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ARMISTICE CELEBRATION
Yorkville People Heard Thoughtful
Talks on Grave Problems.
WEATHER CURTAILED THE ATTENDANCE
'* ' sJ ' Ii
|A in Courthouse?Speakers Say Need
for Christ and Christian Religion
I Greater than Ever in History of
Civilization?Warned That Hour
Calls for Fair and Fearless Dealing.
Pleas for deep thinking:, closer cooperation,
deeper reverence for Jesus
Christ and the Christian religion and
for honesty and fair dealing between
man and man was the keynote of
aaoresses aenverea oy ispeaKers ai a.
meeting of Yorkville men and women
held in the courthouse here Tuesday
evening for the purpose of celebrating
the first anniversary of the signing of
the armistice with Germany. There
were possibly 100 citizens of the town
present, ^attendance of a larger audience
having been prevented because of
the incletnent weather of the evening.
Mayor Li W. Johnson presided, and in
a brief address directed attention to
the fact it was the first anniversary of
the ending of the physical war with
Germany, and a time for words of
praise and Thanksgiving. He said
that in his opinion the day should be
set aside as a national holiday and
thar children in the schools and people
generally should be taught to believe
that it was one of the greatest days in
the history of the world. The musical
programme of the evening included
the singing of "America," "Onward
Christian Soldier," "Dixie," and t^e
"Star Spangled Banner." Prayer was
offered by Rev. K. E. Gillespie, D. D.
The gist of the argument of the
L several speakers of the evening was
that while the day was one that called
for Thanksgiving to uoa ror tne victory
over the enemy, because of conditions
resulting from the late war the
present time is the most critical in the
history of civilization and a greater
dependence upon Jesus Christ and the
Christian religion is needed now than
ever before.
Unrest Throughout World.
The unrest that now pervades not
only the United States but the world
is of the widest scope in history, said
Rev. J. L. Oates, pastor of the Yorkville
A. R. P. church, the first speaker
of the evening. It is a time that
calls for careful handling of the many
problems confronting the world?a
~~ can -ror good citizens, a call for em- :
ployers who shall pay the laborer the
value of hiB hire?a call for laborers
who shall give their employers the 1
value of their wage, a call for more
men who shall pay their honest' debts,
a call for more men and more women
who are honest in their duty to them- 1
sehes, their fellow men and their
country. 1
Pays Tribute to Soldiers.
The speaker paid tribute to the men ;
who went to war at their country's
call and spoke feelingly of those who
made the supreme sacrifice. They an- 1
swered the call as true Americans ever
answer and he said that although the '
signing of the armistice made clear the
way for the laying down of their arms,
there was still work for them to do 1
even as there was more work for every i
man and woman not in uniform dur- <
ing the war but who nevertheless j
labored for the victory to the full ex- i
tent of his or her respective means,
and that the great war now on was be- i
tween the forces of righteousness and |
evil and the duty of every good American
was to enlist on the side of right- (
eousne8s. "I do not know whether it
is Russian propaganda or German I
propaganda that has entered this conn- |j
try and is responsible for the great j
social and industrial unrest," said the
speaker in conclusion, "but 1 know that i
it is here and it .3 Incumbent upon (
every true American to fight it to the ,
end." ' ,
Says Civilization at Stake.
T. F. McDow, Esq., the second speak- i
* er of the evening, declared that the i
problems of the present called for the i
oY^rrisinir of the greatest wisdom and ;
the best judgment in the land if the ! <
United States government and the!
present civilization of the country was
to endure. He deplored the fact that
the doctrine of Bolshevism and disregard
of law and order as preached
by Lenine and Trotsky and others of
their like was stronger in Russia today
than it had been at any time in the
last two years and declared that recent
developments in this country had I
proved conclusively that it was be- !
ginning to make inroads into this j
country. That doctrine which was be- |
ing preached by the Russian Reds and i
which had so torn Russia that the
lives and property of some 150,000,000 J
or 175,000,000 people in that vast <
country was unsafe, included the I
teaching that there was no God, that
the teachings of Jesus Christ and the |
Christian religion, amounted to naught1
and threatened to wreck the very1
foundations of the world's civiliza- I
tion. He said that even non believers !
in God had often declared that no,
nation can exist where there is no God J
and that so surely as the propaganda j
and doctrine which had so pervaded
Russia was allowed to gain hold in j
this country, so surely would the civi- '
lization of America land upon the rucks 1
ana the disregard of the mandate of
courts of the land and of law and order
generally would result in chaos |
and darkness.
