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fstabi.TSHED 1855 YQRK, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919. . ' NO. 73?
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NEW YORK GOES WILD
Tremendous Welcome To Conquoring
Hero,
PERSHING WAVES CAP LIKE A BOY
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? Proud Acclaim of Mighty Nat'on in
Honor of the Leader of the Greatest
Army the World Ever Saw?Son
Warren it the General's Orderly.
1 ni'for t wr% vrn ra In
uoucroi x cioiuue, u??v* ...
command of the greatest army America
has ever sent to battle returned to
the United States last Monday. As he
stepped ashore in New York from the
huge liner Leviathan he was handed
a commission as general, a rank previously
held by only three Americans
?Grant, Sheridan and Sherman.
The stern-faced soldier was not
f proof against tribute of praise which
was roared from hundreds of thousands
of the throats of his fellow citizens.
His voice trembled with emotion as
he responded to the g-cetings extended
by Secretary of War Baker in his
own behalf and that of the president
as well as the welcoming address of
f ' representatives of the senate and
I house, the state and cityt ,
Waves Cap, Like a Boy.
As hi? car passed slowly, through <
the cheering multitude which jammed 1
Broadway from the battery to the city |
hall, Pershing attempted in vain to
maintain his composure. At first he ,
replied to the. cheers with the stiff ]
salute which military etiquctto de- ]
mands, but he was soon carried away ]
by the storms of applause which swept ,
in great gusts about him. Rising to ]
i his feet he waved his cap about his
head with a boyish gesture which told
how deeply he was stirred while the
grim lines of his bronzed face broke
, into a smile^
Surrounded by comrades, humbler
in' station, but who had offered their
all just as freely in the course of liberty,
General Pershing first reglimpscd
his native land. When the huge
Leviathan nosed her way through the
mists of the Jersey coast 'ho general
stood upon her deck with the famous
"Composite regiment,' 3,000 picked
American soldiers, known as "Persh- ;
own." I ]
Him Commission. j<
'/^?t after the gtaeial walked ,down j
* i mm **-* - - the Vangp'nnk a^-Waijoken Secretary t
of War Baker handed him his com- <
? mission as full general. s
Standing behind, and completely i
. hidden by the imposing figure of the i
^ general, was a little boy trying to look i
very dignified and soldierly. He was t
"Sergeant" Whrren Pershing, the com- i
mander in chief's only surviving child.
When the general received his com
mission he turned to his son and hand- i
ed him the document with an injunc- i
tion to keep it safe. The "sergeant" t
kept it safe all right, but later on, in
the great crowd at the city hall he got ;
separated from his father, much to the <
dismay of the general. When the boy 1
was recovered his father asked anx- <
iously: 1
"Warren, have you got the commis- 1
i Blon?" 1
* ""?es, Sir," repiied \Yic "serge^tA,"
promptly.
"Well, see that you hold on to it."
Among a little army of welfare
workers who greeted General Pershing
were 50 girls, three of whom were
decorated for bravery under fire while
serving with the First division.
Thousands Wait Hours.
But it was reserved to New York to
* begin the real ovation to the returning
hero. For hours before the arrival
g*" "the battery" was thronged with patient
thousands. As the little boat
with iU distinguished party steamed
up to the pier an uproar began such
as Manhatten probably never heard.
> From a thousand factories and vesA
sels' sirens shrieked out raucous wel~
come but vainly tried to drown the j
roar of cheers which rose and fell and
rose again. ^
At first l General Ptrshing seemed
to be suffering more from embarrassment
than any other emotion. He
walked swiftly fiom the landing stage
to his gaily decorated automobile and
settled himself down in his seat like
a man who has an important,journey
to make and wants to get it over with
as quickly as possible. But as the long
procession of cars started up Broad4
v way he was engulfed in a llood of
humanity.
The great canyon which forms New
York's' financial district, today the fl-'
nanclal heart of the world, was a bed- ;
I lam of noise and a riot of color. All
windows in the huge skyscrqpers were j
packed and; even the cloud-piercing
roofs had their quotas. From these a
storm of many-colored confetti descended
on the surging crowds.
It Kissed by Woman.
The enthusiasm of the spectators
Hound vent in one rehearsed incident
^ which was received by General Pershing
with apparently mingled feelings.
