v.... Scraps and ^acts.V
? Reduction of passenger train ser'
vice one-third in the southwestern |
' region as a coal conservation measure.
t( was ordered last night by Regional j
0 Director B. P. Bush, of St. Louis* -The I
- order becomes effective at mfdnight
Sunday.
** ?Representative Bicketts, Republi,
kt> can, Ohio, has introduced a resolution
1 proposing investigation of -. "every
* matter touching the high cost of print
? paper to publishers." Specifically the
possibility of a monopoly in the print
~ paper industry would be investigated
h and "the reason for the apparent disX,
crimination" between the metropolij.
tan apd small city dailies in the distri,
. button of papfer. :
? The government will not attempt to
control the distribution and sale of
, sugar after the sugar equalization
? board is dissolved December 31. AtV
torney General Palmer, in making this
announcement yesterday said tljat, as
m.- no funds had been provided by congress
for carrying on the work of
handling sugar, the department of
- justice would confine its efforts to the
punishment of profiteers.
V/ ?Nashville Tenn., December 2:
* Georgia with a quota of $7,500,000 in
the $75,000,000 campaign reported an
over-subscription ot ^i.uuu.uuo luuigm
with the drive still on. Other states
that are well beyond their qyota are
* Maryland, New Mexico, Mississippi
u and South Carolina, while Florida with
ki only 166 churches reporting, was within
$19,000 of her goal of $1,000,000, and
y North Carolina was within easy striking
distance of her goal of $5,500,000,,l
?It is authoritatively announced
[ from Paris that Germany has refused
w to sign the protocol presented to her
n by the Allied council as a condition
to putting the peace treaty In effect.
There have been reports for some time
* to the effect that there has bie'n going
jfc' on in Germany a sharp reaction as to
K? the signing of the protocol, based on
1 . the alleged injunction of requiring indemnity
for the sinking of the German
-, ships in Scapa flow. The German govY*
* ernment insists that it has cleafrly esP6
tablished that it was in no wise re0
. sponsible for the action of those who
. sank the ships. Also the Germans ob* "
Ject to paragraphs in the protocol re*V
latlng to the evacuation of Lithuania,
whiqll question it is claimed by the
tf Germans, has already been settled;
but the Germans are willing to submit
the matter of the sinking of the ships
' to the Hague tribunal. It is stated by
some observers that most Germans
have all along been perfectly willing
%f. for a settlement of the whole affair as
soon as possible, and had the United
k-* States senate ratified the treaty, th"
W protocol would have been signed at
* ,v? once; but since the failure of the United
States senate to act affirmatively,
* ? -y there is a disposition among the Ger *
* ' J L ~ /U rt o> f net hop
mans to noia uac?. iwiiuui6
developments.
' ?President Wilson was requested lr>
a resolution introduced in the senate
Wednesday to sever diplomatic relations
with Mexico. The resdlution was
offered by Senator Fall, Republican of
New Mexico, Who as chairman of a subW
committee investigating the Mexican
t situation, declared evldencb had been
ig found which "would astound the
world". It also asked that the president
withdraw recognition of the Car ,
ranza government. Senator Fall boldly
charged that the Mexican embassy,
the consulate generals in New York
and San Francisco and the.consulates
V along the border with the .'knowledge
^ and consent of president Cacranza, had
* been'actively engaged in the'spreading
v of Bolshevist prapagap^a ia th? Un"
v* ed States."; tJvidencie; it was said,
would be forthcoming to be^r out the
charge. By this resolution which was
sent to the foreign relatione committee
of the senate for consideration yestet
* day, the whole Mexican problem, admittedly
grave in view of refusal of
the Carranza administration to release
\ Consular Agent Jenkins from the peni?
tentiary at Puebla, will be put before
W congress. The latest note ^irom the
V, state department calling for immediate
release of Jenkins was-4gid be**
fore the Mexican govern men t\>n Monday.
Word to this effect reached the
* department yesterday but there was
?' no intimation as to when An answer
- - from the committee on the Fall resn
;,v. lution is expected and this will put
the question squarely before the sen-?
ate, aroused to a high pitch "by recent
murders of Americans in Mexico and
? - the treatment of the American consular
agents.
?Congressional investigation of al Js*
leged disfranchisement of negroes in
southern states with a view to >reducing
congressional representation of
* those states, was proposed in St resolution
introduced by Senator Moses,
republican of New Hampshire, last
Tuesday, the resolution was referred to
r the senate judiciary committee. The
resolution would require a report 1?\
July 1 on franchise discrimination and
4 on legislation which will reduce the
representation in said state or.states
as provided by the fourteen constiCeX
tutional amendment. Senator Moses.
in a statement on his resolution, in,4
dicated it was pi-ompted by Michigan
election cases. '"It is refreshing,"
Senator Moses said, 'to obeserve the
tremendous enthusiasm of the democratic
party for purity in elections:
a. and it would be a great pity to allow
this divine afflatus to subside without
* deriving its full benefit for the .entire
' country. The corruption of theMichigan
electorate?iif any occurred?is
most distressing. But it is no more
* ' distressnig than* suppression of the
fr' electorate in the southern states which
? is so notorious as to require no evi...
