K\:'i v * ; ^ , : ;: ; y- y*yy$||H
YORKYILLE ENQUIRER. ~
' \ 1 1 1 1 " i. . I. i' 11' *, i J !
u M. OBWPS sons. nuta.} a Jtii: df" f rmmrfion ojf th< |Jtofal, ^nUmpl and Comm?|tlaI Jntertsla of lh< foojt*. {
ESTABLISHED t855 YORK, 8. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1919. . NO. 61 |
LIFE IN NORTH DAKOTA
Senator HcLaorlB Gives Inpressioos
Of Receot Trip.
LIFE'S BATTLE WITH WINTER SNOW
Wonderfully Fertile Country That Was
Once Covered With Watai*?People
Work in 8ummer Only to Exiet in
(Winter?Feed Horeee to Hogs, and
Keep Cattle and Pigs Underground?
/- Spring and Summer the Time for1
Funerals.
"If I had to live there. I would not
/' give my Marlboro farm for the whole
state of North Dakota; but when I say
that I do not want you to understand
me as in the least discounting the
splendid people of the northwest'
The speaker was Hon. John L. McLaurin.
He was telling a representative
of the Yorkville Enquirer about
some of his experiences and observation?
during his recent canvass of the
Sfe state In aid of the Non Partisan
r ' JLeague. Host of his time was taken
up with speech making and the tike;
but nevertheless he did not fall to
v take advantage of different opportunities
to learn something of the numerous
customs and general mode of life
of the people.
"That North Dakota county, accord
-l lag to geologists, was once covered I
with water, whether fresh water or
salt I cannot say; but It was most
probably both. Generally the country
Is quite level; but occasionally there
Is a rocky eminence that was once an
Island and frequently there are lakes,
that were at the bottom of the sea.
Some of these lakes are fresh water
and some are salt, or alkaline. Every
t where the soil is as rich as it can be
and seemingly without any bottom. I
do not exaggerate when I tell you that
generally the soil is of a nature which,
if brought away in sacks and ottered
to ordinary South Carolina uplands
would be as beneficial as most of the
lenuizers wc |m uvi?.
"But the great drawback," Senator
McLsurln continued, "is ' the climate
which is extremely cold throughout
the long winter and dreadfully hot during
the short summers. .'Vany of the
people out there?most of them, in
fact?are now comfortably established,
but when you inquire Into the condition*
that confronted them when they
first arrived, and consider the situation
as you find it now. 4you cannot
help being impressed wtim the idea
that you have had dmuled to you
the development of a mmcle. v j ., I
"The head of one oftthe homes in
which I was entertaSfed was a
Swede by the name of '"Pto- Oleson.
The home 1* an eight-room house of
brick, stone and stucco.; It is surrounded
with a thick grove of cotton
wood trees, or saplings, the largest of
them about six inches through. The
barn fifty yards away is much larger I
than the house. It is built in the side
of an eminence, half above ground and
half underground, with rows of trees
hedging It in to the north and northwest
The family circle consisted of
the wife and mother, two stalwart
sons ana uiroe uraus wunu/ uaueuters,
all of them apparently accustomed
to hard work and plenty of It.
Another son lives with his family In
another house something like a quarter
of a mile away.
r'l took dinner with the Oleeon family
one day. It was a pretty severe dinner
and I can't say that I enjoyed anything
about It except the honest hospitality
and the knowledge that everyfen
thing was /dean. For Instance the
principal dish was fresh pork, something
I never touch In the summer
time; but there was some roast chicken
that was good. There was also
some nice bread. Pork, chicken,
bread, milk and butter, and a kind of
highland berry somewhat suggestive
of the gooseberry; but the like of which
I had never seen before, completed the
spread. There was sugar, salt and
pepper of course, and as I have said
before a most kindly welcome with it
lm all. .
Mr. Oleson is about sixty years of
age, and is a grizzly giant, 6 feet 6
inches high and J weighs about 250
|pounds. tils neaa ana race are Bugrestive
of the sculptor's conception of
a Greek or Roman rod, and his generally
gentle toned conversation, still
further softened by the light of his
kindly eyes, gives 'you a swift and
lasting Impression that his only concern
is for those around him and those
to come afterward.
After the dinner I accompanied the
old Swede and several members of
the family to the living room, which
was furnished with tables, chairs,
bear and buffalo skins. On the walls
were several pictures, Including photographs,
cromos and prints, and on a
shelf a few books, mostly school books,
and papers. On the center table was a
large family Bible that had evidence
of pretty frequent and regular use, and
other smaller Bibles were to be seen.
% Mr. Oleson was not Inclined to talk
much. He seemed rather to want to
hear me talk. After doing what I considered
to be my share to which the
whole family gave close attention. I
undertook by questions to draw out of
my host, something of his life history.
how he happened to come to the United
States, and especially how he happened
to drift into North Dakota. It
was a simple stoi y he told me; but yet
a story which seemed wonderfully filled
with tragedy. It was to this effect:
" 'A party of about 25 of us came to
I Castle Garden in 1884. Some of us
r were married and had our women
and children along; and some were
single. We had been attracted to this
country by news of rich, cheap land
1n America; but we had no idea of
where the lands were or how to get
there. Not one of us could speak a
^ word of English. Most of us had all
we had tied up in little bundles and
what we had Included very little
money. Men came among us and
promised us work. They told us not
to talk to anybody, not even our own
countrymen who had come before us.
They look us down Into Pennsylvania
and put us to work in the coal mines.