As he entered the city hall flanked by
Governor Smith and Mayor Hylan a
woman burst past the police guards
and implanted a sound kiss on his
cheek. Another woman, -stirred to
emulation, attempted to repeat the teat
but the general raised his hand in sup|
plication: "Oh, Madam," he said,
"please don't. Not that."
The ceremony at the city hall where
(General Pershing was officially welcomed
to New York was brief. After
i the mayor had dCllverbd his address
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of welcome and the general had made
a short reply the party emerged again
and the procession was resumed.
.A3 the procession advanced up town
steam sirens grew few but at a steel
foundry two husky former "doughboys,"
whose somewhat grimy khaki
trousers explained how they had beat
en Iheir swords into pruning hooks,
proved that the American soldier has
nol an unjust reputation for ingenuity.
They had erected an enormous piece
of sheet iron on the pavement and
with two hammers made a racket
which seemed to please them, whatever
were the feelings of their neighbors.
A little further on a large junk
shop provided an ancient church bell
which three girls banged lustily with
hammers.
Pershing Dines With Sisters.
On arrival at his hotel the general retired
immediately to the suite which
had been reserved for him. There he
lunched privately with his son and
sisters. Miss May Pershing, of Lincoln
Nebraska, and Mrs. D. Mi Butler. After
luncheon he received a number of
visitors including Senator Warren, of
Wyoming, his father-in-law and Wllliam
Jennings Bryan, who is a fellow
guest in the hotel.
So many invitations have been extended
to General Pershing that he
decided today to prolong his stay here
until Thursday, leaving for Washing^
ton that night.
At a conference today final plans
were made for t>e parade Wednesday.
The commander agreed to ride at the
head of the line all the way down from
110th street to Washingotn squa.s instead
of dropping out to review the
procession which will be five and a
half miles long, Including all the artillery
and other equipment of the First
iivision. It will take two hours and a
!ialf to pass the review stand.
The machinery of the war and agricultural
departments wehe set in mo:ioh
today to obtain the release of Kid-on,
General 'Pershing's sorrel horse,
leld in quarantine at Newport News,
n order that he may be ridden by the
commander in the parade. General
Pershing has been mounted on Kidron
n all of the parades in which he has
Appeared in Europe.
In order to obtain the release of
Kidrcn it will be necessary to obtain
in order from Secretary of Agriculture
Houston. In the event that the horse
loes not arrive in time for the parade,
Pershing will be mounted on Captain,
iwned by the New York police department.
The general hart-just Tin i'siiufl "flilich;cn
after a little rest to refresh himself
after the arduous hours of the
norning and he said that while he
;vas glad to meet all the newspaper
Tien, he could answer only such quesiens
as properly came within the
-ange of his profession.
Calls Sedan Move Greatest
The question was asked: "General
vhat do vou consider the crowning
ichievement of your service abroad?"
.o which he replied:
"Cutting: the Hindenburg line was
i start toward cutting the line at Scion.
It was hard to tell what might
have become of it under different circumstances
It followed the final ef-i
fort of the Germans to force their way
through but their armies were beaten
before they started."
"Gevktrvd, wiU you oay a. tew words
about Marshal Koch ?"
"Marshal Foch," ho replied appreciatively,
"is a very great strategist."
A question was asked as to his impression
upon his departure for France
27 months ago and his return to
which he replied:
"When we left the day was foggy.
We could not see the Statue of Liberty.
There were no bells ringing, no
whistles (except fog horns) blowing,
and no ships gayly dressed. Why,
there was as much difference between
uui uui?ai uuf UJIU iiuiiic-cuuniih no MW
twocn midnight and noonday.
"I anticipated while on the other
side some kind of a welcome upon our
return home, but nothing I thought
then could equal my impressions today.
I And difficulty in expressing my
sentiments, but I suppose it's the way
New York always dees things."
Gives View of Europe.
Before the general stipulated the
kind of questions he would answer
some c?io asked:
"What do you think about the crisis
in Europe," to which lie responded:
"I don't think we had better get into
European affairs at all-"
As to affairs in Mexico, General
Pershing declined to talk, saying he
was too busy overseas to read about it.
