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Peace was celebrated throughout
France with the utmost enthusiasm tr
last Saturday night. At Marseilles, a]
Toulon and Cherbourg, as well as other P]
Beaports, warships were dressed in
flags, salutes were fired, church bells
were rung and there were illumlna- p
tions and torch light processions. At 81
Bordeaux the departure of the Amerl- can
students from the university was *
made the occasion of a brilliant fare- |
ronontion bv the municipality.
? The governor has been requested to I E
appoint a commission looking to an
election which will decide whether or not
about 32 square miles of territory
now included in Spartanburg county
shall be annexed to Greenville county.
A petition calling for an election and
signed by. 637 voters, has been filed 4
with the governor. The population In ;
the area which includes the town of f
Greer totals 4,200, and the taxable j
property is >850,000. J
? President Wilson and party are on '
the way to the United States. They
boarded the U. S. S. George Washing- ton
last Sunday afternoon at 2.30
o'clock, and set sail within a few minutes
afterward. President Poincare :
and other French and American officials
were on hand to see the president
and party off; but there was not a 8
great deal of ceremony about the departure.
It is expected that the trip
across the Atlantic will be completed ?
In about eight or nine days.
? Washington, June 27: The cotton
crop of 1918 was 12,400,532 bales, according
to a bulletin Issued by the bu_
reau of census. The production in all ?
the cotton-growing states except Texas.
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Florida,
are said to have showed increases as
compared with the preceding year.
South Carolina showing the greatest s
Increase with 26.9 per cent. Sea Island,
52,298 running bales last year,
was the smallest shown for any year
since 1899. This type of cotton, how- a
ever, represents only a very small t
fraction of the total crop, the propor- 0
tion for 1918 being less than one-half
of 1 per cent. All sea island cotton
grown in the United States is produced
in Florida, Georgia and South Car- s
olina. Orangeburg, S. C had the sec- f
ond largest crop in 1918, according to t
the report, with 110,718 bales.
The German government, headed 1
by Philipp Scheidemann, had planned
to refuse to sign the peace treaty and
to permit the Allied troops to march u
Into Germany as far as the Elbe, where
it would be attacked by strong German
forces, the Danzig correspondent '
of the Tageblatt declares in a dispatch a
describing the details of a certain plan p
to create a seperate state in northeastern
Germany. The plan failed because 11
of Jealousies and differences of opinion s
v. ??, covprnment and the army
Ucvncvu b??v D?.
leaders, the correspondent says. (A
report from Geneva Thursday night _
said Herr Scheidemann had arrived L
In Switzerland after crossing the fron- t
tier on foot. The last proposal made t:
by the conspirators planning to oppose
the Allies, it is said, was to ask Poland
to combine with eastern Germany in u
the formation of an independent re- o
public. The offer, it is declared, was
rebuffed by the Poles, who asked why
it had not been offered 10 years ago. 0
The Allied and associated powers 1
will not ask for the extradition of the
former German emperor, the Paris correspondent
of the Telegraaf says he D
learns, but will ask the Dutch government
in the name of the league of na- *
tlons to see that Herr Hohenzollern t
does not escape the moral conse- n
quences. It is expected that as a mem- .
ber of the league, Holland will inform
the former emperor that he must ap- v
pear before an international court or ti
leave the country. A highly placed
French authority on international law
J that the Dro- v
IUIU IIIO W1 ft VOyVMV?VM* _
ceedings against the former emperor u
would be on moral grounds and the
sentence would be of a moral character
entirely. There is no question of
a death sentence or of imprisonment, P
the correspondent told. It is probable, li
the correspondent continues, that the c
crimes of the former emperor against ,
International morality in starting the 1
war and in violating Belgian neutral- ii
ity will be condemned severely, the jj
Hohenzollerns will be declared forever
deposed and it will be made impossible
for the former emperor to do further d
harm by assigning him a place of resi- n
dence from which he was not to move. j(
? Some of the Berlin newspapers, announcing
the signing of the treaty, appear
in black borders with captions on
their Versailles items such as "Ger- J
many's Fate Sealepl," "Peace and An- j
nihilation." The Tages Zeitung, in
closing an editorial says: "Clemenceau
Lloyd George and Wilson and their ri
accessories have sown dragon's teeth ti
of eternal enmity." The whole German a
press writes in the strain of melancholy
pessimism. The Tagelische
Rundschau says: "What we need is U
a despot to compel the nation to work. q
If we are unable to install him, our enemies
will send him." Dr. Dernberg, c
in the Tageblatt, says: "The cup is n
drained to the dregs. There is no sense n
In continuing the controversy. It Is
better to endeavor quickly to find our
feet. The concessions made to us are
not without value and open the way It
to certain alleviations." The Frei- y
heit, Lokal Anzeiger and Vorwaerts
all protest against the idea of revenge; c
Count Max Montegalas, writing in the o
Tageblatt, says: "There is no choice a
but to observe the treaty to the ex- .
treme limit of what is possible. Absolute
candor and sincerity must form f<
the lodestar of Germany's foreign o
policy." v
The world war came to a formal
end five years after the assissination
of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and
two years and two days after the first t
American troops landed in France. The t!
Austrian heir-apparent was killed at j.
Sarajevo, June 28, 1914. The first
American contingent disembarked in *
France June 26, 1917. On July 28, 1914. J
one month after the death of Francis v
Fedhiand, Autria declared war on Ser- .
bia, marking the beginning of hostilities.
On August 1, Germany declared 1
war on Russia and invaded Luxem- t:
burg. Germany sent her ultimatum to 0
Belgium, August 2, and declared war
on France August 3. The next day 0
great Britain declared war on Ger- g
many. June 28 also is tho anniversary j
of the renewal of he triple alliance between
Germany, Autria and Italy which
has been broken by the war. On June 1
28, 18D0, the German reichstag adopted t
a bill creating a new German army, v
the organization of which is greatly
diminished in power by the treaty c
signed today. In American history s
June 28 is the anniversary of the battle e
of Monmouth, New Jersey, where in ,
1778 Washington defeated a force under
Sir Henry Clinton. I
World peace was signed and seal- s
ed in the historic hall of mirrors at t
Versailles Saturday afternoon, but un- T
der circumstances which somewhat
dimmed the expectations of those who r
had worked and fought during the long a
years of war and months of negotiations j
for Its achievement. The absence of the
Chinese delegates, who at the last c
moment were unaoie to revuuvue mew- selves
to the Shantung settlement, and
left the eastern empire outside the formal
purviews of peace, struck the "first
discordant note in the assembly. A
written protest which General Jan I
Christian Smuts lodged with his sig- a
nature was another disappointment to j
the makers of the treaty. But, bulking
larger, was the attitude of Germany 9
and the German plenipotentiaries, which a
left them, as evident from the official e
program of the day and from the expression
of M. Clemeneeau, still outs'do
any formal reconciliation and 8
made actual restoration to regular relations
and intercourse with the Allied
nations dependent, not upon the
signature of the "preliminaries of *
peace" today, but upon ratifl- ?
cation by the national assembly. To ^
M. Clemenceau's stern warning in his
opening remarks that they would be
expected, and held, to observe the d
treaty provisions legally and complete- y
ly, the German delegates, through Dr.