All of us worked there for a bare lining
for some five or six years, all that
did not die, and then some began to
drift away. I was persuaded to go
44 with a party to Chicago on promise of
better work and better pay. From
there they sent me further west to
work on the Great Northern railroad.
Between the coal mine and the railroad
I worked for thirteen years before
I came to realise that I might just as
easily hare been workihg for myself
and family all the time. Then I came
here and took up aome land. Ail I
have made since I have saved, and you
can see what we have around us.'
"Although there was very little of
the grumble in what he said, Mr. Oleson
did not fall to Impress me how
much his realised the advantage that
had been taken of his ignorance and
Inconvenience over a period of thirteen
years.
"From Mr. Oleeon and others, I
learned that the fli-st settlers lived for
the most part in tents made of the
skins of buffalo and. other animals, and
for the winter fuel they depended
mainly on buffalo dung. They burn
coal i>ow for the most part; but they
still collect and keep the dung of cows
and horses for fuel.
"The only trees of natural growth
in Nort i Dakota are along the banks
| of rivers and other streams, but ror a
generation past It has been the custom
to put out trees around newly established
settlements as a protection
against snow drifts. The greatest
terror of long winters of this locality
is the snow drift Northers, continuing
for days at a time, pile up the snow
mountains high, and not only houses'
hut whole towns underneath. Around
Isolated homes, trees are set out in
circles, only a few yards Apart and
when these trees aiw well grown, they
furnish a certain measure of protection
against the drifting snow. But notwithstanding
the protection of the
trees, it frequently happens that a
house Is covered under the snow and
the occupants have to dig themselves
out Also It is often necessary to tunnel
after the domestic animals.
"Work animals, such as horses and
mules are turned loose during the
winter, and left to shift for themselves
until the following spring. They generally
make it too. When fall comes
the whole country Is covered with a
growth of a peculiar kind of grass
that Is kpown as buffalo grass. The
grass holds the nourishing qualities It
contains and the horses and mules,
mostly horses, go down under the
snow after It In case* of a blizzard
the horses seem to know by instinct
how to hunt the protection of a
wind brake and they stay behind that
until It is safe to oome out By spring
when the horses are rounded up
for the summer's work, they are covered
with a growth of hair that Is several'
Inches in lengtlu^ v
"Cattle may not .?*jteft< at. large In
winter like the borlea . They Vill die.
They must be warmly housed In great
stables and furnialfcdwtth an abundance
of godd foo<?^ This is why the
barns in that country are so often
better than Ms. bouses in which the
ranch owj^pgp live.' Pigs and bogs
must also be housed as carefully as the
cattle.
"Hmumjoi* generally so plentiful
.hat there Is no sale for them except
as pig feed. Surplus horses are kill
ed and fed to the hogs. I never eat
pork in the summer time. I don't think
I would want any North Dakota pork
at any time.
"Chickens are also kept underground
through the winten Where possible
it is arranged that they can come up
to the sunlight in good weather; but it
is precious little light they see from
fall to spring.
"During the first week or two of my
stay in North Dakota, I was impressed
with the frequency with which we encountered
funeral processions as we
traveled over the country. Sometimes
we would see one, two, or even
a half dozen in a Jojiraey of twenty
miles. There would be a large number
of people at every churchyard. I
confess it made me nervous. I thought
I was in another terrible qpldemlc of
flu, even more severe than that through
which we had already passed .at Bennettsville,
and of course I commented
on the remarkable \ circumstance. I
was told that there were no funerals
in North Dakota during the winter, on
account of the frozen ground. Bodies
of the dead are placed 1m especially
prepared receptacles and kept until
summer time when they s.re buried as
soon as practicable after the thawing
of the ground.
4 mm
I Fighting in the Churoh.?Note was
made last week of the free-for-all
fighting participated in by members
and ex-members of Waxhaw Baptist
church last Saturday week. It was a
deporable and disgraceful affair, but
so long as it was confined to the
church yard it was nobody else's business.
It is not amusing. Already three
street fights have resulted from it and
feeling among good men is running
high- The faction are almost equally
divided and one mut t admit that some
of the best people the country affords
are on each side. Not only the church
but the community is being split: is already
split The breech is widening
and serious trouble may ensue.
Such a situation oueht not to amuse
anyone. It is mortifying. Every man
who has the good of the church as a
whole and the interest of Chrlstlanty
at heart should use his influence to
bring about a peaceable settlement of
the difficulty.
The enterprise has no side. Each
side has many of our very best friends
among its adherents. We are not interested
in the supremacy of any faction.
We are deeply interested in
preserving good will among the citizens
of the community. To this end
we call upon the preacher and the
leaders of the church to use their utmost
efforts to restore harmony among
their people. If t.ieir sense of personal
vindication or their idea of justice
will not allow them to do this,
then in the interest of Christianity
they should remove themselves from
their places of so-called leadership.?
Waxhaw Enterprise.
A plow drawn by a motorcycle
has been invented to keep the ice
on skating rings smooth.
Inventors are experimenting with
concrete anchors for ships, some of
which have steel flukes.
A factory in Norway clt'ims to obtain
aluminum from Labrador stone,
heretofore regarded as valueless.
Twelve-hour, 24-hour and -ship
time can be told simultaneously by
a new clock dial. VJ
SOLDIERS OF AL6EH1A
Southern Negroes Did Not Get Along
With Them Very Veil.
FOUGBT WITH THEIR OVERCOATS ON
I , * ?