South Must Extend Credits to Europe.?Urging
that the south organize
ft-rwlitu
IUI UIV j;ui puac V l IUillioiliiib v? vu??w
to Europe to create a market for 7,000,000
bales of expert cotton to be
available from this year's crop, Senator
Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama, has
issued a statement saying: the federal
government could not finance the
movement of the crop. With foreign
loans approaching $10,000,000,000, he
said, the government would have to
leave the problem to private enterprise
in the south. The European
countries are not "physically bankrupt,"
the senator said, adding- that it
was clear to him that if distressing
conditions were to be? avoided, 'it is
necessary for the south to organize a
strong:, well directed movement to
supply European nations with ctedits
in terms of dollars so that they can
pay without excessive premiums due
to high exchange rates for cotton
'shipped to them. Action, he said,
I must be taken promptly.
THE NEWS OF CLOVER
High School Will Begin Sessio
Next Monday.
CONSTRUCTION WORK IS VERY SLOl
Private Made Good Money In thi
Army?Foodstuffs Received iron
tfncle Sam?Fraternities ActiveCotton
Ginning Slow?Other Matter
of General Interest.
Clover. September 11.?According t
announcement of Superintendent VJ
R. Koon, the Clover High school wil
open for the current session on nex
Monday, It was expected that th<
formal opening would take place las
Monday; but it was postponed, due t<
the fact that all arrangements for th<
opening had not been completed. How
ever, as was mentioned in this corre
spondcnce some time ago, a full corp;
of teachers has been secured, all o
them teachers of experience and>abillt:
and all other arrangements have beei
made for the opening nex^ Monday
Very probably brief formal exercise!
will be held in connection w^th thi
opening. Clover will have The larges
number of pupils in school this year ir
the history of the town, due to natura
Increase, the enforcement of the com>
pulsory attendance law ^nd the faci
^hat Certain sections in another schoo!
district have been added to the C'lovei
district.
Made Good Money in the Army.
Charles M- Dickson returned to hli
home in Clover several weeks ago aftei
serving with the American expeditionary
forces overseas, has re-opened his
barbershop?the OK, in Clover, and it
back on the old job again. Mr. Dickson
worked as a company barber ir
the army, and according to his own
statement, barbering was much more
profitable work in the army than it is
in Clover, YorkviUe or any other old
burg that he knows anything about
The army authorities in France wert
not only kind enough to allow him tc
keep all the money he* took in from
work; but they furnished him with
towels and soap. All that he had to dc
was to furnish his tools and a willingness
to "put out." The pickings were
good, he says, and some months he
made as much as $200 amputating the
beards and the hair of doughboys. He
saved more than $1,000 while he was
hi the service, and he says that if he
could have ever got rid of that "home"
feeling or if home had been right at
him. he would be perfectly content to
work as an army barber the balance
of his natural days.
Government Groceries Received.
Postmaster James A. Barrett said on
m -J- ? oV>{ nmnn f a r\ f irrn
i uesuav mat inu i>iii|?uvu? ?- c. ceries
ordered by people of Clover and
vicinity from the government, while
the grocery sale was in progress, have
been received in Clover. One shipment
came in last Saturday and the other
came in Tuesday.. iThe articles purchased
included groceries of almost
every kind on Uncle Sam's large^/fst
and those who have received them are
more than pleased with their purchases.
Fraternal Activities.
Considerable activity is manifest in
Clover fraternal sections at the present
time, especially among the Masons ant
the Junior Order. A large number ol
applicants have recently been receivec
in both lodges and the fraternities art
busy at their regular meetings in th<
work of administering degrees. Clo.
vcr has a reputation of being one ol
the best fraterna^ order towns in th<
state, and people generally always fee
rtiorc or less interest in fraternal mat
ters.
Survey Meeting Called Off.
Announcement is made here tha
owing to the fact that a meeting of th<
York Baptist association is to be helc
at Union church on September 17, th(
meeting called by Mr. Jas. A. Barrett
to be held in Yorkville on that date foi
the purpose of organizing York countj
to make a rural church survey, hai
been postponed for one week. It is
proposed to hold the meeting for th<
purpoes of Arranging the survey in th<
First Presbyterian church in Yorkville
on Wednesday, September 24, at 1<
o'clock in the morning.
Epworth League Re-Organized.
