Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 30, 1919, Page 2, Image 2
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" ? Secretary Glass announced last g
Monday that approximately 12,000,000 P
persons bought Victory loan bonds, 1
and that the subscriptions to the loan ^
amounted to $5,249,908,300. One- third
of the entire loan was taken by r
the New York Federal Reserve Bank
district, whose quota was $1,350,000,- [1
000. The subscriptions from the New '
York district aggregated $1,762,684,900, h
an over-subscription of $412,684,900, or N
30.57 per cent., and nearly as great as
the total subscription in tne liosxon i e
and In the Philadelphia districts. (
Nearly 60 per cent., of the loan, or I
$2,663,754,850, was taken by those who {
subscribed for not in excess of $10,000
each.
? The printing: train which the Germans
brought to Versailles and in
which they had been putting: into type
running through the presses and binding
into pharaphlet form, their count- {
er proposals to the peace treaty terms i
\ comprises 12 cars. One of these is a j
sleeping car, another a passenger car- f
riage, arranged half for first class and J
half for second class; a flat car loaded
with coal, eight cars with printing
and other typographical apparatus _
and one empty car. Steam engdne 1
and dynamore on the train provide
electricity for lighting the cars and power
for operating the printing machinery.
The printing press is of the
flat bed type, operated by electricity. 1
Lithographic apparatus forms a part g
of the equipment, as does a photographic
laboratory, including projection
apparatus and a work shop. By
special contrivance the operation of a
the printing machinery is possible even
while the train is in rapid motion. 1
The printing train is under the direct- t
ion of Her von Over, a map making
specialist, attached tq the German
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army, who has is men unuer 1119 U*- |
rectlon. t
? Regarding the appointment of Con
gressman E. Y. Webb, of the ninth t
district, to the United States district c
court, a special dispatch from Greensboro,
the home of Judge Jamas E. e
Boyd, says: President Wilson will
not appoint Congressman Yates Webb
to succeed Judge James E. Boyd, of the
United States district court, within *
the near future, according to informa- e
tlon from a reliable source. Under the p
law the president must be convinced
that a judge is physically or mentally b
unfit to perform his duties before he p
can name a successor. Judge Boyd
appears to be about the healthiest
looking speciman around Greensboro,
and if looks count for anything he is o
in the pink of condition. Should Judge p
Boyd decide to retire, or should his
health fail, President Wilson will im- s
mediately name the Shelby congress- d
man to succeed him. It is known that ti
the president has finally made up his ^
mind to this effect, and has told North
Carolina congressmen that Webb is
his choice for this high judical honor.
Webb is the only democrat in North
Carolina who can be confirmed by the
present republican senate which holds t<
the majority vote. Webb has always w
been popular in Washington, both with jj
republicans and with his democratic
associates. It is learned from repub- 11
licans of high rank that Webb will k
1? nmvided the Dresident f,
does not try to displace Judge Boyd
solely upon political -grounds. In such
an eventuality there would be strong
opposition to his confirmation. g
? Thirteen former soldiers took the f(
witness stand to testify for Henry
Ford in his $1,000,000 libel suit against l<
the Chicago Daily Tribune in Judge w
Tucker's court at Mount Clemens, t]
Michigan Wednesday. Their testi- ..
mony was all of the same general effect
in refutation of charges made in w
the body of the alleged libelous editorial
headed "Ford is an Anarchist,"
The editorial stated that Ford would
not pay his employees who went with r
the National Guard to the Mexican o
border; would not care for their fam- tl
ilies, nor would hold their positions
open for them until they return- '
ed. The plantiff admits that he did t!
not pay salaries of his men while ab- v
sent, but denies that he deserted their
dependents and asserts that the posi- 0
tions of guardsmen were held open just ii
as positions were held for any other 0
employees who left the factory for
causes beyond their control. Those
who testified today all had been in 11
Mr. Ford's employ when the National E
Guard was mobilized in 1916; all a
joined the colors and all testified that
they were placed in their old positions s:
or better ones without discrimina- tl
tion when they returned. According e
to Walter P. Johnson, one of the witnesses,
Mr. Ford sent an emissary to
look up Ford employees in the National
Guard to reassure them that p
the editorial statement that their jobs
' A 1 ... C
would not oe neia ior mem untrue.
Direct examination of each one t!
included a question whether the wit- g
nesses had expected to be paid while D
away and the replies were invariably ^
in the negative. Most of the witnesses
were without dependents, according to e
the testimony. 0
? Lisbon. May 27: The achievement ?
of the first trans-Atlantic air flight,
with Lisbon as the first European d
stopping place has aroused theen thus- c
iasm of the Portuguese as no event t]
has stirred them for many years. .
When the American seaplane. NC-4,
came over the Tagus River this even- c
ing the populace, crowding all places b
of vantage, gave full expression to this
enthusiasm by cheers of welcome to
which was added the bombing of guns 13
and ringing of bells. For days the
people of Lisbon had been awaiting
the completion of this monentous voyage
and. thoueh disappointed from
day to day because of the inability of s
Commander Read's craft to continue t
its flight from the Azores because of a
unfavorable weather condition, yet .
each day they looked hopefully toward 0
the west. Now they are able to say >'
that they never doubted that NC-4 t
would wing its way safely across the in- .
tervening 800 miles of water. Early in
the day word was flashed that the e
NC-4 had started and at intervals p
there were bulletins of the progress c
made. The whole city was en-fete and .
during the later hours of the day vir- 1
tually all business was abandoned by r
those who crowded every where to r
witness the arrival. Guided by skillful
hands the American plane, which
had covered the distance between the c
protecting destroyers along the route t
with the clocklike regularity, swept t
in over Lisbon and settled down
gracefully near the cruiser Rochester. r
It was not forgotten by many of t
those who witnessed the triumph of
the American commander that another
man, equally stouthearted, the
Australian. Hawker, was being welcomed
in England on his return from \
a wonderful trans-Atlantic flight,
more spectacular but not so successful
in its ending and there was praise for t
both. i
? London, May 26: This promises n
to be a critical week in the relations v
between organized labor and the government.