Franc* Brought 800,000 Algerians From
Africa?-Wore the Uniform of Frano*
>?Picturesque and P*oullai^-No Fear
of Death. '
By Lewis M. Grist
Picturesque and peculiar to a degree
among all the soldiers who fought In
France wore the Algerians, brought
from their far-away 'home in Africa \fi.
European soil by the French to hefo
the Allies push back and crush the
Hun hordes. And they played a gallant
and most Important part in the
Crushing. It is said that France had
800,000 of them in the battlellnes of
Europe and I have no reason to doubt
the statement. They were brave soldiers.
Wild and naturally war-like,
they sacrificed their lives with reckless
abandon. Mohammedan in their
religion, fighting a "holy" war they
belleyed (and they, were fighting a
holy war if any war is holy) death
meant absolutely nothing to them, because,
according to their religion, all
followers of Mohammed who die in
such a war always go to heaven, regardless
of sins of omission and commission.
If such is the case there are
lots of thpm in heaven now because in
the early days of the war they suffered
most terrible losses and in fact all
through the struggle their losses were
proportionately great. v
Never Took Coate .Off.
Born and reared In a hot climate,
where clothes were more of a formality
than a necessity and ^being transferred
to France where the climate la
almcst always cool and most of the
time cold, they opuld never exactly accustom
thdpiselVea to the change.
They wore the same unifprm as
regular French soldiers, a beautiful
blue color with long overcoat of the
same material. I saw thousands of
Algerians in various parts of France
during my period of service overseas.
No matter in what kind of work theyi
were engaged they never took those
overcoats off. If they were digging
trenches or building roads or doing
any work of like nature that would
naturally cause them or rather other
soldiers to become warm, they kept
their overcoats on just the same. If
they were engaged in cooking their
meals on a hot army range or over an
open fire those overcoats were always
worn. They went to bed with 'em on
and got up wnn era on ana iau^m ui
'em too. t
There vu little or no fraternizing
between them and the Allied troops of
other races and natldhalltles. Although
of the negro race, with most of the
racial charateristics of .ur negroes?
the same broad noses, kinky hair and
thick lips they didn't hobnob with the
negroes from the States even a flttle
bit One reason was that, they could
not speak English but they spOke
French to a great extent Then their
Mohammedan religion would not allow
fraternization with peoples of any
other faith and besides by birth and
breeding and custom running from
time immemorial, they kept to them
selves and among their own kind.
Our Negroes Didn't Like Them.
It used to make some of our negroes
pretty mad?especially the negro soldiers
who came from the southern
states. A southern negro with whom I
formed an acquaintance, was discussing
these Algerian soldiers one day
and, his eyes rolled and he showed his
teeth as he talked about them.
"White folks," he said to me, *what
yo' all reckon' is de mattah wid dem
French niggers?dem feljers fum Alderla
or geria or what ebah place dey
is fum?"
"Why I don't know that there is anything
wrong with them,"-! replied. "I
doii't know a great deal about them;
hut from what I know and from whatj
I have learned they are pretty good
scrappers and they behave themselves
pretty well."
"Well, 8uh," the negro said, "dem
niggers is about de stuckupedest
niggers what ah ever did see. Back
home in de States ah used to know
one or two niggers what wuz kind o'
stuck up lak and what thought dey
was Dener aen ae resi au un iuus
er few of dem kind o' niggers heah In
dts American army; but dem French
'Gerians or whatebber you call dem,
is all dem wus de leader ob de processhun
back home on 'Mancipation
day. Ah is hapened ermong 'em quite
er little bit an' ah's tried to be sociable
wif 'em an all ob dat; but eber one
whut ah has tackled jest sort o' shrug
his shoulders lak, and gibber some
kind o' monkey French an' pass on. It
make me feel pow'ful mad some time,
suh, an' it make me feel powerful bad
udder times, suh. Ah tought erbout
carvin me one of dem one day, kase
he wouldn't be sociable when ah wanted
ter be, but he had er bunch ob his
buddies erlong an' so ah jest let him
be.
"Ob cose ah knows dat white folks
ain't gwine to hab much to do wid
niggers over heah an' dat is all right;
but ah sho' does hate to see one set o'
niggers git so powerful stuck up dat
dey won't have nuthin' to do wid
ernother set o' niggers." ,
The conversation ended with that;
h,it T afterword nhnerved mnnv evl
dences of the contempt and ill feeling
in which the American blacks held the
Algerians tyid I am sure that if they
had ever had a real chance there
would have been some lively fighting
between them.
Slashed Own Faces.
Proverbial passion of the negroes
for carving and slashing, though in
our negroes the passion is for carving
or slashing some other negro, is strong
with the Algerians. The faces of most
of the thousands of soldiers of that
country whom I saw were slashed
with from one to a dozen knife cuts?
horrible gashes, in many instances extending
completely across the face. It
is their custom to slash their faces
with knives before going into battle
and for each battle in which they
participated?there is a gash. Imagine
ten thousand of these half civilized soldiers,
their faces streaming with blood,
going over the top and into the German
trenches yelling "Allah, Allnh,
Allah." Enough to make Jerry tremble
with fear, eh?
Unfortunately for them this savage
\
practice of hacking their faces often
resulted In their deaths from causes
other than German bullets or eveto the
more common death by disease. Times
were when they could not be very "
careful about seeing that the knives
which they used In cutting themselves
were as clean and sanitary as they
might be, and quite often blood potyon- J
lpg and gangrene feoutft ?et them.
