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" ~ ~~r j^rraps and darts. ? A ISfrpotind airplane is France's largest contribution to aerial progress. A French engineer named Archer has taken out patents for the baby mat . chine, which is electrically propelled with a maximum speed of 155 miles an hour an<jl cable of carrying two passengers. Ajrcher expects the machine to revolutionize communication" between cities/; Archer'i'? inventor . of the French aiji#iy'|^"baby5'jjpnu9n." " ( ? Ib?e segr'eihirton by agreement and quick punishment, of the guilty, regardless of color, were advanced as i solutions of Gljl^ago's race probV* in thev repofCproner's jury which inve8tiga.ted'tttp"tSy}ent race riots. The i report Just-putmsKed, is based on tcsti- j mony of 950 witnesses, which resulted j in twenty men being held to the granu jury on charges of murder and manslaughter. Appended ivas a sworn statertient by the coronet- that l-ace riot deaths were 38?15 white . and 23 negroes. The coroner said he attached tire sworn statement to set at rest ruttfeOrs and reports of much lurger toll. The coroner's Jury recommended enlargement of the police force ana ar crease in salaries of policemen. The coroner said he would recommend placing cameras on all police patrol wagons to take pictures of crowds at riots. ? The Mexican government, according to Mexico City newspapers, has refused to refund 'William O. Jenkins, American consular agent at Puebla, i the $150,000 ransom money which I Jerkins' attorney was forced to pay | Mexican bandits in order to uro< his release after he had been kidnapped last lnonth. The American embassy in Mexico City has advised the state department of these publications, but officials declined to say whether they had received any communication from the Carranza government on the subject. Before Mr. Jenkins was liberated the American government demande< of the Mexican authoritites that they omit no effort to bring about the re- ! lease of Mr. Jenkins unharmed, even i if it be necessary for them to pay the ! ransom demanded. It has been under- j stood that Mexico was asked to reim- ! burse Mr. Jenkins. ? With officials of the United Mine Workers of America maintaining a 1 attitude of "nothing to say," as a result pf the Federal restraining order issued in Indianapolis, last week, both union leaders and government officials apparently are waiting the outcome of the hearing in Federal court tomorrow as Jhe next development in the coal strike situation. Attorneys for voth sides are at work preparing their sides of the case, which, in addition to the question of whether a temporary injunction is ispued, involved a petition that the miners officials be commanded to cancel the strike order. The situation in the Indiana coal fields has not changed since Friday night when the strike order became effective. Approximately 28,000 miners are out. To meet the coal shortage in Indiana, it was announced following a meeting of publid utility operators with the Indiana public service commission, institution of the Iightless nights of wartime through Indiana may be expected at any time. Chile has given Bolivia an' outlet to the Pacific Ocean by ceding a strip of land north of the province of Arica, according to official advices received in Washington. Details as to the extent and exact location of the territory repqrted to have been ceded were not given in the dispatches. Bolivia was cut off from the Pacific ,'Mlff "W, asmf Tacna from Bolivia and Peru. The .territory in which is located the world's greatest supply of nitrate since 1 has been in dispute between Chile and j 1>v reasnn r.f the fa'Ui:'-.' tf CMTV | out the provisions of the treaty between the two countries calling for r. plebiscite in the provinces ten years after the ratification of the treaty Bolivia's claims to the territory a> parently had not been given serious Consideration. After the end of the war that country refused to negotiate a treaty with China. A treaty finally was ratified some ten years ago. ho\ ever, and recently Bolivia sought t obtain an outlet to the Pacific. Sormonths ago suggestions were made that the whole question be subm'tt'd to the League of Nations and Bolivia then was reported as determined to submit its claims. i?Additional revelations from documents captured by Swis:. authorities from Russian and German revolutionary agents says a Paris cable, show that the leaders of the Russian Soviet government early last soring had outlined a complete world-revolutionary programme for the winter. One of the documents, taken from a Hob hcvik messenger, forecasts the present worldwide industrial unrest, and instructs workers to seize upon the "psychological moment" to foment strikes preparatory to the eenernl revolution. "Order of Combat No. 4," signed by Tchitcherin, the Bolshevik Foreign Minister, last August foretells lh< present coal shortage, declaring that this condition will make Inauguration of social revolution this winter par- | ticularly favorable. We affirm ih< coming winter of pece will be ipfip'te ly more disastrous than the past four winters of war." the documents stat adding that ' Revolutionary States will Vie engendered by the public misery." The mass of documents contain instructions for agents, detailing nteth ods of approaching soldiers and f; "-m- ! ers to convert them to the revolution- | ary cause. ? In the event of the tieup of th? j country's railway transportation sys- I tern for lack of coal 320,000 moto: trucks will be available t<> the government to help relieve the situat'on a report of the Council of National Defence now in the hands of Secretary of War Baker. Mr. Baker caller ! on the council