The "Triple Alliance" of
run Wit > men, tvai luiucia, u.lu
port workers, a million and a half of g
men, has prepared an ultimatum to
the government and has been defied
by Andrew Bonar Law. The unions "
demand immediate abolition of con- \
scription, withdrawal of all troops a
from Russia, immediate lifting of the
blockade against Germany, release of 1
all conscientious objectors now in a
prison, and raising exemption from t
income tax to $1,200. The demand is .
accompanied by a poorly veiled threat
to call a general strike to enforce it. t
As leader ?f the House of Commons, c
Mr. Bonar Law has declared that the ^
request cannot be granted, and that
the government will use all powers of
the State if an attempt is made to
challenge its authority by force. The
executive committee of the Triple Alliance
is meeting today to consider "
what steps are to be taken, and a call a
for a general strike within the next 0
feu.- weeks is not improbable. That
the government considers the situa- v
tion as unusually serious Is shown hv e
the fact that Sir Robert Home, Minister
of Labor, has flown over to Paris
to discuss it with Lloyd George. The
danger is made more real and immed- '
late by the action of the National s
Union of Police, covering the whole
of England. Ireland. Scotland, and
Wales. A secret ballot, entirely with- w
out the knowledge of the government si
has been taken, as a result of which it
the police all over the United King- ^
dom will go on strike June 2. unless
meanwhile the government grants the n
demands of the police union. The po- b
lice demand recognition of their union,
immediate increase in wages?which
are now really shamefully low?and fr
?instatement of certain discharged
onstables. The police ultimatum will
e presented to the government on
riday. To make its threat more danerous,
the police union has secured a
romise of the executive Committee of
he Triple Alliance to support it in
rhatever steps it may decide to take,
le&nwhile the more radical and even
evolutionary elements continue their
.gitation. At a large open-air meeting
eld Sunday afternoon in Trafalgar
Square, Tom Mann and Sylvia Pankurst
openly advocated immediate reolution.
The \UnknUr (fnqumt
Intered at the Postofflce at York as
Man Matter of the 8ecoad Class.
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919.
Hawker beat Road across, even if
le did have to go part of the way by
teamer.
Information yesterday was that an
igreement had been reached between
he Allies and Italy on the Fiumequeslon.
Suppose it had been possible to
hrow a real good scare into the farmrs
last winter as to the price of coton,
would the sharpers on the exhanges
and elsewhere not have rcapd
a rich harvest?
This is a time for economy and
hrift. The people who use the greatst
diligence in saving now are the
eople who will derive the greatest
enefit from the present season of
rosperity.
But by the way, cotton is not the
nly crop that is going to bring a good
rice this fall. All kinds of food are
oing to sell high and the man who
oes not produce food enough is going
a have to pay for it with what he
oes produce.
The main reason why York county
rill not spend a million dollars for au^mobiles
during the next few months
ill be because the cars cannot be devered
fast enough. It would be much
lore profitable to the peeple if a
irger part of the money would go for
irm tractors.
The main reason why farmers are
etting thirty cents a pound and better
>r their cotton Is because they held on
5 it. It has been evident for quite a
rhile that somebody was going to get
flirty cents or very much more; but
: was not so certain that the farmer
rould be that somebody.
It is the good fortune of The Enquler
today to be able to reproduce anther
one of those very interesting leters
from Col. John W. McConnell,
.'ho has been in the medical service of
he army since the beginning of the
. ar. Each of Col. McConnell's previus
letters have been among the most
iteresting that we have seen from the
ther side during the war and this one
anira with the best of them. In be
ig permitted to print these letters The
Inquirer has enjoyed a rare privilege,
nd Colonel McConneA may feel asored
that his fine courtesy in conneclon
with the matter is duly appreciatd
by all concerned.
It is difficult to think of a more imortant
study to which this generation
an devote itself than the problem of
he direction in which to devote eneries
that will contribute most to the
eace, happiness and prosperity of all
he people. If in the history of human
ndeavor any one issue has been thorughly
settled along this line, it is the
bsolute futility of the idea that an individual
can obtain true happiness or
ontentment through lines that seek
his boon for himself alone- It is esiblished
that reasonable satisfaction
an be had only by doing for others;
ut the great question is how to get
verybody to trying to do all that can
e done for everybody.
Maybe the hesitation and doubt
bout the peace treaty has been having
omething to do with the violent flucuations
in the market; but that is not
t all certain. The people who have
een manipulating the market all these
ears have learned a lot. One of the
hings they learned years ago about
he best way to demoralize the farmrs
was to put the market up a few
oints and then let it drop. It had
ome to be accepted as a fixed and defnite
proposition that holders vould
tot sell on a rising market, whil- they
ushed over themselves to turn loose
,s the market was going down. Most
if these fluctuations that are alleged
o be based on rain or drouth, or fricion
over the peace treaty are mere
nanipulations intended to influence
mying and selling.
International Trade.
The subject of the influence of the
var on international trade is so vast
,s to be almost beyond comprehension;
tut nevertheless even the average mind
s able to grasp the fact that there is
10 other material issue in conrection
vith it all, that is of more outstanding
mportance.
To get a hint of the situation, let us
;o at it like this:
For the year 1912, the last purely
lormal commercial year before the
var for which satisfactory statistics
re available, the total intern itional
rade of the world, including imports
,nd exports, was $18,092,500,000. Of
his enormous total the following countries
had;
ireat Britain $2,929,500,000
Jermany and allies 2,851,500,000
Jnited States 2,051,000.000
Total 57,!>3^,t'0U,Ul?U
Now then as the result of the loss of
er navy and merchant marine, to say
othing of the various other penalties
f defeat, Germany is practically out
f it, and what she had is to be dividd
among the victors.
Because of the submarine and of the
errific strain on her resources, Great
tritain is no* now in position to reume
where she left off.
Because of the German ships to
hich she has fallen heir, added to the
tiips she has built, backed by the limless
wealth she has acquired, the
nited States is in a position to do
lore than twice as much international
usiness as she has ever done.
There is not a business in America
0111 spring shoes to building ships and
railroads that will not be directly or
indirectly affected by the situation.
This country, every portion of it, is
in for the greatest prosperity the world
has ever seen.
Flight Over the Ocean.
There has been more or less comment
over the lack of sensational interest in
the achievements of Commander Read
and Messrs. Hawker and Grieve in connection
with their ocean flights.
It is a fact that the country did not
become very greatly excited at first,
however much interest it is beginning
to show now; but why should there be
much surprise.
Most of the sensation went out of
the possibilities of the airship within
a few montns arier me nnsm w?..ers
performed their feat of remaining
in the air as long as an hour.
The world then saw that it was only
a question of time, and a very short
time, before airships would be traveling
everywhere with freight and passengers,
and while there is and will
continue to be interest ir? each progressive
step, it is hardly to be conceived
that we may again look for as
much sensation as was developed in
| connection with the first flight across
the English channel, or by the subsequent
flight from Key West to Cuba.
Of course when those three flying
boats left St. Johns, Newfoundland on
Friday afternoon of May 16, there was
more or less concern throughout
America as to the success of the crews
in reaching the Azores islands in good
shape; but very few had a thought as
to whether the undertaking involved
the question as to whether it was possible
to fly across the Atlantic, for that
was accepted as a foregone conclusion.
