
fanitor of courthouse 400 00
Supervisor 1,600 00
.'wo county commissioners
at <200 each 400 00
Herk of board of county
. . nn
commissioners _
fudge of probate 200 00
Constables; to be expended
under the supervision of
the sheriff if necessary 600 00
dag strates and their constables
6,500 00
3oard of education 100 00
3oard of equalization 1,100 00
3oard of reglstratioiv-J. A.
C. Love and J. B. Earron,
five days additional service,
Rock Hill, Fort Mill
and Clover, $15 each 30 00
rail expenses, including dieting
of prisoners 1,500 00
lurors and witnesses 6,000 00
County home, poorhouse and
poor 6,000 00
Post mortems. inquests and
lunacy 1,100 00
sublic buildings, including
water, fuel, light and ino.l-o
ry f* n 2.500 00
Printing, postage and stationery
1,600 00
ftt&l statistics 660 00
Telephone and telegraph 425 00
Sheriff for conveying prisoners
400 00
dileage for constables, to
and from chaingang 100 00
Tomato club 760 00
interest on current loans, in
anticipation of collection
of taxes 876 00
interest on courthouse
bonds, 8 and to sinking
fund for retirement of
bonds, as provided by law 4,600 00
Grand total 870,210 00
For ordinary county purposes, the
ounty board of commissioners of York
ire hereby authorized and empowered
o borrow a sum of money not exceedng
thirty thousand (830,000.00) dolors,
if so much be necessary, at a rate
if interest not exceeding six (6) per
ent, and to pledge the ordinary couny
tax levy to secure the same. It shall
?e the duty of the county supervisor
nd county commissioners, to purchase
.11 implements and supplies for the
haingang and the county home, in
uch quantities and on sucn terms aa
vill guarantee the lowest price and be
nost advantageous to the county. And
or this purpose the county supervisor,
nd county commissioners, in their I
iscretion, may contract, upon comletitive
bids each quarter, with the j
awest responsible bidder, for all imilements
and supplies for the chain-'
ang and the county home, after ad- j
ertisement one time, for at least one
reek, in not more than two newspaers
published in the county, previous
a letting such contracts: Provided,
hat the county supervisor and coun/
commissioners shall have the right
a reject any and all bids. The superisor
and county commissioners are
ereby required to keep a book, called
File Book of Claims," and in which
hall be entered all claims as presentd
for payment. This book shall be
ept so as to show: (1) Claim numer;
(2) date of filing; (3> whom
laims belong to: (4) nature of claim;
5) amount of claim; (6) amount al>wed;
(7) on what account- This
ook shall be open for inspection by I
le grand jury and the public. And it I
lall be the duty of the supervisor j
itliin two (2) weeks after the first
ay of July and January, respectively,
> publ'sh one time in some newspaer
published in the county, and which
ill give the largest publicity thereto,
t a cost of not exceeding sixty ($60)
ollars, an itemized statement of all
aims allowed during the preceding I
v months, and it shall be that which |
done in strict conformity to the law
jverning same. The county treasu>r
is hereby authorized to transfer
ay unexpended balance of the several
inds on hand at the end of the fiscal
jar 1918, not otherwise appropriated,
? the year 1919 to be used for ordiiry
county purposes.
Sec. 3. This act shall go into effect
?on its approval by the governor." i
1
SEEING THE CLOVER FOLKS.
Tt was only for an airing that the i
itor of The Enouirer went out last ]
icsday afternoon, and it was the first I
ne he had crossed the corporate llm- j <
V
its of Yorkville since the Guernsey sale
in Rock Hill. Sam Grist volunteered
the information that he was going up
to Clover and offered a seat in his car,
which offer was accepted, notwithstanding
many little tasks which
seemed to be pressing for attention.
Excepting between Yorkville and
Rock Hill, there is more travel between
Yorkville and Clover than over
any other road in the county. I am
not sure whether the travel between
Yorkville and Clover is not the heavier.
We passed eight wagons, three buggies
and met fourteen automobiles going
and we met several wagons as well i
as a number of automobiles coming
uoci\?
The road Is only In fairly good condition.
It Is better between Yorkvllle
nnd Filbert than between Filbert and
Clover. There are some heavy places
between Allison creek and Clover especially.
