Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 21, 1921, Page Page Four, Image 4
Scraps and partus.
? By making cedar diesis in recreation
hours at the penitentiary in Itichmond,
Ya? Si.lna Allen, serving a 3U
year sentence for taking pari with the
Allen hand in shooting tip the court
house at Ilillsville. Carroll county.!
Virginia, eight years ago. has made j
sufficient money to pay off every debt j
owed by hjin. A wagon manufacturing-company
in Winston Salem offered
to release him from debt as a
Christmas gift to his family, bill the
offer was declined and .the debt paid
along with, interest. A lieu, wrote that,
this was the last dollar thai lie owed
in the world and that nothing .could
satisfy him so much as the knowledge
that it had been paid.
? Cotton seed crushed during the period
from August 1 to December .'11
amounted to 2.033,005 tons, compared j
with 2,357,788 tons the previous year,
and seed on hands at mills Pec-ember 31 j
amounted to 51)3.507 tons, compared I
with C3<!,11S a year ago, the census bu- j
reau announced Monday. Cotton seed [
products manufactured during the period
and on hand December 13 with
comparisons for the previous year
were: Crude oil produced, G 12.133.110 ,
miunds. compared with 712,3511,112, audi
on hand 13C.801.104, compared with I
177,133,924. Defined oil produced 445,1131,580
pounds, compared with 459,092.570.
anil on hand 374,375,038 comjKired
with 301.03S.OS4. Cake and meal produced
807,072 tons compared with 1.070,8SS
and on hand 242.O00 tons, comparer!
with 233,757. Linters produced
244.708 bales, compared with 388.328.
, and on hand 251,601 bales, compared
, with 347.004. Linters exported during
\ the period were 10,523 bales, compared'
with 15.8'JO.
? David M. (Iriswnld. of Brooklyn, X.
Y., and William F. Salisbury, of Buffalo.
X. V., formerly employed in the bureau
pf war risk insurance, pleaded
guilty Monday bfore .lustiee Ashley M.
Gotild, in the Washington criminal
court, to two indictments each eharg- !
ing conspiracy to defraud the United
States by accepting" fees for the settlement
of a claim against the government.
Both men had been employed in
ari executive capacity with power t<>
approve or disapprove claims. Salisbury's
name appears in' nine indictments.
lie is alleged to have-been the1
ringleader of a group of ten alleged
conspirators, all of whom are under in?
dietment. The eases of both defend
ants were referred tu the probation officer
fur investigation. The charges followed
an investigation by the secret
seiwice last summer^ after a few disabled
soldiers had complained they were
induced to split with employes of I he
war risk bureau the amount paid them
as compensation for injuries. Eight
other defendants have pleaded not
guilty, as did Eriswoltl and Salisbury
originally.
? rjeferring to a remand made Tuesday
by Samuel Unterinyor of New
York for an immediate congressional
investigation of the department of
justice and the office of the alien pro|y
erty custodian, Attorney leiuril
i'aliner in a statement Wednesday
said he was "perfectly willing" to accept
responsibility for the adminis*tration
of the two olliees and courted
"the fullest investigation into the administration
of each. .Mr. Calmer before
becoming attorney general was alien
property custodian. '.Mr. rnleruiyer's
criticism of the alien property custodian
otlieo." Mr. Palmer said in ids
statement, "is chiefly a eriticisui of
the net of congress under which the
custodian ojpcrnteil. lie i.e\?-r approved
of the taking of enemy property
as a war measure iniieli h-ss llio
sale of any of it to American fit items
as authorized by law." In conclusion the
statement, said that "Imw far.Mr. Intorniyer
is actuated in his present attack
by the recent eonvietion of his
friend and former assoeiate, a member
of the New York bar. for conspiraey
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(.<> im- II....... ...
act in a case which .Mr. I'ntermyer
very earnestly pressed me In withhold \
action at the beginning, I tin n>>t
know."
? Washington. .lantiary IS: The in-]
ier-doparlnpMital controversy over l'onal
J. U'Cnllnglinii. I??.: ?I mayor of Pork.j
who recently arrived in the I'niied j
States without passport, was still tin-j
adjusted today alter a cabinet meeting. |
I'resident Wilson, it is understood, eon- j
tinned today to maintain the position !
that the question of <)'Uallagliau's slat- ]
us was one for the two department i
heads of labor and stale to determine. |
With the slate department's order for j
the lord mayor's deportation ignored ;
by the labor department in adjudging!
O'Cnllaghaii a "seaman" and in granting
iiim pcriiiissioii to laud in the I .'nil- :
oil States and resliip aboard a vessel!
bound abroad, the solicitor of the state
department today reaffirmed that his!
department had the right l<? ns-amc- j
jurisdiction in the ease and order the j
lord mayor's deportation. .\ conference |
of slalc department officials, however, i
tailed to discloxe wiiat steps might be
decided on with a. view lo iitorring ;
tlie decree. It^vas stab d l>y one of the j
officials that no immediate action of an i
extreme character was eonb mpl.tbd.
although it was asserted, it was within
the state department's power to request j
the department of justice b? deport ,
u'Callaglian for violating a criminal]
statute in entering the failed States j
without a passport.
? I 1 for nearly six hours in an:
hermetically scaled concrete and steel
vault in the city treasurer's oltiee in
Philadelphia last .Monday night, a j
knowledge of the .Morse telegraph code j
probably saved the life of Arthur Itrea- !
nor. assistant city tieasurer. it beeani" !
known Tuesday. A mouse locked i:i at
the same time failed to survive ami
when Itrenuer was rescued its body was ,
foltinl. I H"? *11 m-l* clllcrC'l me vaioi. .i j
room l."? feet S'in.u'e ami "" feet hi;;h.
live (iiitiiite.s before elusinir linn*
day. hualiiu; far a warrant. While In*
was there tie* hiy steel doors swiiii;; j
shin, lie shouted lor help without at- j
traetirnr notice. Tin* liiri.ts went nut j
awt"inat ieally as the deer.-; shut. Jln t:- '
nor was oil a haieonv in the rear, lie!
felt his way down stairs, pulled "p.'ii
every drawer and piled the hooks en |
(lie liner i'ei the inininmni ameitnt of
air space pessilih* and then slept fo,*
a while with his I'aee as near the Pet- j
loin of the ilee|* as pessihle, ell tile :,s- :
sumption that a slight : 11:< 1111* el air
niitrht i;et throiiuh at that paint. Wiie.'t i
he unite his hand earn in contact with j
a. wooden slat, ami rciiv inherit:;; that ;
Charles I Ideka wa'd. a nit'ld watchman. I
also eeiiId telegraph. In- peend'd in
Mer.se: "I am locjp d in." "Will m t I
help." eaine the answer from llee|:av.ald.
w!io iuiiii"dial( ly leh phoned for j
a man who Knew the cnmhisiaiion of
tie- vatilt.