No attempt was ever made by their
French officers to stop this barbarous s
and dangerous practice on the pdrt of I
the Algerians. This cutting of thejface
was a part of the religion of the A],
gerlans and the Allied command knew,
[ better than to interfere with any mis-11
torn of their eastern soldiers wmcn o
i jV^uld In any way interfere with tpelr s
refigion. It might have resulted In 11
rebellion. f
Marines Not Vsry Careful. o
But not only with the negroes from u
the States were these Algerian soldiers b
unpopular. They suffered quite a bit p
at the hands of the marines. 3?heae b
soldiers were required to do a little of d
everything .on the other side, among tl
their moBt unpleasant tasks beln^ that a
of almost continuous guard dutjj, in p
some sections. Orders to those*'on tl
guard in the various camps wersi? to q
challenge all comers and goers anil In p
case they failed to answer the c|wJ- c
lenge to shoot p
These Algerians when off duly IQted t]
to come and go as well as other imi- q
dlers. (' m
Often times they passed close to the p
sentry boxes occluded by American
marines.
"Halt!" would come the commahd. a
rue Algerians, many 01 mem, uiu nui y
understand the word since It Was q
spoken In English. 0
The Algerian soldier Would go on t]
his way, but not very far on his way. p
"Bang," would go the Springfield 8I
rifle of the gentry. There Would be *
heard a dull thud and there was one o,
less Algerian soldier in the army fit fl
the Allies. . f n
Not all the Allied solars who w^-e j!
killed by bullets In Eurdjfa-were kill- C]
by the Germans and thelr AJftea. ^To p
?not a great many. w
w 1 ' f C
GERMANY NEED8 COTTON [ S
Could Use One Milfl|n Bales H ThSy e:
Could' Obtain It. ti
German cotton mills with 10,000,000 g>
spindles estimated as still suitable for u
operation can consume about 1,000,000 s
bales of cotton during the next year, if h
me^ns are found to finance the move- b
ment of the commodity from the united Y
States, .said a report by ETwtey W. n
Thompson, commercial attaihecfts&ie F
bureau of foreign and domestic q$th- a
merce made public last Yfedneffpy hi
night id vi
MT. Thompson outlined a nlafl by T
wVilaK TVonloK onH TVtifnVl iroHiA. wfiaw bl
be furnished cotton for resale t<r Hfr- <u
many and allowed to assume a part o% T
the credit risks, Out of 4,067,01#jMHMgj
of cotfofi" in storage In the UnltwW
States on June SO, he estimated a very V
large proportion was classified In the w
lower grades which are especially suit- tl
able for German mills. j. b
"At this time the German mills H
would be eager buyers of the lowest
grades," Mr. Thompson's report said,
pointing out that during the war they t?
have been operating on wastes, shod- / n
dy. nettle fibre, and paper, owing to the ai
pressure of the blockade. , la
"Cotton experts are agreed that the tu
cotton in public store In the United 01
States is nearly all of grades below re
those most desired by domestic mills,'* w
Declaring the problem for tfce Ameri- b
can producers and holders of cotton tt
was to figure a way to offer large as- is
sorted stocks of cotton to the German ft
spinners, and at the same time be se- ti
cured for the value of their property, tl
Mr. Thompson said that warehouses n
and exchange families in Rotterdam, tl
Holland, now were available for h
handling such a trade. &
"Several strong trading companies in tl
Rotterdam are in a position to handle 81
and finance, cotton into Germany as 10
fast as they can consume it," he said.
"Matters can be so arranged with them
that American bankers can finance the s<
cotton in any amount into aa'fe ware- n
houses. Holland and Hollanders can y'
arrange their own credits for delivery p
to German spinners in lots to suit 61
their weekly or monthly requirements. B
"Owing to great labor troubles at 8i
the moment it would be hard to start 81
up spinning at full capacity even if 11
the cotton were on the spot. But it is
estimated that within a few months
after cotton begins to arrive the mills ^
could use 40,000 bales a month."
Danish traders are also willing, Mr. ^
Thompson said, to resume handling
cotton into Russia, and would also b
stand willing to Join in supplying Ger- ^
many. ^ b
CURRENT EVENTS. c!
, C(
News Happenings Gathered from All ^
Over the World. b
The total number of Americans cap- ci
tured during the late war by the Ger- s<
man allies was 4,480. / s<
Dr. Epitacio Pessoa was on Monday J.
inaugurated the tenth president of d;
Brazil at Rio de Janeiro. &
The legislature of Arkansas in spec- "
ial session this week ratified the worn- *
an's suffrage am _ament to the constltution.
o:
Austria has been granted extension
of time to August 6, for consideration
of the peace terms. ^
President Wilson will not leave on
his speech making tour of the country
before August 15, and possibly not a
until the latter part of August. e<
Vnlnmnnn Kania von Kanva. AUS- n
trian minister to Mexico has announc- c:
ed his intention of resigning from the h
diplomatic service. He has been in
Mexico for five and one-half years. ?
?
The house has adopted a resolution
requesting Secretary of War Baker to 8
place on sale without delay surplus c'
food products held by the war depart- w
ment and valued at >120,000,000. ^
Because of complaint from the army w
over the cut and fit of uniforms issued ^
to enlisted men, the war department g]
has decreed that hereafter uniforms ^
shall be made to fit manikins to be ^
constructed from careful measurement ^
of 100,000 .nen in camps in all parts fj
of the country. The measuring will be ei
done by an expert anthropologist. js
ti
First-class singers rarely die of A
consumption or any lung disease. nr
GAMED WITH SCISSORS
lews From Within and Wlthont
the County.
4WDEN8ED FOR QUICK READIN6
iome Items of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Halping to Give an Idea of
What Our Neighbors Are paying and
Doing.