He lamented the fact that people are
apparently beginning to realize lor j
the first time the danger that is j
threatening: the country because the
gate ways of America have been opened
to the peoples of Europe pf all
creeds and classes, some of whom are
responsible for the unrest and dangerous
conditions generally that are confronting
this country. He pleaded
with his audience to unite in the work
of upholding the law and in the upbuilding
of good citizenship everywhere.
Germany Unccnquored.
Some people thought at the time
that the armistice with Germany was
signed too soon and they are still of
that opinion 1 said Rev. T. Tracy
Walsh, the final speaker of the evening
They were of the opinion and are
still that the war should have been
carried into Germany because even
though they were anxious for terms,
they were not beaten except in the
game of war and I tell you that today
Germany remains an unconquored
nation. This is indeed a most critical
time in our civilization. It is a time
to get to work. The German is today
working from twelve to sixteen hours
a day. We are working only eight
hours a day and now some of our
people would work less time than that.
Never was there a time in our history
when the occasion required closer
co-operation and fair-dealing and calm
decision. Never was there a time when
thete was a gerater need for Jesus
Christ and the Christian religion ai.d
unless the people of all classes and
creeds turn to God and seek His
guidance ^nd direction in greater
measure than they have ever sought
it before then God only knows what Is
to become of our civilization.
HOTEL FOR PARENTS.
For American Fathers and Mothers
Who Would Visit Graves Over There.
The first hotel in France, reserved
exclusively for American fathers and
mothers who have crossed the ocean
to visit the graves of their dead, will
be opened at Itomagne, where is located
the largest American military
cemetery in France. Here sleep more
than 21.500 American boys who laid
down their lives in the war.
NOW mat passport reaunuvno ?? ?.being
lifted, many American parents
are coming to France everyday to
visit the graves of the American soldiers.
Some mothers come alone, and
not knowing French customs and language,
suffer many discomforts finding
the way to their boy's grave.
Many wish to remain a- day *or two
at the cemeteries which are some distance
from the nearest towns but until
now there have been no accommodations.
Similar hotels will be established
later at other American cemeteries.
The second one will probably be placed
at St. Quentin.
After Itonmgne the next largest
cemetery is the one at Thlaucourt with
4,200 graves. Among the other iarge
American cemeteries are: Beaumont.
750 graves; Fismes, l.SOO graves;
Ploisy 1,885 graves; Juvigy 41G
graves; Relleau 2,500 graves; Bony.
1,800 graves, Villiers-Tournelle, 400
graves and Fera-en-Tardenois 3,500.
Radical Change in Management of
the Baptist Church.?The most far
reaching change made in tne ttapusi
state convention during its history of
99 meetings was enacted last Tuesday
afternoon when all denominational
work in South Carolina was placed
under the guidance of a general
board.
The convention, immediately after
creating this new body, elected the
Rev. C. E. Hurts, D. D., pastor of the
First Raptist church of Columbia, as
general secretary and treasurer.
The general board, which is to
have charge of such a vast work, will
be composed of one member from
each Baptist associate.n, 15 members
at large, and the officers of the state
convention. This is the board of
which Dr. Burts has been named secretary.
There will also be boards in
charge of departmental work, with a
secretary to allow these except the
one in charge of benevolence. The
other three are to be missions, education
and. Sunday school, B. Y. P. U.,
etc. It is generally thought that the
three secretaries will be Rev. \V. T.
Deritux, D. D., the Rev. Charles E.
Jones. D. D? and the Rev. T. J. Watts.
D. D.
Baptist headquarters will be in Columbia
and a committee has been appointed
to locate suitable offices. This
means that the activities of the Raptist
church in South Carolina will radiate
from Columbia. Such a striking
change as has been made is necessary
because of the 75 Million campaign.
When the campaign is completed new
problems will confront the denomina
tion.
The Book that Fitted.?This masterpiece
was handed in one day not Ion?
ago to the librarian of a public library:
"Dear Lady: I'lease send by Bertha
a book that will agree with her pa. Heis
forty-three years old, has never
been much of a reader; is laid up with
a lame back, no appetite, but terrible
thirsty all the time; a quick pulse,
and temperature that stays at about
100. 1'lease send something that wili
not excite him and send his temperature
any higher."
It took a consultation of all the
high-brows in the library to prescribe
a literary dose for pa that would not
conflict the medical bulletin. They
sent liini "The Swiss Family Robinson,"
His temperature did not go up.
