Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 21, 1921, Page Page Two, Image 2

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GARNERED WITH SCISSORS ! News From Within and Without the County. ' CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING * Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment } and All Helping to Give an Idea of What Our Neighbors Are Saying and ; ' Doing. Lancaster News, Jan. 18: Mrs. H. K. ;Barr and Miss Lula Pfttman spent Saturday in Columbia attending: the funeral of their uncle, John Green t Sims, of that city. Mr. Sims was a g-uest of his, niece. Mrs. Burr (Turin.? the Christmas holidays Col. and Mrs. Leroy ; Springs have returned from a stay of several weeks in Now York Judge Ernest Moore is in Charleston for a three week's term of court ^Dr. J. B. Johnson, of Rock Hill, met with the Lancaster county cotton tanners at ine cuuuhuusc }^terday ancl urged the importance of presenting a united front toward reducing the acreage of cotton in .Lancaster county during the coming year. In a very forceful address he showed his audience the actual need of the farmer not planting more than onethird of his cultivated land in cotton, which need he said was caused by the ' inability of countries that formerly used cotton to buy or even get within ' their borders the cotton a few years ago they were getting from America. t : Married January 10. 1921. John R. Montgomery and Miss Bonnie Small, daughter of W. J. Small, of Pleasant Hill township, B. F. Adams. Notary Public, officiating. Chester Reporter, Jan. 17: Harry Webb and Albert Modlln two of the fire young men arrested in Rock Hill in connection with the robbery of Westbrook & McNeil's store near Lando and other crimes, were brought from Rock Hill this morning by Deputy Sheriff James G. Howze and committed to jail. The other three are wanted for the theft of a Winthrop student's trunk, and are in jail at. York Mr. F. B. Fitch, a former resident of Chester, is here to buy cotton for the American Export and Import Corporation, and will 'have headquarters at the store of Geo. W. Byars & <J0. Mr. ni.cn win oc uh uiu m<ur?et for all grades of cotton, and if he is able to secure a sufficient amount of the staple will be here permanently. The city's filter plant was considerably damaged by fire early Friday morning, the fire originating in an automatic electric switch and spreading to all parts of the filter house when N the oil . in which the contacts are encased exploded, thus throwing the burning liquid over the machinery and to all parts of the room. All t 4u?<the pumps were put out of com* niiSsion, and" the auxiliary plant had to: be brought into play. However, one of the pumps was got into running shape within a few hours, and a temporary roof was put on the- building Saturday, and the premises cleaned off. Further work will be deferred until the arrival of the insurance adjusters. The city carries $1,500 insurance on the building, and $5,500 011 the machinery. The fire was much more serious than generally thought, and with a little more headway would have occasioned far more serious damage than was the case Mr. G. F. Love. the son of Mr. S. L. Love of Lowry; ville. who served several months in the war, and Miss Lillio Cunupp, the daughter of Mr. D. E. Canupp. one of Bullock's Creek's most charming: young ladies were happily united in . marriage Wednesday night, January 12th at 7.30 o'clock by Rev. J. H. Varborough The receipt of large orders by the Baldwin and Springstein Mills is not only a local manifestation of a return to "normalcy" ?the same thing is reported from most of the mills throughout this section, and means that the worst is over, and that conditions arc beginning to mend. While things may never get back just to where they were, so far as the price of cotton is concerned, the indications are that the extreme sluggishness that has prevailed for the last few months will soon disappear, and the money part, the industrial world, and things generally will move along at a livelier clip, to the good old tune of prosperity A small still and a quantity of mash were discovered in the home of Israel Miller, colored, on the Lancaster road Saturday afternoon by county oflicers. Miller had previously been arrested by city officers on a charge of transporting. Miss Mabel Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Roberts, of the Armenia section, was buried yesterday at New Hop" M. E. church graveyard the service being conducted by Rev. Mr. Bouhvare. Miss Roberts died in Columbia The ihni i,? inn,i,, i,v some ot' the citizens of the eastern j side of the county tn prevent that section's being transferred to York county?not that they have anything particularly against York county, but just doesn't care to be transferred from Chester?serves to accentuate a condition of