Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 29, 1919, Image 2
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?rtaps and ^acts.
? The Rev. L. G. Robinson, presiding
eltkr of African Methodist church in
Chattanooga, Tenn.. has written President
Wilson appealing for his support
for passage of federal legislation to
prevent lynching and to force Southern
states to place negroes on juries.
Robinson in his letter to the president
recites many alleged injustices committed
against his race and declares
that before the negroes of this country
will again submit to "many of the
injustices which we have suffered, the
white man will have to kill more of
them than the combined number of
soldiers that were slain in the great
world war."
? Vonriv 9. nnn neeroes shouted their
approval In New York, Sunday when
various speakers addressing a meeting
held under the auspices of
the Equal Rights League, urged the
adoption of radicalism among the negroes
as a means of obtaining their
".rights." One speaker suggested "following
the constructive work done by
blacks in Washington" while others
advised "using all methods even force"
and "making radicalism the essence of
our propaganda" and "stopping the*
white man treading on our toes. The
meeting was a "welcome home" to William
Monroe Trotter of Boston, who
recently returned from Paris after an
attempt to present to the peace conference
a petition concerning the negro
race.
? The sentiment in congress for the
occupation of Mexico for the protection.
of American lives and lawfully acquired
American property, is daily
growing stronger. Representative
Hudspeth of Texas, made a stirring
speech l~st Saturday in advocacy of
immediate occupation. He stated without
reservation that not a single Mexican
had ever been punished for mur
aering or rouuing muciivauo. *iv appealed
to the Democrats and to the
Republicans to take actio* and his appeal
was responded to with cheers
from both sides. It Is commonly estimated
that it would require from 50,000
to 200,000 American troops to invade
and pacify Mexico. The number '
of troops necessary would depend In a
large measure upon political condi- ;
tions.
? Race riots between whites and ,
blacks in Chioago, 111. broke out Sunday
afternoon when blacks attempted J
to come over to that part eft the 29th 1
street beach set apart for whites. The ,
whites attempted to drive the blacks ,
back to their own side by throwing
rocks at them and in the fighting which
followed one white man and one negro <
were drowned, while several members j
of each race were more or less badly
injured. The difficulty soon spread to '
State street the main thoroughfare in I
the heart of the negro district, which s
extends about five miles. There has ,
been ill feeling between whites and
blacks on Chicago's south side for <
some months past. Chicago's "black j
belt," as it is known in police circles,
now comprises approximately twtntyflve
square miles, and includes only a
comparatively few small white settle- J
ments. The negro district has been in- i
creasing steadily in recent years with ]
the influx of southern negroes who
came to work in the big industrial 1
plants- After several hdurs of rioting 1
Chisago police reserves got the situa- ,
tlon well in hand by Sunday night and
little more trouble was expected.
? Statistics compiled by the bureau
of the census give the consumption of
cotton in the United States during <
June as 474,407 running bales (count- j
ing round as half bales), ^gainst 515,823
bales during June, 1918. The 1
amount on hand on June 30, 191S, was <
1,264,927 bales in consuming establish- ,
ments and 2,'*83.141 bales in public
storage and at conpresses, against 1 673,239
balee and 2,116,193 bales re- ?
spectively on hand at the end of June, i
1918. The figures for 1919 include It'.-,'
961 bales of foreign and 3,443 bales of
Sea Island in consuming establishments
and 30,465 bales of foreign and
30,754 bales of Sea Island in public i
storage. Linters not included wtre ,
15,037 bales consumed during June in
11919 and 102,496 bales in 19R?. 261,..91 '
bales on hand in consuming establish- 1
ments on June 30, 1919, and 154.455 ]
bales on June 30, 1918; and 209.513
bales In public sto-nge end at com- ;
presses on June 30, 1919, and 285,786
bales on June 30, 1918. The consump- i
tlon of cotton during in" eleven months .
ended June 30, 1919, amounted to 5,257,726
bales, contrasted with 0,025.032 1
bales during the corresponding months 1
of the previous year. IJnters con- <
sumed in those periods were 434,100 ,
?1? ?_ 10m 1 At A Ml lviloa in
DHIt'S 111 auu i,vi .-.vw > M.vw ?
1918. !
? In the German natk>nul assembly '
last Saturday, Mathias Erzberger, vice i
president and minister of finance,
made some important revelations in- (
tended to fix the responsibility for '
Germany's present plight altogether on <
the military party of the empire. Ac- i
cording to Erzberger, on August 13, .
1917, the German government received
from Great Britain, with the approval '
of France, through the Papal Nuncio '
at Munich, a note asking for a German
declaration as to the independence
of Belgium and compensation,
and inquiring what guarantees Germany
would require for herself. Chancellor
Michaelis, according to Erzberger, ,
did not answer the note until September
24, and then wrote that the situation
did not warrant any declaration
from Germany at tftiat time. Commenting
upon this most significant incident.
Erzberger pointed out that the
military party by refusing this opporx
tunity for the conclusion of an honorable
and advantageous peace, had
brought the Genman people to their
present ruinous plight. Michaelis has
issued a statement in which he admits
the receipt of the British overtures;
but denies responsibility for their rejection.
He says that the responsibility
is upon the emperor and the supreme
army and navy authorities.
? British coal miners have inaugurated
an extensive strike having for its
nhipct the nationalization of the mines
of the country. For the past several
years the coal miners have been drawing
comparisons of their condition
with the condition of other industrial
workers and insisting that they ane entitled
to the means of as high a standard
of living as is enjoyed by the cotton
mill operatives and workers in
similar lines. Most of the miners of
England belong to different hereditary
estates, and are operated by independent
corporations and individuals, who
claim that they cannot make a fair
living in competition with the world,
after paying royalties demanded by the
bered'tary owners and wages demanded
by the miners- In response to the
argument that accession to the demands
of the miners would destroy the
coal industry of Great Britain and
along with the coal industry various
other industries, the. miners have replied
that if the commercial and industrial
life of Great Britain is so dependent
upon the product of the mines,
the mines should be owijed by the nation
as a whole, and the nation as a
whole should bear the expense of reasonable
wages to the miners. This idea
is at the bottom of the present strike,
and it appears that the outcome is going
to be of world-wide importance in
its relation to the whole controversy
between capital and labor.
? Price iixing commissions by the
government are the only remedy for
profiteering in the necessities of life, in
the opinion of William Harmon Black,
formerly vice chairman of the war
labor board, who sailed from Xew
York last Saturday on a six week's
trip to France and England. Mr.
Black declared that even men who in
fotr hsift bt-on forced into
tenueu iu m ..... ...... _
exactions not warranted by tlie situation.
"The pressing problem." he
said. "Is the sky rocket cost of living.
It is all paid by the ultimate consumer.
The country believes that nearly
everybody who can is profiteering.
Nearly every man is noising the price
of everything he sells. If nothing Is
done to check this almormal inflation
in prices the stage will be
reached finally where there will be a
breaking point to relieve the tension."