Haniel von Haimhausen, replied after
returning to the hotel that, had they c
known they would be treated on a dif- ii
ferent status after signing than the al- j
lied representatives, as sho\?n by their
separate exit before the general body 1
of the conference, thev never would c
have signed. Under the circumstances t
the general tone of sentiment in the t
historic setting was one rather of relief
at the uncontrovertible end of hostilities
than of complete and unalloyed j
satisfaction. The ceremony came to a j,
dramatic close, in fact, reached its
highest dramatic pitch with the wild u
ithusiastic reception of President
Tilson, M. Clemenceau and M. Lloyd
oorpe by the crowds outside the
ilace, who ignored or disregarded the
linor discords of the day. They tore
le three statesmen from their escorts
tid almost carried them bodily in their
t ogress through the chateau grounds,
-a part of the program which had been
) watch the playing of the fountains
lanned as a dignified state procesonal
of all the plenipotentnries.
Ehe \jotkville (Enquirer
Intered at the Postofflce ar Tork ae |
Mall Matter of the Second Class. |
TUESDAY. JULY S, 1919.
Yea, it is an alarm we are trying to
ound. for it is an alarming situation.
The peace treaty has been signed;
tut still there is little hope for peace.
"In the exercise of my personal liberty,"
protested the ruffian who assasinated
his neighbor.
So far as the United States is conerned
the war was ended with the
igning of the armistice.
Certainly there is no greater force
,mgns men than Integrity of charucer;
but it is only those who are withut
sin who can afford to throw stones.
It is stated from Washington that as
oon as Germany ratifies the treaty
hat was signed at Paris last Saturday,
he general blockade and all other
rade restrictions will be removed.
For the bold bad man who will hold
p and rob the wayfarer at the point
f a pistol there may be hope. He at
?ast shows a certain amount of cour
,ge in risking his life- But the man
rho will seek easy money by selling
Iqi or in violation of the law is only a
neak.
The full programme of the North
>akota Non-Partisan league legislaion,
voted on in the referendum elecion
last Thursday, was endorsed by a
ubstantial majority as to each particilar
item. The most important item
f legislation in the programme was
hat of establishing a state bank based
n a bond issue secured by the credit of
he commonwealth.
If congress does not act in the
neantime, the understanding is that
he president will suspend the warime
prohibition law as soon as denobilization
is completed, which will
>e within the next seven or eight
reeks- There is some question yet as
o whether the president will feel waranted
in raising the ban on beer and
rine only and leave spirituous liquors
mder strict prohibition.
Get the idea in your mind of the
>ublic highways lined on either side by
ang rows of beautiful shade trees. Of
ourse there are those who would say
hat the trees will make the roads wet
a winter and perhaps some other way
i lummcr. But that is bunk. The
oads of France are well paved, well
rained and altogether the best and
lost pleasant in the world. We Amer:ans
can do It too, if we will.
That is a well deserved tribute that
ohn R. Hart, Esq., paid to Magistrate
t. L. A. Smith last Friday afternoon,
nd The Enquirer is in full concurence.
It is hardly up to the magisrate
to do the work of a constable in
ddition to the work of a judge, cerainiy
not at the pay; but Mr. Smith
ikes the responsibility of his position
uite seriously. Under circumstanes
where it seems that a raid can be
lade more effective by his presence,
a Anoa nnt hooitatp tf> cn himself. The
Id gentleman might have his limitaions
as to technical knowledge of the
iw as practiced by some of the lawers,
bat there is certainly no disount
on his common sense, physical
r moral courage, or ability to arrive
t substantial justice. He enforces the
iws without fear or favor, and never
ails to command the fullest support
f the law abiding people of his ballirtck.
Under the prohibition amendment to
he constitution of the United States,
he manufacture and sale of intoxicatag
liquors of all kinds is prohibited
hroughout the United States after
anuary 16, 1920. Under an act of Noember
21, 1918, the sale of lntoxicatng
liquors was prohibited after July 1,
919, until the president by proclamalon
should declare the demobilization
f the armies completed, un tne zuin
f May, 1919, the president asked conxess
to repeal so much of the act of
Covember 21 as applied to wine and
teer. Congress has so far declined,
'he whisky people have been In hopes
hat previous to July 1 the president
rould declare that demobilization is
ompleted; but July 1 finds still in the
ervice a full million men who were
nlisted for the war and the president
s unable to see that e can issue a
reclamation that wo' <d relieve the
ituation under the law It is possible
hat congress may yet t .ke action that
rill open the floodgate! of liquor until
lext January 16; but tl at is not prob:ble.
In the meantime there is absoutely
no such thing as the lawful sale
>f liquor for any purpose within ths
imits of the United States.
A Dangerous Situation.
The story of that meeting of the
Jroad River Improvement association,
,t Hickory Grove, last Friday, as pubished
elsewhere in today's Enquirer,
hows not only that there is quite an
larming state of affairs in Broad Rivr
township; but that the good people
1 ' 4 A?Anofl/1 ?A thd
iver mat way are ueiu^ aiuu??
ituatlon.
When it comes to the question of the
ight or wrong of liquor drinking,
here may be two sides. There are a
;reat many people who insist that
here are two sides. In our opinion
here is but one side. No man can
Irink intoxicating liquors without
larm to himself, harm to those with
phom he is in close and intimate asso
iation and harm to society. But that
s not the question here. The question
lere is the supremacy of the law of
he land, the only guarantee that any
pf us. whether weak or strong, have in
he enjoyment of life and liberty and
he pursuit of happiness.
Because of its strong appeal to the
physical appetite intoilcating liquor lsj
ield In more or less esteem by most of
m. We want it beeauae of the exhller-'
atlon and excitement it producea, and
there are times when almost any of us
will go to great lengths to get It. That
Is the plain truth and there Is no use 3
In trying to deny the truth. But all
reasonable men who hav e tried intoxi- ,
eating liquor, as well as those who
have not tried it, know by experience 1
and observation that the use of lntoxl- 1
eating liquors is narmiui LU U1C1U uo | ,
well as others, and for that reason the
stuff has been put under the ban of .
the law, not only of this great state;
but of this mightiest of all the nations. '
Ordinarily the appetite for intoxicating
liquors knows no law, and it will '
stop at nothing not even murder, to ,
satisfy its hellish craving. This is not
theory, it is fact, and because of this '
fact we have one of the greatest prob- 1
lems known to our law. The greater <
the scarcity of liquor the higher the
price and the more uncontrollable the ,
cupidity of those who See in liquor
making the road to easy money. ,
It is clear to the intelligent people of
Broad River township that if they al- ,
low the illicit liquor makers full swing,
their fair country which has made ,
such splendid progress during the past
two or three generations will degener- '
ate into a howling wilderness of barbarism
in which decent people can no <
longer make their homes, and it is be- <
cause of this that they are becoming
aroused. ,
While the problem in Broad River is
first a problem for the intelligence
and decency of that community, their
neighbors to the north and south and J
east and west cannot remain indifferent.