Lanoaeter Neyvs, July 28: Mrs. Hugh
lolcomb, formerly Miss Lona Reed,
>f this city, died at a hospital in
partanburg Sunday morning after an'
llneas of several weeks. She was here
our weeks ago to attend the marriage
f her sister, soon . after which she
nderwent an operation in a Spartan- 1
urg hospital and was thought to be
ecovering The city forces have
een engaged yesterday and today Jin
ragging the dirt streets throughout
lie city, start being made on North
Iain street, which was greatly fmroved.
A tractor Is being used to pull
lie scraper P. Gordon Cobb, of 1
Freenvllle, has arrived.to take the
osltlon of superintendent of the Lan- '
aster cotton mills, succeeding A. Htobbins,
who becomes connected lflth
lie 8prlngsteln and Eureka mills at heater.
Mr. Cobb and his Wife are I
topping temporarily at the Hotel 1
toyal. ]
?? . <
Rock Hill Reeord, July 28: It Is only ^
matter of time. It is believed, before <
lat band of burglars operating In the '
akland section will land in the hands
f the police. There are evidently
iree of them, as that many were seen i
rowling back of a residence in that <
action one night last week, but i
hether they are white or black no i
ne can tell yet This gang carried a t
ashllght i...Oran Crawford arrived i
i the city Friday morning from Cdmp i
[Ills, where he had received' his dis- (
(large ...K. M. Jtiyars, , irom ivouh
[IB, Mi now overseer of the cloth
?m at the Chadwick-Hoskins Mill,
harlotte Ed. Mobley of Heath
prlngs has bought the former W. L.
arron home In Ebenezer. Mr. Hobley
zppcts to move hla family here about
is first of the year. This will be a
ood addition to the many fine /amies
now residing in Ebenezer.
am Watson Barber is at the home of
to parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barer,
He landed last week in New
ork and was discharged at Camp
[Ills. He was with the A. E. F. in
ranca where he was a member of the
rlatlon oorpe. Since the armistice he
a^ taken short courses at the Uniersity
at Baiim and also In Paris
he city authorities should fix that
Eul piece of roadway at East White
od Trade greets. It to full of holes,
h'e^cyagnilfe '.along the passenger
l#lvRx should alib be fixed. It to a
ftaj 'inraffiy'w'eather ,f..W. H.
Tylie and son are In New York,
he rdyMi^. Wylie underwent an opera- .
on last week at the hospital of his
rofhera, Drs. Qill and Robt. Wylia
[e to reported as getting along nicely.
Chester Reporter, July 28: It might
e a little premature, dpi nevenneiess
ot amies, for Chester county'to form
a association for the maintenance of
,w and ofder similar to those that
ive been formed in certain townships
f York county. As has often been reLarked
Chester is a model t county
hen it comes to observance of law,
ut it is too much to hope that Ches>r
will be untouched by the wave of
twlessness growing out of the manuicture
of illicit liquor in such quantias
and in so' many places, or that
i < manufacture of the stuff itself will
ot be attempted in this county, after
le operators have had the officers get
ot In behind them elsewhere. An oranization
to back up the officers of
ie law and to acquaint the great out[de
world that Chester is for law and
lw enforcement might help. The
mds necessary to secure a govern tent
cotton grader have been sub:rlbed,
and are in hand, but it may
ot be possible to secure a grader this
ear, as the government's fund for this
urpose has been exhausted. The govrnment
will pay $500 towards a
rader*a salary, provided $1,500 for a
Imllar purpose is furnished by private
Libscrlption. About a month ago the
Latter began to be agitated in Chessr
county, and the members of the
gricultural bureau of the Chamber of
ommerce held a meeting and decided
> attempt to secure a grader. ComLittees
were appointed to raise $200
-om each township, and Saturday it
as announced that the money had
een secured. However, the project
ia'y come to naught, as notice has
een received that the government's
ind is exhausted. Should some
aunty that had applied previously not
amply with the terms Chester may
e allowed to take that county's place, *
ut that seems to be about the only
andition unaer wnicn cnesier county
jems to stand much of a chance of
jcurlng a grader this year Rev.
, E. Mahaffey, of York, spent yesteray
evening here with Mr. S. C. Carter
nd family on his way to Whitmlre.
Mr. W. O. Guy has purchased
Cr. Drafts Refo's home on Hemphill
venue Mrs. Nannie Roddey Mcadden,
wife of Mr. J. T. McFadden,
f the Fort Lawn section, who died
hursday evening, was burled at
ethel M. E. church graveyard Frlay
afternoon.
Gaatonia Gazette, July 28: "Cub"
dams, was shot and seriously woundfl
by Murray Parham Friday afteroon
near Pleasant Ridge, south of the
Ity, as the result of a quarrel which
as existed between the two men for a
mir tlmr> AHnmn was hrouirht here
aturday night and is now in the City
[ospltal. His condition is not conIdered
critical at this time although
omplications may develop which
rould prove fatal, it is stated. He reeived
two wounds, one in the left
tiigh and another in the right leg
rhich shattered the bone badly. Param
came to Gaston la soon after the
hooting and surrendered to Chief Orr.
fe will be held in Jail until the conition
of the man he shot is definitely
etermlned. He was under the Inuence
of an intoxicant when arrest1
officers state. A difference has exited
between the two men for a long
me. Parham stated to the police that 1
dams attempted to shoot him several 1
lonths ago Work will commence t
at once on the new parsonage which
the Loray Baptist church will build
for Its pastor, Rev. Q. P. Abernethy.