Suggesting the remedy of price fixing
commissions. Mr. Black said that
as far as the power of the government
to create such commissions was concerned,
"the same supreme court
which read 'the rule of reason* into
the Sherman act could read fair prices
into a decision which would validate
an act creating price fixing commissions."
He pointed out that the war
labor board had fixed the prices of
labor and that the price of wheat had
nlso been fixed and maintained, that
there was no difference in principle
in his plan. If the federal government
v.as found not to have jurisdiction
over prices of production in the
states, Mr. Black proptfsed that each
commonwealth appoint a commi39lon
to regulate prices within its borders.
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She ^orhville nqttim
Entered at the Postottloe at York as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1919.
Labor comes high, maybe; but we've
got to have it.
Lets have better enforcement of the
vagrancy laws. Let's require that those
who do not work must not eai.
People who would make headway in
business must adjust themselves o the
changed conditions. The man who
thinks to wait until prices generally
get cheaper will surely go to seed.
There are more bums, white and
colored, in Washington, than in any
other city in the United States- What
the old town needs more than anything
else is a drastic vagrancy law,
rigidly enforced.
The Standard Oil company of New
Jersey, has doubled its capital stock by
the issuance of $100,000,000 worth of
new stock in the shape of 7 per cent
preferred. The new stock has nothing
to do with the control of the company,
having no voting power. It has been
I sted on the New York Stock Exchange,
etc-, and its present market
lalue is over $116 per share. This is
entirely a new departure in Standard
3il finance. Heretofore the company
has increased its capital only from
earned profits. Also never before has
the Standard Oil company listed its
stock to be traded in by the public.
1'he common stock of Standard Oil
.ommands a premium that re: resents
Its par value several timo6 doubled.
Tomorrow, July 30, marks the three
hundredth anniversary of the first representative
legislative body to be estab
lished in America. The legislative body
referred to was the Virginia house of
burgesses, which begun its sittings at
Jamestown on July 30, 1619. The government,
according to plans originating
in England, consisted of two
houses, the first made up of the governor
and council selected by the British
stoekholders of the company and
the other chosen by the \oters of the
colony, two burgesses to each one hundred
people. From this small beginning
government of the people has
spread throughout America and to
many other eountries in different parts
ot the world.
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Dr. J. B. Johnson of Rock Hill, is
undertaking to perfect the organization
of the American Cotton association
in York county. Most of the counlies
of the state have already been
properly organized; but up to this time
practically nothing has been done in
tfork county. The object of the Amercan
Cotvon association is to put cotton
producers in a position to secure a fair
price for the product, not only during
his year, but during all other years'ommon
sense and experience have
aught that this end can be accomplished
only by the closest co-opera
ion of all who are engaged in cotton
troductlon. York county has abundmt
material for the organization of
ne of the strongest and most effective
otton associations in the south, and
Lhe thing for this material to do is to
4et together. Successful organization
annot do any harm. It may easily result
in great good.
"P.ere was a time when protection of
An* l ican industries by means of high
tariff taxes was necessary. With foreign
manufacturers established and
thoroughly organized it was impossible
for Americans of no experience to
build mills and develop business in
competition. But those old times are
pas; and gone. America has outstripped
t-he world in manufactures of every
kind, and whatever we do in the
way of higher tariffs only serve to
aise the price of our own goods on
our own people. Where formerly we
were heavily indebted to Europe, now
Europe is even more heavily indebted
to us. Europe can pay us only with
her roods, and for the sake of our own
people we need to let those goods come
in, not exactly free; but under reasonable
duties. High protection on foreign
goods will serve only to make the
American rich richer and the American
poor poorer. Thra is a consummation
which by all means, must be
avoided.
Certainly it is right for the government
to do something liberal for the
soldiers who served during the war.
There is no end of argument in justification
of this proposition. Consider,
this for instance. Here is a boy of from
n ti> ;ti who is makinir his way in the
world with u good Bulary derived from
useful employment. He is taken away
from family, friends and business, and
used for all he is worth up to the extent
of laying down his life when re"juirod.
Say he comes back whole. The
little thirty dollars a month he has
been allowed has been frittered away
in an effort to partly maintain the
comforts he has enjoyed previous to
entering the service. The clothes with
which the government has provided
him are not tit for civil life. The
clothes he had when he went into the
service have been given away to the
Belgians or other charities- A new
civilian wardrobe as decent as that
which he has lost, now costs several
hundred dollars. The $60 the government
gives him on discharge is not
sufficient to outfit him in a single complete
suit. There is nothing wrong or
unreasonable in giving to every soldier
at least $30 a mouth for every month
he has been in the service.
Good Roads.
The editor of The Enquirer, not long
ago, had the experience of being driven
in an automobile over the public
roads from Hamlet, N. C., to Raleigh,
from Raleigh to Durham, and from
Durham to (Marksville, Va.. all during
the same twelve hours, Including an
hour or two of steppage for refreshments,
etc.
A part of the distance from Hamlet
to Raleigh was made over the national
highway. It was ordinary highway
from Raleigh to Durham, and national
highway during the whole distance
from Durham to Clarksvllle. The distance
from Hamlet to Clarkvsille is
about 175 miles.
The best of the road along the route
outside of the bitulithic concrete in
some of the cities like Sanford, Henderson,
Raleigh and Oxford, was about
equal to the road from Clover to Ber-:
nett's mountain and the poorest of itj
was about like that between Yorkville
and the Chester line by way of McConnallsville;
but little of it was up to
that between Gastonia and King's
Mountain by way of Linwood college.
Generally, in fact almost invariably,
the national highway is plainly blazed
by strips and daubs of red, white and
blue on telephone posts, fences, trees
1 ~n~Ymr-a nf tinilSPS
uuu 1x1(7 uviuvto w? 1?vmwv-..
In most cases where the road was
not already very good, great gangs of
road laborers were engaged in making
it very much better, and taken altogether
it was a pretty good road over
the whole distance.
Over all the longest stretches of real
good road throughout the entire distance,
the ruling impression on the editor's
mind was a feeling of admiration
for the Intelligent, broad-minded progrensivoness
of the people of the different
counties who have made great
headway along the line of highway
improvement. This ho doubt, is also
the ruling impression of most people
who travel good roads. anywhere,
whether in North Carolina, Virginia or
South Carolina.
Peace Treaty Controversey.
Partly pure politics and partly patriotic
concern over the highest and best
welfare of the American nation the
sensational controversy over the acceptance
of the league of nations In the
ratification of the peace treaty, continues
to occupy the attention of the
country to a very important extent,
"np of the big Questions at issue
from a controversial standpoint, * is
whether the United States is to undertake
to guarantee the peace of the
world by prolecting all other nations
in the ordinary commercial relations
through which they are constantly trying
to do each other, and the common
answer to this is that in the future as
in the past, we are going to have as
much as we can do to attend to our
own business.