The first steamship voyage across the
Atlantic was made by the Savannah, a
little sidewheeler that depended partly
upon sail however, in 26 days. This
was in 1818. It did not seem to be
much of a feat then, hardly as much
as Read's flight to Portugal seems
nr>w- hut the present generation can
easily see at this time almost as much
progress In air flying during the next
fifty years as has been made in ocean
navigation in the past hundred years.
And it is not unreasonable either.
The time will come, no doubt, when
aviators will start from anywhere in
America for trips to anywhere in the
world, and pay as little attention to
the intervening ocean as they will to
the intervening land.
However, In all we have said, we do
not want to be understood as detracting
from the achievements of the
splendid pioneers who have made these
splendid flights over the Atlantic, because
whatever may be the developments
of the future they have not
failed in making most glorious contributions
to the early beginnings.
Cotton Prices Should be More Stable.
It is probably unreasonable to deny
dealers in any commodity the right to
buy as low as they may and sell as
high as they can.
This principle seems to be fundamental,
and we see nothing wrong
with it.
Of course we do not admit the right
of any Individual to take unfair advantage
of the necessities of another individual.
Under conditions that are uninfluenced
by the operation of ordinary
competition, no good man will extort
profits in exceBs of what might be regarded
as a legitimate return for his
labor and investment.
To be sure due allowance must be
made for the enterprise, foresight and
superior intelligence of those who devote
themselves to supplying superior
and more desirable articles not sup~U*J
U" In zlomnnH ntllv hv
piieu uy UUICI5, aim in
those who are always able and anxious
to secure the best.
A commodity of such extensive production
and consumption as cotton,
necessarily has, at all times, a fixed
value in relation to other commodities
and to money, and there is no good
reason why the price of it should not
be practically the same at any given
time everywhere throughout the r< gion
in which it is produced.
There is certainly no good reason
why the market price of cotton in anyone
South Carolina town should be
widely different from the price of this
commodity in any other South Cuvolina
town. The difference in the cost
of handling from the point of production
to the point of consumption, infinitesimal
and the economic conditions
surrounding the handling are
practically the same everywhere.
One day last week a gentleman in
Rock Hill, told the editor of The Enquirer
that during the previous week
Mr. W. N. Ashe, of Van Wyck, ha 1
been offered in Lancaster 8 cents i
pound for a bale of storm cotton and
20 cents a pound for a bale or goou
cotton. Later he was offered 24 cents
round for all the cotton. He declined
to sell; but a few days afterward accepted
from a Rock Hill buyer 16 1-2
cents a pound for the storm cotton and
30 cents round for the other eight
bales.
It is hot understood that there was
any special effort to work the Lancaster
buyers one against the other; but
it is understood that the Rock Hill
buyer was unaware of the fact that the
cotton had bben previously offered.
This circumstance is mentioned, not
for the purpose of emphasizing any
difference between the Lancaster market
and the Rock Hill market, because
under existing general conditions It
could Just as easily have occurred
that the Lancaster price might have
been higher than the Rock Hill price.
The point of inquiry is why should
there be such a wide difference In the
value of such a staple as cotton in two
such closely contiguous markets at the
same time?
It seems that there ought to be some
answer to this question, and there no
doubt is an answer if the people who
are most concerned?those who would
get full and exact market value for
their cotton, will look for the same.
In the case of a commodity like cotton
the common article of production
of a whole people, looking after ihe
conditions under which it is marketed,
should be the special charge and duty
of every man who has any cotton to
market.
It is entirely practicable to provide
for the strict grading and classification
or every Date 01 comm. <>, m mmv...
weighing of every bale by a public official
duly bound to give exact Justice
to buyer and weigher, and also it is
practicable to provide and ensure that
every hale sold on the same day within
a given area shall he paid for at
the same price according to grade and
conditionBut
in order to bring all this about
the sellers of cotton must have themselves
represented collectively just as
the buyers are represented collectively.
It Is necessary to discourage the free
lance seller as well as the free lance
buyer, and so bring the thing about
that cotton may go direct from the organized
owner to the large distributer
in lots sufficient to reduce middle
men's handling and other charges to
the smallest possible minimum.
Publicity a Commodity.
If there is any public or semi-public
institution in the land that is more
necessary to the life and well-being of
the community in and for which it is
printed than is the country newspaper,
Judicial establishment of the facl
would be an extremely difficult undertaking.
The fact that the country newspaper
is the most grievously abused institution
in the land can be established
with less difficulty. All of them admit
it.
The country newspaper is abused by
a large part of the public and also it
is badlv abused by its editors and pub
Ushers. The abuse from both sources
arises largely out of the same consideration?largely
Ignorance.
Newspaper editors and publishers
run as many different grades of capacity
as the number of newspaper editors
and publishers. Some know a great
deal more than others begin with,
and some know a great deal more than
others by hard work and experience,
but none ever attain the scale of perfection
where it can be truthfully said
they fulfill requirements.
It would i>e neither fair nor honest
to say that any of these remarks have
been "suggested" by the following announcement
from the Lancaster N'ews;
but it is both fair and honest to say
that this announcement is being used
as a text:
The News finds it necessary to again
call attention to its rules regarding advertising
Notices of entertainment*
where admission is charged or collections
taken are charged for at regular
advertising .rates. Only notices of
church services or entertainments for
charitable causes are printed gratis,
This is a rule in force in all well-regulated
newspaper offices, the Justice of
which can easily be seen when it is
considered that the advertising space
in q npwananer is the newDauer's stock
of goods, Just as the shoes or dry
goods in a store are the stocks ol
goods of the merchant.
Every editor and publisher upon
whom devolves the responsible task ol
plant, machinery and materials for the
publication of a newspaper, and meeting
weekly payrolls and numerous other
expenses, including power, light and
water bills, insurance, taxes, repairs
and so on, can fully sympathize wit*
the state of mind in which the editor
of the News finds himself when he
wrote the foregoing paragraph.
The proposition of the News that it
wants pay at regular advertising rates
for all the space that is required of it
for advertising entertainments and the
like that charge admission, ought to be
within the comprehension of the most
unsophisticated. Surely no one who
pays for everything else in connection
with a money raising entertainment,
would expect the publisher to contribute
free publicity, the most expensive
commodity connected with it all. In
making news of notices of church services?the
mere notice?there is also
reason; but in extending the offer to
gratuitous publicity for all kinds ol
church and other charitable entertainments,
the News is extending its generosity
to a point that seems to threaten
bankruptcy. It is not to be understood
that the revenue from such advertisements
Is Important. It is safe
to say that all the revenue that the
News has ever received from this
source during the course of a year has
not been sufficient to pay the wages ol
its lowest cost employe for a week,
while the editor's salary would not be
adequate compensation for the time,
worry and hard-feelings involved in
explaining the Justice of charging for
things the public would think ought to
be free.