The mill management provided a lot
opposite the church and the house on
it is being rolled away preparatory to
the actual commencement of construction
on the parsonage At
Long Creek Presbyterian church last
Saturday, July 20th, the 21st annual
picnic and reunion of the Orraand
family was held. This gathering was
formerly held near the old furnace on
the Ormhnd home place about a
quarter of a mile from the church.
There was a large number of the Ormand
connection, with their friends
and neighbors, present for the occasion,
which was a most delightful
one. Capt R. G. Cherry, formerly in
command of Company A, 115th machine
gun battalion, now mayo> o.'
Gastonia, delivered au address oi> hie
experiences and observations while In
service, which was heard with great
interest and closest attention by all
present This was followed by a
splendid picnic dinner spread in the
grove near the school house. Among
those present from a distance was Mr.
Giles Ormand, of York: county. South
Carolina..... _A commission composed
of Rev. Q. A Sparrow, chairman,
R?v. W. J. Roach, f Rev. Dr. J, H.
Henderllte and Ruling Elder J. H.
KennedV, acting under authority delegated
to It by King's Mountain Presbytery,
met at Lowell yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clock for th turpose of organising
a second Presbyterian church
For that town. It was duly organised
els the Covenant Presbyterian , church
with SO-odd members.
Gaffnsy Ledger, July 29: An automobile
belonging to Hon. N. W. Hardin
>f Blacksburg was wrecked Saturday
ifternoon about three miles north of
Gaffney when It ran into, a concrete
iplllv^ay across the road, according to
reports reacfitng Qaffney. Mr. Hardin
tvas in the car with his son who was
Irivincr It la aaCH that tha vAluiv man
speeded up in an attempt to paae a
car and coming- to a curve while going
it a fast pace the accident could not
>e avoided. Both Mr- Hardin and hi*
son were Injured by flying particle*' of
?Iosg from the broken windshield, according
to reports here Several
cases of hog cholera have developed
cear Qaffney within the past few days,
ind yesterday S. C. Stribllng, county
'arm demonstration agent, said that
ie was expecting a state veterinarian
jo come here today for the purpose of
noculating porkers -Rufus Hanion,
a young white man who Uvea with
M. Poole In Cleveland county, N. 0.,
vas arrested Saturday by Deputy She iffs
Joe Watkina. Henry Lockhart and
Policeman Arthur Hopper charged
vlth violating the prohibition law.
gannon was captured by the officers
;n the Rosa property north of the city
vith four quart grape juice bottles of
contraband whiskey In hla possession,
rfe was brought to GafQaey where he
vaa released under a $500 bond,
fiannon was caught out In the woods.
It Is aUeged that he was selling the
vhlskey Sam Griffin was taken
nto custody Sunday afternoon, by State
Constables C. T. Allison and Charles
Syars and Deputy Sheriff Joe Watklns
it his home a few miles west of the
city on the National Highway after
he officers had found six gallons of
stockade whiskey hidden near his
lome. A four gallon jug was discovered
In the grass at the edge of his
r'ard and a two gallon jug was found a
>w hundred yards further away. Qrif.
In was brought to Qaffnor and after a
preliminary hearing -before Captain .T.
B. Fell he was released utder a'$600
jond Not many down town Gaffley
people have seen the petition beng
circulated asking that J. HarVey
(Vltherspoon be supplanted as superntendent
of the public schools. Talk
in the streets seems to be generally
unfavorable to the purpose of those
vho originated the petition. Most of
he people think It is too late to begin
such action no matter how unsatisfactory
Mr. ' Wltherspoon's services
may beP and large numbers think itjn.fair
to the superintendent to ciiv
culate the petition while he is out of
he city attending summer school at
Columbia university in New York,
rhose who are opposed to Mr. Witherspoon
seem to be selecting the ones
ivhom they are giving the opportunity
)f signing the petition. Certain it is
hat the paper has not yet been circulated
generally over the city. None
>f the trustees have made any state
ment as to the probable attitude or
:he board when the petition Is prelented,
if It is presented, but the general
opinion seems to be that It will
lot receive favoreble consideration uness
a large majority of the school pa:rons'
signatures are found on it This
s most unlikely because there are
many people here who consider MrtVitherspoon
the best superintendent
:he Qaffney schools have ever had.
Build Now!?Mr. W. B. Moore of
Yorkville, S. C., in a letter to the
Manufacturers Record writes:
"Owing to the advances in building
naterlal and the scarcity of labor,
:ausmg aeiays in consinmuun, nuiwithstandlng
that the capital Had been
iub9cribed for a new mill to be erected
Dy the Waltmore Thread mills to cost
i500,000, the project has been indefllitely
postponed."
Building material is high as commred
with some former prices, and
;here is a scarcity of labor. But in
)ur opinion, building material will
jrow more and more difficult to obtain
ind the shortage in labor will largely
ncrease. We cannot see how there
:an be any decline in the price of labor
>r in the cost of building operations
'or some years to come, unless there
ihould come upon us an industrial
lepression and a panic which would
nean widespread and terrific disaster.
IVc do not believe that this condition
" tr\r> nnthlnc hilt a rPVrtlll
9 JIWDHIIMC, IVI MVW.UiQ ??? -
ion or Bolshevistic outbreak could
lalt the advancing business prosperity
)f the country, and we have no fear of
Bolshevism or revolution. Given ordilary
stability of government, there
vill of necessity be an enormous expansion
of business activities which
vill mean an increased demand for
abor and building materials. Build
low!?Manufacturers Record.