If the degenerate and abandoned i
in Broad Elver shall win the people '
who aspire to better and higher things
than mere indulgence in low physical |
appetites, then the fight will be as j
strongly up to surrounding neighbors
as it is now up to the people of Broad
River and the end will be difficult to
foresee. 1
CHARTER FOR HUMAN LIBERTY i
1
President Wilson So Designates ths i
Peace Treaty, ,
The following address by President <
tVilson to the American people on the
occasion of the signing of the Peace 1
Treaty was given out Saturday by <
Secretary Tumulty:
"My fellow countrymen: The treaty
of peace has been signed. If it is rat- 1
ifled and acted upon in full and sincere )
execution of its terms it will furnish ,
the charter for a new order of affairs
in the world. It is a severe treaty in 1
the duties and penalties it imposes i
upon Germany; but it is severe only
because great wrongs done by Ger- .
many arc to be righted and repaired;
it imposes nothing that Germany can- '
not do; and she can regain her right- '
ful standing in the world by the prompt
and honorable fulfillment of its terms.
"And it is much more than a treaty
of peace with Germany. It liberates 1
great peoples who have never before
been able to find the way to liberty.
It ends, once for all, an old and in- 1
tolerable order under which small 1
groups of selfish men could use the ]
peoples of great empires to serve their ,
ambition for power and dominion. It
associates the free governments of the '
world in a permanent league in which ]
they are -pledged to use their united |
power to maintain peace by maintaining ,
right and justice, '
"It makes international law a reality I
suppoiied by imperative sanctions. It <
does away with the right of conquest
and rejects the policy of annexation
and substitutes a new order under j
which backward nations populations j
which have not yet come to political
consciousness and peoples who are
ready for independence but not yet i
quite prepared to dispense with protection
and guidance shall no mpre be ,
subjected to the domination and exploit- '
ation of a strange nation, but shall be
put under the friendly direction and
afforded the helpful assistance of governments
which undertake to be responsible
to the opinion of mankind in
the execution of their task by accepting
the direction of the league of nations.
"it recogni:'..s the inalienable rights
of nationality, the rights of minorities
and the sanctity of religious belief and
practice. It lays the basis for conventions
which shall free the commercial
intercourse of the world from
unjust and vexatious restrictions and
for every sort of international co-opcration
that will nerve to cleanse the
life of the world and facilitate its common
action in beneficent service of
every kind. It furnishes guarrrtees
such as were never given or even contemplated
for the fair treatment of all
who labor at the daily tasks of the
world.
"it is for this reason that I have
spoken of it as a great charter for a
new order of affairs. There is ground
ho:e for deep satisfaction, universal
reassurance, and confident hope."
Thanks God for Victory. David
Lloyd tleorge, the British primo minister,
on his return iroin i'aris Sunday
owning, drove with the king to Buckingham
Palace, being acclaimed with
uiumpii&ui oncers by ircinendous
crowds along the whole route.
After paying his respects to the
queen, the prime minister immediately
drove in the royal carriage to
Downing street. Similar ovations
greeted him along the way and in res- 1
ponse to continued cheering, Air. Lloyd c
George came to the window of his res- s
idcnce and briefly addressed the assemblage.
He spoke of the peace which ^
had come to the world and in closing
said:
"1 sincerely trust that the unity of r
spirit and concord which won this j
great peace will continue until we
ha\c established on a firm foundation
thr new world won by the sacrifice of j
millions of brave men. Let us thank <
God lor the great victory, not in a i
spirit of boastfulness, which was the
downfall of Germany, but in a spirit of
re\erence worthy of noble sacrifices ,
that have been made."
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Clemson college summer
school for farmers opened Monday.
Miss Vergie Mayfield, a popular i
young woman of Chester county, died
Friday, aged 25 years
The body of an unidentified white
man was found in Wateree river near
Eastover last week.
A total of thirteen illicit liquor
stills were captured by state constables
in Aiken. Florence and Darlington
counties last week.
Boyce J. Whitehead of Union, hus
been appointed a supercargo with the
United States shipping board at Washington.
The appointment was made bySenator
Dial.
The Powell Fuel company has purchased
the remount depot at Camp
Wadsworth, including 60 buildings, 35
000 feet of fencing and a large number
of hay sheds and other property.
Now that the majority of soldiers
of Camp Jackson have been discharged,
there is considerable decrease in
the amount of mail being handled
through the Columbia postoffiee.
Three negro children were burned
to death near Swansea, Lexington
county, Saturday evening when the
house in which their parents lived was
burned. The parents went away, leaving
the house locked and the children
inside, when it caught fire.
The governor has appointed John
M. Kinard of Newberry, J. M. Mixon of
Charleston and J. W. McKown of Florence.
as the three additional members
of the board of exports and marketing
who together with the commissioner of
agriculture and the state warehouse
commissioner constitute the board provided
by the last session of the legislature.
Granitevllle, June 27: Mrs. Anna
Ramsey, mother of Otis Ramsey, a
oo-iman Inst in the mVStcriOUS disaD
peaiancc of the United States collier <
Cyclops, said Thursday she had re- i
ceived no word from her son as re- i
ported Tuesday in Columbia. The Co- 1
lumbla report was that a telegram
bearing tht son's nam? had been sent
her from New York, saving he was 1
safe. <
LOCAJL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
I. W. Johnson, Mayor?Invites citisens of the
town to decorate business houses and residences
for Fourth of July,
ifork Banks?Give notice that they will be
closed on July Fourth?legal holiday.
R. J. Davis. Clover No. 2?Tells the public his
roller mill is in first class shape for work.
W. B. Moore, Promoter?Solicits offerings of
land for site for new thread mill.
ft. B. Moore and Others, Incorporators?Give
notice of opening of books of subscription to
capital stock of the Waltmore Thread mills.
F. C. Wilborn?Offers some attractive farm
property for investment or otherwise.
Star Theatre?Today's programme includes a
serial and a comedy. "Wanted for Murder"
tomorrow. Alice Joyce on Friday,
ifork Supply Co.?Calls attention to the superior
qualities of Pratt's foods for animals.
Carroll Supply Co.?Asks you to make its store
headquarters on the Fourth.
Sam M. Grist?Expects to move today to room
206, First National Bank building.
IfcConnell Dry Goods Co.?Has boys' pants,
serge suits for men. Ingersoll watches, etc.
ifork Auto Association?Gives notioe that exhibit
hall will be open 9 a. m. to 10 p. m.,
on the 4th. Smith A Kluttx exhibit,
ifork Automobile Association?Don't want you
to miss the Exhibit hall on July 4th. Some
of the exhibitors. ^
Sfork Automobile Association txxenaa a cordial
invitation to everybody to attend the
Good Roads Rally and Picnic July Fourth.
Sfork Motor Car Co. Wilt- have a Fordson
Tractor and new model Ford car on exhibition
next Friday.
Sfork Furniture Co. Invites you to make its
store headquarters next Friday.
First National Bank, York Insists that you 1
systematize your business. Start with a
checking account.
3lty Pharmacy, Clover Has a full line of Ingersoll
watches $1.75 to $7 each.