for a statement on th? | available trunspoit ton nave in th< ' United States as a precaution attains' ; possible results of the eonl strike. Tlx I report was presented to Mr. Ilakei j Tuesday and it shows that no.oou arm* j motor trucks are available, ii e?r mates further that the government can ! rely oh private interests to fuinis j through methods of commandeeri"" I 300.000 more trucks. Although the; .motor tonnage is only a small tractiot | ;of the nation's ne?d for transports i ;tion it will, nevertheless. Mr. Kak? ! figures show, relieve in a measure the j tacutc situation. it is not beli'vc j possible to use motor transnc j .as a substitute for rail borne freight \ to the extent employed in (irent Urit j Jair. in the recent strike of raihva: | operatives, but the 3.0.000 tricks :?r expected to replace to a considers! ! j extent the elimination of r?'l ties. Methods for mobilizing tlie motor f transport service throughout the coun try were suggested to Mr. Maker 1. i is., eonnell in the report. ? Establish!]}? a record of immunit from fa'lure. national banks of thUnited States have gone through 'ii [ last 22 months with only one enforce closing. according to an unnouneemi nby John Skglton Williams. conmfo'i' j of currency. The one failure reported by Mr. Williams was in l.'ls. i><> > ! having been forced to suspend j during the past 10 months of this oal ' endar year. This record Mr. Will'-ovi , said, stands otit as :iu t'pws i.. n<.- : the average for anv sin >'.ar period in ' the 40 years .1 if ft of th?- present iin'tom banking,..system.,., I'01' the lir;,{. 1', months of the present year, 221 charters for new national hanks were granted by the comptroller. Of these, 41 were made operative In October. The banks chartered in October, Mr. Williams' statement showed, had an aggregate capital of $3,930,000 as compared with five ^^prters granted in Oitober, 191S, witlrjED aggregate capital of $lSf>,000. "The tremendous strikes taken by Vtt&rican business, the comptroller ?j^u4t-was reflected in the number of baffifi-Mncreasing their capital stock, aa wert as in granting of nt'W chart<!ti. According to the comptroller's tigires, 298 national banks Odde<l a total tbf $42,558,000 to the.ir combined capital .Stock during the lirst ip months of thnr, year. " In the.same period last jear, -tjig figures showed 151 national banks Increased their capital stock by a total of $10,379,000. ' <TI?f ilorlnillc tfnquivct. Entered at the roslofflce at York as Mail Matter of the Second Class. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1919. Are you working? Food is going to he higher this winter and there is a prospect of a greater shortage next year than there has ever been before. People'are giving more attention to the acquisition of money, the measure of value, than they are to the values that' money measures. t;?'. No, commercial sugaV is not neces' t* 1 - .- A 1 ^..1 - T* sary to neaiin. n is not iiitnmui. ??. is just pleasant to the taste; that's about all. Most of the foods we eat carry, enough kugnr to supply all the requirements of a healthy human machine. No man has to work for another unless lie wants to. No man has to woik for a dollar unless he wants to. But the man who takes another man's dollar for labor he does not perform is lower than a dog. We would like to see the South Carolina general assembly take hold of the grade oiiossipg)p>opo.st!on and take care of it as it should be taken care of. The propeil *wa'$r to take care of the grade crossing is to abolish it altogether. Jtet, tlja railroads and highways g?J (ln4er"'*or, over. This will give us morP "'efficient railroads and more safety for the people who travel the highways. Just as water seeks its level, money wttfc thoite who are strong enough to get it and keep It in hand. The money that is now floating around so I in the hands of everybody or alniolfc everybody, will soon And Its way to the prudent and provident. If there are any so foolish as to think that there is going to he any considerable change in our social economy that will do away with money as a measure of value they will do well to put in their time trying to fret wisdom. As surely in. the future as in the past those who work and save today will he ,tjie -leaders of tomorrow. The greatest safety to any community or any people, is faithful obedience to the laws. ' Kvtny. individual should obey the laws himsajf and do what he can to see that'others do likewise. When a man escapes just penalties of violated laws, even thrrtugh the regular processes of the, courts, the community suffers. It is the duty of the people, all the people who aspire to good citizenship to wn.tch the enforcement of *he laws, both in- and out of the c< ci ts. Mob violence is inexcusable anywhere, for T?it?r6 is no other one thing that more quickly brings the lavs into contempt, and with the la vs in contempt therp is protection for anybody. >: ' jf J'rtmier Clemenroau, of France, made i speech in Sjr;wfbaurg last Wednesday in which he declared the world's 1 ... ,.r L.n. Umtii.n lav- in work, lie <111 I \ 11 < F Jf <J Wl .... is rijrht. (Joel told Adam that in the s.vcat of thy face shall thou eat thy bread. Jesus Christ uave utterance to the significant declaration, "My Father worked hitherto and I work." '1 he history of time teaches that no nation has ever risen to eminence except by work, and the fall of every nation that has crone down to decay was preceded by too much idleness. The same rule applies to every individual of which the reader of this has knowledge. From all accounts at the present time the Cermans, of all nation.