CLOVER NEWS LETTER
Ladies Entertained Former Soldiers
On Armistice Day.
RESIDENCES WILL BE BUILT
Night School Makes Good Progress?
Servant Problem a Grave One?
j Other Interesting News Notes
Gathered by Enquirer Staff Correspondent.
Clover, Nov. 13?Ladles Clover
were hosts to former soldiers of Clover,
and vicinity at an elaborate dinner
helil in Smith Bros.'s Opera house
here Tuesday evening in celebration of
the first anniversary of the signing of
the armistice with Germany. Practi
cany every man in me wwu wnu ob?
service in any branch during the late
war as well as others from the country
surrounding accepted the hospitality
of the ladies and had a royal
good time. Covers were laid for eighty
guests and the menu consisted of
oysters, pickles and crackers, chicken,
dressing, ham, cranberries, potatoes,
celery, biscuits and coffee, cream and
cake. Mints and cigars were also
served the guests of the evening. A
delightful feature of the evening was
-the rendition of a number of musical
selections by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Page,
Mr. W. P. Smith, Mr. W. B. Rudisill
and Miss Bleeka Beairguard. Former
service men present were: Will
Rudisill, Clyde Ford, Edmund Ford, C.
H. Ferguson, Mack Ferguson, Carl
Knox, John Knox, Oates Stroup, Mack
Stroup, Clarence Stroup, Ralph Jackson,
Harry Jackson, Andy Jackson,
Tom Jackson, I. J. Campbell, C. M.
Dickson, R. E. Love, James Hedgepath,
Ernest Camp, Walter Holmes,
Ike Hopper, Houston Hopper, James
Hopper, Orr Sparrow, William Allison.
O. Fitzsimmons, Cleve Brackett, Lester
Dale, Paul ' Drennon, Mr. flilflllan,
Ewart Adams, Elwin Adams, J, W.
West, Jake Robinson, Walter Ward.
Wilburn Thomasson, win Turner, u
J. Forbes, Sam Brown, John Winkler.
Clover ladies who were sponsors for
the dinner and evening's entertainment
were as follows! Mesdames D. M.
Pnrrott, C. H. Ferguson,,I. J. Campbell,
Orr Sparrow, W. B. Rudisill; Misses
Annie Lee Adams, Addie Neill, Esther
Ford. Mary Beamguard, Bleeka Beamguard,
Elvie Jackson, Mary Jackson,
Annie Jackson, Lila Jackson, Bess
Jackson, Johnsie Stacy, Bess Love,
Oleen vCooper, Pearl Williams, Grace
Williams, Emma Currence, Lottie Bell
Simrill, Edith Alexander, Annie Lipford,
Sallie Slfford. Mildred Parrott,
Janie Robinson, Delia McCully, Bess
Adama.
Organizing Housing Corporation.
Leading Clover business men and
nnanciers are ueiiinu a imuvciuciu im<ing
as its object the organization of
the Clover Housing Corporation which
proposes to build a number of cottages
for the benefit of those families, who,
desiring to come to Clover to live, have
been prevented from doing so because
of the fact that there are no places of
residtnce available. The movement to
organize a housing corporation which
will build several residences was
started this week, and proposes to
raise a capital of $20,000, the money to
he used in the building of a number of
small cottages. Up to Wednesday
afternoon $11,000 of the amount had
been subscribed and promoters of the
enterprise were confident that the remainder
would be secured without
much difficulty. Possibly no town in
j the Piedmont section is in greater
need of residences at the present time
[than is Clover. As has been mentioned
! in this corrsepondence befon. there is
(not a vacant house in the town and
i there is not a single house for sale. At
| least four good families are desirous of
moving to Clover at the present time.
Ni{|ht School Making Progress.
The adult night school at the Clover
Cotton Mill which has been conducted
I for several weeks past by Miss Bess
Adams who succeeded Mr. James Sif'
>ni in the work when Mr. Sifford returned
to the University of South
Caiolina continues to make good proI
gress, according to the teacher.
Classes are held two nights each week
land at present there are twenty-eight
pupils enrolled. Instruction is being
giver- the pupils in the elements of
education including reading, writing
and arithmetic, and to those who desire
it in even other branches. Sevjeral
of the pupils attending the school
I will likely compete for a prize which
| has been offered by the state departJ
merit of education for the greatest proi
gress exhibited in any adult night
j school in the state and in fact all of
! the pup'ils will probably be requested
to write letters which may be entered
! in the prize competition.
The Servant Problem.