At a recent meeting the Epwortl
league of Clover Methodist church wa
re-organized on what is believed wil
bo a firmer basis than ever attcmpte<
' L- -? now momhevq h."lVI
UfiUl c. numciwuo
been received and officers were electee
who, it is believed, will give mucl
Interest and attention to the league
The officers are: W. M. Camp, presi
dent; Dan M. Barrett, vice president
flliss Cor.i Maxwell, secretary; M. ?
l'endlcton, treasurer; Mis3 Macii
Medgcpa'ih, corresponding secretary
Mi3s Bruna Brackett, Era agent; Misi
Macie Hedgepath, superintendent firs
division; Miss Eela Gordon, superin
tendent second division; Miss Onii
Horton, superintendent thira division
Miss Janie Robinson, superintenden
fourth division.
Vory Little Cotton Ginned.
Up to the present time very littl
cotton has been ginned in Clover am
indications are that there will be ver;
; little for the next week or so. Gin
' nings up to date have hardly totaled i
I dozen bales and the Clover ginnerie
are in the position of being all set witl
nothing to do. Farmers and busines
people are wearing a kind of worriei
look cn account of the unhealthy con
ditlon of the crop in these parts.
y
Baseball Still Popular.
Summer's wane to the contrary no
withstanding, there is still much inte
est among Clover people in baseba
I' and the teams of the Hawthorn ai
Clover mills are, staging a game or tv
or three every week. The Clover m
team defeated /an aggregation fro
^ Belmont here Saturday afternoon by
score of 20 to 5. The game was a con
plete fiasco but the fans enjoyed it :
? the same. Very probably several gam
n will be played this week and there
no indication as to when the basebt
season Is going to be declared off.
* . Building Progress Slow.
Progress on the construction of tl
0 new bank building on King's Mounta
street continues to be rather slow, b
1 cause of inability to secure materia
t and the same is trte of the afcnex
B the Hawthorn mill, now In course <
t construction. Good progress is beir
0 made in the construction of the ham
a some residence which Mr. Arthi
_ Quinn is erecting on Bethel streets
Miscellaneous Matters.
3 A large number of Clover peop
f went to Bethany Sunday on ackoui
Y of the special memorial service f<
j Bethany soldiers, which was hel
there. Not only Clover, but this entii
3 section was well represented.
? Mrs. M. A. Dorsett, who for mar
t years has conducted the Dorsett houi
j here, with a reputation for conductir
1 one of the best hotels in any sma
. town in the state, has been froced i
I retire from the business because of h<
I advanced years and gradually declii
r ing health. Mrs. Dorsett has dismisse
all of her boarders but otae, and is i
yet undecided as to whether or not sh
will continue to live at her home I
Clover, or go to live with her cbMdrei
Hundreds and perhaps thousands <
' traveling men from all parts of tt
^ country have stopped at her hous
during the long years mat sne m
been in the hotel business and hav
( partaken of the good meals that sh
t served, her table having always bee
' noted for its excellence- The esteeme
I lady is now, 78 years of age and to U3
her own words, "It's about time for ir
[ to quit."
Dr. M. B. Neil and family have rf
turned to their home in Clover aft<
spending several weeks with relativt
and friends in Washington and oth<
points.
Rev. and Mrs. H. Grady Hardin an
children of Charleston, have been vis
| iting relatives in Clover.
| Mr. and Mrs. Will Rudialli, who wer
married here last Tuesday, are spend
| ing several day* jn the mountains <
, North Carolina.
W. Oates Str.oup of Clover, was a vis
itor in Charlotte, Tuesday.
APPRECIATIVE COMMENT
Newspaper Friends Say Nice Thing
About The Yorkvilte Enquirer.
(News and Courier.)
A change in the appearance of th
, Yorkville Enquirer is an ehrent in th
newspaper world. Until the war she
| off its supply of high class glazed pa
per The Enquirer has been week in an
week out the rfame remarkably clea
I looking and wonderfully well gotte
' up paper as far bafck as most of it
readers could recall?If not farthe
than any of them could recall, for a
long ago as the '50's of the last cen
tury it was one of the handsomes
^ publications In the country and one c
j the best edited. The Enquin
^ has purchased a fine perfecting prei
j and comes to us in standard newspap<
form, eight pages seven columns. T1
* change has been made necessary b
the growth ef advertising patror
j age.
(Chester Reporter.)