The island holding the Eddystone
ighthouse is the smallest bit of all
he year around Inhabited land in
he world.
CLOVER HILLINGS ,
Recent Hen Happenings Gathered
By The Enquirer's Correspondent.
.
MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST
.. ' -
Site 8eleoted for New Bank?Much
Cotton Placid on Market?Soldiers
Return Homo?Night School* in
8oeaion?Personal Mention and Other
Occurrences. I
Clover, July SI?Clover's second
bank, organization of which has been
perfected, will be located on King's
Mountain street on the lot beta sen the
rear of Mr. W. B. St roup's general
merchandise establishment and the
furniture store of Mr. M. L. Ford. A
one story building to cost <5,000 and
possibly more will be erected to house
the new bank, the building to be about
20x60 feet Work on the construction
of the building will be begun within a
short time, It is understood, the bank
structure to be erected with day labor
in charge of a competent supervisor.
All of the capital stock of the new
banking institution has been subt.'rlbed
and over'subscribed, it is understood,
and the bank will'very likely be
ready for business in the early fall.
Considerable Cotton Sold.
According to Mr. W. P. Smith, local
cotton buyer, there has been an unusually
large amount of cottov sold
on the local market during; the past
week or ten days, more perhaps than
in any similar period since last Call.
Most of the cotton sold has brought a
price ranging^ around thirty-Ave cants
per pound and in some lnstances even
more than that As a result of these
heavy cotton sales business among the
merchants has been good. Mr. D. iL
Parrott, of the D. KL Parrott Dry
Goods Company said Tuesday that
sales during the past week or
two had been as they are in the fall of
the year. Proprietors of other business
houses say the same thing.
New Sunday School.
With Mr. W.T- Beam guard as superintendent,
a Sunday school has been
recently organized at the Hawthorn
Spinning Mill here. Mr. W. lx Hague
has been elected secretary and treasurer
of the Sunday school which has its
classes every Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. There .arp six classes.
Street Work Being Dene.
Under the supervision of Chief of
Police John A. Jackson, oonsiderAMw
street work has been dope recently and
?- _in, i? " - - JJI ..V >k.
ib buii in pi ugma, o/uuuif uuvu iu iud
appearance of the town and to the
comfort of automobillsts and others
using the roads. A number of trees
have been recently felled, among them
a large oak which stood between the
rqpldence of Dr. E. W. Pressly and the
A. R. P. church and which was noted
for the fact that it on, one occasion
received the bullets Intended tor Parmer
Policeman Alexander CI over
when he became engaged in a pistol
duel with John Hart, a negro.
Young Man Broke Leg.
Leo McOarter, a well known young
man of the Bethany commnunlty had
the misfortune to have his leg broken
lp a baseball game at Qastonla Saturday.
Mr. McCarter was playing frith
the Hawthorne Mill team of Clover
against a . Qastonla aggregation and
fell after catshlng a hard fty. breaking
his leg above the ankle. He iagetting
along quite nicely.
Reeidenoe to be Erected.
Mr. Arther Qnlnn has laid the lumber
for & handsome residence which he
proposes to erect within the next few
weeks near the residence of Dr. L J.
Campbell. Hon. J. E- Beam guard is
having considerable repairs made to
his residence and other people ot
Clover are having work of a light nature
done. There 1# a dearth of residences
in Clover at the present time
and there is talk on the part of several
local men of building a number of residences
for rent However, nothing
definite has been started along that
line as yet
Boys Fast Return.
Practically all of the young men of
Clover and vicinity who were called for
service in the late war have returned
to their respective homea Among
those who recently arrived was Mr.
Will Rudisill who is now at the home
of Mr. Jas. A. Pagt. Mr- Rudisill expects
to re-enter the Insurance business
here. Among others of this section
who recently arrived in the states
are Messrs. Milliard Williams, ^Drew
McCarter, Paul Drennan, Linden Globe
and Raymond Currence. Mr. R. B.
ixive wno nas ueen ui uic obi v?w >u
this country for some time past, and
who has been stationed at a post In
New Jersey, expects to receive his discharge
within the next few days.
Night 8chool Makes Progress.
James Sifford, who graduated this
spring at the University of South Carolina
and who volunteered some time
ago to conduct night schools at the
Hawthorne and Clover Mills for the
benefit of adult illiterates there is
making good headway. About twentylive
students are enrolled in the
schools at the two mills and the attendance
is very good. As was mentioned
in this correspondence some time ago
Mr- Sifford has been awarded a Peabody
scholarship at the University and
will re-enter the institution this fall
to pursue a course of study leading to
the Master of Arts degree.
Ginning Machinery Installed.
New ginning machinery being installed
by the plants operated J>y The
Clover Cotton Oil mill and Mr. J. Meek
Smith, respectively, is arriving and
will be installed in plenty of time to
take care of the first of the new cotton.
The two new ginning plants will
have ample capacity to take care of
the cotton crop of this community and
a good deal of what is now considered
"outside" territory.
V/> up riv?pov?? uiipi w**u?
There has been a noticeable improvement
in crop prospects, both as
affecting cotton and com within the
past ten dayb or two weeks. While
there has been an abundance of rain,
it is not considered that there has been
too much to cause any great crop
damage. If present indications and
crop conditions count for much. Clover
farmers bid fair to make the best crops
this year in quite a long time. Last
year's crops were better than usual
despite the adverse conditions under
which they were worked. One Clover
fanner who does not care to mention
his name in connection with the matter
told The Enquirer's correspondent
Tuesday that he cleared $8,009 on b#; C
crop last year and If everything went
right he expected to do much better .,-w
this, year. There are many others who
did^unusually well last year end who <
are looking forward to much better
results this year.'