There are the fewest number of people
of any importance who do not have
occasion at some time or other to make
use of the publicity of the country
newspaper. Most business people
make more or less constant use of this
Dublicity. With others it is different,
They only come once in a while and
perhaps at long intervals. Business
people generally know what they are
about, and it is as easy for them tc
come to an understanding with the
publisher about publicity, as it fs for
the ublisher to come to an understanding
with them as to the commodities
they have in trade. But amongst others
there are all kinds of cases.
"What do you consider advertising
and what do you consider news?"
courteously asked a prominent gentleman
who had been designated to help
manage the publicity end of one of the
big war purpose drives, of the editor
not long ago.
The gentleman was perfectly sincere.
He really knew nothing about such
matters, and in some vague kind of a
way he seemed to think tnat 11 was
up to him to at least furnish the "inspiration"
for such propaganda as editors
are accustomed to wage on their
own account in behalf of such ' ovements
as they feel called upon to help.
It was not really a fair question from
the publisher's standpoint, because it
was based upon imaginary premise
that did not exist; but it was in good
fuith, and the editor, understanding
what was meant, undertook to answer
it fairly and frankly like this:
"Well, sir, this thing of newspaperlng
for a living involves the collection,
clipping, compilation and writing o 1
such matter as the public might be
willing to pay for in the shape of subscriptions
to the paper. The only
standard the editor recognizes in this
work is the limit of his capacity and
resources. In no sense of giving only
what he can get away with; but rather
of giving all that is in him. AH this
is as a bid for the appreciation of the
subscribers he has and more subscribers.
This is what you would understand
as being comprehended in the
general term of 'news.' According to
the success of the publisher in securing
the appreciation of readers, counting
of course the number and character
of those readers, there becomes
available certain space that has a commercial
quality for advertising purposes.
Now, in all such movements as
that in which you are interested the
editor does all that he thinks he is justified
in doing at his own expense or
nviv be. and if you
prom, u? mi: ..
feel like you can arid to what the editor
is doing by the use of the same
medium he is using, all you have to do
is to pay the cost and go to it. You
are in exactly the same boat as the
publisher as to the good you can do,
and the profit you may receive, except
you have much less responsibility and
not nearly so much expense.
"The answer to your question then is
that the main difference between news
and advertising is the difference between
what we would print if it were
us and what you would print if it were
you. What we have to pay for ours
we don't know, for there is no telling
where the pay commences or where It
ends; but in your case it is easy. You <
only pay so much an Inch for what you
print, and when you are through you
are done." 1
But all this hardly touches the sub
Ject.
! To be sure the outside public is able
' to offer and does ofTer no end of mat- ,
i ter the publisher is glad to get. There
is a letter on the first page of today's
; paper, for instance, for which the pub- ,
Ushers would have willingly paid ten
dollars, had a price been demanded.
One of the sorest trials of the publisher
is when enthusiastic propagan1
dists ask him to print as "editorial," or
"news" that which they have been
tacking on billboards- Then in view of
' years of time and labor and thousands
of dollars of expense in trying to create
a medium of publicity with commercial
value, he well may ask,
"What's the use?"
1 SEES COTTON SHORTAGE.
' Commerce Monthly Article, However,
Predicts an Improvement.
> Stocks of cotton for civilian coni
sumption cannot be other than short,
according to the interpretation of
conditions by the National Bank of
" Commerce in the current issue of
1 The Commerce Monthly. The world
production, it is asserted, is below what
may be considered as the normal pre'
war average. There is every reason,
! it is said, to anticipate a favorable fu.
ture both for the production of raw
cotton and the manufacture of cotton
' goods. Attention is called to the fact
that Japan has replaced Germany as
I the third largest consuming country in
the world, but the belief is expressed
that Germany has the machinery to
' resume her former position.
In reference to this the publication
says:
I " Germany had 11,186,000 active
spindles in 1913. In the number of
; spindles as well as the consumption of
cotton she was the third leading na'
tion. So far as machinery goes, she
, is prepared to resume her place as an
important cotton manufacturing coun1
try. Russia had 9,213,000 active spin:
dies in 1913, France 7,400,000, and
; Austria-Hungary, 4,909,000. Consump,
tion of cotton for normal civilian uses
has been greatly curtailed in two directions
as a result of the war. The
1 Central Powers did not consume it,
because they could not get it, British
> consumption was somewhat reduced,
because the national good judgement
demanded curtailment to meet the exigencies
of the situation. Not only did
1 Great Britain curtail her total con,
consumption, but a large part of her
spindle capacity as well as that of the
1 United States, was diverted from civ'
ilLan to military purposes. The cotton
, manufacturing industry expanded in
Japan, and, to a lesser degree in some
other countries,* but those countries
1 which before the war depended on
i Great Britain and Germany for their
supply of cotton goods cannot be oth'
erwise than short."
1 ?Greenwood, May 29: Official estimate
of demonstration agent and
, county officials place damage from a
severe hail storm last evening in this
1 county at $50,000. A strip nine miles
, long and five miles wide around
, Hodges was made bare of all growing
crops by the storm. All cotton will
have to be planted over. Fruit trees
1 had bark beaten off by force of hall.
A negro church in which a singing
, convention was being held was blown
down and though several were injur1
ed, none was killed.
? Charlotte May 26: The cotton mill
strike situation here, which has been
steadily growing worse for days reached
the ugly stage today when President
C. W. Johnson of the Highland
nrk Mills, one of the plants affected,
, was roughly treated by the striking
element. Eggs were thrown at Mr.
Johnson as he was entering his autoi
bile and abusive language hurled at
, him. The police were called but there
, was not sufficient number to control
either crowd. The strikers are deter.
mined that no one shall work in the
i Highland Park Mills. The Louise Mill
owned by A. J. Draper, was closed to'
day. Mr. Draper will not employ
> union men and the men continued to
join the union until there were no
t operatives left, the mill was forced to
shut down. This situation is the worst
that has ever existed in the mills here.
! Nashville, Tcnn., May 26: With
f credits and annual stipulated contri
butions for missions, officially report,
ed subscriptions in the centenary campaign
of Methodist Episcopal Church
1 South, tonight amounted to $48,000,000
the subscriptions aggregating
$23,077,000. Although under the original
ptan for the campaign credits
1 were to be given for stipulated toni
tributions the centenary commission
, is now seeking to bring the subsenpt(
ions to $35,000,000 with regard to credits.