affairs that is very likely to , arise, if the proposed change is ef- [ fected. Every time a citizen who is ! opposed to the change lias to make j that thirty or forty mile jaunt to Yorkville, or has to pay taxes based upon a higher assessment basis, it will be with no very friendly feeling for the gentlemen who conceived and contrived the scheme to gratify and indulge some special interest of their own, or allowed personal, petty spite to actuate and govern them in planning and engineering a campaign, the successful outcome of which could mean only a great amount of inconvenience to u great Many citizens and the satisfaction in their own minds i that thoy had accomplished what they set out to do. Jt is very unfortunate that some plan could not he arrived at by which those so anxious to go? to whom ties and traditions mean nothing-?could betake themselves into York county and those who desire to maintain the old tics and associations do so. Gastonia Gazette, Jan. 18: That the ! housing shortage is growing more acute rather than showing signs of being relieved is the opinion of Chas. C. Wilson, prominent architect of Columbia. S. C.. with branch offices here. In an interview with the Gazette Mr. \Vilson expresses, the opinion that during'the past two years, in spite of the frenzied activity which has characterized the building programme in Gastonia and elsewhere no serious impression has heen made upon the shortage caused by the general cessation of operations during the war Vt -1 ~vi.... 1.1 1.1 n Saturday to their home in New York after spending' a week with Mr. Groves', mother, .Mrs. I.. F. Groves, ,at her home on West Franklin avenue. Mrs. Groves came down from New York about two weeks ago and spent a week with her mother in South Carolina before coming to Gastonia, where Mr. Groves joined her for a visit to relatives here Mrs. Mary J. Patrick, who has been critically ill for the past several days at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. P. Stowe, shows' no improvement, there being little change in her condition. Besides her children living in Belmont, the following children have arrived here to be with her: Mrs. George Xolen. Washington. D. C.; .Mrs. A. C. Kelly, Hickory; Mrs. Ruth Parsley, Pisgah; Dr. George Patrick, Gastonia, and Mr. Joe Patrick of Union. Cleveland Star (Shelby), Jan. 18: The many friends of Mr. Lemuel Willis will learn with regret of .his death last Friday at his home in upper Cleveland. Mr. Willis was well advanced in years but had been in his usual good health until a few days oeiore nis cieatn .ur, w. u. running returned last week from a business trip to South Carolina Miss Fannie Stacy, the attractive and accomplished daughter 01' Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stacy of Polkville and Mr. Van Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Williams of the Camp Call section were quietly married by Squire I'. S. Gettys at his home last Thursday in the presence of only a few special friends and relatives 1 The many fr'ends throughout .his section of the county will learn with sorrow of the distressing accident which befell Mrs. Tom Goode of near Waco last Friday. She had been feeling badly for sevenal days and while sitting by the fire early that morning she fainted, falling into the fire and before her daughter could reach her over ihrco-lifths ui the surface of her body was severely burned. Her condition at first was extremely alarming, but her son Mr. Basil Goode of this place, spent the week end at her bedside and on his return home reports that she is resting more comfortably and hopes arc entertained for her recovery l:ncle Bill Hospins, Shelby's wealthiest colored citizen was siricaon, iasi weei; with paralysis and his condition is quite serious. Undo Hill is well advanced in years and he is unconscious except at times The Hank of (drover had a most successful year in 1020 accord <* to the report furnished the stockholders at the end of the year's business. Mr. J. H. Kills is the popular cashier and Mr. D. J. Hooter is the efficient president. The annual meeting was held Tuesday, at which time $1,500 was placed to the surplus fund, $400 to the reserve account and a ten per cent, dividend paid on the capital stock of $100,000. The surplus fund of the bank is now equal to its capital stock which enables it to accommodate more and larger customers. The reserve account is $900. The bank is in a healthy condition and one of the strongest banks in a town the size of (Jrover in North Carolina. The following officers were reelected: D. J. Kceter, president; C. A. Mullinax, vice president and J. H. Kills, cashier. NEW TYPE OF LAWYER ; Judge Will Practice in Accordance ] With Principles of Advance Thought. < l-Lnrcourt M. Taylor, retiring judge j| of the Yakima Superior court at Ya- l< kimo, Washington announced recent-|' ly that he would resume practice of j< law '"in accordance with the principles j| of advance thought." 