dence to be adduced. However, it is
desirable to establish all the facts surrounding
elections, not only in Mich'a
igen, but elsewhere, in order that the
pur.'ty of the personnel of congress in
. both branches may be protected
ye. against the presence of men who hold
their seats in contravention of statp<v'
tory or constitutional privileges. The
i'b inquiry into Senator Newberry's title
. to his seat will not be permitted to
1' 1 n ..? rr,k,
gu lumu.u ...,5.^ ...t ......... ..."r
teresting facts far removed from
,, Michigan which may ho brought out j
helpfully in this country and^ ! shall I
* ' use my best offices to see that this is
hi done.
ft' ?Industrial stores and business
.. houses will l>e required to observo the
shortened hours of the fuel regulations. |
w even though they may get their light. J
.'' heat and "power from oil or otMef}fuel
i. - or from hydro "electricity, ueCotViyigj
of rulings in the southern iVgft -rial |
' coal committee made public frym At- ;
1)1. lanta. The fact that their operations j
' do not require consumption of coal will
- not exempt' them, the commit tger an "v"?
nounefcd1 id a series of intci'pra&fiun:of
its curtailment order reached last
night and made public Tuesday, lly.
dro-electric |>o\ver is being diverted
from non-essential purposes to essential
ones in distant communities, there j
by saving coal, the committee state' ;
The committee made a number o- |
other rulings, a summary of the more
important showing: (Jroeery .enmeat
stores and milk depots may n !
main open until fi p. m.. daily ahVJ ' j
? p. m- on Saturday's. Concerns com
ing under the class of those require'11
to close at 4 p. m? may not ronjnip j
open after that hour, though they use
no coal. Fool and billard room an-' j
similar establishments are classed itspublic
amusements and in remaining'!
open to 10.30 p. m. may not sell to- 1
bacco or soft drinks. Fruit stands I
and confectioners must observe hours a
of other stores and between 4 p. m.
and 9 p. m. if they keep open e
they may sell only such drinks us 1'
coffee, tea or milk. Cotton mills and fc
fertilizer mills are classed as continu- a
ous process operations, which, under
the original rulings, are exempt from
4S hours a week rule. f
<Thr \|othrillc tfnquircr. "
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Entered at the Postoffice at York as
Mail Matter of the Second Class. (
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919.
I The principal reason why cotton is *
not bringing GO cents now is because
so many people turned loose at 40 cents
and less.
The people of King's Mountain
township have a right to be proud of
themselves on the road question.
Just how much there is there is no
good way of estimating; but there are
still several thousand bales of cotton
to be ginned in York county. Some of
it has not yet been picked.
)
It seems to be the general policy of
the government to enforce what
amounts to widespread lockouts until
the strike sentiment so prevalent
everywhere is somewhat dampened.
The miners do not want to mine
without more pay and the operators do
not want to operate except upon a
basis of war time profits.
The very material modifications of
the fuel administration's original orders
with reference to the use of
hydro-electric power and prohibiting
the conduct of business in unheated
buildings was not at all surprising.
The regulations were not only illogical
but they seemed arbitrary. It was
clear that they did not promise to save
any coal, and business people were unable
to see any good reason for them.
*A11 Indications point to the fact that
the United States is on the verge of
intervention in Mexico. Preparations
have >een in progress for many jnonths
and Mexican developments are such
that It seems impossible that the issue ,
can be longer delayed. Congress seems <
strongly inclined this way and the
!sentiment of the country is almost
unanimous. It is quite possible that
sopiethirjg dpfinite. will happen within
the next few months, if not a great
deal earlier.
One of the principal concerns of the
patriots during the war of the revolution
was that there were so many peoI
pie in this country who seemed to i
I think so much more of England than'
they did of America. This is still a
very serious concern. Many EnglishI
men look upon this country today as
being as much of a dependency as are
Canada and Australia, and thousands
of prominent Americans are inclined
to do the same thing.
December cotton options reached 40
cents a pound last Wednesday for th" 1
first time in history, and prices are
growing firmer and firmer. The evident
reason is the unprecedented demand.
The cotton export clearances
for November aggregated 010,000 bales
the largest since November 1912 when
they aggregated 1,734,857 bales. During
this season so far 2,013,963 bales have
gone to Europe against 1,271,386 bales
up to the same date last year. It is 1
universally conceded that Europe is
in greater need of cotton than of any 1
other raw product.