Thomas Ward, president and . ' iieral
manager ef the Ward Coppei
company ef New Ve:1!;, was found
I re/en death a few mih*s fro: a
Teller. Alaska. January !J. a irdinv
to word reaehin*; N'eni** Wedm*.-da *.
,.\e( etdina to tie* icj erl. Waid l>-Is (
the eompitn's minim; e..inp In ih< inner
Seward penhi-mla with an I-. i.ii.ni '
ina't ami woman and two dot; te**ia*;. !
en route to Teller, a r* imleer slalieti
on ' tranilev harbor. Mi-r t eaeiiin*;
. the lop of the divide above Telle;* Ik
th.ee lieeame lost i't ill** dark ties.:.
Tile Ksliimo said tine decided to go
hack to a eahiti liny ha*| seen, out
Ward proceeded on alone. for tin*
m*xt two days, tin* Kskimos said, they
-were storm hound in tin* cabin and on :
the thin! dav li. 11lr*il tin it* "v.av into'
(ho station only to learn tluil Ward
had n??t arrived. A search party
started 'nut the next day and found
Ward's sled and do# learn on Dewey
crook. There wore evidences that
Ward had spent the rd-flit there. The
temperature durin# the ni#ht had 1>een
I'd deyroes helow aero, and Ward was
known to have only a rnlie to protect 1
him lYr.ru I ho quid. .Mouthers of the
sea rid duq; parly said Ward had evidently
left his team on the morning
of the tilth and started for Teller, ten
miles distance. lie probably became
confused, they said, and headed in the
wronsr direction. The body was found
on tiro Teller side of (Irantley harbor
and about HO- miles distance from
Teller.
?lit '((orktrillc (lvi?)uuev.
Entered at the Postoffice at York as
Mail Matter of the Second Class.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921.
Representative Kseli, of Wisconsin,
discussing the proposition for increased
rcprcsenlalion in tlie house, lilt the
! nail hard on the head when he said
that the states were not nearly so
I much concerned nhout more seats as
they were about the proper filling' of
the seats already provided for. It is
quality that the country needs in the
house, not quantity.
?
The total state appropriation of a
little more than $15,000,000 was plenty
large last year, and it would he better
to reduce it a. million rather than
raise it a million. There is very little
reason to hope, however, that the ap!
propriaton will he held within the
budget recommendation. The probability
is that this recommendation
will he largely exceeded.
'riif> rt;i?!i,nin. \\ C.. Dailv CJaaette,
having finished the installation of its
new perfecting press, is now coining
tit in cnlarfjod form seven columns,
eijiht paifcs. Tile lirst issue on the new
press was that of Wednesday. ami its
appearance was quite cre<litah!e. I'Yom
| now on tjie (iaxetle will be in a position
to meet the growing requirements
| of its progressive constituency, and
I yive even (iustonia. all she will reI
ipiiii! in the way of a newspaper for
| some time to come.
The indications are that so much of
tic* compulsory education law as proj
v!d? s lor tlie support of truant oflieers I
for tin1 onforei nient of the same will !? '
; repealed as a measure of economy. The
J Vorkvllie Kmiuiror is" not in a position
j to speak for other eonnties. In tlienaI
lure of tiiinits, it would assume thai i
! there are a number of counties, many
if tlicin. perhaps, in which the whole
| tliin:; has heeii a failure: but that is by |
I no menus the ease in York comity. In j
i this county the truant officers have
i been worth all tlicy have cost, ind only I
I as to cuforciim proper attendance on j
| the schools, hut in other helpful ways j
I
1 besides.
I
Tli'* si I it ii?*v ?!' IJ house :ii)il sen- }
| ; 11 :us t?i the nrnty iiMsljon is ; I <n11 I
ri.uli'. I'ttloss .Mr. IIs?!:i?r li:is another j
war in si.-tiit. lie il?"*s not need :i:i j
; 11*1 i .v i>l more 11 i;i ii lr.n.iiiio n h it ;it the j
present time. Ilenlly lie could ii<> \viI It :
:i iniifh smaller army. !Ci. ;!11 :il lliis |
limi'. tin- I'nited Stales lias more war j
si rent;! Ii ill.'"! any other nation, i's- i
I ? i;.I!_% dot'ensivo war sin >? ;! ii. I'o- !
Initially llu* war organisation of the |
I 'ailed Slates now includes more than j
fmir ii;311i >ii soldiers, half ? " I linn j
pretty wet! 1 :;iIiii il and I!i? other halt'i
we!I enouyli trained and organized to j
Ik: avnilnlde I?i. f??rt they t-i? ?!<! In* actually
lu-i ! !. I'lll< lin n- is a really j
scrimr threat in Iinvnnlitiic. i: is i
inst as well to :;ivc tin; country a i
respite in i:i iIii: i v* expenses for I he j
ihM live years.
The situation of <l:e navy is vastly, j
!iIVi nt I'rithat ?>i' the army. So t
lorn; as .o;no oilier nation insists on ;
havii!.? a stionuer n.iv.v than lie J
I':,lied Stale.:, she only reasonable j
ei.aelusion is that ia ease ol' war the :
other nation wants to lie in a position j
to dominate the (.*11il. <I States, j
Another nnielnsiin is that under such j
a condition i'ic failed Slates must
from time i" lime >In unjust iiuii-i)
Hi* \v;i!" v. ill In- inevil.'ilil*'. j
\:iiiiI;iIIy tin* |?? ?>|?S * u|' tin* I"?iil?5 j
.-'.lull's I i*l ili.it liny 11 i mil win:: I"'
impose imi'iii jiiiylioily ninl il isin- j
ci ri*!y in In- linpi'il iiiiil lliis is tin' j
ll'lle slu!" ill' hu ts. It'll DM IKlli'lll m j
l.ivr cnniwli I:> discount IIidI cii'inuiil j
liiMimn n.timu which would uniiri!''