Sfork Drug Store Says it is looking for you on
the Fourth and invites you to make yourself
at home with it. <
Atlantic Coast Realty Co., Petersburg, Va.
Handles real estate everywhere. See rage 4. ?
A great and glorious Fouith next
Friday.
To get an Idea of a really bad road
try It from Sharon to Hickory Grove.
That road is something fierce.
If York county is to make corn worth 1
bragging about this year, It will come
from the later plantingThere
Is plenty of fine cotton all over
the county; but some of It has been ,
getting grassy during the past week.
The Broad River Improvement association
has among its membership a
'ew individuals who are suspected
with being connected with the illicit
vhlsky business. The understanding |
is that If any such shall be caught ,
ind convicted, what the court will do j
for them will be a plenty, ,
Mrs. M. E. Nichols, the postmaster
was inadvertentl*' misquoted in regard ,
:o the matter of 1 cent postage on ru- i
ral routes and In town. There will be
no 1 cent postage except for circular
matter. The rate on drop letters and ]
R. F. D- letters Is 2 cents per ounce or
iny fractional part of an ounce. The
misquotation was entirely the fault of
The Enquirer.
Clark's Fork, Bullock's Creek and
rurkey Creek were all out of their ]
aanks last Friday afternoon- Betyveen !
Hickory Grove and Sharon there was
10 trouble about croesing Clark's Fork
because the bridge was sufficiently i
high above the stream as were also the
ipproaches. Ii the case of Bullock's
3reek it was different. The bridge was ,
blgh enough over the Main stream; ;
out the water covered the approach on
the east side for about a foot. Between
Sharon and Yorkville Turkey Creek
covered the bottoms from hill to hill.
<
Sura the real estate agent is a useful
institution and very contrary to what
is a common opinion, is easily worth his
hire. Where a man knows how, it is ,
as easy to make a big transaction as
it is to make a small one; but most J
people become more or less flustered m
making transactions that are above the
average of those to which they are ordinarily
accustomed, and that is why
in making a real estate transaction
they are generally at a disadvantage.
To the experienced real estate agent a
real estate transaction becomes almost
?is natural as is the matter of selling a
sack of flour by a merchant. But it is a
common thing for the ordinary proper
ty owner who does not know how to
make a good trade himself to envy the
eal estate man his commission. The
layman is inclined to look upon that
commission as a pickup, even though
through the help of the real estate
man he gets enough more for his property
than he could have realized him- ,
self to pay the commission twice over.
Then too, the real estate men very I
cften make the mistake of not treating !
:helr commissions with proper consideration.
Some of them, especially the ,
nexperienced ones, are inclined to give
t away, or divide it. The real estate i
man is just as much entitled to his 1
commission as is-the merchant to his
profit, and he should not give it up or '
ihars it, under any circumstances.
INCREASED LEVIES. i
By a vote of 19 to 3. voters of Cotton '
3elt school district on Thursday de- .
;ided to increase the special levy for
school purposes from 5 to 8 mills.
Votes of Allison Creek school disrict
have decided to increase the special
school levy from 2 to 4 mills. An
election on the question was held last
rhursday, the result beins unanimousy
in favor of the increase 7 to 0.
The election in District No. 8 to intense
the levy from 2 to 4 mills was
leld at the Cannon Mill school last
Saturday and resulted in favor of the
ncrease by a vote of 18 to 0.
By a vote of 0 to 0 Turkey Creek
school district, No. 34, has decided to
ncrease the special levy for school
purposes from 2 to 8 mills.
NEW MILL COMING.
Yorkville is to have a new cotton
mill as soon as the necessary plant can
be established. It is to be capitalized
it half a million dollars, with approximately
8450,000 paid in. It is to be
ocated on the northern outskirts of
lown, equipped with 10,000 spindles, I
ind known as the "Waltmore."
The pending organization of the j
promised enterprise, now assured, has ,
jrown out of the efforts of Major Wal- (
ter B. Moore, who not long ago proposed
that he and associates would put
up $250,000 for the erection of a half
million dollar mill if the people of 1
Vorkville and community would put 1
up the remaining $250,000. The local
people, people of the town and surrounding
country have put up all but a i
few thousand of the amount asked of <
them, and Major Moore is going on
with the undertaking.
While the subscriptions of the local i
people were still short of the amount
specified, Major Moore went ahead and i
sxercised the option he had for the ad- i
rantageous purchase of machinery, \
under which option there is a saving j
of more than $40,000 over present j
prices, and also with subscriptions still
coming in he applied for a charter (
first for a capitalization of $450,000;
Put later recalled the original applica- .
tion and made it $500,000. ,
Thp nrnnosed new mill is to be lo
cated on a most excellent site Just \
without the northern limits of the
town, which site Major Moore purchased
some time ago for the purpose
of erecting a cotton mill. There are
some important contingencies still to ;
be settled with regard to the site one i
of them being the approval of a committee
that is to have charge of the ,
matter, and another being agreement ,
on the price; but no complications are (
expected to develop, for the reason
that the site in question is one of the .
/Sooirohlo in tVi#> rommunitv and '
UiUOl UVOiiMw?v ...v ,r
the price will be a matter of easy ad- 1
lustmentWork
on the proposed new mill is to '
) commenced without unnecessary '
Ittlay, as soon aa the different con
tract* Involved can be let and the mill
la to be rushed to completion as rapidly
as possible.
TRANSFERS OF REALTY.
The following transfers of real estate
have been indexed In the office of
the auditor since the last publication
of the record:
Bethesda Clarence S. Bratton to R.
Moultrie Bratton, 67 3-4 acres; consideration,
$1,070.63.
Ira B- Dunlap and J. H. Miller to
C. W. Ratterree, 87 acres; consideration
<1 3K0
Clarence S. Bratton to John Smith,
117 1-2 acres; consideration, $3,231.25
Clarence S. Bratton to Isaiah Thomas,
61 3-4 acres; consideration, $1,698.12.
Bullock's Creek G. W. Wilkeraon to
M. Lena Wilkerson et al, 362 78-100
acres; consideration, $4,000.
Catawba Laura Hall to John
Knighton, 1 lot; consideration, $500.
P. W. and S- R. Spencer to Sarah E.
King, 1 lot; consideration, $2,300.
J. F. Mills to P. W. Spencer, 1 lot;
consideration, $850.
Charles A. Mobley to Anna H. Mobley,
1 lot; consideration, $5.
Ebenezer A. T. Quartz to T. C.
Haddon, 1 lot; consideration, $825Lucy
Bays Moore to Louise Treverton,
1 lot; consideration, $2,000.
James P. Kinard to J. W. Moore, 2
lots; consideration, $6,000.
Thomas William Faris to S. B. Collins,
1 lot; consideration, $400.
W. H. Matthews to A. R. Reinhart, 1
lot; consideration, $600.
P. B. Lynn to J. M. Cothran, 1 lot;
consideration, $3,400.
Fort Mill Mrs. Mattie E. Stephens
to J. J. Porter, 1 lot; consideration,
$200.
J. J. Balles to A. L. Ott, 3 lots; consideration,
$2,800.
King's Mountain Mrs. Lena E.
