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Scraps and iacto. r? President "Wilson has been a very sick man during the past week- Following his return from his speaking tour in the west he was still able to be flip and tpo^ some, automobile rides for air ttnd exercise. Later, libwever, he'was (ordered to remain in bed. Temperature ran pretty high and be-, cbihing alarmed Dr. Qrarj'soVi considered it prudent to call in outside spc^ln* TKo cnaolollofc o PTonfl with the doctor that the president was suffering from nervous collapse which did not quite amount to exhaustion. Absolute rest and quiet was ordered. nor\e btit the family were allowed to' see him. I'uch concern has been fefc throughout the .country and( the world because of "thd president's condition. The latest reports, however, appear to be more encouraging. ?Secretary Tumulty has prepared an answer to a resolution Introduced by Representative Rodenburg of Illinois, asking for Information concerning the alleged million dollars .worth of gifts received by President Wilson in Europe. The list will be itemized and it was said at the White House me value la "very, very insignificant." Ill fact, it was said, by officials, the president did not receive a single present which would require an act of congress to enable him to accept. In evfery case, it was said, where a gift was about to be made; the president Ooasulted Secretary I^ansing and the attorney general, who advised/ that thai president could accept. Thfe king of Italy presented the president with two old guns and the king of England gave him a book, it was said. The most valuable present received by the. president was a gold casket which contacted a certificate of citizenship from the city of London. LordVjorthcllffe.,owner of the London Times, the London Daily Mail and many other English papers has defied organized Jabor to keep him from expressing in his newspaper whatever opinion he fnay choose regarding the railwaymen's strike now going on in England. Lord Northcliffe, who is the most powerful newspaper owner in the ' World, expressed himself as prepared to rftop the publication of his papers rather than modify his opinion on the strike. A few days ago the machine tfcanagers of The London Daily Mail sent to'Lord Northcliffe a letter containing the following: "We wish to enter a strong protest against the treatment meted, out to the National TJ>nion of Railwaymen in the columns of your paper." To which Lird Northcliffe replied: "I am entirely satisfied with the attitude of my journals toward this national calamity, and rather than bis dictated to by anyone or any body of men I will stop the publication of these newspapers,- and have so Informed the Newspaper Proprietors' Association." ? Told by George A. Zabriskle, presi dent of the.gqgar equalization board, it was practically certain that unless legislative action was takon immediately sugar prices would increase after January 1, the senate committee investigating the sugar shortage on Friday'rt&quested W. A: Glasgow, counsel for the food administration to formulate legislation designed to alleviate th^ situation ahd to make possible negotiations for purchasing the 1920 Cuban sugar Crop. The committee mad6 its'request after Mr. Zabriskie had testified that despite urging by the sugar equalization board President Wilson had failed to authorize purchase of the Cuban crop, and after he at Chairman McNary's insistence had presented his correspondence with the president. The Cuban government withdrew its offer of the sugar crop Sentember 23. Zabriskie said. He add eil. however, that means might yot he found to obtain the Cuban sugar if legislative action ?could be had immediately. It would be necessary also, he said, to make provision for continuation of the sugar equalization loard, which automatically goes out of existence December 31. f?V li * ' ?Tjy decisive votes the senate last ^"" ""ITiursday defeated all of the 33 textual amendihents offered by Senator Fall, Republican, of New Mexico, anil supported I by the Foreign Relations Committee majority, intended to eliminate American participation on the commissions established under the treaty, excepting the Reparation commission. Mr. Fall has one more amendment to provide that the representative of the United States on the Reparation Commission be subject to instructions of his government in all matters excepting commerce involving this country- That, too, it is assured, j is doomed to defeat when reached la- i tcr in-the reading of the treaty. The outcome of this, the first clash ot strength between the opposing forces | on amendments in the treaty battle,! was accepted by the Republican lead- | ers as forecasting the fate of the remaining amendments promulgated by I , the