In ;i!i*illie" n;ilin:i jisi.v niiiitnry or
ii:iv;i| ;ui\:iii::iyc ISi;:I il tumid :i.-' j
rcM'lily I it ?! i I'ur itself. Tlic re:: I truth j
:i!iui:t Ii:i m.itiir is lli.-it even now tin i
i'i.ite.1 Stnies w'oiilii tmi l.< ni*:iriy so j
mjihlisuilt I ml!) iheir i-cl;? I i<: i ?- |
v.illi tic rest < l tin' worlil except for j
oi:scini{sni...s of their own supciinrj
1 iillrci ;i lei : 11 ! il.
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i
.Mr. It. I:.' I'.. .l.inuinii nii'l oilier j
fi'i"inls hi' i !' Xn.'ih ':iro!i)i:i (irll'.o. ;
p:iei!ji' P. pi*-i | I ii: i 1.1 j 11 er in ?t;isl'i|ii:i. j
i?:i\ I een vi-re niMrh ?lis'ippoint ! :ii
the I'.-iilni'" of I! h .'i. I:i!ivi' in??iii"i't j
i'uMii.i simi !'i iiiciiioo ; : i - J i I j i: I - I'.-r
tun! nio?,i worthy e.o.-o. With ^i.'.ihmi
r:i isei! ! ;. j.; i \ : so! ei'lpl iocs :? I* ! -i
to $Mii..mi piwi-.i:. |_\ : 11 | i op; irsti-.l liy
tin- :ir>-. !'" e--.!;itilishi::ei|t o'
!!: iiei'ej ;. pl.vnl is now well mi .
Wiiv; 111 * I I " '1 11: i' of the t I *!: Jei|i |o||Siy
iii' 11 I e st ?>f enlistrncijo.) v.*nj '..
fit:' the -T!ii11iii*_; of the uini-el:. h
iny. it is stili :i loim w:iv from cotn- i
I'let ioll, 'I'lll' llo;.pi|:i| should 11: i v ;t|. j
h :isi ? 1 iio.tniii more inoitey :i! once; j
but tbo budget commission has not
I>ron .so impressed?either that or herouse
of the kicking of taxpayers
about levies generally, it prefers to
make its recommendations for other
purposes about wbif;h il feels more
concern, i'.ut that such a worthy institution
as this should have to wait
after having progressed as far as it
has gone seems almost, tragic. The
VorUville Kminirer strongly sympathizes
witli .Mr. !tabinghm and his
friends in the hope that the budget
commission will give t lie matter
furlhcr :ui<l tjioro friendly consideration.
;
Church Advertising.
One of America's greatest business
men once gave' utterance to an expivssion
like this: :
"If you Jiave something worth while
the others sliould know about, you
should advertise it, else how can
others, know?"
With all successful business men.
from the small beginners to 1 ho heads
of the great corporations, it is a generally
recognized principle that the
most effective advertising is the most
truthful and the most truthful advertising
is the most effective.
II is a sell cvniriu lata mm iniugs
that are best worth .while are not only
best worth advertising but in most
need of advertising.
Tn support of this assertion, the
world lias the example- and the authority
of .Jesus Christ, not only when
he urged that lights be not bid under
a bushel and when lie commanded his
followers to go into nil the world and
preach the gospel; but throughout all
the acts of his life On earth.
Every church on earth is advertising
to a greater or less extent and the
growth and efficiency of every church
is dependent upon the energy, inlelligcncu
and effectiveness of its advertising.
There are, to bo sure, numerous
and varied ways of advertising, some
good, some better and some not so
.good; but all more profitable than no
advertising at all.
The legend that "flod is love," painted
on a dead wall by a known fanatic
may fail to awaken uplifting impressions
in the minds of those who happen
to lie acquainted with Ihu painter; hut
among others who arc not familiar
with the cireuinstances of the painting.
there will be at least a few who
will ponder over the declaration and
maybe to their protit.
The host. possible guide to tin* progress
of tlie ehnreli is the el 1:1 raster,
extent, and persistency of its advertiMiii^r.
DEMAND FOR JUSTICE
Congressman Stevenson Points Out
Unfair Discrimination.
In a speeeh in congress the oilier
I:i \ lloli. \V. IStevenson ilcvotei)
himself in 11?? manifestly mifuirHtl IiiMile
of the government toward volunteer
military oTIIeers who were ilisahleil
in I lie world war as eompared
with ils all it iiili- Inward oflieers of
the regular army, lie showed flagnin!
diseiiniination for v.diieh he
eoiihl lind no snti.sl'nelory reason. In
part lie said:
"We liave heard a good deal in lite
last lew .limn! ha ahonl I he soldier,
and we heard a great hlare of
i mm pels and saw a grout waving of
I lags here in passing legislation fori
I lie helletil of the soldiers of Ilio late
war. There is one rlnss of those
men. however, who seem t have hecn
forgolien. I refer to the oHieer who
la el aside' his Imsiiiess and went in
and heeame an einergeney oftieer in
the United Stales army who won his |
position l>y an examination and by |
entering the training sehnoi. and went '
to the front, was sled to pieces, and j
has I'een treated worse than a stepidiild
hv 111 is congress, affording to
my judgment. There is no provision j
thai is more imjiisl than the pro-j
vision whieh prnsei ihes thai an emer- I
?r?-mv o'lirer of tin' :inny <>r tin*!
I ni>I Slates wlni vv:is disabled in !