Some places that could be
very much Improved to the advantage
of all concerned and just why they
are not improved Is a puzzle. It is to
the Interest of the people of Clover,
Filbert and Yorkvllle that they be Improved,
it is to the interest of the people
living in between, and it is to the
Interest of the traveling public. That
they are not improved is a reproach
on everybody in this whole section.
It was the first time I had been over
this road since last summer, and when
I rolled in sight of Filbert it looked to
me like the little villa^a had grown
wonderfully. Just where or how I
could not say: but it seemed that there
were more houses. Among the improvements
I actually identified were
Wood & Pursley*s new store, which I
had not seen previously; an overhauling
of Land's store, and the completed
new ginnery. -If I had seen this building
since it was restored after the fire,
I do not remember.
Both Messrs. Ernest Wood and Lee
Pursley were in the store. They were
pretty much alone, too, there being no
customers about; but they did not seem
to mind much- "It is dull everywhere
now with no cotton moving,"
said Mr. Wood, "and I guess it will remain
dull until the people get a chance
to do a little worn." ur. sam urisi
helped trade to the extent of buying a
few dozen eggs at 35 cents a dozen,
and had his gasoline tank filled up. Mr.
Pursley said that there were about 265
bales of cotton in the state warehouse,
Iof which he is custodian; but this was
about the only item of information
that I was able to pick up.
At Clover I dropped into the postoffice
to see Jim Barrett about getting
straight all the rural route papers that
are now being sent in other than their
right bundles. Jim was not in, but his
assistant, Mr. Dan M. Barrett, promtsed
to attend to the matter. From the
postofflce I went into the City Pharmacy
on a little errand and had a few
moments conversation with the always
pleasant and agreeable Ed Brison. Ed
agreed with the boys down at Filbert
that things were pretty dull; but he
did not appear to be worried. If anything
ever worries Ed Br'son, he does
not let anybody know about it
From the City Pharmacy I went
around to M. L. Ford's. Do you know
'Fayte Ford? Well, if you don't it Is
because you have never been about
Clover much, and you know very little
of Clover or Clover people- Mr. Ford
Is a character, an institution. Everybody
in Clover knows him and everybody
around Clover knows him or
knows of him. No, he does not stand
on the street corner, or make himself
conspicuous in crowds, or anything
like that. Tou are not apt to see him
except in his store, or at his home, or
traveling about on some business errand.
About nine chances out of ten
you will find him at his store, somewhere
about his store, in winter if he
' - A An a nnotnmpr nr in
IS IlUt waiting U" ? vuaoiM.., ?
pleasant weather at the front door. Of
! course, if you are already acquainted
with Mr. Ford, you don't need to be
itold anything about him: hut if you
i are not acquainted you are" advised
j that you may approach him on any legitimate
errand, social or business,
with perfect assurance as long as you
conduct yourself as a gentleman
should. You will find him to be Just
that?a gentleman?all over. But don't
take him for an "easy mark" any kind
i of way. He is not that He would
| not take unfair advantage of you In a
trade or otherwise, if he could, and
I you had better not try anything of that
kind on him. If you do try it It will
only be for once. Mr. Ford Is very
fond of a Joke and1 is one of those rare
fellows who can take a Joke In the
same spirit he puts one on the other
fellow. But he has been going through
some pretty serious times of late, influenza
at home, and death among
those close to him, and then again,
those two fine boys of his, Clyde and
Edmund, off In France.. But no comniaint.
Whatever comes, he does the
best he can, never gives up and takes
the result philosophically, I had not
been in his store very long until he began
accusing me of having come to
collect an account, when as a matter
of fact he did not owe me anything;
but before he got through with it he
made me feel good by telling me how
he had been selling automobile tires
in Chester and furniture In McConnellsville
through his advertisement in
{The Enquirer, and he was sure that
I there was no mistake because the people
said that it was through the advertisement
that they had learned of
the articles they desired- As I have
! said, there has been no noticeable
change in Mr. Ford; but I am quite
(sure that when Clyde and Edmund get
back he will be happier than he is
now, and I don't blame him either, for
I want to see those boys myself.
I went up to the Clover Drug Store
to see Dr. R. L. Wylie; but did not find
him in. They told me that he was
out on the Bethel road learning to
drive an automobile.
Down at Campbell & Qu'nn's garage
I saw Andy Quinn, "Dr. Ike" and Mr.
J. B. Wood. Andy was busy with a
trade, and Dr. Ike and Mr. Wood as
members of the town council were discussing
ways and means to improve
conditions around Clover. They want
to improve the streets and do other
things; but they are puzzled about
I where the monev is coming from.