committee, with the exception of that of Senator Johnson of California to equalize the voting power of Great Britain and the United States in theLeague of Nations Assembly, 'fbc Johnson ainondtnont' they hope to. r- bave. ? Fully two million new cotton spin- , dies are under order for delivery i to United States mills at the earliest ! I practicable date and foreign countries are seeking new machinery nere despite ^ i the abnormally high prices asked for ! mill machinery and for general mill, construction, according to reports from ! the New England Mill Machinery centers. New Jersey and Ithode Is- j land" mills will add half a million spindles in the next 15 months if they can secure deliveries. The demand for cotton mill machinery in the south is j comddered .ver# remarkable by men of j longest experience in the business who j say there appears to be a siipemhund- j ittNUfn thit. tisftion awaiting) f * A investment in new mills or additions tc to old ones. Machinery manufacturers si have begun to decline any more busl- tl ness in which a definite date of ,de- t< livery is sought, as it has been found al impossible to give promises that are ti worth much if a delivery before 1921 a is wanted for a new mill. Costs today, r< geneitiliy spotting, arc. two 'and one- \j half to three times what they were five ei years ago in the building and equip- a inentf 'of coftdnl millw. '. There has been td no time in the history or couon mius p building for fifty years, manufacturers t< say, when so rpuch ready cash seemed n to,bo in the/ftandripi ihvostors in mill a. properties, "'rttsh in advance on many n orders is offered for deliveries on jf specified dates., , , ,. & , -i- do' . .. I i i 0 ?He |}wkttulr mjuirrr. |j Entered at the Postofflce at York as f Mail Matter of the Second Class. 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1919. 1< With the defeat of what are known as the Kali amendments, the senate * ought to have sense enough to ratify ? the peace treaty and go home. It is P quite evident that the American public * has very little sympathy >vith all this * unnecessary discussion. s c The French chamber of deputies ^ has ratified the peace treaty by an t pverwhelming majority , and at the a same time the chamber gave Clemen- ? \U ceau the strongest vote of confidence ^ that he has ever received. All eyes are p now turned to the United States, for t it is commonly believed that a favor- Q able vote of the United States senate will come pretty near to settling the whole trouble- Italy has not. yet rat- f ified the treaty; but it is believed that ^ Italy will have the whole matter set- e tied for her by royal decree. s \ t! Though men sometimes gct? imr a patient of the law, it in well to re- a member that without,the law there is n no protection to either life, property a or the pursuit of happiness. The man h or woman who foregoes the law is c skating on thin ice, with a certainty n of breaking through. There are n those in high position, perhaps, who a violate the law and who, apparently tl get away with it. But the getting b away is only apparent. The punish- a rner.t of outlaws in high position is t: just as sure and just as severe as i$. li punishment of their more more hum- p Imitators. | o . ? . n And*by the way, the Yorkville En- w .quirer, already the leading county pa- n per in the state, has recently installed a modern perfecting press. As a re- *" suit of this The. Enquirer now ap- (! pears in 8-page form, giving it a great 1< deal more space and adding very (] much to tho appearance of the paper. Editor Grist is a newspaper man in ovnrv Konso of the word and his naner n comes about as near containing only tl that which the reading, public seeks y as any Journal which comes this vfiiy?Fort Mill Times. a Certainly The Yorkvilte Enquirer appreciates that. Such A compliment v coming from a local contemporary v commands appreciation, t This paragraph is being reproduced for two a reasons. One because The Enquirer is proud of it, and the other by way of acknowledgment of the courtesy c ol' the Times. , b ? , , tl (icneral Leonard Wood has issued a ^ statement in which he charges the're- M cent rioting in Omaha to the "or- '' ganized elements of disorder." He R praises the American I^egion. ofllcers *' and enlisted men of the recent great " national army for coming to the res- n - - .. c cue cf the civil authorities more man four hundred strong, and he says that all the 1: bor organizations came out ^ squarely for law and order. He says ' that the American legion men were quickly organized and highly efficient. n and he feeds confident that the 1.000,- 11 000 men who were recently enrolled > in the service of their country can at-1 *' ways be depended upon everywhere. to maintain the established