Wright Campbell and Emily C- Wright
Stephenson to Frank C. Horton, 1 lot;
consideration $3,200.
York Mrs. Emma Dorsett to J. O.
and S. M. Robinson, 1 lot; consideration.
$900.
Thomas C. O'Farrell to Church Home
Orphanage, 1 lot; consideration, $1,
400.
J. L. Staley to W. D. Bewley, 15 lots;
consideration, $583.87Frank
C. Riddle to S. L. Courtney,
L4i acres; consideration, $1,160.
ALL OF THEM BAGGED
.Clarence Jones, Vernon Johnson,
Vance London and Alex Feemster are
the four negroes who were at the illicit
still that was raided by Magistrate
Smith and party at Leech's Mountain
luring the rainstorm last Friday afternoon.
All four of the negroes were taken
over by Sheriff Qulnn on warrants issued
by Magistrate Smith. Jones,
Johnson and London are in jail and
Feemster is at liberty on bond.
It turns out that Vance London is
pretty badly sprinkled with small shot
"in the hind leg," as the sheriff puts
It; but he is not seriously hurt.
When the officers raided the still the
negroes ran away; but Clarence Jones
turned and fired a pistol back at the
posse. The posse replied with a fusilade
and tbat was where London got
his. Some say that it was Magistrate
Smith who shot him; but that does
not matter.
All four of the negroes got away for
the time being and they managed to
take London up to Shelby, N. C.,
who he lives and where he was arrested.
Clarence Jones admits having start*
*v- -1 K,,? nloimo that it was
ea me SllUUllllg uui. ...
accidental, his pistol having been discharged
as he fell over an obstruction;
but the officers have it straight that
he turned deliberately and fired.
Jones, Johnson and Feemster, no
r'oubt under the advice of white men
or others who understand the legal
status of the situation are telling that
it was London who was operating the
still while they were present only as
visitors and possible patrons. This is
on the assumption that the small shot
in London's "hind leg" have made his
case hopeless, and since he will have
to take legal punishment anyway, the
others might as well go free.
But it appears that London is not
exactly in that frame of mind. If he
sticks to present intentions when he
goes on the stand he will tell the
whole truth about the affair truth
that will not only involve the other
three but several others including
some whites who are now only suspected.
1
ABOUT PEOPLB
Geo. W. Kunz of Rock Hill,..was a
1-14 ?- An Qo tnrHa v
visitor in luinimc vu ,.
P. Earl Gaulden who recently returned
from service overseas, has arrived
his home in Yorkville No. 3.
Hunter Morrow of Gastonia, N. C.f
spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends in Yorkville.
Messrs. W. A. Carroll and Llndsey
Templeton were visitors in Lenoir, N.
C., last week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Riddle of Clover
No. 2, visited relatives in Yorkville,
Sunday.
Mrs. J. H. B. Jenkins, Jr., has returned
to her home in Yorkville, after
a visit to relatives at Grover, N, C,
A. D. Sligh of the 81st Division, is
now at Camp Jackson awaiting his
discharge.
Mr. and Mid. Lawton Ashe and little
laughter of Orangeburg, nr< visiting
Mrs. Ashe's father, Mr. H. Y. Williams
in Yorkville.
Mrs. 1'. R. Bratton who has been
spending several days in Charleston,
has returned to Yorkville.
Mrs. J. D. Brown has returned to
her home in Anderson, after a visit to
hbr mother. Mrs. D. E. FInley in
yorkville.
Messrs. D. P. and J. D. Lesslie of
Lesslie, were visitors in Yorkville,
v*
Mrs. John S. Jones and daugi ter,
Miss Sarah of Yorkville. are at Montreal
N. C.
Misses Lucile and Ruby Sherer if
Sharon, are visiting their sisters, Miss
Mary Sherer and Mrs. Samue.' M.
Barnette in Rock Hill.
Miss Grace White of Rock Hill,
spent the week-end with the family of
H. J. Sherer, on Sharon No. 2.
Mrs. J. M. Ferguson, who has been
undergoing treatment in the Baptist
hospital in Columbia, has returned to
tier home in Yorkville,
Mis, R. E. McClure has returned to
tier home on Yorkville No. 5, after a
risit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Carroll on Clover No. 1.
Mrs. Herbert Wright has returned
to her home in Clover after undergoing
treatment at Dr. Kelly's hospital
in Baltimore.
Mrs. Frank C. Walker of Filbert No.
I, is undergoing treatment in a Gastcr.ia
hospital. Her many friends will
u--? rt Inn ?? hot oV?n la P-At finer
LTJ ^ KlU iu team unu ouv, .? Sv..?0
ilong nicely.
John Finley, Clarkson McDow and
Rudolph Logan have returned to their
respective homes In Yorkville after a
camping trip into the mountains of
western North Carolina.
Di. D. 13. Johnson, president of Wlnthrop
college, Rock Hill Is attending
the National Educational association
which is being held in Milwaukee, Wis.
[)r. Johnson is former president of the
association.
Friends of Private Luther Branch
will be pleased to learn that he has
arrived in the states after serving with.
' A ' ' - ,. , v, i f V\ o f I
tne American iurces u\fi?ccia auu wi*u?.
tic will soon be returned to his home
in tho Eastvlew section.
Dr. T. L. Glenn of Yorkvillo, attendid
a meeting of veterinarians at
Wrightsville Beach, N. C., last week.
The meeting was in progress at the
time the Seashore Hotel was destroyed
involving a property loss of $150,.
D.00.
WITHIN THE TOWN
Have you arranged to decorate?
Most other people are making arrangements.
Yes. there will be a big crowd in
town on July 4 a tremendous crowd,
and it is not going to be disappointed
either.
Josh Smith, a well known and
highly respectable negro, died at his
home on East Madison street Sun3ay.
He was about 71 years ot age,
ind had been a resident of the town
ill his life.
There is a general sugar famine
ICfca.
throughout the country, and aB la the
case elsewhere, the stocks of local grocers
are quite low, with little chance ol
their being able to get any more before
August 1st.
Governor Cooper, who Is to speali
at the big Fourth of July celebratior
next Friday, will arrive in Yorkville or
Thursday evening at 8.10. He will b<
the guest of the Automobile association
of course; but will be entertained
at the home of John R. Hart, Esq.
The present needs and future requirements
of this town demand a
Union depot. There is absolutely nc
good reason why a town of this sizf
should have two passenger stations
the more especially with both railroads
under virtually the same ownership.
In a one-sided baseball game plaved
on the colored people's diamond
here Saturday afternoon, a team representing
the Neefy Cotton mi?! defeated
a team from Rock Hill, by t. score
of 7 to 0. Carl Oaulden, pitch'ng foi
the locals, held the visitors at hli
mercy.