Mr. M. Lb Ford has purchased the
plantation r' Mr. Tom Martin in - 'j.
Bethel township on Catawba river. A
There are 160 acres in the tract Mr.
Ford has about decided to turn over
the conduct of his furniture business
here to bis sons, Messrs. Edmund and
Cvde who have recently returned t
from overseas service. He expects to '--$j
devote his tttne principally to his
farming interests in the future, although
of course he win keep an eye Wi
on his other enterprises a* wett. ' ?
Pereonal Mention.
Dr. Bamby Allen, of Newman, Oka, Is
visiting the family of his father. Mr.
T. H. Allen in Clover. Dr. Allen has
been back la civilian life for sometime .v
after having served in this oount^^jj
and abroad in the naval forces of the
United States. 'V.
Miss Margaret Love of Yorkvflle has *
been visiting the family of Mra T. W.
McElwee in Clover. - \
[ .Lewis Conway has returned to his
home ig Washington, D. C* after a
visit ^o his sister, Mrs. M. a Nell M
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Less Dele of Clover are
spending sometime with relative* And &
friends in Hansvllle, Ala.
Mra J. W. Campbell of Gastonla. i
visited relatives and friends here this
. Moff&tt, Infant son of Dr. and Mra ?
R. L. WyUe who baa been seriously ill f. )
In a Charlotte hqspjtal for sometime 'M
past is Improving. The little fellow's
mother hopes to be able to return home
with h|m within a few ftaya %
Mr. J. L Stacy who has been ill at '"'Wi
his home here for sometime past expects
to return to Columbia, this week '
where he la engaged la surveying.
wfll b? accompanied hy Mr. Johttjk.
Smith who hM been working with him. .
: Mr. M, h. Smith and ltlNM Chris- ^
tine and Claude Smith have return* ? ''
ed to their home in Clover, after a "j.1
visit to New York and other points :
MIm Dorothy Neill of Columbia, is '?
visiting the family of Dr. M ^B. Neil
8TATE NEWC IN 0NUEF.
Iteme of Intereet Gathered From All
a.. I
A robber or robbers entered the
homo of Policeman Strickland at 917
Main street in Columbia, Monday niffet
and stofo a Smith 4 Wesson revolver.
Primary elections in the Sixth ted
Seventh districts to name successors
to Congressmen R&gsdale and Lever,
respectively, have been sot for August
.29. Should a second primary be 'nec- $
essary it win be held on November 9.
The assessment fee for candidates was
fixed at $260.
The office of fhb state superintendent
of education In busy shipping ?
teachers' school resistors and cooies of
the new sokool law to the forty-seven ,?];i
county superintendents of education.
The annnal edition of the school register
requires 12,600 eopiea Teachers, /jjj
trustees and oltfcpao desiring g school
reefer or a coy* uie miv scnooi .
aw can procure either pamphlet by ^ ^
calling on John B. Carroll, county
superintendent of education. . *
.. -iMtimi
irotTper Governor Bleaee has announced
his candidacy for the enexpired
ierm of Congressman Lever. He
will not go Into the * Democratic primary
called for August * : but 'willstand
In the general election to ho. held
October 7. Mr. Bleaee baa issued an
address in which he renueets hhf 'j
friends to. refrain from voting In ths ]
primary. He says he was swindled in'
hie second race against Smith for the r'M
senate and again he was counted cut
when in hie race for a third term for
governor in 1118 he beat Manning. He
says he stands no show of fairness before
the Democratic executive com
ralttee as now consuiatea. sua ns wui ^
not run 1^ another Democratic primary
until there has bean a thorough
and complete reorganisation of the
party, BP reiterates his attitude to - '.y
the World War as set forth at Pomaria .
and Filbert and he opposes the league
of nations. He says the war Is only
temporarily coded. He especially
stresses the treatment the American
common soldiers received throughout
the war, and says the controversy be- J,
tween Maxell and Ansell bean out
what he has heretofore said. He Is
against national prohibition and Is
against woman suffrage.
- .
1^1
The 8ame Fifty Year* Apo.?While
critics in the United States and England
are having their flings at the outrageous
doings of the modern firi It is
Just as well to remember that they
used to say the same things about the ,
girl that married dad remarks ths Referee,
which reprlnte the following
from The Sunday Review of 60 yean
asro: ' v:.' i -
"The girl of the period is a creature
who dye* her hair and paints her face
a* the first articles of her personal religion?a
creature whose sole idea of
life is fun, whose sole aim is unbounded
luxury, and whose dress is the chief
object ol such thought and intellect
as she possesses. Her main endeavor
is to outvie her neighbors in the extravagance
of fashion- If a sensible
fashion lifts the gown out of the mud,
she raises hers.
"All men whose opinion is worth
having prefer the simple and genuine
girl of the past, with her tender little
ways and pretty bashful modesties* to
this loud and rampant modernisation,
with her false red hair and painted
skin, talking slang as glibly as a man,
and by preference leading the conversation
to doubtful subjects. ... All
we can do is to wait patiently until the
national madness has passed and our
women have come back to tho old
English idea."
An Insulating material made from
milk curds has bean invented in Russia.
Bolivia has an ..extensive deposit
of coal at an altitude of IS,000 fest
above sea level. /
, , , >
Iowa Is the corn state. She grew
402,147,000 bushels in IMS. Illinois
was next
. * * ? i
y: \ W ?; A v. ,
. .. ...