From all indications Germany is as j
strong today as she was before the j
war, and her strength lies in the fact j
her leaders have sense enough to recognize
that there must be no discrim- j
ination against the people who produce
j the wealth of the country. If there
| was anything that contributed more I
! to the undoing of Germany than an-j
other it was the spirit of Prussian ism 1
among a class of people who were not
content with merely trying to think .
jthat they were superior to other people, h
but were always trying to make other ;
I people acknowledge the same thing. |
| This Prussianism got most of what j
was coming to it in the world war, both j
in Germany and England; but the ,
{United States has not yet learned. Ev- ,
cept for the spirit of Prussianism there |
would have been no coal strike, or steel ,
strike, and if American capital would
now adopt the attitude into which German
leaders have fallen, we would j
speedily rid ourselves of all our |
troubles. On the contrary if they go | ^
on as they are, it will not be it great! j
while before Germans' will have re-',
covered all that she has lost and more',
?before she will have proved as many j,
of her people claim that as the result ,
of the overthrow of Prussianism, she U
was the real winner. |<j
?< ? ; t
The kind of a man this country needs j
more than any other to administer 1
its affairs at this juncture is a man >
who realizes the full significance of 1 j
popular government and who knows i
how to be firm as well as just. Gov- '
ernor Coolidge, of Massachusetts 1
seems to be such a man, or at least
that is the inference that is to be (
drawn from the manner in which be j;
treated the recent movement of the -v
I'.us ton police force to join the Anvri- J
can Federation of Labor. Jt is not t? it
>e understood that he has the slightest ,
ntagonism toward, the American Fedration
of Labor,; or to any other
ibor organization. There has never I
ieen anything in his record to indicate
uch a thing. But he appreciates the ]
act. that a labor organization is
irimarily representative of labor, and
hat its only legitimate purpose is to 1
dvance and uplift the labor cause. He
s not a man who would give way to 1
he idea that all other interest must
ecome subservient or subject to an (
irganization that can be representative
>f only one interest. He realizes that <
epresentative government must guard
ill the varying interests over which it i
las jurisdiction with equal impartial- ,
t>. The police is the right arm of repesentative
government. No man can ,
terve two masters, and ' certainly a
uillnoinon nnniwit fin HO A IKllice force '
hat'belonged to Ukj American Federa- ]
ion of Labor or any other labor organization,
could no longer be relied
ipon by the representative governnental
forces to which it owes its un- ;
livided allegiance. For Governor
-oodidge to have permitted the Boston
police force to have fallen under the
lomination of the American Federation
>i Labor, would have been to have surrendered
the birthright to all of the
people to a part of the people. In ef'ect
it would have been a complete be:rayal
of his trust, with the result of
:ar greater eventual harm to organized
abor than to the commonwealth. The
(rank, open, courageous manner in
which he handled tli? whole situation,
is no less admirable than the firmness
with which he averted what could not
have but sooner or later resulted in a
most deplorable catastrophe. With a
man like Governor Coolidge at the
head of affairs, the rights of the people,
under the constitution?all the
people are safe.
Where the Money Goes.
It is generally appreciated that the
large amount of high priced cotton that
has been sold throughout this locality
this fall has brought more money into
this section than has ever been known
before.
The result has been "flush" times
and times are still flush; but the indications
are that the flood time has been
reached or passed and that things are
now gradually returning to something
more like normal.
The farmer, of course, has been the
principal beneficiary of this usual flood
of money. As a general thing, he did
not owe as much this year as usual
and he had more money to do what he
pleased with than ever before.
There has been a lot of waste, of
course. Many people who had more
money, than th;y know what to do
with, some larger amounts and some
smaller amounts, have "blown it" in for
one thing and then another, and now
have little or nothing to ohow for it.
This applies to both whites? and
blacks.
As a rule, those of the whites who
have already learned their lessons in
the hard school of experience, and de-'
veloped more or less along intelligent
economic lines, have been looking to
the future and taking care of all that
has come their way. Some have opened
savings accounts, some have bought
certificates of deposit, some have
bought war savings stamps, and many
have invested in various other secu*
rities; but not a few of them have
been buying more land.
With thq negroes it has been about
the same; but naturally they have
shown more disposition to waste than
have the whites. The situation has
been more novel to most of them, and
as a rule they were less well prepared
to wisely handle what has been coming
their way.
A few of the negroes have bought
land; but not many of them have
made investments along this line. The
general tendency of those who have
been childishly wasteful has been to
buy better clothes, and the like, furniture,
phonographs, shotguns, buggies,
automobiles, mules and horses.
Mm..? mu 1pm and horses have been
sold to negroes this year than ever befor
in the history of the country, and
while in many instances the purchases
have been made for reasons of
business advantages, in many other
instances it lias been purely a matter
of pleasure, the buyers having no other
present idea than to use the animals
for riding over the country.
A few weeks back it was common
to hear people lamenting t' e prevailing
abundance of money as a calamity
rather than a blessing, the principal
objection being that because of it it
was so difficult to get anybody to do
anything; 'but that is gradually passing
now. Money is still quite plentiful,
and reasonable wages have but an
indifferent appeal to ordinary labor.
However, there are indications that it
is all going to work out steadily and
surely enough, and within a few
months more the whole situation will
liave been restored to something like
normal.
MERE MENTION.
South Dakota Republicans have enloised
Cleneral Leonard Wood for
president and the Democrats of North
Dakota have endorsed Wilson for a
bird term Henry ("'. Krick, the
,vell-known iron master, former partner
of Andrew Carnegie, lied in his
!-'iftli Avenue, New York home last
fuesday of ptomaine poisoning, aged
'0 years Advanced wages for
hotisands of operatives in the textile
ndustry in New Kngland wire an '
......11 itnstnn l.'isl Tuesday. I
iV'itliin a day or two, it was indicated i
Kio.noo workers in cotton and woolen (
nills in tin's section and thousands of
>l>eratives in the other eastern states I
vould l>e receiving higher pay. I.