order of jj things against that portion of the population that is ever ready to seize s upon any project to incite to violence J and lawlessness. The general says a that the situation is now well in ,l hand and the civil- authorities of 1 Omaha, will soon be restored to com- i '' plete control. , P c A congressional investigating committee is endeavoring to ilnd out why the hundreds of thousands of auto- ,j mobiles accumulated by the govern- t meat for military purposes during the t| war are now being permitted to stand idle and undisposed of. The war has (j been over for a year, lacking Jittle more than, p month, and by the time ^ Hie investigation is completed the mil- j. lions of dollars worth of automobiles involved in the investigation will probably have gone to ruin. These C( automobiles, every one of them that is not needed, should be put en the p market and sold for a price. They should not he sacrificed. It is not n necessary to sacrifice them. Hut they a should be offered at a reasonable dis- Sl count t>ff original cost and sold to <| whoever desires to buy. These inili- ... tar\ automobiles are the explanation e of why the automobile manufacturers j C( are now behind with their orders. Cut p the military automobiles on the I p market, and so much the sooner will \ automobile trade t?e restored to j |. normal. * ' 4 \ ' J. Tlip-Krilistv railwav strike, whU-li j 1? sociu<?I to huvo !?roti-li|: jC-yuolry I; ? the brink of ruin, w>is brought to a idden end last Sunday afternoon irough compromise. The strikers are > go back to work as soon as possible t the same wages and they arc to connue to work for the same wages for year, or so long as the cost of living ;malns 110 per cent above the pre ar level. *Jt tW'bfjfrttecT; that the strikrs shall ntif! tle3criminatcd against nd that there shall t/e'ho discriminaion against the rnoriv,who took theltr laces. In th<v meantime there are ) be conferences wjth a view to securig adjustment of working conditions nd settlement "of wage scales,' The linimum tyage until- further ftdjusticnt is to'the 51 shillings a/\yeek. The ettlement is not .claimed'flsf a victory 3r {either side; but both sides arc en|rely satisfied with the'situation and fie Itnlon men are sneaking in high raise of the breadth, wisdom and enercslty o? Premier Lloyd George hroughout the whole controversy. Tlir.t these tiriics arc strange and nusual is not to be denied. All times re strange and unusur.l. We have ad times very similar to these before. ??v\r?in whn rpmembor tho economic :id social conditions existing throughut the country, especially in the outh, following the civil war on up to ho breaking out of the world war, ught to have a very comprehensive lea of the revolution embraced Inhat period. There was wonderful jveljng down and evening up during hat period, a process that is going n all oyer the world today. It Is this iroccss which is more apparent now linn at other times that makes us hink that theso times are especially trange. But the world is going to ettlo down to normal again, and this ountry is going to settle down with L And those who will Care best hrough it all will not be those who re content to sit quietly and "wait intil things get right," but those who lefsistently seek, diversion in useful mploymcnt calculated to contribute o the comfort, pleasure and happiness f others. Authorize^ investigation of the 'hlllips coiinty, Arkansas race trouble as established beyond question the xislance of a local conspiracy of urprising Intent and purpose. Negroes aken prisoner in connection with the flfair have given the whole tMlng yay. Their revelations are of a. lost startling and sensational mature, nd the truth of what they have told n?" fnlUr nnnflmrio/? hi' vn rlnilC C40 I'Utll lUIJ.y vvtllll lliVU wjr ?M. ???../ ircumstances that seem to admit of o. question. It appears that white ion were in .charge of the whole thing, nd were having the negroes to put up he money not only for their benefit; ut for arms, ammunition, literature nd the like for the accomplishment of he whole hellish scheme. The negroes [>ld that u general massacre had been lanned for October C. Some twentyno white men were to be killed by egroes assigned for the purpose, and ritli these killings, which were to be one by assassination, there was to be general massacre. In preparation jr their work the negroes had collected 50,000 rounds of ammunition at ho Branch Normal school at . Pine Huff, .'tnd this has been seized. The egroes were being inafto to l>elievc hat a part ot' the government at Washington was giving them assistnce in securing "their rights" and hat among other benefits to be proided were a congress building in 'hich the negroes were to regulate iii'ir ciiLitirrt wiui tin tiling ui o,uuu