The most embarrassing points, probably,
that the Republicans have raised
up to this time are in connection with
the Shantung question and the French
treaty. As to the French treaty, little
is known beyond the fact that the
United States is understood to have entered
into some kind of a special engagement
with France, and the president
has not yet seen proper to make
public the exact terms of that treaty.
The Shantung affair is more embarrassing.
The Germans robbed China
of the Shantung peninsula and the
Japanese took it away from the Germans.
None of the Allied nations have
ever conceded the right of the Germans
to this land, yet the peace treaty
seems to concede a full title to Japan,
notwithstanding the protests of China,
the rightful owner, and notwithstanding
the clear cut declaration in Mr.
Wilson's Fourteen Points against the
violent alienation of the territory of
one friendly nation by another.
I? is given out rpore or less authoritatively,
presumably as coming from
the president, that later on it will develop
that Japan has promised to restore
Shantung to China, on the payment
by the latter country of some big
sum of money that will cover the cost
of conquest and additional compensation.
Also it is understood that China
may agree to make other valuable concessions
to Japan in connection with
the matter.
But after all as to whether there is
really good cause for concern over
what might be done as to the league
of nations or the peace treaty, there is
more or less reason for douht. To be
sure, it is important that the whole
thing be settled at once?the sooner
the better?in order that the world
may commence trying to'*get down to
normal conditions again; but that is
about the biggest question.
If it is a fact that the United States
is asked to subscribe to the giving of
Shantung to 'Japan, that is wrong.
There are no doubt numerous other
wrongs. N'one of these wrongs can be
excused or justified; but they will be
swallowed and that is about all there
is to it. At least that is all there is to
it until another time.
The principal definite settlement by
this war was the signing of the armistice
terms by the Germans on November
11. 1918.
Most of the diplomatic stuff that has
been engaged in since that time has
been fol-de-rol, the beginning of the
great game which sooner or later will
culminate in another great war.
? Washington, July 21: All of the
-,00U regular troops brought here to
.,n serve order when last week's race
rioting and street disorders got beoiiu
control of the police had been
withdrawn tonight, but the national
capital was sini depending on the
army, which was represented by a provost
guard. At the earnest request of
ilie local authorities the war department
recreated the provost guard
which had been abolished several
.?cks ago, and tonight the troopers
with ted bands on their sleeves armed
with riot sticks and six shooters in
opened holsters were patroling the
j? ineipal parts of the capital in pairs.
Although the race rioting and the attacks
by negroes on white women have
subsided, street holdups have continued.
The Maryland state authori;i.
s have demanded the extradition of
one negro whom they charge with an
i asaidt on a white woman. The Washington
police who sa> they believe the
man's alibi, however, refused to give
;p ihe prisoner for fear he would be
lynched when taken over the Alaryland
line. The local Maryland authorities
dissatisfied with the conclusions
of the Washington police, called in
detectives from uailimorc wno ueciare
iliey have disproved'the man's alibi entirely.
Governor Harrington of Maryland
lias issued a formal request for
the negro's extradition. While action
has been deferred in congress on various
resolutions demand ng an investigation
of the police and tixing of responsibility
for the crime, the local authorities
have been preparing legislation
to increase the personnel of the
forces.
Seizing their Chances.?The "next
play" seems to be up to Gastonia already,
Albemarle having called her
hand. The Ktird Manufacturing Company
at that plgce, having closed contract
for the machinery and completed
all details, has made public its intention
of proceeding with the erection
and equipment of its fifth cotton mill,
this last edition to be of the ambitious
pretentions of a million-dollar enterprise.
The building will be three
stories high and Mill No. 5 will take
rank as one of the largest in the south.
?Opportunities.
? The indications are that thwe will
be several candidates for the seat in
congress from the Sixth South Carolina
district made vacant by the death last
week of Congressman J. Willard Hagsdale.
X?OQ.A~L? FAIH61
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
First National Bank, York?Advises you to put
your money with it for safe keeping against
thieves, fire and yourself.
S. L. Courtney?Suggests to farmers the wisdom
of owning a Ford truck for farm work.
Peoples Bank & Trust Co.?Call the attention
of 45 York county concerns to the fact that
they have failed to make state tax returns.
Nathan Feinstein?Reminds you that today is
the . last day to secure tailor made clothes
from Chicago Kahn Bros.'s representative.
Farmers Hardware & Supply Co.?Is steadily
adding to its hardware stock and wants you
to know it has what you want.
Peoples Trust Co., Rock Hill?Offers the C. E.
Strait property at Ogden, for sale. One of
the best farm properties in the county.
i m stmnn?rWHifillv invites irood dressers
to see the Hamburger & Sons' line of madeto-measure
clothes, August 4, 5 and 6.
York Furniture & Hdw. Co.?Celebrates its
first business anniversary by offering 10 per
cent discount for cash for ten days.
W. B. Moore?Has a nice office in the Dr.
Lindsay building, for rent.
R. C. Blackwell?Has a Marlin pump gun for
sale, $25.
J. F. Faulkner, Treasurer?Gives notice that
the business license tax is due and payable
on and after August 1st.
W. G. Brown, Filbert No. 1?Has a cane mill,
and 10.000 oak boards, for sale cheap.
G. M. Carroll?Calls on all interested to help
| clean Beersheba cemetery, Saturday.
| Carroll Bros.?Have a few Emerson mowers
and rakes, at a saving of $5 over next lot.
| York Supply Co.?Says it is in the lumber busj
iness and wants to supply your needs in ev|
ery kind of building materials.
Star Theatre?Today offers its patrons "Life's
Greatest Problem," with Mitchell Lewis in
the leading role.
Sam M. Grist?Wants you to take stock of your
fire protection and see if you have enough
fire insurance for your needs.
York Hardware Co.?Reminds you that it has
everything in the way of hardware for the
man who is building and repairing.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co?Tells you how
good Camel cigarettes are and what makes
them good. See page four.
Robt. T. Allison?On page four has something
of interest to say in regard to the good qualities
of Weber wagons.
Wrigley?Emphasises the superior qualities and
cleanliness of Wrigley chewing gums. Sold
everywhere.
THE MARRIAGE RECORD
The probate court of York county
has issued marriage licenses to the following
parties on the dates named:
July 2 i?Eddie Rowell to Carrie
Young, Ebenezer township (colore^).
July 26?Edward Bush to Lottie
Sexton. Hock Hill.
Julv 20?Wylie Bush to Bessie Burris.
Rock Hill.
Julv 26?Lewis Arnett to Nettie McManus,
Rock Hill.
July 2S?All Chrismari, Greensboro to
Clorene Isley, Gibsonville, N. C.
YORK COUNTY BANKS
According to a statement compiled
by the Peoples National bank of Rock
Hill, the total resources of the banks
of York county on June 30, was $10,718,376.01,
distributed among the different
banks as follows:
-Poeples National Bank, Rock Hill, $3,635,174.60.