Die service, if In- w;is in l!n? army,
cnn only ;?e| such eojnprnsat ion. if
In* has tiiinl disability or is otherwise I
disabled. as ;i private can. w hile in j
I lie n;tvy Hie einer^eney ollieei* who j
was loi.'iily ilisnIileil in (he service is J
lieiny j'lil en Hie retired )M with tin-'
smile eoltl pcll'-'lt i 11| I IIS II ie';itlur of- !
lieer oi" the navy lerpjves when re- |
lire?) or disabled. We have allowed i
the eases id' emoriretiev oliieei's of lile j
army who are disabled to he nhso- j
llllely pill to sleep, when We h.lVe j
seen the navy put its enieryeiiey of- j
lie. rs on the retired list, jnsl the;
same as thoii:;li they were tvjriilnrj
naval oflieers. when they were dis- j
ah'eil. Why. take an instar.ee of a ;
lirsl lieutenant?cute lhal i have
spola-u of heretofore in this in use?-|
as wel! as ethers, who, we will ssty. I
lost his arm when our soldiers broke
the I liiiiienhttrtf line. That lirsl hentenant.
tnirether with another man
from the same slate, went into the j
mtrulnr army. The tirst lieutenant !
lost an arm and l;e is >riveii a 1
inortli eonipensatimi. The other maim
fell off a 1 i*i!i fc ami develop.- ! a stiff
'.nee. This oilier man was retired '
lie.-aiise In- was in the iemilar army. '
and lie yels ?I."m a month."
? The house of represent.-itives voted
Wednesday against inereasiux its now j
1 ::r. nietnhers. This action was token
hy adoption of an amimlinenl to th.reaiuiorlionmenl
hill wltielt sutttrhi to,
increase lite total of "Ml. I'isi!? :* the i
auieinioieut 1..' seats woiihl he shifted
from 1! In s seals. The vote to keep
the nu-mhershin at lit." was l!iN lor to j
77 au'atesl. Tin* vote for adoption of j
1!: m<-i:<i :)<-itI proposed l>y IP-pres'-p-;
1 s!Iivt? i::irlM<:ir. K'-jniiflic.-in. t'ulilor-j
nin. :: mein'ier of I In- eeristts roiinnil !< > '
\vi:i?*ii reported the hill, wsis so ovcr?*.
ii? !:jii11ir Hint ndvoeutes of :i hi-.-er !
house so id llit v rouUxod it would :
ootid. 'i'iio :tuifth!iii<,ut menus thn'
till" lollovij,"- si;il( s will lief SentS J Wo j
tents lif!ifi?: Missouri junl in- ;
Si;tn:t. lows. Kntisns. Kent unity. I.oiiis- ]
i. 11:i. M.iine. M issivsippi. N'ehrnsl:n. |
i*lio.|o Is!;j:i?I :in?I Vermont enrli. '
*n 11 ' it'ti <:i will y:iio t!. Mieiiurun I.'.
'liio ". olid (* titn? -Iit>ni. Now .lerset, '
\iiri!i ?" tiolio::. 'i'i' ns ::nd Wnsliiti:;- i
I I
' ii. i i!*. ; ? Ji.
I
' Jrt-t nvil'o. .I:iini:iry is; Tl.o tics' '
woiii.'iu roomy oiiirin! in South t'oco- <
liiio w:is fit. { horo iiiiioy in ;t |
S| i;t| |.||.|-| io|| Ill-id to clioosf :i Sl|e
OS.T to lYoh.-ito .Indue U'ollor .M.j
Sootl. v. lot wns l:iiloi| in on nu'oinnhi!o
not j.|. lit t!io dny ; 11 i- ('hristmns.
Indue Si mi's widtiw. Mrs. Knnnio <j
S-oii. who liiol served ns rioi-K in tlnil ,
ol'iieo fur u nuuitior of yenrs. w;is on- '
ojiposeii e.'IOilidilto for the pluce. .Mrs. '
Sootl. is 1o i11n?* the duties of i )< I
o ii'-o within n few dn.vs. !
LOCAL,, AFFAIRS:,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
York Hardware Company?Hardware. '
Ca r ml 1 B rothers? Li inc.
McConncll Dry Goods Company??S.50 for
SI. 50.
First Baptist Church of Yorkville?The home
of jrood fellowship.
Shady Nook Poultry Farm?The Show Room.
The Cily Market?Call "Jimniic." No. 71.
The Star Theatre, J. Q. Wray, Manajjer ?
Programme for today, tomorrow and Monday.
Maekorell Drug Company?Prcpnrcd to gire
the liesl. service in tlie filling of prescriptions,'
A bargain sale of good articles for
'almost nothing.
J. F. Faulkner. Trcas. ? Nolicc to Auto
drivers sis to- Chaulfcur'.s licenses.
Henry Rossnfeit, member of the national
finance board of the European
relief or#! nitwit ion, who was in Columbia.
Wednesday, said thai up to date
about $11.000,000 of the $33.00(1,000 asked
for laid been collected, and he was
hopeful that the remainder would he in
li.uul by Washington's birthday, February
23.
subscribers whose subscriptions ex.,1'I/M.
I.'nlit'iifirr 11 :iiv> n?r:iin 1"C
minded Hint l-'obruary 19 is the day
that the offer to furnish the Enquirer
at $2.50 a year expires. After February
19 the price is $9.00 a year, and
the subscriber who fails to give his
name and money to the elubmaUor before
that date lias no just complaint
against anybody but himself.
TAX COLLECTIONS
Tax collections for York county up
to January 15 aggnsgatcd $117,119.-19.
The collections by tbwnsjiips stood as
follows:
Hotlml $ 10.448 2S
Bcthusda 20.01 X 90
lhoad River 20.195 XI
Bullock's Creole 11.997 35'
Catawba 100.579 25
Ebcnexer 52.529 SO
I'ort .Mill 41.086 20
King's Mountain 42,052 55
York 57.012 23
Total $117,119 49
TAX RETURNS
"While Auditor l.ovc is making Ihe
rounds of the county receiving tax returns
Ids office in tin1 courthouse is
being kept open by his clerk, Miss
W'ihna Qui tin.
Yesterday was an off day in Hie
schedule and the auditor was in his
office working up such business as re- i
quires his personal attention as had
accumulated in his'absence.
"Have, not been getting many returns
said Mr. Love yesterday, except
-IIOI r 1.
at i nivor aim run .inn. mm\ inu,i
about. twenty returns at l'ullnck's
Creek and about the same niunbcr at
MeConnellsville. lioth Clover and
Fori Mill gave inn :i big bittteh, and of
course I am expecting considerable
business a I l.'oclc I'l ill.
"No. I .am not foiling I lie people I hat
taxes arc going to he any lower next
year," 1m said, in, ftnswor t.r? a <piosJioif.