uicu t their disposal. No other one Influence, perhaps, has ontributcd more to the material ,wclire of this section of the state than he splendid banking facilities that ave been developed here. Our banks, ithout exception, are a credit to the eople in charge and to the people enerally. The bankers deserve credit II' ar the broad, liberal, and progressive ties on which they run their busiest), and their patrons are entitled to rcdit for intelligent discrimination in inking use of the facilities offered. Ye have no authentic statistics availble; but we have information conrniatbry of the belief that there ale lore bank patrons in York county, in TODortinn to population than in any " ' " " t ounty in the state. In this rpspect, roportlon of population "having bank ccounts, we believe York will rank igh with all the countries of the United itates. It has been a matter of a hort time, not more than twenty ears, when the man with a bank ccount was the exception. As many s nine people out of ton who, from imo to time, were accustomed to have s much as $100 or more in cash were icllncd to keep that cash in their crsonal possession,'and pay it out as ; ash. Now except for labor, a cash ayment of even $25, is more or less arc. The man who has business of his volume and who has no bank j ccount is the exception rather than j he rule. Most of the money of the) o.untry is now in the hanks, where it ) oes the most good to everybody. J'eo- | Ic ore beginning to understni\d that I rivate hoarding of small amounts, or vjge amounts, works general hard-' hip to the public, including them-! fives, and the number of people who j omprchend the general benefits aris- < ig to everybody from common de- j ocits Ims Ri'own to surprising pro ortions. It would be difficult to estf- ! tate the material benefits the banks re conferring on the people of this eclion; but it is not difficult to see' tint within twenty years at the same' ite of progress that has been appnr-; nt for the past twenty years, York I aunty will be several times as pros- : erour. as site is now. And this pros- j erity will extend not to the hankers | lone but to every class of the popu- j ition. rJohiu M. Capghraan. 7jj, t>n? of} the esjknown Pit?>l l.ifiiitgfon, dirrt r lywoek. ,j LOCAL, A FFAIRS, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 0. L. Jones, Co. Organicr- Gives invitation to sectional meeting at First Baptist a? Rock Hill. Wednesday night. Carroll Bro3.?Specially recommend Colonial flour for good bread. A new car just received. Also have Harvest Queen flour. J. M. Ferguson?Can supply farmers with various kinds of field seeds. Also lias full line of feed stuffs. ,, Star Theatre?Offers a Blue Ribbon feature 'fbr today, and Bessie BdVriScaie tomorrow.' A. A. Burns. Exer. Eat P. Mi Burrio?Given , notion that he will apply; to probate court on November 5 for final discharge as e .ecutor. IT. B. Glenn. Manager?Uriah ginnery, says ginning prict> is $3.50 per bale. Bagging and ties for sale. Cotton seed wanted. ? ? * ? ?- ? - * r?? V?^lr AAnnttf r reel M. Alien, r,\. r?ec.~ uivm-n j that it in ciipccially well supplied with shoes of every description at the right prices and in tho right styles. Fcinstein Bargain House?Appologi^es for inabilitx to wait on its trade Saturday. Special offerings fdr this .woek. , ' ? ' Yorkville Cotton OH Qo.?Wahtfi'you to knew? that its flour niilr is turning out high grade straight patent flour. Meal and hulls for sale. a. In soma localities of this county, the farmers are getting their cotton picked for 90 cents and in some other localities they are paying $1.10. The prevailing price, however, is $1, and as matters stand that is a plenty. ' Leading Citizens of the Beersheba school district are going right ahead with plans for a new school house to j bo bjtllt for the benefit .of thQ schpofl "district. Need fofa.lle'w building has been realized for some time past and the understanding Ss that the district i3 going to build right Sway. Last Sunday is declared to have been the hottest October day of which , the weather bureau at Washington, has any . record. The high mark reached by . the mer,cfiry wus 93 degrees, against 92.5 October 8. 1S85 the previous high record. At' Yorkville the highest mark reached Sunday was 91 degrees, as recorded u" i.