I Whenever Mr. Wood and I_eot together,
we "talk It over," If not about
one thing, then about something else,
and th's time we undertook to settle the
complicated affairs of Europe. Dr,
| Ike listened until he be?"sn to have a
pain which was pretty soon, and the
j conversation continued until quite
late before the dehate was in shape
j for satisfactory adjournment.
Of course I called upon J. P. Sif[
ford at the Clover Hardware stotfe. I
| like to do that and I seldom miss an
opportunity. Mr. Siflford's test'mony
was like that of most of the others?
business was dull and the town was
pretty well rid of the flu, at least for
the present.
I spoke to Fltz Purslry, Hugh Jackson
and D. J. Forbes. Mr. Forbes was
out for the first time after an attack of
flu, and was feeling tough; but generally
was in his usual good humor.
Jim Page and Frank McElwee were
holding things down at the bank; but
aeeordine to Mr. Page that is no big
job those days with no cotton moving
and very little else going on to make
business.
Taking it altogether it was pretty
dull about Clover. There were but few
people on the streets and not much
signs of business about the stores.
There were quite a number of other
people I would liked to have talked
to; but the short time that was at my
d!sposal passed so quickly with the
few that I did come in contact with
that I could not get around.
LOCAL LACONICS
Wrong Name.
It is Frank, instead of Mills Moore,
for whom former Governor Blease is
counsel. Mills Moore is still at large.
Will Erect New Gin.
A number of farmers of the Pine
Bark section of Bethel township, have I
organized for the erection of a large
ginnery to take care or me conon in i
that neighborhood. They argue that'
they can have their cotton ginned
cheaper and better than now. and thev
say that if the present price is too high
they want the profits, whereas If the
price is too low they are willing to take
the loss. j
Must Install Sewerage.
The house accepted the Judiciary
:ommlttee amendment to the Hamb-1
lin-Nunn bill to require n'l cotton mills,
knitting mills, manufacturing establishments,
textile manufacturers, to Install
sewerage system or sanitary closets
for all houses rented or leased to
operatives. The sanitary closets are to
be introduced in the event the Installation
of a sewerage system would be sc
expensive as to render the Installation
impracticable. The time limit for compliance
Is August 1, 1920.
Important Movement In Rock Hill.
There has been started In Rock Hill,
a movement looking to the erection of
a hundred thousand dollar building,
devoted to the development of community
life, as a memorial to the soldiers
who went Into the service of their
I country from Rock Hill and county our!
rounding during the world war- It la
proposed to combine in the building a
public library. T. M. C. A. quarters,
quarters for the boy scouts and girl
scouts, and also a big auditorium.
Tax Returns All In.
The annual re-enlistment of York
county property for taxtatlon by the
auditor, was completed yesterday.
The work was. commenced January 1
and has been carried along for the
past fifty days under considerable disadvantage
rendered more acute during
the past few weeks on account of Auditor
Love's illness with influenza.
Inquiry yesterday afternoon, however,
disclosed the fact that probably the
returns are as complete as they have
been heretofore up to the last day.
From now on, the penalty attaches to
those who may have failed to make
returns within the time prescribed by
law.
Another Demonstration Agent.
The committee appointed at a recent
meeting of the chamber of commerce
to request the York delegation
to make provisions for securing a second
county agent for York county, left
this morning for Columbia, where it
will hold a conference with the delegation.
Those who went to Columbia
for this purpose are O. K. Williams,
chairman or the committee; J. S.
White, J. F. Williams, W. W. Faris, J.
T. Garrison, and County Agent John
R. Elair. This committee will present
to the delegation some of the reasons
making it necessary to have a county
agent for eastern and one for western
York. The foregoing paragraph appeared
In the Rock Hill Herald of
Tuesday. In the Rock Hill Record of
Monday Is published a protest against
the idea of a few men asking for an
expenditure by the taxpayers of J2.000
a year for such a purpose.
Ctetawba Bridge Controversy.