-, on earth arc the only ones that have gone MM-iifstlv to work. Filmland is loafing. France is* loafing. Italy is loafing and even America is loafing. If the nations which defeated Germany, now assume that they have the right to enjoy the fruits of their victory in the form of a long season of idleness they will soon find that their victory is only temporary. There is no security, no happiness, no prosperity, no adadvancement for either the nation or the individual except by work. That article from the New York Times on the cotton situation indlcut* s i state of affairs that we have long tn,icipatcd; Imt about which we have no definite information until now. We refer to the statement that the recent hcost in the price of cotton is due largely to (' cruutn buying. Wo helieve it has all along bra n the policy of the British spinncis s:s well as of various American interests to hold down the price of cotton as much as possible, and that now it is Germany that is interfering with these plans with bidding that carries the market before it. There is no question in the world of the fact that all the statistics warrant fifty cents or even higher cotton, and to prevent the rise it is necessary for these opposed to resort to all the expedients of which they have ever had knowledge and make use of all the machinery that has been constructed throughout the past to that end. Germany, of course is not in the game. The others have hot let her in. She knows and knows well, that cotton is cotton, and she wants all she can get while it is to he had. As the result of the policy that Germany Is now pursuing, other ininterest have to hiiy while the selling is I "" "I uu ui... .... ......v. the Southern farmer is In a fair way to ( omc in, for at least a part of what is rightfully his. "Temperamental unfitness" is the principal objection urged against continuation of the appointment of John Skeiton Williams to be comptroller of the cnrrency for another five years. One of the circumstances that established this "temperamental unfitness," it is assumed, was Mr. William's action several years ago in requiring all the banks under his jurisdiction to report the extent to which they had been violating the usury laws in charging more than the legal rate of the states in which they are doing business. It developed it will be rti^embered^ that some bf these banks had been charging as high as 100 per cent in some cases. The temperamental fitness of previous comptrollers hhd complaicently tolerated this kind of thing. And very naturally too, all the banks that were then shown up and the people who stand for such doings have had it in for Mr. Williams ever since. The unfavorable report on the nomination was made by a strict party vote of 9 to 7. But the thing has not been settled yet, consideration of the treaty having had precedence. And of course it is possible that Mr. Williams may not he "broken". Just as there are some dishonest Democrats, there are also some honest Republicans, and notwithstanding the strictly partisan committee report to a politically hostile majority, it is possible that decency and right may win. ARKANSAS INSURRECTION , Cases of Negro Conspirators Being Disposed of Rapidly. The following dispatch of yesterday from Helena, Arkansas, gives the day's of the court proceedings in the cases of the negroes engaged in the uprising at Elaine. Accounts of proceedings during the previous days will be found on other page's of today's paper: Helena, Ark., Nov. 6.?With 10 negroes convicted after pleading guilty, and one acquitted on charges of nigh' riding.in Phillips county circuit court today,' in Connection v. itli the uprising near Elaine the early part of Octdber, less progress than expected was made in disposal of the cases growing out of the disorder. The prosecution announced it expects to complete the trials tomorrow. "Twelve cases will he nolle pressed, District Attorney John E. Miller an? nounced tonight, and the defendants will be relcused tomorrow." The negro acquitted today, Cornelius Morgan, was the only one-oi the eleven to plead not guilty. He was the first acquitted khice the trials began Monday. Several of the . othoi negroes were sentenced to serve om year in the penitentiary, and the oth er three were assessed terms o. three ;,eurs each. Conviction today brought the total number to fix, 11 of whom were sentenced to death in the electric chair. It was announced that a) negroes under' sentence will be taker, to the state penitentiary at J.ittP Hock Saturday. Nearly all the* negroes who won placed on tlie witness stand toJaj admitted they were members of th"Progressive Fanners' and Household I'nion of America." One witaes: who declared he was not a mc-mbe of the- union, said lie borrowed si gin the ' day of the disorder ' because h< "was afraid members of the unioi would shoot him." Dare! Heed last negro appearing before the court today, was sentenced t< serve one year in the penitentiary came into court on crutches, haviu; lieen shot when tie participated it jan sittempt* to capture , a machine "U j from soldiers during the trouble: tlinI followed that of October 1. The remaining members of his hand, h said, wire killed. The case of Sam Wilson, charged otwo counts with the murder of Corporal Luther Kalis, company H. fourth infantry, which was set for trial today, was continued until tomorrov because of the absence of ccrtaii I state witnt ssos. Tin1 court uls< I granted a request of the prose2UtiO' Ithat the cases of several otlier n" 1 groes be de'ayed for further investigation by the grand jury. To Check Radicals.?A hill to pro 111 >11 anti |>umsn auvocacy oi me overthrew of the government by physical ! injury to persons or property, or the circulation or