National Union Bank, Rock Hill, $3,161,078.15.
Citizens Bank and Trust Co., Rock
Hill. $578,613.33.
First National Bank, York, $669,512.04.
Loan and Savings Bank, York, $635,480.53.
Peoples Bank and Trust Co., York,
$264,293.61.
j First National Bank, Fort Mill, $393,508.38.
Savings Bank, Fort Mill. $109,195.29.
Bank of Clover, Clover, $561,348.72.
Piisl National Bank, Sharon, $290,560.53.
Planters Bank, Sharon. $266,534.53.
Bank of Hickory Grove, Hickory
Grove, $183,076.30.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
The following transfers of real esI
InHovoH in t hp nffipf* of
the county auditor since the last publication
of the record:
Broad River?J. S. and T. W. Wiikerson
to M. A. Hood, 1 lots; consideration,
$2,200.
Catawba?J no.. R. Williams and J no.
G. Kee to Mary Massey, 2 lots; consideration
not given.
.(no. R. Williams and Jno. G. Kee to
Arthur Gariison, 1 lot: consideration,
$16.
Joe M. Taylor to Thos. E. Steele, 1
lot; consideration, $1,350.
C. X. Steed to F. B. Hood, 1 lot;
consideration, $1,500. ?
Thos. F. Morrison to Peter Karras, 2
lots; consideration, $11,500.
S. P. Chapman to P. W. and S. R.
Spencer, 1 lot; consideration, $1,470..
C. X. Steed to R. P. Carnes, 1 lot;
eonsideratibn, $1,500.
Peter IvlcCullough to James Miller,
1 3-4 acres; consideration, $100.
W. W. Miller, J. H. Miller and J.
E. Roddey to Dick McXeel, 1 lot; consideration,
$25.
Ebenezer?Richard L. Kendrick to
Trustees Winthrop Normal and Industrial
college of S. C., 2 lots; consideration,
$2,500.
Mrs. it. T. Fewell to M. E. Rudisll,
2 lots; consideration, $1,035.
Fort Mill?Heirs of J. H. Potts to
D. P. Brown. 1 lot; consideration,
$1,000.
York?Yorkville Real Estate Go. to
Agnes M. Spencer, 4 lots; consideration.
$2,500.
T. Marion Dobson, et al. to O. E.
Wilkins, 3 acres; consideration. $1,500.
PUBLIC PLATFORM
The principal advantage to be derived
from the establishment of a public
cotton platform to be presided over by
an olTicial weigher, is to equalise the
advantage of buyer and seller in the.
marxct.
As matters have always stood in this
county the buyer has had every advantage
of the seller. It is not necessary
td discuss whether the buyer has made
improper use of that advantage. That
is not the point- The point is that
there should be no special advantage
on either side.
Granted, for instance, that under existing
conditions, there is plenty of
competition among the buyers, and the
seller has a wide range of choice as to
whom he may sell to and at what price,
after the price is agreed upon and the
sale is made the adavantage of the
buyer again becomes ascendant. It is
his to weigh, his to estimate moisture,
demurrage and the like. As to his
fairness in doing these things is not
the question here. The point is that
there should be no advantage.
It is up to the weigher to weigh and
adjust differences as the fair and impartial
representative of both sides at
interest. There is no advantage to
either side.
That there will be a little friction at
first, is to be expected. It will not be
at all surprising if even some of those
who are now most enthusiastic for the
contemplated reform should have occasion
to feel doubtful as to whether]
the change was wise. But that will be
only temporary. The whole matter
will adjust itself here as it has invariably
adjusted itself elsewhere.
The important thing is that the sellers
of cotton should be placed in a position
to have larger representation in
the regulation of the market in which
they are pleused to sell.
within The town
? What has been done along the line
of hacking up Congressman Stevenson
in his effort to get an appropriation
for a postoftice building here?
? C roil ml has been broken for the
erection of the cotton warehouse of the
I 'conle's Warehouse Company. The
building is to be located on the C. &
N'.-W railroad to the rear of the Carroll
Bros. lot.
? The recent rains appear to have
1m en <|iiite expensive to Contractor
Bedmoud. not only in the matter of
delaying work; hut in practically undoing
some work already done. A
considerable amount of foundation that
had been practically completed on I
Kind's Mountain street has been
washed up.
? The York Furniture and Hardware
Company has recently purchased a
handsome automobile hearse at a cost
ni several thousand dollars. It will be
delivered within the next few weeks.
? Largely due to the rains, business
of the past week was about the dullest
that Yorkville business people have
known this year. However the merchants
and others were kept fairly
busy despite the rains, many people
coming in between showers to buy
goods.
? Gulf Paving Company, contractors
in charge of the street work in Yorkville
has been unable to make much
progress during the past ten days because
of the heavy rains and on account
of the shortage of labor. Now,
however, since laying by time is at
hand, it is believed that labor will be
more plentiful and all other conditions
being more favorable it is
thought that the work will proceed
speedily.
? People of all denominations of the
town went to the Presbyterian church
Sunday evening to attend a special
service held there in honor of Capt.
Phillip W. Hunter and other members
of the church who saw service overseas
in the late war. Brief addresses
were delivered by Capt. Hunter, Col.
W. W. Lewis, Capt. G. C. McCelvey,
Perry Ashe and-Capt. B. J. White of
Pock Hill. A special musical programme
was a feature of the evening's
entertainment.
? Because of the danger of possible
falling plaster from the ceiling in the
main auditorium, services at the Associate
Reformed church Sunday
morning were held in the Sunday
school rooms in the basement. There
was a crowded congregation in attendance.
It was feared that the wet
weather might cause the plastering
(none too good anyway) and some of
which has already fallen, to come
loose, and hence the transfer of the
congregation to the basement. The
detective piasiering win ue repancu
as soon as possible.
? The second team of the Neely Cotton
Mill of Yorkville defeated the
Wymajo mill team of Rock Hill, in
one of the best baseball games seen
here this season last Saturday afternoon.
The score was 3 to 1 in favor
of the Neely Mill. Kiser, pitching for
the Neely Mill, struck out seventeen
of th? opposing batsmen. The game
was a pitcher's battle between Kiser
and Lawrence Laughriage, the former
having just a shade the better of it,
largely due to the fact that the
Wymajo catcher was unable to hold
the delivery of the pitcher. The Neely
mill has two baseball teams .this season
and a game is played every
Saturday, most of them in Yorkville.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Berry McCleave of Icock Hill, spent
Sunday with friends in Yorkville.
Robert Bratton of Yorkville, visited
friends in Rock Hill last week.
Mr. Howard Caldwell of Greenville,
was a visitor in Yorkville, on Saturday.
Brooks Porter of Columbia, visited
relatives and friends in Yorkville, this
week.
Mr. Avery Lowry of Columbia, spent
Sunday with relatives and friends in
Yorkville.