The Waltmore mill, soon to be
erected on the northern outskirts 01
Torkville, will be about the same sized
plant as the Cannon, possibly a little
larger. When it Is completed and ir
operation the present number of mill
operatives in the town will be almost ii
not quite doubled, and the business
arising from this source will be very
materially increased.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Peoples Bank & Trust company lasl
Friday, it was definitely decided to organize
the Peoples Cotton Warehouse
company of York with a capital ol
$26,000. The plan is for the Peoplei
Bank & Trust-company to take half o1
the capital stock and distribute the
balance among the farmers of the surrounding
country and the people ol
the town. Already a considerable pari
of the stock has been taken and the
balance is being subscribed for, without
any possible question of the raising
of the full amount desired. Mr. J. T
Crawford, of McConnellsvllle, Is to be
president of the new company, and the
directorate Is to consist of the presenl
directors of the Peoples Bank & Trust
company along with four additional
directors to be chosen from among the
stockholders of the bank. The warehouse
lot is located on the C. &N.-W
railroad to the rear of Carroll Bros.'i
store. The warehouse Is to be erected
at once, In time to take care of the
growing crop, and is to have capacity
for 2.000 bales to begin with. There li
good 100m for 2,000 bales additional
and more warehouse capacity will be
provided as necessary. It has beer
definitely decided that the warehouse
will be in charge of a firm of independent
outside cotton buyers, who will assure
the farmers of the country surrounding
a competitive market as high
and as fair as any market in this whole
section.
AFTER THE MOONSHINERS.
"The president of the Association
having been suddenly called away by
an unforeseen business engagement,
has asked me to act in his place thU
afternoon and the meeting will please
come to order."
This was the explanation with which
Mr. W. T. Slaughter opened the advertised
rnee ing of the Broad Rivet
Township Community Improvement
association irf the school house at
Hickory Grov^ last Friday afternoon.
In the call for the meeting, Magistrate
R. L. A. Smith, the president had designated
his office as the place of gathering,
provided the attendance could
be accommodated there, and otherwise
the people were requested to go
to the school house, located nearly a
quarter of a mile out.
Up to within a few minutes of the
appointed hour, it looked that the
magistrate's office with a seating capacity
of fifteen or twenty would be
ample, but seemingly all at once the
crowd began to swell to larger proporr
tions and notwithstanding threatening
drops of rain from the black clouds
overhead, the people on the initiative
of two or three leaders began moving
toward the school house, some in well
filled automobiles and others coming
along on foot.
There were about forty men in the
building when Mr- Slaughter called
th9 meeting to order and this number
vraa ouuorqucuujr u^icaocu ivr auuui
sixty. They Included citizens of Hickory
Grove and the country Immediately
surrounding and about half a dozen
leading citizens of the sister town of
Sharon In the south-eastern corner of
the township about five miles away.
"I can tell you something now that
I did not deem it wise to say anything
about before," Mr. Slaughter went on
after Rev. E. B. Hunter of Sharon, had
by request, opened the meeting with
prayer. "Mr. Smith was at his office
up to a few minutes before the time
for opening the meeting and he was
fully expecting to preside as usual;
but word came of a distillery in operation
at a place a few miles away and
he and Secretary Wilkerson and two
ol* three others have gone out to see
what could be done,"
Although stated in a matter of fact
way without any suggestion of the
dramatic, the effect of Mr. Slaughter's
simple announcement was electrical.
There was a spontaneous outburst of
applause that lasted for a good part
of a minute and which seemed to be
charged with appreciative admiration
of Magistrate Smith. The pattering of
tho rain on the roof with its usual accompaniment
of flashes of lightning
and crashes of thunder, though entire1
. nnnn #wAm Vi a nwAnoa/1 in Pfl
| iy ofpai txto xi win mc pi ucvoumo^
seemed to add a solemn emphasis to
the occasion.
"The old man is not going to be able
to get anywhere In a storm like this,"
remarked a little boy who was sitting
near the representative of The En|
quirer and several older men who
heard the remark seemed equally concerned
for the comfort and success of
the magistrate and his party.
The noise of the storm outside subsiding
somewhat, Mr. Slaughter introduced
as the first speaker Hon- J. S.
Brice, who made a plain practical talk
on the seriousness of the situation and
how to deal with it. Mr. Brice recalled
how in his last political speech in
Hickory Grove while a candidate for
the senate without opposition he had
spoken favorably of the state dispen?nrv
nvBtem and how Mr. W. S. W?l
kerson and the Methodist minister at
Hickory Grove had taken public issue
with him. Long before he retired from
the senate he realized that he was
wrong about the dispensary and did
what he could to make amends. He
commended unqualifiedly tho stand
the good people of Hickory Grove are
now taking on the liquor question and
said that it was the only thing to be
done under the circumstances to protect
the peace, property and well being
of the community for while liquor
drinking is not the source of all crime,
it is the source of so much of it that
with liquor drinking eliminated there
is but little crime left. As to how successful
the people would be in their
efforts depends upon public sentiment.
The people must refrain from liquor
drinking themselves and they must
oppose liquor doubly because of the
harm it does. They must not be influenced
by spite or malice and they must
be absolutely impartial in prosecutions
regardless of who may be the offenders.
The failure of prosecution, Mr.
Brice said is attributable to tho fact
that there are too many liquor drinkers
on the Juries. Where the jurors
are friendly to liquor they will not
convict. He advised that under any
an.l all circumstances the law must be
upheld and prosecutions conducted
purely by orderly processes. Mr. Brice
was heard with close attention and
unqualified approval.
"Before I say anything; further,"
commenced Mr. John R. Hart, "I want
to remark the striking; circumstance
that was presented to us all at the
opening of this meeting in connection
with the absence of your worthy president,
Magistrate R. L. A. Smith. Mr.
Smith as we see here is not the man
to say to you "go and get it boys;"
but he leaves some one else to tell us
- " T" t l ?,,Kof T mil
he's gone aner u. ni? ia ?
the right spirit the spirit that wins.
That is the kind of a man to follow.
And let me say right here that so far
as my knowledge goes and I have reason
to be pretty well informed on the
subject, Mr. Smith is the best and
most efficient magistrate in the .vhole
state of South Carolina . (Loud arplause.)
Mr. Hart agreed with M .
Brice in commending the people jf
Hickory Grove and community in the
stand they are taking as to enforcement
of the lawe. He pointed out the
i tremendous temptation held out by the
high price of whisky and the generally
t demoralizing effect on every interest
. of the community unless the good substantial
citizenship of that community
c is up and doing. He referred to the
, reconstruction period when the people
x could look out from their houses at
j night and see the country 11* up with
' blazing gin houses and residences flr[
ed by ignorant negroes acting under
the influence of vicious whites. The
undeistanding is that most of this il
licit liquor making is by negroes; but
1 as in the old days it is safe to assume
1 that dangerous white men are backing
them up. The remedy lies in a right.
eou.s fearless public sentiment that
3 will not tolerate violation of the law
bj anybody white or black?a senti.
nient that will follow such leadership
I ac is furnished by your fine old mag.