? R. M. Mixson of Williston who was
>n ' Tuesday elected president of the
south Carolina Cotton Association, i
said yesterday that a vigorous catn- i
i.aign to enlarge the membership of
lie association would be launched at h
nice. J
LOCAL, AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
'innix Realty & Auction Co.?Will sell the
William Dobson place at auction next Tuesday,
December 9. An ideal farm.
'innix Realty & Auction Co.?Announce sale
of part of old Hughes farm next Tuesdny
nfternoon at public auction. Proj>erty of
Col. W .W. Lewis.
dinners Hardware & Supply Co.?Suggests
that you (five your boy a hardws.ro present
for Christmas. It has lots of them.
Poyland. Rock Hill Will display an immense
line of toys in rriedheim's Hall next Tuesday.
Parents and children especially invited.
Shannon & Plexico. Sharon?Wan you to see
them for flour.
Plover Drug Store.?Invites everybody to see
its unusual display of holiday goods. Some-'
thing to please every buyer.
Shercr it Quinn? Have their fnmous Melrose
Flour. A request to customers.
IV. T. Love Will sell real estate belonging to
the estate of Mrs. Lucy E. Bradley, near
Piedmont Springs at auction on Dec. 17.
Star Theater?"Beating the Odds" today, the
Red Glove Saturday.
City Market?Sells boiled and cured ham,
breakfast bacon and choiced fresh meats.
Ferguson & Youngblood Have more farm
wagons coming. Feed for dairy cows. Full
line of farm hardware.
York Supply Co.?Will be open from !( a. tn.
until 6 p. m. Best cteam cheese 40 cents a
pound.
McConmdl Dry Goods Co.?Says new faces appear
at the counter each day, there is a reason.
Lots of doll babies.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?0|?e_n from 9 a. nt. until
t>. m. Saturdays' until 9 p. m.
J. N. McGill's Sons Co.?Still sells good:t on
time; but is giving special value* for cash.
Howmiti Hftiiw.? Reminds vou thut
ChriHtmaa in almost here and urges you to
shop early. Ladies coat suits to close out
at cost.
J. M. Stroup.?Talks about shoes for men, women
and children, underwear, treats fur.
nishintrs and clothing.
Feinstein's 5 & 10 Cent Store.?Is open for
business in the room next to Feinstein's
Bargain House.
First National Bank, York?Urges you to
start your savings today, it will help you
save and take care of your mor.ey.
First National Bapk Clover?Offers its services
to taxpayers who care to take advantage of
this convenienqf.
York Furniture & Hardware Co.?For 12 days
will sell rear tires for Ford curs at $12.50
each.
J. C. Wilborn?His a string of new farm offerings
in all parts of the county.
Lipe'a Garage?Gives you more facts about the
Brunswick tires and tubes.
S. L. Courtney?Tells you what Ford service
is to the owners of Ford cars. Genuine Ford
parts used for repair work.
A cropper on the farm of Mr. W. B.
Keller, on the outskirts of Yorkville,
made fourteen bales of cotton averaging
over 500 pounds each this year on
seven acres of land.
Here is advanced notice of the fact
that the makers cf The Yorkville Enquirer
will take a week's holiday during
Christmas this year its usual. The
last issue before Christmas will be
that of Tuesday December 23, and the
next issue following will be that of
Friday January 2. The issues of
December 26 and 29 will be ommitted.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Hon. J. E. McDonald of Winnsboro,
was among the visitors in Yorkville,
this week. t \,t
Banks R. Nhrens of Yorkville is undergoing
treatment in a Columbia
hospital.
George A .; Buchanan, formerly
superintendent or tne Arcane i;onon
Mills of Rock Hill, Has accepted a place
Us superintendept of the Lando Mill in
Chester county,.
Mr. J. B. Wood, a well known and
highly esteemed, citizen of Clover was
aiiiong the visitors in Vorkville yesterday.
The visit was the first that Mr.
Wood has made to Yorkville in quite
a while. ,< ,,
, Mrs. A. j.. Bprron of Rock Hill has
i3.si:od invitations to the marriage of
her daughter, Miss Annis to Rev.
Joseph Hopper, the ceremony to taKe
place at the bride's home on Thursday
evening, Defc. 18.
THE MARRIAGE RECORD.
Marriage licences have been issued b>
the Probate Court as follows:
Dec. 1?Alex Davidson to Josephine
Carvin, Bethesd* township, (colored).
Dec. 1.?J. Jester Watson to E.
Janette McKnlght, Hickory Grove.
Dec. 1?John R. Kelly to Sindy
Spivey, Gastonia.
Dec. 1?Tom Shoats to lsa.belle Love,
Bethel township, (colored).
Dec. 2?Darth Falls to Marion White
Rock Hill.
Dec. 2?Wallace Floyd, Clover to
Hattie Adams, Bowling Green, (colored.)
Dec. 3?E. Clyde Castle, Filbert to
Violet L. Anthony, York.
Dec. 4?Robert Kenedy to Mattie
McCrary, Rock Hill, (colored).