-infflnlfii fhurmnmpfpr II v (HI UlUUiai J unuu.viw. ...v.. The record of October weather for this section is held by October 7, 1880, when the mercury registered between S2 and 83 degrees. '. Although it had been generally recognized for several weeks that the iilness of Mr. R. C. Allein could hardly turn out otherwise than the worst land thut with but little respite, the death of this (gentleman came as a distinct shock to the entire community. A man of high Ideals and fine principles which ineluded broad and generous charity with a moat whole- j some interest in the well-being of his fellows, Mr. Allein enjoyed the respect and esteem erf an pnpsually large circle of acquaintances in the' town of j Yorkvillc and throughout the surrounding country, and in his death j many of, these feel a sense of loss that is exceeded only by the members of his devoted family. A giost excellent citizen was Mr. Allein. The EnquiVer 4A a communication from Mr.- (2. C:1f>ce?& df .Hill, stating that the statement in this pa per/lasti Fritby. to the pfrect that he is charge^ wtth ^ell^K^ JrirjiaTbS*gin^ger was incorrect. The charge made against him is alleged to be the sale of extracts and medical compounds only. He states that while he has sold such commodities he has never sold the in except for legitimate purposes, and the charge .-.against him' is not, based on facft.' ftc is not a lawbreaker, he says, and he requests a suspension of judgnien$ one way or the other until there has been a full disclosure of the faqts. The statement in The Enquirer was made by a representative of the paper who obtained his information in Rock Hill; but who did not see the warrant. There is no intention or desire to do Mr. Deese\Jnjustice so far as The Enquirer Is concerned, and his request for a suspension of Judgment pending a development of the facts is manifestly reasonable and proper. OFFICERS MADE BIO HAUL Prohibition bflicers operating in | York county destroyed a distillery of about 100 gallop capacity in King's Mountain township within a short distance of the North Carolina line last week. The operatives of the distillery were not present when the officers came, having it^clvod Warning in seine way that the officers were coming. The big pot was hot and the fire had been almost extinguished by means of pouring water upon^it. A quantity of beer estimated at 1,000 gallons contained in four big vats was poured out upon the ground and about three quarts of freshly made liquor fell to the officers. The distillery was found to be complete. % Officers operating Friday destroyed a distillery on what is known as the Caldwell place, the property of J. W. Smith, about six miles west of Yorkvillo. There was nothing to indicate that the distillery had been in operation j recently. THE MARRIAGE RECORD Marriage licenses have been issued by l'robale Judge Houston as follows: Oct. 3?Johir"Lindsay to Lucile Pee; Fort Mill, (colored). Oct. S -Kughne Smith to Rssie Mocks, Hickory drove, (colored). Oct. 3?John Thomas to Viola Uilius Concord, X. C\. < >oi. ;s?jonn w. aocii, lioniyvnn; iu i Mcll X'eill, X^Iovcr. Oct. 3?John-C. Loyd to Madge Elizabeth Smith, Kannapolis, N*. O. Oct. 4?Alex Gains to Nancy | Sanders. Catawba township, (colored). [ Oct. 4?Garvin Laming to Bertha 1 Carswell, Gastonia. Oct. 4?Richard M. Thompson to linth Seizor, Lincoln county. X. C. Oct. 4?Willia J. Huff, Gastonia to j Delia .Mack, King's Mountain. Oct. 4 ? Itufr Roberts to Ora Hughes, Bullock's Creek township, (colored).! Oct. 4?Grover Patterson to Mary Kobinson, Bullock's Creek township, (colored). ; Oft. 4^L^j Put9uij?.|:l<jn^s.)ML.. to'< Jttti ll:i. l'MnciatinAn,1 ( roXvd^c fMdunJijj Xorl h ,(',a vr>l^a Uli \ Oct. 4?James Roy Barron to ] Frances Mildred Koonce, Rock Hill. I Oct. 4?J. Ituford Stanley to Francos j Marlon Clinton, Rock Hill. * Oct. 4?John W. Murray to Asalec ] Whitlock, Rock Hill, (colored). i Oct 4?W. Baxter Crump to Cora i Spake, Rock HUi. Leo1 I'ag to Mary Estrldgc, Rock Hill, (colored). ! < Oct. 4?Ivce J'oag to Mary EstrlUge, ' Rock Hill, (colored). < , ' i AUCTION SALES Several tracts <rf land wcrb sold: at 1 ;puh!lc auction "before the courthouse'.1 door yesterday morning, ny uiera m Court J no. R. Ix>gan. The sales attracted quite a number of people. In thb partition case of Bessie 'Barnett and Mattle Lou Barnett, plaintiffs against Edith Barnett Dodd and W. A. Barnett individuals and as administrators of the estate of Robert M. Barnett, deceased, three tracts of land lying in Bethel township, were sold. A tract including 100J acres was purchased by C. P. Sherer, agent for $40 an acre. ' A tract containing 119J acres was purchased by J. J. NlcholB for $41 an aero and a tract containing 103J acres was purchased by Dr. T. N. Dulin for J59 an. acre. A tract of 731 acres Was sold at auction in* the case of John Lytlfc Wood and Nelson Wood as executors of J. P.' McCarter, deceased, plaintiffs against Mrs. Julia Smart, Rena Smart ona nihcihs Thn trn<it vfls mirohnsed by Dtv A. 