1 "As I shall apply the teaching's of 1 Jesus to legal service," he said, "1 1 shall accept no employment to light ! law suits or assist others to do so. ' nor attempt to collect debts: though , if I can assist persons in keeping out ; of law suits or settling litigation in < which they already are involved. 1 J shall consider I have rendered the 1 highest legal service. 1 shall trust in !] Clod, not those whom 1 serve, for J' my compensation, making no fixed i, charge." j' i; I, MERE-MENTION. Senator Heflin and others interested j. in the regulation of exchanges, will ask J President-elect Harding to include the!< subject in his call for an extra session ij of congress Representatives of the!< Japanese government are quoted as j J saying that Japan will be willing to < loll upon what terms site will agree loj< a naval holiday after Great Britain and j< the United States have come to an |* agreement Statements issued by j< the Kederal Reserve board indicate that j< paper money to the amount of j< 000.nod lias been retired from eiretilation within the past twenty days. This j* is equivalent to a. decrease of Si* P?Tj< capita in the circulation of the conntry. The Whitall carpet mills of:< Worcester. .Mass., were closed last ^ Tuesday by a strike of employes in;) protest against a ~o per cent cut in I wages. i" REPUBLIC (IF GUATEMALA Very Rich Country in Which Coffee is King. COUNTRY STILL PRACTICES SLAVERY . i Richest of the Central American Coun- ! triec?President Remains in Power j Until he is Ready to Quit?Long ) Coast Lines on Atlantic and Pacific.! Guatemala, in many ways the most, important.of the five Central American l republics, which figured prominently, in j the news recently because of a pro- j posal to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the forced resignation and subsequent imprisonment of President Estrada Cabrera be investigated, is the subject of a bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society. "Guatemala, which has been economically and in a military sense one or the most powerful of the five Central imfirlnnn ovoi* tinrp it..\vaK the seat of the old Spanish vice royal gov- i ernment for the entire region, is a j country both blessed and cursed by coffee," says the bulletin. "Coffee is a blessing to Guatemala in that it has brought much money into the country and. has made the plantation-owning class exceedingly prosperous. The United States is the chief source of this prosperity, for the greater part of the coffee produced is exported there? enough in 1919, figuring 40 cups to the pound, to furnish more than three billion portions of the steaming beverage, about thirty cups for every person in the United States. Raise Coffee: Let Other Riches Go. "Coffee may be considered in a sense a curse to Guatemala because its production dominates every other activity in the republic, and is the indirect reason therefore for failure to develop most of tlie country's other resources. Though the plateau country of the southwest apparently could be made to produce wheat, flour is imported. A number of other food products that could be produced are also brought In from outside. Cotton could be grown on large areas but only a comparatively small amount is produced. The greater part of the cotton cloth and yarn neeuea is imporicu. j ut; raioms of cattle and sheep, the growing of almost all tropical, semi-tropical, and temperate zone fruits, and mining are all industries that could be developed most profitably.' North American enterprise has in recent years built up a heavy production of bananas in the hot plains along the Atlantic coast, in a| region formerly covered with jungle and considered practically worthless. The value of bananas exported now is second only to that of coffee. In connection with the development of the banana country, Guatemala has obJ. C. WILBORN estate 156 Acres?Five and one-half miles ' of Rock Hill: one mile of a splendid school: three tenant houses, two barns, one extra large barn; a magnificent new dwelling, two stories, nine rooms, lights and water; all modern improvements. This is undoubtedly the best equiped, absolutely level farm in the county. See me lor price?Which Is Right. 240 Acres?In Mecklenburg county, N. C., located1 on the National State * Highway from Charlotte to Columbia. | Only six miles from Charlotte cross | nmds: throe-fourths of a mile from i Sharon schools and church; a magnifi- j cent country farm and Will be said at; the right price. 55 3-4 Acres?Retwecn York and j Rock Hill, near Floyd Jackson's store: ' a four room house and barn. Plenty of ; wood, good land, good neighborhood; ; near schools and churches: about three | miles of Tirzah station. Price on level j with cotton prices. 