"I don't know. That depends
upon what the legislature does as to
stale appropriations, and how many
extra levies the jicoplc vote on themselves."
t
I lin ing; t lie tiliio-tlm .. auditor has
been out Miss'ijuinn has been taking
11?ii11 as many returns at the ol'liee
as lie litis been taking over the
county.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. C. IC. Speneer of Yorkville, \fras
a visitor in I lock JI i 11 yesterday.
Dr. M. J. Walker of Yorkville is
spending several days in Columbia.
Mrs. I?. .10. I '.obey litis returned to
Charlotte after :i visit to Yorkville.
.Miss Caroline Melver Wilkes of
Charlotte, is the guest of Mrs. JLlelle
Alston, ill Yorkville.
Iludolph I.ogai'. who litis been kept
tit home in Yorkville sinee the holidays
lieeau.se of tin injured knee returned to
Cleinsi.ui yesterday.
I Mr. C. F. Shorer, who lias been under
treaiment in the (taston hospital at
Ctisioniti for some time past, returned
to )iis home in Yorkville Mutiday, very
iiuteli improved.
Fori Mill Times: Tlie many friends
of J. ii. Colthurp, highly esteemed e.iti /.eu
tind Confederate veieran of Fort
Mill townsliip. who has not been in
good health for several months, were
pleased to iiot'RStintL he was able to
come to town frjtim his homo Monday
for the lirst time si tiro last September,
when lie attend,eiL the annual jlinuer
givn the Con federate veterans of the
eommiinily by the local ehaptc-r of tlie
Daughters of the Coiifederaey.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Since tin" last publication of the reonr.l
in The Yorkville Eiuiurrer the
fi'llinvin.:? real estate transfers have j
I (" en indexed in the ufliee of the York I
county auditor:
Belho! --William K. Patrick et alto
Louisa A'. Piddle. <17 1-1 acres.
Broad River?!;. P. Pohrrls and W.
(i. line-lies io .1. I.. I leu: (.hill; at S-10
acres. ss.".. ft
.Mary V. f'astles to .las. \Y. Leech;
I lis acres, $i?.
.las. \V. Leech el ul., to J. S. Leech; j
IS", acres. $"?.
Catawba Township?Caroline Steele j
to Mi? ma Mallard ei at.; 1 lot. love and J
affect .on.
i. Marvin Pons to .1. 11. .Marshall; i
HIT acres. S!r,.i?r,r,.
Mai ' y p,. Mavis to Pichard M. Ih .-!;- j
iiaio; I lot. SI (interesl in driveway).!
Anderson and M/urcie tirahani to i
.tody 'iraliatn; I to!, love and nffee- J
lion.
Mancy It. Mavis In |,. IT. and II. \\".
I >. I (arrison: t loi. st,
Ebenezcr?W. S. Cari ison to .las. S. i
While; ::r. !-.| acres. $2.100.
Fort Mill?Walter Ale Kinney to S. '
W. Smith: !)!!-! acres. $l,noo.
Piank II. Anircy to .Mattel A. Stew- I
art :l lot. $].Sail.
Trustees l-'orl .Mill 'traded school to.
P. M. and Arties Niinn; 1 tin, $1,250. j
W. A. .Med I in to .1. J. .Jordan; L"
acres. $|on.
.1. I.. A ilk I its to W. A. .Mullin: SlL
aeres, jc'nit. *
York?< ininn Wallace lo Mrs. Anna [
00 1-3 acivs, ?D,lHfN.
:i .
EAST CHESTER ELECTION. i
Tin* recent election whereby :i l:iI
:i!"?*:i of lilt; lloil llc.uKterll section of
("licsler enmity voted in favor of tin- j
in.'.\:ilinu wilii York county, litis I icon i
thrown <nit |>y iin-Chester county ho,-ml !
of eiinmii.ssiimeis of sltito .-tint county ;
elect iiillS, tMirl the lll.it I e|- will li" esir- I
rieil ii|? In the state hoard for further'
ail.indiea t ion.
The In iit'intr wtks held in ("'In s'.cr last.
Tuesday. \V. It. Wilson of (lock Hill,!
appearing for those who sought to 11i?hold
the roeent eleetioii. and .1. K. AieI)oiia!d.
of Winnshoi'o, appearing far1;
llio.se v, ho vo(i'ij :iyr-'? 'l-^t the (imposed j
annexation In York county and who I
soutflit to declare the election void. i I
The context was hns'-d on a uitnihorj
of trrounds, like the following: Tliel|
advertisement giving n'ntioc of the election
I'niled to include the precincts of
(treat Kalis ami Lando as amunic those
at which the election would he held.
Tax receipts accompanying J he registration
certilicates of certain of the
voters were not issued until affer December
111, with the attaching penalty.
Certain other regislration certificates
were issued prim* to 191X, and were
therefore out of date. Certain other
certificates hail been issued within lliirL.v
days of Liie election and were therefore
illegal. Women Voters had not
paid taxes.
Ill ease the action of the county
hoard of election commissioners is sustained
by the stale board, it will he
necessary to hold a new election. Otherwise
there will he an immediate resumption
of the steps necessary to
complete the proposed annexation.
YORK COUNTY CROPS.
Based on the prices obtaining December
1, the value" of eight of tlie crops
grown in York county in 192U totaled
$4,707,000. This docs not include the
value of the hay and other food and
forage crops, livestock, etc. Since that
time the value of the cotton crop alone
has increased by approximately $1,000,000.
The figures are taken from the reports
of the bureau of crop estimates,
United States department of agriculture,
and cover sweet * potatoes, peanuts,
wheat, oats, corn, sorghum, Irish
potatoes and cotton. The figures are
as follows:
Sweet potatoes: Acreage, 1.500;
bushels per acre, SO: production, 133,500
bushels: value, 514G.S50.
.Peanuts: Acreage, 200; bushels per
acre, 34; production, 0,800 bushels;
value, $10,SSO.
Wheat: Acreage, 5,000; bushels per
acre. 11: production, 53,000 bushels;
value. $ 140.350.
Oats: Acreage, 14,000: bushels per
aero, 23: production, 308,000 bushels:
value, $317,240.
Corn: Acreage. 03,000; bushels per
acre, 10; production, l,Ol)S,OUO bushels;
value, $1,100,280.