distribution of matter, inI rinding anything whose intended o> probable result would be to cause disturbance, riot in a or resort to unlawful methods of effecting fhunges based upon racial or class differences, has been introduced in the house by Representative James K. l.yrnes, of the Second South Carolina district. ,Mt. l.yrnes has for some time been [active in protesting against tbe eircu latior. through the mails and otherwise of literature bearing Itolshevistic and .anarchistic earmarks and calculated to arouse the negroes of the country to [violence against thy whites, lie has ; received many threatening anonymous ! letters. The bill prescribes a penalty of not more than $i>,000 line or live years ! imprisonment, or both, for violation of jits terms and provides that if tiie per<nii enn rioted is an alien lie shall lie I deported at the expiration of his j sentence and forever barred from re|entry into the t'nited States. Tin measure has the approval and support of the postoffioe department and of the department of Justice. It was referred to the committee on (judiciary. of which Representative Whitley is .a member. A similar measure. "without the racial clause, hits been reported favorably in the senate, ami it is planned to add the racial fealuies of the Hymen bill to it later. ; ? Jamns MeOraw, 10, is in jail at Spartanbui'K. charged with shootintr ,pnd killing Howard Johnson, li, of , ? LOCAL AFFAIRS, j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS York Furniture & Hdw. Co.?Talk shop, and incidentally give you some points ! as to buying furniture, etc. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Is offering today ! a lot of dresses of good styles and qualities at special prices. ' Feppuson .,T?ive Stock Co., Sh&ron?Has! I received.' another car of mules, the best yet received. I First National Bank. York?Urges you to join the lied Cross, and invites you ! to do your bunking with it. >S. L. Courtney?Ford sales and service, i relates the experiences of a 70-year- i ! old California lady with a Ford, j Carroll Supply Co.?Invites you to take a look at the new Overland.light four. [ | Take a ride in iL t First National Bank; Clover?Solicits at least a part of youfvbarising business ! and promises efficient service. !Catawba Creamery Co., Hickory, N. C. I ?Invites farmers to send it their eggs, poultry and cream. .McConnel! I#ry Goods Co.?(lives you a straight tip on future prices and also | quotes prices under today's market. Lipe.'s Garage?Is local selling agent, for the Brunswick tire and Invites attention to its superior points. J. C. Wilborn?Offers a tract of land near Tirzah, and also one near Filbert. Mrs. K. M. Rratton, Chairman?Calls attention to annual Bed Cross meeting at the court house Monday night. | McGill Bros.?Will hereafter run their : ginnery on Thursday, Friday and I Saturday. John Hall?Warns all parties against \ employing or harboring his daughter, | Esther Hall. .las. G, Collier, Shandon Hotel?Has | cars for hire either for night or day , sorvicd. Carroll Supply Co.?Asks you to join I the Red Cross. \ . Sanitary Market?Asks you to try its beef, fish, oysters, etc. Star Theatre?Corfnne Griffith today. Marie. Walcamp tomorrow. Gladys Brock well on Monday. Harry E. Neil, Co. Treasurer?Gives notice that the tax books will be open on and after November lath. Standard Oil Co.?Points to the efficiency of oil as an illuminant. VV. 1?\ Livingston & Son, Charleston? Invite you to send, for a shoe catalogue and save money on shoes. Cotton oil compound and hog lard j are now within about two cents a | pound of each other in the wholesale market. Hog lard has been coming down a little and compound lias been going up a little, it is the first time they have ever been so close to each other. The difference between cotton seed meal sold for fertilizer and cotton seed meal sold for feeding purposes is only j the difference in the tags. On fertilizer meal ihfey put a tag saying 7 per cent, amoniaand on feed meal they put a tag j saying 36 per cent, protein. Ahnonia is the element required to make plants grow and protein is the element that helps to, sustain animal life. The tax books open November 15, a month late. As heretofore explained, ! the dclfty is on account of the large J amounHOf work the titate tax commission hh^'boeen doing in connection with its efforts to secure a re-adjustment j ' I I t of the .Merchandise returns. The auditor has not been able to make headway on his books until these mercantile returns have been duly entered, and of coqrse the treasurer cannot move until ho has the auditor's duplicate. But ^ow tax paying will com mence-soon. Those who are anxious! to tfet this Ijttle matter off their hands will lie aide to do so on and after November Is. . " 'I r ___ ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. '"Ji'inima PIcxico is very ill' r.( her home in Sharon. .Miss Fredrica landsay of Yorkville, was a visitor in Columbia this week. Miss Klixabeth Wilborn, of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Wai-.hineton. Mr. Chester Alexander, of Chester, has been added to the clerical t'orci ol' the Peoples Panic and Trust company, of Yorkville. .Miss Sarah 1 jOgnn of Olemson College, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jno. It. Logan in Yorkville, this week. A. Xaye I Mexico of Chester, spent Sunday with the family of his fathei Mr. J. M. I Mexico in Sharon. Among those in attendance upon the Chester county fair at Chester yester day were the following: \V. H. Williamson, Karl Cauldcn, .1. 