1st rate here and which will not ask
. him to do it all; but which will back
? him up and help him to the limit,
. (Applause).
j Mr. W. D. Grist, editor of The Yorkvillo
Enquirer was called upon for a
few remarks. He said that while cot
f prepared to make a speech, he wanted
. the good people of Hickory Grove and
, community to understand that they
r had his sympathetic admiration in
I connection with the problem witli
. which they were wrestling and he
wanted them to understand that The
r Yorkville Enquirer could be depended
upon to do all in its power to help
strengthen and further their efforts.
i Rev. E. B. Hunter, of Sharon came
t forward with a very practical sugges
tion based upon information of one
negro having had six bushels of com
C ground at one mill and another six
' bushels of corn ground at another mil!
f all within the same week. Everybody
s in this country knows that no negrc
has legitimate use for six bushels
f of meal in a single week. It is cleai
t that this corn is for whiskey making,
i and the circumstance suggests as one
means of keeping tab on the moon;
shiners, the co-operation of the mili.
ers with the members of the associas
tion in finding out who is grinding too
> much corn and what they are doing
t with it.
t Rev. B. G. Pressly asked of Mr
t Brice a question intended to develop
? how an automobile known to carry
. contraband liquor could be lawfully
. arrested. Mr. Brice said that any cltii
zen has the same right as an officer to
[ arrest any violator 01 tne law; out ne
j made It clear that there must be no
r shooting except in the -case of armed
, resistance or in self-defense. It was
permissible perhaps to shoot into the
J tires of a fleeing automobile known to
j contain contraband; but It is with the
, understanding that the shooter takes
. all risks as to consequences, both as to
. hitting the vehicle or the fugitive. A
, man would be held liable for killing or
L injury to a fleeing suspect; but an of,
fleer who kills a suspected malefactor
in self defense will be held excusable.
There being no further speeches
and the secretary not having returned,
Mr. W. S. Wilkerson asked for applications
for membership from the floor.
Two or three applications were re'
ported, with indications that there
, would be many more, and it was de,
cided that all such applications be
turned over to the secretary in the
1 form of signed pledge cards. Mr. G. W.
Whitesides of Sharon, reported that he
i had eleven signed cards and 25 cents
. for each one.
"With regard to this matter of ap;
plications," said Mr. W. S. Wilkerson,
; with considerable feeling, "We want it
understood that it is your active sym|
pathy and co-operation we want, not
, merely your name. If you are not going
to help us we don't care anything
[ about your name or your money eith,
er. As a matter of fact, we don't want
t either one. This whole country around
k here, waving his hand in a wide
sweep from the southwest through the
south to the southeast and east, is or,
ganlzed against us. And they arc organized
too, let me tell you. Magisi
trate Smith cannot move in any direci
tlon without they know it They watch
( him like a hawk. They've even got
- their dogs trained to bark at posses
| as they go by, and on the bark of some
, of these guard dogs you hear a shot
. or two, followed by answering 3hots
and spreading out until all the dlstill,
era in that particular section are
aroused. Yes, they arc organized and
, we've got to organize and uphold the
L law or the country won't be worth liv,
ing in. There is a right and wrong to
everything. The only thing I am afraid
| of is to do wrong. But we are right in
' this. I am ..ot afraid to do right and
| I have no respect for any man who is
unwilling to do right. We might have
. a few right in here who are subject to
' suspicion; but the majority of us are
. on the square and we are not going to
' be very badly fooled I guess."
About this time the entrance door
I to the auditorium swung back and
Magistrate Smith appeared. The rain
had ceased a half hour before; but Mr.
t Smith was still wet and dripping.
, Bareheaded, coatless, shirt collar open
thin reddish grey hair disheveled,
brownish pantaloons clinging to his
limbs, his kindly face a little paler
than usual with an expression more
determined than hard, he presented a
figure which to say the least was
unique. His attitude was apologetic
; rather than timid for more than other|
wise he seemed concerned at having
1 I I- !? ? f/v ~ ??rVtlstVl
Kuucu 111 iuic iv/ a. uiccnug up/u niuvu
; he should have been in attendance
from the beginning.
Upon the appearance of Mr. Smith,
there was an interval of several seconds
of silence, about which there
was nothing awkward or oppressive.
Mr. Smith seemed to be getting a line
on what the meeting was doing and
, the meeting seemed to be taking an
inventory of Mr. Smith. It was concerned
first to know that he was all
right and second to hear what he had
to report. Presently without a word
on either side, all at once there seemed
to develop a mutual understanding
and the meeting broke out in a prolonged
round of appreciative applause.
Mr. Smith's face lighted up with a
pleased smile that extended into a
broad grin.
Following a request from the floor
to "tell us about it," Mr. Smith stepped
further into the room and began:
"About the time I was getting ready
* * M T r?n
IU CUIIie IU II1IS IUCCklllK 1 6vfc ?T Uiu
that some fellows were working at
a still over yonder (indicating a direction
to the southwest), and if we went
right away we could catch them. Well
several of us had been out after this
same crowd last night at one or two
o'clock, and I know that we were
within a few hundred yards of them,
but the rain was coming down in
sheets and it was so dark you could
not see your hand before your face
and we had to give it up." He broke
off here long enough to say: "I tell you
this kind of thing is too much on a
man of my age:" but he said it like it
was a matter of unavoidable misfortune
rather than otherwise. Then he
went on: "I did not like to miss this
meeting and I did not want to miss
this chance. You all know how they
watch me anyhow. So I asked Mr.
Slaughter to take charge of this meeting
and we went after that still. It
was raining again when we got to the
place. We were right upon them before
they saw us and began to run.
They fired back at us and we fired
some shots too. They did not hit us.
Whether we hit any of them I don't
know; hut T would not be surprised.
Anyhow we got six gallons of whisky,
and turned over several boxes of beer
or slop?one or the other. I don't know
the difference. The whisky is down
there in the automobile and you can
see it if you want to."
There was more applause.
Mr. Smith said the still was close to
beech's Mountain: but whether on the
Leech land or the Wilkerson land he
did not know. There were four negroes
tKrt "till % *3 iitama mon In t Via
o I- iiic OUII UIIU UICIC ?Cit iuvii m mc
party who could swear positively as to
the Identity of all of them.
ttefore adjournment the Association
accepted an invitation to hold its next
meeting in the hall over Shannon &
Plexico's store at Sharon. Friday. July
11. at 3 o'clock p. m.
LOCAL LAC0NIC8
The Governor In Rock Hill.
Governor Robert A. Cooper delivered
an address at Wlnthrop college in
Rock Hill, Friday evening, in the presence
of a large audience.
State Aid for York Schools.
John E- Carroll, county superintendent
of education has been notified by
the state superintendent that York
county schools will receive >2,567 in
term extension aid from the state this
year. The total amount of term .extension
aid distributed in 176 sehool
) districts of the stats this year was $62,'
893.
' Pressly Principal Speaker.
Dr. E. W. Pressly of Greenville Is to
! be the principal speaker at the gradu>
ating exercises of the student nurses
: school of the Fennell Infirmary, Rock
i Hill, which are to be held at the hospital,
Tuesday night.
, Raised Large Cotton Fond.
Rev. E. B. Hunter, pastor of the A.
; R. P. church of Sharon, has reported
( to the A. R. Presbyterian that the
; members of the congregation have
. promised 2,785 pounds of seed cotton
: to the cotton fund this year. Last year
the church cotton fund totaled $357.