Clover people arc alarmed about the
I sense and dentil and desolation and in
enough during the past several months
and it is constantly getting worse,
i Colored cooks?almost any kind of a
cook, are drawing a weekly wage of
$5 a week and hoard and they are very
hard to get at that. People in the
town proper are experiencing more difficulty
in keeping cooks than arc
housi wives living at the Hawthorn
and Clover mills, in the town proper
effort is made by tiie wives to employ
cooks who shall agree to cook two
j meals a day, seven days a week. At
the mills, many residents are content
j to employ a cook who shall cook two
1 meals a day only six days a week, giving
the mistress of bread and beans the
! seventh day as a day of rest. And for
the service they pay a week and
meals. Still, half the families both in
the town anti at the mills who want
colored cooks are without them and
those who have are expecting: to be
without every day.
Rev. Mr. Whitten it Returned.
r?f tho Clnvpr M*?thnrtl?t
church are well ^pleased at the return
of Rev. H. A. Whitten to the
pastorate of the church here. Rev. Mr.
Whitten has already served three years
here and he has many friends and
acquaintances throughout the tov^n,
not only in his own congregation but in
others as well. Members of the Clover
circuit who attended the meeting
of the Upper South Carolina conference
of the Methodist church in Greenwood
last week were Rev. Whitten and
Messrs. Jas. A. Page of Clover and Joe
W. Smith of Chapel. ^ ,
Good Day for Business.
Clover merchants and business people
generally enjoyed the best day's
business last Saturday that they have
known this fall according to a number
of merchants and other local business
people who were interviewed on
ihe subject yesterday. "Sales at our
store last Saturday exceeded those of
any other day this fall," said Mr. D.
M. Parrott, leading dry goods merchant
of Clover, "and that is saying a
good deal because we have had no
reason to complain about business at
any time this fall. Sales last Saturday,
however, were at least 25 percent
greater than any other day this
fall. There were lots of people in town
that day?all of them appeared to have
plenty of money and they spent it right
I alnnp "
Patronizing Government Grocery.
Clover people are patronizing the
fjovernment grocery store in Charleston
quite generously and almost every
mail from Charleston brings parcels
posts packages of goods ordered from
the government grocery store by local
people. Sales have not been as extensive
as Postmaster Barrett would
like to see because every purchase
means an extension of the postal receipts
of the Clover postofflce, but
I still Clover has shown up pretty well.
Refuse State Memorial:
Thus far Clover has fallen down on
its apportionment to the fund which is
being collected in York county to be
used in the building of a memorial to
soldiers of the late war to be located
in Columbia. Clover people are evidently
not interested in providing
buildings for the city of Columbia. The
local apportionment toward the cause
was $800 and a numbjr $<* ,fading
ladies of CloverTiave for several (fays
past been making a canvass of the
town and community with a view to
having it come across; but without
avail Collections have totaled less
than $100 and there is a feeling that
that is all that can be secured. One
canvasser went to twelve families in
succession all of whom refused to
contribute a penny to the cause. Subscriptions
to the Third Red Cross Roll
Call canvass have up to date been
hardly more generous. Clover's apportionment
for the current year was
240 members and at a meeting of the
local executive committee Tuesday it
was decided that 250 members could be
secured; but tabulations of "hearts and
dollars" to the cause up to this morning
had resulted in the collection of
less than $100. Miss Annie Doty of
Winnsboro who is in charge bf the
Home Service Section of Red Cross
work was here Tuesday to confer with
the executive committee about future
local Red Cross work.
Ginning Decreases.
Up to Wednesday approximately 3,100
bales of cotton had been ginned in
| Clov.r this season; but all indications
j pointed to the fact that the season was
about over and that really the local
I ginneries could easily take care of all
the cotton brought here now for ginning
or that would be brought until
the end of the season by running only
three days a week. No arrangement
has yet been made about that as yet.
Fell Upon by Thieves.
Messrs. W. E. Admas of Clover and
W. JJ. Flannagfin of Bowling . Green
fell among thieves while en route to
the meeting of the Presbyterian Synod
of South Carolina at Anderson last
week. Luckily they were not badly
hurt by their assailants although their
respective pocketbooks were touched
for small amounts. It happened in
Greenville, according to information
brought back by Mr. Adams. Ringling
lirrtliers' circus was playing in Greenville
the day the two gentlemen were
: en route to Anderson, and numbers of
i nii.L'nnrtotu who usuallv accomnany
circuses were on the job in Greenville.