113 Acres?Two miles of York, large ten room residence; good oarn, new | tenant house, about a three horse farm open. Plenty of wood and water, on public road from York to'Clover. The above farms are all priced right. J. C. WILEtORN "State i YORK. - - S. C. I ? 9 9 <-? tr, 1 TAKE I" I If any of our customer I liable valuables, such as ] 1 ings Stamps stored in Sa1 I \ve suggest that you turn | will give you a receipt for I our money safe, which is I BURGLAR PROOF, | CONTAINED THER I COVERED BY INSI I But Bonds stored in our- v ; as the vault is only fire pre ; ting bonds in the vault. : Please give this your ; is not responsible for loss ( our receipt for same. ! BANK OF M. L. SMITH, President. I FRANK McELWEE, SALLIE Safety Satisfat taincil an ocean to ocean railroad, 011c 1 of the two trans-isthmian railways in i Cent nil America. i "The -dominance of the cofTee-grow- : ing industry, and the fact that the In- I dian population of Guatemala was much greater than that of the territory of the other four Central Ameri- : can states when the Spai^nrds came ( have had a noticeable effect on the country's institutions. Peonage, the ; modern American feudalism, is wide- i spread. I Indians Constantly in Debt to Planta- i t tion Owners. 1 "Many of the Indian agricultural i laborers though legally entirely free, | arc habitually in debt to the owners of \ the great coffee plantations, and are . brought back by the military ana police if they escape, thd cost of their apprehension being added to their debts. Tiic only alternatives for the more ignorant of the Indians are to work under similar conditions for another proprietor or to be impressed into the army. The wages received by the agricultural laborers are the equl valent of only a few cents a day in the money of the United Slates. "Comparative immunity from civil war up to 1020 has been ascribed in large part to the relatively large standing army of the country. The percentage of illiteracy in Guatemala is Figaro Preserve? This preparation . is called "Liquid Smoke." and. is a compound made to take the place of smoking- meats, and the scores of York county people whohave tried it will tell you that it does the business in first class shape?it insures the meat against loss and it is easily used. Try Figaro on your hog meat. Put up in bottles. FEEDSTUFFS? You must have more or less Feedstul'fs for your mules and horses, cows and chickens. We specialize on Feed?rnff? and want to suoolv vour needs. See us for your next wants. FERGUSON & YOUNGBLOOD Fancy Groceries To be sure, occasionally you want something out of the ordinary for your table. We do not know just what you will want, but then you can make a safe bet by trying this store first for what you want. We have lots of Groceries that come strictly within the description of "Fancy Groceries." Try us when you have the "Fancy Stuff" hunch. STAPLE GROCERIES? Of course it is here that we centre most of our attention, because there is more of the Staple kind of groceries used. We have 'em?Everything in the list. Hominy, .-RSce , Canned Goods, Dried BocfHn* Liu-uncl glass, Pickles in bottles and in bulk. Cereals of all the best kinds, Fresh Bread, Fancy Cakes and Crackers, and Oranges, Apples, Bananas. Grape Fruit, etc. Call on me for your needs. W. E. FERGUSON I < < < < "WE PAY YOU TO SAVE"-"There Is a Feeling "OF COMFORT in the knowledge that no matter what the future has in store for you or your family, you are assured against want by a Bank Account. You can enjoy this feeling by starting a Bank Account with ub and adding small amounts to it at your convenience." BM OF HICKORY ove NOTICE I rs ov friends liavc nego- | <j Liberty Bonds and Sav- | i Fcty Boxes in our vault, 11 them over to us and we 11 same, and place tlicm in |j| AND EVERYTHING EIN IS FULLY TRANCE; |jj ault arc not insured and I I )of we do not advise put- 11 attention, as this Bank I i )f bonds unless you have I I CLOVER I JAS. A. PAGE, Cashier Ijix SIFFORD, Asst. Cashiers S S jtion t Service ||i tigli. Elections arc hold, but the party in power?and usually as long- as he :1 csires, the president in power?has seldom had any effective opposition Many Pure Blood Indians in Guatemala. "Guatemala has an area of 48.290 \ square miles, slightly larger than that j jf the state of New York. It has a 1 population of about 2,000,000 which Is ipproximatcly 40 per cent, of the entire population of Central America. A large part of the population of Guatc- j mala is of Indian blood unmixed with the blood of Europeans. In this respect; Guatemala differs from its four - neigh - boring republics, in three of which the ' majority of the populace is-of mixed The $5 Bill Will Soon Purchase Five Dollars.Worth of Goods. Every Dollar SAVED NOW Will Increase In Purchasing Power | During the Next Few Months. THIS BANK CONDUCTS A MODERN SAVINGS DEPARTMENT? Both for Small Savings and Large Savings. Wc pay and encourage' you to save. Now is the Time to Start Saving. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SHARON, S. C. J. H. SAYE, J. S. HARTNESS, President. Cashier REAL ESTATE AGENCY FOR SALE Tract of 47 Acres?All cleared, with five-room house, hbout one mile west of King's Mountain Chapel. Tract of 142 Acres?Two miles of Clover. Has a first class neatly painted eight-room house, with good barn and outbuildings; also a well finished four-room house with outbuildings. Entire place is good level land with practically no waste. Will sell as a whole or divide so as to leave settlement developments on either tract. New four-room house?Near Yorkville Graded chool. Six-room house?On South Congress Street (R. D. Dorsett property). Lot 185 feet front and 300 feet deep. 48 Acres?Of land near New Zion church. Will sell cheap. D. M. Parrott tract?Of 158 acres, on the York-Clover road, within 1 1-2 miles of Clover. Offered as a whole or in two tracts. Good nine room house?with water and sewerage. Lot about 60x300. Wright avenue. House and lot will be sold for less than the present cost of building the house. n.._ i I uirijr" live ciiiu bin cvbfuai wwi hw< v?j on York and Clover road, near Filbert Six room house. Farm produced fourteen bales of cotton last year. Residence Phone 111 aind C. F. SHERER, Real Estate Office Phono 74. I With r ONE MI > : > > > Backed up by Strong | centers this Bank is | ! needs of its Patrons. > : New Depositor: FINAN( Every day new patro who find a connectio Peoples C. L. COBB, President J. H. B. JENKINS, Active Vice President SAFE blocl, and in one of which the Indian:; were exterminated. "On the west and north'Guatemala is in contact with Mexico. It has both an Atlantic and a Pacific const lino, the latter the more extensive. The bulk of the population, as in the other Central American states, lives close to the Pacific coast on t lie slopes of cxeccd~AU_ T10i\ SALKS. NOTICE OF SALE. State cf South Carolina?County of! York. Court of Common Picas. S. A. Lee, Plaintiff, against T. B. Ramsey, Defendant. Notice of Execution Sale. T.\' order to satisfy a levy and cxecution against the property of the defendant. T. B. Ramsey, I will expose to; public sale to the highest bidder for Cash, in the town ef Clover, S. C., in front of Campbell <fc Quinn's Garage, on SATURDAY. JANUARY 29TH, 1921. At 10 o'clock A. JL. the following described personal property: One Overland Touring Car? Levied on as the property of T. B. uamsey. F. E. QUINX. Sheriff of York County. January 10th, 1921. 4 f 2t I EXCHAI^ LIBERTY 1| Tho Treasury l)ep t\ tliey ai'e now prepared te ]j porary Liberty Bonds of II Permanent Bonds with al j! last Coupon on Liberty B( 5 was due October 15. I We extend to you t' ities .in handling 4 bonds. We assum ity, thus relieving trouble This is only one of th vice we have to offer you S best we can for you ana i | Make use of our facilities !; actions and wear the !; is always evident on t l|| LOAN AND U I . YORK, I B. N. MOORE. Pres. J. S. BRICE, V-Pres. I SECURITY ? COURT] 5?SxS>^xS><?><2x$><SxS><S>^x$^$ S?$><S?S><SkS><S><S><^<2><$><S><S><? rotal Resources Exc LLION D( \ Financial Connections prepared to finance the r ? -1 1* s are constantly finding I :iAL STRONG ms come in and join the n with this Bank worth Bank & T J. M. STROUP. Vice President J. T. CRAWFORD, Vice President SUCCESSFUL n ingly fertile volcanic mountains, on the neighboring plateaus, and in the valleys. The people of this populous region havo frequently suffered from disastrous volcanic eruptions and earthquakes." **" BONT DESPAIR j > ... /. X. ' V I? you are troubled with pains or aches; feel tired; have headache, indigestion, insomnia; painful passage of urine, you will find relief in CQLDMESAL f The world's standard remedy for kidney, live;, bladder and uric acid trpubles and National Rcmedv of Holland since 1696. Three sizes, all druggists. Guaranteed. Loch for the cimo Gold Medal on every box y .and accept no imitation ' ' ! fiS J : JGE of1 I BONDS artmcnt announces tliat 11 ? perfect change-of Tem- ! j tlic Fourth" Series for ! > 1 Coupons attached. The ! > )nds of tlic^Fourth Series i j he use of our facil- ! j * exchange of these j \ le the responsibil- j | you of worry and ; e many branches of Ser- 11 . We are here to do the ! j fours; : '/ j [ 3 in your business trans-* ] j smile of satisfaction that j j ;he faces of our Clientele. \! iVIRGS BANK J T. M. FERGUSON, Cashier ( < \ M. E. MeCORKLE, Asst. Cashier < \? ESY ? PROMPTNESS jj 7 , .-'-i ^x$x?KS5x?HS><SxS>^xSxSxSxSx&<SxSxS>^$><?^>^><S>^S><&^i ' I TH ceding ; I )LLARS in the large money | easonable legitimate | :he way to this I HOLD I hundreds of others I while. I rust Co. C. W. McGEE, Cashier. x WM, S. MOORE, I A.sst. Cashier % SECURE I I