Dec. 4?Tom Chambers to Rosle
Moore, Bullock's Creek township, (colored).
Dec. 4?Walter Moore to Belle Leech.
Hickory Grove.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? In furtherance of the efforts of the
fuel administration to conserve fuel,
the local banks have decided to move
up the closing hour to 1 p. m. daily
except Saturday when the final closing
hour for I he day will be 4 p. m.
? So long as the regulations of tie
fuel administration have the right ol
way as to opeiuug ht 9 o'clock and
closing at 4 or & etc., patrons of the
stores must be forehanded enough te
get there in time, or if they want ii
sent to them they will do well to order
a day ahead.
? Ladies of Trinity Methodist church
gave their annual bazaar and oyster
and salad service in Quinn Wallace's
store room yesterday and the occasion
was highly successful from every
standpoint proceeds 01 mo saie aggregating
more than $2S0. Hoth dinner
and supper were served an dthere were
numerous i<eop!e of the town who came
to get the delightful meal prepared by
the Methodist ladies. The annual
bazaar of the Ladies Aid Society of
Trinity chinch has come to be regarded
as a regular social feature of the town
always anticipated'\Vith great pleasure
by people generally.
BROUGHT LARGE SUM.
A total of $24,226.28 was realized
from ,the sale of a portion of the Len
Wood old farm in lletliel township by
the I'innix Realty & Auction Company
of Greensboro in conjunction
with .1. C. Wilhorn. real estate dealer
of Yorkville, last Wednesday. The
sale was attended by a large crowd
fit' oroide and the bidding was lively.
For the purposes of sale the farm
which included 520. acres, was divided j
into several tracts, all of which with I
two exceptions were sold. The farm !
was the property of S. S. Shufoid 01 |
'Saston county. It is located twelve
miles from Yurkville on the Yurkvilleflastonia
and the (hi Yorkville-Char- j
lotte t oads. Moth the owner of the I
property and the purchasers of the
several tracts were well pleased will j
the result of the sile.
Tract No. 1 including IS 7'J-100 acres
was bought by J. J. Nivens for $ 150
in acre.
Tract No. 2 which included 20 1-H
teres, was bought by \V. T. Long fo
j! 1 i>T. an acre. ..
I). ! '. Jackson Vought tract No. 2,
consisting of 24 65-100 acres for $G7 h
an acre. a
W. T. Long bought Tract No. 4 A
consisting of 12 63-100 acres for $74 fl
an acre. t;
Tract No. 6 which contained 71 35- c
100 ncres was bought by A. S. Hand t
for $44 an acre. Mr. Hand bought f
Tract No. 8 which included 69 80-100 s
acres for $103.50 per acre and Tract o
No. 9 which included 51 65-100 acres u
for $75 an acre. ii
Tract No. 10 containing 48 75-100 r
acres, was bought by W. R. Currence c
for $28 an acre. Mr. Currence also a
bought Tract No. 11 containing CO 38- g
100 acres or $31 an acre. |,
Tracts No. 5 and 7 were not sold. |'
COMMON PLEAS.
Several cases have been tried in the
court tif common pleas this wees ano
the court has been moving along
steadily without any loss of time. An
indications are that there will be another
full week of business'before the
court next week and tjiere is a probability
that a jury will be drawn to
serve for the fourth week of court.
Because of the fact that so many of
the regular second week jurors were
excused from attendiwice for various
reasons it was necessary to draw a
special venire. The following were
drawn: J. M. Mitchell, E A. Hall,
Nathan Feinstein, 1'aul N- Moore, L.
O. Thompson, R. S. McConnell. J. S.
Mackorell, It. A. Carroll, J- M. Ferguson,
W. J. I*. Wylle, W. R, Crawford,
K. R McFarland, J. Y. Lucas, F. C.
Riddle.
A verdict for the defendant was returned
in the case of John Thompson
and F. P. Blankenship who sought
damages against York county because
of injuries alleged to have been received
by the collapse of a temporar>
unuge wver v^iiiiiwuct nvcr uciwcch i
Rock Hill and Fort Mill upon which
the men were employed in building. j
A verdict for the plaintiff in the sum j
of $575, was returned in the case o i
Robert T. Allison against the South- I
ern Railway. * i
An order for a non suit was granted
In the case of Howard Caldwell against '
the First National Rink of Yorkville (
The court was engaged Friday
morning in the case of \V. E. Morton
against E. F. Duncan. The plaintiff
seeks redress from the defendant because
of alleged damages sustained 1
the plaintiff's Ford when it was in collision
with the defendant's automobile
on fhe night of December 26, 1918 nea<
Newport. Morton's Ford was being
driven by Luke Smith while Duncan ;
drove his own car. Counsel for each
side attempted to prove that the driver
of the other car was either drunk or
drinking the night of the accident and
that Christmas liouor was responsible
for the collision; but neither succeeded
in establishing the fact. Morton
lives in Yorkville and Duncan in Roci
Hill. ,
LOCAL LAC0NIC3
Policemen Get Raise.
At a recent meeting of the Rock
Hill city council the salary of private
members of the Rock Hill police force
was increased from $90 to $100 a
month.