I It was necessary for Messrs. Adams
and Klannagan to change trains in
Greenville, going from there to An!
derson on the Piedmont <Sr Northern
I line. There was a crowd at the station
! in Gieenville, members of the light
| fingered fraternity being numbered
among the multitude. As the church
j representatives attempted to board
' their train they were touched for their
'respective rolls. An attempt, it is
; said, was also made to relieve Rev. J.
j C. Swann of Bullock's Creek who was
ia member of the party of his; but Mr.
Swunn discovered persons tugging at
his pockets in time to prevent their
! robbing him.
Personal Mention,
i Miss Mary Moore of Clover underj
went an operation at the Presbyterian
I hospital in Charlotte last Tuesday.
Her many friends will he glad to know
, that she is getting along nicely.
Mr. It. A. Jackson of Clover is also
| in n Charlotte hospital, undergoing
treatment, he having submitted to a
i minor operation th^i e a few days ago.
I Mrs. W. P. Smith and little daughter
} who have been undergoing treatment
in a Charlotte hospital have returned
11 to their home here.
Mrs. J. E. Berryhill who has bean
in a Charlotte hospital for treatment,
has also returned home. Her health
is much improved.
Mrs. Lester Dale who has been
visiting Mrs. J. A. Sherer in torki
ville has returned to her home in
Clover.
ASSIGNED BY THE BISHOP
Where Upper Conference Preachers
are to Labor Next Year.
Reports to the Upper South Carolina
Conference in session in Greenwood
last week disclosed a gain of
2,000 members last year and the raising
of $769,336 for all purposes.
The following ministers and wives of
ministers died during the year:
IJ T n.iffl. W m Onnxan T TT
Thacker, D. P. Boyd, J. E. Grier, Mrs
W. T. Duncan, Mrs. J. M. Boyd.
Next year's meeting of the conference
will be held with Grace church in
Union.
By reason of a failure of all the
mailF. last Tuesday, it was not practicable
to print a full list of the conference
appointments in the last issue
of The Enquirer. The list however, is
printed herewith as a matter of record.
'Anderson District?G. C. Leonard,
presiding elder. Anderson; Bethel, A.
M. Smith; Orrvllle; Antrevllle, W. S.
John's, M. L. Carlisle; Antreville, W. S.
Martin; Calhoun Falls, D. A. Jeffcoat;
Central, W. S. Goodwin; Clemson, A. E.
Driggers; Honea Path, T. W. Munnerlyn;
Lowndesville, N. E. Ballenger;
Pek.er, VV. L. Mullikin; Pendleton, J.
H. Manley; Piedmont, G. G. Harlet';
Princeton, J. E. Strickland; Seneca
B. M. Robertson; Starr, J. W. Lewis;
Walhalla, (E. P. Taylor; Walhalla circuit,
FosheV Speer; Westminster, R. L.
Doggett; Williamston and Belton, H.
B. Hardy.
Cokesbury District?J. W. Kilgo
presiding elder; Abbeville, C. E. Peele;
Abbeville circuit, Fred Harris; Butler,
A. H. Best; Cokesbury, J. W. Snell;
Greenwood, Main "treet, B. R. Turnipseed;
Greenwood circuit, W. H.
Murry; Kinards, P. R. Kilgo; McCormick,
J. G. Huggins; McKendree
S. C. Dunlap; Newberry Central, J. L
Daniel; Mollohon and Oakland, A. E.
Smith; O'Neall street, R. F. Gogburn;
Newterry circuit, G. F. Clarkson;
Ninety-six, O. A. Jeffcoat (one to be
supplied); Phoenix, W. P. Meadors;
Plum Branch, R. L. Rountree; Pomaria
J. M* Mason; Prosperity and Zion, J
D. Griffin; Saluda, J. Singleton;
(Vaterloo, S. H. Booth; Whitmire, J. P.
Simpson; Lander college, president, J
' tttiL.rtn . ?m.afnoone o f T on/lor r? r? 1 lopn
U. >V USUII , |71 UlCOOWl uv uauuvi ww??v0v.
R. O. LawtoTi, Main street Q. C.; assistant
Sunday school editor, L. F.
Meaty, Main street Q. C.; conference
missionary evangelist, J. H. Banner,
Main street Q. C.