Miss Pauline Zeigler, of Orangeburg,
is the guest of Miss Frances Lewis in
Yorkville.
Miss Winnie Abel, of Springfield, S.
C., is visiting Mrs. S. L. Courtney in
Yorkville.
Mr. H. B. James and family, are
spending sometime at Connellys
Springs, N. C.
Mrs. W. A. M. Plexico and daughter
of Brighton, Tenn., are visiting York
county relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stroup and children
of Yorkville spent Sunday with
relatives in Clover.
Miss Sarah Wilkins, of Yorkville, is
visiting friends in Lancaster, S. C.,
and Fayetteville, N. C.
Mr. W. G. Hcwie, of the Yorkville
telegraph office, spent Sunday at his
home in Rock Hill.
Mr. S. C. Wood of Laurens, formerly
of Yorkville, spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends here.
Mrs. George R. Grist and children of
Sumter, are visiting relatives and
friends on Clover No. 1. x
Mrs. Dan Heyward, of > Richmond,
\ a., is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Witherspoon in Yorkville.
Mrs. H. E. Nell, of Yorkville is in
Columbia, on account of the illness of
her mother, Mrs. Margaret Grist. ,
Mrs. Paul McNeel and little daughter
Elizabeth, of Union, are visiting
relatives in Yorkville.
Mr. S. Earle Grist left here* yesterday
morning for Bennettsville, where
he expects to remain a week or ten
days.
Mr. E. C. Caldwell of King's Moun
tain, N. C., is spending several days in
Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. Jane
White.
Miss Gladys James of Yorkville, Is
spending sometime in the mountains of
Virginia, the guest of Miss Salley
Mackey.
Rev. and Mrs. 1?. S. Watson and
children have returned to Waxhaw, N.
(\, after visiting relatives and friends
at Hickory Grove.
Miss Margaret Finley has returned
to her home in Yorkville, after having
spent several days in Sumter, the
guest of Miss Mary Booth.
Mrs. Margaret Griffin, and children,
M'ss Frances and Master Palvin, of
Winston-Salem, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Laws in Yorkville.
Dr. Catherine Munro, of Rome, Ga.,
is expected to arrive is Yorkville today
with the intention of spending the
month of August at Mrs. Adickes.
Mr. S. H. McLean, the efficient and
always agreeable District Passenger
agent of the Southern railway was in
Yorkville, last Thursday on business.
Mr.'and Mrs. J. H. James, who have
been spending sometime in Yorkville,
with their sons, Messrs. J. S. and H.
B. James have returned to their home
in Yadkinville, N. C.
Howe Dorsett, son of Mr. A. D. Dorsett
of Yorkville who suffered a broken
leg while playing baseball in Rock Hill
has been returned to his home here.
He is getting along nicely.
Mr. M. L. Dickson of Clover has received
news of the arrival in the states
of his son Qfiarles M. Dickson. He will
probably bj discharged from service
ntwi rotnrnpfl to his home this week.
Private Walter Lee Stephenson of
the Third Pioneer Infantry has arrived
in New York, after serving a number
of months with the American forces
oversees. , He expects to be returned
to his hflme in the McConnellsvUle
section within the next few days.
Mrs. If. H. Crossland, and sons,
Herbert, Eugene and Joseph, after
spending two weeks with Mrs. Crosslands
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. 1
Crist, in Yorkville, left for their home
in Rennettsville yesterday morning.
They were accompanied by Miss Sara
Carroll, who will be the guest of Mrs.
Crossland.
Information from the bedside of Mr.
A. Lee Campbell of Yorkville No. 6,
who is undergoing treatment for paralysis
in a Charlotte hospital is that
there is little change in his condition.
Yorkville friends of Mrs. S. L. Latimer
of Columbia, formerly of this place
will be glad to learn that she is recuperating
rapidly after undergoing a
serious operation recently,
S. Earl Grist returned to his home in
Yorkville last Saturday after serving
several months with the American
forces overseas- Mr. Grist went over
in the fall of 1018 as a member of an
infantry organization but was later
transferred to the postal service of the
American Expeditionary forces, being
employed a part of the time in the city
of Paris. For several years prior to
his entry into the service he was in
the employ of a Bennettsville firm.
He expects to make his home in Y'orkville
in the future where he will be as-'<
sociated with his father, Mr. Sam M. |
Grist in the insurance busniess. |]
Gaston ia Gazette, Mr. S. W. Wal- '
lace, whose home is in Timpson, ;
Texas, is spending a few days in the i
eity visiting his two nephews, Dr. J. .
W. Campbell and Mr. I. A. Campbell, i
Mr. Wallace went from York county to '
Texas 19 years ago. and this is his sec- 1
ond visit to homefolks during nearly I
half a century. From here Mr. Wal- 1
lace will go to Clover to spend some :
time with his two neices, Airs. W. M. !
Matthews and Mrs. E. M. Walker. He '
will return to Texas ti e latter part of I
August Master IVIly Warren re- <
turned to town this morning after 1
spending several days with the family .'
of Mr. J. H. Pursley in the Crowder's '
Creek section. , '
HERE AND THERE
The best road in Chester county at i
the present time is that which runs 1
[out in the direction of Riehburg by <
way of the Pryor farms. It is a splcn- I
didly graded, nicely surfaced highway (
that is quite creditable to the .county. s
John E. Carroll, superintendent of H
education Is now working on his an- at
nual report to the state superintendent to
of education. The report is now near- h
Ing completion. It will show marked 30
Improvement in all lines of school tl<
work In the county during the past be
twelve months. as
County Treasurer Harry E. Nell and
Auditor Broadus M. Love have checked
up the records of their respective of- cc
flees anu are reaay ror settlement wun .
the comptroller general for the past {;
fiscal year. Comptroller General Rut V
L. Osborne is now engaged In making ?
his annual settlement with the treasur- .
ers of the various counties in the
state and is expected to come to York JL1
county within the next few weeks. s.t
York county rural mail carriers as ac
.Veil as those throughout the country to
have recently ber" granted a five per ta
cent, increase in wages, based on the in
salary prevailing in 1916 which was en
$1,:200 per anni m. The salary of the fo
average mail carrier in this county in
now -is $1,500 per annum. While the bt
wage is sm^il the carriers are only bt
duly appreciative of the Increase since uj
it helps just that much toward meet- cc
itig the increased cost of living and re
Fords and gasoline. at
Rock Hill's new hotel, which is to
be erected in that city at an estimated J,
cost of more than $60,000 is to be built
on Caldwell street. A/ lot seventy feet ..
wide was recently purchased from
Messrs. Spencer, Cobb and Sturgis for ?
the purpose at a cost of $6,000. N. G. ?
Walker an architect of Rock Hill, is J*
now diawing the plans for the hotel
which will be a five story building, the ?
fifth floor to be left unfinished for the . 1
present at least. The hotel will have
forty-five rooms.