. ContiiMwl (Mil
1 Magistrate R. L. A. Smith and party
captured another still on the Cap
Leech place out from Hickory Grove
last Saturday afternoon. The operators
had "Jumped out of the ditch" and
gone when the magistrate and party
arrived but the still ' was hot and
) smoking. No arrests were made at the *
I time.
1 Rock Hill Red Men Elect.
Calumet Lodge No. 36. Improved
i Order of Red Men of Rock Hill, have
i elected the following officers: John
i Mullinax, aachem; Vance Morton, sen?
ior sagamore; J. B. Garrison, junior
I sagamore; G. R. Wingate, prophet; R.
S. Sweatt, chief of records; G. W. Ayers.
treasurer; J. W. Wilson, collector
of wampum.
Missionary Day at Ttrmh.
l Missionary Day was observed by
. Tlrzah Presbyterian Sunday school
[ last Sunday. A very interesting and
instructive programme was carried
, out, participated in by members of
, the school. Pastor J. C. Bailey gave a
. very interesting talk on the mission
work that is being done in Korea. A
\ very substantial collection was taken ,
| for the cause of missions.
Will Work to York County line.
Within the next few days Chester 1
county authorities will begin work on
' the highway from the town of Chester
to tne York county line. Three road
forces will be employed In working
' tho highway one to be stationed In
' Chester; another at Lewis's Turnout
r and the other several miles out of
Chester. The contract calls for a com'
pletion of the work by December 1. ^
; Discharged From Service.
[ The following York county men have
i been discharged from the military seri
vice, according to announcement of the
> War Camp Community service In Coi
lumbia: Edward EL White, John H.
i Hamilton, Edward H. Bryant, Ernest
L. Robinson, M- S. Summers,- L. E. Don
. John C. Agurs, Howard C. Drernan,
> Clarence L. Adams, Luther J. Mullis,
W. P. Slstar, Roby Lynch, Ben S. Mer
ritt, Robert E. Mlckle, Newton Haglns,
Edward Roach, John R. Miller, Clarence
L. Adams, David M. Stewart.
Lambrick Thomas. John O. Pace, Baxter
E. Wright, John J. Boyd, Samuel
Barnes, Hubert S .Sanders, Gordon
Hagans. B. B. Wallace, Frank M. Love
Chas. Strait, Guy K. Sturgls.
Broad River Pledge Card.
, Following are the obligations to
which members of the Community Improvement
Association of Broad River
pledge themselves on initiation: "As a
pre-requisite to my becoming a member
of the Broad River Township Community
Improvement Association, I
herebv nledse mvself Immediately to
Inform one of the executive committee
of the association as to any knowledge
I may obtain of any one's violating the
law against whisky making or selling,
and also give such Information as to
other law violators; and I further
pledge myself to co-operate with the
other members of the association in
using my best efforts and influence, as
opportunity may ofTer, to drive out the
spirit of lawlessness in our community,
to cultivate the spirit of civic righteousness
and to promote the social,
moral, educational and business interests
of the community."
MERE-MENTION v
It is proposed to send 40,000,000 gallons
of liquor now in possession of distillers
in Kentucky to Europe Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Milner were killed
near Milner, Ga., Saturday when their
automobile was struck by a train.
Frank Penton, chief of police at
the Pensacola Shipbuilding company's
plant shot and killed W. P. Cox, a
brother policeman last week. Penton
has surrendered -President Wilson
is on his way home from France. He
will land in New York Repeal of
the postal zone for newspapers and periodicals
is proposed in a bill by Representative
Mondell of Wyoming, Republican
house leader. Under the
measure second class mail would be N ' 1
mailable at the flat rate in force before
the War revenue bill of 1917 was passed
Dr. Walter Keene Wilkina.
aged physician of New York who waa
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wife, committed suicide in the Nassau
county jail Sunday. The act was committed
with the aid of a rope and prison
attendants are at a loss to under- ^
stand how the rope came into the physician's
possession -.The Federal
revenue department has decided to eliminate
revenue tax on all county fair
tickets, admission and grandstand
where the fairs are not conducted for
profit Maj. T. J. Bedford, said to.
be the oldest Mason in the United
States, died in Vicksburg, Miss., Sunday,
aged 91 years. He was a Confederate
veteran George Bruce
Oklahoma state commander of the
United Confederate Veterans was instantly
killed Saturday at Checotah,
Okla, while attempting to board a .
train Charles McDaniel and J. R.
Hayes, white, were killed at Columbus* Ga.,
Sunday by a single shot which
was fired by Robert Parr at Ollle Jones,
with whom he had a fight. Jones was
uninjured but the two innocent bystanders
were instantly killed The ^
average size of the army for the coming ^
fiscal year has been fixed at 325,000
officers and men. Tourist travel from
the United States to France will not be
permitted before next year, according
to the department of state Canada
defeated the United States in a
game of baseball at Pershing Stadium,
France, Saturday, by alscore of 2 to 1.
However, the pitcher of the Canadian
team was an American, as were two of
their other players .Texas has ratified
the proposed Federal woman suffrage
amendment- It is the ninth state
to do so Even money is being
wagered on the outcome of the Willard-Dempsey
prize fight at Toledo, O.,
on July 4. A. L. Walker of Columbia
university, won the intercollegiate
golf championship of the country
last Saturday, by defeating J. S. Dean
of Princeton university Union la- v.
OBITUARY
nivn. At her home on No. 2 York
ville, Sunday, June 29, at 7 p. m.. of
heart failure, Mrs. H. N. HAMEL,
aged 61 years, 7 months. She waa
Miss Harriet Catherine Youngblood,
daughter of the late W. O. Youngblood.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by the following children:
Alex and Weldon Hamel and Mrs.
Mary Boyd. She is also survived by
two brothers, Rev. W. A. Youngblood
of St. Matthews and Calvin Youngblood
of No. 2, Yorkvllle. The Interment
was at Beth-Shlloh yesterday
at 4 p. m.
At her home at Clover, on June
22, following an illness of two weeks,
Mrs. ELIZABETH HANNAH YOUNG-.
BLOOD, aged 74 years, wife of Mr. 1
Ironton Youngblood. Deceased was before
marriage Miss Elizabeth Hannah
Currence, daughter of the late Milton
Currence. She is survived by her hus?
band and three brothers, Messrs. J- F.,
A. P., and A. B. Currence and two sisters,
Mesdames J. L. Jackson and R. j
J. McGill. Interment was in Woodside
cemetery, Clover, June 23, following
funeral services conducted by Rev. W.
P. Grler, assisted by Rev. J. E. Berryhill.
June 20. at the home of her daughter
Mrs. J. N. Gaston at Edgmoor, Chestot*
oniintv Mrs MARY ALLEN, aged
80 years. Deceased was twice married
and is survived by the following
children: Thos. E. Paton and R. W. Patton,
Roddeys; James S. Patton, Monroe,
N. C.; John R. Patton. Chester:
Mrs. David Downes, Providence, N. C.
Mrs. J. X. Gaston, Edgmoor: Mrs.
George A. Cowan, Rock Hill. Interment
was in Neely's Creek cemetery,
June 21, following funeral services
conducted by Rev. R. A. Lummus,
pastor of Neely's Cresk A. R. P. A
church.
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