Columbia District?R. E. Stackhouse
presiding elder; Aiken and Williston
O. M. Abney; Aiken circuit, "W. D
Shealy, Batesburg, A. L. Gunter, Columbia,
Brookland, G. T. Hughes;
Edgewood, t\'. M. Harden; Epworth
mission (to be supplied); Green street
C. M. Morris; Main street, R. S. Truesdale;
Shandon, R. F. Morris; Washington
street, A. N. Brunson; Waverly,
W. H. Polk; Whaley street
James Waite; Edgefield, E. R. Mason;
Fairfield, R. E. Sharpe; Gilbert,
L. W. Johnson; Granlteville, W
H. Lewis; Irmo, AJ. A. Kleckley; John
ston. D. W. Keller; Langley, .T. C. Cunningham;
Leesville, J. H. Brown; Leesville
circuit, \V. E. Taylor (one to be
supplied); Lexington, A. Q. Rice; North
Augusta, A. W. Barr; Richland, A. A
Merritt; Ridge Spring, F. C. Beach;
Ridgeway, E. W. Mason; Swansea, R
C. Griffith: Wagoner, J. M. Meetz; Epworth
orphanage, superintendent, T. C
O'Dell, Washington street' Q. C.; misionary
secretary, J. C. Roper, Washington
street Q. C.
Greenville District?J. M. Steadman
presiding elder; Clinton, Henry
Stokes; Duncan, D. E. JefTcoat; Easley.
J. Paul Patton; Fountain Inn, L. E
Wiggins; Gray Court, C. W. Watson;
Greenville, Bethel and Poe, J. D. Hollei
J.one to be supplied); Brandon and
Poinsett, A. M. Doggett; Buncombe
street, C. C. Herbert; Choice and Mills
J. W. McElrath; Duncan and Judson
P. L. Bouknight; Hampton avenue, G
H. Hodges; St. Paul, W. B. Garrett:
West Greenville (to be supplied);
Greenville circuit, M. M. Brooks:
Greer, H. O. Chambers; Laurens, A. E
Holler; Laurens circuit, D. H. Johnson;
Liberty, W. B. Justus; Norris, A. F.
Jackson; Pickens, E. T. Hodges
Pickens circuit, D. P. Hudson,; Simpsonville,
J. F. Lupo; South Easley.
C. R. White; South Greer, B. H. HarI
vey: Traveler's Rest, C. A. Johnson;
i
j conference Sunday school secretary, L.
| D. Gillespie. Pickens.
J Rock Hill District?J. R. Major preoMino
elrlor Hlaekshurer. M. K.
jMeadors; Blackstoek. J. R. Copeland
Chester; Baldwin Mill, L. \V. Shealy;
Bethel, P. F. Kilgo; Chester circuit; S.
B. White; Clover, II. A. Whitten; East
j Lancaster, J. A. Bledsoe; Fort Lawn.
\V. A Duckworth; Fort Mill, W. R
j Bouknight; Great Falls, J. E. Brown;
I Hickory Grove, M. T. Wharton, M. C.
I Latlum, supernumerary; Lancaster, E.
R. Mason; Lancaster circuit, T. F.
Gibson; North Rock Hill, circuit, P.
| R. kolgore: Richburg, E. Z. James,
I Rock Hill. Manchester and High-1
lard Park, II. E. Griflln; St. John's,
J. W Speake; West Main street, Roy
I \V. Wilkes; Rock Hill, circuit, R. L. j
jliolrovd; Van Wyck, F. V. Robertson;
Winnsboro, Hamlin Ethrldge; York J.j
E. MahafTey; conrerence secretary-or
education, J. R. T. Major.
Spartanburg District?E. J. Jones,
presiding elder, Buffalo, J. W. Bailey;
Campobello, J. H. Montgomery;
Carlisle, W. Y. Cooley; Chesnee, J. L.
Jett, Clifton and Glendale, C. P. Carter:
Oowpens, J. E. Merchant; Cross
Anchor, W. C. Kelly; Enotee, J. T.
Miller; GafTney, Buford St., W. A.
Fairy; Limestone St., J. T. Frazer;
GafTney circuit, Whitfield Johnson;
Inman, R. C. Boulware; Jonesville,
S. T. Blackman; Kelton, J. P. Golightly;
Pacolet, R. L. Keaton, Pacolet Mills,
M. B. Patrick; Spartanburg, Bethel,
P. E. Dibble; Central. J. W. Frazer;
Drayton and Beaumont, J. P. Farr;
Duncan, W. B. Connelley; El Bethel,
W. G. Smith; Saxon, R. B. Burgess.
(One to be supplied.) Union, Bethel,
W. F. Gaut; Grace, L. P. McGee; Green
St., J. B. Chick; Unity and Saudis, J.