' The Yorkville JSnquirer has ir
stalled a big perfecting press and ir
creased the size of the paper froi
four to eight pages. The Enquin
t has always stood at the top for ger
5 eral all-round excellence, and its ale
1 and enterprising owners spare neith<
1 personal effort nor expense to kes
, tho paper in the forefront.
r
; (Rock Hill Record.)
s The Yorkville Enquirer appean
, Tuesday in new and modern shape?
an 8-page 7-column paper, printed c
2 its new perfecting press. The ol
familiar make-\ip has dlsappearc
j The Enquirer men are to be congrati
lated on the prosperity. We ai
glad to see it and hope that it wi
1 continue.
s
(Lancaster News.)
j The Yorkville Enquirer has con
into the progressive class of news
papers and has adopted the moder
style, eight pages, seven columns <
1 the page. The Enquirer is one of tl
' best country papers in the state ar
ff\f mnnv vonra hno ctunl; t n t hp o]
' style of four great big pages, t(
' big to be handled easily. Recent
3 The Enquirer put In a very costly an
fast press, a press which has not b<
3 fore found its way into a town i
1 small as York, and the paper conn
to us this week in the modern styl
B None of the characteristics of tl
' old Enquirer are lost, however, an
1 the features which have been carric
for a quarter of a century and pei
haps a half, are'still in evidence. Tl
e zeneral annearance of the pap<
3 though is of the modern design, ar
y we congratulate its able editor on O
- improvements made.
1 m .
s Jacob Austin, of Emporia, Kan., hi
It grown 1,200 pounds of cabbage on
s patch of garden containing less tha
3 2,000 square feet. The cabbages avc
- age three poundB each and arc fr<
from insects.
, VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
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id Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
i,? Less Interest.
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a PICKED UP BY ENQUIRES REPORTERS
ui
es Stories Concerning Polk. and Things
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
for Quick Reading.
io There are more than a dozen York
In county boys and girls attending Boll*
e- Ing Springs High School near Shefby,
Is N. C., this year, the largest number
to perhaps ever attending the school
of from this county. The school which is
ig a co-educational institution is under
1- the direction of Prof. J. D. Higgins,
jr who was for a number of years principal
of the Bethiny High school when
that institute was a boarding school,
le Several of the York county students
ut spent last Sunday and Monday at
>r their respective homes.
Of interest to people throughout the
re county generally is the announcement
that the current term of Winthrop
iy College opens on September 17. In36
formation is that there will be cn (
lg unusually large number of York
^ county\young ladies in attendance up:o
on Winthrop this year. Several York
Ir county families for years resident of
other sections of the country have 1
moved to Rock Hill and vicinity withw
In the past few weeks in order that 1
,e their daughters might attend Winthrop :
n and at the same time livo at home.
There are twenty-three inmates of ]
ie' the county home at the present time,
,e according to Superintendent I. P. Boyd j
' who was asked about the matter Wed- ,
18
re ncsday. Of these twelve are white and (
eleven are colored. Everything is run- (
nlng along smoothly, according to Mr. j
d Boyd. Several of the children at the ,
,e home , will enter the schools of the ^
e county this fall. Crops on the county |
home farm are looking pretty good ,
and a big production is expected. ,
' Among the truck crops being grown
this year is about two acres of sweet
.S
potatoes, the largest acreage ever devoted
to that crop at the home.
<j Chief of Police Steel of Yorkviile,
j. proposes to take a hand in curbing
the gait of automobile speeders through
e the streets of the town. The chief
I. has been on his job here only one
>f week but that has been plenty long
enough for him to get a ljno oft con5.
dltions generally pretty well arid his
attention has been drawn corisiderahly
to the speed fiends. "I don't uiant to
do anybody?citizen of the town or
uny' one else; but folks driving cars
is around here will have to keep within
the pace set by the ordinances covering
the. subject and if they don't? .
well, the mayor assures me that he g
e will handle his end of it all right." ,
e ? (
lt There has been no time set fbr the j
meeting of the York county commit- <
d sioners with the Cherokee county uu- j
n thorities at which time Jt is proposed 1
n to fix the connecting place for tfre York <
8 and Cherokee county roads, vfluper- 1
_ vlaor Bovd said Wednesday that there j
g wa3 some misunderstanding' over ihe \
[m question with whom the York4 eotihty ^
lt board is to deal?whether It 'shall be <
the Cherokee county board of commis- j
;r sloner3 or the CVktTO^%% County '
Ja way commission. Thero are some who
Jr think that the matter is one which the
le county highway commissioners Jiave in
y charge; but the York county commisj_.