'Y. Cartwright ref>refeeotiha; Mrs. Annie J. Lawrence for $2,950. i ~f~. ' 'W ?v TEACHERS EXAMINATION The regular fall teacher's exartiina-' tiori for Vork county was conducted In Yorkville last Saturday under the direction of Superintendent.of Education John E. Carroll and Mr. T. E. McMackin of the county board of education. The following took the cxamiation: ' White: Annie May Dowdle, Sharon; Marlon McCarter, Clovec; Mrs., S. A. Mitchell, Sharon: Iola Garrison, York No. 3; Edna Thomas, Rock Hill No. 1; Irene Davidson, Clover No. 1; Mary Davidson, Clover No. 1; Lucll'e Lesslie, Lesslie'; Mildred Parrott, Clover; Nanhie Simpson. Lesslie; Edith Alexander, Clover; Ralph Cain, Sharon; Laura Camp, Shelby; Ora Watson. Hickory Grove; Mrs. R. M. Stroup, /Clover. Colored: W. B. Baskins, Josephine CasBell, Mary E. Williams, Pearlla J; Crawford, Mattic Williams, Leila M. Bowcn, Sara A. Guthrie, E. E. Crawford, Maria D. Crawford, J. H. Lewis, Mabel Wilson, Mattic G. Armstrong. E. B. King, Alberta Bowen, P. /B. Byrd, Minnie Grnham, Ansonia Barber, iola Pearl, Alma WJtherspoon, Sarah Williamson, Mary Jones, Lizzie Johnsou, Bertliu Robinson. ! ' ABOUT PEOPLE. [ 'Mr. and Mrs. C. W. ' Adickes, of Winston-Sulcm, N. C., spent*the week' end in Yorkville. j <Miss Martha Brandon of Rock Hill spent Sunday in Yorkville, the guest [of Miss Lucia Reld Ewart. Mrs./D, E. Finley of Yorkville, Is [ visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dexter Brown in Anderson. A. M. Jackson and family of Magnolia, Ala., are spending some time in Yorkville. , . J. B. f'egram of Yorkville left lasc week for Richmond, Va., to undergo treatment in a hospital there. Mr. James M. Starr has been ill at his home in Yorkville, since la3t Thursday; but was some better la3t night. Miss Sally Summer of Gactonla, spent the week-end in Yorkville, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. B. Jenkins, Jr. , Lylc Love, Esq., of Greenville spent Saturday and Sunday, the guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs^ R. R. Love near Yorkville. , Mrs. George D. Topping of Columbus, O., and Mr. T. H- Allein of Vicks- i burg. Miss., attended the funeral of I their brother, Mr. R, C. Allein in < Yorkville, last week. ] Miss Penny Feeiuster ot Yoricvuie 1 Ellie Stewart, formerly engaged in the operation of a meat market in 1 Yorkvlllc, has recently opened a ' market in Charlotte, N. C? together ' with his brother, Will Stewart. 1 who has been in the Fennell Infirmary, ' Rock Hill for some time on account of a broken limb and later because of a broken wrist has so far recovered as to be able to be taken to the home of her brother, Mr. J. T. Fcemster on 1 Yorkvillc No. 5. Among those who attended the! funeral of Air. It. C. Allcin in York- j ville, Saturday were: E. 15. Williams, Meridian, Miss., William Smith, At- t lanta: Mcsdames Roy Wiggins, Fred t Moscr, Miss Nannie Pendleton, Shelby, j" N. C.: Dr. Je(Tries. Messrs. R . M. > Wilklns, Will Wilkerson, Fred Lips-1 comi), MaVnard Smith, Gaffney. Yorkville had a distinguished visi- j ' nm liioi rauuu?i> in intr i'uiouii ifi mi. Bright Williamson the well-known ( farmer -and banker of Darltngtoo. He ^ was on his way to Shelby, N. C., accompanied by Mrs. Williamson and J Mrs. J. M. Forbis, and stopped over v here on account of former association s he having been a student at the p King's Mountain Military school in the early seventies. Although it was his brother, Mclver who published it { to the world, it is commonly under- j stood, that it was Bright Williamson | who worked out what is known as the "Williamson plan" of corn cultivation. Both Mclver and Bright Wil-j liamson arc extensive farmers; but Bright has always farmed more extensively than Mclver. Both are bank- s crs. Hright's wife was a Shelby lady, C ami many readers of this will r.emem- e her that the ceremony which joined i I |tli<ih togi^heV 'trKfck U'lfi'1' $>iO>iV<' King's Mountain. "They told me that [ would lose a good deal ?6f time on iccount of extra traveling to come by Yorkvillc," he said; "but I find that [ have really come by tho shortest and most direct route.' After taking dinner at the Shandon hotel, and Willia-maqn said it was a good one, Mr. Williamson looked up a number 7t acquaintances, some of them former schoolmates, and spent an hour or two quite pleasantly. Ho asked ubout the late .J. R. Schorb", Mr.. Zurcher, Cof. McCorkle and several of the leading citizens of tba old days, not teeming to realizo that if they were here they would be well over a hundred years old. But Mr. Williamson and tho ladies all seemed to enjoy their brief stay very much, and so did the friends' and acquaintances who met them. WITHIN THE TOWN. . ? The Shrine Club of Western Yora which was recently drganized, tender cd its mdYnbers a banquet at the Shandon Hotel Friday.1 ? The Yorkville Graded school was closed last Friday out of respect to the memory of Mr. R. C. Allein, for a number / of years secretary to tho board of trustees. ? The Yorkville Cotton Oil company's