P. Byars; Woodruff, W. M. Owings;
Textile Industrial institute, president,
D. E. Camak; conference evangelist, J.
U. Harley; Southern Home institute,
president, S. T. Creech; missionary to
Korea, T. J. Carter.
, , PREJUDICE
AGAINST ALCOHOL.
An Attorney Outlines the Cost and
Gives Some Reasons,
The following wonderful piece of
word painting has been frequently
published, says the Chicago Tribune,
but we reprint it at the request of
several readers who desire a complete
copy. An attorney, in addressng
a Jut in a case which involved
| 'he manufacture of alcohol, made the
.'ollowing terrible arraignment of the
.lemon:
"I am aware that there is a prejulice
against any man who manufactures
alcohol. I believe that from the
time it issues from the coiled and
poisonous worm in the distillery until
ts empties into the jaws of death, dislonor
and crime, it demoralizes everybody
that touches it, from Ito source
to where it ends. I do not believe
inybody can contemplate the object
without being prejudiced against the
iquor crime. All we have to do, gentlemen,
is to think of the wrecks on
jither bank of the stream of death,
>f the suicide, of the insanity, of thq
gnorance, of the desititutlon, of tnc
ittle children tugging at the faded
and withered breast of weeping mothers,
of wives asking for bread, of the
nen of genius it fias wrecked, the men
struggling with imaginary serpents,
jroduced by the devilish thing; and
when"* lyetn thtTrtc of the Jails, of the
ilmshouses, of the asylums, of the
n-lsons, of the scaffolds upon either
lank, I do not wonder that every
houghtful man is prejudiced against
his damned stuff called alcphol. Intemperance
cuts' down youth in its
igor, manhood in its stength, old age
n Its weakness. It breaks the father's
leart, bereaves the doting mother exinguishes
natural affection erases conugal
love, blots out filial attachment,
flights parental hopes, brings down
nourning age in sorrow to the grave,
it produces weakness, not strength;
itckness, not health; death, not life,
t makes wives, widows; children, or>hans,
fathers, fiends; and all of them
laupers and beggars. It feeds rhumaism,
invites cholera, import# pestilence
ind embraces consumption. It covers
he land with idleness, misery, crime,
t fills your jails, supplies your almslouses,
and demands your asylums. It
ngenders controversies, fosters quarels
and cherishes riots. It crowds your
>eriitentlaries and furnishes victims for
I -our scaffolds. It is the life bloc* -f
[ he gambler, the element of the bt gar,
the prop of the highwayman and
.upport of the midnight incendiary,
t countenances the liar, respects the
hief, esteems the blasprfemar. It vioates
obligation, reverences fraud and
lonors infamy. It defames . benevoence,
hated love, scorns virtue and
danders innocence. It incites the Tathir
to butcher his helpless offsprings,
lelps the husband to massacre his
wife and the child to grind the
>arlcldal ax. It burns up men, conumes
women, detests life, curses God,
lespises heaven. It suborns witnesses,
lurses perjury, defiles the jury box
md stains judicial ermine. It decades
he citizen, debases the legislator, dislonors
the statesman and disarms
:he patriot. It brings shame, not hon>r;
misery, not safety; despair, not
lope; misery not happiness, and with
he malevolence of a fiend it calmly
surveys its frightful desolation and
msatisfied havoc. It poisons felicity,
.ills peace, ruins morals, blights con
_.i?? i
lcience, siays repuiauuns, anu ?i^cn
>ut national honor, then curses the
vorld and laughs at Its ruin: It does
.11 that and more. It murders the
oul. It it the sum of all villainies.
he father of all crime, the mother of
ill abominations, the devil's best
fiend and God's worst enemy."
"Cyclone Mack" on Jury.?Rsv. Baxter
F. McLendon, the South Carolina
evangelist, and Fred Seibert, a concerted
Jew in McLendon's party,
served on a coroner's jury here, says
i Kinston, X. C., dispatch of October
!3. McLendon, wearing a slouch hat,
heavy black mustache and shaggy
eyebrows, rendered an opinion to the
others of the jury, that had he been
'n the place of the man accused of
rhooting Joseph Whitfield, colored,
he would have "used a gattling gun."
Evidence was introduced that Charles
Barnes, colored, shot Whitfield in self|
defense. The case will go to court
with all the odds favoring Barnes' acquittal.
Witnesses said Whitfield had
the point of a knife at Barnes' breast
when the latter fired.