Twelve conferences are beyond
' their quotas, the New Mexican and ,
West Oklahoma conferences having
. reported over this afternoon. The
" os nnn hv
I UUUI1 IIII33IVJH jv|;uiivu v?t/,WV
cable Monday, although there is no
conference on the island, Cuba being
in the foreign missionary field. Campaigns
are to be energetically prosecuted
this week in districts and conferences
which have failed to raise
i their quotas.
, ?If there is one place more than another
where the league of nations as
a concrete possibility is believed in,
it is Geneva, Switzerland, which is to
be the seat of that august institution.
The state council has issued an optimistic
proclamation to the citizens
i upon the subject, congratulating them 1
upon the fact that their city has now !
been elevated to the position of "the ]
moral capital of the world" and call- ,
ing fittention to the "noble duties
placed upon it." Genevans are asked 1
to rejoice unrestrainedly, to display i
their flags, to ring their joy bells and (
to greet "with acclamation the dawn
of this newly born era of far-reaching '
reconstruction," but especially to show
themselves worthy of the confidence |
placed in Geneva. "Long live Geneva!"
exclaimed the council. Well
might Genevans utter the last cry. I
Geneva has been intimately associated \
with many of the great social move- |
inents and ideas of the past. It was
the city of freedom from the fourteenth
1 to the sixteenth century; later the
city of reform, the city associated with .
Rousseau. It was also the first seat ,
of international arbitration. No won- '
der that the place which gave birth
to the author of the "Social Contract," *
the precursor of the "Declaration of 1
the Rights of Man," is pledging itself
to be worthy to be the "cradle of legislation
to determine the rights of peoples."
j
? The coroner's jury which investi- ]
gated the death of Harry L. Montgomery,
who was killed in Myers park, j
Charlotte, last Friday night, while rid- r
ing with Miss Lorraine Owen, a young j
girl of eighteen, to whom he was en- ?
gaged, has charged the murder against j
Krnest Hunter, a negro. Miss Owen's (
story from the beginning was that ]
Montgomery was shot by a negro, but ,
on Saturday she was unable to recog- ,
nize Hunter as the man. On Wednes- ^
day she swore positively to Hunter's ]
identity. Her story was that she and
her lover were riding in a Ford- As ]
they crossed Sugar creek, a negro ask- ]
ed them to please stop. Mr. Montgom- ^
ery stopped the car. The negro ap- ^
proached and shot him. She put her j
arm around Montgomery and began e
screaming. The negro pulled her j
loose and said that if she did not keep j
nnfot he would kill her. She broke ?
away from him and ran up the road j
until she pot help. Montgomery's j
pockets were rifled of a lot of letters,
which were left scattered on the
ground; but nothing of value was missing;.
The testimony and circumstances
in connection with the killing leave the ?
whole affair surrounded by quite a lot r
of mystery. There are a good many
people who have doubts about the negro
story. When Miss Owen positive- v
ly swore that Hunter did the killing. 1
the report say she trembled somewhat;
but it stated also that later he I
left the courtroom smiling. a
LOGiU. AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
fork Furniture A Hardware Co.?On page 6 I
tells you some of the reasons why Fisk tires j
are good and why Its sales are increasing.
P. D. Hopper. Clover?Has a horse, buggy and
harness for sale. A-No. 1 condition.
fork Motor Car Co.?Points out the superior
qualities of Mlchelln inner tubes?they are
made full size and why they last longer. See
page 4.
York Motor Car Co.?On page 6 says "We
know United States tires are good tires.
That's why we sell them. Has full stock on
hands to meet your requirements.
Walter D. Benfleld?Will be at Sharon express
office tomorrow to buy chickens and eggs.
York Furniture A Hardware Co.?Announces
"Great Majestic Range Bargain Week," for
week of June 9th to 14th. See page 4 for
full particulars about Majestic ranges.
C. E. Spencer, Attorney?Is prepared to make
long term loan on York county farm at 6
per cent, or at 6 1-2 per cent through Federal
loan banks.
Mrs. W. D. Glenn, Pres.?In behalf of Winnie
Davis Chapter, U. D. C.. invites Confederate
veterans, their wives and widows, and A. E.
F. veterans to annual dinner next Tuesday.
W. S. Willis, Sec.?Gives notice of meeting of
Absalom Cody Council, Royal and Select
Master Masons this Friday evening at 9
o'clock, for conferring degrees.
Carroll Bros.?Offer spring tooth cultivators,
iron beam and handles, seven teeth, detachable
plows, at $7.50 each.
York Supply Co.?Can supply you with horse
feed, and has cotton hoes, plows, bows, grain
cradles, screen doors, etc. Flour below the
market price.
Feinstein Bargain House?Wants you to see its
Georgette waists, priced at $4.60 and upward.
All good colors.
McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Is showing men's
silk lined suits, brown and green, at'$25 and
$30. New middy suits, new skirts, shirt
waists. Georgette dresses, etc.
York Drug Store?Tells about the curative
qualities of Campbell's Anti-Ferment in all
stomach troubles.
Star Theatre?Presents a serial chapter and a
comedy tomorrow. Comedy-drama on Monday,
and "The Temple of Dusk" Thursday.
O XT 1 a C?nnlu Want.
ranners aabiuvtbiv; ? wu|/F./ w. ?
supply you with binder twine or grain cradles.
A soap special for Saturday?18 cakes
for SI. Also flour is a special for Saturday.
First National Bank, York?Suggests that you
do your own banking instead of letting some
one else do it for you. It wants your account,
large or small.
J. M. Stroup?Is showing splendid lines of the
better grades of summer clothing for men?
correct in style and price. Straw hats and
underwear.
There will be no rural free delivery
mails today, on account of Memorial
day. The
twelfth annual convention of the
York County Rural Delivery association
meets in Rock Hill today.
There appears to have been some
subsidence in monkey rum activities
throughout the county during the past
week.
It Is a perpetual reproach that something
is not done to put that YorkvilleRock
Hill road in condition and keep
it in good condition.*
Quite a good many bales of cotton
were turned loose last week while the
market was rising so rapidly; but after
the reaction started the desire to
sell was gradually dissolved.
The first troops of the Elghty-flrst
division left Brest last Monday on their
way home. They sailed in the American
battleships South Carolina, Minnesota
and Missouri. Many troops of
this division are South Carolinians.
Most of tlie travel between York ana
Rock Hill is by way of what is known
as the upper road, that Is, the road
by way of Tirzah, Newport and Ebenezer.