A negro walked into a Yorkvllle ci
clothing store Saturday evening and fo
said he wanted a shirt. "What size?" m
asked the clerk. 'Ah reckon hit '11 ti<
UIKe UtJUlll Kl iuil; 1U IUE OE..., ..v. ,,
said. 'Why there isn't any such thing
as a No. f.0 shirt that I ever heard of,"
replied tha clerk. From the looks of
you I should say that you would re- q
quire about a Number 15." And the
negro replied: "Ah reckon yo' all is .
right. Uncle Sam he am been furnish- ^
in' mah close fer quite er little while n<
back an' ah ain't had no 'casion to T
keep track o' numbers. Ah wuz Jest
er little mixed. Jest gimme er fifteen,
suh." *c
Representatives of various York oi
county mercantile establishments who 0f
have recently visited New York Gf
and other markets for the purpose
of buying fall goods for their respective ^
firms say that the common impression
there is that clothing prices are to go hi
still higher. It is predicted thai the st
better grades of shoes will retail for hi
fifteen and twenty dollars and possibly pi
more while the cheapest grades will be \\
advanced several dollars over present E
prices. Cotton goods of all descrip- pi
tions, it is predicted, will retail at T
much higher prices than now prevail
and so will goods of every description.
Representatives of York county firms
have bought just as heavily this year t-'i
as usual and possibly Heavier confident rf
i>f the continuation of the heavy busi- t'
ness they have been enjoying all ^
along. s'
The body of an unknown negro man
lies on a raft at Waterree trestle on ?!
the Southern railway between Camden M
and Columbia. At least it was there V
Saturday and railroad men coming to
Yorkville Sunday said that it had not vj
been moved. The body was discovered pj
last Thursday and since it was on that j>(
side of the river which is in Richland j>
county the coroner of Richland was ^
notified of the fact. He sent a coffin vj
up to the trestle and directed the rail- p]
road section foreman to get hold of a,
the body and prepare it for burial. te
The body lay in a rather dangerous p
place and the foreman told the coroner >?
*- - UV U M t .
he did not have time 10 iuui wim u, .
and the coroner told the foreman that I *
he didn't have time to bother about It M
either. The body is still In the river I
exposed to view at the trestle and will jai
likely remain there until more hlghlbi
waters carry it further down the I te
stream or other disposition Is made of|jn
it. According to railroad men the ne-ljjj
gro was in all probability drowned up I ^
stream somewhere and the body float-1
ed down to Waterree trestle where it ffl
became lodged. I jn
Miss Belva Saunders, one of theltli
two county school attendance officers Ist
for York county is steadily pushing Iju
her work in obtaining a census of the .,
children of school age in the various
districts despite adverse weather I
conditions. She is making good head-|Ti
way and is having little or no trouble I be
in securing the desired information. I w
Occasionally she comes upon parents I sc
who give her to understand that theyjal
do not care whether their children go h<
to school or not and would just a cs
little rather that they would not; but [in
there is not a great deal of that. 1st
There are some parents who tell the I in
attendance officer that they are unable |lo
to'control their children and make J m
them go to school; but the suggestion I tr
that all incorrigible children under thejdc
compulsory attendance law are sent to I in
the state reformatory brings the parent I tr
to the conclusion that the children arejw
not so incorrigible and unmanageable I be
after all. Miss Alice Garrison, the I y(
other school attendance officer for the I
county has not entered upon her share I
of the census canvass as yet due to|stl
the fact that she is awaiting the ar-|a
rival of an automobile which she has|lb
purchased. In the meantime she is de-1
voting her time to office work In the I be
office of the superintendent of educa-1 da
tion. fr
I f t*i
An old man sat in front of u York-I..
ville buisness place Saturday after-| IV
noon. He nodded and dozed and slept, I '
unmindful of the passing of scores of I ri(
people along the streets who gazed at I 'J:
him. His face twitched at intervals, |
the muscles of his body did queer I y
stunts every once in a while. Occas-1
ionally he would open his eyes in a k'
dreamy way, seeing nothing. A couple I 3
of negro women passed and stared at I
him. "Law'se" said one. "Dat is de|ce
fust drunk man I have seen since de I
prohlbishun business come over de Ine
country." The other one showed theljf3
whites of her eyes in an indication of 110
her astonishment. But the man wasn't 11||
drunk. He was a dope fiend and he I
was awaiting the coming of a doctorl
in the hope that he would get a "shot." I.,?
"Poor devil is in pretty bad shape." jr..
said a man who saw him sitting there | "
and who knows him well. "Pitiful case|??
that. Ho is one of the few dopers left | j
around these parts that I know of. |
Guess he will pass out some of these |??
days pretty soon. The stuff is harder)
and harder to get now that Uncle Sam | co
has taken a hand in it. This doper | ce
travels from one town to another in |ce!
this section trying to get a little of|V?.
his 'medicine,' as he calls it. There |
was a time not so many years back)?3
...i? nnniH c-nt nil he wanted. But | 33
\\ urn iic wi..? o-- ?
not so. unymore. They say he will
jmss out in the next few months, y.
Strange the effect habit has on a man '
isn't it?" J
A York county school teacher came
into the office of the county superin- 8t?
tendent of education Monday morning. 0f
"Is there any school in the state to to
which boys who are mentally deficient
may be sent for special educational M<
training?" she inquired. And then she
explained: "I have a student whom I Ch
am unable to instruct because it ap- jn
pears that he is just simply unable to co
lea i n. Ho has been in the same class jn|
two years and is apparently no further ,ju
along than when he started. His en- pe
vironment at home is not to his ad- ,nI
vantage. His relatives tit home tell sjc
him that he has no sense and cannot ve
learn and others have told him the ro,
same thing until he believes it himself. op
And it is a fact that he is not real Vil
bri' ht. It appears to me that I am (j0
dim-sly wasting time in trying to in- vve
struct hini and then by my devoting so W
inn h time to him I am doing an in- yc
justice to other children. Has the pr
state no institution for the training of p
such children?" The teacher was informed
that there was no such insti- (j,,
till inn although the omciais agreeu ium jg1
there ought to be. The only two on
schools approaching the need are Cedar tu.
Sprint's Institute in Spartanburg conn- re(
ty which is for the deaf, dumb and vvj
blind" and not for the mentally defl- gt,
?<ent and the state reformatory for },jj
ivhite youths at Florence which Is for
youthful criminals. The teacher was
idvised' that there was nothing that |
die could do except to go along and me
to the best she could with the boy. the
York county men who served with rai
:ho Thirtieth Division and are mem- go"
ters of the Old Hickory Association, sta
omposed of men who served with the it
fighting division have recently re- pe<
cived letters from Frank P. Bowen, 111c
jecretar-y and treasurer of the Old foe
Ickory Division with headquarters
Georgetown, telling of arrangements
r the first re-union which is to be
tld in Greenville, September 29 and
, Mr. Bowen states that hotel facili?s
in Greenville, are as good as can
i found in the state and that the
sociatlon had received authoritative
suiance from the citizens of the
ty that private homes will ne
rown open to all men attending the
invention. "The citizens of Greenlie
have very kindly ofTered to enrtain
the men in their homes free of
large," said Mr. Bowen. The Southn
Textile hall, the largest hall south
the city' of Philadelphia, has been
omised to the association for Its
eetings free of charge. Mr. Bowen
ates that the citizens show by every
t and word that they want the men
come and partake of their hospillty.