Sorghum: Acreage, 1,000; gallons per
acre, SO; production, 80,000 gallons;
value, $02,300.
Irish potatoes: Acreage, 400; bushels
per acre, 00; production, 33,000
bushels; value, $100,800.
Cotton: Acreage, 90,000; pounds per
acreage. 219; production, 41,000 bales;
value. $2,853,000.
The total value of the above products
raised during the Inst year in
[South Carolina was $198,085,020. The
total acres was: Corn, 223.000; peanuts,
30,000; wheat. 101.000; oats, 433.500;
sorghum. 15.000: sweet potatoes, 8S.3IU);
Irish potatoes, 31,450; cotton, 2,877,000.
I The values were: Corn. $49,000,000;
peanuts, $2,452,300; wheat, $4,553,000;
Oats. $10,727,000; sorghum, $1,038,000';
j sweet potatoes, $10,330,320; Irish pola
toes, 5'J,'500,(100: cot loll, 51iu,a-,i,uuu.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? There is si ill mure or less cotton
going to the gin.
? The mercury went tlown to IS
degrees Wcdnesday morning, the lowest
tcmpenilnre of the present winter.
? Or. 1). I,. Shied cr luis taken :i
position will( the Mackorell Drug
company ami is to have especial
charge of the prescription department.
? The local plant of I he Cannon Manufacturing
company is now running on
full time, and the maiingi mcnt is hopj
ing that there will he no further iuteri
ruption of this schedule.
Interesting and appropriate excrj
cises were held in the courthouse auditorium
Wednesday morning, Jnmi'ary
1!', in commemoration of thchirth
if (tolierl K. I,ee. The exercises were
under the auspices of tlie Winnie
Davis chapter If. IX C. Mrs. W. II.
Ilermion. president, presided. The
chief speaker of the occasion was
I'rof. M. A. Montgomery, superintemlent
of the- Yorkville graded seliools.
He look occasion in opening his ji 11 dress
to slate that it- was his lirst up- J
portimity to speak to the pupils of the |
school as a Imdy. Miss Minnie :
Thoinasson, of the eleventh grade rc- i
cited "The Sword of l.ec." The an- I
dienec joined in the singing of "The
ISnnnie f.lne l-'lag" and "The Star
Spangled lianner." An interesting
feature was the pi'esenlalion hy the
Winnie Davis chapter of a framed
picture of Dee on his famous horse,
Traveller, to tiie graded school. Ilun.
Tins. I-'. Me Dow accepted the picture
and thanked the l:. IX <\'s in helm if
of (he school trustees. There were :i j
Uilinhi'i* (if visitors oinl willi oil of the
school children present the large auditorium
was unite crowded.
? At :t meeting of members of Mooch
Stewart Post. No. lilt, American Legion
of Vnrkville, held in the director's mom
of the Loan & Savings I tank last evening
post 'officers to serve during the
year P.i2t were elected as follows: Post
commander. .las. I?. Prist; vice eoinmaudcr.
('. J. Pauldcit; post linance oflieer.
'I'. .Mack Ferguson; post adjutant.
P. A. Smith; post publicity officer,
Lewis M. Prist; post insurance officer.
S. P. (trist; post historian, llalph
Pain: post master at arms. J. Wallace
Marshall; post chaplain, Campbell i
Sandifcr. On motion of (leo. C. Cart-I
weight selection of the executive com- |
inittcc and the membership committee j
was left in the hands of the post commander
who expects to make his selections
within the next few days. Itesolu'.ious
of sympathy for Past Post
Commander (J. C. MoCelvey who is
now undergoing treatment in Washington
as the result of his being gassed |
during the late World War were passed j
and also an expression of appreeiation
to I lie former commander for his in-|
terest in the affairs of the local post I
luring his term of office.
? "See here." said Carl Tlniney to
Walter .loiies, "if you tell anything
that will cause ni" to do time, as soon
as'l get 'Uii I will kill you! I'mlcr- j
stand that?" Walter .bines had Ihhmi i
eummiltefl to jail Wednesday charged j
with stealing tjL'M) worth of clothes j
from Jiorsett's pressing club. I ft.: luirl
entered the building through a window
and carried the goods a way in u ;
suit. ease. lie. was si crested shortly!
afterward by officers Quinii. Steel" and j
lingers. In bis suit ease there was an i
electric, searchlight, and when questioned
about the llashlight he told how j
he. Pari Ka'ney and John Kennedy bad |
burglarized the store of the Partners' j
Hardware and Supply Co., along about '
.I:tir.j;iry In. He said thai lie lia?l entered
throt.^h n window liy niea'is of a <
ladder. II'- aed Carl Uainey, nicknam- j,
ed "Sunny I Soy." had each taken a !
f"U|de of pocket knives ami a Hash- j
lialit. John Kennedy, he said, had i
rohhed I he money drawer of I lie eash it!,
enntninod. I "pott hearing: the state- J!
menl of Jones the oflieers yot Uainey I j
and Kennedy and took litem to the jail, j
It was there in the presence of the of- j.
licors that Ittiiney made the threat:1
piloted a hove, to .lottos. At a prelimi- j
nary omminatioji yesterday Jones tes- !
tilled Hint lie was all wronjj ahottt ! !
what If had said it* eoinieetion wil.h ,
hreakinir into the store of tie* Kit niters'
llatilware X- Snooty eompany. lie hail j '
ii"t la oken into the store and neither j.
had llaitiey or Kennedy. Jones is still;
l> in:; hold on the charm- of hnrfrlary i .
ilid lareeny in the pressing; eltth theft.!.
Uainey and Kennedy were discharged j
for want of evidence on wltielt to hold j
litem.
? Here is a very prnclie.nl idea for ' |
Ihe p-neial consideration of patrons j.
of the Yorkvillo graded school. Quite
!i. nnmlier of wide-awake people
have already been giving the matter
favorable thought, and it is being
thrown out for the attention of others.
Why not organize and maintain a
common lunch service at the (haded
school for the comfort and satisfaction
of the people as well as for the convenience
of the heads of the households
in which the children belong, especially
the mothers? What family is there
among the patrons of the school which
is not more or less concerned with
this problem? Lunch for the children
is a problem for the early morning,
and also for the midday meal. Some
families, at considerable inconvenience
to themselves delay the midday
meal until the children come home:
some save something cold for the
children, some prepare an extra, meal.