sionefB are of the opinion that they
should deal with the county commissioners
of Cherokee county. Anyway
there is some difference of opinion and
i- the York county commissioners are goi.
ing to know positively with what aun
thorltics they must deal before they |
>r do any dealing.
i- Of considerable Interest to people
rt generally throughout the Piedmont
Jr section is the trial of Hugh T. Bram
P lctt, a well known contractor or ureenvlllc
who is now on trial for his life
in that city charged with shooting and
killing his mother-in-law, Mrs. L. C.
!(* McHugh and wounding his sister-in- ,
" law, Miss Peoria McHugh. The trial ,
,n was concluded this week. Mr. J. Lyle
Love, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Love
^ of York No. 3, is one of the attorneys
for the defense in the case, he having
e been engaged in the practice of law
11 in Greenville for several years past.
The killing occurred last June and .
aroused considerable feeling through- J
out Greenville county on account of
the prominence of all the persons con- (
cerned, it being deemed best to carry (
,0 BramJett to the state penitentiary for ,
c safe keeping after the tragedy. The
l(j defense's plea is insanity. There 1b an |
imposing array of legal counsel on
)0 both sides and the outcome of the <
ly case will be awaited with considerable
[(j interest. j
>. "While some of the moonshine 11- i
IS quor that trickles down this way
comes from Gaston county and abovo, <
e. the Gaston county authorities, especi- s
ie ally the Gastonia police, are doing ev- i
id erything possible to check the traffic,"
.d observed Chief of Police John A. Jack- (
son of Clover the other day. "I had od- <
ie casion to come through a suburb of <
;r Gastonia pretty early one morning rc,d
cently. While in the suburbs of the i
ic city the automobile in which I was i
traveling was hailed by another auto- 1
mobile and ordered to stop. We stop- j
is ped and seveial policemen and a depua
ty sheriff stepped out of the other au- r
m tomoblle and gave us the once over, j
r- One of the policemen recognized me t
almost immediately and of course we <!
were allowed to proceed. 'Just didn't s
know who you were," one of the officers
explained. Every' automobile going-through
Gastonla at* an unnatural
hour is given a careful scrutiny. Gastopla
has plenty of policemen and it is
really a dangerous thing to try to
smuggle booze by them."
This story comes to Here and There
from Sharon, and it is well vouched
for: Master James, the little four or
five year old son of Dr. J. H. Saye,
came to the house not long ago with a
live full grown squirrel In his hands.
The little aqimo^ was apparently as
happy and contented as a tame kitten.
In response to questions it developed
that while out in the pasture, a short
distance from the house, he had come
upon the squirrel playing about and
it had made no objection to his picking
it up. Elders who knew more
about the nature pf squirrels, some of
them from the experience of bitten
fingers, advised -him to take the little
animal back to the pasture and turn
It loose. They watched him, and they
say that Imra lately after its release.
the squirrel pricked up a tree.
The remarkable feature of the Incident
of course, Is the docility of a live
healthy wild squirrel under the circumstances.
Squirrels may be tamed
perhaps; but sooner or later the would- '
be tamer has occasion to regret the
attempt.
York county has the honor of being
the second white ribbon county in i
Sunday school work in thp state. At i
the Sunday school convention held at \
Tirzah Tuesday the county greatly ,
oversubscribed its* final allotment of |
|17B thereby going in the list of white ]
ribbon counties. Lancaster county was ,
the' first in the state to raise its allot- |
ment. On the state mpp which is dis- |
played at every convention attended ]
by the state Sunday school workers, ,
blue and white rlhbons indicate the ,
Ilnal standing of the counties of their {
conventions. The blue indicates that
half of tl>e county pledge was paid,
while the white indicates that all is
paid. The one white ribbon looked
lonesome Tuesday morning and not
jo lonely when the second representing
York was affixed late in the ifcfterloon.
Prof. R. D. Webb of Spartanburg,
state secretary of Sunday school
work leaves within a few days for
New York state where he is to assist
in a , drive for the raising of $1,000,000
'or Sunday school work in that state.