Committees of men and woen
have been organized to arrange
itertalnment and everything possible
r the pleasure and comfort or the
rr is promised. A number of haseill
games, dances, etc.j have already
en planned. Mr. Bowen has taken
? with the Southwestern passenger
mmittee in Atlanta, the question of
duced passenger rates for those men
tending the re-union. Rates of one
int per mile have already been proired
from all points within the stales
Tennessee, North and South Carota.
Efforts are being made to get
le rites made applicable from all
>in , within the United States. Tele aphic
authority has been received
om Secretary Baker authorizing all
embers of the association to wear the
liform at the convention, and Mr.
owen predicts that Greenville will
ok something like it did two years
to, when all the men arrive for the
g two day celebration. "Discharge
levrons must be worn on all unJrms.
Badges will be furnished to all
en who intend to go, upon registraon,
and the official insignia buttons
ill be distributed at the convention.
LOCAL LACONICS
lover Won From Rock Hill.
In a twelve inning 'baseball game
ayed in Rock Hill Saturday after>on.
Clover defeated Rock Hill, 6 to 5.
irzah School Opens.
The summer term of the Tirzah
:hool opened yesterday morning with
large attendance. Misses Ruth Ashe
' McConncllsville and Louise Oates
' Yorkville, are the teachers in charge
! the school.
finthrop Rejects Bids.
Because they were considered too
[gh all bids for the erection of a
udent building for Wlnthrop college,
ive been rejected. Plans for the
roposed new student building for
'inthrop have been drawn by W. A.
dwards of Atlanta, who drew the
lans for York county's courthouse.
yphoid Fever In Community.
There are no less than eight cases
typhoid fever in the immediate vinity
of Yorkville, according to a
diable authority. None of the paents
are in a critical condition, howrer,
and all are expected to recover
lortly. There are no cases of the disase
in the town. There are several
ises of typhoid in the vicinity of
ickory Grove,
ictory For Philadelphia.
Philadelphia defeated McConnellsille
in a game of ball on the Philadellia
lot Saturday afternoon, th$ score
?lng 8 to 4. Gaulden pitching for the
hiladelphla lads proved too much for
le McConnellsville monarchs and the
ctory was an easy one. Both these
aces have good baseball clubs and are
ixious to arrange games with other
ams in the county. Batteries:
hiladelphia?Gaulden and Garrison;
cConnellsville?C. Moore and O.
oore.
en Accidentally Burned.
Messrs. G. M. Carroll, Leslie Smith
id W. P. Brown were painfully
lrned about noon yesterday while atmpting
to repair the acetylene llghtg
system at Beersheba church. A
,'htcd match ignited the gas used in
te lighting system causing an exploon,
the burning gas spurting into the
.ces of the three men. Mr. Carroll's
juries were the most serious of the
iree. Medical attention was secured
lortly after the accident, and the Iniries
characterized as not dangerous.
ouseboat Goes Down.
The contractors engaged in ditching
urkey creek, lost one of their cabin
>ats last Friday. The cabin boat
as being used for living quarters for
me of the workmen and was tied up
ong behind the dredge. When a
javy shower raised the creek the
ibin boat broke loose from Its moorgs
and went down the creek until it
ruck the dredge boat. There it sank
ten feet of water. The occupants
st practically all they had, which was
ostly stored away in trunks. The
unks came to the top and floated
>wn the creek. There was $50 in cash
one trunk, and $30 in another. The
unks were recovered; but as they
ere not looked their contents had
en spilled out.
jrk County Gets Truck.
York county has received from the
ate highway commission in Columbia
Nash Quad army truck, the gift of
e Federal government. The truck
hich Is equiped with an amunition
?dy was received in Yorkville Saturty
evening, having been driven here
om Columbia by C. H. Kitchen, a
tick driver in the employ of the state
"tiiuov mission. Mr. Kitchen left
>lumbia early Saturday morning for
jrkvillc and he had a tough drive of
the roads between Columbia and
lester especially being in a' very bad
ndltion. The understanding is that
jrk county is to receive another
lit it from the Federal government
rt.ngh the state highway commission
an early date and may possiblv reive
others. The Nash Quad is a
v/orful truck, well adapted for
avy hauling and will prove of great
lue to the county's road working
rces.
iteracy in York County.
York county's percentage of illitery
according to the, 1910 census was
.3 per cent. The percentage of ileracy
among white people of the
unty at that time was 9.7 and among
groes 43.8 of the entire population.
I 1910 there were 9,300 white and
lored people in the county who could
ither read nor write. Greenville ,
unty lead the state in 1910 in the per
ntage of literacy with only 17.9 per
nt of illiteracy reported. That York
unty will make a far better showing
llowing the publication of the cens
of 1920 is certain. Rapid strides
,ve been made along educational
les in York county since 1910 and
ill. Informed school authorities pre:t
that the next census will show
at the county's illiteracy has been j
creased at least fifty per cent. In
10 the most illiterate county in the
ite was Colleton where 40-1 percent
the entire population was unable
read or write.
Jdical Association Held Meeting.
A basket picnic was held at Olivet
urch McConnellsville last Thursday 1
connection with a meeting of Y'ork
untv Medical society. Although rain
terfered somewhat with the attennce,
there were quite a number of ople
from the surrounding comanity
present. Several of the phyians
on the programme were prented
from attending because of bad
ads. The exercises of the day were
ened by Rev. J. L. Oates of York- I
le and Dr. \7. C. Whitesldes of Mcnnellsville
delivered an address of dcomc.
Papers on medical subjects
)re read by Dr. W. M. Kennedy of
irkville; Dr. T. N. Dulin of Bethel;
. John R. Ashe of Charlotte and Dr. 1
E. Walker of Rock Hill. Among J
e out of the county visitors were Drs. <
rrison and Clinton of Gastonia, the ,
mor reading a paper giving a demstration
of the treatment of a fracned
clavicle. Dr. Clinton, who has
:ently returned home' after serving
th the medical corps of the United 4
ites army overseas, told of some of
i experiences overseas.
? ?5 t
Hungary Must Establish a Governsnt
Worthy of Recognition Before
~ 1 ? L- C-J?.A atfAnty nr.
i People iiin do rcu.?n v?B
gnment of the present Hungarian
rernment is contained in Allied J
itement issued from Paris in which i
is made known to the Hungarian <
jple that they can only obtain a re- l
ival of the blockade and receive |
id supplies if they oust Bela Kun
and set up a truly representative government.