And Ihere arc some children who do
not get anything much to eat in the
middle of the' day at all?certainly
very little that is suitable. This
whole problem has been taken up in
some of the more progressive cities
and satisfactorily solved by the daily
service of a. common lunch at school,
(n some cases it is done with the public
funds, and in others by assessments
and contributions, notably in
different sections of New York, and in
Baltimore they use this plan in some
districts, while in other districts the
matter is in charge of domestic
science pupils, the work being looked
after by details that bring in the service
of each child say about one or
two days a month. This very natural
innovation does not add anything to
the school cost, whether maintained
by private subscription or public
runrls, because all the cost at school
is more thnn made up by savins: in
money, inconvenience and worry at
home. The idea is entirely practicable
here and the patrons of the school
will make no mistake in giving1 it
such favorable consideration as will"
lead to a- practical trial.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Township Sinking Funds.
Senator Hart has introduced a bill to
amend section 4 of an act entitled "An
act to enable townships in York county
to issue bonds for roads," so as to provide
for the investment of the sinking
funds from the sale of said bonds. .Referred
tOjCommittce on finance.
Fort Mill Postmastership.
Joe. M. TJclk has been nominated to
Hie United States senate for appointment
as postmaster of Fort Mill; but as
to whether his nomination will be confirmed
by the Republican senate remains
to be seen. Both Senators Smith
and Dial are looking after the confirmation.
\V. B. Ardrey has been acting
postmaster since last July.
Barn Destroyed by Fire.
The barn on the promises of J. E.
Brandon at. MeConnellsvillc was destroyed
by fire Inst Tuesday and a
horse and cow lodged therein were
badly burned. One hundred and fifty
bundles of fodder were consumed by
the flames. A small amount of insurance
was carried on the horse. The*
owner has no idea as to the origin of
the lire.
Gin Destroyed by Fire.
The cotton ginnery of W. I.. Hill and
Company at Sharon, was destroyed by
fire yesterday afternoon shortly after
4 o'clock. The fire is believed to have
been caused by a "hot box." The ginnery
burned quickly since there were
no facilities at hand to fight the fire.
A large quantity of cotton in I lie yard
caught lire but the blaze was extinguished.
The loss is understood to
have been about $10,000 with no insurance.
Assessment of Mercantile Stocks.
Every merchant in South Cnro'ina
I.N III IS WWK iruvi* llin lit'lii vi?r?
t:i>: commission, with offices in Columbia.
a. blank form on which to make
a report of the value of the stock of
goods carried. These will he the basis
of lax assessments for HUM. There
are approximately lift en thousand
merchants in the state to all of whom
tiie tax commission is sending the
blank stock statements. The merelianls
are repaired to give in forma- |
lion as to the nature of their business:
llio amount of inventory merchandise
reeeive I ami sales made since last
inventory, ami prior to January I.
1921; the value of goods on consignment;
the amount of notes and accounts
received and at actual value:
tiie amount of notes payable and accounts
payable at actual value; the
true value of merchandise and fixlures
January 1: the amount of insurance
carried: gross sales for 1920;
tiie name of partners in a partnership
and the names of olllcors in a corporation:
the capital stock and the surplus
accrued. Ail of this information
is sworn to. Tiie tax commission will
iix assessments on the basis of tlie informal
ion furnished by the merchants
themselves. If any fail to furnish tiie
necessary data, it is staled the commission
will take legal steps to reipiire
tiicm to produce their records.
The law rep Hires this. The tax commission
is advising all merchants that
the fair market value will he the
basis of assessments. Much merchant
is asked to advise the commission
whether lie makes his statement on
tie- basis of cost or market value.
The assessment1; for taxation are
made on the basis of forty-two per
cent, of the true value of property.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Census figures just published reveal
that in Chariest mi the females out-1
number the males 3.".117 to 32.S40. and j
the white population out numbers the
negro population 3f?.<!10 to 32,292. Ten
years ago there were nearly 4.000 more
negroes in the city than whites.
. . ?! 1 O . Tl,nnin_
.\ J ?"1 11 II 1I 1 LT, .Jilll. 1 "> . nni i ? i i??nii|?sun
;in<l II. .1. Pearson. two proniint>nl
farmers living ot Trinity, about three
niilrs from town. engaged in n <iu:?rrel
over lilt; trespassing of live stock
on Thompson's larm yesterday niornin.-r.
Thompson *usc?l liis shot kuu and
Iwclly hurt Pearson. Pearson's wounds
while p:t in Till, a it not considered serious
by his physician.
? Among the candidaleM to succeed |
to the vactiney on tin; supreme court {
bench caused by (lie death of Associate
.1 udyr Mydricl; are It. \\\ Memmi
nger, ftdward Melver. .1. I*'. Carter.
Tiies. i'. c'othrnn. J'rof. K. Marion
Pucker. W.- P. ttice: Thos. S. Sense.
The Charleston delegation lias unanimously
endorsed .Judge Moinminger.
? Fire of undetermined origin came
near destroying a group of dormitories
it Ciemson college last .Monday moi*nr j
ing, the heroic work of the numbers of!
tin* corps of cadets being the means of!
ininfintng the conflagration to its orig- 1
inal limits, and limititi.LC tlie destruction I
to the kilem n and commissary of thci;
itollegc. 1 >;.magc is estimated l?y Pros-|
dent Uiggs at approximately (ion. |
The kitchen and commissary are ai-ji
tached t" I'.arr.acks Xo. 1. the largest of
i a.-oiip of three dormitory buildings.! i
Tile tire evidently originated in lliej
citchen. and gained cmisiderahle liead- I
,vay. The college maintains its own ! i
ire department, having protection from j
iig pumps and hose lines kept in the t
;ai'ioos dormitories and buildings. The t
. orps of cadets inrned out in fine style, i
nanncil the hose lines and began a bat- |
lc witli the conflagration to save the :
iormilories. The fire seemed to gain i
V
headway for a few minutes, hut when
ill the pumps were brought into action,
and the pressure gained sufficient'
strength, the cadets extinguished the
lire without allowing it to sprea'd further
than the kitchen and dormitory.