11. Grant: 1-andon Louthian, Misses Hattle Thomnsson, llessle Thomasson, Lucia lleid Lwurt, I lob Quinn, J. Clyde Ford. I THE MARRIAGE RECORD Marriage licenses have been issued . by Probate Judge Houston as follows: Nov. 4? J. Arthur Sadler. York township, to Nancy May Lawrence, | King's Mountain township, (colored). | Nov. 4?Sam f\ Whitesidos to Sara I I Ann Dcmsey, llock Hill. Nov. S?David McQueen to Hull i Coodman, Fort Mill. Nov. t?Marshall J. McAlister t ! Annie Surrella, Charlotte. Nov. 5?M. Lee Stallings to Leli: Mcleod, Fort Mill. Nov. 7?Willie lloyce to Clara Crockett, Fort Mill township. (eel I I ored). AFTER AUTOMOBILE THIEF. Sheriff I'rod II. Quinn, State ConI stable Johnson anil .several Hickory drove people made ?iuito an extensive hunt Co/ an alleged atitotnoi>i!e thief who gave his name as Jackson in the ' j Hickory drove section yesterday * am I although they secured the car which is alleged to have been stolen, the property of I>r. ,'t. K. Aliell of Chester, they din j j not succeed in getting their man. The car was stolen at the Chcstei j county fair' last Wednesday And' j driven to the Hoodtown section' where it stopped. The driver, a nice!;, t (dressed jf/iiing fellow about yean; I of awe, wearing a blue suit ami : j.grny cap induced a eil'zen of lh: I section io drive hint to Kickorj drovi | land to the station tlieie where hi; | j lirst intention wasMo take tiie i joi n- | j ing train for Charlotte. When tin j station agent appeared the young man i j told his troubles and the agent vouin tcered the informat'on that iliekorj ( |drove had a garage man who mule!, ' fix the ear. The garage man was j | -secured aad going to the 1I o>. I town |. 'section got the car In shape to trnti . j to Hickory drove. Having told s< v< ml eonJli: tin I i stories about the car tfie driver Inn i Ialready aroused suspicion and wliei L j he arrived in Hickory drove the cat || I was recognized by a ll'ekory tJro\? .| I man as the property of Dr. .Mail o Chester. .\ Hickory drove oliicer in I; formed tin* driver tiiat he would ne-os i sarilv have to detain hint until an ia f veytigatiuj^was jifudc ajnl Uh J'Wa wi ' pave his name as Jackson went into the Hood Drug Company's place. After making a small purchase he surprised his guardians by bolting through the door and out of town. Up to this morning he had not been captured although the sheriff and a posse spent most of yesterday in searching for hint. The man Jackson is believed to b? a professional automobile thief who h following in the path of one of tlu carnivals playing South Carolina towns and fairs, in taking the Chester phvsician's car he evidently got .hold iff^a ft m lie with which he was no familiar and was therefore unable t< get away, with it. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Cotton sold freely on the streets Wednesday for 40 cents a pound and over. ? There are several cases of mumps in town; but physicians do not believe that there is any probability of the malady going into an epidemic. ? The Yorkville Associate Reformed church has extended an invitation tc the Catawba Presbytery to hold its next meeting as the guest of the Yorkville congregation. Up to this time, however, the committee in charge has not yet replied. ? "Yes, that airplane threw some papers off here," said Mr. W. T. Ream guard. "1 got two copies myself, and several other people got copies in the northern part of town." Other people who saw the papers faiMng say they looked like cigarette pa pcrs. ? There is room for considerable improvement in the matter of transporting mall between the Southern station and the postoffice. It seems that the government might be willing to require and pay for an automobile truck for this service. ? Clerks in grocery and mercantile establishments are agitating the idea of closing all the year round at 6 o'clock including Saturdays also. Stores ^n other towns in North and South Carolina have adopted 6 o'clock as the closing hour for the year around and they see no reason why it woul not be practicable here. ? Textile workers here are givinf some attention to the matter of oganizing a local union and afflliatine* with the American Federation of l^abor. Some of the operatives at th Cannon Mill have the matter undo; consideration andj it was learned yes terday that about llfty textile workerthere had announced their will'npnes' to enter into a local union. No deflnit' organization iias yet been perfected however, it was learned, j ?Mr. It. T. Beamguard probaldyhas one of the largest hops to he found In this section. It is fifteen months old and pood judges say thflt it will weigh between COO and 700 pounds grors. It is so fat that its eyes are closed. It stands on its feet omly while eating, and it is difficult to make it get up at any other time. Mr. Beamguard is anxious for cold weather to come so I he can kill the hop and save the meat. [ ? "Who'll give me two dollars for this mule?" was the insistently repeated inquiry of a tall, slim, raw boned o'? man as he circulated among the crowd of traders in a hitching lot last Monday. The mule t!hat he was trying to sail was full of years, and looked as if it had been a long time since it was full of anything else. It had a jaw however that was full of swelling. There were no takers of the proposition and no offers, until a small boy came back with: "Mr. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give you this dog for your mule and fifty dollars." "I ain't wantin' to buy no dog; I am selling a mule," returned the old man. ? Elm trees on College street are I [go. At a "neighborhood meeting"/c residents of College street held la" evening each resident agreed to the cutting down of elm trees on the street in front of his or her proper and to donate three feet frontage w'? the idea of widening the street si* feet. Mrs, W. D. fllenn presided motile meeting. Mr. K. S. McConne!! College street resident who has beei advocating the proposal of doing awe with the trees and making the street six feet wider for some time past, sab' this morning that it was the unanimous consent of property owners to make the change. ? Hetter he careful how you par your automobile on Main street or ant other street for that matter. Locr officers have evidence that lends then to the belief t^at an organised gar of automobile thieves have commenc ed operations in this section and the are likely to light in at any tiirm then light out with your ear. Ijcic: oolieemen keep an eve on the cars best they can: but they cannot be or nected to do much because all |-v?' especially look very much alike. Discussing the matter last even'ng Chief Steele said: "Never a day pai-se hut what 1 do not receive one or mor< notices to he on the lookout fo;' stolen automobiles and the number r these notices is increasing. Loea' owners had better look out." ? Charged with an attempt to ravi.fh. W. A. Painter, a white man about 33 years of age, was arrested Thursday evening by Chief of Police J. Cal Steele and Patrolman W. R. Rogers, am1 placed in the county jail. The alleged crime occurred at the home of a well known citizen, where Painter and the young woman whom it is said he insulted, boarded, the man having entered the room of the young woman who is in the employ of a local concern sometime Wednesday night. The young lady \vas asleep at the time and befhf, aroused by the presence of Painter demanded that he leave at once which he aid. Kariy yesiercmy morning she found a penciled note in tie'- room which note, it is said, corresponds with the handwriting of Painter. The note threatened her with still further indignities in case she made any mention of the matter. The note was promptly turned over to the i autlwrtVs and the lady's fathcjr notified, who swore out a warrant foi Painter, charging h'm with attempt t< ravish. Painter, a man of fairly goof nopearance claims North Carolina' as his home and lias been here since Sunday presumably jell'ng paint When arrested last night he made : statement to the chief of police in ) which he said that he was attracted to i '.he ?filing lady's room because he tin- | dersteod she was sick and that he i I - ?- * U.? {.!? * *\f r\ f I OpenCCl llie (1(1(11' Villi (in: lui'ii CI cm iri < iiny assistance th.it he miirht p to render. lie also hogged I' i>r allowed to put up a cash. Pond to* T.rt fn lieu of voinir to ir.il; hut when 'n formed I?y the chief that the irnd"1 of Itond *.\as not :n his jurisdiction '|i:iet!y proceeded to tlie jail. LOCAL LACONICS Win for Vorkville. Tht Yorkville fJraded school footliall doyen defeated the Winthrop Traininfj school team by a score of 7 to 6, in a | irarne played i:i I tuck Kill Tuesday ifternoon. octhr.ny Subscribes Double. It thany's 'Torwrr.l Movement" n?? ! porta.anient was $1.1 ^ri. I'p lo il.i | iiioniiiur aecordin;c lo a telephon ii'i'SHicc f>'oin A.'etSiH Itros.. the ? j 'legation had suhacrdied v'l.30!) .m lie canvassers were still canvassing. Sharon Defeats Bond Proporal. Voters of Sharon on yesterday d? - fcated a proposition to issua bonds b the sum of $10,0C0 to be used in the eonstruction of cement sidewalks li the town. The vote was 21 for tht bonds and 2G against. Episcopal Missionary Convention. The missionary convention of the Episcopal church of South Carolina was held in Columbia, yesterday. Among the York county Episcopalians in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. M C. Willis of Yorkvllle aiid Rev. Guy S. Eraser, Miss Scotia Reid, Mrs. H. j D. Guelleh and Mrs. Alexander Lon o't Rock Hill. v American Legion Organizes. What is to i>e known as the York County Cost of the American. Legion om posed of men who saw service in tire late war was .Organised in Roct Hill this week with 11. J. Wihte as. post commander and Oran Crawford as post adjutant. It is promised to hold pieetings on the first Tuesday in each month, the meeting place o. course being In Rock Hill. Charged With White Slavery. Frank Myers, a white inan who has been in jail here for some timt past was taken to Greenwood yester nay ui s? uii niui in rcucini tuuu un the charge of violation of the whit*, slave law. Myers was urrested in ftock Hill recently, it being allege*' lhat he had transported a woman from without the state for immoral purposes. * , Holland Gets British Medal. James W. Holland, well known young man of Gastonia, the onlj Gaston man to receive the distinguished service cross in the lat^ war, has been advised that he has also been given the British military inedal. Mr. Holland has been notified that the Prince of Wales, will pin the medn upon his breast on November 22 in New York. The young man served a sergeant first class in Company D, 105th Kngineers, Thirtieth . '(vision during the World War. He 'on the Distinguished Sorvice Cross for gallantry in action near Bellicourt, ir: September, 1918. \ Pleaded Guilty in Federal Court. Several York county defendants charged with various violations of the United States liquor law's pleaded guilty in Federal court in Greenwood this week and received sentences. Charlie Fin ley, colored pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $300 or to serve three months in the county jail in Yorkville. Julius Hope pleaded guilt} to a violation *and received a like sentence as did Will Ross and Charlie White. Among the York county prohibition officers who attended the court as witnesses were as following: S. H. White, H. L. Johnson, F. E. Quinn, Frank Alien. J. W. Garner; J. M. Youngblood, J. W. Lynn, Joe Lee, Sam Williford. Caused Much Excitement. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: Happening to step upon her back porch last night between 6 a.nd 7 o'clock, v Mrs. S. W. Enloe, who resides on Laurel street, saw a bulky negro hidden, crouc hing against the wall. She slammed the door and called to her husband, who was in the rear of the premises. When he answered the negro turned and fled. Acting Chief R. E. Steele was notified and the blo6dhounds from the chaingang were soon scenting the trail. They followed a trail around through the cemetery and later lost it at the point where it crossed the hedge. Officers Steel and Bturgis spent some I little time in an eflfert to locate the -negro who had frightened Mrs. Enloe. It is understood that he did not give my reason for his being on the rear porch at that hour. Later in the night a suspect was rounded up by a crowd and turned over to Officer Steel. Mrs. Enloe stated that he was not the one she had discovered on the porch, so he was released. Sentenced to County Jail. George W. Welch of Bethesda township was convicted in Federal court ir Greenwood this week of transporting moonshine liquor and.was sentence* I to nay a fine of $300 and to serve ihree months in the York county jail, vvcicr v/ps apprehended l>y York county prohibition officers several weeks age while en route to his home in the Ogden section from the South Mountain sert'on of Catawba county, N. C and a five gallon keg of liquor whic' he is all"ged to have had 1n his Fore automobile at the time was taken b custody by the otflcers. The scrape had already cost him $500 in Yor county since he paid a fine of $100 for violation of the prohibition laws at r recent term of the court of general iossions and $400 for the recovery o his automobile. The sentence impose bv the Federal court is an addition Welch was brought to Yorkville last weiring from Greenwood and has already entered upon service of his sen t'-nce in the county jail here. The Chotter County Fair. Scores of York county people, es pecially many residents of Catawb: and Bethesda townships were amon .he hundreds of people who attendee the Chester county fair in Chester this week. The fair opened Tucsda; morning and will come to a close t<n'ght. Fair officials were of opinio yesterday that from the standpoint of attendance and the number and ll. excellence, of the various exhibits ? Chester county comrnerlcal., agrictil tural and industrial progress the fail vas the best ever held. The midwa* n twin, 111. r of TtrettV ClCUl shows ria shows at a fair go. th> crowds attendant upon the fair eac' day and night were well behaved ar orderly and ever; thin? connected wit' :he leg county exhibition move i alon quite smoothly. John Robinson's circus came in on the fair on Tuesday, the opening day. Its coining ha' worried the fair officials no little, but at the eleventh hour somebody discovered that there was a law on tin statute books of the state prohibiting traveling circuses pitching their tent within five miles of an agriculture fair without the consent of the fab management. The fair officials realiz :ng the loss they stood to snsta-'n i account of the presence of the clrcu | in rompetit'on, made the circ.ua peopl a proposition to allow them to shov. I outside the fair grounds upon nn ment of $1,500 into the fair treasury \fter considerable hasarHii"' the rt-? paid the. price so tlie fair did, not lqse ? nueii. Exhibits of Chester eount.v farm products were far superior t > the average exhibits, Chester cettor ! mills had beautiful and instructive displays. a number of the leading bus* ness houses had exhibits and then " inv nther lieautifid txhiidt? IVrhaps tli? greatest feature of * fair was the fact that the greatest 1 show of "Guernseys ever held font" he Oh hi river was on exhibition thl week at Chester. At the recent stat< .'air in Columbia there were 3:! fluent i seys shown: southeastern fair. At I anta, 30: national dairy show < Chicago, 87, and at the Virg'n'a stati J "air. Richmond 19. while at Chesto [i here were 95. The capital Gucrnse* I s'?nw tit the Chester countv fair ? i only animals owned by South fire''- . hreedetrs. Those with Guernseys were !1 Coonrr & Morris, of Wisackx. Roc t county: Alexander Maedonald. o' I lllackstock. Chester county: T. ' i'iley. hi Chester countv; Robert I' < Caldwell, of Chester: Jtfmes Roy'. < ' Cornwell. Glujstcus fcountjfe H. T. IJovd i of Cornv.vli, ^GwlnVi'-founty: .1. ft i Darby, of Lowryville, Chester county; 4 Gladden Pye, of Richburg, Chester county; Guy and Colins of Chester: Dan S. Hollis. of Rodman, Chester county; W. \V. Gaston, of Rodman, Chester county; W. C. Miller, of Chester county; J, C. Shannon,.. of Slack-dock. Chester county; J. J. Mc- ^ Daniel, of Cornwell, Chester county; J. E. Urr, of Chester county; J. L. Mcintosh, of Dovesvllle, Darlington county. I. i SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. '?J. It. Reid, 14,'was accidentally ^hot and killed hy Eaco Nix anqther. boy about the same age while thqitwo were out hunting near W9.ihg.Ha,. Wednesday. Both boys are tna sqqs of. widows. ? J. It.. Anderson, for the -past-IU years superintendent of the , ."Blue Ridge railroad with headquarters in Anderson, died in that city;of apoplexy in the railroad yards Tuesday. H? was I 4G years of age. ) ? Considerable excitement was created in the town of Kingstree, last Saturday night when a deer, a large buck', [came running through the main street M of the town. He had been chased out of a swamp by dogs, came down the railroad track and to the depot, when finding too many people congregated there he started up Main street, making his escape into the swamp again. /? Etta