Makes Big Crop.
Coot Floyd, a colored farmer residing
near Yorkville will make thirty
bales of cotton this year, according to
a story coming to The Enquirer yesterday.
Federal Prisoners in Jail.
There are three United States prisoners
in the York county jail serving
sentences at the present time. They |
were convicted at recent terms of the
Federal court of violations of the prohibition
laws.
No Effort to Obtain Bond.
A. M. Giles, photographer of Rock
Hill who shot his wife on a street of
that city several days ago and who ,s
now confined in the York county jail
has made no effort to obtain bond, asd
it is hardly propable that any. such
effort will be made.
Has Large Enrollment.
The Sharon school this year has the
largest enrollment in its history. The
enrollment at present is about 135. Inauguration
of the compulsory attendance
law has placed in the school several
pupils who probably would otherI
wise not have attended. Four teachers
are employed. They are: Miss
Myrtle Henry, principal and Misses
- - r? j HiL-1 n?l.l,?Al1 on<
Margaret noyu, r<uiei i^mun<;ii <* ?
Pauline Turner assistants. ,
York Typhiod Deaths Increase.
According to figures compiled by the
state board of health there have been
nine deaths in York county from
typhoid fever this year as against only
five deaths from the same malady last
lear. In 1918 the total number of
deaths from typhoid fever was 469 and
thus far this year the total number
has been only 294.
Babington Makes Change.
R. Kenneth Babington, for the past
eight years superintendent of the
Piedmont Telephone anil Telegraph
Co., under the management of his
father, Mr. It. B. Babington with headquarters
in (lastonia, has severed his
connection with the company in ordei
to take a position in the oifices of thi
superintendent of traffic of the Southern
Bell Telephone Company, division
headquarters, at Charlotte.
To Discourage Mule Auctions.
The city council of Rock Hill has
taken steps to discourage hors<
and mule auctions by non-residents
who come in with a bunch of animals,
dispose of them for whatever they will
bring and leave out. In the opinion of
the council a license tax of $250 for
such 'auction sale by a non-resident
I will do the trick. The argument is
that the non-resident auctioneer can
I very well afford to take a profit of $5
or $10 a head and get away with it,
without further responsibility, and that
the practice is unfair to the local
dealer who must not only bear the expense
of keeping and taking care of his
stock until lie can dispose of it; but
I he remains in easy reacii to stand by
all Ids sales.
Goes up tor f-itteen Years.
Gnstonia Gazette, December 4: i
Special Policeman Adam Hord lef> <
this morning for Raleigh taking with ,
him Jack Bridges, who is to serve a
sentence of 1? years in the state pri- '
son for committing a secret assault or ;
the person of Deputy Sheriff J. \V. ,
Cole. Bridges appealed to the supreme
court and that tribunal, a day 1
or so ago, atlirmcd the verdict of the
| lower court. Bridges, it will he re
called, made a brutal secret assault or ,
Deputy Cole one night last sorif
when the latter, with a posse of of- ?
fleers was after him for violation o ;
the prohibition laws. Another man j
named Stevens was convicted for the
same crime and was given a sentenc ^
of live years, which he accepted with- '
out appeal and is now serving. Jj
Injured Are Improving. d
Castonia Gazette: The condition of ^
Misses Clara and Virginia Armstrong, e
of Belmont, who were seriously hurt in $
an automobile accident Sunday night, t
is reported as being very good. Miss
Clara Armstrong, whose leg was t!
broken in the accident was taken to a fi
Charlotte hospital yesterday where the t
limb was reset. Friends of the young p
ladies hav? bad occasion to comment
upon the usual nerve and fatm ness ex- b
ibited by them both at the time of the
ccident and on the operating table,
liss Virginia Armstrong, who was the
irst to emerge from the wreckage of
he car, in doing so sustained painful
uts and lacerations on the face. She
hen assisted one of the young men
coin the debris. Miss Clara Armtrong,
who directed the work of her
wn rescue showed a quantity of nerve
insurpassed. To those assisting her
nto a passing automobile going to Jielnont
she jukingly reminded them to be
a'reful and not leave any part of h"i
matomy lying around loose pn the
;round.
'lowing at Night.
Mr. S. L. Courtney, has been creatng
considerable Interest among the
leighbors surrounding his farm on the
<ing*s Mountain road 2 1-2 miles no?'tlt
>f Yorkville, as well as passers-by,
luring the past few nights by operatng
a Fordson tractor at night. He
,vas anxious to have the land, turned
is soon as possible and being RDDre
lensive of a change in the weather, he
vent after the plowing and kept at It
lay and night until he got through
ivith It. A part of the 25 or 30 acres
lad been broken with a tractor last
uirnmer and sowed in peas and a part ot
t was cotton stalk land that had never
seen broken with a tractor before. The
fiea stubble turned over as loose and
mellow as an ashbank, and the stalk
land though not breaking quite so
jasily because of previous shallow
scratching, has been put in most excellent
condition. It is estimated that
three plow hands and six mules would
fiave been required to do the same
work that the tractor did in the same
number of hours.
Judge's Chair Broka Down.