This is no doubt largely because
the travel Just happened to get started
that way. Perhaps the upper road is
really better in winter. But as to
whether the upper road is better than
the lower road In summer there Is a
decided difference of opinion. In fact
there are many who are claiming that
the lower road Is the better. The lower
road as most usod now, takes the
right at the county home, goes to the
T. L. Carroll place, bears to the right
again just before reaching Fishing
creek, passes through the Glenn & Allison
place, on across the creek over a
bridge to and past W.. F. Jackson's
store, with a quick bend to the left,
then another bend to the right, and on
past R. M- Anderson's, John Mcllwain's,
H. J. Zinker's, Weeping Mary's
church, D. H. Brown's, Oak Grove
school house, the lower edge of the
Finley place, past V. B. McFadden's
and into Main street. Rock'Hill, at
the National Union bank. It is a remarkably
smooth and easy road for
automobile travel, especially* in good
nrAtn + V?a?* an/1 or* inrronolne' numhpp nf
automobilists are going that way.
There Is so little difference in the distance
either way that it is hardly
worth counting.
THE MARRIAGE RECORD.
The following marriage licenses have
been issued since the last issue of The
Enquirer:
May 28?Mack R. Alexander, Smyrna
to Jessie Quinn, Clover, (white)
May 28?Samuel Haglar, to Bessie
Holdbrooks, Clover, (white)
ASK FOR SPECIAL LEVIES.
School districts Nos. 3 and 22 want
more money for the operation of their
schools, At least a considerable number
of oeoDle in each of these districts
want more money. As to whether a
majority of the people are of the same
mind, the elections will show. Bethel
district No. 3 is the only district in the
20unty which now has no special levy.
By voting a 4 mill levy it will be able
to get $200 state aid. The following
sitizens of the district have signed a
petition to the county board of education
asking for an election on the question
of levying four mills: i
T. C. Barnett, J. M. Barnett, W. H.
Burnett, D. N. Nivens, K. N. Nivens,
J. B. Ford, J. M. Miller, D. L? Davidjon,
A. B. Currence, A. P. Currence, <
tV. A. Cook, J. W. Jackson, H. A.
3uinn, E. N. Miller, Mrs. M. J. Miller, ;
W". G. Jenkins, J. D. Boyd, J. H. Cur ence.
Bowling Green district N'o. 22, which ;
ilready has a levy of 4 mills, wants to '
ncrease the levy to eight mills. The '
petition for an election on the ques- 1
ion is signed by the following:
R. Ij. Quinn, Mrs. R. L. Quinn, G. C. (
Brandon, W. D. Glenn, W. H. Glenn,
r. H. Riddle, VV. W. Stanton, \V. H. i
Stowe, W. N. Wallace, A. E. Sifford,
rhos. N. Dulin, T. E. Brandon, J. E. :
Brandon, F. C. Brandon, J. L. Branion,
J. H. Patrick, S. D. Meek, E. N. 1
sranaon, u. m. uranaon, a. v.\ i^ren- ?
ian, L. O. Brandon, T. B. Quinn, Mrs. '
VI. T. Riddle. D. M. Ford, W. B. Flan- 3
igan, B. C. Adams, W. B. Riddle, T. J.
Patrick, H. C. Riddle, F. M. Jackson,
r. E. Adams, R. M. Dulin, M. H. Ford,
1. W. Smith, Mrs. R. M. Sifford, A. YV.
Fackson, J. E. Drennan, J. P. Adams,
V. YV. Riddle. B. C. Harmon, J. Ajuinn,
D. A. Pendleton, N. B. Dulin,
L M. Sifford, A. M. Ford. C. N. Gibion,
E. M- Adams, E. L. Adams, G. R.
Jowe, A. C. Gibson, J. H. Adams, J. C.
lenkins, E. M. YY'hlsnant, D. E. Jackion,
Jno. YV. Jackson, E. M. Moore, T.
F. Bradford, Mrs. E. M. Adams, G. D.
Flanagan, J. M. -Adams,
ABOUT PEOPLE
Master John Marion, who has been
pending several weeks in Chester, has
eturned to his home in Yorkville.
Mr. John McCain Nichols, of Yorkille,
received his D. D. S. degree from a
he Atlanta Dental college this week, d
Mrs. Henry YY'. Searcy and Mrs. Lem
1. Stephens of Forsyth, Ga., are the ti
iiests of Rev. and Mrs. B. H. YY'augh, I
Mrs. A. V. Snell, of Charleston, Is o
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T
W. S. Hart, in Yorkvllle. a
Mrs. D. L. Rambo, who has been ^
spending some time in a Chester hos- ?
pital, has returned to her home in
Yorkvllle. q
Mr. A. C- Grist, of Atlanta, is spend- ?
Ing the week-end with his -nother, t)
Mrs. O. E. Grist, in Yorkvllle. jt
Mr. Ellie G. Brandon has taken his f<
old position, as assistant in the electric v
light department of Yorkvllle. a
Miss Olive Smith , who has been e
teaching at Raleigh, N. C., has return- P
ed to Yorkvllle for the summer.
Messrs. Forest Smith and W. B.
Thomasson, of the York Furniture "
company, were business visitors to .
High Point, N. C., last week. 11
c
Messrs. I. L. Faris and Rufus Boyd, ^
of Flint Hill, were in Yorkvllle Wed- a
nesday, on business in connection v
with the Flint Hill school. n
Mrs- J. D. Land has a letter from s
Rev. Steven C. Lewis, in China, saying n
that her daughter. Mrs. Lewis, was se- v
riously ill at the time of the writing of t
the letter. r
Captain J. D. Fulp, formerly super- I
intendent of the Fort Mill schools, has 0
cabled his acceptance of the suparin- c
tendency of the schools of Abbeville- '
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Cummings and
Miss Annie Dickson, of Columbia,
spent the week-end at the home of Mr.
J. C. Dickson, Yorkvllle No. 1. 1
rivate Frank Kiser arrived at his
home in the New Zion section, last a
week from France. He served six c
months with the Eighty-second divi- *
sion. a
Corporal L>ewls M. Grist writes that '
he reached Newport N'ews last Tuesday,
after ten days from Bordeaux, I
and he expects to be home within the
next ten days. c
Private Wm. Allison, of Tlrzah, who i
for the past eight months has been sta- ?
tioned at Camp Johnston, Jackson- a
ville, in the motor service division, has i
been discharged and was a visitor in g
Yorkvllle this week. .
Mr. T. T. Sandifer, of No. 3, Yorkvllle,
has information that his son, T.
S. Sandifer, of the American Expedi- '
tionary Forces, has arrived at New- ?
port News, and will be discharged ^
from the service at Camp Jackson, 1
within the next fow days. c
Rock Hill Herald, Tuesday: Yester- *
day afternoon at the home of Miss .