Vitws anu iNitimtwa
a v. Jt
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED DP BT ENQUIRES REPORTERS
Storie* Concerning Folk* and TlUnga
Some of Which You Know -and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
for Quick Reading.
ifbt "They
came near having serious
trouble among the student body- at
Davidson college the other day," sgld
a young man of Yorkvllle, an alumnus
of that institution yesterday. "Tbe
boys wanted to haye a day off in oelebration
of the signing of the armistice
and the faculty didn't want 'em to have
it and. it looked for a while as though
it was coming to a question of whether
the faculty, or the students were boss.
The following dispatch of November
11, from Charlotte tells of the trouble:
Class work at Davidson College was
uninterrupted this morning following
action by the student body who early
today voted ?o revoke their stand last
night when they decided to have a
holiday in celebration of the signing
of armistice on their own Initiative
and after request therefore had been
refused by the faculty. In consideration
of them and for them, however.
and for the spirit that prompted
the students to revoke their ordSf vof
last night, the faculty decided '<to
give them a half holiday and class
work will be suspended durlagijthe
afternoon.
Taking its Tolf.
"Monkey rum, sugar liquor and
other concoctions coming into wide
use as substitutes, for liquor haive
tnWinc n. tnll of deaths in Char
lotte during: the past week or so," .said
William A. Matthews, well known
young man of Clover, who is spending
a few days at his home in that town
and who holds a position with the
Southern Power Company in Charlotte.
"Two or three men and probably mora
have been found dead seated In asitbmobiles
along the streets of Chafiottai
recently," said Mr. Matthews, "gnd ^
investigation has developed the infor*
mation that their deaths have been
caused by drinking poisonous bever*
ages taken in the hope of producing intoxication.
In addition to deaths
several cases of serious lllnesa kft*?
been reported from the same causa"
Had Good Meeting.
"The rscent meeting of Synod wan
one of the best generally and most \
largely attended ever held," said Rev.
J. E. Berryhill, pastor of the Clover
Presbyterian church who was among
those in attendance. "Being comparatively
new in the South Carolina Synod
I am not as familiar with that body as
are some of the older members but
still I was deeply impressed luid
ministers who have been members or
that Synod for years said that it was
the best meeting that they had ever
attended. The people of Anderson were
very nice to us and did everything to
make our stay pleasant. We go to
Bennettsvllle next year."
York County Horse Won. ,
"E. N. Stephenson's mare 'Lady Fox'
mopped up in the free for all at the
recent Chester county fair," said a local
horse fancier yesterday. She won .-a,,
prize of $250 in cash for her owner and
I don't know how much her backers
mopped up with on the side. Not much
though I don't guess because the spos(a
were rather afraid of the horse. She
is some racing mare though and with
some.training she will set the racing
fraternity in this country on edge unless
something happens. The maret
was shipped into York county some
1 ?->i 1 runwla
time ago Dy wan neAitu ui ucuiSu>,
and there Is no doubt but what she is
some nifty animal. Her owner recently
laughed long and loud at an offer of
$500 for her."
Raising Plenty of Disturbance.
"The laboring class Is sure raising
plenty of disturbance here," writes an
Indiana man, a resident of South
Bend, who is employed as a railway,
conductor between South Bend and
Chicago, 111., to a friend in Yorkvllle,
"and unless things soon take A turn
for the better I am going ^o beat It to
South Bend or some other more peace*
ful clime. I have a good Job but am
getting very much dissatisfied largely
because, I guess everybody else around
here is getting dissatisfied." A
Tractor Pulla Gin.
"Come on take a ride down to
Bollivar Scott's farmland I'll show you
that a Fordson tractor is perfectly
capable of pulling a . gin," said S. L.
I Courtney, representative of the local
Fordson agency the other evening.
"Won't bp gone very long," said Mr.
Courtney?" jusi auuui unccu uuu???
or so." He missed his guess about that
though, because his automobile ran shy
of gas when about two miles out of
Yorkvllle on the return trip and Views
and Interviews in company with J.
Albert Riddle had to leg it into town.
But the Fordson pulled Mr. Scott's
cotton gin all right and it did it entirely
to Mr. Scott's satisfaction. It was
employed a good part of a day in pulling
the ginnery?a fifty saw plant and
it was the opinion that it would pul'
eighty saws with ease. Mr. Scott
bought a tractor and has already
adopted the Fordson way.
11 ?????
One Difference.?She?"You know.
Jack, I always speak as I think."
He?"Yes, dear?only oftener.""?
Life.
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