The chair in the court room occupied
by Judge Thomas S. Sease broke down
yesterday morning and for a few
minutes it looked as if the judge would
have to content himself with one of the
ordinary chairs included in the furnishings
of the courthouse rather than the
comfortable, cushioned, rotary seat
provided for members of the bench.
The majority of the judges of the circuit
bench including Judge Sease are
big men physically and the continued
heavy weights of the Jurists presiding
over the several terms of court sir.ee
the new courthouse was constructed
have caused the springs in the judges'
chair to weaken. This morning the
spring gave way completely and rolled
out upon the floor whereupon Judge
Sease gave orders that it be repaired
and made ready to content himself
with a chair not so comfortable. However
Sheriff Quinn and Walter Reid,
colored janitor at the courthouse placed
the spring back in position without
much difficulty and the judge resumed
his seat.
Baptist $75,000,000 Campaign.
Reports from sixteen out of eighteen
Baptist churches in York county which
had been received up to this morning
indicate that thus far about $85,00C
had been pledged on York county's apportionment
of $107,917 to the Baptist
$75,000,boo campaign. Rev. O. L. Jones,
of Clover, county organizer, said this
morning that indications were that
the full assessment would be met, although
it was not at all certain. The
campaign comes to a close Sunday
night. No report, said Mr. Jones, has
been received from Charlotte Street
Baptist church, Yorkvllle and Shiloh
church near Hickory Grove. The
largest church pledge made was that
of Flint Hill church in Fort Mill township
This church which was assessed
$13,000 has pledged $17,071. Baptist
leaders this morning were more pleased
over the showing of the Hickory
Grove church than any other church
in the county.. ULCkory.' Grqve. with a
membership of 28 was assessed $2,000
as its apportionment. Records this
morning showed that 27 of the 28 members
had pledged $2,382 to the cause.
Final returns will not be received before
Monday.
Directed Verdict for Plaintiff.
In the case orf Mary A- Sims, administratrix
of the estate of W. T.
Sims, deceased, vs. York county, Judge
Sease on Wednesday directed a verdict
for the plaintiff. This was a case
for damages growing out of the killing
of Rev. W. T. Sims, a negro
preacher, by a mob of whitos and negroes
in the Cedar Grove section, between
Yorkville and Sharon, in August
1917. The suit was brought under a
statute that makes the county liabh
for damages to the heirs of a victim
of mob violence. The eas; was first
tried before Judge Ernejt Moore, and
the jury _ found for the defendant.
Judge Moore set the verdict aside. The
next trial was before Judge R. WMemminger.
Again the jury found for
defendant and again the verdict was
set aside. At each of the previous
trials, #after the taking of the testimony,
counsel for the plaintiff as.ced
for the direction of a verdict; but this
neither Judge Memminger nor judgt
Moore was willing to do. Judge Sexse
however did not hesitate. He promptly
directed a verdict for $'.'.000 the
amount sued for- The statute fixes
the amount of damages in such eases
at not less than .Messrs, J A.
Marion and W. B. Wilson, Jr., represented
the plaintiff and Messrs. Thos.
F. McDow and John li. Hart represented
the defendant.
SENATOR NEWBERRY INDICTED.
Man Who Defeated Ford Will Likely
be Severely Punished.
Truman H. Newberry, United State?
senator from Michigan, was indictee'
by a United States grand jury r.t
Grand Rapids, Mleh., last Saturday toi
corruption, fraud and conspiracy ir
connection with the election by which
he obtained his seat in tbe senate,
defeating Henry Ford, his Democratic
opponent.
With Newberry, 13."! other personr
were indicted by the grand. Jury on th<
same charge. The names of all hut
twelve most prominent were withheh
from publication by Judge Clarence
\V. Sessions, presiding, until warrant'
:;ould be served pn ihem.'Among thosi
named were W. A. Hopkins, of St
Ulair, Mich., assistant secretary of /the
United States senate; John S. New
aerry, brother of the senator, Detroit,
md I'aul H. King:, of Detroit. Kin*:
>vas manager of the \cwbeiry camjaign
committee.
The others named Were .Mian I<
rcmpleton, oT Detroit, president of tin
dewberry campaign committee; Freduick
Smith, Detroit, manager of tiu
dewberry estate; Charles A. Floyd
ietroit; Mart 1*. McKee, Detroit;
ludd Yelland, Kscanaba. Mich.; Milon
Oakman. Detroit, formerly count*
lerk of Wayne county and Harry O
Turner, Detroit. Judge Sessions indented
that the evidence before th?
fraud jury disclosed the fraudulent
xponditure of between $500,000 an<
1.000,000 in connection with the elec
ion.
Government officials asserted that
he testimony presented to the gran
nry had revealed a political scanda'
hat ill many respects was without
arallel in American annals.
It was alleged that voters were
rilied, election boards corrupted
editors subscidized and moving picture
theaters bought up in the en*
deavor to defeat nenry Ford, urst, .a
the primaries of both parties, and,
later, when he had won the democratic
nomination in the election itself.
Officers were secretive as to Jiow
the alleged conspiracy was uncovered,
but a general outline of their methods
was made available. It was revealed
that an attempt was made to repeat
the suspected tactics of the 1918 campaign.