? Florence, January 20: Edmund
Bigham, brother of L. S.'. Bigham, who
was supposed to have killed his mother.
his sister, Mi's. Marjorie Black and
two adopted children, aljd then committed
suicide at Pampljc'o, near here, /
last Saturday, was arretted this afternoon
on orders from Coroner Smith,
who has been conducting an investigation
of the tragedy.' Bigham was
brought here and pladcd in jail. Several
negroes will be arrested and held
as material witnesses,',it was. learned
tonight from the coroner. Bigham. .
was arrested on the strength of a warrant
sworn out today before Magistrate
Wclmorc'by John W. McCraoken,
father of the two little children,
Leo and John- Mccracken, who. were
killed and who had been adopted by
Mrs. Black. An affidavit by Phillip
H. Arrowsmith, an attorney of Florence,
also declared that Edmund Bigli.nti
hfirl threatened 'the life of Mrs.'
Black when she had attempted to recover
possession of three signed blank
deeds which had been taken from"!..
S. Hicham by hisJjrolhor., In his.af-;. .
lidavit Mr. Arrowsmith asserted Mrs.
Black came to him on January 8 and
requested him. to draw a will for her,
charging that Edmund Bigham had
threatened her life.. The a (lidavit also
stated that Mrs. Black told him she
had given to L?. S. "Bighorn three signed
blank doeds; that Eklmund hod taken
these papers from his brother and
when she attempted to regain possession
of them had threatened'her life.
Edmund had no interest in the BIgham
estate, having conveyed his interest
to his mother and brother, it was
stated. Arrowsmith declared he drew
the will in accordance, with instructions,
placing, in., it the reason why
Mrs. Black wanted to leave her property
to L. S. BIgham. The will has
been found, according to authorities.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
? Bills have been introduced in both
the house and senate to abolish the
state highway pommission.
? The house has adopted a-resolution
asking for the continuance of Federal
aid to public roads. The opposition argued
that such aid gave too much Federal
jurisdiction in South Carolina and
costs more than it comes to. On the
other hand it was represented that this
state pays about $23,000,000 a year into
the Federal treasury and this is one of
the few ways the state lias of getting
any of the money back.
? A concurrent resolution by Claude
X. So pp. of Rich'and, which, in substance,
declared that the activities of
friends and various'candidates for office
was disturbing the' tranquil pro-cesses
of business of the General Assembly,
and that all elections should
be disposed of as soon as possible, was
adopted by the* house.;; It provided
that elections for all vacancies,, ex
cept that of associate justice of the
State Supreme court,..would' begin
Tuesday, January 25, at noon.
? M. R. Cooper, of Beaufort, lias introduced
a bill prohibiting the exhibir
tion of carnival shows.any part of
South Carolina. At present about
twenty-one counties 'exclude these
shows, but, stated Mr. 'Cooper, such
>>|?UUI?U Ul'lM ciru lllirunouviiuviitiii
ho wanted one state-wide in application,
which would not successfully lie
contested. The measuredoes not apply
to circuses. It was referred to the
committee on judiciary,(!n
? Columbia January 17: A bill requiring
judges to sentence persons .
convicted of violating th.e prohibition
law to imprisonment without the alternative
of a line,' unless otherwise
recommended by the trial jury, was
introduced in the house of representatives.
when it convened tonight after
a recess from last Friday afternoon.
The bill carries a minimum
sentence of one month and a maximum
sentence of six :months for the
lirst offense and from.one ycar'for the
second ami subsequent offenses. it
likewise stipulates that a fine cannot
be given unless the evidence is cleat*
that tlie defendant had less than a
quart in his possession. It was introduced
by Representative \V. D.
Mallard and was re "erred to the committee
on police, regulations.
? An entirely new idea in the matter
of pensioning Confederate veterans,
providing for two classes of pensions,
instead of four, as at present, is being
presented to the legislature by Senator
Hart of York, in a bill revising the pension
system. The bill would provide
that the pension fund be distributed to
tlie counties in proportion to the number
of pensioners I if this various counties.
the county popsiojt boards to divide
their allotments to the veterans in
two classes. Cjass A would be those
veterans who have reached the age of
Sft, and who lost an arm. a leg, or their
- ""A ?Mi??ilfvo/l r\%? opo + n_
I'.VJMfclli, Will' me |'uhu;avu ui ?v. v. w
tally incapacitated, or whose income
is not over $:10? n. year. Class B would
he all other pensioners- nut in Class A,
these to receive $75 eg/fth., If the pension
fuml in a county allows for Class
rt pensioners to receive more than $75
each, then the nvonqy would be divided
so as to Rive throe-fourths of the total
to Class A, and one-fourth to Class B.
L'ndor the present plan. all classifying
has been done by the county boards,
before the pension, {fund was disbursed .
to the counties, resulting in some counties
getting more than others, in proportion
to the mimbcr of pensioners.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Baptist Genera! Board Has Selected
Chester as the Place.
Chester was chosen as the location
fur the Baptist high school for boys at
tiie annual session of the Baptist
general board in Columbia Wednesday.
This location was chosen from
sites offered by HcnnettsvHle, Abbeville,
Well ford and Chester. The sum
of $L'00.000 was appropriated by the
hoard for this school.
The general board also adopted the
rocomtijendtilion of the education commission
to establish a school at W'annamnker
as a.,Baptist academy for tiie
Pee Due section. The offer from Wnnnamaker
contains a /rift of 57 acres
of land and $1.7,215 in money.
Kurt her recommendations l?y lite
commission, of which Dr. 0. A. Jones
is secretary, adopted l?y the genera!
board were: That $2,-100 per year lie
be paid out of the f inds of the ministerial
education department for the
salary of a professor of Bible at Furman
university: that the live Baptist
colleges be encouraged to establish
a summer school at Kurman university
and that $1.5(10 per year be appropriated
for t lit* purpose out of the
current support funds.
The following distributions of the
>versi:bsrription to the $75,000,000 campaign.
were also adopted by the gen- /
oral board: Limestone college, $175,- '
IMIO; liidgedale academy, $35,000;
Kdislo academy. $25,000: Southeast
academy. $75,000; Pee Doe academy,
57">.onO; for the other two academies
projected by the convention. $150,000:
for the industrial school'in (Jreenville,
550.000. and for the high school at
hosier, $200,000.
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