Mary Marshall, the teachers of the 4
high school gave a kitchen shower to 1
Mrs. Erwin Moore, a member of the
teaching staff, who will make her home j
in York after the close of school, j
Those present were Mesdames R. C. c
? ?TT-ii *T7? u? aM?iu T a
.tSUrca, Hj. w. nail, waiter oruiiu, u. uJohnson,
A. C. Izard, Boyd Creighton,
J. E. Marshall and all of the teachers
of the Central school.
Mr. B. M. Dobson, of the navy, who
was in Yorkville last Tuesday and
Wednesday on account of the burial of
his father, Mr. T. M. Dobson, now
holds the rank of commander in the
paymaster department. Commander
in the navy is equivalent to lieutenant
colonel in the army. During the war
Commander Dobson was on the New
York, stationed in European waters
with the Anglo-American fleet. He
participated in the taking over of the
surrendered German fleet.
WITHIN THE TOWN
Mayor Johnson said yesterday that
he was expecting the paving work to
commence next week.
? If the drinking fountain at the
courthouse cannot be properly repaired,
there should be a new one.
? Something should be done about
opening new streets. It will be expensive
no doubt; but It Is worth
while.
? The Peoples Bank and Trust company
has under very serious consideration
the idea of building warehouse accommodations
sufficient to take care of
4,000 bales of cotton.
? The Mackorell-Hart company, of
Yorkville, on Monday made application
for an amendment to its charter
allowing an increase in capital stock
from 110,000 to $15,000 and a change
of name to the Hart Grocery company.
? The following: boys and girls received
their diplomas from the Yorkville
High school last night: Dell Alexander,
Pearl Boyd, Sarah Carroll, John
Carroll, Jr., A. Y. Cartwright, Jr., Sarah
Grist, Eleanor Herndon, Mary
Alice McDowell, Eula Mae Plaxco, Sarah
Russell, Thomas Speck, Jr., Floyd
Wray.
? Messrs. C. F. Sherer and Andral
Sherer had quite a close shave for
their lives in a serious automobile
wreck last Monday night. They were
driving up North Congress street, at a
pretty rapid rate in a big seven-passenger
touring car, when they over
took a truck loaded with young people.
In running to the right to miss
the truck the big automobile went a
little too far and crashed against an
electric light pole. Both of the Messrs.
Sherer were thrown out, and painfully
but not seriously hurt. Mr. C. F. Sherer
was cut about the nose and lip and
otherwise bruised; but was able to
walk. Mr. Andral Sherer was less c
pumiuiiy (Iuru mc 115111. iiviii miw. ,
of the car was smashed, and the elec- t
trie light post was broken so badly f
at the top that a new one had to be f
substituted. B
? The body of Mr. T. M- Dobson, who -J
died in Atlanta last Monday morning, g
arrived in Yorkville on the 10.20 a. m., s
train from Blacksburg, accompanied s
by Mrs. Dobson, Messrs. Frank G. and
Keene Dobson, sons of the deceased,
Mr. and Mrs. V\"m. Dobson and Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Dobson, of Gaffney. Com- f
mander B. M. Dobson, of the United
States navy, oldest son of the deceased,
arrived in the afternoon. From the 0
train the body was taken to the home b
of Mr. J. W- Dobson by the Masons, e
who had charge of the funeral ar- c
rangements. The funeral took place
shortly before 3 o'clock, the body be- J*
ing followed to the grave by a large '
concourse of people from the town and a
surrounding country. The religious 0
services were conducted by Rev. Dr. E. ^
E. Gillespie and Rev. J. E. Mahaffey,
after which the Masons took charge s
and conducted the interment in ac- ?
cordance with their burial rites. C
? The class day and graduating exer- ^
cises of the Yorkville Graded school p
took place yesterday. The class day g
exercises commenced at 10.30 yesterday
morning and included the following
programme: "Song. President's c
welcome. Miss Sarah Grist; Class history,
Miss Pearl Boyd; Class poem, Q
Miss Dell Alexander; Class criticism, )(
A. Y. Cartwright; Class newspaper, h
Thomas Speck; Class song, (composed
by Miss Mary Alice McDowell); Class D
statistics, Floyd Wray; Class girts, Miss
Sarah Carroll; Class will, John e(
Carroll; Class prophecy, Miss Eleanor
Herndon." The programme of the
graduating exercises last night was: ^
Song, "America." Invocation, Rev. J.
E. Mahaffey. Address to Graduates, S(
Prof. T~ T. Baker. Song. Awarding
CJ. D. C- and D. A. R. medals, by Rev. ol
J. L. Oates. Presentation of diplomas,
ay Thomas F. McDow, Esq., Chairman ?
Board of Trustees. r
? The Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D. ir
C., has somewhat changed the form of
:heir original invitation to the annual v]
iinner to be given to the Confederate 01
veterans next Tuesday, June 3. It is
leeired to honor the veterans of the vi
ate war as well as the Civil war, but b(
because of the large number of veter- w
ins of the world war, there is no satis- 01
actory way of knowing just how to
nake preparation. If all should come ol
here would be close to a thousand; M
>ut it is reasonably certain that all will
lot come, and if preparation should be hi
nade for a thousand, and only two or Ihree
hundred should come, there
vould be a great deal of waste. So in
dew of the problem presented the la- fj
lies have decided to extend their invi- tr
ation to all Confederate veterans, wl- |j(
es and widows of Confederate veterans {j{
ind all returned members of the expe- f|
litionary forces. cc
? "Up to what hour do you take se
lews and advertising for the paper? th
>o you take advertising after 12 ui
'clock on the day of publication?"
'his question was asked yesterday by
lady, who went on to say that she
ad understood "that the forms were
losed at 12 o'clock, noon, the / be3re
publication." The answer to the
uestion is about like this. All changes
f contract advertising must be made
y noon preceding the day of publlcaon.
News and transient advertising
i handled ud to the closing of the
arms- The forms are closed anyrhere
from 7 o'clock p. m., to 2 o'clock
. m., preceding publication, dependnt
upon how the mechanical work
rogressee. It Is not unusual to stop
he press even after a part of the edilon
has printed, to put in important
ews. But that is not done except
rtiere the news is considered really
mportant. Transient advertising isaeepted
up to the last minute, even at
he serious inconvenience of a tired
hd worn out mechanical force, prolded
it is something urgent and could
lot Just as easily have been furnished
ooner. But all concerned should relember
that the newspaper is always
forking against time and that the right
ime to bring in news or advertisenents
is the first possible moment. The
onger the delay up against the hour
if going to press, the . narrower the
hance of getting the matter pubished.
^
LOCAL LACONIC8
Jelks to Open in Rock Hill.