Under this plan, a corps of investigators
were sent into the state
under direction of Karl J. Houck, who
with I'irmk O. Dailey. special assist
ant to the, attorney general, was ?
central figure In the election fraud
cases of Terre .1-fante,. ..Indianapolis,
Evarlsvilie and Frankfort, Ind. The?e
cases, beginning In 13)5, resulted in
some 200 convictions. ' * ;
Dailey and Houck came fo Michigan
last August. Bahk records were
inspected and the visitors' ifitS of
safety deposit vaults gone over.
With the tale of these as'a starter,
the investigators Were sent out.
They visited "small 'fry** politicians
first, offering them vague hintR of what
might come from a mythical campaign
of a- certain Michigan politician. Objections
to small returns were followed
by "confidential" comparisons with
the Newberry campaign.
Generally, it was said, these lesser
political^leaders fell into the traps, ,
telling what they had received and explaining
who "ought to handle the
money" in given wards of towns.
The next grade of political leaders
was then approached and by this
method, it was stated, a clear trail
was blazed to "the higher upe."
Then brought into the grand J?
room and confronted with accurate
accounts of the conversations with, the
agents, the men generally, it was said,
tepeoted their stories. ,
The government's legal experts,
headed by Mr. Dailey, Mr, Dalesouter,
of Grand Rapids, a forrper assistant
district attorney, and Olive Pagan, indictment
expert for the department , *
of justice, took both state and federal
laws as the basis for- the .indictments.
The federal corrupt practice^ act of
1910 limits the expenditures of senatorial
candidates to $10,000, and requires
that four statements be > filed
with the secretarv of the sen.o*?.
preceding and following first the. primary
and then the election. The
Newberry affidavit cited In tfie secunu
indictment was filed in correspondence
with this act
The second federal corrupt practises
act which the indictments alleged was
violated was passed in October, 1918.
It made bribery of voters a crime after
several federal courts held that such
an act was not an offense against the
laws of the United States.
? A surplus of $2,342,851 in postoffice
operations for the fiscal year 1919 was
announced in the annual report made
1 public yesterday of Postmaster General
, Burleson. The figures are subject to
some adjustment which would increase
. the surplus, Mr. Burleson said, adding
' that this was the sixth time in the
! seven years of the present postoffice
administration that revenues had exceeded
expenditures. An aggregate
surplus of more than $35,000,000 as
compared to an aggregate deficit fit
more than $59,000,000 for the preceding
seven year period is shown in an appended
table.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8
? S. M. Rice, superintendent of education
of Union county has resigned.
? The Columbia machine gun company
is making preparations to build
an armory in that city at an e^tnpaieo? ^ <coat
of J75,v.,T
i ?Lei'a Ellis, age 3, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Ellis of Camden, was
fatally injured Tuesday when she was
struck by an automobile driven by unknown
parties.
? Charleston is making preparations
for the entertainment of Gen. John J.
Pershing who is expected to come to
that city tomorrow and spend Sunday.
? Charlie Sims, a negro chauffeur of
Columbia, was lined $90 in recorder's
court in that city Wednesday on a
charge of speeding.
? Births in South Carolina in the first
ten months of 1919 exceeded deaths in
a ratio of almost two to one, according
to figures contained in the advance
sheets of the annual report of the
state board of health.
? Columbia December 2: Meeting in
Columbia this afternoon the South
Carolina Cotton association voted, to
Kll?V? n AAHnn Ko n Lr on/1 avnnrt
rotauu^u u cvbivu unim u.ou. corporation
with a proposed capital
stock of $2,000,000. The object of the
organization as announced is not only
to finance the farmers and enable
them to withhold distress cotton from
the market, but also to establish fort
ei^n correspondents and to take care of
the foreign shipments of the staple so as
to enable buyers from abroad to deal directly
with the producers. In attempting
to raise the stock for the proposed
bank, the state will be divided into
four sections and the stock will be allocated
according to the cotton production
of each section probably on a
basis of. $1.75 a bale of cotton. The
stock will be divided in two series,
>ne of CO per cent and the other of '
10 per cent. The 60 per cent allotment
is for the producer and the 40
per cent for the banker, merchant and
others. This will assure control of the
stock by local interests.
AT THE CHURCHES
CHURCH OF TIIE HOOD SHEP
HERD.
Rev. T. T. Welsh, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
10 a. ni. Morning service at 11. Evening
service at 7.30. . , m t..
ASSOCIATE REFORMED
PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. J. I* Oates, Pastor
Sabbath Services?Sabbath school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11.
Evening service at 7 o'clock.
FIRST BAPTIST 4
Rev. B. H. Waugh, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday .school at
10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock.
CHARLOTTE STREET BAPTIST
Rev. B. H. Waugh, Pastor.
Sunday Service?Sunday school at
10 a. ni. Evening service at 7.30.
TRINITY METHODIST.
Rev. J. E. Mahaffey, Pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
^0 a. in. Morning service at 11.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. E. E. Gillespie, Pastor.
ctnnHay Services?Sunday school nt
10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock.
.venuig service, at 7 o'clock- C. L.
Society at C.15 p. ra. ,.