Miller, a negress, and her son. George Miller, 14 years pf age were killed at Spartanburg Tuesday, when a touring car, In which the family was coming to town to the (Mrcus, skidded from the National highway three miles west of the city, crashed nto a telephone pole and turped'pyer. Four other occupants of the car, escaped serious .injury. The bby ,wns killed instantly, while his mothertjved to reach a local hospital. ? The annual meeting of the Upper South Carolina conference of,,., the * Methodist Episcopal church, south, convened in Main Street Methodist church at Greeenwood last Tuesday when the annual addresses before the historic society was delivered by th# ' Rev ,W. A. Massubau of OrangebUrtf. The formal business session commenced Wed- t nesday morning. Bishop ?jfck V> W. Darlington of Huntingto^ W. Va., Is presiding. For the first time in the history of the conference which was organized five ycaxs ago, women delegates were seated. They are Mrs. J. W. I^ewis of Westminster and Mrs. 1. C. Cross of Rock Hill. The session will continue through Sunday, and the appointments will be read out at'adjournment. ? Two million bales of good grade cotton from the present crop will be reserved from the market, by the American Cotton association, says h. * statement issued by J. Skottowe Wahnamaker, president of the association, last Thursday. The plan adopted by the association is to transfer to designated banks receipts for. specified amounts of good grade cotton. This cotton Is to be held in trust until such i time as the association decides that ' prices justify the cotton being placed upon the market Mr. Wannamaker declares that the unanimous decision of the association is based upon supply and demand and the price of the manufactured product that the price of cotton should be far above present prices and that tl\e plan of retiring the 2,200,000 bales has been ! hit upon as offering the best oppor| tunity, for stabilizing the price. Cotton for Germany.?Approxi- ? j rnately 150,000 bales flt. cotton >ave 'been forwarded to Germany frozp I Savannah and' Galveston^ recently and other vessels now at those ports are loading further shipments for Hamburg and Brertien, according to reports to the Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore. , > Savannah has forwarded approximately 50,000 bales during the last three weeks while Galveston's shipments since Ge-many's acceptance of the peace terms are reported to Ji^ve | been about 100.000 bales. | One ship pt Galveston now Is loading for Hamburg' and four others are sohc'iiled to load C/otton this month for Germany. '" MERE MENTION Dr. Charles Freemont Taylor, editor and publisher of the Medical World and widely known In the profession died In Philadelphia, Tuesday night The first meeting of the council of the league of nations will be held in Paris, the supreme council decided W'ednes- I day. It did not, however, fix a date for the gathering The last of the war , prides of American soldiers left Brest, France Tuesday for the United Stages. The special session of the Colorado legislature called by the governor will meet about November 1 to act on ^ the Federal woman suffrage amendmert The city and county of Gal- ' veston, Texas, will spend $5,000,600 for protective harbor works >flne negroes were sentenced to terms1 of twenty years in the penitentiary-, twenty-seven to terms of five years, and one to ten years?five for second degree murder and five for assault with intent to commltt mtirder by Judge J. M. Jackson in Phillips county 4 point at Helena, Ark., Wednesday. I when the thirty-seven, all charged With I first degree murder in connection witn I the recent uprising in the Elaine [ neighborhood, were permitted to plead guilty of second degree murder....If.? Charles Lipschiptz. traveling salesman for a New York clothing firm was ar- i rested in Atlanta, Ga., last Wednesday chciged with the theft of jewelry valued at $40.000 Hubert Cummlngs, a negro. was convicted of the muraer 01 Itaymond O. Cannon, white farmer, by a Jury at Dublin, Ga.. Wednesday and wa.i sentenced to hang on December 13. Treaty Question Seemed Close to Sett ement.?An immeditte vote on the ratification of the treaty of Versailles without reservations was proposed in the senate yesterday afternoon by Senator Underwood, Democrat of Alabama, after Republican Leader Lodge had challenged the administration to make such a move. Senator Hitch nek, of Nebraska, the administration loader, intervened before the quesion was put and a long argument ensued. 4 "" f Senator Underwood's proposal followed discussion of parliaiueqUuy f procedure which wan attended .jty great confusion. I-Ialf a dozen si itors frequently sought to speak, at the saint time and Vice President Marshall was kept busy banging his gavel for order. Senator Hitchcock accepted the ehal'enge of Senator Lodge aud-made a motion that the senate ratify the treaty without reservation lie then demanded a roil call. v Instead of proceeding to vote on Senator Hitchcock's motion for unreserved ratification, the senate revived discussion of another proposal by Senator Hitchcock to report the treaty immediately from the committee of the whole in order to consider resolutions of ratification. ^ There was a wide difference o' opinion as to what would be the status of the treaty should tfie i"' ition of ratification with reserverii>n? ho rlofontcd. SonatOI ITnderwood said lie would vote igainst the resolution containing reservations and Senator Ixxlge warn'" ' hat ff ?he treaty, were rejected with reservations attached, this, /lera'y , That ivnuld follow won Yd "be the y >f death." 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