The time for holding the York county
convention was moved up in order ^
hat Mr. Webb' might be present,
i ii ia?-oommstion with the proposed
rection of a mondhient to mark the r
lite of Hill's old iron works on Allison f
^reek. it would be interesting to get up j
1 collection of relics of the historic a
plant for exhibition on the day of the %
mveiling. Here and There has seen t
it different times various, specimens o
>f th& output of the old plant, and
rhc Yorkville Enquirer has in its pos- t
lession one particular specimen that is ]
>f peculalr historic interest. The r
specimen referred tq is what remains 2
it a one-pounder swfvel that has quite g
i history, fully authenticated by the j
ate Ilev. Dr. Lathan. This swivel was. c
:ast at the iron works before or dur- j
ng the Revolutionary war. Upon' the t
ipproach of the British and Tories t
inder Houck, . to destroy the iron l
ivorks, William and Robert Hill, sons g
it 011. William Hill loaded this old 2
swivel, mounted it on a stump on a (
nigh MU on the north, aide of Allison c
Creek and stood ready to Are at sight i
of the enemy. But the Tories slipped j
in on the boys from behind and took J
possession of their weapon, which <
they threw into the cr?ck. Some years ;
afterward a fisherman found the 1
swivel, while disentangling a hook i
that had caught'in something; he did ]
not know what, and took it out of the j
water. For a longtime afterward the
little cannon was used In firing Fourth j
of July salutes, and finally it was i
bursted by an overcharge. The part 1
that is now in the possession of "the :
Enquirer, something like half its
original length, weighs 25 or 30 1
pounds. i
, I
Do You Know That?The man who 1
makes good Is the man who keeps on 1
making good.
A grouch is merely a man who has
made up his mind tHat everybody is i
deliberately trying to give him the 1
worst of it. <
Everybody knows what he would do I
if he had the other fellow's money t
yet mighty few know how to handle i
their own coins as.well. J
Every once in a while we run across i
i man who makes us suspect that he f
:arries a powder puff just inside the 1
top button of his vest. i
No bird possesses the power to fly 1
backward.
A needle passes through 80 opera- 1
tions in its manufacture. 8
The most ancient sweets are sugar n
plums, sugar almonds and burnt al- ?
nonds. f
When a girl waa married in ancient Q
Ureence the bride's mother carried the t
sacred fire from her own hearth to v
:hat of the new home. * c
The Inch measure was formerly sub- 1
livided into three "barleycorns," these b
livisions being originally the length b
>f a well-dried grain of barley. t;
Sweden claims to have the oldest a
:essel in Europe?perhaps in the P
vorld?in the schooner Emanuel, A
milt in 1749. She was a privateer a
ind is now in the timber trade. a
In Japan massage treatment is ad- a
ninistered almost entirely by blind a
>ersons. The reason is because, in a
he blind the sense of touch is more ii
lelicate than in persons blessed with tl
lght. g
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ID PRISON OR ROAD
Llqaor Sellers JhwU Not He BlinksH
mi flee
SO TUNIS TB? YOi# G1AND JU1T 1
Important Recom/ruhdatlon With R?oard
to Raal P^htntnt <Or VioUr
tion of tho Prohibition U*f?.
The York eounWdrf^'d Jusy finish ed
its work In odnuefltlbn with the
September terra oi t|ie court on but
Tuesday mornlngk'i^JHfJjWtore Its discharge,
submitted' the (dlloirluf signed
by R. A. Bafttyh 1to&Utn'as Its flnsj J
presentment
' To the Hon. Thos.R &ase. presiding
judge:
The Grand Jury of York county sub- v
mlts the following report fox the pres- . '<
ent term of ciurt:
We huvejjlueed .oA alj, bills handed \
to us by 'the sCUdttor a|t0 1 returned
same with oar flAdin?,t>?erooi!.
We have cdnqfdeMd tho matter your
Honor called to our attention In regard
to the oompulddry education law.
We fully agree with your Honor and
recommend that same 'be / enforced
and strengthened.