The text of the statement,
given out by Premier Clemenceau, In
thet name of the peace conference, follows
:
"The Allied and associated governments
are mostly anxious to arrange
a peace with the Hungarians and thus
bring to an end a condition of things
which makes the economic revival of
central Europe impossible and defeats *
any attempt to secure supplies for Its
population. These tasks can not.even
be attempted until there is In Hungary
a government which represents Its
people and carries out in the letter and
the spirit the engagements into which
it has entered with the assc elated
Mvcrnmcnts
"None of these conditions is fulfilled
hy the administration of Bela
Kun, which has not only broken the
armistice to which Hungary was
pledged, but at this moment actually
attacking friendly and Allied powers.
"With this particular aspect of the
question it is for the associated governments
to deal on their responsibility.
If food and supplies are to be
made available, if the blockade is to
be removed, if Economic reconstruction
is to be attempted, if peace is to be
settled, it can only be done with a
government which represents the Hungarian
peo;. le and not with one that g
rests its authority upon terrorism.
"The associated powers think It opportune
to add that all foreign occupation
of Hungarian territory as defined
by the peace- conference will
cease as soon as the terms of the
armistice have, in the opinion of the
allied commander in chief, beeu satisfactorily
complied with."
MERE MENTION
Congressman Frank Clark of Florida
has introduced a measure in the house
calling for an investigation of the '
police methods of the District of Columbia,
during the recent race riots
in Washington. He would also limit
the sale of firearms in the district of
Columbia Governor Dorsey of
Georgia has offered rewards aggregating
>1,500 for the arrest and conviction
of the persons who lynched
Berry Washington, a 72-year-old negro
near Milan, Ga.. Mayx26, last. The old
negro is alleged to have killed a white
man in defense of a colored woman
and was later lynched by the white
maa's friends. The affair was kept
secret until recently Legislation
for the enforcement of war time and
constitutional prohibition probably
will not be enacted for two months at
least as the result of the decision
Saturday of Republican leaders to
have the house recess from August 2
to September 8 Mrs. Stewart Abbott,
a prominent society woman of
Atlanta, was seriously injured and
Doughlas Barnes, until recently an ensign
In the navy with whom she was
joy riding was killed Saturday, when
an automobile driven by Mrs. Abbott
was overturned. Perry Burrus of Atlanta,
who was in the car was also
slightly injured. The trio was en route
to a dan?e. Mrs. Abott's husband was
in Detroit on a business trip John
Armstrong Chaloner of Merrie Mills,
Va.. won his twenty year fight for the
legal establishment of his sanity In
New York state Saturday when the
supreme court granted his application
for the discharge of the committee of
his person and property. Chaloner is
a grandson of the late John* Jacob
Astor and owns property valued at 51,500.000....A
bill authorizing an Increase
of 8,500 In the official personnel ol the
army has been Introdtced by Chairman
Wadsworth of the senate military
^committee at the request of Secretary
of War Baker Prof. K. J. Sthalberg
has been elected president of the
republic of Finland by the Finnish
diet The Tennessee Supreme
court has upheld the validity of the
law recently enacted by the Tennessee
legislature giving women the right to
vote in municipal and presidential
elections Si* men were killed Saturday
in a boiler explosion on the U.
S..S. Melville, a naval tender attached
to the Pacific fleet Patrick Cudahy,
president of the Cudahy Packing Company
of Cudahy, Wis., died at Mil- ,4>
waukee. Wis., Friday Negotiations
of the Deutschs Bank with NeW York
financial institutions for a large loan
of unannounced proportions, are proceeding
favorably, according to Information
in official quarters in New
York Charles Carr was on Friday
nonulltoH hv n Inrv nt rnliimhnt fin
of the charge of murder resulting from
the clash during a textile strike on
May 21 James M. Johnson, veteran
of the Indian, Mexican and Civil
Wars and formerly United States
marshal in Kentucky, died in Cincln
nati, O., Sunday, aged 102 yeans . ,
Thomas Fitzgerald, night watchman of jk
a residential hotel in Chicago, has
confessed to the murder of six-yearold
Janet Wilkinson, a neighbor's
child. Fitzgerald is 39 years old and
married Dr. Otto Baur has resigned
as Austrian foreign minister but has
retained the post of minister of socialIzation.
Under Baur's administration
there was a failure to secure union between
Austria and Germany and likewise
failure to obtain the aid of Italy,
in advancing Austria's desire toward
that end..?...Preparations for the welcome
of General Pershing on his return
home are being made by both
congress and the war department but
the plans of neither are yet complete.
Lieut. Francis M. Bryan of Morencie,
Ariz., was Instantly killed at Houston,
Texas, when the airplane which
he was driving, fell to the ground.
Private Will Poncik of Holland, Texas,
was serious'y injured ....The Pacific
fleet which left the Atlantic seaboard last
week has safely passed through
the Panama canal and is now in Pacific
waters. The ships of the fleet
were the largest ever to pass through
the Panama canal and all of them
made the passage through the rather ^
narrow canal without mishap _Dr.
Otto Baur, Austrian foreign minister,
discussing the Austrian treaty Sunday
sit'u; rur unity year*j we win ue tne
slaves of the Allies economically. This
shameful peace can be destroyed only
through the victory of internal solidarity."
c (flottoit Iftarhjt.
Monday, July 28, 1919.
Sharon 35
Clover 35
Bowling Green 85
Filbert ...1 85
Yorkville 34 J
Rock Hill - 34|
V.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
FOR SALE
pANE MILL and 10,000 Oak Boards,
^ cheap for cash. Address Filbert
No. 1. ? W. G. BROWN. It*
FOR SALE
MARL1N Pump Gun. Perfect condition.
Price, {25.00. Address, R. C.
BLACKWELL, P. O. Box 261, York,
S. C. It
MONEY TO LOAN
AT Seven Per Cent on First Mortgage
on approved Real Estate. *
THOS. F- McDOW,
84 f. t tf
FOR RE.. T. M
ONE nice Office Room, In the Dr.
Lindsay building. Well lighted. 1
\pply to
60 t. f. 4t W. B. MOORE.
HORSES AND MULES.
[STILL have a few young Mules and ^
tt ?1 ~ Un^/4 I
~ noraea, tiisu ouuiv ocvuhu amuu % ^
Stock. Will tell at reasonable prices,
lash or credit York No. 5.
32 tf B. B. FERGUSON.
TO CLEAN CEMETERY
A L.L persons interested in the ceme
tery at Beersheba church, are rejuested
to be at the church early Satirday
morning, August 2. with all necessary
tools to clean the cemetery- m
It G. M. CARROLL.
TO CLEAN CEMETERY
A LL persons Interested In the ceme^
tery at Sharon A. R. P. church are
'equested to be at the church Thurslay,
July 31, at 8 a. m., with shovels, r
iocs and other tools ready to assist
n cleaning the cemetery.
2t 59 t.f. G. W. WHITESIDES.