The Belk Bros., have entered into an
irrangeraent with Mr. John T. Roddey
>f Rock Hill, under which arrangenent
Mr. Roddey is to erect a J25.000
itore room in which they are to estabish
the 25th unit in their chain of
tores.
load Commission Organized.
TKa Vinff'o Vfnnntofn tnnmahin rnoH
lommission, consisting of Messrs. W.
r. Beamguard, M. R. Falls and J. D.
Jmith, met In Yorkville a few days
igo and organized by the election of
dr. Beamguard as chairman, and Mr.
imith as secretary.
Pine Wheat.
There are some remarkably fine
lelds of wheat scattered about over the
:ounty this year. There is one on the
-Vinthrop college farm, another on the
Cherry farm and also an equally good
>ne on the farm of Mr. W. L. Williams
>n the southeastern outskirts of Yorkdlle.
The wheat most generally up>ears
to be above the average.
Port Mill Goes Over.
Fort Mill, May 28: The Rev- W. R.
louknight, in charge of the three
dethodlst churches of the Fort Mill
iircuit, composed of St. John's church
n Fort Mill; Pleasant Hill church In
Lancaster county, and Philadelphia,
ibout two miles north of Fort Mill, re>orts
that thi pledges up to this time
or the centenary fund amount to $11,100.
The allotment, which was $7,800,
las thus been exceeded by above 46
)er cent.
Called to Anderson.
Anderson Dally Mail, Monday: Grace
episcopal church. It was decided at
he vestry meeting which concluded
he morning service Sunday, will lstue
a call -to the Rev. T. T. Walsh, of
fork, S. C., to assume the rectorship
>f the local parish. Rev. Walsh, who
s rector of the parish and is also
ihaplaln at the orphanage. In York, has
>een in Anderson previously and was
>lcasantly received shortly before
Caster at Grace Episcopal church.
Che approval of the vestry ixr its selecion
of rector is unanimous by the
:ongregation and It is hoped that he
vill accept the call. The call asks
itcv. Walsh to come to Anderson Sepember
1, allowing the time to adjust
lis affairs in York and to put the local .
ectory, which is at present rented, in
eadiness for its new occupants.
fork Graduates from Winthrop.
The following York county girls will
eceive A. B. degrees from Winthrop
lollege next Tuesday night: Misses
Uice Anderson, Louise Anderson, LynLall
Bass, Elizabeth Brown, Carrie
Jyers, Eunice Donald, Helen Fewill,
Margaret Fewell, Christine Holer,
Elizabeth Law, Dorothy Lowney,
Cstelle McAlp'.ne, Mattie Matthews,
^eona Moore, Isabelle Phillips, Manna
lay, Maude Sadler, Carrie Sturgis,
dargaret Thomson, Cora Westbrook,
)live White, Ruth Williams, Rock
iill, Margaret Bratton, Margaret
Marshall, Luclle Moore Louise Oates,
forkville: Marie Walker, Filbert
dary Lewis, Fort Mill; Alice
lettys, Martha Belle Campbell, Tirah;
Mary Ella Ferguson, Elizabeth
^esslie, Lesslle; Miss Kathryn Beach,
>f Rock Hill, will receive the B. Mus.
Legree.
Vew Hotel for Rode HilL
Rock Hill, May 28: The citizens of
his city have subscribed 833,000 in .
itock of the hotel company which is
)cing organized here. This sum will
>e doubled by means of a loan
hrough the Mechanics Building and
^oan association of this city, making
he total amount available for investnent
in a new hotel building approxinately
365,000. Subscriptions to the
itock of the proposed company have
>een solicited voluntarily by members
>f the Rotary club. A meeting of the
itock subscribers and other interested
litizens was held at the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday night and a board
if corporators, composed of J. B,
^reighton. Dr. W. G. Stevens, R. E.
Jarron, DeWitt Johnston and O. K.
.Villiams, was appointed to apply for
lommlsslon as a corporation. The
toard of corporators, naving oeen auhorized
to take such action, met Wedtesday
morning and decided that the
orporation shall be called the "City
nvestment company" and that it shall
>e capitalized at $65,000. An application
or commission as a corporation was
orwarded to the secretary of state
it Columbia Wednesday afternoon,
is soon as this commission has been-xanted
a second meeting of the stock
ubscribers will be called to select a
uitable site for the hotel.
CLOVER CULLING8.
brrespondence of The Yorkville Enquirer.
Clover, May 28.?Mr. Howard Smith
f York No. 1, who until recently "has
een preaching in Mission, Texas, fllld
the pulpit of the Presbyterian
hurch here Sunday morning.
Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Grier and childen
spent the past week end in CoLimbia,
where on Sunday Rev. Grier
ssisted with the installation services
f his brother who is pastor of the
l. R. P. church there.
Misses Ethel Adams and Martha
imith spent the week end at Hartsille,
S. C., with Misses Louise and
Ihristine Smith.
Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Pressley, Miss
ignes Youngblood and Mr. Frank McJlwee
spent the past week end at
llowing Rock, N. C.
Mrs. J. E. Beamguard attended the
ommencement exercises at Chicora
ollege this week.
Miss Bleeker Beamguard, a member
f the graduating ciass ai towvn, ?.
;ge, Columbia, S. C., has returned to
er home here for the summer.
Mrs. Herbert L. Wright is in a hosital
in Baltimore for treatment.
Mrs. Sam Pierce of Gastonia vlsiti
her mother Mrs. M. A. Dorsett here
lis week.
Miss Mell Nlell is spending a few
ays in Gastonia this week.
Mr. James Nlell of Rock Hill spent
jveral days here this week with the
imily of his brother, Mr Z. M. Nlell,
n R. P. D. No. 4.
Mr. James Hill of Moore county. N.
. Is visiting his sister Mrs. Hampton
arnett on Route 3 and other relatives
l this community.
Misses Margaret and Nina Ford are
[siting the family of Mr. Hope Ford
a Route 1 this week.
Miss Emma Pursley. who has been
Isiting her sister Mrs. Frank Lineerger
in Charlotte for the past few
eeks, returned Tuesday to her home
a R. F. D. No. 4.
Mrs. Edward Hardin and children
' Chester visited the family of Mr.
[. L. Smith here this week.
Rev. John L. Yandell spent Tuesday
pre with the family of Mr. Robert J.
ove.
German Reply Handed In.?The
erman counter proposals to the peace
eaty, drawn up for them by the Al?s.
were handed over at Paris yesterty.
They include about 75,000 words.
he reply was taken under immediate
nsideration by the Allies. The prestation
of the treaty proposed for
e Austrians, has been postponed
itil next Monday.