Wo commend tho action of Sheriff '
Qulnn, the state constables and the
magistrates in their efforts to suppress ^
the liquor traffic. ' We also promise '
our co-ope ration with these officials to A
:he limit of our power and. authority.
in this connection, too, we beg to re:ommend
to pgr legislative delegation
the advisability of making the penal- jSS
ties for the violation of the prohibition
aw more severe than theyf are now, *<
jven to the extent of' depriving coq.
icted offenders of the privilege of
icttling on a basis of lines and giving
hem straight prison of. hoed sentences
nstcad.
We fieeitre to thask your. h<*>or and
the solicitor for 1Kb courtesies shown
in and ths assistance given us I" the
llBcharge of ourduties. s
There being no further business at'
his term of court, we reepeetfullp agk
hat we be dismissed from further atondance
at this term of bourt.
UN.T8
Ml Amerleeh Win fist v Id' . ^
>risoners and other duties under the
irmlstice havfc been ati&punced by tye *j
var department. are, in addiion
to the combat forces on the Rhine
ind are aa ioiiowb: , ,k
Regimental headquarters, heariquafcrs
and supply compOalifs E, F U afltf1
of the Second Ptttteer Infantry,""
nllltary police conipafet<ss 282, Sty
26, 265. 285 and IM; Thirty.fifth
crvice company; raotftr trans port corfu
lanies <18, 683, G98, 6it ttnd 700; motor- |
:ycle .companies ">6 ahd 208; service
>ark units 420, 714, 8>8 and 860; moor
truck companies 't. and 546; moor
supply train 428; #|i*rd companies
25, 186, 189, *140 add 14* inclusive, 14T fj
-nd 160; depot eeryipi Companies 2,e.;Jjl
:8 dnd 36; priaoftdtfb' Of war escort
:ompanled, 1, 2, 9, 88* 15, 60 to 66 inilualve,
68, 71, 72, 73,/IS to 79 inch**/
five, 81, 82, 85, if, H8. 122,. 202 ttT
214 inclusive, 216, 21$ |o 281 inclusive,
123, 227 to 230 inclusive, 882 to 248 in- /
elusive, 246 to 261 inoidfive, 265, 267,
168, 269. 272, 273 and |74; admlnistragr
live service comj*nj#0, W, tit,' 61, 10r'
ind 78; provisional fU^Td companies
L to 10 inclusive; provisional mechancal
units 2 and f- /
"The dates of rstdiiri of all these oiy |f
?anizations are lndddftlfe" the anlouncement
said, 'dvfr to the uncer:alnty
of the tiipe reocplrid to repatri'
ite German prisoner* fit war."
Secretary Baker sakjthe deportment
rnd not been advlsed'^p ihe afrecment '
reported to have hefk'hNfcchJ between
he Allies regarding ityl immediate Iniug:uration
of the rejiAtrlatlon of prla>ner8
of war."
Skillet Belonged^ ^fttieie Marion/-' . \
Plnkney W. H. liee, a veteran of tlje.
Jnlon army, bar Tipton: Governor
hooper that he l*j fotwk^dinr un. e \
jarcel post to tRe 89uth Caroline Me?
orlcal commission < a/ eklllet which t
vas owned aad ikid tfy Ftancis Ifa"ion
of Revolutions^ fame, Mr . Leevho
was a menlbeh of Company I.
Jixth Tennessee dtjpjjy , VotnnteVBl.
ives at Martifj, Waijfy says his
nother tfras a rfcttlTe'-'it BOUth Caro-\
Ina. '* ^
"I am an old said the
etter of Mr. Lee. T in my
Oth year, and this skillet has been In- 1
ny possession for about. 50 years. It
?as formerly In possession of my'
ather, Green Thomhe Loe, and he ac
lulred It at the sale Of personal efecte
of old Uncle Aftfus Alexander
rho came to this country from Union '
ounty, South Carolina* early in 1800.
'his skillet was understood to be used
y General Francis Marion?that is,
is cook, while he was in the RevoluInnai-v
war nn<i Hll Mm t* nr mPM
8 it was callod in attny life, were
>reparcd on this skillet. Old Uncle
Jexander represented this as the peronal
skillet of Gen. Francis Marion*
nd that it was used as above stated*
nd no one ever doubted what he sold
bout it. I have Ad doubt whatever
bout it being as represented, and am
ideed pleased tp ..present it to you,
tie historical cofrimiitflOn. and .to -your
reat state." ^jj