ginnery has not yet reached a hundred bdles a day; but during each of several days last week the winnings were between ninety and onev hundred bales. ? According to G. C. McCelvey, acting superintendent, the enrollment of tho Yorkville Graded school, has reached a total of 393. Of this number 93 pupils are enrolled in the high school. It Is expected that the enrollment will run well oyer 400 before the end of the- school session. \ ? Berry McCleave arrived last Friday to open the Peoples Warehouse, one compartment of which was completed the day before and during Friday ,and Saturday he took in quite a quantity, of cotton on storage. Also as the representative of Messrs. Williams Bros., lessees of the warehouse, Mr- McCleave entered the cotton market during Friday and there were evidences of some pretty stiff bidding, prices going up to 32 3-4 where the best that was due was 32 1-fc. ? j. H- Marion, Esq., of Chester, dtliv. ed an address in the Yorkville Associate Reformed church last Sunday morning on furtherance of the Forward Movement by which the church intends to raise a fund of $350,000 for Christian education. Mr. Marion, who deservedly ranks as one of the most able and eloquent Lawyefr of the South Carolina .bar, demonstrated in his address that he is fully as much at home in the' religious and spiritual field as in the legal field. His address was .not only eloquent but eminently orthodox and practical.' Ho devoted but little time explaining the need for the money, bssumlng that this was beyond dispute; but he did emphasize the privilege and duty that has developed upon every church i^ember in connection with the work that has been undertaken. Ho represented the great war as the result of a conflict of ideas and urged most earnestly that the material parti.of the conflict, that which Involved flesh and blood, machinery, applied science, and things physical were only feeble indications of the mighty spiritual" conflict that was invisibly progressing above and among the fighters, and this part of they conflict, he declared is still going on with fury that is unabated, and' that cannot bo abated until- the final triumph of tho dispensation that Jesus Christ brought into the wqrld and consecrated in his life and death. The mission of the church and of those who profess Christianity, he declared, is to establish as the controlling law of human affairs, the Golden Rule, which commands that what you would have men^o unto you do even so unto them?land obedience to that new commandment which requires that, you love your neighbor as yourself. He declared that the great war would never have occurred under observance of. these principles, and also he declared that until these principles are established In controlling and invincible power throughout the world, Christianity has rot accomplished its mission and professing Christians have not made good their professions. After hearing his address, some j>f the audience who are not fully cognizant of Mr. Marion's splendid ability as a lawyer declared that he had missed his calling?that he should have been a preacher. LOCAL LACONICS. , 5omo Cotton Picker. Little .Miss Annie, fifteen year .old laughter of Mr. \V. T. Ramsey, of ^ ha ion, picked 378 pounds of cotton ast Friday in ten hours, fcrkville Eleven Lost. The Yorkville Graded School foot>all eleven lost a game to the Chester cliool eleven on the Chester field Frllny afternoon. The score was 35 to 6. i'over Property Sold. The J. W. Campbell building on da in street in Clover was sold last reck to C. M. Dickson. The con {deration was $4,000. rire Caused Slight Damage. Klro resulting from a match being tirelessly dropped in u quantity of coton being ginned at the ginnery of iarron Bros, and Black at Ebenezer 'riday morning burned out fifty cunds of cotton before it was exinguished. "ho Speaking Tomorrow. Hon. John L. McLaurin, who will peak to the members of the York bounty Cotton Association tomorrow, I xpects ,to arrive in Yorkville. either < his afternoon or evening. It is gen- 1 I'^fly expected that thj-re will be a I 4 \ large attendance ot? the meeting tomorrow. Trucks Give Good 8ervioe. > ( , York county road authorities sat that the motor trucks, three of then* j the gift of the war department to York i county through the state highwa? commission, aro proving of great aa' <* sistance in the rdad work In which the county Ur engaged. ' v wi;,. Wilf Work Fort Mill Road. 1''' >? Supervisor Thos, W. Boyd said Sat-1 urday that the chaingang would spen<| some time in shaping up the r^ad He-, twcen Catawaba river and the town of Fort Mill in Fort Mill township. AjteV this work is completed it is propose^ ' to movo the chaingang to the road between Rock Hill and Lesslle. ,# j York's Automobile Tax. v . n, York county's share of the'aotomof-: bile license tax for this year collected up to September 1, is 96,907.96. York county's part of th'a money Ifha re-, cently been placed to the credit of th? county treasurer by tftp state high wag, commission. York comes away down, tho list of counties in the numbet o| autoipobiles licensed. , < Succeeds Mies Parrott. ""1* York county women especially wilt bo interested in the announcement that Mlsr Christine N. South has beeh ' appointed dlrefttor of the South Carolina home dbmonstratlon work tb succeed Miss Edith L Parrott.1 She* , wtll take over the work about Novepfber 1- Miss South has been employed as assistant state home demonstration agent for the past three years. Her headquarters will be at Wlnthrop Co1- v lege in Rock Hill. 1 Game Law After Them. 1 ( Ernest Carson, Edgar Brandoir * Robert Smdifer and Sam Wylie, co ored, were brought before. Magistrate Comer Friday morning chaged with a j leged vfolatlon of the tgame laws m that they hunted possums befoe Oik, 1. The prosecution was brought at the instance of County Game Wardeh D. T. Woods but when it developed that the evidence offered was insufli* clent to convict the Jury promptly rtf ( turned a verdict of not guilty. , I' Income and Excess Profits. k Expert Goodyear, of the Interpol w '* revenue department was in Yorkvltye last week making further* investigation in the income tax and excess profit returns made by people of the suprounding county last summer. Theps were a number of cases in whioh Jfr.,. Goodyear was entirely satisfied the explanations offered; but fn . , several cases he found that the government was entitled to more taxes than were Indicated, by the returns pa originally submitted. King's Mountain Roads. t Up to tne present time abbut' 24 miles of roads have been practically completed In King's Mountain township. The completed mUeag* is, be- I tween Ernniet Parsley's and Clover* J between Smith Bros.' store and tjieNorth Carolina line and between MP. y; JC. .Faulkher and Clover. Work "is still in progress on parts of ,these roads and on - several other ptretchss in the. township. According to toe / closest estimates so far .obtainable, * grading has cost an average of $4fH> a mile and surfacing an average of $600 a mile. It is not to be understood, however, that these figures are exapt, as it has not yet been practicable to make a detailed calculation by which all 'expenses can be applied ^ to all the. mileage. Dozier a Chevalier. Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: James t C. Dozier this morning received from the president of France the decoration j of a Chevalier of the Order of the Na?-' tional Legion of Honor, li is an attractive decoration and is highly prised by Mr. Dozier who served as lieutenant of the Fort Mill company, being in command o? that organization a considerable paij of the time the company was abroad. A few days ago he received the order making hlmna Chevalier of the legion of honor. The certificate naming htm for this prized hcnor, founded by Napoleon I, was drawn on May 5, 1919, and says: 4 "Thn flrmnd chancellor of the Nation al Legion of Honor hereby certittee that on May/5, 1919, the president of ' the republic of France conferred upon James C- Dozier, Lieut. Company G, 118th regiment of infantry, > of the American army, a decoration f the Chevalier of the Order of National Legion of Honor." Lieut. Dozier has previously Wen awarded the croix do guerr*e, the British military cross and the congressional medal of honor. ^ ? Plain Clothes Policemen A; fcfc Blair and Joe Kitchen of the Greotj^ , ville police force was shot and klflM at un early hour Sunday morning by Joe Turner, a negro gambler in Buck- ^ jj nertown, a negro settlement of Greefo \ nil". 1 lie IWU UiUVCiD, bugvvuvi n lyi* Sergeant Coolcy of. tlie Greenville police force surrounded a house ' in which were a number of negro garffb-' 1cj>. Kitchen entered the housQ tvftilel' 4 Hlair ai:H Cooley remained outside to prevent f the escape of the KiUIIUIUIH. I uniri wj/cuvu HIV V/U Kitchen who fell mortally wounded. Blair attempted to halt the negro'us he left the house but was shot dofcm, both the officers dying in a short while. Turner escaped aft|!er the killing and had not been captured dt < midnight, Sunday. Blair and Kitchen were each about forty-three years of age and had been members of the ritPAnvillp nolice force fop a nuir.bcV of years. A posse of 2,000 men hunted Turner over Greenville county Sunday. f Rewards aggregating several hundred dollars have been offered for "his \ capture. ? ? ? A new crop pest, the Argentine ant, is said to be headed toward South Carolina according to a letter of warrant which Governor Cooper ha*.received rton. N-c?- mA.-m io**.. f v- \ j..s ' ' '