.'There Is more or less local controversy
over the location of the proposed
bridge over the Catawba between
Wright's and Eoyd's ferries. As originally
drawn, the bill providing for the
bridge, conformed to the North Carolina
statute, to leave the location to
the highway engineers of the two
states. This was changed mainly on
objection to the idea of requiring the
county to pay for a bridge the location
and supervision of which was to bo
under the authority of the state. The
difference as to location is about like
this: Mecklenburg people are said to
be desirous of locating the bridge as
high up the river as they can get it,
and people of the Point section, on the
York side of the river, agree with them
on two main grounds. In the first
place they urge that unless there is
considerable deference to the Meckllnburg
people there will be no bridge and
in the second place, the higher up the
bridge is located the better their prospect
of getting a fairly good outlet
road of which they stand In very great
,need. They urge that In addition to
the long approaches that will make
the erection of a bridge at Wright's
ferry out of the question, they will be
cut off from the bridge by Crowder*s
creek, which creek, because of the Immense
volume of water It carries during
freshets, will be a further menace
to a bridge located Immediately below
its mouth. It is a fact that whether
the river bridge is located above or below
Crowder's creek, there must be a
bridge over Crowder's creek to permit
the people on one side or the other ef
that stream to reach the river brldge.1
People living on the south side or
Crowder's creek, generally argue that
the best solution .of the saattar-ls-t?
extend the Clover-Bethel road two
miles on to the river and build the
bridge at or near Wright's ferry. They
also insist that the Wright's ferry location
will be more acceptable to the
larger number of people who live to
the south stde of Crowder's creek and
it will more readily contribute to the
restoration and development of the
communication between Mecklenburg
and York counties.
CLOVER CULLING8.
Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Clover, February 19. M'ss Mary
, j . -a n . 1? <_ ..<n<?lnr.
bunion Ul uamuuio, IB VWUIIIK mo
family of her brother Mr. S. J. Clinton.
Miss Addle Matthews a nurse from
the city hospital Greenville, S. C., Is t
snendlng a few days henj with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. W. M7 Matthews.
Misses Martha Smith and Ethel ^
Adams spent the week end with the
family of Mr. John Robinson near
Oastonla.
Among the visitors In Charlotte
Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. J. Meek
Smith, Mesdames M. B. Nell and J. E.
B^rryhlll.
Mr. Tom Jackson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. F. Jackson, who has been In
military training In Texas has received
a discharge and returned to his home
here.
Mr. Glenn Mackey of Heath Springs,
who was formerly connected with the
c'ty Pharmacy here, but who has more
recently been in the navy, has received
his discharge and visited here this
week.
Dr. Paschal McLaln and Miss Henderson
of Gaflfney spent a few hours
hero Sunday.
Miss Avon Robinson was hostess to ..
a number of her friends on Friday
evening.
Mr. Roy Ferguson of Rock Hill was
a visitor here Tuesday.
Miss Annie Lee NeMl spent the week
end at Lowryville with her sister Miss
Moll Neil.
Mr. Zeb Nelll, who has been In
France for the past several months,
has received his discharge and returned
to his home here.
Mrs. E. W. Pressley Is spending a
while in the Fennell Infirmary, Rock
Hill.
Among those who attended the government
sale of mules In Charlotte
Wednesday were Messrs. W. H. Sherer,
S. A. Rob'nson and George Sparrow.
The house lust Wednesday night J
passed the McMillan-Klnard-Davls bill
creating a state loan fund of 150,000
for Indigent young men and women In
'leu of scholarships at state institutions.
Unsuccessful effort was made
on motion of W. R. Bradford of York
to so amend the measure so as to exclude
Winthrop from the provisions
of the act. An amendment was accepted
providing for examinations by
the state board of charities and corrections
as to the financial status of the
applicants for aid as is conducted relative
to scholarship candidates.
Special Unices.
iTcacninjf at nrzaxi.
Preaching at Tirzah A- R. P. church ^
next Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock.
E. B. Hunter, Pastor.
Beersheba and Ramah.
Beersheba Sunday school at 10.16
a. m. Preaching at 11. Ramah Sunday
school at 2 p. m. Preaching at S
o'clock. J. L. Yandell, Pastor.
At Philadelphia.
There will be preaching at Philadelphia
next Sunday at 3 p. m.
J. E. Mahaffry, aPstor
, Cannon Mill Chapel.
There will be preaching at the Cannon
Mill Chapel next Sunday evening
at 7.30 by Rev. J. E. Mahaffey.
Ebcnczer, Tiraah, Hopewell.
Ebonezer?Sunday school at 10 a. in.
Morning service at 11 o'clock. Tirzah a
?Sunday school at 2 p m. Preaching
at 3 o'clock. Hopewell?Sunday school
at 2 p. m.
John C. Bailey, Pastor.
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